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Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and John Eastman were among 18 co-defendants indicted by an Arizona grand jury Wednesday on charges stemming from their attempts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results by nominating fake electors.

The indictment capped off a year-long investigation spearheaded by Arizona Attorney General Kristin Mayes (D). Wednesday’s filing lists 11 named defendants and seven redacted defendants who are charged with six counts of forgery, one count of conspiracy, one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices, and one count of fraudulent schemes and practices.

The filing redacted the...

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An organized and well-funded network of right-wing groups is spending countless millions attacking a bipartisan election reform that could threaten the Maga political project.

Ranked-choice voting — which allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, rather than just selecting one — has been used in state and federal elections in Alaska and Maine, and it has been gaining momentum in dozens of other states and municipalities, often with bipartisan support. Voters in Nevada and Oregon will hold referendums...

“Sam & Kate” is a family affair, which is essentially the entire conceit for the film’s existence. Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek play Bill and Tina, while Jake Hoffman and Schuyler Fisk (Spacek’s daughter with production designer Jack Fisk) play their respective kids, Sam and Kate. It’s the story of young adults and their challenging relationships with their quirky aging parents, fumbling toward a kind of grace in spite of their pasts.

The appeal of the film is its gimmick: watching two legendary actors who defined New Hollywood in the 1970s playing parents to their own children and the unique chemistry that comes from that. It also helps that the kids look a lot like their parents.

But Hoffman and Fisk aren’t carbon copies of their parents, and neither have their careers. Both have been acting since childhood, but Hoffman has gone the indie route, having directed the feature “Asthma,...

Sam & Kate Vertical Entertainment Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net, linked from Rotten Tomatoes by Harvey Karten Director: Darren Le Gallo Screenwriter: Darren Le Gallo Cast: Henry Thomas, Sissy Spacek, Dustin Hoffman, Tyler Labine, Schuyler Fisk, Jake Hoffman, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 11/10/22 Opens: November 11, 2022 Not all rom-coms need […]

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Bleecker Street has acquired “The Fabulous Four,” a feel-good comedy featuring Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler and Megan Mullally.

Sissy Spacek has also newly joined the cast as the final member of the titular fearsome foursome.

The film, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (“The Dressmaker”) from a script she co-wrote with Jenna Milly and Ann Marie Allison, is going into production in early 2023 in Australia. Bleecker Street is planning a nationwide theatrical release, though the exact timing is yet to be determined.

“The Fabulous Four” will follow three life-long friends who travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in a surprise wedding of their college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Once there, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past rises up again in all its glory, and there’s enough sparks, drinks and romance to change all their lives in ways they never expected.

Richard Barton Lewis of Southpaw Entertainment will produce “The Fabulous Four...

Bleecker Street has taken North American rights to the comedy The Fabulous Four, starring Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan), two-time Academy Award nominee Bette Midler (Hocus Pocus 2) and two-time Emmy winner Megan Mullally (Will & Grace), with Academy Award winner Sissy Spacek (Sam & Kate) coming aboard to round out its core cast.

Production is scheduled to kick off in Australia in early 2023, with Bleecker Street planning a nationwide theatrical release. Sierra/Affinity is repping international rights.

The film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse (The Dressmaker) follows three life-long friends who travel to Key West, Florida to be bridesmaids in the surprise wedding of their college girlfriend Marilyn (Midler). Once there, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past rises up again in all its glory, and there’s enough sparks, drinks and romance to change all their lives in ways they never expected.

The Fabulous Four...

Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek are two of the most beloved actors of their generation. Now, in their next film together, they’ll have to fend with a new generation: their real-life kids.

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“Sam & Kate” stars Hoffman and Spacek, but their children, Jake Hoffman and Schuyler Fisk, also co-star in lead roles in an uplifting tale of making love and family work.

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"Been a long time since I've been out like this." Vertical Entertainment has revealed an official trailer for a family comedy titled Sam & Kate, opening in select theaters this November. Described as a "life-affirming family dramedy" starring Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek - truly a family affair, art imitates life with the father / son casting of Dustin & Jake Hoffman and the mother / daughter casting of Sissy & Schuyler Fisk. When Sam (the younger Hoffman) returns to his small town to care for his ailing father, he soon finds himself falling for a local woman, Kate. Simultaneously, his father begins finding love with Kate's mother. But both couples must confront their past in order to make their new love work for the future. The cast also includes Henry Thomas, Tyler Labine, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow, Dylan McNamara, and Elizabeth Becka. This looks sweet and fun, but also a film you'll forget as soon as it's over.

