Kiefer Sutherland is set to star in action thriller Sierra Madre.
The story centers on Sutherland’s Captain Jordan Wright and his squadron, who are granted leave from their mission to attend a crewmate’s wedding in Mexico. While there, festivities are interrupted by a murderous cartel, and, as Jordan attempts to lead his remaining men to safety, war breaks out between his squad and the cartel. Jordan has to engage in a full-scale battle to save his men.
The project, which is being sold out of the Cannes film market by Highland Film Group, is set to be directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by and Delbert Hancock and The Grey writer Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Production is due to start this fall in Colombia, with Robert Stein (The Call), James Keach (Walk the Line) and Griff Furst (Devil’s Peak) producing.
Highland Film Group is co-financing the action thriller and handling worldwide rights,...
The story centers on Sutherland’s Captain Jordan Wright and his squadron, who are granted leave from their mission to attend a crewmate’s wedding in Mexico. While there, festivities are interrupted by a murderous cartel, and, as Jordan attempts to lead his remaining men to safety, war breaks out between his squad and the cartel. Jordan has to engage in a full-scale battle to save his men.
The project, which is being sold out of the Cannes film market by Highland Film Group, is set to be directed by Justin Chadwick from a script by and Delbert Hancock and The Grey writer Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Production is due to start this fall in Colombia, with Robert Stein (The Call), James Keach (Walk the Line) and Griff Furst (Devil’s Peak) producing.
Highland Film Group is co-financing the action thriller and handling worldwide rights,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Telling teenagers to stay away from each other is a waste of breath.
Brady and Theresa were both troubled teens once. They should know that telling Tate to stay away from Holly indefinitely will only push the two closer together.
That's precisely what will happen on Days of Our Lives during the week of 4-08-24 as the teens take another step closer together.
Brady and Theresa have good reasons to want Tate to keep his distance from Holly. Tate realized it, too, until Holly finally told the truth and got him out of jail.
Now, he's decided everything is forgiven and that he's so in love with her that he'll give her a burner phone to undermine Nicole's confiscation of Holly's real one.
Still, there's no better way to make two teenage lovebirds inseparable than to order them to stay away from each other. Brady and Theresa should know...
Brady and Theresa were both troubled teens once. They should know that telling Tate to stay away from Holly indefinitely will only push the two closer together.
That's precisely what will happen on Days of Our Lives during the week of 4-08-24 as the teens take another step closer together.
Brady and Theresa have good reasons to want Tate to keep his distance from Holly. Tate realized it, too, until Holly finally told the truth and got him out of jail.
Now, he's decided everything is forgiven and that he's so in love with her that he'll give her a burner phone to undermine Nicole's confiscation of Holly's real one.
Still, there's no better way to make two teenage lovebirds inseparable than to order them to stay away from each other. Brady and Theresa should know...
- 4/7/2024
- by Jack Ori
- TVfanatic
Days of Our Lives spoilers for the week of April 8 reveal that a preview clip has been released. It shows Kayla Johnson (Mary Beth Evans) throwing a punch.
Kristen Dimera (Stacy Haiduk) and Nicole Walker-Dimera (Arianne Zucker) get into a fight, which Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) intercepts.
Plus, Everett Lynch (Blake Berris) makes a scary switch in front of Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein). Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the Peacock soap opera.
Days Of Our Lives Spoilers – Holly Jonas Attacked
Dool spoilers for the week of April 8 reveal that the preview clip shows Holly smiling and chatting with Rachel Black (Finley Rose Slater).
Kristen suddenly walks into the room and lashes out at Holly. With a fierce look in her eyes, Krsiten demands that Holly get away from Rachel.
Dool Spoilers – Kristen Dimera’s Catfight
During the week of April 8, Nicole will tell Kristen off.
Kristen Dimera (Stacy Haiduk) and Nicole Walker-Dimera (Arianne Zucker) get into a fight, which Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) intercepts.
Plus, Everett Lynch (Blake Berris) makes a scary switch in front of Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein). Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the Peacock soap opera.
Days Of Our Lives Spoilers – Holly Jonas Attacked
Dool spoilers for the week of April 8 reveal that the preview clip shows Holly smiling and chatting with Rachel Black (Finley Rose Slater).
Kristen suddenly walks into the room and lashes out at Holly. With a fierce look in her eyes, Krsiten demands that Holly get away from Rachel.
Dool Spoilers – Kristen Dimera’s Catfight
During the week of April 8, Nicole will tell Kristen off.
- 4/7/2024
- by Taylor Hancen Rios
- Celebrating The Soaps
Days of our Lives for spoilers for the hit Peacock soap tease Salem is filled with angry people unleashing their fury.
It’s almost May sweeps time, so Days will continue to have fans glued to their TV screens.
The daytime drama has been moving things along with several twists and turns in storylines we never saw coming.
That’s the case with Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) and John (Drake Hogestyn) in a new preview video for Days of our Lives.
When John arrives at Steve (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla’s, he gets more than he bargained for, thanks to Kayla punching him.
Oh yes, Kayla has a bone to pick with John, and she isn’t the only one with an axe to grind in the footage.
Nicole and Kristen fight
Days of our Lives spoilers reveal that chaos breaks out at the Dimera mansion after Kristen (Stacy Haiduk...
