Exclusive: Tony winner Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!), Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek) and Rosanny Zayas (The L Word: Generation Q) are set as series regulars opposite Michelle Monaghan, Matt Bomer and Daniel Sunjata in Echoes, Netflix’s psychological thriller limited series from 13 Reasons Why showrunner Brian Yorkey.
Created and written by Vanessa Gazy, Echoes is a mystery thriller about identical twins Leni and Gina, both portrayed by Monaghan, who share a dangerous secret. Since they were children, Leni and Gina secretly have swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults: They share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing.
Stroker will play Claudia, the sister who can’t quite penetrate the mysterious community formed by the twins. After a tragic moment that left her in a wheelchair, Claudia has risen to become the caretaker of the family home,...
Created and written by Vanessa Gazy, Echoes is a mystery thriller about identical twins Leni and Gina, both portrayed by Monaghan, who share a dangerous secret. Since they were children, Leni and Gina secretly have swapped lives, culminating in a double life as adults: They share two homes, two husbands and a child, but everything in their perfectly choreographed world is thrown into disarray when one of the sisters goes missing.
Stroker will play Claudia, the sister who can’t quite penetrate the mysterious community formed by the twins. After a tragic moment that left her in a wheelchair, Claudia has risen to become the caretaker of the family home,...
- 8/12/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
South Korea-born executive arrives as company prepares for EFM, Filmart.
Ramping up for the year’s first cycle of online festivals and markets, Myriad Pictures president Kirk D’Amico has hired Jaewoo Kim as vice president, distribution and sales.
Jaewoo most recently served as director of international sales and acquisitions at 13 Films, where she handled sales and distribution on films such as The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Every Breath You Take with Casey Affleck.
Earlier in her career the South Korea-born executive worked for Korean distribution company 9ers Entertainment as manager of the international business, when she acquired...
Ramping up for the year’s first cycle of online festivals and markets, Myriad Pictures president Kirk D’Amico has hired Jaewoo Kim as vice president, distribution and sales.
Jaewoo most recently served as director of international sales and acquisitions at 13 Films, where she handled sales and distribution on films such as The Current War starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Every Breath You Take with Casey Affleck.
Earlier in her career the South Korea-born executive worked for Korean distribution company 9ers Entertainment as manager of the international business, when she acquired...
- 1/25/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Stuck at home while Covid-19 infections spike? The good news is that the best new movies to watch this week are heading straight to streaming services.
Amazon Prime subscribers can close out Steve McQueen’s masterful “Small Axe” anthology, while August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — featuring the final role of Chadwick Boseman, starring opposite never-better Viola Davis in the title role — makes its way to Netflix.
But if it’s big-screen spectacle you’re after, you’ll have to judge for yourself how safe it is to watch films such as “Monster Hunter” — in which “Resident Evil” star Milla Jovovich steps into another video game adaptation to do battle with massive CG beasts from a parallel dimension — and “Fatale,” an infidelity thriller starring Hilary Swank as the Las Vegas fling who re-enters a philandering husband’s life after he calls the cops.
On demand, Gerard Butler was supposed...
Amazon Prime subscribers can close out Steve McQueen’s masterful “Small Axe” anthology, while August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” — featuring the final role of Chadwick Boseman, starring opposite never-better Viola Davis in the title role — makes its way to Netflix.
But if it’s big-screen spectacle you’re after, you’ll have to judge for yourself how safe it is to watch films such as “Monster Hunter” — in which “Resident Evil” star Milla Jovovich steps into another video game adaptation to do battle with massive CG beasts from a parallel dimension — and “Fatale,” an infidelity thriller starring Hilary Swank as the Las Vegas fling who re-enters a philandering husband’s life after he calls the cops.
On demand, Gerard Butler was supposed...
- 12/18/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Back in 1995, in the midst of cinema’s brief fixation with Jane Austen, director Roger Michell made the definitive film of “Persuasion”: as literate and elegant as it was underestimated upon release. That same year, Amy Heckerling set the bar for modernized Austen adaptations with her lithely funny and era-defining “Emma” riff “Clueless.” A quarter-century later, the straightforwardly titled “Modern Persuasion” falls some way short of either benchmark. Refashioning Austen’s bittersweet final novel about love surmounting prickly English class politics as a peppy romantic comedy of missed connections among the moneyed New York media set, Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki’s film is both too innocuous and too flatly imagined to stir much feeling either way.
