Perspective is one of the building blocks of cinema. It’s often thought of as a visual tool, but it doesn’t stop there. The audience is forfeiting both their visual and auditory senses and it’s the filmmakers’ job to take them on a journey using both images and sound.
In sound world, we aren’t simply creating the literal reality of where a character is currently located; we’re using sound to give a sense of the emotional situation using the naturalistic elements of that location. It’s the process of creating an experience wherein the audience steps into the subjectivity of a character—and to create that, it isn’t always as simple as “see a dog, hear a dog.” The cut is what the audience sees and the sonic-perspective is what they feel.
Case in point: take a stressful scene, one where our hero screams out loud from angst and frustration.
In sound world, we aren’t simply creating the literal reality of where a character is currently located; we’re using sound to give a sense of the emotional situation using the naturalistic elements of that location. It’s the process of creating an experience wherein the audience steps into the subjectivity of a character—and to create that, it isn’t always as simple as “see a dog, hear a dog.” The cut is what the audience sees and the sonic-perspective is what they feel.
Case in point: take a stressful scene, one where our hero screams out loud from angst and frustration.
- 4/12/2024
- by Thomas Ouziel
- Film Independent News & More
On its 10th Anniversary, independent film studio Bleecker Street is celebrating its past while looking towards its future. Huzzah! Woohoo! The vibrant film distributor company has revealed a video to celebrate their 10th anniversary, featuring a look at their upcoming 2024 slate. Bleecker Street was formed in August 2014 by CEO Andrew Karpen, who is the former co-ceo of Focus Features. His new company is based in New York City and it was named after 65 Bleecker Street, the street address of Karpen's other company Focus Features. This brand new studio was established with the goal to distribute "smart house" films that combine the entertainment of studio blockbusters with the artistic indie allure. Even if you don't know them by name, you definitely know some of the films they've released over the last 10 years: I'll See You In My Dreams, Arctic, The Art of Self-Defense, Logan Lucky, Eye in the Sky, Leave No Trace,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Today, the Recording Academy is handing out all of their 2024 Grammy Award trophies!
If you don’t know, the televised show airs tonight at 8pm Et on CBS. However, most of the awards are actually handed out throughout the day during the pre-show event.
Taylor Swift made history during the show to become the first person to ever win Album of the Year four times.
We’ve gathered up every single winner (and nominee) here for you to see.
Head inside to see the complete list of winners from the telecast and pre-show…
See the full list of winners from the 2024 Grammys below…
Record Of The Year
“Worship,” Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough,” boygenius
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus – Winner!
“What Was I Made For?” [From The Motion Picture Barbie], Billie Eilish
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
“Kill Bill,” Sza
Album Of The Year
World Music Radio, Jon Batiste
the record,...
If you don’t know, the televised show airs tonight at 8pm Et on CBS. However, most of the awards are actually handed out throughout the day during the pre-show event.
Taylor Swift made history during the show to become the first person to ever win Album of the Year four times.
We’ve gathered up every single winner (and nominee) here for you to see.
Head inside to see the complete list of winners from the telecast and pre-show…
See the full list of winners from the 2024 Grammys below…
Record Of The Year
“Worship,” Jon Batiste
“Not Strong Enough,” boygenius
“Flowers,” Miley Cyrus – Winner!
“What Was I Made For?” [From The Motion Picture Barbie], Billie Eilish
“On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
“Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
“Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
“Kill Bill,” Sza
Album Of The Year
World Music Radio, Jon Batiste
the record,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The 66th Annual Grammy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 4, during two ceremonies: the afternoon Premiere Ceremony where most of the awards will be handed out, and the prime time telecast on CBS and Paramount+ hosted for the fourth year in a row by Trevor Noah. But who will win? Scroll down for our official odds in 37 categories, which are based on the combined predictions of Gold Derby users who have placed their bets here in our predictions center. Our projected winners are highlighted in gold.
Sza enters these awards with the most nominations (nine), followed by R&b breakout Victoria Monet, alternative singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and engineer/mixer Serban Ghenea with seven apiece. This year’s awards also marked a number of changes and updates. The Recording Academy consolidated its categories into just 11 fields in order to give voters more flexibility as to which categories they participate in.
Sza enters these awards with the most nominations (nine), followed by R&b breakout Victoria Monet, alternative singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and engineer/mixer Serban Ghenea with seven apiece. This year’s awards also marked a number of changes and updates. The Recording Academy consolidated its categories into just 11 fields in order to give voters more flexibility as to which categories they participate in.
- 2/2/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
It’s hard to imagine nowadays, but humans weren’t always at the top of the food chain. And with our ancestors being preyed upon by larger mammals and even our fellow humanoids, it stands to reason that we’d develop a generalized fear of the dark. That’s why it makes sense that cold places where the sun doesn’t routinely rise are naturally suited for spooky stories.
This is precisely what showrunner Issa López had in mind when she came up with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, a brand-new murder mystery that returns the anthology show to its horrific roots. And with new episodes dropping weekly, we’ve decided to help viewers get an additional fix of frigid frights by recommending six arctic thrillers to watch after Td: Night Country.
As usual, don’t forget to comment below with your own arctic favorites if you think we missed a particularly spooky one.
This is precisely what showrunner Issa López had in mind when she came up with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, a brand-new murder mystery that returns the anthology show to its horrific roots. And with new episodes dropping weekly, we’ve decided to help viewers get an additional fix of frigid frights by recommending six arctic thrillers to watch after Td: Night Country.
As usual, don’t forget to comment below with your own arctic favorites if you think we missed a particularly spooky one.
- 1/25/2024
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Viewers of True Detective: Night Country may find the forbidding darkness and snow-caked backdrop of the Arctic-set Max crime drama jarring, especially as Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in fur-hooded parkas breathe out cold wisps of air while investigating evil all around them.
But co-star Anna Lambe found the frigidly cold, dark filming set for the latest True Detective season more like home sweet home. “I was snug as a bug in a rug,” says the Inuk actor from Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost community, who tells The Hollywood Reporter she embraced the permanent darkness and freezing cold of a winter in Iceland, which doubled as remote Alaska during production.
Lambe plays Kayla Prior, the wife of young cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), who defends her family amid the primal beauty and ferocity of a snowbound Alaskan winter while Foster and Reis investigate a cold-case murder and the mysterious...
But co-star Anna Lambe found the frigidly cold, dark filming set for the latest True Detective season more like home sweet home. “I was snug as a bug in a rug,” says the Inuk actor from Grise Fiord, Nunavut, Canada’s northernmost community, who tells The Hollywood Reporter she embraced the permanent darkness and freezing cold of a winter in Iceland, which doubled as remote Alaska during production.
Lambe plays Kayla Prior, the wife of young cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), who defends her family amid the primal beauty and ferocity of a snowbound Alaskan winter while Foster and Reis investigate a cold-case murder and the mysterious...
- 1/17/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liz Danvers, chief of police in the remote Alaska town of Ennis, and heroine of True Detective: Night Country, is fond of telling other cops they’re asking the wrong questions, prodding them over and over until they ask the right one. With Night Country, there’s only one question: Was it worth resurrecting the long-dormant True Detective franchise — and without its original creator, Nic Pizzolatto?
The new season, created, directed, and largely written by Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid), and starring Jodie Foster, answers with a resounding, “Hell,...
The new season, created, directed, and largely written by Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid), and starring Jodie Foster, answers with a resounding, “Hell,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
There’s Violent Mads.. And Quiet Mads..
And now there’s Very Quiet Mads.
