The Cannes Film Festival has named the eight members of its main Competition jury who will join previously announced president Greta Gerwig in deciding the Palme d’Or and other key prizes at 77th edition running from May 14 to 25.
They are Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, U.S. actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, Spanish director and screenwriter J.A. Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and French actor and producer Omar Sy.
The wife and long-time collaborator of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, screenwriter and photographer Ceylan co-wrote 2014 Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep and also took co-writing credits on Cannes selected films Three Monkeys (Best Director Prize 2008), Once upon a time in Anatolia (Grand Prix 2011), The Wild Pear Tree (2018) and About Dry Grasses (2023).
Ceylan also appeared as an actress and took art director credits on her husband’s early films...
They are Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, U.S. actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, Spanish director and screenwriter J.A. Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and French actor and producer Omar Sy.
The wife and long-time collaborator of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, screenwriter and photographer Ceylan co-wrote 2014 Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep and also took co-writing credits on Cannes selected films Three Monkeys (Best Director Prize 2008), Once upon a time in Anatolia (Grand Prix 2011), The Wild Pear Tree (2018) and About Dry Grasses (2023).
Ceylan also appeared as an actress and took art director credits on her husband’s early films...
- 4/29/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
English band Broadcast will release two new demo collections in 2024: Spell Blanket – Collected Demos 2006-2009 (out May 3rd) and Distant Call – Collected Demos 2000-2006 (out September 28th).
Broadcast, the electronic dream pop project of James Cargill and Trish Keenan, who died of pneumonia in 2011, previously reissued their entire discography in 2015. Now, Cargill is unearthing dozens of demos collected over a 10-year span. According to a press release, Spell Blanket comprises of “songs and sketches” from Trish’s “extensive archive of 4-track tapes and MiniDiscs” that would have eventually served as Broadcast’s fifth album.
Distant Call, on the other hand, comprises of early demos that eventually would appear on their albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons, and The Future Crayon. The album also features “Come Back To Me” and “Please Call To Book,” two songs that Cargill discovered after Keenan’s death. The latter song was Keenan’s entry for...
Broadcast, the electronic dream pop project of James Cargill and Trish Keenan, who died of pneumonia in 2011, previously reissued their entire discography in 2015. Now, Cargill is unearthing dozens of demos collected over a 10-year span. According to a press release, Spell Blanket comprises of “songs and sketches” from Trish’s “extensive archive of 4-track tapes and MiniDiscs” that would have eventually served as Broadcast’s fifth album.
Distant Call, on the other hand, comprises of early demos that eventually would appear on their albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons, and The Future Crayon. The album also features “Come Back To Me” and “Please Call To Book,” two songs that Cargill discovered after Keenan’s death. The latter song was Keenan’s entry for...
- 3/21/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Grab your hard hat and a can-do attitude because an animated Bob the Builder film is under construction! Hammering away at the silver-screen adaptation are Mattel Films, ShadowMachine, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, and Anthony Ramos. The team plans to reimagine Bob the Builder for international appeal with a story that resonates with multicultural audiences.
Anthony Ramos will star in Bob the Builder in addition to his producer status. Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico of ShadowMachine join Ramos for the high-profile animated project, with Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions co-producing. The movie boasts a script written by Felipe Vargas, with Kevin McKeon, Ivan Sanchez, and Arturo Thur De Koós of Mattel Films and Natalie Haack Flores of Nuyorican overseeing production.
The story follows Roberto, aka Bob, who picks up his toolbox and ventures to Puerto Rico for a substantial construction gig. While hammering away on his latest project,...
Anthony Ramos will star in Bob the Builder in addition to his producer status. Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico of ShadowMachine join Ramos for the high-profile animated project, with Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions co-producing. The movie boasts a script written by Felipe Vargas, with Kevin McKeon, Ivan Sanchez, and Arturo Thur De Koós of Mattel Films and Natalie Haack Flores of Nuyorican overseeing production.
