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Expectations couldn’t possibly be higher for Trier’s follow-up to “The Worst Person in the World,” and if initial word-of-mouth is to be believed, “Sentimental Value” (Original title: Affeksjonsverdi) has more than delivered. Maybe—just maybe—the overwhelming sweep of Palme d’Or buzz (culminating in an eventual second-place Grand Prix win) and annual Neon exhalation might be due in part to Trier’s chosen approach that has resonated with the artistic crowd: healing through the artistic process.

Yeah, this is gonna be one of those movies, and given Trier’s Bergmanian touches to the overlap of life and art, it might not be presumptuous to compare “Sentimental Value,” in some way, to Mia Hansen-Løve’s own art-reckoning project “Bergman Island.” In Trier’s case, the attempted reconciliation takes on his usual millennial quirk in such a way that sometimes risks diverting the emotional power of the ideas he...

A story of marriage, infidelity, and the emotional turmoil that gradually follows suit, Faithless is a raw, atmospheric take on the Liv Ullman and Ingmar Bergman classic. A story that has been stretched across time, the adaptation stays true to its roots. Marianne (Frida Gustavsson) is happily married to Markus (August Wittgenstein), but things get complicated when Markus best friend, David (Gustav Lindh), comes to stay for the summer. What starts as a spark between Marianna and David turns into a dramatic affair that changes the course of their lives forever. Forty years later, an older David (Jesper Christensen) and Marianne (Lena Endre) reconnect, still dealing with the consequences of their actions.

Some people claim you can’t touch anything Ingmar Bergman was involved in. Tomas Alfredson is not one of these people.

“Not everything Bergman did was genius, but a lot of it was,” he tells Variety. Swedish director is behind new series “Faithless,” premiering in Toronto and based on the 2000 film directed by Liv Ullman and written by Bergman himself.

“This is his most autobiographical work. Ever. He started writing it several times and couldn’t finish, because he was so tormented by guilt. There was something in this material I felt could tackle in a different way. It would be different if I remade ‘The Seventh Seal’ or ‘Fanny and Alexander,’ but this? It was open for reinterpretation.”

Alfredson, of “Let the Right One In” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” fame, made a show that’s “very free from the original,” he underlines. Even though Lena Endre returns to the role of Marianne,...

The story of Faithless, the new six-part TV series from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) is familiar to European arthouse fans. Renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with the great love of his life, the actress Marianne Vogler, 75, and forced to reflect on the painful consequences of their affair decades earlier when Marianne was married to David’s best friend, Markus. In 2000, actress-director Liv Ullmann (Cries and Whispers), muse and frequent collaborator to the legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal), adapted the story from Bergman’s previously unproduced screenplay. The tale of lust, adultery, and the damage wrought by desire, premiered in Cannes and has been hailed as a modern-day classic.

For his limited series adaptation, Alfredson teamed with screenwriter Sara Johnsen (July 22) to reexamine and expand Ullmann and Bergman’s original story. The basics of the plot are the same.

Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman’s iconic film “Faithless” is now being remade into a limited series, continuing the trend of TV reimaginings of past Bergman features like “Scenes From a Marriage.”

“Faithless” is directed by “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “Let The Right One In” helmer Tomas Alfredson. Sara Johnsen wrote the script adapted from Bergman’s original screenplay for the 2000 feature. The official first look trailer is debuted by IndieWire below.

The “Faithless” series will premiere at TIFF 2024. Fremantle is handling the worldwide sales. The show is a six-part TV series.

The official synopsis reads: “In the present day, renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75 (Lena Endre). Their encounter forces them to confront the painful repercussions of their past relationship, not only for themselves but also for their families. 40 years prior, a young David (Gustav Lindh) and Marianne (Frida Gustavsson...

The series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Faithless from Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson will debut in competition as part of the Primetime & Short Cuts line up at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.

