“There’s a wonderful thing that happened when MoviePass went away.”
It’s an odd thing for the founder of MoviePass to say, but Stacy Spikes told IndieWire as much. That’s because in the wake of the spectacular crash and burn of his subscription movie-ticketing company, numerous copycats and in-house loyalty programs quickly tried to re-create what Spikes built.
“You had a lot of people introduced to subscription models, [which] validated that subscription models work, and that consumers like them,” Spikes said.
After MoviePass shuttered in 2019 — then under the leadership of Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth after Spikes had been pushed out in 2017 — Spikes re-acquired the MoviePass brand in an auction and relaunched the company in 2022, hoping to build back his baby’s name after the former CEOs caused so much ill will.
Less than two years later, Spikes has achieved something the company never did before — especially not when...
It’s an odd thing for the founder of MoviePass to say, but Stacy Spikes told IndieWire as much. That’s because in the wake of the spectacular crash and burn of his subscription movie-ticketing company, numerous copycats and in-house loyalty programs quickly tried to re-create what Spikes built.
“You had a lot of people introduced to subscription models, [which] validated that subscription models work, and that consumers like them,” Spikes said.
After MoviePass shuttered in 2019 — then under the leadership of Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth after Spikes had been pushed out in 2017 — Spikes re-acquired the MoviePass brand in an auction and relaunched the company in 2022, hoping to build back his baby’s name after the former CEOs caused so much ill will.
Less than two years later, Spikes has achieved something the company never did before — especially not when...
- 5/28/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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Nearly 40 years ago, New York Magazine published a magazine cover centered on a group of young Hollywood stars that would change the social conversation in the industry for years to come, but not as much as it would go on to change the lives of the selected members of “Hollywood’s Brat Pack.” In the first trailer for Hulu‘s Brats, one of the group’s core members,...
Nearly 40 years ago, New York Magazine published a magazine cover centered on a group of young Hollywood stars that would change the social conversation in the industry for years to come, but not as much as it would go on to change the lives of the selected members of “Hollywood’s Brat Pack.” In the first trailer for Hulu‘s Brats, one of the group’s core members,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
“Oh, f–k” was Andrew McCarthy’s reaction upon seeing the June 1985 New York magazine cover that would forever label him, Demi Moore and other peers as “Hollywood’s Brat Pack,” he shares in a first trailer for Hulu’s upcoming Brats documentary.
Hulu also announced a Thursday, June 14 release date for the feature-length docu.
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McCarthy, who wrote, directed and hosts the documentary film, said...
Hulu also announced a Thursday, June 14 release date for the feature-length docu.
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McCarthy, who wrote, directed and hosts the documentary film, said...
- 5/22/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Focus Features has taken worldwide rights to Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest project Bugonia, the remake of South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet, which sees the Greek director reunite yet again with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. The trio are here in Cannes with their Competition title Kinds of Kindness, which had its world premiere Friday.
Focus will release Bugonia in the U.S., with Universal Pictures distributing the title internationally (excluding South Korea). It’s the second deal for Focus Features announced in Cannes this week (Focus picked up Woody Harrelson starrer Last Breath a few days ago), but this one will be a notable coup for the studio given that Lanthimos’ previous Oscar-winning titles The Favourite and Poor Things as well as Cannes contender Kinds of Kindness were all handled by Searchlight for distribution.
Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company,...
Focus will release Bugonia in the U.S., with Universal Pictures distributing the title internationally (excluding South Korea). It’s the second deal for Focus Features announced in Cannes this week (Focus picked up Woody Harrelson starrer Last Breath a few days ago), but this one will be a notable coup for the studio given that Lanthimos’ previous Oscar-winning titles The Favourite and Poor Things as well as Cannes contender Kinds of Kindness were all handled by Searchlight for distribution.
Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has released the trailer for MoviePass, MovieCrash, an upcoming documentary about the rise and fall of the movie ticketing subscription service. Watch it below.
MoviePass, MovieCrash primarily focuses on what went wrong in 2017, when the company introduced a bonkers $10 per month subscription for unlimited movie tickets. At the time, control of MoviePass had been wrested from co-founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt, with former CEOs Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth leading the charge.
In the trailer, one former employee gives a peek into the behind-the-scenes drama, saying, “When they talk about MoviePass, you usually get a picture of Mitch [Lowe] and Ted [Farnsworth]. But that’s definitely not the case.”
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Muta’Ali, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s co-founders, former CEO Lowe, and former employees, as well as subscribers, investors, journalists, and financial analysts.
“In a span of eight years, MoviePass went from being the...
MoviePass, MovieCrash primarily focuses on what went wrong in 2017, when the company introduced a bonkers $10 per month subscription for unlimited movie tickets. At the time, control of MoviePass had been wrested from co-founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt, with former CEOs Mitch Lowe and Ted Farnsworth leading the charge.
In the trailer, one former employee gives a peek into the behind-the-scenes drama, saying, “When they talk about MoviePass, you usually get a picture of Mitch [Lowe] and Ted [Farnsworth]. But that’s definitely not the case.”
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Muta’Ali, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s co-founders, former CEO Lowe, and former employees, as well as subscribers, investors, journalists, and financial analysts.
“In a span of eight years, MoviePass went from being the...
- 5/16/2024
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Film News
After she won the 2021 Palme d’Or for Titane, in a which a sociopathic stripper becomes a serial killer and has sex with muscle cars, Julia Ducournau was effusive in her gratitude to the Cannes Film Festival. “Thank you for calling for more diversity in our experiences of film and our lives,” she said. “Thank you for letting in the monsters.”
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
- 5/15/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Irish production company Element Pictures is firing on all cylinders, as company partners Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe bring three very different pictures to Cannes.
The Yorgos Lanthimos producers are still smiling after a nail-biter Oscar night that yielded four wins for “Poor Things,” including Best Actress for Emma Stone. She also stars in all three episodes in Lanthimos’ follow-up, the $15-million black comedy “Kinds of Kindness” along with returning co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley and Lanthimos newbie Jesse Plemons, who leads the first two episodes. He gets to show what he can do throughout; Stone delivers an emotional performance in the ultimate story.
Each of the stories features the same actors, but with different emphasis. Lanthimos had his eye on Plemons for a while, said Lowe on Zoom, and finally found a film for him: “When the right thing comes along, Yorgos pounces. He’s specific about casting.
The Yorgos Lanthimos producers are still smiling after a nail-biter Oscar night that yielded four wins for “Poor Things,” including Best Actress for Emma Stone. She also stars in all three episodes in Lanthimos’ follow-up, the $15-million black comedy “Kinds of Kindness” along with returning co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley and Lanthimos newbie Jesse Plemons, who leads the first two episodes. He gets to show what he can do throughout; Stone delivers an emotional performance in the ultimate story.
Each of the stories features the same actors, but with different emphasis. Lanthimos had his eye on Plemons for a while, said Lowe on Zoom, and finally found a film for him: “When the right thing comes along, Yorgos pounces. He’s specific about casting.
