Blue Fox Entertainment is kicking off international sales on the Croisette next week on the erotic thriller Black Diamond from the producers of Peter Sarsgaard and Sarah Gadon comedy thriller Coup!
Lady Bloodfight co-writer Judd Bloch directs the story of desire, obsession, and the darker side of human nature starring Jake McLoughlin from Quantico, Inbar Lavi from Lucifer, Shaun Sipos from Reacher, and Ray Panthaki from Colette.
Set against the backdrop of opulence and privilege, Black Diamond follows Elena, whose seemingly perfect life with her hedge fund boyfriend Spencer, takes a perilous turn when she encounters Jesse, a rugged cowboy handyman.
Lady Bloodfight co-writer Judd Bloch directs the story of desire, obsession, and the darker side of human nature starring Jake McLoughlin from Quantico, Inbar Lavi from Lucifer, Shaun Sipos from Reacher, and Ray Panthaki from Colette.
Set against the backdrop of opulence and privilege, Black Diamond follows Elena, whose seemingly perfect life with her hedge fund boyfriend Spencer, takes a perilous turn when she encounters Jesse, a rugged cowboy handyman.
- 5/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of April titles. The April 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals as well as numerous action, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.
As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, Tubi engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library, which includes over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.
You can watch the Tubi April 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.
You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the web at Tubi.tv.
Tubi Originals
Documentary
Behind...
As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, Tubi engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library, which includes over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.
You can watch the Tubi April 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.
You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the web at Tubi.tv.
Tubi Originals
Documentary
Behind...
- 3/19/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
David Chocarro is an Argentine actor and model who has been in the entertainment industry for over a decade. He began his career on television, appearing in a number of telenovelas, such as Rebelde Way, Floricienta and Los Únicos. He has also made numerous appearances on stage, starring in productions such as La Celestina and The Lion King.
David’s film career began with a role in the 2008 drama El Camino de San Diego. Since then he has appeared in films such as Una Noche para Sobrevivir and Plan B, both of which were nominated for awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He also starred alongside Dario Grandinetti in the 2018 comedy El Profesor y el Loco, for which he received critical acclaim.
In addition to acting, David is an avid philanthropist having taken part in numerous charity events over the years. He also won the 2018 Latin American Music Award for Best Male Solo Artist,...
David’s film career began with a role in the 2008 drama El Camino de San Diego. Since then he has appeared in films such as Una Noche para Sobrevivir and Plan B, both of which were nominated for awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He also starred alongside Dario Grandinetti in the 2018 comedy El Profesor y el Loco, for which he received critical acclaim.
In addition to acting, David is an avid philanthropist having taken part in numerous charity events over the years. He also won the 2018 Latin American Music Award for Best Male Solo Artist,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Gill Ander
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Exclusive: Jonas Dassler (The Golden Glove) has been tapped to play German pastor and theologian-turned-spy Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the thriller God’s Spy, based on a true story.
Others set for the pic written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki include Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad), David Jonsson (Industry), August Diehl (A Hidden Life), Moritz Bleibtreu (World War Z) and BAFTA Award nominee Clarke Peters (The Wire).
The film currently in production is set in Berlin during the time of the Third Reich, examining Bonhoeffer’s determination to live his life with uncompromising political and spiritual courage, while speaking truth to power, in his attempt to save countless Jewish lives. Bonhoeffer was among only a few clergy who were early to recognize the danger of Hitler’s anti-Semitic rhetoric, and while the German church acquiesced to Hitler, Bonhoeffer took him on. First, from the pulpit — and then from the front lines.
Others set for the pic written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki include Flula Borg (The Suicide Squad), David Jonsson (Industry), August Diehl (A Hidden Life), Moritz Bleibtreu (World War Z) and BAFTA Award nominee Clarke Peters (The Wire).
The film currently in production is set in Berlin during the time of the Third Reich, examining Bonhoeffer’s determination to live his life with uncompromising political and spiritual courage, while speaking truth to power, in his attempt to save countless Jewish lives. Bonhoeffer was among only a few clergy who were early to recognize the danger of Hitler’s anti-Semitic rhetoric, and while the German church acquiesced to Hitler, Bonhoeffer took him on. First, from the pulpit — and then from the front lines.
- 1/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Composer Bear McCreary discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Wolf Man (1941) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man movie power rankings
Host (2020)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary celebration
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Robot Monster (1953) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Cat-Women Of The Moon (1953)
The Man With The Golden Arm (1955) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Ten Commandments (1956) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
The Swarm (1978) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Batman (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) – Mike Schlesinger’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
The Professor And The Madman (2019)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Do The Right Thing (1989) – Allan Arkush...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Wolf Man (1941) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man movie power rankings
Host (2020)
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review, Tfh’s 30th anniversary celebration
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Total Recall (1990)
Robot Monster (1953) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary
Cat-Women Of The Moon (1953)
The Man With The Golden Arm (1955) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
The Ten Commandments (1956) – Larry Cohen’s trailer commentary
The Swarm (1978) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Batman (1989)
Dick Tracy (1990)
Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) – Mike Schlesinger’s trailer commentary
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
The Professor And The Madman (2019)
Hollywood Boulevard (1976) – Jon Davison’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Do The Right Thing (1989) – Allan Arkush...
- 12/6/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
Jennifer Ehle has joined the cast of the Paramount+ series 1923.
She will portray Sister Mary, an Irish nun who teaches at the school for American Indians in Montana that Teonna Rainwater (Amineh Nieves) attends. As prreviously announced, Sebastian Roché plays the headmaster of the school, Father Renaud.
The new installment of the Taylor Sheridan franchise will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family before the events of Yellowstone and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, and the Duttons who call it home.
The cast, led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, also includes James Badge Dale, Brandon Sklenar, Robert Patrick, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty and Julia Schlaepfer.
1923 is currently in production in Montana and will debut on Paramount+ in December 2022.
The Dutton...
She will portray Sister Mary, an Irish nun who teaches at the school for American Indians in Montana that Teonna Rainwater (Amineh Nieves) attends. As prreviously announced, Sebastian Roché plays the headmaster of the school, Father Renaud.
The new installment of the Taylor Sheridan franchise will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family before the events of Yellowstone and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, and the Duttons who call it home.
The cast, led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, also includes James Badge Dale, Brandon Sklenar, Robert Patrick, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty and Julia Schlaepfer.
1923 is currently in production in Montana and will debut on Paramount+ in December 2022.
The Dutton...
- 9/27/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: As production of Studiocanal and The Picture Company’s horror thriller Baghead begins, Deadline has learned that War Horse actor Jeremy Irvine, Top of the Lake Emmy nominee Peter Mullan, You actress Saffron Burrows, and Netflix Dark actress Julika Jenkins have joined the feature alongside previously announced Ruby Barker and Freya Allan.
