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Shailene Woodley has an array of movies that are worth watching again. Whether it is the heartbreaking drama The Fault in Our Stars or the crime movie The Mauritanian, Woodley has a wide range of acting skills. The Divergent star has been in the industry from a young age, but while some of her projects will forever live rent-free in some peoples minds, other movies straight-up stayed in the past, despite their initial success.

It is common that some movies remain in their time, but some are more than worth bringing back to light. The Descendants, which was directed by Alexander Payne and released at the end of 2011, is one of Shailene Woodleys long-forgotten movies. Dont you worry though, because the movie that won an Oscar is streaming on Disney+.

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*Availability in US Release Date September 9, 2011Director Alexander PayneCast George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller,...

Rlje Films will release the drama/comedy Shoplifters Of The World on DVD and Blu-ray on June 1, 2021. The DVD will sell for an Srp of $27.97 and the Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96

Now you can win the Win the DVD of Shoplifters Of The World We Are Movie Geeks has three to give away. Just leave a comment below telling us what your favorite movie is with the word ‘World’ in the title (mine’s The World Is Not Enough. It’s so easy!)

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Written and directed by Stephen Kijak (We Are X, Sid & Judy), Shoplifters Of The World stars Helena Howard (Amazon’s “The Wilds,” Madeline’s Madeline), Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood, Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird”), Elena Kampouris (Children of the Corn,...

Sometimes the attempt to share a new, improved life with the ones they love can ultimately put people’s own existences in danger. That’s certainly the case for actor Nick Krause’s protagonist of Darwin in the upcoming sci-fi film, ‘2149: The Aftermath.’ The character’s effort to share the experience of true human contact with his mother […]

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"We have to be cautious, we have to stay out of sight..." 4Digital Media has released an official trailer for an indie sci-fi film Canada called 2149: The Aftermath, formerly known as Confinement. The premise is similar to Ready Player One - in the future, everyone lives in tiny pods and everyone connects online - no one ever goes outside. One night, lightning strikes the computer of a young man named Darwin (of course), and he is forced to venture into the dangerous "outside". He is surprised to come across a beautiful young woman, living with her family in the woods, who teach him how to speak and show him the value of human contact. Meanwhile, the security forces have sent drones to search for and to recapture him. Nick Krause stars, with Molly Parker, Juliette Gosselin, Jordyn Negri, and Daniel Divenere. Unfortunately this looks quite cheesy and derivative, borrowing...

The Smiths are dead. That’s the news Cleo (Helena Howard) punctuates with a scream loud enough to wake everyone in Denver, Colorado but her own passed out drunk mother on the couch. So she drives to the one place she knows she’ll find a kindred spirit: the record store. Dean (Ellar Coltrane) is reading the news behind the counter as she walks in, the obvious air of depression looming above him before his boss (Thomas Lennon) stomps in to say that he needs to stop playing Morrissey and Marr’s music in memorialization since it’s always been too much of a downer. What he doesn’t realize that Cleo and Dean do, however, is that not everyone wants escapism from their art. Some seek an understanding that they aren’t alone.

That’s what this music gave a generation as its melodies became their home and saved...

"This night... will open our eyes." Rlje Films has released an official trailer for an indie titled Shoplifters of the World, from a British director of music docs named Stephen Kijak. Set in the summer of 1987 in Denver, Colorado, the film follows four friends. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan. Starring Helena Howard, Ellar Coltrane, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause, James Bloor, Thomas Lennon, and Joe Manganiello. This isn't the only Smiths tribute film (also: The More You Ignore Me) but it does look like this'll be good. "Featuring an incredible soundtrack – including 20 songs from The Smiths – Shoplifters of the World is a glorious ode to the craziness of the '80s and the power of music ...

>1969: Dark Shadows' Quentin was shocked to see Laura.

1983: Kristian Alfonso debuted as Hope on Days of our Lives.

2009: Guiding Light's Olivia poured her heart out at Gus's grave.

2011: ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1939: On Backstage Wife, Mary went to a portrait sitting at Ken Page's studio. Ken's sister Sandra arrived while Mary was in the dressing room very upset with Ken because he did not want her to see Mary's friend,...

London-based sales agent WestEnd Films has released the first-look image for The Smiths-infused comedy-drama “Shoplifters of the World,” which Variety is publishing exclusively. WestEnd is screening footage to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market.

