Michael Porseryd is set to exit Sf Studios, the Nordic powerhouse behind Tom Hanks starrer “A Man Called Otto,” as CEO.
News comes as a shock to everyone as Porseryd recently spoke to Variety about the company’s involvement in “A Man Called Otto,” following a successful press launch of the film with Hanks and Rita Wilson who were on hand in Stockholm.
Sf Studios’ chairman of the board, Jan Bernhardsson, will assume the role as acting CEO in the interim. Sf Studios’ board of directors are now starting the process of recruiting a new permanent CEO.
During Porseryd’s six-year tenure as CEO, the company developed a bigger presence in the local and international production landscape, notably with “Horizon Lines” and most recently with “A Man Called Otto,” as well as some big-budgeted upscale period movies such as Erik Poppe’s “The Emigrants” and Björn Runge’s “Burn All My Letters.
News comes as a shock to everyone as Porseryd recently spoke to Variety about the company’s involvement in “A Man Called Otto,” following a successful press launch of the film with Hanks and Rita Wilson who were on hand in Stockholm.
Sf Studios’ chairman of the board, Jan Bernhardsson, will assume the role as acting CEO in the interim. Sf Studios’ board of directors are now starting the process of recruiting a new permanent CEO.
During Porseryd’s six-year tenure as CEO, the company developed a bigger presence in the local and international production landscape, notably with “Horizon Lines” and most recently with “A Man Called Otto,” as well as some big-budgeted upscale period movies such as Erik Poppe’s “The Emigrants” and Björn Runge’s “Burn All My Letters.
- 1/19/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Wife Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival
The Wife, 11.15pm, BBC2, Monday, November 28, then on BBC iPlayer
Björn Runge's marital drama has a slow creep that only gradually reveals the secrets that lie within the marriage between the wife of the title (Glenn Close) and her Nobel-winning husband (Jonathan Pryce). On the surface, everything seems glossy and good, but watch their faces for a while - and Runge is very observant - and the hints of selfishness and dissatisfaction start to show. The film has a strong feminist streak that highlights the million tiny ways in which women can be sidelined, while also exploring the complex ways that relationships can operate after so many years, the mechanism so finely tuned that each half of the couple knows how to achieve maximum pain or pleasure with consummate ease. Close and Pryce are old hands at this sort of...
The Wife, 11.15pm, BBC2, Monday, November 28, then on BBC iPlayer
Björn Runge's marital drama has a slow creep that only gradually reveals the secrets that lie within the marriage between the wife of the title (Glenn Close) and her Nobel-winning husband (Jonathan Pryce). On the surface, everything seems glossy and good, but watch their faces for a while - and Runge is very observant - and the hints of selfishness and dissatisfaction start to show. The film has a strong feminist streak that highlights the million tiny ways in which women can be sidelined, while also exploring the complex ways that relationships can operate after so many years, the mechanism so finely tuned that each half of the couple knows how to achieve maximum pain or pleasure with consummate ease. Close and Pryce are old hands at this sort of...
- 11/28/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Bring on the dramatic lighting, silk robe, and half-empty bottle of bourbon because we’ll need an operatic atmosphere for this article. Spencer’s Pablo Larraín is teaming with Angelina Jolie for Maria, a biopic celebrating the final days of the American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas. Considered one of the greatest opera singers ever to grace the stage, many praised Callas for her bel canto technique and ability to create unparalleled soundscapes with her voice. Larraín’s film will focus on Callas’ mortal bow in 1970s Paris.
Oscar nominee Steven Knight wrote Spencer, Larraín’s Princess Diana biopic, and is scripting Maria. Larraín’s brother, Juan de Dios Larraín, produces through Fabula Pictures, Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, and Jonas Dornbach via Komlizen Film. Jolie, always in demand, has been more selective about contributing to the silver screen in recent years. She was a stand-out in Marvel’s Eternals...
Oscar nominee Steven Knight wrote Spencer, Larraín’s Princess Diana biopic, and is scripting Maria. Larraín’s brother, Juan de Dios Larraín, produces through Fabula Pictures, Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures, and Jonas Dornbach via Komlizen Film. Jolie, always in demand, has been more selective about contributing to the silver screen in recent years. She was a stand-out in Marvel’s Eternals...
- 10/21/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
At the age of 92, Frederick Wiseman, the creator of long documentaries, has made a short fiction feature. This begs the question of whether his “A Couple” marks a break from a style established over nearly 60 years, or whether it is a continuation in every way, bar genre technicalities. Wiseman is known for his unobtrusive long takes, naturalistic observations, meticulous focus, and gentle humanism. Faith and patience is required of the viewer as he uses a method comparable to mosaic-building to, piece by piece, assemble a bigger picture of people, places, or institutions.
“’A Couple’ follows a long-term relationship between a man and a woman,” reads the film’s logline. This concept is distilled down into episodes of monologue assembled from diary entries by Sophia Tolstoy, wife of the legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Their relationship is entirely constructed through her eyes, with his part in things conveyed through the impression...
“’A Couple’ follows a long-term relationship between a man and a woman,” reads the film’s logline. This concept is distilled down into episodes of monologue assembled from diary entries by Sophia Tolstoy, wife of the legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. Their relationship is entirely constructed through her eyes, with his part in things conveyed through the impression...
- 9/2/2022
- by Sophie Monks Kaufman
- Indiewire
REinvent International Sales has clinched a banner sale to Gussi for Latin America on the Norwegian pic “Storm,” which is screening at Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market, running Aug. 23-26.
The Norwegian suspense drama, penned by Johan Fasting, is the feature debut of Erika Calmeyer, episodic director of Netflix’s hit teen show “Young Royals” and creator of Nrk’s anthology show “Nudes.”
Headlining the pic is Ane Dahl Torp, cast as single mum Elin, faced with a terrible dilemma, following the death of her son Ulrik (6). The boy was playing with his sister Storm (10) when he drowned, but classmates claim that Storm actually pushed her brother into the river. Elin’s unconditional love for her daughter is challenged, as she has to face the truth about what happened by the river.
“Elin is faced with an impossible dilemma where she both tries to defend her daughter against serious accusations,...
The Norwegian suspense drama, penned by Johan Fasting, is the feature debut of Erika Calmeyer, episodic director of Netflix’s hit teen show “Young Royals” and creator of Nrk’s anthology show “Nudes.”
Headlining the pic is Ane Dahl Torp, cast as single mum Elin, faced with a terrible dilemma, following the death of her son Ulrik (6). The boy was playing with his sister Storm (10) when he drowned, but classmates claim that Storm actually pushed her brother into the river. Elin’s unconditional love for her daughter is challenged, as she has to face the truth about what happened by the river.
“Elin is faced with an impossible dilemma where she both tries to defend her daughter against serious accusations,...
- 8/23/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market runs August 23-26.
Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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Haugesund’s New Nordic Films market has unveiled the works in progress presentations for its 2022 edition, running August 23-26.
The line-up includes new films from the likes of Pathfinder director Nils Gaup’s new drama The Riot (Sulis), sold by REinvent and set against a workers revolt in 1907 Lapland; The Worst Person In The World producer Thomas Robsahm, who presents Aurora Gossé’s Norwegian youth film Dancing Queen, sold by Level K; and Berlinale prize-winning director Selma Vilhunen’s new Finnish production, polyamory drama Four Little Adults.
