This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
Spider-Man has almost as long a history in animation as he does in the comic pages where he originated. That's why the "Spider-Verse" films' conceit — placing different Spider-People together and representing them with different styles of animation — is so clever. While the original "Into the Spider-Verse" featured only six Spider-People teaming up, the sequel "Across the Spider-Verse" takes things into overdrive with hundreds of them. This fulfills the promise of a Spider-Verse.
Most of these Spider-People are simple cameos or easter eggs -- they're all going about their day in Miguel O'Hara's (Oscar Isaac) citadel on Earth-928 and the film rarely lingers on them. However, knowledgeable Spider-Fans will spot some stars among the crowd. "Across the Spider-Verse" treats all Spider-Man audiovisual media as part of one big web. So, like how "Spider-Man: No Way Home" united the live-action Spider-Man actors,...
Spider-Man has almost as long a history in animation as he does in the comic pages where he originated. That's why the "Spider-Verse" films' conceit — placing different Spider-People together and representing them with different styles of animation — is so clever. While the original "Into the Spider-Verse" featured only six Spider-People teaming up, the sequel "Across the Spider-Verse" takes things into overdrive with hundreds of them. This fulfills the promise of a Spider-Verse.
Most of these Spider-People are simple cameos or easter eggs -- they're all going about their day in Miguel O'Hara's (Oscar Isaac) citadel on Earth-928 and the film rarely lingers on them. However, knowledgeable Spider-Fans will spot some stars among the crowd. "Across the Spider-Verse" treats all Spider-Man audiovisual media as part of one big web. So, like how "Spider-Man: No Way Home" united the live-action Spider-Man actors,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
If a superhero is lucky, they'll get one definitive theme song. For Superman, it's John Williams' theme from the 1978 movie. For Spider-Man, it's the catchy theme song from the 1967 cartoon, composed by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris.
With Batman, though, the question is more difficult. The Dark Knight has an abundance of amazing themes, all of which fit different aspects of his character. The 1966 "Batman" theme is perfect for the bright, mile-a-minute mood of Adam West's Caped Crusader. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's theme for the "Dark Knight" Trilogy, "Molossus," is operatic, fitting for the seriousness of those films. Michael Giacchino's theme from "The Batman" is slow and foreboding, perfect for a Batman who's a creature of the night hunting criminals.
Despite the strong competition, the winner has to be Danny Elfman's theme from Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman." The composition opens with horns that...
With Batman, though, the question is more difficult. The Dark Knight has an abundance of amazing themes, all of which fit different aspects of his character. The 1966 "Batman" theme is perfect for the bright, mile-a-minute mood of Adam West's Caped Crusader. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's theme for the "Dark Knight" Trilogy, "Molossus," is operatic, fitting for the seriousness of those films. Michael Giacchino's theme from "The Batman" is slow and foreboding, perfect for a Batman who's a creature of the night hunting criminals.
Despite the strong competition, the winner has to be Danny Elfman's theme from Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman." The composition opens with horns that...
- 2/13/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
The long-awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home lands in theaters this week. It’s been the subject of endless rumors about the possible return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to the franchise thanks to Dr. Strange casting a spell for current Spider-Man Tom Holland that splits open multiple universes. Critics are doing their best to hold back on spoilers, but it’s no secret that Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, Jamie Foxx’s Electro, and several other villains from past films get in on the fun.
One past incarnation of...
One past incarnation of...
- 12/14/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Johnny Mandel, the prolific composer and arranger who worked with Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Barbra Streisand and more — and famously composed the theme song for M*A*S*H — has died, Variety reports. He was 94.
No specifics about Mandel’s death have been revealed. The news was shared by singer and friend Michael Feinstein on Facebook early Tuesday morning: “A dear friend and extraordinary composer-arranger and all-around brilliant talent Johnny Mandel just passed away. The world will never be quite the same without his humor, wit and wry view of life and the human condition.
No specifics about Mandel’s death have been revealed. The news was shared by singer and friend Michael Feinstein on Facebook early Tuesday morning: “A dear friend and extraordinary composer-arranger and all-around brilliant talent Johnny Mandel just passed away. The world will never be quite the same without his humor, wit and wry view of life and the human condition.
- 6/30/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are in the hunt for their third Best Original Song Oscar, for “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II,” but there would be another noteworthy achievement on top of that potential victory. This marks the husband-and-wife songwriting duo’s third nomination, which means they could have a perfect 3-for-3 record in the category at the end of the season.
The Lopezes won on their first two bids for “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (2013) and “Remember Me” from “Coco” (2017) — wins that made Robert, then 39, the youngest and fastest (in 10 years) to Egot and the first double EGOTer. They share a 2-for-2 record at the moment with Giorgio Moroder, who prevailed for “Flashdance… What a Feeling” from “Flashdance” (1983) and “Take My Breath Away” from “Top Gun” (1986).
No one has been able to remain undefeated at three nominations or more. Should they walk away with the gold again, the Lopezes would join Tim Rice,...
The Lopezes won on their first two bids for “Let It Go” from “Frozen” (2013) and “Remember Me” from “Coco” (2017) — wins that made Robert, then 39, the youngest and fastest (in 10 years) to Egot and the first double EGOTer. They share a 2-for-2 record at the moment with Giorgio Moroder, who prevailed for “Flashdance… What a Feeling” from “Flashdance” (1983) and “Take My Breath Away” from “Top Gun” (1986).
No one has been able to remain undefeated at three nominations or more. Should they walk away with the gold again, the Lopezes would join Tim Rice,...
- 1/25/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Jack Sheldon, the stand-out jazz trumpeter and affable Merv Griffin sidekick whose gave voice to the Schoolhouse Rock classics I’m Just a Bill and Conjunction Junction, has died. He was 88.
Sheldon’s face and name were most recognizable to fans of The Merv Griffin Show thanks to his 16-year sidekick stint but his trumpeting reached its greatest acclaim via the big screen with the forlorn Oscar- and Grammy-winning song The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper (1965).
Sheldon’s voice, however, became a signature part of Saturday morning cartoons for years thanks to two beloved installments of the oft-repeated Schoolhouse Rock educational series of animated shorts. The ABC series was ramping up its second season when it brought Sheldon in and the charismatic jazzman delivered winning performances both as the dedicated train conductor from Conjunction Junction (1974) and lonely piece of proposed legislation in the civics-minded I’m Just a Bill.
