The sequel to a beloved British family film, a heavy metal re-release, an Apple title from TIFF and Abigail Disney’s takedown of the American Dream populate the specialty film weekend in a market that may have found sturdier footing ahead of awards season and amid a dearth of blockbuster fare.
“I think there’s a lot we should be celebrating,” said Kyle Greenburg, marketing and distribution chief of Utopia. Its release, with Abramorama, of the latter’s restored 2009 doc Anvil!: The Story of Anvil rocked a 16K gross, or 8K per screen, from two single-show premiere events ahead of a one-day run coming Tuesday on 200 screens including AMC and Regal theaters and top arthouses. It played Thursday night in LA at the Saban Theatre, with Anvil performing live alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax, followed by a Q&a moderated by Steve-o. Last week, Peter Dinklage hosted a screening...
“I think there’s a lot we should be celebrating,” said Kyle Greenburg, marketing and distribution chief of Utopia. Its release, with Abramorama, of the latter’s restored 2009 doc Anvil!: The Story of Anvil rocked a 16K gross, or 8K per screen, from two single-show premiere events ahead of a one-day run coming Tuesday on 200 screens including AMC and Regal theaters and top arthouses. It played Thursday night in LA at the Saban Theatre, with Anvil performing live alongside Scott Ian of Anthrax, followed by a Q&a moderated by Steve-o. Last week, Peter Dinklage hosted a screening...
- 9/23/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Have you ever heard about “The Flying Bandit?” Gilbert Galvan Jr. was a career criminal who managed to – according to the film – rob 59 banks without hurting a single soul. It’s a fascinating story, and now, this tale is featured in the excellent and fun flick, Bandit. The film stars Josh Duhamel as Gilbert, and he is exceptional in the role. The same can be said for the rest of the cast which includes Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, and Mel Gibson. Directed by Allan Ungar and written by Kraig Wenman, this entertaining feature is fast paced, funny, and utterly engaging. There’s nothing like walking into a movie with little knowledge, and coming out a massive fan.
Two days ago, we sat down with Duhamel, Cuthbert, Carbonell, and Ungar to discuss their latest. It was a real treat for me personally, as Josh was one of the first people I interviewed back in Transformers days.
Two days ago, we sat down with Duhamel, Cuthbert, Carbonell, and Ungar to discuss their latest. It was a real treat for me personally, as Josh was one of the first people I interviewed back in Transformers days.
- 9/23/2022
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Bandit Quiver Distribution Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net, linked from Rotten Tomatoes by Harvey Karten Director: Allan Ungar Screenwriter: Kraig Wenman based on Robert Knuckle’s novel “The Flying Bandit: Bringing Down Canada’s Most Daring Armed Robber” Cast: Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, Mel Gibson, Olivia d’Abo, Nestor Carbonell, Haley Webb, Rachael Markarian Screened at: Critics’ link, […]
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- 9/20/2022
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
“Bandit” may be, as it proudly declares up front, based on a true story. But it’s hard to believe the titular antihero was quite as charming as the guy playing him.
Josh Duhamel is Robert Whiteman — or, technically, Gilbert Galvan Jr., as he’s known before he escapes a Michigan jail and flees to Ontario in 1985. He becomes Whiteman when he buys a homeless man’s ID, so he can get a job selling ice cream. But when he’s fired, he needs a new gig fast. Unfortunately, even in Canada it’s tough to find work as a wanted convict.
So Robert starts looking around for ways to make some easy money. Actually, make that fast money. Canadian banks, he learns while robbing them, have very little security, and he’s in and out in minutes. But it’s definitely work, what with the careful planning, the costumes and prosthetics,...
Josh Duhamel is Robert Whiteman — or, technically, Gilbert Galvan Jr., as he’s known before he escapes a Michigan jail and flees to Ontario in 1985. He becomes Whiteman when he buys a homeless man’s ID, so he can get a job selling ice cream. But when he’s fired, he needs a new gig fast. Unfortunately, even in Canada it’s tough to find work as a wanted convict.
