EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Quick has been set to adapt Sorta Like A Rock Star, his 2010 young adult novel that is now near a deal to be set up at Netflix
as the feature film directing debut for Bryce Dallas Howard.
Not exact matches
Zegna's ambitous «A Rose Reborn»
directed by Park Chan - wook made our list,
as did Alexander Wang's funny Autumn / Winter campaign
film,
featuring Chris Kattan
as Mango, a character from the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.
As «Disaster Artist» proceeds, Wiseau's lifelong desire to
direct a
feature film is granted.
Swanberg has 17
feature film credits
as a director on his IMDb page, and he hasn't even been
directing for a decade.
This is Stuart Baird's first attempt at
directing a Star Trek
feature, but his career
as editor and also
as director for decent
films like Executive Decision and U.S. Marshals prove he has the talent necessary to bring it all together.
After completing the second and third
films in his Pusher crime saga, and before embarking on the production of his 2008 biopic Bronson, Nicolas Winding Refn
directed a
feature - length episode of the British ITV television show Agatha Christie's Marple (also known
as Marple) entitled «Nemesis».
The
film is being described
as a new creature
feature horror - comedy, which is
directed by Aaron Mento.
A casting call for «Iron Man 3,» which will get underway this summer, written by fast - rising screenwriter Drew Pearce and
directed by «Kiss Kiss Bang Bang» helmer Shane Black, has been obtained via
Feature Film Casting (via Latino Review), and it reveals that Johansson will be back on duty
as the flexible Natasha Romanoff in the new
film.
The
film will
feature Krasinski, who's also
directing, and Blunt
as they find themselves terrorized by a supernatural entity on their rural farm.
WHITE LIES (TUAKIRI HUNA), the New Zealand
Film Commission funded Maori language
feature film written and
directed by Dana Rotberg, has been submitted
as the official New Zealand...
Anderson, who would go on to
direct films such
as Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, was mentored on the Sundance
Feature Film Program.
As for «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» starring Charlie Hunnam and
directed by Guy Ritchie, it could be the first of six
feature films.
They're both produced by J.J. Abrams and
directed by up - and - coming filmmakers (
as were the original Cloverfield and 10 Cloverfield Lane), and all of the
films so far have
featured strong casts and high - concept science fiction stories.
After the impact of these two
features (the latter screening at Cannes and championed by such critics
as Pauline Kael), Schepisi moved on to
directing films overseas, including such varied works
as Barbarosa (1982), Plenty (1985), Roxanne (1987), The Russia House (1990), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Last Orders (2001) and the HBO - financed Empire Falls (2005), which won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for Television.
At various points in his fantastically varied and storied career he wrote position papers on the need of support for a moribund Australian
film industry, wrote and
directed numerous episodes of such seminal TV shows
as Homicide and Division 4 for Crawford Productions, was central in establishing
film courses and departments in places such
as Canberra and Brisbane (Griffith University), wrote plays and performed poems at Melbourne University and La Mama in the 1960s,
directed feature films in the early 1980s (most memorably Ginger Meggs in 1982), made documentaries for the ABC and SBS (The Myth Makers, Images of Australia, The Legend of Fred Paterson, and numerous others), wrote and edited such books
as Screenwriting: A Manual and Queensland Images in
Film and Television, helmed commercials for a vast array of companies and government bodies, contributed
film reviews to ABC radio (and more occasionally TV) across various states (for almost 40 years), wrote for numerous publications including Overland, The Canberra Times, Metro, The Concise Encyclopedia of Documentary
Film, The Hobart Mercury, and so much more.
Featuring relative unknowns
as its starring cast and a
directing team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead who despite a few small, mostly unheard of
films are still making a name for themselves.
Obviously, it's not
as if Kaufman did a complete overhaul, so don't expect Po to be kung fu fighting villains within his memories, only to realize that those memories are just part of an elaborate play being
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman (or maybe in this case Dustin Hoffman, since he voices a character in these
films) which
features himself
directing a sequel to Kung Fu Panda.
The plot borrows many narrative elements from The Matrix, which itself, truth be told, borrowed many elements of its own from comic books and martial arts
films, so it's hard to qualify this
feature as a
direct rip - off.