Baghead is adapted from the festival fave short film of the same name and will be directed by Alberto Corredor who also directed the short. Christina Pamies and Bryce McGuire wrote the screenplay. Baghead follows the enigmatic Baghead, a diminutive wrinkled up person who is able to manifest the dead and bring them back to our world for brief periods of time. People seek out the medium to reconnect with lost loved ones. Once in contact with Baghead however, the title character’s true powers and intentions are revealed and there is a high price to pay...
Baghead is adapted from the festival fave short film of the same name and will be directed by Alberto Corredor who also directed the short. Christina Pamies and Bryce McGuire wrote the screenplay. Baghead follows the enigmatic Baghead, a diminutive wrinkled up person who is able to manifest the dead and bring them back to our world for brief periods of time. People seek out the medium to reconnect with lost loved ones. Once in contact with Baghead however, the title character’s true powers and intentions are revealed and there is a high price to pay...
- 10/13/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks with writer/director Vanessa Perdriau about 5 Great Period Dramas and her Black 47 period short film The Widow’s Last. Watch Vanessa’s award winning film for free via the Omeleto Youtube channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W2A–2OeVE&t=11s
In ‘period date’ order:
The Revenant (1823) (2015) Bonus: 5 mins on The Widow’s Last (1847) (2019) The Professor and the Madman (1879) (2019) 1917 (1917) (2019) Hidden Figures (1970) A Beautiful day in the Neighborhood (1998) (2019)...
In ‘period date’ order:
The Revenant (1823) (2015) Bonus: 5 mins on The Widow’s Last (1847) (2019) The Professor and the Madman (1879) (2019) 1917 (1917) (2019) Hidden Figures (1970) A Beautiful day in the Neighborhood (1998) (2019)...
- 3/19/2021
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
Unsurprisingly, with just five days to go until Christmas, the focus for a lot of people has shifted solely towards festive fare, even if the ongoing effects of the Coronavirus pandemic promise a holiday season unlike any other in living memory, with restrictions being tightened around the world as the recent surge in infections shows no signs of slowing down.
Luckily, there are more than enough streaming services available to provide plenty of content to keep everyone occupied, and while Christmas movies have been dominating the Netflix Top 10 most-watched list all week, heartwarming tales of family and friendship aren’t the only titles being added to the library these days.
This week brought almost 30 new additions covering a wide variety of genres, with the biggest of the bunch being Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which sees the late Chadwick Boseman deliver a career-best performance opposite an equally fantastic Viola Davis...
Luckily, there are more than enough streaming services available to provide plenty of content to keep everyone occupied, and while Christmas movies have been dominating the Netflix Top 10 most-watched list all week, heartwarming tales of family and friendship aren’t the only titles being added to the library these days.
This week brought almost 30 new additions covering a wide variety of genres, with the biggest of the bunch being Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which sees the late Chadwick Boseman deliver a career-best performance opposite an equally fantastic Viola Davis...
- 12/20/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
Netflix is adding nearly 30 new titles over the coming days.
We’re now officially about to enter the week before Christmas, and ahead of the festivities, the streaming giant has a few notable releases, holiday-related or otherwise, set to drop. On the whole, it’s a relatively quiet week for Netflix, but there are still a bunch of movies and TV shows that you’ll want to check out.
On Monday, December 14th, three new additions become available – holiday romcom A California Christmas, the second season of animated series Hilda and Tiny Pretty Things, a ballet-themed TV drama based on the bestselling novel of the same name.
Moving on to Tuesday, the batch of fresh titles includes musical docuseries Song Exploder Volume 2, the first two seasons of Teen Mom and The Professor and the Madman, the historical biopic starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Natalie Dormer.
Here’s the full...
We’re now officially about to enter the week before Christmas, and ahead of the festivities, the streaming giant has a few notable releases, holiday-related or otherwise, set to drop. On the whole, it’s a relatively quiet week for Netflix, but there are still a bunch of movies and TV shows that you’ll want to check out.
On Monday, December 14th, three new additions become available – holiday romcom A California Christmas, the second season of animated series Hilda and Tiny Pretty Things, a ballet-themed TV drama based on the bestselling novel of the same name.
Moving on to Tuesday, the batch of fresh titles includes musical docuseries Song Exploder Volume 2, the first two seasons of Teen Mom and The Professor and the Madman, the historical biopic starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Natalie Dormer.
Here’s the full...
- 12/13/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
The year is almost over. The Hargreeves kids have saved the world and Beth Harmon has checkmated her last opponent. But in its new releases for December 2020, Netflix still has some tricks up its sleeve.
For starters, Netflix is ending this most curious year with some promising original films. David Fincher’s long-awaited Mank arrives on Dec. 4 to fill us in on the story of Citizen Kane‘s screenwriter. Then on Dec. 11, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and James Corden do their best musical impression with The Prom. Chadwick Boseman’s final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom debuts on Dec. 18. Then George Clooney rounds out the month with The Midnight Sky on Dec. 23.
But of course, it’s in the original series realm where Netflix does most of its work. The biggest one comes at month’s end this December. The final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premieres on New Year’s Eve.
For starters, Netflix is ending this most curious year with some promising original films. David Fincher’s long-awaited Mank arrives on Dec. 4 to fill us in on the story of Citizen Kane‘s screenwriter. Then on Dec. 11, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and James Corden do their best musical impression with The Prom. Chadwick Boseman’s final film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom debuts on Dec. 18. Then George Clooney rounds out the month with The Midnight Sky on Dec. 23.
But of course, it’s in the original series realm where Netflix does most of its work. The biggest one comes at month’s end this December. The final season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina premieres on New Year’s Eve.
- 11/30/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
With just a few days of November left, we’ve now got a look at what’s coming to Netflix across December and the following breakdown gives us a strong idea of what to expect from the streaming giant next month. As you can see down below, it promises that a number of exciting original releases are on their way. Many of these are some of the most-anticipated titles of the year as well, meaning Netflix has truly saved the best for last.
On December 1st, we know to expect animated sequel Angela’s Christmas Wish and The Holiday Movies That Made Us, a documentary which looks at the best Christmas films around, while a ton of licensed titles will be added as well. Adam Sandler’s beloved 50 First Dates will be joining the platform, along with Jon Favreau’s excellent Chef, two Jurassic Park movies and more.
On the 2nd,...
On December 1st, we know to expect animated sequel Angela’s Christmas Wish and The Holiday Movies That Made Us, a documentary which looks at the best Christmas films around, while a ton of licensed titles will be added as well. Adam Sandler’s beloved 50 First Dates will be joining the platform, along with Jon Favreau’s excellent Chef, two Jurassic Park movies and more.
