Challengers star Mike Faist and Talk to Me breakout Sophie Wilde have a date with Chopard during this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
The luxury jeweler has selected the actors to receive the prestigious Trophée Chopard, an award doled out since 2001 at the invitation of the house’s Caroline Scheufele as a way to honor cinema’s rising stars. Faist and Wilde will receive the trophies during a glitzy dinner at Carlton Beach on May 17. As previously announced, godmother Demi Moore will take the stage and present the pair with the honors.
The winners are selected by an academy comprising previous winners as well as those who have served as godmothers and godfathers at the ceremony. Winners have included Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Niels Schneider, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Naomie Ackie and Daryl McCormack.
Faist can currently be seen on screen in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opposite Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
The luxury jeweler has selected the actors to receive the prestigious Trophée Chopard, an award doled out since 2001 at the invitation of the house’s Caroline Scheufele as a way to honor cinema’s rising stars. Faist and Wilde will receive the trophies during a glitzy dinner at Carlton Beach on May 17. As previously announced, godmother Demi Moore will take the stage and present the pair with the honors.
The winners are selected by an academy comprising previous winners as well as those who have served as godmothers and godfathers at the ceremony. Winners have included Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux, Diane Kruger, Niels Schneider, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Naomie Ackie and Daryl McCormack.
Faist can currently be seen on screen in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers opposite Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.
- 5/10/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Avenue has landed North American rights to the action comedy “Old Guy,” starring Christoph Waltz, Lucy Liu and Cooper Hoffman.
Simon West directed the film, while “The Last Son” scribe Greg Johnson penned the script.
The film follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field — but it’s only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s true motive: removing the old guard in a full takeover. However, The Company didn’t anticipate that Danny’s experience, coupled with Wihlbord’s brilliance, could enable them...
Simon West directed the film, while “The Last Son” scribe Greg Johnson penned the script.
The film follows aging contract killer Danny Dolinski (Waltz), who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end but vying for the love of club manager Anata (Liu), Danny is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field — but it’s only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg (Hoffman), a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer’s true motive: removing the old guard in a full takeover. However, The Company didn’t anticipate that Danny’s experience, coupled with Wihlbord’s brilliance, could enable them...
- 3/12/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Following her breakout role in the A24 horror hit Talk To Me, Sophie Wilde has found her follow-up project as she is in talks to star in New Regency’s Watch Dogs, an adaptation of the popular UbiSoft hit video game. The film is set within the universe of Ubisoft’s blockbuster video game franchise of the same name, with over 50 million players.
The film is being directed by acclaimed French genre director Mathieu Turi, from an original screenplay written by Christie LeBlanc, known for writing the Netflix original sci-fi thriller Oxygen based on the 2016 Black List script O2, and revised by Victoria Bata.
Yariv Milchan and Natalie Lehmann will produce for New Regency Pictures, alongside Margaret Boykin for Ubisoft Film & Television.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, the popular game is set in fictionalized versions of real-life cities, at various points in time, and follow different hacker protagonists who,...
The film is being directed by acclaimed French genre director Mathieu Turi, from an original screenplay written by Christie LeBlanc, known for writing the Netflix original sci-fi thriller Oxygen based on the 2016 Black List script O2, and revised by Victoria Bata.
Yariv Milchan and Natalie Lehmann will produce for New Regency Pictures, alongside Margaret Boykin for Ubisoft Film & Television.
While plot details are being kept under wraps, the popular game is set in fictionalized versions of real-life cities, at various points in time, and follow different hacker protagonists who,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
“Fool Me Once” star Michelle Keegan is set to return for a second season of “Ten Pound Poms.”
Set in post-war Britain, the U.K.-Australian co-production follows a group of Brits as they leave behind their dreary lives to seek adventure down under. (In Australia “Pom” is a nickname for British people).
Keegan stars as nurse Kate Thorne in the show, which was created by “Fool Me Once” screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst.
Season 2 will pick up as Thorne tries to turn her Australian dream into reality as well as introducing some new characters who are sure to bring the drama, including the Skinner family, who have arrived from Ireland, and an unscrupulous landlord called Benny Bates.
Faye Marsay (“Black Mirror”) and Warren Brown (“Luther”) will also reprise their roles in the show alongside Rob Collins (“Mystery Road”) as Ron, Leon Ford (“Elvis) as Bill, Declan Coyle (“Long Black”) as Stevie,...
Set in post-war Britain, the U.K.-Australian co-production follows a group of Brits as they leave behind their dreary lives to seek adventure down under. (In Australia “Pom” is a nickname for British people).
Keegan stars as nurse Kate Thorne in the show, which was created by “Fool Me Once” screenwriter Danny Brocklehurst.
Season 2 will pick up as Thorne tries to turn her Australian dream into reality as well as introducing some new characters who are sure to bring the drama, including the Skinner family, who have arrived from Ireland, and an unscrupulous landlord called Benny Bates.
Faye Marsay (“Black Mirror”) and Warren Brown (“Luther”) will also reprise their roles in the show alongside Rob Collins (“Mystery Road”) as Ron, Leon Ford (“Elvis) as Bill, Declan Coyle (“Long Black”) as Stevie,...
- 1/31/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Shout! Studios has taken exclusive worldwide rights to Jim Henson’s beloved fantasy adventure movies Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as part of a new multi-year distribution alliance with The Jim Henson Company, Deadline has learned.
Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st, Shout! holds rights to the titles in the arenas of streaming, video-on-demand, broadcast, digital download, and all packaged media, as well as limited non-theatrical rights. In addition to Henson’s aforementioned cult hits, the partnership provides Shout! Studios with the same global rights to behind-the-scenes specials Inside the Labyrinth and The World of the Dark Crystal.
Shout! Studios is planning an extensive rollout of the films and associated content, beginning with the digital release of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal across all major digital entertainment platforms on February 6th.
The news comes around a year and a half after an earlier worldwide distribution agreement between Shout!
Under the pact, which went into effect on January 1st, Shout! holds rights to the titles in the arenas of streaming, video-on-demand, broadcast, digital download, and all packaged media, as well as limited non-theatrical rights. In addition to Henson’s aforementioned cult hits, the partnership provides Shout! Studios with the same global rights to behind-the-scenes specials Inside the Labyrinth and The World of the Dark Crystal.
Shout! Studios is planning an extensive rollout of the films and associated content, beginning with the digital release of Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal across all major digital entertainment platforms on February 6th.
The news comes around a year and a half after an earlier worldwide distribution agreement between Shout!
