Exclusive: After world premiering at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, the custody battle drama Our Son, starring Billy Porter (Pose), Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), and newcomer Christopher Woodley, has set release plans with Vertical. Directed by Bill Oliver, from his script written with Peter Nickowitz, the indie is set to hit select theaters December 8th.
Other titles opening that day include Searchlight’s Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Studio Ghibli/Gkids’ The Boy and the Heron, Kino Lorber’s thriller La Syndicaliste, Outsider Pictures doc Elis and Tom, Janus Films’ doc Anselm, and Republic Pictures’ The End We Start From.
Also starring Andrew Rannells (A Simple Favor), Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), and Phylicia Rashad (Creed III), Our Son depicts the next step in the zeitgeist of Lgbtqia+ equality: the right to divorce. Married for 13 years, aspiring artist Gabriel (Porter) and his ambitious partner Nicky (Evans) appear to...
Other titles opening that day include Searchlight’s Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Studio Ghibli/Gkids’ The Boy and the Heron, Kino Lorber’s thriller La Syndicaliste, Outsider Pictures doc Elis and Tom, Janus Films’ doc Anselm, and Republic Pictures’ The End We Start From.
Also starring Andrew Rannells (A Simple Favor), Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), and Phylicia Rashad (Creed III), Our Son depicts the next step in the zeitgeist of Lgbtqia+ equality: the right to divorce. Married for 13 years, aspiring artist Gabriel (Porter) and his ambitious partner Nicky (Evans) appear to...
- 11/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Oscar-shortlisted Panamanian filmmaker Abner Benaim (Plaza Catedral) is gearing up to direct a feature adaptation of Nemesis, the final bestseller by Philip Roth to be published prior to the famed author’s 2018 passing.
Dealing with such timely themes as an epidemic and antisemitism, Nemesis was described in The New Yorker as having “the elegance of a fable and the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama.” The novel published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October of 2010 is set in the summer of 1944, examining the impact of a polio epidemic on a Newark, NJ community and its children.
Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) adapted the screenplay. Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Andrew Hevia will produce for Fabula — the production company behind Foreign Language Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, the Kristen Stewart starrer Spencer, and the upcoming drama Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Fernando Loureiro produces for Tigresa.
Dealing with such timely themes as an epidemic and antisemitism, Nemesis was described in The New Yorker as having “the elegance of a fable and the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama.” The novel published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October of 2010 is set in the summer of 1944, examining the impact of a polio epidemic on a Newark, NJ community and its children.
Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) adapted the screenplay. Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Andrew Hevia will produce for Fabula — the production company behind Foreign Language Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, the Kristen Stewart starrer Spencer, and the upcoming drama Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Fernando Loureiro produces for Tigresa.
- 5/16/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Director Bill Oliver has rounded out the cast for his drama Our Son, with Andrew Rannells (Girls5eva), Robin Weigert (American Horror Story) and Kate Burton (Inventing Anna) signing on for roles, along with Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us), Cassandra Freeman (Bel-Air) and Isaac Powell (Dear Evan Hansen).
The recently-wrapped film starring Luke Evans and Billy Porter will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their eight-year-old son. Oliver and Peter Nickowitz wrote the script, with Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (Fala Tu) producing via their company Tigresa, along with Eric Binns (Lansky), Jennifer 8. Lee (The Price) and Christopher Lin. Alex Peace-Power is serving as co-producer, with CAA Media Finance representing the film’s distribution rights.
Rannells is a Grammy winner and Tony Award nominee whose recent credits include Peacock’s Girls5eva and Showtime’s Black Monday, along with such films as The Boys in the Band and The Prom.
The recently-wrapped film starring Luke Evans and Billy Porter will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their eight-year-old son. Oliver and Peter Nickowitz wrote the script, with Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (Fala Tu) producing via their company Tigresa, along with Eric Binns (Lansky), Jennifer 8. Lee (The Price) and Christopher Lin. Alex Peace-Power is serving as co-producer, with CAA Media Finance representing the film’s distribution rights.
Rannells is a Grammy winner and Tony Award nominee whose recent credits include Peacock’s Girls5eva and Showtime’s Black Monday, along with such films as The Boys in the Band and The Prom.
