While the HBO adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novelFahrenheit 451underperformed when it was initially released, the film is now finally seeing some success on streaming.
Per FlixPatrol, Fahrenheit 451 now ranks as the #10 most streamed film on HBO in the United States as of Aug. 1. The film falls just behind A Minecraft Movie at #9 and is also the second Michael B. Jordan film on the chart, with Sinners claiming the #2 spot. The TV movie directed by Ramin Bahrani, best known for 99 Homes, stars Jordan as Guy Montag, a "fireman" whose job is to burn books. The 2018 adaptation came about over fifty years after the 1966 version, directed by François Truffaut and starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack.
Fahrenheit 451 (2018) follows Guy Montag, a fireman living in Cleveland working under Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon). As a Fireman, Guy must burn books that have been banned in the United States.
Per FlixPatrol, Fahrenheit 451 now ranks as the #10 most streamed film on HBO in the United States as of Aug. 1. The film falls just behind A Minecraft Movie at #9 and is also the second Michael B. Jordan film on the chart, with Sinners claiming the #2 spot. The TV movie directed by Ramin Bahrani, best known for 99 Homes, stars Jordan as Guy Montag, a "fireman" whose job is to burn books. The 2018 adaptation came about over fifty years after the 1966 version, directed by François Truffaut and starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack.
Fahrenheit 451 (2018) follows Guy Montag, a fireman living in Cleveland working under Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon). As a Fireman, Guy must burn books that have been banned in the United States.
- 8/2/2025
- by Olivia Thomas
- CBR
Michael B. Jordan first broke out on television with his role as Wallace in the inaugural season of HBO's highly acclaimed drama, The Wire (2002). He subsequently appeared as a series regular on the ABC soap opera All My Children (2003–2006) and later delivered a standout performance in the NBC sports drama Friday Night Lights (2009–2011).
In the past decade, Jordan has become best known for his collaborations with writer-director Ryan Coogler – including Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025) – all of which earned him critical acclaim. He returned to his titular role in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), the latter marking his directorial debut.
Jordan's broader filmography also includes roles in Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he played civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. However, it's Jordan's dystopian movie, adapted from an acclaimed book, that is seeing a resurgence on streaming, seven years after its initial release.
In the past decade, Jordan has become best known for his collaborations with writer-director Ryan Coogler – including Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025) – all of which earned him critical acclaim. He returned to his titular role in Creed II (2018) and Creed III (2023), the latter marking his directorial debut.
Jordan's broader filmography also includes roles in Chronicle (2012), That Awkward Moment (2014), Fantastic Four (2015), and Just Mercy (2019), in which he played civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson. However, it's Jordan's dystopian movie, adapted from an acclaimed book, that is seeing a resurgence on streaming, seven years after its initial release.
- 8/1/2025
- by Adam Bentz
- ScreenRant
Michael B. Jordan lit the world on fire earlier this year with his performance in Sinners, but seven years ago, he teamed up with a Man of Steel star for a forgotten sci-fi film that has resurfaced on streaming charts. Jordan stars alongside Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451, the dystopian sci-fi thriller set in a terrifying, care-free future where a fireman is tasked with burning all books, but he begins to question his actions after meeting a young woman. Fahrenheit 451 premiered on HBO Max in 2018, and the film has resurfaced on American streaming charts, sitting at #10 at the time of writing. The film earned a 31% score from critics and a 22% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and due to it being a straight-to-streaming release, it did not report any box office earnings.
Fahrenheit 451 drew comparisons to Blade Runner upon its release, largely due to the dystopian sci-fi world that director Ramin Bahrani created.
Fahrenheit 451 drew comparisons to Blade Runner upon its release, largely due to the dystopian sci-fi world that director Ramin Bahrani created.
- 8/1/2025
- by Adam Blevins
- Collider.com
"There must be something in books, something we can't imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don't stay for nothing."
These words from Ray Bradbury's fiery, prophetic "Fahrenheit 451" underline our innate connection with literature and how instinctual it is to want to protect such artistic legacies. In this 1953 book, Bradbury's America is a dystopian one, where all books are outlawed and burned by firemen, who exist to eradicate any ideas that are deemed dangerous by an authoritarian state. One such fireman, Guy Montag, gradually realizes that book burning cannot exist in a vacuum — it is an act that actively enforces censorship and infringes upon individual and collective freedom. Distressed and disillusioned by his contribution to such a ghoulish practice, Guy quits his job and decides to do everything in his power to preserve books and the precious literary worlds they contain.