On the 2nd,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are both actors that tend to divide opinion among movie fans, but with two Academy Awards each, you can’t deny that they’re among the finest talents of their generation, regardless of how you feel about their personal beliefs or opinions. So throw them together in a prestige drama about the creation of the dictionary and you’ve got… well, you’ve got something that will interest some people a lot more than others.
The Professor and the Madman is a biographical period drama that stars Gibson as the former and Penn as the latter, which is admittedly simplifying things an awful lot. The Lethal Weapon star plays Professor James Murray, who undergoes the arduous task of compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1870s. Gathering up the definition for every word in existence is no easy task, but one helpful fellow submits over 10,000 entries,...
The Professor and the Madman is a biographical period drama that stars Gibson as the former and Penn as the latter, which is admittedly simplifying things an awful lot. The Lethal Weapon star plays Professor James Murray, who undergoes the arduous task of compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 1870s. Gathering up the definition for every word in existence is no easy task, but one helpful fellow submits over 10,000 entries,...
- 11/18/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
‘The Call of the Wild.’
In a lousy weekend at Australian cinemas, the combination of Harrison Ford and a bionic dog in The Call of the Wild proved unappealing, while a long-delayed historical drama which Mel Gibson had virtually disowned was an abject failure.
Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite was among the few bright spots, ringing up $653,000 on 135 screens, now in week 35, delivering $4.7 million for Madman Entertainment.
The top 20 titles generated $10.8 million, 32 per cent down on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Paramount’s live action/CGI adaptation of the Sega videogame Sonic the Hedgehog won the weekend virtually by default.
The feature debut of director Jeff Fowler, the adventure comedy raked in nearly $2.8 million, dropping by a reasonable 28 per cent in its second frame, propelling the total to $7.1 million.
The No 1 title worldwide, the film starring Jim Carrey, James Marsden and the voice of Ben Schwartz has clocked an...
In a lousy weekend at Australian cinemas, the combination of Harrison Ford and a bionic dog in The Call of the Wild proved unappealing, while a long-delayed historical drama which Mel Gibson had virtually disowned was an abject failure.
Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite was among the few bright spots, ringing up $653,000 on 135 screens, now in week 35, delivering $4.7 million for Madman Entertainment.
The top 20 titles generated $10.8 million, 32 per cent down on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Paramount’s live action/CGI adaptation of the Sega videogame Sonic the Hedgehog won the weekend virtually by default.
The feature debut of director Jeff Fowler, the adventure comedy raked in nearly $2.8 million, dropping by a reasonable 28 per cent in its second frame, propelling the total to $7.1 million.
The No 1 title worldwide, the film starring Jim Carrey, James Marsden and the voice of Ben Schwartz has clocked an...
- 2/24/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Tony Sokol Jan 30, 2020
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover will reunite for the final installment of Lethal Weapon.
Riggs and Murtaugh lived long enough to get see Lethal Weapon 5. More than 30 years after the release of Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover will reunite with director Richard Donner for the final sequel, according to Collider.
“We’re trying to make the last Lethal Weapon movie,” producer Daniel Lin, revealed at The Hollywood Reporter's Producers Roundtable. “And Dick Donner’s coming back. The original cast is coming back. And it’s just amazing. The story itself is very personal to him. Mel and Danny are ready to go, so it’s about the script.”
Lin was an executive producer on Fox TV's Lethal Weapon series, which ran from 2016 to 2019.
This will be the first film for Donner, who directed all three film sequels, since 2006’s 16 Blocks. The screenplay for...
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover will reunite for the final installment of Lethal Weapon.
Riggs and Murtaugh lived long enough to get see Lethal Weapon 5. More than 30 years after the release of Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover will reunite with director Richard Donner for the final sequel, according to Collider.
“We’re trying to make the last Lethal Weapon movie,” producer Daniel Lin, revealed at The Hollywood Reporter's Producers Roundtable. “And Dick Donner’s coming back. The original cast is coming back. And it’s just amazing. The story itself is very personal to him. Mel and Danny are ready to go, so it’s about the script.”
Lin was an executive producer on Fox TV's Lethal Weapon series, which ran from 2016 to 2019.
This will be the first film for Donner, who directed all three film sequels, since 2006’s 16 Blocks. The screenplay for...
- 1/30/2020
- Den of Geek
“The Irishman” producer Gaston Pavlovich and his Mexico City-based production company Fabrica de Cine have inked an overall development and production deal with Endemol Shine Boomdog, the Mexican outpost of Endemol Shine North America.
The deal comes as “The Irishman” opens the Los Cabos International Film Festival on Wednesday. The screening marks the Latin American premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-backed mob drama, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Under the deal, the companies will develop and produce scripted TV drama series aimed at both Spanish- and English-language audiences. The first joint project centers on the story of arts patron, pioneering writer and women’s rights activist Antonieta Rivas Mercado, and the fascinating and turbulent times of early 20th-century Mexico.
Fabrica de Cine has been developing the series for about two years. “We discovered more letters written by her and about her as well as diaries,...
The deal comes as “The Irishman” opens the Los Cabos International Film Festival on Wednesday. The screening marks the Latin American premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-backed mob drama, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
Under the deal, the companies will develop and produce scripted TV drama series aimed at both Spanish- and English-language audiences. The first joint project centers on the story of arts patron, pioneering writer and women’s rights activist Antonieta Rivas Mercado, and the fascinating and turbulent times of early 20th-century Mexico.
Fabrica de Cine has been developing the series for about two years. “We discovered more letters written by her and about her as well as diaries,...
- 11/13/2019
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Mel Gibson and Frank Grillo will star in “Leo From Toledo,” an action thriller directed by Joe Carnahan.
Based on an original script from Dan Casey, “Leo From Toledo” follows a former killer for the Kansas City mob, now hiding in witness protection, who has trouble remembering simple things. What he does remember he wants to forget. But what he has forgotten has now made him a hunted man with precious little time to save what he does have left: his estranged daughter and granddaughter.
Lawrence Grey is producing through his Grey Matter Productions banner, alongside Carnahan and Grillo under their WarParty Films banner. Noah Rosen will executive produce alongside Ben Everard of Grey Matter Productions.
Also Read: Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo to Star in Action Film 'Panama'
MadRiver International will launch international sales at Afm this week, and CAA Media Finance (arranged the financing) is representing domestic rights.
Based on an original script from Dan Casey, “Leo From Toledo” follows a former killer for the Kansas City mob, now hiding in witness protection, who has trouble remembering simple things. What he does remember he wants to forget. But what he has forgotten has now made him a hunted man with precious little time to save what he does have left: his estranged daughter and granddaughter.
Lawrence Grey is producing through his Grey Matter Productions banner, alongside Carnahan and Grillo under their WarParty Films banner. Noah Rosen will executive produce alongside Ben Everard of Grey Matter Productions.
