HBO Max and Issa Rae are bringing back docuseries “Project Greenlight,” which will see a new generation of female filmmakers compete for a chance to direct a feature-length film. So the men can sit this one out.
Rae will appear in every episode as an executive producer (on both the winning film and the TV competition itself).
The finished film will premiere on HBO Max.
“At HBO Max, we are committed to providing a platform for diverse, up-and-coming talent. Issa is uniquely skilled in this space, and we are thrilled to be partnering with her and Miramax as a promising group of filmmakers is inspired and challenged with their biggest opportunity yet,” Jennifer O’Connell, HBO Max executive vice president of nonfiction and live-action family programming, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“By relaunching the iconic ‘Project Greenlight’ with the brilliant Issa Rae and HBO Max, we continue our efforts to...
Rae will appear in every episode as an executive producer (on both the winning film and the TV competition itself).
The finished film will premiere on HBO Max.
“At HBO Max, we are committed to providing a platform for diverse, up-and-coming talent. Issa is uniquely skilled in this space, and we are thrilled to be partnering with her and Miramax as a promising group of filmmakers is inspired and challenged with their biggest opportunity yet,” Jennifer O’Connell, HBO Max executive vice president of nonfiction and live-action family programming, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“By relaunching the iconic ‘Project Greenlight’ with the brilliant Issa Rae and HBO Max, we continue our efforts to...
- 5/18/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Nearly everyone who was involved with the fourth season of “Project Greenlight” might be best classified as a survivor. Amongst their number was Peter Farrelly, who served as a mentor for the first few episodes of the series before quitting somewhat abruptly.
As documented in the reality series, which chronicled the making of a low-budget HBO feature, Farrelly butted heads with producer Effie Brown during pre-production before backing away from the drama of being on a reality show. “I can see that Effie wants drama and I don’t want to engage with it,” he said at the end of the third episode, “Gun to Your Head.”
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Turns out, that wasn’t an exaggerated reaction, because two years later, that has still left an impact on him, as he expressed during a panel for the Audience Network series...
As documented in the reality series, which chronicled the making of a low-budget HBO feature, Farrelly butted heads with producer Effie Brown during pre-production before backing away from the drama of being on a reality show. “I can see that Effie wants drama and I don’t want to engage with it,” he said at the end of the third episode, “Gun to Your Head.”
Read MoreProject Greenlight Digital Studios and Issa Rae Launch ‘Minimum Wage’ Series
Turns out, that wasn’t an exaggerated reaction, because two years later, that has still left an impact on him, as he expressed during a panel for the Audience Network series...
- 7/26/2017
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
A review of tonight's You're the Worst coming up just as soon as I have a plan to stop being fax-dependent by the time of the next war... "It's just turning down the volume. It's not living." -Edgar Funny story: five minutes into "Twenty-Two," after that had been no discernible dialogue (when Edgar turned up at the breakfast table, Lindsay and the others sounded almost as muffled as an adult in a Peanuts cartoon), I emailed some folks at FX PR to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the screener. I was told that it was a stylized episode, and all was well. So I just went with the idea that we were experiencing life as Edgar unfortunately was at the moment: tuning out the people around him as his Ptsd symptoms worsen, instead focusing on nature and visual and aural hallucinations. It seemed a daring stylistic conceit, but...
- 9/29/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Fifty Shades Of Grey star Jamie Dornan talks Anthropoid Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At Bleecker Street's Anthropoid première in New York with Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and director Sean Ellis - attended by Pico Alexander, Christian Campbell, America Olivo, Pia Glenn, Christine Jansing, Laura Michelle Kelly, Michael Mailer, Jason Mann, Thomas Matthews and Dan Abrams - I spoke with the very busy actors.
Charlotte Le Bon's upcoming films include Terry George's The Promise, starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac; Mateo Gil's Realive with Tom Hughes and Oona Chaplin, and Jalil Lespert's Iris, opposite Romain Duris. Jamie Dornan will soon be seen in Alexandre Aja's The 9th Life Of Louis Drax with Sarah Gadon and Aaron Paul.
Charlotte Le Bon, memorable in Yves Saint Laurent, The Walk and Mood Indigo Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Sean Ellis's Anthropoid is "based...