What it does have going for it is Alicia Witt, a likable, spirited star too little used by Hollywood of late, but recently a leading mainstay of Hallmark holiday movies — from which...
What it does have going for it is Alicia Witt, a likable, spirited star too little used by Hollywood of late, but recently a leading mainstay of Hallmark holiday movies — from which...
- 12/16/2020
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Alicia Witt, who stars in Samuel Goldwyn’s Jane Austen feature adaptation Modern Persuasion, has joined the feature film Alice for Steel Springs Pictures and first-time helmer Krystin Ver Linden.
Witt will appear opposite Keke Palmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Common and Gaius Charles in writer-director Ver Linden’s period slave thriller. She will play the role of Rachel, the former owner of Alice (Palmer) who values the rigid societal hierarchies of the Antebellum South.
The character-driven thriller tells the story of a woman of servitude who escapes the 55-acre confines of her captor to discover the shocking reality that exists beyond the tree line ...
Witt will appear opposite Keke Palmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Common and Gaius Charles in writer-director Ver Linden’s period slave thriller. She will play the role of Rachel, the former owner of Alice (Palmer) who values the rigid societal hierarchies of the Antebellum South.
The character-driven thriller tells the story of a woman of servitude who escapes the 55-acre confines of her captor to discover the shocking reality that exists beyond the tree line ...
- 11/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Alicia Witt, who stars in Samuel Goldwyn’s Jane Austen feature adaptation Modern Persuasion, has joined the feature film Alice for Steel Springs Pictures and first-time helmer Krystin Ver Linden.
Witt will appear opposite Keke Palmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Common and Gaius Charles in writer-director Ver Linden’s period slave thriller. She will play the role of Rachel, the former owner of Alice (Palmer) who values the rigid societal hierarchies of the Antebellum South.
The character-driven thriller tells the story of a woman of servitude who escapes the 55-acre confines of her captor to discover the shocking reality that exists beyond the tree line ...
Witt will appear opposite Keke Palmer, Jonny Lee Miller, Common and Gaius Charles in writer-director Ver Linden’s period slave thriller. She will play the role of Rachel, the former owner of Alice (Palmer) who values the rigid societal hierarchies of the Antebellum South.
The character-driven thriller tells the story of a woman of servitude who escapes the 55-acre confines of her captor to discover the shocking reality that exists beyond the tree line ...
- 11/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"What better way for me to get over my first love than to watch him fall in love with someone else...?" Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official trailer for a romantic comedy titled Modern Persuasion, made by actors / filmmakers Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki. The film is an adaptation of Jane Austen's 1817 novel "Persuasion", updated as a story about Modern Persuasion. A happily single woman focused on her career in New York is forced to deal with the aftermath of feelings about a failed relationship when "the one that got away" hires her company. The film stars Alicia Witt as Wren Cosgrove, with Bebe Neuwirth, Daniella Pineda, Liza Lapira, Mark Moses, Li Jun Li, Dominic Rains, and Shane McRae. This looks super cliche and extra schmaltzy, but it might be a fun watch with this rather spunky cast. Take a look. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Appel & Lisecki's Modern Persuasion,...
- 11/13/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.
The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki. The film also stars Liza Lapira, Daniela Pineda, Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth.
“Modern Persuasion” centers on Witt’s character, a happily single and self-confessed workaholic who, after steadfastly rising to the top of the ladder in the New York corporate publicity world, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by a previous love, long-lost feelings are stirred.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We loved Alex’s and Jonathan’s modern day take on the Jane Austen classic and are excited to begin selling this delightful and clever romantic comedy. Alicia Witt...
The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki. The film also stars Liza Lapira, Daniela Pineda, Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth.
“Modern Persuasion” centers on Witt’s character, a happily single and self-confessed workaholic who, after steadfastly rising to the top of the ladder in the New York corporate publicity world, finds herself coming home every night to her cat. When her firm is hired by a previous love, long-lost feelings are stirred.
Myriad Pictures president and CEO Kirk D’Amico said: “We loved Alex’s and Jonathan’s modern day take on the Jane Austen classic and are excited to begin selling this delightful and clever romantic comedy. Alicia Witt...
