The Adults is a family comedy-drama film, but it is R-rated because of its adult language. Written & Directed by Dustin Guy Defa, The Adults follows Eric as he takes a short trip back home to meet his sisters and old friends but the short trip turns into a mess of unresolved familial issues and a trip down the nostalgic lane. Michael Cera is producing and starring in the film. So, if you like The Adults, here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Ride the Eagle (Hulu) Credit – Jtj Films
Synopsis: When a musician’s estranged mother passes away, her last wishes compel him to complete a crazy to-do list in order to claim his inheritance. Starring Jake Johnson, J.K. Simmons, Susan Sarandon and D’Arcy Carden.
Our Idiot Brother (Prime Video & Hulu) Credit – The Weinstein Company
Synopsis: Sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer of TV’s Newsroom), Miranda and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel...
Ride the Eagle (Hulu) Credit – Jtj Films
Synopsis: When a musician’s estranged mother passes away, her last wishes compel him to complete a crazy to-do list in order to claim his inheritance. Starring Jake Johnson, J.K. Simmons, Susan Sarandon and D’Arcy Carden.
Our Idiot Brother (Prime Video & Hulu) Credit – The Weinstein Company
Synopsis: Sisters Liz (Emily Mortimer of TV’s Newsroom), Miranda and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel...
- 8/11/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Amazon’s Uncle Frank stars Paul Bettany as Frank Bledsoe, a gay professor of literature living in early ’70s New York City with his partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi). Having left behind a close-knit family in his native Creekville, South Carolina, Frank lives semi-openly as a gay man in New York while keeping the rest of the Bledsoe clan in the dark about his sexuality — that is, until his niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) arrives in the city for college and stumbles upon Frank’s secret life.
When Frank’s father dies suddenly, Beth and Wally persuade him to return to Creekville for ...
When Frank’s father dies suddenly, Beth and Wally persuade him to return to Creekville for ...
- 8/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Amazon’s Uncle Frank stars Paul Bettany as Frank Bledsoe, a gay professor of literature living in early ’70s New York City with his partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi). Having left behind a close-knit family in his native Creekville, South Carolina, Frank lives semi-openly as a gay man in New York while keeping the rest of the Bledsoe clan in the dark about his sexuality — that is, until his niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) arrives in the city for college and stumbles upon Frank’s secret life.
When Frank’s father dies suddenly, Beth and Wally persuade him to return to Creekville for ...
When Frank’s father dies suddenly, Beth and Wally persuade him to return to Creekville for ...
- 8/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As of this writing Paul Bettany is the front-runner (with 71/20 odds according to the combined predictions of Gold Derby users) to win Best Movie/Limited Actor at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards for his performance in the Disney+ limited series “WandaVision.” Let’s consider a couple of the important factors that could help him come out on top.
Bettany plays Vision, an android who’s trying to hide his superhero identity by living a happy suburban life in Westview, New Jersey, with Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen). As the couple’s surroundings cycle through different eras of television sitcom tropes, they begin to suspect that something strange is happening to them.
Of this year’s nominees for Best Movie/Limited Actor, Bettany happens to be the only one whose show is up for Best Limited Series. That could help him considerably. After all, the other men in his category each appear to have some disadvantages.
Bettany plays Vision, an android who’s trying to hide his superhero identity by living a happy suburban life in Westview, New Jersey, with Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen). As the couple’s surroundings cycle through different eras of television sitcom tropes, they begin to suspect that something strange is happening to them.
Of this year’s nominees for Best Movie/Limited Actor, Bettany happens to be the only one whose show is up for Best Limited Series. That could help him considerably. After all, the other men in his category each appear to have some disadvantages.
- 8/16/2021
- by Jeffrey Kare
- Gold Derby
When Paul Bettany was approached for the title role in Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank, he was perhaps as skeptical as he was excited. “I’m a big Alan Ball fan, but also sort of a ‘glass is half empty’ type of fellow, so I went, ‘I’m going to get the one sh*t Alan Ball script,’” the actor joked. “I read it and it wasn’t, of course. But then I had lots of questions about whether I could and should play the part.”
The film written, directed and produced by Ball centers on college professor Frank Bledsoe, who takes his niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) to the South Carolina funeral of family patriarch Daddy Mac (Stephen Root). While visiting family, Frank wrestles with the sexual identity he’s long tried to hide from them, also coming to grips with a traumatic incident from his past.
The film written, directed and produced by Ball centers on college professor Frank Bledsoe, who takes his niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) to the South Carolina funeral of family patriarch Daddy Mac (Stephen Root). While visiting family, Frank wrestles with the sexual identity he’s long tried to hide from them, also coming to grips with a traumatic incident from his past.
- 8/15/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In order to address the future, sometimes you need to delve into the past. Most of this year’s Emmy-nominated TV movies do exactly that, exploring themes of love, faith and friendship in order to heal harmful past narratives and home in on the humanity of their characters.
When Eugene Ashe was penning the script for “Sylvie’s Love,” the love story of a saxophonist and a young woman, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha, for Amazon Prime Video, he specifically wanted to focus on the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement. His goal was to highlight the humanity of Black leads during that time instead of the trauma so many other films have already tackled.
“We’re not represented that well. I wanted to go back and correct that,” Ashe says. “If I look at my family photo albums, I see depictions of...
When Eugene Ashe was penning the script for “Sylvie’s Love,” the love story of a saxophonist and a young woman, starring Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha, for Amazon Prime Video, he specifically wanted to focus on the late 1950s and early 1960s, at the height of the civil rights movement. His goal was to highlight the humanity of Black leads during that time instead of the trauma so many other films have already tackled.
“We’re not represented that well. I wanted to go back and correct that,” Ashe says. “If I look at my family photo albums, I see depictions of...
- 8/11/2021
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
“I made this thing that I will, for the rest of my days, be very proud to have been a part of,” claims Paul Bettany. Indeed the actor has plenty to be proud of as of late, with two projects garnering him rave reviews. He first starred in the Amazon film “Uncle Frank,” before jumping back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the limited series “WandaVision” on Disney+. Both roles connected with the actor in meaningful ways. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
While getting ready to film “Uncle Frank,” writer/director Alan Ball told Bettany that “this movie is for anybody who has ever struggled to live their life authentically.” The sentiment immediately grabbed the actor and he latched on to that “beautiful, simple message.”