These words from Ray Bradbury's fiery, prophetic "Fahrenheit 451" underline our innate connection with literature and how instinctual it is to want to protect such artistic legacies. In this 1953 book, Bradbury's America is a dystopian one, where all books are outlawed and burned by firemen, who exist to eradicate any ideas that are deemed dangerous by an authoritarian state. One such fireman, Guy Montag, gradually realizes that book burning cannot exist in a vacuum — it is an act that actively enforces censorship and infringes upon individual and collective freedom. Distressed and disillusioned by his contribution to such a ghoulish practice, Guy quits his job and decides to do everything in his power to preserve books and the precious literary worlds they contain.
- 7/6/2025
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
“Last Meals,” the Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook starring drama from Oscar-nominated writer-director Ramin Bahrani (“The White Tiger”), has given international buyers something of an appetite.
The project — based on the AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenplay by Justin Piasecki (“Relay”) — has sold globally for HanWay Films, which launched the film at the recent market in Cannes.
Completed sales from Cannes include Japan with Synca Creations; Benelux with Paradiso Filmed Entertainment; Australia with Transmission Films; Spain with Vertigo Films; Japan with Synca Creations; Ukraine with Active Cinema Group; Singapore with Shaw Renters; Greece with The Film Group; and the Baltics with Acme Film. Forum Film Ltd have bought multiple territories including: Israel, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Airlines are with Skeye Inflight Entertainment.
Sentient Entertainment have confirmed deals with partners Square One in Germany and Austria and Scanbox in Scandinavia.
HanWay Films launched international sales in Cannes, while...
The project — based on the AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenplay by Justin Piasecki (“Relay”) — has sold globally for HanWay Films, which launched the film at the recent market in Cannes.
Completed sales from Cannes include Japan with Synca Creations; Benelux with Paradiso Filmed Entertainment; Australia with Transmission Films; Spain with Vertigo Films; Japan with Synca Creations; Ukraine with Active Cinema Group; Singapore with Shaw Renters; Greece with The Film Group; and the Baltics with Acme Film. Forum Film Ltd have bought multiple territories including: Israel, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Airlines are with Skeye Inflight Entertainment.
Sentient Entertainment have confirmed deals with partners Square One in Germany and Austria and Scanbox in Scandinavia.
HanWay Films launched international sales in Cannes, while...
- 5/29/2025
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
“The White Lotus” actor Tom Hollander has joined Jean Reno in the period action-thriller “The Butler,” directed by Tom Edmunds, helmer of “Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back).”
In the film, Reno plays a former WWI commando turned domestic servant whose peaceful life is upended by mobsters collecting an old debt. The narrative blends period drama with relentless action, described by Edmunds as “equal parts ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Die Hard.’”
K5 Intl. introduced the project at the European Film Market in Berlin and since then has closed a raft of presales in major territories, including Splendid (German-speaking territories), Mediaset (Spain), Spi Intl. (Eastern Europe and Benelux), Cinesky (airlines), Arna (Cis and Baltics), Falcon Films (Middle East) and Pt Prima (Indonesia), with more territories to be announced soon.
The screenplay was written by Edmunds and Craig McInnes, based on an original story by McInnes.
“The Butler” is produced by Christopher Tuffin,...
In the film, Reno plays a former WWI commando turned domestic servant whose peaceful life is upended by mobsters collecting an old debt. The narrative blends period drama with relentless action, described by Edmunds as “equal parts ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Die Hard.’”
K5 Intl. introduced the project at the European Film Market in Berlin and since then has closed a raft of presales in major territories, including Splendid (German-speaking territories), Mediaset (Spain), Spi Intl. (Eastern Europe and Benelux), Cinesky (airlines), Arna (Cis and Baltics), Falcon Films (Middle East) and Pt Prima (Indonesia), with more territories to be announced soon.
The screenplay was written by Edmunds and Craig McInnes, based on an original story by McInnes.
“The Butler” is produced by Christopher Tuffin,...
- 5/16/2025
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) had just become home to the hottest sci-fi franchise in Hollywood in the late 1970s with "Star Wars" when it unexpectedly found itself the proud parent of a second, scarier, much more adult series in "Alien." The brainchild of legendary genre screenwriter Dan O'Bannon (and directed to stylish perfection by Ridley Scott), "Alien" jolted audiences with its chest-burster scare and kept them utterly terrified until Sigourney Weaver's Ripley expelled the big, acid-blooded Xenomorph into deep space.
