The Late Bloomer is basked on author and E! News personality Ken Baker’s incredible life story and is directed by multi-hyphenate Kevin Pollak (Misery Loves Comedy, War Dogs, The Usual Suspects, A Few Good Men) and stars Johnny Simmons (The Phenom, The Perks of Being a Wallfower), Maria Bello (Prisoners, A History of Violence), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect 1&2, Hairspray), Golden Globe and Emmy winner Jane Lynch (“Glee”, “Two and a Half Men”, Best in Show), Oscar and Golden Globe winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Up in the Air, Juno), Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley”), Beck Bennett (“SNL”), and Paul Wesley (“The Vampire Diaries”).
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- 10/16/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Plot: A thirty-year-old sex therapist who’s never reached sexual maturity due to a benign brain tumor all of sudden experiences puberty – all at once. Review: Believe it or not, The Late Bloomer is kinda, sorta based on a true story. While not a sex therapist, Ken Baker, a writer whose memoirs this is based on, actually did suffer from the same condition Johnny Simmons’s character... Read More...
- 10/7/2016
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Momentum Pictures will release Kevin Pollack's Late Bloomer in select U.S. cinema and On Demand / Digital HD tomorrow, Friday, October 7th. ScreenAnarchy has been given an exclusive clip to share with you. You can watch it and the trailer below. In the clip the central character to the story, Ken Baker, joins his parents for breakfast and gives new reason to celebrate the new day. As J.K. Simmons exclaims in the clip, "Touchdown!" The Late Bloomer is based on author and E! News personality Ken Baker's incredible life story and forthcoming book “The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body.” Baker unknowingly lived with a pituitary tumor that caused decades of sexual confusion and insecurities. But after diagnosis, a single surgery at...
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- 10/6/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
This Past Weekend:
Another bad weekend where nothing really popped, which is bad news for a month at the box office where only Clint Eastwood’s Sully exceeded any expectations. Tim Burton’s new film Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children came out just below my predictions with $29 million, but the Mark Wahlberg-Peter Berg disaster flick Deepwater Horizon was right around where I predicted with $20.2 million. The comedy Masterminds tanked with just $6.5 million for the weekend to end up in sixth place while Disney’s The Queen of Katwe did slightly better than predicted with $2.5 million.
The first full weekend in October has a good deal of competition from the release of the video game Mafia III to the...
- 10/5/2016
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
In 2001, entertainment journalist Ken Baker released the memoir “The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body,” which tells the story of his battle with a prolactinoma, a testosterone-sapping tumor that inhibits puberty. Baker experienced late-onset puberty at age 28, undergoing rapid teenage hormonal changes well into his adult years.
Read More: Kevin Pollak on Dedicating ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ to Robin Williams
Now, Kevin Pollak has adapted Baker’s memoir into the indie ensemble comedy “The Late Bloomer” starring Johnny Simmons as Dr. Pete Newmans a 30-year-old sex therapist who discovers that he has a pituitary tumor that has delayed puberty for over half his life. After receiving a simple surgery, Pete must struggle with his body changes while trying to win over the girl he loves. The film co-stars Maria Bello (“A History of Violence”), Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect”), Jane Lynch (“Glee”), J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), and Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley...
Read More: Kevin Pollak on Dedicating ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ to Robin Williams
Now, Kevin Pollak has adapted Baker’s memoir into the indie ensemble comedy “The Late Bloomer” starring Johnny Simmons as Dr. Pete Newmans a 30-year-old sex therapist who discovers that he has a pituitary tumor that has delayed puberty for over half his life. After receiving a simple surgery, Pete must struggle with his body changes while trying to win over the girl he loves. The film co-stars Maria Bello (“A History of Violence”), Brittany Snow (“Pitch Perfect”), Jane Lynch (“Glee”), J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), and Kumail Nanjiani (“Silicon Valley...
- 10/4/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Puberty is hard enough—but imagine going through it when you're an adult. In The Late Bloomer, the upcoming movie adaptation of E! News' Ken Baker's book The Late Bloomer: A Memoir of My Body, Johnny Simmons stars as a young man who finally experiences puberty (pimples, overzealous hormones and more!) after the removal of a benign tumor that was discovered resting against his pituitary gland. And only E! News has the exclusive first look at the film's debut trailer. Friends initially assume Simmons is gay because of his apparent lack of interest in the opposite sex. But everyone—including his parents—celebrate once he finally gets hit with the most awkward moments of puberty after...
- 8/9/2016
- E! Online
Los Angeles-based Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures have begun production on Kevin Pollak’s feature directorial debut.
