Jodie Foster is undoubtedly one of the biggest female stars in Hollywood. The actress made a name for herself by playing the young prostitute Iris Steensma in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, after having appeared in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore two years prior. But, while her filmography includes some important titles like The Accused (1988), Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim’s Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), The Mauritanian (2021), and Nyad (2023), her best-known role is that of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, which also brought her her second Oscar. Recently, she also appeared in True Detective: Night Country.
But, while she has definitely gathered a large number of major roles, she has also – as you might have assumed – rejected and lost several other major roles, and from what we know now, one of these roles was a major Star Wars role.
But, while she has definitely gathered a large number of major roles, she has also – as you might have assumed – rejected and lost several other major roles, and from what we know now, one of these roles was a major Star Wars role.
- 4/23/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
20 minutes in to Red Eye, a foot chase through Heathrow airport ends with a man making an impassioned plea outside a branch of Leon. He vaults over barriers like the kid in Love Actually and implores the crowd to film his testimony. Rightly wary of flash mob marriage proposals, the British holiday-going public are slow to act but get his message out: vascular surgeon Dr Matthew Nolan is being framed for murder and extradited to Beijing.
Is Nolan (Richard Armitage) guilty, or on the level? Is he being sacrificed by the British government to protect a valuable Chinese nuclear power deal, or is there a deeper conspiracy at work? DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi), the no-nonsense cop tasked with escorting Nolan on Flight 357, has six episodes to find out.
Li does find out in a thriller that very much rewards sticking with it through the somewhat silly early stages so...
Is Nolan (Richard Armitage) guilty, or on the level? Is he being sacrificed by the British government to protect a valuable Chinese nuclear power deal, or is there a deeper conspiracy at work? DC Hana Li (Jing Lusi), the no-nonsense cop tasked with escorting Nolan on Flight 357, has six episodes to find out.
Li does find out in a thriller that very much rewards sticking with it through the somewhat silly early stages so...
- 4/21/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Michael Irby has signed with Brillstein Entertainment Partners for representation.
Irby is coming off two hit shows that ended their runs in 2023, FX’s Mayans M.C. and HBO’s Barry.
In the Kurt Sutter and Elgin James-co-created motorcycle drama Mayans. M.C., Irby played the series regular role of Obispo ‘Bishop’ Losa across the show’s 5 seasons. The Sons of Anarchy spinoff follows the titular M.C. based in the fictional California border town of Santo Padre. Bishop held leadership positions including former Presidente and Vice Presidente of the club’s Santo Padre Charter. The show is connected to Soa via the character of Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera), Bishop’s cousin.
In Barry, Irby played polite Bolivian mobster Cristobal Sifuentes across the crime drama’s four seasons. Cristobal allies with his criminal associate NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan) merging their organizations and later their...
Irby is coming off two hit shows that ended their runs in 2023, FX’s Mayans M.C. and HBO’s Barry.
In the Kurt Sutter and Elgin James-co-created motorcycle drama Mayans. M.C., Irby played the series regular role of Obispo ‘Bishop’ Losa across the show’s 5 seasons. The Sons of Anarchy spinoff follows the titular M.C. based in the fictional California border town of Santo Padre. Bishop held leadership positions including former Presidente and Vice Presidente of the club’s Santo Padre Charter. The show is connected to Soa via the character of Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera), Bishop’s cousin.
In Barry, Irby played polite Bolivian mobster Cristobal Sifuentes across the crime drama’s four seasons. Cristobal allies with his criminal associate NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan) merging their organizations and later their...
- 3/14/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The fourth installment of HBO’s True Detective series is poised to be the spookiest yet. Set in the remote town of Ennis, Alaska, Night Country follows former partners Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro as they investigate the disappearance of eight researchers from a remote facility. The pair have a tense past, not only with each other, but with others in their small town.
True Detective: Night Country marks Jodie Foster’s first television appearance since the ’70s – not counting her handful of voiceover and narration guest roles in the ’90s and early ’00s – though certainly not her first time starring in a thriller. Foster is joined by a number of other talented actors, including Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, and Christopher Eccleston.
Here’s everyone you need to know in True Detective: Night Country, and where you’ve seen them before.
Jodie Foster is Liz Danvers
Jodie Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers,...
True Detective: Night Country marks Jodie Foster’s first television appearance since the ’70s – not counting her handful of voiceover and narration guest roles in the ’90s and early ’00s – though certainly not her first time starring in a thriller. Foster is joined by a number of other talented actors, including Kali Reis, Fiona Shaw, and Christopher Eccleston.
Here’s everyone you need to know in True Detective: Night Country, and where you’ve seen them before.
Jodie Foster is Liz Danvers
Jodie Foster plays Detective Liz Danvers,...
- 1/14/2024
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
A chapter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, set upon a ship, is expanded to a gory 2-hour film, an idea that works better in theory than in practice
As Universal continues to find creative ways to rework its iconic monster movies in the shadow of the iconically disastrous Dark Universe (a set of interconnected horrors cancelled after Tom Cruise’s Mummy wrapped up with a loss), there’s an alluring elevator pitch at the heart of their latest offering. Rather than retelling Bram Stoker’s Dracula in full once again, why not take one chapter, The Captain’s Log, detailing his journey on boat from Romania to England, and dig into what happened to the crew members he feasted on?
But coming just months after Renfield, this year’s other novel spin on Dracula, focused on the cursed count’s even more cursed aide, it’s another idea that works...
As Universal continues to find creative ways to rework its iconic monster movies in the shadow of the iconically disastrous Dark Universe (a set of interconnected horrors cancelled after Tom Cruise’s Mummy wrapped up with a loss), there’s an alluring elevator pitch at the heart of their latest offering. Rather than retelling Bram Stoker’s Dracula in full once again, why not take one chapter, The Captain’s Log, detailing his journey on boat from Romania to England, and dig into what happened to the crew members he feasted on?
But coming just months after Renfield, this year’s other novel spin on Dracula, focused on the cursed count’s even more cursed aide, it’s another idea that works...
- 8/10/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Matt Bomer is an American actor known for TV shows such as Chuck and American Horror Story, and films such as Flightplan and Magic Mike.
In 2012, Bomer was given an Inspiration Award for his work at the Glsen Awards.
Charities & foundations supported
Matt Bomer has supported the following charities:
American Foundation for AIDS ResearchAmerican Foundation for Equal RightsDavid Lynch FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationEntertainment Industry FoundationFamily Equality CouncilGLAADGLSENHuman Rights CampaignMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationStand Up To CancerThe Trevor Project Read more about Matt Bomer's charity work and events. Related articles Stars Turn Out For Kevin James' Make-a-Wish Fun DayCelebrity Cast For New Proposition 8 PlayLady Gaga To Be Honored At Celebrity Charity EventStars Take On 8 For CharityJohn Legend To Perform At Characters Unite Storytelling Event
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In 2012, Bomer was given an Inspiration Award for his work at the Glsen Awards.