The story follows Roberto, aka Bob, who picks up his toolbox and ventures to Puerto Rico for a substantial construction gig. While hammering away on his latest project,...
- 1/25/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Universal is getting deeper into the Steven Spielberg business and will be carrying more of the weight of the movies he produces.
Universal and Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are forging a new pact under a multi-year deal, but as part of the new arrangement, Amblin Partners will no longer fully finance its own movies that it produces for Universal, and Universal Pictures will be providing some of the backing for Amblin Partners movies made under the deal.
Amblin will continue to produce other movies with rival studios, such as “West Side Story” at 20th Century or “Ready Player One” at Warner Bros., but Universal will have first-look status on all of Amblin’s theatrical projects.
The idea is to give the company “more creative and financial flexibility,” according to the press release announcing the deal. That should mean more opportunities for grown-up oriented projects, like “Green Book” and “1917” that were both released by Universal,...
Universal and Spielberg’s Amblin Partners are forging a new pact under a multi-year deal, but as part of the new arrangement, Amblin Partners will no longer fully finance its own movies that it produces for Universal, and Universal Pictures will be providing some of the backing for Amblin Partners movies made under the deal.
Amblin will continue to produce other movies with rival studios, such as “West Side Story” at 20th Century or “Ready Player One” at Warner Bros., but Universal will have first-look status on all of Amblin’s theatrical projects.
The idea is to give the company “more creative and financial flexibility,” according to the press release announcing the deal. That should mean more opportunities for grown-up oriented projects, like “Green Book” and “1917” that were both released by Universal,...
- 7/11/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Nuri Bilge Ceylan likes to take his time. The Turkish director is one of the greatest living practitioners of slow cinema. The filmmaking ethos — pioneered by Russian auteur Andrei Tarkovsky and taken up by the likes of Theo Angelopoulos, Albert Serra, Béla Tarr, Kelly Reichardt and Lav Diaz — eschews the rapid editing and relentless nonstop forward-driving plots of the Hollywood blockbuster (looking at you, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) for a more contemplative, metaphysical approach.
The characters in a Ceylan movie don’t do much. There’s little action or traditional suspense, and the storylines are fairly basic. In 2002’s Distant, a rural factory worker visits his cousin in Istanbul. Homicide police unearth the body of a murder victim and take a long drive back to the city for the autopsy in 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. An old actor, his wife and his sister sit...
The characters in a Ceylan movie don’t do much. There’s little action or traditional suspense, and the storylines are fairly basic. In 2002’s Distant, a rural factory worker visits his cousin in Istanbul. Homicide police unearth the body of a murder victim and take a long drive back to the city for the autopsy in 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia. An old actor, his wife and his sister sit...
- 5/27/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The film is Picturehouse Entertainment’s second acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Competition title About Dry Grasses from France’s Playtime.
Ceylan’s seventh Competition film follows a teacher doing a mandatory stint at a small village in Eastern Anatolia. He loses hope of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in, but an encounter with another teacher could help him overcome his angst.
Co-producers include France’s Arte France Cinéma and Sweden’s Film i Väst — both served as co-producers...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired UK and Ireland rights to Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Cannes Competition title About Dry Grasses from France’s Playtime.
Ceylan’s seventh Competition film follows a teacher doing a mandatory stint at a small village in Eastern Anatolia. He loses hope of escaping the grim life he seems to be stuck in, but an encounter with another teacher could help him overcome his angst.
Co-producers include France’s Arte France Cinéma and Sweden’s Film i Väst — both served as co-producers...
