Exclusive: Ethan Embry (Blindspotting) and Li Jun Li (Babylon) have signed on to star in Alma and the Wolf, a new feature from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) and writer Abigail Miller.
In the psychological horror-mystery, set on the wild Oregon coast, Embry plays Ren Accord, a troubled police officer who must pull himself together when, while investigating a mysterious wolf attack, his estranged son goes missing.
Others set to star in the pic include Jeremie Harris (Legion), Lukas Jann (Organ Trail), Kevin Allison (The State), Mather Zickel (Organ Trail), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Alexandra Doke (City on Fire), and Dana Millican (Soft & Quiet).
Jann and David Codron are producing following their collaboration on the cult favorite Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards and Ellen Barkin, and the horror Western Organ Trail. Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, and Viviana Zarragoitia are exec producing through Tpc (formerly...
In the psychological horror-mystery, set on the wild Oregon coast, Embry plays Ren Accord, a troubled police officer who must pull himself together when, while investigating a mysterious wolf attack, his estranged son goes missing.
Others set to star in the pic include Jeremie Harris (Legion), Lukas Jann (Organ Trail), Kevin Allison (The State), Mather Zickel (Organ Trail), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Alexandra Doke (City on Fire), and Dana Millican (Soft & Quiet).
Jann and David Codron are producing following their collaboration on the cult favorite Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards and Ellen Barkin, and the horror Western Organ Trail. Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, and Viviana Zarragoitia are exec producing through Tpc (formerly...
- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jack Black has boarded Gianna, a horror comedy short written, produced by and starring his School of Rock co-star Rivkah Reyes, as an associate producer.
Also starring Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Peacemaker), the film follows the newly sober and recently single Gina (Reyes), who is faced with the literal devil herself, after her sliding-scale therapist (Cho) suggests spending time with her inner demons. Kait Schuster served as director, with Jarad Schwartz and Brando Crawford among the EPs on the short, which premieres at Inside Out Festival and will also play the Palm Springs Shorts Festival.
“I loved the perfectly twisted queerness of the story and script and I had to get involved,” said Cho of the project. “Rivkah is The Gay Future!!!!!”
Part of the cast of Uni’s recent box-office smash The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Black will also reunite with Reyes...
Also starring Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (Fire Island) and Elizabeth Faith Ludlow (Peacemaker), the film follows the newly sober and recently single Gina (Reyes), who is faced with the literal devil herself, after her sliding-scale therapist (Cho) suggests spending time with her inner demons. Kait Schuster served as director, with Jarad Schwartz and Brando Crawford among the EPs on the short, which premieres at Inside Out Festival and will also play the Palm Springs Shorts Festival.
“I loved the perfectly twisted queerness of the story and script and I had to get involved,” said Cho of the project. “Rivkah is The Gay Future!!!!!”
Part of the cast of Uni’s recent box-office smash The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Black will also reunite with Reyes...
- 6/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Last week, we learned that Paramount Pictures’ horror Western project with the brilliant title Organ Trail (inspired by the real life Oregon Trail, a wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon back in the 1800s) had earned an R rating for “strong violence, language and some sexual references.” Now a trailer for the film has arrived online – and this trailer reveals the surprising news that Organ Trail is getting a limited theatrical release on April 14th. That’s right, this movie is going to start playing on the big screen tomorrow! You can take a look at the trailer in the embed above.
Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) directed Organ Trail from a screenplay by Meg Turner. The story centers on a young Abigale Archer, friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s, fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession,...
Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) directed Organ Trail from a screenplay by Meg Turner. The story centers on a young Abigale Archer, friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s, fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Horror-western Organ Trail is on the way from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous, “Reno 911!”, “Daybreak”), and in fact it’s releasing this Friday.
Bloody Disgusting has learned that Paramount will release the Organ Trail movie in select theatres April 14. It’ll then be available to buy on Digital May 12, 2023.
Mather Zickel (Bd’s Southbound) stars alongside Olivia Applegate (Love and Death), Clé Bennett (The Man in the High Castle), Zoé De Grand Maison (Riverdale), Nicholas Logan (Dopesick), Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark).
“Abigale and her family fall victim to a ruthless gang while making their way across the Oregon Trail. As the only survivor, she will do whatever it takes to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from the clutches of the bloodthirsty bandits.”