The series will screen on Wednesday 11th September at TIFF before hitting Svt and Arte France in 2025. Fremantle is handling international sales on the series. We shared the first look at the project and interviewed Alfredson back in February. You can check that out here.

Billed as a “searing tale of love and betrayal,” the project is a six-part TV series based on the 2000 feature Faithless, which Ingmar Bergman penned for his former partner Liv Ullmann. The original film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and starred Lena Endre and Erland Josephson. The entire series is directed by Alfredson from scripts adapted by Norwegian writer Sara Johnsen.

World premieres of Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer, Joe Wright’s M. Son of the Century, Tomas Alfredson’s Faithless and Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV series Families Like Ours were unveiled as part of the Toronto Film Festival’s Primetime program on Friday.

The Toronto focus on new TV series has booked a Canadian premiere for Disclaimer, the seven-part psychological thriller for Apple from Cuarón that stars fellow Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Cline. The Apple Studios series will bow Oct. 11 and marks Cuarón’s first show under his overall deal with the streamer.

There’s also a world bow for Alfredson, the director Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and co-helmer Sara Johnsen’s Faithless, an adaptation of the 2000 feature Faithless — directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Oscar winner Ingmar Bergman — as a limited TV series.

Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with...

The TIFF 2024 TV lineup is full of buzzy world premieres and screenings from beloved auteurs venturing into the episodic space.

The Primetime lineup includes eight new series, with five world premieres. For one, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” director Tomas Alfredson reimagines Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullman’s iconic 2000 film “Faithless” as a six-part limited series.

The show’s synopsis reads: “In the present day, renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75 (Lena Endre). Their encounter forces them to confront the painful repercussions of their past relationship, not only for themselves but also for their families. 40 years prior, a young David (Gustav Lindh) and Marianne (Frida Gustavsson) find themselves entwined in a passionate love affair which they must keep a secret, as Marianne is married to David’s best friend, Markus (August Wittgenstein).”

Other highlights include the world premiere of Janicza Bravo’s sci-fi series “The Listeners,...

Exclusive: Swedish filmmaker Tomas Alfredson, now best known as the director behind beautiful, taut features like Let the Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, wrote to Swedish screen legend Ingmar Bergman sometime in the early 2000s with an idea. Bergman’s response was characteristically colorful.

“What the hell is this? What do you mean?” Bergman told Alfredson.

Alfredson had told the Persona filmmaker that he wanted to remake Faithless, the 2000 feature Bergman had written about an imaginary woman who recollects her painful experience of adultery to an aging filmmaker. The pic played in competition that year in Cannes and was directed by Bergman’s ex-wife, actress Liv Ullmann.

“This was long before everyone was producing remakes, so it was a very unusual question, especially for Bergman,” Alfredson said.

Fast forward to February 2024 and Alfredson is deep into an edit of a contemporary TV adaptation of Faithless he has...

Niclas Larsson’s “Mother, Couch” was awarded the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Goteborg, taking home the considerable amount of Sek 400,000.

Led by Ewan McGregor – this year’s recipient of the Honorary Dragon Award – the U.S.-Swedish-Danish co-production also features Ellen Burstyn and “Bones and All” breakout Taylor Russell, making it one of the starriest Goteborg winners in recent years.

“My therapist was wrong! I pitched him this idea a few years ago and he said: ‘Don’t do it.’ I am from here and this festival has meant the world to me. Standing on this stage is a bit surreal,” said Larsson.

Jurors Lena Endre, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, William Spetz, Tonia Noyabrova and Anna Novion appreciated the way it shows “how difficult it is to let go of the past, accept loss and finally embrace the future.” They praised “original and bold storytelling, with a lot of humor,...

Niclas Larsson’s Mother, Couch took the Dragon award for best Nordic film at Goteborg Film Festival, which held its closing ceremony this evening.

The Swedish-us drama received the 400,000 Sek prize from the five-person jury, consisting of actors Lena Endre and William Spetz, and directors Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Tonia Noyabrova and Anna Novion.