Johnny Simmons, Maria Bello, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch and Jk Simmons star in the biopic about journalist Ken Baker, who suffered from a tumor that prevented him from going through puberty until he was 27.
The cast includes Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett, Paul Wesley, Ken Marino, Ileana Douglas, Charlotte McKinney, Vanessa Ragland, Blake Cooper and Lenora Crichlow.
Production on The Late Bloomer will also shoot in Bulgaria.
Joe Nussbaum, Paul A Kaplan and Mark Torgove, and Kyle Cooper and Austyn Jeffs adapted the screenplay based on Baker’s memoir, Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body.
Heidi Jo Markel of Eclectic Pictures produced with Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel of Ineffable Pictures.
Shooting is underway in New York on Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade’s Don’t Think Twice starring Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, [link...
Johnny Simmons, Maria Bello, Brittany Snow, Jane Lynch and Jk Simmons star in the biopic about journalist Ken Baker, who suffered from a tumor that prevented him from going through puberty until he was 27.
The cast includes Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett, Paul Wesley, Ken Marino, Ileana Douglas, Charlotte McKinney, Vanessa Ragland, Blake Cooper and Lenora Crichlow.
Production on The Late Bloomer will also shoot in Bulgaria.
Joe Nussbaum, Paul A Kaplan and Mark Torgove, and Kyle Cooper and Austyn Jeffs adapted the screenplay based on Baker’s memoir, Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body.
Heidi Jo Markel of Eclectic Pictures produced with Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel of Ineffable Pictures.
Shooting is underway in New York on Cold Iron Pictures and The Film Arcade’s Don’t Think Twice starring Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, [link...
- 8/26/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Back in 2012, Elijah Wood was all set to star in indie comedy drama The Late Bloomer for director Randall Einhorn. But, as they are so often wont to do, the film didn’t quite come together. Comedian Kevin Pollack has pulled off the trick, securing J.K. Simmons, Johnny Simmons, Brittany Snow and Jane Lynch to head the cast.They’re part of an ensemble that also includes Maria Bello, Kumail Nanjiani, Beck Bennett, Paul Wesley, Ken Marino, Ileana Douglas, Charlotte McKinney, Vanessa Ragland, Blake Cooper and Leonora Crichlow, in the story adapted from Ken Baker’s 2001 book Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body. It follows what happened when the E! News correspondent had a tumour removed from against his pituitary gland. The condition had been keeping him from properly going through puberty and its removal meant he experienced a sudden onset of changes at the age of 30 in the space of about three weeks.
- 8/26/2015
- EmpireOnline
Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, Brittany Snow and actor Johnny Simmons have begun shooting the romantic dramedy “The Late Bloomer,” the directorial debut of actor Kevin Pollak, from Eclectic Pictures and Ineffable Pictures. The film is inspired by the real life experiences Hollywood journalist Ken Baker detailed in his memoir “Man Made,” in which the “E! News” correspondent documented a pituitary tumor that wreaked havoc on his hormones — and didn’t see him complete puberty until age 27. Johnny Simmons stars as Pete Newmans, a young man with Baker’s condition, who pursues a career as a sex therapist. After surgery unleashes changes in Pete’s body,...
- 8/25/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Ken Baker is getting the movie star treatment! The Late Bloomer, a romantic dramedy based on the life story of the E! journalist, has started production in Los Angeles. The forthcoming film, which features A-list stars such as Johnny Simmons, Jane Lynch, Brittany Snow, J.K. Simmons, Paul Wesley and more, was inspired by his non-fiction book, Man Made: A Memoir of My Body, which chronicles his battle with a skull-base tumor that prevented him from going through puberty completely until he was 27. "Having a skull-base tumor wreaking havoc on your body is not something I would wish on anyone, but honestly the experience mostly has been a blessing in disguise and made me a better person," Baker tells E! News....
- 8/25/2015
- E! Online
Here's a few pieces of casting news that have popped up that I thought some of you might want to know about!
Hellboy star Ron Perlman has joined an action crime thriller called Savage Mutts. He will play a character named Terry “Shotgun” Coburn, "who after he is released from maximum security prison sets out on a path of revenge and rampage through the criminal underworld, as he seeks out a final confrontation with his brother - a dark and powerful crime boss." The project has been described as being in the same vein of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I don't know about you but I'm up for seeing Perlman kick some ass! The film was written and directed by Nika Agiashvili.
Spider-Man 3 co-star Topher Grace has joined Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan in a love story called A Many Splintered Thing. The film...