- 5/23/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Cannes official competition has grandfathered-in filmmakers—Pedro Almodóvar, the Dardennes, Arnaud Desplechin—who will keep being included no matter what, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose every feature since 2002’s Distant has premiered here, is definitely among them. After receiving the Grand Prix for 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Ceylan introduced his “three-plus-hours only” mode with 2014’s Winter Sleep and 2018’s The Wild Pear Tree, and reception was what you might call “respectfully muted.” Outside the festival, his reputation seems to have fallen off: it’s a long way from the 2007 Coen brothers short World Cinema, in which a cowboy played by Josh Brolin goes to see […]
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- 5/21/2023
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Cannes official competition has grandfathered-in filmmakers—Pedro Almodóvar, the Dardennes, Arnaud Desplechin—who will keep being included no matter what, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose every feature since 2002’s Distant has premiered here, is definitely among them. After receiving the Grand Prix for 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Ceylan introduced his “three-plus-hours only” mode with 2014’s Winter Sleep and 2018’s The Wild Pear Tree, and reception was what you might call “respectfully muted.” Outside the festival, his reputation seems to have fallen off: it’s a long way from the 2007 Coen brothers short World Cinema, in which a cowboy played by Josh Brolin goes to see […]
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- 5/21/2023
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A lengthy shoot, a lengthy post-production process and a lengthy runtime mean it’s business as usual for our favorite Turkish auteur. A mainstay on the Croisette, Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been very fortunate in the South of France landing several prizes over the years. After his first pair of films premiered at the Berlinale, he has been here with Uzak (Distant) which was awarded the Grand Prix and Best Actor prize in 2003, 2006’s Climates, 2008’s Three Monkeys, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2011), Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep and finally The Wild Pear Tree in 2018.…...
- 5/20/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s the most exciting time of the year: the Cannes Film Festival is set to kick off next week, taking place May 16-27. Ahead of festivities we’ve rounded up what we’re most looking forward to, and while we’re sure many surprises await, per every year, one will find 20 films that should be on your radar. Check out our picks below and be sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest updates from the festival.
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
While it’s been five long years since the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, we did get a recent re-release of his stellar breakout feature Uzak aka Distant, but it’s now finally time for a new film from the Turkish director. Les herbes sèches (aka About Dry Grasses) clocks in at familiarly epic length (3 hours and 17 minutes) and follows Samet, a young...
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
While it’s been five long years since the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, we did get a recent re-release of his stellar breakout feature Uzak aka Distant, but it’s now finally time for a new film from the Turkish director. Les herbes sèches (aka About Dry Grasses) clocks in at familiarly epic length (3 hours and 17 minutes) and follows Samet, a young...
- 5/12/2023
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Grammy winner and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Anthony Ramos is the latest star in talks to join “Twisters,” the sequel to the 1996 storm-chasing blockbuster.
Ramos would join Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in the film, directed by “Minari” helmer Lee Isaac Chung, from a script by “The Revenant” writer Mark L. Smith. “Twisters” is set to release on July 19, 2024.
The film, from Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment, is described as a “new chapter” of the 1996 movie, which followed a team of storm chasers as they hunt down the most powerful tornado in decades. Details of who Ramos will play remain under wraps, as have all plot details to this point.
The original “Twister” was a massive hit, earning more than $494 million at the worldwide box office, which is often credited to the film’s ground-breaking special effects. Starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, the film was helmed...
Ramos would join Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell in the film, directed by “Minari” helmer Lee Isaac Chung, from a script by “The Revenant” writer Mark L. Smith. “Twisters” is set to release on July 19, 2024.
The film, from Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment, is described as a “new chapter” of the 1996 movie, which followed a team of storm chasers as they hunt down the most powerful tornado in decades. Details of who Ramos will play remain under wraps, as have all plot details to this point.
The original “Twister” was a massive hit, earning more than $494 million at the worldwide box office, which is often credited to the film’s ground-breaking special effects. Starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton, the film was helmed...
- 4/17/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Los Angeles, March 18 (Ians) Actress Naomi Scott, who is married to Jordan Spence, feels at her most beautiful during “good sex”.
