Doja Cat stayed true to her word of leaving pop to the side and opted for some hot rap verses on her new single “Attention,” which dropped Friday.
The song opens with the sound of a harp before she starts to sing softly and hauntingly over a drumbeat, while the accompanying music video features Doja roaming the streets of Los Angeles.
“Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it/This one doesn’t bite, it doesn’t get aggressive,” she sings in the pre-chrous. “Show you how to touch it,...
The song opens with the sound of a harp before she starts to sing softly and hauntingly over a drumbeat, while the accompanying music video features Doja roaming the streets of Los Angeles.
“Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it/This one doesn’t bite, it doesn’t get aggressive,” she sings in the pre-chrous. “Show you how to touch it,...
- 6/16/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
One month after negging her fans and ridiculing her own music, Doja Cat appears ready to release a new track this Friday, June 16.
On Twitter, the pop star shared what appeared to be some blood-splattered single art, along with a date (“6.16.23”) and a drop of blood emoji. A title hasn’t been officially announced, but the accidental release of a pre-save link suggests the song will be called, “Attention.”
6.16.23 pic.twitter.com/OkQLubOnlE
— Doja Cat (@DojaCat) June 13, 2023
Doja’s use of the drop of blood emoji in the announcement may...
On Twitter, the pop star shared what appeared to be some blood-splattered single art, along with a date (“6.16.23”) and a drop of blood emoji. A title hasn’t been officially announced, but the accidental release of a pre-save link suggests the song will be called, “Attention.”
6.16.23 pic.twitter.com/OkQLubOnlE
— Doja Cat (@DojaCat) June 13, 2023
Doja’s use of the drop of blood emoji in the announcement may...
- 6/13/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist Tyga has released a new single, “Freaky Deaky” featuring global superstar Doja Cat. The music icons seamlessly blend their individual artistic styles, introducing an exciting new era for Tyga. “Freaky Deaky” is now available across all streaming platforms, accompanied by a music video featuring the duo. “Freaky Deaky” marks the second […]...
- 2/25/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Exclusive: Andrew Orenstein and Matt Hastings have come aboard the upcoming series Glimmerville as showrunners.
The show described as a cross between Stranger Things, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Gravity Falls stems from an original idea on the part of producers Michael Zoumas and Charlie Matthau, which was then turned into the book Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël.
The book set for publication this spring via Simon & Schuster is set in Glimmerville, a small town known for its incessant fog and enchanted pies. It follows a boy who longs to be normal, but must rely on his suppressed supernatural abilities to defeat an unearthly nemesis and save his town. The series adaptation has not yet been set up at a network or streamer.
“Alyson’s writing captured everything we love about the genre.
The show described as a cross between Stranger Things, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Gravity Falls stems from an original idea on the part of producers Michael Zoumas and Charlie Matthau, which was then turned into the book Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël.
The book set for publication this spring via Simon & Schuster is set in Glimmerville, a small town known for its incessant fog and enchanted pies. It follows a boy who longs to be normal, but must rely on his suppressed supernatural abilities to defeat an unearthly nemesis and save his town. The series adaptation has not yet been set up at a network or streamer.
“Alyson’s writing captured everything we love about the genre.
- 1/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker Charlie Matthau has acquired the Hillary Manton Lodge novel Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility which he’ll develop and produce as a TV series.
Jane of Austin is a reworking of Sense and Sensibility, but set in modern Austin, Texas. A search for a writer is also underway.
Jane of Austin follows sisters Jane (19) and Celia (28) who find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives. Celia insists they move to Austin, Texas with their kid sister Margot to start over again. But life in Austin isn’t all sweet tea and breakfast tacos. Their unusual living situation is challenging and unspoken words begin to fester between Jane and Celia. When Jane meets and falls for up-and-coming musician Sean Willis, the chasm grows deeper. While Sean seems to charm everyone in his path,...
Jane of Austin is a reworking of Sense and Sensibility, but set in modern Austin, Texas. A search for a writer is also underway.
Jane of Austin follows sisters Jane (19) and Celia (28) who find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives. Celia insists they move to Austin, Texas with their kid sister Margot to start over again. But life in Austin isn’t all sweet tea and breakfast tacos. Their unusual living situation is challenging and unspoken words begin to fester between Jane and Celia. When Jane meets and falls for up-and-coming musician Sean Willis, the chasm grows deeper. While Sean seems to charm everyone in his path,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Producers Charlie Matthau and Michael Zoumas have secured the rights to Alyson Noël’s upcoming 2022 Simon & Schuster novel, Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe.
The book is best described as a cross between Stranger Things and Rick and Morty. Set in Glimmerville, a small town known for its incessant fog and enchanted pies, Field Guide follows a boy who longs to be normal, but must rely on his suppressed supernatural abilities to defeat an unearthly nemesis and save his town.
Noël is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of 23 novels including: The Immortals, The Riley Bloom series The Soul Seekers series, and Saving Zoë, now on Netflix.
With nine New York Times bestsellers and over 8 million copies in print, her books have been translated into 36 languages, sold in over 200 countries, and have made the New York Times, USA Today, L.A. Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal,...
The book is best described as a cross between Stranger Things and Rick and Morty. Set in Glimmerville, a small town known for its incessant fog and enchanted pies, Field Guide follows a boy who longs to be normal, but must rely on his suppressed supernatural abilities to defeat an unearthly nemesis and save his town.
Noël is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of 23 novels including: The Immortals, The Riley Bloom series The Soul Seekers series, and Saving Zoë, now on Netflix.
With nine New York Times bestsellers and over 8 million copies in print, her books have been translated into 36 languages, sold in over 200 countries, and have made the New York Times, USA Today, L.A. Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal,...
- 10/21/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker Charlie Matthau has already submerged himself in another type of Freaky Deaky world, specifically his 2012 feature adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel. Well, Matthau is headed back to another type of Freaky Deaky sphere, specifically author T.D. Riznor’s Freaky Deaky High from Wishing Well Press.
While completed unrelated to Leonard’s novel which dealt with a pair of ’60s bomb-making radicals turned capitalists, Freaky Deaky High is set in the fly-over state middle-class town of Bedford. Each books deals with a different student, at the same high school, Franklin Delano High, and the paranormal occurrences in their life. Matthau acquired all of Riznor’s novels in the Freaky Deaky series —Killer Ride, Student Boy, Photo Bomb and the upcoming to be published The Locker. The plan is to mount a TV series of which Riznor has already finished the pilot script based on Killer Ride. The...
While completed unrelated to Leonard’s novel which dealt with a pair of ’60s bomb-making radicals turned capitalists, Freaky Deaky High is set in the fly-over state middle-class town of Bedford. Each books deals with a different student, at the same high school, Franklin Delano High, and the paranormal occurrences in their life. Matthau acquired all of Riznor’s novels in the Freaky Deaky series —Killer Ride, Student Boy, Photo Bomb and the upcoming to be published The Locker. The plan is to mount a TV series of which Riznor has already finished the pilot script based on Killer Ride. The...
- 10/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Filmmaker Charlie Matthau is close to finishing the independent feature The Book of Leah starring Armand Assante, which tells the story of a teenage rape victim who rebuilds herself as a karate fighter and seeks revenge on her attacker.
Brianna Joy Chomer plays Leah Gold, who after sneaking into a night club with her friends, is sexually assaulted in 1980s Chicago. The police do not take her case seriously, trying to blame Leah for being a minor, and the way she dressed. Her high-class family, embarrassed by the incident, sends Leah to a girls school, where she ultimately meets her uncle, played by four-time Golden Globe nominee Assante, who is a Holocaust survivor.
More than another female Karate Kid film, there are layers in The Book of Leah which echo a lot of what we’ve read lately about sexual assault; how alleged victims like Christine Blasey Ford and...
Brianna Joy Chomer plays Leah Gold, who after sneaking into a night club with her friends, is sexually assaulted in 1980s Chicago. The police do not take her case seriously, trying to blame Leah for being a minor, and the way she dressed. Her high-class family, embarrassed by the incident, sends Leah to a girls school, where she ultimately meets her uncle, played by four-time Golden Globe nominee Assante, who is a Holocaust survivor.
More than another female Karate Kid film, there are layers in The Book of Leah which echo a lot of what we’ve read lately about sexual assault; how alleged victims like Christine Blasey Ford and...
- 10/8/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Charlie Matthau is developing a six-part television series on the 1920 presidential election and hopes to have it air during the home stretch of the 2020 election, Variety has learned exclusively.
“I was struck at how similar the 1920 election was and how it contained so many parallels to the current political environment,” Matthau told Variety.