Based on an urban legend, the film is set over the course of one night in the lives of four friends in Denver, who are reeling from the news of the split up of iconic British band The Smiths. The local radio station is hijacked by an impassioned Smiths fan with a gun, who makes the DJ play nothing but Smiths tracks for the entire night.

The still shows Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”), who plays the hijacker. Joe Manganiello plays the DJ. The cast also includes Helena Howard, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause, and James Bloor. The film, written and directed by Stephen Kijak (“Scott Walker – 30 Century Man”), will feature 20 tracks by The Smiths.

The movie...

>1969: Dark Shadows' Quentin was shocked to see Laura.

1983: Kristian Alfonso debuted as Hope on Days of our Lives.

2009: Guiding Light's Olivia poured her heart out at Gus's grave.

2011: ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1939: On Backstage Wife, Mary went to a portrait sitting at Ken Page's studio. Ken's sister Sandra arrived...

Sasha Lane captivated critics and audiences with her performance in “American Honey.” The breakout star has been in demand since the film debuted at Cannes, but has chosen to stay in the indie realm with her follow-up films.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Lane has now joined the cast of the drama “Shoplifters of the World Unite,” written and directed by Stephen Kijak. The story chronicles the day when The Smith’s lead singer Morrissey announced that the band was officially breaking up. Distraught with the news and filled with sadness, a young boy takes a gun to the Kiss 101 radio tower and demands that the DJ (portrayed by Joe Manganiello) play The Smiths for the entire night.

Read More: ‘Filmmaker’ Reveals 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2016: ‘American Honey’ Star Sasha Lane & More

Additional cast members include Nick Krause, Isabelle Fuhrman and Ellar Coltrane. Manganiello, Nick Manganiello and Laura Rister...

Here's something that plays into the current obsession with technology: Darwin.

Directed by Benjamin Duffield, a long-time TV and movie editor who occasionally dabbles as a director, Darwin is Duffield's first feature in a number of years and it looks rather fantastic.

The movie stars Nick Krause as Darwin, a young man living in a dystopian society where the outside world has been destroyed. Darwin spends his days in front of a computer screen playing games and dreaming about girls but when his living space encounters a malfunction that leaves him without food or water, he ventures outside where he discovers a perfectly healthy world. He's obviously being lied to but to what end?

What I love most of the trailer is just how retro it feels. From the [Continued ...]...

Miles Teller is blonde now. The “Whiplash” and “War Dogs” star is currently sporting a mop of electric yellow hair, courtesy of Joseph Kosinski’s currently filming “Granite Mountain,” which casts Teller as a firefighter tasked with battling a wicked Arizona wildfire back in 2013. For Teller, it’s the next big step in a seemingly ever-evolving feature film career that, less than a six years in, already contains starring roles in festival favorites, Oscar contenders, superhero franchises and bawdy comedies.

In Teller’s newest feature, the Todd Phillips-directed “War Dogs,” the actor again changes direction, thanks to an action comedy that casts the actor alongside Jonah Hill as a pair of unlikely arms dealers who get in over their heads when they attempt to close a big deal with the U.S. government. But although the film has all the hallmarks of a Phillips film – namely, it’s about...

Collateral Beauty

Helen Mirren is in negotiations to join Will Smith in the drama "Collateral Beauty" for New Line. David Frankel is taking over for Alfonso Gomez-Rejon as helmer. Shooting kicks off early next year in New York City.

Allan Loeb penned the script about a Manhattan advertising executive (Smith) who experiences a personal tragedy. When his colleagues devise an unconventional plan to break him out of his depression, it ends up backfiring. [Source: The Wrap]

Live By Night

"Bosch" and "Argo" star Titus Welliver is set to play a powerful mobster in the prohibition-era crime drama "Live By Night" at Warner Bros. Pictures. Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, Elle Fanning, Max Casella, Scott Eastwood, Anthony Michael Hall and Chris Cooper will co-star.

Based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, Affleck plays the son of a prominent police captain who enters a world of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Florida and Havana.

