Exclusive: Plan B Entertainment has started a new micro budget film finance initiative to produce and finance lower cost films which will be led by newly hired Caddy Vanasirikul. The veteran film producer and acquisition and production executive will manage Plan B’s forthcoming slate in this sector.
The first film under this new initiative is Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo, which recently completed shooting in New Mexico under an interim agreement. Co-written with Vanesa Garnica and directed by Eimbcke, and produced with Erendira Nunez LariosEréndira Núñez Larios and Michel Franco’s Teorema, the bilingual story is about 14 year-old Olmo, who must take care of his bedridden father who has Multiple Sclerosis. But when Olmo’s goddess neighbor Nina Sandoval invites him to a party, his world is turned upside down.
Eimbcke’s feature directorial debut Temporada de patos (Duck Season) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won...
The first film under this new initiative is Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke’s Olmo, which recently completed shooting in New Mexico under an interim agreement. Co-written with Vanesa Garnica and directed by Eimbcke, and produced with Erendira Nunez LariosEréndira Núñez Larios and Michel Franco’s Teorema, the bilingual story is about 14 year-old Olmo, who must take care of his bedridden father who has Multiple Sclerosis. But when Olmo’s goddess neighbor Nina Sandoval invites him to a party, his world is turned upside down.
Eimbcke’s feature directorial debut Temporada de patos (Duck Season) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won...
- 12/1/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Banana Split
Stars: Hannah Marks, Dylan Sprouse, Liana Liberato, Luke Spencer Roberts, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Haley Ramm, Jessica Hecht, Addison Reike, Jacob Batalon | Written by Hannah Marks, Joey Power | Directed by Benjamin Kasulke
April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
With an oddball title like Banana Split I was expecting a quirky, just as oddball rom-com. However what you actually get is a touchy tale of two women who should be enemies, after all they’ve both dated and slept with the same guy, but instead find a common bond that leads to a sweet, tender platonic...
Stars: Hannah Marks, Dylan Sprouse, Liana Liberato, Luke Spencer Roberts, Meagan Kimberly Smith, Haley Ramm, Jessica Hecht, Addison Reike, Jacob Batalon | Written by Hannah Marks, Joey Power | Directed by Benjamin Kasulke
April (Hannah Marks) has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
With an oddball title like Banana Split I was expecting a quirky, just as oddball rom-com. However what you actually get is a touchy tale of two women who should be enemies, after all they’ve both dated and slept with the same guy, but instead find a common bond that leads to a sweet, tender platonic...
- 6/12/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Mega-talented multi-hyphenate Hannah Marks started writing Banana Split when she was still a teenager. It was loosely based on her real life. She rewrote it with her writing partner Joey Power as her acting credits piled up in stuff like The Runaways, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Then, after she co-directed her first feature (with Power), After Everything, she was able to get Banana Split made with herself in the staring role, directed by Benjamin Kasulke. In this half hour, she talks about the ups and downs of standing her ground and seeing the dream of […]...
- 3/31/2020
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Mega-talented multi-hyphenate Hannah Marks started writing Banana Split when she was still a teenager. It was loosely based on her real life. She rewrote it with her writing partner Joey Power as her acting credits piled up in stuff like The Runaways, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Then, after she co-directed her first feature (with Power), After Everything, she was able to get Banana Split made with herself in the staring role, directed by Benjamin Kasulke. In this half hour, she talks about the ups and downs of standing her ground and seeing the dream of […]...
- 3/31/2020
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Long before the release of “Booksmart,” actress Hannah Marks set out to make a movie that would be the female bookend to “Superbad.” She started writing the script eight years ago, at 18, based on a real-life story about how, in high school, she befriended the girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend.