- 1/4/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Australian drama premiered at Cannes and stars Cate Blanchett.
Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy leads the nominations for the 2024 Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards with 12 nods, closely followed by horror Talk To Me with 11 nominations.
The New Boy is up for best film, actress for Cate Blanchett and actor for newcomer Aswan Reid while Australian Indigenous filmmaker Thornton is nominated for best director, screenplay and cinematography.
The film is set in 1940s Australia and stars Blanchett (who also serves as a producer) as a nun who takes in a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy. It...
Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy leads the nominations for the 2024 Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) Awards with 12 nods, closely followed by horror Talk To Me with 11 nominations.
The New Boy is up for best film, actress for Cate Blanchett and actor for newcomer Aswan Reid while Australian Indigenous filmmaker Thornton is nominated for best director, screenplay and cinematography.
The film is set in 1940s Australia and stars Blanchett (who also serves as a producer) as a nun who takes in a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan boy. It...
- 12/11/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
While winning a Screen Music Award for 'The Portable Door' would no doubt be an honour for composer Benjamin Speed, it is unlikely to top the other spoils the project has brought him - that is, his marriage and kids.
The post From a full orchestra to “very weird sounds”: Composer Benjamin Speed up for Screen Music Awards for both ‘The Portable Door’ and ‘Monolith’ appeared first on If Magazine.
The post From a full orchestra to “very weird sounds”: Composer Benjamin Speed up for Screen Music Awards for both ‘The Portable Door’ and ‘Monolith’ appeared first on If Magazine.
- 11/8/2023
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Horror fans have been blessed with a bold new generation of Scream Queens, from “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega to Mia Goth of “X” and “Pearl,” to “Yellowjackets” stars Jasmin Savoy Brown and Sophie Thatcher, not to mention the women of “Fear Street,” Stranger Things” and Mike Flanagan’s deliciously spooky “Haunting of…” Netflix series.
Here’s some of our favorite final girls — and vicious villains — from recent horror films and TV series.
(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Jenna Ortega
The Emmy-nominated “Wednesday” actress, who’s so good at being bad as the Addams Family character, also starred as Tara Carpenter in fifth and sixth “Scream” movies and Ti West’s ’70s slasher “X.” And she’s in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” sequel, which is set to be released in September 2024.
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Mia Goth
One of the busiest and most booked actresses in the genre has drawn raves for her roles in “X,...
Here’s some of our favorite final girls — and vicious villains — from recent horror films and TV series.
(Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Jenna Ortega
The Emmy-nominated “Wednesday” actress, who’s so good at being bad as the Addams Family character, also starred as Tara Carpenter in fifth and sixth “Scream” movies and Ti West’s ’70s slasher “X.” And she’s in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” sequel, which is set to be released in September 2024.
(Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images)
Mia Goth
One of the busiest and most booked actresses in the genre has drawn raves for her roles in “X,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
With its list of new releases for July 2023, Prime Video is going to help you stay safe from the oppressive July sun.
Highlighting the Amazon Originals on the TV side this month are two heavy hitters. The first is The Horror of Dolores Roach on July 7. Based on a podcast of the same name, this series could best be described as a modern day Sweeney Todd? Why, you ask? Well you know why. Think about it. Then season 2 of Neil Gaiman adaptation Good Omens premieres on July 28. This season will follow angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tenant) as they seek to keep the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) away from both heaven and hell.
There aren’t any Amazon Original movies of note this month and that’s alright as the influx of library titles is more than enough. July 1 sees the arrival of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, No Country for Old Men,...
Highlighting the Amazon Originals on the TV side this month are two heavy hitters. The first is The Horror of Dolores Roach on July 7. Based on a podcast of the same name, this series could best be described as a modern day Sweeney Todd? Why, you ask? Well you know why. Think about it. Then season 2 of Neil Gaiman adaptation Good Omens premieres on July 28. This season will follow angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tenant) as they seek to keep the Archangel Gabriel (Jon Hamm) away from both heaven and hell.
There aren’t any Amazon Original movies of note this month and that’s alright as the influx of library titles is more than enough. July 1 sees the arrival of The 40-Year-Old Virgin, No Country for Old Men,...
- 7/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
While summer starts in June, things truly heat up in July, and that includes all the hot new drops on streamers. Amazon’s Prime Video has refreshed its slate of content with over 60 new movies, like Bradley Cooper’s “A Star Is Born” and the 1973 animated adaption of the children’s book “Charlotte’s Web.”
Prime Video kicks off the start of the month with Doug McHenry’s “Jason’s Lyric,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Little Nicky.”
Plus, if you’re a Reese Witherspoon fan, Prime Video sets you up with her very first film and her breakout role as Dani in “Man in the Moon.” And the entire “Legally Blonde” trilogy is also available, for those who bend and snap.
Prime Video is also giving watchers some ultimate film classics like “Free Willy,” ”Gladiator,” and “Dances With Wolves.”
Last but absolutely not least, Season 2 of “Good Omens” will land on...
Prime Video kicks off the start of the month with Doug McHenry’s “Jason’s Lyric,” “Father of the Bride,” and “Little Nicky.”
Plus, if you’re a Reese Witherspoon fan, Prime Video sets you up with her very first film and her breakout role as Dani in “Man in the Moon.” And the entire “Legally Blonde” trilogy is also available, for those who bend and snap.
Prime Video is also giving watchers some ultimate film classics like “Free Willy,” ”Gladiator,” and “Dances With Wolves.”
Last but absolutely not least, Season 2 of “Good Omens” will land on...
- 6/30/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
Amazon originals like season two of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Good Omens, as well as The Horror of Dolores Roach, are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video this July.
Blockbusters like Fast X, 80 for Brady, Till, Knock at the Cabin, Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Men in Black 1-3, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface and more will also be coming to the streamer this month.
The fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan sees the titular character, played by John Krasinski, on his most dangerous mission yet, against a foreign and domestic enemy. Two new episodes of the thriller drop on the streamer every Friday until July 14.
Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty returns with its second season on July 14 and picks up where season one left off at Cousins Beach. When an unexpected visitor threatens the future...
Blockbusters like Fast X, 80 for Brady, Till, Knock at the Cabin, Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Men in Black 1-3, Saving Private Ryan, Scarface and more will also be coming to the streamer this month.
The fourth and final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan sees the titular character, played by John Krasinski, on his most dangerous mission yet, against a foreign and domestic enemy. Two new episodes of the thriller drop on the streamer every Friday until July 14.
Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty returns with its second season on July 14 and picks up where season one left off at Cousins Beach. When an unexpected visitor threatens the future...
- 6/30/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Clockwise from top left: Gladiator (DreamWorks), The Portable Door (MGM+), Valley Girl (MGM), Scarface (Universal Pictures)Image: The A.V. Club
Summer is here! So to quote Maximus from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator—which is being added to Amazon Prime Video in July—“Are you not entertained?” The answer, of course,...
Summer is here! So to quote Maximus from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator—which is being added to Amazon Prime Video in July—“Are you not entertained?” The answer, of course,...
- 6/29/2023
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
Prime Video has adapted the one-woman podcast “Empanada Loca” into a new series. “The Horror of Dolores Roach” will begin streaming on the service on July 7. Buckle up, because this one is gruesome. Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights after a long prison sentence and works as a masseuse in the basement of a friend’s empanada shop. But when her security is threatened, Roach is driven to extremes to survive.
Watch “The Horror of Dolores Roach” trailer:
Season 2 of “Good Omens” also will premiere on Prime Video in July. Arriving July 28, the series focuses on the friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the snarky demon Crowley (David Tennant). While the Apocalypse has been averted, the pair are back living their lives in London, until the archangel Gabriel shows up. The series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
Watch “The Horror of Dolores Roach” trailer:
Season 2 of “Good Omens” also will premiere on Prime Video in July. Arriving July 28, the series focuses on the friendship between Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), a fussy angel and rare-book dealer, and the snarky demon Crowley (David Tennant). While the Apocalypse has been averted, the pair are back living their lives in London, until the archangel Gabriel shows up. The series is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.
- 6/26/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Michelle Danner directed completed film.
Arclight Films has boarded international sales rights to the completed biographical crime thriller Miranda’s Victim starring Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan and Donald Sutherland and is introducing the project to Cannes buyers this week.
Michelle Danner directed the courtroom thriller based on the origin of the Miranda Rights, which stipulate that arresting officers must notify detainees of certain rights prior to questioning.
J. Craig Stiles, George Kolber and Richard Lasser co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by Kolber that follows 18-year-old Patricia Weir, who triggered a law after she...
Arclight Films has boarded international sales rights to the completed biographical crime thriller Miranda’s Victim starring Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan and Donald Sutherland and is introducing the project to Cannes buyers this week.
Michelle Danner directed the courtroom thriller based on the origin of the Miranda Rights, which stipulate that arresting officers must notify detainees of certain rights prior to questioning.
J. Craig Stiles, George Kolber and Richard Lasser co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by Kolber that follows 18-year-old Patricia Weir, who triggered a law after she...
- 5/15/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography recently wrapped in Walton, England.
Diane Keaton will star alongside Patricia Hodge, Lulu, David Harewood and Culture Club singer Boy George in the comedy Arthur’s Whisky, which Arclight Films represents worldwide and will introduce to Cannes buyers this month.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Walton, England, on the Ck Films Production in association with CrossDay Productions financed by Sky, Mep Capital, Arclight Films, Onsight, Sherborne Media and Filmology.
Arthur’s Whisky centres on a widow who discovers her recently deceased husband invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two friends, the three...
Diane Keaton will star alongside Patricia Hodge, Lulu, David Harewood and Culture Club singer Boy George in the comedy Arthur’s Whisky, which Arclight Films represents worldwide and will introduce to Cannes buyers this month.
Principal photography recently wrapped in Walton, England, on the Ck Films Production in association with CrossDay Productions financed by Sky, Mep Capital, Arclight Films, Onsight, Sherborne Media and Filmology.
Arthur’s Whisky centres on a widow who discovers her recently deceased husband invented an elixir which makes the drinker look young again. Sharing it with her two friends, the three...
- 5/3/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It's an all-British affair on the Empire Podcast this week, as we finally get a chance to bring you the interview Chris Hewitt did with Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre director/star combo, Guy Ritchie and The 'Jason Statham' Stath over a year ago, before the film's release was delayed. Now it's out on Prime Video, here's the perfect chance to hear the duo talk about working together over the years, and Ritchie's unique approach to choreographing action sequences. Then, in an interview that hasn't been locked away in a vault for over a year, Chris sits down with Nicholas Hoult, returning to the pod after a four year break to talk about playing the title role in Renfield, fizzy water, his approach to choosing roles, and whether or not he has a Draclier in him. Ooer missus and no mistake.
Then, in an epic pod either side of those,...
Then, in an epic pod either side of those,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Chris Hewitt
- Empire - Movies
On the silver screen, the genre of magic realism has been crowded chock full of good movies, even franchises that have gained cult followings, as the genre retains its charm by projecting the wider, unshackled scope of imagination to the viewers, thereby evoking a sense of awe and wonder. Stan’s latest release, “The Portable Door,” adapted from the fantasy novel series “J.W. Wells and Co.” written by Tom Holt, desperately tries to replicate the charm but fails to offer anything new that genre fans haven’t seen already and offers so little in the way of worldbuilding that viewers themselves will ask for an exposition dump. Flaunting a rather heavy cast with the likes of Christoph Waltz, Sam Neil, Miranda Otto, and Patrick Gibson on board, the movie fails to justify the big names in the roles that the makers didn’t bother fleshing out even the basics of.
- 4/8/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
The Portable Door is a film directed by Jeffrey Walker starring Patrick Gibson, Sophie Wilde, Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill. It is based on the novel by Tom Holt.
A film full of fantasy, with fantastic sets and a plot that is clearly conducive to wonderful performances.
Very successful in terms of production and rhythm. A very remarkable film with regard to its technical features.
About the Film The Portable Door (2023)
A film that starts like The Trial (Kafka) and that, like Jim Henson, takes us to a world of fantasy, magic doors and so on, all tinged with surrealism, with very good actors who can’t be accused of anything on the technical side: it is brilliant, even.
However, where the script’s concerned, not quite.
It has a great idea that fails to be fully developed. It gets stuck, like so many great ideas, in the initial approach,...
A film full of fantasy, with fantastic sets and a plot that is clearly conducive to wonderful performances.
Very successful in terms of production and rhythm. A very remarkable film with regard to its technical features.
About the Film The Portable Door (2023)
A film that starts like The Trial (Kafka) and that, like Jim Henson, takes us to a world of fantasy, magic doors and so on, all tinged with surrealism, with very good actors who can’t be accused of anything on the technical side: it is brilliant, even.
However, where the script’s concerned, not quite.