In his fifth Danish Oscar entry, “The Promised Land,” a Nordic pioneer Western from Nicolaj Arcel (Mikkelsen’s director from a decade ago on the nominated “A Royal Affair”), Mikkelsen delivers an almost silent, stoic, physical performance as captain-turned-potato-farmer Ludvig von Kahlen as he tries to tame the 18th-century Danish heath.
As the bastard son of a nobleman and his maid, making something of a piece of turf is the only way for the veteran to move up into the upper class. “He so desperately wants to become part of something that he hates, nobility,” Mikkelsen told IndieWire during a recent interview in Los Angeles. “They don’t deserve it. They haven’t worked for anything. He decides that he wants to be part of it.”
Back then people didn’t talk about their feelings. “His range of emotions is limited,...
And now there’s Very Quiet Mads.
In his fifth Danish Oscar entry, “The Promised Land,” a Nordic pioneer Western from Nicolaj Arcel (Mikkelsen’s director from a decade ago on the nominated “A Royal Affair”), Mikkelsen delivers an almost silent, stoic, physical performance as captain-turned-potato-farmer Ludvig von Kahlen as he tries to tame the 18th-century Danish heath.
As the bastard son of a nobleman and his maid, making something of a piece of turf is the only way for the veteran to move up into the upper class. “He so desperately wants to become part of something that he hates, nobility,” Mikkelsen told IndieWire during a recent interview in Los Angeles. “They don’t deserve it. They haven’t worked for anything. He decides that he wants to be part of it.”
Back then people didn’t talk about their feelings. “His range of emotions is limited,...
- 11/14/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The 2024 Grammy Awards nominees were announced Friday morning (November 10th), and Metallica lead the way among metal acts with three nods.
In the Best Metal Performance category, Metallica’s “72 Seasons” will compete against Disturbed’s “Bad Man,” Ghost’s cover of Iron Maiden’s “Phantom of the Opera,” Slipknot’s “Hive Mind,” and Spiritbox’s “Jaded.”
Metallica’s 72 Seasons LP is up against Foo Fighters’ But Here We Are, Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher, Paramore’s This Is Why, and Queens of the Stone Age’s In Time New Roman… in the Best Rock Album category.
And in the Best Performance Song field, Metallica’s “Lux Æterna” will vie with tunes by Arctic Monkeys (“Sculptures of Anything Goes”), Black Pumas (“More Than a Love Song”), boygenius (“Not Strong Enough”), and Foo Fighters (“Rescued”).
The only rock category Metallica won’t compete in is Best Rock Song, where the nods went...
In the Best Metal Performance category, Metallica’s “72 Seasons” will compete against Disturbed’s “Bad Man,” Ghost’s cover of Iron Maiden’s “Phantom of the Opera,” Slipknot’s “Hive Mind,” and Spiritbox’s “Jaded.”
Metallica’s 72 Seasons LP is up against Foo Fighters’ But Here We Are, Greta Van Fleet’s Starcatcher, Paramore’s This Is Why, and Queens of the Stone Age’s In Time New Roman… in the Best Rock Album category.
And in the Best Performance Song field, Metallica’s “Lux Æterna” will vie with tunes by Arctic Monkeys (“Sculptures of Anything Goes”), Black Pumas (“More Than a Love Song”), boygenius (“Not Strong Enough”), and Foo Fighters (“Rescued”).
The only rock category Metallica won’t compete in is Best Rock Song, where the nods went...
- 11/10/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen will be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye Award for career achievement at the fest’s upcoming 19th edition.
Mikkelsen will receive the award on October 6 before presenting his new film, the Venice competition pic The Promised Land. In the film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel, Mikkelsen plays impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen who tries to make the the harsh, uninhabitable Jutland heath fertile and defend it against thieves in the 18th century.
Alongside The Promised Land screening, Mikkelsen will also hold a masterclass at Zurich, during which he will talk about his film and his career.
“Mads Mikkelsen is a very charismatic actor who always completely immerses himself in his characters and captivates the audience with his looks and physical performance,” said Zurich artistic director Christian Jungen.
“He radiates strength and sometimes vulnerability at the same time and, as a leading actor, is able...
Mikkelsen will receive the award on October 6 before presenting his new film, the Venice competition pic The Promised Land. In the film, directed by Nikolaj Arcel, Mikkelsen plays impoverished Captain Ludvig Kahlen who tries to make the the harsh, uninhabitable Jutland heath fertile and defend it against thieves in the 18th century.
Alongside The Promised Land screening, Mikkelsen will also hold a masterclass at Zurich, during which he will talk about his film and his career.
“Mads Mikkelsen is a very charismatic actor who always completely immerses himself in his characters and captivates the audience with his looks and physical performance,” said Zurich artistic director Christian Jungen.
“He radiates strength and sometimes vulnerability at the same time and, as a leading actor, is able...
- 9/18/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Plimsoll Productions, an ITV Studios company, has promoted veteran producer James Smith to head of adventure.
In his new position, Smith will focus on adventure programming and report to Martha Holmes, Plimsoll’s chief creative officer of natural history and science. Currently, Smith oversees “Free Solo” rock climber Alex Honnold’s series for Disney+ and National Geographic, including the Alaskan expedition quest “The Last Frontier” and the upcoming “Arctic Ascent.” Smith also worked on the Emmy-nominated docuseries “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World,” narrated by Pedro Pascal.
Previously, Smith headed Plimsoll’s special and live events department, executive producing National Geographic’s “Yellowstone Live” and “Earth Live.” Prior to Plimsoll, Smith worked in the BBC’s national history unit, where he directed the BAFTA-winning series “Tribe,” hosted by Bruce Parry. He also worked on the Parry-hosted “Amazon” and its follow-up series “Arctic,” as well as docuseries “Springwatch,” “Autumnwatch” and “Winterwatch.
In his new position, Smith will focus on adventure programming and report to Martha Holmes, Plimsoll’s chief creative officer of natural history and science. Currently, Smith oversees “Free Solo” rock climber Alex Honnold’s series for Disney+ and National Geographic, including the Alaskan expedition quest “The Last Frontier” and the upcoming “Arctic Ascent.” Smith also worked on the Emmy-nominated docuseries “Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World,” narrated by Pedro Pascal.
Previously, Smith headed Plimsoll’s special and live events department, executive producing National Geographic’s “Yellowstone Live” and “Earth Live.” Prior to Plimsoll, Smith worked in the BBC’s national history unit, where he directed the BAFTA-winning series “Tribe,” hosted by Bruce Parry. He also worked on the Parry-hosted “Amazon” and its follow-up series “Arctic,” as well as docuseries “Springwatch,” “Autumnwatch” and “Winterwatch.
- 8/16/2023
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Be it the feeling of atmospheric isolation, reconnecting with primal instincts, or the pervasive insignificance of human existence, something about venturing into the wilderness clicks so very well with thriller narratives that survival suspense tales have become a genre in themselves. Away from urban security, the tales plunge viewers into a world of uncertainty where unbound human nature shows its true face, and before we know it, the setting becomes the intangible antagonist the leads need to conquer. The recently released survival thriller River Wild, which is a remake of the much superior original one, although not the best venture the subgenre has to offer, follows the basic tenets of it in showcasing the perilous misadventure of a group of campers.
We would like to recommend some other great survival thrillers that you can enjoy if River Wild has piqued your interest in the subgenre. A couple of these might...
We would like to recommend some other great survival thrillers that you can enjoy if River Wild has piqued your interest in the subgenre. A couple of these might...
- 8/8/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
The opening scene of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” takes fans back to the 1940s as a de-aged Harrison Ford faces off with Nazi scientist Dr. Voller (Mads Mikkelsen) in the aftermath of World War II. Soon after, the film fast forwards several decades and shows Voller still clinging to the past by obsessing over Hitler’s defeat.
