Magnet Management has promoted longtime literary manager Christopher Mills to Partner alongside Jennie Frisbie, Bob Sobhani, Mitch Solomon and Zach Tann. In addition, Magnet has brought on literary manager Chris Emerson. Since joining Magnet in 2005, Mills has been credited with spearheading the expansion of Magnet’s television business, with a focus on building up the Magnet client roster for staffing, as well as developing material for production. “Chris is a dedicated…...
- 6/29/2015
- Deadline TV
What's not to love about the original poster for Star Wars? It has become one of the most iconic and parodied designs in movie history, and for good reason. The poster features extremely sexed up versions of Luke and Leia, a looming Darth Vader, and a giant fleet of X-Wing fighters going up against the "ultimate power in the universe!"
Sure, a Luke that buff and that bare chested only exists in overly muscular Star Wars action figures from the '90s. And yes, Leia didn't show anything close to that amount of skin until Return of the Jedi, seven years after the release of A New Hope in 1977. But it got people excited for wars that happened a long time ago, and stars in a galaxy far, far away…. and milk, blue milk. Ok maybe not the milk.
Here's an unused poster concept for Star Wars that features some rather curious advertising angles.
Sure, a Luke that buff and that bare chested only exists in overly muscular Star Wars action figures from the '90s. And yes, Leia didn't show anything close to that amount of skin until Return of the Jedi, seven years after the release of A New Hope in 1977. But it got people excited for wars that happened a long time ago, and stars in a galaxy far, far away…. and milk, blue milk. Ok maybe not the milk.
Here's an unused poster concept for Star Wars that features some rather curious advertising angles.
- 6/11/2013
- by Eli Reyes
- GeekTyrant
Chris Mills, who adapted the screenplay for Small Apartments from his novel of the same name, considers this film a black comedy; but there’s very little humor to be found. Set in a seedy apartment complex, the characters who reside in these small apartments are too trashy and depressing to be very funny. However, this doesn’t stop the characters from being surprisingly engaging.
Take, for instance, the lead character Franklin Franklin—played by Matt Lucas (remember Kristin Wiig’s weird roommate in Bridesmaids?). Franklin is a socially awkward man who never wears pants, preferring to show off his white briefs and green clogs. As he decides how to deal with his dead landlord’s body that is lying on his kitchen floor, we get insight into his peculiar mind and that of his crazy brother Bernard (James Marsden). Johnny Knoxville plays druggie Tommy Balls (incorporating a scene with...
Take, for instance, the lead character Franklin Franklin—played by Matt Lucas (remember Kristin Wiig’s weird roommate in Bridesmaids?). Franklin is a socially awkward man who never wears pants, preferring to show off his white briefs and green clogs. As he decides how to deal with his dead landlord’s body that is lying on his kitchen floor, we get insight into his peculiar mind and that of his crazy brother Bernard (James Marsden). Johnny Knoxville plays druggie Tommy Balls (incorporating a scene with...
- 2/21/2013
- by John Keith
- JustPressPlay.net
Neighboring Groans: Akerland’s Tone Deaf Latest Cranks Manic Quirk
Swedish filmmaker Jonas Akerlund returns with his third feature, Small Apartments, based on a novel by Chris Mills which was the top prize recipient in a Canadian Three-Day Novel Contest back in 2000. Akerlund’s 2002 debut, Spun, may have generated a sort of cult audience, but his last narrative directorial effort was a dismally received 2009 Dennis Quaid apocalyptic thriller Horsemen. This latest title still doesn’t even come close to outshining his best work, namely music videos for Madonna’s “Ray of Light” or Lady Gaga’s “Telephone”, and instead sees the filmmaker returning to garish, quirk oriented material, adapted for the screen by the text’s original author. While this may be miles ahead of the original source material of Akerlund’s Quaid clunker (which had been penned by Dave Callaham, best known for his Expendables screenplays), this tonally uneven...
Swedish filmmaker Jonas Akerlund returns with his third feature, Small Apartments, based on a novel by Chris Mills which was the top prize recipient in a Canadian Three-Day Novel Contest back in 2000. Akerlund’s 2002 debut, Spun, may have generated a sort of cult audience, but his last narrative directorial effort was a dismally received 2009 Dennis Quaid apocalyptic thriller Horsemen. This latest title still doesn’t even come close to outshining his best work, namely music videos for Madonna’s “Ray of Light” or Lady Gaga’s “Telephone”, and instead sees the filmmaker returning to garish, quirk oriented material, adapted for the screen by the text’s original author. While this may be miles ahead of the original source material of Akerlund’s Quaid clunker (which had been penned by Dave Callaham, best known for his Expendables screenplays), this tonally uneven...
- 2/19/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Feb., 19, 2013
Price: DVD $22.98
Studio: Sony
Matt Lucas ponders a drink--and his dead landlord--in Small Apartments.
Matt Lucas, who was so awesome in TV’s Little Britain, just as he was weird in Bridesmaids, appears in his first leading role in the 2012 comedy Small Apartments.
Lucas is Franklin Franklin, a clumsy recluse who embarks on a hapless cover-up after accidentally killing his landlord. Trapped in his seedy La apartment with the body of the landlord on the kitchen floor, Franklin is surrounded by eccentric neighbors, including a stoner (Johnny Knoxville, Jackass: The Movie) and his girlfriend (Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect), a wanna-be stripper (Juno Temple, Killer Joe) and an artist (James Caan, The Gambler). To add to his problems, a drunk investigator (Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally) is questioning him about his landlord. But none of this fazes Franklin as he dreams of Switzerland, and waits...
Price: DVD $22.98
Studio: Sony
Matt Lucas ponders a drink--and his dead landlord--in Small Apartments.
Matt Lucas, who was so awesome in TV’s Little Britain, just as he was weird in Bridesmaids, appears in his first leading role in the 2012 comedy Small Apartments.
Lucas is Franklin Franklin, a clumsy recluse who embarks on a hapless cover-up after accidentally killing his landlord. Trapped in his seedy La apartment with the body of the landlord on the kitchen floor, Franklin is surrounded by eccentric neighbors, including a stoner (Johnny Knoxville, Jackass: The Movie) and his girlfriend (Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect), a wanna-be stripper (Juno Temple, Killer Joe) and an artist (James Caan, The Gambler). To add to his problems, a drunk investigator (Billy Crystal, When Harry Met Sally) is questioning him about his landlord. But none of this fazes Franklin as he dreams of Switzerland, and waits...
- 12/26/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
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