So Robert starts looking around for ways to make some easy money. Actually, make that fast money. Canadian banks, he learns while robbing them, have very little security, and he’s in and out in minutes. But it’s definitely work, what with the careful planning, the costumes and prosthetics,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Quiver Distribution is premiering a new trailer aimed squarely at action fans this Monday. The Bandit trailer presents a film about seemingly ordinary men up to no good. Based on the remarkable true story of the Flying Bandit, the film stars Josh Duhamel, Elisha Cuthbert, and Mel Gibson. Allan Ungar directs from a script written by Kraig Wenman.
The Bandit trailer teases the story of Gilbert Galvan Jr. (Josh Duhamel), a charismatic career criminal who uses more disguises than Hitman’s Agent 47 to rob banks in broad daylight. As Gilbert tumbles deeper down a robbery-driven rabbit hole, he discovers that his obsession will lead to his life falling into chaos if he doesn’t walk away while the getting is good.
Here’s the official logline for Bandit:
In 1985, Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel), a charming career criminal, escapes from a US prison in Michigan and crosses the border into Canada,...
The Bandit trailer teases the story of Gilbert Galvan Jr. (Josh Duhamel), a charismatic career criminal who uses more disguises than Hitman’s Agent 47 to rob banks in broad daylight. As Gilbert tumbles deeper down a robbery-driven rabbit hole, he discovers that his obsession will lead to his life falling into chaos if he doesn’t walk away while the getting is good.
Here’s the official logline for Bandit:
In 1985, Gilbert Galvan Jr (Josh Duhamel), a charming career criminal, escapes from a US prison in Michigan and crosses the border into Canada,...
- 8/15/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Deals close in UK, Australia, Germany, France, Middle East. Project is in post.
Highland Film Group has closed a raft of territory deals on action heist thriller Bandit starring Josh Duhamel and Mel Gibson.
Rights have gone to Signature Entertainment for the UK and Scandinavia, SquareOne Entertainment for Germany and German-speaking Switzerland, Originals Factory for France and French-speaking Switzerland.
In other deals Bandit has closed with and Madman Entertainment in Australia/New Zealand, YouPlanet Pictures in Spain and Daro Film Entertainment in Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia / Baltics.
Further sales have closed with Three Lines for Benelux,...
Highland Film Group has closed a raft of territory deals on action heist thriller Bandit starring Josh Duhamel and Mel Gibson.
Rights have gone to Signature Entertainment for the UK and Scandinavia, SquareOne Entertainment for Germany and German-speaking Switzerland, Originals Factory for France and French-speaking Switzerland.
In other deals Bandit has closed with and Madman Entertainment in Australia/New Zealand, YouPlanet Pictures in Spain and Daro Film Entertainment in Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Russia / Baltics.
Further sales have closed with Three Lines for Benelux,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ava DuVernay’s arts and social impact collective Array announced “Liberated Territory: A Masterclass with Haile Gerima,” a five-day storytelling workshop taking place at the Array Creative Campus in Los Angeles this September.
Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September. The workshop is open to emerging and experienced artists in any discipline, not just film, who wish for “a deeper understanding of connecting their personal roots to narrative story development,” and will be split into three parts: “The Art and Craft of Screenplay,” “Cinematography” and “Film Directing.” This is the inaugural masterclass to be offered by Array.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” Gerima said via press release. “I come from a generation of filmmakers — independent filmmakers in the late 60s,...
Gerima is an Ethiopian filmmaker and Howard University professor best known for his Golden Bear-winning 1993 film “Sankofa,” and is also set to receive the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’s inaugural Vantage Award in September. The workshop is open to emerging and experienced artists in any discipline, not just film, who wish for “a deeper understanding of connecting their personal roots to narrative story development,” and will be split into three parts: “The Art and Craft of Screenplay,” “Cinematography” and “Film Directing.” This is the inaugural masterclass to be offered by Array.
“Ava has always been a supporter of me and my work,” Gerima said via press release. “I come from a generation of filmmakers — independent filmmakers in the late 60s,...