The ‘Aladdin’ actress married soccer player Jordan Spence, who she met at church when she was just 16, in 2014 after four years of dating and she admitted she thinks she looks her best when they are making love, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She told Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I feel the most beautiful during sex, good sex. I genuinely think there’s something so beautiful about it.”
The 29-year-old star and her sportsman spouse enjoy spa sessions featuring extreme temperatures because the sauna and ice bath combinations are “so good” for their health.
She said: “My husband and I like going to plunge pools and saunas. It’s so good for your health; it lowers inflammation.
“We do an infrared sauna where you’re in there for 10-...
The ‘Aladdin’ actress married soccer player Jordan Spence, who she met at church when she was just 16, in 2014 after four years of dating and she admitted she thinks she looks her best when they are making love, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
She told Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: “I feel the most beautiful during sex, good sex. I genuinely think there’s something so beautiful about it.”
The 29-year-old star and her sportsman spouse enjoy spa sessions featuring extreme temperatures because the sauna and ice bath combinations are “so good” for their health.
She said: “My husband and I like going to plunge pools and saunas. It’s so good for your health; it lowers inflammation.
“We do an infrared sauna where you’re in there for 10-...
- 3/18/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Update: Image removed at the request of the producers.
While it’s been five long years since the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, we did get a recent re-release of his stellar breakout feature Uzak aka Distant, but 2023 looks to finally be the year of a new film from the Turkish director. Les herbes sèches aka About Dry Grasses is among our most-anticipated of the year and now ahead of a very likely Cannes debut, the first image and full synopsis have arrived.
Above, one can see the first still of the film starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, and Musab Ekici. Per the new synopsis, the film follows Samet, a young teacher, who is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia, while hoping to be assigned to Istanbul. When he and his colleague Kenan are accused of harassment by two female students, he...
While it’s been five long years since the latest film from Nuri Bilge Ceylan, we did get a recent re-release of his stellar breakout feature Uzak aka Distant, but 2023 looks to finally be the year of a new film from the Turkish director. Les herbes sèches aka About Dry Grasses is among our most-anticipated of the year and now ahead of a very likely Cannes debut, the first image and full synopsis have arrived.
Above, one can see the first still of the film starring Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, and Musab Ekici. Per the new synopsis, the film follows Samet, a young teacher, who is finishing his fourth year of compulsory service in a remote village in Anatolia, while hoping to be assigned to Istanbul. When he and his colleague Kenan are accused of harassment by two female students, he...
- 2/2/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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Zachary Quinto is going method.
The actor has teamed with blockbuster author James Patterson to co-create and executive produce a new Audible Originals series titled The Method. Described as an original thriller, the series will be released exclusively on Audible on Oct. 13.
Written by Patterson with Michael B. Silver, The Method centers on Brent Quill (Quinto), a frustrated actor trying to take his game to the next level. When he learns about the intensive Method acting process, he dives in deep and lands a lead role in a TV series about a brutal serial killer.
But when the Method’s controversial techniques start to take over Brent’s psyche, the lines between real life and acting begin to blur dangerously. Quinto leads a voice cast will also feature the talents of Stephanie Beatriz, Lil Rel Howery, Judith Light, Margot Martindale, Justine Lupe, Jack Davenport,...
Zachary Quinto is going method.
The actor has teamed with blockbuster author James Patterson to co-create and executive produce a new Audible Originals series titled The Method. Described as an original thriller, the series will be released exclusively on Audible on Oct. 13.
Written by Patterson with Michael B. Silver, The Method centers on Brent Quill (Quinto), a frustrated actor trying to take his game to the next level. When he learns about the intensive Method acting process, he dives in deep and lands a lead role in a TV series about a brutal serial killer.
But when the Method’s controversial techniques start to take over Brent’s psyche, the lines between real life and acting begin to blur dangerously. Quinto leads a voice cast will also feature the talents of Stephanie Beatriz, Lil Rel Howery, Judith Light, Margot Martindale, Justine Lupe, Jack Davenport,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In most years, September has the lowest box-office grosses of any month and 2022 will be no different. What is different this year: September could be the first month of 2022 that might be worse than 2021.