Many drafts followed for “Banana Split.” Over time, Marks partnered with a co-writer (Joey Power), found a director (in the form of longtime cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke) and played a version of her former self onscreen who falls in love with her classmate Nick (Dylan Sprouse). They shot the movie in the winter of 2018 in Syracuse, N.Y. Later that year, “Banana Split” was enthusiastically received on the film festival circuit. Then, came one of the weirdest delays in the history of romantic comedies.
The producers realized that they didn’t have the rights to an article of clothing that Marks’ character April wears throughout the film.
Many drafts followed for “Banana Split.” Over time, Marks partnered with a co-writer (Joey Power), found a director (in the form of longtime cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke) and played a version of her former self onscreen who falls in love with her classmate Nick (Dylan Sprouse). They shot the movie in the winter of 2018 in Syracuse, N.Y. Later that year, “Banana Split” was enthusiastically received on the film festival circuit. Then, came one of the weirdest delays in the history of romantic comedies.
The producers realized that they didn’t have the rights to an article of clothing that Marks’ character April wears throughout the film.
- 3/27/2020
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
There are a lot of classic ingredients that go into a banana split. So it seems appropriate that “Banana Split” includes all the tasty components of a good, fun, soulfully smart summer-after-senior-year teen flick. It’s got sharp-tongued dialogue and fresh appealing actors who know just how to deliver it. It’s got an anthropological eye for youth culture, with its perpetually evolving fashions and habits and pop references. It nods to the mythology of John Hughes — in fact, it opens with deadpan-cynical April (Hannah Marks) getting hit on by dreamboat Nick (Dylan Sprouse), who looks like if-Brad-Pitt-and-Leonardo-dicaprio-had-a-baby with long blond ’90s Hanson brothers hair, the two high schoolers wasting no time before they make out in a diner booth, which leads to a love montage, encounters with a goofy stoner third-wheel friend, a first fight and, of course, the senior prom. And that’s all in the movie’s first five minutes.
- 3/27/2020
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Few genres are as beholden to tropes than the romantic comedy, which has long traded in predictable patterns, both the good and the very bad (pitting so-called friends against each other in service to new relationships). The path to love never did run smooth, but too many love stories seem to delight in running over people on the way to eternal bliss. It’s a trope that’s been used as plot and as a dirty little garnish, always fortifying the most basic and bland of lessons: Romantic love is more important than anything else.
It’s a trope long due for a refresher. One way: jettison the emphasis on romantic love and lean into the value of friendship, a twist that’s been used to great effect in “Booksmart” and “For a Good Time, Call.” Both films placed a premium on the platonic Bff-ships and use the rom-com structure...
It’s a trope long due for a refresher. One way: jettison the emphasis on romantic love and lean into the value of friendship, a twist that’s been used to great effect in “Booksmart” and “For a Good Time, Call.” Both films placed a premium on the platonic Bff-ships and use the rom-com structure...
- 3/26/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The world needs a lot of things right now, and one of them just happens to be easygoing entertainment. So be grateful for “Banana Split,” a charming teen romance that fits neatly into the era of “Booksmart” but also manages to stand solidly on its own.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
- 3/25/2020
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Hannah Marks deserves to be a force in Hollywood. One glimpse at her new movie Banana Split is clear evidence of that. The actress and filmmaker is a complete buzzsaw, mixing charisma, sarcasm, and screen presence to put forward instantly iconic work. Banana Split shows her doing so both in front of the camera as the star, as well as behind it as the co-writer. She’s helped to craft a funny, moving, and real story that immediately and throughly enraptures you. This is something special, plain and simple. Coming to Video On Demand this weekend, you owe it to yourself to make time for this one. The film is a comedy about an unlikely and very unique bond of friendship that grows over the course of a summer. For two years, April (Marks) has been in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), defining her life in the latter parts of high school.
- 3/25/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Vertical Entertainment Us has launched a new trailer for the coming-of-age- romcom ‘Banana Split’.
The film follows April (Hannah Marks), who has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from a first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
Directed by Benjamin Kasulke from a script by Hannah Marks, Joey Power, the film stars Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Addison Riecke.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Us cinemas, On-Demand and digital march 27th.