Charities & foundations supported
Matt Bomer has supported the following charities:
American Foundation for AIDS ResearchAmerican Foundation for Equal RightsDavid Lynch FoundationElton John AIDS FoundationEntertainment Industry FoundationFamily Equality CouncilGLAADGLSENHuman Rights CampaignMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationStand Up To CancerThe Trevor Project Read more about Matt Bomer's charity work and events. Related articles Stars Turn Out For Kevin James' Make-a-Wish Fun DayCelebrity Cast For New Proposition 8 PlayLady Gaga To Be Honored At Celebrity Charity EventStars Take On 8 For CharityJohn Legend To Perform At Characters Unite Storytelling Event
Explore celebrities by social reach, cause, location, field and more with Insider Access →
Copyright © 2023 Look To The Stars. This article may not be reproduced without explicit...
- 6/21/2023
- Look to the Stars
Exclusive: StudioCanal has acquired a minority stake in The Picture Company, the production venture run by partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman that has generated a steady stream of genre and action hits under a first-look deal with Europe’s leading production and distribution studio.
Aside from the stake in the company, StudioCanal has closed a new five-year overall deal with the producers. The goal of all this is to scale up The Picture Company to be an even more prolific supplier of films with global appeal. The relationship between the companies began in 2015. Rona and Heineman will continue to make films, and lean in on TV series as well that they generate and that are part of StudioCanal’s vast library.
Deal was closed at Cannes by StudioCanal CEO Anna Marsh.
Marsh said the development of The Picture Company as a major Hollywood-based supplier for StudioCanal coincides with a...
Aside from the stake in the company, StudioCanal has closed a new five-year overall deal with the producers. The goal of all this is to scale up The Picture Company to be an even more prolific supplier of films with global appeal. The relationship between the companies began in 2015. Rona and Heineman will continue to make films, and lean in on TV series as well that they generate and that are part of StudioCanal’s vast library.
Deal was closed at Cannes by StudioCanal CEO Anna Marsh.
Marsh said the development of The Picture Company as a major Hollywood-based supplier for StudioCanal coincides with a...
- 5/22/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: James McAvoy is set to star in Control, a high-concept action thriller that will be directed by Red helmer Robert Schwentke and backed by Studiocanal and The Picture Company. Shooting will begin in Berlin this summer.
Pic puts McAvoy back in action mode, where he has shone in films from Wanted to the X-Men installments to go with M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and Glass. McAvoy just signed on for the Blumhouse thriller Speak No Evil.
Control is adapted from the award-winning podcast Shipworm from Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie into a tense ticking-clock thriller revolving around a doctor who awakens one morning with an untraceable device planted in his head. He must follow a mysterious voice’s instructions or devastating consequences will unfold.
Robert Schwentke
The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce under their long-term overall deal with Studiocanal. It will be the fifth...
Pic puts McAvoy back in action mode, where he has shone in films from Wanted to the X-Men installments to go with M. Night Shyamalan’s Split and Glass. McAvoy just signed on for the Blumhouse thriller Speak No Evil.
Control is adapted from the award-winning podcast Shipworm from Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie into a tense ticking-clock thriller revolving around a doctor who awakens one morning with an untraceable device planted in his head. He must follow a mysterious voice’s instructions or devastating consequences will unfold.
Robert Schwentke
The Picture Company’s Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce under their long-term overall deal with Studiocanal. It will be the fifth...
- 4/26/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Non-profit Initiative
Real life husband and wife couple, celebrity cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma, are merging their respective foundations – Anushka Sharma Foundation and Virat Kohli Foundation – to launch SeVVA, a joint non-profit initiative aimed at helping those in need.
Sharma and Kohli said in a joint statement: “In the words of Kahlil Gibran ‘for in truth it is life that gives unto life – while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.’ With this sentiment in mind, we have decided to work together through SeVVA aiming to reach out to as many people as possible. SeVVA’s work won’t be confined to a particular issue as it will continue to strive for social good by championing humanity which is the need of the hour today.”
Next up for Sharma is “Chakda Xpress,” a Netflix film inspired by the life of one of women cricket’s all-time greatest players,...
Real life husband and wife couple, celebrity cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood star Anushka Sharma, are merging their respective foundations – Anushka Sharma Foundation and Virat Kohli Foundation – to launch SeVVA, a joint non-profit initiative aimed at helping those in need.
Sharma and Kohli said in a joint statement: “In the words of Kahlil Gibran ‘for in truth it is life that gives unto life – while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.’ With this sentiment in mind, we have decided to work together through SeVVA aiming to reach out to as many people as possible. SeVVA’s work won’t be confined to a particular issue as it will continue to strive for social good by championing humanity which is the need of the hour today.”
Next up for Sharma is “Chakda Xpress,” a Netflix film inspired by the life of one of women cricket’s all-time greatest players,...
- 3/23/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
German director Robert Schwentke’s directorial career has swung in a few directions; he has made Hollywood actioners like Flightplan with Jodie Foster, the adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife and a film that almost defines the idea of a personal movie, based on his own diagnosis with testicular cancer. He has both written and directed Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes, an eccentric competition choice, even by the inclusive standards of the Berlinale – starring John Malkovich as the eponymous Stoic philosopher. Over two hours, he delivers what is largely a monologue: as a performance, it has at least the strength of dogged determination. As a film, however, Seneca is almost unendurable.
Shot in and around an open colonnaded pavilion constructed in the Moroccan desert, Seneca draws on Roman historian Tacitus’ account of the great thinker’s reluctant suicide in Ad 65. A celebrated public figure, Seneca is also on...
Shot in and around an open colonnaded pavilion constructed in the Moroccan desert, Seneca draws on Roman historian Tacitus’ account of the great thinker’s reluctant suicide in Ad 65. A celebrated public figure, Seneca is also on...
- 2/20/2023
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
The audiences at Berlin International Film Festival tend to be respectful and engaged. But at the press screening of “Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes,” which plays as part of the Berlinale Specials strand at this year’s festival edition, several people cried “Just die!” at the screen.
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Written and directed by Robert Schwentke, a journeyman director behind thrillers like “Flight Plan,” action fare “Red” and “R.I.P.D.,” two entries into the “Divergent” series and “The Time Traveller’s Wife,” this could be interpreted as a passion project.
The sparse plot concerns the death of the Roman philosopher Seneca (John Malkovich), first tutor and then advisor to Emperor Nero (Tom Xander), a vile and murderous ruler, shown here as an overgrown bully with a taste for violence and mommy issues (down...
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Written and directed by Robert Schwentke, a journeyman director behind thrillers like “Flight Plan,” action fare “Red” and “R.I.P.D.,” two entries into the “Divergent” series and “The Time Traveller’s Wife,” this could be interpreted as a passion project.
The sparse plot concerns the death of the Roman philosopher Seneca (John Malkovich), first tutor and then advisor to Emperor Nero (Tom Xander), a vile and murderous ruler, shown here as an overgrown bully with a taste for violence and mommy issues (down...
- 2/20/2023
- by Anna Bogutskaya
- The Playlist
Few directors have had as eclectic a career as Robert Schwentke. His 2002 German-language debut Tattoo — a slick Se7en-style serial-killer thriller — got the attention of Hollywood, and he initially appeared to be on the classic studio-director track, helming the Jodie Foster-starrer Flightplan, the all-star action hit Red and its sequel, and, most recently, the G.I. Joe movie Snake Eyes with Henry Golding and Andrew Koji.
But even from the start, Schwentke was a difficult director to pigeonhole. Best known for his action thrillers, he also took time to direct the romantic sci-fi drama The Time Traveler’s Wife with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, the supernatural comic-book adaptation R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, and two films in the Divergent YA sci-fi franchise with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.