It has a great idea that fails to be fully developed. It gets stuck, like so many great ideas, in the initial approach,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
There’s just something about the narrative concept of a normal person becoming embroiled in a world full of magic. It’s what initially captured the imaginations of readers of Tom Holt’s 2003 novel, which has now been adapted into a feature film, with Jeffrey Walker helming the story of The Portable Door.
The aforementioned, normal human thrust into an abnormal world is Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson), who is on his way to a job interview at a café, only for fate to intervene, or so he thought, as he winds up in front of a panel he hadn’t anticipated, applying for a job he knows nothing about. The unconventional employers, known as Jw Wells & Co. have the romantic responsibility of engineering all of the every day coincidences that illuminate our lives, such as ‘random’ meetings with strangers that lead on to bigger, and more beautiful things.
This may...
The aforementioned, normal human thrust into an abnormal world is Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson), who is on his way to a job interview at a café, only for fate to intervene, or so he thought, as he winds up in front of a panel he hadn’t anticipated, applying for a job he knows nothing about. The unconventional employers, known as Jw Wells & Co. have the romantic responsibility of engineering all of the every day coincidences that illuminate our lives, such as ‘random’ meetings with strangers that lead on to bigger, and more beautiful things.
This may...
- 4/6/2023
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sam Neill has revealed he's being treated for stage-three blood cancer.
The 75-year-old actor opens up about his journey with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in his upcoming memoir "Did I Ever Tell You This?"
In an interview with the Guardian ahead of the memoir's release, Neill shared that he was diagnosed after noticing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion.
He then started writing stories about his life while receiving chemotherapy.
"I found myself with nothing to do," he recalled. "And I'm used to working. I love working," he told The Guardian.
"I love going to work. I love being with people every day and enjoying human company and friendship and all these things."
"And suddenly I was deprived of that. And I thought, 'what am I going to do?'"
"I never had any intention to write a book."
"But as I went on and kept writing, I realized it...
The 75-year-old actor opens up about his journey with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma in his upcoming memoir "Did I Ever Tell You This?"
In an interview with the Guardian ahead of the memoir's release, Neill shared that he was diagnosed after noticing swollen glands while promoting Jurassic World Dominion.
He then started writing stories about his life while receiving chemotherapy.
"I found myself with nothing to do," he recalled. "And I'm used to working. I love working," he told The Guardian.
"I love going to work. I love being with people every day and enjoying human company and friendship and all these things."
"And suddenly I was deprived of that. And I thought, 'what am I going to do?'"
"I never had any intention to write a book."
"But as I went on and kept writing, I realized it...
- 3/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
"Imagine what we can do to the masses!" MGM+ has unveiled a new official trailer for the film adaptation of The Portable Door, based on the book series by Tom Holt. It will open in cinemas in the UK as well as streaming on MGM+ in the US this April. It tells the story of two interns who begin working at the company J.W. Wells & Co, run by the villainous Humphrey Wells and Dennis Tanner. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells, the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, while interns Paul & Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation. Produced by The Jim Henson Company & Story Bridge Films. Starring Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill, with Miranda Otto as Countess Judy, Damon Herriman, Sophie Wilde, Jessica De Gouw, Rachel House, Patrick Gibson, and Christopher Sommers.
- 3/16/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
What is your boss really capable of? Every employee has asked that question (be it jokingly or with serious intent) at some point, but two interns are about to experience the worst in “The Portable Door.” The adaptation of Tom Holt’s seven-book fantasy series focuses on Paul and Sophie — interns who soon come to realize prominent figures at their firm are disrupting magic. The project hails from “Lambs of God” and “Ali’s Wedding” director Jeffrey Walker with a script by Leon Ford, and there’s definitely a “Harry Potter”-esque vibe to it.
Continue reading ‘The Portable Door’ Trailer: Christoph Waltz & Sam Neill Are Evil CEOs Disrupting The World Of Magic Through Corporate Strategies at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Portable Door’ Trailer: Christoph Waltz & Sam Neill Are Evil CEOs Disrupting The World Of Magic Through Corporate Strategies at The Playlist.
- 3/15/2023
- by Valerie Thompson
- The Playlist
Just a few days after HBO confirmed that “Succession” would end with its upcoming fourth season, the network announced this week that dark comedy “Barry” will also air its fourth and final season beginning April 16. The show, starring Bill Hader as a hitman turned actor, is a twisted tale of ambition and crime. Hader, who is also the writer and director of the Emmy-winning series, co-stars with Henry Winkler, Sarah Goldberg, Stephen Root, and Anthony Carrigan.
Watch the “Barry” Season 4 trailer:
The six-episode second season of “Schmigadoon!” is set to arrive on Apple TV on April 5. The musical comedy series is about a couple (Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) in a magical town straight out of musical theater classics. Unlike the Golden Age-imagery of the first season, the Season 2 trailer shows the pair in a town is fashioned as the more gritty, sexy musicals of the 1960s and ’70s. This season,...
Watch the “Barry” Season 4 trailer:
The six-episode second season of “Schmigadoon!” is set to arrive on Apple TV on April 5. The musical comedy series is about a couple (Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key) in a magical town straight out of musical theater classics. Unlike the Golden Age-imagery of the first season, the Season 2 trailer shows the pair in a town is fashioned as the more gritty, sexy musicals of the 1960s and ’70s. This season,...
- 3/8/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Amidst all the hullabaloo about Showtime merging with Paramount+ and the continuing revival of older shows that nobody asked to be revived, you would be forgiven for missing that the Epix streaming platform formally rebranded as MGM+ on January 15, 2023. Cue the Gif of Korath the Pursuer (Djimon Honsou) in "Guardians of the Galaxy" saying, "Who?"
Epix, for those not familiar, launched in the late 2000s and housed shows such as the Forest Whitaker-led crime drama "Godfather of Harlem" and the Stephen King adaptation "Chapelwaite" prior to its rebranding being announced in the wake of Amazon's 8.5 billion acquisition of MGM's vast collection of films and TV shows. Epix was also the original home of the since-canceled DC comic book TV series "Pennyworth," which moved to HBO Max for its third season under the gloriously cumbersome new title, "Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler." Now that it's officially been rebranded,...