Our pessimistic August projection was 550 million; all in, this month will gross about 470 million. Our estimate for September 2022 is less than 300 million; September 2021 was 367 million.
Blame the lack of product: There will be four titles from major studios, one from A24, a handful from smaller companies; none are expected to do major business. Two of those studio titles — “Bros” from Universal and Paramount’s “Smile” — open September 30, so any impact will have to wait for October.
A couple of date changes made back in June might have had an impact: Lionsgate’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is now April 28 and Universal Pictures’ sci-fi-action film “Distant” moved to January 27. Both were originally dated for...
Our pessimistic August projection was 550 million; all in, this month will gross about 470 million. Our estimate for September 2022 is less than 300 million; September 2021 was 367 million.
Blame the lack of product: There will be four titles from major studios, one from A24, a handful from smaller companies; none are expected to do major business. Two of those studio titles — “Bros” from Universal and Paramount’s “Smile” — open September 30, so any impact will have to wait for October.
A couple of date changes made back in June might have had an impact: Lionsgate’s “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is now April 28 and Universal Pictures’ sci-fi-action film “Distant” moved to January 27. Both were originally dated for...
- 8/31/2022
- by Tom Brueggemann
- Indiewire
Following The Wild Pear Tree, Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been working on his next feature for some time and is poised for a return to Cannes Film Festival next year. In the meantime, the opportunity to revisit one of his most acclaimed films has arrived. Distant, which premiered 20 years ago this year in Turkey followed by a stop at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival where it won both the Grand Pix and Best Actor for Muzaffer Özdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak, is now returning to theaters.
The film––which follows a divorced photographer’s life of solitary routine beging interrupted when a distant cousin from his remote village comes to stay in his tiny Istanbul apartment, quickly outstaying his welcome––will get a re-release in select theaters across the U.S. beginning at May 20 at Film Forum. Ahead of the run, Big World Pictures has debuted a trailer.
Watch below.
The film––which follows a divorced photographer’s life of solitary routine beging interrupted when a distant cousin from his remote village comes to stay in his tiny Istanbul apartment, quickly outstaying his welcome––will get a re-release in select theaters across the U.S. beginning at May 20 at Film Forum. Ahead of the run, Big World Pictures has debuted a trailer.
Watch below.
- 4/28/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Amblin Partners and Nordisk Film have set a multi-year renewal of their long-standing distribution partnership.
The deal maintains Nordisk Film’s distribution of Amblin-produced films in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and includes theatrical, home video, TV, pay-per-view, and video-on-demand rights.
Upcoming Amblin titles covered under the new deal include The Fabelmans, from director Steven Spielberg (pictured); Easter Sunday, starring comedy sensation Jo Koy; Distant, starring Anthony Ramos and Naomi Scott; and Last Voyage of the Demeter, directed by Norwegian horror auteur André Øvredal and starring Corey Hawkins.
The two companies experienced shared success with the release of Oscar-winner 1917 which earned $385M at the global box office, including almost $10M from Nordisk Film’s four territories. Other past releases include Steven Spielberg’s The Post and The Girl On The Train.
The longstanding relationship between the studio and the leading Nordic distributor first began in 2012, originating as a...
The deal maintains Nordisk Film’s distribution of Amblin-produced films in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and includes theatrical, home video, TV, pay-per-view, and video-on-demand rights.
Upcoming Amblin titles covered under the new deal include The Fabelmans, from director Steven Spielberg (pictured); Easter Sunday, starring comedy sensation Jo Koy; Distant, starring Anthony Ramos and Naomi Scott; and Last Voyage of the Demeter, directed by Norwegian horror auteur André Øvredal and starring Corey Hawkins.
The two companies experienced shared success with the release of Oscar-winner 1917 which earned $385M at the global box office, including almost $10M from Nordisk Film’s four territories. Other past releases include Steven Spielberg’s The Post and The Girl On The Train.