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The Austin Film Festival has unveiled its 2022 lineup, which includes Bob Saget’s final movie, the Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek-starrer Sam & Kate, and a filmmaking honor for Darren Aronofsky, the director of the festival’s opening night film The Whale.

This year’s slate features over 33 world, North American, U.S. and Texas premieres including Saget’s last film appearance, the Jeremy Lalonde-directed Daniel’s Gotta Die. The film also stars Jason Jones, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carly Chaikin and Iggy Pop.

“Bob’s passing came as a shock to the entire Daniel’s Gotta Die team. He was a collaborator through and through and he really loved this film,” Lalonde said. “It’s with great sadness that he never got to see it finished. I can’t wait to see how audiences react to his final performance at Austin Film...

Exclusive: Vertical Entertainment has continued its feature film investment strategy by completing pre-buy financing and securing North American and UK/Ireland distribution rights to Sam & Kate, a family dramedy starring Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek. The film from writer-director Darren Le Gallo, also starring the former actor’s son Jake Hoffman and the latter’s daughter Schuyler Fisk, is slated for a theatrical release on November 11.

Le Gallo’s feature directorial debut takes place in a small town in the heart of the country. Hoffman plays Bill, the larger-than-life father to Sam (Jake Hoffman), who has returned home to take care of his ailing dad. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate (Schuyler Fisk). And at the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina (Spacek). But finding love is complicated, and for these four, it is no different. They all must confront their...

Exclusive: The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman star Jake Hoffman, whose father is Dustin Hoffman, is creating and directing coming-of-age romcom The Problem With Poets.

Film Mode Entertainment is launching sales at Cannes on the pic, which is being produced by Rolling Pictures.

The feature is a quintessential New York story about an aspiring poet who encounters his quirky dream girl on the subway. After a chance encounter and fleeting moment, Miles desperately searches Manhattan for Ash, the girl of his dreams. He falls head over heels for his quirky, adorable counterpart who shares his love for poetry and zest for life in the big city and underneath Ash’s beauty and tomboy style is a complex, intelligent, anxious, precocious tornado who wraps everyone up in her complicated messes. What follows is a romance for which neither were prepared.

Hoffman recently completed production on Darren Le Gallo’s Sam and Kate,...

Sisters Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Marian (Alessandra Mesa) haven’t seen each other for six years. Vivian is conservatively dressed, happily married, respectably employed. Marian is bleached-blond, leather jacketed, scratching a living as a rock singer, running from something, which brings her back to her home town and Vivian’s door. There she quickly makes herself at home, an unwelcome guest as far as husband Michael (Jake Hoffman) is concerned, slouching around working on her music and making no contribution either to housework or bills. Despite their apparent differences, however, there’s a close bond between the two women, and this animosity sees Vivian increasingly sympathetic to her sister, increasingly alert to all the little frustrations which have been building up in her relationship.

We’re all so used to seeing onscreen twins played by the same actor that there’s something disconcerting about seeing them played by two, especially...

Superior Review — Superior (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Erin Vassilopoulos and starring Alessandra Mesa, Ani Mesa, Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, Stanley Simons, Liz Cameron, Sonia Conlin, L. Marie Denwood, Ashley Kalo, Charlie Kevin, Christine Lauer, Delian Lincourt, Alexa Mareka, Lianna Morra, Miki Reaume and Cara Ronzetti. Director Erin Vassilopoulos’ new film Superior [...]

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"I'm worried about her." Factory 25 has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Superior, which initially premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival last year. This grainy, retro indie is about a woman on the run who returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, which alters the trajectory of both their lives. Described as an "Almodovarian psychodrama" with touches of Lynch and De Palma and 80s psychological thriller cinema. She realizes that she can pass as her sister and gets into even more trouble pretending to be her while trying to stay out of any trouble. Starring Alessandra Mesa and Anamari Mesa as sisters Marian and Vivian; along with Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, and Stanley Simons. This has a very specific pastiche that will some will be very attracted to, but for others it may just be grueling. But there's intricacy in...