Sheldon’s face and name were most recognizable to fans of The Merv Griffin Show thanks to his 16-year sidekick stint but his trumpeting reached its greatest acclaim via the big screen with the forlorn Oscar- and Grammy-winning song The Shadow of Your Smile from The Sandpiper (1965).
Sheldon’s voice, however, became a signature part of Saturday morning cartoons for years thanks to two beloved installments of the oft-repeated Schoolhouse Rock educational series of animated shorts. The ABC series was ramping up its second season when it brought Sheldon in and the charismatic jazzman delivered winning performances both as the dedicated train conductor from Conjunction Junction (1974) and lonely piece of proposed legislation in the civics-minded I’m Just a Bill.
- 12/31/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack Sheldon, the extraordinary West Coast jazz trumpeter and singer who played "The Shadow of Your Smile" for the big screen, served as Merv Griffin's sidekick and voiced characters on Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. He was 88.
Sheldon died Friday of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home, Dianne Jimenez, his longtime manager and partner, announced.
Sheldon performed the haunting "The Shadow of Your Smile" on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton drama The Sandpiper (1965), and the tune, written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, won the Grammy Award for song of the year and the Academy ...
Sheldon died Friday of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home, Dianne Jimenez, his longtime manager and partner, announced.
Sheldon performed the haunting "The Shadow of Your Smile" on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton drama The Sandpiper (1965), and the tune, written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, won the Grammy Award for song of the year and the Academy ...
- 12/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jack Sheldon, the extraordinary West Coast jazz trumpeter and singer who played "The Shadow of Your Smile" for the big screen, served as Merv Griffin's sidekick and voiced characters on Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. He was 88.
Sheldon died Friday of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home, Dianne Jimenez, his longtime manager and partner, announced.
Sheldon performed the haunting "The Shadow of Your Smile" on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton drama The Sandpiper (1965), and the tune, written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, won the Grammy Award for song of the year and the Academy ...
Sheldon died Friday of natural causes in his Hollywood Hills home, Dianne Jimenez, his longtime manager and partner, announced.
Sheldon performed the haunting "The Shadow of Your Smile" on the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton drama The Sandpiper (1965), and the tune, written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster, won the Grammy Award for song of the year and the Academy ...
- 12/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The success of Annie Get Your Gun prompted Warner Bros. to follow up with another musical western based on the popular stage show about Wild Bill Hickock and Calamity Jane. Paul Francis Webster and Sammy Fain’s Oscar-winning song “Secret Love” became one of star Doris Day’s signature hits.
Here is a great primer on Day from the woman herself: TCM Tribute to Doris Day
The post Calamity Jane appeared first on Trailers From Hell.
Here is a great primer on Day from the woman herself: TCM Tribute to Doris Day
The post Calamity Jane appeared first on Trailers From Hell.
- 5/20/2019
- by TFH Team
- Trailers from Hell
Doris Day may have died with a reputation of being Hollywood’s most scrubbed-clean and wholesome girl-next-door type. But she made it to the big screen courtesy her warmly simmering and easily quavering vocal tones. Before films beckoned, she was a featured vocalist with big band-era kings such as Bob Crosby (Bing’s brother) and Les Brown and His Band of Renown, the latter of which recorded Day sunnily crooning “Sentimental Journey” and “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time.”
While both ballads made her the toast of radio fans and World War II vets coming home from the battlefront in 1945, Day had so much more to offer during her sadly abbreviated singing career — which included one album released in the 21st century, “My Heart,” and a host of previously unreleased songs she recorded with her composer-producer son, the late Terry Melcher.
Here are some signature smashes and cool surprises from Doris Day.
While both ballads made her the toast of radio fans and World War II vets coming home from the battlefront in 1945, Day had so much more to offer during her sadly abbreviated singing career — which included one album released in the 21st century, “My Heart,” and a host of previously unreleased songs she recorded with her composer-producer son, the late Terry Melcher.
Here are some signature smashes and cool surprises from Doris Day.
- 5/13/2019
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Rock photographer Guy Webster, whose images adorn dozens of classic album covers, has died at the age of 79.
Webster’s biographer Harvey Kubernik confirmed the photographer’s February 5th death to Rolling Stone, adding that Webster had been suffering from diabetes and liver cancer. Variety first reported Webster’s death.
“Guy Webster established his reputation as a photographer capable not only of capturing the emotional nuance of the era, but also of helping to define it, with shots of hundreds of personalities before they were legends—including Simon & Garfunkel, Jack Nicholson,...
Webster’s biographer Harvey Kubernik confirmed the photographer’s February 5th death to Rolling Stone, adding that Webster had been suffering from diabetes and liver cancer. Variety first reported Webster’s death.
“Guy Webster established his reputation as a photographer capable not only of capturing the emotional nuance of the era, but also of helping to define it, with shots of hundreds of personalities before they were legends—including Simon & Garfunkel, Jack Nicholson,...
- 2/9/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Mike Cecchini Sep 9, 2019
The 1967 Spider-Man animated series has an amazing theme song, but also featured some incredible background music.
Everyone knows the iconic theme tune to the Spider-Man animated series that ran from 1967-1970 on ABC, and then endlessly in syndication after that. You know the one I'm talking about. It has the lyrics that want you to know that the title character "does whatever a spider can" and that he "spins a web, any size" and "catches thieves, just like flies" thanks, of course, to his "radioactive blood." The fact that they managed to get the words "radioactive blood" into a theme song will never not be amazing to me.
The tune is such a big deal that it made its way (in various sneaky forms) into Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and most recently, in full orchestral form thanks to Michael Giacchino in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The Ramones put...
The 1967 Spider-Man animated series has an amazing theme song, but also featured some incredible background music.
Everyone knows the iconic theme tune to the Spider-Man animated series that ran from 1967-1970 on ABC, and then endlessly in syndication after that. You know the one I'm talking about. It has the lyrics that want you to know that the title character "does whatever a spider can" and that he "spins a web, any size" and "catches thieves, just like flies" thanks, of course, to his "radioactive blood." The fact that they managed to get the words "radioactive blood" into a theme song will never not be amazing to me.
The tune is such a big deal that it made its way (in various sneaky forms) into Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, and most recently, in full orchestral form thanks to Michael Giacchino in Spider-Man: Homecoming. The Ramones put...