- 5/15/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
- 5/14/2024
- by Ariana Romero
- Tudum - Netflix
Getting a feature into Cannes’ official selection is among the pinnacles of filmmaking achievements for most production companies. Ireland’s Element Pictures clearly isn’t most production companies — this year, it has three.
According to co-founder Ed Guiney, who set up Element with Andrew Lowe in 2001, while his company’s triple-headed festival visit may be “wonderful”, it’s simply down to good fortune and timing. “You know, some years you have nothing for Cannes,” he says, speaking from Element’s breezy, white-walled Dublin headquarters, located above an outdoor clothing shop and a jeweler on the Irish capital’s busy O’Connell Street, where it also runs its distribution arm Volta Pictures and the programming for the popular arthouse Light House Cinema, which it has operated since 2012.
But for anyone who has been keeping an eye on Element over the last decade, this edition of Cannes is merely another unprecedented milestone...
According to co-founder Ed Guiney, who set up Element with Andrew Lowe in 2001, while his company’s triple-headed festival visit may be “wonderful”, it’s simply down to good fortune and timing. “You know, some years you have nothing for Cannes,” he says, speaking from Element’s breezy, white-walled Dublin headquarters, located above an outdoor clothing shop and a jeweler on the Irish capital’s busy O’Connell Street, where it also runs its distribution arm Volta Pictures and the programming for the popular arthouse Light House Cinema, which it has operated since 2012.
But for anyone who has been keeping an eye on Element over the last decade, this edition of Cannes is merely another unprecedented milestone...
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Lego Masters host Will Arnett kicked off the 2024 Fox Upfront by introducing most of the celebrity players for the new season, including Jon Hamm, Olivia Culpo, Tom Brady and of course Rob Lowe, who he introduced as coming straight from St. Elmo’s Fire.
What else happened at the presentation in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City? Read on.
Michael Strahan and Gordon Ramsay kicked off the show in the theater-in-the-sound setting, and it took all of 20 seconds before Ramsay dropped his first f-bomb. The duo riffed about their pairing as hosts and Ramsay cussed some more before they brought out Jeff Collins, President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships. “The Fox portfolio is designed to drive maximum impact for your brand,” he said in a statement that absolutely no one has ever heard before at a NY upfront.
What else happened at the presentation in the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City? Read on.
Michael Strahan and Gordon Ramsay kicked off the show in the theater-in-the-sound setting, and it took all of 20 seconds before Ramsay dropped his first f-bomb. The duo riffed about their pairing as hosts and Ramsay cussed some more before they brought out Jeff Collins, President of Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships. “The Fox portfolio is designed to drive maximum impact for your brand,” he said in a statement that absolutely no one has ever heard before at a NY upfront.
- 5/13/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
After airing only two drama series for all of the 2023-24 season, Fox is planning to double that number in the fall.
The network unveiled its 2024-25 schedule Monday morning — after skipping the usual rite of spring the past two years — ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers in the afternoon. The slate includes two nights of drama programming on Monday and Tuesday, a return to Fox’s scheduling pattern from seasons before last year’s dual labor strikes shut down production on scripted series and led the network to an all-reality schedule on weeknights.
The early part of the week will be anchored by two shows that took the 2023-24 season off. Fox’s longest-running current drama, 911: Lone Star, will lead into newcomer Rescue: Hi-Surf, executive produced by John Wells, on Mondays. On Tuesdays, season two of the courtroom anthology Accused will lead the night, followed by another first-year show,...
The network unveiled its 2024-25 schedule Monday morning — after skipping the usual rite of spring the past two years — ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers in the afternoon. The slate includes two nights of drama programming on Monday and Tuesday, a return to Fox’s scheduling pattern from seasons before last year’s dual labor strikes shut down production on scripted series and led the network to an all-reality schedule on weeknights.
The early part of the week will be anchored by two shows that took the 2023-24 season off. Fox’s longest-running current drama, 911: Lone Star, will lead into newcomer Rescue: Hi-Surf, executive produced by John Wells, on Mondays. On Tuesdays, season two of the courtroom anthology Accused will lead the night, followed by another first-year show,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox has renewed its hit quiz series The Floor, this season’s #1 game show, hosted and produced by Emmy Award nominee Rob Lowe (9-1-1: Lone Star), for two additional seasons that will air during the upcoming 2024-2025 season, it was announced today by Michael Thorn, President of the Fox Television Network.
Based on the fast-growing global format, The Floor premiered in the U.S. in January. Its debut marked Fox’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years, Fox’s largest total multiplatform audience for an unscripted debut in two years, and the network’s most-streamed gameshow debut ever.
The Floor marks the sixth consecutive season Fox has claimed television’s #1 new unscripted series, following the success of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Next Level Chef, I Can See Your Voice, Lego Masters, and The Masked Singer.
In Seasons Two and Three of The Floor, created...
Based on the fast-growing global format, The Floor premiered in the U.S. in January. Its debut marked Fox’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years, Fox’s largest total multiplatform audience for an unscripted debut in two years, and the network’s most-streamed gameshow debut ever.
The Floor marks the sixth consecutive season Fox has claimed television’s #1 new unscripted series, following the success of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, Next Level Chef, I Can See Your Voice, Lego Masters, and The Masked Singer.
In Seasons Two and Three of The Floor, created...
- 5/13/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
Fox will hit The Floor again — twice — in the 2024-25 season.
The network has renewed its Rob Lowe-hosted game show for two more cycles, both of which are slated to air next season. Addtionally, Fox and Lowe — who’s also a producer of The Floor — have signed a first-look deal to develop unscripted projects.
The renewal comes just ahead of Fox’s upfront presentation to advertisers Monday, but it’s not a big surprise: The Floor was quietly one of the best-performing shows on the network this season. It averaged 3.47 million viewers over seven days of linear viewing, according to Nielsen ratings, and grew to 5.5 million viewers with streaming and other digital platforms included.
“Fans loved the first season of The Floor so much that we’ve ordered two more seasons of this breakthrough game show, with plans already underway to make our epic battle of the brains even bigger and bolder,...
The network has renewed its Rob Lowe-hosted game show for two more cycles, both of which are slated to air next season. Addtionally, Fox and Lowe — who’s also a producer of The Floor — have signed a first-look deal to develop unscripted projects.
The renewal comes just ahead of Fox’s upfront presentation to advertisers Monday, but it’s not a big surprise: The Floor was quietly one of the best-performing shows on the network this season. It averaged 3.47 million viewers over seven days of linear viewing, according to Nielsen ratings, and grew to 5.5 million viewers with streaming and other digital platforms included.
“Fans loved the first season of The Floor so much that we’ve ordered two more seasons of this breakthrough game show, with plans already underway to make our epic battle of the brains even bigger and bolder,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Floor hit the ground running… and it’s being rewarded with a multi-season pickup.
The Rob Lowe-hosted game show has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Fox. The news comes less than three months after its Season 1 finale.
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The Floor, which premiered Jan. 2, marked Fox’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years. The 10-episode first season averaged 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback...