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The film follows April (Hannah Marks), who has spent the last two years of high school in a relationship with Nick (Dylan Sprouse), from a first frantic make-out session to final tear-stained breakup. In the aimless summer between graduation and college, the newly single April mends her heartbreak by striking up an unexpected friendship with an unlikely candidate: Nick’s new girlfriend, Clara (Liana Liberato).
Directed by Benjamin Kasulke from a script by Hannah Marks, Joey Power, the film stars Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato, Dylan Sprouse and Addison Riecke.
Also in trailers –
The film hits Us cinemas, On-Demand and digital march 27th.
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- 3/5/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Banana Split,” a teen comedy starring Hannah Marks, Liana Liberato and Dylan Sprouse, the distributor announced Tuesday.
The debut film from veteran indie cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke will open in theaters and on VOD and digital on March 27. Uphe Content Group also acquired the international rights.
“Banana Split” follows two teenage girls over the course of a summer who develop a perfect, kindred spirit friendship with one another. The only problem is, one of them is dating the other’s ex-boyfriend.
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Marks wrote and executive produced the film with Joey Power, and the comedy also stars Jessica Hecht, Jacob Batalon, Haley Ramm and Addison Riecke.
“Banana Split” won the Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival Of Boston 2019, the Jury Prize for Best Comedy Feature at the Woods Hole Film Festival,...
The debut film from veteran indie cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke will open in theaters and on VOD and digital on March 27. Uphe Content Group also acquired the international rights.
“Banana Split” follows two teenage girls over the course of a summer who develop a perfect, kindred spirit friendship with one another. The only problem is, one of them is dating the other’s ex-boyfriend.
Also Read: Dylan Sprouse Says Hacker 'Idiots' Sent Racist Tweet From His Account
Marks wrote and executive produced the film with Joey Power, and the comedy also stars Jessica Hecht, Jacob Batalon, Haley Ramm and Addison Riecke.
“Banana Split” won the Special Jury Prize at the Independent Film Festival Of Boston 2019, the Jury Prize for Best Comedy Feature at the Woods Hole Film Festival,...
- 2/11/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
In the burn bright and fade away world of memes, you might have forgotten all about the sizeable backlash spawned a couple years back by The Modern Man article, “How To Talk To A Woman Wearing Headphones.” The step-by-step pickup guide quickly earned derision for its assumption that a woman wearing headphones is single, straight, and just waiting around for a random dude to validate her attractiveness and ask her out on a date. So, it’s a bit strange that in writing/directing team Hannah Marks’ and Joey Power’s “After Everything” the meet-cute that’s supposed to form the foundation of the romance that drives the rest of the picture essentially plays out that scenario.
Continue reading ‘After Everything’ Is A Romantic Dramedy That Can’t Survive Its Toxic, Problematic Core [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘After Everything’ Is A Romantic Dramedy That Can’t Survive Its Toxic, Problematic Core [Review] at The Playlist.
- 10/10/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
In Hannah Marks and Joey Power’s first feature film, After Everything, two 20-somethings develop a relationship at an accelerated pace moments after Elliot (Jeremy Allen White) learns of his life-changing illness. But this "unusual love story" is more than just a film about cancer.
"I think we both felt the most interesting part of the story is that it’s actually about a young marriage and a relationship and not as much about the cancer," Marks told The Hollywood Reporter In Studio, alongside Power and White.
Power added: "I think we didn’t want the stakes ...
"I think we both felt the most interesting part of the story is that it’s actually about a young marriage and a relationship and not as much about the cancer," Marks told The Hollywood Reporter In Studio, alongside Power and White.
Power added: "I think we didn’t want the stakes ...
- 10/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Hannah Marks and Joey Power’s first feature film, After Everything, two 20-somethings develop a relationship at an accelerated pace moments after Elliot (Jeremy Allen White) learns of his life-changing illness. But this "unusual love story" is more than just a film about cancer.