The Mean Street for this Martin Scorsese picture is Wall Street. His show pushes the hard- R rating to depict the wild life and times of a stock-selling pirate who bilks investors for millions that fuel a ten-year spree of obscene consumption, Bad Boy decadence and absurd levels of sex and drug abuse. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Jordan Belfort beautifully, surrounded by a corps of terrific players (including Margot Robbie) given clear characters by Terence Winter and superb direction by Scorsese. The surprise is that the show is not a facile take-down of the American Dream. Screaming greed is the lure and the joke’s on us. Co-starring Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Rob Reiner, Jon Bernthal, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin and Joanna Lumley.

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In the wake of Rust producers being hit with two lawsuits stemming from the fatal shooting of that film’s Dp Halyna Hutchins, Variety reports this morning that producer Ryan Donnell Smith is co-financing a Dustin Hoffman-Sissy Spacek movie entitled Sam & Kate.

Deadline has reached out to the Rust producer’s reps for comment. We will update the story should they return calls.

Smith’s company Thomasville Pictures, which he co-owns with Allen Cheney, another Rust producer, will co-back Sam & Kate which is scheduled to start production in mid-February in Thomasville, Ga. Reportedly Smith will serve as EP on the film, but not be involved in physical production. Another source tells Deadline this morning that Smith is investing an estimated $900K into Sam & Kate.

Endeavor Content is also handling domestic financing with Volition Media Partners producing, and Bankside Films handling foreign sales.

Variety reports that...

A producer on “Rust” is backing another independent film, “Sam & Kate,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek, which is set to begin production early next year.

Ryan Smith is helping to finance the film, which is set to shoot in Thomasville, Ga., starting in mid-February. A source close to the project said that Smith is putting in a portion of the financing and will get an executive producer credit, but that he and his company will not be involved in physical production.

Smith, his business partner Allen Cheney, and their company, Thomasville Pictures, have been named in two lawsuits stemming from the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust” last month in New Mexico. Actor Alec Baldwin was preparing for a scene when he shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the film’s director. The film has shut down indefinitely.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office...

One of the themes running through the 2021 North Bend Film Festival was Identity. There were so many films that focused on the varying ways that one can become oneself. Queer Identity, Immigrant Identity, finding your adult identity as you come of age. One of the more haunting explorations of identity came with Erin Vassilopoulos’ haunting film Superior.

Superior opens with Marian (Alessandra Mesa) having a fight with her abusive husband. She manages to escape, running him over with her car in the process. Breathless and terrified, she makes her way to a small town in upstate New York. It is her hometown, in fact. The one that she left six years prior. It is the small hometown where her twin sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) still lives.

On the surface, Marian and Vivan are polar opposites. Marian is in a band. She lives a very free lifestyle, going from one place to another on a whim,...

Exclusive: Dustin Hoffman and Sissy Spacek are set to star in the family dramedy Sam & Kate, with Darren Le Gallo writing and making his directing debut. Jake Hoffman and Schuyler Fisk also star. Ben Shields Catlin, Orian Williams, Ford Corbett, Cindy Bru and Le Gallo will produce. Amy Adams and Stacy O’Neil will exec produce for Bond Group Entertainment.

“I am thrilled and humbled to have the incredible cast and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robert Yeoman (The Grand Budapest Hotel) to be a part of bringing this story into a reality,” said Le Gallo.

The film follows a life-affirming family comedy-drama film that takes place in a small town in the heart of the country. Dustin Hoffman will play Bill, the larger-than-life father being taken care of by Sam (Jake Hoffman), who has returned home to take care of his ailing father. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate (Fisk). At the same time,...

Exclusive: The rise, fall and subsequent rise of famous shoe designer and entrepreneur Steve Madden will be the subject of a TV series. Michael Rapaport (Atypical) will play Madden in the project, produced by Meryl Poster’s Superb Entertainment.

Superb’s Poster and Kara Feifer have optioned the rights to produce a TV series based on Madden’s life, which is detailed in his 2020 memoir, The Cobbler: How I Disrupted An Industry, Fell From Grace & Came Back Stronger Than Ever. Search is currently underway for a writer.