It’s almost May sweeps time, so Days will continue to have fans glued to their TV screens.
The daytime drama has been moving things along with several twists and turns in storylines we never saw coming.
That’s the case with Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) and John (Drake Hogestyn) in a new preview video for Days of our Lives.
When John arrives at Steve (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla’s, he gets more than he bargained for, thanks to Kayla punching him.
Oh yes, Kayla has a bone to pick with John, and she isn’t the only one with an axe to grind in the footage.
Nicole and Kristen fight
Days of our Lives spoilers reveal that chaos breaks out at the Dimera mansion after Kristen (Stacy Haiduk...
- 4/6/2024
- by Rachelle Lewis
- Monsters and Critics
Exclusive: Mvd Entertainment Group has claimed North American rights to the darkly comedic thriller Wrong Reasons, marking the feature debut of writer-director Josh Roush. The film, executive produced by and featuring Kevin Smith, is slated for release on digital, VOD, Blu-ray and DVD on August 15.
Hailing from AntiCurrent Productions, Wrong Reasons watches as an ambiguously intentioned masked man (James Parks) kidnaps a drug addicted punk rock singer (Liv Roush) and triggers a police investigation headed by Detective Charles Dobson (Ralph Garman) as well as a media circus. The film also starring Teresa Ruiz, David Koechner, Daniel Roebuck, Smith and Keith Coogan boasts a punk rock soundtrack with music by Tim Armstrong, L7, Black Flag, The Wipers, Channel 3, William Elliott Whitmore, The Unseen, Bi-Product and more.
After world premiering at Smith’s first annual Smodcastle Film Festival in the fall of 2022, the Liv Roush-produced film...
Hailing from AntiCurrent Productions, Wrong Reasons watches as an ambiguously intentioned masked man (James Parks) kidnaps a drug addicted punk rock singer (Liv Roush) and triggers a police investigation headed by Detective Charles Dobson (Ralph Garman) as well as a media circus. The film also starring Teresa Ruiz, David Koechner, Daniel Roebuck, Smith and Keith Coogan boasts a punk rock soundtrack with music by Tim Armstrong, L7, Black Flag, The Wipers, Channel 3, William Elliott Whitmore, The Unseen, Bi-Product and more.
After world premiering at Smith’s first annual Smodcastle Film Festival in the fall of 2022, the Liv Roush-produced film...
- 4/21/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon S. Baird’s Apple+ movie about the journey of one man who went through a grueling process of acquiring the rights to a game from beyond the Iron Curtain to have it published for the entire world, called “Tetris,” has just premiered, and it’s a surprisingly accurate telling of the actual events. The story follows the CEO of Bullet-Proof Software, Henk Rogers’s (Taron Egerton) journey from being a small-time game publisher to being the joint owner of the most famous video game in the world. With multiple transactions and a lot of deals happening throughout the movie, it may get difficult to keep track, so here’s a detailed explanation of all the possible queries you might’ve had while enjoying this almost entirely accurate adaptation of a true story.
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Henk Find Out About Tetris?
In 1988, while trying to attract crowds to a game he had published,...
Spoilers Ahead
How Did Henk Find Out About Tetris?
In 1988, while trying to attract crowds to a game he had published,...
- 4/2/2023
- by Indrayudh Talukdar
- Film Fugitives
Most of us like to play games, whether it is for relaxation or entertainment, and if it gives us money, all the better. Do you remember the “Maze Runner” trilogy where Thomas, the protagonist, is placed in a maze with no memory of the outside world? He tries to put together the ideas that come to him through his dreams and plans an escape from the maze into the real world. Observing his varied moves and the obstacles that he faces allows the viewer to be creative and think of possible plans of action to find an escape.
So it is with “Tetris,” When you feel that the characters are playing against each other, you just want the real hero to win. But the real hero in this game is Alexey Pajitnov, who has nothing to gain or lose. Nevertheless, we have another hero who wants to make a fortune out of Tetris,...
So it is with “Tetris,” When you feel that the characters are playing against each other, you just want the real hero to win. But the real hero in this game is Alexey Pajitnov, who has nothing to gain or lose. Nevertheless, we have another hero who wants to make a fortune out of Tetris,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Carlos Luis
- Film Fugitives
Tetris is a biographical film directed by Jon S. Baird, starring Taron Egerton and Toby Jones.
The story of Henk Rogers who developed a video game that was quite successful which maybe some of you remember: Tetris, a game so simple, exciting and addictive that “some of us” have played… a couple of quick games.
Excellent production and with a very intelligent script: good cinema.
Tetris (2023) Movie Review
Tetris takes everything it can get out of the history of the video-game, and also, with style and personality, knows how to bring out that “something more” that turns a good movie into an excellent movie.
First of all (and I will end up being right after repeating it so much): with a good script, things go better. This one has an excellent script, good dialogue and a solid structure. Moreover, it doesn’t limit itself to developing mechanically, it knows how to stamp humour and,...
The story of Henk Rogers who developed a video game that was quite successful which maybe some of you remember: Tetris, a game so simple, exciting and addictive that “some of us” have played… a couple of quick games.
Excellent production and with a very intelligent script: good cinema.
Tetris (2023) Movie Review
Tetris takes everything it can get out of the history of the video-game, and also, with style and personality, knows how to bring out that “something more” that turns a good movie into an excellent movie.
