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Sneak Peek the newsprint-styled poster supporting the documentary feature film "Tabloid", produced by Julie Bilson Ahlberg, Mark Lipson and directed by Oscar winner Errol Morris ("The Fog Of War") :

"...'Tabloid' follows the much stranger-than-fiction adventures of 'Joyce McKinney', a former beauty queen whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe and directly onto the front pages of the British tabloid newspapers. Joyce's crusade takes her through a surreal world of gunpoint abduction, manacled Mormons, oddball accomplices, magic underwear and dreams of celestial unions..."

"'Tabloid' is a return to my favorite genre," said Morris, "sick, sad and funny, but, of course, it’s more than that. It is a meditation on how we are shaped by the media and even more powerfully, by ourselves. Joyce is a woman profoundly influenced by her dreams and, in a sense, she was living...

Interview With Errol Morris On Tabloid

Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris is currently on the festival circuit with his new film Tabloid, about a former Ms. Wyoming who may or may not have kidnapped a Mormon missionary, chained him up in a 'love cottage' for three days and raped him. At least that is one version of the story out of many. What I do know is that I couldn't be more excited about Tabloid. Recently, Mr. Morris sat down with me at Hotel Huntington in San Francisco and let me pick his brain about the project. His long time collaborator and producer of the film, Julie Bilson Ahlberg, was also in attendance. Check it out below.

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Sundance Selects has picked up North American distribution rights to Oscar-winner Errol Morris' (The Fog of War) latest documentary, Tabloid. The follow up to 2008's Standard Operating Procedure, Tabloid centers on "The Case of the Manacled Mormon" in which a former Miss Wyoming flew to England in 1977 in hopes of saving the love of her life from a cult. In the press release, Morris describes the film as such: “It's a return to my favorite genre – sick, sad and funny – but of course, it’s more than that. It is a meditation on how we are shaped by the media and even more powerfully, by ourselves." To check out the full press release, which includes a little more from Morris, hit the jump. Sundance plans to screen the film at "key film festivals" prior to releasing Tabloid to theaters and their on-demand platform later this summer. Here's the press release: New York,...

New York, NY (January 18, 2011) – Sundance Selects announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to Errol Morris’ highly acclaimed documentary Tabloid. The dark, funny and altogether surreal film was one of the standout hits at this year's Toronto International Film Festival winning indieWIRE's critics poll for Best Documentary. The film was produced by Morris regular collaborators Julie Bilson Ahlberg (The Fog Of War, Standard Operating Procedure), and Mark Lipson, (The Thin Blue Line, co-produced Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control). The company plans to play the critically acclaimed film at key film festivals before aggressively rolling it out theatrically and on their video on-demand platform in the summer of 2011. The deal was negotiated for Sundance Selects by Arianna Bocco, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Productions, and by Josh Braun of Submarine Entertainment on behalf of the filmmaker. Robert Fernandez and Angus Wall executive produced the project, with Moxie Pictures presenting.

On Monday, January 5, Producers Guild of America has unveiled the film nominees for its 20th annual awards. Through the announcement, it is revealed that summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight" and traveler tale "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" are among the contenders for the 20th Annual Producers Guild Awards (PGA).

With the nomination, the producers of the two different genre movies are on the run for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures prize. They will be up against strong competitors as they are listed along with "Frost/Nixon", and critics' favorites, "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire".

Beside those five films, "Bolt", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-e" have also received nod for the 2009 PGA. The three animation films put their producers to compete for Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. In addition, "Man on Wire", "Standard Operating Procedure" and "Trouble in...

The Producers Guild of America announced their nominations! If you bet on the Oscars, take note! More than likely, these nominees will be the same ones that will be chosen for Best Picture Oscar.

The winner will be announced Jan. 24 at the Hollywood Palladium.

Here are the nominees:

*** The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures

"The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin

"The Dark Knight," Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas

"Frost/Nixon," Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner

"Milk," Dan Jinks & Bruce Cohen

"Slumdog Millionaire," Christian Colson

*** The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

"Man On A Wire," Simon Chinn

"Standard Operating Procedure," Julie Bilson Ahlberg, Errol Morris

"Trouble The Water," Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

*** The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

"Bolt,...

• Sounds a little premature to be speaking about it this early in the game, but what's more fun than predicting and prognosticating some of the choice offerings that we'll be seeing at the next Oscar ceremonies. There are less than 10 months to go before the next round of noms and plenty of film offerings ahead will easily change all this speculating below. Today we begin with what I think will be the Best Non-Fiction nominations for 08’. Always a tough nut to crack – simply put, the Academy are predictable in selecting some obscure choices, this in part due to the voters whose agenda relates more to what a 60+ year old might consider of value. This year we should see some clearer, more popular choices that are part of broader critical consensus. Stay tuned for tomorrow's next Oscar category. Best Documentary Predictions: Four Noms: American Teen (Paramount Vantage) Nanette Burstein, Eli Gonda,

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• #11. Standard Operating Procedure Director: Errol MorrisProducers: Julie Ahlberg (The Fog of War) and Morris Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics The Gist: This will examine the infamous abuse and torture of inmates held as suspected terrorists in the Iraqi prison (Abu Ghraib) located 20 miles west of Baghdad. The scandal was revealed in 2004 when photos of inmates being tortured were published around the world. Fact: A companion book, co-written with Philip Gourevitch, will also appear in 2008. See It: This is an Errol Morris film. The best documnetary filmmaker in the business. Release Date/Status?: Will be premiering at the Berlin film festival this month selection and Spc will release this on April 18th..   ...

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• Quick Links > Sony Pictures Classics> > Errol Morris > The Fog of War > The Thin Blue Line As reported last week, Sony Pictures Classics and Participant Productions were backing the new Errol Morris doc. Today, we have the tentative title - S.O.P. - which is a military acronym for Standard Operating Procedure”. Morris had this to say about his upcoming venture - "I feel this is one of the most significant films I have ever worked on," said Morris. "There is a mystery about the war in Iraq. Not just how and why it started, but what it is ultimately about. It is a mystery that I am trying to investigate.” The film will examine the unintended consequences of the Iraqi war with a focus on events at Abu Ghraib prison, notorious for the shocking photos which began to appear in global media in 2004. It is the story

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