Epix, for those not familiar, launched in the late 2000s and housed shows such as the Forest Whitaker-led crime drama "Godfather of Harlem" and the Stephen King adaptation "Chapelwaite" prior to its rebranding being announced in the wake of Amazon's 8.5 billion acquisition of MGM's vast collection of films and TV shows. Epix was also the original home of the since-canceled DC comic book TV series "Pennyworth," which moved to HBO Max for its third season under the gloriously cumbersome new title, "Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler." Now that it's officially been rebranded,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Hey, "The Tonight Show With Host Jimmy Fallon" fans. Tonight, February 7, 2023, NBC is going to serve up a brand new episode of The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon, and we've got a brief preview of who will be on tonight. You guys are going to see an actor, a comedian and a musical performance. Let's get into it. The first description lets us know that 66 year old Austrian/German actor Christoph Waltz. Christoph has been involved in productions like: "No Time To Die" movie, Horrible Bosses 2 movie, Django Unchained movie, The Three Musketeers, Water For Elephants movie, The Green Hornet movie, Inglourious Basterds movie, Gun-Shy and many more. Christopher's most recent productions include: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Dead for a Dollar. Some future gigs he has coming up are: "The Portable Door" and "The Consultant." We might see Christoph discuss some of those projects with Jimmy tonight.
- 2/7/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
MGM+ new original fantasy-adventure comedy, The Portable Door will debut exclusively on MGM+ and coming exclusively to the U.S. market in April. The comedy stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz and Sophie Wilde. The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt’s popular seven-book fantasy series.
The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the...
The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the...
- 2/7/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM+ is shoring up its original content selection with the pickup of a new fantasy-adventure comedy, The Portable Door, an MGM+ original film that will be coming exclusively to the U.S. market in April.
The movie stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, and Sophie Wilde.
The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt's popular seven-book fantasy series.
"The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional," the logline reads.
"Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices,...
The movie stars multi-time Golden Globe nominee Sam Neill and Patrick Gibson, joining two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, and Sophie Wilde.
The award-winning Jeffrey Walker directed the film, which is adapted by Leon Ford (Griff the Invisible) from Tom Holt's popular seven-book fantasy series.
"The movie centers on Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde), lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co., and become increasingly aware that their employers are anything but conventional," the logline reads.
"Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Portable Door (2023) Movie Trailer: Christoph Waltz & Sam Neill work for a Sinister Organization
The Portable Door Trailer — Jeffrey Walker‘s The Portable Door (2023) movie trailer has been released by Madman Films and Sky Cinema. The Portable Door trailer stars Christoph Waltz, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, Damon Herriman, Sophie Wilde, Jessica De Gouw, Rachel House, Patrick Gibson, and Christopher Sommers. Crew Leon Ford wrote the screenplay for The Portable [...]
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- 2/5/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"We were able to influence this consumer... Imagine what we can do to the masses." Madman Films + Sky Cinema have revealed two trailers for an Australian fantasy adventure movie called The Portable Door, adapted from the book series by Tom Holt. It's set to open in UK + Australian theaters in April, with no US release yet. It tells the story of two interns who begin working at the mysterious company J.W. Wells & Co, run by the villainous Humphrey Wells and Dennis Tanner. "A tale of magic, middle management & strange goings on at a mysterious corporation that is not what it seems." Based on the popular books, this family comedy invites you into a world of fantasy and madness where all coincidences are orchestrated by a very strange company. Produced by The Jim Henson Company & Story Bridge Films. Starring Christoph Waltz as Wells and Sam Neill as Tanner, with Miranda Otto as Countess Judy,...
- 2/3/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
MGM has debuted a new trailer for Guy Ritchies’ war zone-set thriller ‘The Covenant.’
The story follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors when their unit is ambushed on patrol. With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of gruelling terrain to safety.
When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa co-star alongside Gyllenhaal.
Also in trailers – “Glad you found us…” Magical trailer drops for ‘The Portable Door’
MGM and Amazon are releasing in cinemas on April 21st.
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The story follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). Kinley and Ahmed are the only survivors when their unit is ambushed on patrol. With enemy combatants in pursuit, Ahmed risks his life to carry an injured Kinley across miles of gruelling terrain to safety.
When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.
Alexander Ludwig, Antony Starr, Jason Wong, Bobby Schofield, Sean Sagar, Sina Parvaneh, Emily Beecham, Cyrus Khodaveisi and Christian Ochoa co-star alongside Gyllenhaal.
Also in trailers – “Glad you found us…” Magical trailer drops for ‘The Portable Door’
MGM and Amazon are releasing in cinemas on April 21st.
The post “Everything is not alright…...
- 2/3/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Adapted from Tom Holt’s eponymous seven-book fantasy series, Jeffrey Walker's 'The Portable Door' follows Paul Carpenter (Patrick Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Sophie Wilde), two lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co. and become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional.
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- 2/1/2023
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Line-up also features Julia Jackson’s coming-of-age queer love story Bonus Track.
UK pay-tv broadcaster Sky has added three new Sky Original feature films to its 2023 slate.
The new titles include Michael Mann’s Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz, about the luxury car company’s founder Enzo Ferrari. STXfilms are distributing in the US.
The line-up also features coming-of-age queer love story Bonus Track, the directing debut of Julia Jackson that stars Joe Anders, Samuel Small, Josh O’Connor and Susan Wokoma.
The final new title is Todd Haynes’ romantic drama May December starring Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman.
UK pay-tv broadcaster Sky has added three new Sky Original feature films to its 2023 slate.
The new titles include Michael Mann’s Ferrari starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz, about the luxury car company’s founder Enzo Ferrari. STXfilms are distributing in the US.
The line-up also features coming-of-age queer love story Bonus Track, the directing debut of Julia Jackson that stars Joe Anders, Samuel Small, Josh O’Connor and Susan Wokoma.
The final new title is Todd Haynes’ romantic drama May December starring Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman.
- 2/1/2023
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Sky has launched the debut trailer for the new fantasy-adventure-comedy feature ‘The Portable Door.’
Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde) are the lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co. and become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work.
Adapted from Tom Holt’s popular 7-book fantasy series, Jeffrey Walker helms on the film which stars Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, Patrick Gibson, Miranda Otto, Chris Pang, Jessica De Gouw, Rachel House, Arka Das, Damon Herriman and newcomer Sophie Wilde.
Also in trailers – New trailer drops for ‘A Little White Lie’ starring Michael Shannon & Kate Hudson...
Paul Carpenter (Gibson) and Sophie Pettingel (Wilde) are the lowly, put-upon interns who begin working at the mysterious London firm J.W. Wells & Co. and become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells (Waltz), the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner (Neill) are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work.
Adapted from Tom Holt’s popular 7-book fantasy series, Jeffrey Walker helms on the film which stars Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, Patrick Gibson, Miranda Otto, Chris Pang, Jessica De Gouw, Rachel House, Arka Das, Damon Herriman and newcomer Sophie Wilde.