When "Alien" became a box office smash, Fox knew there was more money to be mined from these sleek black buggers. Indeed, that was at the heart of James Cameron's famous pitch for "Aliens," where, legend has it, he scribbled the word "Alien" down on a cocktail napkin before adding a dollar sign as the "s." While Cameron delivered the goods and then some with his sequel,...
When "Alien" became a box office smash, Fox knew there was more money to be mined from these sleek black buggers. Indeed, that was at the heart of James Cameron's famous pitch for "Aliens," where, legend has it, he scribbled the word "Alien" down on a cocktail napkin before adding a dollar sign as the "s." While Cameron delivered the goods and then some with his sequel,...
- 5/13/2025
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Films Boutique has acquired Alex Camilleri’s second feature Zejtune for world sales.
Currently in post-production, Films Boutique is aiming for an autumn premiere for the film.
Set on the island of Malta, Zejtune follows Mar, a woman ready to sell the farmland she has inherited after her estranged mother’s death and leave the island. When she meets 80-year-old folk singer Nenu, she forms an unexpected connection, pulled in by the colourful traditions of the island she’s eager to escape.
Michela Farrugia and Nenu Borg lead the cast of the film, which is produced by Ramin Bahrani,...
Currently in post-production, Films Boutique is aiming for an autumn premiere for the film.
Set on the island of Malta, Zejtune follows Mar, a woman ready to sell the farmland she has inherited after her estranged mother’s death and leave the island. When she meets 80-year-old folk singer Nenu, she forms an unexpected connection, pulled in by the colourful traditions of the island she’s eager to escape.
Michela Farrugia and Nenu Borg lead the cast of the film, which is produced by Ramin Bahrani,...
- 5/12/2025
- ScreenDaily
Sebastian Stan and Leo Woodall have been added to the cast of Justin Kurzel’s ‘Burning Rainbow Farm.’
Based on a real-life story, Stan and Woodall will take on the role of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, two gay cannabis activists who met in the early 1990s and set up the peaceful, pot-friendly utopia Rainbow Farm in Michigan, a site that was once listed by High Times magazine as “fourteenth on the list of twenty-five Top Stoner Travel Spots in the world. But the pair ran afoul of local authorities and, when their young son was taken from them, a police standoff ensued that would lead to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.
Also in news – Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook set for Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Last Meals’
Based on Dean Kuipers’ 2006 book ‘Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke,’ Tommy Murphy has penned the screenplay.
Based on a real-life story, Stan and Woodall will take on the role of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, two gay cannabis activists who met in the early 1990s and set up the peaceful, pot-friendly utopia Rainbow Farm in Michigan, a site that was once listed by High Times magazine as “fourteenth on the list of twenty-five Top Stoner Travel Spots in the world. But the pair ran afoul of local authorities and, when their young son was taken from them, a police standoff ensued that would lead to one of the largest and most dramatic sieges America has ever seen.
Also in news – Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook set for Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Last Meals’
Based on Dean Kuipers’ 2006 book ‘Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke,’ Tommy Murphy has penned the screenplay.
- 5/9/2025
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook have been cast in writer/director Ramin Bahrani’s ‘Last Meals.’
Mikkelsen will star as Walter Karat, a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates.
Holbrook will star as Jeffrey ‘Reed’, a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike.
The story follows Walter, a maestro chef who ascended to the highest kitchen in the nation – The White House – before his combative perfectionism cost him everything and left him disgraced and forgotten. Years later, he works in the unlikeliest of places: a maximum-security prison, where he’s assigned to prepare last meals for inmates on death row.
Also in news – Jenna Ortega & Robert De Niro set for David O. Russell’s ‘Shutout’
Here, Walter meets Reed, an inmate on a hunger strike, whose constant rejection of...
Mikkelsen will star as Walter Karat, a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates.
Holbrook will star as Jeffrey ‘Reed’, a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike.
The story follows Walter, a maestro chef who ascended to the highest kitchen in the nation – The White House – before his combative perfectionism cost him everything and left him disgraced and forgotten. Years later, he works in the unlikeliest of places: a maximum-security prison, where he’s assigned to prepare last meals for inmates on death row.
Also in news – Jenna Ortega & Robert De Niro set for David O. Russell’s ‘Shutout’
Here, Walter meets Reed, an inmate on a hunger strike, whose constant rejection of...