He has also continued to make smaller, more personal, German movies. The Family Jewels, his 2003 follow-up to Tattoo, is...
But even from the start, Schwentke was a difficult director to pigeonhole. Best known for his action thrillers, he also took time to direct the romantic sci-fi drama The Time Traveler’s Wife with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, the supernatural comic-book adaptation R.I.P.D. with Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, and two films in the Divergent YA sci-fi franchise with Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort.
He has also continued to make smaller, more personal, German movies. The Family Jewels, his 2003 follow-up to Tattoo, is...
- 2/20/2023
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Screenwriter Billy Ray has confirmed that a sequel to Nicole Kidman‘s viral AMC Theatres ad is already in the works.
“I got a text from the chairman of AMC about a month ago asking me if I would write the next one, and of course the answer to that is yes,” Ray told Vanity Fair. “It’s already written.”
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter, known for penning films like “The Hunger Games,” “Richard Jewell,” “Flightplan” and “Captain Phillips,” was brought to the AMC project by Kidman, with whom he’d previously worked on the 2015 film “Secret in Their Eyes” and Adrian Lyne‘s forthcoming adaptation of author A.S.A Harrison‘s “The Silent Wife.”
Ray added that when Kidman first asked him to write the ad, he decided to do it “as a favor” — that is, until his agent got involved.
Continue reading Nicole Kidman’s Legendary AMC Theatres Ad Is Getting A Sequel at The Playlist.
“I got a text from the chairman of AMC about a month ago asking me if I would write the next one, and of course the answer to that is yes,” Ray told Vanity Fair. “It’s already written.”
The Oscar-nominated screenwriter, known for penning films like “The Hunger Games,” “Richard Jewell,” “Flightplan” and “Captain Phillips,” was brought to the AMC project by Kidman, with whom he’d previously worked on the 2015 film “Secret in Their Eyes” and Adrian Lyne‘s forthcoming adaptation of author A.S.A Harrison‘s “The Silent Wife.”
Ray added that when Kidman first asked him to write the ad, he decided to do it “as a favor” — that is, until his agent got involved.
Continue reading Nicole Kidman’s Legendary AMC Theatres Ad Is Getting A Sequel at The Playlist.
- 9/4/2022
- by Chris Eggertsen
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Emily VanCamp (The Resident), Sebastian Quinn (Dynasty), Enrique Murciano (Panic), Brent Sexton (Long Slow Exhale) and Josh Bowman (Revenge) will round out the cast of Michelle Danner’s courtroom drama, Miranda’s Victim. They join a stacked ensemble led by Abigail Breslin, which also includes Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Donald Sutherland, Ryan Phillippe, Mireille Enos, Kyle MacLachlan and Taryn Manning, as previously announced.
The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda (Quinn). Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.
VanCamp will play Trish...
The film will tell the true story of Trish Weir (Breslin), who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda (Quinn). Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s life is destroyed by America’s legal system as she triggers a law that transforms the nation. Her case notably results in the establishment of the Miranda rights afforded to criminal suspects taken in police custody, to ensure the admissibility of statements made during interrogation, as part of subsequent criminal proceedings.
VanCamp will play Trish...
- 6/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Erika Christensen has been cast in the “Will Trent” pilot at ABC, Variety has learned.
Christensen joins previously announced series lead Ramón Rodríguez in the drama pilot, which is based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling “Will Trent” novel series.
The show follows Special Agent Will Trent (Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (Gbi). Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one is abandoned like he was, he has the highest clearance rate in the Gbi.
Christensen will play Angie, a detective with the Atlanta Police Department who has seen it all, but can still crack jokes about the bleak world of being a cop. She’s also Will’s on-again-off-again girlfriend. Friends with Will since they were both kids at a group foster home, they...
Christensen joins previously announced series lead Ramón Rodríguez in the drama pilot, which is based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling “Will Trent” novel series.
The show follows Special Agent Will Trent (Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (Gbi). Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. But now, determined to use his unique point of view to make sure no one is abandoned like he was, he has the highest clearance rate in the Gbi.
Christensen will play Angie, a detective with the Atlanta Police Department who has seen it all, but can still crack jokes about the bleak world of being a cop. She’s also Will’s on-again-off-again girlfriend. Friends with Will since they were both kids at a group foster home, they...
- 4/20/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
If you’re daunted by the prospect of finding a movie to watch on Amazon Prime Video, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ve assembled a list of the best movies newly added to the streaming service in March 2022. Sometimes the easiest way to find a great film to watch is to rummage through the new additions, and below we’ve got a little something for everyone – there’s a newly released documentary, an inspiring classic, a laugh-out-loud comedy, a sci-fi blockbuster, a little-seen indie, an A-list rom-com and a paperback thriller.
Check out our list of the best new movies on Amazon Prime Video in March 2022 below.
Prometheus 20th Century Fox
If you’re in the mood for a sci-fi thriller with some whopping twists and turns, check out Ridley Scott’s 2012 “Alien” prequel “Prometheus.” The film was received with a somewhat mixed response, but in...
Check out our list of the best new movies on Amazon Prime Video in March 2022 below.
Prometheus 20th Century Fox
If you’re in the mood for a sci-fi thriller with some whopping twists and turns, check out Ridley Scott’s 2012 “Alien” prequel “Prometheus.” The film was received with a somewhat mixed response, but in...
- 3/20/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
March will see the return of a fan-favorite series, the launch of a spinoff of a fan-favorite series and a handful of noteworthy films added to Amazon Prime Video.
Below, we’ve assembled a complete list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in March, and it includes the highly anticipated second season of the sci-fi comedy series “Upload,” which premieres March 11. Additionally, the new series “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” premieres on March 4 and promises eight all-new animated stories set within the R-rated superhero world of “The Boys.”
Also on March 4, the Amy Poehler-directed documentary “Lucy and Desi” premieres, chronicling the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
In terms of library titles, March 1 brings the Ryan Reynolds-Sandra Bullock rom-com “The Proposal,” the classic “Dead Poets Society,” the sci-fi “Alien” prequel “Prometheus,” the comedy spoof “Spaceballs” and a number of other films to the streaming service.
Below, we’ve assembled a complete list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in March, and it includes the highly anticipated second season of the sci-fi comedy series “Upload,” which premieres March 11. Additionally, the new series “The Boys Presents: Diabolical” premieres on March 4 and promises eight all-new animated stories set within the R-rated superhero world of “The Boys.”
Also on March 4, the Amy Poehler-directed documentary “Lucy and Desi” premieres, chronicling the relationship between Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
In terms of library titles, March 1 brings the Ryan Reynolds-Sandra Bullock rom-com “The Proposal,” the classic “Dead Poets Society,” the sci-fi “Alien” prequel “Prometheus,” the comedy spoof “Spaceballs” and a number of other films to the streaming service.
- 3/1/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Look, not every month is gonna be full of bangers. Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for March 2022 is extremely light but still has a couple of good options for streaming obsessives.
The biggest title this month is undoubtedly The Boys Presents: Diabolical on March 4. This series presents eight different stories set in The Boys‘ universe, all offered up by different writers. Since each of the eight mini-episodes are animated, it’s probably fair to say this is The Boys‘ Animatrix. Call it the “Anivought”.
