Bryce Dallas Howard is checking a lot of boxes on her career bucket list. After starring in last year’s box office record-breaker “Jurassic World,” the actress and daughter of director Ron Howard landed a role in Disney’s upcoming adventure-fantasy “Pete’s Dragon,” a reimagining of the 1977 children’s classic she adored as a child. Howard was such a fan of the original film that she sought out the script for the new movie immediately upon hearing about plans for a reboot.
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“I was pleasantly surprised that it was something that could stand alone and wasn’t stepping on my memories of the original,” Howard told IndieWire in a recent interview. “It was a really beautiful, powerful, magical story.”
Co-written and directed by David Lowery, the writer-director of 2013’s “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,...
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“I was pleasantly surprised that it was something that could stand alone and wasn’t stepping on my memories of the original,” Howard told IndieWire in a recent interview. “It was a really beautiful, powerful, magical story.”
Co-written and directed by David Lowery, the writer-director of 2013’s “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,...
- 8/10/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
The Sundance Film Festival's always fascinating selection of short films is now set for 2016, with 72 titles—including "Jurassic World" star Bryce Dallas Howard's "Solemates," "Up in the Air" director Jason Reitman's documentary short "Roast Battle," and "Nasty Baby" filmmaker Sebastian Silva's "Dolfun." Read More: "Sundance Adds New Films by Werner Herzog, Kenneth Lonergan, Kelly Reichardt, and Others to 2016 Slate" When it comes to shorts, Sundance is trying to help find new models to help people looking for content, via new technology and an Adobe program, said the festival's chief programmer, Trevor Groth. "We're thinking of new ways to help get the shorts out. We take out our own program to 60 theaters across America that does well, there is a hunger out there for shorts. The growth in the popularity of shorts speaks to the way people are getting excited by storytellers working in...
- 12/8/2015
- by Anne Thompson and Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Festival top brass on Tuesday announced the line-up of 72 short films that for the first time will encompass Midnight and New Frontier sections.
“Our longstanding showcase of short films has become a home for audiences who love watching these rowdy, sweet, scary and surprising stories,” said Sundance senior programmer Sundance Mike Plante.
“In recent years shorts have taken on a bigger presence within the film and media industries, helping more and more people feel the power and potential of these short-on-time, big-on-ideas films.”
Us Narrative Short Films selections include Bryce Dallas Howard’s Solemates, Sebastian Silva’s Dolfun and Kim Sherman’s Dogwalker.
Fyzal Boulifa’s Rate Me (UK), Don McKellar’s It’s Not You (Canada) and Ziya Demirel’s Tuesday (Turkey-France) screen in International Narrative Short Films.
Documentary Short Films include Jason Reitman’s Roast Battle (USA), Sol Friedman’s Bacon & God’s Wrath (Canada) and Verónica Jessamyn, López Sainz and...
“Our longstanding showcase of short films has become a home for audiences who love watching these rowdy, sweet, scary and surprising stories,” said Sundance senior programmer Sundance Mike Plante.
“In recent years shorts have taken on a bigger presence within the film and media industries, helping more and more people feel the power and potential of these short-on-time, big-on-ideas films.”
Us Narrative Short Films selections include Bryce Dallas Howard’s Solemates, Sebastian Silva’s Dolfun and Kim Sherman’s Dogwalker.
Fyzal Boulifa’s Rate Me (UK), Don McKellar’s It’s Not You (Canada) and Ziya Demirel’s Tuesday (Turkey-France) screen in International Narrative Short Films.
Documentary Short Films include Jason Reitman’s Roast Battle (USA), Sol Friedman’s Bacon & God’s Wrath (Canada) and Verónica Jessamyn, López Sainz and...
- 12/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Bentonville Film Festival Announces Theatrical Release Dates for Winners, Along with First Symposium Tour The first annual Laguna Film Festival, founded by 18-year-old filmmaker Austin Fickman, has announced its opening night slate and full lineup. The festival will screen short films from around the world. Lff's Opening Night Special Presentation films include: "Curt is," dir. Brendan Hearne "Minimum Wage," dir. Joey Alley "Solemates," dir. Bryce Dallas Howard "Taking Flight," dir. Brandon Oldenberg "The Testimony," dir. Vanessa Block "Winter Light," dir. Julian Higgins To see the full festival lineup, click here. The Lff will screen select films in competition and feature panel discussions with Hollywood professionals geared towards emerging filmmakers and will run October 16-18. Read More: 24th Annual Woods Hole Film Festival Announces Jury and Audience Award Winners...
- 10/15/2015
- by Aubrey Page
- Indiewire
The Palm Springs International ShortFest and Short Film Market has announced the first 13 films that will comprise the 2015 ShortFest Online Film Festival. “Solemates,” directed by “Jurassic World”‘s Bryce Dallas Howard, and “We Are Fire,” Orlando von Einsiedel’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary “Virunga,” lead the selection. The films will play on the festival’s website beginning Tuesday, then open to online votes from June 9-20, culminating in a “ShortFest Online Audience Award” to be announced at the festival’s awards ceremony on closing night. Also Read: 13 Biggest Winners and Losers at Cannes Film Festival “The online world...
- 5/26/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
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