See Peter Macdissi interview: ‘Uncle Frank’
His character Frank lives openly as a gay man in New York City during the 1970s, but fears...
While getting ready to film “Uncle Frank,” writer/director Alan Ball told Bettany that “this movie is for anybody who has ever struggled to live their life authentically.” The sentiment immediately grabbed the actor and he latched on to that “beautiful, simple message.”
See Peter Macdissi interview: ‘Uncle Frank’
His character Frank lives openly as a gay man in New York City during the 1970s, but fears...
- 5/7/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“It was a joy, it was an instant fit for all of us,” gushes Margo Martindale on her experience filming “Uncle Frank.” The Emmy-winning actress plays Mammaw, the matriarch of the Bledsoe family in writer/director Alan Ball’s new film. Close friends from past projects filled out her on-screen family, such as Lois Smith and Judy Greer. While the experience of being part of that large ensemble was fun for the actress, Martindale’s most meaningful moments occurred with Paul Bettany as the titular Frank. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Frank is gay, but stays closeted around his Southern family. He travels back to his hometown from New York City after his father (Stephen Root) passes away. The two had a contentious relationship which made Frank the black sheep of the family. Martindale believes that her character always sensed the tension between father and son. “She has always jumped in,...
Frank is gay, but stays closeted around his Southern family. He travels back to his hometown from New York City after his father (Stephen Root) passes away. The two had a contentious relationship which made Frank the black sheep of the family. Martindale believes that her character always sensed the tension between father and son. “She has always jumped in,...
- 5/6/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Amazon Prime just won a couple of Oscars for their film “Sound of Metal,” and now the streaming service is jumping right into Emmy season with “Beyond the Screen” virtual events and a “Prime Video Presents” podcast to promote their slate of programs from May 1 through June 10. Their events can be found on the Emmys FYC calendar.
Among the programs being promoted by Amazon this season include the sci-fi dramas “The Boys” and “The Expanse”; the Barry Jenkins limited series “The Underground Railroad”; the telefilms “Uncle Frank,” “Yearly Departed,” and “Sylvie’s Love”; the documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy“; the anthologies “Solos” and “Them”; and the theatrical special “What the Constitution Means to Me.”
Seersvp now for May 10: TV documentary directors for ‘Framing Britney Spears,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate,’ ‘High on the Hog,’ ‘Seduced,’ ‘The Year Earth Changed’ join Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts series
“Beyond the Screen” kicked...
Among the programs being promoted by Amazon this season include the sci-fi dramas “The Boys” and “The Expanse”; the Barry Jenkins limited series “The Underground Railroad”; the telefilms “Uncle Frank,” “Yearly Departed,” and “Sylvie’s Love”; the documentary “All In: The Fight for Democracy“; the anthologies “Solos” and “Them”; and the theatrical special “What the Constitution Means to Me.”
Seersvp now for May 10: TV documentary directors for ‘Framing Britney Spears,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate,’ ‘High on the Hog,’ ‘Seduced,’ ‘The Year Earth Changed’ join Gold Derby’s Meet the Experts series
“Beyond the Screen” kicked...
- 5/3/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Amazon Prime Video has once again put a pause on its annual in-person Emmy FYC pop-up events space due to the pandemic. But in its place, the streamer has curated a virtual experience, dubbed “Beyond the Screen,” that kicks off this weekend with an evening devoted to the stars, crafts and music of Steve McQueen’s anthology series “Small Axe.”
Variety has the exclusive roundup of the Emmy FYC panels, screenings, podcasts and performances that will kick off Amazon Studios and Prime Video’s campaign starting May 1, and continuing through June 10.
Talent populating the panels, set to be streamed for Television Academy members, include McQueen and John Boyega (“Small Axe”); Barry Jenkins and Joel Edgerton (“The Underground Railroad”), and Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Aya Cash and Jack Quaid (“The Boys”). Other contenders participating include “Solos,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “The Expanse,” “Them,” “Uncle Frank,” “What The Constitution Means To Me” and “Yearly Departed.
Variety has the exclusive roundup of the Emmy FYC panels, screenings, podcasts and performances that will kick off Amazon Studios and Prime Video’s campaign starting May 1, and continuing through June 10.
Talent populating the panels, set to be streamed for Television Academy members, include McQueen and John Boyega (“Small Axe”); Barry Jenkins and Joel Edgerton (“The Underground Railroad”), and Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Aya Cash and Jack Quaid (“The Boys”). Other contenders participating include “Solos,” “Sylvie’s Love,” “The Expanse,” “Them,” “Uncle Frank,” “What The Constitution Means To Me” and “Yearly Departed.
- 4/30/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
“Everybody needs a Wally!” exclaims actor Peter Macdissi. He is referring to his loveable character in the Amazon film “Uncle Frank.” Wally is the longtime partner of the titular Frank (Paul Bettany). The pair end up journeying from New York City to Frank’s hometown in the south, to a conservative family that doesn’t know of the pair’s relationship. Nevertheless, Wally is a source of positivity and exuberance who lifts up the traumatized people around him. Macdissi believes that the Wallys of the world are necessary “to make life more palatable” and find the positives in every situation. “I’ve learned from Wally,” admits the actor, “to appreciate the little things.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“Uncle Frank” is written and directed by Oscar and Emmy winner Alan Ball, Macdissi’s real life partner. “I just cried my eyes out,” says Macdissi of the first time he read the script.
“Uncle Frank” is written and directed by Oscar and Emmy winner Alan Ball, Macdissi’s real life partner. “I just cried my eyes out,” says Macdissi of the first time he read the script.
- 4/29/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
Sugar23 continues their expansion with the hiring of managers Katrina Escudero, Jake Fleischman and David Jimenez-Katsman. They join Meredith Wechter, who recently joined as a partner to spearhead the management division. Meredith’s roster of clients includes Melissa Barrera, Gabe Basso, Bryce Dallas-Howard, Josh Gad, Diane Lane, Keanu Reeves, Cailee Spaeny and Jeremy Strong.