Meg Turner (@inkedwerdsmith) wrote the script.
Producers include Michael Patrick Jann and David Codron.
The post ‘Organ Trail’ – Surprise!
Bloody Disgusting has learned that Paramount will release the Organ Trail movie in select theatres April 14. It’ll then be available to buy on Digital May 12, 2023.
Mather Zickel (Bd’s Southbound) stars alongside Olivia Applegate (Love and Death), Clé Bennett (The Man in the High Castle), Zoé De Grand Maison (Riverdale), Nicholas Logan (Dopesick), Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark).
“Abigale and her family fall victim to a ruthless gang while making their way across the Oregon Trail. As the only survivor, she will do whatever it takes to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from the clutches of the bloodthirsty bandits.”
Meg Turner (@inkedwerdsmith) wrote the script.
Producers include Michael Patrick Jann and David Codron.
The post ‘Organ Trail’ – Surprise!
- 4/13/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Last year, we heard the awesome news that Paramount Pictures had given the greenlight to a horror Western project with the brilliant title Organ Trail (inspired by the real life Oregon Trail, a wagon route that connected the Missouri River to valleys in Oregon back in the 1800s). The film has since made its way through production, and while we still don’t know when exactly Paramount intends to release Organ Trail, it has taken an important step toward its release: it has secured a rating from the Motion Picture Association. Organ Trail has earned an R rating for “strong violence, language and some sexual references.”
Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) directed Organ Trail from a screenplay by Meg Turner. The story centers on a young Abigale Archer, friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s, fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession,...
Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) directed Organ Trail from a screenplay by Meg Turner. The story centers on a young Abigale Archer, friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s, fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Announced last year, the cleverly titled horror-western Organ Trail is on the way from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous, “Reno 911!”, “Daybreak”), and Bloody Disgusting has learned this morning that the film from Paramount has been rated “R”.
Organ Trail is rated “R” for “strong violence, language, and some sexual references.”
Mather Zickel (Bd’s Southbound) stars alongside Olivia Applegate (Love and Death), Clé Bennett (The Man in the High Castle), Zoé De Grand Maison (Riverdale), Nicholas Logan (Dopesick), Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark).
“The film finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits.”
Meg Turner (@inkedwerdsmith) wrote the script.
Producers include Michael Patrick Jann and David Codron.
The post Paramount’s Horror-Western ‘Organ Trail’ Rated “R...
Organ Trail is rated “R” for “strong violence, language, and some sexual references.”
Mather Zickel (Bd’s Southbound) stars alongside Olivia Applegate (Love and Death), Clé Bennett (The Man in the High Castle), Zoé De Grand Maison (Riverdale), Nicholas Logan (Dopesick), Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark).
“The film finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits.”
Meg Turner (@inkedwerdsmith) wrote the script.
Producers include Michael Patrick Jann and David Codron.
The post Paramount’s Horror-Western ‘Organ Trail’ Rated “R...
- 4/5/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: Katherine Hughes (Echo 3) and Josh Plasse (iCarly) have signed on to star alongside Frank Grillo and Jaime King in the horror-thriller Man’s Son, which Remy Grillo is directing for XYZ Films.
The story surrounds a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.
Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script, which is inspired by modern occult activity in the California Desrt. King’s Hooligan Dreamers Productions is producing in partnership with Dare Angel, Mi Nene and Margate House Films. Plasse, Shakira Barrera, Conor Allyn, Johnny James Fiore, Benjamin Anderson, Jake Allyn, Fabio Lo Fria, King and Emma Comley are producing,...
The story surrounds a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.
Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script, which is inspired by modern occult activity in the California Desrt. King’s Hooligan Dreamers Productions is producing in partnership with Dare Angel, Mi Nene and Margate House Films. Plasse, Shakira Barrera, Conor Allyn, Johnny James Fiore, Benjamin Anderson, Jake Allyn, Fabio Lo Fria, King and Emma Comley are producing,...
- 4/6/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mather Zickel (Better Things) will star alongside Olivia Applegate, Clé Bennett, Zoé De Grand Maison, Nicholas Logan Sam Trammell and Jessica Frances Dukes in Michael Patrick Jann’s Western horror film Organ Trail for Paramount Pictures, which has wrapped production.