A college dropout who fell in love with shoes while working in a mom and pop shoe store in his Long Island home town, Madden took his company, which makes ​his eponymous shoe brand, from the fledgling startup he founded thirty years ago with a mere $1,100 to a global juggernaut.

Madden’s complicated story also includes a criminal conviction and a prison sentence...

Much of Erin Vassilopoulos’ moody, something’s-wrong-in-the-suburbs directorial debut, Superior, takes place in a Reagan-era Barbie Dreamhouse come to life. Within its mint and pink-punch walls live Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Michael (Jake Hoffman), a young couple who are dismayed when her estranged twin sister, Marian (Alessandra Mesa, Ani’s own twin), a touring rock musician, drops by unannounced during a thawing winter and asks to stay for a few days. On the run from a young man (Pico Alexander) who looks like he’s doing rockabilly-hitman cosplay with his slicked-back hair, too-shiny leather trench and ominous leather gloves, Marian dreams that he breaks ...

Much of Erin Vassilopoulos’ moody, something’s-wrong-in-the-suburbs directorial debut, Superior, takes place in a Reagan-era Barbie Dreamhouse come to life. Within its mint and pink-punch walls live Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Michael (Jake Hoffman), a young couple who are dismayed when her estranged twin sister, Marian (Alessandra Mesa, Ani’s own twin), a touring rock musician, drops by unannounced during a thawing winter and asks to stay for a few days. On the run from a young man (Pico Alexander) who looks like he’s doing rockabilly-hitman cosplay with his slicked-back hair, too-shiny leather trench and ominous leather gloves, Marian dreams that he breaks ...

Thriller inspired by director’s short film and Sundance 2015 selection of same name.

Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has boarded international rights to Sundance neo-noir Superior and will launch sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.

Erin Vassilopoulos’s U.S. Dramatic Competition selection stars twins Alessandra Mesa (who co-wrote the screenplay) and Ani Mesa in the story about estranged sisters who reconnect under frightening circumstances.

When Marian (Alessandra Mesa) is forced to go on the run she flees to the small-town home of her housewife sister, Vivian (Ani Mesa). The identical twins live vastly different lives, and the arrival of...

With her frayed blonde hair and moody coal-black eye makeup, rock band singer Marian (Alessandra Mesa) doesn’t immediately appear to resemble her identical twin sister. Practically a Stepford wife with her demure manner and neat brown bob, Vivian (Ani Mesa) lives with her loser husband (Jake Hoffman) in the same house the sisters grew up in. She’s stifled by her domestic routine of cleaning, gardening, and grocery shopping, but too meek to do anything about it—perhaps because that audacious, thrill-seeking part of her has gone missing, quite literally, with the disappearance of her other half some six years ago.

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Chicago – The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is now in Day Four, offering over 20 premieres on January 31st. This year’s festival is virtual and online, meaning anyone with a ticket or a pass can indulge in the film offerings throughout the festival, which runs until February 3rd.

For the premieres of 2021, the cutting edge potential influencer films and all the ancillary new voice filmmakers, the Sundance Film Festival is the one that begins every film year with the movies that ultimately become the talk of the town and the gatherer of year end awards. Your ticket to the festival is your chance to see these films and filmmakers before the general public.

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The Sundance Film Festival is an annual event organized by the Sundance Institute – an organization founded by actor Robert Redford in 1980 – and dedicated to the growth of independent artists.

Back at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015, director Erin Vassilopoulos debuted the short film “Superior” starring twin sisters Alessandra Mesa and Ani Mesa. The project, a nominee for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize, focused on two sisters living in upstate New York who experience an awakening of self when a stranger comes to stay with them and their father for a brief spell.

The film also sparked a creative relationship among its director and stars. Six years later, the trio is back at Sundance with a continuation, of sorts, of the original short. Also called “Superior,” the new film takes place over one transformative Halloween weekend in the late 1980s and catches up with twin sisters Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Marion (Alessandra Mesa) after years of estrangement.

“A lot of the themes from the short still live on in the feature and are kind of the continuation of that exploration,...