'Father of the Bride': Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams. Top Five Father's Day Movies? From giant Gregory Peck to tyrant John Gielgud What would be the Top Five Father's Day movies ever made? Well, there have been countless films about fathers and/or featuring fathers of various sizes, shapes, and inclinations. In terms of quality, these range from the amusing – e.g., the 1950 version of Cheaper by the Dozen; the Oscar-nominated The Grandfather – to the nauseating – e.g., the 1950 version of Father of the Bride; its atrocious sequel, Father's Little Dividend. Although I'm unable to come up with the absolute Top Five Father's Day Movies – or rather, just plain Father Movies – ever made, below are the first five (actually six, including a remake) "quality" patriarch-centered films that come to mind. Now, the fathers portrayed in these films aren't all heroic, loving, and/or saintly paternal figures. Several are...

Britt Robertson is going indie.

The 24-year-old star has already built up years of television credits, from her turn as a once-abandoned foster child on Life Unexpected to a teen girl stuck Under the Dome, along with several high-profile films (Tomorrowland, The Longest Ride). But in White Rabbit, a psychological drama about a teen boy Harlon (Nick Krause) struggling with mental illness and bullying at school whose hallucinations of a rabbit he once killed as a boy cause him to carry out violent acts, Robertson explores the darker depths of adolescence.

Watch: ‘Longest Ride’ Hunk Scott Eastwood Has ‘Fun’ With Shirtless Instagram Pics

The actress spent a week filming the indie after The CW witch drama The Secret Circle abruptly ended in 2012 and her brief time on White Rabbit – “a hard shoot,” she says – was life-altering. Robertson plays the rebellious Julie, who befriends Krause’s character and later finds herself in the crosshairs.

“The material...

Striving to prove you have a more versatile personality and a wide range of emotions and sentiments to people who have come to view only one side of your identity can be a challenge for many people, no matter what their age is or the experiences they’ve had. The main character in director Tim McCann’s new independent drama, ‘White Rabbit,’ which opens tomorrow in theaters and on VOD, is a teenage boy who’s suffering from an untreated mental illness, and has to try to prove to his family and peers that he’s not the timid boy they thought they knew. From his alcoholic and neglectful father, who doesn’t truly understand [ Read More ]

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Give Tim McCann credit for his twisted imagination: His see-it-to-believe-it 2005 cheapie Nowhere Man concerns a guy hunting for his own severed penis, sliced off by his ex-fiancée, who's now hiding out with the organ in the residence of her former porn-movie co-star. While not quite that outré-sounding, McCann's latest, White Rabbit, boasts its own head-turning premise: Bullied adolescent Harlon (Nick Krause) can't shake the torment of his memory of shooting a rabbit at close range as a child. In the tense opening, Krause has a black eye, sports slicked-back hair, and wears dark, fingerless gloves — a far cry from his dopey guise in The Descendants. The rest of the movie, shot in gun-country Louisiana (overgrown weeds, rusty sw...

Hi everyone! This is a feature we’ve been running in every issue of Deadly Horror & Sci-Fi Magazine and I thought this would also be a great resource for our readers here at Daily Dead as it can be often very difficult to keep up with everything arriving on VOD platforms each and every month.

Be sure to check back on the first week of each month to get all the details on what genre films you can look forward to on VOD!

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Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is an affable singleton who works on the factory floor at a bathtub factory, ever eager to get along with his co-workers, especially Fiona, (Gemma Arterton) and Lisa (Anna Kendrick) from accounts. After work Jerry goes home to his pet cat, Mr. Whiskers, and loyal dog Bosco, where the three of them hang out, watch TV and discuss the day’s events.

Breaking Glass Pictures is set to reveal its intense drama, ‘White Rabbit,’ starring Sam Trammell, Britt Robertson, Nick Krause and Ryan Lee, on February 13, 2015 in select theaters and on VOD. The film will play in theaters in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Detroit and Miami, with more cities to be announced. In anticipation of ‘The White Rabbit’s theatrical and VOD distribution, Breaking Glass Pictures has released the psychological thriller’s official trailer, poster and images. The film’s trailer follows Krause’s character, Harlon, as he states how certain events will have a lasting effect on people’s lives, although they often don’t realize how [ Read More ]

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Breaking Glass Pictures To Release White Rabbit In Theaters And VOD February 13