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The jury chose the film for its “original and bold storytelling with a lot of humour; with the use of creative cinematography and sharp and witty dialogue.”

Mother, Couch centres on three children who are brought together when their mother...

As the final work in progress wrapped on Friday, Göteborg ‘s head of TV Drama Vision Cia Edström and head of industry and Nordic Film Market Josef Kullengård could finally relax after a mission well accomplished.

Two of their biggest challenges this year – hosting an industry showcase for 700-plus international delegates in a brand-new venue, the Clarion Hotel Draken, and lifting the Nordic industry’s moral by the crisis in the drama sector – had been successfully met. Variety drills down on how and why:

All-Time Record Attendees

As many as 2,029 accredited delegates registered for the festival and industry showcases at the 47th Göteborg Film Festival, and parallel TV and film markets, the largest in the Nordic region. “We’ve never hit this silver line,” said Kullengård. The 18th TV Drama Vision drew 729 delegates, the Nordic Film Market 556.

Ideal New Göteborg Industry Hub

Literally built around Götoborg’s historic Draken Cinema...

Beloved Swedish classic novel “The Scarab Flies at Dusk” is being adapted into a premium family adventure series produced by Nordic Drama Queens, the top-notch production label backed by Fifth Season.

Swedish broadcaster Svt has already commissioned the show whose starry cast will be led by Tomas von Brömssen (“My Life as a Dog”), Pernilla August (“‘The Best Intentions”) Dag Malmberg (“The Bridge”) and Lena Endre (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”). Fifth Season is handling worldwide sales on the series and is introducing it to potential buyers attending the Göteborg Film Festival’s TV Drama Vision.

“Afterglow” filmmaker Atle Knudsen will be directing the series, which is penned by celebrated authors Ditta Bongenhielm (“Bonus Family“) and Lovisa Milles (“Jordskott“).

“The Scarab Flies at Dusk” will be filmed in Västra Götaland and produced by Nordic Drama Queens in collaboration with Svt, Film i Väst, TV2 Norway, Monster As and Dr...

Once upon a time, there was the Swedish queen of crime Camilla Läckberg, steadily delivering international best-selling adult/children’s books, cook books and song lyrics.

Some of her books have turned into series –“The Fjällbacka Murders” – or soon will be – “The Golden Age,’ optioned by Legendary Entertainment.

One day she met Swedish star actor Alexander Karim while shooting the Swedish show “Stars in the Castle” (“Stjärnorna på slotet”).

“We started talking TV, movies, creative ideas and immediately hit it off!” Läckberg tells Variety, in a zoom interview ahead of Göteborg’s Nordic Film Market. There, her executive produced thriller “The Dog,” starring Alexander Karim and helmed by his brother Baker Karim (“Malcolm”), is having its market world premiere.

The Karim brothers and Läckberg are, moreover, now ‘partners in crime’ in Bad Flamingo Studios (Bfs), a Stockholm-based film and TV production outfit founded to “break the film industry’s norms and barriers.

Passion and Perseverance, the two watchwords at this year’s TV Drama Vision in Göteborg will resonate across this year’s program where a record 700 delegates will take the pulse of what’s hot and upcoming from the Nordics and Europe.

Unfolding parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, the Nordics’ biggest TV drama showcase and networking event will run Jan 30-31.

“This is what we need!” said TV Drama Vision honcho Cia Edström about the passion infused in the 60-plus series to be showcased – and about perseverance in the industry, to be debated by the 100 guest speakers – including U.S. streaming giants Netflix, Disney+– first time on-stage – Amazon and all key Nordic commissioners.

“Times are tough-not only in the Nordics but internationally. Our industry is going through profound changes,” she said, citing the microeconomic headwinds impacting drama investors’ coin, artificial intelligence, the halt in production-triggered among others by Hollywood strikes,...

