Isabela Merced was just seen on the big screen in Madame Web, she has the lead role in the drama Turtles All the Way Down (which gets a Max streaming release in May), and she has Alien: Romulus coming our way in August. While we wait for her new movies, Merced is currently in production on season 2 of the HBO series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us, where she is taking on the role of Dina, a romantic love interest for the Ellie character, played by Bella Ramsey. Merced is doing the press rounds for Turtles All the Way Down, and during an interview with Collider she took a moment to talk about playing The Last of Us Part II video game and her chemistry with Bella Ramsey.
When asked if she was a fan of The Last of Us before being cast on the show, Merced said,...
When asked if she was a fan of The Last of Us before being cast on the show, Merced said,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This article contains major spoilers from The Last of Us Part II and will therefore spoil HBO’s The Last of Us season 2.
The recent cast announcements for The Last of Us has fans of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning drama speculating about how the upcoming sophomore season will approach the divisive central story of Naughty Dog’s 2021 video game, The Last of Us Part II. When it comes to the sequel’s shocking inciting event, players familiar with the post-apocalyptic game’s story are split into two camps as we trudge, Joel and Ellie-style, towards the show’s 2025 return.
HBO’s The Last of Us finished its first season identical to the original game’s ending. Hardened smuggler Joel Miller massacres his way through a Utah hospital to save his unconscious surrogate daughter Ellie from being killed for a cure to the fungal zombie pandemic. Pedro Pascal was deservedly praised...
The recent cast announcements for The Last of Us has fans of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning drama speculating about how the upcoming sophomore season will approach the divisive central story of Naughty Dog’s 2021 video game, The Last of Us Part II. When it comes to the sequel’s shocking inciting event, players familiar with the post-apocalyptic game’s story are split into two camps as we trudge, Joel and Ellie-style, towards the show’s 2025 return.
HBO’s The Last of Us finished its first season identical to the original game’s ending. Hardened smuggler Joel Miller massacres his way through a Utah hospital to save his unconscious surrogate daughter Ellie from being killed for a cure to the fungal zombie pandemic. Pedro Pascal was deservedly praised...
- 3/13/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Four more actors have been cast in The Last of Us TV series for season two. Deadline reports that Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord are joining the cast of the post-apocalyptic drama. These new additions join the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever and Young Mazino.
Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, the HBO series is based on the video game from Naughty Dog and is set 20 years after a virus turned most of the world’s population into zombies.
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Starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce, Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Woodard, Graham Greene, Elaine Miles, Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker, the HBO series is based on the video game from Naughty Dog and is set 20 years after a virus turned most of the world’s population into zombies.
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- 3/4/2024
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Here’s more casting news for “The Last Of Us” as production on the HBO show’s second season continues. Deadline reports that Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord will join the Season 2 cast, each playing characters fans of the video game will recognize. Let’s break down who’s who.
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Ramirez, who “Top Gun: Maverick” fans will remember as the pilot “Fanboy,” signs on to play Manny, a soldier with positive vibes who’s uncertain about the future.
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Ramirez, who “Top Gun: Maverick” fans will remember as the pilot “Fanboy,” signs on to play Manny, a soldier with positive vibes who’s uncertain about the future.
Continue reading ‘The Last Of Us’: Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle & Spencer Lord Join Season 2 Cast at The Playlist.
- 3/1/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
The Last of Us Season 2 is set to debut next year, and we have new casting alerts for the second season of the hit HBO series.
There are several new people joining the cast of the hit drama, promising a very active Season 2.
Here's what we know about the new cast members and the roles they'll be playing.
The Last of Us Season 2 cast
Joining The Last of Us Season 2 are Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Ariela Barer (Runaways), Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Spencer Lord (Riverdale).
According to Variety, Ramirez joins as Manny, described as "a loyal solider whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most."
Barer will play Mel, "a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism."
Gabrielle joins as Nora, "a...
There are several new people joining the cast of the hit drama, promising a very active Season 2.
Here's what we know about the new cast members and the roles they'll be playing.
The Last of Us Season 2 cast
Joining The Last of Us Season 2 are Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Ariela Barer (Runaways), Tati Gabrielle (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Spencer Lord (Riverdale).
According to Variety, Ramirez joins as Manny, described as "a loyal solider whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most."
Barer will play Mel, "a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism."
Gabrielle joins as Nora, "a...
- 3/1/2024
- by Devin Piel
- TVfanatic
The cast for the second season of The Last of Us is really coming together!
HBO’s show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey became a breakout success when it premiered in 2023. The Hollywood strikes slowed down production on the second season, but we’ve gotten a lot of exciting casting news in 2024.
On Friday (March 1), it was revealed that four more actors had joined the series.
Head inside to see who will be starring in Season 2 of The Last of Us…
Variety reported that Danny Ramirez had been cast as Manny, “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.”
Ariela Barer signed on to play a young doctor named Mel. Tati Gabrielle is brining the military medic with a past Nora to life. Rounding out the new cast additions is Spencer Lord who will play Owen.
HBO’s show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey became a breakout success when it premiered in 2023. The Hollywood strikes slowed down production on the second season, but we’ve gotten a lot of exciting casting news in 2024.
On Friday (March 1), it was revealed that four more actors had joined the series.
Head inside to see who will be starring in Season 2 of The Last of Us…
Variety reported that Danny Ramirez had been cast as Manny, “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.”
Ariela Barer signed on to play a young doctor named Mel. Tati Gabrielle is brining the military medic with a past Nora to life. Rounding out the new cast additions is Spencer Lord who will play Owen.
- 3/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The filming of the anticipated second season of HBO’s hit series, The Last of Us, is currently underway. The Last of Us had recently made big casting announcements, such as adding Kaitlyn Dever as Abby Anderson, Young Mazino as Jesse, Isabela Merced as Dina and Catherine O’Hara in an unspecified role. Merced recently spoke of her experience starting filming, “Craig Mazin is one of the most brilliant people, actually, I think, a genius. I’m sure if they did the test, they would find out that it’s true. And he’s just has a way of bringing these characters to life that no one could ever just come up with in such a short amount of time. I love him. He’s amazing.“
Deadline now brings us some new names that have been added to this season. The HBO show has now cast Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick...