- 5/8/2025
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Actors Mads Mikkelsen (Another Round”) and Boyd Holbrook (“A Complete Unknown”) are set to star in “Last Meals,” a new prison drama that focuses on a fallen former White House chef who prepares the last meals for death row inmates before they’re executed and a prisoner that decides to go on a hunger strike.
The news hailing from Variety reveals that director Ramin Bahrani has been attached to helm as the film heads to the Cannes Film Market.
Continue reading ‘Last Meals’: Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook Star In Death Row Chef Prison Drama From ’99 Homes’ Director at The Playlist.
The news hailing from Variety reveals that director Ramin Bahrani has been attached to helm as the film heads to the Cannes Film Market.
Continue reading ‘Last Meals’: Mads Mikkelsen & Boyd Holbrook Star In Death Row Chef Prison Drama From ’99 Homes’ Director at The Playlist.
- 5/7/2025
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Mads Mikkelsen is set to play a death row chef alongside Boyd Holbrook in “Last Meals,” which Oscar-nominee Ramin Bahrani is now set to direct.
HanWay Films has boarded the repackaged project, first announced in 2022, and will begin selling in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group and Sentient Entertainment will handle North American sales.
The prison drama — set to start principal photography in Ireland later this year — comes from the AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenplay by Justin Piasecki (“Relay”) in a story exploring the ideas of guilt, the death penalty, and redemption, all through the lens of food of the highest order, and the world’s most infamous meal: the Ortolan.
“Last Meals” will see Palme d’Or winner Mikkelsen play Walter Karat, a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates. Boyd Holbrook will play Jeffrey Reed,...
HanWay Films has boarded the repackaged project, first announced in 2022, and will begin selling in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group and Sentient Entertainment will handle North American sales.
The prison drama — set to start principal photography in Ireland later this year — comes from the AMPAS Nicholl Award-winning screenplay by Justin Piasecki (“Relay”) in a story exploring the ideas of guilt, the death penalty, and redemption, all through the lens of food of the highest order, and the world’s most infamous meal: the Ortolan.
“Last Meals” will see Palme d’Or winner Mikkelsen play Walter Karat, a former White House Chef whose fall from grace lands him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates. Boyd Holbrook will play Jeffrey Reed,...
- 5/7/2025
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
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This May, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face to all of the John Wick films. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Peacock in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
99 Homes (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Broad Green Pictures
99 Homes is a thriller drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, who also co-wrote the film with Amir Naderi. The 2014 film is set in Florida, and it follows Dennis Nash, a single father living with his family. When his family is evicted from their home by a businessman, Dennis decides...
This May, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face to all of the John Wick films. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Peacock in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.
99 Homes (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Broad Green Pictures
99 Homes is a thriller drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, who also co-wrote the film with Amir Naderi. The 2014 film is set in Florida, and it follows Dennis Nash, a single father living with his family. When his family is evicted from their home by a businessman, Dennis decides...
- 4/28/2025
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The indie box office offers a half dozen strong debuts from Magic Farm buy El Planeta’s Amalia Ulman to Venice Special Jury Prize winner April to Cannes Critics Week award- winner Blue Sun Palace. Sony Pictures Classics leads moderate releases with On Swift Horses with a remastered rerelease of Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii and Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro. The Legend Of Ochi takes a big leap to 1,700 screens.
Limited release indies: Mubi debuts Ulman’s comedy comedy Magic Farm starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apolloino, and Simon Rex at the Angelika Film Center in New York. World premiered at Sundance, screened at the Berlin Film Festival and was the opening night film of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies earlier this month. When a misguided American documentary crew in search of their next viral segment ends up in the wrong town in rural Argentina, chaos ensues.
Limited release indies: Mubi debuts Ulman’s comedy comedy Magic Farm starring Chloë Sevigny, Alex Wolff, Joe Apolloino, and Simon Rex at the Angelika Film Center in New York. World premiered at Sundance, screened at the Berlin Film Festival and was the opening night film of the Los Angeles Festival of Movies earlier this month. When a misguided American documentary crew in search of their next viral segment ends up in the wrong town in rural Argentina, chaos ensues.
- 4/25/2025
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Toward the end of his life, film critic Roger Ebert saved some of his most lavish praise for a young graduate of Columbia University who devoted his early career to making the kinds of movies not often promoted in the USA. Ramin Bahrani came straight out of the Ken Loach school of progressive storytelling, focusing on the lives and struggles of working-class people, the poor, and the displaced.