Matthau, son of the late Walter Matthau, has optioned David Pietrusza’s book “1920: The Year of the Six Presidents” through his Matthau Company. He noted that the series would run concurrently with the 100-year anniversary of the 1920 election.
“1920 is considered the first modern election and one of the most dramatic,” Matthau said. “Six once and future presidents — Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt — jockeyed for the White House. Amazing characters, amazing roles for actors.”
Harding, a Republican Senator from Ohio, defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio in the election,...
“I was struck at how similar the 1920 election was and how it contained so many parallels to the current political environment,” Matthau told Variety.
Matthau, son of the late Walter Matthau, has optioned David Pietrusza’s book “1920: The Year of the Six Presidents” through his Matthau Company. He noted that the series would run concurrently with the 100-year anniversary of the 1920 election.
“1920 is considered the first modern election and one of the most dramatic,” Matthau said. “Six once and future presidents — Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Teddy Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt — jockeyed for the White House. Amazing characters, amazing roles for actors.”
Harding, a Republican Senator from Ohio, defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio in the election,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Charlie Matthau and Denise O’Dell have optioned rights to Juste De Nin’s Spanish-language graphic novel Garbo: The Spy Who Fooled Hitler, which is set to become the latest directorial vehicle for Matthau.
The film will be produced under the name Bodyguard of Lies, and tells the incredible true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, a failed Spanish chicken farmer who, incredibly, became one of the greatest, if not the most successful, spies of World War II, whose deceptive work saved what is estimated at about 14 million lives. Reuben Sack, Justin Parker, Bradley McManus and Matthau are writing the screenplay, with plans to film on location in Lisbon, Madrid and London. It will be a co-production between O’Dell’s Babieka Films and The Matthau Company.
At the recent Cannes Film Festival where they were seeking further financing for the project, Matthau told me he was seeking a comedic actor for the title role,...
The film will be produced under the name Bodyguard of Lies, and tells the incredible true story of Juan Pujol Garcia, a failed Spanish chicken farmer who, incredibly, became one of the greatest, if not the most successful, spies of World War II, whose deceptive work saved what is estimated at about 14 million lives. Reuben Sack, Justin Parker, Bradley McManus and Matthau are writing the screenplay, with plans to film on location in Lisbon, Madrid and London. It will be a co-production between O’Dell’s Babieka Films and The Matthau Company.
At the recent Cannes Film Festival where they were seeking further financing for the project, Matthau told me he was seeking a comedic actor for the title role,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Elmore Leonard is the author of books that have been turned into such films as "Get Shorty," "Jackie Brown," "Out of Sight," "3:10 to Yuma" and many others. But the last two adaptations, "Life of Crime" and "Freaky Deaky," failed at the box office. Now comes word Leonard's "Bandits" novel is being turned into a film, with Bruce Willis set to play the lead role from a script by Mitch Glazer (Rock the Kasbah). Many years ago, Quentin Tarantino was considering making the movie. And this is the second time that Willis is attached to star. Back in 1987, Willis optioned the book, but never proceeded with the project. The comedy is set in New Orleans. Willis will play Jack Delaney, an ex-con who is struggling to stay on the straight path as he dresses up corpses as a mortician in his brother's funeral home. Things get much more exciting for...
- 1/11/2015
- WorstPreviews.com
Film adaptations of the works of Elmore Leonard are not all successful. Often set in the 1970s, many of them are laced with funky period-piece tropes that are just a little too overt and cornball-ish. One of the more recent adaptations, “Freaky Deaky," was positively terrible (you can read about that in our feature: The Films of Elmore Leonard Ranked From Worst To Best. So buyer beware, another adaptation is on the way and yes, it’s full of afros, wah pedals, disco strings and other garish period-piece elements. Directed and written by Daniel Schechter, and based on the Elmore Leonard book "The Switch," the latest film “Life Of Crime” stars Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Yasiin Bey, Mark Boone Junior, Will Forte, Isla Fisher and Tim Robbins. And yes, it’s a dark comedy of crime gone awry. Here’s the official synopsis: Based on Elmore Leonard's novel "The Switch,...
- 5/21/2014
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
International Sales Agents are the core of the current international film market system – i.e., the buying and selling of films worldwide. Half of the approximately 450 worldwide ISAs are based in La, the rest spread around the globe, but it matters little in a business sense where they are based. They gather together during the upcoming American Film Market November 6 in Santa Monica, California, in Berlin at the European Film Market February 6, 2014, and at the Cannes Marche in May as well as other events around the world to license rights to their films to distributors coming from every corner of the world. Their films also originate from every corner of the world.
Shoreline has been selling to the international film market since 1992. Morris Ruskin sat down last week for a chat with me here in La. I sum up our discussion as follows, after I add that Morris’ friendship and professionalism (and good taste!), is in general one of the principal reasons we like this film business. When we travel, which is frequent, it is people like Morris who light up the distant locations for us and, while both of us are L.A. based, we often only see each other throughout the year at various film business related events in remote places such as Cannes, Berlin, Bahamas., etc.
Morris Ruskin was born in South Africa to anti-Apartheid parents. He left there, along with parents and three older sisters, at age 9, to move to Boston where his Dad went to Harvard Business School. Then they moved to Bermuda for 3 years. When Morris was 15 his mother attended graduate school at UCLA School of Theater. There he met Athol Fugard, the South African playwright about whom his mother did her dissertation.
Many years later, Morris Executive Produced Master Harold & the Boys and dedicated the movie to his mother. He fell in love with L.A. and the movies in high school in L.A. His best friend lured him into filmmaking through Super 8 films which they recreated --movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Blues Brothers. Attending UCLA he wrote screenplays, some of which were optioned and he became an intern at MTV, an experience he considered at that time to be “the new frontier” of entertainment.
He soon became employed at Zupnik Entertainment Enterprises, staying for 6 years. He began as a script reader, then moved up to become the Director of Development and finally became a Vice President. His high water mark there was as a Co-Producer for the high profile very successful film, Glengarry Glen Ross.
He began Shoreline in 1992 on his own with a financial partner. It started as a production company. He then had operating money to run the company but No income. Projects were set up at New Line, Warner Brothers and various sales companies but they all got stuck in development. He figured out that there were two viable ways to make money in the business – selling movies worldwide and managing talent. Because he worked very closely with the sales company, New Line, on Glengarry Glen Ross, he decided to start a sales company. In 1995 he hired sales people to sell films and within six months he had three films in play. Morris says this meant “we were off to the races”. He then began to pick up / or acquire other films to sell.
He continues to branch out. In 2012 he formed a management company for directors, writers and writer / directors.
When we spoke he was intensely proud of a new film he served as Executive Producer on, Pablo, which was opening the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival this past October. This is a Spanish language feature documentary about graphic artist, trailer and title maker, Pablo Ferro, narrated by Jeff Bridges. Pablo was Kubrick’s title designer. Born in Cuba, he migrated as a teen to New York and had, as Morris expresses it, “a rags to riches and back to rags life”. The documentary is a representation for how difficult it can be to make it as an artist in the business. Perhaps it resonates with Morris as he has been able to successfully balance the art of filmmaking with the business side of selling movies.
For Morris Shoreline is a “purposely eclectic” company. His team acquires and sells feature narrative films and documentaries. They pick up “foreign language” (meaning – non English language) films and art house indies. On the commercial side they sell “genre” pictures, thrillers, horror.
Now that sales are successful, Morris now focuses his daily work on management, production, financing. He has produced approximately fifty films. Two of those films were directed by his high school friend who introduced him to filmmaking through Super 8 movies! Shoreline tends to be very loyal to the filmmakers it works with. If it picks up someone’s finished film, often Morris works with that filmmaker to produce the next film and perhaps even to manage him or her. As a producer Morris has had many award winning films and multiple films in Sundance and at The Toronto International Film Festival.
He has started a film financing company called Watermark. His partners here are the Swiss / London based Blue Pencil Investments. They will raise equity money for films, will give MGs (aka minimum guarantees) and sales advances. They will take all rights to world markets and license them to distributors through Shoreline.
A film he used to outline his way of working was the 2005 Sundance hit Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, a romantic film about a couple meeting in a charm school, starring Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman and a cameo from Danny DeVito. These elements gave it heat for sales – Sundance, good cast, mini majors involved and CAA. Lots of CAA talent were cast in film. CAA was also brought in to sell U.S. rights post and during Sundance. Goldwyn acquired the film for U.S. distribution. For this deal CAA was proof (to the market) that the film had “the best elements”.
