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London Film Festival Serves Up ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Gala Screening
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Battle of the Sexes,” the tennis movie starring Oscar winner Emma Stone and Steve Carell, will be the American Express Gala screening, and have its European premiere, at the upcoming 61st BFI London Film Festival.
Stone and co-stars Andrea Riseborough and Elisabeth Shue will attend the premiere at London’s Odeon Leicester Square on Oct. 7. “Little Miss Sunshine” filmmakers Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton direct the movie and will also be in London for the red-carpet event.
The film is set in the early 1970s and chronicles the tennis match between Billie Jean King (Stone) and former men’s champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Carell). King, who won six Wimbledon titles and became the world’s top-ranked female tennis player, will attend the premiere.
The film tells her and Riggs’ on- and off-court stories as the rivalry between them ramps up ahead of their face-off, which became one of the most-watched televised sports events of all »
- Stewart Clarke
‘Split’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy Reteams With ‘Witch’ Director on ‘Nosferatu’ Remake (Exclusive)
12 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
After breaking out in his psychological thriller “The Witch,” Anya Taylor-Joy is looking to reteam with director Robert Eggers on his new take on a cinematic classic.
Sources tell Variety that the “Split” actress is in negotiations to star in Studio 8’s remake of “Nosferatu.”
Eggers is writing and directing the pic. The 1922 silent movie followed the vampire Count Orlok of Transylvania, who wants to buy a house in Germany and becomes enamored of the real-estate agent’s wife. It was an unofficial adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” and Werner Herzog directed a 1979 remake. »
- Justin Kroll
‘The Catcher Was A Spy’ Starring Paul Rudd & Guy Pearce Pulled From TIFF
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Producers are usually eager to get their films into prestigious film festivals as quickly as possible, so they can start getting distribution locked down, or push awards season campaigns. This spring at Cannes, both Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here” and Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square” screened in unfinished versions. In fact, Ramsay’s film was so fresh, it didn’t even have end credits ready for the festival.
Continue reading ‘The Catcher Was A Spy’ Starring Paul Rudd & Guy Pearce Pulled From TIFF at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Josh Brolin Cut From George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’
17 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It took a while to get made, but “Suburbicon” is certainly bringing some major heat to the awards season. George Clooney steps behind the camera for this dark crime comedy, using a script penned by the Coen Brothers, and lining up a cast which includes Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, and Oscar Isaac. However, you might be noticing another star missing from that list.
Continue reading Josh Brolin Cut From George Clooney’s ‘Suburbicon’ at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Deadpool 2’ Stunt Person Dies on Set in Motorcycle Accident
18 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A stunt person was killed on the set of “Deadpool 2” Monday morning after a trick involving a motorcycle went wrong.
The sequel to “Deadpool” is currently filming in Vancouver. Production began in late June.
“Vancouver Police can confirm that a female stunt driver has died on the set of ‘Deadpool’ during a stunt on a motorcycle,” the Vancouver PD said in a statement.
TMZ broke the news. A spokesman for Fox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The news follows another stunt accident reported by TMZ on Sunday when Tom Cruise crashed into a wall while filming “Mission: Impossible 6,” and appeared to walk away with a limp. The extent of his injuries are currently unknown.
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- Variety Staff
‘Baby Driver’ Crosses $100 Million Milestone at Domestic Box Office
19 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Sony’s “Baby Driver” has crossed the $100 million milestone at the domestic box office after seven weeks in theaters.
The actioner, starring Ansel Elgort as a talented getaway driver, has also taken in $67 million overseas. Remaining markets that have yet to open include Japan, Russia, China, Italy, and South Korea .
The film was made for a relatively modest budget of $34 million and performed above expectations following its release on June 28, grossing $39 million in its first seven days. Sony debuted the film in March at SXSW. The film scored 94% “fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes and the soundtrack reached No. 1 on iTunes shortly after its release.
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“Baby Driver” is a TriStar Pictures and Mrc presentation shot in and around the city of Atlanta. Edgar Wright directed from his own script. Kevin Spacey stars as crime boss and Lily James portrays the love interest. Jamie Foxx, Jon Bernthal »
- Dave McNary
European Film Awards 2017 select 15 documentaries
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Titles include films by Sergei Loznitsa and Barbet Schroeder.Scroll Down For Full List
The European Film Academy has unveiled the 15 documentaries that have been recommended for nomination for the 2017 European Film Awards.
They include Austerlitz from Palme d’Or nominated director Sergei Loznitsa, which premiered at Venice; Sonia Kronlund’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title Nothingwood; and Barbet Schroeder’s The Venerable W, which played out of competition at Cannes.
Also nominated is Ziad Kalthoum Taste Of Cement, winner of the Best Feature-Length Film in the international competition at Switzerland’s Visions du Réel, and Andreas Dalsgaard & Obaidah Zytoon’s The War Show, which won best film in the Venice Days section at last year’s Venice Film Festival.
Efa Members will now vote for five documentary nominations ahead of an awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin, Germany.