- 7/3/2017
- Den of Geek
The most-read book since Gone with the Wind looked at the coming of age struggle of an ambitious, upwardly mobile Jewish girl in the 1930s. This glossy film version gives Natalie Wood an ‘adult’ role and provides Gene Kelly with the seemingly optimal character of a troubled theatrical artiste. Good intentions aside, the show lacks guidance — and may have harmed Kelly’s acting career.
Marjorie Morningstar
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1958 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date May 9, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, Carolyn Jones, Martin Balsam, Edd Byrnes, George Tobias, Jesse White, Paul Picerni, Ruta Lee, Shelley Fabares, Lana Wood.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling
Film Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Original Music: Max Steiner
Written by Everett Freeman from the novel by Herman Wouk
Produced by Milton Sperling
Directed by Irving Rapper
When doing interviews for West Side Story we found out that...
Marjorie Morningstar
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1958 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date May 9, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, Carolyn Jones, Martin Balsam, Edd Byrnes, George Tobias, Jesse White, Paul Picerni, Ruta Lee, Shelley Fabares, Lana Wood.
Cinematography: Harry Stradling
Film Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Original Music: Max Steiner
Written by Everett Freeman from the novel by Herman Wouk
Produced by Milton Sperling
Directed by Irving Rapper
When doing interviews for West Side Story we found out that...
- 5/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Exclusive: Yorkshire-set drama will have its European premiere at the Berlinale.
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Sundance buzz title God’s Own Country for the UK.
Premiering in Sundance’s World Dramatic Competition last month, where it scooped the best directing jury prize for debutant Francis Lee, the Yorkshire-set drama is set to have its European premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section on Feb 14.
As reported by Screen, UK-based sales outfit Protagonist Pictures picked up the film in December 2016 and is representing world rights.
God’s Own Country stars former Screen Star of Tomorrow Josh O’Connor as a solitary young sheep farmer who numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex. The arrival of a Romanian migrant worker (played by newcomer Alec Secareanu) ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Co-starring are Ian Hart (Urban Hymn) and Gemma Jones (Sense And Sensibility). The film is produced by Manon Ardisson and Jack Tarling...
Picturehouse Entertainment has acquired Sundance buzz title God’s Own Country for the UK.
Premiering in Sundance’s World Dramatic Competition last month, where it scooped the best directing jury prize for debutant Francis Lee, the Yorkshire-set drama is set to have its European premiere in Berlin’s Panorama section on Feb 14.
As reported by Screen, UK-based sales outfit Protagonist Pictures picked up the film in December 2016 and is representing world rights.
God’s Own Country stars former Screen Star of Tomorrow Josh O’Connor as a solitary young sheep farmer who numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex. The arrival of a Romanian migrant worker (played by newcomer Alec Secareanu) ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
Co-starring are Ian Hart (Urban Hymn) and Gemma Jones (Sense And Sensibility). The film is produced by Manon Ardisson and Jack Tarling...
- 2/6/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: UK debut backed by BFI and Creative England stars rising actor Josh O’Connor, Ian Hart and Gemma Jones.
Protagonist Pictures has boarded world sales on UK writer-director Francis Lee’s debut feature God’s Own Country, which was recently selected for the Sundance 2017 World Dramatic Competition.
Screen Star Of Tomorrow Josh O’Connor, known for roles in ITV series The Durrells and supporting berths in Golden Globe nominee Florence Foster Jenkins and Stephen Frears’ The Program, features alongside upcoming Romanian actor Alec Secareanu.
The supporting cast includes Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire) and Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility).
God’s Own Country follows Johnny Saxby, a solitary young sheep farmer who numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex. The arrival of a Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) ignites an intense relationship that sets the former on a new path.
The film is produced by Manon Ardisson and Jack Tarling for Magic Bear Productions...
Protagonist Pictures has boarded world sales on UK writer-director Francis Lee’s debut feature God’s Own Country, which was recently selected for the Sundance 2017 World Dramatic Competition.
Screen Star Of Tomorrow Josh O’Connor, known for roles in ITV series The Durrells and supporting berths in Golden Globe nominee Florence Foster Jenkins and Stephen Frears’ The Program, features alongside upcoming Romanian actor Alec Secareanu.
The supporting cast includes Ian Hart (Boardwalk Empire) and Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility).
God’s Own Country follows Johnny Saxby, a solitary young sheep farmer who numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex. The arrival of a Romanian migrant worker (Alec Secareanu) ignites an intense relationship that sets the former on a new path.
The film is produced by Manon Ardisson and Jack Tarling for Magic Bear Productions...
- 12/13/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
“We are in unknown territory” but “everyone is pulling in the same direction”, suggested the speakers.
Opening this year’s Industry Conference at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18), a panel of UK experts moved to calm fears over the British public’s decision to leave the European union. BFI head of international Isabel Davis, Creative Scotland senior executive Robbie Allen, the British Film Commission’s evp, Us productions, Kattie Kotok, and producer Paul Webster of Shoebox Films were all present to disclose their opinions on the looming spectre of Brexit.
Screen International Us editor Jeremy Kay, moderating the panel, set the scene by stating that “we are in unknown territory”: “With Article 50 yet to be triggered, we are still at least two to three years away from leaving the EU”, noted Kay.
Davies revealed that the BFI has put together a bespoke taskforce featuring key figures from the film, television and videogames...
Opening this year’s Industry Conference at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18), a panel of UK experts moved to calm fears over the British public’s decision to leave the European union. BFI head of international Isabel Davis, Creative Scotland senior executive Robbie Allen, the British Film Commission’s evp, Us productions, Kattie Kotok, and producer Paul Webster of Shoebox Films were all present to disclose their opinions on the looming spectre of Brexit.
Screen International Us editor Jeremy Kay, moderating the panel, set the scene by stating that “we are in unknown territory”: “With Article 50 yet to be triggered, we are still at least two to three years away from leaving the EU”, noted Kay.
Davies revealed that the BFI has put together a bespoke taskforce featuring key figures from the film, television and videogames...
- 9/10/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Anne Marie is tracking Judy Garland's career through musical numbers...
With Judy Garland now such an established hit, MGM worked overtime to make the most of its musical star. This meant that while Arthur Freed and the Freed Unit "made" her by crafting her star image (and arguably used her to her best advantage), Judy couldn't work with them exclusively. She was too valuable a commodity for that. So, MGM also put her under the watchful tutelage of another producer well-known for his musical mojo: Joe Pasternak.