Liv Ullmann on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl: “It’s so inspiring to me!” Photo: Ed Bahlman

In the second instalment with Liv Ullmann we discussed her 1973 Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award nomination for her performance in Jan Troell’s The Emigrants; writer Tove Ditlevsen; being 13 and also very grown up at the same time; Some Like it Hot on Broadway, starring Christian Borle and J Harrison Ghee and Billy Wilder’s film with Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, directing Faithless, screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (starring Lena Endre and Erland Josephson) and forgiving yourself, and being nervous with Laurence Olivier when they starred in A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough.

Liv Ullmann was in New York for two Doc NYC selections, Dheeraj Akolkar’s all-embracing Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (a highlight of the 14th edition) where Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain,...

Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Lena Endre, Jeremy Irons, Sam Waterston, and John Lithgow all pay tribute with great admiration for Liv Ullmann in Dheeraj Akolkar’s all-embracing Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled. Photo: Vidar Nordli-Mathisen, courtesy of Teddy TV

In the first instalment with Liv Ullmann on Dheeraj Akolkar’s Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled (a highlight of the 14th edition of Doc NYC), we start out with greetings from Wim Wenders (Liv’s executive producer partner on Margreth Olin’s Songs Of Earth), whose film Anselm in 3D on Anselm Kiefer is the Special Presentation selection.

Jeremy Irons on Liv Ullmann: “To lend one’s voice to the voiceless can be quite powerful. I think we are alike in that life is what we’re here for.” On Liv receiving an Honorary Oscar in 2022: “She is a jewel.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl...

Tomas Alfredson, the director of Let The Right One In and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, is adapting the 2000 feature Faithless — directed by Liv Ullmann from a script by Oscar winner Ingmar Bergman — as a limited TV series.

The series, written by Sara Johnsen (July 22) will explore the tale of love and adultery told in the original film — about the actress Marianne Vogler, married to the acclaimed conductor Markus Vogler, who begins an affair with her husband’s best friend, David Howard — while expanding the story to follow the main characters 40 years on to see the consequences of their actions for themselves and their families. The series will move between the present day and back to the original events, which lie four decades in the past.

Lena Endre will reprise her role as Marianne for the series with Jesper Christensen (Quantum of Solace) playing the older David Howard. Young David will...

Lena Endre will reprise the role of Marianne in Tomas Alfredson’s TV adaptation of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman’s 2000 film “Faithless,” Variety can reveal exclusively.

Filming has officially commenced on the production from Fremantle’s Miso Film, in which Endre will star as Older Marianne alongside Jesper Christensen as Older David. Young Marianne will be played by Frida Gustavsson, while Gustav Lindh (“Queen of Hearts”) is portraying Young David.

The six-episode series will be told in two time periods, and, according to its official description, “explores the relationship between love and passion.”

“In the present-day storyline, the renowned director David Howard, 73, is reunited with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75,” the description continues. “Their meeting forces them to confront the painful consequences of their previous relationship – not just for themselves, but for their families. Forty years prior, in the main story, a young David, and Marianne fall...

The Cannes Film Festival will pay tribute to iconic late director Jean-Luc Godard, following his death last September, with a trio of works in its Cannes Classic cinema heritage line-up.

A highlight of the homage to Godard, who died last year at 91, will be the world premiere of the 20-minute trailer he created for a film that will never get made: ‘Drôles de Guerres (Phoney Wars).

The 20-minute work is billed as A Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello and Vixens production, in coproduction with L’Atelier.

“Jean-Luc Godard often transformed his synopses into aesthetic programs. Phoney Wars follows in this tradition and will remain as the ultimate gesture of cinema,” said the festival.

It quoted the text that accompanies the short work to give an indication of the director’s intention. It reads: “To no longer trust the billions of diktats of the alphabet to give back freedom to the incessant...

Both films won three prizes each at Sweden’s top film awards.

Henrik Schyffert’s Run Uje Run has won best film at the 2021 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s top film accolade, which also saw Amanda Kernell’s Charter score a hat-trick including best director.