- 8/10/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Billy Porter (Pose) and Luke Evans (Nine Perfect Strangers) have signed on to star in the drama Our Son, from director Bill Oliver (Jonathan).
The film written by Oliver and Peter Nickowitz will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their 8-year-old son. Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (Oprhans of Eldorado) will produce via their company, Tigresa, along with Eric Binns (Lansky).
Porter is an actor, singer, director composer and playwright best known for his Emmy-winning turn as Ball scene emcee Pray Tell on FX’s Pose. The actor also recently appeared in Amazon’s live-action remake of Cinderella, CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone and American Horror Story: Apocalypse, also narrating HBO Max’s docuseries, Equal. His theatre credits include the role of Lola in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which he originated in 2013—landing Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as...
The film written by Oliver and Peter Nickowitz will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their 8-year-old son. Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (Oprhans of Eldorado) will produce via their company, Tigresa, along with Eric Binns (Lansky).
Porter is an actor, singer, director composer and playwright best known for his Emmy-winning turn as Ball scene emcee Pray Tell on FX’s Pose. The actor also recently appeared in Amazon’s live-action remake of Cinderella, CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone and American Horror Story: Apocalypse, also narrating HBO Max’s docuseries, Equal. His theatre credits include the role of Lola in the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, which he originated in 2013—landing Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as...
- 6/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Luke Evans and Billy Porter will portray husbands in the upcoming drama “Our Son,” a feature film about spouses going through a divorce and fighting over the custody of their 8-year-old son.
Bill Oliver is directing the movie from a script he co-wrote with Peter Nickowitz. Additional cast members, including the actor who will play their child, have not been announced. “Our Son” is currently in the process of setting a distributor.
Fernando Loureiro and Guilherme Coelho are producing via their company, Tigresa, along with producer Eric Binns.
Porter, an Emmy winner for “Pose,” most recently appeared alongside Camila Cabello in director Kay Cannon’s “Cinderella” remake. On television, he acted on “The Twilight Zone” for CBS All Access, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” and narrated HBO Max’s “Equal.” Porter is set to make his directorial debut with the high school coming-of-age film “Anything’s Possible” written by Alvaro García Lecuona.
Bill Oliver is directing the movie from a script he co-wrote with Peter Nickowitz. Additional cast members, including the actor who will play their child, have not been announced. “Our Son” is currently in the process of setting a distributor.
Fernando Loureiro and Guilherme Coelho are producing via their company, Tigresa, along with producer Eric Binns.
Porter, an Emmy winner for “Pose,” most recently appeared alongside Camila Cabello in director Kay Cannon’s “Cinderella” remake. On television, he acted on “The Twilight Zone” for CBS All Access, “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” and narrated HBO Max’s “Equal.” Porter is set to make his directorial debut with the high school coming-of-age film “Anything’s Possible” written by Alvaro García Lecuona.
- 6/2/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
What was supposed to be an easy theft turns into a fight for their lives for a trio of robbers in the subversive home invasion movie Monster Party. The second feature film from writer/director Chris von Hoffmann (Drifter), Monster Party has been acquired by Rlje Films for North American distribution, with a theatrical, VOD, and Digital HD release slated for November 2nd (giving horror fans a chance to extend their spooky celebrations beyond the 31st):
Press Release: "Los Angeles, Oct. 2018 – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje), has acquired all North American rights to the upcoming the horror/thriller Monster Party from writer/director Chris von Hoffmann (Drifter). The film stars Julian McMahon (“Nip/Tuck”), Robin Tunney, Sam Strike (Leatherface), Erin Moriarty (Blood Father), Lance Reddick, Brandon Micheal Hall (“Search Party”), Virginia Gardner (Project Almanac), and Diego Boneta (“Scream Queens”) . Rlje Films will release the film nationally in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on Nov.
Press Release: "Los Angeles, Oct. 2018 – Rlje Films (Nasdaq: Rlje), has acquired all North American rights to the upcoming the horror/thriller Monster Party from writer/director Chris von Hoffmann (Drifter). The film stars Julian McMahon (“Nip/Tuck”), Robin Tunney, Sam Strike (Leatherface), Erin Moriarty (Blood Father), Lance Reddick, Brandon Micheal Hall (“Search Party”), Virginia Gardner (Project Almanac), and Diego Boneta (“Scream Queens”) . Rlje Films will release the film nationally in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on Nov.