Also in trailers – New trailer drops for ‘A Little White Lie’ starring Michael Shannon & Kate Hudson...
- 2/1/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz and Todd Haynes’ “May December,” starring Oscar winners Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, are among the new titles added to the Sky Cinema 2023 original films slate.
The slate also includes “Bonus Track,” a coming-of-age queer love story created by Josh O’Connor and Michael Gilbert, starring Susan Wokoma, Jack Davenport and Alison Sudol.
The titles are in addition to previously announced films including political thriller “The Independent,” starring Jodie Turner-Smith and Brian Cox; Zach Braff’s life affirming drama “A Good Person,” starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman; and “Lee,” following a fashion model who became war correspondent, starring Kate Winslet.
Sky Cinema also revealed a trailer for “The Portable Door,” featuring Sam Neill and Christoph Waltz. The film follows a pair of interns who begin working at a mysterious London who become steadily aware that their employers are anything but...
The slate also includes “Bonus Track,” a coming-of-age queer love story created by Josh O’Connor and Michael Gilbert, starring Susan Wokoma, Jack Davenport and Alison Sudol.
The titles are in addition to previously announced films including political thriller “The Independent,” starring Jodie Turner-Smith and Brian Cox; Zach Braff’s life affirming drama “A Good Person,” starring Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman; and “Lee,” following a fashion model who became war correspondent, starring Kate Winslet.
Sky Cinema also revealed a trailer for “The Portable Door,” featuring Sam Neill and Christoph Waltz. The film follows a pair of interns who begin working at a mysterious London who become steadily aware that their employers are anything but...
- 2/1/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: With Berlin’s EFM market just a few weeks away, pre-sale packages are already starting to take shape. Here’s one of the first notable ones: two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (No Time To Die) has been set to star in action-comedy Old Guy.
The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Con Air director Simon West is aboard to direct the movie which has been written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son).
Inglourious Basterds and Django star Waltz will play ageing contract killer Terry Eubanks who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end, he is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer...
The Expendables 2, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Con Air director Simon West is aboard to direct the movie which has been written by Greg Johnson (The Last Son).
Inglourious Basterds and Django star Waltz will play ageing contract killer Terry Eubanks who still believes he’s the best at what he does. Stuck at a dead end, he is thrilled when The Company pulls him back in the field, but only to train Gen Z newcomer Wihlborg, a prodigy assassin with an attitude. The mismatched pair is asked to eliminate top members of a competing crime syndicate and, in the process, uncover their employer...
- 1/23/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Nichols‘ motorcycle drama will have to order more club member jackets because of Micheal Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, and Damon Herriman. All three actors are joining the cast, which already includes Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, and Tom Hardy. Nichols is directing the movie, based on a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book “The Bikeriders.”
On the production side, Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are producing through Tri-State. Fred Berger will executive produce. According to Deadline, The Bikeriders is an original story set in the 1960s following the rise of a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.
The Bikeriders marks another project for Shannon and Nichols, who teamed on Nichols’ Gimme Shelter. They...
On the production side, Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones are producing through Tri-State. Fred Berger will executive produce. According to Deadline, The Bikeriders is an original story set in the 1960s following the rise of a fictional Midwestern motorcycle club. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.
The Bikeriders marks another project for Shannon and Nichols, who teamed on Nichols’ Gimme Shelter. They...
- 8/17/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: The Jim Henson Company has inked a worldwide distribution deal with Shout! Factory, which will bring thirteen of Henson’s beloved series and specials to streaming, broadcast and home entertainment platforms across all territories, with Henson’s award-winning Farscape making its global AVOD premiere.
In addition to the Emmy-nominated sci-fi drama Farscape and its follow-up miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, the multi-year distribution deal provides Shout! Factory and its streaming service Shout! Factory TV with all worldwide rights — across broadcast, streaming, on-demand, home entertainment, and non-theatrical arenas — to Henson’s Emmy-winning fantasy anthology The Storyteller and subsequent miniseries The Storyteller: Greek Myths, as well as such classics as Jim Henson’s World of Puppetry, Monster Maker, Lighthouse Island, Living with Dinosaurs, Dog City and Ghost of Faffner Hall, along with later productions like The Fearing Mind, Mopatop’s Shop and Brats of the Lost Nebula.
In collaboration with The Jim Henson Company,...
In addition to the Emmy-nominated sci-fi drama Farscape and its follow-up miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars, the multi-year distribution deal provides Shout! Factory and its streaming service Shout! Factory TV with all worldwide rights — across broadcast, streaming, on-demand, home entertainment, and non-theatrical arenas — to Henson’s Emmy-winning fantasy anthology The Storyteller and subsequent miniseries The Storyteller: Greek Myths, as well as such classics as Jim Henson’s World of Puppetry, Monster Maker, Lighthouse Island, Living with Dinosaurs, Dog City and Ghost of Faffner Hall, along with later productions like The Fearing Mind, Mopatop’s Shop and Brats of the Lost Nebula.
In collaboration with The Jim Henson Company,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Legendary British actor Stephen Fry has boarded Netflix’s The F**k it Bucket from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, joining a clutch of highly-rated newcomers including lead Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) and Boiling Point’s Lauryn Ajufo.
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
Fry will play the role of Mia Polanco (Wilde)’s doctor, Dr Nell, in his latest Netflix show, having appeared as Headmaster Barnes in hit young adult drama Heartstopper and Gilbert in Neil Gaiman’s upcoming The Sandman.
Unveiled on a UK slate last year, The F**k it Bucket is Netflix’s latest big UK young adult bet, following on from the critical and commercial success of Heartstopper.
Newcomer Ripley Parker’s show follows a 17-year-old Londoner who is released from hospital after a lengthy battle with anorexia nervosa. She is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form, only to find that her friends have...
- 8/4/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos), Jackie Earle Haley (The First Lady), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Suicide Squad), Jessica De Gouw (The Secrets She Keeps) and Alice Lee (Brittany Runs a Marathon) have signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in the Netflix thriller Our Man from Jersey, from director Julian Farino (Ballers).
The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.
Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The...
The film centers on Mike (Wahlberg), a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, who is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne (Berry) recruits him on a high-stakes U.S. intelligence mission. Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Jeff Waxman will produce the pic written by David Guggenheim and Joe Barton.
Simmons won his first Oscar back in 2015 for his portrayal of cut-throat jazz instructor Fletcher in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, notching his second nom this year for his supporting turn in Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos. The...