The Movie: Presenting Lily Mars (1942)
The Songwriters: Walter Jurmann (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
The Players: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Spring Byington, directed by Norman Taurog
The Story: Had Judy's fateful short with Deanna Durbin turned out differently only six years previous, she might have met Joe Pasternak earlier. For most of the 1930s, Pasternak was a top producer at Universal Studios,...
With Judy Garland now such an established hit, MGM worked overtime to make the most of its musical star. This meant that while Arthur Freed and the Freed Unit "made" her by crafting her star image (and arguably used her to her best advantage), Judy couldn't work with them exclusively. She was too valuable a commodity for that. So, MGM also put her under the watchful tutelage of another producer well-known for his musical mojo: Joe Pasternak.
The Movie: Presenting Lily Mars (1942)
The Songwriters: Walter Jurmann (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics)
The Players: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Spring Byington, directed by Norman Taurog
The Story: Had Judy's fateful short with Deanna Durbin turned out differently only six years previous, she might have met Joe Pasternak earlier. For most of the 1930s, Pasternak was a top producer at Universal Studios,...
- 5/4/2016
- by Anne Marie
- FilmExperience
Exclusive: Boardwalk Empire’s Ian Hart and Sense and Sensibility’s Gemma Jones join rising stars Josh O’Connor and Alec Secareanu.
Principal photography has started in Yorkshire on romantic drama God’s Own Country, the debut feature of writer-director Francis Lee.
The cast includes acting veterans Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger) and Ian Hart (Urban Hymn, Boardwalk Empire) alongside rising talent Josh O’Connor, whose credits include festival favourite Bridgend, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella and Stephen Frears’ The Program, alongside upcoming Romanian actor Alec Secareanu.
Director Lee, whose award-winning shorts have screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Slamdance Fand Sheffield Doc/Fest, has explored what might have happened if he had stayed in his local community in rural Yorkshire and begun to farm instead of leaving to study at drama school.
God’s Own Country is the story of farmer’s lad Johnny (O’Connor) who has shut...
Principal photography has started in Yorkshire on romantic drama God’s Own Country, the debut feature of writer-director Francis Lee.
The cast includes acting veterans Gemma Jones (Sense and Sensibility, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger) and Ian Hart (Urban Hymn, Boardwalk Empire) alongside rising talent Josh O’Connor, whose credits include festival favourite Bridgend, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella and Stephen Frears’ The Program, alongside upcoming Romanian actor Alec Secareanu.
Director Lee, whose award-winning shorts have screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Slamdance Fand Sheffield Doc/Fest, has explored what might have happened if he had stayed in his local community in rural Yorkshire and begun to farm instead of leaving to study at drama school.
God’s Own Country is the story of farmer’s lad Johnny (O’Connor) who has shut...
- 3/23/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Updated: Producers Stephen Woolley, Kris Thykier, Jeremy Thomas, Andrew Macdonald and Eric Fellner as well as BBC Films, the BFI, Fda and Pact comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised...
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised...
- 8/4/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Producers Stephen Woolley, Jeremy Thomas, Andrew Macdonald and Eric Fellner as well as BBC Films, the BFI, Fda and Pact comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised (like I think everybody in the...
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised (like I think everybody in the...
- 8/4/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Producers Stephen Woolley, Jeremy Thomas and Andrew Macdonald as well as the BFI and Fda comment on the appointment of Universal Pictures exec David Kosse as the new head of Film4.
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised (like I think everybody in the business will be surprised...
Jeremy Thomas, producer
“We are extremely lucky that an executive with David Kosse’s skill and sensibility has taken Tessa’s job which was a very hard position to fill. They are big boots to fill and I think David Kosse is a wonderful and surprise appointment.
“He has got experience. He is an internationalist with good taste. He knows the film business inside out…he is an executive who is sympathetic to the talent. It’s a very sensible appointment and I applaud it.”
Stephen Woolley, producer
“I am very fond of David (Kosse) and I think he has lots that he will bring to the appointment. It’s an interesting selection.
“I am surprised (like I think everybody in the business will be surprised...
- 8/4/2014
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
By Terence Johnson
Managing Editor
One of the bright spots this past film year was the success of Disney’s Frozen. On the strength of it’s more modern princesses and an infectious score, the film set box office records and has garnered two Oscar nominations, Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Let It Go”, its infectious hit. In honor of Frozen’s nomination, we figured it was time to take a look at the history of animated movies in Original Song.
The history of animated films picking up nominations and wins in Best Original Song is a tale as old as time (see what I did there?). Since the 1930s, animated films have won this award 13 times and over 50 nominations, which you can see below. This is an even greater feat when you think about the consideration that animated films get when lists of musicals are made (they...
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One of the bright spots this past film year was the success of Disney’s Frozen. On the strength of it’s more modern princesses and an infectious score, the film set box office records and has garnered two Oscar nominations, Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Let It Go”, its infectious hit. In honor of Frozen’s nomination, we figured it was time to take a look at the history of animated movies in Original Song.
The history of animated films picking up nominations and wins in Best Original Song is a tale as old as time (see what I did there?). Since the 1930s, animated films have won this award 13 times and over 50 nominations, which you can see below. This is an even greater feat when you think about the consideration that animated films get when lists of musicals are made (they...
- 2/5/2014
- by Terence Johnson
- Scott Feinberg
Some musical acts do particularly well out of covering classic songs, and Canadian big band crooner Michael Buble is probably one of the most infamous, and successful at repurposing and rearranging musical greats. With Michael Buble tickets likely to be on a lot of Christmas lists this year, considering the singer’s impending European tour, we’re looking back at some of the singer’s greatest cover moments, and celebrating the covers that actually improved on the original versions.
There’s no place for 2005 ballad Home, since Buble’s version pre-dates the probably more famous version cut by Westlife by two years, and the writing credit goes to Buble himself, rather than the Irish former pop kings, who were given the record to cover by Simon Cowell.
So which covers do make the list?
5. Spider-Man Theme Originally By: Paul Francis Webster and Robert “Bob” Harris
The iconic superhero theme, with...
There’s no place for 2005 ballad Home, since Buble’s version pre-dates the probably more famous version cut by Westlife by two years, and the writing credit goes to Buble himself, rather than the Irish former pop kings, who were given the record to cover by Simon Cowell.