Deadline now brings us some new names that have been added to this season. The HBO show has now cast Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick...
- 3/1/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
HBO is building out the cast for season two of The Last of Us.
The hit series based on the video game franchise has added four actors to its ensemble: Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord. Their casting comes as the show is gearing up to begin production in the spring, for a likely 2025 premiere.
The four new additions to the cast join the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino and Catherine O’Hara. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are set to return in their lead roles of Joel and Ellie.
The Last of Us is set in 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Season one centered on Joel and Ellie’s journey out of a quarantine zone and across what’s left of the United States as they came to depend on each other for survival.
In season two, Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick,...
The hit series based on the video game franchise has added four actors to its ensemble: Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord. Their casting comes as the show is gearing up to begin production in the spring, for a likely 2025 premiere.
The four new additions to the cast join the previously announced Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino and Catherine O’Hara. Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are set to return in their lead roles of Joel and Ellie.
The Last of Us is set in 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Season one centered on Joel and Ellie’s journey out of a quarantine zone and across what’s left of the United States as they came to depend on each other for survival.
In season two, Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Danny Ramirez, Tati Gabrielle, Ariela Barer and Spencer Lord will all appear in the highly-anticipated season 2 of The Last Of Us.
Filming of The Last Of Us season 2 kicked off in February and Pedro Pascal recently told press that it had got to an “amazing” start.
The HBO show has now added Danny Ramirez, Tati Gabrielle, Ariela Barer and Spencer Lord to its cast, as reported by Variety.
Ramirez will play the role of Manny who is being described as “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.”
Gabrielle will play Nora, “a military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past” while Barer’s character Mel is being described as “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.
Filming of The Last Of Us season 2 kicked off in February and Pedro Pascal recently told press that it had got to an “amazing” start.
The HBO show has now added Danny Ramirez, Tati Gabrielle, Ariela Barer and Spencer Lord to its cast, as reported by Variety.
Ramirez will play the role of Manny who is being described as “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.”
Gabrielle will play Nora, “a military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past” while Barer’s character Mel is being described as “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.
- 3/1/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The cast for “The Last of Us” Season 2 continues to grow, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Tati Gabrielle (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) will play video game character Nora in the new season. Additionally, the site reports on more casting news for Season 2.
Spencer Lord (“Riverdale”) will play Owen, Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) will play Mel, and Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) will play Manny.
HBO describes the video game characters as follows…
Nora: “A military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.” Owen: “A gentle soul trapped in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.” Mel: “A young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.” Manny: “A loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.
Spencer Lord (“Riverdale”) will play Owen, Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline) will play Mel, and Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) will play Manny.
HBO describes the video game characters as follows…
Nora: “A military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.” Owen: “A gentle soul trapped in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.” Mel: “A young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.” Manny: “A loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.
- 3/1/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Last of Us is expanding its Season 2 cast, adding Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick), Ariela Barer (How To Blow Up a Pipeline), Tati Gabrielle (You) and Spencer Lord (Riverdale).
Based on Naughty Dog’s video game, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Ramirez will play Manny, a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.
Barer portrays Mel., a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.
Based on Naughty Dog’s video game, The Last of Us takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, played by Pedro Pascal, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Ramirez will play Manny, a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.
Barer portrays Mel., a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.
- 3/1/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Last of Us” Season 2 has added four new cast members, Variety has learned.
Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord have all joined the hit HBO series’ second season.
Ramirez will play Manny, described as “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.” Barer will play Mel, said to be “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.”
Gabrielle has been cast as Nora, “a military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.” And Lord will appear as Owen, “a gentle soul trapped in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.”
Ramirez is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content, Viewpoint, and Hansen Jacobson. Barer is repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment,...
Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, and Spencer Lord have all joined the hit HBO series’ second season.
Ramirez will play Manny, described as “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will fail his friends when they need him most.” Barer will play Mel, said to be “a young doctor whose commitment to saving lives is challenged by the realities of war and tribalism.”
Gabrielle has been cast as Nora, “a military medic struggling to come to terms with the sins of her past.” And Lord will appear as Owen, “a gentle soul trapped in a warrior’s body, condemned to fight an enemy he refuses to hate.”
Ramirez is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content, Viewpoint, and Hansen Jacobson. Barer is repped by Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment,...
- 3/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Our year-end coverage continues with a look at the best performances of 2023. Rather than divide categories into supporting or lead or by gender, we’ve written about our 35 favorites, period. Find our countdown below and start watching the ones you’ve missed here and here.
35. The Cast of How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The hallmark of a great ensemble is one where each player feels precisely in-tune with the tone and goal of the film, willing to shine in their moment while sharing the spotlight. Perhaps the most even-handed, harmonious example this year is with Daniel Goldhaber’s nail-biting eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Featuring Ariela Barer (also co-writer), Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Irene Bedard, it’s a feat of perfect casting, each performance feeling lived-in and an essential piece to the heist puzzle. – Jordan R....
35. The Cast of How to Blow Up a Pipeline
The hallmark of a great ensemble is one where each player feels precisely in-tune with the tone and goal of the film, willing to shine in their moment while sharing the spotlight. Perhaps the most even-handed, harmonious example this year is with Daniel Goldhaber’s nail-biting eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Featuring Ariela Barer (also co-writer), Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Irene Bedard, it’s a feat of perfect casting, each performance feeling lived-in and an essential piece to the heist puzzle. – Jordan R....
- 12/13/2023
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Lucas Kosoglad, who joined Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment as a talent manager in 2020, has been promoted to partner at the boutique firm.
Known for cultivating a diverse roster of established and emerging multi-hyphenate talent, his clients include SNL cast members Ego Nwodim and James Austin Johnson, Allegra Edwards (Upload), Carl Tart (Grand Crew), Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline), Echo Kellum (Grand Crew), Brianna Baker (9-1-1 Lonestar), among many others.