The Rob Lowe-hosted game show has been renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 at Fox. The news comes less than three months after its Season 1 finale.
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The Floor, which premiered Jan. 2, marked Fox’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years. The 10-episode first season averaged 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback...
- 5/13/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Fox is tripling down on The Floor.
The network has handed the Rob Lowe-hosted game show a second and third season after its first season performed well for the network and was spoofed on Saturday Night Live.
The news comes ahead of Fox’s Upfront, which is being held in New York tomorrow.
The show, which Deadline revealed had landed at Fox last June, premiered on January 2. It ran for ten episodes through to the end of February.
The network said that the premiere episode amassed 4.4M multi-platform viewers after seven days of viewing, per Nielsen data, which is a 73% boost from the 2.5M that tuned in same-day, making it the network’s most-streamed game show ever and the network’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years, since Masterchef premiered in 2010. It continued to perform well over its season.
The Floor is a physical quiz show...
The network has handed the Rob Lowe-hosted game show a second and third season after its first season performed well for the network and was spoofed on Saturday Night Live.
The news comes ahead of Fox’s Upfront, which is being held in New York tomorrow.
The show, which Deadline revealed had landed at Fox last June, premiered on January 2. It ran for ten episodes through to the end of February.
The network said that the premiere episode amassed 4.4M multi-platform viewers after seven days of viewing, per Nielsen data, which is a 73% boost from the 2.5M that tuned in same-day, making it the network’s most-streamed game show ever and the network’s most-watched Tuesday unscripted debut in more than 13 years, since Masterchef premiered in 2010. It continued to perform well over its season.
The Floor is a physical quiz show...
- 5/13/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of Beowulf and Grendel is one of the most famous stories in English literature. The epic Beowulf is one of the most important works of English literature in general and it has been an inspiration for many authors over the centuries. We have also had numerous adaptations of the work, including the animated film from 2007, but all of them focused on the heroic tale of Beowulf, the hero of the story. But, the story also has another important character – Grendel – the monster and Beowulf’s rival in the story.
Grendel is finally going to get the chance to tell you his side of the story, as the movie Grendel will be released soon, with Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of Cannes.
But that is actually not the main piece of news we have for you today. Namely, the cast of the upcoming movie has been...
Grendel is finally going to get the chance to tell you his side of the story, as the movie Grendel will be released soon, with Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of Cannes.
But that is actually not the main piece of news we have for you today. Namely, the cast of the upcoming movie has been...
- 5/12/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Tron: Ares may or may not feature an appearance by the series star, Jeff Bridges, but the actor will be starring in a new live-action adaption of the legendary monster at the heart of the poem of Beowulf. Deadline has revealed that Bridges will be the lead in Grendel for The Jim Henson Company. Studio Palisades Park Pictures will be launching its international sales of the monster film ahead of the sales event in Cannes.
Grendel will involve the monster of Beowulf telling his side of the story. This new interpretation will be helmed by Robert D. Krzykowski, known for The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot. Bridges will be joined by an impressive line-up of actors for an all-star cast, which will include Dave Bautista of Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune: Part Two as Beowulf, Bryan Cranston, who fans know from Breaking Bad, as King Hrothgar,...
Grendel will involve the monster of Beowulf telling his side of the story. This new interpretation will be helmed by Robert D. Krzykowski, known for The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot. Bridges will be joined by an impressive line-up of actors for an all-star cast, which will include Dave Bautista of Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune: Part Two as Beowulf, Bryan Cranston, who fans know from Breaking Bad, as King Hrothgar,...
- 5/10/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) will play the title role in Grendel, a live-action monster flick from The Jim Henson Company, for which Palisades Park Pictures is launching international sales ahead of Cannes.
Grendel is the tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of this riveting story. Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot), the film’s ensemble also includes Dave Bautista (Dune: Part Two) as Beowulf, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as King Hrothgar, Sam Elliott (A Star is Born) as The Dragon, Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) as Queen Wealhtheow, and Aidan Turner (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) as Unferth. In addition to playing the role of The Shaper, famed recording artist and record producer T Bone Burnett will provide original songs for the film.
Krzykowski...
Grendel is the tale of the legendary monster at the heart of the Beowulf epic poem who steps forth to tell his side of this riveting story. Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski (The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot), the film’s ensemble also includes Dave Bautista (Dune: Part Two) as Beowulf, Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) as King Hrothgar, Sam Elliott (A Star is Born) as The Dragon, Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) as Queen Wealhtheow, and Aidan Turner (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) as Unferth. In addition to playing the role of The Shaper, famed recording artist and record producer T Bone Burnett will provide original songs for the film.
Krzykowski...
- 5/10/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Element Pictures is coming off the back of yet another buzzy awards season with its absurdist comedy Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, notching 11 Oscar nominations and coming home with four wins, including Best Actress for Emma Stone. But just when it feels like the company’s trajectory can’t get higher, the Irish-Anglo production, distribution and exhibition banner is hitting the Croisette this year with no less than three films in the Cannes official selection. Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness, which reunites him with his long-term writing partner Efthimis Fillipou and Poor Things stars Stone and Willem Dafoe, will compete for the Palme d’Or, while French actor Ariane Labed’s directorial debut September Says and I Am Not a Witch director Rungano Nyoni’s sophomore feature On Becoming A Guinea Fowl are both screening in the Un Certain Regard section.
It’s especially significant to Element co-founders and...
It’s especially significant to Element co-founders and...
- 5/9/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
From nuns and handmaids to webslingers and oversexualized teens, Sydney Sweeney has done a fantastic job in her decade and a half of acting.
While she has been dubbed a sex symbol, that title doesn't even begin to define the actress's range of skill when it comes to dramatic roles.
Having amassed 22 awards nominations and securing three wins, primarily for her breakout role in Euphoria, the actress has become a mainstay in the entertainment industry.
Though she's been acting since 2009, it wasn't until recently that she started blowing up the news circuits with her career-defining performances.
One thing that can be said about the actress is that she takes every opportunity to elevate her characters as far as possible.
Here, we've assembled a set of Sweeney's most notable television and film roles. From comedy to horror to gritty drama, the actress is not limiting her role choices.
So, grab...
While she has been dubbed a sex symbol, that title doesn't even begin to define the actress's range of skill when it comes to dramatic roles.
Having amassed 22 awards nominations and securing three wins, primarily for her breakout role in Euphoria, the actress has become a mainstay in the entertainment industry.
Though she's been acting since 2009, it wasn't until recently that she started blowing up the news circuits with her career-defining performances.
One thing that can be said about the actress is that she takes every opportunity to elevate her characters as far as possible.
Here, we've assembled a set of Sweeney's most notable television and film roles. From comedy to horror to gritty drama, the actress is not limiting her role choices.
So, grab...
- 5/6/2024
- by Joshua Pleming
- TVfanatic
Before he made the disastrous Batman & Robin, Joel Schumacher helmed the summer blockbuster film A Time to Kill starring Matthew McConaughey. The Interstellar actor was still a newcomer at the time, only having the cult film Dazed and Confused popularly in his portfolio. He was cast in the role after Schumacher pulled some strings, but two other famous stars were rejected before McConaughey’s casting.