This includes
directing for
feature films as well
as dramatic and comedic television.
Despite these triumphs, Leonard's reputation mainly rests on the series of six musical
films he made with the singing team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy; Leonard
directed all but two of their
features, including Maytime (1937), long established
as the uncontested favorite of the cycle.In Leonard's late career, the properties he handled were somewhat less auspicious, though there is a surprise in the hard - boiled melodrama The Bribe (1949), a respected
film noir that is the only
film of its kind in Leonard's canon of 161 known titles.
As directed by Steven Bernstein, a veteran director of photography who makes his
feature film debut here, «Decoding Annie Parker» frequently dangles on the precipice of falling into Lifetime Original Movie territory.
The Art Of Getting By, formerly known
as Homework, was both written and
directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Gavin Wiesen, who's making his
feature debut after a short
film in 2008 called Kill the Day.
So Bulletproof Monk,
directed by a music video and commercial director like a
feature - length music video or commercial, falls into the category of
film where Asians sell Gremlins to white people
as opposed to the Adam Sandler / Happy Madison category of
film, where Asians are screeching waiters and nail - salon owners.
The
film is
directed by Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane, Deathwatch), and
features original cast members Sean Bean (HBO's Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings) and Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, 88 minutes, The Samaritan) return in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, starring along with rising stars Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins, upcoming The Great Gatsby, No One Lives) and Kit Harington (HBO's Game Of Thrones)
as well
as Carrie - Anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia, NBC's Chuck) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist).
Animal Kingdom was developed for television by Jonathan Lisco and inspired by the award - winning
feature film written &
directed by David Michod and produced by Liz Watts, who also serve
as executive producers on the series.
Pellington
directed from a script by Stuart Ross Fink, and his previous work includes more music videos than I can list, the
feature films ARLINGTON ROAD and HENRY POOLE IS HERE,
as well
as bringing both UNITED STATES OF POETRY and BLINDSPOT to television.
This interruption ended with Hardly Working, which was followed by Smorgasbord (which was released in North America
as Cracking Up), the last
feature film that Lewis has
directed.
Hounds of Love is written and
directed by Australian filmmaker Ben Young, making his
feature directorial debut after a few short
films previously
as well
as episodes of «Prank Patrol» and «Castaway».
The Secret of Kells,
directed by Tomm Moore and produced by European Producer of the Year, Cartoon Saloon, is a beautifully animated
film featuring the voice talent of Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally and will screen
as part of the Generation K plus section of the festival.
The
film's wildly loyal producer Judd Apatow, then known
as a showrunner of acclaimed but short - lived TV comedies, would again cast Rudd in his hit
feature directing debut,
Other significant personal preems, in order of original release, included: Buster Keaton's Go West (1925) and College (
directed by James V. Horne, 1927); Howard Hughes's and James Whale's Hell's Angels (1928 - 30),
featuring (sorry, other Howard) the most awesome aerial scenes I've ever witnessed; John Ford's Up the River (1930) and Airmail (1932); Michael Curtiz's The Kennel Murder Case (1933), utterly silly but quite beguiling
as an empty exercise in directorial pizzazz; Gordon Wiles's — and Daniel Fuchs's — The Gangster (1947), an archetypal arty
film noir; Val Lewton's Apache Drums; (
directed by Hugo Fregonese, 1951); Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin (1952); Robert Bresson's Quâtre Nuits d'un rêveur (1971); Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974); Phil Karlson's Framed (1975); Clint Eastwood's The Gauntlet (1977); and Robert Mulligan's Bloodbrothers (1978), which returned to Seattle (after a five - day first run in» 78) only via Showtime.
Other
feature directing credits include Janeane From Des Moines, set during the 2012 presidential campaign, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto
Film Festival
as well
as American Zombie, a personal horror
film, which premiered at Slamdance and is distributed by Cinema Libre.
Finally, Felicity Jones (Like Crazy, the upcoming Warren Beatty Howard Hughes
film, if it ever happens) has been cast
as Nelly Ternan in a
film called The Invisible Woman that Ralph Fiennes will
direct as his second
feature.
