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Here is another video from the red carpet at the premiere of Fierce People in LA. In this one, however, the reporter asks Anton Yelchin about his role of Chekov in Star Trek and another new film of his called Middle of Nowhere.
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Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Diane Lane, Anton Yelchin, Kristen Stewart, and Donald Sutherland, was shot in the spring of 2004 and had its world premiere at Tribeca in 2005. I attended a screening of Fierce People at the 2006 Woodstock Film Festival and posted my review nearly a year ago.
After a number of delays (documented on this blog), the film will finally have a limited release September 7, with an expansion to the top 10 markets on September 14.
HollywoodLive was on the red carpet at the LA Premiere.
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NEWS FLASH: Sean Penn's Into the Wild, based on the book by Jon Krakauer, has been selected for the 34th Telluride Film Festival, August 31 - September 3.
This means that the Toronto Film Festival will not will be the World Premiere.
Into the Wild has 4 screenings:
Saturday 9/1 at 3:45 PM (World Premiere)
Sunday 9/2 at 8:30 AM
Sunday 9/2 at 3:45 PM
Sunday 9/2 at 8:30 PM
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The idea of downloading movies to buy or rent off the internet (legally, of course) has taken off but isn't zooming along at lightning speed. Why? Because, well, most people don't have lightning fast internet connections. Is there another alternative to making the trip to Blockbuster, checking the mailbox for Netflix, or downloading off the 'net? There just may be, from a company called Porto.
"Porto's kiosks, which will be installed in retail locations all over Galway, allow consumers to download movies to a flash memory card in just 15 seconds (at a rate of 1.5 gigabytes per second). The so-called "movie key" can then be plugged into the USB port of a computer, television monitor or mobile screen for viewing on the go or in the home," according to an article in The Hollywood Reporter.
Ireland gets a shot at this first, but could we see a service like this anytime soon in the US? Kiosks popping up like telephone booths (remember them) everywhere you turn?
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Few things fascinate me as much as the art of filmmaking. And judging from the questions I'm asked and the conversations in which I find myself, the same goes for most film buffs too. Especially for those who love indies, the process of getting a film from brain to screen is a long and complicated one. That's why I was excited when I heard that the SXSW Film Festival had put together a "Four-Day Film School."
It will take place as part of the 2008 SXSW Film Conference panel programs. "On each of the four days of the SXSW Film Conference, badgeholders are invited to attend workshop sessions geared towards the specific details of getting a film from pre-production to post-production, and beyond," says festival head Matt Dentler.
Here is the tentative schedule, with speakers to be announced later:
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008
Producing Mentor Session
"Scripts for Docs and Narratives" Mini-Meeting
Cinematographer Mentor Session
"Directing Actors" Mini-Meeting
Casting Director Mentor Session
SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 2008
"Legal Issues Facing Filmmakers" Mini-Meetings
Festival Programmer Mentor Session
Sales Agents Mentor Session
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2008
"Editing for Docs and Narratives" Mini-Meeting
Press Mentor Session
"Publicity 101" Mini-Meeting
Distributors Mentor Session
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
"The Morning After" Mini-Meeting
Filmmaker War Stories Mentor Session
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On Monday we posted a new official trailer and poster for Brad Gann's Black Irish.
There is now a brand new official site for the film, which hits theaters in New York and Boston on September 28. In addition to material which was on a previous site, there are some new high resolution stills as well as production notes available to download.
The making of BLACK IRISH has been quite a journey for me, starting from the seed of an idea twelve or so years ago to its incarnation as a film today. The process of birth is an apt metaphor for this, and I suppose, most films: a long period of gestation, followed by a relatively brief but intense period of labor, the actual production being both painful and exhilarating. Exhilarating in the sense of getting the opportunity to work with such gifted actors as Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Melissa Leo, Tom Guiry and Emily VanCamp, who breathed such life, dimension, pathos and love into characters that had existed merely in my head and on the page. -- Writer/director Brad Gann
Hopefully this film will show up at a theater near you. And if not, it's worth making the trip.
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Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Diane Lane, Anton Yelchin, Kristen Stewart, and Donald Sutherland, was shot in the spring of 2004 and had its world premiere at Tribeca in 2005. After a number of delays (documented on this blog), the film will finally have a limited release September 7, with an expansion to the top 10 markets on September 14.
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The Toronto International Film Festival has released the complete list of screening dates, times, and locations for all 349 films (from 55 countries).
Now available online:
Complete list of expected guests (over 500 in all)
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As readers of this blog know, Black Irish was one of our Top Picks of 2006 and we have been following its progress since the World Premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival. We've seen it several times since then.