Another successful film out of Sundance in 2007 was The Signal which had a Usd $50,000 budget and made over $3 million Usd from the U.S. alone.
Shoreline acquires and sells lots of Spanish language films now. Some recent titles are Rabbit Woman, The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas and 7 Boxes which has been to as many as seventy five film festivals.
Morris’ main philosophy for Shoreline films is, “get the films out in the biggest way possible”. Often these days this means going firstly to festivals as there is often no theatrical release. Festivals can lead to or even replace theatrical. Festivals spread the word, help marketing, get films seen and reviewed, and can even mean income when a festival will pay a screening fee.
Some recent titles he is proud of include A Perfect Man with Liev Schreiber which will be released theatrically in North America by IFC on November 1st, A Farewell To Fools with Harvey Keitel and Gerard Depardieu which will be released theatrically in North America by Monterey Media in the Spring. (About Liev Schreiber Morris says “a good name really helps” and he says that sometimes the films with known cast sell best). Also The Geography Club, which premiered at OutFest and will be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass on November 15th, the aforementioned 7 Boxes which will also be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass in February, and Baal Shem Tov, a Jewish film in clay animation which Morris says is a very rare film medium and because it belongs in a niche which has attracted much attention.
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Shoreline’s website says the following about Morris’ work and career.
During the course of producing more than fifty films, Morris has structured deals that incorporate deferments, soft money and international co-productions in order to create financially-viable motion pictures. These productions focus on bankable genre content and star-driven projects that can secure success in a sometimes-uneven marketplace.
Notable amongst such productions are the modern classic Glengarry Glen Ross (Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Alan Arkin) which led to an Academy Award Nomination for Al Pacino; The Man from Elysian Fields (Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Angelica Huston); The Visit (nominated for four Spirit Awards) and Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Octavia Spencer, Robert Carlyle, Danny DeVito).
Morris is no stranger to the festival circuit having films in the most distinguished festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and Sundance, where The Signal was sold in a multi million dollar bidding war hours after the world premiere.
Morris’s productions have spanned a variety of genres and locations, from a stereoscopic RealD 3D-animated film based on a comic book being released by Anchor Bay (The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse) to a wartime dark comedy starring Harvey Keitel and Gérard Depardieu (A Farewell to Fools). A documentary narrated by Jeff Bridges (Pablo), a co-production shot on location in China ( Wushu Warrior) a comedy that was the opening night gala film at Slamdance (Weirdsville), an action thriller shot in India starring Harvey Keitel (Beeper), a heist crime caper starring
Timothy Olyphant that premiered in The Berlin International Film Festival (High Life) and a South African feature dedicated to Morris’s mother (Master Harold And the Boys).
By consistently developing and acquiring projects that are attractive to domestic and foreign markets alike, Morris has ensured for over twenty years that Shoreline remains a stable yet versatile and ever-evolving organization.
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The website describes Shoreline like this:
Established by Morris Ruskin in 1992, Shoreline Entertainment's Worldwide Sales, Production, and Management divisions comprise one of the longest-running and most-respected film companies in the industry.
Shoreline presents itself via its quality participation at more than 15 major media markets and festivals a year and positions itself to nourish continuous relationships with broadcasters, distributors and festival programmers.
Shoreline has represented numerous award-winning films that have premiered at high profile Festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca, Rotterdam and San Sebastian, as well as films nominated for Spirit Awards and Golden Globes.
Such films include: The Man From Elysian Fields, 7 Boxes, Father’s Chair, Un Mundo Secreto, Freaky Deaky, Zona Sur, Undertow, Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Weirdsville, High Life, The Signal, and The Maid.
Shoreline’s advertising presence includes a long-standing deal with the Hollywood Reporter for its back cover on the dailies during the Toronto International Film Festival, American Film Market, European Film Market (Berlinale), and Marche Du Film (Cannes).Moreover, Shoreline’s marketing efforts include sponsorship of the Buyers Lounge during the American Film Market. With more than 20 years of experience, Shoreline’s momentum is greater than ever.
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Lastly, some useful links to various that Shoreline supplied to us –
Here is a link to our website:
www.slefilms.com
Here is a link to an article Screen did on Watermark – which is the company we set up with Blue Pencil Investments to finance films -
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/Pdfs/screendaily-bluepencil.pdf
The number of festivals 7 Boxes has played in to date is 75. It will be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass in February. It all started for 7 Boxes in San Sebastian. This year we had Rabbit Woman there, so we hope for the same success. Tom Davia is our director of festivals and alternative theatrical.
Here is a link to all the markets we attend:
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/markets.html
Here is a link to the YouTube Baby Panda Sneezing that went viral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcdvmnZ_GM
From this they made a family adventure film which we picked up. Here is a link to the film on our website:
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/SneezingBabyPanda.html
We’ve had success with family films and this is a title that is attracting a lot of interest from buyers.
Other hot Afm titles include:
A Perfect Man with Liev Schreiber who has heat from his new show Donavan.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/PerfectMan.html
A Farewell to Fools which stars Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/Ipu.html
The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse which was bought by Anchor Bay for North America, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/Corpse.html
Sir Billi which is a family animated film with the voice of Sean Connery.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/SirBilli.html
Freaky Deaky which is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and stars Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Michael Jai White and Crispin Glover.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/FreakyDeaky.html
The Geography Club which won the Audience Award at Outfest and will be released theatrically by Breaking Glass in November.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/GeographyClub.html
Hidden Moon which stars Wes Bentley
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/HiddenMoon.html
was nominated for Eight prestigious Silver Goddess Awards, given by the
Mexican Film Press and Critics / Pecime on their 42nd. edition in 2013. The Silver Goddess Award is the most prestigious film award in Mexico.
1) Best Film of the year: Producers Antonio Ruiz, Ray Diaz Gonzalez, Rodrigo Lobo & Pepe
Bojórquez.
2) Best Director: Pepe Bojórquez
3) Best Screenplay: Pepe Bojórquez / David Howard
4) Best Actress: Ana Serradilla Winner
5) Best Supporting Actress: Alejandra Ambrosi
6) Best Actor "Best upcoming Lead Actor": Osvaldo de León
7) Best Female Actress in a feature role: Angélica María
8) Best Original Song: Hidden Moon. Performed by Il Volo. Music by Luis Bacalov. Spanish Lyrics by
Edgar Cortázar / Tony Renis / Humberto Gatica / Massimo Guantini. Produced by Humberto Gatica /
Tony Renis / David Franco. Winner...
Shoreline has been selling to the international film market since 1992. Morris Ruskin sat down last week for a chat with me here in La. I sum up our discussion as follows, after I add that Morris’ friendship and professionalism (and good taste!), is in general one of the principal reasons we like this film business. When we travel, which is frequent, it is people like Morris who light up the distant locations for us and, while both of us are L.A. based, we often only see each other throughout the year at various film business related events in remote places such as Cannes, Berlin, Bahamas., etc.
Morris Ruskin was born in South Africa to anti-Apartheid parents. He left there, along with parents and three older sisters, at age 9, to move to Boston where his Dad went to Harvard Business School. Then they moved to Bermuda for 3 years. When Morris was 15 his mother attended graduate school at UCLA School of Theater. There he met Athol Fugard, the South African playwright about whom his mother did her dissertation.
Many years later, Morris Executive Produced Master Harold & the Boys and dedicated the movie to his mother. He fell in love with L.A. and the movies in high school in L.A. His best friend lured him into filmmaking through Super 8 films which they recreated --movies like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Blues Brothers. Attending UCLA he wrote screenplays, some of which were optioned and he became an intern at MTV, an experience he considered at that time to be “the new frontier” of entertainment.
He soon became employed at Zupnik Entertainment Enterprises, staying for 6 years. He began as a script reader, then moved up to become the Director of Development and finally became a Vice President. His high water mark there was as a Co-Producer for the high profile very successful film, Glengarry Glen Ross.
He began Shoreline in 1992 on his own with a financial partner. It started as a production company. He then had operating money to run the company but No income. Projects were set up at New Line, Warner Brothers and various sales companies but they all got stuck in development. He figured out that there were two viable ways to make money in the business – selling movies worldwide and managing talent. Because he worked very closely with the sales company, New Line, on Glengarry Glen Ross, he decided to start a sales company. In 1995 he hired sales people to sell films and within six months he had three films in play. Morris says this meant “we were off to the races”. He then began to pick up / or acquire other films to sell.
He continues to branch out. In 2012 he formed a management company for directors, writers and writer / directors.