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Also arriving on March 4 is season 2 of the high concept comedy Upload. Set in a digital afterlife, this series created by The Office‘s Greg Daniels asks some big questions about where technology is taking us.
The biggest title this month is undoubtedly The Boys Presents: Diabolical on March 4. This series presents eight different stories set in The Boys‘ universe, all offered up by different writers. Since each of the eight mini-episodes are animated, it’s probably fair to say this is The Boys‘ Animatrix. Call it the “Anivought”.
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Also arriving on March 4 is season 2 of the high concept comedy Upload. Set in a digital afterlife, this series created by The Office‘s Greg Daniels asks some big questions about where technology is taking us.
- 3/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
2021 is nearly in the books and Hulu is celebrating by heading back to the past…like, the way past. With its list of new releases for December 2021, Hulu is going positive Medieval with two swords and shield original series arriving this month.
Animated comedy Crossing Swords premieres its second season on Dec. 10. This stop-motion style tale follows Patrick (Nicholas Hoult) as he works his way up the feudal latter of The Kingdom. This will be complemented by Dragons: The Nine Realms on Dec. 23. This series is set in the How to Train Your Dragon universe and takes place over 1,000 years after the events of the films. In it, a group of modern day kids uncover the secret truth about dragons.
Hulu also has some more current options for TV this month. Original comedy Pen15 premieres the second half of its second season on Dec. 3. Watch it to relive the trauma...
Animated comedy Crossing Swords premieres its second season on Dec. 10. This stop-motion style tale follows Patrick (Nicholas Hoult) as he works his way up the feudal latter of The Kingdom. This will be complemented by Dragons: The Nine Realms on Dec. 23. This series is set in the How to Train Your Dragon universe and takes place over 1,000 years after the events of the films. In it, a group of modern day kids uncover the secret truth about dragons.
Hulu also has some more current options for TV this month. Original comedy Pen15 premieres the second half of its second season on Dec. 3. Watch it to relive the trauma...
- 12/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Wait a minute. Are we somehow half way through the year already? That feels impossible but here comes month number five all the same. With its list of new releases for May 2021, Amazon Prime is highlighting some of its more intriguing original series in awhile.
The first original of note is The Underground Railroad. This series from Barry Jenkins tells the story of one woman’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South and arrives on May 14. After that comes Solos. This intriguing anthology has one hell of a cast including Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Constance Wu, and more. The project will premiere on May 21 and each of its seven episodes promises to be quite different.
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The first original of note is The Underground Railroad. This series from Barry Jenkins tells the story of one woman’s desperate bid for freedom in the Antebellum South and arrives on May 14. After that comes Solos. This intriguing anthology has one hell of a cast including Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Constance Wu, and more. The project will premiere on May 21 and each of its seven episodes promises to be quite different.
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- 5/1/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Erika Christensen has booked a pair of major roles. The Parenthood alum is set to reunite with her Traffic director Steven Soderbergh in New Line’s Max Original film Kimi, in which she’ll be co-starring opposite Zoë Kravitz.
No plot details have been made available in regards to this project. The pic, which will premiere exclusively on HBO Max, was written by David Koepp, who will produce alongside Michael Polaire.
Christensen also has been added to the cast of the upcoming Cheaper by the Dozen reimagining, which will premiere on Disney+. She’s joining previously announced stars Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff in this latest version from Black-ish creator and executive producer Kenya Barris.
Co-written by Barris and Grown-ish EP Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry, the family comedy centers on a multiracial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business. Union and Braff are set to play the parents,...
No plot details have been made available in regards to this project. The pic, which will premiere exclusively on HBO Max, was written by David Koepp, who will produce alongside Michael Polaire.
Christensen also has been added to the cast of the upcoming Cheaper by the Dozen reimagining, which will premiere on Disney+. She’s joining previously announced stars Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff in this latest version from Black-ish creator and executive producer Kenya Barris.
Co-written by Barris and Grown-ish EP Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry, the family comedy centers on a multiracial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business. Union and Braff are set to play the parents,...
- 4/1/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Moritz Borman is producing with Karl Spoerri and Philip Schulz-Deyele.
Robert Schwentke, the German director of US films including Flightplan, Red and The Time Traveller’s Wife, is attached to direct a film about the collapse of German firm Wirecard in 2020. It was the result of the biggest corporate fraud scandal in the country’s history.
The as-yet-untitled film will be based on a tell-all expose called ‘Bad Company’ by Jörn Leogrande, a former top executive at the company.
It is being developed by Karl Spoerri’s Zurich and Los Angeles-based SPG3 Entertainment with Moritz Borman and Philip Schulz-Deyle’s German-based development company Pier 89 Content.
Robert Schwentke, the German director of US films including Flightplan, Red and The Time Traveller’s Wife, is attached to direct a film about the collapse of German firm Wirecard in 2020. It was the result of the biggest corporate fraud scandal in the country’s history.
The as-yet-untitled film will be based on a tell-all expose called ‘Bad Company’ by Jörn Leogrande, a former top executive at the company.
It is being developed by Karl Spoerri’s Zurich and Los Angeles-based SPG3 Entertainment with Moritz Borman and Philip Schulz-Deyle’s German-based development company Pier 89 Content.
- 3/12/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
In today’s Global Bulletin, a two-parter on the BBC’s controversial 1995 interview with Princess Diana sells around the world; “Catfish U.K.” plans to premiere four episodes on MTV U.K. this spring; See-Saw Films ups Simon Gillis to COO; Wirecard scandal film being developed; and Women in Film and Television U.K. is to expand its mentoring programs for mid-career women to Scotland and Wales.
U.K. production funding and distribution agency Drive has sold two-part documentary series “The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess” to Channel Nine in Australia, Reelz in the U.S., TV 2 in Norway, Servus TV in Austria, Rtl Netherlands and Tvnow in Germany, to broadcast this year.
Produced by Minnow Films for U.K. broadcaster ITV, the series focuses on the controversial 1995 interview when Diana, Princess of Wales, poured her heart out on current affairs show “Panorama” to BBC journalist Martin Bashir.
U.K. production funding and distribution agency Drive has sold two-part documentary series “The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess” to Channel Nine in Australia, Reelz in the U.S., TV 2 in Norway, Servus TV in Austria, Rtl Netherlands and Tvnow in Germany, to broadcast this year.
Produced by Minnow Films for U.K. broadcaster ITV, the series focuses on the controversial 1995 interview when Diana, Princess of Wales, poured her heart out on current affairs show “Panorama” to BBC journalist Martin Bashir.
- 3/11/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
As Disney quietly disappears huge swathes of film history into its vaults, I'm going to spend 2020 celebrating Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Film Corporation's films, what one might call their output if only someone were putting it out.And now they've quietly disappeared William Fox's name from the company: guilty by association with Rupert Murdoch, even though he never associated with him.***Dangerous Crossing was directed by Joseph M. Newman in 1953, not long before the one title he's semi-remembered for, This Island Earth. It seems to have been greenlit as a B-picture to take advantage of the sets built for Fox's Titanic, as it's an ocean voyage mystery.Newlywed Jeanne Crain boards ship with her husband, who promptly vanishes, and nobody will admit to ever having seen him. Of course the plot kernel was used before, by writers Launder and Gilliat for director Hitchcock in The Lady Vanishes.
