Exclusive: Michael Doneger has been set to write, executive produce and star in The Escort, an MTV drama pilot based on the 2015 feature Doneger co-wrote and starred in alongside Lyndsey Fonseca. Blake Goza and Mark Dicristofaro, who produced the film, will also serve as executive producers on the TV project. The film, directed by Will Slocombe, centered on a sex-obsessed writer (Doneger) in need of a big story to land an editorial gig. After retaining the help of a…...
- 7/19/2016
- Deadline TV
The world of high-priced call girls gets a darkly comic twist in The Escort's trailer.
Michael Doneger wrote, produced and stars in the comedy about a reporter who tries to kick start his fledgling career with a truly sexy story.
Following a high-priced escort on the job for a week, he discovers the highs and lows of working in the sex trade.
The Escort's ensemble cast includes Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead), Lyndsy Fonseca (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Rumer Willis (Dancing with the Stars), with supporting roles also going to Sonya Walger and Dan Bakkedahl.
The film is directed by Will Slocombe, who is best known for his work on the series Reception.
The Escort debuts in the Us on July 28 through VOD services.
Michael Doneger wrote, produced and stars in the comedy about a reporter who tries to kick start his fledgling career with a truly sexy story.
Following a high-priced escort on the job for a week, he discovers the highs and lows of working in the sex trade.
The Escort's ensemble cast includes Bruce Campbell (Ash vs Evil Dead), Lyndsy Fonseca (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Rumer Willis (Dancing with the Stars), with supporting roles also going to Sonya Walger and Dan Bakkedahl.
The film is directed by Will Slocombe, who is best known for his work on the series Reception.
The Escort debuts in the Us on July 28 through VOD services.
- 7/24/2015
- Digital Spy
The world premiere of cult web series creators 5-Second Films’ first feature Dude Bro Party Massacre III will screen at the upcoming festival as top brass introduced the Zeitgeist and Nightfall sections.
The festival, set to run from June 10-18, announced programming in both strands as well as the second edition of La Muse strand.
Associate director of programming and curated content Roya Rastegar said Zeitgeist comprised films that speak to pivotal junctures in the lives of young people.
Zeitgeist programme encompasses six world premieres of Us films: Band Of Robbers by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee; A Girl Like Grace by Ty Hodges; In The Treetops by Matthew Brown; Manifest Destiny by Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin; Stealing Cars by Bradley Kaplan; and What Lola Wants by Rupert Glasson.
Describing Nightfall, senior programmer Jennifer Cochis said the films were designed to make audiences squirm.
Films premiering for the first time in the Us are nominated for the...
The festival, set to run from June 10-18, announced programming in both strands as well as the second edition of La Muse strand.
Associate director of programming and curated content Roya Rastegar said Zeitgeist comprised films that speak to pivotal junctures in the lives of young people.
Zeitgeist programme encompasses six world premieres of Us films: Band Of Robbers by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee; A Girl Like Grace by Ty Hodges; In The Treetops by Matthew Brown; Manifest Destiny by Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin; Stealing Cars by Bradley Kaplan; and What Lola Wants by Rupert Glasson.
Describing Nightfall, senior programmer Jennifer Cochis said the films were designed to make audiences squirm.
Films premiering for the first time in the Us are nominated for the...
- 4/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Ant-Man
David Dastmalchian ("The Dark Knight," "Prisoners") has signed on to play a role in Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man" movie at Marvel Studios.
It's a role the studio is reportedly keeping under wraps. The actor will join an ensemble headed by Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Michael Pena. [Source: Deadline]
Black Mass
Tony-nominated actor David Harbour ("The Equalizer ," "A Walk Among The Tombstones") will play corrupt FBI agent John Morris in Scott Cooper's Whitey Bulger biopic "Black Mass" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Morris, Morris, along with fellow agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) allowed Whitey to evade law enforcement and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history. [Source: Deadline]
The Escort
Lyndsy Fonseca ("Kick Ass," "Nikita") has scored the lead role in the romantic comedy "The Escort". Will Slocombe directs the film which is currently shooting in Los Angeles and also stars Bruce Campbell, Tommy Dewey, Rumer Willis, Rachel Resheff,...