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- 8/12/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: ICM has just signed The Northman actor Gustav Lindh.
He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to 10M-12M.
Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred in Josephine Bornebusch’s film, Orca, which was filmed and released during the pandemic. In 2019, Lindh starred in the May el-Toukhy’s Danish feature Queen of Hearts alongside Trine Dyrholm, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Bodil Awards. His first feature, The Circle, was directed by Levan Akin, where he starred opposite Josefin Asplund and Sverrir Gudnason. He also has starring roles in Björn Runge’s Burn My Letters and Gustav Möller’s crime series The Dark Heart.
Lindh is also set to star in the lead role of...
He stars in the Robert Eggers’ directed New Regency/Focus Features movie as Thorir the Proud opposite Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgard and Anya-Taylor Joy. The pic is expected to open this weekend to 10M-12M.
Lindh is a fast-rising star of Swedish film and television. In 2020, he starred in Josephine Bornebusch’s film, Orca, which was filmed and released during the pandemic. In 2019, Lindh starred in the May el-Toukhy’s Danish feature Queen of Hearts alongside Trine Dyrholm, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2020 Bodil Awards. His first feature, The Circle, was directed by Levan Akin, where he starred opposite Josefin Asplund and Sverrir Gudnason. He also has starring roles in Björn Runge’s Burn My Letters and Gustav Möller’s crime series The Dark Heart.
Lindh is also set to star in the lead role of...
- 4/22/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Wife” director Björn Runge was at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival over the weekend to tease his stars-packed passionate Swedish drama “Burn All My Letters” which Sf Studios is producing.
Runge was on the ground at the festival’s industry sidebar along with his producer Annika Sucksdorff, and lead actors Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). The movie is an adaptation of Alex Schulman’s bestselling novel by the same name. Bill Skarsgård, who wasn’t there in Goteborg, also plays a leading role in the film.
The several clips played during the Goteborg presentation, which showcased the film’s dedicated performances, atmosphere and glossy production design, drew rowdy applause from industry participants and locals. Runge also revealed that Jacob Mühlrad, the celebrated Swedish art music composer, is creating his first film score for the movie.
“Burn All My Letters” marks Runge’s follow...
Runge was on the ground at the festival’s industry sidebar along with his producer Annika Sucksdorff, and lead actors Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). The movie is an adaptation of Alex Schulman’s bestselling novel by the same name. Bill Skarsgård, who wasn’t there in Goteborg, also plays a leading role in the film.
The several clips played during the Goteborg presentation, which showcased the film’s dedicated performances, atmosphere and glossy production design, drew rowdy applause from industry participants and locals. Runge also revealed that Jacob Mühlrad, the celebrated Swedish art music composer, is creating his first film score for the movie.
“Burn All My Letters” marks Runge’s follow...
- 2/7/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
BBC has acquired “Trom,” a crime drama set in the Faroe Islands, which will have its international premiere at the Berlinale Series Market Selects.
A Viaplay Original, “Trom” is produced by REinvent Studios with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth. REinvent International Sales represents worldwide rights. “Trom” will premiere on Viaplay on Feb. 13
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, “Trom” was created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and directed by Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”). The cinematic show is headlined by Nordic stars including Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Maria Rich (“Follow The Money”) and Olaf Johannessen (“The Exception”).
“We are thrilled and proud that the BBC has come on board ‘Trom,'” said Helene Aurø, sales and marketing director at REinvent International Sales. “BBC has broadcast some of the best Nordic series ever produced in the past and we hope ‘Trom’ will be a success as well.
A Viaplay Original, “Trom” is produced by REinvent Studios with Kyk Pictures and Truenorth. REinvent International Sales represents worldwide rights. “Trom” will premiere on Viaplay on Feb. 13
Based on Jagvan Isaksen’s crime novels, “Trom” was created by Torfinnur Jákupsson and directed by Kasper Barfoed (“Dicte: Crime Reporter”) and Davíd Óskar Ólafsson (“The Valhalla Murders”). The cinematic show is headlined by Nordic stars including Ulrich Thomsen (“The New Pope”), Maria Rich (“Follow The Money”) and Olaf Johannessen (“The Exception”).
“We are thrilled and proud that the BBC has come on board ‘Trom,'” said Helene Aurø, sales and marketing director at REinvent International Sales. “BBC has broadcast some of the best Nordic series ever produced in the past and we hope ‘Trom’ will be a success as well.
- 1/28/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
18 works in progress by some of the Nordic region’s biggest names – Bille August, Björn Runge, the multi-prized Jp Valkeapää and Malou Reymann will be showcased at the hybrid Nordic Film Market (Feb. 3-6), along with some Sundance and Rotterdam competition entries.
The Nfm runs parallel to the final stretches of the Göteborg Film Festival (Jan.28-Feb.6).
So far, over 450 international delegates have signed up for the major Nordic film confab. Only 250 will be able to attend in-person, due to Covid restrictions in Sweden.
“We’ve received a huge interest from professionals to attend in-person, following the decision of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin’s European Film Market to go online. It’s been very difficult to say ‘no’ to people, but our priority is to guarantee a safe event,” said Göteborg head of industry Cia Edström who underlines the various safety measures to be implemented at the Nfm, from vaccination checks,...
The Nfm runs parallel to the final stretches of the Göteborg Film Festival (Jan.28-Feb.6).
So far, over 450 international delegates have signed up for the major Nordic film confab. Only 250 will be able to attend in-person, due to Covid restrictions in Sweden.
“We’ve received a huge interest from professionals to attend in-person, following the decision of Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin’s European Film Market to go online. It’s been very difficult to say ‘no’ to people, but our priority is to guarantee a safe event,” said Göteborg head of industry Cia Edström who underlines the various safety measures to be implemented at the Nfm, from vaccination checks,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
“Burn All My Letters,” Swedish filmmaker Björn Runge’s follow up to his Glen Close starrer “The Wife,” has just started shooting “Burn All My Letters.” The decade-spanning love drama stars Bill Skarsgård (“Deadpool”) and is based on Alex Schulman’s bestselling novel of the same name.
Sverrir Gudnason has just joined the cast as Schulman and stars alongside Sonja Richter who plays Amanda Schulman, one of Denmark’s greatest actresses. The rest of the cast comprises Marika Lindström (“Daybreak”), Sten Ljunggren (“Border”), as well as Asta Kamma August (“Follow The Money”) and Gustav Lindh (“Rider of Justice”).
“Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios and sold by REinvent International Sales who have unveiled a first still from the shoot in Sweden (pictured).
Inspired by true events, the story revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz...
Sverrir Gudnason has just joined the cast as Schulman and stars alongside Sonja Richter who plays Amanda Schulman, one of Denmark’s greatest actresses. The rest of the cast comprises Marika Lindström (“Daybreak”), Sten Ljunggren (“Border”), as well as Asta Kamma August (“Follow The Money”) and Gustav Lindh (“Rider of Justice”).
“Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios and sold by REinvent International Sales who have unveiled a first still from the shoot in Sweden (pictured).
Inspired by true events, the story revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz...
- 8/24/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Björn Runge, the Swedish director of the Glen Close starrer “The Wife,” is set to direct “Burn All My Letters,” a fiery love drama spanning decades starring Bill Skarsgård (“Deadpool”).
The film will also star Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). “Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios which will also distribute in the Nordics. REinvent will handle international sales.
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
“Burn All My Letters” starts shooting in Sweden in August and is expected to premiere in theaters next fall.