Matthew McConaughey with Samuel L. Jackson in the Joel Schumacher film A Time To Kill
Kevin Costner was a contender for the role and a much older actor than McConaughey. Costner was rejected because the film needed someone younger to play the up-and-coming lawyer. Interestingly, McConaughey is rumored to appear as the next big star in the Yellowstone franchise after Costner.
Matthew McConaughey’s Breakout Film Rejected Kevin Costner Before Considering Him
JFK star Kevin Costner was considered for the role in A Time to Kill...
Matthew McConaughey with Samuel L. Jackson in the Joel Schumacher film A Time To Kill
Kevin Costner was a contender for the role and a much older actor than McConaughey. Costner was rejected because the film needed someone younger to play the up-and-coming lawyer. Interestingly, McConaughey is rumored to appear as the next big star in the Yellowstone franchise after Costner.
Matthew McConaughey’s Breakout Film Rejected Kevin Costner Before Considering Him
JFK star Kevin Costner was considered for the role in A Time to Kill...
- 5/6/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Sean Lowe became a family man after finding love with Catherine Giudici on The Bachelor. Why did they recently leave their kids behind and escape? Keep reading to see what’s going on with the former reality stars.
Bachelor Success Story
It’s true that many relationships from the Bachelor Nation franchise crash and burn within a year. Or, in Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s case, less than six months.
However, when looking toward success stories from the franchise, fans point to the first Bachelorette, Trista, and her husband Ryan Sutter.
Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici Lowe are another fan-favorite couple to come out of the reality show. They met and fell in love on Season 17 of The Bachelor. The couple went on to marry in a televised ceremony a year later.
They share three children together. Sean and Catherine’s first child, Samuel, was born in 2016. They added...
Bachelor Success Story
It’s true that many relationships from the Bachelor Nation franchise crash and burn within a year. Or, in Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist’s case, less than six months.
However, when looking toward success stories from the franchise, fans point to the first Bachelorette, Trista, and her husband Ryan Sutter.
Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici Lowe are another fan-favorite couple to come out of the reality show. They met and fell in love on Season 17 of The Bachelor. The couple went on to marry in a televised ceremony a year later.
They share three children together. Sean and Catherine’s first child, Samuel, was born in 2016. They added...
- 5/4/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- TV Shows Ace
Biotech genius Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe) is behind bars in the first teaser for Unstable Season 2 — well, sort of. He’s training for his seemingly inevitable imprisonment — you know, after the explosive ending of Season 1.
Created by Lowe, his son John Owen Lowe, and Victor Fresco, Unstable follows eccentric entrepreneur Ellis as he reconnects with his estranged son, Jackson (John Owen Lowe), who moves back home to help pull his father out of an emotional freefall. At the end of , a last-minute technological breakthrough saw Ellis narrowly avoid being removed from the board of his own company. Instead, he ousted his friend turned rival, Jean (Christina Chang)... and then blew up her car.
He’ll have to face the music this summer when the series returns for Season 2.
Co-creators, stars, and executive producers Rob and John Owen Lowe tell Tudum, “It’s a dream come true for...
Created by Lowe, his son John Owen Lowe, and Victor Fresco, Unstable follows eccentric entrepreneur Ellis as he reconnects with his estranged son, Jackson (John Owen Lowe), who moves back home to help pull his father out of an emotional freefall. At the end of , a last-minute technological breakthrough saw Ellis narrowly avoid being removed from the board of his own company. Instead, he ousted his friend turned rival, Jean (Christina Chang)... and then blew up her car.
He’ll have to face the music this summer when the series returns for Season 2.
Co-creators, stars, and executive producers Rob and John Owen Lowe tell Tudum, “It’s a dream come true for...
- 5/3/2024
- by Jean Bentley
- Tudum - Netflix
Dua Lipa isn’t going to let criticism get to her. In an upcoming interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music, the Radical Optimism musician opened up about the criticism she received after she earned the Best New Artist trophy at the 2019 Grammys.
“I think everything comes in stages and waves. There can be a moment where people really like love you and you feel so supported and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is great.’ Especially in the beginning, I was doing interviews and people were like, ‘How do you deal with hate?...
“I think everything comes in stages and waves. There can be a moment where people really like love you and you feel so supported and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is great.’ Especially in the beginning, I was doing interviews and people were like, ‘How do you deal with hate?...
- 5/1/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Look around and you just may find yourself amid a Pet Shop Boys renaissance.
Of course, the English duo — consisting of Neil Tennant, 69, and Chris Lowe, 64 — never went anywhere. They have been steadily putting out music since their landmark 1984 debut, Please, which instantly established them with timeless songs like “West End Girls” and “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money).”
But Pet Shop Boys’ deep catalog has been plundered in recent years everywhere from Madison Avenue (“Opportunities” showed up in a Super Bowl ad for Allstate) to Hollywood (several classics were used to wonderful effect in two of last year’s zeitgeistiest movies, Saltburn and All of Us Strangers). Their signature sound is suddenly everywhere — wistful and longing, danceable and intellectually sophisticated synth-pop. Their 15th studio effort, Nonetheless, drops tomorrow and features more of that infectious trademark music.
Tennant and Lowe sat with The Hollywood Reporter recently to relive their...
Of course, the English duo — consisting of Neil Tennant, 69, and Chris Lowe, 64 — never went anywhere. They have been steadily putting out music since their landmark 1984 debut, Please, which instantly established them with timeless songs like “West End Girls” and “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money).”
But Pet Shop Boys’ deep catalog has been plundered in recent years everywhere from Madison Avenue (“Opportunities” showed up in a Super Bowl ad for Allstate) to Hollywood (several classics were used to wonderful effect in two of last year’s zeitgeistiest movies, Saltburn and All of Us Strangers). Their signature sound is suddenly everywhere — wistful and longing, danceable and intellectually sophisticated synth-pop. Their 15th studio effort, Nonetheless, drops tomorrow and features more of that infectious trademark music.
Tennant and Lowe sat with The Hollywood Reporter recently to relive their...
- 4/25/2024
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you haven't seen "The Outsiders" in the past 20 years, you may want to revisit the coming-of-age classic: in 2005, it was rereleased with 22 minutes of additional footage, reportedly at director Francis Ford Coppola's request. The new version of the movie, titled "The Outsiders: The Complete Novel," hewed more closely to the beloved S.E. Hinton book of the same name, and it also reinstated a scene that Coppola regretted cutting after the film's 1983 release.
The sequence in question features young greaser Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) sharing a bed with his popular older brother Sodapop (Rob Lowe). In it, the pair hug, toss and turn, and talk about life and love. Ponyboy asks Soda why he dropped out of school, Soda shares his intent to marry his girlfriend Sandy, and the older brother encourages the younger to shake it off when his friends are mean to him. It's a shared moment...