“Lucas is an exceptionally smart, thoughtful, encouraging human and manager. We’re proud to call him partner,” said company founders Naomi Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero.
Kosoglad previously spent eight years in the talent department at Innovative Artists.
He joins fellow Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment partners and colleagues DC Wade and Tiffany Schloesser.
Founded in 2009, the firm represents an array of clients both behind and in front of the camera.
Known for cultivating a diverse roster of established and emerging multi-hyphenate talent, his clients include SNL cast members Ego Nwodim and James Austin Johnson, Allegra Edwards (Upload), Carl Tart (Grand Crew), Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline), Echo Kellum (Grand Crew), Brianna Baker (9-1-1 Lonestar), among many others.
“Lucas is an exceptionally smart, thoughtful, encouraging human and manager. We’re proud to call him partner,” said company founders Naomi Odenkirk and Marc Provissiero.
Kosoglad previously spent eight years in the talent department at Innovative Artists.
He joins fellow Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment partners and colleagues DC Wade and Tiffany Schloesser.
Founded in 2009, the firm represents an array of clients both behind and in front of the camera.
- 11/27/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Lamar Johnson and Aaron Pierre are the standouts in Clement Virgo's bracing "Brother," "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" is an unforgettably taut environmental thriller, and "You Hurt My Feelings" keeps writer/director Nicole Holofcener's winning streak going.)
If there's one thing that movie fans should recognize in the midst of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA's dual strikes, it's this: Films don't disappear the minute they end their original theatrical runs. Despite what studios would have you believe, the home release side of the equation involves several crucial factors such as residuals (which remain a top priority among writers and actors), transparency in streaming views, and more. But more to the point, ask any writer,...
If there's one thing that movie fans should recognize in the midst of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA's dual strikes, it's this: Films don't disappear the minute they end their original theatrical runs. Despite what studios would have you believe, the home release side of the equation involves several crucial factors such as residuals (which remain a top priority among writers and actors), transparency in streaming views, and more. But more to the point, ask any writer,...
- 9/1/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Four simultaneous protests occurred in New York City on Friday, the first day of the SAG-AFTRA strike, with Writers Guild, IATSE, local Democratic Socialists of America members and more from other unions joining in on the picket lines and similar protests occurring in Los Angeles.
Amid beating, hot sun and spurts of rain, picketers rallied in front of the Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery Offices near Union Square, Amazon and HBO in Hudson Yards, Paramount in Times Square and NBCUniversal at 30 Rock.
Among the hundreds that walked the New York picket lines Friday were Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, Survival of the Thickest’s Peppermint and Sagan Chen, Numb3rs’ David Krumholtz, Grounded for Life’s Kevin Corrigan, Severance stars Zach Cherry and Jen Tullock, as well as Runaway’s actors Ariela Barer and Clarissa Thibeaux.
At Netflix/Wbd alone, picketers saw a brief, but early police presence as officers...
Amid beating, hot sun and spurts of rain, picketers rallied in front of the Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery Offices near Union Square, Amazon and HBO in Hudson Yards, Paramount in Times Square and NBCUniversal at 30 Rock.
Among the hundreds that walked the New York picket lines Friday were Ted Lasso’s Jason Sudeikis, Survival of the Thickest’s Peppermint and Sagan Chen, Numb3rs’ David Krumholtz, Grounded for Life’s Kevin Corrigan, Severance stars Zach Cherry and Jen Tullock, as well as Runaway’s actors Ariela Barer and Clarissa Thibeaux.
At Netflix/Wbd alone, picketers saw a brief, but early police presence as officers...
- 7/14/2023
- by Caitlin Huston and Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blue Jean, Past Lives, Sharper, Infinity PoolGraphic: Courtesy Altitude Films, A24, Apple TV+, Neon
We may be in the midst of the summer blockbuster season, but we’re also just past the halfway point of 2023, which makes it a perfect time to look back on the outstanding films released within the past six months.
We may be in the midst of the summer blockbuster season, but we’re also just past the halfway point of 2023, which makes it a perfect time to look back on the outstanding films released within the past six months.
- 7/4/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
"It's about a group of people coming together to solve a really huge problem." Neon has revealed a making of featurette video for How to Blow Up a Pipeline, which is now playing in limited theaters around the country. This acclaimed film is under extra special scrutiny because the FBI issued security notes about it - of course they did. A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Based on the non-fiction book of the same name from Andreas Malm - which describes sabotage as an effective and necessary form of climate activism. This video features a roundtable conversation with director Daniel Goldhaber, editor Daniel Garber, co-writer / executive producer Jordan Sjol, and star Ariela Barer, who also wrote and produced the film. I'm glad they released this video,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The start of any month brings with it batches of movies added to streaming services’ libraries. As of this week, Netflix has “Girl, Interrupted,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Traffic,” HBO Max has “Blue Valentine,” “Hustle & Flow” and “Parasite,” and Hulu has “Atonement” and “Boogie Nights.” A handful of newer titles are also premiering digitally. First up is a spellbinding thriller featuring some of Hollywood’s hottest young actors.
The contender to watch this week: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
Neon picked up this eco-thriller out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, after which it won raves for its gripping portrait of young DIY environmental activists who band together to destroy oil pipes in West Texas. Based on Andreas Malm‘s nonfiction book of the same name, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”), Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus”), Marcus Scribner...
The contender to watch this week: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
Neon picked up this eco-thriller out of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, after which it won raves for its gripping portrait of young DIY environmental activists who band together to destroy oil pipes in West Texas. Based on Andreas Malm‘s nonfiction book of the same name, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”), Sasha Lane (“American Honey”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus”), Marcus Scribner...
- 5/6/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Well, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” has been taken quite literally by law enforcement.
The Neon-distributed film based on the non-fiction book by of the same name has inspired an FBI alert warning against inspiring real-life terrorist attacks on energy infrastructures. Rolling Stone reported that the FBI bulletin warns against the film’s threat to fossil fuel production.