The film will also star Asta Kamma August (“The Pact”) and Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”). “Burn All My Letters” is produced by Sf Studios which will also distribute in the Nordics. REinvent will handle international sales.
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
“Burn All My Letters” starts shooting in Sweden in August and is expected to premiere in theaters next fall.
- 6/28/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
At Miami’s Natpe market, Viacom Intl. Studios (Vis) announced an exclusive development and production first-look agreement with Spanish-American film and TV producer Frida Torresblanco’s production company Braven Films.
Braven films is run by Torresblanco and her partners Eric Laufer and Giovanna Randall and produces feature films, television series and documentaries.
Torresblanco’s resumé is packed with big-name talent and titles, having worked with Guillermo del Toro – on the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth,” still reckoned by many to be his best film – and producing on other high-profile movies such as “The Assassination of Richard Nixon,” “The Dancer Upstairs,” and “Rudo and Cursi,” starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and produced by Alfonso Cuarón.
Her most recent production, Sebastian Lelio’s “Disobedience” starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, was nominated at the British Independent Film Awards, the London Critics Circle Film Awards and played in competition at Guadalajara and Göteborg.
Braven films is run by Torresblanco and her partners Eric Laufer and Giovanna Randall and produces feature films, television series and documentaries.
Torresblanco’s resumé is packed with big-name talent and titles, having worked with Guillermo del Toro – on the Oscar-winning “Pan’s Labyrinth,” still reckoned by many to be his best film – and producing on other high-profile movies such as “The Assassination of Richard Nixon,” “The Dancer Upstairs,” and “Rudo and Cursi,” starring Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and produced by Alfonso Cuarón.
Her most recent production, Sebastian Lelio’s “Disobedience” starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams, was nominated at the British Independent Film Awards, the London Critics Circle Film Awards and played in competition at Guadalajara and Göteborg.
- 1/22/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The Swedish helmer is adapting Alex Schulman's successful semi-autobiographical book for the big screen. Swedish director Björn Runge, known primarily for his recent English-language debut, the award-festooned film The Wife, is not limiting himself to simply preparing his upcoming Us-produced movies, the sci-fi flick StarDream and the period drama Remember Me, as it has been announced that he is returning to his homeland to adapt famous Swedish podcaster and author Alex Schulman's successful semi-autobiographical book Burn All My Letters for the big screen. The novel, which was released in 2018, revolves around a secret and passionate love affair. Schulman narrates the story of his own grandmother, Karin Stolpe, who in the early 1930s was married to author Sven Stolpe and had an affair with young writer and then Dagens Nyheter editor-in-chief Olof Lagercrantz. Karin was afraid that her well-known husband would find out about what was going on, and when.
- 11/15/2019
- Cineuropa - The Best of European Cinema
“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke will play poet Elizabeth Barrett in “Let Me Count the Ways,” with Bjorn Runge directing the love story from a Paula Milne script. Based on a true story, the film will follow the love affair between poet Barrett and playwright Robert Browning.
Damian Jones of DJ Films (“Goodbye Christopher Robin”) and Bankside Films are producing. It is their second collaboration following Amma Asante’s “Belle.” Bankside developed the film as part of its growing production slate. It holds the international sales rights and will introduce the film to buyers for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clarke is hot property after “Game of Thrones,” and Runge is coming off the success of “The Wife.” BAFTA-winning Milne is one of the U.K.’s leading screenwriters.
Set in the mid-19th century, the film follows Elizabeth as she is living in the family...
Damian Jones of DJ Films (“Goodbye Christopher Robin”) and Bankside Films are producing. It is their second collaboration following Amma Asante’s “Belle.” Bankside developed the film as part of its growing production slate. It holds the international sales rights and will introduce the film to buyers for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.
Clarke is hot property after “Game of Thrones,” and Runge is coming off the success of “The Wife.” BAFTA-winning Milne is one of the U.K.’s leading screenwriters.
Set in the mid-19th century, the film follows Elizabeth as she is living in the family...
- 5/8/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Game Of Thrones star boards UK love story about poet Elizabeth Barrett; Damian Jones producing with Bankside.
Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke will play poet Elizabeth Barrett in Björn Runge’s English-language love story Let Me Count The Ways.
The film is produced by Bankside Films which is also handling worldwide sales on the project.
Runge, fresh off the success of The Wife, which garnered an Oscar nomination for Glenn Close, will direct from a screenplay by Bafta TV and Emmy-winning writer Paula Milne (The Politician’s Wife).
Bankside is teaming with Damian Jones of DJ Films (Goodbye Christopher Robin) on the production,...
Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke will play poet Elizabeth Barrett in Björn Runge’s English-language love story Let Me Count The Ways.
The film is produced by Bankside Films which is also handling worldwide sales on the project.
Runge, fresh off the success of The Wife, which garnered an Oscar nomination for Glenn Close, will direct from a screenplay by Bafta TV and Emmy-winning writer Paula Milne (The Politician’s Wife).
Bankside is teaming with Damian Jones of DJ Films (Goodbye Christopher Robin) on the production,...
- 5/8/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The Favourite backer Fox Searchlight is lining up a reboot of Julia Roberts’ 1991 hit Sleeping With The Enemy and a feature version of smash James Corden stage play One Man, Two Guvnors as part of a new producing deal with The Iron Lady and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie producer Damian Jones.
Prolific UK producer Jones is in development on a strong new slate of movies with Searchlight and they have set emerging US filmmaker Nia DaCosta as writer-director of the Sleeping With The Enemy “reimagining.” DaCosta’s 2018 feature debut Little Woods starred Lily James and Tessa Thompson as sisters driven to work outside the law to better their lives.
Based on Nancy Price’s 1987 novel of the same name, thriller Sleeping With The Enemy saw Roberts – then at the height of fame just after Pretty Woman – play a woman trying to escape her abusive husband. The film was a...
Prolific UK producer Jones is in development on a strong new slate of movies with Searchlight and they have set emerging US filmmaker Nia DaCosta as writer-director of the Sleeping With The Enemy “reimagining.” DaCosta’s 2018 feature debut Little Woods starred Lily James and Tessa Thompson as sisters driven to work outside the law to better their lives.
Based on Nancy Price’s 1987 novel of the same name, thriller Sleeping With The Enemy saw Roberts – then at the height of fame just after Pretty Woman – play a woman trying to escape her abusive husband. The film was a...
- 2/26/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Back in the ’80s, Glenn Close became the original ‘bunny boiler’. As Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, she may have cooked up a child’s pet, but for Close, that character was a lot more complex than the crazy woman scorned that audiences often perceived. However, a generation of gleeful misogynists seized so hard upon that rabbit-based terminology that it made it into the Collins dictionary as, “A person, especially a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful.”
“Fatal Attraction was a movie that touched a very, very raw nerve between the sexes,” Close says now. But in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up, it could certainly stand a female-centric remake, and who better to spearhead that than Close herself?
“We’ve gone back to Paramount to find out, because they own the title,” she says. “I think they’ve had some things in the works,...
“Fatal Attraction was a movie that touched a very, very raw nerve between the sexes,” Close says now. But in the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up, it could certainly stand a female-centric remake, and who better to spearhead that than Close herself?
“We’ve gone back to Paramount to find out, because they own the title,” she says. “I think they’ve had some things in the works,...