At Bleecker Street's Anthropoid première in New York with Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Anna Geislerová, Charlotte Le Bon and director Sean Ellis - attended by Pico Alexander, Christian Campbell, America Olivo, Pia Glenn, Christine Jansing, Laura Michelle Kelly, Michael Mailer, Jason Mann, Thomas Matthews and Dan Abrams - I spoke with the very busy actors.
Charlotte Le Bon's upcoming films include Terry George's The Promise, starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac; Mateo Gil's Realive with Tom Hughes and Oona Chaplin, and Jalil Lespert's Iris, opposite Romain Duris. Jamie Dornan will soon be seen in Alexandre Aja's The 9th Life Of Louis Drax with Sarah Gadon and Aaron Paul.
Charlotte Le Bon, memorable in Yves Saint Laurent, The Walk and Mood Indigo Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Sean Ellis's Anthropoid is "based...
- 8/6/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Linda Emond, Logan Lerman, James Schamus, Sarah Gadon and Danny Burstein Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Brokeback Mountain - The Ice Storm - Eat Drink Man Woman and Lust, Caution producer, James Schamus, becomes a director to take on Philip Roth's Indignation, starring Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon with Linda Emond and Danny Burstein (Justin Bateman's The Family Fang), Ben Rosenfield and Pico Alexander (Jc Chandor's A Most Violent Year), Noah Robbins, Philip Ettinger, and August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts.
James Schamus and Ang Lee share a laugh with Roadside Attractions founders Howard Cohen and Eric D'Arbeloff Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Lyrics to Jay Wadley's Is It Love, sung by Jane Monheit, Jacques Demy's Umbrellas Of Cherbourg wallpaper, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and a Caspar David Friedrich image appeared in my conversation with James Schamus.
Producer Anthony Bregman, Rebecca Luker, Annette Insdorf,...
Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Brokeback Mountain - The Ice Storm - Eat Drink Man Woman and Lust, Caution producer, James Schamus, becomes a director to take on Philip Roth's Indignation, starring Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon with Linda Emond and Danny Burstein (Justin Bateman's The Family Fang), Ben Rosenfield and Pico Alexander (Jc Chandor's A Most Violent Year), Noah Robbins, Philip Ettinger, and August: Osage County playwright Tracy Letts.
James Schamus and Ang Lee share a laugh with Roadside Attractions founders Howard Cohen and Eric D'Arbeloff Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Lyrics to Jay Wadley's Is It Love, sung by Jane Monheit, Jacques Demy's Umbrellas Of Cherbourg wallpaper, Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and a Caspar David Friedrich image appeared in my conversation with James Schamus.
Producer Anthony Bregman, Rebecca Luker, Annette Insdorf,...
- 7/26/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A Scott Berg, Michael Grandage, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, John Logan and Jude Law Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions hosted a Museum of Modern Art premiere for Michael Grandage's Genius with Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, written by John Logan (Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, Sam Mendes' Spectre and Skyfall), based on Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, by A Scott Berg. Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway, Guy Pearce as F Scott Fitzgerald and Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald round out their literary world.
John Logan on Scott Berg's Katharine Hepburn for Cate Blanchett: 'He absolutely offered some insight' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Angela Ashton, Joel Grey, Martha Plimpton, Oren Moverman, Kathleen Turner, Keith Urban, Spotlight screenwriter Josh Singer, Tom Wolfe, Zach Grenier, Elena Kampouris, Lilly Englert, Elena Rusconi, Laura Michelle Kelly, Tommy Tonge, Nan and Gay Talese,...
John Logan on Scott Berg's Katharine Hepburn for Cate Blanchett: 'He absolutely offered some insight' Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Angela Ashton, Joel Grey, Martha Plimpton, Oren Moverman, Kathleen Turner, Keith Urban, Spotlight screenwriter Josh Singer, Tom Wolfe, Zach Grenier, Elena Kampouris, Lilly Englert, Elena Rusconi, Laura Michelle Kelly, Tommy Tonge, Nan and Gay Talese,...
- 6/7/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Hulu released the mid-season finale of "The Mindy Project" yesterday, and I have thoughts on that episode and season 4 to date coming up just as soon as I sign up for this great new dating website called Ashley Madison... Once upon a time, "The Mindy Project" was going to be called "It's Messy." While that title lacked either part of Mindy Kaling's name in it, and would have invited some easy jokes if critics hadn't liked it, it would have captured not only the messiness of Mindy Lahiri's life, but the intrinsic messiness of the show itself. The series has tried lots of different things in terms of characters and tone, and though the cast more or less settled down midway through the Fox run, there are still pieces that feel mismatched, and characters like Jeremy who have stuck around even though nobody seems to know what to do with him anymore(*). (*) In hindsight,...