The recent expansion of the management team at Sugar23 comes on the heels of raising $30M in financing and joining previously announced hires Dan Riedler/Chief Financial Officer & Partner, Evan Sils/General Counsel & Partner, Angela Ledgerwood/Editorial Director of Sugar23 Books, Mike Mayer/Head of Sugar23 Podcast Group, Cliff Spence/Chief Product Officer, and Shelsea Jacobs/Head of Packaging.
Michael Sugar founded Sugar23 to harness and build upon his world-class management and production expertise with a focused vision. This growth will reformulate the talent, content, and brand equation by offering unique solutions to Sugar23’s clients...
The recent expansion of the management team at Sugar23 comes on the heels of raising $30M in financing and joining previously announced hires Dan Riedler/Chief Financial Officer & Partner, Evan Sils/General Counsel & Partner, Angela Ledgerwood/Editorial Director of Sugar23 Books, Mike Mayer/Head of Sugar23 Podcast Group, Cliff Spence/Chief Product Officer, and Shelsea Jacobs/Head of Packaging.
Michael Sugar founded Sugar23 to harness and build upon his world-class management and production expertise with a focused vision. This growth will reformulate the talent, content, and brand equation by offering unique solutions to Sugar23’s clients...
- 2/11/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on December 3rd, 2020, reviewing the new film “Uncle Frank,” now streaming on Amazon Prime.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Paul Bettany is Uncle Frank Bledsoe, a college professor in 1973 New York City. He’s escaped his past in small town South Carolina, but still carries a torch for his teen niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) and convinces her to go to college in NYC. When she gets there she finds out that Frank has been living with his gay lover Wally (Peter Macdissi) for ten years. A death in the family that brings this all to the forefront and leads to redemption. The stellar cast includes Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Stephen Root and Margo Martindale.
“Uncle Frank” is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Featuring Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Stephen Root and Margo Martindale.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
Paul Bettany is Uncle Frank Bledsoe, a college professor in 1973 New York City. He’s escaped his past in small town South Carolina, but still carries a torch for his teen niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) and convinces her to go to college in NYC. When she gets there she finds out that Frank has been living with his gay lover Wally (Peter Macdissi) for ten years. A death in the family that brings this all to the forefront and leads to redemption. The stellar cast includes Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Stephen Root and Margo Martindale.
“Uncle Frank” is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Featuring Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, Sophia Lillis, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Stephen Root and Margo Martindale.
- 12/5/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis star in Alan Ball’s film about a bookish teenager, her academic uncle and his not entirely inner demons
Alan Ball will probably always be known as the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 1999 hit American Beauty, though he saw his original script curtailed in the edit, and its themes of identity and sexuality made more opaque than he intended. His subsequent work has tended to focus on repression, sexuality and guilt, and so it proves again with this fervently personal movie.
Sophia Lillis plays Betty, a shy, smart teenage girl growing up in an old-fashioned southern household in the early 1970s. She idolises her smart uncle Frank (Paul Bettany), an unmarried, unconventional guy who left home to become a literature professor in New York, and who always inspired her love of books. When Betty comes to New York as a student, she reconnects with Uncle Frank but,...
Alan Ball will probably always be known as the Oscar-winning screenwriter of the 1999 hit American Beauty, though he saw his original script curtailed in the edit, and its themes of identity and sexuality made more opaque than he intended. His subsequent work has tended to focus on repression, sexuality and guilt, and so it proves again with this fervently personal movie.
Sophia Lillis plays Betty, a shy, smart teenage girl growing up in an old-fashioned southern household in the early 1970s. She idolises her smart uncle Frank (Paul Bettany), an unmarried, unconventional guy who left home to become a literature professor in New York, and who always inspired her love of books. When Betty comes to New York as a student, she reconnects with Uncle Frank but,...
- 11/26/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
A gay urbanite travels home to visit a family that does not know about their loved one’s sexual orientation; it’s a situation that’s played for comedy in “Happiest Season,” but in “Uncle Frank,” writer-director Alan Ball mines the situation mostly for drama, although not without his signature wit.
Those moments that land, whether funny or moving, occur when Ball isn’t getting in his own way and instead trusts in the characters he’s written and the actors who are performing them. Overall, the film works, but there are times during this road-trip saga where one wishes Ball would apply the brakes.
It’s the fall of 1972, and Beth Bledsoe is entering NYU as a freshman. Her uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) teaches there; on a trip home four years earlier, he encouraged young Beth not to follow the set paths laid out for her by their small town,...
Those moments that land, whether funny or moving, occur when Ball isn’t getting in his own way and instead trusts in the characters he’s written and the actors who are performing them. Overall, the film works, but there are times during this road-trip saga where one wishes Ball would apply the brakes.
It’s the fall of 1972, and Beth Bledsoe is entering NYU as a freshman. Her uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) teaches there; on a trip home four years earlier, he encouraged young Beth not to follow the set paths laid out for her by their small town,...
- 11/25/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
When Darcy C. Scanlin was hired as the production designer of “Uncle Frank,” she had a very good idea of what writer and director Alan Ball wanted.
All she had to do was read the script.
Scanlin tells Variety that the pages were full of notes describing every location in exacting detail. “It actually gives me goose bumps thinking about it because his sense of storytelling and place is so rich and so vivid,” Scanlin says.
In the film, which bows Nov. 25 on Amazon Prime, Paul Bettany plays Frank, a gay English professor in New York City in the 1970s who returns to his childhood home in the South when his father dies. The trip triggers traumas from his past as he grapples with not telling his family about his sexuality and that the man he’s brought with him is his longtime partner, Wally (played by Peter Macdissi).
The...
All she had to do was read the script.
Scanlin tells Variety that the pages were full of notes describing every location in exacting detail. “It actually gives me goose bumps thinking about it because his sense of storytelling and place is so rich and so vivid,” Scanlin says.
In the film, which bows Nov. 25 on Amazon Prime, Paul Bettany plays Frank, a gay English professor in New York City in the 1970s who returns to his childhood home in the South when his father dies. The trip triggers traumas from his past as he grapples with not telling his family about his sexuality and that the man he’s brought with him is his longtime partner, Wally (played by Peter Macdissi).
The...
- 11/25/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
When Peter Macdissi first began going on auditions, there weren’t many roles for a young man from the Middle East.