- 2/11/2019
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with more info: Focus Features bowed Everybody Knows laid claim to the highest per-screen average of the weekend at the specialty box office. The Cannes-opening film directed by Oscar-winning Iranian helmer Asghar Farhadi and starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem bowed in four locations, grossing $75,000 for an $18,743 average.
The frame’s biggest opening-weekend grosser was the 2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts, this year’s pack of Oscar-nominated short films — in Animated, Live Action and Documentary shorts — in 265 theaters via ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures. Its widest first-weekend reach ever (67 more screens than last year) resulted in its highest-grossing opening weekend ever: a $912K total, good for a $3,442 per-screen average and possibly on its way to a $1 million total by the end of its run.
“Every year, the Oscar Nominated Shorts opens in the dead of winter, when there’s a dearth of new independent releases and compelling studio options,” Magnolia said Sunday.
The frame’s biggest opening-weekend grosser was the 2019 Oscar Nominated Shorts, this year’s pack of Oscar-nominated short films — in Animated, Live Action and Documentary shorts — in 265 theaters via ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures. Its widest first-weekend reach ever (67 more screens than last year) resulted in its highest-grossing opening weekend ever: a $912K total, good for a $3,442 per-screen average and possibly on its way to a $1 million total by the end of its run.
“Every year, the Oscar Nominated Shorts opens in the dead of winter, when there’s a dearth of new independent releases and compelling studio options,” Magnolia said Sunday.
- 2/10/2019
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
2018 was a landmark year for Stockholm-based producer Piodor Gustafsson, head of Black Spark Film & TV whose Oscar-nominated films “Border,” “The Wife” and TV dramas “Moscow Noir “and “Sthlm Requiem” landed on screens worldwide. The producer also stepped up to his role as talent spotter/nurturer by adding the job of film and TV agent at Scandinavia’s leading Salomonsson Agency.
Over the last 25 years, through his various roles as indie producer, film consultant for the Swedish Film Institute and commissioning editor for pubcaster Svt, Gustafsson has refined his editorial flair. “As decision-maker, you get to see a lot of projects that get made and you do get a feel of what works or not,” he says.
Although widely diverse in genres, most of his productions are literary adaptations, often combining the daring with the mainstream. “Piodor harnesses unique universes and stories with a great narrative power and relatable characters,...
Over the last 25 years, through his various roles as indie producer, film consultant for the Swedish Film Institute and commissioning editor for pubcaster Svt, Gustafsson has refined his editorial flair. “As decision-maker, you get to see a lot of projects that get made and you do get a feel of what works or not,” he says.
Although widely diverse in genres, most of his productions are literary adaptations, often combining the daring with the mainstream. “Piodor harnesses unique universes and stories with a great narrative power and relatable characters,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
There are two ways to win an acting Oscar. One is to deliver the best performance of the year that is so undeniable that the critics, guilds and Academy rally behind it. The other is to be so overdue for an Oscar that voters realize that your time for a career statue has finally come. Elizabeth Taylor lost three times and then won statuettes for both of her next two nominations, for “Butterfield 8” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” After seven nominations and an Honorary Oscar, Paul Newman finally took home the win for “The Color of Money,” which was really for “The Verdict” and all the other great performances before.
This year, after seven nominations and no wins, Best Actress is Glenn Close’s to lose. But it wasn’t always in the bag. Many things had to go right. Sony Pictures Classics carefully timed the August...
This year, after seven nominations and no wins, Best Actress is Glenn Close’s to lose. But it wasn’t always in the bag. Many things had to go right. Sony Pictures Classics carefully timed the August...
- 2/8/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
There are two ways to win an acting Oscar. One is to deliver the best performance of the year that is so undeniable that the critics, guilds and Academy rally behind it. The other is to be so overdue for an Oscar that voters realize that your time for a career statue has finally come. Elizabeth Taylor lost three times and then won statuettes for both of her next two nominations, for “Butterfield 8” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” After seven nominations and an Honorary Oscar, Paul Newman finally took home the win for “The Color of Money,” which was really for “The Verdict” and all the other great performances before.
This year, after seven nominations and no wins, Best Actress is Glenn Close’s to lose. But it wasn’t always in the bag. Many things had to go right. Sony Pictures Classics carefully timed the August...
This year, after seven nominations and no wins, Best Actress is Glenn Close’s to lose. But it wasn’t always in the bag. Many things had to go right. Sony Pictures Classics carefully timed the August...
- 2/8/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’re highlighting the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
Blaze (Ethan Hawke)
Not unlike its main subject, Ethan Hawke’s Blaze is likeable, long-winded and a little all over the place. Starring musician Ben Dickey as the titular Blaze Foley, this indie biopic feels like a natural follow-up to Hawke’s last directorial effort, Seymour: An Introduction. That documentary examined the life of Seymour Bernstein, a piano teacher with wise life lessons as curated by failure and regret. This film concerns Foley, an Arkansas-born but Texas-raised singer-songwriter who was killed at the young age of 39. Both are ultimately optimistic, though Hawke does well in finding the sour with the sweet. – Dan M. (full review)
Where to Stream: Amazon,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Glenn Close, who is enjoying her seventh nomination this morning for portraying the woman behind a world-renown writer in The Wife told Deadline that the role “was different than anything I had ever done before.”
Close has been nominated for four Best Actress and three Best Supporting Actress awards in such roles as Albert Nobbs, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, The Natural, The Big Chill and The World According to Garp — an incredible body of work so far (not to mention her work on stage).
The Wife, distributed by Sony Classics, was shot well before the #MeToo movement took hold – timing was everything as the story fits right in with the narrative of women finding their voices.
Close won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama earlier this month and spoke during her acceptance speech about her own mother “who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life,...
Close has been nominated for four Best Actress and three Best Supporting Actress awards in such roles as Albert Nobbs, Dangerous Liaisons, Fatal Attraction, The Natural, The Big Chill and The World According to Garp — an incredible body of work so far (not to mention her work on stage).
The Wife, distributed by Sony Classics, was shot well before the #MeToo movement took hold – timing was everything as the story fits right in with the narrative of women finding their voices.
Close won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama earlier this month and spoke during her acceptance speech about her own mother “who really sublimated herself to my father her whole life,...
- 1/22/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Classics is boosting the screen count of its Glenn Close-starrer The Wife beginning Friday, a week after Close’s best actress in a drama win at the Golden Globes that featured a stirring speech from the six-time Oscar nominee. The victory put her in a front-runner position to get a seventh Oscar nom later this month.
The studio said today it was raising the theater count to more than 150 screens for the upcoming frame. The pic opened August 17 and has grossed $8.2 million at the domestic box office to date, and $16.8 million worldwide. At its highest peak in mid-September, the film played on 541 screens; last week, the count was 10.
Spc made a similar screen-count push in December to keep the film — and Close’s performance — top of mind for awards season. She has landed noms from SAG, Critics’ Choice, Spirits and the Gothams so far, and added a BAFTA Awards nom this morning.
The studio said today it was raising the theater count to more than 150 screens for the upcoming frame. The pic opened August 17 and has grossed $8.2 million at the domestic box office to date, and $16.8 million worldwide. At its highest peak in mid-September, the film played on 541 screens; last week, the count was 10.
Spc made a similar screen-count push in December to keep the film — and Close’s performance — top of mind for awards season. She has landed noms from SAG, Critics’ Choice, Spirits and the Gothams so far, and added a BAFTA Awards nom this morning.