"I think we both felt the most interesting part of the story is that it’s actually about a young marriage and a relationship and not as much about the cancer," Marks told The Hollywood Reporter In Studio, alongside Power and White.
Power added: "I think we didn’t want the stakes ...
"I think we both felt the most interesting part of the story is that it’s actually about a young marriage and a relationship and not as much about the cancer," Marks told The Hollywood Reporter In Studio, alongside Power and White.
Power added: "I think we didn’t want the stakes ...
- 10/10/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Grab your tissues, or don’t, but be prepared that you might need them when you stroll into the cinema to see Hannah Marks and Joey Power’s feature directorial debut with the seemingly incredible love story “After Everything.” In a similar fashion to “A Walk to Remember” and “The Fault in Our Stars,” “After Everything” is a love story about a young person with cancer that will pull at your heartstrings.
Continue reading ‘After Everything’ Trailer: Young Love Is Tested By A Tragic Medical Diagnosis at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘After Everything’ Trailer: Young Love Is Tested By A Tragic Medical Diagnosis at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2018
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
"I just want us to be on the same team" Good Deed Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie dramedy titled After Everything, which first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year. The film is about two people who fall in love, Mia and Elliot, but must deal with the challenges of life when Elliot is diagnosed with cancer. Maika Monroe and Jeremy Allen White star as the couple, and the cast includes Marisa Tomei, Gina Gershon, Olivia Luccardi, Dean Winters, Joe Keery, and Sasha Lane. This looks like an emotional, enriching story of love, and how it keeps these two together and happy even against all odds. I like that this has comedy and angst, and isn't a sad drama, because this kind of story needs levity. Here's the trailer (+ poster) for Hannah Marks & Joey Power's After Everything, in high def on Apple:...
- 8/14/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In today’s film news roundup, Dan Gilroy is honored by the Austin Film Festival, CBS Films moves forward on its ship cruise comedy, and Good Deed buys SXSW title “Shotgun.”
Honor
The Austin Film Festival has named screenwriter Tony Gilroy as the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Screenwriter Award.
Previous honorees of this award have included Lawrence Kasdan, Kenneth Lonergan, Nancy Meyers, and Caroline Thompson.
Gilroy’s credits include the 2007 thriller “Michael Clayton,” which earned him Oscar nominations for directing and original screenplay; writing the first three Bourne films and co-writing and directing the fourth film in the franchise (“The Bourne Legacy”); co-writing the screenplay for “Rouge One: A Star Wars Story”; and producing and writing the political thriller “Beirut,” starring Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike.
The festival also announced that “Beverly Hills Cop” writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. will receive the festival’s second Heart of Film Award for his...
Honor
The Austin Film Festival has named screenwriter Tony Gilroy as the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Screenwriter Award.
Previous honorees of this award have included Lawrence Kasdan, Kenneth Lonergan, Nancy Meyers, and Caroline Thompson.
Gilroy’s credits include the 2007 thriller “Michael Clayton,” which earned him Oscar nominations for directing and original screenplay; writing the first three Bourne films and co-writing and directing the fourth film in the franchise (“The Bourne Legacy”); co-writing the screenplay for “Rouge One: A Star Wars Story”; and producing and writing the political thriller “Beirut,” starring Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike.
The festival also announced that “Beverly Hills Cop” writer Daniel Petrie, Jr. will receive the festival’s second Heart of Film Award for his...
- 5/9/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Good Deed Entertainment has procured the North American distribution rights to the Shotgun, the feature debut from Hannah Marks and Joey Power. Starring Jeremy Allen White, Maika Monroe, Gina Gershon, and Marisa Tomei, the pic recently had its world premiere at SXSW.
The dramatic comedy follows a young couple’s relationship that quickly develops when one of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness.
Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Sasha Lane (American Honey), and Dean Winters (John Wick) also co-star in the film, which was produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein of Yale Productions along with Sean Glover.
Gde’s Brandon Hill handled the deal with Nat McCormick at The Exchange who are handling foreign sales. The film will be screening for buyers during the Cannes Market.
The dramatic comedy follows a young couple’s relationship that quickly develops when one of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness.
Joe Keery (Stranger Things), Sasha Lane (American Honey), and Dean Winters (John Wick) also co-star in the film, which was produced by Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein of Yale Productions along with Sean Glover.
Gde’s Brandon Hill handled the deal with Nat McCormick at The Exchange who are handling foreign sales. The film will be screening for buyers during the Cannes Market.
- 5/8/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
In a pre-Cannes Film Festival move, production-financing-sales company the Exchange and specialty finance company Forest Road are launching their $50 million fund, Roadrunner Capital.
The fund has already provided capital for the SXSW project “Shotgun,” helmed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power. Roadrunner will be co-managed by the Exchange and Forest Road executives, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The sole purpose of the joint venture fund is to lend capital to responsible production companies at below-market rates in a seamless manner. As a sales-distribution outfit, the Exchange will sell some of the fund’s projects, but not all.
Forest Road offers low-cost financing options for tax-related collateral among various industries and subsectors, and this partnership is aimed at accelerating its expansion into independent film and television financing.
“Even at its infancy, we’re already seeing how Roadrunner has a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We’re very excited...
The fund has already provided capital for the SXSW project “Shotgun,” helmed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power. Roadrunner will be co-managed by the Exchange and Forest Road executives, with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The sole purpose of the joint venture fund is to lend capital to responsible production companies at below-market rates in a seamless manner. As a sales-distribution outfit, the Exchange will sell some of the fund’s projects, but not all.
Forest Road offers low-cost financing options for tax-related collateral among various industries and subsectors, and this partnership is aimed at accelerating its expansion into independent film and television financing.
“Even at its infancy, we’re already seeing how Roadrunner has a competitive advantage in the marketplace. We’re very excited...
- 4/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Brian O’Shea and team will sell select projects.
Heading into Cannes, Los Angeles-based production, film financing and sales company The Exchange and specialty finance company Forest Road have launched a $50m fund.
The Roadrunner Capital fund has already provided capital for projects such as SXSW selection Shotgun directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power. The Exchange and Forest Road executives will jointly manage Roadrunner from offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The joint venture fund will lend capital to responsible production companies at below market rates and The Exchange, led by CEO Brian O’Shea, will sell some...
Heading into Cannes, Los Angeles-based production, film financing and sales company The Exchange and specialty finance company Forest Road have launched a $50m fund.
The Roadrunner Capital fund has already provided capital for projects such as SXSW selection Shotgun directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power. The Exchange and Forest Road executives will jointly manage Roadrunner from offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The joint venture fund will lend capital to responsible production companies at below market rates and The Exchange, led by CEO Brian O’Shea, will sell some...
- 4/23/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Ahead of the SXSW premiere for the dramatic comedy Shotgun, co-writers and co-directors Hannah Marks and Joey Power, along with stars Jeremy Allen White and Maika Monroe, made a stop at Deadline’s Studio to speak about the film’s origins and love story. The story follows Elliot (White), a 23-year-old living in New York with no real responsibility. Shortly after meeting Mia (Monroe), Elliot is diagnosed with cancer. They fall in love under the cloud of his illness, despite…...
- 3/10/2018
- Deadline
SXSW 2018 is upon us. Here are 10 films, without Tomatometers to guide us comfortably, premiering at this year's fest that you can bet on.
Relaxer - Joel Potrykus
Dogged to deteriorate ‘til he clobbers the unclobberable, Abby can’t flee his dent in the couch til he bests his brother’s bet to beat level 256 of Pac-Man. The stakes are, in that Potrykus way, only as strong as the disillusioned hero can envisage. Sleepless, stagnating, running on processed dairy, Abby’s obstacle might be Potrykus’s most menacing yet.