Ten documentary festivals each put forward one film, which received its world premiere at the respective festival’s latest »
- orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
Haugesund Confirms Market Screenings Lineup (Exclusive)
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s “Thelma” and Finnish director Dome Karukoski’s “Tom of Finland” will bookend the 45th Norwegian International Film Festival, which runs Aug. 20-25, which has a string emphasis on the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
“Norwegian and Nordic films is a strong part of the festival’s identity,” explained assistant program director Martin Øsmundset.
“In the Next Nordic Generation sidebar which shows the best graduation movies from the Nordic film schools, we have the opportunity to spot the talents who will determine Nordic cinema in the future,” Østmundset added saying that the New Nordic Films market follows films from idea and pitch to financing and development and plays an important role in the international festival and cinema distribution of Nordic Films.
This year three new initiatives will further focus on Norway and the Nordic countries. For the first time, as a pilot project, Haugesund »
- Jorn Rossing Jensen
Marjorie Prime review – melancholy sci-fi offers poignant tale of love after life
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A holographic Jon Hamm and a standout turn from Lois Smith are two of the many pleasures packed into this soulful drama set in a future where death doesn’t need to be the end
While multiplex-dwelling sci-fi has spent a lot of time, and a lot of money, pondering how many buildings, robots and Tom Cruises can be smashed into one another, craftier film-makers have found room to explore the more humanist details of what the future might hold. In The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos crafted a savage parable borne from the societal pressures placed upon single people to match up; in Her, Spike Jonze imagined a future where artificial intelligence could act as a stand-in for a flesh-and-blood partner; and on the small screen, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror episodes San Junipero and Be Right Back have offered heart-swelling and heartbreaking views of future romance.
Related: Human, all too »
- Benjamin Lee
Has Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Rescued (or Ruined) Hollywood?
1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
For a soft-spoken man, Ted Sarandos makes a lot of thunderous news. Just consider the headlines he’s generated over the last week alone with a succession of game-changing deals. The chief content officer for Netflix stole Shonda Rhimes from ABC, lured retiree David Letterman back into talk-show mode, prodded the reclusive Coen brothers into TV production and snapped up Millarworld, a comic-book empire with buzzy titles like “Jupiter’s Legacy” and “Huck.”
Netflix could conceivably rival Disney and Marvel by assembling its own superhero universe. On Aug. 9, two days after the announcement of the Millarworld purchase, Disney dropped a bombshell when it unveiled plans to launch a streaming service and yank its branded family and Pixar films from Netflix beginning in 2019.
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Over the weekend, Netflix fired back by announcing it had poached TV’s most powerful showrunner from her longtime home at Disney’s ABC. “Shonda »
- Ramin Setoodeh
London Film Festival adds Emma Stone's 'Battle Of The Sexes'
2 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Stone and Billie Jean King expected to attend European premiere of tennis drama.
Battle Of The Sexes, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, is to screen as the American Express Gala at the 61st BFI London Film Festival (Oct 4-15).
The film will receive its European premiere on October 7 at London’s Odeon Leicester Square, with Stone, Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, directors Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton and Billie Jean King expected to attend.
Battle Of The Sexes tells the true life story of the 1973 tennis match between women’s world champion Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) and ex-men’s-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell).
Their match, billed as the ‘Battle Of The Sexes’, was one of the most watched sporting events of all time.
Andrea Riseborough, Sarah Silverman, Bill Pullman, Alan Cumming and Elisabeth Shue co-star in the Fox Searchlight Pictures production, which is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris from a screenplay »
- orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
/Filmcast Ep. 431 – The Glass Castle
2 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
With David out sick, Devindra and Jeff team up this week to chat about The Glass Castle, the latest film from Short Term 12 director Destin Daniel Cretton. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play in Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes What We’ve Been Watching Devindra (03:45): Annabelle: […]
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- David Chen
London Film Festival To Serve ‘Battle Of The Sexes’ In Gala European Premiere
3 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
The BFI London Film Festival has set Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton’s Battle Of The Sexes as its American Express Gala. The Emma Stone/Steve Carell-starrer will have its European Premiere on October 7 at London's Odeon Leicester Square, with screenings of the 70s period drama then being held across the UK on October 10. Stone, Andrea Riseborough, Elisabeth Shue, the directors and tennis legend Billie Jean King are expected to attend the October 7 premiere of the Fox Sea… »
HBO Europe's Steve Matthews on the company’s push into the Balkans
4 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
HBO exec talks company’s Central Europe slate and the challenges of a crowded market.
This year’s industry programme at Sarajevo Film Festival has a notably small-screen flavour, with a significant portion of industry activities bannered under the CineLink Drama strand, focusing on high-end TV, and the Midpoint international script development programme, which is hosting a series of workshops.
TV outfits making inroads into the Balkan region in recent years include HBO, which through its subsidiary HBO Europe has been increasing its local presence under the banner HBO Adria. Ahead of Sarajevo, HBO Adria announced that it had hired Ana Balentovic as a full-time development executive for the region as it begins ramping up its activities.