When we spoke he was intensely proud of a new film he served as Executive Producer on, Pablo, which was opening the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival this past October. This is a Spanish language feature documentary about graphic artist, trailer and title maker, Pablo Ferro, narrated by Jeff Bridges. Pablo was Kubrick’s title designer. Born in Cuba, he migrated as a teen to New York and had, as Morris expresses it, “a rags to riches and back to rags life”. The documentary is a representation for how difficult it can be to make it as an artist in the business. Perhaps it resonates with Morris as he has been able to successfully balance the art of filmmaking with the business side of selling movies.
For Morris Shoreline is a “purposely eclectic” company. His team acquires and sells feature narrative films and documentaries. They pick up “foreign language” (meaning – non English language) films and art house indies. On the commercial side they sell “genre” pictures, thrillers, horror.
Now that sales are successful, Morris now focuses his daily work on management, production, financing. He has produced approximately fifty films. Two of those films were directed by his high school friend who introduced him to filmmaking through Super 8 movies! Shoreline tends to be very loyal to the filmmakers it works with. If it picks up someone’s finished film, often Morris works with that filmmaker to produce the next film and perhaps even to manage him or her. As a producer Morris has had many award winning films and multiple films in Sundance and at The Toronto International Film Festival.
He has started a film financing company called Watermark. His partners here are the Swiss / London based Blue Pencil Investments. They will raise equity money for films, will give MGs (aka minimum guarantees) and sales advances. They will take all rights to world markets and license them to distributors through Shoreline.
A film he used to outline his way of working was the 2005 Sundance hit Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School, a romantic film about a couple meeting in a charm school, starring Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman and a cameo from Danny DeVito. These elements gave it heat for sales – Sundance, good cast, mini majors involved and CAA. Lots of CAA talent were cast in film. CAA was also brought in to sell U.S. rights post and during Sundance. Goldwyn acquired the film for U.S. distribution. For this deal CAA was proof (to the market) that the film had “the best elements”.
Another successful film out of Sundance in 2007 was The Signal which had a Usd $50,000 budget and made over $3 million Usd from the U.S. alone.
Shoreline acquires and sells lots of Spanish language films now. Some recent titles are Rabbit Woman, The Precocious and Brief Life of Sabina Rivas and 7 Boxes which has been to as many as seventy five film festivals.
Morris’ main philosophy for Shoreline films is, “get the films out in the biggest way possible”. Often these days this means going firstly to festivals as there is often no theatrical release. Festivals can lead to or even replace theatrical. Festivals spread the word, help marketing, get films seen and reviewed, and can even mean income when a festival will pay a screening fee.
Some recent titles he is proud of include A Perfect Man with Liev Schreiber which will be released theatrically in North America by IFC on November 1st, A Farewell To Fools with Harvey Keitel and Gerard Depardieu which will be released theatrically in North America by Monterey Media in the Spring. (About Liev Schreiber Morris says “a good name really helps” and he says that sometimes the films with known cast sell best). Also The Geography Club, which premiered at OutFest and will be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass on November 15th, the aforementioned 7 Boxes which will also be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass in February, and Baal Shem Tov, a Jewish film in clay animation which Morris says is a very rare film medium and because it belongs in a niche which has attracted much attention.
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Shoreline’s website says the following about Morris’ work and career.
During the course of producing more than fifty films, Morris has structured deals that incorporate deferments, soft money and international co-productions in order to create financially-viable motion pictures. These productions focus on bankable genre content and star-driven projects that can secure success in a sometimes-uneven marketplace.
Notable amongst such productions are the modern classic Glengarry Glen Ross (Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Alan Arkin) which led to an Academy Award Nomination for Al Pacino; The Man from Elysian Fields (Andy Garcia, Mick Jagger, Angelica Huston); The Visit (nominated for four Spirit Awards) and Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (John Goodman, Marisa Tomei, Octavia Spencer, Robert Carlyle, Danny DeVito).
Morris is no stranger to the festival circuit having films in the most distinguished festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, and Sundance, where The Signal was sold in a multi million dollar bidding war hours after the world premiere.
Morris’s productions have spanned a variety of genres and locations, from a stereoscopic RealD 3D-animated film based on a comic book being released by Anchor Bay (The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse) to a wartime dark comedy starring Harvey Keitel and Gérard Depardieu (A Farewell to Fools). A documentary narrated by Jeff Bridges (Pablo), a co-production shot on location in China ( Wushu Warrior) a comedy that was the opening night gala film at Slamdance (Weirdsville), an action thriller shot in India starring Harvey Keitel (Beeper), a heist crime caper starring
Timothy Olyphant that premiered in The Berlin International Film Festival (High Life) and a South African feature dedicated to Morris’s mother (Master Harold And the Boys).
By consistently developing and acquiring projects that are attractive to domestic and foreign markets alike, Morris has ensured for over twenty years that Shoreline remains a stable yet versatile and ever-evolving organization.
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The website describes Shoreline like this:
Established by Morris Ruskin in 1992, Shoreline Entertainment's Worldwide Sales, Production, and Management divisions comprise one of the longest-running and most-respected film companies in the industry.
Shoreline presents itself via its quality participation at more than 15 major media markets and festivals a year and positions itself to nourish continuous relationships with broadcasters, distributors and festival programmers.
Shoreline has represented numerous award-winning films that have premiered at high profile Festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca, Rotterdam and San Sebastian, as well as films nominated for Spirit Awards and Golden Globes.
Such films include: The Man From Elysian Fields, 7 Boxes, Father’s Chair, Un Mundo Secreto, Freaky Deaky, Zona Sur, Undertow, Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Weirdsville, High Life, The Signal, and The Maid.
Shoreline’s advertising presence includes a long-standing deal with the Hollywood Reporter for its back cover on the dailies during the Toronto International Film Festival, American Film Market, European Film Market (Berlinale), and Marche Du Film (Cannes).Moreover, Shoreline’s marketing efforts include sponsorship of the Buyers Lounge during the American Film Market. With more than 20 years of experience, Shoreline’s momentum is greater than ever.
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Lastly, some useful links to various that Shoreline supplied to us –
Here is a link to our website:
www.slefilms.com
Here is a link to an article Screen did on Watermark – which is the company we set up with Blue Pencil Investments to finance films -
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/Pdfs/screendaily-bluepencil.pdf
The number of festivals 7 Boxes has played in to date is 75. It will be released theatrically in North America by Breaking Glass in February. It all started for 7 Boxes in San Sebastian. This year we had Rabbit Woman there, so we hope for the same success. Tom Davia is our director of festivals and alternative theatrical.
Here is a link to all the markets we attend:
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/markets.html
Here is a link to the YouTube Baby Panda Sneezing that went viral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAcdvmnZ_GM
From this they made a family adventure film which we picked up. Here is a link to the film on our website:
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/SneezingBabyPanda.html
We’ve had success with family films and this is a title that is attracting a lot of interest from buyers.
Other hot Afm titles include:
A Perfect Man with Liev Schreiber who has heat from his new show Donavan.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/PerfectMan.html
A Farewell to Fools which stars Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/Ipu.html
The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse which was bought by Anchor Bay for North America, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/Corpse.html
Sir Billi which is a family animated film with the voice of Sean Connery.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/SirBilli.html
Freaky Deaky which is based on the novel by Elmore Leonard and stars Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Michael Jai White and Crispin Glover.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/FreakyDeaky.html
The Geography Club which won the Audience Award at Outfest and will be released theatrically by Breaking Glass in November.
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/GeographyClub.html
Hidden Moon which stars Wes Bentley
http://www.shorelineentertainment.com/movies/HiddenMoon.html
was nominated for Eight prestigious Silver Goddess Awards, given by the
Mexican Film Press and Critics / Pecime on their 42nd. edition in 2013. The Silver Goddess Award is the most prestigious film award in Mexico.
1) Best Film of the year: Producers Antonio Ruiz, Ray Diaz Gonzalez, Rodrigo Lobo & Pepe
Bojórquez.
2) Best Director: Pepe Bojórquez
3) Best Screenplay: Pepe Bojórquez / David Howard
4) Best Actress: Ana Serradilla Winner
5) Best Supporting Actress: Alejandra Ambrosi
6) Best Actor "Best upcoming Lead Actor": Osvaldo de León
7) Best Female Actress in a feature role: Angélica María
8) Best Original Song: Hidden Moon. Performed by Il Volo. Music by Luis Bacalov. Spanish Lyrics by
Edgar Cortázar / Tony Renis / Humberto Gatica / Massimo Guantini. Produced by Humberto Gatica /
Tony Renis / David Franco. Winner...