“It’s getting better,” the 46-year-old Lebanese actor and producer tells Variety. “On TV, there are some things right now, and it’s really getting better. When I first started in my twenties or early thirties, oh my God, there was nothing. There was absolutely nothing. Right now, it’s amazing with Amazon and Netflix and all of it. You have a wide range and that’s very good. I enjoy the fact that we have a lot of things from different parts of the world and different kinds of people. I would just get bored watching white people all the time…It’s very constricting and it’s very unimaginative.”
Today, Macdissi is co-starring in and producing “Uncle Frank,” an indie drama about Frank, a gay English professor...
“It’s getting better,” the 46-year-old Lebanese actor and producer tells Variety. “On TV, there are some things right now, and it’s really getting better. When I first started in my twenties or early thirties, oh my God, there was nothing. There was absolutely nothing. Right now, it’s amazing with Amazon and Netflix and all of it. You have a wide range and that’s very good. I enjoy the fact that we have a lot of things from different parts of the world and different kinds of people. I would just get bored watching white people all the time…It’s very constricting and it’s very unimaginative.”
Today, Macdissi is co-starring in and producing “Uncle Frank,” an indie drama about Frank, a gay English professor...
- 11/24/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Many of us have or had an Uncle Frank in our lives. Mine was my cousin Bobby, who lived with his mother (my great-aunt) in the downstairs apartment of our brownstone in Brooklyn. I lived there too for a while, on the top floor with my mom and grandparents. Bobby was a school teacher, well educated, and one of the voices of calm and reason in our otherwise highly emotional, often high-strung family.
Bobby taught me about opera and certain types of pop music whenever I used to stop by and see him as a kid, and he also introduced me to the idea of appreciating art, film, and literature. I didn’t quite realize it at the time, but Bobby certainly taught me the importance of education, culture, and, to some extent, critical thinking.
I also didn’t realize at the time that Bobby was, for lack of a better word,...
Bobby taught me about opera and certain types of pop music whenever I used to stop by and see him as a kid, and he also introduced me to the idea of appreciating art, film, and literature. I didn’t quite realize it at the time, but Bobby certainly taught me the importance of education, culture, and, to some extent, critical thinking.
I also didn’t realize at the time that Bobby was, for lack of a better word,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
Plot: In the mid-seventies, a man (Paul Bettany) returns to his Southern hometown with his niece in tow (Sophie Lillis) to attend the funeral of his estranged, homophobic father. His boyfriend (Peter Macdissi) tags along too - but there’s a problem. His family has no idea that he’s gay. Review: Paul Bettany has never really gotten his due as an actor in my opinion. While he’s…...
- 11/24/2020
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
To celebrate the release of Uncle Frank, the new film from Oscar-winning writer Alan Ball, we sat down with some of its cast and its filmmaker to chat about the new road trip film.
Starring alongside Paul Bettany, who plays the title character, are Sophia Lillis (It) and Peter Macdissi (Six Feet Under) who play Frank’s teenage niece and partner respectively. They both chat about working with Ball and why his grasp on the human condition is so inspiring, why their characters stood out over others they have played, and the joy of working alongside Bettany for the film.
In addition, Ball told us why the timing felt right for him to direct a feature film once again, the personal echoes of the story, and the benefits that may come from the film being available to millions on Amazon Prime over the festive seasons.
You can view the full...
Starring alongside Paul Bettany, who plays the title character, are Sophia Lillis (It) and Peter Macdissi (Six Feet Under) who play Frank’s teenage niece and partner respectively. They both chat about working with Ball and why his grasp on the human condition is so inspiring, why their characters stood out over others they have played, and the joy of working alongside Bettany for the film.
In addition, Ball told us why the timing felt right for him to direct a feature film once again, the personal echoes of the story, and the benefits that may come from the film being available to millions on Amazon Prime over the festive seasons.
You can view the full...
- 11/23/2020
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Uncle Frank Amazon Studios Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Alan Ball Screenwriter: Alan Ball Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root Release Date: November 25, 2020 Midpoint during Uncle Frank Aunt Butch (Lois Smith) says to Frank (Paul Bettany): […]
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- 11/23/2020
- by Tami Smith
- ShockYa
When a member of the Bledsoe family dies, Frank (Paul Bettany) and his 18-year-old niece Beth (Sophia Lillis) travel back home to Creekville, South Carolina where they’re joined unexpectedly by Frank’s secret gay lover, Walid (Peter Macdissi).
Uncle Frank is a beloved character and not like any of his relatives. He’s a literature professor at a university in New York and lives a humble yet secret life. That secret being that he’s actually gay. Back in 1973 where the film is set, homosexuality was very much frowned upon, and that was also the case within the Bledsoe household, in particular Frank’s father Mac (Stephen Root).
Uncle Frank is beautifully written and directed by Alan Ball. The premise of the story is loosely based on Ball’s father, the details of how much is however, unknown. It’s rather joyous seeing Frank and Beth’s unique relationship unfold throughout the film,...
Uncle Frank is a beloved character and not like any of his relatives. He’s a literature professor at a university in New York and lives a humble yet secret life. That secret being that he’s actually gay. Back in 1973 where the film is set, homosexuality was very much frowned upon, and that was also the case within the Bledsoe household, in particular Frank’s father Mac (Stephen Root).
Uncle Frank is beautifully written and directed by Alan Ball. The premise of the story is loosely based on Ball’s father, the details of how much is however, unknown. It’s rather joyous seeing Frank and Beth’s unique relationship unfold throughout the film,...
- 11/23/2020
- by Alex Clement
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"You rented a car?!" "Isn't it snazzy!" Amazon has released an official trailer for Alan Ball's new film Uncle Frank, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It also stopped by the Deauville, Atlanta, Mill Valley, and Savannah Film Festivals throughout this year. Writer-director Alan Ball's heartfelt and hilarious road movie travels from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, following Frank's journey from hitting rock bottom to acceptance and forgiveness and, finally, reintegration into his family and into life itself. Paul Bettany reveals Frank's fragile core by peeling away the layers of Frank's sophisticated but guarded persona. Sophia Lillis plays Beth as a naive but observant young woman whose eyes are opened to a world she could never have imagined. Peter Macdissi also has a standout performance as Wally. The full cast includes Stephen Root, Margo Martindale, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer,...
- 10/16/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Amazon Prime Video has debuted a new trailer for ‘Uncle Frank’ starring Paul Bettany.
In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank’s father — Beth’s grandfather — Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.