- 12/9/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
There are few things I've been looking forward to more this year than the release of Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight." Since the live-reading he did of the script here in Los Angeles, I've been excited to see how he would hone the ending of the piece and how he and his longtime collaborator Robert Richardson would make the whole thing look. Tarantino's films are events for me, and I think a big part of that is because there is so much of my DNA as a film fan that was formed the same way as it was for him. Starting with the Comic-Con presentation for the film, though, something else has become important thanks to the emphasis that Tarantino has placed on the 70Mm presentation of the movie. After all, he went out of his way to work with Panavision to shoot in a real Ultra Panavision format,...
- 12/3/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Liz Shannon Miller: Okay, so. When I first started watching "Project Greenlight" this season, I didn't have huge expectations, but I really got sucked into it. Beyond the fact that it's really compelling reality television (a genre that's not as easy to pull off as you might think), the producers this year took on the issue of diversity head-on, letting first Matt Damon, then anointed director Jason Mann become the representation of white male privilege within the Hollywood system. Whether you saw him as arrogant or passionate, there's no denying that through stubborn negotiation and determination, Mann did everything in his power to make the movie he wanted to make; which meant, for "Greenlight" viewers, the actual completion of his first feature film, "The Leisure Class," was loaded with huge expectations. That is, of course, if you watched "Project Greenlight." Kate Erbland: I, on the other hand, did not watch "Project.
- 11/3/2015
- by Kate Erbland and Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Here’s a fun thought experiment: How much does watching an entire season of HBO’s “Project Greenlight,” which chronicles the making of a movie, alter your viewing of the movie itself — in this case Jason Mann’s “The Leisure Class”? And aside from viewers of the show in desperate need of some sort of closure, who would be interested in watching said movie? More questions: Do you find yourself noticing that some shots in a scene were filmed at a different time of day than others, something that might have gone unnoticed if the making-of series hadn’t made such a big.
- 11/3/2015
- by Ned Ehrbar
- The Wrap
Doesn't it seem like the best characters on TV right now are non-fictional? This past week, a colorful slate of Republican presidential candidates took part in a debate so tense and sloppy that it may change the way those events are televised in the future. Warriors point guard Steph Curry and the world champion Kansas City Royals gave prestige-tv–level performances. Meanwhile, a Project Greenlight season that's raised questions about diversity and privilege in Hollywood ended with one final stand-off between producer Effie Brown and writer-director Jason Mann. (And how...
- 11/2/2015
- Rollingstone.com
When "Project Greenlight" rose from the TV dead earlier this fall, the HBO reality series made headlines for an argument between one of its two celebrity producers in Matt Damon, and indie film veteran Effie Brown, who had been hired to line produce the latest "Greenlight" film. As the series' decision-makers put their heads together to pick this season's winning director, Brown — the only person of color in the room, and one of only two women — argued that they shouldn't be so quick to dismiss a filmmaking team featuring a white woman and a Vietnamese man, since their outsider perspectives could be very useful in rewriting the planned script, "Not Another Pretty Woman," where one of the main characters is a black female prostitute. Damon talked over Brown, insisted that you find diversity "in the casting of the movie, not the casting of the show," and in a later talking head,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Newsflash: Reality shows sometimes manipulate reality. Such is the case with HBO’s recent revival of “Project Greenlight” — at least according to Jason Mann, the winner and star of the current season, which ends tonight and followed the director as he set out to make his first feature film. Mann doesn’t feel that the show portrayed him as he really is, or the production on his movie, “The Leisure Class,” with perfect accuracy. “I definitely feel as though the editing of the show really is creating an entirely new thing unto itself that’s different than reality,” Mann told TheWrap.