- 5/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Arclight Films and Mep Capital Management are teaming up to acquire and license all available media rights to the library of The Lotus Entertainment.
That library consists of a mix of worldwide and foreign sales rights to 58 films released between 2005 to 2019, which earned more than 500 million at the global box office. Notable titles include “Just Friends” starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart and Anna Faris; “The Grey” starring Liam Neeson; “Killing Them Softly” starring Brad Pitt; “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” starring Richard Gere; “Freelancers” starring Robert DeNiro; “Jobs” starring Ashton Kutcher; “The Host” starring Saoirse Ronan; “Maggie” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; “The Women” starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Eva Mendes; and “Kill Your Darlings” with Daniel Radcliffe and Michael C. Hall.
The deal was negotiated by Elizabeth Zavoyskiy, investment principal of Mep Capital, and Brian Beckmann, CFO of Arclight Films, with Jim Seibel, co-chairman of Lotus Entertainment. Arclight Films is handling...
That library consists of a mix of worldwide and foreign sales rights to 58 films released between 2005 to 2019, which earned more than 500 million at the global box office. Notable titles include “Just Friends” starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart and Anna Faris; “The Grey” starring Liam Neeson; “Killing Them Softly” starring Brad Pitt; “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale” starring Richard Gere; “Freelancers” starring Robert DeNiro; “Jobs” starring Ashton Kutcher; “The Host” starring Saoirse Ronan; “Maggie” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger; “The Women” starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Eva Mendes; and “Kill Your Darlings” with Daniel Radcliffe and Michael C. Hall.
The deal was negotiated by Elizabeth Zavoyskiy, investment principal of Mep Capital, and Brian Beckmann, CFO of Arclight Films, with Jim Seibel, co-chairman of Lotus Entertainment. Arclight Films is handling...
- 5/20/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Liam Hemsworth to co-star in thriller; Arclight Films launching sales in Cannes.
Arclight Films kicks off worldwide sales this week and has released an exclusive first image from the thriller Poker Face directed by and starring Russell Crowe alongside Liam Hemsworth.
Crowe plays a billionaire gambler who offers his best friends the chance to win more money than they have ever dreamed of. However, in return, they will have to give up the secrets they have spent their lives protecting and will learn the true nature of what is at stake.
Elsa Pataky and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA round out...
Arclight Films kicks off worldwide sales this week and has released an exclusive first image from the thriller Poker Face directed by and starring Russell Crowe alongside Liam Hemsworth.
Crowe plays a billionaire gambler who offers his best friends the chance to win more money than they have ever dreamed of. However, in return, they will have to give up the secrets they have spent their lives protecting and will learn the true nature of what is at stake.
Elsa Pataky and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA round out...
- 5/17/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer and Harry Greenwood star.
Arclight Films has acquired international rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Sean Lahiff’s Australian horror thriller Carnifex from the producers of Wolf Creek 2 and is introducing it to buyers at the EFM.
The film, now in post after wrapping its Adelaide shoot, is about an aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.
Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer and Harry Greenwood star in Carnifex which is produced by Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell from Adelaide-based Dancing Road Productions,...
Arclight Films has acquired international rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Sean Lahiff’s Australian horror thriller Carnifex from the producers of Wolf Creek 2 and is introducing it to buyers at the EFM.
The film, now in post after wrapping its Adelaide shoot, is about an aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.
Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer and Harry Greenwood star in Carnifex which is produced by Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell from Adelaide-based Dancing Road Productions,...
- 2/12/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
As the American Film Market enters its second year of online dealmaking, with films like Arclight’s “The Portable Door,” starring Christof Waltz and Sam Neill (pictured above) looking to seal deals in the virtual market, Variety spoke to four veteran film buyers and sellers about how they’ve navigated virtual markets, the lessons they’ve learned, the online platforms they’ve used and what it all will mean for doing business when (and if) the pandemic ends.
Kristen Figeroid
After nearly three years as senior VP of international sales and distribution at Endeavor Content, Figeroid rejoined film finance, production and sales company Sierra/Affinity in September as its managing director and exec VP.
Are there any effective ways to navigate virtual markets?
Don’t start at 6 a.m. — I tried that once and it was a terrible idea. [Laughter.] The biggest thing is to be entertaining, crack your jokes and not lose your audience,...
Kristen Figeroid
After nearly three years as senior VP of international sales and distribution at Endeavor Content, Figeroid rejoined film finance, production and sales company Sierra/Affinity in September as its managing director and exec VP.
Are there any effective ways to navigate virtual markets?
Don’t start at 6 a.m. — I tried that once and it was a terrible idea. [Laughter.] The biggest thing is to be entertaining, crack your jokes and not lose your audience,...
- 10/29/2021
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Alexander Hodge (Insecure) and Chris Pang (Crazy Rich Asians) have joined the cast of the untitled comedy that Crazy Rich Asians scribe Adele Lim is helming for Lionsgate, in her feature debut, which is now in production.
The trio will star opposite previously announced cast members Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu.
The film, intended for an R rating, will follow the epic journey of four Asian-American women traveling through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience will become one of bonding, friendship, belonging and no-holds-barred debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Chiam will play Clarence, the fiancé of Hsu’s character, with Hodge portraying her former lover, Cba player Todd. Pang will play the love interest of the character played by Park.
The trio will star opposite previously announced cast members Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu and Sabrina Wu.
The film, intended for an R rating, will follow the epic journey of four Asian-American women traveling through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience will become one of bonding, friendship, belonging and no-holds-barred debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Chiam will play Clarence, the fiancé of Hsu’s character, with Hodge portraying her former lover, Cba player Todd. Pang will play the love interest of the character played by Park.
- 10/5/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM has picked up several global territories on well-regarded comedy-drama “Queen Bees,” starring Ellen Burstyn, Jane Curtin, Loretta Devine, Ann-Margret and James Caan.
The film is directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Donald Martin. Arclight Films has sold distribution rights to MGM for the territories of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Iceland, U.K., Middle East, Greece, Portugal/Portuguese-speaking Africa, Cis/Russia, India, South Africa, Pan Asia Pay TV, Caribbean Basin and Latin America. Additional international distribution deals have also been signed with Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, Cannonball Films for Spain and Monolith for Poland.
Arclight Films previously sold the North American rights to Gravitas Ventures, who released “Queen Bees” in theatres and on demand in June in the U.S. and Canada.
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Oscar winner Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community, where she encounters all sorts of characters.