First of all (and I will end up being right after repeating it so much): with a good script, things go better. This one has an excellent script, good dialogue and a solid structure. Moreover, it doesn’t limit itself to developing mechanically, it knows how to stamp humour and,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Okay, so we’re mere days away from the release of an animated CGI feature based on one of the biggest video game properties. Y’know about the two plumber siblings? Perhaps you’re needing another big “game” dive, but don’t want to try and stream the recent Sonic flicks, or any of a dozen movies lifted from the very successful gaming franchises. Well. we’ve got a new film all about that late 80s game where you try to fill in a wall at the bottom of your screen with a series of four brightly colored blocks. Really, a flick of those downward-floating bricks? They couldn’t grab the rights to Pong? Oh no, this is all about the creation and marketing of that game, and it’s almost a cold war thriller. Don’t roll your eyes, because there was a lot of high-stakes intrigue in the story of Tetris.
- 3/31/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In Apple TV+'s upcoming film, "Tetris," we're presented with the true story of Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov, the two men most responsible for the worldwide takeover of one of the most addicting video games ever created. Pajitnov was the creator of the game and Rogers was the businessman who negotiated the rights with the very anti-capitalist Soviet company that Pajitnov worked for during the height of Cold War tensions between Russia and the U.S.
The resulting movie is filled with humor, tension, and even some 8-bit surreality. When I was offered the chance to talk with director Jon S. Baird and the two actual guys this movie is based on, Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov, I knew I had to ask about how close to the mark the movie actually is to what happened and what incorporating those 8-bit surreal elements added to the movie.
"It wasn't really in the script,...
The resulting movie is filled with humor, tension, and even some 8-bit surreality. When I was offered the chance to talk with director Jon S. Baird and the two actual guys this movie is based on, Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov, I knew I had to ask about how close to the mark the movie actually is to what happened and what incorporating those 8-bit surreal elements added to the movie.
"It wasn't really in the script,...
- 3/30/2023
- by Eric Vespe
- Slash Film
Plot: “Tetris” tells the unbelievable story of how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers Tetris in 1988, and then risks everything by traveling to the Soviet Union, where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov) to bring the game to the masses. Based on a true story, “Tetris” is a Cold War–era thriller on steroids, with double-crossing villains, unlikely heroes and a nail-biting race to the finish.
Review: Tetris should have been a dumb movie. The sheer idea of making a film out of the worldwide best-selling video game instantly conjured images from Adam Sandler’s bizarre, awful 2015 movie, Pixels. When details came forward that the movie would instead chronicle the too crazy to not be true story of how the game made its way out of Soviet Russia and onto Nintendo’s GameBoy,...
Review: Tetris should have been a dumb movie. The sheer idea of making a film out of the worldwide best-selling video game instantly conjured images from Adam Sandler’s bizarre, awful 2015 movie, Pixels. When details came forward that the movie would instead chronicle the too crazy to not be true story of how the game made its way out of Soviet Russia and onto Nintendo’s GameBoy,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
"Tetris" is a fantastic retelling of the rather incredible story behind the game. This is not really about the game, mind you, but about the bizarre, complex, and — if you were to believe the film — almost country-ending story behind the acquisition of the rights to the game. Thanks to yet another compelling and hugely entertaining performance by Taron Egerton, some genuinely thrilling moments, and some imaginative visuals, "Tetris" is as addictive and exciting as the game that inspired it.
A lot has been said about video game adaptations, from those who believe "The Last of Us" is the first good video game adaptation to those who know "Arcade," "Castlevania" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" proved video games could make for incredible TV and film. But there is no plot driven by puzzles or moving different shapes here. Instead, we follow developer and publisher Henk Rogers (Egerton) as he tries to get...
A lot has been said about video game adaptations, from those who believe "The Last of Us" is the first good video game adaptation to those who know "Arcade," "Castlevania" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" proved video games could make for incredible TV and film. But there is no plot driven by puzzles or moving different shapes here. Instead, we follow developer and publisher Henk Rogers (Egerton) as he tries to get...
- 3/16/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
No, no, it’s not a movie like the titular video game, it’s a movie about the titular video game. Tetris? The ’80s-game Tetris? That gets a whole film about its creation? Wouldn’t blocks falling from above be more dramatic? Well, actually… the creation, discovery, and licensing of Tetris is kind of wild (first hint: it was made by a Soviet software engineer long before the Soviet Union collapsed). But, spoiler alert: It’s not wild enough to engender an often weirdly straightforward historical dramedy dedicated to its legend.
But . If nothing else, you’ll walk away from “Tetris” knowing a heck of a lot more about the game and the many people who battled each other for the opportunity to bring it to the masses.
That’s not to say that “Tetris” doesn’t have some fun. Baird deploys said kicky 8-bit animated graphics from the film...
But . If nothing else, you’ll walk away from “Tetris” knowing a heck of a lot more about the game and the many people who battled each other for the opportunity to bring it to the masses.
That’s not to say that “Tetris” doesn’t have some fun. Baird deploys said kicky 8-bit animated graphics from the film...