- 7/20/2020
- MUBI
The NCIS recap from the January 14 episode has to start with mentioning all of the great guest stars that were along for the ride. Season 17, Episode 12 was called Flight Plan and it all began with an F-18 crashing. Following the opening credits, McGee was speaking with Torres about his plans to have a vasectomy. They stayed behind when Gibbs and Bishop went out to the carrier where the F-18 had taken off from. It served as some humor when McGee met with Jimmy a bit later and got worried. When Gibbs and Bishop got on the carrier, they found a dead body […]...
- 1/15/2020
- by Ryan DeVault
- Monsters and Critics
Swiftly following his suspenseful home invasion thriller, The Intruder, director Deon Taylor delivers Black & Blue: a chase and evade, corrupt cop action flick that’s pithy but by-the-numbers due to flat characters, slack execution and a banal central concept, yet is bolstered slightly by a well-paced plot.
The set up introduces Naomi Harris’ rookie cop Alicia, who is accosted by racist police officers while out on a morning jog. This opening suggests a compelling drama with substantial issues is about to unfurl, but these themes are soon supressed as the story curtails into clichéd urban crime thriller terrain with a double-crossing cop plot.
Alicia accidentally films a murder on her body camera and is then hunted by the killers who want the footage before she can share it. What follows is a fast and flawed action/chase confrontation that repeatedly derails then re-finds its feet to potter on perfunctorily before stumbling once again.
The set up introduces Naomi Harris’ rookie cop Alicia, who is accosted by racist police officers while out on a morning jog. This opening suggests a compelling drama with substantial issues is about to unfurl, but these themes are soon supressed as the story curtails into clichéd urban crime thriller terrain with a double-crossing cop plot.
Alicia accidentally films a murder on her body camera and is then hunted by the killers who want the footage before she can share it. What follows is a fast and flawed action/chase confrontation that repeatedly derails then re-finds its feet to potter on perfunctorily before stumbling once again.
- 10/24/2019
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
It’s kind of funny that, just a few years ago, Frank Grillo was in “The Purge: Anarchy,” in which he struggled to survive the night against morally corrupt civilians with a 12-hour license to kill, and now he’s playing a cop tripping off a limitless authority to murder in “Black and Blue.” It’s this same professional-pedestrian throughline to violence that is a major theme in this prosaic police drama from director Deon Taylor (“The Intruder”).
Corrupt cop narratives aren’t exactly fresh on screen, and Taylor’s film doesn’t shy away from blatant callbacks to other more innovative entries in the genre. For instance, composer Geoff Zanelli (“Traffik”) uses a piece that recalls the thunderous “Sicario” score, while Taylor and screenwriter Peter A. Dowling (“Flightplan”) borrow from the classic bloody bathtub scene from “Training Day.”
But Taylor tries to do the now-inevitable filmmaker exercise of infusing...
Corrupt cop narratives aren’t exactly fresh on screen, and Taylor’s film doesn’t shy away from blatant callbacks to other more innovative entries in the genre. For instance, composer Geoff Zanelli (“Traffik”) uses a piece that recalls the thunderous “Sicario” score, while Taylor and screenwriter Peter A. Dowling (“Flightplan”) borrow from the classic bloody bathtub scene from “Training Day.”
But Taylor tries to do the now-inevitable filmmaker exercise of infusing...
- 10/23/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
, Brad Anderson’s “Fractured” isn’t the first modern riff on “The Lady Vanishes” — not even close — but it’s one of the few that finds a compelling new backdrop for that Agatha Christie-esque tale of conspiracy and gaslighting. Whereas a film like “Flightplan” merely elevated Alfred Hitchcock’s locomotive mystery onto an airplane, “Fractured” sews the story into the knotted fabric of the American healthcare system, a curious wrinkle that helps to endow some (very) familiar beats with a fresh palette of anxieties.
“What if a random old woman disappeared on a train?” is now “what if someone’s wife and daughter were digested into the bowels of an understaffed hospital, any evidence of their existence hidden beneath the layers of payments, paperwork, and insurance legalese that drive people in this country to the brink of madness every day?” Alas, the script (by “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” scribe...
“What if a random old woman disappeared on a train?” is now “what if someone’s wife and daughter were digested into the bowels of an understaffed hospital, any evidence of their existence hidden beneath the layers of payments, paperwork, and insurance legalese that drive people in this country to the brink of madness every day?” Alas, the script (by “Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever” scribe...
- 9/24/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Flightplan writer Peter A. Dowling has penned a six-part submarine drama for ITV from His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf and Entertainment One.
Tenacity, which is inspired by the eponymous J.S. Law novel, follows disgraced military detective Danielle ‘Dan’ Lewis, who is sent to investigate a case when a dead submariner is discovered aboard the British nuclear submarine Tenacity. But when the case turns to murder, it puts her in conflict with Tenacity’s crew, her Navy superiors, and into the crosshairs of an assassin who has infiltrated her nuclear base with an agenda that will not only destroy national security but kill Dan and everyone she loves.
Tenacity will start filming in 2020. It marks the first major ITV drama for eOne as well as Bad Wolf’s first commission from the British commercial broadcaster.
The series was commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill. Bad Wolf...
Tenacity, which is inspired by the eponymous J.S. Law novel, follows disgraced military detective Danielle ‘Dan’ Lewis, who is sent to investigate a case when a dead submariner is discovered aboard the British nuclear submarine Tenacity. But when the case turns to murder, it puts her in conflict with Tenacity’s crew, her Navy superiors, and into the crosshairs of an assassin who has infiltrated her nuclear base with an agenda that will not only destroy national security but kill Dan and everyone she loves.
Tenacity will start filming in 2020. It marks the first major ITV drama for eOne as well as Bad Wolf’s first commission from the British commercial broadcaster.
The series was commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama Polly Hill. Bad Wolf...
- 6/6/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Xyz Films is partnering with Matthew Metcalfe’s Gfc Films on historical thriller Immortal, written by Pete Dowling (Flightplan) and to be directed by Roger Donaldson (Species).
The film will be produced by Metcalfe (6 Days) and Gfc Films out of New Zealand, with Xyz Films executive producing and launching worldwide sales at Cannes. Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment will also executive produce.
Pic is slated to start production in late 2019 in New Zealand and the UK, with casting currently underway. In the story, hot-shot Detective Byrnes and rookie cop James McCafferty, whose morals are conflicting, work together on the hunt for London’s serial killer Jack the Ripper who, some believe, sailed to New York after his London killings suddenly ceased in 1888.
Veteran director Donaldson is well known for movies including Cocktail with Tom Cruise, Species, Dante’s Peak and The Bank Job with Jason Statham. This project...
The film will be produced by Metcalfe (6 Days) and Gfc Films out of New Zealand, with Xyz Films executive producing and launching worldwide sales at Cannes. Sean Sorensen of Royal Viking Entertainment will also executive produce.
Pic is slated to start production in late 2019 in New Zealand and the UK, with casting currently underway. In the story, hot-shot Detective Byrnes and rookie cop James McCafferty, whose morals are conflicting, work together on the hunt for London’s serial killer Jack the Ripper who, some believe, sailed to New York after his London killings suddenly ceased in 1888.