- 11/1/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Right now fans of Project Greenlight are watching as director Jason Mann pushes through the filmmaking process, hitting plenty of hiccups along the way, but seemingly doing a decent job of not compromising the vision he has for the filmmaking documentary series’ first comedy. While we’ve still got a few weeks before the show is […]
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- 10/17/2015
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
"The Leisure Class" stars Ed Weeks ("The Mindy Project") as William, a con man who wins the affections of Fiona (Bridget Regan), a woman (Bridget Regan) from a prominent political family, in order to embezzle money from her father's charitable foundation—only to discover that he has real feelings for her. When William's estranged brother, Leonard (Tom Bell), turns up unannounced on the eve of their wedding, his actions threaten to reveal the truth about the scam, and about Fiona's family. The film, directed by Jason Mann from a script co-written with Pete Jones, also features Emmy nominee Brenda Strong ("Desperate Housewives") as Fiona's mother and Golden Globe winner Bruce Davison ("Short Cuts") as Fiona's father. Read More: "The Unsinakble Effie Brown Makes HBO's 'Project Greenlight' a Must-See: 'I'm not his favorite person'" "The Leisure Class" is the final product of the controversial fourth season of HBO's...
- 10/16/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
When producer Effie T. Brown ("Dear White People") signed up to produce the indie movie being shot during "Project Greenlight" Season 4, she had no idea she'd be front and center on the show. She had produced four films for HBO, including "Real Women Have Curves" and "Rocket Science," so HBO exec Ginny Nugent knew her well, and told her that while she might be on camera, the focus would be on the director of the movie, Jason Mann. "It became apparent that the entire series was about me and Jason," she told me in a phone interview. "If I would have known that I would never have done this for free!" Brown was paid the SAG day rate for the first day of shooting the series along with her producer's fee plus two points on the back end for the movie: "It was a shitty deal. I only got paid to do the film.
- 10/12/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
If social media is the best barometer for what's really going on in pop culture, then you'd have to call this "Hate-Watch Week" in television-land. Twitter exploded with snark and outrage during the Emmys, the Republican debate, and — from out of nowhere — the premiere of Best Time Ever, Neil Patrick Harris' bizarre new mash-up of game show, variety spectacular, and cringe-inducing hidden-camera comedy. Over the next few months, TV will be overstuffed with new and returning series, and fans will be all over the Internet, declaring allegiances. But here...
- 9/21/2015
- Rollingstone.com
[Update 9/16/15 - 2:50Pm Edt] Matt Damon has issued an apology. It’s not a very Good apology though. After getting heat for his statements about diversity behind the camera on the HBO reality show “Project Greenlight,” Damon issued an official statement clarifying his belief we “need […] more diverse filmmakers making movies.” So far, so good. But then Damon falls into the common trap of “sorry you got your feelings hurt.” From an official statement obtained by The Wrap. “My comments were part of a much broader conversation about diversity in Hollywood and the fundamental nature of “Project Greenlight” which did not make the show. I am sorry that they offended some people, but, at the very least, I am happy that they started a conversation about diversity in Hollywood. That is an ongoing conversation that we all should be having.” While it’s understandably human nature to deflect responsibility, putting the onus on the...
- 9/14/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
Moments after Jason Mann is announced as the winner of Project Greenlight, he corners Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and starts making demands. Mann’s reaction captures all that is great about this reality show, which returns after a decade off the air. “You can’t write that. That’s Hollywood,” Jennifer Todd, President of Affleck and Damon’s Pearl Street Films, says. “That’s what making movies is really actually like.” Filmmaking is a narcissistic endeavor filled with egos, personality conflicts, endless script rewrites and seemingly impossible deadlines. Project Greenlight knows this and relishes it. The series has been through several iterations
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- 9/11/2015
- by Amy Amatangelo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Longtime pals Affleck and Damon are bringing their reality filmmaking competition series "Project Greenlight" back to HBO after a decade-long hiatus for a fourth season on September 13. Eight episodes will span the demanding cycles of pre-production, casting, principal photography and post-production that contest winner Jason Mann will undergo to get his film project off the ground, with Affleck and Damon in the wings as reality-check experts. Read More: Pals Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Team for Syfy Espionage Pilot...
- 8/24/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Project Greenlight
Remember Project Greenlight? Spear-headed by producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the concept of the show was simple, pitch a bunch of aspiring directors against each other over a series of challenges, with the winner taking home a lucrative production deal.
For some reason it never really took. Whether it was the pre-digital expenses, middling viewership or lack of quality end product (winners went on to make films like Stolen Summer and Feast), the show eventually kicked. But now Affleck and Damon are bringing it back, citing that new cheaper forms of film-making mean technology has finally caught up with the concept.