- 3/16/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Game Boy was slightly before my time, but I remember the Game Boy Color vividly. It was an introduction to handheld consoles, and a chance to finally have Mario and Pokémon in my pocket. Yet to my surprise, the best companion for long road trips was neither Pikachu nor those bouncy Italian plumbers; it was a game comprised of falling blocks and the Russian folk song “Korobeiniki.” It was Tetris.
I’d been aware of Tetris before then. It existed on my mother’s computer, but it was barely considered a video game there. Mario or Sonic were games that kids played. But Tetris was for everyone; she’d even play it on occasion. This was the power which made it the second highest selling game franchise of all-time: Everyone gets addicted to visions of falling blocks. Getting those visions in front of everyone, however, turns out to be...
I’d been aware of Tetris before then. It existed on my mother’s computer, but it was barely considered a video game there. Mario or Sonic were games that kids played. But Tetris was for everyone; she’d even play it on occasion. This was the power which made it the second highest selling game franchise of all-time: Everyone gets addicted to visions of falling blocks. Getting those visions in front of everyone, however, turns out to be...
- 3/16/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
At last, a video game movie that’s more than just a video game movie.
In theory, “Tetris” — that primitive and highly addictive block-stacking strategy game — doesn’t lend itself to the big-screen treatment any more than Rubik’s Cube or Tic-Tac-Toe might. But Noah Pink has found an ingenious solution to a classic puzzle. The screenwriter realized that there’s more to Tetris than most people knew. Namely, there’s a terrific backstory about how this Soviet-hatched computer software made its way over the Iron Curtain, and telling it could play like a Cold War thriller as three teams of Western rivals race one another to Russia to secure the rights.
In a sense, the video game movie that “Tetris” most resembles is 1984’s “Cloak & Dagger,” which made an Atari cartridge the MacGuffin that all kinds of untrustworthy people want to get their hands on. Here, it’s...
In theory, “Tetris” — that primitive and highly addictive block-stacking strategy game — doesn’t lend itself to the big-screen treatment any more than Rubik’s Cube or Tic-Tac-Toe might. But Noah Pink has found an ingenious solution to a classic puzzle. The screenwriter realized that there’s more to Tetris than most people knew. Namely, there’s a terrific backstory about how this Soviet-hatched computer software made its way over the Iron Curtain, and telling it could play like a Cold War thriller as three teams of Western rivals race one another to Russia to secure the rights.
In a sense, the video game movie that “Tetris” most resembles is 1984’s “Cloak & Dagger,” which made an Atari cartridge the MacGuffin that all kinds of untrustworthy people want to get their hands on. Here, it’s...
- 3/16/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Full disclosure: Sue me but not only have I never played the iconic ’80s video game Tetris, I had never heard of it before encountering this new film Tetris, which world premiered tonight at SXSW and comes from Apple Original Films. I realize that probably makes me a bit of an oddity to the gamer generation, but I can only say my lack of knowledge on this product did not hurt one bit in being wildly entertained by a movie that tells its origin story. In fact it seems to be part of an encouraging but unlikely new genre this young year: movies all about the backstory of well-known products. BlackBerry from IFC and Paramount, Flamin’ Hot from Searchlight, and now Tetris from Apple have been on display this week at SXSW (BlackBerry actually premiered at Berlin), and if you think watching the emergence of a smartphone, a Cheetos brand...
- 3/16/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Somewhere along the way in Jon S. Baird’s fleet and compelling fictionalized look at the invention of Tetris, you forget that you’re watching a film about a video game. Zippy car chases, farcical negotiation scenes and a tour of 1980s-era conference rooms around the world make Tetris, which premiered at SXSW and airs on Apple TV+ at the end of March, more than an ordinary origin story. Baird (Stan & Ollie) uses the convoluted licensing battle around the game to frame a sturdy and occasionally funny drama about capitalism, intellectual property and the specter of the Soviet Union’s dissolution. Tetris’ willingness to tackle these themes indeed makes it more absorbing than your average streamer fare, but it also makes you wish the film went farther in exploring its ambivalence about the relationship between creative expression and greed.
The story starts in ’80s Las Vegas, where Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton...
The story starts in ’80s Las Vegas, where Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton...
- 3/16/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Toby Jones says he initially had concerns of being “bored out my mind” working on summer blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but the actor tells Deadline that he’s “so relieved that I had done it” because “actually, I absolutely loved working on that film.”
The fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise is “so different” from the flow of more recent films he’s appeared in such as Sam Mendes’ heartfelt drama Empire of Light and Sebastián Lelio’s thrilling Irish tale The Wonder. “It’s so massive!” he says.
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The fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise is “so different” from the flow of more recent films he’s appeared in such as Sam Mendes’ heartfelt drama Empire of Light and Sebastián Lelio’s thrilling Irish tale The Wonder. “It’s so massive!” he says.
Related Story Charles Finch Says Luxury Brands Are “Naturally Evolving” Toward Making Feature Movies Related Story International Disruptors: '1917' & 'The Good Nurse' Scribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns On Collaborating With Top Creatives & Her Mission To Empower Young Talent Through Her Banner Great Company Related Story Sandy Powell Becomes First Costume Designer To Receive BAFTA...
- 2/18/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
In the first trailer for Tetris, Taron Egerton stars as Henk Rogers, a man caught in the cold war battle behind the iconic video game.
Opening to Doghouse’s “The Final Countdown,” the three-minute teaser offers a first full look at the actor as the video game designer and entrepreneur whose own failed efforts lead him to discover a title that will change gaming forever.