Also Read: Morgan Freeman, Frank Grillo to Star in Action Film 'Panama'
MadRiver International will launch international sales at Afm this week, and CAA Media Finance (arranged the financing) is representing domestic rights.
- 11/5/2019
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
In today’s TV news roundup, a premiere date is announced for upcoming drama series “King Ester” and Starz acquires six new titles to premiere this fall/winter.
Dates
Drama series “King Ester” is slated to premiere on Issa Rae Presents: Issa Rae Productions Youtube channel on Oct. 17, Variety has learned exclusively. Starring “Pose’s” Angelica Ross, and Janet Hubert of “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” the series follows an audacious transgender woman named Ester (Rowin Amone) in New Orleans as she navigates her sexual identity and journey to fame while the wrath of Hurricane Katrina terrorizes the city and lives around her. Following its premiere, new episodes will air every Thursday for the next seven weeks.
Apple TV Plus announced “Servant,“ from director M. Night Shyamalan will premiere Nov. 28. The show follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the...
Dates
Drama series “King Ester” is slated to premiere on Issa Rae Presents: Issa Rae Productions Youtube channel on Oct. 17, Variety has learned exclusively. Starring “Pose’s” Angelica Ross, and Janet Hubert of “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” the series follows an audacious transgender woman named Ester (Rowin Amone) in New Orleans as she navigates her sexual identity and journey to fame while the wrath of Hurricane Katrina terrorizes the city and lives around her. Following its premiere, new episodes will air every Thursday for the next seven weeks.
Apple TV Plus announced “Servant,“ from director M. Night Shyamalan will premiere Nov. 28. The show follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the...
- 10/3/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Starz has acquired and set premieres for a half-dozen titles including Geena Davis’ documentary This Changes Everything, two seasons of Idris Elba’s semi-autobiographical family comedy In the Long Run and its holiday special, and the Mel Gibson-Sean Penn movie The Professor and the Madman.
The premium cabler also picked up the Ellen Page-Kate Mara film My Days of Mercy, which bowed at Toronto; the immigration docu The River and the Wall; and true-crime pic Stockholm, which premiered at Tribeca. See descriptions and premiere dates for the projects below.
[“This Changes Everything] eloquently makes the case for the need to improve gender balance, diversity and inclusion onscreen and behind the scenes,” Davis said. “It’s important that industry leaders and the public are aware of the impact the media has as we rally together toward the goal of gender equality.”
Said Elba of the comedy inspired...
The premium cabler also picked up the Ellen Page-Kate Mara film My Days of Mercy, which bowed at Toronto; the immigration docu The River and the Wall; and true-crime pic Stockholm, which premiered at Tribeca. See descriptions and premiere dates for the projects below.
[“This Changes Everything] eloquently makes the case for the need to improve gender balance, diversity and inclusion onscreen and behind the scenes,” Davis said. “It’s important that industry leaders and the public are aware of the impact the media has as we rally together toward the goal of gender equality.”
Said Elba of the comedy inspired...
- 10/3/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Finance and production company Oakhurst Entertainment has secured the rights to Savior, a feature spec from Todd Komarnicki, the screenwriter behind Warner Bros’ Clint Eastwood-directed and Tom Hanks starring biopic, Sully. Oakhurst will produce the project with Lightbridge Entertainment’s Terry Botwick and Komarnicki under his Guy Walks Into a Bar label. Geyer Kosinski will serve as executive producer.
Savior is described as a high-octane thriller in the likes of the Bourne films and 3 Days of the Condor. It centers on Vincent Will, a cold-blooded killer and mercenary working for a secret organization called, “the twelve disciples.” Their master plan is to trigger a world war through what appears to be a string of individual terror acts. None of the mercenaries know anything but their own miss.
The producers have the film on a fast track out to talent.
Komarnicki also wrote the script to...
Savior is described as a high-octane thriller in the likes of the Bourne films and 3 Days of the Condor. It centers on Vincent Will, a cold-blooded killer and mercenary working for a secret organization called, “the twelve disciples.” Their master plan is to trigger a world war through what appears to be a string of individual terror acts. None of the mercenaries know anything but their own miss.
The producers have the film on a fast track out to talent.
Komarnicki also wrote the script to...
- 9/25/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The Front Row, Kncc release follows the lifting of Saudi Arabia’s 30-year cinema ban at the end of 2017.
Ron Howard’s Pavarotti, exploring the life and work of Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, is set to become the first major documentary to be given a wide theatrical release in Saudi Arabia following the lifting of its 30-year-cinema ban at the end of 2017.
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and partner company Kuwait National Cinema Company, which own all Mena rights for the work, have announced the documentary will open on July 25 in Saudi Arabia in Vox Cinemas and AMC Cinemas.
Ron Howard’s Pavarotti, exploring the life and work of Italian opera legend Luciano Pavarotti, is set to become the first major documentary to be given a wide theatrical release in Saudi Arabia following the lifting of its 30-year-cinema ban at the end of 2017.
Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment and partner company Kuwait National Cinema Company, which own all Mena rights for the work, have announced the documentary will open on July 25 in Saudi Arabia in Vox Cinemas and AMC Cinemas.
- 6/26/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
I don’t have a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary in front of me but the OxfordDictionaries.com website defines “boredom” as “the state of feeling bored.” Which is about as insightful as anything one can find in “The Professor and the Madman.”
The film, credited to “Pb Shemran” — a pseudonym for Farhad Safinia, who co-wrote Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto” — stars Gibson as James Murray, the man responsible for compiling and completing most of the Oed before his death. The astoundingly thorough compendium of every word in the English language was a mammoth undertaking and required significant assistance from a wide variety of sources. One of those sources happened to be confined to a mental institution after committing murder.
Sean Penn co-stars as Dr. William Chester Minor, a Civil War solider and doctor with paranoid delusions that led him to chase a stranger through the streets and gun him down.
The film, credited to “Pb Shemran” — a pseudonym for Farhad Safinia, who co-wrote Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypto” — stars Gibson as James Murray, the man responsible for compiling and completing most of the Oed before his death. The astoundingly thorough compendium of every word in the English language was a mammoth undertaking and required significant assistance from a wide variety of sources. One of those sources happened to be confined to a mental institution after committing murder.
Sean Penn co-stars as Dr. William Chester Minor, a Civil War solider and doctor with paranoid delusions that led him to chase a stranger through the streets and gun him down.
- 5/11/2019
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
‘The Professor and the Madman’ Director Sides With Mel Gibson on Film’s Release Following Settlement
“The Professor and the Madmen” director Farhad Safinia is standing behind Mel Gibson’s statement after a long legal tussle over the release of the film.