Screen sat down with HBO Europe’s executive producer for drama development, Steve Matthews, to discuss the company’s burgeoning slate in the Balkans and its approach to an increasingly crowded market place.
Read: Sarajevo »
- tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
Film and TV funding in the Balkans: the current landscape
5 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
As the Sarajevo Film Festival gets underway, Screen considers the regional funding landscape.
Film funds and national agencies in Southeastern Europe are more prevalent than at any point since the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
However, while there is growing trust among filmmakers and producers that public funding for their projects is accessible - if not abundant - structural and political challenges still abound.
Below, Screen considers the public funding landscape across the Balkans.
Croatia
For five years the Croatian Audiovisual Fund (Havc) was a shining example of a well-organised and appreciated institution in the region. In the last year, however, the organisation has experienced turbulent change and political interference, which resulted in CEO Hrvoje Hribar resigning in May.
Things are slowly getting back on track under new director Daniel Rafaelić, despite a recent dispute over funding for a Swiss documentary.
“Our greatest challenge at the moment is a further stabilisation and normal functioning of Havc »
- vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
Japan Box Office: ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Despicable Me 3’ Share Weekend
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Despicable Me 3” both claimed victory at the Japanese box office over the weekend. Sony Pictures Entertainment’s “Homecoming” debuted at number one by box office, but was second by admissions.
Released on Friday, “Homecoming” made $4.01 million on 290,000 admissions for its opening Aug. 12-13 weekend and $7.08 million in three days. This was 7% better than “The Amazing Spiderman 2,” which ended its Japan run with $28.7 million. “Homecoming” is expected to finish around $30 million.
Japanese charts, which rank titles by ticket sales, put “Despicable Me 3” on top for the fourth straight weekend. Distributed by Toho Towa, the film earned $3.7 million on 328,000 admissions for the Aug. 12-13 frame. Its cumulative cash total extends to $38.4 million. The film now looks likely to finish near $60 million, ahead of the $47.5 million franchise record holder “Despicable Me.”
Japanese romantic drama, “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas” racked up $1.8 million on 149,000 admissions for the number three spot, with »
- Mark Schilling
Disturbance in the Force: why is Star Wars trying to make us hate Luke Skywalker?
6 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
In The Last Jedi trailer, Luke Skywalker seems to have completely lost his faith. This is not the version of our favourite Jedi that anyone asked for
Hollywood loves a fallen hero. From Christian Bale’s broken Batman in The Dark Knight Rises to Daniel Craig’s wasted James Bond in Skyfall, there is something about the sight of a once-titanic figure laid low that inspires and enthuses film-makers.
As our heroes drink themselves into oblivion, or drown in self-pity, we are reminded of the contrast with their better, truer former selves. The stage is set, inevitably, for sudden and radical rehabilitation – why allow Bane to break Batman’s back if not to allow Gotham’s dark knight the sweetest of subsequent revenge? Why show 007 so ravaged by drink that he cannot hold his Walther Ppk, unless it is merely a blip on a predictable path back to insouciant business as usual? »
- Ben Child
What The Power Rangers’ Costume Designer Really Thinks About The Controversial Female Armor
8 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Some folks weren't too pleased with the female armor designs in Power Rangers, and the costume designer has her own opinion on how they worked. Read on to see what she thought, and why it makes sense. »
Three Summers review – Ben Elton's folk music festival comedy misses a few notes
9 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
A roll call of Australian talent fills out this slight and sunny love story but while the jokes arrive at a steady pace, more than a few fall short of their mark
If a Western Australian folk music festival seems like a left-field setting for a film by Ben Elton – once a premier humorist of Britain’s grimy absurdities in shows including The Young Ones and Blackadder – bear in mind that the comedian has held dual citizenship in Australia since 2004, taking up residence in Fremantle with his Australian wife.
A slight and sunny love story, Three Summers is set over three consecutive iterations of the fictional Westifal music festival (slogan: “Let’s get folked up”). Misfits’ Robert Sheehan and Home and Away’s Rebecca Breeds star as the prospective partners. She’s a boot-stamping, fiddle-playing folk chick; he’s a know-it-all muso with a passion for the theremin. He’s »
- James Robert Douglas
Anya Taylor-Joy Rejoins Her ‘Witch’ Director For ‘Nosferatu’
9 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
One of last year’s very best films was Robert Eggers‘ “The VVitch.”A haunting and chilling film more in line with Kubrick and Ingmar Bergman than your average horror movie. It was more artsy than gory, more interested in building up dread within its atmosphere than conveying up any easy jump scares. It’s astonishing that this was Eggers’ debut picture. Directed with such assured, effective, veteran-like clarity that you’d think it was envisioned by someone twice his age.
Continue reading Anya Taylor-Joy Rejoins Her ‘Witch’ Director For ‘Nosferatu’ at The Playlist. »
- Jordan Ruimy
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