- 11/5/2013
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Family, friends and fans celebrated the memory of Elmore Leonard with tears, laughter and military honors at a memorial Saturday in Birmingham, Mich. The prolific author, whose works including "Get Shorty," "Jackie Brown" and "Freaky Deaky," were turned into movies, died at his nearby home Tuesday morning three weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 87. His longtime friend, sportswriter Mike Lupica, and Timothy Olyphant, star of the FX TV series "Justified" – which is based on Leonard's works -- were among the roughly 325 people that gathered, according to the Detroit...
- 8/25/2013
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Jackie Collins, queen of the sexy thriller, has been hooked on Elmore Leonard ever since she read Get Shorty. But she has never been able to follow the king of crime fiction's 10 rules for writing …
Rip Elmore Leonard. What a guy – what a teller of wild and wonderful and, most of all, raunchy tales. A storyteller with a crazy imagination mixed in with personal experiences. Many have tried, but nobody has managed to outdo crime fiction's master of the thriller.
I discovered the joy of an Elmore Leonard book in the early 1990s when I picked up Get Shorty. What a trip! I was immediately hooked by his colourful language and outrageous characters. I grew up reading Mickey Spillane, and I never thought any writer could beat Spillane for his way of bringing characters to life so that one could actually visualise them. But Elmore Leonard managed to do that – and brilliantly.
Rip Elmore Leonard. What a guy – what a teller of wild and wonderful and, most of all, raunchy tales. A storyteller with a crazy imagination mixed in with personal experiences. Many have tried, but nobody has managed to outdo crime fiction's master of the thriller.
I discovered the joy of an Elmore Leonard book in the early 1990s when I picked up Get Shorty. What a trip! I was immediately hooked by his colourful language and outrageous characters. I grew up reading Mickey Spillane, and I never thought any writer could beat Spillane for his way of bringing characters to life so that one could actually visualise them. But Elmore Leonard managed to do that – and brilliantly.
- 8/21/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Crispin Glover has signed with Apa. He had been with Fortitude since 2010, before that agency’s merger and subsequent split with Buchwald and Associates. In his three-decade career the eccentric actor has appeared in River’s Edge, Wild at Heart and as Michael J. Fox’s father in Back to the Future. His more recent film credits include Willard, Alice in Wonderland and Hot Tub Time Machine. Last year Glover starred in the comedy thriller Freaky Deaky, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, and he recently completed shooting on the indie crime thriller Motel, opposite John Cusack and Robert De Niro.
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- 6/18/2013
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Baaah! I'll keep this one short and simple. It's frustrating when watching a film that you feel could have been so much better, but, for any number of reasons, just fails to really deliver, and instead hovers around mediocre; and Freaky Deaky is just such a work - at least to me. Based on the book of the same name by Elmore Leonard, who also penned Jackie Brown, you'd think that with a title like Freaky Deaky, and a poster featuring an illustrated seemingly naked woman, straddling a dynamite stick, the film would lean a bit more towards the fringes, but it seems satisfied with itself as this rather lifeless exercise. It's missing the hipness, crackle and sheer delight found...
- 6/4/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 16, 2013
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $35.99
Studio: Warner
Sylvester Stallone means business in Bullet to the Head.
The great Walter Hill (The Driver, The Long Riders) returns to the feature film directing chair for the first time since the 2002 boxing drama Undisputed with the action thriller Bullet to the Head starring Sylvester Stallone.
Based on Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete, Bullet to the Head tells the hard-hitting story of New Orleans hit man Jimmy Bonomo (Stallone), who teams up with a D.C. cop (Sung Kang) in an unlikely alliance to bring down the killers of their respective partners.
The latest project to bring Hill to the evocative streets of New Orleans (his Johnny Handsome and Hard Times are set there), Bullet to the Head also stars Sarah Shahi (TV’s Fairly Legal), Christian Slater (Freaky Deaky), and Jason Momoa (Conan the Barbarian).
Lean,...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $35.99
Studio: Warner
Sylvester Stallone means business in Bullet to the Head.
The great Walter Hill (The Driver, The Long Riders) returns to the feature film directing chair for the first time since the 2002 boxing drama Undisputed with the action thriller Bullet to the Head starring Sylvester Stallone.
Based on Alexis Nolent’s graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete, Bullet to the Head tells the hard-hitting story of New Orleans hit man Jimmy Bonomo (Stallone), who teams up with a D.C. cop (Sung Kang) in an unlikely alliance to bring down the killers of their respective partners.
The latest project to bring Hill to the evocative streets of New Orleans (his Johnny Handsome and Hard Times are set there), Bullet to the Head also stars Sarah Shahi (TV’s Fairly Legal), Christian Slater (Freaky Deaky), and Jason Momoa (Conan the Barbarian).
Lean,...
- 5/30/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Rambo! Click above to Listen Now! After a quick summary of what we consider an "adequate" Oscar ceremony, Law and Moreno jump into TV Round-Up and try to find the light at the end of The Walking Dead's tunnel. Soon after that is an epic look at the original Rambo trilogy. From the film's titles to the impressive body and length of Rambo's hair, the boys leave nothing out. There's also a review of Freaky Deaky, based on the Elmore Leonard novel, and a quick...
- 3/4/2013
- by Jim Law
- JoBlo.com
Freaky Deaky is another adaptation of an Elmore Leonard’s writing (Justified, 3:10 to Yuma). This one, helmed by director/screenwriter Charles Matthau (son of acclaimed actor Walter Matthau), is a wacky comedy about bomb-making radicals in 1974—as opposed to a western story like other works of Leonard’s. While the ensemble cast is amusing, there the tone of the film is a little too freaky-deaky to engage the viewer.
Protagonist Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) gets transferred out of the bomb squad (after a botched job) and sent to work sex crimes. There he gets involved with Ginger (Sabina Gadecki) who claims that the wealthy alcoholic Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover) raped her at one of his lavish parties. Woody’s conniving chauffeur/personal valet/bartender/lawyer Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) gets Chris suspended for interfering, which only serves to make Chris more determined to prove Woody’s guilt. Meanwhile,...
Protagonist Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) gets transferred out of the bomb squad (after a botched job) and sent to work sex crimes. There he gets involved with Ginger (Sabina Gadecki) who claims that the wealthy alcoholic Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover) raped her at one of his lavish parties. Woody’s conniving chauffeur/personal valet/bartender/lawyer Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) gets Chris suspended for interfering, which only serves to make Chris more determined to prove Woody’s guilt. Meanwhile,...
- 2/28/2013
- by John Keith
- JustPressPlay.net
Moviefone's New Release Pick of the Week "The Master" What's It About? All of the pre-release coverage for "The Master" focused on the film's thinly veiled profile of L. Ron Hubbard and the establishment of Scientology, but that's not really what the movie's about. Mainly, it's the story of a broken man (Joaquin Phoenix) who has been abandoned by society and is susceptible to manipulation. See It Because: Philip Seymour Hoffman is terrific as the mysterious Lancaster Dodd; Amy Adams surprises as his loyal, determined wife; and Phoenix's portrayal of the drunken, violent, disturbed Freddie Quell is one of the most hypnotic performances of all time. New on DVD & Blu-ray "Chasing Mavericks" What's It About? Gerard Butler doesn't quite shine in this "inspirational" surfing drama that seems all too familiar. See It Because: Skip it. "Freaky Deaky" What's It About? It's a Christian Slater movie... Hang on kimosabe! Christian Slater...
- 2/26/2013
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
"What, the sexy dance?"
In the first trailer for the upcoming ensemble comedy Freaky Deaky, it's clear that everybody wants something, it's just not exactly sure who wants what from whom. There's Detroit police officer Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke), former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) and vengeful couple Skip (Christian Slater) and Robin (Breanne Racano), who all want something from eccentric and rich Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover).
While the trailer is more interested in showing off the movie's humor than explaining the movie's plot mechanics, as long as writer-director Charles Matthau stayed close to the spirit of Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel, Freaky Deaky should be an entertaining ride. Hey, it worked for 1995's Get Shorty, 1998's Out of Sight, and the TV show Justified, all of which are based on Leonard's books.
Next Showing: Freaky Deaky arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on February 26th
Link | Posted 2/23/2013 by Ryan...
In the first trailer for the upcoming ensemble comedy Freaky Deaky, it's clear that everybody wants something, it's just not exactly sure who wants what from whom. There's Detroit police officer Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke), former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) and vengeful couple Skip (Christian Slater) and Robin (Breanne Racano), who all want something from eccentric and rich Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover).