David Dastmalchian ("The Dark Knight," "Prisoners") has signed on to play a role in Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man" movie at Marvel Studios.
It's a role the studio is reportedly keeping under wraps. The actor will join an ensemble headed by Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas and Michael Pena. [Source: Deadline]
Black Mass
Tony-nominated actor David Harbour ("The Equalizer ," "A Walk Among The Tombstones") will play corrupt FBI agent John Morris in Scott Cooper's Whitey Bulger biopic "Black Mass" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Morris, Morris, along with fellow agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) allowed Whitey to evade law enforcement and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history. [Source: Deadline]
The Escort
Lyndsy Fonseca ("Kick Ass," "Nikita") has scored the lead role in the romantic comedy "The Escort". Will Slocombe directs the film which is currently shooting in Los Angeles and also stars Bruce Campbell, Tommy Dewey, Rumer Willis, Rachel Resheff,...
- 7/2/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
After winning the hearts of action aficionados everywhere by starring on The CW’s Nikita for four seasons and appearing in the superhero caper Kick-Ass, Lyndsy Fonseca is set to delve into more comedic territory for her next big screen role, having recently signed on to star in romantic comedy The Escort.
As per Deadline, the pic “tracks a sex-obsessed journalist (Michael Doneger) who throws himself into the world of high class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute (Fonseca).”
That cursory plot outline doesn’t give us much to go on, but it’s clear that Doneger, who also co-wrote the script with Brandon A. Cohen, is hoping to use The Escort to prove himself as a leading man. Doneger tried something similar with indie flick This Thing with Sarah last year, directing, starring in and scripting that project, but it never made much noise upon release. Of course,...
As per Deadline, the pic “tracks a sex-obsessed journalist (Michael Doneger) who throws himself into the world of high class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute (Fonseca).”
That cursory plot outline doesn’t give us much to go on, but it’s clear that Doneger, who also co-wrote the script with Brandon A. Cohen, is hoping to use The Escort to prove himself as a leading man. Doneger tried something similar with indie flick This Thing with Sarah last year, directing, starring in and scripting that project, but it never made much noise upon release. Of course,...
- 7/2/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Romantic comedy The Escort has found its lead in Lyndsy Fonseca, the Kick-Ass actress who’s coming off a four-season run on The CW’s Nikita. Pic tracks a sex-obsessed journalist (Michael Doneger) who throws himself into the world of high class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute. Will Slocombe (Cold Turkey, Crime Fiction) is directing from a script by Doneger and Brandon A. Cohen, with Doneger, Bruce Campbell, Tommy Dewey, Rumer Willis, Rachel Resheff, and Sonya Walger rounding out the cast. Filming on the Cloverhill Pictures production is underway in La. Blake Goza is producing and Tyler Konney […]...
- 7/2/2014
- Deadline
Family reunion ensemble psycho-comedies have distinctive squirmy rhythms, but I’ve rarely writhed through one the way I did watching Will Slocombe’s Cold Turkey. First that title — bad. Last spring it was called Pasadena, which isn’t much better but has the virtue of looking like a placeholder. The film is set, in fact, in Pasadena, in a rambling and expensive house that is presided over by a patriarch called Poppy (Peter Bogdanovich). We use the word patriarch loosely these days, but this is very much a big-daddy ecosystem, the women and boys circling warily, mindful not to disturb the Great Thinker.Slocombe’s own dad, Walter, was one of the actual Great Thinkers behind our recent, catastrophic occupation of Iraq, and so, as it happens, was the “fictional” Poppy. Unlike Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Doug Feith, and John Yoo (among many others), Poppy is paying a heavy price for his murderous incompetence.
- 11/22/2013
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
New Release
Reaching for the Moon
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 58 Mins.