The film is directed by Michael Lembeck and written by Donald Martin. Arclight Films has sold distribution rights to MGM for the territories of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Iceland, U.K., Middle East, Greece, Portugal/Portuguese-speaking Africa, Cis/Russia, India, South Africa, Pan Asia Pay TV, Caribbean Basin and Latin America. Additional international distribution deals have also been signed with Kismet for Australia and New Zealand, Cannonball Films for Spain and Monolith for Poland.
Arclight Films previously sold the North American rights to Gravitas Ventures, who released “Queen Bees” in theatres and on demand in June in the U.S. and Canada.
While her house undergoes repairs, fiercely independent senior Helen (Oscar winner Burstyn) moves into a nearby retirement community, where she encounters all sorts of characters.
- 9/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Samuel Goldwyn Films to distribute in North America. Kristen Wiig executive producer.
Arclight Films has picked up international sales rights on the completed dark comedy Big Gold Brick starring Andy Garcia and Emory Cohen and will launch sales at Toronto International Film Festival next month.
Megan Fox, Lucy Hale and Oscar Isaac round out the key cast on the feature directorial debut of writer-director Brian Petsos, who worked with Isaac on his shorts Lightningface and Ticky Tacky.
Cohen plays a down-at-heel writer who is commissioned by the patriarch of an eccentric family (Garcia) to write his biography only for the undertaking to descend into pandemonium.
Arclight Films has picked up international sales rights on the completed dark comedy Big Gold Brick starring Andy Garcia and Emory Cohen and will launch sales at Toronto International Film Festival next month.
Megan Fox, Lucy Hale and Oscar Isaac round out the key cast on the feature directorial debut of writer-director Brian Petsos, who worked with Isaac on his shorts Lightningface and Ticky Tacky.
Cohen plays a down-at-heel writer who is commissioned by the patriarch of an eccentric family (Garcia) to write his biography only for the undertaking to descend into pandemonium.
- 8/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stan has announced a slew of new local commissions as it ramps up ambitious plans to have around a third of its first-run slate come from original production.
These include Hoodlum Entertainment feature film Christmas on the Farm, Matchbox Pictures drama Bad Behaviour, and a number of projects with Roadshow Rough Diamond, with whom the Nine-owned streamer has extended its partnership. With the latter it is readying a third season of Bump and a spin-off, Year Of, as well as a Gregor Jordan-helmed crime drama, Ironside.
Last year, Stan flagged it intends to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years, drawing on Nine’s production facilities and co-productions with international partners including Hollywood studios and international networks.
Earlier this month, the service announced a children’s feature film initiative with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Actf), and it has a lengthy list of upcoming local projects...
These include Hoodlum Entertainment feature film Christmas on the Farm, Matchbox Pictures drama Bad Behaviour, and a number of projects with Roadshow Rough Diamond, with whom the Nine-owned streamer has extended its partnership. With the latter it is readying a third season of Bump and a spin-off, Year Of, as well as a Gregor Jordan-helmed crime drama, Ironside.
Last year, Stan flagged it intends to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years, drawing on Nine’s production facilities and co-productions with international partners including Hollywood studios and international networks.
Earlier this month, the service announced a children’s feature film initiative with the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (Actf), and it has a lengthy list of upcoming local projects...
- 8/22/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
The production of Jeffrey Walker’s The Portable Door reached an Australian eco-milestone, becoming the first local film to operate under the UK Albert-BAFTA sustainability system.
Designed for productions to both measure and reduce their carbon footprint, the program includes a Carbon Action Plan with criteria across communication and engagement; editorial content; production energy, materials, and waste; travel; and carbon-neutral production.
Environmental organisation Albert awards certification to productions judged to have successfully completed the plan, seen in the form of a badge that often appears in the credits.
The system was introduced to The Portable Door via finance partner Sky Studios, whose parent company Sky aims to be Europe’s first net-zero carbon entertainment company by 2030.
Filming wrapped last month on the adaption of Tom Holt’s six-part fantasy book series, which stars Christoph Waltz, Patrick Gibson, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, and Chris Pang.
Waltz plays company CEO Humphrey Wells,...
Designed for productions to both measure and reduce their carbon footprint, the program includes a Carbon Action Plan with criteria across communication and engagement; editorial content; production energy, materials, and waste; travel; and carbon-neutral production.
Environmental organisation Albert awards certification to productions judged to have successfully completed the plan, seen in the form of a badge that often appears in the credits.
The system was introduced to The Portable Door via finance partner Sky Studios, whose parent company Sky aims to be Europe’s first net-zero carbon entertainment company by 2030.
Filming wrapped last month on the adaption of Tom Holt’s six-part fantasy book series, which stars Christoph Waltz, Patrick Gibson, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, and Chris Pang.
Waltz plays company CEO Humphrey Wells,...
- 8/20/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Since making his on-screen debut in 2006, Chris Pang has spent the majority of his career on the big screen. Over the years, he has refused to be boxed in by stereotypes and he’s always proven that he has what it takes to play any kind of character. Most viewers will recognize him from his role in films such as Crazy Rich Asians and Tomorrow, When the War Began. Chris hasn’t made any on-screen appearances in 2021, but his time is certainly coming. He currently has three projects in the works including an upcoming movie called The Portable Door which
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Chris Pang...
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- 6/24/2021
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz and Patrick Gibson will head the cast of “The Portable Door,” a fantasy adventure film adapted from the series of novels by Patrick Holt.
The film is now shooting in Queensland, Australia, with Jeffrey Walker directing from a script by Leon Ford (“Griff the Invisible”).
The story sees two lowly, put-upon interns at a mysterious London firm, J.W. Wells & Co., become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. The charismatic villains who run the company are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
The film is a Jim Henson Company and Story Bridge Films production and is produced by Blanca Lista from Henson and Todd Fellman from Story Bridge.
Sales agent Arclight Films is handling worldwide rights for all territories outside of North America, Australia and New Zealand. Sky will release the film as a Sky Original in the U.
The film is now shooting in Queensland, Australia, with Jeffrey Walker directing from a script by Leon Ford (“Griff the Invisible”).
The story sees two lowly, put-upon interns at a mysterious London firm, J.W. Wells & Co., become steadily aware that their employers are anything but conventional. The charismatic villains who run the company are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
The film is a Jim Henson Company and Story Bridge Films production and is produced by Blanca Lista from Henson and Todd Fellman from Story Bridge.
Sales agent Arclight Films is handling worldwide rights for all territories outside of North America, Australia and New Zealand. Sky will release the film as a Sky Original in the U.
- 6/24/2021
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
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