So which covers do make the list?
5. Spider-Man Theme Originally By: Paul Francis Webster and Robert “Bob” Harris
The iconic superhero theme, with...
- 10/23/2013
- by Simon Gallagher
- Obsessed with Film
Exclusive: The team behind Tom Hardy drama Locke talk about how they quickly put the project together and shot in only eight nights.
Eight nights, one star, one car. That’s the formula behind Locke, Steven Knight’s UK drama that has its world premiere in Venice tonight [Sept 2].
Tom Hardy stars as Ivan Locke, an ordinary guy with a loving family and burgeoning career, whose life changes during the course of 85 minutes – the time of one single car journey.
“He’s the most ordinary guy in the world, a construction director working on a huge skyscraper,” says Shoebox Films director Paul Webster. “The film takes place on the eve of the biggest moment of his career. He’s got a home a wife, two kids, a perfect job. By the end of the movie he has none of these things.”
The low-budget drama was shot in real time in an under-the-radar production that reunited Knight with his...
Eight nights, one star, one car. That’s the formula behind Locke, Steven Knight’s UK drama that has its world premiere in Venice tonight [Sept 2].
Tom Hardy stars as Ivan Locke, an ordinary guy with a loving family and burgeoning career, whose life changes during the course of 85 minutes – the time of one single car journey.
“He’s the most ordinary guy in the world, a construction director working on a huge skyscraper,” says Shoebox Films director Paul Webster. “The film takes place on the eve of the biggest moment of his career. He’s got a home a wife, two kids, a perfect job. By the end of the movie he has none of these things.”
The low-budget drama was shot in real time in an under-the-radar production that reunited Knight with his...
- 9/2/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Doris Day movies: TCM’s ‘Summer Under the Stars 2013′ lineup continues (photo: Doris Day in ‘Calamity Jane’ publicity shot) Doris Day, who turned 89 last April 3, is Turner Classic Movies’ 2013 “Summer Under the Stars” star on Friday, August 2. (Doris Day, by the way, still looks great. Check out "Doris Day Today.") Doris Day movies, of course, are frequently shown on TCM. Why? Well, TCM is owned by the megaconglomerate Time Warner, which also happens to own (among myriad other things) the Warner Bros. film library, which includes not only the Doris Day movies made at Warners from 1948 to 1955, but also Day’s MGM films as well (and the overwhelming majority of MGM releases up to 1986). My point: Don’t expect any Doris Day movie rarity on Friday — in fact, I don’t think such a thing exists. Doris Day is ‘Calamity Jane’ If you haven’t watched David Butler’s musical...
- 8/1/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Winners (Winner in Bold) Fellowship - Alan Parker Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema - Tessa Ross Best Film Argo Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney Les MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh Life Of Pi Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark Lincoln Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy Zero Dark Thirty Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison Outstanding British Filmanna Karenina Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker Les MISÉRABLES Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer Seven Psychopaths Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin Skyfall Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer Bart Layton (Director),...
- 2/10/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Im Global specialty label Anthem announced today it will fully finance Locke , to be written and directed by Steven Knight ( Hummingbird ) and starring Tom Hardy ( Inception , The Dark Knight Rises ) for Paul Webster, Joe Wright and Guy Heeley.s Shoebox Films. Based on an original screenplay from Knight ( Eastern Promises , Dirty Pretty Things ), Locke is the story of one man's life unraveling in a tension-fuelled ninety minute race against time. Ivan Locke has the perfect family, his dream job, and tomorrow should be the crowning moment of his career. But one phone call will force him to make a decision that will put it all on the line. Locke begins production in London, England later this month. Paul Webster and Guy Heeley will produce. Im Global, Shoebox and Knight...
- 2/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Australian effects house Fuel VFX has added a British Academy Film Awards nomination for its work on Ridley Scott.s Prometheus following its recent nod from the Visual Effects Society.
Fuel co-founder Paul Butterworth was nominated alongside non-Fuel nominees Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, and Trevor Wood. Fuel, one of the three lead visual effects vendors on the latest installment in the Aliens franchise, delivered more than 200 visual effects shots. The company, which is now part of Animal Logic after facing a near-catastrophic cash-crunch last year, created the .Orrery. (an interactive 3-dimensional map of the known universe), the holographic 'Engineer' characters, and the 'Holotable' on the Prometheus' bridge.
Its work also received two nominations in the peer-reviewed Visual Effects Society Awards. Fuel.s BAFTA and Ves nominations mean it is likely to also receive an Academy Award nomination, which will be announced January 10 (Us time). The Oscar shortlist for visual effects includes: The Amazing Spider-Man,...
Fuel co-founder Paul Butterworth was nominated alongside non-Fuel nominees Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, and Trevor Wood. Fuel, one of the three lead visual effects vendors on the latest installment in the Aliens franchise, delivered more than 200 visual effects shots. The company, which is now part of Animal Logic after facing a near-catastrophic cash-crunch last year, created the .Orrery. (an interactive 3-dimensional map of the known universe), the holographic 'Engineer' characters, and the 'Holotable' on the Prometheus' bridge.
Its work also received two nominations in the peer-reviewed Visual Effects Society Awards. Fuel.s BAFTA and Ves nominations mean it is likely to also receive an Academy Award nomination, which will be announced January 10 (Us time). The Oscar shortlist for visual effects includes: The Amazing Spider-Man,...
- 1/9/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Anna Karenina is acclaimed director Joe Wright’s bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, stirringly adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s great novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love). The film marks the third collaboration of the director with Academy Award-nominated actress Keira Knightley and Academy Award-nominated producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster, following their award-winning box office successes Pride & Prejudice and Atonement.
The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community. The film is in theaters November 30, 2012.
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The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community. The film is in theaters November 30, 2012.
Enter for a chance to win a Anna Karenina prizepack from Focus Features and Wamg.
Two (2) winners will receive:
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- 11/26/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
With the release of the imfamous tale Anna Karenina sweeping across the country, I recently got the chance to speak with Keira Knightley, who plays Anna Karenina, in a round table discussion about the film. Check out the interview below.
