Netflix has added to its original feature
film slate by snapping up the rights to Special Correspondents, the upcoming remake of the 2009 French comedy of the same name, which sees Ricky Gervais directing and co-starring with Eric Bana (Deliver Us from Evil).
Not exact matches
The
film, which is directed and produced
by Robin Hauser Reynolds, is
slated to premier at New York's Tribeca
Film Festival on April 19.
Also unlike Hollywood's current
slate of animated
films, this one is decidedly less for adults and geared more toward a young audience, as most scenes depict the childish adventures of Ponyo (voiced with high - pitched glee
by Miley Cyrus's little sister Noah) and her new best friend.
Handsomely mounted
by Creed director Ryan Coogler and starring an enviable
slate of black actors that makes cameoing comics godhead Stan Lee almost seem lost, the
film is provocative and satisfying in ways that are long overdue, like its ornate, culturally dense production design and the deeper subtexts of honor, compassion and destiny.
Just three of the studio's 15
films received positive reviews from critics (and one of those, only
by a nose), putting Universal in the bottom half among the major distributors in terms of quality — not surprising, given that its 2014
slate wasn't exactly deep in Oscar - worthy
films.
The year ahead will bring another very large
slate of
films (at least 17) for Fox, though every potential quality
film like new works from Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant) and David O. Russell (Joy) seems to be balanced out
by likely critical duds such as yet another Alvin and the Chipmunks
film.
Owned
by Starz Media, Anchor Bay released a fairly dismal
slate of
films in 2011, with only drama Beautiful Boy (sort of an inferior, tamer version of We Need to Talk About Kevin) scoring favorable reviews from critics — and just barely.
After an unfocused 2010 that saw a mix of very good and very bad
films, Roadside Attractions managed to boost its average Metascore
by over 7 points last year, thanks to a generally improved
slate that featured a pair of acclaimed documentaries (Project Nim and Thunder Soul) and the timely thriller Margin Call 76.
According to AWFJ President Jennifer Merin, «SLIFF is one of the country's top regional showcases for independent and international
film, and it has been a delight to collaborate with them and to honor them for presenting such an exciting
slate of
films by and about women.»
The
film was once
slated for a March release before being held for Cannes, and now we get a better look at the
film starring Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth
by way of a nearly 10 - minute featurette that comes from Cannes.
You won't need to
by the end anyway — at which point Singer wipes the
slate clean for the «X-Men»
films of the future.
Festival organisers have revealed the
slate of
films by American and international directors that will be in competition at the independent
film showcase, which runs from January 22 to 31.
Slated for release beginning Thursday, March 29, 2018, the
film will be distributed
by Warner Bros..
Co-founded
by presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff, in 2016 Roadside Attractions»
films out - grossed the
slates of such well - established specialty divisions as Fox Searchlight, TWC, and Sony Classics.
Anyway, Open Road is on a roll — they already shared great success on The Grey, End of Watch, Chef and recently Nightcrawler, and their upcoming
slate is looking good too, with Triple Nine, the upcoming crime - drama heist
film directed
by John Hillcoat and written
by Matt Cook.
Matt writes: The twentieth anniversary of Ebertfest, the
film festival co-founded
by Pulitzer Prize - winning critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz Ebert at the University of Illinois, College of Media, is
slated to run from Wednesday, April 18th, through Sunday, April 22nd, next year.
And the home video release, which was already
slated to be distributed
by Lionsgate, sheds all mention of Weinstein both in the packaging and on the
film itself.
By the time Oren Moverman was releasing «The Messenger,» he knew his next
film out would be «Rampart» and was on message about that — but now that «Rampart» is upon us, things are a little less clear for the writer / director, who is still figuring out what's on his
slate.
Slated to open on March 14, 2014, the
film will be distributed worldwide
by Warner Bros..
The
film is directed
by Luca Guadagnino (who made I Am Love and A Bigger Splash) and adapted from the novel
by André Aciman
by James Ivory, who had originally been
slated to co-direct and has a producer credit.
The release of The Kite Runner was held over into the New Year after originally being
slated for Boxing Day, and for once this decision seems sound — competition for attention among the major releases may have meant this remarkably moving
film was overlooked
by most of those who hadn't read the Khaled Hosseini novel.
British screenwriter Jack Thorne has joined the
film, which is
slated to be directed
by Colin Trevorrow and begin
filming in 2018.
The 19th annual installment of Ebertfest, the
film festival co-founded
by Pulitzer Prize - winning critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz Ebert at the University of Illinois College of Media, is
slated to run from Wednesday, April 19th, through Sunday, April 23rd, next year.
Launched in 2003
by visionary entrepreneur Mark Cuban, the linear TV network and VOD service programs a diverse
slate of top Hollywood
films in beautiful high definition.
Not as though I take issue with anyone who might be underwhelmed
by a given year's
film slate; any reader who has followed Projection: Oscar over the years is well aware that I've typically acted as the president of the This Movie Year Was Lame club.
Robert Pattinson, Robert De Niro and Rachel Weisz were
slated to star in the French auteur's
film, based on a 2007 Playboy article called «Boosting The Big Tuna»
by Hillel Levin about a bunch of regular criminals who accidentally rob a porn store backed
by Chicago mafia boss Tony Accardo.
At the moment, there are nine
films on Amazon's
slate for 2017, though it should be noted that the studio was a major buyer at last year's Sundance Film Festival (where they acquired Manchester, Love & Friendship, and the documentary Oscar contender Gleason, among others), so that number could be beefed up
by month's end.