- 6/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Germany, Spain, Russia all sell.
Juan Diego Escobar Alzate’s Sitges entry Luz: The Flower Of Evil has secured a raft of key deals through Mpi in the run-up to the Cannes virtual market.
The Colombian western fairy tale has sold in Germany (Mad Dimension), Spain (Wild Duck) and Russia (Kinologistika). It was previously announced that Dark Sky Films took Us rights and Raven Banner licensed the film for Canada.
Luz: The Flower Of Evil premiered in Sitges last year and went on to screen at multiple festivals including Glasgow Film Festival, Nocturna Madrid, Almería Western Film Festival. It won at Mórbido in Mexico,...
Juan Diego Escobar Alzate’s Sitges entry Luz: The Flower Of Evil has secured a raft of key deals through Mpi in the run-up to the Cannes virtual market.
The Colombian western fairy tale has sold in Germany (Mad Dimension), Spain (Wild Duck) and Russia (Kinologistika). It was previously announced that Dark Sky Films took Us rights and Raven Banner licensed the film for Canada.
Luz: The Flower Of Evil premiered in Sitges last year and went on to screen at multiple festivals including Glasgow Film Festival, Nocturna Madrid, Almería Western Film Festival. It won at Mórbido in Mexico,...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures produced.
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt and will launch sales and screen the film at the Cannes virtual market next week.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Tangerine Entertainment, founded by Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell, works exclusively with female-identifying...
Myriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the rom-com Modern Persuasion starring Alicia Witt and will launch sales and screen the film at the Cannes virtual market next week.
Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki directed the Jane Austen adaptation from Tangerine Entertainment and Tortyfly Pictures, based on a screenplay by Lisecki (Gayby) and Barbara Radecki (Expecting).
Witt, stars with Shane McRae and Bebe Neuwirth in the contemporary tale about a New York workaholic whose firm is hired by an old flame.
Tangerine Entertainment, founded by Amy Hobby and Anne Hubbell, works exclusively with female-identifying...
- 6/15/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The Exorcist alumna Li Jun Li is set for a recurring role on Why Women Kill, Marc Cherry’s darkly comedic drama starring Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. The series details the lives of three women living in three different decades — a housewife in the ‘60s (Goodwin), a socialite in the ‘80s (Lucy Liu) and a lawyer in 2019 (Kirby Howell-Baptiste) — all dealing with infidelity in their marriages. Why Women Kill will examine how the roles of women have changed but how their reaction to betrayal has not. Li will play Amy, Simone’s (Liu) privileged daughter who lives life full throttle. Amy is shattered by her fiancé’s past indiscretion. Will she come to her senses or will a cigarette, a bottle of wine and the cute younger guy down the street change things? Li was most recently seen on season two of Fox’s The Exorcist in...
- 8/7/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Warning: some spoilers ahead for Orange Is the New Black!
It may be the final season of Orange Is the New Black, but there's still time for new characters, like Zelda, played by Alicia Witt. Zelda is Piper's sophisticated, understanding new girlfriend. Witt is new to the Netflix family, but you've definitely seen her on your screen before.
Witt's career began as a child, when she was discovered on the talent show That's Incredible! at the age of 5. At age 8, she made her screen debut in David Lynch's Dune; she would work with Lynch again six years later as a guest star on Twin Peaks - her TV debut. Her major mainstream breakthrough came in 1995, when she began playing the role of Zoey, the daughter of Cybill Shepherd's daughter on the sitcom Cybill. Witt remained in this role until 1998, for the entire run of the series.
Over the next several years,...
It may be the final season of Orange Is the New Black, but there's still time for new characters, like Zelda, played by Alicia Witt. Zelda is Piper's sophisticated, understanding new girlfriend. Witt is new to the Netflix family, but you've definitely seen her on your screen before.
Witt's career began as a child, when she was discovered on the talent show That's Incredible! at the age of 5. At age 8, she made her screen debut in David Lynch's Dune; she would work with Lynch again six years later as a guest star on Twin Peaks - her TV debut. Her major mainstream breakthrough came in 1995, when she began playing the role of Zoey, the daughter of Cybill Shepherd's daughter on the sitcom Cybill. Witt remained in this role until 1998, for the entire run of the series.
Over the next several years,...
- 7/28/2019
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
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