Though Gibson settled with the production company behind the movie, Voltage Pictures, in April, he said in a statement that it was “unfortunate for all concerned that this film was never finished as written” and denied producers’ claims that he and Safinia walked off set and forced the movie to go over-budget. In a new statement, Safinia backed up Gibson, agreeing with him on the version audiences will end up seeing.
“I would like to add to Mel Gibson’s recent statement regarding ‘The Professor and The Madman,’ ” Safinia wrote. “I echo Mel’s correction of the record that neither of us ever walked off set, nor caused the film to ever go over budget. I would also like to clarify some misreporting saying...
Though Gibson settled with the production company behind the movie, Voltage Pictures, in April, he said in a statement that it was “unfortunate for all concerned that this film was never finished as written” and denied producers’ claims that he and Safinia walked off set and forced the movie to go over-budget. In a new statement, Safinia backed up Gibson, agreeing with him on the version audiences will end up seeing.
“I would like to add to Mel Gibson’s recent statement regarding ‘The Professor and The Madman,’ ” Safinia wrote. “I echo Mel’s correction of the record that neither of us ever walked off set, nor caused the film to ever go over budget. I would also like to clarify some misreporting saying...
- 5/10/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Santa Claus is coming to town and he’ll be played by Mel Gibson.
The actor, 63, will take on the role of the man in red in the forthcoming comedy Fatman, which tells the story of a 12-year-old who hires a hitman to kill Santa after the child gets a lump of coal in his stocking. Meanwhile, this rowdy Santa is already down on his luck due to his business decline.
“Mel is the perfect choice as Kris Kringle like we’ve never seen him before,” producer Nadine de Barros said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I...
The actor, 63, will take on the role of the man in red in the forthcoming comedy Fatman, which tells the story of a 12-year-old who hires a hitman to kill Santa after the child gets a lump of coal in his stocking. Meanwhile, this rowdy Santa is already down on his luck due to his business decline.
“Mel is the perfect choice as Kris Kringle like we’ve never seen him before,” producer Nadine de Barros said in a statement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “I...
- 5/9/2019
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
Pretty soon, Mel Gibson is really only going to be interested in playing characters that sport full beards. Recently, his film, “The Professor and the Madman,” showcased a bearded Gibson. And when he’s not filming something, the beard is his go-to facial hair option. So, it was only a matter of time before he put that scruff to good use, playing the bearded man Santa Claus.
Deadline is reporting that Mel Gibson has signed on to star as jolly Saint Nick in the upcoming dark action comedy “Fatman.” The film puts a slightly twisted take on the classic Christmas story by having a 12-year-old hire a hitman to take out Santa Claus after the bearded man put a lump of coal in his stocking.
Continue reading Mel Gibson Set To Play Santa Claus In New Film & Seth Rogen Isn’t Excited: “Ho-Ho-Holocaust Denier” at The Playlist.
Deadline is reporting that Mel Gibson has signed on to star as jolly Saint Nick in the upcoming dark action comedy “Fatman.” The film puts a slightly twisted take on the classic Christmas story by having a 12-year-old hire a hitman to take out Santa Claus after the bearded man put a lump of coal in his stocking.
Continue reading Mel Gibson Set To Play Santa Claus In New Film & Seth Rogen Isn’t Excited: “Ho-Ho-Holocaust Denier” at The Playlist.
- 5/9/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Mel Gibson is attached to play Santa Claus in a brand new independent comedy ‘Fatman’ for Fortitude.
The film will be directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms from their own script, it tells the story of a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline — while a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf will produce while James’ Rough House partners David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jody Hill will serve as executive producers.
“This rowdy Santa tale is a film we’ve been excited to make for some time and we’re thrilled to have equally passionate partners in Rough House and Fortitude who carry the same fire!” said Eshom and Ian Nelms.
Also in news – Haddish to team up...
The film will be directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms from their own script, it tells the story of a rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus who is fighting his business decline — while a neglected and precocious 12-year-old hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Brandon James of Rough House, Nadine de Barros of Fortitude and Lisa Wolofsky of Skywolf will produce while James’ Rough House partners David Gordon Green, Danny McBride and Jody Hill will serve as executive producers.
“This rowdy Santa tale is a film we’ve been excited to make for some time and we’re thrilled to have equally passionate partners in Rough House and Fortitude who carry the same fire!” said Eshom and Ian Nelms.
Also in news – Haddish to team up...
- 5/9/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Orion Pictures announced today that Emmy® and BAFTA Award-winn composer Bear McCreary has been brought on to score the reimagining of the 1988 horror classic Child’S Play. The upcoming film follows Karen (Aubrey Plaza), a single mother who gifts her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a Buddi doll, unaware of its more sinister nature and stars Plaza, Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry and recently revealed Mark Hamill as the voice of Chucky.
KatzSmith’s Aaron Schmidt said, “Bear comes with boundless ideas and energy, and his approach to this score has been incredible to witness. He’s developed themes and melodies that underscore our horror, our emotion and our AI concept while combining unique instruments and toys from around the world with his orchestral score. He’s elevated every moment of the film he’s touched.”
Child’S Play is directed by Lars Klevberg (“Polaroid”) from a script by Tyler Burton Smith...
KatzSmith’s Aaron Schmidt said, “Bear comes with boundless ideas and energy, and his approach to this score has been incredible to witness. He’s developed themes and melodies that underscore our horror, our emotion and our AI concept while combining unique instruments and toys from around the world with his orchestral score. He’s elevated every moment of the film he’s touched.”
Child’S Play is directed by Lars Klevberg (“Polaroid”) from a script by Tyler Burton Smith...
- 4/15/2019
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
Back in 1998 when Simon Winchester’s book “The Professor and the Madman” was published, a film version was already imagined by quite a few reviewers, spurred on not only by the subject’s eminently dramatic trajectory but also by Mel Gibson’s much publicized interest. It seemed implausible: Gibson wasn’t the obvious choice for a Victorian-era biopic about James Murray, the man commissioned to bring the Oxford English Dictionary (Oed) to life, but his involvement made it more likely that a dictionary compiler’s story could be packaged as something marketable to a general public. The star decided not to direct, novice filmmaker Farhad Safinia was brought in, and shooting wrapped in 2016. That’s when grumblings began to be heard publicly.
Officially, Safinia and Gibson wanted to add a few weeks of shooting at Oxford University to boost the authenticity. Voltage Picture’s CEO Nicolas Chartier balked, complaining they...
Officially, Safinia and Gibson wanted to add a few weeks of shooting at Oxford University to boost the authenticity. Voltage Picture’s CEO Nicolas Chartier balked, complaining they...
- 4/12/2019
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The long legal tussle involving Mel Gibson and director Farhad Safinia against Voltage Pictures over The Professor and the Madman was settled confidentially this week, but the man who once played Mad Max is not happy with the results.