The animation style is totally recognizable based on the earlier
films and E.H. Shepard's original drawings, but there's still room for surprises, such as the very differently - animated section where Owl describes the Backson
by drawing on a
slate.
The South
By Southwest Film Festival has announced this year's slate of films, putting together a schedule that's led — as previously announced — by Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Som
By Southwest Film Festival has announced this year's
slate of
films, putting together a schedule that's led — as previously announced —
by Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Som
by Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some.
As evidenced
by last year's
slate of Oscar nominations, the kinds of feature
films that generate awards attention are still working within a distressingly narrow field of representation.
The
film is
slated to begin production in the late fall once a director is in place and will be overseen
by Fox Searchlight Pictures President of Production Claudia Lewis and SVP of Production David Greenbaum.
Eugene Hernandez of Indiewire posted the
films that will be on the
slate for Venice — visit the site to see the full list of out - of - competition selections and midnight movies: The Competition Opening Film: «ÄúBaaria, «Äù directed
by...
The
slate will be populated
by a combination of projects developed and produced internally at Focus, as well as
films acquired during various stages of development and production.
I'm finishing this after midnight on New Year's Eve, so the released - in - 2017
slate of
films we've been discussing has just officially started to crumble into dust «Ozymandias» - style, soon to be scattered
by the winds of history as the equally ephemeral 2018 pantheon looms into view.
Yet again, the festival will not evade criticism for its historically gender - imbalanced selection, with only three
films in the 2016 competition
slate directed
by women (one more than last year), two in the Un Certain Regard sidebar (the lowest since 2012), and one Out of Competition.
BLOOM, which was created
by partners Alex Walton and financier / producer Ken Kao, is delivering a varied
slate of
films that includes last weekend's opener Elvis & Nixon starring Spacey and Michael Shannon as well as Martin Zandvliet's The Outsider starring Jared Leto; George Clooney's Suburbicon starring Matt Damon and Julianne Moore; Shane Black's The Nice Guys starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling; Kate and Laura Mulleavy's Woodshock starring Kirsten Dunst; Michael Apted «s Unlocked starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom; Gus Van Sant's The Sea Of Trees starring Matthew McConaughey; and Renny Harlin's Skiptrace starring Jackie Chan and Johnny Knoxville.
Wrekin Hill, a production and distribution banner formed
by Chris Ball and Rene Cogan, who previously produced and distributed an impressive
slate of bold indie
films during their tenure at Newmarket
Films, including Richard Kelly's «Donnie Darko,» Christopher Nolan's «Memento» and Patty Jenkins «Monster.»
Steven Spielberg is one of the busiest directors in Hollywood, as proven
by his upcoming
slate of
films including Indiana Jones 5 and DC's Blackhawk.
The 18th annual installment of Ebertfest, the
film festival co-founded
by Pulitzer Prize - winning critic Roger Ebert and his wife Chaz Ebert at the University of Illinois College of Media, is
slated to run from Wednesday, April 13th, through Sunday, April 17th, next year.
The
film is expected to bow in 2017, probably a good plan
by Paramount Pictures as the distributor already has a packed awards
slate for this year.
Paramount arguably botched its roll - out, though the studio was hampered
by the crowded
slate of awards
films (including Arrival and Fences) and
by being unsure until late in the season that Silence would even be ready for awards contention.
Participant's upcoming
film slate includes On the Basis of Sex, from director Mimi Leder and starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; RBG, the documentary feature co-acquired with Magnolia Pictures out of the 2018 Sundance
Film Festival; Peter Farrelly's Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali; Rachel Dretzin's documentary Far From the Tree, based on the best - selling book
by Andrew Solomon; Rupert Wyatt's Captive State; the feature - length documentary Kailash, from director Derek Doneen and produced
by Davis Guggenheim; and Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Participant's upcoming
film slate includes 7 Days in Entebbe, from José Padilha and Working Title; Rupert Wyatt's Captive State; Rachel Dretzin's documentary Far From the Tree, based on the best - selling book
by Andrew Solomon; the feature - length documentary Kailash, from director Derek Doneen and produced
by Davis Guggenheim; Chiwetel Ejiofor's directorial debut The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind; On the Basis of Sex, from director Mimi Leder and starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; and Peter Farrelly's Green Book, starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali.
The
film will be produced
by Belen Atienza (The Impossible, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage) and is
slated for a fall 2016 release.
(The
film's release date, which was originally
slated for December 22, was delayed
by only three days.)
It's very heartening, too, that the DVD features such a robust
slate of bonus material, anchored
by 50 minutes» worth of behind - the - scenes footage that includes interviews with all the cast and crew, and charts the movie from inception (producer Ian Birkett was a
film school classmate of Andrews, and his older brother Paul worked up the script) through pre-production work, shooting up in Canada, and post-production.
After John Carpenter's Halloween and Halloween II were followed
by four more sequels of varying quality, writers wiped the
slate clean and set this sequel 20 years after the events of first two
films.
It's aided
by a copious
slate of DVD extras, kick - started
by a telestrator commentary with Sonnenfeld, five making - of featurettes, storyboard - to -
film comparisons, a solid gag reel and an alternate scene.
Beachler is also the innovative designer behind an impressive
slate of
films: Moonlight, Creed and Fruitvale Station (both
films directed
by Black Panther's Ryan Coogler).
As I look at this
slate of beautiful work, I could just make a series of simple observations: that these
films come from all over the globe; that there is a nice balance of filmmakers known and unknown to many here in New York; that the overall balance between frankness and artistry holds me in awe; that there are two gala selections with the word «wonder» in their titles; and that eight of the 25
films were directed
by women.»