Written and Directed by Alan Ball the film stars Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Amazon Prime Video November 25th.
In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank’s father — Beth’s grandfather — Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.
Written and Directed by Alan Ball the film stars Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, with Margo Martindale and Stephen Root.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Amazon Prime Video November 25th.
- 10/16/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement that he has kept secret for years. After the sudden death of Frank’s father — Beth’s grandfather — Frank is forced to reluctantly return home for the funeral with Beth in tow, and to finally face a long-buried trauma that he has spent his entire adult life running away from.
Writer-director Alan Ball’s heartfelt and hilarious road movie travels from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, following Frank’s painful journey from hitting rock bottom to acceptance and forgiveness and, finally, reintegration into his family and into life itself. Bettany reveals Frank’s fragile...
Writer-director Alan Ball’s heartfelt and hilarious road movie travels from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, following Frank’s painful journey from hitting rock bottom to acceptance and forgiveness and, finally, reintegration into his family and into life itself. Bettany reveals Frank’s fragile...
- 10/15/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
New York LGBTQ Film Festival to Open With Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite,’ Screen Alan Ball’s ‘Uncle Frank’
NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ film and media organization, has announced its program for the 32nd New York LGBTQ Film Festival. This year’s event will feature virtual events, as well as drive-in screenings at the Queens Drive-In at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The festival will open on Oct. 16 with the New York City premiere of Francis Lee’s “Ammonite,” a romantic drama starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Winslet will present Lee with the festival’s inaugural world queer visionary award ahead of the screening. On Oct. 27, the event will close with a virtual screening of Faraz Shariat’s German drama, “No Hard Feelings.”
“With the presidential election right around the corner and a Supreme Court seat now open, it is more urgent than ever that queer stories be told and celebrated,” said executive director David Hatkoff. “We have created an 11-day event that will meet and speak to this moment,...
The festival will open on Oct. 16 with the New York City premiere of Francis Lee’s “Ammonite,” a romantic drama starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. Winslet will present Lee with the festival’s inaugural world queer visionary award ahead of the screening. On Oct. 27, the event will close with a virtual screening of Faraz Shariat’s German drama, “No Hard Feelings.”
“With the presidential election right around the corner and a Supreme Court seat now open, it is more urgent than ever that queer stories be told and celebrated,” said executive director David Hatkoff. “We have created an 11-day event that will meet and speak to this moment,...
- 9/24/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Though Alan Ball’s latest film “Uncle Frank” is not autobiographical, it is very personal, and it led him back to directing and back to film for the first time in over a decade. And in order to write this story, he had to get in touch with his roots.
“I’m a playwright, and I’m from the South, so I have an inner Tennessee Williams, and over the years it took off and became ultimately what it is now, ‘Uncle Frank,'” Ball said at TheWrap Studio in Sundance.
“Uncle Frank” is set in the South in the ’70s and follows a gay professor named Frank (Paul Bettany) returning home for his father’s funeral as he grapples with the decision to come out as gay to his family. The film blends a coming-of-age story for Frank’s niece (Sophia Lillis) with some road trip comedy and drama between Frank and his nurturing,...
“I’m a playwright, and I’m from the South, so I have an inner Tennessee Williams, and over the years it took off and became ultimately what it is now, ‘Uncle Frank,'” Ball said at TheWrap Studio in Sundance.
“Uncle Frank” is set in the South in the ’70s and follows a gay professor named Frank (Paul Bettany) returning home for his father’s funeral as he grapples with the decision to come out as gay to his family. The film blends a coming-of-age story for Frank’s niece (Sophia Lillis) with some road trip comedy and drama between Frank and his nurturing,...
- 1/31/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
While the Sundance 2020 market started slow, sales started to pick up late Sunday night with “The Night House” and “Herself,” followed by “Ironbark” and “Uncle Frank” on Monday morning. Since then a handful of documentaries have sold, and Andy Sambert’s “Palm Springs” set a new festival sales record at $17.5 million.
A lot of films selected as part of the festival program also already had distribution in place. Others pre-sold before the festival even began: “The Father,” the documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” and the midnight thriller “His House” have already found homes. We’ll be updating this list with any additional sales as they come in.
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Sundance Institute
“Boys State”
Apple and A24 bought the global rights to political documentary “Boys State” on Monday, which is playing in the U.
A lot of films selected as part of the festival program also already had distribution in place. Others pre-sold before the festival even began: “The Father,” the documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” and the midnight thriller “His House” have already found homes. We’ll be updating this list with any additional sales as they come in.
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Sundance Institute
“Boys State”
Apple and A24 bought the global rights to political documentary “Boys State” on Monday, which is playing in the U.
- 1/28/2020
- by Brian Welk and Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Amazon Studios has acquired the rights to “Uncle Frank” following its premiere on Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Alan Ball wrote and directed the film, which stars Paul Bettany as an esteemed literature professor at NYU where his teenage niece (Sophia Lillis) enrolls in 1973 and discovers that he has been hiding his relationship with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi).
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth and Wally in tow. Along the way, he’s forced to reckon with the ghosts of the past and finally face his family.
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The film, which follows the trio’s road-trip journey from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, also stars Judy Greer,...
Alan Ball wrote and directed the film, which stars Paul Bettany as an esteemed literature professor at NYU where his teenage niece (Sophia Lillis) enrolls in 1973 and discovers that he has been hiding his relationship with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi).
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth and Wally in tow. Along the way, he’s forced to reckon with the ghosts of the past and finally face his family.
Also Read: Benedict Cumberbatch's 'Ironbark' Nears Deal With Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
The film, which follows the trio’s road-trip journey from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, also stars Judy Greer,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Amazon acquired Uncle Frank, the Alan Ball-directed drama that has been one of the early buzz sales titles at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Deal was $12 million for worldwide rigths. This was done in competitive bidding with several others in the mix.
That matches the amount Searchlight Pictures paid late Sunday for The Night House.
Ball, best known for writing American Beauty and creating the series Six Feet Under and True Blood, wrote this very personal film that stars Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale and Stephen Root. Bettany plays the title character, a revered NYU professor who takes his 18-year-old niece (Lillis) — a student at the school — on a road trip home to Creekville, Sc to bury his father. Frank dreads the journey, because he and his father had been estranged the moment the father discovered his son was gay. They’re unexpectedly...