“I played for five minutes,” Egerton says as he pitches buying rights to the game in Japan. “I still see falling blocks in my dreams. It’s poetry — art and math all working in magical synchronicity. It’s the perfect game.”
The trailer for the Jon S. Baird-directed and Noah Pink-written film quickly previews the major players in this biographical drama based on a true story, including Toby Jones, Roger Allam, Anthony Boyle, Nikita Yefremov and Rick Yune.
The story follows Egerton’s Rogers,...
Opening to Doghouse’s “The Final Countdown,” the three-minute teaser offers a first full look at the actor as the video game designer and entrepreneur whose own failed efforts lead him to discover a title that will change gaming forever.
“I played for five minutes,” Egerton says as he pitches buying rights to the game in Japan. “I still see falling blocks in my dreams. It’s poetry — art and math all working in magical synchronicity. It’s the perfect game.”
The trailer for the Jon S. Baird-directed and Noah Pink-written film quickly previews the major players in this biographical drama based on a true story, including Toby Jones, Roger Allam, Anthony Boyle, Nikita Yefremov and Rick Yune.
The story follows Egerton’s Rogers,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
Phyllis Carlyle, the onetime casting director who managed the careers of Willem Dafoe, Geena Davis, Melanie Griffith, Andy Garcia and John Malkovich and produced films including Seven and The Accidental Tourist, has died. She was 80.
Carlyle died Sept. 14 in Encino after a battle with lymphoma, friend Toni Greenberg announced.
The daughter of a popular vocalist and orchestra leader in the Big Band era, Carlyle also proved to be invaluable to the likes of Ray Liotta, Benicio del Toro, Danny Boyle, Paul W.S. Anderson, David Caruso, Steven Bauer and Jeremiah Chechik.
“She was my first representative and found me by looking me up in the phone book after seeing me in [the 1981 film] The Loveless,” Dafoe said in a statement. “She was tough and independent. She loved her work, and she did it with chutzpah.”
The Cleveland native was running her own Los Angeles-based Carlyle Casting...
Phyllis Carlyle, the onetime casting director who managed the careers of Willem Dafoe, Geena Davis, Melanie Griffith, Andy Garcia and John Malkovich and produced films including Seven and The Accidental Tourist, has died. She was 80.
Carlyle died Sept. 14 in Encino after a battle with lymphoma, friend Toni Greenberg announced.
The daughter of a popular vocalist and orchestra leader in the Big Band era, Carlyle also proved to be invaluable to the likes of Ray Liotta, Benicio del Toro, Danny Boyle, Paul W.S. Anderson, David Caruso, Steven Bauer and Jeremiah Chechik.
“She was my first representative and found me by looking me up in the phone book after seeing me in [the 1981 film] The Loveless,” Dafoe said in a statement. “She was tough and independent. She loved her work, and she did it with chutzpah.”
The Cleveland native was running her own Los Angeles-based Carlyle Casting...
- 11/22/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Tanner Stine (Impulse) and Kaylee Bryant (Legacies) will lead the supernatural horror Spin the Bottle from director Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By), with Justin Long (Barbarian) and Ali Larter (The Rookie) to play supporting roles.
The recently wrapped film written by John Cregan centers on a group of teenagers in small town Texas who unleash a deadly force after playing the famed party game Spin the Bottle in an abandoned house where a grisly massacre once took place.
Christopher Ammanuel (Black Lightning), Ryan Whitney (Reagan), Angela Halili (American Horror Stories), Samantha Cormier (Legion), Hal Cumpston (The Greatest Beer Run Ever) and Tony Amendola (The Curse of La Llorona) round out the cast. Fortress Media Group is financing, with Will Hayes, Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes and Chris Barish producing. Harrison Kordestani is exec producing, with Scot Ruggles serving as co-producer.
Stine has previously appeared on series including Impulse,...
The recently wrapped film written by John Cregan centers on a group of teenagers in small town Texas who unleash a deadly force after playing the famed party game Spin the Bottle in an abandoned house where a grisly massacre once took place.
Christopher Ammanuel (Black Lightning), Ryan Whitney (Reagan), Angela Halili (American Horror Stories), Samantha Cormier (Legion), Hal Cumpston (The Greatest Beer Run Ever) and Tony Amendola (The Curse of La Llorona) round out the cast. Fortress Media Group is financing, with Will Hayes, Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes and Chris Barish producing. Harrison Kordestani is exec producing, with Scot Ruggles serving as co-producer.
Stine has previously appeared on series including Impulse,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: E! has released details on its first of six original scripted romantic comedy movies. The network has begun production on Married By Mistake (working title), with Chloe Bennet, Blair Penner and Anthony Konechny set to lead the cast.
Married by Mistake follows Riley (Bennet) who, after learning that her dream job has fallen through, has a drunken night out with her best friend Nate… (Penner) only to find themselves the next morning in Las Vegas and married. With no job prospects on the horizon, Riley takes Nate up on his offer to move back to his hometown in Tennessee to help rescue his family’s business. Riley’s determination to make a name for herself in the company is complicated by the arrival of Nate’s ex-girlfriend and his attractive older brother. Will Riley and Nate be able to keep up the ruse, or will romances both new and old get in the way?...