- 1/9/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
When Glenn Close picked up a Golden Globe for her performance in The Wife last week, her acceptance speech reduced some of the biggest players in Hollywood to tears. And for good reason. Close talked about not allowing yourself to be be subjugated by others, and how it’s not too late to acknowledge a long-held dream–relatable stuff for so many, and entirely on topic for her winning role.
As Joan Castleman, Close is the titular wife accompanying her celebrated novelist husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) to Stockholm to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature–a story based on Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 book of the same name. Joan is by turns nurturing and then simmering with a deep rage at having lived a life that led to her husband collecting a prize she herself deserved.
Speaking via phone from her mountain home far from California, Close looks back on the...
As Joan Castleman, Close is the titular wife accompanying her celebrated novelist husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) to Stockholm to accept his Nobel Prize for Literature–a story based on Meg Wolitzer’s 2003 book of the same name. Joan is by turns nurturing and then simmering with a deep rage at having lived a life that led to her husband collecting a prize she herself deserved.
Speaking via phone from her mountain home far from California, Close looks back on the...
- 1/9/2019
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Swedish director Björn Runge, whose latest film “The Wife” earned its star, Glenn Close, a Golden Globe for best actress Sunday, is set to direct “Stardream.”
Written by Felix Harrison (“Far Edge of the World”), “Stardream” is a post-apocalyptic film following the journey of hundreds of thousands of people who board a spaceship to escape Earth and travel to a distant planet. When the ship starts to malfunction, the command team develops an AI, Stephen. But Stephen develops a profound attachment to Andreya, his creator, and the future of the human race is compromised.
“Stardream” will bring back “The Wife’s” director of photography, Ulf Bråntas, and editor, Lena Runge, as well as Silver Reel’s producer, Claudia Bluemhuber, and co-producer, Georgia Bayliff.
“It is an absolute privilege to be a part of ‘Stardream.’ Dealing with big questions about humanity, this is a powerful drama with hypnotic possibilities that will...
Written by Felix Harrison (“Far Edge of the World”), “Stardream” is a post-apocalyptic film following the journey of hundreds of thousands of people who board a spaceship to escape Earth and travel to a distant planet. When the ship starts to malfunction, the command team develops an AI, Stephen. But Stephen develops a profound attachment to Andreya, his creator, and the future of the human race is compromised.
“Stardream” will bring back “The Wife’s” director of photography, Ulf Bråntas, and editor, Lena Runge, as well as Silver Reel’s producer, Claudia Bluemhuber, and co-producer, Georgia Bayliff.
“It is an absolute privilege to be a part of ‘Stardream.’ Dealing with big questions about humanity, this is a powerful drama with hypnotic possibilities that will...
- 1/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Glenn Close and Sam Elliott sat down for a conversation for Variety’s Actors on Actors. For more, click here.
Sam Elliott may be a cinematic icon thanks to his craggy voice and résumé of cowboy roles, but he has yet to be recognized with an Oscar nomination. That will probably change with “A Star Is Born,” which has earned Elliott some of the best reviews of his career for his portrayal of Bobby, the brother and manager of Bradley Cooper’s alcoholic superstar Jackson Maine.
Glenn Close, another Hollywood veteran, is no stranger to the awards circuit. Over her distinguished career, she’s earned six Oscar nominations. She’s likely to pick up her seventh nod for “The Wife,” a drama about a woman who is the true literary force behind her Nobel Prize-winning husband. Close and Elliott discussed their respective films, their love of the Western and...
Sam Elliott may be a cinematic icon thanks to his craggy voice and résumé of cowboy roles, but he has yet to be recognized with an Oscar nomination. That will probably change with “A Star Is Born,” which has earned Elliott some of the best reviews of his career for his portrayal of Bobby, the brother and manager of Bradley Cooper’s alcoholic superstar Jackson Maine.
Glenn Close, another Hollywood veteran, is no stranger to the awards circuit. Over her distinguished career, she’s earned six Oscar nominations. She’s likely to pick up her seventh nod for “The Wife,” a drama about a woman who is the true literary force behind her Nobel Prize-winning husband. Close and Elliott discussed their respective films, their love of the Western and...
- 12/8/2018
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Before Glenn Close could portray the title character in The Wife, the actress had to win over a true skeptic — herself.
“The biggest challenge was for me to understand why she never left him,” Close said of Joan Castleman, the long-suffering partner of a vain novelist. “In answering that question, I really got to an understanding of the character. But that was what I was worried about in the beginning. I was worried that all the women who saw the movie would just say, ‘Ugh, just leave him.’ But it was much, much more complicated than that.”
Close got her 15th career Golden Globe nomination on Thursday for sticking with the role in director Björn Runge’s drama, which is based on the Meg Wolitzer bestselling novel of the same title. Close acted opposite Jonathan Pryce, who she hailed for his talent as well as his temerity.
“He had the...
“The biggest challenge was for me to understand why she never left him,” Close said of Joan Castleman, the long-suffering partner of a vain novelist. “In answering that question, I really got to an understanding of the character. But that was what I was worried about in the beginning. I was worried that all the women who saw the movie would just say, ‘Ugh, just leave him.’ But it was much, much more complicated than that.”
Close got her 15th career Golden Globe nomination on Thursday for sticking with the role in director Björn Runge’s drama, which is based on the Meg Wolitzer bestselling novel of the same title. Close acted opposite Jonathan Pryce, who she hailed for his talent as well as his temerity.
“He had the...
- 12/7/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
We are recognizing Glenn Close for her excellent performances. Our Hollywood Film Tributes recognize films and talent for their excellence in the art of filmmaking. A six-time Academy Award nominee, Glenn Close made her feature film debut in George Roy Hill’s The World According to Garp, earning her awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review as well as her first Academy Award nomination. She was subsequently Oscar-nominated for The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction and Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons (for which she was also a BAFTA Award nominee). Close stars in the title role of Jane Anderson’s film adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s bestselling novel, The Wife, with Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater for Swedish director Björn Runge, which opened earlier this year. Close also stars in the title role of Jane Anderson’s stage play, Mother of the Maid,...
- 12/3/2018
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Hollywood, CA – dick clark productions announced today several spectacular additions to the list of honorees at the 22nd Annual “Hollywood Film Awards.” Glenn Close will receive the “Hollywood Actress Award” for her stunning performance in Sony Pictures Classic’s The Wife, while Hugh Jackman will be recognized for his powerful turn in Sony Pictures’ The Front Runner. Damien Chazelle will receive the “Hollywood Director Award” for his work on Universal Pictures’ First Man. They join previously announced honorees Nicole Kidman, who will receive this year’s “Hollywood Career Achievement Award,” Timothée Chalamet and Rachel Weisz, who will receive the “Hollywood Supporting Actor Award” and “Hollywood Supporting Actress Award,” respectively, Crazy Rich Asians, which will receive the “Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award,” Amandla Stenberg, who will receive the “Hollywood Breakout Performance Actress Award,” John David Washington, who will receive the “Hollywood Breakout Performance Actor Award,” Felix Van Groeningen, who will receive the “Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award,...
- 10/18/2018
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Slow week at UK box office sees no titles gross more than £2m.