The sequence in question features young greaser Ponyboy (C. Thomas Howell) sharing a bed with his popular older brother Sodapop (Rob Lowe). In it, the pair hug, toss and turn, and talk about life and love. Ponyboy asks Soda why he dropped out of school, Soda shares his intent to marry his girlfriend Sandy, and the older brother encourages the younger to shake it off when his friends are mean to him. It's a shared moment...
- 4/23/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The late, great, Patrick Swayze was taken from us far too soon, but left behind a legacy of phenomenal films, performances, and characters to hold near and dear. Before pivoting into a full-time acting career, Swayze was trained in ballet, ice skating, martial arts, and football. Pairing this with his dazzling good looks and acting prowess allowed him to thrive in a variety of film genres, playing fast-dancing heartthrobs and action hunks in equal measure. He had his professional breakthrough as a dancer with the Disney Theatrical Group before taking on the replacement role of Danny Zuko in a Broadway production of "Grease." This put him on the radar of Hollywood, and he made his film debut as Ace in the 1979 film "Skatetown, U.S.A."
But when the 1980s came calling, Swayze exploded in popularity and became a household name. While he certainly hit his peak when I was just a child,...
But when the 1980s came calling, Swayze exploded in popularity and became a household name. While he certainly hit his peak when I was just a child,...
- 4/21/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
All Nonna had to do was give Ariana Grande some advice about love to make history.
Grande’s grandmother Marjorie Grande (or Nonna to the world) posed for a photo with a massive plaque commemorating her accomplishment of becoming the oldest person to land a song on the Hot 100 thanks to Grande’s “Ordinary Things.”
“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the @billboard Hot100 ,” Grande wrote on Instagram with a photo of her Nonna.
Grande’s grandmother Marjorie Grande (or Nonna to the world) posed for a photo with a massive plaque commemorating her accomplishment of becoming the oldest person to land a song on the Hot 100 thanks to Grande’s “Ordinary Things.”
“Celebrating the one and only, most beautiful Nonna who has now made history for being the senior most person to ever appear on the @billboard Hot100 ,” Grande wrote on Instagram with a photo of her Nonna.
- 4/16/2024
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Bachelor Sean Lowe has been a big part of Bachelor Nation for years. He and his wife Catherine Giudici Lowe are huge fan favorites. Everyone loves Sean and his family, especially his humor. While some of his posts are serious, he is usually cracking jokes and making fans laugh. In a new video he shared, it seems he just can’t find any peace and really wants out of the house. What is going on now in the Lowe home? Keep reading to find out more.
Sean Lowe Needs Some Peace
Bachelor Nation loves Sean Lowe and sometimes some fans actually take his sarcastic humor seriously. Most others know he’s always positive and always smiling. He loves to joke around.
In his latest video on Instagram, Sean admits he wants out of the house. What happened? Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici have three children. Their son Isaiah lost his first tooth.
Sean Lowe Needs Some Peace
Bachelor Nation loves Sean Lowe and sometimes some fans actually take his sarcastic humor seriously. Most others know he’s always positive and always smiling. He loves to joke around.
In his latest video on Instagram, Sean admits he wants out of the house. What happened? Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici have three children. Their son Isaiah lost his first tooth.
- 4/9/2024
- by Jamie Colclasure
- TV Shows Ace
Bachelor alum Sean Lowe and his wife Catherine Giudici celebrated their son’s big achievement with a shocking reward. Keep reading for all the details.
Samuel Lowe Celebrated By Parents For Huge Achievement
Bachelor star Sean Lowe has been happily married to his final rose winner, Catherine Giudici, for ten years. They share three young children together: Samuel, 7. Isaiah, 5, and Mia, 4. The couple regularly posts about their children on social media to keep fans updated.
Sean Lowe took to his Instagram two months ago to show his oldest son dressed up as a grandpa for a special day in school. He returned to social media this week with another heartwarming moment from his family life.
Bachelor Sean Lowe Instagram
Sean Lowe took a moment to shout-out a huge accomplishment from his son. “Tonight we celebrated my boy! Our school district had an art show tonight and he was 1 of 12 kids...
Samuel Lowe Celebrated By Parents For Huge Achievement
Bachelor star Sean Lowe has been happily married to his final rose winner, Catherine Giudici, for ten years. They share three young children together: Samuel, 7. Isaiah, 5, and Mia, 4. The couple regularly posts about their children on social media to keep fans updated.
Sean Lowe took to his Instagram two months ago to show his oldest son dressed up as a grandpa for a special day in school. He returned to social media this week with another heartwarming moment from his family life.
Bachelor Sean Lowe Instagram
Sean Lowe took a moment to shout-out a huge accomplishment from his son. “Tonight we celebrated my boy! Our school district had an art show tonight and he was 1 of 12 kids...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jennifer Havener
- TV Shows Ace
Yorgos Lanthimos is examining the kinds of cruelty in his latest film “Kinds of Kindness.”
The feature, which was originally titled “And”, marks Lanthimos’ eighth film and reunites the auteur with two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone following her recent “Poor Things” Best Actress win. Stone previously garnered her first Oscar after starring in Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
While the plot details for the Searchlight Pictures release remain elusive, we do know that “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide. Stone stars alongside her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, plus Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie.
“It’s great to be working again with Emma,” Lanthimos told The Guardian about the project. “It makes it so much easier to have someone there who trusts you so much, and who you trust so much.” The duo are next set...
The feature, which was originally titled “And”, marks Lanthimos’ eighth film and reunites the auteur with two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone following her recent “Poor Things” Best Actress win. Stone previously garnered her first Oscar after starring in Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
While the plot details for the Searchlight Pictures release remain elusive, we do know that “Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide. Stone stars alongside her “Poor Things” co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley, plus Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie.
“It’s great to be working again with Emma,” Lanthimos told The Guardian about the project. “It makes it so much easier to have someone there who trusts you so much, and who you trust so much.” The duo are next set...
- 3/27/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Colombian pop superstar Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué were once a glamorous power couple. Their chance meeting in 2010, on the set of her music video for “Waka Waka” sparked a love story between the two celebrities.
Shakira || NBC’s Dancing with Myself
Shakira, known for her electrifying dance moves and global hits, and Piqué, a central defender for Fc Barcelona and the Spanish national team, seemed to have it all. They built a beautiful family with their two sons, Milan and Sasha. However, in June 2022, their seemingly perfect world came crashing down as they announced their separation, and nothing seems to have been the same for the two since.
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Shakira recently...
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Shakira, known for her electrifying dance moves and global hits, and Piqué, a central defender for Fc Barcelona and the Spanish national team, seemed to have it all. They built a beautiful family with their two sons, Milan and Sasha. However, in June 2022, their seemingly perfect world came crashing down as they announced their separation, and nothing seems to have been the same for the two since.