“The film has potential to inspire threat actors to target oil and gas infrastructure with explosives or other destructive devices,” the April 6 alert from FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate reads. The directive encouraged police and government officials to look for suspicious activity such as “people attempting to access infrastructure facilities to discrete or unusual use of cameras or video recorders, sketching, or note-taking aimed at learning about infrastructure operations,” Rolling Stone wrote.
Similarly, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alert read, “The consensus amongst law enforcement and...
The Neon-distributed film based on the non-fiction book by of the same name has inspired an FBI alert warning against inspiring real-life terrorist attacks on energy infrastructures. Rolling Stone reported that the FBI bulletin warns against the film’s threat to fossil fuel production.
“The film has potential to inspire threat actors to target oil and gas infrastructure with explosives or other destructive devices,” the April 6 alert from FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate reads. The directive encouraged police and government officials to look for suspicious activity such as “people attempting to access infrastructure facilities to discrete or unusual use of cameras or video recorders, sketching, or note-taking aimed at learning about infrastructure operations,” Rolling Stone wrote.
Similarly, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives alert read, “The consensus amongst law enforcement and...
- 4/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The climate activist drama "How to Blow Up a Pipeline" just got even more punk rock. The film, which is based on a nonfiction book of the same name published in 2021, caught the attention of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies with its supposed ecoterrorist message. Rolling Stone reported that on April 6, the FBI's Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate posted a bulletin warning of the film's potential to inspire environmentalist revolt targeting "oil and gas infrastructure with explosives or other destructive devices." The FBI, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms, and Explosives Agency, continued to issue warnings about the potential threat of the Neon theatrical release.
The source material, written by Lund University associate professor of human ecology Andreas Malm, does indeed make the case that property damage is a valid form of climate activism and that pacifism may be a hindrance to the environmentalist movement. However,...
The source material, written by Lund University associate professor of human ecology Andreas Malm, does indeed make the case that property damage is a valid form of climate activism and that pacifism may be a hindrance to the environmentalist movement. However,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
The efficiently titled How to Blow Up a Pipeline weaves a fictional story of eco-sabotage out of Marxist academic Andreas Malm’s book on climate activism. It’s also self-critical when it comes to cinema’s role within the movement.
One of the film’s central activists, Dwayne (Jake Weary), a Texan farmer whose land has been forcibly seized by the government for the construction of a pipeline, is interviewed on camera by a crew of documentarians. They’re keen to “put a human face on this crisis” in order to “raise awareness”. But all they’re really doing is demanding that Dwayne recount his pain for their own purposes. Will they contribute to his legal expenses? Will they stick around to fight his cause once the cameras have stopped rolling? We all know that they won’t. Filmmaker Daniel Goldhaber, who applied a similar sense of moral clarity to his debut,...
One of the film’s central activists, Dwayne (Jake Weary), a Texan farmer whose land has been forcibly seized by the government for the construction of a pipeline, is interviewed on camera by a crew of documentarians. They’re keen to “put a human face on this crisis” in order to “raise awareness”. But all they’re really doing is demanding that Dwayne recount his pain for their own purposes. Will they contribute to his legal expenses? Will they stick around to fight his cause once the cameras have stopped rolling? We all know that they won’t. Filmmaker Daniel Goldhaber, who applied a similar sense of moral clarity to his debut,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
Sabotage is a hopeful practice, a claw in the institutional fabric, and a tactic for long-term amelioration—so argues Andreas Malm, the provocative and ruthlessly efficient author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire. Malm’s manifesto, though uninstructive in the mechanics of the text’s title, runs in counterflow to both climate pessimism (or “fatalism”) and pacifism, arguing the mainstream environmental movement is lacking in one key flavor: functional sabotage. It isn’t so difficult to blow up a CO₂ emitting device, Malm says, and though his writing eschews the mechanics of how to do so, he offers ample rationale. “Will those in school today or born next year grow up to think that the machines of the fossil economy were accorded insufficient respect?” asks Malm.In his sophomore feature, Daniel Goldhaber shoulders the task of realizing Malm’s paperback as a narrativized feature,...
- 4/17/2023
- MUBI
While Fox News has made very clear over the years where its messaging stands when it comes to the urgency of climate change, anchors on “The Big Saturday Show” felt they were given all-new reason to sound their alarm with the release of Neon’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline.”
Featuring a story inspired by Andreas Malm’s 2021 nonfiction release of the same name, the indie feature comes from director Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol. Admitting that he hadn’t seen the film himself — “I went through and watched the trailer, watched parts of it” — Fox News co-host David Webb torched the project as “leftist Hollywood propaganda” on Saturday, while other panelists raised questions about the existence of climate change at all.
“Climate craziness reaching a new level — a new film is out called ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline,’ and you...
Featuring a story inspired by Andreas Malm’s 2021 nonfiction release of the same name, the indie feature comes from director Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol. Admitting that he hadn’t seen the film himself — “I went through and watched the trailer, watched parts of it” — Fox News co-host David Webb torched the project as “leftist Hollywood propaganda” on Saturday, while other panelists raised questions about the existence of climate change at all.
“Climate craziness reaching a new level — a new film is out called ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline,’ and you...
- 4/9/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Oscilloscope Laboratories’ Cannes Jury Prize Winner and Independent Spirit international film winner Joyland led New York’s Film Forum to one of its biggest opening weekends for a foreign language film in nearly a decade, taking in north of $21k on one screen, the distributor said. Buoyed by strong reviews and strategic marketing, the film by Saim Sadiq sold out nine showtimes, with the theater adding additional shows.
The first Pakistani film to officially compete at Cannes it screened in Un Certain Regard winning the Jury Prize then playing at TIFF, Sundance and New Directors/New Films. It is still banned in much of Pakistan due to themes of queerness and inclusiveness. Expands to LA on April 21, then to top 50 markets and beyond.