The villainous loser is the kind of character that Mikkelsen has become synonymous with in recent years — and the actor is well aware of his reputation for playing sleazy figures. In a new interview with GQ, Mikkelsen explained that he has always been most comfortable playing offbeat, sinister characters.
“To combine it — to do something real and also be a cutie pie — I don’t really find it interesting,” Mikkelsen said. “I’m not into the ‘hair falling in your eyes, be cute in a corner.’ Not me. The losers are fun.
The villainous loser is the kind of character that Mikkelsen has become synonymous with in recent years — and the actor is well aware of his reputation for playing sleazy figures. In a new interview with GQ, Mikkelsen explained that he has always been most comfortable playing offbeat, sinister characters.
“To combine it — to do something real and also be a cutie pie — I don’t really find it interesting,” Mikkelsen said. “I’m not into the ‘hair falling in your eyes, be cute in a corner.’ Not me. The losers are fun.
- 7/2/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first scripted TV series, the Jennifer Lopez-starring action film The Mother and documentaries featuring Anna Nicole Smith and Barack Obama are among the high-profile projects hitting Netflix this month.
At the end of May, the streamer is dropping the Schwarzenegger-starring spy comedy Fubar, in which the former California governor and Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro play a father and daughter who discover they’ve each been secretly working as CIA operatives as they’re forced to team up and get to know each other’s true selves.
And earlier this month, in time for Mother’s Day, Lopez plays an assassin who emerges from hiding to protect a daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier in The Mother, streaming this Friday. The Niki Caro-directed action movie also stars Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci and Gael Garcia Bernal and was written by Andrea Berloff,...
At the end of May, the streamer is dropping the Schwarzenegger-starring spy comedy Fubar, in which the former California governor and Top Gun: Maverick’s Monica Barbaro play a father and daughter who discover they’ve each been secretly working as CIA operatives as they’re forced to team up and get to know each other’s true selves.
And earlier this month, in time for Mother’s Day, Lopez plays an assassin who emerges from hiding to protect a daughter she gave up for adoption years earlier in The Mother, streaming this Friday. The Niki Caro-directed action movie also stars Joseph Fiennes, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Paul Raci and Gael Garcia Bernal and was written by Andrea Berloff,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: French wildlife director Guillaume Maidatchevsky has revealed fresh details about his upcoming live-action Arctic fox adventure Kina & Yuk, on which Newen Connect is launching sales at the EFM.
Driven by the impact of climate change and the melting of the Polar ice packs, the drama follows an arctic fox couple who are separated when the male gets trapped on a piece of breakaway ice, leaving his heavily pregnant mate to survive on her own, as hunger and predators close in.
The drama brings the protagonists into contact with a host of other Arctic animals including lemmings, polar bears, red foxes, arctic wolves and minks.
Like Maidatchevsky’s breakthrough first feature Alio’s Journey (aka A Reindeer’s Journey), the new film will be created out of live-action footage of real animals in their natural habitats.
Maidatchevsky and his compact crew have been shooting in the Yukon in Northwestern Canada,...
Driven by the impact of climate change and the melting of the Polar ice packs, the drama follows an arctic fox couple who are separated when the male gets trapped on a piece of breakaway ice, leaving his heavily pregnant mate to survive on her own, as hunger and predators close in.
The drama brings the protagonists into contact with a host of other Arctic animals including lemmings, polar bears, red foxes, arctic wolves and minks.
Like Maidatchevsky’s breakthrough first feature Alio’s Journey (aka A Reindeer’s Journey), the new film will be created out of live-action footage of real animals in their natural habitats.
Maidatchevsky and his compact crew have been shooting in the Yukon in Northwestern Canada,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Columbia University revealed its winners for the 2023 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards Monday night. The annual awards honor the best in broadcast journalism, documentary and digital reporting.
CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Norah O’Donnell and Co-Anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the ceremony in person in New York City at the Low Memorial Library for the first time in three years.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work … this truly phenomenal journalism,” O’Donnell said in her opening remarks. “But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them. As any journalist knows, this type of journalism is met with resistance — but you never gave up!”
She continued, “Know this: The work that you do is more important than ever. In the era of the 24-hour news cycle, the painstaking reporting and storytelling — is vital.
CBS Evening News Anchor and Managing Editor Norah O’Donnell and Co-Anchor of PBS NewsHour Amna Nawaz hosted the ceremony in person in New York City at the Low Memorial Library for the first time in three years.
“Tonight’s honorees are recognized for the quality of their work … this truly phenomenal journalism,” O’Donnell said in her opening remarks. “But we also want to recognize the courage it took to embark on reporting these difficult stories and the doggedness to complete them. As any journalist knows, this type of journalism is met with resistance — but you never gave up!”
She continued, “Know this: The work that you do is more important than ever. In the era of the 24-hour news cycle, the painstaking reporting and storytelling — is vital.
- 2/7/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fans of Danny and Michael Philippou are in for a big scare. The Australian twins, known as the creators of the RackaRacka YouTube channel, have inked a distribution deal for their feature film Talk To Me. The horror flick premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will receive a theatrical run thanks to A24.
Talk To Me stars Sophia Wilde as a teenager who grapples with haunted visions after attempting to speak with her mother during a séance. The supporting cast features a number of actors who hail from RackaRacka’s home country, including Miranda Otto of Lord of the Rings fame.
Danny Philippou wrote the Talk To Me scripted with Bill Hinzman and helmed the film alongside his twin brother. Audiences got their first look at the picture during Sundance, where Talk To Me was part of the Midnight Selections lineup. A24 then swooped in for a deal The...
Talk To Me stars Sophia Wilde as a teenager who grapples with haunted visions after attempting to speak with her mother during a séance. The supporting cast features a number of actors who hail from RackaRacka’s home country, including Miranda Otto of Lord of the Rings fame.
Danny Philippou wrote the Talk To Me scripted with Bill Hinzman and helmed the film alongside his twin brother. Audiences got their first look at the picture during Sundance, where Talk To Me was part of the Midnight Selections lineup. A24 then swooped in for a deal The...
- 2/3/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Executive will be based in London and has worked at Electric Entertainment, Umbrella Entertainment.
With the EFM around the corner, Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer has appointed Hannah Keogh international sales executive, effective immediately.
Keogh will report directly to Steinbauer and joins fellow Radiant Sales executive Karis Aldridge in the company’s London office.
She previously worked alongside the international sales team at Electric Entertainment and acquired titles such as Bad Samaritan starring David Tennant and Kerry Condon and sci-fi thriller The Deal.
Prior to that she spent two years in theatrical marketing at Australian distributor Umbrella Entertainment,...
With the EFM around the corner, Radiant Films International president and CEO Mimi Steinbauer has appointed Hannah Keogh international sales executive, effective immediately.
Keogh will report directly to Steinbauer and joins fellow Radiant Sales executive Karis Aldridge in the company’s London office.
She previously worked alongside the international sales team at Electric Entertainment and acquired titles such as Bad Samaritan starring David Tennant and Kerry Condon and sci-fi thriller The Deal.
Prior to that she spent two years in theatrical marketing at Australian distributor Umbrella Entertainment,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders says the band would be “interested” in writing a James Bond theme song.
Helders was discussing the Sheffield band’s seventh studio album The Car during an interview with NME after the publication named it album of the year.
Asked if the band would ever make a Bond theme song, Helders said: “I’m sure it’s something we would still be interested in, but I don’t think it’s officially been proposed.”