If you hurry, you can catch what may be Bahrani’s most crucial movie – 99 Homes – before it leaves Netflix at the end of April.
I don’t know if 99 Homes – released in 2014, a year after Ebert’s death – is Bahrani’s best movie. His three-picture run between 2005 and 2008, which included Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, and Goodbye Solo, is as good an early trio as you will find from an American director in the 21st century.
The first two are...
If you hurry, you can catch what may be Bahrani’s most crucial movie – 99 Homes – before it leaves Netflix at the end of April.
I don’t know if 99 Homes – released in 2014, a year after Ebert’s death – is Bahrani’s best movie. His three-picture run between 2005 and 2008, which included Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, and Goodbye Solo, is as good an early trio as you will find from an American director in the 21st century.
The first two are...
- 4/21/2025
- by Jonathan Eig
- Netflix Life
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Andrew Garfield may be best known as Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise, in addition to his roles in Oscar-winners such as "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," but one of the actor's most underrated movies is currently finding a second life on Netflix a full decade after its original release. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, "99 Homes" has been climbing up the streamer's charts in recent days as viewers have begun to discover the gut-wrenching, hugely impactful drama.
Ranked as one of the best movies from Sundance 2015 by /Film at the time, "99 Homes" has recently become a somewhat unexpected hit on Netflix. The film is currently at number eight on the streamer's most-watched movie charts, just ahead of Sony's surprise hit comedy "One of Them Days" and behind Scarlet Johansson's 2014 sci-fi flick "Lucy," per FlixPatrol. The fact that...
Andrew Garfield may be best known as Peter Parker in "The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise, in addition to his roles in Oscar-winners such as "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," but one of the actor's most underrated movies is currently finding a second life on Netflix a full decade after its original release. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, "99 Homes" has been climbing up the streamer's charts in recent days as viewers have begun to discover the gut-wrenching, hugely impactful drama.
Ranked as one of the best movies from Sundance 2015 by /Film at the time, "99 Homes" has recently become a somewhat unexpected hit on Netflix. The film is currently at number eight on the streamer's most-watched movie charts, just ahead of Sony's surprise hit comedy "One of Them Days" and behind Scarlet Johansson's 2014 sci-fi flick "Lucy," per FlixPatrol. The fact that...
- 4/17/2025
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
We have suggestions if you’re looking for an awards contender to watch on streaming or on-demand video this weekend. Our list includes an Oscar-nominated top pick that recently became available for home viewing, another Oscar-nominated new release on VOD, a movie that wasn’t nominated for an Oscar but probably should have been, a past Oscar nominee that would make for a nice double feature with the top pick, and a classic crime thriller available on streaming for the first time.
Top pick: Anuja
One of the leading live-action short nominees, Anuja, is now available to stream on Netflix. The 22-minute film tells the story of sisters Anuja (Sajda Pathan) and Palak (Ananya Shanbhag), orphans in Delhi who work in a sweatshop. When the title character, a 9-year-old with an aptitude for math, gets an opportunity to go to school, her older sister sacrifices to make it happen.
The...
Top pick: Anuja
One of the leading live-action short nominees, Anuja, is now available to stream on Netflix. The 22-minute film tells the story of sisters Anuja (Sajda Pathan) and Palak (Ananya Shanbhag), orphans in Delhi who work in a sweatshop. When the title character, a 9-year-old with an aptitude for math, gets an opportunity to go to school, her older sister sacrifices to make it happen.
The...
- 2/7/2025
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Industry veterans Lloyd Braun, Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim have launched Prologue Entertainmentbacked by Jeff Zuckerand RedBird Capital Partners.
Prologue will develop and produce features and premium scripted series and has boarded several projects including Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled White House thriller at Netflix, written by Oppenheim and expected in 2025.
The Root Of All Evil at Atomic Monster and Blumhouse is a psychological thriller based on Ravi Somaiya’s reporting on an exorcism in Mexico City. Sean Tretta is adapting the screenplay.
Rounding out the initial slate is female survival thriller Trapped, based on Jill Blankenship’s Black List screenplay.
Prologue will develop and produce features and premium scripted series and has boarded several projects including Kathryn Bigelow’s untitled White House thriller at Netflix, written by Oppenheim and expected in 2025.