I Was A Simple ManThe Sundance Institute has announced 72 feature films and 50 shorts selected for their 2021 Festival, including 66 world premieres and 38 films from first-time feature filmmakers. The first festival under new Festival Director Tabitha Jackson, Sundance 2021 is set to take place both digitally and in person across the entire United States at drive-ins and independent arthouses between January 28—February 3.U.S. Dramatic Competitioncoda (Siân Heder, USA) — As a Coda – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents. Cast: Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin. World Premiere.I Was a Simple Man (Christopher Makoto Yogi, USA) — As a family in Hawai'i faces the imminent death of their eldest, the ghosts of the past haunt the countryside.

Taking place January 28 through February 3 next year, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival will look quite different than ever before. After unveiling their screening plans, featuring a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more, the lineup has now arrived.

The full 2021 slate of works includes 72 feature-length films, representing 29 countries and 38 first-time feature filmmakers. These films were selected from 14,092 submissions including 3,500 feature-length films. Of the feature film submissions, 1,377 were from the U.S. and 2,132 were international.

Check out the lineup below.

U.S. Dramatic Competition

The 10 films in this section are all world premieres.

Coda (Director and Screenwriter: Siân Heder, Producers: Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger) — As a Coda – Child of Deaf Adults – Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family’s fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

The directorial debuts of actress Robin Wright and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and a documentary from Edgar Wright will be among the new films screening at the largely virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance organizers announced on Tuesday.

Robin Wright’s “Land,” starring Wright, Demian Bichir and Kim Dickens and set in the Rocky Mountains, will premiere at Sundance in advance of its Feb. 12 release from Focus Features. Questlove’s “Summer of Soul” is a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival, which drew 300,000 people in the summer of 1969. Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is about Ron and Russell Mael, the two brothers who founded the rock band Sparks.

The Sundance lineup, which was revealed in its entirety, will consist of 72 feature films, 50 shorts, four indie episodic series and 14 “new frontier” projects. The films will screen on Sundance’s online platform, with each one having a live online premiere, and also...

Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman, Mathilde Ollivier | Written and Directed by Amy Miller Gross

Changing lanes for a minute in my viewing pleasure, I decided to sit down and a watch a rom-com with my wife and it has to be said – with none other than Alicia Silverstone and Tom Everett Scott starring – it felt like my 90s nostalgia none was going to be tickled. We were also optimistic that with the title of Sister of the Groom we may get some Father of the Bride vibes… We did not! Though thankfully Tom Everett Scott did enough in the first 10 minutes of this film to kept me watching to the end.

I do find myself wondering how I actually feel about the film though – its very much a middle-of-the-road rom-com, with Alicia Silverstone doing her best Drew Barrymore homage in Sister of the Groom, aka The Pleasure of Your Presence.

Saban Films has debuted a new trailer for the comedy ‘Sister of the Groom’ featuring Alicia Silverstone.

Alicia Silverstone (Clueless) and Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do) star in a destination wedding weekend gone off the rails. Audrey (Silverstone) struggles with turning 40 while meeting her new seemingly perfect sister-in-law. With every intention of breaking up the happy couple, Audrey and her loyal husband (Scott) throw the weekend into a tailspin of embarrassing series of mishaps that make this destination wedding truly unforgettable.

Written & Directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also stars Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier.

Also in trailers – Meryl Streep leads in trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Let Them All Talk’

The film hits US cinemas, On Demand and Digital December 18th.

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"I want to live in the moment, and be free!" Saban Films has unveiled an official trailer for an indie wedding comedy titled Sister of the Groom, from filmmaker Amy Miller Gross. Everyone ready for this marriage mayhem? Liam is set to wed a younger French girl, Clemence, in the Hamptons. His sister, Audrey, and her husband, Ethan, drive to attend, yet Audrey's motives are likely to stop the wedding. Audrey and Clemence do not get along, as Clemence, a perfect gorgeous French woman, reminds Audrey of her own imperfections. Feelings of jealousy due to her own lost opportunities, uncertainty of herself, and 40 years of choices, could explode and scorch her new sister-in-law. Oh boy. Starring Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman, and Mathilde Ollivier. This looks like the kind of goofy comedies Hollywood used to make, but doesn't make anymore, probably for the better. It seems to be...