The timeless story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart while illuminating the lavish society that was imperial Russia. The time is 1874. Vibrant and beautiful, Anna Karenina (Ms. Knightley) has what any of her contemporaries would aspire to; she is the wife of Karenin (Jude Law), a high-ranking government official to whom she has borne a son, and her social standing in St. Petersburg could scarcely be higher. She journeys to Moscow after a letter from her philandering brother Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen) arrives, asking for Anna to come and help save his marriage to Dolly (Kelly Macdonald). En route, Anna makes the acquaintance of Countess...
The timeless story powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart while illuminating the lavish society that was imperial Russia. The time is 1874. Vibrant and beautiful, Anna Karenina (Ms. Knightley) has what any of her contemporaries would aspire to; she is the wife of Karenin (Jude Law), a high-ranking government official to whom she has borne a son, and her social standing in St. Petersburg could scarcely be higher. She journeys to Moscow after a letter from her philandering brother Oblonsky (Matthew Macfadyen) arrives, asking for Anna to come and help save his marriage to Dolly (Kelly Macdonald). En route, Anna makes the acquaintance of Countess...
- 11/23/2012
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For his adaptation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, director Joe Wright looked at Russian and English locations, then decided to film it in a Shepperton studio transformed into a theatre. The result is fluid and compelling
Joe Wright looms out of the shadows of the vast set he's constructed for Anna Karenina. For some reason, as he beams through the darkness, I think of Orson Welles in The Third Man. It then it takes me a moment to realise that he has grown a moustache.
"Do you like what we've done with the place?" he laughs, gesturing around the dusty-looking, deserted theatre in which I seem to have found myself. Outside, this is Shepperton, but inside, I'm in 19th-century Russia, peering up at a wooden proscenium and peeking behind the wings, from where Joe has just sauntered.
For someone in the middle of a tricky and costly British film shoot, he seems remarkably relaxed.
Joe Wright looms out of the shadows of the vast set he's constructed for Anna Karenina. For some reason, as he beams through the darkness, I think of Orson Welles in The Third Man. It then it takes me a moment to realise that he has grown a moustache.
"Do you like what we've done with the place?" he laughs, gesturing around the dusty-looking, deserted theatre in which I seem to have found myself. Outside, this is Shepperton, but inside, I'm in 19th-century Russia, peering up at a wooden proscenium and peeking behind the wings, from where Joe has just sauntered.
For someone in the middle of a tricky and costly British film shoot, he seems remarkably relaxed.
- 9/1/2012
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Ahead of the release of his latest film, Damsels In Distress, Michael met with writer and director Whit Stillman to talk about his work...
Whichever way you look at it, 14 years is a long time in the film business - and that is how long it’s been since writer-director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco) last graced us with a slice of dry-humoured, acutely-satirical comedy.
His new film, the East Coast college flick Damsels In Distress, is both a return to and a break from form. The budget is still low, and the characters still wrestle with toe-curling lapses in self-awareness, but this time around there’s a new generation of pitch-perfect performers (Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody) giving voice to Stillman’s dialogue.
The night before I was due to chat with the director, I caught one of his three London Q&A appearances, where he...
Whichever way you look at it, 14 years is a long time in the film business - and that is how long it’s been since writer-director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco) last graced us with a slice of dry-humoured, acutely-satirical comedy.
His new film, the East Coast college flick Damsels In Distress, is both a return to and a break from form. The budget is still low, and the characters still wrestle with toe-curling lapses in self-awareness, but this time around there’s a new generation of pitch-perfect performers (Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody) giving voice to Stillman’s dialogue.
The night before I was due to chat with the director, I caught one of his three London Q&A appearances, where he...
- 4/25/2012
- Den of Geek
Lasse Hallström's latest endeavour Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011), an adaptation of the Paul Torday novel, charts the waters of bonnie Scotland, the Thames and, bizarrely, the rivers of Yemen. To find out more about the film and its flowing journey into production, CineVue was in attendance at the recent London press conference for the film. On hand to answer the press gang's questions was the ever-charming Ewan McGregor, the lovely Emily Blunt, rising star Amr Waked and the film's producer Paul Webster, whose credit list could go toe-to-toe with some of the best in the game. The first question went to Webster himself:
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- 4/12/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
The key to getting interesting snippets of news in this industry is, more often than not, luck. In recent years, we’ve had our fair share, finding ourselves in the right place at the right time to talk to key players in a story just as it’s unfolding. Tuesday night was very nearly one of those moments, but not quite.
While Lionsgate’s Us division were locked in a room, unsuccessfully trying to convince Gary Ross to sign on to direct Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, their UK division was premiering Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The common thread between the two – screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.
Unfortunately the news of Ross’ departure from the project didn’t break until after the film began screening, and the red carpet had been rolled up and thrown into the back of a van, so when we spoke to Beaufoy – trying to get some...
While Lionsgate’s Us division were locked in a room, unsuccessfully trying to convince Gary Ross to sign on to direct Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, their UK division was premiering Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The common thread between the two – screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.
Unfortunately the news of Ross’ departure from the project didn’t break until after the film began screening, and the red carpet had been rolled up and thrown into the back of a van, so when we spoke to Beaufoy – trying to get some...
- 4/12/2012
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Irish filmmaker Paul Webster has won the Fisin short film competition award at the Dingle International Film Festival. Webster was awarded the festival's cash prize of €5,000 plus €1,000 worth of lighting equipment to help develop his script 'Stuama'. Fisin is aimed at encouraging filmmaking in the Irish language, with five projects selected and invited to pitch their stories to the festival's panel. The whole process is conducted using the Irish language.
- 3/22/2012
- IFTN
Joe Wright is to direct Keira Knightley in 'Anna Karenina'. The filmmaker - who worked with the British actress in 'Atonement' - has been confirmed as being at the helm of the project, an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster are producing the project, which also stars Jude Law as the lead character's husband Aleksei Karenin. 'Kick-Ass' star Aaron Johnson has also been cast as Count Vronsky, with Olivia Williams, Ruth Wilson and Kelly Macdonald also taking part. The original novel is thought to be inspired...
- 9/9/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Variety show star of the 1960s whose hits included Dance On and Secret Love
During the mid-1960s, the singer Kathy Kirby, who has died aged 72 after a short illness, was almost ever-present on television variety shows. Her powerful vocal style was heard on the million-selling hits Dance On and Secret Love, and her blonde hair and hourglass figure drew comparisons to Marilyn Monroe.