Veteran director Donaldson is well known for movies including Cocktail with Tom Cruise, Species, Dante’s Peak and The Bank Job with Jason Statham. This project...
- 5/8/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brit-Iranian director Babak Anvari, whose sophomore feature Wounds will play in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, has boarded suspense-thriller Departure, which is being developed by Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment label.
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) has scripted the long-gestating buzz project which tells the story of how a series of airplanes mysteriously disappear and reappear while in flight, and a young Faa investigator becomes obsessed with the case. The mystery becomes personal when he finds out that his fiancé is on one of the planes. Writer-director Anvari will also work on the screenplay.
Former Imagine president Jim Whitaker (Flightplan) is producing through Whitaker Entertainment; Lucan Toh, who produced Anvari’s Wounds and Under The Shadow, is also producing; as is Ray, who adapted the project from book Ghosts Of The Air by Martin Caidin.
Brady Fujikawa will oversee for Lionsgate and Adam Borba will oversee for Whitaker Entertainment. The project has attracted different directors during its development.
Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) has scripted the long-gestating buzz project which tells the story of how a series of airplanes mysteriously disappear and reappear while in flight, and a young Faa investigator becomes obsessed with the case. The mystery becomes personal when he finds out that his fiancé is on one of the planes. Writer-director Anvari will also work on the screenplay.
Former Imagine president Jim Whitaker (Flightplan) is producing through Whitaker Entertainment; Lucan Toh, who produced Anvari’s Wounds and Under The Shadow, is also producing; as is Ray, who adapted the project from book Ghosts Of The Air by Martin Caidin.
Brady Fujikawa will oversee for Lionsgate and Adam Borba will oversee for Whitaker Entertainment. The project has attracted different directors during its development.
- 5/1/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door production company has hired former Imagine Entertainment president Erica Huggins to serve in the same role.
Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital. She spent the past 14 years at Imagine Entertainment, with the last five as president.
The hire comes two years after Jason Clark was brought on board by MacFarlane as president of production and business development.
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“I’m excited to begin working with Erica as we embark on a new creative chapter in the life of this production company. She has demonstrated impeccable taste, an undeniable flair for artful, visionary leadership, and a strong, distinct point of view that is rare and essential in this competitive landscape,” said MacFarlane in a statement. “The level of experience she brings as we seek...
Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital. She spent the past 14 years at Imagine Entertainment, with the last five as president.
The hire comes two years after Jason Clark was brought on board by MacFarlane as president of production and business development.
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“I’m excited to begin working with Erica as we embark on a new creative chapter in the life of this production company. She has demonstrated impeccable taste, an undeniable flair for artful, visionary leadership, and a strong, distinct point of view that is rare and essential in this competitive landscape,” said MacFarlane in a statement. “The level of experience she brings as we seek...
- 8/15/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Seth MacFarlane is taking another major step in the ramp-up of his Fuzzy Door production company with the hire of veteran executive and producer Erica Huggins as President. Huggins is coming off a 14-year stint at Imagine Entertainment, the last five as President.
Huggins’ appointment comes two years after MacFarlane brought in the first high-level executive at Fuzzy Door, naming Jason Clark as President of Production and Business Development. Huggins will join Clark, who has been key to the company’s expansion over the last two years and serves as executive producer on The Orville and Cosmos series for Fox and The Long Road Home miniseries for National Geographic. Additional executives at Fuzzy Door include VP Alana Kleiman and creative executive Rachel Hargreaves-Heald.
In her new role, Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital.
“I’m excited to begin working with Erica...
Huggins’ appointment comes two years after MacFarlane brought in the first high-level executive at Fuzzy Door, naming Jason Clark as President of Production and Business Development. Huggins will join Clark, who has been key to the company’s expansion over the last two years and serves as executive producer on The Orville and Cosmos series for Fox and The Long Road Home miniseries for National Geographic. Additional executives at Fuzzy Door include VP Alana Kleiman and creative executive Rachel Hargreaves-Heald.
In her new role, Huggins will oversee development for all content including film, television, literature, music and digital.
“I’m excited to begin working with Erica...
- 8/15/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Milan Peschel (Freytag), Max Hubacher (Willi Herold) and Frederick Lau (Kipinski) in Robert Schwentke's The Captain (Der Hauptmann)
In his Hollywood career Robert Schwentke has directed Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman for Red; Shailene Woodley, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, and Miles Teller in Allegiant; Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Mary-Louise Parker for R.I.P.D., and Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean for Flightplan.
In the final installment of my conversation with The Captain (Der Hauptmann) director/screenwriter Robert Schwentke he speaks about Alexander Fehling (star of Giulio Ricciarelli's Labyrinth Of Lies) and Frederick Lau's reaction to the captain's uniform, cites a line delivered by Max von Sydow in Woody Allen's Hannah And Her Sisters, agrees with Whit Stillman on Stanley Kubrick's expatriate perspective, recalls the reaction to his Family Jewels (Eierdiebe), and states that "every character in The Captain has a reason for what they're doing.
In his Hollywood career Robert Schwentke has directed Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman for Red; Shailene Woodley, Jeff Daniels, Naomi Watts, and Miles Teller in Allegiant; Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Mary-Louise Parker for R.I.P.D., and Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Sean Bean for Flightplan.
In the final installment of my conversation with The Captain (Der Hauptmann) director/screenwriter Robert Schwentke he speaks about Alexander Fehling (star of Giulio Ricciarelli's Labyrinth Of Lies) and Frederick Lau's reaction to the captain's uniform, cites a line delivered by Max von Sydow in Woody Allen's Hannah And Her Sisters, agrees with Whit Stillman on Stanley Kubrick's expatriate perspective, recalls the reaction to his Family Jewels (Eierdiebe), and states that "every character in The Captain has a reason for what they're doing.
- 8/10/2018
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Chicago – Films about the Nazis and the German military during World War II are numerous… except for the ones with a pure German perspective. “The Captain,” directed by Robert Schwentke (“R.I.P.D.”), is based on a true story about a German army deserter who finds a Captain’s uniform, and decides to ride out the waning days of the war with the power of an officer.
Max Hubacher is Willi Herold, the deserter, and his icy cold performance is one of the highlights of “The Captain.” Herold will stop at nothing to survive against the constant chase on the run from the German army, and once he gets a taste of officer power he is not about to let go. His journey takes him to a prison holding other deserters, and his decisions there are based on getting the assignment done quickly and to his larcenous advantage. When complications arise there,...
Max Hubacher is Willi Herold, the deserter, and his icy cold performance is one of the highlights of “The Captain.” Herold will stop at nothing to survive against the constant chase on the run from the German army, and once he gets a taste of officer power he is not about to let go. His journey takes him to a prison holding other deserters, and his decisions there are based on getting the assignment done quickly and to his larcenous advantage. When complications arise there,...
- 7/27/2018
- by [email protected] (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"With all the deserters, you never know who's in the uniform." Music Box Films has debuted an official Us trailer for The Captain, a German film from last year about a deserter who discovers new powers when he is mistaken for a captain. After years making big Hollywood blockbusters, filmmaker Robert Schwentke returned to Germany to make this film. It's a play on the Stanford Prison Experiment, where someone with power suddenly takes this power further than thought possible. Set in WWII, the film is about a German army deserter, played by Max Hubacher, who changes his ways when he suddenly has more power. The cast includes Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Bernd Hölscher, Waldemar Kobus, Alexander Fehling, Samuel Finzi, and Wolfram Koch. This looks really, really good - I'm surprised we haven't heard more about this film until now. Take a look below. Here's the official Us trailer (+ two posters...