“As the settlement details are confidential, I will not be commenting but I would like to set the record straight as a number of articles have been released that are factually inaccurate,” the Oscar winner told Deadline on Friday following the April 2 settlement (read it here) between Gibson’s Icon Productions and the Nicolas Chartier-run Voltage that was unveiled in Los Angeles Superior Court. A final settlement hearing is now on the Lasc calendar for April 15.
“First, neither Farhad Safinia nor I ever walked off of the set, or cause the film to ever go over budget,” says Gibson, who portrays the 19th century Oxford Dictionary co-creator Professor James...
“As the settlement details are confidential, I will not be commenting but I would like to set the record straight as a number of articles have been released that are factually inaccurate,” the Oscar winner told Deadline on Friday following the April 2 settlement (read it here) between Gibson’s Icon Productions and the Nicolas Chartier-run Voltage that was unveiled in Los Angeles Superior Court. A final settlement hearing is now on the Lasc calendar for April 15.
“First, neither Farhad Safinia nor I ever walked off of the set, or cause the film to ever go over budget,” says Gibson, who portrays the 19th century Oxford Dictionary co-creator Professor James...
- 4/6/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Operative is heading for U.S. movie screens after Vertical Entertainment acquired North American rights to the spy thriller toplined by Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar. A third-quarter 2019 release is being eyed for the pic, which world premiered in February out of competition at the Berlin Film Festival.
Written and directed by Yuval Adler based on the novel The English Teacher by Yiftach Reicher Atir, the plot centers on Rachel (Kruger), a rogue spy from Israel’s Mossad, who vanishes without a trace. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic phone call she places to her former handler, Thomas (Freeman). Thomas must retrace her steps to determine what threats her knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program may pose to their operation, while also working to protect her.
Endeavor Content, which is handling international distribution rights, negotiated the deal for the filmmakers with Peter Jarowey and Josh Spector at Vertical.
Written and directed by Yuval Adler based on the novel The English Teacher by Yiftach Reicher Atir, the plot centers on Rachel (Kruger), a rogue spy from Israel’s Mossad, who vanishes without a trace. The only clue to her whereabouts is a cryptic phone call she places to her former handler, Thomas (Freeman). Thomas must retrace her steps to determine what threats her knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program may pose to their operation, while also working to protect her.
Endeavor Content, which is handling international distribution rights, negotiated the deal for the filmmakers with Peter Jarowey and Josh Spector at Vertical.
- 4/5/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Mel Gibson has settled a legal battle with Voltage Pictures over “The Professor and the Madman,” a film that tells the gothic backstory of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Gibson sued the production company in 2017, alleging that it had reneged on a deal to give him approval of the final cut. Gibson stars as Professor James Murray, the lexicographer who edited the original Oed. Sean Penn plays the role of William Minor, who contributed to the dictionary from the confines of a lunatic asylum.
The film is set for a limited release on May 10.
Gibson and director Farhad Safinia walked off the set in January 2017, after Voltage CEO Nicolas Chartier balked at shooting scenes at the University of Oxford. Chartier alleged that the film was already behind schedule and over budget, and wanted to shoot the scenes instead at Trinity College in Dublin.
At one point, Gibson’s side accused Chartier...
Gibson sued the production company in 2017, alleging that it had reneged on a deal to give him approval of the final cut. Gibson stars as Professor James Murray, the lexicographer who edited the original Oed. Sean Penn plays the role of William Minor, who contributed to the dictionary from the confines of a lunatic asylum.
The film is set for a limited release on May 10.
Gibson and director Farhad Safinia walked off the set in January 2017, after Voltage CEO Nicolas Chartier balked at shooting scenes at the University of Oxford. Chartier alleged that the film was already behind schedule and over budget, and wanted to shoot the scenes instead at Trinity College in Dublin.
At one point, Gibson’s side accused Chartier...
- 4/3/2019
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Mel Gibson's Icon Productions and Voltage Pictures have reached a settlement in their dispute over the film The Professor and the Madman.
Icon in 2017 sued Voltage, claiming Gibson and his producing partner Bruce Davey spent nearly two decades developing the movie, which is based on Simon Winchester's book about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the co-producer violated their agreement by making key decisions without Gibson's approval. Voltage countersued, claiming Gibson, Davey and director Farhad Safinia were attempting to "hijack" the pic.
The terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but attorneys ...
Icon in 2017 sued Voltage, claiming Gibson and his producing partner Bruce Davey spent nearly two decades developing the movie, which is based on Simon Winchester's book about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the co-producer violated their agreement by making key decisions without Gibson's approval. Voltage countersued, claiming Gibson, Davey and director Farhad Safinia were attempting to "hijack" the pic.
The terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but attorneys ...
Mel Gibson's Icon Productions and Voltage Pictures have reached a settlement in their dispute over the film The Professor and the Madman.
Icon in 2017 sued Voltage, claiming Gibson and his producing partner Bruce Davey spent nearly two decades developing the movie, which is based on Simon Winchester's book about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the co-producer violated their agreement by making key decisions without Gibson's approval. Voltage countersued, claiming Gibson, Davey and director Farhad Safinia were attempting to "hijack" the pic.
The terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but attorneys ...
Icon in 2017 sued Voltage, claiming Gibson and his producing partner Bruce Davey spent nearly two decades developing the movie, which is based on Simon Winchester's book about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary, and the co-producer violated their agreement by making key decisions without Gibson's approval. Voltage countersued, claiming Gibson, Davey and director Farhad Safinia were attempting to "hijack" the pic.
The terms of the settlement haven't been disclosed, but attorneys ...
A new teaser trailer has been released for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ alongside a new poster.
Directed by André Øvredal, the film stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn.
Del Toro has adapted the screenplay alongside John August, Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman. He also serves as a producer.
Also in trailers – Sean Penn is sent to Broadmoor in new trailer for ‘The Professor and the Madman’
The movie is set for an August 9 in the U.S. Here’s the trailer,
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Synopsis
It’s 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It...
Directed by André Øvredal, the film stars Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush, Austin Abrams, Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, Lorraine Toussaint, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn.
Del Toro has adapted the screenplay alongside John August, Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman. He also serves as a producer.
Also in trailers – Sean Penn is sent to Broadmoor in new trailer for ‘The Professor and the Madman’
The movie is set for an August 9 in the U.S. Here’s the trailer,
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Synopsis
It’s 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It...
- 3/29/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The new trailer for biographical drama ‘The Professor and the Madman’ has finally come to light featuring Sean Penn and Mel Gibson.
Directed by Farad Safinia, Gibson plays Professor James Murray, who in 1857 set about compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. Penn plays Dr. W.C. Minor, who submitted more than 10,000 entries but also was an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Natalie Dormer, Steve Coogan, Jeremy Irvine, Ioan Gruffudd and Jennifer Ehle also star.