Britt Robertson, Sam Trammell and Nick Krause Star in White Rabbit

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing White Rabbit in select theaters and on VOD in February 13, 2015. Directed by Tim McCann, White Rabbit is a psychological thriller starring Sam Trammell (“True Blood,” The Fault in our Stars), Britt Robertson (“Under the Dome,” Tomorrowland), … Continue reading →

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The 2014 Boston Film Festival has unveiled its awards recipients, following its 30th program that ran September 24-28 in Theatre 1 at the Revere Hotel Boston Common. The biography ‘Wild,’ drama ‘White Rabbit’ and the documentary ‘Zemene’ led the films that were honored by the festival. This year’s Boston Film Festival Award winners are: Best Film: ‘Wild’ Best Actor: Nick Krause, ‘White Rabbit’ Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, ‘Wild’ Best Supporting Actor: Sam Trammell, ‘White Rabbit’ Best Supporting Actress: Britt Robertson: ‘White Rabbit’ Best Documentary: ‘Zemene’ Best Director: Paul Lazarus, ‘SlingShot’ Mass Impact: ‘Widowmaker’ EcoFilm: ‘SlingShot’ Best Cinematography: ‘Zemene’ Best Music: ‘The Winding Stream’ Best Editing: ‘Zemene’ Audience Favorite: ‘Playing for [ Read More ]

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Breaking Glass Pictures planning day-and-date release.

Philadelphia-based distributor Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American distribution rights to Tim McCann’s psychological drama White Rabbit.

Breaking Glass CEO Rich Wolff negotiated the deal with Michael Lurie of Automatic Entertainment. The film will receive a Us theatrical day-and-date release this winter.

The film centres on a bullied high school student who starts having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a kid, soon putting him in a state where his imagination threatens to cause him to carry out violent acts.

Directed by Tim McCann, White Rabbit stars Nick Krause (The Descendants), Sam Trammell (The Fault in our Stars), Britt Robertson (Under the Dome) and Ryan Lee (Super 8).

“We always license many titles at Tiff and they always do well for our company,” said Wolff.

In today's Indie Beat, the upcomin film Windsor, set to begin shooting here in Texas later this month, has announced it's primary cast members for the project.  Come inside to check out the new actors and a brief synopsis of the film!

 

Here at Cinelinx we like to talk about all aspects of filmmaking and movie news. To that end, we have Indie Beat where we highlight some of the latest news, trailers, and PR releases from the indie filmmaker scene.  So if you're an independent filmmaker and want some coverage on our site, be sure to drop us a line at jordan@cinelinx.com .

Nick Krause (The Descendants, Parenthood), SAG nominee Stelio Savante (Eisenstein In Guanajuato, A Million Colours), and Quinn Shepard (Unaccompanied Minors, Hostages) have joined Emmy nominee Barry Corbin (Anger Management, No Country For old Men) and Marc Derwin (The Secret Life Of The American Teenager, Accepted) in the cast of Windsor.

Nick Krause, SAG nominee Stelio Savante and Quinn Shepard (pictured) have joined Barry Corbin and Marc Derwin on the cast of Windsor.

Principal photography is set to commence in Gainesville, Texas, later this month.

Porter Farrell will direct from his screenplay about a teenager who stands up to a corporate giant as she struggles to hold her family together.

Windsor is a Turnpike Pictures and WeatherVane Production. 

Suzanne Weinert and Adam Dietrich are the producers.

Ethan Hawke plays the father of two young kids in Boyhood, and in the first clip from this Richard Linklater directed drama, he tries to connect with them on an emotional level. They've stopped talking to their oldman about their day-to-day lives, and he's not okay with that. Watch as a dad tries to bond with his children in this experimental new look at childhood, as it spans 12 real years in the life of Mason, played by Ellar Coltrane in a once-in-a-lifetime performance, as he grows up right before the audience's eyes.

Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's Boyhood is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha,...

Director Richard Linklater has long been a pioneer of experimental filmmaking, with revolutionary movies such as Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly under his belt. Those projects almost pale in comparison to Boyhood, which took a whopping 12 years to shoot.

IFC Films has released a new featurette for this upcoming drama, where Richard Linklater explains that he wanted to make a movie about growing up, using the same cast (Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke) over a 12-year period. The production was shot in brief increments every year to show how the cast members literally age over this timeframe, telling the story of this fictional family. We also hear from Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke as they describe this historic filmmaking journey in Boyhood, debuting in limited release on July 11.