She was born Kathleen O'Rourke in Ilford, Essex, the eldest of three children of Irish parents. Her mother, Eileen, brought up the family alone after their father left home when the children were very young. Kirby showed a taste for show business from an early age, winning a toddlers' talent contest at three years old. After leaving a local convent school with three O-levels, and dyeing her natural red hair blonde, she regularly attended the Ilford Palais de Danse. There, dressed in a tight black dress and black evening gloves,...
During the mid-1960s, the singer Kathy Kirby, who has died aged 72 after a short illness, was almost ever-present on television variety shows. Her powerful vocal style was heard on the million-selling hits Dance On and Secret Love, and her blonde hair and hourglass figure drew comparisons to Marilyn Monroe.
She was born Kathleen O'Rourke in Ilford, Essex, the eldest of three children of Irish parents. Her mother, Eileen, brought up the family alone after their father left home when the children were very young. Kirby showed a taste for show business from an early age, winning a toddlers' talent contest at three years old. After leaving a local convent school with three O-levels, and dyeing her natural red hair blonde, she regularly attended the Ilford Palais de Danse. There, dressed in a tight black dress and black evening gloves,...
- 5/20/2011
- by Dave Laing
- The Guardian - Film News
After delivering great work on the page for films like Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things, writer Steven Knight is going to try his hand behind the camera. Deadline reports the screenwriter is set to make his directorial debut with a new thriller called Hummingbird. The writer also scripted the story himself which follows a damaged ex-special forces soldier, who finds himself trapped in the criminal underworld, and assumes another man's identity to exact revenge. If it has the same kind of edge and grit that made David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises with Viggo Mortensen such a great crime thriller, then we should be in for a treat. It also helps that Paul Webster and Tracey Seaward at New Regency (who were behind Eastern Promises) are producing this new thriller as well, so that certainly bodes well for the project. Casting is currently underway, so we should be ...
- 4/11/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Shine Pictures has optioned feature movie rights to Steve Knight's Hummingbird, which will mark Knight's directorial debut. Hummingbird is being financed by New Regency Productions which 20th Century Fox will distribute worldwide. Shine, New Regency and Paul Webster (The Queen and Dirty Pretty Things) are co-producing the film which is a thriller whose central character is an ex-special services soldier who has become a criminal. Hummingbird reunites Knight, Webster and Seaward who worked together on the Knight-written Eastern Promises which was helmed by David Cronenberg and starred Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. According to Variety, casting is underway for Hummingbird which is likely to start filming this fall.
- 4/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Just before The Fighter breaks out into moving-going consciousness, Venezuelan helmer Jonathan Jakubowicz wants us to think about another legend of the boxing world. Best known for helming 2005’s Secuestro Express, Jakubowicz will write, direct and produce, while Gael Garcia Bernal will need to pack on the pounds if he is set to star as the legendary, five-time world boxing champ Roberto Duran in Hands of Stone. Ben Silverman and Jay Weisleder, currently working together on another biopic, Catinflas, will produce the $15 million feature. Robin Duran Iglesias, son of Roberto, will serve as an associate producer while Paul Webster, who worked on The Motorcyle Diaries with Bernal, is on as executive producer. Al Pacino is circling the role of boxing trainer Ray Arcel, and Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada’s name has also been thrown into the mix. The film will be shot both in Panama, Duran’s birthplace, and New York,...
- 11/23/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
As Sneak Peek exclusively reported March 2010, producer Paul Webster is developing a Focus Features sequel to Canadian director David Cronenberg's 2007 thriller "Eastern Promises", with actors Viggo Mortensen reprising his role as Russian gangster 'Nikolai Luzhin' and Vincent Cassel ("Brotherhood Of The Wolf") as his 'blood brother' 'Kiril'.
Cassel, an original fan favorite to have played 'The Joker' in director Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight", can also be seen in the upcoming Canada/France co-production "Mesrine".
Cronenberg will direct "Eastern Promises 2" in Russia (and Toronto) from a screenplay by Steve Knight, writer of the first film, exploring government agent Nikolai's further infiltration of the Russian mob.
The original film, lensed in England, produced by Webster and Canada's Robert Lantos, follows a British midwife's interactions with Russian gangsters in London.
The thriller received three Golden Globe Award nominations, with Mortensen also nominated for an Oscar as 'Best Actor'.
Domestic box office...
Cassel, an original fan favorite to have played 'The Joker' in director Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight", can also be seen in the upcoming Canada/France co-production "Mesrine".
Cronenberg will direct "Eastern Promises 2" in Russia (and Toronto) from a screenplay by Steve Knight, writer of the first film, exploring government agent Nikolai's further infiltration of the Russian mob.
The original film, lensed in England, produced by Webster and Canada's Robert Lantos, follows a British midwife's interactions with Russian gangsters in London.
The thriller received three Golden Globe Award nominations, with Mortensen also nominated for an Oscar as 'Best Actor'.
Domestic box office...
- 8/8/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Lionsgate U.K. and BBC Films are joining forces together with Elisabeth Murdoch's U.K. production company Kudos Pictures for "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen." Lasse Hallstrom directs the film from the writing by Oscar-winning Simon Beaufoy. Starring are Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas. Based on Paul Torday's novel, the romantic comedy produced by Paul Webster of Kudos. Read on for more on the story...
- 5/12/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Yes, that’s not a joke headline! It’s only just been announced that Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg would be teaming up for the third time with The Talking Cure, based on Christopher Hampton’s Freud versus Jung drama. That project begins production in May, but news has emerged via Deadline, that Mortensen and Cronenberg have signed up for a sequel to their Russian mafia drama, Eastern Promises. There are no details to chew over, but there has been an announcement by producer Paul Webster that original scriptwriter Steven Knight is penning the new film.
The most interesting thing about all this was how ho-hum Eastern Promises actually was. It’s no vintage Cronenberg, that’s for sure. It was good, but it was A History Of Violence-good. Where could the story go? We’ll probably all find out when Steven Knight has finished writing. There’s much...
The most interesting thing about all this was how ho-hum Eastern Promises actually was. It’s no vintage Cronenberg, that’s for sure. It was good, but it was A History Of Violence-good. Where could the story go? We’ll probably all find out when Steven Knight has finished writing. There’s much...
- 3/29/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Get ready for Eastern Promises 2 this winter!
And of course, is there better choice for a Russian mob man, than a guy we all used to – Viggo Mortensen? Hell, no!