- 7/26/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Josh Duhamel (pictured above), Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert and Nestor Carbonell star in “Bandit,” which Highland Film Group is selling at Cannes. Allan Ungar directs. Kraig Wenman wrote the script based on author Robert Knuckle’s best-selling novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr., who lived under the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit in 1987
Based on the true story of the Flying Bandit, who successfully got away with 63 bank and jewelry heists during his crime spree, “Bandit” tells the tale of the career criminal (Josh Duhamel), who escapes from a U.S. prison and crosses the border into Canada, assuming a new identity. After falling in love and getting married, he claims to take a job as a traveling security consultant and his crimes continue. Only when he turns to lifetime gangster Tommy (Mel Gibson) for an investment, does his simple...
Based on the true story of the Flying Bandit, who successfully got away with 63 bank and jewelry heists during his crime spree, “Bandit” tells the tale of the career criminal (Josh Duhamel), who escapes from a U.S. prison and crosses the border into Canada, assuming a new identity. After falling in love and getting married, he claims to take a job as a traveling security consultant and his crimes continue. Only when he turns to lifetime gangster Tommy (Mel Gibson) for an investment, does his simple...
- 7/10/2021
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Abby Miller (Home Before Dark) will star in Jess Plus None, the directorial debut feature from writer and director Mandy Fabian. The film centers on Jess (Miller) who goes to her best friend’s wedding in the middle of nowhere, where she will be confronted by her ex, her happily coupled friends from college, and the insecure monster she becomes when she is off the grid.
Marielle Scott (Lady Bird), Tate Ellington (Quantico), Matt Walsh (Veep), Scout Durwood (Take One Thing Off), Shalim Ortiz (All Rise), Alexis Krause (Pure Genius), Rory O’Malley (Book of Mormon), Craig Thomas (Source Code), Michael Dunn (Sydney To The Max), and Asenneth Del Toro (Immance) round out the cast.
Mandy June Turpin, Producers Patrick Fabian, Sarah Chaney, and Heather Olt are producing the project, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
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Chiara D’Ambrosio has been added to the cast of Bandit,...
Marielle Scott (Lady Bird), Tate Ellington (Quantico), Matt Walsh (Veep), Scout Durwood (Take One Thing Off), Shalim Ortiz (All Rise), Alexis Krause (Pure Genius), Rory O’Malley (Book of Mormon), Craig Thomas (Source Code), Michael Dunn (Sydney To The Max), and Asenneth Del Toro (Immance) round out the cast.
Mandy June Turpin, Producers Patrick Fabian, Sarah Chaney, and Heather Olt are producing the project, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.
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Chiara D’Ambrosio has been added to the cast of Bandit,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Mel Gibson and Elisha Cuthbert will help Josh Duhamel pull off the perfect crime in “Bandit.”
The action thriller is directed by Allan Ungar (“Gridlocked”), and is written by Kraig Wenman. The movie is based on author Robert Knuckle’s best-selling novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr, who went by the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit for successfully pulling off 63 bank and jewelry heists during a notorious crime spree.
“Bandit” follows the career criminal (Duhamel) after he escapes from a U.S. prison and crosses the border into Canada, where he assumes a new identity. After falling in love and getting married, he claims to take a job as a traveling security consultant, but his daring crimes continue. After he turns to lifetime gangster Tommy (Gibson) for an investment, his career becomes more complicated and he gets embroiled in the biggest heist in Canadian history,...
The action thriller is directed by Allan Ungar (“Gridlocked”), and is written by Kraig Wenman. The movie is based on author Robert Knuckle’s best-selling novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr, who went by the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit for successfully pulling off 63 bank and jewelry heists during a notorious crime spree.
“Bandit” follows the career criminal (Duhamel) after he escapes from a U.S. prison and crosses the border into Canada, where he assumes a new identity. After falling in love and getting married, he claims to take a job as a traveling security consultant, but his daring crimes continue. After he turns to lifetime gangster Tommy (Gibson) for an investment, his career becomes more complicated and he gets embroiled in the biggest heist in Canadian history,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser, Delphine Perrier among EP’s
Josh Duhamel will star as the notorious Canadian bank robber Robert Whiteman in heist thriller Bandit.