- 10/17/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
AMC Networks’ Shudder has acquired exclusive streaming rights to Mandy, the Nicolas Cage-starring horror thriller that bowed to big buzz this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Rlje Films acquired the Panos Cosmatos-directed pic after its Park City bow and gave it a limited theatrical release in September, where it has been building a cult fan base thanks to its wild plot — Cage plays a man whose peaceful woodland existence with his wife is shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling him into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance. Andrea Riseborough and Linus Roache co-star in the pic produced by SpectreVision, Xyz Films and Umedia. The deal, which will target Shudder’s core genre aficionado subscriber base, also includes Canadian rights from Elevation Pictures. No premiere date on the streaming service has been set yet.
Rlje Films has acquired North American rights to Monster Party,...
Rlje Films has acquired North American rights to Monster Party,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The depths of human loneliness can be cruel, as Peter Dinklage learns in I Think We’re Alone Now. One look at the brief teaser trailer for the film will back that up. Check out the tense and atmospheric footage above.
But things eventually will change in the R-rated film directed by Reed Morano, who won an Emmy for helming The Handmaid’s Tale, and scripted by Mike Makowsky. Here’s the logline: Del (Game of Thrones star Dinklage) is alone in the world. After the human race is wiped out, he lives in his small, empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he’s methodically created for himself — until he is discovered by Grace (Fanning), an interloper whose history and motives are obscure. Worse yet, she wants to stay.
The latest film to borrow its title from a song, I Think We’re Alone Now won a...
But things eventually will change in the R-rated film directed by Reed Morano, who won an Emmy for helming The Handmaid’s Tale, and scripted by Mike Makowsky. Here’s the logline: Del (Game of Thrones star Dinklage) is alone in the world. After the human race is wiped out, he lives in his small, empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he’s methodically created for himself — until he is discovered by Grace (Fanning), an interloper whose history and motives are obscure. Worse yet, she wants to stay.
The latest film to borrow its title from a song, I Think We’re Alone Now won a...
- 7/24/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The Orchard has acquired North American rights to Song of Back and Neck, the feature film debut of The Office writer-producer-actor Paul Lieberstein that bowed this year at Tribeca. Rosemarie DeWitt, Brian D’Arcy James, Robert Pine, Clark Duke and Paul Feig co-star in the pic, which will get a 2018 release. Lieberman plays Fred, resigned to a lifetime of back pain who has tried every possible remedy — except for having an affair with a client (DeWitt) at the start of her complicated divorce, or trying her acupuncturist whose 200 needles in Fred’s back reveal a bizarre talent, or beginning to wonder if his problems are more psychological than physical. Lieberstein produces with Kim Leadford and StarStream Media’s Jennifer Prediger, and Fernando Loureiro, Roberto Vasconcellos, Candice Abela-Mikati, Allen Babakhanloo and Lauren Russell executive produce. The deal was made by The Orchard’s Danielle Digiacomo and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 7/13/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Orchard has bought North American rights to Paul Lieberstein’s romantic comedy “Song of Back and Neck” for a release later this year.
The film, written and directed Lieberstein in his directorial debut, premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. He stars in the film alongside Rosemarie DeWitt, Brian D’Arcy James, Robert Pine, Clark Duke, and Paul Feig.
Lieberstein plays a man who often collapses on the floor in back pain, and continues his day as usual, on the floor. He’s resigned to a life of pain, having tried every remedy possible and been told by a top surgeon (played by Feig) that there’s nothing to be done. But he hasn’t yet tried having an affair with a client (portrayed by DeWitt) at the start of her complicated divorce and he hasn’t yet begun to wonder if his problems are more psychological than physical.
The film, written and directed Lieberstein in his directorial debut, premiered in April at the Tribeca Film Festival. He stars in the film alongside Rosemarie DeWitt, Brian D’Arcy James, Robert Pine, Clark Duke, and Paul Feig.