We reported here exclusively back on June 9 that a deal had been made with by new indie distributor Anywhere Road. Black Irish will be out on September 28 in New York and Boston, with a national rollout through the fall.
Now a new trailer and poster have been released.
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TRAILER (opens in QuickTime)
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Man in the Chair, written and directed by Michael Schroeder and starring Christopher Plummer and Michael Angarano, was our #1 Top Pick from this year's Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
It has gone on to win a slew of awards including:
Santa Barbara International Film Festival -- Best Independent Feature
Kent Film Festival -- Best Feature Film
Method Fest Film Festival -- Best Ensemble Cast, Lifetime Achievement Award to Christopher Plummer, Festival Director's Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement (Michael Schroeder)
Palm Beach International Film Festival -- Best Actor (Christopher Plummer)
Stony Brook Film Festival -- Audience Choice
We have just received exclusive word that Man in the Chair will open on December 7 in LA, NY, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco.
The film will be distributed by Outsider Pictures.
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We attended over 15 festivals since the beginning of 2006, but few matched the excitement and rock & roll atmosphere of the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. We covered both the 2006 and 2007 festivals, and although the 2008 edition doesn't get underway until March, things are rolling down there in the Lone Star State.
The 2008 SXSW Film Festival official site is up and running, and you can now read the the first of several SXSW Film Festival brochures and magazines online.
Of course, if you plan on attending, remember that the sooner you get your badge the more you'll save. Hotels sell out fast too. March will be here before you know it!
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Billy the Kid was our #1 Top Pick from this year's SXSW Film festival -- the first time we've selected a documentary for that spot.
Now Jennifer Venditti's Billy the Kid has won the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland. Earlier it won the same prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
Is it too early to talk about Oscar buzz? Apparently not, as many are doing just that on this last Monday before Labor Day. Count us in.
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As we posted below, The Forbidden Kingdom wrapped on August 23. That night a party was held at the official hotel in Hengdian. As we predicted, it was off the hook.
Jackie posted a slew of pictures from the party on his blog.
The American cast members and crew, including star Michael Angarano, will no doubt come home to a well-deserved vacation.
Meanwhile, Angarano has two films opening in the next 6 weeks: Black Irish on September 28 in select cities and The Final Season in wide release on October 12.
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The team behind Local Color, one of our Top Picks of the past year, headed back to the New Orleans area last year to shoot a romantic comedy. Starring Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair, and Trevor Morgan (also of Local Color), the George Gallo-directed film was originally titled Homeland Security, and we've reported on it here. Other names were tested, including Chasing Marty, My Mom's New Boyfriend, and More Than You Know.
Now a name has been chosen, along with a distribution deal and release date. The film will be titled My Mom's New Boyfriend and has been picked up for US theatrical distribution by Romar Entertainment. Release has been set for February 22. 2008.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has secured the home video rights.
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I've been struggling to come up with a snappy (or even serious) intro to this fine piece of work(?) but even my journalistic sensibilities won't allow me to come up with anything suitable.
So I guess you can write your own caption.
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The Forbidden Kingdom has finally wrapped after close to 5 months of shooting.
"The final shot of The Forbidden Kingdom was filmed on the afternoon of August 23rd at the Hengdian Studios, China, according to Jackie Chan's blog. "The movie, which stars Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Li Bing Bing, Michael Angarano, Crystal Liu, and Collin Chau, will move into post-production until its release next year. Jackie aggravated an old back injury while filming earlier in the week, but is recovering nicely."
Considering all the parties and dinners they had during shooting, you know they are going to have one BIG wrap party for sure (if it's not already over). I'm willing to bet we'll see some pictures soon!
Produced by Casey Silver, The Forbidden Kingdom was directed by Rob Minkoff from a John Fusco script. The film is being released in the US jointly by Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company on April 18, 2008.
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Today was the final big day for Toronto International Film Festival announcements. The last of the 349 films (from 55 countries) were revealed. The complete list is now available online.
While the full schedule won't be unveiled until next week, some dates and times were announced today. The Gala schedule was revealed as well as Visa Screening Room presentations at the Elgin Theatre.
In addition, the complete list of expected guests is now available, over 500 in all.
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More Yuma news...
Variety, arguably the industry bible whose reviews carry a lot of weight, has reviewed the film. Not known for being overwhelmingly glowing, the review is quite uncharacteristically positive.