The drummer then joked that he believed frontman Alex Turner was already writing tunes that sound like Bond songs.
“However, it is almost like Alex is already writing Bond themes,” he said. “There just ain’t a film that’s been made and is ready [for his songs] yet!”
The band recently announced their long awaited UK and Ireland tour, which will visit stadium venues throughout May and June next year.
The tour will include dates in London,...
Helders was discussing the Sheffield band’s seventh studio album The Car during an interview with NME after the publication named it album of the year.
Asked if the band would ever make a Bond theme song, Helders said: “I’m sure it’s something we would still be interested in, but I don’t think it’s officially been proposed.”
The drummer then joked that he believed frontman Alex Turner was already writing tunes that sound like Bond songs.
“However, it is almost like Alex is already writing Bond themes,” he said. “There just ain’t a film that’s been made and is ready [for his songs] yet!”
The band recently announced their long awaited UK and Ireland tour, which will visit stadium venues throughout May and June next year.
The tour will include dates in London,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Reading and Leeds festival-goers have documented the “carnage” of the final day of the festival on TikTok.
Videos showing bonfires with tents and chairs set on fire have been circulating on social media.
TikTok users have expressed their frustration with the behaviour of attendees. “There’s always someone that has to ruin it,” one commenter said.
“There shouldn’t be Reading next year if this is how you lot are gonna behave,” said another.
In another video – captioned: “Pov it’s the last day of Reading and it’s absolute carnage” – people can be seen throwing objects at each other.
“It’s like a scene out of walking dead,” reads one comment, while someone else wrote: “I should add surviving purple camp to my cv lol”.
@angelbryantt
had tears walking through purple camp escaped just in time before the fires started...
Videos showing bonfires with tents and chairs set on fire have been circulating on social media.
TikTok users have expressed their frustration with the behaviour of attendees. “There’s always someone that has to ruin it,” one commenter said.
“There shouldn’t be Reading next year if this is how you lot are gonna behave,” said another.
In another video – captioned: “Pov it’s the last day of Reading and it’s absolute carnage” – people can be seen throwing objects at each other.
“It’s like a scene out of walking dead,” reads one comment, while someone else wrote: “I should add surviving purple camp to my cv lol”.
@angelbryantt
had tears walking through purple camp escaped just in time before the fires started...
- 8/29/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Alex Honnold, the climber known for summiting El Capitan with no ropes in the documentary Free Solo, added another massive climbing achievement to his resume.
> Watch Alex Honnold’s uINTERVIEW!
Honnold shared an impressive size comparison showing how much higher Ingmikortilaq in Greenland was than his previous titanic climbs.
The rock face was almost 4,000 feet tall, and Honnold said on Twitter that he did the climb along with the British climber Hazel Findlay.
Hazel Findlay & I completed an epic first ascent of Ingmikortilaq, a remote 3,750-foot rock wall in eastern Greenland. For more on the climb, watch GMA and visit https://t.co/Mdgfm98G07. pic.twitter.com/TWQwHUPxbd
— Alex Honnold (@AlexHonnold) August 18, 2022
Honnold and the rest of the team had to travel far via air and water vehicles to the remote Greenland location and spent about five days hanging and securing ropes for the climb.
He said on GMA,...
> Watch Alex Honnold’s uINTERVIEW!
Honnold shared an impressive size comparison showing how much higher Ingmikortilaq in Greenland was than his previous titanic climbs.
The rock face was almost 4,000 feet tall, and Honnold said on Twitter that he did the climb along with the British climber Hazel Findlay.
Hazel Findlay & I completed an epic first ascent of Ingmikortilaq, a remote 3,750-foot rock wall in eastern Greenland. For more on the climb, watch GMA and visit https://t.co/Mdgfm98G07. pic.twitter.com/TWQwHUPxbd
— Alex Honnold (@AlexHonnold) August 18, 2022
Honnold and the rest of the team had to travel far via air and water vehicles to the remote Greenland location and spent about five days hanging and securing ropes for the climb.
He said on GMA,...
- 8/28/2022
- by Jacob Linden
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Stowaway helmer Joe Penna is set to direct Endeavor Content’s sci-fi thriller Trespasser. Jason Fuchs, Brad Fuller and Alixandra Fuchs will produce the project, with Alex Ginno serving as executive producer. The film is based on a Black List screenplay by Gabe Hobson and adapted from Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics-published graphic novel.
The grounded genre story is set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a father and daughter living in isolation encounter a mysterious otherworldly creature and are thrust into a journey of peril, survival and redemption.
Trespasser was originally published in 2016 as a four-issue digital series available for download through Amazon’s Comixology portal. The following year, Ryan, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a trade paperback version that collected all four of the original digital issues.
Penna broke onto the scene with the survival pic Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, a 2018 Cannes official selection.
The grounded genre story is set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a father and daughter living in isolation encounter a mysterious otherworldly creature and are thrust into a journey of peril, survival and redemption.
Trespasser was originally published in 2016 as a four-issue digital series available for download through Amazon’s Comixology portal. The following year, Ryan, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a trade paperback version that collected all four of the original digital issues.
Penna broke onto the scene with the survival pic Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, a 2018 Cannes official selection.
- 8/24/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films available to stream is a recommendation for a tough Mads Mikkelsen survival thriller
I’d happily watch Mads Mikkelsen sit in silence for an hour and a half. Whether he’s playing a weepy-eyed Bond villain, an alcoholic teacher, or the bloke who designed the Death Star, the Danish actor imbues all of his performances with a sort of brooding intensity that often transcends the need for any form of dialogue. That’s exactly why he’s the perfect casting for Arctic, an icy survival drama in which his deserted protagonist has no one to speak to, aside from himself, a barely conscious helicopter co-pilot and a very angry polar bear.
Directed by Joe Penna, a former YouTuber making his feature debut, Arctic was initially screened at Cannes in 2018, but later went under the radar thanks to a limited theatrical release.
I’d happily watch Mads Mikkelsen sit in silence for an hour and a half. Whether he’s playing a weepy-eyed Bond villain, an alcoholic teacher, or the bloke who designed the Death Star, the Danish actor imbues all of his performances with a sort of brooding intensity that often transcends the need for any form of dialogue. That’s exactly why he’s the perfect casting for Arctic, an icy survival drama in which his deserted protagonist has no one to speak to, aside from himself, a barely conscious helicopter co-pilot and a very angry polar bear.
Directed by Joe Penna, a former YouTuber making his feature debut, Arctic was initially screened at Cannes in 2018, but later went under the radar thanks to a limited theatrical release.
- 3/23/2022
- by Chris Edwards
- The Guardian - Film News
Roughly three months after her death, the stately Los Angeles compound of Martha De Laurentiis has popped up for sale, armed with a hefty $37.5 million asking price. The longtime home of the filmmaker and her legendary producer husband, Dino De Laurentiis, who passed away back in 2010, the nearly 6,000-square-foot mansion was built in the 1940s and sits in the mountains above Beverly Hills, replete with jaw-dropping vistas stretching from downtown L.A. to the Pacific Ocean.
The Italy-born Oscar winner and his American wife acquired the spread 35 years ago for about $2.8 million and subsequently embarked on an elaborate customization of the premises. They renovated the kitchen, converted a portion of the attic into a bedroom and bath, and added a tennis court; Martha also later installed solar panels in the canyon below.
Once upon a time, the residence was also owned by millionaire restaurateur Steve Crane, former husband of Lana Turner,...
The Italy-born Oscar winner and his American wife acquired the spread 35 years ago for about $2.8 million and subsequently embarked on an elaborate customization of the premises. They renovated the kitchen, converted a portion of the attic into a bedroom and bath, and added a tennis court; Martha also later installed solar panels in the canyon below.