The longstanding relationship between the studio and the leading Nordic distributor first began in 2012, originating as a...
- 3/3/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
First he nabbed a role in the Amblin movie "Distant," then he secured a spot in the next "Transformers" sequel, and now Anthony Ramos of "Hamilton" and "In the Heights" fame is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Ramos is said to be joining the MCU in the upcoming "Marvel's Ironheart" series for Disney+ in a key role, but his official character announcement has not yet been made. "Ironheart" is set to star Dominique Thorne, known for her work in "If Beale Street Could Talk" and "Judas and the Black Messiah." The Riri Williams/Ironheart character is set to debut in the upcoming...
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- 2/9/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Universal is transporting next year’s DreamWorks Pictures’ sci-fi movie Distant from March 11 to September 16.
Distant leaves behind Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red on its old date and now will face off against Lionsgate’s family movie White Bird: A Wonder Story and Sony’s untitled George Foreman biopic on its new date.
The pic directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck follows asteroid miner Andy (Anthony Ramos), who, after crash-landing on an alien planet, must make his way across the harsh terrain, running out of oxygen and hunted by strange creatures, to the only other survivor. His AI survival suit (voiced by Zachary Quinto of the Star Trek films) isn’t helping either. Andy discovers a fellow crewmember, Naomi (Naomi Scott), however, she too is trapped inside her escape pod and he might not have enough oxygen to make it to her.
Spenser Cohen (Extinction) wrote the screenplay. Distant is produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones,...
Distant leaves behind Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red on its old date and now will face off against Lionsgate’s family movie White Bird: A Wonder Story and Sony’s untitled George Foreman biopic on its new date.
The pic directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck follows asteroid miner Andy (Anthony Ramos), who, after crash-landing on an alien planet, must make his way across the harsh terrain, running out of oxygen and hunted by strange creatures, to the only other survivor. His AI survival suit (voiced by Zachary Quinto of the Star Trek films) isn’t helping either. Andy discovers a fellow crewmember, Naomi (Naomi Scott), however, she too is trapped inside her escape pod and he might not have enough oxygen to make it to her.
Spenser Cohen (Extinction) wrote the screenplay. Distant is produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones,...
- 11/3/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros. has found The Lost Boys once again.
The studio is gearing up for a brand-new, reimagined take on the 1980s teen vampire classic.
Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It) will topline the feature project.
Rising scribe Randy McKinnon, who is already working on Warner Bros. and DC’s Static Shock project, will write the new Lost Boys, with Jonathan Entwistle on board to direct.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce via their Automatik banner, which was behind the acclaimed indie Honey Boy (also starring Jupe) and also has sci-fi thriller Distant, from Amblin and Universal and starring Anthony Ramos, in the pipeline.
The ...
The studio is gearing up for a brand-new, reimagined take on the 1980s teen vampire classic.
Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It) will topline the feature project.
Rising scribe Randy McKinnon, who is already working on Warner Bros. and DC’s Static Shock project, will write the new Lost Boys, with Jonathan Entwistle on board to direct.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce via their Automatik banner, which was behind the acclaimed indie Honey Boy (also starring Jupe) and also has sci-fi thriller Distant, from Amblin and Universal and starring Anthony Ramos, in the pipeline.
The ...
- 9/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Warner Bros. has found The Lost Boys once again.
The studio is gearing up for a brand-new, reimagined take on the 1980s teen vampire classic.
Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It) will topline the feature project.
Rising scribe Randy McKinnon, who is already working on Warner Bros. and DC’s Static Shock project, will write the new Lost Boys, with Jonathan Entwistle on board to direct.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce via their Automatik banner, which was behind the acclaimed indie Honey Boy (also starring Jupe) and also has sci-fi thriller Distant, from Amblin and Universal and starring Anthony Ramos, in the pipeline.