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate - 1.30
Rank Film / Distributor Three-day gross (Sept 28-30) Running gross Week 1 Night School (Universal) £1.6m £1.6m 1 2 The House With A Clock In Its Walls (eOne) £1.5m £5.5m 2 3 A Simple Favour (Lionsgate) £1m £3.4m 2 4 Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros) £729,000 £4.8m 3 5. The Nun (Warner Bros) £657,000 £10.6m 4 Universal
Night School debuted top of a slow UK box office this weekend with a £1.6m bow from 452 locations.
The comedy stars Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in the story of a group of adults who...
Today’s Gbp to Usd conversion rate - 1.30
Rank Film / Distributor Three-day gross (Sept 28-30) Running gross Week 1 Night School (Universal) £1.6m £1.6m 1 2 The House With A Clock In Its Walls (eOne) £1.5m £5.5m 2 3 A Simple Favour (Lionsgate) £1m £3.4m 2 4 Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros) £729,000 £4.8m 3 5. The Nun (Warner Bros) £657,000 £10.6m 4 Universal
Night School debuted top of a slow UK box office this weekend with a £1.6m bow from 452 locations.
The comedy stars Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish in the story of a group of adults who...
- 10/1/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Movies don’t often arrive at exactly the right time. The Wife does however, and couldn’t have caught the mood in the air better. In the enlightening hangover of Weinstein and the #MeToo movement, 2018 has been a year with many more female-led movies, as well as igniting changes in industries around the world. The Nobel Prize for Literature isn’t being held this year because a husband of one of the committee members has been accused of sexual misconduct. And this is a relevant point when considering the context of The Wife, even if screenwriter Jane Anderson didn’t mean it to be.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is wife to Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce), a revered American writer who receives a call telling him he’s won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Joan smiles at his side, looking exceedingly proud. But a novelistically named Nathaniel (Christian Slater), a well-meaning...
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is wife to Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce), a revered American writer who receives a call telling him he’s won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Joan smiles at his side, looking exceedingly proud. But a novelistically named Nathaniel (Christian Slater), a well-meaning...
- 9/28/2018
- by Euan Franklin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sharon Strickland.
Finally confirmed as CEO of the Dendy Icon group, Sharon Strickland is keen to continue the company’s growth in exhibition and distribution.
Ticket sales at the 43-screen Dendy circuit are up 26 per cent this year after the opening of the 10-screen Coorparoo cinema in Brisbane last December and the expansion of the Dendy Canberra location from 9 to 15 screens in June 2017.
“We have a very loyal community who value our differentiated movie offering,” says Strickland, formerly the chief operating officer who has been running the company since CEO Greg Hughes departed last December.
The first Dendy Cinema on the Gold Coast will be part of the new Queen Street Village development.
Bruce Davey, Dendy Icon chairman and co-owner with Mel Gibson said: “Sharon has been a tremendous asset to our business over the last eight years and I’m delighted to appoint her to the leadership position to...
Finally confirmed as CEO of the Dendy Icon group, Sharon Strickland is keen to continue the company’s growth in exhibition and distribution.
Ticket sales at the 43-screen Dendy circuit are up 26 per cent this year after the opening of the 10-screen Coorparoo cinema in Brisbane last December and the expansion of the Dendy Canberra location from 9 to 15 screens in June 2017.
“We have a very loyal community who value our differentiated movie offering,” says Strickland, formerly the chief operating officer who has been running the company since CEO Greg Hughes departed last December.
The first Dendy Cinema on the Gold Coast will be part of the new Queen Street Village development.
Bruce Davey, Dendy Icon chairman and co-owner with Mel Gibson said: “Sharon has been a tremendous asset to our business over the last eight years and I’m delighted to appoint her to the leadership position to...
- 9/19/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The award-winning actor on playing a narcissistic writer opposite Glenn Close in The Wife, his Welsh roots, and looking like the pope
Jonathan Pryce has played Shakespearean heroes, starred in musicals, is the winner of Tony awards (Comedians and Miss Saigon) and now, at 71, has been cast three times as a self-absorbed novelist. He played a loathsome author-mentor in the film Listen Up Philip, is currently rehearsing as another novelist in Florian Zeller’s new play The Height of the Storm, and plays curmudgeonly narcissist Joseph Castleman, winner of a Nobel prize for literature, in Björn Runge’s new film The Wife, opposite Glenn Close.
What are the challenges of performing an intensely self-absorbed, often childish writer like Joseph Castleman? And how often do you feel like a child yourself?
He is very well drawn, although I’ve not read Meg Wolitzer’s novel because reading [the original work] alongside a screenplay can...
Jonathan Pryce has played Shakespearean heroes, starred in musicals, is the winner of Tony awards (Comedians and Miss Saigon) and now, at 71, has been cast three times as a self-absorbed novelist. He played a loathsome author-mentor in the film Listen Up Philip, is currently rehearsing as another novelist in Florian Zeller’s new play The Height of the Storm, and plays curmudgeonly narcissist Joseph Castleman, winner of a Nobel prize for literature, in Björn Runge’s new film The Wife, opposite Glenn Close.
What are the challenges of performing an intensely self-absorbed, often childish writer like Joseph Castleman? And how often do you feel like a child yourself?
He is very well drawn, although I’ve not read Meg Wolitzer’s novel because reading [the original work] alongside a screenplay can...
- 9/16/2018
- by Kate Kellaway
- The Guardian - Film News
ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, and IMDbPro have added 22 more titles to the list of movies earning the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films. The program launched June 8 with 12 films on the list from a group comprising the top 100 domestic-grossing films of 2017, with Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman, Universal’s Girls Trip, A24’s Lady Bird and Fox’s The Post among them.
The stamp progam has since been expanded to studio and independent films that have U.S. domestic theatrical or streaming distribution. Newcomers unveiled today include Warners’ recent hit Crazy Rich Asians, IFC’s Mary Shelley and Spc’s Glenn Close starrer The Wife among 2018 releases, and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Justin Baldoni’s Five Feet Apart among 2019 pics. (See the full list of new films below.)
The stamp is intended as a mark of distinction for projects that have...
The stamp progam has since been expanded to studio and independent films that have U.S. domestic theatrical or streaming distribution. Newcomers unveiled today include Warners’ recent hit Crazy Rich Asians, IFC’s Mary Shelley and Spc’s Glenn Close starrer The Wife among 2018 releases, and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Justin Baldoni’s Five Feet Apart among 2019 pics. (See the full list of new films below.)
The stamp is intended as a mark of distinction for projects that have...
- 8/28/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – One of the more fascinating questions about civilization is ‘how much talent went unrealized because of time and place of birth?’ The patriarchy – which denied people of color and women for so long – often reduced fellow travelers into subservient roles. For example, there were women who were just known as “The Wife.”
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The latest film with that title, adapted from a novel with the same name by Meg Wolitzer, is a classic drama about roles in a marriage, which were more delineated in the era the featured couple was married… the late 1950s. This plays out, in flashback and the present, as the husband wins the Nobel Prize for literature. And in this case, the wife is in the background, but as the story develops there are certain truths that have defined their marriage, and those unburied facts unearth counterproductive feelings as the ceremony swirls around them. All couples have secrets,...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
The latest film with that title, adapted from a novel with the same name by Meg Wolitzer, is a classic drama about roles in a marriage, which were more delineated in the era the featured couple was married… the late 1950s. This plays out, in flashback and the present, as the husband wins the Nobel Prize for literature. And in this case, the wife is in the background, but as the story develops there are certain truths that have defined their marriage, and those unburied facts unearth counterproductive feelings as the ceremony swirls around them. All couples have secrets,...