It was a decent weekend for specialty and arthouse fare with some solid openings amid lots of competition, including from wide-release adult fare like Air. That relatively speaking,...
The first Pakistani film to officially compete at Cannes it screened in Un Certain Regard winning the Jury Prize then playing at TIFF, Sundance and New Directors/New Films. It is still banned in much of Pakistan due to themes of queerness and inclusiveness. Expands to LA on April 21, then to top 50 markets and beyond.
It was a decent weekend for specialty and arthouse fare with some solid openings amid lots of competition, including from wide-release adult fare like Air. That relatively speaking,...
- 4/9/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“We found love in a hopeless place,” Rihanna famously sang. And there’s nowhere quite as hopeless as the anthropocene — our current geological era, in which humans have begun to have an adverse impact on Earth’s climate. Fatalism about the future of our planet can certainly kill the mood, but, as luck would have it, the gripping new eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline sizzles with an urgency that borders on the sensual. Yeah, you’re gonna want a date for this one.
The movie, which premiered at...
The movie, which premiered at...
- 4/8/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
In "How to Blow Up a Pipeline," Sasha Lane's character, Theo, doesn't have too much to lose, making her quest for revenge even more unrelenting. Like the rest of the young activists who come together in the Texan desert to demolish an oil pipeline in the film, Theo has a good reason to want to harm the fossil fuel industry. Diagnosed with terminal cancer after growing up near a chemical plant, "she's like . . . 'might as well go out with a little bang,'" Lane tells Popsugar of her character's mentality.
Spearheading the plot is Xochitl (Ariela Barer), who grew up dancing in poison-laced rain with Theo. After her mother dies in a freak heat wave, Xochitl loses patience with her university's divestment movement and decides to wound the oil industry the way it has wounded her.
So she gathers a group of activists, including a Texan who lost his...
Spearheading the plot is Xochitl (Ariela Barer), who grew up dancing in poison-laced rain with Theo. After her mother dies in a freak heat wave, Xochitl loses patience with her university's divestment movement and decides to wound the oil industry the way it has wounded her.
So she gathers a group of activists, including a Texan who lost his...
- 4/7/2023
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Desperate times may call for desperate measures, but they don’t always inspire great art. While “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the non-fiction book by of the same name by Swedish environmentalist Andreas Malm, a fictional fantasy of environmental terrorism with real stakes, the film itself is sorely lacking precisely that.
An ensemble drama too diluted to meaningfully establish any characters, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” relies on tension-building music and chaotic flashbacks to piece together its one-trick heist narrative. Using the book as philosophical inspiration,
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the script with “Runaways” actor Ariela Barer (who also stars in the film) and Jordan Sjol, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” features an impressive roster of up-and-coming young actors. “The White Lotus” favorite Lukas Gage, “American Honey” star Sasha Lane, and “The Revenant” actor Forrest Goodluck all add a measure of intrigue to the ensemble,...
An ensemble drama too diluted to meaningfully establish any characters, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” relies on tension-building music and chaotic flashbacks to piece together its one-trick heist narrative. Using the book as philosophical inspiration,
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber, who co-wrote the script with “Runaways” actor Ariela Barer (who also stars in the film) and Jordan Sjol, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” features an impressive roster of up-and-coming young actors. “The White Lotus” favorite Lukas Gage, “American Honey” star Sasha Lane, and “The Revenant” actor Forrest Goodluck all add a measure of intrigue to the ensemble,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
On April 7, Neon released “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” from director and co-writer Daniel Goldhaber. The film based on Andreas Malm‘s 2021 book of the same name is about a crew of environmental activists who plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline. The timely thriller stars Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane and Marcus Scribner.
Following its premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” became an instant hit with critics. It currently holds a perfect 100% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading, “An explosive adaptation of Malm’s treatise, ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ delivers a high-stakes eco-thriller ignited by riveting and complex antiheroes.” Read our full review round-up below.
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Brian Tallerico (RogerEbert.com) writes, “Daniel Goldhaber’s kinetic, riveting ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ was like nothing else I saw at TIFF.
Following its premiere at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” became an instant hit with critics. It currently holds a perfect 100% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading, “An explosive adaptation of Malm’s treatise, ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ delivers a high-stakes eco-thriller ignited by riveting and complex antiheroes.” Read our full review round-up below.
See April 2023 movies: 24 most anticipated releases
Brian Tallerico (RogerEbert.com) writes, “Daniel Goldhaber’s kinetic, riveting ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ was like nothing else I saw at TIFF.
- 4/7/2023
- by Vincent Mandile
- Gold Derby
Owen Wilson is back, with brushes, as the longtime host of a beloved but fading Burlington, Vermont-based PBS instructional art show. Paint from IFC Films opens Friday on 800-plus screens.
Public television is always ripe for parody and happens to be a world Wilson knows. His father Robert Wilson helped launch, and ran, Dallas PBS station Kera. (He also introduced Monty Python’s Flying Circus to public television.)
Paint director Brit McAdams tells Deadline said that his own after-school TV ritual, General Hospital, would often segue into PBS host Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting. Ross is a loose inspiration for Wilson’s character, Carl Nargle, in the look at least, from permed hair, denim-on-denim wardrobe and dulcet tones that impressed McAdams and a global fan base.
“I’d be like, ‘Who is this guy?’ And then he’d paint something brown that would turn into a branch, and then a tree,...
Public television is always ripe for parody and happens to be a world Wilson knows. His father Robert Wilson helped launch, and ran, Dallas PBS station Kera. (He also introduced Monty Python’s Flying Circus to public television.)
Paint director Brit McAdams tells Deadline said that his own after-school TV ritual, General Hospital, would often segue into PBS host Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting. Ross is a loose inspiration for Wilson’s character, Carl Nargle, in the look at least, from permed hair, denim-on-denim wardrobe and dulcet tones that impressed McAdams and a global fan base.