Once upon a time, the residence was also owned by millionaire restaurateur Steve Crane, former husband of Lana Turner,...
- 3/17/2022
- by Wendy Bowman, Dirt.com
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The new year is continuing apace at Hulu. The streamer’s list of new releases for February 2022 is highlighted by one very interesting project.
Pam and Tommy is set to premiere on Feb. 2. Perhaps the Groundhog Day release date is intentional as the show will cover a particular moment of celebrity, sex, and exploitation from the early ’90s that seems to have repeated itself over and over. Sebastian Stan and Lily James star as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson and the series follows the events and fallout of their homemade sex tape being stolen and unleashed on a nascent internet. If nothing else, getting the promo photos of Stan and James as the ’90s stars was worth it.
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Another Hulu original,...
Pam and Tommy is set to premiere on Feb. 2. Perhaps the Groundhog Day release date is intentional as the show will cover a particular moment of celebrity, sex, and exploitation from the early ’90s that seems to have repeated itself over and over. Sebastian Stan and Lily James star as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson and the series follows the events and fallout of their homemade sex tape being stolen and unleashed on a nascent internet. If nothing else, getting the promo photos of Stan and James as the ’90s stars was worth it.
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Another Hulu original,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Martha De Laurentiis, a producer with more than forty years of experience in the entertainment industry and wife of the late Dino De Laurentiis, died on Saturday following a long battle with cancer. She was 67.
News of De Laurentiis’ death was shared on Instagram by television writer and producer Bryan Fuller. Fuller developed and executive produced the NBC series “Hannibal,” an adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novels which featured Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. De Laurentiis was an executive producer on the series.
“What an amazing lady. Martha De Laurentiis left us yesterday peacefully with her family at her side,” Fuller wrote. “Long live Martha and her brilliant legacy.”
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Martha De Laurentiis was born on July 10, 1954. She formed the Dino De Laurentiis Company in 1980 with her partner and eventual husband, Dino. The two wed in 1990 and remained married...
News of De Laurentiis’ death was shared on Instagram by television writer and producer Bryan Fuller. Fuller developed and executive produced the NBC series “Hannibal,” an adaptation of Thomas Harris’ novels which featured Mads Mikkelsen as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. De Laurentiis was an executive producer on the series.
“What an amazing lady. Martha De Laurentiis left us yesterday peacefully with her family at her side,” Fuller wrote. “Long live Martha and her brilliant legacy.”
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Martha De Laurentiis was born on July 10, 1954. She formed the Dino De Laurentiis Company in 1980 with her partner and eventual husband, Dino. The two wed in 1990 and remained married...
- 12/5/2021
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Martha De Laurentiis, an American film and TV producer and wife of Dino De Laurentiis, died early in the morning of December 4 after a long battle with cancer.
“My mother was both a warm, generous, optimistic soul – my father always referred to her as his ‘sunshine’ – and a fierce protector,” her daughter Dina De Laurentiis told Deadline today. “A treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, and a friend who touched so many, as well as a nurturer – and protector – of creative people on the movies and television she loved. She put family first, but got up every morning passionate about building upon my father’s legacy and continuing to forge her own. Her kindness, intelligence and grace will continue to inspire us.”
Due to Covid-19 concerns, there will be small, private memorial service in the near future.
The expansive producing resume of Martha De Laurentiis (credited as Martha Schumacher until 1995) includes such films as Breakdown,...
“My mother was both a warm, generous, optimistic soul – my father always referred to her as his ‘sunshine’ – and a fierce protector,” her daughter Dina De Laurentiis told Deadline today. “A treasured wife, mother, and grandmother, and a friend who touched so many, as well as a nurturer – and protector – of creative people on the movies and television she loved. She put family first, but got up every morning passionate about building upon my father’s legacy and continuing to forge her own. Her kindness, intelligence and grace will continue to inspire us.”
Due to Covid-19 concerns, there will be small, private memorial service in the near future.
The expansive producing resume of Martha De Laurentiis (credited as Martha Schumacher until 1995) includes such films as Breakdown,...
- 12/5/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Grammy winners Roddy Ricch (“The Box”), Ella Mai (“Boo’d Up”) and Macy Gray (“I Try”) have signed on to star in the animated feature, Sneaks, with five-time nominee Swae Lee (“Sunflower”) and NBA superstar Chris Paul also joining the cast.
As previously announced, Oscar nominee Laurence Fishburne will also lend his voice and produce, with multi-platinum and Grammy-winning producer and artist Mustard serving as the film’s executive music producer.
The feature from Lengi Studios and Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions centers on a pair of misplaced sneakers that end up lost in New York City and must find a way to get back to their “sole mates.” With the help of a charming oxford (Mai), an elegant stiletto (Gray), and a gifted young athlete (Lee), they must band together to thwart the evil Collector (Fishburne) and the mysterious Forger (Ricch).
Paul will play himself, hosting a Met...
As previously announced, Oscar nominee Laurence Fishburne will also lend his voice and produce, with multi-platinum and Grammy-winning producer and artist Mustard serving as the film’s executive music producer.
The feature from Lengi Studios and Fishburne’s Cinema Gypsy Productions centers on a pair of misplaced sneakers that end up lost in New York City and must find a way to get back to their “sole mates.” With the help of a charming oxford (Mai), an elegant stiletto (Gray), and a gifted young athlete (Lee), they must band together to thwart the evil Collector (Fishburne) and the mysterious Forger (Ricch).
Paul will play himself, hosting a Met...
- 10/27/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This is what life has been like for Mads Mikkelsen since “Another Round” collected the Best International Feature Film Oscar last month. He started rehearsing James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones 5” with Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, bookending the year he began with yet another franchise villain, Gellert Grindelwald, replacing Johnny Depp in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3.”
“I’m playing misunderstood people,” he said, smiling over Zoom. “I’ve had a few non-villainous American roles that tend to be the baddies; I did an American film called ‘Arctic.’ He’s not a villain, so I’m grateful for that. Maybe times will turn a little, and people are watching a little more of the Danish stuff. Maybe they’ll accept a funny accent for an everyday-man character. If that’s not the case, I’m happy with what I’m doing. I’m happy I’ve...
“I’m playing misunderstood people,” he said, smiling over Zoom. “I’ve had a few non-villainous American roles that tend to be the baddies; I did an American film called ‘Arctic.’ He’s not a villain, so I’m grateful for that. Maybe times will turn a little, and people are watching a little more of the Danish stuff. Maybe they’ll accept a funny accent for an everyday-man character. If that’s not the case, I’m happy with what I’m doing. I’m happy I’ve...
- 5/13/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
This is what life has been like for Mads Mikkelsen since “Another Round” collected the Best International Feature Film Oscar last month. He started rehearsing James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones 5” with Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to be followed by a role as Kaecilius in Marvel’s “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” That will bookend the year he began with yet another franchise villain, Gellert Grindelwald, replacing Johnny Depp in “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 3.”
“I’m playing misunderstood people,” he said, smiling over Zoom. “I’ve had a few non-villainous American roles that tend to be the baddies; I did an American film called ‘Arctic.’ He’s not a villain, so I’m grateful for that. Maybe times will turn a little, and people are watching a little more of the Danish stuff. Maybe they’ll accept a funny accent for an everyday-man character.
“I’m playing misunderstood people,” he said, smiling over Zoom. “I’ve had a few non-villainous American roles that tend to be the baddies; I did an American film called ‘Arctic.’ He’s not a villain, so I’m grateful for that. Maybe times will turn a little, and people are watching a little more of the Danish stuff. Maybe they’ll accept a funny accent for an everyday-man character.