The real-life love story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloría Pires) is gorgeously shot against the lush postcard backdrops of ’50s and ’60s South America —but its emotional landscape is a little more arid. If Blue Is the Warmest Color is the gloriously messy supernova of this year’s lesbian dramas, this is the J. Peterman catalog version: elegant, tasteful, and two-dimensional. B —Leah Greenblatt
New Release
Cold Turkey
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 24 Mins.
Dysfunctional-family Thanksgivings have been served up by...
Reaching for the Moon
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 58 Mins.
The real-life love story of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloría Pires) is gorgeously shot against the lush postcard backdrops of ’50s and ’60s South America —but its emotional landscape is a little more arid. If Blue Is the Warmest Color is the gloriously messy supernova of this year’s lesbian dramas, this is the J. Peterman catalog version: elegant, tasteful, and two-dimensional. B —Leah Greenblatt
New Release
Cold Turkey
Not Rated, 1 Hr., 24 Mins.
Dysfunctional-family Thanksgivings have been served up by...
- 11/20/2013
- by EW staff
- EW - Inside Movies
Alicia Witt's tour-de-force turn as the spitfire Nina Turner is the main draw of Will Slocombe's Cold Turkey, a fitfully amusing dysfunctional holiday comedy in the vein of Home for the Holidays.
Unlike the chattering, hyperactive clan in that 1995 Jodie Foster–directed yarn, however, the Turners work overtime to repress their increasingly unmanageable crises. Poppy (Peter Bogdanovich, giving new meaning to the word "droopy") slurps martinis and broods in silence, hiding his womanizing, money-squandering ways. His yoga-obsessed, type A daughter Lindsay (Sonya Walger) is a closet philanderer too, and Lindsay's half-brother, Jacob (Ashton Holmes), favored by Poppy and his prissy second wife, Deborah ...
Unlike the chattering, hyperactive clan in that 1995 Jodie Foster–directed yarn, however, the Turners work overtime to repress their increasingly unmanageable crises. Poppy (Peter Bogdanovich, giving new meaning to the word "droopy") slurps martinis and broods in silence, hiding his womanizing, money-squandering ways. His yoga-obsessed, type A daughter Lindsay (Sonya Walger) is a closet philanderer too, and Lindsay's half-brother, Jacob (Ashton Holmes), favored by Poppy and his prissy second wife, Deborah ...
- 11/20/2013
- Village Voice
Title: Cold Turkey Director: Will Slocombe Starring: Peter Bogdanovich, Sonya Walger, Alicia Witt, Ashton Holmes, Cheryl Hines, Victoria Tennant, Wilson Bethel, Amy Ferguson, Ross Partridge Familial dysfunction on the big screen is nothing new, of course, but it seems like a whole bumper crop of starry-eyed American indies — from “Smart People” to “Jesus Henry Christ,” and many more – have rushed to throw a light on fractured home life and assorted seriocomic neuroses in the wake of the Oscar-winning success of “Little Miss Sunshine.” Into the breach enter yet another entry in that canon: “Cold Turkey,” written and directed by Will Slocombe. Previously titled “Pasadena” (for its upper-crust setting), this Thanksgiving-set ensemble black comedy about mixed [ Read More ]
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- 11/15/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
With Thanksgiving not that far off, FilmBuff has released the trailer for their holiday comedy "Cold Turkey." Directed by first-time helmer Will Slocombe, the film centers on the drama that unfolds over Thanksgiving when the Turner clan is surprised by a visit from an estranged family member. Peter Bogdanovich plays the patriarch of the family, Poppy. Cheryl Hines, Sonya Walger, Ashton Holmes, and Alicia Witt all co-star. FilmBuff will release "Cold Turkey" in theaters in New York and La, expanding to other markets as well as across all leading Video On Demand platforms in the U.S. and Canada on November 15 including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Cable Movies On Demand, Google Play, Xbox Video, Sony Playstation and Vudu. Watch the trailer below:...