Married by Mistake follows Riley (Bennet) who, after learning that her dream job has fallen through, has a drunken night out with her best friend Nate… (Penner) only to find themselves the next morning in Las Vegas and married. With no job prospects on the horizon, Riley takes Nate up on his offer to move back to his hometown in Tennessee to help rescue his family’s business. Riley’s determination to make a name for herself in the company is complicated by the arrival of Nate’s ex-girlfriend and his attractive older brother. Will Riley and Nate be able to keep up the ruse, or will romances both new and old get in the way?...
- 7/29/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fans can expect to see more of Deputy Mo Poppernak in the upcoming third season of ABC’s Big Sky. J. Anthony Pena, who heavily recurred as the character in Season 2, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season. Additionally, Luke Mitchell (Blindspot), Seth Gabel (Salem), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Anirudh Pisharody (9-1-1) and Madalyn Horcher (Gracepoint) have joined the cast in recurring roles.
Pena’s Poppernak is Jenny Hoyt’s (Katheryn Winnick) chatty, upbeat partner at the Sheriff’s Department and an indispensable right-hand man. He appeared in 16 episodes last season.
In Big Sky Season 3, private detective Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury), under sheriff Jenny Hoyt, and newly appointed sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) maintain order in Helena, Montana. But when a local backcountry trip led by charismatic outfitter Sunny Barnes (fka Sunny Brick) (Reba McEntire) goes awry, the trio face their most formidable mystery yet.
Pena’s Poppernak is Jenny Hoyt’s (Katheryn Winnick) chatty, upbeat partner at the Sheriff’s Department and an indispensable right-hand man. He appeared in 16 episodes last season.
In Big Sky Season 3, private detective Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury), under sheriff Jenny Hoyt, and newly appointed sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) maintain order in Helena, Montana. But when a local backcountry trip led by charismatic outfitter Sunny Barnes (fka Sunny Brick) (Reba McEntire) goes awry, the trio face their most formidable mystery yet.
- 7/18/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: James DuMont (The Righteous Gemstones), Christopher James Baker (Ozark), Manny Galan (City on a Hill), Juvian Marquez (Power Book II: Ghost) and Anirudh Pisharody (9-1-1) will round out the cast of the thriller Unit 234, from director Andy Tennant, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands. The quintet will star alongside previously announced cast members including Isabelle Fuhrman, Don Johnson and Jack Huston.
In the film written by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost. Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant...
In the film written by Derek Steiner, a lone employee at a remote storage facility (Fuhrman) discovers an unconscious man locked inside Unit 234, chained to a gurney and missing a kidney. She must then fight to survive a ruthless gang, dead set on retrieving their precious cargo…at any cost. Blythe Frank, Hadeel Reda, Lee Dreyfuss and Productivity Media’s William Santor and Doug Murray are producing, with Johnson, Colleen Camp and Radiant Films International founder Mimi Steinbauer serving as executive producers. Radiant...
- 5/6/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anna Wood (The Code) is set as a lead along with Oluniké Adeliyi (The Porter), Amanda Payton (United States of Al) and Delon de Metz (Zoo) in NBC’s Unbroken (wt) drama pilot from New Amsterdam executive producer Shaun Cassidy and Universal Television. Additionally, Bronwen Hughes (Resident Evil) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the pilot.
Written and executive produced by Cassidy, in Unbroken, three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.
Wood will play Joss, a fearless survivor and self-sufficient woman who lives a nomadic life with her young daughter.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Adeliyi is Ndidi “Dee” Stanton, a first-generation Nigerian-American who worked in the hospitality industry before meeting her future husband,...
Written and executive produced by Cassidy, in Unbroken, three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.
Wood will play Joss, a fearless survivor and self-sufficient woman who lives a nomadic life with her young daughter.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Adeliyi is Ndidi “Dee” Stanton, a first-generation Nigerian-American who worked in the hospitality industry before meeting her future husband,...
- 3/11/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Roberto Urbina (Snowpiercer), McCaul Lombardi (American Honey), Julieth Restrepo (Loving Pablo), Kendal Rae (2 Broke Girls), Luis Chávez (Ocean’s Thirteen), Julio César Cedillo (Sicario), Manuel Uriza (Rambo: Last Blood) and Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex) will star in Deadland, an indie thriller from director Lance Larson, which has wrapped production in Oklahoma and Texas.
The film centers on border agent Angel Waters (Urbina), who is called to investigate a man who walks the harsh plains of the South Texas desert, finding that what should be a routine apprehension quickly turns into his worst nightmare.
In an unexpected turn of events, the migrant is accidentally killed, with Waters and his fellow officers quickly burying the body in the desert. They swear to an oath of silence—but the migrant refuses to stay silent.
Larson and Jas Shelton wrote the script, with David Elliot providing creative supervision. Larson and...
The film centers on border agent Angel Waters (Urbina), who is called to investigate a man who walks the harsh plains of the South Texas desert, finding that what should be a routine apprehension quickly turns into his worst nightmare.
In an unexpected turn of events, the migrant is accidentally killed, with Waters and his fellow officers quickly burying the body in the desert. They swear to an oath of silence—but the migrant refuses to stay silent.
Larson and Jas Shelton wrote the script, with David Elliot providing creative supervision. Larson and...