- 5/13/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
As Joe Penna’s “Stowaway” blasts off to Mars in its opening moments, we quickly learn the archetypes of the anxious astronaut trio at its center: Dr. Zoe Levenson (Anna Kendrick) is the energetic one, Commander Marina Barnett (Toni Collette) is the cooly collected one, and Dr. David Kim (Daniel Dae Kim) is the quiet one. Bound together by their mutual intellect and excitement for their two-year mission, they make a solid team. Everything is going just fine — except, that is, for the unexpected fourth member of their mission, an unconscious and injured stranger (Shamier Anderson), stuck up inside a vital piece of machinery and dripping blood onto the space station floor.
Such is the fascinating conceit of “Stowaway,”
The film’s opening act is an impressive one, with Penna only improving upon the skills that made his last feature, the similarly chilling adventure drama “Arctic,” such a riveting watch.
Such is the fascinating conceit of “Stowaway,”
The film’s opening act is an impressive one, with Penna only improving upon the skills that made his last feature, the similarly chilling adventure drama “Arctic,” such a riveting watch.
- 4/22/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Premiering online timed to Earth Day from Field of Vision is a stunning and poetic Arctic-shot short, Utuqaq, directed by Iva Radivojević. Acting as her own cinematographer, Radivojević counterpoints elegant and abstract patterns across sweeping planes of ice with more human-scale documentation of the work of four researchers drilling ice cores in the region’s freezing temperatures. The narration — in Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) by Aviaja Lyberth — is from the point of the view of the ice itself, evoking the earth’s geological memory as it confronts efforts of the researchers working in the moment to learn about what is being lost […]
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- 4/22/2021
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Premiering online timed to Earth Day from Field of Vision is a stunning and poetic Arctic-shot short, Utuqaq, directed by Iva Radivojević. Acting as her own cinematographer, Radivojević counterpoints elegant and abstract patterns across sweeping planes of ice with more human-scale documentation of the work of four researchers drilling ice cores in the region’s freezing temperatures. The narration — in Kalaallisut (West Greenlandic) by Aviaja Lyberth — is from the point of the view of the ice itself, evoking the earth’s geological memory as it confronts efforts of the researchers working in the moment to learn about what is being lost […]
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- 4/22/2021
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
What’s the thing that a good movie director does? In a way, that’s a silly question, since good directors do a thousand things, and filmmakers are diverse creatures. But in an age of freeze-dried blockbuster storytelling, it’s important to remind yourself that a good director leads you through a story step by step, moment by moment, always creating an honest immersion out of human dynamics.
Joe Penna is that kind of director. He’s a natural; whatever “it” is, he’s got it. “Stowaway” is only his second feature, and like the first, “Arctic” (2018), which starred Mads Mikkelsen as an explorer stranded in the frozen wilderness, it’s a tale of survival in extreme circumstances. This one is an outer-space adventure, which these days makes you think that it must be a spectacle film. But
The movie opens in the capsule during liftoff, with Penna taking a page from “First Man,...
Joe Penna is that kind of director. He’s a natural; whatever “it” is, he’s got it. “Stowaway” is only his second feature, and like the first, “Arctic” (2018), which starred Mads Mikkelsen as an explorer stranded in the frozen wilderness, it’s a tale of survival in extreme circumstances. This one is an outer-space adventure, which these days makes you think that it must be a spectacle film. But
The movie opens in the capsule during liftoff, with Penna taking a page from “First Man,...
- 4/22/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
The famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole, so when you watch “Amundsen: The Greatest Expedition,” you may think you’ve got a good idea of the movie you have in store: an adventure at once exciting and treacherous, set in the frozen wilderness, with a stoic Nordic hero at its center — the kind of man who might have been played a few decades ago by Max von Sydow. “Amundsen” has scattered moments of tense physical drama, set against glacial Arctic vistas of fantastic authenticity. You really feel like you’re there.
The movie opens with two men in a propeller plane conking out in the middle of the icy nowhere. One of them is the aging Roald Amundsen (Pål Sverre Hagen), who reveals a hawkish profile of calm, imperious, almost sneering indomitability; the other is a man who can no longer feel his feet.
The movie opens with two men in a propeller plane conking out in the middle of the icy nowhere. One of them is the aging Roald Amundsen (Pål Sverre Hagen), who reveals a hawkish profile of calm, imperious, almost sneering indomitability; the other is a man who can no longer feel his feet.
- 4/4/2021
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Toni Collette and Anna Kendrick encounter an impossible situation on their way to Mars in the new trailer for Stowaway, out April 22nd on Netflix.
Kendrick plays Zoe, a medical researcher who discovers Michael (Shamier Anderson), an accidental stowaway and launch plan engineer. He meets the three-person crew that includes Toni Collette (commander) and Daniel Dae Kim (biologist).
A million miles away from Earth and unable to take him back, the crew recruits Michael on their two-year trip to Mars, but chaos ensues when life support begins to dwindle and...
Kendrick plays Zoe, a medical researcher who discovers Michael (Shamier Anderson), an accidental stowaway and launch plan engineer. He meets the three-person crew that includes Toni Collette (commander) and Daniel Dae Kim (biologist).
A million miles away from Earth and unable to take him back, the crew recruits Michael on their two-year trip to Mars, but chaos ensues when life support begins to dwindle and...
- 3/24/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
In the new sci-fi drama “Stowaway,” Toni Colette commands a small crew of four people leading a two-year mission to Mars in hopes of one day colonizing the planet. The only problem is, she knows only three of the four will be able to survive.
“Stowaway” launches on Netflix next month, and it’s the story of an unintended stowaway who finds himself aboard a shuttle to Mars, stuck away from his family for two years. But when he accidentally causes severe damage to the ship’s life support systems, the crew realizes they only have enough oxygen for three people to survive, leading the crew to make the tough choice of turning back and sacrificing their goal or putting someone’s life in danger.
“For their sanity, they need to try this,” Collette says in the trailer. “It’s imperative that we try.”
Starring alongside Collette are Anna Kendrick,...
“Stowaway” launches on Netflix next month, and it’s the story of an unintended stowaway who finds himself aboard a shuttle to Mars, stuck away from his family for two years. But when he accidentally causes severe damage to the ship’s life support systems, the crew realizes they only have enough oxygen for three people to survive, leading the crew to make the tough choice of turning back and sacrificing their goal or putting someone’s life in danger.
“For their sanity, they need to try this,” Collette says in the trailer. “It’s imperative that we try.”
Starring alongside Collette are Anna Kendrick,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix’s exploration of space continues after “The Cloverfield Paradox,” “Away,” and “The Midnight Sky” with the upcoming thriller “Stowaway,” starring Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, and Shamier Anderson. The movie comes from writer-director Joe Penna, who proved his thriller bonafides with his Mads Mikkelsen-starring wilderness movie “Arctic.” “Stowaway” stars the four-person ensemble as astronauts aboard a spaceship to Mars. The one problem is that there’s only enough oxygen on the ship for three people.
Netflix’s official synopsis for “Stowaway” reads: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”
“I had never really read anything like it,” Collette recently told Entertainment Weekly about her decision to join the Netflix project (it’s her third high profile...
Netflix’s official synopsis for “Stowaway” reads: “On a mission headed to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision.”
“I had never really read anything like it,” Collette recently told Entertainment Weekly about her decision to join the Netflix project (it’s her third high profile...