While the trailer is more interested in showing off the movie's humor than explaining the movie's plot mechanics, as long as writer-director Charles Matthau stayed close to the spirit of Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel, Freaky Deaky should be an entertaining ride. Hey, it worked for 1995's Get Shorty, 1998's Out of Sight, and the TV show Justified, all of which are based on Leonard's books.
Next Showing: Freaky Deaky arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on February 26th
Link | Posted 2/23/2013 by Ryan...
- 2/23/2013
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Collider got their hands on the trailer and poster for director Charles Matthau’s adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel Freaky Deaky.
Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad, but it’s not until he’s transferred to sex crimes that he gets a real taste of juggling dynamite. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover).
Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta. From former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) to sexy ex-fugitive Robin Abbott (Breanne Racano) and her erstwhile bombing partner Skip Gibbs (Christian Slater), everyone wants something from Ricks. With all these unscrupulous deviants in the mix, one thing’s for certain… it’s gonna get freaky!
Freaky Deaky will be released on DVD on February 26th. If...
Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad, but it’s not until he’s transferred to sex crimes that he gets a real taste of juggling dynamite. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover).
Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta. From former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White) to sexy ex-fugitive Robin Abbott (Breanne Racano) and her erstwhile bombing partner Skip Gibbs (Christian Slater), everyone wants something from Ricks. With all these unscrupulous deviants in the mix, one thing’s for certain… it’s gonna get freaky!
Freaky Deaky will be released on DVD on February 26th. If...
- 2/22/2013
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Today we have the trailer for "Freaky Deaky," which is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard (Jackie Brown, Out of Sight, Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma) and stars Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, and Billy Burke. Watch it below. Plot: He used to be on the bomb squad, but it's not until he transfers out that Chris Mankowski (Burke) really begins juggling with dynamite. Rape and revenge are just the tip of the iceberg in a twisty tale that brings Los Angeles denizens to life - and occasional death - in all their seedy glory, circa 1974. The new movie is directed by Charles Matthau, son of Walter Matthau, and premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It will now be released on DVD on February 26th. Trailer:...
- 2/22/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Freaky Deaky – in case you’re not so familiar with this title let us first inform you that we’re actually talking about Charles Matthau‘s adaptation of Elmore Leonard‘s 1988 novel of the same name. The movie had its world premiere at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival, it hits Blu-ray and DVD this month and as you already see – we finally have the first trailer for the whole thing to share, so make sure you check it out! Written and directed by Charles Matthau, the movie centers on two radicals in 1974 who plan a scam using their bomb-making skills. Chris Mankowski used to be...
- 2/21/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 14, 2013
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Van Heflin (l.) and Glenn Ford star in 1957's 3:10 to Yuma.
The beautifully shot and acted 1957 western movie 3:10 to Yuma was directed by Delmer Daves (Jubal).
Van Heflin (My Son John) stars as a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford (Gilda), to the train that will take him to prison. What begins as an apparently simple plan turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that will test each man’s particular brand of honor.
Based on a story by Elmore Leonard (Freaky Deaky), the classic 3:10 to Yuma is considered to be one of the most psychologically complex and humane Westerns of its time—and certainly some than the 2007 remake starring Russell Crowe (Robin Hood) and Christian Bale (The Fighter), which is still available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Price: DVD $29.95, Blu-ray $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Van Heflin (l.) and Glenn Ford star in 1957's 3:10 to Yuma.
The beautifully shot and acted 1957 western movie 3:10 to Yuma was directed by Delmer Daves (Jubal).
Van Heflin (My Son John) stars as a mild-mannered cattle rancher who takes on the task of shepherding a captured outlaw, played with cucumber-cool charisma by Glenn Ford (Gilda), to the train that will take him to prison. What begins as an apparently simple plan turns into a nerve-racking cat-and-mouse game that will test each man’s particular brand of honor.
Based on a story by Elmore Leonard (Freaky Deaky), the classic 3:10 to Yuma is considered to be one of the most psychologically complex and humane Westerns of its time—and certainly some than the 2007 remake starring Russell Crowe (Robin Hood) and Christian Bale (The Fighter), which is still available on DVD and Blu-ray.
- 2/19/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Billy Burke, Christian Slater & Michael Jai White
Lead An All-star Ensemble Cast In This Trippy Crime Caper Based On The Elmore Leonard Best-selling Novel
Freaky Deaky -Street Date: February 26, 2013
Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad, but it’s not until he’s transferred to sex crimes that he gets a real taste of juggling dynamite. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt … Continue reading →...
Lead An All-star Ensemble Cast In This Trippy Crime Caper Based On The Elmore Leonard Best-selling Novel
Freaky Deaky -Street Date: February 26, 2013
Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad, but it’s not until he’s transferred to sex crimes that he gets a real taste of juggling dynamite. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt … Continue reading →...
- 1/31/2013
- by Mike Joy
- Horror News
DVD Release Date: Feb. 26, 2013
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Entertainment One
Christian Slater and Breanne Racano get Freaky Deaky.
The 2012 crime caper comedy film Freaky Deaky is based on the Elmore Leonard’s best-selling 1988 novel of the same name.
Set in 1974, Freaky Deaky zeroes in on Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke, Red Riding Hood), a former member of the Detroit Police bomb squad who begins to get a real taste for juggling dynamite when he’s transferred to the sex crimes unit. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover, Hot Tub Time Machine). Taking matters into his own hands, Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta, but maybe it can happen with some unintentional assistance from former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White, TV’s For Better or Worse), sexy...
Price: DVD $19.98
Studio: Entertainment One
Christian Slater and Breanne Racano get Freaky Deaky.
The 2012 crime caper comedy film Freaky Deaky is based on the Elmore Leonard’s best-selling 1988 novel of the same name.
Set in 1974, Freaky Deaky zeroes in on Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke, Red Riding Hood), a former member of the Detroit Police bomb squad who begins to get a real taste for juggling dynamite when he’s transferred to the sex crimes unit. After falling for the lovely Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), he gets suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and drunk Woody Ricks (Crispin Glover, Hot Tub Time Machine). Taking matters into his own hands, Mankowski quickly realizes it won’t be easy to get justice for Greta, but maybe it can happen with some unintentional assistance from former Black Panther Donnell Lewis (Michael Jai White, TV’s For Better or Worse), sexy...
- 1/30/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
At one point I think Charlie Matthau’s “Freaky Deaky”, starring Christian Slater and Michael Jai White and based on a novel by crime novelist Elmore Leonard, was supposed to be a big movie. Or at least, a movie with a theatrical release in its future. That, uh, apparently didn’t work out, and the film is bypassing theaters completely now for a DVD/Blu-ray release next month. Okay, just DVD. I don’t think they’re even shelling out the extra bucks for a Blu-ray release on this one, which should tell you something. I’ve been covering this title since 2010, and at one point it had a cast that included “Arrow’s” Katie Cassidy, along with Matt Dillion and Brendan Fraser. The film comes home after playing the festival circuit, including a stint at Tribeca. Chris Mankowski (Billy Burke) used to be on the Detroit Police bomb squad,...
- 1/29/2013
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Wouldn’t you say some Ethan Hawke news is always a good way to start things off? (Well, unless we’re talking about a few of his recent career choices.) Variety reports that Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions have snatched rights to Predestination, a sci-fi action piece that will see Hawke reunite with the Spierig brothers, with whom he collaborated on 2010′s Daybreakers. Just as that film zeroed in on the vampire subsect of the horror genre, this next effort will revolve around the oft-used, oft-misused conceit of time travel.
The siblings’ main source on Predestination happens to be “—All You Zombies—,” a late ’50s short story from author Robert A. Heinlein that they hold as “the mother of all time paradox tales.” In their screenplay, Michael and Peter Spierig focus on “the life of a temporal government agent” (I love the way that sounds) who, not unlike the character in Rian Johnson‘s Looper,...
The siblings’ main source on Predestination happens to be “—All You Zombies—,” a late ’50s short story from author Robert A. Heinlein that they hold as “the mother of all time paradox tales.” In their screenplay, Michael and Peter Spierig focus on “the life of a temporal government agent” (I love the way that sounds) who, not unlike the character in Rian Johnson‘s Looper,...
- 5/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Entertainment has acquired North American rights to "Freaky Deaky," Charlie Matthau's adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name. Matthau, son of famed actor Walter, both wrote and directed the film, which stars Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Christian Slater and Michael Jai White. Burke plays Chris Mankowski, a cop in Detroit's sex crimes unit who falls for a victim on his first day. He is also suspended for investigating the rich and powerful Woody Ricks, played by Glover. The film is intended as an homage to 1974. "Elmore Leonard's work has inspired...