- 6/22/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After the last decade-plus German director Robert Schwentke has been a Hollywood mainstay with varying levels of success, including Flightplan, Red, R.I.P.D., and a pair of Divergent films. For his latest film, he’s going smaller-scale and back to his roots with the WWII thriller The Captain – also known by its German title Der Hauptmann. With this psychologically challenging thriller, this isn’t Schwentke’s first independent venture as his 2002 horror drama Tattoo found an arthouse audience.
In her review for RogerEbert.com, Tina Hassannia compared the ideologies explored in The Captain to the Milgram experiment, the Stanford University-led experiment that unveiled people’s willingness to physically harm their peers if a high enough authority ordered them to do so. The comparison proves accurate as The Captain centers on German army deserter Willi Herold who disguises himself as a Nazi soldier in order to avoid capture. However, this disguise...
In her review for RogerEbert.com, Tina Hassannia compared the ideologies explored in The Captain to the Milgram experiment, the Stanford University-led experiment that unveiled people’s willingness to physically harm their peers if a high enough authority ordered them to do so. The comparison proves accurate as The Captain centers on German army deserter Willi Herold who disguises himself as a Nazi soldier in order to avoid capture. However, this disguise...
- 6/21/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Wme has signed writer-director Robert Schwentke. The German helmer, who directed Red, Flightplan, Allegiant and Insurgent, recently wrapped the German-language World War II thriller Der Hauptmann (The Captain). Schwentke, who had been at CAA, will continue to be repped by Lbi Entertainment and Jackoway…...
- 7/12/2017
- Deadline
Emerging talent Max Hubacher [pictured] stars in Second World War drama.
Philip Lee and Markus Barmettler, joint founders of Hong Kong/Beijing-based Facing East, are executive producing The Captain, Robert Schwentke’s first German language film for 14 years, which begins shooting on location in Görlitz today.
Based a true-life story set during the final days of the Second World War, The Captain is being produced by Frieder Schlaich’s Berlin-based Filmgalerie with Alfama Films’ Paulo Branco and Ewa Puszczynska of Opus Film, producer of the Oscar-winning Ida.
Alfama Films will be handling international sales and German rights have already been secured by Weltkino Filmverleih, the local distributor of the Berlinale’s opening film Django.
Up-and-coming Swiss actor Max Hubacher [pictured] has been cast in the title role of the 19-year-old private Willi Herold who dons the abandoned uniform of a highly decorated Luftwaffe captain, gathering soldiers around him to complete an imaginary assignment allegedly given by Hitler himself.
This...
Philip Lee and Markus Barmettler, joint founders of Hong Kong/Beijing-based Facing East, are executive producing The Captain, Robert Schwentke’s first German language film for 14 years, which begins shooting on location in Görlitz today.
Based a true-life story set during the final days of the Second World War, The Captain is being produced by Frieder Schlaich’s Berlin-based Filmgalerie with Alfama Films’ Paulo Branco and Ewa Puszczynska of Opus Film, producer of the Oscar-winning Ida.
Alfama Films will be handling international sales and German rights have already been secured by Weltkino Filmverleih, the local distributor of the Berlinale’s opening film Django.
Up-and-coming Swiss actor Max Hubacher [pictured] has been cast in the title role of the 19-year-old private Willi Herold who dons the abandoned uniform of a highly decorated Luftwaffe captain, gathering soldiers around him to complete an imaginary assignment allegedly given by Hitler himself.
This...
- 2/10/2017
- by [email protected] (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
The Sundance Film Festival is just getting started in Park City, Utah, and virtual reality company Jaunt Inc. is heating things up at the winter event by announcing a Vr series reimagining of The Lawnmower Man, the 1992 film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
'Money Monster' with George Clooney and Jack O'Connell: TV celebrity and unwise investor/hostage taker. 'Money Monster' review: Jodie Foster movie suffers from both qualitative and intellectual disconnect Sometimes there's a difference between what a movie thinks it is and what it actually is. Usually it's a qualitative disconnect, as in “this movie thinks it's exciting but it's actually boring” or “this movie assumes Kevin Hart is funny when, in fact, he's not.” In the case of Money Monster, the divide is also an intellectual versus anti-intellectual one. The fourth film directed by Jodie Foster fancies itself a ripped from the headlines wail from the bottom of the economic ladder. A thriller-cum-exposé into how Wall Street and big media suckered average Americans into following the Pied Pipers of TV's financial punditry class over the cliff into economic ruin. However, the movie we're really getting is...
- 5/14/2016
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
The idea of a Magnificent Seven remake was initially met with jeers and cynism, but now that Sony Pictures continues to beef up its cast with an all-star ensemble, public opinion is swaying. The latest addition to join this remake of a remake is Peter Sarsgaard, and if his body of work is any indication, he's going to make a great antagonist. Variety first reported the news of Sarsgaard, who's known for roles in Lovelace (playing a scumbag pornographer), Green Lantern (as the mentally unstable Hector Hammond), Jarhead, Orphan, and Flightplan, among many others. According to the trade, he'll play the film's main villain, that of the robber baron named Bartholomew Bogue. The original Magnicent Seven, released in 1960 as a remake of director Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai, followed seven gunslingers who protect a small Mexican village from a gang ...
- 5/21/2015
- cinemablend.com
Summit Entertainment (Lionsgate) released their new action/drama film, "The Divergent Series: Insurgent," into theaters today, and all the top,major movie critics have turned in their reviews. It turns out that it was a pretty mixed bag of opinions as it got an overall 43 score out of a possible 100 across 35 reviews at the Metacritic.com site. The film stars: Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet, Octavia Spencer, Theo James, Shailene Woodley, Jonny Weston, Rosa Salazar, Suki Waterhouse and Keiynan Lonsdale. We've posted blurbs from a couple of the critics,below. Bill Zwecker from the Chicago Sun-Times, gave it an 88 score, stating: " For those looking for non-stop action, pretty dazzling special effects and solid acting by the young protagonists, Insurgent will not disappoint." Kevin P. Sullivan from Entertainment Weekly, gave it a 75 score. He said: "Taken for what it is, Insurgent is a vast improvement over the franchise’s first installment, mostly...
- 3/20/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Rebel Heart: Schwentke Usurps Plebeian Ya Franchise
In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we were forced to wallow through a bloated pabulum of post-apocalyptic Ya mush that laid out its very specific ground rules for a brave new Fascistic society so generically fashioned it may has well have been plucked directly from any number of other glossy tent poles from a theme currently all the rage.
The weak kneed origin story of Beatrice (Tris, if you please) Prior is replaced with this battle cry that deflects its significant shortcomings with action distraction, a trend often evident in the general mid-chapter franchise treatment. Director Robert Schwentke takes over for Neil Burger with an adrenaline punch of a film that streamlines its stunted narrative into cascades of fisticuffs. However, you’re bound to keep asking, for what purpose exactly? Our heroine is...
In many ways, Insurgent is an easier film to watch than its 2014 predecessor, Divergent, in which we were forced to wallow through a bloated pabulum of post-apocalyptic Ya mush that laid out its very specific ground rules for a brave new Fascistic society so generically fashioned it may has well have been plucked directly from any number of other glossy tent poles from a theme currently all the rage.