Allan Ungar will direct from a script by Kraig Wenman based on Robert Knuckle’s novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr, who lived under the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit in 1987.
Bandit centres on a charming Canadian career criminal who escapes from prison and embarks on a life as a bank robber, pursued by a brilliant detective.
He was known for his disguises...
Josh Duhamel will star as the notorious Canadian bank robber Robert Whiteman in heist thriller Bandit.
Allan Ungar will direct from a script by Kraig Wenman based on Robert Knuckle’s novel and journalist Ed Arnold’s interviews with Gilbert Galvan Jr, who lived under the name Robert Whiteman when he was dubbed the Flying Bandit in 1987.
Bandit centres on a charming Canadian career criminal who escapes from prison and embarks on a life as a bank robber, pursued by a brilliant detective.
He was known for his disguises...
- 10/30/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Josh Duhamel has signed on to star in Bandit, a heist thriller that will be directed by Allan Ungar.
Eric Gozlan will produce under his Goldrush Entertainment banner. Duhamel will be executive producing alongside Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier of Highland Film Group as are Kraig Wenman and Ungar.
Wenman wrote the script which centers on the true-life exploits of Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from prison and crossed into Canada, becoming a criminal dubbed the Flying Bandit. Galvan was known for his disguises and planning of more than 63 bank and jewelry heists, but it was brazen productivity ...
Eric Gozlan will produce under his Goldrush Entertainment banner. Duhamel will be executive producing alongside Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier of Highland Film Group as are Kraig Wenman and Ungar.
Wenman wrote the script which centers on the true-life exploits of Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from prison and crossed into Canada, becoming a criminal dubbed the Flying Bandit. Galvan was known for his disguises and planning of more than 63 bank and jewelry heists, but it was brazen productivity ...
- 10/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Josh Duhamel has signed on to star in Bandit, a heist thriller that will be directed by Allan Ungar.
Eric Gozlan will produce under his Goldrush Entertainment banner. Duhamel will be executive producing alongside Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier of Highland Film Group as are Kraig Wenman and Ungar.
Wenman wrote the script which centers on the true-life exploits of Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from prison and crossed into Canada, becoming a criminal dubbed the Flying Bandit. Galvan was known for his disguises and planning of more than 63 bank and jewelry heists, but it was brazen productivity ...
Eric Gozlan will produce under his Goldrush Entertainment banner. Duhamel will be executive producing alongside Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier of Highland Film Group as are Kraig Wenman and Ungar.
Wenman wrote the script which centers on the true-life exploits of Gilbert Galvan Jr., an American who escaped from prison and crossed into Canada, becoming a criminal dubbed the Flying Bandit. Galvan was known for his disguises and planning of more than 63 bank and jewelry heists, but it was brazen productivity ...
- 10/30/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For several years now, Brittany Bristow has been building her resume with a slew of made-for-tv movies for Hallmark.
She's always been in a supporting role, adding story for the leads by way of a friend or sister but always as some sort of confidant helping the main characters to become better people.
Brittany's perseverance has paid off, as she's been chosen to lead Hallmark's Holiday Date, one of the network's first movies to feature Hannukah as a significant part of it's holiday offerings. So, yes, Hanukah is now a part of #CountdowntoChristmas.
Matt Cohen also stars as an aspiring actor named Joel who agrees to take Brittany's character of Brooke home for Christmas after she's gotten dumped by a man she has previously shared with her family to be a "Mr. Christmas" type and possibly "the one."
It's only after arriving in her hometown and getting caught up in...
She's always been in a supporting role, adding story for the leads by way of a friend or sister but always as some sort of confidant helping the main characters to become better people.
Brittany's perseverance has paid off, as she's been chosen to lead Hallmark's Holiday Date, one of the network's first movies to feature Hannukah as a significant part of it's holiday offerings. So, yes, Hanukah is now a part of #CountdowntoChristmas.