Also in trailers – Ian McShane returns in trailer for ‘Deadwood’ movie
The film is released in select cinemas & On-Demand, May 10th
The Professor and the Madman Synopsis
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr William Minor.
The post Sean...
Directed by Farad Safinia, Gibson plays Professor James Murray, who in 1857 set about compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. Penn plays Dr. W.C. Minor, who submitted more than 10,000 entries but also was an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
Natalie Dormer, Steve Coogan, Jeremy Irvine, Ioan Gruffudd and Jennifer Ehle also star.
Also in trailers – Ian McShane returns in trailer for ‘Deadwood’ movie
The film is released in select cinemas & On-Demand, May 10th
The Professor and the Madman Synopsis
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr William Minor.
The post Sean...
- 3/27/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mel Gibson and Sean Penn have both had their fair share of headline-making controversies in Hollywood, and now the two are teaming up to don some epic beards and write the Oxford English Dictionary in a new period drama called The Professor and the Madman. However, the movie itself had a controversy of its own […]
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- 3/26/2019
- by Ethan Anderton
- Slash Film
"The language is developing faster than our progress." Vertical Entertainment has debuted another new official trailer for Farhad Safinia's film The Professor and the Madman, which will actually be getting a release in theaters this May. In the film, Mel Gibson stars as James Murray, a professor at Oxford who is hired to work on compiling the very first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. During the course of his fastidious work, he receives over 10,000 entries from a patient and convincted murderer at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, a man known as Dr. William Chester Minor, played by Sean Penn. The cast also includes Steve Coogan, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Irvine, Aidan McArdle, Brendan Patricks, and Adam Fergus. Not that sure this will be worth seeing. Here's the second official trailer for Farhad Safinia's The Professor and the Madman, from YouTube: You can...
- 3/26/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
To trace the crazy history of behind-the-scenes turmoil with Mel Gibson’s upcoming film “The Professor & the Madman” would be an epic task not unlike the writing of the English dictionary. Suffice it to say, it’s a miracle in and of itself that ‘The Professor’ is even getting a release, but here we are, just over a month away.
Read More: Mel Gibson Loses Court Battle Over The Rights To ‘The Professor And The Madman’
The trailer for the film starts as you might imagine any film about the development of the English dictionary would begin, with a murder and a criminal trial.
Continue reading ‘The Professor & The Madman’ Trailer: Bearded Mel Gibson & Sean Penn Write The Dictionary at The Playlist.
Read More: Mel Gibson Loses Court Battle Over The Rights To ‘The Professor And The Madman’
The trailer for the film starts as you might imagine any film about the development of the English dictionary would begin, with a murder and a criminal trial.
Continue reading ‘The Professor & The Madman’ Trailer: Bearded Mel Gibson & Sean Penn Write The Dictionary at The Playlist.
- 3/26/2019
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Updated, 4:55 Pm: A California judge has thrown out a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed against Voltage Pictures by the writer-director Farhad Safinia over its upcoming Mel Gibson-Sean Penn film The Professor and the Madman. Safinia had claimed ownership of the copyright after penning a 2007 revision of its original 2001 script.
In granting Voltage’s motion for summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall wrote: “The undisputed evidence demonstrates Plaintiff does not own rights in the Screenplay. Plaintiff therefore lacks standing for his copyright infringement claim against Defendants.” Read the ruling here and details of the case below.
Vertical Entertainment, which picked up U.S. rights to The Professor and the Madman, is set to release the film during the second quarter of 2019.
Previously, September 2017: The multi-front legal battle between Voltage Pictures and seemingly everyone else over The Professor and The Madman starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn saw...
In granting Voltage’s motion for summary judgment, U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall wrote: “The undisputed evidence demonstrates Plaintiff does not own rights in the Screenplay. Plaintiff therefore lacks standing for his copyright infringement claim against Defendants.” Read the ruling here and details of the case below.
Vertical Entertainment, which picked up U.S. rights to The Professor and the Madman, is set to release the film during the second quarter of 2019.
Previously, September 2017: The multi-front legal battle between Voltage Pictures and seemingly everyone else over The Professor and The Madman starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn saw...
- 3/21/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Litigation-plagued The Professor and the Madman is one step closer to being released, as Voltage Pictures has defeated a copyright infringement suit from its director.
Farhad Safinia in September 2017 sued Voltage, claiming the film about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary and starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn infringes on his copyright in the screenplay because they never finished his directing deal, and tacked on a defamation claim over statements given to the press.
Gibson also sued Voltage, through his company Icon Productions, claiming his deal required his approval on any material changes to the project, like ...
Farhad Safinia in September 2017 sued Voltage, claiming the film about the origins of the Oxford English Dictionary and starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn infringes on his copyright in the screenplay because they never finished his directing deal, and tacked on a defamation claim over statements given to the press.
Gibson also sued Voltage, through his company Icon Productions, claiming his deal required his approval on any material changes to the project, like ...
- 3/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Vertical Entertainment to release in North America.
The Us District Court for the Central District of California has ruled in favour of Voltage Pictures and thrown out a copyright infringement case concerning The Professor And The Madman starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
Writer-director Farhad Safinia, who wrote a revision in 2007 of a 2001 screenplay, brought a suit in which he claimed he had signed an agreement with an affiliate of Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions to write the screenplay and that all work he performed related to the film would constitute a “work made for hire” under the Us Copyright Act.
The Us District Court for the Central District of California has ruled in favour of Voltage Pictures and thrown out a copyright infringement case concerning The Professor And The Madman starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
Writer-director Farhad Safinia, who wrote a revision in 2007 of a 2001 screenplay, brought a suit in which he claimed he had signed an agreement with an affiliate of Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions to write the screenplay and that all work he performed related to the film would constitute a “work made for hire” under the Us Copyright Act.
- 3/21/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Sully” writer Todd Komarnicki has been tapped to write the international action thriller “Snow Dragon,” reuniting him with “Sully” producer Allyn Stewart.
Development is being financed through a joint partnership between Xinhua Pictures, Shune River and producers Stewart and John Benitz. For Xinhua Pictures, Zhang Xiao Hong will produce. Gao Cheng Sheng will co-produce and Han Sanping will serve as creative advisor. Komarnicki will executive produce.
The pic is the untold true story of a Chinese ice-breaker on a scientific expedition that heroically rescued a group of 74 Australian, British, and Russian nationals on a chartered Russian vessel, which had become trapped in Antarctic ice. When Snow Dragon received the distress call, it changed course immediately, powering through a cyclone and deadly winter conditions to the trapped ship. In an impossible race against the clock, the ship’s crew risked their own lives to save the passengers, who were between the...