- 5/23/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Entertainment One has acquired North American rights to Charlie Matthau's "Freaky Deaky," starring Crispin Glover and Christain Slater, and based on Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel of the same name. The film premiered this year at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here's the synopsis per eOne: In "Freaky Deaky," Chris Mankowski’s (Burke) first day on the sex crimes unit of the Detroit Police Department does not go well. Not only does he fall for the first person to report an assault to him, he’s suspended for investigating the rich, powerful and completely drunk Woody Ricks (Glover). Chris takes matters into his own hands - only to discover there are all kinds of people trying to get something - money, revenge, or both from Woody. Full release below: Entertainment One Nabs North American Rights to Charlie Matthau’s Elmore Leonard Adaptation Freaky Deaky Tribeca Comedy Starring Crispin...
- 5/23/2012
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Cannes (May 23, 2012) – Entertainment One (“eOne”) announced today from the 2012 Cannes Film Festival that the company is acquiring all North American rights to director Charlie Matthau’s homage to 1970s filmmaking, Freaky Deaky. Matthau also penned the screenplay, which is based on Elmore Leonard’s 1988 novel of the same name. The film stars Crispin Glover, Billy Burke, Michael Jai White, Christian Slater, Andy Dick, Breanne Racano and Sabina Gadecki. Matthau andJudd Rubin produced the project, with George Eyde, Louis Eyde, Nathaniel Eyde, Robert Cantrell, Steven Berez, Donald Zuckerman, and Lee Greenberg executive producing. Freaky Deaky had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. In Freaky Deaky, Chris Mankowski’s (Burke) first day on the sex crimes unit of the Detroit Police Department does not go well. Not only does he fall for the first person to report an assault to him, he’s suspended for investigating the rich,...
- 5/23/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
That's it. It's a wrap. The Tribeca Film Festival is over for another 12 months. And while it was an improvement from years past, despite a promising line-up the festival proved to be somewhat disappointing: most of the best regarded films ("2 Days In New York," "Take This Waltz," Searching For Sugar Man" being three prime examples) had premiered elsewhere, while the more high-profile, star-laden of their world or North American exclusives landed with a thud.
However, even while the festival still grapples with its own identity, there were some real gems in the line-up: there are a few films that justify whatever else we had to sit through in the course of the last few weeks. And let's not forget the festival did secure "The Avengers" and "The Five-Year Engagement," two films we loved (though try and ask any civillian who got into either and you'll hear a lot of crickets). Below,...
However, even while the festival still grapples with its own identity, there were some real gems in the line-up: there are a few films that justify whatever else we had to sit through in the course of the last few weeks. And let's not forget the festival did secure "The Avengers" and "The Five-Year Engagement," two films we loved (though try and ask any civillian who got into either and you'll hear a lot of crickets). Below,...
- 5/2/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Here's what looks like a fun documentary about a senior woman's basketball team in North Carolina. Currently raising funds to finish the film (find out more at their official site), Granny's Got Game tracks the team for one year as they push towards the National Senior Games championship. [via Tdw] You've seen the famous lobby scene from The Matrix recreated in all sorts of crazy ways, but have you ever seen it featuring actual peanuts? No? Then watch this. [via Unique Daily] We love Crispin Glover's quirky sensibility, which makes watching this "Chicken Wing" interview with the star that much more enjoyable. You can also check out our chat with Glover and Michal Jai White for their film Freaky Deaky here. [via NextMovie] psst...
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- 5/1/2012
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
by Steve Dollar
I don't care what you say; the cinema is richer because Harmony Korine exists within it. Hopes for The Fourth Dimension were calibrated, nonetheless. The only advance word on the new film, a three-director omnibus with vaguely Dogme '95 overtones, was that it starred Val Kilmer "as Val Kilmer," playing a motivational speaker, who rides a kid-sized bicycle and dazzles the faithful at Southern indoor skate arenas. I had penciled it in as part of the Tribeca Film Festival's freakshow trilogy, which included the stunt-casted Elmore Leonard caper Freaky Deaky (Andy Dick and Crispin Glover as playboy brothers) and Francophrenia (James Franco as "James Franco," playing a soap-opera character named Franco). It's much better than that.
Kilmer's episode, "The Lotus Community Workshop," opens the show, lensed by Korine in an extreme panoramic aspect ratio that seemed to highlight the flotsam-jetsam aspects of the director's beloved underclass milieu.
I don't care what you say; the cinema is richer because Harmony Korine exists within it. Hopes for The Fourth Dimension were calibrated, nonetheless. The only advance word on the new film, a three-director omnibus with vaguely Dogme '95 overtones, was that it starred Val Kilmer "as Val Kilmer," playing a motivational speaker, who rides a kid-sized bicycle and dazzles the faithful at Southern indoor skate arenas. I had penciled it in as part of the Tribeca Film Festival's freakshow trilogy, which included the stunt-casted Elmore Leonard caper Freaky Deaky (Andy Dick and Crispin Glover as playboy brothers) and Francophrenia (James Franco as "James Franco," playing a soap-opera character named Franco). It's much better than that.
Kilmer's episode, "The Lotus Community Workshop," opens the show, lensed by Korine in an extreme panoramic aspect ratio that seemed to highlight the flotsam-jetsam aspects of the director's beloved underclass milieu.
- 4/29/2012
- GreenCine Daily
As a junior high schooler, I used to record "Late Night with David Letterman" on a VHS cassette tape every night and watch it the following morning because my parents wouldn't allow me to stay up that late. In 1987, during summer break, while watching my trusty VHS tape, I witnessed an event that forced me fall in love with popular culture. I mean, "gun to the head, you have no choice in this matter," forced.
During a very uncomfortable appearance, Crispin Glover -- who, at the time, I only knew as George McFly from "Back to the Future" -- came very close to kicking David Letterman in the face. So close that a surprised Letterman walked off the set. This moment changed me forever.
So, now, when interviewing Glover for the first time -- along with "Freaky Deaky" co-star Michael Jai White -- I had to ask about this, as...
During a very uncomfortable appearance, Crispin Glover -- who, at the time, I only knew as George McFly from "Back to the Future" -- came very close to kicking David Letterman in the face. So close that a surprised Letterman walked off the set. This moment changed me forever.
So, now, when interviewing Glover for the first time -- along with "Freaky Deaky" co-star Michael Jai White -- I had to ask about this, as...
- 4/27/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Michael Jai White spoke about his future plans while at the premier of Freaky Deaky at Tribeca the other night. And if all goes well we may have another Black Dynamite film! "We hope to shoot 'Black Dynamite 2' at the end of the year," he says, announcing a reprisal of the popular cult film character. The original 2009 film wasn't a massive hit though it gained a strong grassroots following and has even led to a Cartoon Network spinoff, which Jai White continues to develop. White wouldn't reveal any plot specifics, though the fake-blaxploitation angle could possibly undergo a revamp for the eighties, if he so chooses.Hell. If that means swapping the bell bottoms and platforms with rolled up blazer sleeves and deck shoes but still...
- 4/26/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Lawless, the forthcoming Tom Hardy/Shia Labeouf vehicle, has managed to overcome the financial woes that plagued its production at its onset, and has a new trailer in anticipation of its release later this summer. The impending Dark Knight Rises has raised Tom Hardy’s profile considerably, and Shia Labeouf has managed to obtain some semblance of a career despite the vast amount of junk he’s appeared in in his young life.
Trailer, ahoy:
2012 is looking like the year for baby-face crime film. Already in the past couple weeks, we’ve had a trailer for Freaky Deaky, the latest Elmore Leonard adaptation which features Billy Burke of the Twilight movies, and a new trailer for the next David Cronenburg opus, Cosmopolis, starring America’s current marquee idol, Robert Pattinson. But these films all look to be of the high-caliber, bullets-and-broads variety, and if they wanna put every teen idol...
Trailer, ahoy:
2012 is looking like the year for baby-face crime film. Already in the past couple weeks, we’ve had a trailer for Freaky Deaky, the latest Elmore Leonard adaptation which features Billy Burke of the Twilight movies, and a new trailer for the next David Cronenburg opus, Cosmopolis, starring America’s current marquee idol, Robert Pattinson. But these films all look to be of the high-caliber, bullets-and-broads variety, and if they wanna put every teen idol...
- 4/25/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
The Elmore Leonard train keeps barrelling along with the announcement this week that Shoreline has picked up the international distro rights for the latest Leonard novel to come to the big screen, 1988′s Freaky Deaky. Twilight actor Billy Burke has picked up the protagonist role of Chris Mankowski, former Bomb Squad member, but with Leonard as with many other high-caliber writers, it’s the villains and the supporting cast that really make the piece.