Filmed over short periods from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood is a groundbreaking cinematic experience covering 12 years in the life of a family.

Note: Despite the fact Richard Linklater's Boyhood has screened and been reviewed at the Sundance, Berlin and South by Southwest Film Festivals (among others), the Seattle Film Festival organizers and IFC Films have told me I can only write a capsule review. According to Siff organizers this is "defined as short blurbs, including opinion, of 75 words or less." Whyc I don't know, I was simply told "that's the policy". So here's my full review of Boyhood... capsulized for the studio's pleasure. The redacted portions will be declassified closer to the film's July 11 release date. I'm sorry, the full opinion within is just too dangerous to share at this point, but look for my lengthy interview with Linklater soon. Redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted. When it comes to Richard Linklater's Boyhood, redacted redacted redacted redacted redacted...

Nearly 12 years after principal photography began, IFC Films has released the first trailer for Boyhood, which debuted at Sundance in January. Director Richard Linklater shot this drama in brief increments between the years of 2002 and 2013, centering on Mason (Ellar Coltrane), as we follow his life from age 5 to 18. Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette co-star as Mason's parents, with the filmmaker's daughter Lorelei Linklater playing Mason's sister Samantha. In addition, we also have the first poster for this upcoming indie drama, which is set for a July 11 release.

Boyhood comes to theaters July 11th, 2014 and stars Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Jordan Howard, Tamara Jolaine, Tyler Strother, Evie Thompson, Nick Krause. The film is directed by Richard Linklater.

IFC Films announced today that Richard Linklater's Boyhood will open in Us theaters on July 11. With a screenplay by Linklater, the film stars Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Lorelei Linklater. Boyhood had its world premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmed over short periods from 2002 to 2013, Boyhood is a groundbreaking cinematic experience covering 12 years in the life of a family. At the center is Mason, who with his sister Samantha, is taken on an emotional and transcendent journey through the years, from childhood to adulthood.

Boyhood was produced by Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring and John Sloss, and was fully financed by IFC Films.

IFC Films is a sister label to IFC Midnight and Sundance Selects, and is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc.

Boyhood comes to theaters July 11th, 2014 and stars Ellar Coltrane,...

Slate also includes bullying drama White Rabbit.

Automatic Entertainment is introducing buyers to Jurassic City [pictured] at Filmart.

Written and directed by Sean Cain, the film centres on a black-ops unit who attempt to subdue thousands of raptors after a top-secret laboratory is breached. It stars newcomers Dana Melanie, Kayla Carlyle and Sofia Mattsson, alongside genre actors Ray Wise and Vernon Wells.

Also on Automatic’s slate is Tim McCann’s White Rabbit, starring True Blood’s Sam Trammell, Britt Robertson, Nick Krause and Ryan Lee. The intense drama follows a bullied high school student’s descent into violence.

2013 SXSW title Holy Ghost People, American Muscle and Ninja Apocalypse round off Automatic’s slate.

Director Jackie Kong, whose low-budget horror flicks Blood Diner and The Being have become cult favorites among fans of '80s horror, has stepped behind the camera once again for the romantic horror feature CoExistence – which also marks the screen reunion of Blade Runner stars Rutger Hauer and Daryl Hannah. Kong dropped off the horror map for many years to work as an activist for the non-profit group Asian-American Media Development (Aamd), but has finally returned to filmmaking with this vampiric twist on Romeo & Juliet set in California's Sonoma wine country. The modern-day retelling involves a bitter rivalry between two wine-making clans intensified by a forbidden love affair between teens from both families (played by Nick Krause & Bella Thorne), which also threatens to expose a shocking family secret. Despite the teen/vampire romance element, Kong is quick to downplay comparisons to the Twilight franchise. “I’m not just catering to teenagers,...

After getting his big break in 2011 with J.J. Abrams‘ Super 8, Ryan Lee is seeing himself in some big times roles nowadays. According to Variety, the young actor has been cast alongside The Descendants‘ Nick Krause for the upcoming teen drama, White Rabbit.