The film written by Meg Turner finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits. Zickel is playing Pa Archer, a gaunt but imposing figurehead that has a commanding energy balanced by an instinctive compassion. In the throes of a brutal Montana winter, Pa’s steadfastness and sense of purpose—along with the skills he learned as a soldier in the Civil War—are the foundation on which his family’s survival rests. Jann is producing alongside David Codron.
Zickel will next...
The film written by Meg Turner finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits. Zickel is playing Pa Archer, a gaunt but imposing figurehead that has a commanding energy balanced by an instinctive compassion. In the throes of a brutal Montana winter, Pa’s steadfastness and sense of purpose—along with the skills he learned as a soldier in the Civil War—are the foundation on which his family’s survival rests. Jann is producing alongside David Codron.
Zickel will next...
- 3/25/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Michael Patrick Jann has been tapped to direct the Western horror film Organ Trail for Paramount Pictures, with Olivia Applegate (Love and Death), Clé Bennett (The Man in the High Castle), Zoé De Grand Maison (Riverdale), Nicholas Logan (Dopesick), Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Jessica Frances Dukes (Ozark) signing on to star.
The film written by Meg Turner finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits. Jann will produce alongside David Codron.
Jann is a writer, director and producer who began his career as a member of the sketch comedy group The State, then co-creating the MTV show of the same name. He served as an executive producer and director for the series Reno 911!, also exec producing Flight of the Conchords...
The film written by Meg Turner finds a young Abigale Archer friendless and alone in a brutal Montana winter during the 1870s—fighting for survival and to retrieve her one earthly possession, her family’s horse, from a gang of bloodthirsty bandits. Jann will produce alongside David Codron.
Jann is a writer, director and producer who began his career as a member of the sketch comedy group The State, then co-creating the MTV show of the same name. He served as an executive producer and director for the series Reno 911!, also exec producing Flight of the Conchords...
- 3/16/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Setting down a wobbly tripod against the backdrop of small-town teen beauty pageants, "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is a mockumentary of numbingly unfunny proportions.
The makers of the intended black comedy were so enormously tickled by its apparent outrageousness that they thoughtfully left huge gaping pauses for all the presumed laughter. As it is, the film is tediously one-note (if that).
But while the filmmakers were obviously going for something along the wicked lines of a "Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" and distributor New Line is hoping to, at the very least, grab the "Election" audience, the picture more accurately approaches the spirit of "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn."
In other words, the boxoffice prognosis for "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is pretty ugly.
When the Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant comes to the perky heartland town of Mount Rose, Minn., where everyone loves their lutefisk, a documentary camera crew, intent on capturing all the youthful dreams and disappointments, ends up uncovering a little larceny along with all the "Yah, you betchas".
Determined that her spoiled daughter Becky (Denise Richards) will follow in her teen-queen footsteps, former Sarah Rose winner Gladys Leeman (a bedraggled Kirstie Alley) isn't afraid to resort to some treachery in order to trim some of the competition.
Becky's biggest threat is sweet Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), who dreams of becoming a TV anchorwoman just like her idol Diane Sawyer, with the blessing of her chain-smoking trailer trash mom, Annette (Ellen Barkin).
Naturally, all the backbiting and accusations lead to nastier stuff, but when the dust finally clears there will still be just one winner, no matter the cost.
Even though the subject matter and documentary-style approach have both been tackled many times before, there probably still was some ripe satire to be mined here. Unfortunately, screenwriter Lona Williams (herself a former Minnesota beauty pageant contestant) and first-time feature director Michael Patrick Jann run out of inspiration very quickly. "Drop Dead Gorgeous" feels like a wayward Groundlings sketch searching vainly for an exit line.
Admittedly, there are a few moments hinting at what might have been, like those involving the previous year's winner -- a hospitalized anorexic who is wheeled out by a nurse to reprise her big show-stopping number, lip-synching Melissa Manchester's "Don't Cry Out Loud". It actually plays a lot funnier than it sounds.