Screenings.
Don’t Leave Home - Michael Tully
Michael Tully’s first feature since the low-dose nostalgia trip Ping Pong Summer leaves comfort for myth and mystery, a curiosity and obsession that leads an artist away from the hearth.
Screenings.
Field Guide To Evil - Anthology
This ”Global dark folklore anthology” features shorts from The Lure director Agniezka Smoczynska, Goodnight Mommy’s...
Relaxer - Joel Potrykus
Dogged to deteriorate ‘til he clobbers the unclobberable, Abby can’t flee his dent in the couch til he bests his brother’s bet to beat level 256 of Pac-Man. The stakes are, in that Potrykus way, only as strong as the disillusioned hero can envisage. Sleepless, stagnating, running on processed dairy, Abby’s obstacle might be Potrykus’s most menacing yet.
Screenings.
Don’t Leave Home - Michael Tully
Michael Tully’s first feature since the low-dose nostalgia trip Ping Pong Summer leaves comfort for myth and mystery, a curiosity and obsession that leads an artist away from the hearth.
Screenings.
Field Guide To Evil - Anthology
This ”Global dark folklore anthology” features shorts from The Lure director Agniezka Smoczynska, Goodnight Mommy’s...
- 3/8/2018
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Aaron Hunt)
- Cinelinx
Exclusive: In a new clip from Shotgun from the writing-directing duo of Hannah Marks and Joey Power, we see Elliot (Jeremy Allen White, Shameless) and Mia (Maika Monroe, It Follows) recklessly demolish random stuff on a roof and then “roll hard” on Mdma. They are just young people living their best life — until we find out one of them is battling cancer. Flowing in the same vein as the drama Like Crazy and the romantic comedy The Big Sick, Shotgun marks the feature debut…...
- 3/6/2018
- Deadline
With Sundance 2018 wrapped up, the next major American festival is South by Southwest Film Festival and today they’ve announced their lineup. Opening with John Krasinski’s horror film A Quiet Place, it also includes some of our most-anticipated films of the year: Jody Hill’s Observe & Report follow-up The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter (which Netflix has announced they’ll release), Andrew Bujalski’s Support the Girls, and Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens follow-up, the sci-fi film Fast Color (pictured above) starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
Check out the lineup below for the festival that takes place March 9-18 in Austin. It also includes many Sundance 2018 titles, and you can see our reviews of those here.
Narrative Feature Competition
Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,408 narrative feature submissions in 2018.
Family
Director/Screenwriter: Laura Steinel
When an emotionally stunted 30 year-old woman is tasked...
Check out the lineup below for the festival that takes place March 9-18 in Austin. It also includes many Sundance 2018 titles, and you can see our reviews of those here.
Narrative Feature Competition
Ten world premieres; ten unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,408 narrative feature submissions in 2018.
Family
Director/Screenwriter: Laura Steinel
When an emotionally stunted 30 year-old woman is tasked...
- 2/1/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"If they hear you, they hunt you." Before it's released in theaters this April, John Krasinski's new post-apocalyptic movie A Quiet Place will have its world premiere as the opening night movie at South by Southwest.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world that's been ravaged by monsters attracted by sound, A Quiet Place was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, who also co-stars alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, and Millicent Simmonds.
Part of the Headliners screening slate, A Quiet Place will make its world premiere on March 9th ahead of the film's April 6th theatrical release from Paramount Pictures. This marks the third feature film behind the camera for Krasinski, who directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and The Hollars, as well as three episodes of The Office, on which he played the iconic character of Jim Halpert.
Other genre movies screening at SXSW, including the Midnighters slate, will be announced on February 7th,...
Set in a post-apocalyptic world that's been ravaged by monsters attracted by sound, A Quiet Place was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, who also co-stars alongside Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, and Millicent Simmonds.