Written by Anthony Di Pietro, and directed by Tim McCann, the picture “follows a high school teen (Krause) who begins having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a young boy. The rabbit, along with other imaginary characters, turn menacing in the hopes of pushing him over the edge and luring the bully into one last fatal act of revenge.” Robert Yocum of Burning Sky Films, Shaun Sanghani and Jacky Morgan will all be producing the indie.

Lee will be playing Krause‘s best friend, with True Blood star, Sam Trammell, playing the lead’s father. Since Super 8, the 16-year-old played a role...

Nick Krause (How to Eat Fried Worms, "Hollywood Heights"), Britt Robertson ("The Secret Circle," "Avalon High")) and Ryan Lee (Super 8) will star in the teen drama White Rabbit. It's about a teen (Krause) is being pushed over the edge by visions of a rabbit he killed as a child. Lee plays the teen's best friend. Tim McCann is directing the indie from a script by rookie scribe Anthony di Pietro. "True Blood" star Sam Trammell also stars.

Krause was a part of the award circuit last year as a cast member in the rated R movie The Descendants. Lee will next be seen as the boyfriend of Maude Apatow in This is 40. 

Source: Variety...

Robocop Marianne Jean-Baptiste ("Spy Game," "Without A Trace") is set to play Karen Dean, the Detroit Chief of Police, in Jose Padilha's remake of "Robocop" for MGM.

Joel Kinnaman, Hugh Laurie, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman also star in the film which begins shooting in Toronto next month. [Source: ]

White Rabbit Ryan Lee ("Super 8") will join Nick Krause ("The Descendants") in Tim McCann's indie teen drama "White Rabbit". Lee will play Krause's best friend while Sam Trammell also stars as Krause's father.

Anthony Di Pietro penned the script about a high school teen (Krause) who begins having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a young boy. The rabbit, along with other imaginary characters, turn menacing in the hopes of pushing him over the edge. [Source: Chicago Tribune]

The F Word Rafe Spall, Megan Park and Mackenzie Davis have joined the cast of Michael Dowse's rom-com...

15-year-old Ryan Lee moved from previous work as an obscure minor role player to featured actor in J.J. Abrams’ highly-anticipated action movie Super 8.

He’s now set to join Nick Krause (The Descendants) in Tim McCann‘s new flick White Rabbit, teen drama written by Anthony Di Pietro, which deals with a bullied high school teen who is tormented to the breaking point by visions of the bunny he killed as a boy; the rabbit, along with other imaginary characters, turn menacing in the hopes of pushing him over the edge and luring the bully into one last fatal act of revenge.

Lee will play Krause’s best friend in this bizarre fantasy-thriller, while True Blood’s Steve Trammell will co-star as the protag’s father; its being earlier reported that Scream 4 star Brittany Robertson landed the female lead role in McCann’s new drama.

Austin native Lee...

After having ample start dates postponed and the cast reformulated over the past two years, suffice to say that the indie drama The Science of Cool has seen better production days. But, alas, ThePlaylist has just informed us that the indie is being resurrected, with a new cast in tack: Willa Holland (The O.C., Legion), Nick Krause (The Descendants), and Steve Guttenberg are headlining the project, with newcomers Matthew Ziff, Guy Kent, and genre mainstay Michael Biehn also in toe. Mischa Barton, who’s been associated with the film since the beginning, is still contemplating a role in the picture.

Where the indie was once a comedy about “a couple of high schools nerds who transform themselves into the coolest kids in the class,” it has since taken a darker turn, now centering on “two students who discover a chemical formula that makes them popular, but with that power and new reality,...

After two years of development and a handful of on again/off again stard dates, “The Science of Cool” is coming back to life, with financing secured and a December 3rd production start date all lined up. While different versions of the cast have been assembled since 2010, with folks like Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Sumpter in the mix, the indie drama will now be led by Willa Holland ("Arrow,""Gossip Girl"), Nick Krause (“The Descendants”), newcomer Matthew Ziff (“Treachery”) and Guy Kent (“Meth Head”) with Steve Guttenberg and Michael Biehn also on board. Additionally, Mischa Barton, who has also been long linked to the film, is now circling one of the roles in the picture. With "The Science Of Cool" now gearing up, the one time comedy about a couple of high school nerds who transform themselves into the coolest kids in class is taking a more dramatic turn. Co-written by Eric.

Scary Movie 5

Lindsay Lohan is in talks to join Malcolm D. Lee's horror spoof "Scary Movie 5" at Dimension Films.