That matches the amount Searchlight Pictures paid late Sunday for The Night House.
Ball, best known for writing American Beauty and creating the series Six Feet Under and True Blood, wrote this very personal film that stars Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale and Stephen Root. Bettany plays the title character, a revered NYU professor who takes his 18-year-old niece (Lillis) — a student at the school — on a road trip home to Creekville, Sc to bury his father. Frank dreads the journey, because he and his father had been estranged the moment the father discovered his son was gay. They’re unexpectedly...
- 1/27/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has bought “Uncle Frank,” an acclaimed drama about a closeted gay man forced to come out to his Southern family in the 1970s. The film debuted this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival.
UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal, which insiders valued at $12 million, individuals close to the talks said. It was not immediately clear if a theatrical release component was in the mix. Amazon had no immediate comment.
Alan Ball, the writer of “American Beauty” and the creator of “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood,” directed the film and wrote the screenplay. Paul Bettany, liberated from the extensive makeup he rocks as Vision in the Avengers films, plays the lead, and has already earned some awards chatter. The cast includes Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root, and Lois Smith.
The film follows Beth (Lillis) as she begins her studies at New York University,...
UTA Independent Film Group brokered the deal, which insiders valued at $12 million, individuals close to the talks said. It was not immediately clear if a theatrical release component was in the mix. Amazon had no immediate comment.
Alan Ball, the writer of “American Beauty” and the creator of “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood,” directed the film and wrote the screenplay. Paul Bettany, liberated from the extensive makeup he rocks as Vision in the Avengers films, plays the lead, and has already earned some awards chatter. The cast includes Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Lois Smith, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root, and Lois Smith.
The film follows Beth (Lillis) as she begins her studies at New York University,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Studios has picked up Alan Ball's family drama Uncle Frank.
The Six Feet Under showrunner wrote and directed the movie, which is set in 1973 and follows teenager Beth (Sophia Lillis), who leaves her rural hometown to study at New York University, where her estranged uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay and living with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement he has kept secret for years.
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth ...
The Six Feet Under showrunner wrote and directed the movie, which is set in 1973 and follows teenager Beth (Sophia Lillis), who leaves her rural hometown to study at New York University, where her estranged uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay and living with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement he has kept secret for years.
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth ...
- 1/27/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amazon Studios has picked up Alan Ball's family drama Uncle Frank.
The Six Feet Under showrunner wrote and directed the movie, which is set in 1973 and follows teenager Beth (Sophia Lillis), who leaves her rural hometown to study at New York University, where her estranged uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay and living with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement he has kept secret for years.
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth ...
The Six Feet Under showrunner wrote and directed the movie, which is set in 1973 and follows teenager Beth (Sophia Lillis), who leaves her rural hometown to study at New York University, where her estranged uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay and living with his longtime partner, Wally (Peter Macdissi) — an arrangement he has kept secret for years.
After the sudden death of surly patriarch Mac (Stephen Root), Frank reluctantly returns home for the funeral with Beth ...
- 1/27/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Have we ever given Paul Bettany the credit he deserves? One thinks back to his stellar turns in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Reckoning, and Dogville. No major awards consideration, instead a plump superhero role in the world’s most successful franchise. In Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank, Bettany appears more comfortable than he’s been in years.
Set in 1973, young Beth Bledsoe (a great Sophia Lillis) speaks of her love for her Uncle Frank (Bettany) in voiceover. “He was the only adult who looked me in the eye,” she tells us. Frank is well-read and lives and teaches in New York City, a million miles away from the Bledsoe’s hometown of Creeksville, South Carolina. Frank is kind to all, though his family regards him at a distance. After he gives young Beth some cogent advice, we skip four years to find her living...
Set in 1973, young Beth Bledsoe (a great Sophia Lillis) speaks of her love for her Uncle Frank (Bettany) in voiceover. “He was the only adult who looked me in the eye,” she tells us. Frank is well-read and lives and teaches in New York City, a million miles away from the Bledsoe’s hometown of Creeksville, South Carolina. Frank is kind to all, though his family regards him at a distance. After he gives young Beth some cogent advice, we skip four years to find her living...
- 1/27/2020
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
Played by “Sharp Objects” breakout Sophia Lillis, Beth has always looked up to her uncle Frank (Paul Bettany). He couldn’t be more different from the rest of their ultra-conservative South Carolina family, or from any of the adults Beth knows in the small town where she’s lived all her life. And it’s not just because he lives in New York, or actually looks his niece in the eyes when he speaks to her, and listens to what she has to say — like, you know, girls should be heard and not just seen. Frank wears aftershave. He reads books. He tells Beth that she gets to choose who she is — that she doesn’t just have to be cowed into submission by her bellicose grandfather (Stephen Root), who rules over the whole clan with an iron fist and a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon. It’s 1969, but Frank...
- 1/26/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
One of the people who’s made long-form television drama arguably more interesting as a whole than its mainstream big-screen equivalent in recent years, Alan Ball has underlined his superior comfort with that format in the few theatrical features he’s made to date. His screenplay for “American Beauty,” which Sam Mendes directed, was brilliant but glib; as writer-director of 2007’s “Towelhead,” he couldn’t quite make the complicated agenda of Alicia Erian’s novel gel in two-hour form.
His first such enterprise since, the somewhat autobiographically inspired “Uncle Frank,” hits a more successful balance between ensemble seriocomedy, Big Issues and a somewhat pressure-cooked plot. Set in the early ’70s, it casts the reliably deft Paul Bettany as a gay man forced to confront the Southern family to whom he’s stayed closeted — though they’ve managed to communicate tacit disapproval of his being “different” anyhow. Well-cast and gracefully handled,...
His first such enterprise since, the somewhat autobiographically inspired “Uncle Frank,” hits a more successful balance between ensemble seriocomedy, Big Issues and a somewhat pressure-cooked plot. Set in the early ’70s, it casts the reliably deft Paul Bettany as a gay man forced to confront the Southern family to whom he’s stayed closeted — though they’ve managed to communicate tacit disapproval of his being “different” anyhow. Well-cast and gracefully handled,...