- 11/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brenda Vaccaro and Ivan Hernandez have joined the cast of HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… in recurring roles.
Emmy Award winner Vaccaro will portray Gloria Marquette, Mr. Big’s (Chris Noth) loyal, long-time secretary. Hernandez will work closely with Sara Ramirez’s Che Diaz in the role of Franklyn, a sound engineer working with the podcaster on their show.
And Just Like That…, from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The 10-episode, half-hour series began production in the Big Apple in early July.
Vaccaro is an Academy and Tony Award-nominated actress who most recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Emmy Award winner Vaccaro will portray Gloria Marquette, Mr. Big’s (Chris Noth) loyal, long-time secretary. Hernandez will work closely with Sara Ramirez’s Che Diaz in the role of Franklyn, a sound engineer working with the podcaster on their show.
And Just Like That…, from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) navigating the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s. The 10-episode, half-hour series began production in the Big Apple in early July.
Vaccaro is an Academy and Tony Award-nominated actress who most recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
- 7/29/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: TNT’s Animal Kingdom has added Anthony Konechny to the cast in a recurring role.
Konechny, who has acted in Supergirl, Witches of East End and Fifty Shades of Grey, will appear in the show’s fifth season as a younger version of Denis Leary’s Billy.
Carla Frankenbach will write Animal Kingdom season 5, with Loren Yaconelli set to direct. John Wells, Daniele Nathanson, Erin Jontow, David Michod and Liz Watts executive produce the upcoming TNT drama season.
Konechny’s additional credits include Almost Human, 2 Hearts, Noelle and X-Men: Apocalypse. He is repped by Robert Stein Management/Global Artists in US; and Play in Canada.
Konechny, who has acted in Supergirl, Witches of East End and Fifty Shades of Grey, will appear in the show’s fifth season as a younger version of Denis Leary’s Billy.
Carla Frankenbach will write Animal Kingdom season 5, with Loren Yaconelli set to direct. John Wells, Daniele Nathanson, Erin Jontow, David Michod and Liz Watts executive produce the upcoming TNT drama season.
Konechny’s additional credits include Almost Human, 2 Hearts, Noelle and X-Men: Apocalypse. He is repped by Robert Stein Management/Global Artists in US; and Play in Canada.
- 11/24/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Grant Gustin, known for his role as Barry Allen/The Flash in the CW eponymous series, has signed on to star in Operation Blue Eyes, in which he’ll play Barry Keenan, the infamous businessman who orchestrated the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra, Jr in 1963. Criminal Minds star Joe Mantegna is directing the indie from a screenplay by Bradley Barth and Joseph Nasser. Production is slated to commence in May.
The plot takes place in December of 1963 when Frank Sinatra Jr. is a struggling lounge singer, deep in his father’s shadow. A young wannabe stock tycoon Barry Keenan, with an ex-wife, alimony payments, a pill-addicted mother, and a similar monkey on his own back (the result of a car crash), comes up with a harebrained scheme to kidnap Junior and hold him for $240,000, ransom, chaos ensues. Barry succeeds in stealing Junior at gunpoint but after that, it’s one badly improvised move after another,...
The plot takes place in December of 1963 when Frank Sinatra Jr. is a struggling lounge singer, deep in his father’s shadow. A young wannabe stock tycoon Barry Keenan, with an ex-wife, alimony payments, a pill-addicted mother, and a similar monkey on his own back (the result of a car crash), comes up with a harebrained scheme to kidnap Junior and hold him for $240,000, ransom, chaos ensues. Barry succeeds in stealing Junior at gunpoint but after that, it’s one badly improvised move after another,...
- 3/11/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Jason Clarke is in talks to play the lead role in Paramount’s upcoming remake of “Pet Sematary,” individuals with knowledge of the project have told TheWrap.
Based on one of Stephen King’s hit novels, “Pet Sematary” follows a doctor and his family who move out next to a pet cemetery in the countryside, only to discover that the cemetery brings back anyone or anything buried on its grounds in a malicious, decrepit state. Despite this, the doctor attempts to use it to resurrect his son after he’s killed in a car accident, to horrifying results.
Also Read: James McAvoy, Bill Hader in Talks to Join 'It: Chapter Two'
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who previously produced the adaptation of King’s “1408,” will produce with Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider. The first “Pet Sematary” was released in 1989 and starred Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne and Denise Crosby. Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch will direct this version.
Clarke, whose past work includes “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” can currently be seen in theaters playing Ted Kennedy in the true-story drama “Chappaquiddick.” He will also appear in Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man” later this year. He is repped by Wme, Robert Stein Management and attorney Carlos Goodman.
Read original story Jason Clarke in Talks to Lead Paramount’s ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake At TheWrap...
Based on one of Stephen King’s hit novels, “Pet Sematary” follows a doctor and his family who move out next to a pet cemetery in the countryside, only to discover that the cemetery brings back anyone or anything buried on its grounds in a malicious, decrepit state. Despite this, the doctor attempts to use it to resurrect his son after he’s killed in a car accident, to horrifying results.
Also Read: James McAvoy, Bill Hader in Talks to Join 'It: Chapter Two'
Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who previously produced the adaptation of King’s “1408,” will produce with Mark Vahradian and Steven Schneider. The first “Pet Sematary” was released in 1989 and starred Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne and Denise Crosby. Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch will direct this version.