“I’d be like, ‘Who is this guy?’ And then he’d paint something brown that would turn into a branch, and then a tree,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
With his feature debut Cam, Daniel Goldhaber considered the state of online sex work within an entertaining horror film that follows a classic doubling narrative. His sophomore effort, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, scales up the ambition but similarly explores complex themes, this time within the framework of a tense heist narrative. An ensemble piece, Pipeline follows an idealistic group of young activists plotting an eco-terrorism attack in rural Texas. This group of eight includes co-writer Ariela Barer, Lukas Gage, Kristine Froseth, and Sasha Lane. Unwilling to wait for painfully-slow systematic change, they feel forced (and therefore justified) to take this drastic action, even with the risk of hefty prison sentences should they be caught.
Art frequently mirrors the environment in which it was created and How to Blow Up a Pipeline carries the energy of the project’s very fast, 19-month conception-to-screen timeline, leading to its premiere last...
Art frequently mirrors the environment in which it was created and How to Blow Up a Pipeline carries the energy of the project’s very fast, 19-month conception-to-screen timeline, leading to its premiere last...
- 4/7/2023
- by Caleb Hammond
- The Film Stage
There is romance in activism and fighting the good fight against the immoral powers of the establishment. In following a group of young environmentalist anarchists who yearn to make an impact and have their voices heard by any means necessary, Daniel Goldhaber’s searing eco-thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” grasps this selfless passion at a visceral level.
Thankfully, romance doesn’t mean empty idealism in Goldhaber’s film, co-written by Goldhaber, Jorgan Sjol and Ariela Barer as a loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s 2020 book. While the characters steering an act of terrorism around a Texan pipeline are all young and hotheaded, they aren’t out there to make some futile noise about climate change. There is a real point to the fatality-free disturbance these rightfully angry citizens of the world have carefully planned out, and what they have in mind is something a lot more significant than...
Thankfully, romance doesn’t mean empty idealism in Goldhaber’s film, co-written by Goldhaber, Jorgan Sjol and Ariela Barer as a loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s 2020 book. While the characters steering an act of terrorism around a Texan pipeline are all young and hotheaded, they aren’t out there to make some futile noise about climate change. There is a real point to the fatality-free disturbance these rightfully angry citizens of the world have carefully planned out, and what they have in mind is something a lot more significant than...
- 4/7/2023
- by Tomris Laffly
- The Wrap
Climate scientists and activists have repeatedly said that we’re past the stage of sounding the alarm: Deadly floods, record heatwaves and other extreme weather occurrences are now part of our reality. In the face of this evidence, most governments have moved glacially to pass urgent legislation. And the condemnation of protesters who hurled tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery last fall reveals that a majority of people still care more about property than human lives. (Almost lost in that debate about tactics was a critical detail: The painting was protected by glass, and no real damage had been done.)
In this atmosphere, Daniel Goldhaber’s tense and entertaining How to Blow Up a Pipeline is an accessible wake-up call. Despite its daring premise and provocative title, the film won’t teach you the mechanics of making or detonating a bomb. It functions...
In this atmosphere, Daniel Goldhaber’s tense and entertaining How to Blow Up a Pipeline is an accessible wake-up call. Despite its daring premise and provocative title, the film won’t teach you the mechanics of making or detonating a bomb. It functions...
- 4/7/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The movies have a long history of “How to” films including How to Murder Your Wife, How to Steal a Million, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, How to Marry a Millionaire, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog, even How to Train Your Dragon. But the riveting new eco-thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline takes it to new levels of how-to consciousness with a literal approach to its title and the source material on which it is based, that being Andreas Malm’s radical manifesto of the same name.
The author of that book does not go into exact detail on exactly how you could go about blowing up a pipeline, but instead lays out the urgent necessity to do just that act of property destruction, offering up the belief that this good deed...
The author of that book does not go into exact detail on exactly how you could go about blowing up a pipeline, but instead lays out the urgent necessity to do just that act of property destruction, offering up the belief that this good deed...
- 4/6/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of twentysomethings converge upon a small, seemingly abandoned house outside of Odessa, Texas. Two of them are former students, frustrated by the lack of urgency around climate change. One is a Native American from North Dakota, who does a series of D.I.Y. bombmaking videos under the name “Boomtalk.” There’s also a couple from Long Beach, California — one of them is dying from leukemia — and a gutter punk duo from Portland, Oregon. Only one person, a working-class husband and dad, is local.
But everyone has gathered...
But everyone has gathered...
- 4/6/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Even among many who’ve grasped the scientific evidence, or experienced escalating weather extremes, climate change remains an abstraction for most — something too large and vague to trigger urgent emotional response. Not so the fictive activists in “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” inspired by Andreas Malm’s nonfiction tome of the same name. Though diverse in background and motivations, the eight individuals here drawn together to attack an oil conduit in Texas share a sense that the planetary environmental crisis is immediate, and the time for gently chiding protests past.
Whether their actions constitute “eco-terrorism” and whether violence of any kind is ever justifiable in the service of progress are questions Daniel Goldhaber’s sophomore feature duly grapples with. Still, its degree of moral self-examination is unlikely to appease climate deniers, who’ll likely decry the film (if they notice it at all) as a recruitment poster for aspiring saboteurs.
Whether their actions constitute “eco-terrorism” and whether violence of any kind is ever justifiable in the service of progress are questions Daniel Goldhaber’s sophomore feature duly grapples with. Still, its degree of moral self-examination is unlikely to appease climate deniers, who’ll likely decry the film (if they notice it at all) as a recruitment poster for aspiring saboteurs.
- 4/6/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
We had seriously considered an April Fool’s edition of Don’t-Miss Indies this month full of Latvian Redbox actioners, but thought better of such trickery at the eleventh hour. After all, our beloved constituents deserve better than a perplexing blurb about The Humanity Bureau starring Nicolas Cage. And anyway there are too many great, legitimate titles to skip. So bunker down with some Cadbury Creme eggs at the art house and enjoy!