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- 3/21/2024
- by Piyush Yadav
- FandomWire
As an actress, writer and director, Alice Lowe has never much cared if you like the characters she’s penned for herself. From the tourist who develops a taste for murder on her road trip with her boyfriend in Ben Wheatley’s “Sightseers” to a mother-to-be whose baby inspires far more violence than just kicking around in her belly in her own directorial debut, “Prevenge,” Lowe has sacrificed audience approval for the license to explore darker corners of the female experience. However, that might make Agnes the most deliciously miserable of her creations, as someone in desperate need of love, commencing a grimly amusing search for the perfect partner across centuries in “Timestalker.”
If comedy is tragedy plus time, there is plenty of it in Lowe’s latest film. Starting in Scotland in the late 1600s, Agnes can’t escape her attraction to the wrong guy (Aneurin Barnard) and is...
If comedy is tragedy plus time, there is plenty of it in Lowe’s latest film. Starting in Scotland in the late 1600s, Agnes can’t escape her attraction to the wrong guy (Aneurin Barnard) and is...
- 3/16/2024
- by Stephen Saito
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight is wasting no time getting the next Yorgos Lanthimos film out there.
Less than a week after “Poor Things” won four Academy Awards include Best Actress for Emma Stone, distributor Searchlight Pictures has announced the release date for his next film, “Kinds of Kindness“: It will open in theaters June 21, 2024. A limited release will kick off the launch for Lanthimos’ eighth feature film, with a wider nationwide opening to follow.
The June 21 release almost certainly means that “Kinds of Kindness” will be ready for Cannes 2024 — and will potentially be his first feature to premiere on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” His past Oscar winners “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” both went the way of Venice. The 2024 Cannes Film Festival runs May 14 through May 25.
“Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide, though plot details remain scarce so far.
Less than a week after “Poor Things” won four Academy Awards include Best Actress for Emma Stone, distributor Searchlight Pictures has announced the release date for his next film, “Kinds of Kindness“: It will open in theaters June 21, 2024. A limited release will kick off the launch for Lanthimos’ eighth feature film, with a wider nationwide opening to follow.
The June 21 release almost certainly means that “Kinds of Kindness” will be ready for Cannes 2024 — and will potentially be his first feature to premiere on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” His past Oscar winners “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” both went the way of Venice. The 2024 Cannes Film Festival runs May 14 through May 25.
“Kinds of Kindness” is an anthology film with three separate storylines that collide, though plot details remain scarce so far.
- 3/14/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has weighed in on artificial intelligence’s place in Hollywood.
Sarandos discussed the contentious topic with Rob Lowe on an upcoming episode of the actor’s SiriusXM podcast Literally! with Rob Lowe. Deadline has an exclusive excerpt from the interview, where Sarandos called AI a “‘creators’ tool, not a ‘creative’ tool.”
Lowe points out that, after last year’s dual writers and actors strikes where AI was a big sticking point, the conversation is far from over, to which Sarandos replies, “Probably rightfully so.”
“I think that the creators who learn to use these tools better than everyone else are gonna win…not companies who create, but people who create,” he said, stressing that he doesn’t think AI will replace human filmmakers, because “it’s feasible that AI can replicate or imitate those things, but there’s something about the authenticity and the reality...
Sarandos discussed the contentious topic with Rob Lowe on an upcoming episode of the actor’s SiriusXM podcast Literally! with Rob Lowe. Deadline has an exclusive excerpt from the interview, where Sarandos called AI a “‘creators’ tool, not a ‘creative’ tool.”
Lowe points out that, after last year’s dual writers and actors strikes where AI was a big sticking point, the conversation is far from over, to which Sarandos replies, “Probably rightfully so.”
“I think that the creators who learn to use these tools better than everyone else are gonna win…not companies who create, but people who create,” he said, stressing that he doesn’t think AI will replace human filmmakers, because “it’s feasible that AI can replicate or imitate those things, but there’s something about the authenticity and the reality...
- 3/13/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
POstables have been waiting since October 2021 for news on a new Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie 12. These superfans want more from their favorite quartet of stars, Eric Mabius, Kristin Booth, Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, and Geoff Gustafson. Could some new information perhaps shed light that Hallmark is filming a new movie?
There have been some new developments in this fan-favorite franchise. This includes hints from some cast members, a listing in a trade journal, as well as an explanation for the delays from a Hallmark executive.
Here is the latest news.
Hallmark Mystery Signed, Sealed, Delivered – YouTube Is Hallmark Mystery Filming A New Signed, Sealed, Delivered?
POstables have been waiting a long time for a new Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie. After hints that there will be one someday, it looks like that day is on the horizon.
According to the industry magazine Production Weekly, Hallmark is making the twelfth movie. On the March 7 alphabetical listing,...
There have been some new developments in this fan-favorite franchise. This includes hints from some cast members, a listing in a trade journal, as well as an explanation for the delays from a Hallmark executive.
Here is the latest news.
Hallmark Mystery Signed, Sealed, Delivered – YouTube Is Hallmark Mystery Filming A New Signed, Sealed, Delivered?
POstables have been waiting a long time for a new Signed, Sealed, Delivered movie. After hints that there will be one someday, it looks like that day is on the horizon.
According to the industry magazine Production Weekly, Hallmark is making the twelfth movie. On the March 7 alphabetical listing,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Georgia Makitalo
- TV Shows Ace
Kate Beckensale left her fans alarmed Monday after sharing emotional photos of herself in the hospital.
The “Underworld” star actress posted to Instagram celebrating her mother Judy Lowe’s birthday and Mother’s Day in the U.K. The 50-year-old actress also shared a teary-eyed photo of herself sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a gown and a large black bow on her head, but she gave no reason for her hospitalization.
“Happy birthday and U.K. Mother’s Day this last week to my incredible mother,” Beckinsale captioned the post. “Thank you to those that love us and support us when it’s s–t and try to make sure there are some bits that aren’t.”
“And for looking after our dogs when we can’t, and lead us to remember happy things when we can’t,” she continued. “And turn up when we are sick and sit...
The “Underworld” star actress posted to Instagram celebrating her mother Judy Lowe’s birthday and Mother’s Day in the U.K. The 50-year-old actress also shared a teary-eyed photo of herself sitting in a hospital bed, wearing a gown and a large black bow on her head, but she gave no reason for her hospitalization.
“Happy birthday and U.K. Mother’s Day this last week to my incredible mother,” Beckinsale captioned the post. “Thank you to those that love us and support us when it’s s–t and try to make sure there are some bits that aren’t.”
“And for looking after our dogs when we can’t, and lead us to remember happy things when we can’t,” she continued. “And turn up when we are sick and sit...
- 3/11/2024
- by Emily Smith
- The Wrap
On Hollywood’s biggest night, an exclusive viewing party in Beverly Hills brought together wall-to-wall reality television stars that gathered at Wolfgang Puck’s legendary restaurant Spago.
DirecTV Streaming With the Stars was an intimate affair for nearly 200 guests that was hosted by Rob Lowe. The event served plates of sautéed scallops and beet salads from the restaurant’s signature menu, along with specialty cocktails. And during a commercial break the DJ played “Happy Birthday” as staff wheeled out cakes and pies to celebrate Lowe turning 60 on March 17.