- 10/25/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
The trailer for writer-director Will Slocombe's new Thanksgiving-themed indie comedy, Cold Turkey , is now online. Check it out in the player below, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies . Starring Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Ashton Holmes, Sonya Walger and Amy Ferguson, Cold Turkey opens in Los Angeles on November 15 and in New York November 22. Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend. Patriarch Poppy (Bogdanovich) has invited his black sheep daughter Nina (Witt) home for the holiday - her first visit in 15 years. Nina immediately clashes with stepmother Deborah (Hines), and competes with her siblings (Holmes and Walger) for Poppy's affection - and...
- 10/24/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Indiewire has exclusively learned that digital entertainment curator FilmBuff will release the family drama "Cold Turkey" in theaters and on VOD on November 15. We're also pleased to share the poster for the film, which next plays at the Woodstock Film Festival, where star Peter Bogdanovich will receive the honorary Maverick Lifetime Achievement Award. Directed by first-time helmer Will Slocombe, the film centers the drama that unfolds over Thanksgiving when the Turner clan is surprised by a visit from an estranged family member. Bogdanovich plays the patriarch of the family, Poppy. 'We are thrilled to be partnering with FilmBuff on 'Cold Turkey,'" said Slocombe. "They are such a smart, creative and energetic company. We can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with them." "'Cold Turkey' is the perfect holiday indie," added FilmBuff’s Head of Content Partnerships, Steven Beckman. "With terrific performances and dynamic, engaging and hilarious characters,...
- 10/3/2013
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
One of the nicest surprises of the always-excellent Sarasota Film Festival this year was Will Slocombe’s Pasadena, starring Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines. It’s a pressure cooker of a family drama with a very personal connection to its writer/director. Anchored by Bogdanovich and Hines, plus standouts like Sonya Walger, Wilson Bethel, and especially a bravura performance by Alicia Witt, the film wasn’t always pleasant to watch, but it was never less than fascinating. Paste sat down with Slocombe, Bogdanovich, and Hines to discuss family connections, awkward silences, and how John Cassavetes saved Bogdanovich’s premiere once upon a time....
- 4/30/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
The Sarasota Film Festival, which runs from April 5 - April 14, will open with Gabriela Cowperthwaite's "Blackfish," a documentary about the history of killer whales in captivity. The 15th annual festival will close with Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha," starring Greta Gerwig. Sundance Special Jury Prize winner "The Spectacular Now," starring Shailene Woodley, will screen as the festival's Narrative Centerpiece Film and Barbara Kopple's documentary "Running From Crazy" will screen as the Documentary Centerpiece Film. Two-time Academy Award winner Kopple will also be honored at the festival with the Director's Award. Other highlights include the world premiere of Will Slocombe's "Pasadena," starring Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines, Carlos Puga's "Burma," Justin Schwarz' road movie "The Discoverers," and the North American premiere of Tom Gilroy's "The Cold Lands." The Sff's Visions Competition lineup will be announced March 13, along with the rest of the program. Below are the.
- 3/4/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Indiewire
On the set of Pasadena
A familiar face at Film Independent is taking his creativity and work ethic to a film set for his very own directorial effort, Pasadena. Will Slocombe (Events Coordinator extraordinaire here at Film Independent) has contributed his film experience to our website’s library of resources before (see: Crowd-funding tips) and is compiling more tips and advice throughout his latest project.
Pasadena, written and directed by Slocombe, is an independent comedy-drama about how—despite our best efforts—we all eventually turn into our parents. The film stars legendary director Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes. From the film’s press release: “Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.”
Slocombe took some time after wrapping his 12-day(!) shoot to give us a bit of the...
A familiar face at Film Independent is taking his creativity and work ethic to a film set for his very own directorial effort, Pasadena. Will Slocombe (Events Coordinator extraordinaire here at Film Independent) has contributed his film experience to our website’s library of resources before (see: Crowd-funding tips) and is compiling more tips and advice throughout his latest project.
Pasadena, written and directed by Slocombe, is an independent comedy-drama about how—despite our best efforts—we all eventually turn into our parents. The film stars legendary director Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes. From the film’s press release: “Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.”
Slocombe took some time after wrapping his 12-day(!) shoot to give us a bit of the...