Run Uje Run, written by and starring Swedish musician Uje Brandelius, is an autobiographical comedy-drama that centres on a pop star who is diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

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The feature, which won the audience award and Fipresci prize when its debuted at Goteborg Film Festival last year, also scored the...

‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour and ‘Fantastic Beasts’ star Alison Sudol are on board a Greenpeace ship heading for Antarctic waters.

They will help make the case for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary backed by campaigners, scientists, over 40 international celebrities and 800,000 people around the world.

Following a Twitter challenge, resulting in more than 200,000 retweets in five hours, David Harbour secured a place on the Greenpeace ship alongside singer-songwriter and actress Alison Sudol. They have joined an expedition to gather scientific evidence of the need for an Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary to safeguard species like whales and penguins.

More than 40 international celebrities have joined David and Alison as ambassadors for the ‘Protect the Antarctic’ campaign. From countries ranging from Argentina to China, Spain to Israel, the ambassadors include actors, presenters, explorers, musicians, chefs and fashion designers:

Gillian Anderson, Carlos Bardem, Javier Bardem, Sir Quentin Blake, Tanya Burr, Jim Chapman, Gwendoline Christie, Lily Cole,...

Other winners at Swedish film awards include The Yard, Martha & Niki and My Aunt In Sarajevo.

Johannes Nyholm’s The Giant (pictured) was the big winner at the 2017 Guldbagge Awards in Sweden.

Produced by Garagefilm International and Beo Film, it won best film, best screenplay (for Nyholm) and best make-up (Eva von Bahr, Love Larson and Pia Aleborg).

The Yard also won three awards, including best actor (Anders Mossling), best cinematography (Ita Zbroniec-Zajt) and best sound/sound design (Patrik Strömdahl).

Goran Kapetanović won best director for the unusual My Aunt In Sarajevo, which had a theatrical release despite being only 58 minutes long. The film’s Sadžida Šetić also won best actress in a supporting role.

Maria Sundbom picked up best actress for The Girl, The Mother And The Demons, while Michael Nyqvist won best supporting actor for his role in A Serious Game.

Martha And Niki won best editing (Tora Mkandawire Mårtens and Therese Elfström) and best...

New distribution and production partnership will initially run for three years.

Scandinavian majors Nordisk Film and Miso Film have announced a new distribution and production partnership.

Through the collaboration, Nordisk Film will distribute the entire range of Miso Film’s television series and feature films in Scandinavia, and Nordisk Film will also join the development and production of Miso Film’s projects. Initially, the agreement between the companies will run for three years.

Projects already covered by the collaboration include Miso Film Norway’s TV series Frikjent (Acquitted) starring Nikolaj Cleve Broch and Lena Endre, and directed by Geir Henning Hopland, as well as Miso Film Sweden’s new TV series Vik/STUBØ based on Anne Holt’s novels, with screenplay by the Emmy-winning screenwriter duo Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm.

In addition, Nordisk Film will also distribute the Swedish feature film 438 Dagar (438 Days), the screenplay for which was written by Peter Birro based on Johan Persson...

Paris – A little northern light will shine on Marrakech as Mads Mikkelsen will join the delegation accepting a tribute to Scandinavian cinema at the 13th annual international film festival that kicks off in the Moroccan city Friday night. The Scandinavian delegation that will be soaking up some sun also includes directors Nicolas Winding Refn (Only God Forgives), Billie August (Smilla’s Sense of Snow), Tobias Lindholm (A Hijacking) and Erik Poppe (A Thousand Times Goodnight). Noomi Rapace will be joined by The Master actress Lena Endre and Anna Karenina’s Alicia Vikander, and actor Soren Malling, who took home last year’s

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Bronze Horse for best film goes to The Selfish Giant. More wins for Fruitvale Station, Miss Violence and Screen Star of Tomorrow George MacKay.Scroll down for full list of winners

UK film The Selfish Giant has picked up the Bronze Horse for best film at the 24th Stockholm Film Festival (Nov 6-17).