The host grinned with gratitude before turning his eyes to see the delivery of the Best Supporting Actor category on a screen in the middle of the lounge.
Watching his old friend Robert Downey Jr. take home the Oscar for “Oppenheimer” was a highlight of the evening for Lowe, who said he has known the Oscar winner since sharing a sophomore history class in Santa Monica.
DirecTV Streaming With the Stars was an intimate affair for nearly 200 guests that was hosted by Rob Lowe. The event served plates of sautéed scallops and beet salads from the restaurant’s signature menu, along with specialty cocktails. And during a commercial break the DJ played “Happy Birthday” as staff wheeled out cakes and pies to celebrate Lowe turning 60 on March 17.
The host grinned with gratitude before turning his eyes to see the delivery of the Best Supporting Actor category on a screen in the middle of the lounge.
Watching his old friend Robert Downey Jr. take home the Oscar for “Oppenheimer” was a highlight of the evening for Lowe, who said he has known the Oscar winner since sharing a sophomore history class in Santa Monica.
- 3/11/2024
- by Elizabeth Taylor
- Variety Film + TV
It is possible that one day an excellent narrative feature in the vein of The Big Short, BlackBerry, Dumb Money or Margin Call will be made about MoviePass, a company built––and destroyed––by several larger-than-life figures. For now, we have Muta’Ali’s documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash, which provides a broad overview of the deal everyone knew was too good to be true: a company that, for about a year, was so obsessed with subscriber growth that they offered customers the chance to see one movie per day for only $9.95 month.
Inspired by a series of Business Insider articles, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt along with other company––insiders including Mitch Lowe, the man who would ultimately take Spikes’ position. In a bit of good luck, Muta’Ali gets the interview with Lowe just weeks before he’s indicted on securities fraud alongside Ted Farnsworth,...
Inspired by a series of Business Insider articles, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt along with other company––insiders including Mitch Lowe, the man who would ultimately take Spikes’ position. In a bit of good luck, Muta’Ali gets the interview with Lowe just weeks before he’s indicted on securities fraud alongside Ted Farnsworth,...
- 3/11/2024
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
If you're a movie lover -- specifically someone who loves going to the movies -- there's a more-than-decent chance that you got sucked into a MoviePass subscription at some point between 2015 and 2018. At one point, it was a deal that seemed too good to be true. Unlimited movies, all for as low as $10 per month depending on where you live in the country. Either way, it represented insane value for moviegoers and felt like a real moment of change in the industry. Then, it all flamed out in spectacular fashion in the summer of 2018.
MoviePass lost tens of millions of dollars. The business model was called into question, and its parent company ultimately had to file for bankruptcy. It was a disaster of epic proportions. But, it turns out, most of us aren't even aware of just how bad it was behind the scenes. A new documentary is here to...
MoviePass lost tens of millions of dollars. The business model was called into question, and its parent company ultimately had to file for bankruptcy. It was a disaster of epic proportions. But, it turns out, most of us aren't even aware of just how bad it was behind the scenes. A new documentary is here to...
- 3/10/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Say this for Mitch Lowe, the former CEO of MoviePass: He may have helped destroy a briefly beloved brand and he may be awaiting trial on fraud charges stemming from that destruction, but he sat down for interviews for Muta’Ali’s upcoming HBO documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash and he gives what might be my favorite quote illustrating the true nature of capitalism.
Discussing the wave of out-of-control spending and public exuberance that preceded MoviePass’ fall — MoviePass-branded helicopters were landing at Coachella and Dennis Rodman was being trotted out in red hats while the offices were running out of supplies and seven customer service reps were handling countless complaints — Lowe says, without any evident self-awareness: “I sensed a resentment by the MoviePass employees. Each individual has their various roles and not all roles get to party.”
“Not all roles get to party.”
Man, that’s good.
As for MoviePass, MovieCrash?...
Discussing the wave of out-of-control spending and public exuberance that preceded MoviePass’ fall — MoviePass-branded helicopters were landing at Coachella and Dennis Rodman was being trotted out in red hats while the offices were running out of supplies and seven customer service reps were handling countless complaints — Lowe says, without any evident self-awareness: “I sensed a resentment by the MoviePass employees. Each individual has their various roles and not all roles get to party.”
“Not all roles get to party.”
Man, that’s good.
As for MoviePass, MovieCrash?...
- 3/10/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
MoviePass CEO Stacey Spikes said the service may give users buying tickets on the app the option of watching a bucket of commercials in exchange for credits they can cash in for movie tickets.
Spikes – who relaunched the company out of bankruptcy in 2022 – wants to start a beta trial this coming summer. He spoke at SXSW after the premiere of the Muta’Ali directed documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash earlier today. Spikes co-founded the company, which was then acquired by Ted Farnsworth and Mitch Lowe. They ejected him and ran it into the ground with too-good-to-be-true ticket offers. Shareholders in MoviePass’ parent Helios + Matheson were wiped out when it filed for Chapter 11. Lowe and Farnsworth have been sued for fraud by the SEC.
MoviePass was reborn in the fall of 2022 and currently has three — more responsible — tiers that include movies as well as credits that can be used towards purchases.
In conversation...
Spikes – who relaunched the company out of bankruptcy in 2022 – wants to start a beta trial this coming summer. He spoke at SXSW after the premiere of the Muta’Ali directed documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash earlier today. Spikes co-founded the company, which was then acquired by Ted Farnsworth and Mitch Lowe. They ejected him and ran it into the ground with too-good-to-be-true ticket offers. Shareholders in MoviePass’ parent Helios + Matheson were wiped out when it filed for Chapter 11. Lowe and Farnsworth have been sued for fraud by the SEC.
MoviePass was reborn in the fall of 2022 and currently has three — more responsible — tiers that include movies as well as credits that can be used towards purchases.
In conversation...
- 3/10/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
When dealing with an utterly preposterous premise, it’s best to dive straight into the outrageousness of it all and never let the audience have a second to question it. Writer/director Alice Lowe clearly understands the assignment with her clever new absurdist comedy, “Timestalker,” which doesn’t waste a second triggering its ridiculous but enjoyable idea. A period-set romance and time-travel/reincarnation looping comedy, Lowe stars as Agnes, a hapless heroine who falls in love through time, trying to follow the same man she fell head over heels for at first sight.
Continue reading ‘Timestalker’ Review: Alice Lowe Takes Obsessive Crushes To The Absurdist Next Level Through Time [SXSW] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Timestalker’ Review: Alice Lowe Takes Obsessive Crushes To The Absurdist Next Level Through Time [SXSW] at The Playlist.
- 3/8/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Love never dies, but a lot of people do in Alice Lowe’s gloriously bloody valentine to the romantic comedy. Spanning so much time that it practically goes back to the beginning of it, Timestalker is an ambitious project that not only works, it coheres in a way that cements Lowe as a genuine and quite visionary comedic talent. It recalls classic Monty Python — it’s often very, very stupid and the same time very, very clever — but most of all it’s an idea of what might have been if that all-male team had ever had a woman or two in its core lineup.