- 5/17/2012
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent
Ashton Holmes, who played Tyler Barrol on ABC’s Revenge, has signed with Apa. The 34-year old actor, who was previously with UTA, will be represented by the agency in all areas. As well as his role on Revenge, which saw him killed off in the first season, Holmes recently starred in HBO’s The Pacific and the CW’s Nikita. Holmes will next join Peter Bogdanovich and Cheryl Hines in the Will Slocombe-directed indie Pasadena, which is scheduled to start shooting next month. Holmes is also repped by Intellectual Artists Management and attorney Dave Feldman.
- 4/25/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
The Spies of Warsaw
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Fright Night) and Janet Montgomery (Black Swan, Entourage) are set to headline the new wartime espionage-themed mini-series "The Spies of Warsaw" for Fresh Pictures, Apple Film, Arte France and BBC Worldwide. Shooting kicks off next month in Poland.
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are adapting Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel set in the years leading up to the Second World War. Tennant plays a French military attaché in Poland drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue. Montgomery plays a Parisian lawyer for The League of Nations. [Source: Zap2It]
Untitled Crowley Project
Julia Stiles, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds, Riz Ahmed, Kenneth Cranham, and Anne-Marie Duff have all joined the cast of "Boy A" helmer John Crowley's new project - an untitled international suspense thriller for Focus Features and Working Title Films.
Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall play two ex-lovers who find their...
David Tennant (Doctor Who, Fright Night) and Janet Montgomery (Black Swan, Entourage) are set to headline the new wartime espionage-themed mini-series "The Spies of Warsaw" for Fresh Pictures, Apple Film, Arte France and BBC Worldwide. Shooting kicks off next month in Poland.
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are adapting Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel set in the years leading up to the Second World War. Tennant plays a French military attaché in Poland drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue. Montgomery plays a Parisian lawyer for The League of Nations. [Source: Zap2It]
Untitled Crowley Project
Julia Stiles, Jim Broadbent, Ciarán Hinds, Riz Ahmed, Kenneth Cranham, and Anne-Marie Duff have all joined the cast of "Boy A" helmer John Crowley's new project - an untitled international suspense thriller for Focus Features and Working Title Films.
Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall play two ex-lovers who find their...
- 4/12/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Los Angeles, CA (April 11, 2012) – Graham Ballou, producer and partner at Los Angeles-based Midway Films, announced lead casting today for its feature Pasadena, written and to be directed by Will Slocombe (Crime Fiction, Mulligan, “Reception”). This is Slocombe’s third feature as a director, his first produced screenwriting credit. Production on the film begins in early May. Peter Bogdanovich (“The Sopranos,” Broken English, dir. Last Picture Show) has been cast in the role of Poppy Turner, with Cheryl Hines (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Suburgatory”) joining him as his second wife, Deborah. Alicia Witt (”Friday Night Lights,” “Cybill”) will play Poppy’s daughter, and Ashton Holmes (”Revenge,” A History Of Violence) Poppy and Deborah’s son. Also cast are Sonya Walger (“FlashForward,” “Lost”) and Amy Ferguson (The Master, Social Network). Set in present-day Pasadena, the film centers on the eccentric Turner clan, an upper-class family torn apart by secrets revealed over a Thanksgiving weekend.
- 4/11/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Tweetable Logline: 2 ex-best friends reunite to find $500,000 of mob money buried on a golf course in Wisconsin. A comedy about do-overs. Elevator Pitch: Mulligan tells the story of John Hanson (Jonathan Eliot), a frustrated cartoonist who reluctantly teams up with his ex-best friend Karl (Dean Chekvala) to find $500,000 buried on an abandoned golf course in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Along the way they cross paths with a dangerous local cop (Vincent Teninty), two beautiful femme fatale camp counselors (Amy Sloan and Kaitlin Doubleday) and some mobsters (Christian Stolte and Paul Dichter), all of whom are after the cash. A buddy comedy/road trip movie along the lines of Bottle Rocket.
- 1/5/2012
- Indiewire
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