Ashley Tisdale stars in the film which David Zucker penned. Shooting kicks off this Summer. [Source: The Wrap]

Chris Nolan's Next

Michael Caine says he and filmmaker Christopher Nolan have already begun talking about doing another project together.

Caine says "He's got some other idea, and I'm in it! I've been in everything he's done since he's been in Hollywood. We're each others' good luck charms. I always say to him, 'I'm not your good luck charm, you are mine!'". [Source: Empire]

Drinking Buddies

Anna Kendrick has signed up for a lead role in Joe Swanberg's indie comedy "Drinking Buddies" which will shoot in Chicago later this month.

Andrea Roa, Anish Savajani and Alica van Couvering are producing. [Source: Deadline]

White Rabbit

Britt Robertson ("The Secret Circle") has joined the cast of...

A hookah-smoking caterpillar has given Britt Robertson the call to join an indie drama.

The "Scream 4" beauty is set to feed her head as she'll play with the men on the chessboard of "White Rabbit," according to Deadline.

"White Rabbit" centers on a bullied high school teen (Nick Krause of "The Descendants") whose nightmares begin to affect his waking life. Robertson will be playing his girlfriend, with Sam Trammell of "True Blood" set to play his father.

Britt Robertson recently wrapped her recurring role as Cassie Blake on the now-canceled CW drama, "The Secret Circle." She recently scowled her way through the dysfunctional family drama, "The Family Tree," and screamed with the best of them as Marnie Cooper in Wes Craven's "Scream 4."

Robertson also recently earned a lot of buzz for her turn in the high school romance, "The First Time," which made a splash at Sundance earlier this year.

Britt Robertson has joined the cast of the dark bully drama White Rabbit. The actress joins True Blood’s Sam Trammell and The Descendants’ Nick Krause, who plays Robertson’s boyfriend. Tim McCann is directing. Robert Yocum of Burning Sky Films, Shaun Sanghani of Sss Entertainment, and Jacky Morgan are producing. Robertson, who appeared on The CW’s now cancelled The Secret Circle, will be seen soon in the teen romance The First Time from Sony Pictures. The feature premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Robertson is repped by Innovative Artists.

Today is the first day of July and you know what that means; San Diego Comic Con is coming! With the big event less than two weeks away, the official schedules have been released and, as expected, Sdcc 2012 is packed with some of the best of the best in upcoming theatrical releases. Even better? Shockya.com will be on site to bring you all the latest straight from San Diego! But before we get to all the news that’ll likely pour out of that event, we’ve got a few new casting updates to announce. The Descendants’ Nick Krause just snagged a new gig, leading Tim McCann’s White Rabbit while model-actress [ Read More ]...

Though he didn't win the award season buzz of his co-stars George Clooney and Shailene Woodley, ingendude Nick Krause offered a memorable turn and proved a capable scene-stealer as Woodley's onscreen beau, an oblivious surfer who gets punched out by the film's fiery grandfather, Robert Forster. Krause took his licks and is now getting a shot to headline a drama of his own as THR announces he's signed on to star in Tim McCann's soon-to-shoot indie White Rabbit. The film penned by Anthony Di Pietro centers on the mental deterioration of a bullied teen boy (Krause) who begins suffer hallucinations about the white rabbit that he killed when he was younger, as well as a menageries of other menacing characters, who coach him toward insanity and deadly revenge. The twisted fantasy elements of this demented drama are sure to draw comparisons to another bunny-centered drama, the cult classic Donnie Darko,...

Your eyes do not deceive you: Two actors from The Descendants — the film’s main romantic pairing, too — are both starring in films titled White [Animal]. And, just as Shailene Woodley is likely to take a darker slant with the new Gregg Araki picture, THR says her onscreen boyfriend, Nick Krause, is also going in a dark (not to mention fantastical) direction on White Rabbit.

Joining him will be Sam Trammell (True Blood), both of whom will star for director Tim McCann — semi-fun, completely useless fact: he teaches at my college — in the film, a story of one troubled boy’s (Krause) overbearing “visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was nine years old.” Things only get worse when, along with “other imaginary characters,” the rabbit begins “pushing him over the edge and luring him into one last fatal act of revenge.” (The senior thespian will be seen as his father.