Pretty Baby: Brook Shields
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Hulu
Director: Lana Wilson
Why We’re Excited: Two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee Lana Wilson’s two-part documentary tracks child star Shields, from her rise to fame in Reagan-era hits Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon through her 40-plus years in Hollywood. Amidst the tumult of growing up in the public eye–she landed her first commercial at 11-months-old, as the Ivory...
Pretty Baby: Brook Shields
When You Can Watch: Now
Where You Can Watch: Hulu
Director: Lana Wilson
Why We’re Excited: Two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee Lana Wilson’s two-part documentary tracks child star Shields, from her rise to fame in Reagan-era hits Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon through her 40-plus years in Hollywood. Amidst the tumult of growing up in the public eye–she landed her first commercial at 11-months-old, as the Ivory...
- 4/4/2023
- by Su Fang Tham
- Film Independent News & More
Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline sends the message that enough is enough in a taut thriller that connects personal struggle with climate change. The storytelling is straightforward and simple, yet effective in delivering its appropriately-placed anger and moments of nail-biting suspense within the framework of a heist flick. How to Blow Up a Pipeline delivers on its promises.
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ bands environment activists together Forrest Goodluck as Michael | Neon
Climate change drastically affects the lives of every person around the globe. However, it touches some folks a little differently, pushing them to do something about it. A crew of unlikely environmental activists connects to pull off a heist to shake up the conversation and move the needle through measures with potentially life-destroying effects.
Xochitl (Ariela Barer) and the group of recruited group of activists are in it for their own reasons, but...
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ bands environment activists together Forrest Goodluck as Michael | Neon
Climate change drastically affects the lives of every person around the globe. However, it touches some folks a little differently, pushing them to do something about it. A crew of unlikely environmental activists connects to pull off a heist to shake up the conversation and move the needle through measures with potentially life-destroying effects.
Xochitl (Ariela Barer) and the group of recruited group of activists are in it for their own reasons, but...
- 4/3/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
How to Blow Up a Pipeline Trailer — Daniel Goldhaber‘s How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) movie trailer has been released by Neon. The How to Blow Up a Pipeline trailer stars Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Jake Weary. Crew Name wrote the screenplay for [...]
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Continue reading: How To Blow Up A Pipeline (2022) Movie Trailer: Young Environmental Activists try to Execute a Oil Pipeline Sabotage Mission...
- 3/2/2023
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
If you saw Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool well over a month ago in theaters, you were greeted with the first trailer for Daniel Goldhaber’s tense TIFF hit How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Starring Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard, and Olive Jane Lorraine, the preview has now made its way online ahead of an April 7 release from Neon. As the title reveals, the film follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in a thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Logan (Lukas Gage) meets Shawn (Marcus Scribner) holding a red-covered book within a section of a bookstore both men are trolling for like-minded individuals. Our assumption is that the color means...
Jared Mobarak said in his review, “Logan (Lukas Gage) meets Shawn (Marcus Scribner) holding a red-covered book within a section of a bookstore both men are trolling for like-minded individuals. Our assumption is that the color means...
- 3/2/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Neon has released the trailer for How to Blow Up a Pipeline, director Daniel Goldhaber’s loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s non-fiction text of the same name. Goldhaber previously appeared on our 25 New Faces of Independent Film list back in 2018 with collaborator Isa Mazzei on the strength of their debut feature Cam, which Goldhaber directed and Mazzei wrote. Mazzei returns as a producer on this film, with Goldhaber co-writing the script with Jordan Sjol and star Ariela Barer. Pipeline, which was shot on 16mm by Dp Tehillah de Castro, is Goldhaber’s sophomore feature-length directorial effort. Vadim Rizov interviewed Goldhaber […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/2/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Neon has released the trailer for How to Blow Up a Pipeline, director Daniel Goldhaber’s loose adaptation of Andreas Malm’s non-fiction text of the same name. Goldhaber previously appeared on our 25 New Faces of Independent Film list back in 2018 with collaborator Isa Mazzei on the strength of their debut feature Cam, which Goldhaber directed and Mazzei wrote. Mazzei returns as a producer on this film, with Goldhaber co-writing the script with Jordan Sjol and star Ariela Barer. Pipeline, which was shot on 16mm by Dp Tehillah de Castro, is Goldhaber’s sophomore feature-length directorial effort. Vadim Rizov interviewed Goldhaber […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Daniel Goldhaber’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 3/2/2023
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
"We have to show how vulnerable the oil industry is – by hitting something big." Neon has unveiled the official trailer for the indie thriller How to Blow Up a Pipeline, a big hit at the Toronto Film Festival last year. It went on to play at a bunch of other fests and is now opening in limited theaters starting in April. A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Based on the non-fiction book of the same name from Andreas Malm - which describes sabotage as an effective and necessary form of climate activism. Bring it on! The ensemble cast features Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, & Jake Weary. I've been waiting for them to set a release date for this!
- 3/2/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” provides one answer on how to solve climate change: Destroy the perpetrators.
The 2022 TIFF breakout film follows a group of environmental activists who are determined to dismantle an oil pipeline in West Texas. The thriller, helmed by Daniel Goldhaber, is described part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism in the official logline.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the controversial nonfiction book by Andreas Malm, and stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”) who also produced and co-wrote the feature with Jordan Sjol. “Euphoria” and “You” Season 4 breakout Lukas Gage, “Sharp Stick” actress Kristine Froseth, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Jake Weary also star.
IndieWire spoke with screenwriter and star Ariela Barer, who devised the heist movie with Jordan Sjol and Daniel Goldhaber over the course of half a year during the deep days of the pandemic.
The 2022 TIFF breakout film follows a group of environmental activists who are determined to dismantle an oil pipeline in West Texas. The thriller, helmed by Daniel Goldhaber, is described part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism in the official logline.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” is based on the controversial nonfiction book by Andreas Malm, and stars Ariela Barer (“Runaways”) who also produced and co-wrote the feature with Jordan Sjol. “Euphoria” and “You” Season 4 breakout Lukas Gage, “Sharp Stick” actress Kristine Froseth, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, and Jake Weary also star.