In today’s film news roundup, Alicia Silverstone’s “Sister of the Groom,” faith-based “Everyday Miracles” and South Korean drama “House of Hummingbiord” get distribution and the Indian horror movie “Lapachhapi” gets a Hindi remake.

Acquisitions

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.

Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.

Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.

Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...

Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to “Sister of the Groom,” a comedy set at a wedding starring “Clueless” star Alicia Silverstone, the distributor announced Thursday.

“Sister of the Groom,” which was written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Saban Films will announce plans to release the film at a later date.

Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier co-star in the film. Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Julie Engelbrecht, Ronald Guttman and the late Mark Blum round out the key cast.

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Miller Gross also produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, and Silverstone served as an executive producer.

Saban Films has RSVP’d for the North American distribution rights to Sister of the Groom, the Premiere Entertainment Group wedding comedy starring Alicia Silverstone. Amy Miller Gross wrote and directed the pic, which follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.

Additional cast includes Tom Everett Scott (who co-starred alongside Silverstone in 2017’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) Jake Hoffman, Mathilde Ollivier Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht, and Ronald Guttman.

Miller Gross produced via Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.

Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban along with Elias Axume and Devin Carter of Premiere on behalf of the filmmakers. Premiere handled worldwide sales.

Upcoming releases on Saban...

Premiere Entertainment Group launched Efm sales under previous title The Pleasure of Your Presence.

Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed North American rights on the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy Sister Of The Groom to Saban Films.

Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations) wrote and directed the film which also stars Tom Everett Scott (truTV’s I’m Sorry), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman) and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord). Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, with Silverstone serving as executive producer.

Silverstone (Clueless) plays a woman on a mission to stop her brother’s marriage to a younger French woman at...

Amy Miller Gross directed and produced for Mandorla Productions.

Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its Efm sales slate with worldwide rights to wedding comedy The Pleasure Of Your Presence starring Alicia Silverstone.

Tom Everett Scott (Parental Guidance), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman), and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord) are among the key cast on the story about a woman (Silverstone) who tries to halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.

Amy Miller Gross directed from her original screenplay, and produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms,...

Though A24’s “Uncut Gems” features retired Celtics player Kevin Garnett in his acting debut, avid basketball fan and star Adam Sandler said he never actually had the chance to shoot hoops with the famed center during filming.

“But he taught me two good tips and I’m not going to tell you what they are, but I hope I see you out on the court and I’m going to destroy you,” Sandler cracked to Variety on Wednesday night at the film’s Los Angeles premiere at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood.

Basketball played a central role in the both the film’s story and development; Sandler’s first meeting with the writer/director brother duo Josh and Benny Safdie took place on the court. “We played a lot of basketball during this shoot,“ Sandler said. “Josh has long arms. He lucked out and blocked me one time.

You can never quite predict what will happen when parents intrude on their kids’ lives, no matter what their ages — a fact of life that has inspired a rich subgenre of such films as “She’s Out of Control,” “Mother,” “The Guilt Trip” and last year’s surprisingly sweet “Blockers.” Based on the novel “Whatever Makes You Happy” by William Sutcliffe, director Cindy Chupack’s “Otherhood” follows three meddling mothers who travel to New York City to surprise their wayward adult sons with an unexpected visit, offers a welcome female-centered take on empty-nester syndrome in the process. Part guilt trip, part gentle ode to smothering mothers, it could be called “Why Don’t You Call Your Mother More Often: The Movie.” Despite a shaky third act, Chupack and company find great success by keeping the shenanigans grounded in a sense of pathos.

Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen...

The centuries-old adage no good deed goes unpunished is a common refrain for star music manager Scott Rodger of late. Rodger, who represents Paul McCartney and Andrea Bocelli at Maverick, says his client Matteo Bocelli, the son of the opera star, was stiffed out of promised expense reimbursement by the American Icon Awards.

The event, held in May at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, honored Al Pacino, whom longtime friend and colleague Robert De Niro introduced with a lively speech that included a dig at Donald Trump, along with Quincy Jones for music and Evander Holyfield for sports, among others recognized for humanitarian efforts. Those in attendance included Sylvester Stallone, Joe Mantegna, David Foster, Naomi Campbell, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jake Hoffman and NFL veteran Devon Sill. Martin Scorsese is listed as the event’s honorary dinner chair.