The Root Of All Evil at Atomic Monster and Blumhouse is a psychological thriller based on Ravi Somaiya’s reporting on an exorcism in Mexico City. Sean Tretta is adapting the screenplay.
Rounding out the initial slate is female survival thriller Trapped, based on Jill Blankenship’s Black List screenplay.
- 12/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
Industry vets Lloyd Braun, Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim have announced the launch of Prologue Entertainment, an independent production studio.
The indie studio, with financial backing from Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital, will develop and produce premium scripted series and film content.
Upcoming projects for the studio include:
Zero Day (Netflix) starring Robert De Niro: A six-episode series co-created, and executive produced by Oppenheim, Eric Newman and New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt. The series will debut on February 20, 2025. Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Film (Netflix): Now in post-production, the film is written by Oppenheim and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The Root of All Evil (Atomic Monster/Blumhouse): A psychological thriller based on Ravi Somaiya’s reporting on an exorcism in Mexico City. Sean Tretta is adapting. Trapped: A female survival thriller, screenplay by Jill Blankenship. Named to the 2024 Black List earlier this week.
“We’re thrilled to...
The indie studio, with financial backing from Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital, will develop and produce premium scripted series and film content.
Upcoming projects for the studio include:
Zero Day (Netflix) starring Robert De Niro: A six-episode series co-created, and executive produced by Oppenheim, Eric Newman and New York Times reporter Michael S. Schmidt. The series will debut on February 20, 2025. Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Film (Netflix): Now in post-production, the film is written by Oppenheim and directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The Root of All Evil (Atomic Monster/Blumhouse): A psychological thriller based on Ravi Somaiya’s reporting on an exorcism in Mexico City. Sean Tretta is adapting. Trapped: A female survival thriller, screenplay by Jill Blankenship. Named to the 2024 Black List earlier this week.
“We’re thrilled to...
- 12/12/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
A trio of entertainment veterans — Lloyd Braun, Sarah Bremner and Noah Oppenheim — have come together to form independent production studio Prologue Entertainment, with an investment from Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital Partners.
Prologue, with offices in New York and L.A., is set up to develop and produce premium scripted series and film content, and will house existing projects that are already under way. According to the company, it will be able to finance and co-finance productions. Braun, a longtime TV exec, most recently was chairman of WME; Bremner is a former Netflix film executive and most recently served as president of Ava DuVernay’s Array Filmworks; and Oppenheim was formerly president of NBC News.
The amount of RedBird Capital’s investment in Prologue is not being disclosed. RedBird’s investment will be overseen by Zucker, the former CEO of CNN who is an operating partner at RedBird.
“We’re...
Prologue, with offices in New York and L.A., is set up to develop and produce premium scripted series and film content, and will house existing projects that are already under way. According to the company, it will be able to finance and co-finance productions. Braun, a longtime TV exec, most recently was chairman of WME; Bremner is a former Netflix film executive and most recently served as president of Ava DuVernay’s Array Filmworks; and Oppenheim was formerly president of NBC News.
The amount of RedBird Capital’s investment in Prologue is not being disclosed. RedBird’s investment will be overseen by Zucker, the former CEO of CNN who is an operating partner at RedBird.
“We’re...
- 12/12/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), Maria Schrader (She Said), and Ramin Bahrani (White Tiger) are among the filmmakers set to attend this year’s Floodlight Summit in Cartagena, Colombia.
This year’s event — the second annual Floodlight Summit gathering — will run December 6-8 in Cartagena. The summit gathers investigative journalists from across the globe who present their work to filmmakers and producers for potential screen adaptations.
Other headline guests set to attend include William Horberg (The Queen’s Gambit), Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut), Sarah Timberman (Justified), Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan), and Rodrigo García (News of a Kidnapping). Ryan Murphy Productions Senior Executive and Attorney Craig Emanuel will also be in attendance to offer legal guidance.
The 2024 cohort of Floodlight journalists includes reporters from more than 25 countries across five continents, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, independent journalists, and war reporters. Speakers from the profession set for Colombia include Jodi Kantor...
This year’s event — the second annual Floodlight Summit gathering — will run December 6-8 in Cartagena. The summit gathers investigative journalists from across the globe who present their work to filmmakers and producers for potential screen adaptations.
Other headline guests set to attend include William Horberg (The Queen’s Gambit), Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut), Sarah Timberman (Justified), Alexander Rodnyansky (Leviathan), and Rodrigo García (News of a Kidnapping). Ryan Murphy Productions Senior Executive and Attorney Craig Emanuel will also be in attendance to offer legal guidance.