Matt Cohen also stars as an aspiring actor named Joel who agrees to take Brittany's character of Brooke home for Christmas after she's gotten dumped by a man she has previously shared with her family to be a "Mr. Christmas" type and possibly "the one."
It's only after arriving in her hometown and getting caught up in...
- 12/13/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Apa partner David Saunders inked Kraig Wenman after meeting the scribe through X-Men and Transformers producer Tom DeSanto. Wenman worked on the screenplay for DeSanto’s re-imagining of the millennium-old Chinese story Creation Of The Gods, a China co-production the producer hopes will be his next global hit franchise. Wenman’s credits include the upcoming feature Absolute Deception, Zephyr Springs and a dozen TV movies. He is additionally repped by Zero Gravity Management.
- 7/13/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
More Cannes film market deals... Voltage Pictures has acquired international sales rights to the Cuba Gooding Jr. action flick titled Deception, which it will shop to buyers at the Cannes film market this week. Deception centers on a widowed reporter who teams up with a federal agent to solve the mystery oAf her deceased husband's double life. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, from a script by Kraig Wenman, Deception also stars Canadian actress Emmanuelle Vaugier (Saw 2, Saw 4) as our widowed reporter, with Gooding Jr. as the federal agent. ...
- 5/17/2012
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Fireball Alt' PosterDirector: Kristoffer Tabori.
Writer: Kraig Wenman.
Director Kristoffer Tabori is a California born filmmaker and a prolific actor who has appeared in over 50 features, or television shows. Tabori also has a long directing career with participation in over thirty features and is the creator of at least two SyFy original features entitled High Plains Invaders and Fireball. Fireball made an appearance on the SyFy channel early in 2009 and an anonymous review at Disc Dish says of the film "sadly, there’s nothing Marvel-ous about Fireball." But, in fact, Fireball is not so melancholy and one of Mti Home Video's more entertaining releases for 2010.
The film's plot requires some imagination as character Draven, played by Aleks Paunovic ("BattleStar Gallactica), becomes a human match after ingesting a heavy dose of steroids and coming in contact with a raging fire. Draven's DNA from here on in replicates itself into a...
Writer: Kraig Wenman.
Director Kristoffer Tabori is a California born filmmaker and a prolific actor who has appeared in over 50 features, or television shows. Tabori also has a long directing career with participation in over thirty features and is the creator of at least two SyFy original features entitled High Plains Invaders and Fireball. Fireball made an appearance on the SyFy channel early in 2009 and an anonymous review at Disc Dish says of the film "sadly, there’s nothing Marvel-ous about Fireball." But, in fact, Fireball is not so melancholy and one of Mti Home Video's more entertaining releases for 2010.
The film's plot requires some imagination as character Draven, played by Aleks Paunovic ("BattleStar Gallactica), becomes a human match after ingesting a heavy dose of steroids and coming in contact with a raging fire. Draven's DNA from here on in replicates itself into a...
- 7/2/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Fireball Alt' PosterFireball was a fantasy themed film that premiered on the Syfy network early in 2009. Now, a year later the film is available today on DVD through Mti Home Video. The film stars Ian Somerhalder ("The Vampire Diaries") as an investigator curious about a prison fire which leaves several inmates seared. Fireball also stars Aleks Paunovic ("Battlestar Galactica") as a "former footbal star" and convict who, through mutation, is able to wield fire on a whim (Mti). Have a watch as Tyler "The Fuse" Draven goes on a vengeful murder spree against those who have wronged him in this clip below (Mti). Then, purchase the DVD at the link provided.
The synopsis for Fireball here:
"In this red hot action-adventure... former football star turned convict, Tyler "The Fuse" Draven (Paunovic), discovers in jail that he has the ability to create fire by mere thought alone! Now he's going to...
The synopsis for Fireball here:
"In this red hot action-adventure... former football star turned convict, Tyler "The Fuse" Draven (Paunovic), discovers in jail that he has the ability to create fire by mere thought alone! Now he's going to...
- 6/22/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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