Clarke, whose past work includes “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” can currently be seen in theaters playing Ted Kennedy in the true-story drama “Chappaquiddick.” He will also appear in Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man” later this year. He is repped by Wme, Robert Stein Management and attorney Carlos Goodman.
Read original story Jason Clarke in Talks to Lead Paramount’s ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake At TheWrap...
- 4/16/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Jason Clarke is in negotiations to star in Paramount’s remake of “Pet Sematary.”
The film comes three decades after the original adaptation of the Stephen King classic. If Clarke’s deal goes through, he will play Louis Creed, portrayed by Dale Midkiff in the 1989 movie.
Variety first reported in October that “Starry Eyes” helmers Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer would direct the movie. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing the remake with Jeff Buhler and David Kajganich writing the script, and Alexandra Loewy executive producing.
The film opens in theaters on April 19, 2019.
The original “Pet Sematary,” directed by Mary Lambert from a script by King, followed the unraveling of a family after moving into a new home in Maine next to a pet cemetery where buried creatures came back from the dead. The original was released in 1989 and grossed $57.5 million on an $11 million budget. “Pet Sematary Two,...
The film comes three decades after the original adaptation of the Stephen King classic. If Clarke’s deal goes through, he will play Louis Creed, portrayed by Dale Midkiff in the 1989 movie.
Variety first reported in October that “Starry Eyes” helmers Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer would direct the movie. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing the remake with Jeff Buhler and David Kajganich writing the script, and Alexandra Loewy executive producing.
The film opens in theaters on April 19, 2019.
The original “Pet Sematary,” directed by Mary Lambert from a script by King, followed the unraveling of a family after moving into a new home in Maine next to a pet cemetery where buried creatures came back from the dead. The original was released in 1989 and grossed $57.5 million on an $11 million budget. “Pet Sematary Two,...
- 4/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Lambie Jun 6, 2019
Here's the remarkable and strange story of how the classic game Tetris was born.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
Somewhere in Moscow in 1984, 29-year-old computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov sat at his work station, deep within a building called the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Here, in front of his hulking computer, an Elektronika 60, Pajitnov was working on one of his latest programs. If you’d been one of his superiors, Pajitnov would have told you that he was examining its code for bugs. But in reality, he was addicted.
Had you taken a look over Pajitnov’s shoulder at what he was working on back then, it’s likely you wouldn’t have thought much of it in any case. Just a few characters juddering down a screen - the Elektronika being such a crude computer that it could only display text. But what...
Here's the remarkable and strange story of how the classic game Tetris was born.
This article originally appeared on Den of Geek UK.
Somewhere in Moscow in 1984, 29-year-old computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov sat at his work station, deep within a building called the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Here, in front of his hulking computer, an Elektronika 60, Pajitnov was working on one of his latest programs. If you’d been one of his superiors, Pajitnov would have told you that he was examining its code for bugs. But in reality, he was addicted.
Had you taken a look over Pajitnov’s shoulder at what he was working on back then, it’s likely you wouldn’t have thought much of it in any case. Just a few characters juddering down a screen - the Elektronika being such a crude computer that it could only display text. But what...
- 6/9/2014
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: CAA signed Mark Ruffalo, the actor who made his directing debut with the Sundance film Sympathy for Delicious. Ruffalo most recently had been with Wme and manager Robert Stein, but had been without a representative for some time. Ruffalo made quite a Sundance splash, with his directorial debut winning a Special Jury Prize. He also starred with Julianne Moore and Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right, one of the standout films of Sundance that was acquired by Focus Features after a bidding battle.
- 3/19/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline Hollywood
Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis and Mark Ruffalo will join Tina Fey and Steve Carell on their comedic "Date Night" for Fox.
The three will be among the characters Fey and Carell encounter as a couple on a date gone awry. Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Leighton Meester, Kristen Wiig and Jimmi Simpson already are in the mix. The film is being directed by Shawn Levy.
Liotta will play Joe Miletto, whom Levy describes as a "villain of peace." Kunis will play the low-rent criminal wife of Franco's character. Ruffalo will play Wiig's husband and Carell's best friend.
"Date Night," which began shooting last month, was written by Josh Klausner.
Liotta, repped by Wma and Untitled Entertainment, most recently appeared in "Observe and Report." He has "Youth in Revolt" and Tim Allen's directorial debut, "Crazy on the Outside," forthcoming.
Kunis, repped by CAA and Curtis Talent Management,...
The three will be among the characters Fey and Carell encounter as a couple on a date gone awry. Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Taraji P. Henson, Common, Leighton Meester, Kristen Wiig and Jimmi Simpson already are in the mix. The film is being directed by Shawn Levy.
Liotta will play Joe Miletto, whom Levy describes as a "villain of peace." Kunis will play the low-rent criminal wife of Franco's character. Ruffalo will play Wiig's husband and Carell's best friend.
"Date Night," which began shooting last month, was written by Josh Klausner.
Liotta, repped by Wma and Untitled Entertainment, most recently appeared in "Observe and Report." He has "Youth in Revolt" and Tim Allen's directorial debut, "Crazy on the Outside," forthcoming.
Kunis, repped by CAA and Curtis Talent Management,...
- 5/13/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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