The weak kneed origin story of Beatrice (Tris, if you please) Prior is replaced with this battle cry that deflects its significant shortcomings with action distraction, a trend often evident in the general mid-chapter franchise treatment. Director Robert Schwentke takes over for Neil Burger with an adrenaline punch of a film that streamlines its stunted narrative into cascades of fisticuffs. However, you’re bound to keep asking, for what purpose exactly? Our heroine is...
- 3/19/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
If you thought that last year's hit young adult movie Divergent was a bit light on action and spectacle, then you may want to press play on the newly released final trailer for its sequel, Insurgent. Directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, Red), the sequel promises plenty of world-shattering imagery, which makes sense considering the movie is about Tris (Shailene Woodley) facing off against a series of fear simulations that hide the real truth about the broken civilization she lives in. And if the trailer entices you, you may not want to wait too long to get your tickets for opening day. If you buy them on Fandango today, February 25, 2015, you will also get a free download of the first movie, Divergent. But if you're reading this after today and are instantly sad you...
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- 2/25/2015
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Warner Bros.
The man who has died on screen more than twenty times (around an astonishing one third of all his film credits) has had a career spanning a diverse selection of roles in vastly different worlds.
His unfortunate label of ‘spoiler on legs’ has slightly overshadowed the acclaimed roles Sean Bean has undertaken and he will forever be associated with some of the best on screen deaths of all time. Not the worst legacy to leave behind but it perhaps doesn’t do justice to his acting ability.
Hailing from Sheffield in Yorkshire, the son of a welder and a passionate supporter of Sheffield United football club, he is a true man’s man. His roles could tell you that much; Richard Sharpe made him a British heartthrob, while his performances as Odysseus and Zeus affirmed his ability to take on powerful, masculine roles.
However, his career certainly hasn’t been plain sailing.
The man who has died on screen more than twenty times (around an astonishing one third of all his film credits) has had a career spanning a diverse selection of roles in vastly different worlds.
His unfortunate label of ‘spoiler on legs’ has slightly overshadowed the acclaimed roles Sean Bean has undertaken and he will forever be associated with some of the best on screen deaths of all time. Not the worst legacy to leave behind but it perhaps doesn’t do justice to his acting ability.
Hailing from Sheffield in Yorkshire, the son of a welder and a passionate supporter of Sheffield United football club, he is a true man’s man. His roles could tell you that much; Richard Sharpe made him a British heartthrob, while his performances as Odysseus and Zeus affirmed his ability to take on powerful, masculine roles.
However, his career certainly hasn’t been plain sailing.
- 2/6/2015
- by Fred Humphries
- Obsessed with Film
Insurgent, the sequel to this year's Ya blockbuster hit Divergent, has unveiled its first full-length trailer.
The film sees Shailene Woodley reprising her role as Tris Prior, with Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Kate Winslet back among the supporting cast.
Franchise newcomers include Naomi Watts as Four's mother Evelyn Johnson-Eaton, Octavia Spencer as Johanna Reyes and Suki Waterhouse as Marlene.
Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is directing the film, replacing Divergent's Neil Burger behind the camera.
Insurgent's predecessor Divergent debuted in March and earned more than $270 million at the worldwide box office.
Insurgent will open in cinemas on March 20, with Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, being released as two movies in March 2016 and March 2017.
The film sees Shailene Woodley reprising her role as Tris Prior, with Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Kate Winslet back among the supporting cast.
Franchise newcomers include Naomi Watts as Four's mother Evelyn Johnson-Eaton, Octavia Spencer as Johanna Reyes and Suki Waterhouse as Marlene.
Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is directing the film, replacing Divergent's Neil Burger behind the camera.
Insurgent's predecessor Divergent debuted in March and earned more than $270 million at the worldwide box office.
Insurgent will open in cinemas on March 20, with Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, being released as two movies in March 2016 and March 2017.
- 12/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Shailene Woodley returns as Tris, in the first trailer for the second Divergent movie, Insurgent...
We quite liked Divergent. It did decent business when it was released earlier this year, and as a springboard for a series of films based on the Divergent books, it wasn't a bad place to start. Certainly director Neil Burger did the world building stuff really well, even if the last act of the movie struggled a bit.
Summit Entertainment has at least three more movies planned. In March 2015, there's Insurgent, based on the second book (penned, as the series is, by Veronica Roth). Then it's splitting the third book, Allegiant, into two movies, set for release in 2016 and 2017.
Just to confuse matters, Roth has since published a prequel book, Four, although Summit hasn't announced any plans for that yet.
Insurgent will see Shailene Woodley reprise the role of Tris, and Theo James will be back as Four.
We quite liked Divergent. It did decent business when it was released earlier this year, and as a springboard for a series of films based on the Divergent books, it wasn't a bad place to start. Certainly director Neil Burger did the world building stuff really well, even if the last act of the movie struggled a bit.
Summit Entertainment has at least three more movies planned. In March 2015, there's Insurgent, based on the second book (penned, as the series is, by Veronica Roth). Then it's splitting the third book, Allegiant, into two movies, set for release in 2016 and 2017.
Just to confuse matters, Roth has since published a prequel book, Four, although Summit hasn't announced any plans for that yet.
Insurgent will see Shailene Woodley reprise the role of Tris, and Theo James will be back as Four.
- 11/13/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Divergent sequel Insurgent has unveiled its first trailer online.
The film sees Shailene Woodley returning to the role of Tris Prior, with Theo James, Ansel Elgort and Kate Winslet among the supporting cast. Franchise newcomers include Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts and Suki Waterhouse.
Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is directing the film, replacing Divergent's Neil Burger behind the camera.
Insurgent's predecessor Divergent opened earlier this year and earned more than $270 million at the worldwide box office.
Insurgent will open in cinemas on March 20 with Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, being released as two movies in March 2016 and March 2017.
View Divergent pictures in the gallery below:...
The film sees Shailene Woodley returning to the role of Tris Prior, with Theo James, Ansel Elgort and Kate Winslet among the supporting cast. Franchise newcomers include Octavia Spencer, Naomi Watts and Suki Waterhouse.
Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) is directing the film, replacing Divergent's Neil Burger behind the camera.
Insurgent's predecessor Divergent opened earlier this year and earned more than $270 million at the worldwide box office.
Insurgent will open in cinemas on March 20 with Allegiant, the final book in Veronica Roth's Divergent trilogy, being released as two movies in March 2016 and March 2017.
View Divergent pictures in the gallery below:...
- 11/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment are planning feature film adaptions of Anne Rice's "The Vampire Chronicles" book series. The deal covers Rice's existing and future novels along with "Tale of the Body Thief," which was adapted into a screenplay by Rice's son, Christopher. Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ("Star Trek") will produce the project along with Brian Grazer ("24: Live Another Day"). Also aboard are Bobby Cohen ("Memoirs of a Geisha"), who will serve as an executive producer, and Erica Huggins ("Flightplan"), who will shepherd the films for Imagine Entertainment. Rice's work has received adaptions in the past, and it remains unclear if those works are slated for reboots. In 1994, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt starred in "Interview with the Vampire," which was directed ...
- 8/10/2014
- GeekNation.com
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