Philanthropy is at the heart of the six-year-old American Icon Awards, which, according...

Netflix has launched a new trailer for the comedy ‘Otherhood’ featuring Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman.

Directed by Cindy Chupack, Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls, and Heidi Gardner also star in the film in which the 3 ladies play underappreciated Mothers on a journey to reconnect with their sons and themselves.

Also in trailers – Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba star in trailer for ‘Killers Anonymous’

The film hits Netflix on August 2nd

Otherhood Synopsis

Feeling marginalized and forgotten, long-time friends Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman) decide to drive to New York to reconnect with their adult sons, and in the process, they realize their sons are not the only ones whose lives need to change. A journey to relate becomes a journey of rediscovery that forces these women to redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and most importantly, themselves.

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"We're not on vacation, we are on a mission! We are going to reconnect with our sons." There's life beyond motherhood! Netflix has debuted the official trailer for a comedy titled Otherhood, based on the novel of the same name written by William Sutcliffe. The effervescent film tells the story of three mothers who are long-time friends and empty nesters. They decide to drive to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons. In the process, they realize their sons are not the only ones whose lives need to change. "A journey of rediscovery that forces these women to redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and most importantly, themselves." The excellent ensemble cast features Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman, Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls, and Heidi Gardner. This looks fun, but we've seen this kind of story plenty of times (although usually with men). Ladies love to live free!

Netflix on Wednesday released the trailer for Otherhood.

The film follows longtime friends and empty nesters Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman), who decide to drive to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons because they feel forgotten. During their trip to New York, the mothers learn that they must redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and themselves. 

Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls and Heidi Gardner round out the cast, while Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack directed the movie in her narrative feature debut. Mark Andrus co-wrote Otherhood alongside Chupack.

The trailer ...

Netflix on Wednesday released the trailer for Otherhood.

The film follows longtime friends and empty nesters Carol (Angela Bassett), Gillian (Patricia Arquette) and Helen (Felicity Huffman), who decide to drive to New York City to reconnect with their adult sons because they feel forgotten. During their trip to New York, the mothers learn that they must redefine their relationships with their children, friends, spouses and themselves. 

Jake Hoffman, Jake Lacy, Sinqua Walls and Heidi Gardner round out the cast, while Sex and the City alum Cindy Chupack directed the movie in her narrative feature debut. Mark Andrus co-wrote Otherhood alongside Chupack.

The trailer ...

Exclusive: Alicia Silverstone will star in The Pleasure Of Your Presence, the sophomore feature for writer and director Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations). Tom Everett Scott (13 Reasons Why), Jake Hoffman (The Wolf of Wall Street), Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord), Noah Silver (Tyrant), Mark Blum (Mozart In The Jungle), Julie Engelbrecht (The Last Witch Hunter), and Ronald Guttman (Preacher) also co-star in the film from Mandorla Productions, LLC.

The plot follows a woman (Silverstone) who attempts to stop her brother (Hoffman) from marrying a young, French girl (Olliver) during their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Production took place in the Hamptons and New York City.

Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms, and Gross are the producers while Silverstone serves as executive producer.

Earlier this year, Silverstone wrapped production on Bill Teitler’s marriage counselor comedy Judy Small. She also starred in Paramount Network’s short-lived series American Woman and appeared in Paramount’s summer sleeper hit Book Club.

Exclusive: Felicity Huffman, Jake Lacy and Jake Hoffman have joined Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette in the romantic comedy feature Otherhood for Netflix. The project is being produced by Cathy Schulman and Jason Michael Berman (The Birth of a Nation). The movie is currently underway in New York with helmer Cindy Chupack.

Huffman, who most recently appeared in the ABC anthology series American Crime, earning Emmy nominations for each of its three seasons, is coming aboard the comedy about three Moms who leave their suburban life to reconnect with their estranged sons in NYC. The script is from Chupack and Mark Andrus (Oscar nominee for As Good As It Gets with James Brooks) and based on the William Sutcliffe novel Whatever Makes You Happy.

Jake Lacy) and Jake Hoffman also join the Mandalay and Welle Entertainment production.

Huffman, who recently...

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