A tease has landed for the upcoming season, which begins airing on HBO this summer. The show will follow first-timer Jason Mann as he attempts to direct an indie under the tutelage of Affleck and Damon. It looks like an intense gaze into the film-making process,...
Remember Project Greenlight? Spear-headed by producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the concept of the show was simple, pitch a bunch of aspiring directors against each other over a series of challenges, with the winner taking home a lucrative production deal.
For some reason it never really took. Whether it was the pre-digital expenses, middling viewership or lack of quality end product (winners went on to make films like Stolen Summer and Feast), the show eventually kicked. But now Affleck and Damon are bringing it back, citing that new cheaper forms of film-making mean technology has finally caught up with the concept.
A tease has landed for the upcoming season, which begins airing on HBO this summer. The show will follow first-timer Jason Mann as he attempts to direct an indie under the tutelage of Affleck and Damon. It looks like an intense gaze into the film-making process,...
- 8/10/2015
- by Daniel Kelly
- Obsessed with Film
Australian actress Melanie Zanetti has been cast in the latest HBO/Project Greenlight feature, The Leisure Class.
Executive produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and mentored by the Farrelly brothers, Zanetti will appear alongside Golden Globe winner and Academy Award Nominee Bruce Davison as well as SAG Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Brenda Strong.
The film is based on Jason Mann.s short film which premiered at London.s Raindance Festival in 2013, and follows the plights of the Langham family. Zanetti will play the youngest Langham daughter.
Other principal cast include Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project) and English actor/comedian, Tom Bell.
Zanetti has previously appeared opposite Mia Wasikowska in Tracks and has recently wrapped the lead in the Australian indie feature, The Contents.
Executive produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, and mentored by the Farrelly brothers, Zanetti will appear alongside Golden Globe winner and Academy Award Nominee Bruce Davison as well as SAG Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Brenda Strong.
The film is based on Jason Mann.s short film which premiered at London.s Raindance Festival in 2013, and follows the plights of the Langham family. Zanetti will play the youngest Langham daughter.
Other principal cast include Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project) and English actor/comedian, Tom Bell.
Zanetti has previously appeared opposite Mia Wasikowska in Tracks and has recently wrapped the lead in the Australian indie feature, The Contents.
- 3/10/2015
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
“The Mindy Project” star Ed Weeks will lead Project Greenlight film “The Leisure Class,” which has also added Australian actress Melanie Zanetti, multiple individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The feature, which is based on “Project Greenlight” winner Jason Mann’s short film of the same name, is now filming. Mann also wrote and is directing the feature. Also Read: TheWrap’s 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2015: From ‘Fifty Shades’ to ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Spectre’ The short film followed a man trying to marry into a wealthy family and the unpredictable brother who could ruin everything. Weeks currently stars on “The Mindy.
- 3/4/2015
- by Linda Ge and Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
We had to ask: Has Matt Damon seen Bff Ben Affleck's full-frontal nude scene in Gone Girl? Turns out he didn't have to. You'll have to watch Damon's deadpan delivery in this video - and Affleck cracking up beside him - for the hilariously awkward answer. But suffice it to say Damon has always been quite impressed with his buddy. "I always look at Ben and go, 'That's, that's something,' " he jokes. The pair recently reunited to reveal the winner of season 4 of HBO's Project Greenlight, which will air next spring and follow Jason Mann as he directs a feature-length film,...
- 11/13/2014
- PEOPLE.com
We had to ask: Has Matt Damon seen Bff Ben Affleck's full-frontal nude scene in Gone Girl? Turns out he didn't have to. You'll have to watch Damon's deadpan delivery in this video - and Affleck cracking up beside him - for the hilariously awkward answer. But suffice it to say Damon has always been quite impressed with his buddy. "I always look at Ben and go, 'That's, that's something,' " he jokes. The pair recently reunited to reveal the winner of season 4 of HBO's Project Greenlight, which will air next spring and follow Jason Mann as he directs a feature-length film,...
- 11/13/2014
- PEOPLE.com
It doesn't get any cuter than these two!
A-list besties Ben Affleck, 42, and Matt Damon, 44, made a rare red carpet appearance together Friday to reveal the winner of HBO's Project Greenlight season four, and it's obvious that after 30 years of friendship, the two are still completely enamored with one another.
Just look at Ben whispering in Matt's ear.