IndieWire spoke with screenwriter and star Ariela Barer, who devised the heist movie with Jordan Sjol and Daniel Goldhaber over the course of half a year during the deep days of the pandemic.
- 3/2/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Charades has closed a raft of deals on Daniel Goldhaber’s heist thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” in the run up to its market premiere at the AFM. The movie had a critically acclaimed world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival where it played in the competitive Platform section.
It was previously acquired by Neon for North America in a deal negotiated by CAA Media Finance. Charades has now sold the film to France (Tandem), U.K. (Vertigo Releasing), German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Italy Germany (Plaion), Benelux (The Searchers), Turkey (Fabula) and Latin America (Impacto).
Based on Andreas Malm’s controversial manifesto tackling the climate crisis, the film stars Ariela Barer, who also produced and co-wrote with Jordan Sjol. It was edited by Daniel Garber.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a group of young environmental activists who set out to sabotage an oil pipeline in a timely...
It was previously acquired by Neon for North America in a deal negotiated by CAA Media Finance. Charades has now sold the film to France (Tandem), U.K. (Vertigo Releasing), German-speaking Switzerland, Austria, Italy Germany (Plaion), Benelux (The Searchers), Turkey (Fabula) and Latin America (Impacto).
Based on Andreas Malm’s controversial manifesto tackling the climate crisis, the film stars Ariela Barer, who also produced and co-wrote with Jordan Sjol. It was edited by Daniel Garber.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a group of young environmental activists who set out to sabotage an oil pipeline in a timely...
- 11/2/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Daniel Goldhaber’s heist thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” has been boarded by Paris-based world sales banner Charades following its critically acclaimed world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The breakout film played in the competitive Platform section at Toronto and was acquired by Neon for North America in a deal negotiated by CAA Media Finance.
Based on Andreas Malm’s controversial manifesto tackling the climate crisis, the film stars Ariela Barer, who also produced and co-wrote with Jordan Sjol. It was edited by Daniel Garber.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a group of young environmental activists who set out to sabotage an oil pipeline in a timely thriller that’s described as “part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.”
Charades has picked up international sales rights to the film from CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers and is...
Based on Andreas Malm’s controversial manifesto tackling the climate crisis, the film stars Ariela Barer, who also produced and co-wrote with Jordan Sjol. It was edited by Daniel Garber.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a group of young environmental activists who set out to sabotage an oil pipeline in a timely thriller that’s described as “part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.”
Charades has picked up international sales rights to the film from CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers and is...
- 10/6/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Deal flow remains slow at TIFF 2022.
In the biggest on-site North American acquisition of a TIFF festival title this year, Neon has acquired North American rights to Platform selection How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber directed the story, based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, about environmental activists who sabotage a pipeline. The film contains thriller and heist elements.
Deal flow remains slow at the festival, where many films already have distribution in place and studios and streamers in particular are enjoying a strong presence.
The cast comprises Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck,...
In the biggest on-site North American acquisition of a TIFF festival title this year, Neon has acquired North American rights to Platform selection How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber directed the story, based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, about environmental activists who sabotage a pipeline. The film contains thriller and heist elements.
Deal flow remains slow at the festival, where many films already have distribution in place and studios and streamers in particular are enjoying a strong presence.
The cast comprises Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Deal flow remains slow at TIFF 2022.
In the biggest on-site North American acquisition of a TIFF festival title yet, Neon has acquired North American rights to Platform selection How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber directed the story, based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, about environmental activists who sabotage a pipeline. The film contains thriller and heist elements.
Deal flow remains slow at the festival, where many films already have distribution in place and studios and streamers in particular are enjoying a strong presence.
The cast comprises Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck,...
In the biggest on-site North American acquisition of a TIFF festival title yet, Neon has acquired North American rights to Platform selection How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Daniel Goldhaber directed the story, based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, about environmental activists who sabotage a pipeline. The film contains thriller and heist elements.
Deal flow remains slow at the festival, where many films already have distribution in place and studios and streamers in particular are enjoying a strong presence.
The cast comprises Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck,...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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Neon has won the race to acquire How to Blow Up a Pipeline in one of the first major acquisitions from Toronto.
Featuring an ensemble cast including Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard and Olive Jane Lorraine, the heist thriller had generated sizeable buzz among distributors The Hollywood Reporter had spoken to following its TIFF world premiere.
Based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, How To Blow Up A Pipeline was directed by Daniel Goldhaber (Cam), produced, co-written, and starring Ariela Barer (Runaways, Atypical), co-written by Jordan Sjol and edited by Daniel Garber (Cam, Some Kind of Heaven) and follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline. It’s described as part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.
Neon has won the race to acquire How to Blow Up a Pipeline in one of the first major acquisitions from Toronto.
Featuring an ensemble cast including Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard and Olive Jane Lorraine, the heist thriller had generated sizeable buzz among distributors The Hollywood Reporter had spoken to following its TIFF world premiere.
Based on Andreas Malm’s manifesto tackling the climate crisis, How To Blow Up A Pipeline was directed by Daniel Goldhaber (Cam), produced, co-written, and starring Ariela Barer (Runaways, Atypical), co-written by Jordan Sjol and edited by Daniel Garber (Cam, Some Kind of Heaven) and follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline. It’s described as part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.
- 9/13/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Neon has acquired the North American rights to “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” a heist thriller that made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this week and was being sought by multiple studios.
The film from Daniel Goldhaber played in the Platform section of TIFF and is one of the first major acquisitions from the festival. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in a taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.
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The film stars Ariela Barer alongside Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard and Olive Jane Lorraine.
The film from Daniel Goldhaber played in the Platform section of TIFF and is one of the first major acquisitions from the festival. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline” follows a crew of young environmental activists who execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in a taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of direct action as climate activism.
Also Read:
Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’ With Paul Giamatti Nabbed by Focus Features in 30 Million Deal
The film stars Ariela Barer alongside Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard and Olive Jane Lorraine.
- 9/13/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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