Lieberstein plays a man who often collapses on the floor in back pain, and continues his day as usual, on the floor. He’s resigned to a life of pain, having tried every remedy possible and been told by a top surgeon (played by Feig) that there’s nothing to be done. But he hasn’t yet tried having an affair with a client (portrayed by DeWitt) at the start of her complicated divorce and he hasn’t yet begun to wonder if his problems are more psychological than physical.
- 7/13/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Office alum Paul Lieberstein’s feature directorial debut Song of Back and Neck is making its world premiere today in the U.S. Narrative Competition section at the Tribeca Film Festival. The pic stars Lieberstein and Rosemarie DeWitt; Lieberstein, the Office regular who became the series’ showrunner later in its run, stretches his legs as a feature writer-director after helming TV episodes including The Mindy Project and The Newsroom.
In the dark comedy he plays Fred Trolleycar, who is on a journey to find a cure for his chronic back pain. Along the way he discovers an unusual talent, finds unexpected love (with DeWitt), and that his feelings may have been the cause of his pain all along. Brian D’Arcy James, Sam Anderson, Robert Pine, Clark Duke, Ike Barinholtz and Paul Feig co-star. The movie was inspired by Lieberstein’s own struggles with back pain; he was...
In the dark comedy he plays Fred Trolleycar, who is on a journey to find a cure for his chronic back pain. Along the way he discovers an unusual talent, finds unexpected love (with DeWitt), and that his feelings may have been the cause of his pain all along. Brian D’Arcy James, Sam Anderson, Robert Pine, Clark Duke, Ike Barinholtz and Paul Feig co-star. The movie was inspired by Lieberstein’s own struggles with back pain; he was...
- 4/23/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Stranger Things star Natalia Dyer will star in Mountain Rest, an indie drama that marks the directorial debut of writer-director Alex O Eaton.
Frances Conroy, Shawn Hatosy and Kate Lyn Sheil are also starring in the film, which is set to go into production Sept. 10.
The script centers on an aging actress who, after sequestering herself in a small mountain town, calls her estranged daughter and granddaughter home for reconciliation and one final celebration.
Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos of Exhibit and Renata Nascimento are producing the pic. Executive producing are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Márcia Mayer....
Frances Conroy, Shawn Hatosy and Kate Lyn Sheil are also starring in the film, which is set to go into production Sept. 10.
The script centers on an aging actress who, after sequestering herself in a small mountain town, calls her estranged daughter and granddaughter home for reconciliation and one final celebration.
Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos of Exhibit and Renata Nascimento are producing the pic. Executive producing are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and Márcia Mayer....
- 7/27/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Distributor plans 2017 release for Tribeca premiere.
The Orchard has picked up all North American rights to Jordan Ross’s directorial debut Thumper starring Pablo Schreiber from Orange Is The New Black.
The crime thriller debuted at Tribeca and also stars Eliza Taylor, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Grant Harvey and Daniel Webber.
Thumper takes place in an impoverished town where a group of teens are made to work for a drug dealer as a girl with a secret arrives.
Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos produced the film for Exhibit, and Cary Fukunaga served as executive producer with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill for Automatik.
The Orchard negotiated the deal with UTA Independent Film Group and plans to release Thumper later this year.
“Thumper is a movie so real, so authentic in its direction and performances, we were floored this was Jordan’s directorial debut,” Paul Davidson, The Orchard’s executive vice-president of film and television, said.
“There...
The Orchard has picked up all North American rights to Jordan Ross’s directorial debut Thumper starring Pablo Schreiber from Orange Is The New Black.
The crime thriller debuted at Tribeca and also stars Eliza Taylor, Lena Headey, Ben Feldman, Grant Harvey and Daniel Webber.
Thumper takes place in an impoverished town where a group of teens are made to work for a drug dealer as a girl with a secret arrives.
Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos produced the film for Exhibit, and Cary Fukunaga served as executive producer with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill for Automatik.
The Orchard negotiated the deal with UTA Independent Film Group and plans to release Thumper later this year.
“Thumper is a movie so real, so authentic in its direction and performances, we were floored this was Jordan’s directorial debut,” Paul Davidson, The Orchard’s executive vice-president of film and television, said.
“There...