The 2024 cohort of Floodlight journalists includes reporters from more than 25 countries across five continents, including a Pulitzer Prize winner, independent journalists, and war reporters. Speakers from the profession set for Colombia include Jodi Kantor...
- 12/3/2024
- by Zac Ntim and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
While at the Marrakech Film Festival where he’s serving on Luca Guadagnino‘s jury alongside Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield said he’s “had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about “Spider-Man.”
“I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his work on the superhero franchise.
Garfield said he was nevertheless “grateful for that time” because “it allowed [him] to maybe have an easier shot at working with people like Martin Scorsese straight after.”
“I think Marty probably was able to get a passion project made with a guy who played Spider-Man in the lead to play a Jesuit priest in the 1600s of Japan. The fact that that film got made with the help of Spider-Man is a beautiful thing,” Garfield said, referring to Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.”
Guadagnino, who kicked...
“I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his work on the superhero franchise.
Garfield said he was nevertheless “grateful for that time” because “it allowed [him] to maybe have an easier shot at working with people like Martin Scorsese straight after.”
“I think Marty probably was able to get a passion project made with a guy who played Spider-Man in the lead to play a Jesuit priest in the 1600s of Japan. The fact that that film got made with the help of Spider-Man is a beautiful thing,” Garfield said, referring to Scorsese’s 2016 film “Silence.”
Guadagnino, who kicked...
- 11/30/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 2024 Doc NYC festival has unveiled its winners.
The critically acclaimed festival, which is the largest documentary festival in the U.S., marked one of its most successful in-person editions yet, with more than 20,000 viewers having watched films over nine days in New York alongside more than 1,500 filmmaker and industry guests participating in screenings and panels.
The juries for each respective award, along with the coveted Audience Award, had tough competition among this year’s festival.
Among eight international features, Areeb Zuaiter’s feature debut “Yalla Parkour” was selected as the winner. “Yalla Parkour” had its world premiere at the festival, and centers on young parkour athletes in Gaza who practice the sport on a “conflict-scarred” landscape.
“The jury was unanimous in its choice for best international documentary,” the Doc NYC international jury, consisting of “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” filmmaker Moses Bwayo, “Little Richard: I Am Everything” director Lisa Cortes,...
The critically acclaimed festival, which is the largest documentary festival in the U.S., marked one of its most successful in-person editions yet, with more than 20,000 viewers having watched films over nine days in New York alongside more than 1,500 filmmaker and industry guests participating in screenings and panels.
The juries for each respective award, along with the coveted Audience Award, had tough competition among this year’s festival.
Among eight international features, Areeb Zuaiter’s feature debut “Yalla Parkour” was selected as the winner. “Yalla Parkour” had its world premiere at the festival, and centers on young parkour athletes in Gaza who practice the sport on a “conflict-scarred” landscape.
“The jury was unanimous in its choice for best international documentary,” the Doc NYC international jury, consisting of “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” filmmaker Moses Bwayo, “Little Richard: I Am Everything” director Lisa Cortes,...
- 11/25/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
At the end of the 2000s, Roger Ebert published his list of the 10 best films of the decade for the Chicago Sun Times. It was the final ranking the beloved critic would assemble before his death in 2013, and it was as eclectic as would be expected. Included in a list that encompassed such heavy hitters as Synecdoche, New York, The Hurt Locker, and 25th Hour, Ebert selected a low-budget drama that probably flew under the radar of most casual moviegoers: Ramin Bahrani's Chop Shop. Ebert called the film, "a vibrant modern equivalent of the Italian Neorealist classics like Shoeshine," and declared Bahrani to be, "the new director of the decade."...
- 11/14/2024
- by Zach Laws
- Collider.com
Adarsh Gourav is venturing into uncharted territory with “Alien: Earth,” the upcoming FX series that marks his first major foray into sci-fi.
“Alien: Earth” serves as a prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” which kicked off a nine-film franchise with the latest being “Alien: Romulus.” The series, due to release in 2025, builds on the seminal franchise.
“I play one of the leading characters. It’s set in the future, and it’s very exciting for me, because I got to be part of like a sci-fi horror, psychological thriller show. And all these elements are basically things that excite me the most as an actor,” Gourav tells Variety.
“My knowledge about sci-fi is very limited, but psychological thriller and horror is my go-to genre to watch, also as an audience,” he adds.