The ...
The studio is gearing up for a brand-new, reimagined take on the 1980s teen vampire classic.
Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Jaeden Martell (It) will topline the feature project.
Rising scribe Randy McKinnon, who is already working on Warner Bros. and DC’s Static Shock project, will write the new Lost Boys, with Jonathan Entwistle on board to direct.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger will produce via their Automatik banner, which was behind the acclaimed indie Honey Boy (also starring Jupe) and also has sci-fi thriller Distant, from Amblin and Universal and starring Anthony Ramos, in the pipeline.
The ...
- 9/17/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Richie is an illegal immigrant, fleeing to the USA in a desperate bid to make money to cover the health expenses of his mother. His status within society puts him at the whim of others as they use both his fear of exportation and desperation for funds as a means to keep him in place. However, when Richie gets pushed too far and is threatened, he must decide if he can put aside his own morals to ensure the safety of his family.
“Distant” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Looking at the subject of illegal immigration from a humanitarian angle, “Distant” captures the heavy weight many face when coming to the country. Putting aside the politics of immigration, the short focuses on one man’s desperate bid to keep his mother alive by taking any jobs he can and sending money back home. Living without the protection afforded to citizens,...
“Distant” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Looking at the subject of illegal immigration from a humanitarian angle, “Distant” captures the heavy weight many face when coming to the country. Putting aside the politics of immigration, the short focuses on one man’s desperate bid to keep his mother alive by taking any jobs he can and sending money back home. Living without the protection afforded to citizens,...
- 8/20/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Universal has dated two DreamWorks movies, Distant and Easter Sunday, as well as Amblin Entertainment’s The Last Voyage of the Demeter.
Distant, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, will open on March 11, 2022. The sci-fi adventure stars Anthony Ramos as a low-level mining engineer whose spaceship gets struck by an asteroid sending him to an unknown alien planet. There he contends with his AI survival suit (voiced by Zachary Quinto) and aliens. He connects with a fellow crew member (Naomi Scott) via radio, but she’s trapped inside her own escape pod, and losing oxygen as well. Pic is written by Spenser Cohen and produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger and Anna Halberg. Speck and Gordon are also EPs with Jonathan Rothbart and Matthew Hirsch. Kevin K. Vafi is co-producer. Pic will open against Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red.
Easter Sunday will open on April 1, 2022 and it’s the only wide release currently dated.
Distant, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, will open on March 11, 2022. The sci-fi adventure stars Anthony Ramos as a low-level mining engineer whose spaceship gets struck by an asteroid sending him to an unknown alien planet. There he contends with his AI survival suit (voiced by Zachary Quinto) and aliens. He connects with a fellow crew member (Naomi Scott) via radio, but she’s trapped inside her own escape pod, and losing oxygen as well. Pic is written by Spenser Cohen and produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger and Anna Halberg. Speck and Gordon are also EPs with Jonathan Rothbart and Matthew Hirsch. Kevin K. Vafi is co-producer. Pic will open against Disney/Pixar’s Turning Red.
Easter Sunday will open on April 1, 2022 and it’s the only wide release currently dated.
- 7/20/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal has set release dates in 2022 and 2023 for three upcoming films from DreamWorks and Amblin, including titles led by “In The Heights” stars Anthony Ramos and Corey Hawkins.
DreamWorks’ sci-fi comedy “Distant,” which is set for release on March 11, 2022, stars Ramos as Andy, a blue-collar worker in space whose transport ship crash lands on an alien planet. With his suit’s AI (Zachary Quinto) providing no help, Andy has to find his way across the planet to find the one other survivor (Naomi Scott) before her escape pod runs out of air.
DreamWorks’ “Easter Sunday,” which is set for release on April 1, 2022, stars stand-up comedian Jo Koy as a man traveling to visit his family for Easter in a comedic ode to the Filipino American community. Amblin’s “The Last Voyage of Demeter” stars Hawkins in a story based on a chapter of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” about a ship...