"3:10 to Yuma" is a tense, rugged redo of a film that was pretty good the first time around. Reinforced by a strong central premise, alert performances, a realistic view of the developing Old West and a satisfying dimensionality in its shadings of good and evil, James Mangold's remake walks a fine line in retaining many of the original's qualities while smartly shaking things up a bit. A Western these days needs to be more than a solid, unfussy programmer to break out of the pack commercially, but this Lionsgate release should be able to generate moderately good theatrical returns prior to a solid home entertainment life, where casual viewer curiosity will be well rewarded.
Just a caution: Variety reviews are typically spoiler-filled, so read the rest with care.
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3:10 to Yuma, from writer/director James Mangold (Walk the Line), is a modern remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford classic. The all-star cast features Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster, and Logan Lerman.
3:10 to Yuma opens wide on September 7.
Earlier we posted the first trailer and official poster. Now Empire Online has posted a new trailer for the film as well as the final one-sheet.
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"Huh" you say?
I know, I know. It's not even done yet. It won't be released until May 9, 2008.
The bad news is, someone got ahold of the script and decided to review IT and post it online. The good news is, this shows how high an interest there is in the film. The even better news is, it's a good review.
Check it out at Ain't It Cool News.
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We attended the World Premiere of David Gordon Green's Snow Angels at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and it was our #1 Top Pick. Starring Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, and Olivia Thirlby, the film was picked up by Warner Independent Pictures and we've been eagerly awaiting release news.
Now both Variety and Box Office Mojo are listing March 7, 2008 as the release date for Snow Angels. This is actually earlier than the "next spring" which we were told after it screened in Brooklyn a few months ago.
Here are some of my previous posts about Snow Angels:
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Here is some updated release information on a handful of films we've been following. Several of these films have had multiple release date changes so we're keeping our fingers crossed. A good deal of the details below are new.
3:10 to Yuma will open September 7 in 2500+ locations. That puts it beyond "wide" release into "saturation."
The Jane Austen Book Club will open September 21 exclusively in NY and LA. No running time yet.
Trade has come in with a final running time of 119 minutes and will open September 21 in major markets.
The Forbidden Kingdom is scheduled to be released April 18, 2008 at 1750+ locations.
Speed Racer will be released May 9, 2008 at 3150+ locations.
Finally (and we do mean finally, for this film which was shot 3 1/2 years ago) Fierce People will open in the following cities on September 7:
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
Los Angeles
New York City
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Washington DC
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We loved Charlie Bartlett when it premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. It was one of our Top Picks. Then it was pulled from its scheduled August 3 release date. MGM cited "today's overwhelmingly competitive market" and planned to reschedule. At recent screenings, reps for the film talked about a 2008 release.
This afternoon, I received the following from the filmmakers:
"Just wanted to let you know that a new release date will be announced any day now, so just hang in there."
Now, according to Box Office Mojo, Charlie Bartlett will be out February 1, 2008.
We'll see if that's correct.
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As we headed off to bed, a couple of items caught our eye in the just-out Hollywood Reporter:
The Speed Racer video game will come out May 9, the same date that the film is released in the U.S.
The "Speed" game is being developed for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment by New Zealand-based Sidhe Interactive and will first be released for the Nintendo Wii and portable DS system. A third configuration, for the Sony PlayStation 2, will be timed to reach shelves with the DVD release of the Warner Bros. Pictures film.
Anton Yelchin "is in negotiations to play Pavel Chekov, the Russian-born navigator of the USS Enterprise under the command of James T. Kir."
They are basically calling it a done deal.
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Fierce People, directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Diane Lane, Anton Yelchin, Kristen Stewart, and Donald Sutherland, was shot in the spring of 2004 and had its world premiere at Tribeca in 2005. After a number of delays (documented on this blog), the film will finally have a limited release September 7, with an expansion to the top 10 markets on September 14.
A brand new trailer has just been released.
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Earlier, we showed you the poster for Sean Penn's Into the Wild, based on the Jon Krakauer book. We also reported on the original music being written for the film by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder.
Now details have been released about the soundtrack album. Although the score for the film does have other writers' material, the album will consists solely of Eddie Vedder songs.
Here is the track list:
1. Setting Forth
2. No Ceiling
3. Far Behind
4. Rise
5. Long Nights
6. Tuolumne
7. Hard Sun
8. The Wolf
9. End of the Road
10. Society
11. Guaranteed
And the cover:
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The album will be out September 18.
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Have you seen Hairspray yet? Many have, and now New Line Cinema is hoping to turn the film into a Friday night cult classic Rocky Horror-type event. They are releasing special edition prints of the film with sing-along tracks for audience participation starting tomorrow.