It marks the second consecutive year a film by a female director has won the top prize at Stockholm, after Cate Shortland’s Lore picked up the award last year.

The film, about two young friends who gather scrap metal for cash, was described by the jury as “a uniquely complete film. Shattering, to the point, poetic, believable, delicate, humorous. The sensitive interaction between the two main actors has resulted in the most touching portrayal of friendship we’ve seen in film. Only someone hard-hearted could fail to love this film.”

The Selfish Giant, which debuted at Cannes, is represented...

Zodiak Rights, the international division of Zodiak Media, has taken Echoes from the Dead to the currently running European Film Market, and we have a look at the film's sales art along with some early details on it.

Based on the bestselling book series by Swedish author Johan Theorin, Echoes from the Dead is a mystery drama directed by Daniel Alfredson (Millennium 2 and 3: The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest). Shot in Cuba and on the fascinating island of Öland in Sweden, the film stars renowned Swedish actress Lena Endre (The Master, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Faithless, Wallander), one of Ingmar Bergman’s favorites. It's produced by the Swedish film and television production company Yellow Bird.

Echoes from the Dead is in post-production with delivery scheduled for autumn 2013.

Synopsis:

On a foggy day Julia's six-year-old son, Jens, goes missing.

Title: Kiss Me (Kyss mig) Directed by: Alexandra-Therese Keining Starring: Ruth Vega Fernandez, Liv Mjönes and Lena Endre Running time: 105 minutes, Not Rated, Swedish language w/ subtitles Special Features: Trailer, Music Video “Love Steam” Mia and her boyfriend Tim travel to her father’s house to attend his birthday party/engagement party and meet her stepmother-to-be Elisabeth. There Mia and Tim are introduced to Frida, Elisabeth’s daughter. Instantly both women feel a connection, however Tim and Mia then announce their own engagement. Mia and Frida soon cannot stay away and spend weekends in bed together; all the while Mia and Tim are still planning their wedding. It’s the same old story [ Read More ]

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Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) is on the traditional track: successful architecture career, a wonderful apartment in the city, and she’s engaged to her boyfriend of many years, Tim (Joakim Nätterqvist). Mia and Tim travel to celebrate the 60th birthday and engagement of Mia’s father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson) to Elisabeth (Lena Endre). Mia’s younger brother, Oskar (Tom Ljungman), introduces her to Elisabeth’s daughter, Frida (Liv Mjönes). The idea is for everyone to get along like one big happy family. As with so many Scandinavian films I’ve seen recently there is so much beauty in Kiss Me – from the actors themselves to the lighting as well as the Swedish countryside. Writer and director Alexandra-Therese Keining captures one of the most intimate love stories I’ve seen in years. There is nothing trite or syrupy about Mia and Frida as we witness the evolution of their relationship. Keining...

Weinstein Co has released three clips from Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. Anderson, known for the powerful There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day Lewis, directs as well as writes the film, as well as producing with Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar and Megan Ellison The Master is a striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America which unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). The cast includes Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers.

Weinstein Co has released three clips from Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. Anderson, known for the powerful There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day Lewis, directs as well as writes the film, as well as producing with Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar and Megan Ellison The Master is a striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America which unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). The cast includes Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers.

Watch a new and exclusive clip from Paul Thomas Anderson's incredible-looking drama The Master starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams. The Weinstein Co release opens on September 14th and includes Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers. The clip announces a special sneak preview at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in Austin, TX on Monday, 9/10 and was cut especially for Alamo Drafthouse by Paul Thomas Anderson himself. The Master is a striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Watch a new and exclusive clip from Paul Thomas Anderson's incredible-looking drama The Master starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams. The Weinstein Co release opens on September 14th and includes Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers. The clip announces a special sneak preview at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in Austin, TX on Monday, 9/10 and was cut especially for Alamo Drafthouse by Paul Thomas Anderson himself. The Master is a striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as the leader of a controversial new religion in director Paul Thomas Anderson's heralded drama The Master, which has already garnered plenty of critical buzz as the film to beat at this year's Oscar race. Is that the 'truth'? Find out with this latest TV spot, which finds Philip Seymour Hoffman building his empire with a little help from Breaking Bad's Todd (Jesse Plemons).