- 8/24/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sony Classics’ The Wife with Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce topped out a group of newcomer limited releases that mostly did decent numbers this weekend.
The 2017 Toronto debut by Björn Runge grossed $111,137 in four New York and Los Angeles locations in the three-day estimate, averaging $27,784. Sundance breakout We The Animals by Jeremiah Zagar from The Orchard also had a nice launch, playing three theaters in New York and L.A., for $66,261 and a $22,087 per theater average.
Ethan Hawke had two films out this weekend, one in which he stars and another he directed. Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate’s Juliet, Naked with Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd launched in four theaters, grossing $60,922, averaging $15,230. Sundance Selects opened Hawke’s Blaze, which he co-wrote and directed, in three locations exclusively in Austin, TX over the weekend. The Sundance premiere grossed $45,342, averaging slightly lower than Juliet, Naked at $15,114.
Music Box Films, meanwhile, opened Emmanuel Finkiel’s French-language,...
The 2017 Toronto debut by Björn Runge grossed $111,137 in four New York and Los Angeles locations in the three-day estimate, averaging $27,784. Sundance breakout We The Animals by Jeremiah Zagar from The Orchard also had a nice launch, playing three theaters in New York and L.A., for $66,261 and a $22,087 per theater average.
Ethan Hawke had two films out this weekend, one in which he stars and another he directed. Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate’s Juliet, Naked with Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd launched in four theaters, grossing $60,922, averaging $15,230. Sundance Selects opened Hawke’s Blaze, which he co-wrote and directed, in three locations exclusively in Austin, TX over the weekend. The Sundance premiere grossed $45,342, averaging slightly lower than Juliet, Naked at $15,114.
Music Box Films, meanwhile, opened Emmanuel Finkiel’s French-language,...
- 8/19/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce make such a convincing onscreen couple, it’s hard to believe that their first time working together is in director Björn Runge’s “The Wife,” opening this week.
Both broke into Hollywood about the same time; Close with her Oscar-nominated film debut in 1982’s “The World According to Garp” and Pryce as the embodiment of evil in 1983’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” Both have enjoyed heralded stage careers, scooping up Tony Awards — three for Close, two for Pryce.
Based on a novel by Meg Wolitzer, “The Wife” is an intimate and searing portrait of a long-term marriage in all its secrets and compromises. The pair portray Joan and Joe Castleman, who are forced to confront some tough truths when Joe is awarded a Nobel Prize for his latest novel. The pair spoke recently after a screening of the film, before Close had to return...
Both broke into Hollywood about the same time; Close with her Oscar-nominated film debut in 1982’s “The World According to Garp” and Pryce as the embodiment of evil in 1983’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” Both have enjoyed heralded stage careers, scooping up Tony Awards — three for Close, two for Pryce.
Based on a novel by Meg Wolitzer, “The Wife” is an intimate and searing portrait of a long-term marriage in all its secrets and compromises. The pair portray Joan and Joe Castleman, who are forced to confront some tough truths when Joe is awarded a Nobel Prize for his latest novel. The pair spoke recently after a screening of the film, before Close had to return...
- 8/17/2018
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
“The Wife” opened on August 17 at the intersection of a couple of movie industry crossroads. One of those is Glenn Close, who is already the subject of discussion over whether this role will finally bring the actress a long-overdue Oscar after six previous nominations. The other is the #MeToo movement, which resonates in the film’s portrait of a woman whose experiences and indignities are kept hidden behind the public’s adoration of her Great Artist husband (Jonathan Pryce).
Critics are responding well to the Sony Classics film. As of this writing it has scored 75 on MetaCritic based on 16 reviews. And it’s 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews. The Rt consensus says the film “relies on the strength of Glenn Close’s performance to drive home the power of its story — and she proves thoroughly, grippingly up to the task.”
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Critics are responding well to the Sony Classics film. As of this writing it has scored 75 on MetaCritic based on 16 reviews. And it’s 93% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews. The Rt consensus says the film “relies on the strength of Glenn Close’s performance to drive home the power of its story — and she proves thoroughly, grippingly up to the task.”
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- 8/17/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sony Pictures Classics expects summer blockbuster fatigue to help its weekend newcomer The Wife starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, opening New York and Los Angeles Friday. The film is one of a fairly busy slate of limited release newcomers, perhaps hinting at another busy fall as awards season looms. Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate is bowing Juliet, Naked Friday in NYC and L.A., starring Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke and Chris O’Dowd. Sundance favorite We The Animals by Jeremiah Zagar opens Friday in New York en route to a 100-plus location count by end of September, via The Orchard. Music Box Films is launching French-language Memoir Of War based on the book by Marguerite Duras. And actor Peter Facinelli is making his directorial debut with comedy Breaking & Exiting starring Milo Gibson and Jordan Hinson, making its way to select locations in a day and date roll out via Freestyle Digital Media.
- 8/17/2018
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline Film + TV
So far, 2018 has not particularly released a whole lot of contenders in the acting categories. This week, a possibility emerges when The Wife hits theaters. A showcase for Glenn Close, the film actually has designs on finally winning her an Academy Award. Obviously, for Close to take Best Actress at the Oscars, she’ll have to become the one to beat during the precursor season. More on that later, but this movie does at least suggest that she’ll be in play this year. If the product on the whole is only good, Close on her own is rather great. She’s rarely been better. The film is a drama, one rooted in literature. The simple IMDb synopsis is as follows: “A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.” The wife in question...
- 8/15/2018
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Last night saw a bevy of stars walk the red carpet for the UK Premiere of The Wife, the new film directed by Björn Runge, written by Jane Anderson from the Meg Wolitzer novel.
The film stars Harry Lloyd, Christian Slater, Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Max Irons. Pryce talked to us about his experiences on the film as well as giving us a little update on Terry Gilliam’s The Man who Killed Don Quixote.
The Wife will be released in the UK on the 28th of September, 2018. Here are our interviews from the red carpet, courtesy of Colin Hart and Scott Davis.
The Wife Premiere Interviews
Synopsis
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he’ll be receiving a prestigious award.
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The film stars Harry Lloyd, Christian Slater, Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Max Irons. Pryce talked to us about his experiences on the film as well as giving us a little update on Terry Gilliam’s The Man who Killed Don Quixote.
The Wife will be released in the UK on the 28th of September, 2018. Here are our interviews from the red carpet, courtesy of Colin Hart and Scott Davis.
The Wife Premiere Interviews
Synopsis
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he’ll be receiving a prestigious award.
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- 8/10/2018
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“The Wife” director Björn Runge has signed on to direct the indie feature “Remember Me.”
Runge will direct from a script written by Stephen Glantz, which is based on the true story of Abe and Regina Tauber, who fell in love at a young age, were separated by the German invasion of Poland, and their journey, thereafter, is an unbelievable tale of survival.
The pic will be produced by Kim Waltrip of Wonderstar Productions, Mark R. Harris of the Harris Company, and Patti Gribow.
“‘Remember Me’ is a script with a very strong emotional force. It’s a story about love and it’s a story about survival under severe circumstances,” said Runge. “As a director, it’s a true privilege to be a part of this upcoming film. It’s about strong characters dealing with a whole spectra of human behavior. What gets the leading characters Regina and Abe...