Lowe set out her stall in 2016 with Prevenge, a horror comedy in which a bereaved pregnant woman is driven to avenge her late husband, incited to murder by her unborn baby. Timestalker doesn’t fall far from that tree, being another satirical comment on how...
Lowe set out her stall in 2016 with Prevenge, a horror comedy in which a bereaved pregnant woman is driven to avenge her late husband, incited to murder by her unborn baby. Timestalker doesn’t fall far from that tree, being another satirical comment on how...
- 3/8/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Even in 1688, there were fuckboys. Such is the first and best lesson of Alice Lowe’s “Timestalker,” even if it’s one our leading lady Agnes has to learn over and over and over and over. That’s the gimmick of Lowe’s second feature film — a winning follow-up to her bloody good 2016 feature directorial debut “Prevenge” — which is billed as a “reincarnation rom com.” Mostly, the feature serves as a stellar reminder of the elasticity of genre and Lowe’s ability to stretch any apparent limits however she sees fit.
Consider Lowe’s sophomore film a canny, slightly sweeter companion to Bertrand Bonello’s similarly plotted “The Beast”: Both films follow a pair of star-crossed lovers who continue to meet in different times, places, and stations, only to fuck it up each time. In Lowe’s version, however, her Agnes is the only one aware of what’s actually unspooling here.
Consider Lowe’s sophomore film a canny, slightly sweeter companion to Bertrand Bonello’s similarly plotted “The Beast”: Both films follow a pair of star-crossed lovers who continue to meet in different times, places, and stations, only to fuck it up each time. In Lowe’s version, however, her Agnes is the only one aware of what’s actually unspooling here.
- 3/8/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
World premiering at this year’s SXSW, writer-director-star Alice Lowe’s sophomore feature Timestalker certainly feels like it’s been a long time coming. Arriving eight years after Prevenge, her 2016 debut that she shot and starred in just weeks before giving birth to her eldest daughter, Lowe’s latest was stalled for a slew of reasons—motherhood, Covid, involvement in other projects—but Timestalker’s extended development served to sharpen Lowe’s filmic instinct while shooting, resulting in an ambitious, blood-spattered time loop rom-com more aesthetically and thematically assured than its 22-day shoot may have initially allowed for. Lowe stars as Agnes, an ordinary woman who we […]
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The post “Any Independent Film Is a Miracle These Days”: Alice Lowe on SXSW 2024 Premiere Timestalker first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/8/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
World premiering at this year’s SXSW, writer-director-star Alice Lowe’s sophomore feature Timestalker certainly feels like it’s been a long time coming. Arriving eight years after Prevenge, her 2016 debut that she shot and starred in just weeks before giving birth to her eldest daughter, Lowe’s latest was stalled for a slew of reasons—motherhood, Covid, involvement in other projects—but Timestalker’s extended development served to sharpen Lowe’s filmic instinct while shooting, resulting in an ambitious, blood-spattered time loop rom-com more aesthetically and thematically assured than its 22-day shoot may have initially allowed for. Lowe stars as Agnes, an ordinary woman who we […]
The post “Any Independent Film Is a Miracle These Days”: Alice Lowe on SXSW 2024 Premiere Timestalker first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Any Independent Film Is a Miracle These Days”: Alice Lowe on SXSW 2024 Premiere Timestalker first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/8/2024
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This article appears in the SXSW 2024 issue of Den of Geek magazine. Check out all of our SXSW coverage here.
Seven years in the making, spanning centuries in the telling, Alice Lowe’s latest feature, Timestalker, is a strange beast. A dark comedy, a romance through the ages, a violent sci-fi, and an existential musing on the self, it’s an ambitious romp dressed in spandex and crinoline.
“When you make an independent film, you know there’s a chance you may never make one again,” says Lowe. “Any time one happens, it’s like a miracle. And I really just thought, God, if this was the last film that I ever get to make, what would I want to put in it? It’s like my gravestone in a film.”
What she’s put in it are fabulous costumes, wigs, animals, an ensemble cast playing multiple roles, music, Easter eggs,...
Seven years in the making, spanning centuries in the telling, Alice Lowe’s latest feature, Timestalker, is a strange beast. A dark comedy, a romance through the ages, a violent sci-fi, and an existential musing on the self, it’s an ambitious romp dressed in spandex and crinoline.
“When you make an independent film, you know there’s a chance you may never make one again,” says Lowe. “Any time one happens, it’s like a miracle. And I really just thought, God, if this was the last film that I ever get to make, what would I want to put in it? It’s like my gravestone in a film.”
What she’s put in it are fabulous costumes, wigs, animals, an ensemble cast playing multiple roles, music, Easter eggs,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Ryan Reynolds’ upcoming Deadpool 3 is heavily anticipated by the fans as it will feature Hugh Jackman in his iconic role of Logan popularly known as Wolverine. When the news was first announced, the fans broke the internet as it was believed that the actor had parted ways with the character after dying at the end of Logan. Nevertheless, the news came as a big announcement, and he will finally share the screen with Reynolds since X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Fans want the Greatest Showman actor to continue being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and so does the actor. However, a reliable scooper has reported that Kevin Feige and the executives at Marvel Studios have to comply with one condition of Hugh Jackman, which involves Robert Downey Jr.
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Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Fans want the Greatest Showman actor to continue being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and so does the actor. However, a reliable scooper has reported that Kevin Feige and the executives at Marvel Studios have to comply with one condition of Hugh Jackman, which involves Robert Downey Jr.
Hugh Jackman’s Only Condition To Be A Part of Avengers: Secret Wars
Hugh Jackman’s return to...
- 3/4/2024
- by Tushar Auddy
- FandomWire
Francis Ford Coppola is celebrating his memorable film The Outsiders with footage of the auditions that brought together the film’s young stars, almost all of whom went on to even greater glory.
Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Diane Lane, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, and Rob Lowe were part of the magic cast.
“42 years ago, we cast The Outsiders in a unique way,” Coppola wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday. “We had all the actors together on a soundstage and would alternate different actors reading for different roles.”
He continued: “It was interesting because each of them was watching their competition, so while it could’ve been a volatile situation, it turned into a very positive one. There emerged the natural respect and sense of colleagueship among them. The result worked beautifully and reminded me of my days as a camp counselor.”
The shared footage features the actors reading from the coming-of-age story,...
Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Diane Lane, Ralph Macchio, Matt Dillon, and Rob Lowe were part of the magic cast.
“42 years ago, we cast The Outsiders in a unique way,” Coppola wrote in an Instagram post Wednesday. “We had all the actors together on a soundstage and would alternate different actors reading for different roles.”
He continued: “It was interesting because each of them was watching their competition, so while it could’ve been a volatile situation, it turned into a very positive one. There emerged the natural respect and sense of colleagueship among them. The result worked beautifully and reminded me of my days as a camp counselor.”
The shared footage features the actors reading from the coming-of-age story,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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