- 1/26/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Alan Ball is in Sundance today to premiere Uncle Frank, a drama set in 1973. An 18-year old and her NYU professor uncle take a road trip to their South Carolina home to bury the prof’s father, who rejected his son when he learned he was gay. The trip will rear up past trauma that Frank has done his best to suppress. The road trippers are joined unexpectedly by the prof’s lover Walid in a drama about family, tragedy and forgiveness. While Ball won an Oscar for his very first movie script, Best Picture winner American Beauty and followed with an Emmy TV career including Six Feet Under and True Blood, this film is so personal to him that he’s especially nervous about his first Sundance premiere. Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Margo Martindale, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn, Peter Macdissi and Stephen Root. Here, Ball talks about this love...
- 1/25/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Vulture Watch
How are Greg and Audrey doing living in the present? Has the Here and Now TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on HBO? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Here and Now, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
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An HBO comedy-drama, Here and Now stars Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Peter Macdissi, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel. The series centers on a progressive white couple, Greg (Robbins) and Audrey (Hunter), and their multi-ethnic brood, as well as a contemporary Muslim psychiatrist (Macdissi). While they don’t...
How are Greg and Audrey doing living in the present? Has the Here and Now TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on HBO? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Here and Now, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
An HBO comedy-drama, Here and Now stars Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Peter Macdissi, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel. The series centers on a progressive white couple, Greg (Robbins) and Audrey (Hunter), and their multi-ethnic brood, as well as a contemporary Muslim psychiatrist (Macdissi). While they don’t...
- 8/14/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: HBO. Episodes: 10 (hour). Seasons: One. TV show dates: February 11, 2018 — April 15, 2018. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Peter Macdissi, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel. TV show description: From creator Alan Ball who executive produces with Peter Macdissi, the Here and Now TV show is a comedy-drama about life in modern-day America. The series follows a progressive white couple, Greg (Robbins) and Audrey (Hunter), and their multi-ethnic brood, as well as a contemporary Muslim psychiatrist (Macdissi). When Audrey and Greg met and fell in love at Berkeley, they decided to adopt children from...
- 4/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
There's no future for Here and Now at HBO.
The premium cable network has swung the ax on the series after just one season, Deadline reports.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of Here and Now,” HBO said in a statement.
“We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
The series followed A multi-racial family that consisted of a husband, a wife, three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia and one biological child, who found their bonds tested when one of the children begins seeing things which the rest cannot.
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HBO described the series as "a provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic...
The premium cable network has swung the ax on the series after just one season, Deadline reports.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of Here and Now,” HBO said in a statement.
“We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
The series followed A multi-racial family that consisted of a husband, a wife, three adopted children from Somalia, Vietnam and Colombia and one biological child, who found their bonds tested when one of the children begins seeing things which the rest cannot.
Related: Get HBO via Prime Video Channels for Addictive Dramas, Hilarious Comedies & Hit Movies!
HBO described the series as "a provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic...
- 4/26/2018
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Here and Now is over. Deadline reports HBO has cancelled the TV show after only one season.From Alan Ball, the drama centers on a progressive white couple, Greg (Tim Robbins) and Audrey (Holly Hunter), and their multi-ethnic brood as well as a contemporary Muslim psychiatrist (Peter Macdissi). The cast also includes Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel.Read More…...
- 4/26/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
HBO’s “Here and Now” will not be getting another season, the network announced Wednesday.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of ‘Here and Now,'” HBO said in a statement to TheWrap. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
“Here and Now” followed a prominent family in Portland, Or, whose lives get upended. The show was created by Oscar winner Alan Ball, and starred Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, along with Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Beam, Joe Williamson and Peter Macdissi.
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Ball executive produced with Macdissi and David Knoller, Nancy Oliver served as co-executive producer, Steve Oster as producer, and Kate Robin as consulting producer.
HBO has a full drama slate with the recent launch of “Westworld” Season 2, and the upcoming seasons of “Succession,” “The Deuce,” “Sharp Objects,” “True Detective” and “Big Little Lies.”
Read original story ‘Here and Now’ Canceled at HBO After One Season At TheWrap...
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of ‘Here and Now,'” HBO said in a statement to TheWrap. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
“Here and Now” followed a prominent family in Portland, Or, whose lives get upended. The show was created by Oscar winner Alan Ball, and starred Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, along with Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Beam, Joe Williamson and Peter Macdissi.
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Ball executive produced with Macdissi and David Knoller, Nancy Oliver served as co-executive producer, Steve Oster as producer, and Kate Robin as consulting producer.
HBO has a full drama slate with the recent launch of “Westworld” Season 2, and the upcoming seasons of “Succession,” “The Deuce,” “Sharp Objects,” “True Detective” and “Big Little Lies.”
Read original story ‘Here and Now’ Canceled at HBO After One Season At TheWrap...
- 4/25/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
HBO has canceled drama series “Here and Now.”
Created by Alan Ball and starring Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, the show followed a multi-ethnic family with children adopted from all over the world and their experiences in present-day America. Ball, creator of “True blood” and “Six Feet Under,” served as executive producer alongside Peter Macdissi and David Knoller.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of ‘Here and Now,'” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
In her review of the series for Variety, Maureen Ryan wrote, “A HBO series featuring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins should be cause for celebration. Unfortunately, the new Alan Ball family drama “Here and Now” strands its cast in episodes that are as undercooked as they are interminable.”
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Created by Alan Ball and starring Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, the show followed a multi-ethnic family with children adopted from all over the world and their experiences in present-day America. Ball, creator of “True blood” and “Six Feet Under,” served as executive producer alongside Peter Macdissi and David Knoller.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of ‘Here and Now,'” an HBO spokesperson said in a statement. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
In her review of the series for Variety, Maureen Ryan wrote, “A HBO series featuring Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins should be cause for celebration. Unfortunately, the new Alan Ball family drama “Here and Now” strands its cast in episodes that are as undercooked as they are interminable.”
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- 4/25/2018
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO is not renewing Alan Ball’s family drama Here and Now for a second season. The news comes 10 days after the series’ Season 1 finale.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of Here and Now,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
Here and Now, which starred Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, stemmed from Ball’s close relationship with the previous HBO regimes. It was a rare miss for the Oscar and Emmy winner, creator of HBO’s signature series True Blood and Six Feet Under and executive producer of Cinemax’s biggest hit Banshee. In addition to a lukewarm reception from critics, Here and Now also drew modest viewership for an HBO drama series, averaging 300,000-400,000 Live+same day viewers for the premiere telecast.