Development is being financed through a joint partnership between Xinhua Pictures, Shune River and producers Stewart and John Benitz. For Xinhua Pictures, Zhang Xiao Hong will produce. Gao Cheng Sheng will co-produce and Han Sanping will serve as creative advisor. Komarnicki will executive produce.
The pic is the untold true story of a Chinese ice-breaker on a scientific expedition that heroically rescued a group of 74 Australian, British, and Russian nationals on a chartered Russian vessel, which had become trapped in Antarctic ice. When Snow Dragon received the distress call, it changed course immediately, powering through a cyclone and deadly winter conditions to the trapped ship. In an impossible race against the clock, the ship’s crew risked their own lives to save the passengers, who were between the...
- 3/12/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
‘The Professor and the Madman’ Trailer: Mel Gibson and Sean Penn Craft the Oxford English Dictionary
In a bit of against-type casting, The Professor and The Madman stars Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, but Gibson is, in fact, not playing the latter character. Rather, in the story of crafting the Oxford English Dictionary, he plays Professor James Murray, who took up the challenge only to discover that one man (Penn), convicted for murder and at an asylum for the criminally insane, submitted over 10,000 words.
Although production on the film began back in 2016, it was caught up in legal troubles, and now with Apocalypto co-screenwriter Farhad Safinia, who helmed the film, taking his name off the project (now credited to the fictitious P.B. Shemran), it’s finally seeing the light of day. The film will be arriving in other countries this spring, though Vertical Entertainment has not yet announced a U.S. release date. The first international trailer has now arrived for the adaptation of Simon Winchester’s novel.
Although production on the film began back in 2016, it was caught up in legal troubles, and now with Apocalypto co-screenwriter Farhad Safinia, who helmed the film, taking his name off the project (now credited to the fictitious P.B. Shemran), it’s finally seeing the light of day. The film will be arriving in other countries this spring, though Vertical Entertainment has not yet announced a U.S. release date. The first international trailer has now arrived for the adaptation of Simon Winchester’s novel.
- 3/12/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"When I read, I can fly out of this place on the backs of books..." The first official trailer has debuted for a film titled The Professor and the Madman, a drama from Iranian filmmaker Farhad Safinia, who wrote the screenplay for Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. In Safinia's The Professor and the Madman, Mel Gibson stars as James Murray, a professor at Oxford who is hired to work on compiling the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. During the course of his fastidious work, he receives over 10,000 entries from a patient and convincted murderer at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, a man known as Dr. William Chester Minor, played by Sean Penn. The cast also includes Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, Ioan Gruffudd, Jeremy Irvine, Aidan McArdle, Brendan Patricks, and Adam Fergus. We've all been curious to see what the footage looks like, considering Penn and Gibson are odd picks,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Game of Thrones” alum Natalie Dormer has joined the cast of “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” Showtime announced Friday.
Dormer will play Magda, a supernatural demon who can take the appearance of anyone she chooses and manifests in a number of guises throughout the story. Charismatic, clever and chameleonic, Magda is a dangerous enemy and an invaluable ally.
While “Penny Dreadful” was set in Victorian-era London, “City of Angels” opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Star Natalie...
Dormer will play Magda, a supernatural demon who can take the appearance of anyone she chooses and manifests in a number of guises throughout the story. Charismatic, clever and chameleonic, Magda is a dangerous enemy and an invaluable ally.
While “Penny Dreadful” was set in Victorian-era London, “City of Angels” opens in 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism.
Also Read: 'Game of Thrones' Star Natalie...
- 2/22/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Game of Thrones alumna Natalie Dormer is set for a lead role opposite Daniel Zovatto in Showtime’s upcoming series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a followup to Penny Dreadful from the original series’ creator, writer and executive producer John Logan.
A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter will employ a new vision, new characters and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Before long, Tiago and his family are grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart.
A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter will employ a new vision, new characters and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Before long, Tiago and his family are grappling with powerful forces that threaten to tear them apart.
- 2/22/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Professor and the Madman Trailer Farhad Safinia‘s The Professor and the Madman (2019) movie trailer stars Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, and Ioan Gruffudd. The Professor and the Madman‘s plot synopsis: “The film is based on the 1998 book, the true story of the creation of [...]
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- 2/6/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
From the makers behind ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ comes a brand new trailer for their next animation, ‘Missing Link’.
Directed by Butler the film stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia and Zach Galifianakis.
Hugh Jackman is Sir Lionel frost: a brave and dashing adventurer who considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is, no one else seems to agree. He sees a chance to prove himself by travelling to America’s Pacific Northwest to discover the world’s most legendary creature. A living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry. The Missing Link.
Also in trailers – Sean Penn and Mel Gibson star in trailer for ‘The Professor and the Madman’
Zach Galifianakis is Mr. Link: the slightly silly, surprisingly smart and soulful beast who Sir Lionel discovers. As species go,...
Directed by Butler the film stars the voices of Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, David Walliams, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Lucas, Amrita Acharia and Zach Galifianakis.
Hugh Jackman is Sir Lionel frost: a brave and dashing adventurer who considers himself to be the world’s foremost investigator of myths and monsters. The trouble is, no one else seems to agree. He sees a chance to prove himself by travelling to America’s Pacific Northwest to discover the world’s most legendary creature. A living remnant of Man’s primitive ancestry. The Missing Link.
Also in trailers – Sean Penn and Mel Gibson star in trailer for ‘The Professor and the Madman’
Zach Galifianakis is Mr. Link: the slightly silly, surprisingly smart and soulful beast who Sir Lionel discovers. As species go,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
You might not think that the creation of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary would be exciting or interesting. But this new movie, The Professor and The Madman, tells this story, and it actually actually looks really good!
Mel Gibson takes on the role of Professor James Murray, who begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century. He ends up receiving over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum , Dr William Minor, who is played by Sean Penn.
The film is said to delve into the “madness, genius and two obsessive men who changed the course of literary history.”
The movie comes from screenwriter Farhad Safinia (Apocalypto), and he will make his feature directing debut on the film. The movie also stars Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Ioan Gruffudd (San Andreas), Jeremy Irvine (Mamma Mia! Here...
Mel Gibson takes on the role of Professor James Murray, who begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century. He ends up receiving over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum , Dr William Minor, who is played by Sean Penn.
The film is said to delve into the “madness, genius and two obsessive men who changed the course of literary history.”
The movie comes from screenwriter Farhad Safinia (Apocalypto), and he will make his feature directing debut on the film. The movie also stars Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones), Ioan Gruffudd (San Andreas), Jeremy Irvine (Mamma Mia! Here...
- 2/4/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Mel Gibson and Sean Penn, two actors who have said and done some unfortunate things in their pasts, star in The Professor and the Madman, a film that’s sure to not be controversial in any way. The film tells the true story of the work that went into creating the first edition of the Oxford English […]
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- 2/2/2019
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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