Part of the Headliners screening slate, A Quiet Place will make its world premiere on March 9th ahead of the film's April 6th theatrical release from Paramount Pictures. This marks the third feature film behind the camera for Krasinski, who directed Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and The Hollars, as well as three episodes of The Office, on which he played the iconic character of Jim Halpert.
Other genre movies screening at SXSW, including the Midnighters slate, will be announced on February 7th,...
- 1/31/2018
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The 2018 SXSW Film and TV lineups have landed, and Austin’s programming of new films and TV shows looks like nothing else out there. As the film section enters its 25th anniversary and the festival’s top programmer Janet Pierson enters her 10th, SXSW remains a distinctive presence on the festival circuit, one that speaks to an ever-changing media landscape and the variability of filmmaking outside of Hollywood. Here are some of the standouts from the announcement.
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Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
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Daryl Hannah Made an Experimental Western With Willie Nelson
As calls for supporting women filmmakers continue to dominate the industry, SXSW’s program provides a compelling response. Its 10-movie narrative competition is dominated by eight women directors, varying wildly in age and experience. These include first-time director Hannah Marks, who co-directed the drama “Shotgun” with Joey Power. Marks...
- 1/31/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Jordan Peele’s The Last O.G to screen in Independent Episodic; Timur Bekmambetov’s Profile among SXSW line-up.
Source: Paramount Pictures
SXSW top brass on Wednesday (January 31) said the world premiere of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place will open the 25th edition of the festival, which runs in Austin, Texas, from March 9-18.
Krasinski directed and stars in horror-thriller A Quiet Place alongside his wife Emily Blunt in the tale of an isolated family living in silence for fear of attack by an unknown force than tracks sound. Platinum Dunes produced the feature, which opens in the Us through on April 6 through Paramount.
SXSW launches the inaugural Independent Episodic section this year, an expansion on the Episodic section launched in 2014. Overall, the festival will screen 132 features, with additional titles to be announced.
The full line-up will include 44 films from first-time filmmakers, 86 world premieres, 11 North American premieres and five Us premieres. The films were culled...
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SXSW top brass on Wednesday (January 31) said the world premiere of John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place will open the 25th edition of the festival, which runs in Austin, Texas, from March 9-18.
Krasinski directed and stars in horror-thriller A Quiet Place alongside his wife Emily Blunt in the tale of an isolated family living in silence for fear of attack by an unknown force than tracks sound. Platinum Dunes produced the feature, which opens in the Us through on April 6 through Paramount.
SXSW launches the inaugural Independent Episodic section this year, an expansion on the Episodic section launched in 2014. Overall, the festival will screen 132 features, with additional titles to be announced.
The full line-up will include 44 films from first-time filmmakers, 86 world premieres, 11 North American premieres and five Us premieres. The films were culled...
- 1/31/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The SXSW Conference and Festivals has announced its features lineup and opening night film, plus a selection of episodic titles for the 25th edition of the Film Festival, running this March in Austin, Texas. This year’s festival will open with John Krasinski’s Paramount-produced “A Quiet Place,” playing as part of the festival’s Headliners section. Elsewhere, the film lineup is stacked with a number of offerings from female filmmakers, including its Narrative Feature Competition, which includes eight films (out of ten) directed or co-directed by women, from Megan Griffiths’ “Sadie” to Stacy Cochran’s “Write When You Get Work.”
Other sections of the festival also include a heavily female bent, including three films in the Headliners section (which currently includes five titles), and the Narrative Spotlight section, which includes new films from Lynn Shelton, Miranda Bailey, Julia Hart, and Suzi Yoonessi. Those titles are joined by a slew of other SXSW regulars,...
Other sections of the festival also include a heavily female bent, including three films in the Headliners section (which currently includes five titles), and the Narrative Spotlight section, which includes new films from Lynn Shelton, Miranda Bailey, Julia Hart, and Suzi Yoonessi. Those titles are joined by a slew of other SXSW regulars,...