“After careful consideration we have decided not to move forward with a second season of Here and Now,” HBO said in a statement to Deadline. “We thank Alan for his dedication to innovative storytelling, and we look forward to his next endeavor.”
Here and Now, which starred Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, stemmed from Ball’s close relationship with the previous HBO regimes. It was a rare miss for the Oscar and Emmy winner, creator of HBO’s signature series True Blood and Six Feet Under and executive producer of Cinemax’s biggest hit Banshee. In addition to a lukewarm reception from critics, Here and Now also drew modest viewership for an HBO drama series, averaging 300,000-400,000 Live+same day viewers for the premiere telecast.
- 4/25/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for HBO. While the premium network does not have three-time comedy champ “Veep” eligible for this cycle, they do have drama winner “Game of Thrones” back, returning drama nominee “Westworld”, returning comedy nominee “Silicon Valley” (Thomas Middleditch), the relaunch of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Larry David) and TV movies “Paterno” (Al Pacino) and “The Tale” (Laura Dern) among their 2018 contenders.
SEE2018 Emmys: Which drama will have the most nominations? ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Westworld,’ ‘Stranger Things’ … [Poll]
Below, the list of HBO lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series, TV movies plus other genres. More names might be added by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
“Ballers”
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Dwayne Johnson
Comedy Supporting Actress – Emayatzy Corinealdi,...
SEE2018 Emmys: Which drama will have the most nominations? ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Westworld,’ ‘Stranger Things’ … [Poll]
Below, the list of HBO lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy, drama and limited series, TV movies plus other genres. More names might be added by the network before final Emmy paperwork deadlines. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
“Ballers”
Comedy Series
Comedy Actor – Dwayne Johnson
Comedy Supporting Actress – Emayatzy Corinealdi,...
- 4/23/2018
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
‘Here and Now’ Finale: HBO’s Spectacular Failure Deserves Some Recognition After a Stupefying Ending
When the crazed eyes of Buffalo Bill are staring into your soul, it’s hard to shake off what he’s saying. Ted Levine, who played that role in “The Silence of the Lambs” and was a recurring guest star this season on “Here and Now,” never lost that look. The one he gave Clarice Starling back in 1991 isn’t far off from what his character, Ike Bayer, plants on Tim Robbins in the Season 1 finale of HBO’s ambitious-but-flawed drama.
“Don’t you feel like something’s wrong?” Ike asks. Robbins’ frustrated philosophy professor, Dr. Greg Boatwright, says, “I do,” and then again, with more conviction, “I do.”
“I’ve always felt that way,” Ike continues. “But it’s gotten worse. It’s outside of me.”
“Yeah,” Greg says, utterly transfixed. “It’s everywhere.”
This, in a nutshell, is what “Here and Now” has been saying for 10 episodes. The...
“Don’t you feel like something’s wrong?” Ike asks. Robbins’ frustrated philosophy professor, Dr. Greg Boatwright, says, “I do,” and then again, with more conviction, “I do.”
“I’ve always felt that way,” Ike continues. “But it’s gotten worse. It’s outside of me.”
“Yeah,” Greg says, utterly transfixed. “It’s everywhere.”
This, in a nutshell, is what “Here and Now” has been saying for 10 episodes. The...
- 4/16/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Do Greg, Audrey, and the family live their best lives the first season of the Here and Now TV show on HBO? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether the TV show Here and Now is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Here and Now season one episodes below. An HBO comedy-drama, Here and Now stars Tim Robbins, Holly Hunter, Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Peter Macdissi, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel. The series centers on a progressive white couple, Greg (Robbins) and Audrey (Hunter), and their multi-ethnic...
- 3/5/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Spending the weekend indoors and not sure what to watch? TV Guide's Editor-in-Chief Mickey O'Connor has a few suggestions. Here's what you should stream this weekend.
Necar Zagaden, Marwan Salama and Peter Macdissi, <em>Here and Now</em>
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1. Here and Now
Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins star in this mysterious drama as the parents of one biological daughter and three adoptive
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Necar Zagaden, Marwan Salama and Peter Macdissi, <em>Here and Now</em>
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1. Here and Now
Holly Hunter and Tim Robbins star in this mysterious drama as the parents of one biological daughter and three adoptive
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- 2/14/2018
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVGuide - Breaking News
HBO and Alan Ball have enjoyed a lucrative partnership over the years with successful TV series like Six Feet Under and True Blood. Now they've introduced his new Here and Now TV show. With Ball's fan cred and headliners like Tim Robbins and Holly Hunter, will this look at modern life appeal to today's audience and rack up some good ratings? Will Here and Now be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. An HBO comedy-drama, Here and Now also stars Jerrika Hinton, Daniel Zovatto, Raymond Lee, Sosie Bacon, Andy Bean, Joe Williamson, Peter Macdissi, Avynn Crowder-Jones, Stephanie Arcila, and Erin Carufel. The series centers on a progressive white couple, Greg (Robbins) and Audrey (Hunter), and their multi-ethnic brood, as well as a contemporary Muslim psychiatrist (Macdissi). While they don’t always make the best choices in this world gone mad, they’re all...
- 2/13/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Through four episodes, it’s unclear what “Here and Now” is actually about. Fitting given its vague title, but confounding overall, the new HBO series pivots from a strong, focused pilot into an ongoing story that’s too sprawling for its own good. Allegorically, creator Alan Ball asks if the grand American experiment has failed; if the melting pot has cracked and chaos is all that remains. Practically, his series uses one family to represent the country and, by living their day-to-day lives, answer such lofty questions.
That’s an excellent canvas on which to paint, but “Here and Now” looks more like a messy Jackson Pollock knockoff than the refined post-modern portrait it tries to be. It’s colorful and easy to stare at, somewhat befuddled, but a connection has yet to be forged. Packed with too many individual plot lines, this is an interpersonal drama that needs room...
That’s an excellent canvas on which to paint, but “Here and Now” looks more like a messy Jackson Pollock knockoff than the refined post-modern portrait it tries to be. It’s colorful and easy to stare at, somewhat befuddled, but a connection has yet to be forged. Packed with too many individual plot lines, this is an interpersonal drama that needs room...
- 2/8/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
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