- 3/24/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Youtube musician-turned-director Joe Penna took the Cannes Film Festival by storm back in 2018 with his feature-length debut, “Arctic.” In that film, Mads Mikkelsen plays a pilot stranded in the arctic circle who embarks on a perilous rescue mission after a helicopter crash leaves an injured woman in his care. It’s a white-knuckle film despite its modest budget and barebones cast. And despite the expansive polar landscape, it’s also tense and claustrophobic and taps into the primal themes of survival at the brink of death.
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Penna looks up to something similar in his next film, “Stowaway.” Instead of the far north’s barren chill, this time, Penna plunges his small cast into another vast and desolate landscape: outer space.
Continue reading ‘Stowaway’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Experience A Space Mission Gone Wrong In New Thriller at The Playlist.
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Penna looks up to something similar in his next film, “Stowaway.” Instead of the far north’s barren chill, this time, Penna plunges his small cast into another vast and desolate landscape: outer space.
Continue reading ‘Stowaway’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick & Toni Collette Experience A Space Mission Gone Wrong In New Thriller at The Playlist.
- 3/24/2021
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
"There is no way for all of us to survive..." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a sci-fi thriller titled Stowaway, an intriguing concept similar to Gravity or Europa Report or Ad Astra. The latest film from Arctic director Joe Penna. On a mission to Mars, an unintended stowaway accidentally causes damage to the spaceship's life support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially fatal outcome, the crew is forced to make an impossible decision. The cast includes Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, and Toni Collette. This looks gorgeous!! Not only are all the spaceship shots stunning, buut even the cscore in this trailer is ravishing. I love space travel sci-fi like this!! Bring it on. And as a big fan of Arctic, I've got a good feeling Penna has been cookin' up something very tasty to enjoy on Netflix this spring. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Joe Penna's Stowaway,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A national hero at the 2018 soccer World Cup 2018 after famously blocking a penalty shot from Argentine star Lionel Messi, Icelandic-born professional goalkeeper and filmmaker Hannes Þór Halldórsson is poised for another daunting challenge – pitching his first feature as a director, “Cop Secret,” at Sweden’s Göteborg Nordic Film Market.
Picked by Göteborg head of industry Cia Edström as one of 16 works in progress’ discoveries to watch, the Icelandic action drama is based on an original idea by Halldórsson and actors Auðunn Blönda (“The Big Rescue”) and Egill Einarsson (“Black’s Game”) who topline the cast, next to “Trapped”’s Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir.
Nína Petersen, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (“The Big Rescue”) and Halldórsson co-wrote the screenplay. The movie is produced by “Arctic” co-producer Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir of Pegasus Pictures, one of Iceland’s leading production services outfits, having worked on “Game of Thrones”, “Succession”, and “Fortitude,” among others.
Picked by Göteborg head of industry Cia Edström as one of 16 works in progress’ discoveries to watch, the Icelandic action drama is based on an original idea by Halldórsson and actors Auðunn Blönda (“The Big Rescue”) and Egill Einarsson (“Black’s Game”) who topline the cast, next to “Trapped”’s Björn Hlynur Haraldsson and Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir.
Nína Petersen, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson (“The Big Rescue”) and Halldórsson co-wrote the screenplay. The movie is produced by “Arctic” co-producer Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir of Pegasus Pictures, one of Iceland’s leading production services outfits, having worked on “Game of Thrones”, “Succession”, and “Fortitude,” among others.
- 1/19/2021
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has inked a multimillion-dollar deal for near-global rights to sci-fi survival thriller Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect), Toni Collette (Hereditary), Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-0) and Shamier Anderson (Bruised).
Netflix will release the recently completed Joe Penna-directed movie in the U.S., UK, Australia/New Zealand, India, Latin America, Africa and a host of other major markets in Asia and Europe. Sony had previously struck a multi-territory deal on the movie back in 2018 but the studio is no longer aboard.
Stowaway charts how, on a mission to Mars, an unintended stowaway (Anderson) accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life-support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially grim outcome, a medical researcher (Kendrick) emerges as the only dissenting voice against the clinical logic of both her commander (Collette) and the ship’s biologist (Kim).
The film is the second feature from Penna and co-writer Ryan Morrison,...
Netflix will release the recently completed Joe Penna-directed movie in the U.S., UK, Australia/New Zealand, India, Latin America, Africa and a host of other major markets in Asia and Europe. Sony had previously struck a multi-territory deal on the movie back in 2018 but the studio is no longer aboard.
Stowaway charts how, on a mission to Mars, an unintended stowaway (Anderson) accidentally causes severe damage to the spaceship’s life-support systems. Facing dwindling resources and a potentially grim outcome, a medical researcher (Kendrick) emerges as the only dissenting voice against the clinical logic of both her commander (Collette) and the ship’s biologist (Kim).
The film is the second feature from Penna and co-writer Ryan Morrison,...
- 12/1/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
1091 Pictures has hired former XYZ Films executive Eric Min as the Head of Content where Min will spearhead content acquisition, client management, and release management for the film and series distribution label.
“We are thrilled to have Eric join us to lead 1091’s fantastic Content team,” said Doug Shineman, Chief Revenue
Officer for 1091 Pictures. “Eric’s broad experience across development, talent relationships, acquisitions, and sales will prove valuable as 1091 Pictures lines up an exciting streaming slate for 2021.”
During his time at XYZ Films, Min was part of the international sales and distribution team and ran all aspects of the worldwide sales, distribution, and acquisition of feature films, including notable titles Arctic with
Mads Mikkelsen, Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage, Brawl in Cellblock 99, and Vivarium.
Before XYZ, Min served as the EVP for film and TV at Aldamisa Entertainment for five years, overseeing international sales, distribution, and content acquisitions. Prior to this,...
“We are thrilled to have Eric join us to lead 1091’s fantastic Content team,” said Doug Shineman, Chief Revenue
Officer for 1091 Pictures. “Eric’s broad experience across development, talent relationships, acquisitions, and sales will prove valuable as 1091 Pictures lines up an exciting streaming slate for 2021.”
During his time at XYZ Films, Min was part of the international sales and distribution team and ran all aspects of the worldwide sales, distribution, and acquisition of feature films, including notable titles Arctic with
Mads Mikkelsen, Mandy, starring Nicolas Cage, Brawl in Cellblock 99, and Vivarium.
Before XYZ, Min served as the EVP for film and TV at Aldamisa Entertainment for five years, overseeing international sales, distribution, and content acquisitions. Prior to this,...
- 11/12/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Joe Penna has been set to direct Paramount’s World War II action pic Blessed Event. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Issac Klausner and John Fischer will produce the project with Adam Goldworm serving as executive producer. The film is based on a screenplay by Jeremy Lott.
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines. Sources say the studio sees this in the vein of the classic war pic Memphis Belle, starring Matthew Modine.
Penna’s longtime partner Ryan Morrison will also exec produce. Morrison co-wrote Arctic and Penna’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Stowaway.
Insiders say the film is still in early development, so when casting will get underway is still unknown.
Penna broke...
Set in the South Pacific during WWII, the film is about the American crew of a B-24 Liberator Bomber who pilots their wounded plane through a gauntlet of enemy fighters and anti-aircraft guns to complete an improbable but critical mission behind enemy lines. Sources say the studio sees this in the vein of the classic war pic Memphis Belle, starring Matthew Modine.
Penna’s longtime partner Ryan Morrison will also exec produce. Morrison co-wrote Arctic and Penna’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Stowaway.
Insiders say the film is still in early development, so when casting will get underway is still unknown.
Penna broke...