The Master - TV Spot Truth

The Master comes to theaters September 14th, 2012 and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Lena Endre, Rami Malek. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Watch the final trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master which opens on September 14th via The Weinstein Company, with a starring cast of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Also in the cast are Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers.

Watch the final trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master which opens on September 14th via The Weinstein Company, with a starring cast of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix. A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future – until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Also in the cast are Laura Dern, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers.

One of the big movies for next year’s Oscars, P.T. Anderson‘s The Master arrives in just under three weeks, and gets its final domestic theatrical trailer.

With a number of festival premieres ahead Anderson’s highly anticipated drama will first make stops at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival before its wide release.

Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix this trailer features Phoenix’s intense hand-rapping as Hoffman’s Lancaster Dodd, a charismatic leader who establishes a new religion in the 1950s, gives a memorable speech that begins: ‘Man is not an animal.’

Both written and directed by Anderson, hitting limited theaters on September 14th and expanding nationwide on September 21st, 2012, the film also stars Laura Dern, Lena Endre, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Rami Malek and Joshua Close.

Check out the new trailer below.

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The Weinstein Company has released the fourth and final trailer for The Master, director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest drama that may or may not be based on the founding of the Church of Scientology. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as the title character, a man who creates his own religion that gains a massive following in the 1950s. Take a look at new footage, also starring Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, and Amy Adams.

The Master Trailer 4

The Master comes to theaters September 14th, 2012 and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Lena Endre, Rami Malek. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

It just sort of snuck up on us didn't it? For so long Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master seemed like a dream. Then it was in production, out of production, rumored for Cannes, added to the festival list at Venice, added to Toronto, sneaking in Santa Monica, playing in Chicago and on and on... It's here! It's hitting limited theaters on September 14 and expanding nationwide on September 21 and the final theatrical trailer has arrived. Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a belief system known as The Cause, a Naval veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future until he finds himself tantalized by Dodd and his teachings. Along with Hoffman and Phoenix, the film co-stars Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Lena Endre, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Rami Malek and Joshua Close. Watch the new theatrical trailer (via IMDb) directly below.

The Weinstein Co. is taking full advantage of the hype surrounding Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master to not only promote the film, but to place an emphasis on seeing it in theaters in 70mm as it screened twice in New York over the weekend following last week's Chicago screening and now a new clip has come online promoting an August 21 screening in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre. The film is an original story written by Anderson in which Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a man who returns after witnessing the horrors of WWII and tries to rediscover who he is in post-war America. He creates a belief system, something that catches on with other lost souls. Joaquin Phoenix is one of said "lost souls", co-starring alongside Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Lena Endre, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Rami Malek and Joshua Close. The film will have a Venice Film Festival premiere,...

12 photos have arrived from director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest drama, The Master, which is already being heralded by critics as a modern masterpiece and the film to beat at this year's Oscars. The story follows a man (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who creates a questionable new religion that soon gains quite a following. Check out these latest "low-fi" images, followed by comments from Philip Seymour Hoffman and producer JoAnne Sellar, who both downplay the movie's connection to L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology.

Attempting to play down the presumed fact that The Master is a thinly veiled biopic about L. Ron Hubbard and his creation of Scientology, Philip Seymour Hoffman made the following statement.

"It's not the L. Ron Hubbard story. [Scientology] was one of the bigger movements at the time, but there were a lot of movements at that time. There's nothing about how I'm behaving or talking that echoes [Hubbard]. I...

A second poster has arrived for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern and Rami Malek. I'm keen to explore this release from awards-focused Weinstein Co, coupled with There Will Be Blood helmer by Anderson. The project should impress. Set in the 1950s, The Master tells of the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man. The film also stars Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers...