- 1/31/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Dirk Gently star Hannah Marks has co-written the script and will star in new indie comedy, Banana Split...
Hannah Marks is one of the many standouts in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency where she stars as punk rock wizard Amanda Brotzman. Now, the young actress is expanding her portfolio, co-writing the script for Banana Split, an upcoming indie comedy currently filming in Syracuse.
According to Deadline, Marks will star alongside The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody star Dylan Sprouse (aka the Sprouse twin not on Riverdale) and If I Stay's Liana Liberato. The film will be the feature debut for Ben Kasulke, who has an extensive resume as a cinematographer on such projects as Safety Not Guaranteed and the TV show Review. The film will be fully financed by American High, a new company from Mickey Liddell and Jeremy Garelick.
Banana Split will follow...
Dirk Gently star Hannah Marks has co-written the script and will star in new indie comedy, Banana Split...
Hannah Marks is one of the many standouts in Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency where she stars as punk rock wizard Amanda Brotzman. Now, the young actress is expanding her portfolio, co-writing the script for Banana Split, an upcoming indie comedy currently filming in Syracuse.
According to Deadline, Marks will star alongside The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody star Dylan Sprouse (aka the Sprouse twin not on Riverdale) and If I Stay's Liana Liberato. The film will be the feature debut for Ben Kasulke, who has an extensive resume as a cinematographer on such projects as Safety Not Guaranteed and the TV show Review. The film will be fully financed by American High, a new company from Mickey Liddell and Jeremy Garelick.
Banana Split will follow...
- 12/14/2017
- Den of Geek
by Seán McGovern
As Le Festival de Cannes begins and films in and out of competition are set to sparkle or explode, some are generating heat without even being made yet, as Variety reports. Scattered among some the hottest titles for sale are actresses who are always deserving of a big hit or Oscar buzz.
Tomei and Gershon having a wonderful time in 2004
Shotgun
Directors: Hannah Marks and Joey Power
Cast: Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, Marisa Tomei, Gina Gershon
A cancer dramedy starring Maika Monroe (It Follows). The names that stand out are Gina Gershon and Marisa Tomei, no doubt somehow aunts or mothers to the youngsters in the lead...
As Le Festival de Cannes begins and films in and out of competition are set to sparkle or explode, some are generating heat without even being made yet, as Variety reports. Scattered among some the hottest titles for sale are actresses who are always deserving of a big hit or Oscar buzz.
Tomei and Gershon having a wonderful time in 2004
Shotgun
Directors: Hannah Marks and Joey Power
Cast: Maika Monroe, Jeremy Allen White, Marisa Tomei, Gina Gershon
A cancer dramedy starring Maika Monroe (It Follows). The names that stand out are Gina Gershon and Marisa Tomei, no doubt somehow aunts or mothers to the youngsters in the lead...
- 5/17/2017
- by Seán McGovern
- FilmExperience
American Honey breakout star Sasha Lane has joined the cast of Shotgun, which will star Maika Monroe (It Follows, Independence Day: Resurgence) and Jeremy Allen White (Showtime’s Shameless).
The film, the directorial debut of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency star Hannah Marks and Joey Power, is based on the duo's original screenplay. Described as a unique romance blending heartfelt drama with offbeat comedy, Shotgun follows Elliot (White) and Mia (Monroe) as they develop a fast relationship after one of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness.
Yale Productions' Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein are producing,...
The film, the directorial debut of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency star Hannah Marks and Joey Power, is based on the duo's original screenplay. Described as a unique romance blending heartfelt drama with offbeat comedy, Shotgun follows Elliot (White) and Mia (Monroe) as they develop a fast relationship after one of them is diagnosed with a life-changing illness.
Yale Productions' Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein are producing,...
- 4/5/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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