- 10/21/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The competition line-ups of the 26th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival have also been revealed. The Sarajevo Film Festival, taking place online this year from 14 to 21 August, has announced that Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen will be awarded the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo. The star of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher, Pusher 2 and Valhalla Rising, Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt and Another Round, Susanne Bier's After the Wedding, Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair, the James Bond title Casino Royale which restarted the franchise in 2006, plus an assortment of Hollywood movies such as Clash of the Titans, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Arctic, as well as the NBC show Hannibal, will hold a masterclass for Sarajevo's online audience. The Danish star joins Michel Franco (whose works will also play in the festival’s “Tribute to” programme) as a recipient of Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, as previously announced (read.
In addition to a well-deserved status as one of the greatest blockbusters ever made, one of the reasons why Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park still holds up today is that the effects are as convincing now as they were when the movie was first released almost 30 years ago. Terminator 2: Judgment Day may have ushered in the CGI revolution, but Jurassic Park blew the doors clean off their hinges.
The creature feature knew when to rely on digital creations and when to use full-sized animatronic dinosaurs, and the art of practical effects has been slowly dying out in the years since as as big budget productions find it cheaper and more time-effective to simply create things on a computer rather than building full-scale models.
One of the main criticisms of the Jurassic World franchise is that animatronics have largely been omitted altogether, and having dinosaurs that are very obviously entirely...
The creature feature knew when to rely on digital creations and when to use full-sized animatronic dinosaurs, and the art of practical effects has been slowly dying out in the years since as as big budget productions find it cheaper and more time-effective to simply create things on a computer rather than building full-scale models.
One of the main criticisms of the Jurassic World franchise is that animatronics have largely been omitted altogether, and having dinosaurs that are very obviously entirely...
- 7/24/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
“Mad Men” Seasons 1-7 (no longer available on June 9)
Why Should I Watch? At this point, there are fewer reasons not to watch AMC’s landmark drama than to give in to one of the greatest television series ever made. Hailed in its era with a boatload of Emmys and hearty praise from critics, “Mad Men” earned a resurgence of late as stay-at-home orders invited re-watches and, of course, thinkpieces on its sustained timeliness. The truth is there’s always a reason to write about “Mad Men” and never a bad time to watch it, again or for the first time, which brings us to our next point…
Bonus Reason: “Mad Men” is leaving Netflix on June 9. Yes, the reports are true, and no, Lionsgate has yet to announce a new streaming home for its coveted 92 hours of content. But fear not: “Mad Men,” in both its stark reality outlined...
Why Should I Watch? At this point, there are fewer reasons not to watch AMC’s landmark drama than to give in to one of the greatest television series ever made. Hailed in its era with a boatload of Emmys and hearty praise from critics, “Mad Men” earned a resurgence of late as stay-at-home orders invited re-watches and, of course, thinkpieces on its sustained timeliness. The truth is there’s always a reason to write about “Mad Men” and never a bad time to watch it, again or for the first time, which brings us to our next point…
Bonus Reason: “Mad Men” is leaving Netflix on June 9. Yes, the reports are true, and no, Lionsgate has yet to announce a new streaming home for its coveted 92 hours of content. But fear not: “Mad Men,” in both its stark reality outlined...
- 6/7/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Originally slated to have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival before it was canceled due to the coronavirus, the crime thriller The Silencing (starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Annabelle Wallis) has been acquired by Saban Films for U.S. distribution:
Press Release: Los Angeles – Saban Films announced today that they will release Robin Pront’s (The Ardennes) The Silencing, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, in the U.S. An official selection of the SXSW Film Festival slated for the Midnighters program, the crime-thriller was penned by Micah Ranum as his debut feature film with Anova Pictures’ Cybill Lui Eppich producing. Saban Films, which partnered with Xyz Films on the project since script stage, executive produced along with Xyz Films’ Aram Tertzakian and Maxime Cottray.
The Silencing follows a reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary who becomes involved in a deadly game of...
Press Release: Los Angeles – Saban Films announced today that they will release Robin Pront’s (The Ardennes) The Silencing, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis and Hero Fiennes Tiffin, in the U.S. An official selection of the SXSW Film Festival slated for the Midnighters program, the crime-thriller was penned by Micah Ranum as his debut feature film with Anova Pictures’ Cybill Lui Eppich producing. Saban Films, which partnered with Xyz Films on the project since script stage, executive produced along with Xyz Films’ Aram Tertzakian and Maxime Cottray.
The Silencing follows a reformed hunter living in isolation on a wildlife sanctuary who becomes involved in a deadly game of...
- 4/14/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
‘Relic’
While some distributors are cutting back, Umbrella Entertainment plans to release approximately 18 titles in cinemas this year, up from 14 in 2019.
The distributor has high hopes for its Australian acquisitions which run the gamut of genres from drama, horror and Western to sci-fi.
“We’re passionate about overcoming the cultural cringe that Australian audiences still have a tendency to display and are dedicated to fostering new Australian talent,” Umbrella head of acquisitions Ari Harrison tells If.
“As a small, close-knit team, we aim to concentrate our efforts on films that we love and can support from the ground up. We want to work hand-in-hand with the filmmakers with the goal of getting their film ‘out there’ so that it finds its audience.
“Essentially we aim to ensure that the films we acquire have the capacity for national theatrical success in Australia and New Zealand, with potential for continued growth via their ancillary platforms.
While some distributors are cutting back, Umbrella Entertainment plans to release approximately 18 titles in cinemas this year, up from 14 in 2019.
The distributor has high hopes for its Australian acquisitions which run the gamut of genres from drama, horror and Western to sci-fi.
“We’re passionate about overcoming the cultural cringe that Australian audiences still have a tendency to display and are dedicated to fostering new Australian talent,” Umbrella head of acquisitions Ari Harrison tells If.
“As a small, close-knit team, we aim to concentrate our efforts on films that we love and can support from the ground up. We want to work hand-in-hand with the filmmakers with the goal of getting their film ‘out there’ so that it finds its audience.
“Essentially we aim to ensure that the films we acquire have the capacity for national theatrical success in Australia and New Zealand, with potential for continued growth via their ancillary platforms.
- 2/16/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Lagardere Studios Distribution has boarded “The Machinery,” an action-packed thriller series headlined by Kristoffer Joner (“The Revenant”), which was teased by Viaplay during a presentation at Goteborg’s TV Drama Vision conference on Thursday.
Set at the border between Sweden and Norway, the show follows Olle Hultén, an ordinary dad who wakes up on a ferry at the border of Strömstad and Sandefjord after a late night in possession of a bag full of cash, a gun and a robbery mask. Hunted by the police, he sets off on a journey to prove his innocence.
The show will premiere on Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nent Group. Headed by industry veteran Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, Lagardere Studios Distribution is set to represent “The Machinery” in international markets.
Joner stars in the show opposite Julia Schacht (“Melk”), Emilia Roosmann (“Fartblinda”), Hanna Alström (“Kingsman”), Anastasios Soulis (“Gåsmamman”), Emil Almén (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
Set at the border between Sweden and Norway, the show follows Olle Hultén, an ordinary dad who wakes up on a ferry at the border of Strömstad and Sandefjord after a late night in possession of a bag full of cash, a gun and a robbery mask. Hunted by the police, he sets off on a journey to prove his innocence.
The show will premiere on Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nent Group. Headed by industry veteran Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, Lagardere Studios Distribution is set to represent “The Machinery” in international markets.
Joner stars in the show opposite Julia Schacht (“Melk”), Emilia Roosmann (“Fartblinda”), Hanna Alström (“Kingsman”), Anastasios Soulis (“Gåsmamman”), Emil Almén (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo...
- 1/30/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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