As female - directed films slowly, but steadily, trickle into the circulation of independent and mainstream features, it's a worthwhile exercise to celebrate the trailblazers as well as acknowledge those emergent forces following in their pat
As female -
directed films slowly, but steadily, trickle into the circulation of independent and mainstream
features, it's a worthwhile exercise to celebrate the trailblazers
as well as acknowledge those emergent forces following in their pat
as well
as acknowledge those emergent forces following in their pat
as acknowledge those emergent forces following in their path.
The Alfred P. Sloan
Feature Film Prize, presented to outstanding feature films focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character, was presented to Computer Chess, directed and written by Andrew Bu
Feature Film Prize, presented to outstanding
feature films focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character, was presented to Computer Chess, directed and written by Andrew Bu
feature films focusing on science or technology
as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician
as a major character, was presented to Computer Chess,
directed and written by Andrew Bujalski.
Although the director is Douglas Trumbull, a special effects expert who has only
directed two
features as of date (the other being Brainstorm) the
film isn't a special effects
film as such and is surprisingly good, albeit slightly melancholy.
The
film is the latest true - story based projected
directed by Bennett Miller; part psychological drama / thriller, part sports drama, Foxcatcher reads
as being a hybrid of genre tropes presents in Miller's previous biographical
features, Capote and Moneyball.
Hell, Still Alice — the absolutely shattering
film that
features Julianne Moore's career - best performance
as a woman struggling to maintain her dignity
as Alzheimer's deteriorates her brain — was
directed by two men!
Webb, whose
feature film credits also include «(500) Days of Summer,» will also serve
as executive producer on CBS's upcoming adaptation of the Bradley Cooper
feature «Limitless»
as well
as The CW's «Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,» both of which he
directed the pilots for.
The
film, starring Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and Katie Aselton (who also
directs) is said to follow in the same footsteps
as those aforementioned
features.
Starring Garrett Hedlund (On the Road) and Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis), and written and
directed by William Monahan (Oscar - winning screenwriter of The Departed, with one previous
feature as a director — London Boulevard — under his belt), the
film is a showcase for ostensibly fine talent wasted in the service of self - indulgence.
The Men in Black reboot,
directed by Straight Outta Compton, Friday and Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray, will
feature brand new Agents
as opposed to series protagonists J and K. Unlike the first three
films, which were set in and around New York, the spinoff will be much more global, and more of an ensemble piece.
Wolfen (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 andWolfen, adapted from the Whitley Strieber novel and
directed by Michael Wadleigh (his first
feature since the epic concert
film Woodstock), was a far more radical take on the genre than either An American Werewolf in Londonor The Howling, though not
as popular
as either.
Hell, between turkey or whatever you'll be binging next week, you should also binge the fully Lee -
directed and DeWanda Wise - starring show based on Lee's first
feature film,
as I say in my video review above.
Indeed, Robert Eggers — whose debut
feature this is — has previously
directed a few short
films, but mainly worked
as a Production Designer, Art Director and Costume Designer on the
films and theater productions of others.
For all of his obvious skills and uncommon talent
as a visual storyteller, Kosinski's first two
films were short on character depth and emotional engagement, but whether a function of Kosinski's innate preferences for spectacle over substance or simply script - related issues, Kosinski's
feature -
film output made him an odd, left - of - field choice to
direct a
film about American firefighters and the Yarnell Hill Fire of 2013 that resulted in the greatest loss of firefighters since 9 - 11 more than a decade earlier.
The
film will be
directed by Kasra Farahani, who will make his
feature directorial debut, having previously worked
as a production and art director on the likes of Avatar and Thor.
In addition to starring in the
film, it was presumed Franco would write and produce the
feature as well, but The Adderall Diaries is written and
directed by Pamela Romanowsky.
Same Kind of Different
as Me is
directed by Michael Carney, making his
feature directorial debut with this after a short
film previously.
The series is created, written and
directed by Rodrigo Garcia, who is known for his work on
feature films like «Mother and Child» and last year's «Albert Nobbs,»
as well
as television series such
as HBO's «The Sopranos» and «Six Feet Under,» the latter of which has a similarly soap opera feel to it.