A second poster has arrived for Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern and Rami Malek. I'm keen to explore this release from awards-focused Weinstein Co, coupled with There Will Be Blood helmer by Anderson. The project should impress. Set in the 1950s, The Master tells of the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man. The film also stars Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers...

Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman star in the new film from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson. The Master is scheduled for theatrical release this September A charismatic intellectual (Hoffman) launches a religious organization following World War II. A drifter (Phoenix) becomes his right-hand man but as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the drifter finds himself questioning the belief system and his mentor The Master, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Laura Dern, Lena Endre and is slated for release on September 14th, 2012.

The Weinstein Company has released the second poster for The Master, director Paul Thomas Anderson's new drama about a man who creates his own religion in the 1950s. This one-sheet features stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Amy Adams in a kaleidoscopic design. Check out the artistic new poster for this drama, opening in limited release September 14 before expanding September 21.

The Master comes to theaters September 14th, 2012 and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Lena Endre, Rami Malek. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Is it just me or does this new poster for The Master look like an advertisement for Barack Obama's re-election campaign? Am I missing the symbolism? Maybe I am just a little slow this Monday morning, but I'm not entirely getting the meaning? Is it a message of "hope" compared to the half-empty bottle of alcohol seen on the first poster? Despair leads to Hope leads to... Am I looking for meaning where there is none? A lot of conversation surrounding Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film was swirling over the weekend after it screened for the first time in Santa Monica. As would be expected, reactions were generous for the film in which Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a man who returns after witnessing the horrors of WWII and tries to rediscover who he is in post-war America. He creates a belief system, something that catches on with other lost souls.

The release date of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master goes to Sept. 14th. Brad Pitt starrer Killing Them Softly to open Oct. 19th Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix and Laura Dern star in The Master, which is set in the 1950s and tells of the relationship between a charismatic intellectual called "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man. Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers also form part of the cast. The film opens with Screen Gems' action sci-fi horror Resident Evil: Retribution starring Milla Jovovich, as well as Summit Entertainment's Logan Lerman and Emma Watson starrer The Perks of Being a Walllflower and Disney's 3D re-incarnation of Finding Nemo.

The release date of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master goes to Sept. 14th. Brad Pitt starrer Killing Them Softly to open Oct. 19th Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix and Laura Dern star in The Master, which is set in the 1950s and tells of the relationship between a charismatic intellectual called "the Master" whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man. Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, W. Earl Brown, Jillian Bell, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre and Ambyr Childers also form part of the cast. The film opens with Screen Gems' action sci-fi horror Resident Evil: Retribution starring Milla Jovovich, as well as Summit Entertainment's Logan Lerman and Emma Watson starrer The Perks of Being a Walllflower and Disney's 3D re-incarnation of Finding Nemo.

The Weinstein Company has made some changes to its fall release schedule today. The studio has moved Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master from October 12 to September 14, and Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly from September 21 to October 19.

The Master will now go up against Pixar's 3D re-release of Finding Nemo and Sony's Resident Evil: Retribution on September 14. The drama will open in limited release, before expanding to more cities September 21. Killing Them Softly will open against Summit's Alex Cross and Paramount's Paranormal Activity 4.

The Master stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as the title character, a man who creates his own belief system in the 1950s, which becomes increasingly popular throughout the United States. Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Jesse Plemons also star.

Brad Pitt stars in Killing Them Softly as an enforcer investigating the daring robbery of a high-stakes poker game. Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Sam Rockwell, and Casey Affleck also star.

The Weinstein Company has released the third trailer for director Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master. Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in this drama, set in the 1950s, as a man who comes up with his own religion that gains popularity all across the country. Joaquin Phoenix plays The Master's right-hand man, a drifter who begins to question this bizarre belief system. Take a look at new footage in this video.

The Master - Trailer 3

The Master comes to theaters October 12th, 2012 and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Lena Endre, Rami Malek. The film is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.