The rest falls insufferably flat. Saddled with lame Minnesotan accents (with apologies to the Coen brothers), the players, for the most part, pacify themselves by chewing on the scenery. Dunst comes closest to getting the tone right by playing her role with gosh-gee whiz sincerity, but her noble efforts have been set adrift in a sea of smirky self-satisfaction.
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
New Line
A Hofflund/Polone Production
In association with Capella/KC Medien
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Producers: Gavin Polone and Judy Hofflund
Screenwriter: Lona Williams
Executive producers: Claire Rudnick Polstein, Donna Langley, Lona Williams
Director of photography: Michael Spiller
Production designer: Ruth Ammon
Editors: David Codron, Janice Hampton
Costume designer: Mimi Melgaard
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Music supervisor: Evyen Klean
Casting: John Papsidera
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gladys Leeman: Kirstie Alley
Annette: Ellen Barkin
Amber: Kirstin Dunst
Becky: Denise Richards
Lisa: Brittany Murphy
Loretta: Allison Janney
Hank Vilmes: Will Sasso
Leslie Miller: Amy Adams
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
The makers of the intended black comedy were so enormously tickled by its apparent outrageousness that they thoughtfully left huge gaping pauses for all the presumed laughter. As it is, the film is tediously one-note (if that).
But while the filmmakers were obviously going for something along the wicked lines of a "Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom" and distributor New Line is hoping to, at the very least, grab the "Election" audience, the picture more accurately approaches the spirit of "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn."
In other words, the boxoffice prognosis for "Drop Dead Gorgeous" is pretty ugly.
When the Sarah Rose Miss Teen Princess America Pageant comes to the perky heartland town of Mount Rose, Minn., where everyone loves their lutefisk, a documentary camera crew, intent on capturing all the youthful dreams and disappointments, ends up uncovering a little larceny along with all the "Yah, you betchas".
Determined that her spoiled daughter Becky (Denise Richards) will follow in her teen-queen footsteps, former Sarah Rose winner Gladys Leeman (a bedraggled Kirstie Alley) isn't afraid to resort to some treachery in order to trim some of the competition.
Becky's biggest threat is sweet Amber Atkins (Kirsten Dunst), who dreams of becoming a TV anchorwoman just like her idol Diane Sawyer, with the blessing of her chain-smoking trailer trash mom, Annette (Ellen Barkin).
Naturally, all the backbiting and accusations lead to nastier stuff, but when the dust finally clears there will still be just one winner, no matter the cost.
Even though the subject matter and documentary-style approach have both been tackled many times before, there probably still was some ripe satire to be mined here. Unfortunately, screenwriter Lona Williams (herself a former Minnesota beauty pageant contestant) and first-time feature director Michael Patrick Jann run out of inspiration very quickly. "Drop Dead Gorgeous" feels like a wayward Groundlings sketch searching vainly for an exit line.
Admittedly, there are a few moments hinting at what might have been, like those involving the previous year's winner -- a hospitalized anorexic who is wheeled out by a nurse to reprise her big show-stopping number, lip-synching Melissa Manchester's "Don't Cry Out Loud". It actually plays a lot funnier than it sounds.
The rest falls insufferably flat. Saddled with lame Minnesotan accents (with apologies to the Coen brothers), the players, for the most part, pacify themselves by chewing on the scenery. Dunst comes closest to getting the tone right by playing her role with gosh-gee whiz sincerity, but her noble efforts have been set adrift in a sea of smirky self-satisfaction.
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS
New Line
A Hofflund/Polone Production
In association with Capella/KC Medien
Director: Michael Patrick Jann
Producers: Gavin Polone and Judy Hofflund
Screenwriter: Lona Williams
Executive producers: Claire Rudnick Polstein, Donna Langley, Lona Williams
Director of photography: Michael Spiller
Production designer: Ruth Ammon
Editors: David Codron, Janice Hampton
Costume designer: Mimi Melgaard
Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
Music supervisor: Evyen Klean
Casting: John Papsidera
Color/stereo
Cast:
Gladys Leeman: Kirstie Alley
Annette: Ellen Barkin
Amber: Kirstin Dunst
Becky: Denise Richards
Lisa: Brittany Murphy
Loretta: Allison Janney
Hank Vilmes: Will Sasso
Leslie Miller: Amy Adams
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 7/16/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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