Hellboy star Ron Perlman has joined an action crime thriller called Savage Mutts. He will play a character named Terry “Shotgun” Coburn, "who after he is released from maximum security prison sets out on a path of revenge and rampage through the criminal underworld, as he seeks out a final confrontation with his brother - a dark and powerful crime boss." The project has been described as being in the same vein of Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I don't know about you but I'm up for seeing Perlman kick some ass! The film was written and directed by Nika Agiashvili.
Spider-Man 3 co-star Topher Grace has joined Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan in a love story called A Many Splintered Thing. The film...
- 10/2/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Elijah Wood is currently a very busy man, not content with reprising his role as Frodo Baggins in at least one of the upcoming Hobbit movies in addition to his work on hit sitcom Wilfred, he is set to star in The Late Bloomer. The Late Bloomer which is dubbed as an indie comedy sees the star in the title role. The project is currently being written by Paul Kaplan and Mark Torgove the latest draft of the script drafted originated from Mark Nussbaum which in turn was an adaptation of Ken Baker’s 2001 book Man Made: A Memoir Of My Body (still with me?) The plot follows a true tale of an almost 30 year-old man whose body goes through a very sudden amount of changes. (Which yes you’ve guessed it turns out that puberty hence the title) It seems it has been delayed by several years and now...
- 10/2/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (gercooney)
- www.themoviebit.com
Though he'll be making a quick trip back to Middle Earth reprising his role of Frodo Baggins in a cameo in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy, Elijah Wood has mostly shed his on-screen hobbit persona and has moved on to other projects. He's starring in the FX comedy series "Wilfred," plays a psycho killer in the remake of Maniac, and now has taken the lead role in a comedy called The Late Bloomer based on an amazing true story. He's also been busy on the business side of things, as Deadline reports the actor has formed a new production company called The Woodshed focusing on indie horror and genre films. Cool! Written by Joe Nussbaum and Paul Kaplan & Mark Torgove, The Late Bloomer is a true story based on Ken Baker's memoir about a man who is almost thirty years old when he realizes that he has a...
- 10/2/2012
- by Ben Pearson
- firstshowing.net
Elijah Wood is about to go through puberty for "Wilfred" director Randall Einhorn. Wood has signed on to star in "The Late Bloomer," an upcoming film based on a memoir by Ken Baker, the former west coast bureau chief for Us Weekly and current chief news correspondent for E!. The book, published in 2001, chronicles a man about to turn 30 who finds out he never fully went through puberty. After doctors remove the medical condition stunting his physical maturation, he finishes puberty in a matter of weeks. "The combination of Einhorn and Wood is...
- 10/1/2012
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Congratulations, Ken Baker! Our E! News chief news correspondent will be portrayed on the big screen by none other than Elijah Wood in the movie The Late Bloomer inspired by Baker's 2001 memoir Man Made: A Memoir of My Body. The film follows the amazing true story of then-People magazine news reporter Baker, who found out at 27 that he hadn't fully experienced puberty, thanks to an undetected brain tumor. "But when the medical condition was removed, in several short, overwhelming weeks [he] did so," the filmmakers said in a release. Baker tells us, "The movie will bring both heart and humor to what was a pretty rough chapter in my life. After getting to meet and hangout with Elijah...
- 10/1/2012
- E! Online
Elijah Wood ( The Lord of the Rings , "Wilfred") is set to play the lead role in the new comedy feature film The Late Bloomer from Dignity Film Finance. Jesse Israel of Ineffable Pictures and Heidi Jo Markel of Eclectic Pictures will produce with Dff President Maggie Monteith executive producing and financing the film. Directed by Randall Einhorn (.Wilfred," .The Office.), The Late Bloomer is based on the 2001 acclaimed memoir "Man Made: A Memoir of My Body" by Ken Baker, adapted for the screen by Joe Nussbaum and Paul Kaplan & Mark Torgove. The Late Bloomer is the amazing true story of a man who found out at close to age 30 that he hadn.t yet totally undergone puberty but when the medical condition preventing it was removed, in several...
- 10/1/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Steven Soderbergh.s Contagion has a cast, a plot and now it has a release date too. As reported by ComingSoon, Warner Bros. Pictures plans to release the virus thriller in 3D on October 21st, 2011. The flick has a stellar cast including Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Lawrence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. Each will play a character somehow affected by a virus outbreak. In addition to Contagion, Warner Bros. announced the 2011 release dates of six other films. First up will be Catherine Hardwicke.s Amanda Seyfried starrer Red Riding Hood, which is heading towards an April 22nd release. The next out of the gate will be Late Bloomer, a film based on Ken Baker.s book Man Made: A Memoir chronicling the events after a puberty-inhibiting tumor located on his pituitary gland was removed when he was 27. That one is due out on August 12th. Following in...
- 5/15/2010
- cinemablend.com
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