Runge will direct from a script written by Stephen Glantz, which is based on the true story of Abe and Regina Tauber, who fell in love at a young age, were separated by the German invasion of Poland, and their journey, thereafter, is an unbelievable tale of survival.
The pic will be produced by Kim Waltrip of Wonderstar Productions, Mark R. Harris of the Harris Company, and Patti Gribow.
“‘Remember Me’ is a script with a very strong emotional force. It’s a story about love and it’s a story about survival under severe circumstances,” said Runge. “As a director, it’s a true privilege to be a part of this upcoming film. It’s about strong characters dealing with a whole spectra of human behavior. What gets the leading characters Regina and Abe...
- 7/31/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Last year Sony Pictures Classics earned four Oscar nominations for “Call Me By Your Name,” with a win for screenwriter James Ivory and picked up the Foreign Language Feature award for Chile’s “A Fantastic Woman.” This year the specialized film division of Sony could do even better with its slate of celebrated fare from award-winning directors and talent.
Leading the way is Glenn Close in Björn Runge‘s acclaimed character study “The Wife.” The veteran actress has won three Emmys and three Tonys but has lost all six of her Oscar bids to date. But nomination number seven could prove to be the lucky one. The reviews for her performance as a dutiful spouse who questions her life at a key moment have been superlative. The Guardian calls her “unreadably brilliant” and proclaims the film “arguably her best performance ever.” Indiewire calls her “exquisite.” And Variety states simply “Glenn Close is a tremendous actress.
Leading the way is Glenn Close in Björn Runge‘s acclaimed character study “The Wife.” The veteran actress has won three Emmys and three Tonys but has lost all six of her Oscar bids to date. But nomination number seven could prove to be the lucky one. The reviews for her performance as a dutiful spouse who questions her life at a key moment have been superlative. The Guardian calls her “unreadably brilliant” and proclaims the film “arguably her best performance ever.” Indiewire calls her “exquisite.” And Variety states simply “Glenn Close is a tremendous actress.
- 7/19/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
When she hits, it hurts! The film also hits all the right notes.
The male arrogance and total self-centeredness, the disease of success as it affects men who know it is undeserved but cannot admit the truth even to themselves. The lies and deceptions all to aggrandize their inner sense, no, their knowledge of their male inferiority; it is all here in this film.
The woman creates and men are only her babies. She raises them to be kings, and they forget that it is the women who are the king makers.
When Jonathan Pryce, perhaps a little too elegant to play a tough New York street savvy Jew, has the arrogance to ask his wife Why did you marry me, you know this man has never loved but only lived for himself.
Glenn Close is at the height of her acting. Superb as the Smith educated Waspy, self-contained and restrained wife.
The male arrogance and total self-centeredness, the disease of success as it affects men who know it is undeserved but cannot admit the truth even to themselves. The lies and deceptions all to aggrandize their inner sense, no, their knowledge of their male inferiority; it is all here in this film.
The woman creates and men are only her babies. She raises them to be kings, and they forget that it is the women who are the king makers.
When Jonathan Pryce, perhaps a little too elegant to play a tough New York street savvy Jew, has the arrogance to ask his wife Why did you marry me, you know this man has never loved but only lived for himself.
Glenn Close is at the height of her acting. Superb as the Smith educated Waspy, self-contained and restrained wife.
- 7/17/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Picturehouse Entertainment has released a new trailer and poster for Glenn Close’s The Wife ahead of its UK premiere. The premiere will take place at Film4’s Summer Screen at Somerset House on August 9th.
Based on Meg Wolitzerr’s best-selling book; Björn Runge takes the helm on the film which also stars Jonathan Pryce and Max Irons (The Riot Club), Annie Starke (We Don’t Belong Here), Harry Lloyd (The Riot Club), Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) and Golden Globe winner Christian Slater.
Also in trailers – Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie battle over the throne in trailer for Mary Queen of Scots
The film arrives in UK cinemas September 28th.
The Wife Official Synopsis
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his lauded literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses for the sake of his art,...
Based on Meg Wolitzerr’s best-selling book; Björn Runge takes the helm on the film which also stars Jonathan Pryce and Max Irons (The Riot Club), Annie Starke (We Don’t Belong Here), Harry Lloyd (The Riot Club), Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey) and Golden Globe winner Christian Slater.
Also in trailers – Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie battle over the throne in trailer for Mary Queen of Scots
The film arrives in UK cinemas September 28th.
The Wife Official Synopsis
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her talent, dreams and ambitions to support her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his lauded literary career. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses for the sake of his art,...
- 7/16/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close may finally seal the deal and nab a statue when the 2019 ceremony rolls around. In the title role of Sony Pictures Classics’ upcoming feature “The Wife,” Close stars opposite Jonathan Pryce in a Björn Runge-directed drama full of injustice and deceit. The flick, which first screened at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, is slated for an Aug. 3 release date. Inspired? Check out Backstage's film audition listings!
- 4/13/2018
- backstage.com
Premiering last fall at the Toronto Film Festival, Björn Runge’s The Wife showcases one of Glenn Close’s best performances, playing a woman who is living in the shadow of her husband (Jonathan Pryce), an author being awarded a Nobel Prize. “It was probably one of the trickiest roles I’ve ever confronted,” Close tells Vanity Fair. “I think it’s a situation that every woman in the audience can relate to, whether they’re of younger generations or not.”
Ahead of a summer release, Sony Classics has now released the first trailer. We said in our review, “Playing Joan, the wife of a newly-announced Nobel Prize-winning novelist Joseph (Jonathan Pryce) whose career she has supported while setting her own ambitions aside, Glenn Close gives one of her finest performances in Björn Runge’s latest feature. The actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in the affecting drama,...
Ahead of a summer release, Sony Classics has now released the first trailer. We said in our review, “Playing Joan, the wife of a newly-announced Nobel Prize-winning novelist Joseph (Jonathan Pryce) whose career she has supported while setting her own ambitions aside, Glenn Close gives one of her finest performances in Björn Runge’s latest feature. The actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in the affecting drama,...
- 4/11/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Glenn Close puts in a magnificent turn as the downtrodden wife of the noble prize winning husband who can’t keep it in his pants in the brand new trailer for The Wife.
Adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s bestseller, the film is directed by Björn Runge from a script by Jane Anderson. Close plays Joan Castleman opposite Jonathan Pryce as her husband.
Also in trailers – James Franco does Mad Max in trailer for Future World
We got to chat with Glenn during Toronto Film Festival about the movie last year which you can watch below.
Toronto Film Festival Red Carpet Interview
Christian Slater also stars as a Journalist who opens Joan’s eyes to her husband’s infidelities. Max Irons, Harry Lloyd and Annie Starke are also on the cast.
The film is set for a Us release on 3rd August with a UK release to follow on 28th September.
Adapted from Meg Wolitzer’s bestseller, the film is directed by Björn Runge from a script by Jane Anderson. Close plays Joan Castleman opposite Jonathan Pryce as her husband.
Also in trailers – James Franco does Mad Max in trailer for Future World
We got to chat with Glenn during Toronto Film Festival about the movie last year which you can watch below.
Toronto Film Festival Red Carpet Interview
Christian Slater also stars as a Journalist who opens Joan’s eyes to her husband’s infidelities. Max Irons, Harry Lloyd and Annie Starke are also on the cast.
The film is set for a Us release on 3rd August with a UK release to follow on 28th September.
- 4/11/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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