DreamWorks’ sci-fi comedy “Distant,” which is set for release on March 11, 2022, stars Ramos as Andy, a blue-collar worker in space whose transport ship crash lands on an alien planet. With his suit’s AI (Zachary Quinto) providing no help, Andy has to find his way across the planet to find the one other survivor (Naomi Scott) before her escape pod runs out of air.
DreamWorks’ “Easter Sunday,” which is set for release on April 1, 2022, stars stand-up comedian Jo Koy as a man traveling to visit his family for Easter in a comedic ode to the Filipino American community. Amblin’s “The Last Voyage of Demeter” stars Hawkins in a story based on a chapter of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” about a ship...
- 7/20/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Showtime Networks Inc. and Amblin Partners have renewed their exclusive output agreement for the latter’s theatrical films.
While Universal releases Amblin’s titles theatrically, those movies won’t be going to Peacock in 2022 like the rest of Uni’s slate after four months in theaters.
Amblin Partners films released through December 31, 2024 will air across Showtime, The Movie Channel and Flix as well as on Showtime multiplex channels and streaming service. Today’s announcement was made by Kent Sevener, Executive Vice President, Content Acquisition, Showtime Networks Inc.
The Showtime deal with Amblin began in 2010 and adds an 18 additional films. Upcoming theatrical releases include Spielberg’s untitled autobiopic starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano and Gabriel Labelle; Distant, starring Anthony Ramos and Naomi Scott; Easter Sunday, starring comedian Jo Koy; and Last Voyage of the Demeter, which stars Corey Hawkins.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Steven Spielberg...
While Universal releases Amblin’s titles theatrically, those movies won’t be going to Peacock in 2022 like the rest of Uni’s slate after four months in theaters.
Amblin Partners films released through December 31, 2024 will air across Showtime, The Movie Channel and Flix as well as on Showtime multiplex channels and streaming service. Today’s announcement was made by Kent Sevener, Executive Vice President, Content Acquisition, Showtime Networks Inc.
The Showtime deal with Amblin began in 2010 and adds an 18 additional films. Upcoming theatrical releases include Spielberg’s untitled autobiopic starring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano and Gabriel Labelle; Distant, starring Anthony Ramos and Naomi Scott; Easter Sunday, starring comedian Jo Koy; and Last Voyage of the Demeter, which stars Corey Hawkins.
“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Steven Spielberg...
- 7/6/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“Queen of the South” actor Alice Braga is set to star in the upcoming Netflix movie “Ivy.”
The story centers on a mother, who is recovering from a brutal accident and moves into a prototype smart home. As she begins to get settled, she finds out that the house’s groundbreaking AI technology is quickly developing real human emotions.
“Night Raiders” filmmaker Danis Goulet is directing the thriller, with a script from Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (“Distant”).
Netflix has not announced the film’s release date.
Producers on “Ivy” include Tripp Vinson for Vinson Films and Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films. In addition to penning the screenplay, Cohen and Halberg will serve as executive producers. Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis and Tara Farney are also executive producing.
Braga began her career in Brazilian films, including “City of God,” “Lower City” and “Only God Knows,” before landing a breakout role opposite...
The story centers on a mother, who is recovering from a brutal accident and moves into a prototype smart home. As she begins to get settled, she finds out that the house’s groundbreaking AI technology is quickly developing real human emotions.
“Night Raiders” filmmaker Danis Goulet is directing the thriller, with a script from Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (“Distant”).
Netflix has not announced the film’s release date.
Producers on “Ivy” include Tripp Vinson for Vinson Films and Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films. In addition to penning the screenplay, Cohen and Halberg will serve as executive producers. Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis and Tara Farney are also executive producing.
Braga began her career in Brazilian films, including “City of God,” “Lower City” and “Only God Knows,” before landing a breakout role opposite...
- 6/17/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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