It’s been years since I’ve read this Elmore Leonard novel, and I didn’t even know a film adaptation of it was in the works. None of that dampens my excitement for the forthcoming film, however, and I am once again grateful that Elmore Leonard-mania seems to be sweeping the nation, probably thanks to Justified. Thanks, Justified!
But even if Leonard’s work was still in a kind of mainstream limbo–his works...
It’s been years since I’ve read this Elmore Leonard novel, and I didn’t even know a film adaptation of it was in the works. None of that dampens my excitement for the forthcoming film, however, and I am once again grateful that Elmore Leonard-mania seems to be sweeping the nation, probably thanks to Justified. Thanks, Justified!
But even if Leonard’s work was still in a kind of mainstream limbo–his works...
- 4/24/2012
- by Jimmy Callaway
- Boomtron
With a title like Freaky Deaky, it should come as no surprise that it stars Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Andy Dick and Christian Slater. The film is packed with wildly original and somewhat peculiar characters, and the cast most certainly doesn’t let the opportunity to have some fun with those personalities go to waste. Billy Burke stars as Chris Mankowski, a cop who loses his job for trying to go up against the über wealthy Woody Ricks (Glover). Woody may be able to quash Mankowski’s effort to nail him for attempting to rape Greta Wyatt (Sabina Gadecki), but it turns out, Woody has a much bigger problem on his hands; Skip and Robin (Christian Slater and Breanne Racano) blame Woody for their lengthy jail sentences and are out for revenge. They want to blow...
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- 4/24/2012
- by Perri Nemiroff
- Movies.com
One of the acquisition titles at Tribeca, the film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Freaky Deaky, was set to star William H. Macy, Brendan Fraser, and Matt Dillon. But most of the cast was replaced at the eleventh hour by Crispin Glover, Christian Slater, and Billy Burke, who play the target of a bomb plot, an explosives genius, and a former bomb-squad expert, respectively. After its Tff premiere on Sunday, the movie had its international rights snapped up, which was good news to Glover, the most international member of the cast, as he spends a large part of his time in the Czech Republic these days, prepping several of his own indie film projects. Glover took a moment to chat with Vulture before his flight.So you and [director] Charlie Matthau went to school together as children? That's how you knew each other?He was two grades above me, which...
- 4/24/2012
- by Jennifer Vineyard
- Vulture
Morris Ruskin's Shoreline sales company has picked up international rights to "Freaky Deaky" following the film's sold-out premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Sunday. Charles Matthau's feature -- he wrote, directed and produced -- is based on a novel by Elmore Leonard. Also read: Elmore Leonard on Hollywood: 'Too Many Opinions' Christian Slater, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Andy Dick and Billy Burke star in the story of a cop who's drawn into a dangerous tale of extortion, explosives and encounters a rich, alcoholic, powerful mogul. The film was executive produced by George Eyde,...
- 4/23/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Just when you thought filmmakers had milked every gag possible from setting a movie in the 1970s, along comes writer/director Charles Matthau to prove that theory correct in the moribund Elmore Leonard adaptation “Freaky Deaky.” Though the source material takes place in 1988, Matthau heard the call of polyester and fur and answered be relocating the film to the seventies, resulting in a film drowning in cornball aesthetics, extravagant living room furniture, funk music out of a bad porno and loud fashion under the guise of mise en scene.
Billy Burke, an actor so unconvincing he can’t even manage to be a highlight of the “Twilight” movies, stars as Chris Mankowski, a detective coping with a string of bad luck, one that’s left him suspended from the force and living at his father’s house with borrowed wheels. He’s approached by a beautiful young ingénue named Greta...
Billy Burke, an actor so unconvincing he can’t even manage to be a highlight of the “Twilight” movies, stars as Chris Mankowski, a detective coping with a string of bad luck, one that’s left him suspended from the force and living at his father’s house with borrowed wheels. He’s approached by a beautiful young ingénue named Greta...
- 4/23/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
The adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Freaky Deaky" boasts an impressive cast of colorful characters, including Andy Dick, Christian Slater, Billy Burke and Crispin Glover. However, action fans will spot one surprising name: Michael Jai White, who steals the film as two-timing bodyguard Donnell Lewis. After the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of the film, White spoke of his upcoming projects -- while he doesn't have the household name of some of his co-stars, he's no less busy than all of them.
"We hope to shoot 'Black Dynamite 2' at the end of the year," he says, announcing a reprisal of the popular cult film character. The original 2009 film wasn't a massive hit though it gained a strong grassroots following and has even led to a Cartoon Network spinoff, which Jai White continues to develop. White wouldn't reveal any plot specifics, though the fake-blaxploitation angle could possibly undergo a revamp for the eighties,...
"We hope to shoot 'Black Dynamite 2' at the end of the year," he says, announcing a reprisal of the popular cult film character. The original 2009 film wasn't a massive hit though it gained a strong grassroots following and has even led to a Cartoon Network spinoff, which Jai White continues to develop. White wouldn't reveal any plot specifics, though the fake-blaxploitation angle could possibly undergo a revamp for the eighties,...
- 4/23/2012
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
Following the world premiere screening of "Freaky Deaky" at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, the fest hosted a "Tribeca Talks" panel with director Charles Matthau and cast members Andy Dick, Crispin Glover, Michael Jai White, Sabina Gadecki, Breanne Racano, and Leonard Robinson at the School of Visual Arts Theatre in New York.Those in attendance spoke to moderator Kurt Loder and the audience about making their film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel, in which a Detroit cop and a beautiful actress try to take down a rich movie producer and wind up dealing with extortion, double crosses, and dynamite in the process. Here's what we learned:Matthau, who wrote and directed "Freaky Deaky," called actor and filmmaker Crispin Glover "my friend for 40 years," ever since they attended the same grade school in Los Angeles. Glover's father is veteran character actor Bruce Glover, while Matthau is the son of the.
- 4/23/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
Tribeca: Could you tell us how you came to Freaky Deaky? Crispin Glover: I am very glad and grateful that I was able to be part of the production. I believe I was the last person cast in the film. I was in the midst of touring with my shows and films and had scheduled a break for most of the shooting schedule of Freaky Deaky. The offer came in just before I was to shoot. Tribeca: What attracted you to the project? Were you a fan of Elmore Leonard to begin with? Crispin Glover: When I first looked at the screenplay, there were certain aspects to the character I was concerned about playing. One of the aspects was that the character was described physically very different from myself. I felt there were certain psychological elements that were caused by the physicality, both in the character and the...
- 4/22/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
Looks like there might not be any "sun" in Sunday - but that's okay, Saturday was beautiful, wasn't it? And now that the Drive-In is behind us, let's hunker down in some movie theaters and get serious about the films and filmmaking at Tff 2012. Tribeca Talks: Pen to Paper - Based on the Book 1:00 pm: Barnes and Noble Union Square Price: Free Tff filmmakers Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Headshot), Charles Matthau (Freaky Deaky), Donald Rice (Cheerful Weather for the Wedding), and more discuss their experiences adapting fiction to film. Moderated by Mark Adams, Chief Film Critic and Reviews Editor for Screen International. Tribeca Talks Industry: Imagine More 2:30 pm: Sva Theater Price: Free Join us for a screening of When You Find Me, the Ron Howard-produced short film shot using Canon cameras, and a behind-the-scenes tour of the production, followed by a discussion with Canon representatives and filmmakers...
- 4/22/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
Tribeca: What attracted you to Freaky Deaky? Were you a fan of Elmore Leonard to begin with? Christian Slater: I was very excited to get the chance to be a part of Freaky Deaky. I've always loved the Elmore Leonard style and have always been a fan of his quirky style and the characters he creates. I haven't seen the final version, but we had a lot of fun recreating the '70s and Elmore Leonard's vision. Tribeca: In the film, you play Skip Gibbs, a former '60s radical turned Hollywood dynamite expert. How did you prepare for the role? Christian Slater: I concentrated more on being as freaky and fun as possible with the character of Skip. I've always been a fan of the time period, so I just immersed myself in the books I already owned. Tribeca: Was creating the Skip Gibbs look a collaborative effort?...
- 4/20/2012
- TribecaFilm.com
It’s been awhile since we’ve had any news on Mr. Billy Burke, but today we’ve got a brand new clip from his upcoming film, Freaky Deaky.… Read the rest
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- 4/19/2012
- by Evie
- twilightersanonymous.com
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