So, David Cronenberg will direct from Steve Knight’s script, and the Focus Features project hopes to go this winter. But first, let us remind you that those guys have to work together on the Sigmund Freud movie The Talking Cure…
We’re sure you already liked the idea of bringing a sequel of the 2007 mafia drama to the big screen.
And ok, nothing is sure at this moment, and we don’t have too much information to share with you, so we’re all interested to hear where the story will go this time.
Yes, we all know the movie was a kind of slow, but intense drama with wonderful acting, but right now we can only tell you...
And of course, is there better choice for a Russian mob man, than a guy we all used to – Viggo Mortensen? Hell, no!
So, David Cronenberg will direct from Steve Knight’s script, and the Focus Features project hopes to go this winter. But first, let us remind you that those guys have to work together on the Sigmund Freud movie The Talking Cure…
We’re sure you already liked the idea of bringing a sequel of the 2007 mafia drama to the big screen.
And ok, nothing is sure at this moment, and we don’t have too much information to share with you, so we’re all interested to hear where the story will go this time.
Yes, we all know the movie was a kind of slow, but intense drama with wonderful acting, but right now we can only tell you...
- 3/29/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
According to reports, producer Paul Webster is developing a Focus Features sequel to Canadian director David Cronenberg's 2007 thriller "Eastern Promises", with actors Viggo Mortensen reprising his role as Russian gangster 'Nikolai Luzhin' and Vincent Cassel as his mob boss friend 'Kiril'.
Cronenberg will direct the new film from a screenplay by Steve Knight, the writer of the first film, exploring government agent Nikolai's further infiltration of the Russian underworld.
The original film, lensed in England, produced by Webster and Canada's Robert Lantos, follows a British midwife's interactions with Russian gangsters in London.
The thriller received three Golden Globe Award nominations, with Mortensen also nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Actor'.
Domestic box office for the film was $17,266,000, with foreign earnings of $38,839,902, totaling a worldwide theatrical take of $56,105,902.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Eastern Promises"...
Cronenberg will direct the new film from a screenplay by Steve Knight, the writer of the first film, exploring government agent Nikolai's further infiltration of the Russian underworld.
The original film, lensed in England, produced by Webster and Canada's Robert Lantos, follows a British midwife's interactions with Russian gangsters in London.
The thriller received three Golden Globe Award nominations, with Mortensen also nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Actor'.
Domestic box office for the film was $17,266,000, with foreign earnings of $38,839,902, totaling a worldwide theatrical take of $56,105,902.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Eastern Promises"...
- 3/29/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Seems as if David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen will be spending the whole year together. Not content with Freud / Jung drama The Talking Cure, which starts shooting in May and stars Mortensen as Sigmund Freud (opposite Michael Fassbender's Jung), the pair will, according to Deadline, re-team again towards the end of the year for a follow-up to Eastern Promises.No specific details are yet forthcoming about the return of Nikolai Luzhin, and it's unclear whether there's a role in it for Naomi Watts. But producer Paul Webster has confirmed that the original's screenwriter Steven Knight is on board and that he hopes the film will get going in the winter. We're not sure if Eastern Promises exactly required a sequel, but more thinking-man's-gangster-action following that and A History of Violence can only be a good thing. In fact, the only downer we can identify at this stage is that...
- 3/29/2010
- EmpireOnline
As much as I enjoy edgy filmmaker David Cronenberg’s violent Russian mafia yarn “Eastern Promises”, I never really spent a lot of time contemplating what happened beyond the end credits. After all, it’s exactly not the sort of film that cries out for a sequel. Be that as it may, Deadline is reporting that producer Paul Webster and Focus Features hope to have “Eastern Promises 2″ up and running later this year. Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, and writer Stephen Knight are set to return. As much as I’d like to speculate about the specifics of the storyline, there’s really only one question that demands an answer: Will there be another naked fight sequence inside a Turkish bathhouse? It might be an incredibly uncomfortable scene to watch, but it’s all sorts of badass.
- 3/27/2010
- by Todd
- Beyond Hollywood
Director David Cronenberg seems to be having some trouble recently getting his projects into production. For a while he was attached to The Matarese Circle with Denzel Washington, but that now seems to be stuck once again. However, Cronenberg is finally shooting his Sigmund Freud film The Talking Cure this summer, and now Deadline reports that he will then move right into Eastern Promises 2 this winter. Apparently British producer Paul Webster has been lining up numerous projects, one of which is this sequel, that Focus Features "hopes to [shoot] this winter" and will star Viggo Mortensen as the Russian hitman Nikolai again. Not much information was revealed, besides that Mortensen will be back and Cronenberg will be directing again from a script written by Steven Knight, who also wrote the first film. Mortensen and Cronenberg are already working together on The Talking Cure (Mortensen as Freud), which makes this sequel ...
- 3/27/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Eastern Promises was one of the best films in the last ten years and how Viggo didn't get the Oscar is beyond me. The movie was a slow, intense drama with wonderful acting and is one of my favorites in my Blu-Ray collection.A sequel had been announced some time ago and it looks as if things are moving forward according to Deadline, with producer Paul Webster lining things up for Viggo to once again play a Russian mob man:He's also lining up a sequel to Eastern Promises, with Viggo Mortensen reprising his role as the Russian Mafia hitman. David Cronenberg will direct Steve Knight’s script. The Focus Features project hopes to go this winter. First, Mortensen and Cronenberg have to work together on the Sigmund Freud pic, The Talking Cure. Sounds good to me! Now that Viggo's character has been "promoted", I'm curious to see where they go with the story.
- 3/27/2010
- LRMonline.com
Eastern Promises was one of the best films in the last ten years and how Viggo didn't get the Oscar is beyond me. The movie was a slow, intense drama with wonderful acting and is one of my favorites in my Blu-Ray collection.A sequel had been announced some time ago and it looks as if things are moving forward according to Deadline, with producer Paul Webster lining things up for Viggo to once again play a Russian mob man:He's also lining up a sequel to Eastern Promises, with Viggo Mortensen reprising his role as the Russian Mafia hitman. David Cronenberg will direct Steve Knight’s script. The Focus Features project hopes to go this winter. First, Mortensen and Cronenberg have to work together on the Sigmund Freud pic, The Talking Cure. Sounds good to me! Now that Viggo's character has been "promoted", I'm curious to see where they go with the story.
- 3/27/2010
- LRMonline.com
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