Sam Trammell ("True Blood") and Nick Krause ("The Descendants") have joined Tim McCann's dark indie fantasy drama "White Rabbit" says Heat Vision.

The story follows a bullied, high school teen (Krause), who begins having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was nine years old.

The rabbit, along with other imaginary characters, turn menacing in the hopes of pushing him over the edge and luring him into one last fatal act of revenge. Trammell plays his father.

Anthony Di Pietro penned the script and shooting kicks off in July in New Orleans.

Nick Krause, who had a break-out role in Alexander Payne’s Oscar-winning drama The Descendants, and True Blood's Sam Trammell will star in the indie White Rabbit. Tim McKann is directing the pic, which is described as a dark drama with fantasy elements. Robert Yocum of Burning Sky Films, Shaun Sanghani of Sss Entertainment, and Jacky Morgan are producing. Written by Anthony Di Pietro, Rabbit is story of a bullied, high school teen (Krause), who begins having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was nine years old. The rabbit, along with other imaginary characters, turn menacing

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This is the Pure Movies review of The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie, Grace A. Cruz, Kim Gennaula and Karen Kuioka Hironaga. Elizabeth King is in a coma. Not much of an acting part for poor Patricia Hastie, bless her, but she does a valiant job under tricky circumstances. Unfortunately for our unconscious star, while the action taking place around her is entertaining enough, and even touches on raw humanity in places, it ultimately rings slightly hollow. I’d like to say that attractive Elizabeth creates that hollow - her intriguing and charismatic personality leaving a feeling of clutching emptiness at the core of the narrative. But in fact, it is hard to care much about the pretty, neglected wife and her predictable affair. Perhaps it wasn’t such great acting after all, Liz. Sorry.

Oscar winning movie (Best Adapted Screenplay), The Descendants hit DVD and Blu-ray in the UK yesterday and to celebrate, we’ve got this exclusive featurette from the movie with the rather intriguing title ‘Everybody Loves George’. It basically has all the members of the cast telling us why George Clooney is such a top bloke! It features some unseen footage of them playing around on set and is a really nice little video.

The Descendants stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Patricia Hastie, is directed by Alexander Payne and you can order your copy of the movie here.

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced...

DVD Review

The Descendants

Directed by: Alexander Payne

Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause, Robert Forster

Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins

Rating: R

Due Out: March 13, 2012

Plot: After his wife gets into a boating accident, Matt King (Clooney) tries reconnecting with his two daughters while overseeing the possible sale of a large piece of Hawaiian land that’s been in his family for decades.

Who’S It For? Fans of George Clooney and Alexander Payne should have no trouble finding plenty to like about this film. Those who appreciate a family drama that elicits tears as well as laughs should also take a look.

Movie:

It takes a deft hand to successfully blend tragedy and laughs. I’m not going to pretend The Descendants pulls it off flawlessly – Nick Krause’s comic relief rubbed me the wrong way for much of the film – but overall it’s another winner from writer/director Alexander Payne.

Shailene Woodley discusses her breakthrough role in The Descendants, which is now out on Blu-ray and DVD

While fans of the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager have been enjoying Shailene Woodley's work for the past few years, the 20-year-old actress has arrived in the stratosphere of stardom after her fantastic turn in The Descendants. The drama, which made my Top 10 movies of 2011, is currently available on Blu-ray and DVD, and I had the chance to speak with Shailene Woodley about her experiences on the set of Alexander Payne's Best Picture nominee. Here's what she had to say below.

This was one of my favorite movies of the year, and it was fun to go through the Blu-ray to check out some of the features. There were audition stories from other cast members, but there isn't one for you on there. Do you have...

Payman Benz, the gentleman director behind such cinematic lampoons as Bavatar and Fakeboring Nightvisioncrap 2, returns with a parody that might have you bursting - literally - at the seams: The Hungry Games. Starring Alison Becker ("Parks and Recreation"), Erin Gibson ("Parks and Recreation"), Ryan Lee (Super 8) and Nick Krause (The Descendants), The Hungry Games is a shot-for-shot parody of The Hunger Games' first trailer. Does it, like it did to me, make you want a donut? If you see a cool video online you think would be perfect for this spotlight, drop us a line at yourvideos@joblo.com.