- 6/5/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– IFC Films has acquired the U.S rights to director Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller “Sweet Virginia,” starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. The film, which premiered at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, was written by Ben and Paul China from their Black List script, and was produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones for Automatik, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
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Xyz Films is currently handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes. “Sweet Virginia” is a riveting thriller that...
– IFC Films has acquired the U.S rights to director Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller “Sweet Virginia,” starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young. The film, which premiered at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, was written by Ben and Paul China from their Black List script, and was produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones for Automatik, Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
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Xyz Films is currently handling international sales and will screen the film at the upcoming Marché du Film at Cannes. “Sweet Virginia” is a riveting thriller that...
- 5/12/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Xyz to screen Tribeca thriller for international buyers in Cannes.
IFC Films has acquired all Us rights to Sweet Virginia starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young.
Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller premiered in Tribeca and is based on the Black List screenplay by Ben and Paul China.
Sweet Virginia follows a motel owner with a dark past who unwittingly befriends a young hitman who is wreaking havoc in s small town.
Xyz handles international sales and will screen the film for buyers in Cannes.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones produced for Automatik along with Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows, and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
Rian Cahill and Jesse Savath served as executive producers with Nate Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian of Xyz Films.
IFC Films brokered the deal with Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
IFC Films has acquired all Us rights to Sweet Virginia starring Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots, Rosemarie DeWitt and Odessa Young.
Jamie M. Dagg’s thriller premiered in Tribeca and is based on the Black List screenplay by Ben and Paul China.
Sweet Virginia follows a motel owner with a dark past who unwittingly befriends a young hitman who is wreaking havoc in s small town.
Xyz handles international sales and will screen the film for buyers in Cannes.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones produced for Automatik along with Chris Ferguson for Oddfellows, and Fernando Loureiro and Roberto Vasconcellos for Exhibit, who also financed.
Rian Cahill and Jesse Savath served as executive producers with Nate Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian of Xyz Films.
IFC Films brokered the deal with Wme Global on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 5/9/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
IFC Films has nabbed the domestic rights to thriller Sweet Virginia.
Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott lead a cast that includes Imogen Poots, Odessa Young and Rosemarie DeWitt. Jamie M. Dagg directed the pic from a Black List script by Ben and Paul China.
The feature, which made its world premiere last month at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows a motel owner with a dark past (Bernthal) who unknowingly establishes a rapport with a young hitman (Abbott) responsible for a spate of violence that has suddenly gripped a small town.
Automatik's Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Oddfellows' Chris Ferguson produced Sweet Virginia with Fernando Loureiro and...
Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott lead a cast that includes Imogen Poots, Odessa Young and Rosemarie DeWitt. Jamie M. Dagg directed the pic from a Black List script by Ben and Paul China.
The feature, which made its world premiere last month at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows a motel owner with a dark past (Bernthal) who unknowingly establishes a rapport with a young hitman (Abbott) responsible for a spate of violence that has suddenly gripped a small town.
Automatik's Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Oddfellows' Chris Ferguson produced Sweet Virginia with Fernando Loureiro and...
- 5/9/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IFC Films is acquiring all North and Latin American rights to Noah Baumbach’s "Frances Ha," which the filmmaker co-wrote with his star and muse, Mumblecore darling Greta Gerwig. She has received glowing reviews for the film, which debuted at Telluride followed by Toronto and now, New York. Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver and Michael Zegen co-star. IFC has also acquired out of the fall fests Mira Nair's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and Neil Jordan's vampire thriller "Byzantium." Baumbach produced "Frances Ha" with Lila Yacoub, Scott Rudin, and Rodrigo Teixeira, with Fernando Loureiro and Lourenço Sant' Anna executive producing for Rt Features. Here's the synposis: Frances (Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking...
- 9/20/2012
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
IFC Films has nabbed the domestic distribution rights for Noah Baumbach's comedy Frances Ha. The film, which was written by Baumbach and star Greta Gerwig, began generating interest out of this month's Telluride Film Festival, where it played to strong reviews, and picked up further fans when it played the Toronto International Film Festival. The black-and-white film follows the exploits of an aspiring dancer, played by Gerwig, in New York City. Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver and Michael Zegen co-star. Baumbach, Lila Yacoub, Scott Rudin and Rodrigo Teixeira produced the picture, with Fernando Loureiro and Lourenço Sant' Anna
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- 9/12/2012
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Zachary Swickey
A film company based out of Brazil has acquired the rights to Bob Dylan’s notorious album Blood on the Tracks and is planning a silver screen adaptation.