This is your chance to belt out "Good Morning Baltimore" or "You Can't Stop the Beat" with all your friends!
NYC - Regal Union Sq 14; Clearview Chelsea 9; AMC Empire 42nd 25
LOS ANGELES - Regal Long Beach Stadium 26, Long Beach; AMC Ontario Mills 22, Ontario; AMC The Block 30, Orange; AMC Covina 30, Covina; Cinemark Lancaster 22, Lancaster; Cinemark Ventura 16, Ventura; Cinemark Huntington Beach 20, Huntington Beach; SoCal Movie Experience 17, Murrieta
ALBANY, NY - Regal Crossgates 18
ALBUQUERQUE - Cinemark Rio
ANCHORAGE - Cinemark- Century 16
ATLANTA - Regal Towne Center; AMC Southlake
AUSTINCinemark Barton Creek
BOSTON, MA - Hollywood 7, Danvers MA
BUFFALO, NY - Regal Quaker Xing 18 Orchard Pk, NY;
CHARLOTTE - AMC Concord Mills; Regal Stonecrest
Chicago - AMC Barrington 30; AMC Cantera 30; Regal Lincolnshire 20; Kerasotes Webster 11;Kerasotes Showplace 12 Schererville ;Cinemark Evanston 18
CLEVELAND - Cinemark 24 Valleyview
COLUMBUS, GA - Carmike Ritz
COLUMBUS, OH - AMC Planet Movies 30 Easton OH
DALLAS - AMC Grapevine Mills, AMC Stonebriar; Cinemark Legacy, CinemarkTinseltown Plano
Denver - AMC-Highlands Ranch 24 ; AMC Westminster Promenade 24
DETROIT - AMC Forum 30
HOUSTON - AMC First Colony, AMC Deerbrook, AMC Gulfpointe, AMC Willowbrook; Cinemark Woodlands, Cinemark Webster; Regal Greenway
INDIANAPOLIS - Kerasotes Showplace 16
JACKSONVILLE , FL - Cinemark Tinseltown 20; AMC Regency 24
Gainesville FL -Regal Royal Pk Stadium 16
KANSAS CITY - AMC Barrywoods, AMC Olathe 30, AMC Towne Center Leawood
KNOXVILLE - Regal Pinnacle
LAS VEGAS - Cinemark-Sun Coast 16
LEXINGTON, KY - Cinemark Lexington Green 8
LOUISVILLE, KY - Cinemark Tinseltown 19
MEMPHIS - Malco Studio on the Square
MIAMI, FLRegal Sawgrass 23 Sunrise FL
MINNEAPOLIS - Muller Lakeville 21
NASHVILLE - Regal Opry Mills
NEW JERSEY - AMC Cherry Hill 24 Cherry Hill, NJ; AMC Hamilton 24 Hamilton NJ (Princeton NJ); Regal Washington Township 14 Turnersville, NJ
NORFOLK, VA - AMC Hampton 24 Newport News VA
OKLAHOMA CITY - AMC Quail Springs
OMAHA - Douglas Village Pointe 16
ORLANDO, FL - Cinemark Festival Bay 20; Regal Oviedo 22 Marketplace Oviedo, FL
PALM SPRINGS - Cinemark River Cinema
PHOENIX - AMC Ahwatukee 24, Phoenix; AMC Deer Valley 30; Harkins Fashion Center 20, Chandler; AMC Superstition 24, Mesa
PORTLAND, OR - Cinemark- Century 16, Beaverton
PHILADELPHIA, PA - Regal Marketplace 24 Oaks, PA ;Cinemark Moosic 20 Moosic, PA; AMC Neshaminy 24 Bensalem, PA
Pittsburgh PA AMC Waterfront 22
SACRAMENTO - Cinemark Century Roseville14
ST. LOUIS - Wehrenberg Ronnie’s
SALT LAKE CITY - Cinemark- Movies 17, Layton
SAN ANTONIO - AMC Heubner; Santikos Palladium
SAN DIEGO - AMC-Palm Promenade 24
SAN FRANCISO - Cinemark Century Downtown 9, S.F ; Regal Emery Bay, Emeryville
SYRACUSE, NY - Regal Carousel 19
TAMPA, FL - AMC Veterans 24
TUCSON - Cinemark Park Place 20
TULSA - Hollywood Promenade;
WASHINGTON D.C. - AMC Hoffman 22 Alexandria VA ; Regal Ballston 12 Arlington VA
WEST PALM BEACH - AMC Indian River (Vero Beach FL)
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