The two can barely even keep a straight face together.
... And even share secrets with one another.
Video: Oscars Flashback '98 -- Matt and Ben Win the Oscar for 'Good Will Hunting'
But just how close are Matt and Ben?
According to Matt, he didn't need to see Gone Girl to see Ben's private parts in a much talked-about full-frontal scene.
When asked by paparazzi Friday if he "happened to see Ben's penis" in the hit David Fincher film, Matt's response was priceless.
"Oh I'd seen it many times before that," he joked.
Ben...
A-list besties Ben Affleck, 42, and Matt Damon, 44, made a rare red carpet appearance together Friday to reveal the winner of HBO's Project Greenlight season four, and it's obvious that after 30 years of friendship, the two are still completely enamored with one another.
Just look at Ben whispering in Matt's ear.
The two can barely even keep a straight face together.
... And even share secrets with one another.
Video: Oscars Flashback '98 -- Matt and Ben Win the Oscar for 'Good Will Hunting'
But just how close are Matt and Ben?
According to Matt, he didn't need to see Gone Girl to see Ben's private parts in a much talked-about full-frontal scene.
When asked by paparazzi Friday if he "happened to see Ben's penis" in the hit David Fincher film, Matt's response was priceless.
"Oh I'd seen it many times before that," he joked.
Ben...
- 11/10/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
So who will Ben Affleck and Matt Damon be mentoring onscreen for the next several months? Meet Jason Mann, the winner of season 4 of HBO's Project Greenlight. Greenlight producer Marc Joubert says Mann was "light-years beyond what we had in seasons 1, 2 and 3." Affleck adds, "Jason was, by far, the best, and we were really, really impressed by him and we really feel confident that he's going to do something special for us and HBO." The show, which premieres in spring 2015 after a 10-year hiatus, will capture the entire process of Mann directing a feature-length film. Mann was chosen via Facebook and a panel of judges.
- 11/9/2014
- by Olivia Heinle
- PEOPLE.com
So who will Ben Affleck and Matt Damon be mentoring onscreen for the next several months? Meet Jason Mann, the winner of season 4 of HBO's Project Greenlight. Greenlight producer Marc Joubert says Mann was "light-years beyond what we had in seasons 1, 2 and 3." Affleck adds, "Jason was, by far, the best, and we were really, really impressed by him and we really feel confident that he's going to do something special for us and HBO." The show, which premieres in spring 2015 after a 10-year hiatus, will capture the entire process of Mann directing a feature-length film. Mann was chosen via Facebook and a panel of judges.
- 11/9/2014
- by Olivia Heinle
- PEOPLE.com
Hindsight is a funny thing. Even though they have a handful of Oscars on their collective mantle, lifelong friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon still fondly recall a period in their lives where the next job, the next meal, were never exactly guaranteed. "Those times were fun!" Affleck tells People, while sitting alongside Damon. "We had a great time! We were young, we didn't have the kinds of fears that you have when you get into your forties if you haven't gotten to where you want to go. We were in our twenties and we just had a blast!" "We...
- 11/8/2014
- by Reagan Alexander
- PEOPLE.com
If there is a lesson to be derived from Jason Mann's whimsically morbid short film Delicacy it is to expect the unexpected... and to relish it.Premiering last fall at the Telluride Film Festival, I saw Jason's film during this year's Tribeca. For those of you out there that may be attending the Newport Beach Film Festival, it plays tomorrow evening in the shorts block Shorts With A Twist.Delightful and dark in its humor, Delicacy follows Avery, a food connoisseur of the highest order, and his dutiful chef Jonathan as they hunt for "the meat of meats". I found the short to be an absolute standout in Tribeca's shorts programming because it created a whole world and a truly immersive experience in just ten minutes. This...
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- 5/2/2013
- Screen Anarchy
For short films, the Tribeca Film Festival is a must. Winning the award for Narrative Short or Best Documentary Short automatically qualifies a film for the Academy Awards. Their track record isn’t too bad either. Shawn Christensen’s Curfew had its New York premiere at the Festival and went on to win the Academy Award.
This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...
This year, Tribeca will show 60 short films in eight categories, from a variety of new and returning directors (including Christensen with Grandma’s Not A Toaster), and featuring performances from a number of Hollywood stars. Elijah Wood plays a standup comic who attempts a daring set in Setup,...
- 3/11/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
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