The firm, Rt Features, is currently on the lookout for an English-language director for the film based on the iconic 1975 album that includes classic jams like “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Buckets of Rain” and “Simple Twist of Fate.”
Fernando Loureiro, senior vice-president of the Brazilian movie company, confirmed the details to Afp reported by industry publication Variety, who said Rt Features had bought the album rights from Us firm Grey Water Park Productions.
"As longtime admirers of one of the greatest albums in the history of music, we feel privileged to be making this film," Rt chief executive Rodrigo Teixeira added.
"Our goal is to work with a filmmaker who can create a classic drama with characters and an...
A film company based out of Brazil has acquired the rights to Bob Dylan’s notorious album Blood on the Tracks and is planning a silver screen adaptation.
The firm, Rt Features, is currently on the lookout for an English-language director for the film based on the iconic 1975 album that includes classic jams like “Tangled Up in Blue,” “Buckets of Rain” and “Simple Twist of Fate.”
Fernando Loureiro, senior vice-president of the Brazilian movie company, confirmed the details to Afp reported by industry publication Variety, who said Rt Features had bought the album rights from Us firm Grey Water Park Productions.
"As longtime admirers of one of the greatest albums in the history of music, we feel privileged to be making this film," Rt chief executive Rodrigo Teixeira added.
"Our goal is to work with a filmmaker who can create a classic drama with characters and an...
- 4/5/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Brazilian production company Rt Features has purchased the rights to adapt Bob Dylan’s seminal 1975 album Blood on the Tracks into an English language movie. According to the press release (via Collider), Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro will act as producers for the movie and a search for a director who can envision Bob Dylan’s work has already begun.
“As long time admirers of one of the greatest albums in the history of music, we feel privileged to be making this film,” said Teixeira. “Our goal is to work with a filmmaker who can create a classic drama with characters and an environment that capture the feelings that the album inspires in all fans.”
“Blood on the Tracks” is considered one of Bob Dylan’s most personal albums. The songs in the album carry themes of heartache, but they aren’t as depressing as you might think.
Songs like...
“As long time admirers of one of the greatest albums in the history of music, we feel privileged to be making this film,” said Teixeira. “Our goal is to work with a filmmaker who can create a classic drama with characters and an environment that capture the feelings that the album inspires in all fans.”
“Blood on the Tracks” is considered one of Bob Dylan’s most personal albums. The songs in the album carry themes of heartache, but they aren’t as depressing as you might think.
Songs like...
- 4/5/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Bob Dylan's album Blood on the Tracks is to be adapted into a feature film. Brazilian-based movie company Rt Features has acquired the rights to make a movie based on the 1975 record, which includes tracks such as 'Shelter from the Storm', 'Tangled up in Blue' and 'Simple Twist of Fate'. According to Afp, the firm is currently looking for a director to helm the English-language movie after seeking rights from Us production company Grey Water Park Productions. Rt Feature's senior vice-president Fernando Loureiro read a statement from chief executive Rodrigo Teixeira, saying: "As longtime admirers of one (more)...
- 4/5/2012
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Bob Dylan's classic 1975 album "Blood on the Tracks" will be turned into a feature film by Rt Features says The Wrap.
Considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time thanks to iconic songs like "Shelter From the Storm" and "Simple Twist of Fate," there's no telling what kind of a storyline will be used considering the album didn't really have one.
At the time however Dylan was separated from his wife so there's plenty of songs of love and loss. Those on the project are seeking a director with "unique vision" to translate the album to screen. Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro will produce.
Considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time thanks to iconic songs like "Shelter From the Storm" and "Simple Twist of Fate," there's no telling what kind of a storyline will be used considering the album didn't really have one.
At the time however Dylan was separated from his wife so there's plenty of songs of love and loss. Those on the project are seeking a director with "unique vision" to translate the album to screen. Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro will produce.
- 4/5/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There are board game movies no one asked for, and sequels to remakes of B-movies that no one asked for, and adaptations of silly TV shows that no one asked for. So why not a film adaptation of a classic rock album by one of music’s greatest singer-songwriters?
Brazil-based production company Rt Features announced today that it has snapped up the movie rights to Bob Dylan’s 1975 double platinum album Blood on the Tracks. Company execs Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro plan to produce an English-language feature based on the influential album, which includes seminal songs like ”Tangled Up in Blue,...
Brazil-based production company Rt Features announced today that it has snapped up the movie rights to Bob Dylan’s 1975 double platinum album Blood on the Tracks. Company execs Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro plan to produce an English-language feature based on the influential album, which includes seminal songs like ”Tangled Up in Blue,...
- 4/4/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: The Town scribe Aaron Stockard will adapt the Thomas Perry crime novel Strip for Rt Features and Thunder Road Pictures. Rt’s Rodrigo Teixeira and Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk will produce while Rt’s Fernando Loureiro will be executive producer. A strip club owner is robbed by a masked gunman just as he’s about to place his cash receipts in a bank’s night deposit box. The enraged and mobbed up club owner sends half a dozen thugs out to find anyone who’s spending large and probably doesn’t know they robbed a gangster. The security men come up with Joe Carver, who not only evades capture but becomes determined to make the gangster sorry he ever sought revenge. Aside from co-writing The Town (which Iwanyk produced), Stockard also teamed with Ben Affleck on the script Gone Baby Gone and recently sold the drama pitch Thick...
- 10/27/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Exclusive: While the outbreak of zombie and vampire films has been well chronicled, Hollywood has also become flush with Frankenstein films. The latest is an adaptation of the Peter Ackroyd novel The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein, which has just gotten Pulitzer-winning Proof playwright David Auburn signed to write the script. The project is set with Rt Features, and Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures. The story covers the youthful days of Frankenstein, who begins experimenting with corpses, influenced by the outspoken English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whose Mary wrote the book. She's a character in the film as well. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira will produce with Tapert and Ilene Staple, while Fernando Loureiro, Jeff Vespa and Ghost House’s Nathan Kahane and Lawrence Grey will be exec producers. That's just one of several Frankenflicks. Universal is developing a new version of the 1931 studio classic movie with Guillermo del Toro...
- 5/23/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
David Seidler appartently feels right at home working on WWII-era films and has committed to his first project since he won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for The King's Speech. Seidler will team with Italian writer Luca Manzi to script Games of 1940 for producers Kennedy/Marshall Company and Rt Features.
The drama is based "on the true tale of a group of multinational POWs in a Nazi prison camp who decide to compete against each other in their own version of the Olympics after the 1940 games were canceled due to the escalating war. They risked their lives to stage the games under the noses of the guards." Seidler and Manzi learned of the event while touring a Polish sports museum.
The film will be produced by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy under their Kennedy/Marshall Company along with Rt Features' Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro. I really enjoyed The King's Speech...
The drama is based "on the true tale of a group of multinational POWs in a Nazi prison camp who decide to compete against each other in their own version of the Olympics after the 1940 games were canceled due to the escalating war. They risked their lives to stage the games under the noses of the guards." Seidler and Manzi learned of the event while touring a Polish sports museum.
The film will be produced by Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy under their Kennedy/Marshall Company along with Rt Features' Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro. I really enjoyed The King's Speech...
- 3/24/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: After winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for The King's Speech, David Seidler has committed to another WWII-era inspirational story. He will team with Italian writer Luca Manzi to script Games of 1940 for producers Kennedy/Marshall Company and Rt Features. The drama is based on the true tale of a group of multinational POWs in a Nazi prison camp who decide to compete against each other in their own version of the Olympics after the 1940 games were canceled due to the escalating war. They risked their lives to stage the games under the noses of the guards. Seidler and Manzi have collaborated in the past, and they came across the event while touring a Polish sports museum. Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy will produce for Kennedy/Marshall Company along with Rt Features' Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro. Brazil-based Rt Features is funding development. The company, which produced the...
- 3/23/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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