Gourav first gained international recognition for his breakout role in Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix film “The White Tiger,...
“Alien: Earth” serves as a prequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 film “Alien,” which kicked off a nine-film franchise with the latest being “Alien: Romulus.” The series, due to release in 2025, builds on the seminal franchise.
“I play one of the leading characters. It’s set in the future, and it’s very exciting for me, because I got to be part of like a sci-fi horror, psychological thriller show. And all these elements are basically things that excite me the most as an actor,” Gourav tells Variety.
“My knowledge about sci-fi is very limited, but psychological thriller and horror is my go-to genre to watch, also as an audience,” he adds.
Gourav first gained international recognition for his breakout role in Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix film “The White Tiger,...
- 10/17/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The 25th Woodstock Film Festival will feature a lineup of world, North American and U.S. premieres, joining acclaimed fiction and nonfiction films from Sean Baker, Steve McQueen, Alexis Bloom, Raoul Peck, Marielle Heller, Jesse Eisenberg, Jacques Audiard and many more.
The festival, which runs from October 15-20 in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rosendale, Kingston and Saugerties, will see writer-director Paul Schrader receive the Honorary Maverick Award. His latest, Oh, Canada, starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi, will screen at Woodstock. Filmmaker Ira Deutchman will be presented with the Honorary Trailblazer Award; Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís will receive the inaugural Art of Activism Award. [Scroll for the full lineup]
McQueen’s Blitz, starring Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan, serves as Woodstock’s centerpiece film. Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, starring the Oscar-nominated actor and Kieran Culkin, closes the silver jubilee edition of Woodstock. Sean Baker’s Anora heads to...
The festival, which runs from October 15-20 in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rosendale, Kingston and Saugerties, will see writer-director Paul Schrader receive the Honorary Maverick Award. His latest, Oh, Canada, starring Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Jacob Elordi, will screen at Woodstock. Filmmaker Ira Deutchman will be presented with the Honorary Trailblazer Award; Pamela Yates and Paco de Onís will receive the inaugural Art of Activism Award. [Scroll for the full lineup]
McQueen’s Blitz, starring Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan, serves as Woodstock’s centerpiece film. Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain, starring the Oscar-nominated actor and Kieran Culkin, closes the silver jubilee edition of Woodstock. Sean Baker’s Anora heads to...
- 9/16/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
As always, the Telluride Film Festival, which runs over the four-day Labor Day weekend in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, waits until the day before the Friday festival launch to release its official selection.
Per usual, many of the slate’s titles have already leaked via publicists and attendees, and few of the most prominent first showings — from Edward Berger’s pope drama “Conclave” (Focus) and Jason Reitman’s recreation of the 1975 launch of SNL, “Saturday Night” (Sony) to RaMell’s Ross’s Colson Whitehead adaptation “Nickel Boys” (Amazon/MGM) — are news at this point. Still, there’s plenty new to dive into.
Festival director Julie Huntsinger, who has been running the festival for years but officially took over the solo reins from the late Tom Luddy with last year’s 50th edition, got on the phone with IndieWire to discuss the selection of nearly sixty feature films, short films,...
Per usual, many of the slate’s titles have already leaked via publicists and attendees, and few of the most prominent first showings — from Edward Berger’s pope drama “Conclave” (Focus) and Jason Reitman’s recreation of the 1975 launch of SNL, “Saturday Night” (Sony) to RaMell’s Ross’s Colson Whitehead adaptation “Nickel Boys” (Amazon/MGM) — are news at this point. Still, there’s plenty new to dive into.
Festival director Julie Huntsinger, who has been running the festival for years but officially took over the solo reins from the late Tom Luddy with last year’s 50th edition, got on the phone with IndieWire to discuss the selection of nearly sixty feature films, short films,...
- 8/29/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Oscar, BAFTA, WGA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani has signed with Grandview.
Bahrani is the writer, director and producer of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes and The White Tiger. His films have all premiered at the Venice or Cannes film festivals and additionally screened at Telluride and Toronto. His debut feature documentary, 2nd Chance, premiered at Sundance and was released by Showtime.
Additionally, Bahrani has directed TV pilots for Universal Studios and Apple, and he won the PGA Award in 2019 for his work on the HBO movie Fahrenheit 451.
Bahrani’s films also include Alex Camilleri’s Sundance- and Spirit Award-winning feature Luzzu (2020) and his forthcoming Zejtune; and Alexandre Moratto’s Spirit Award-winning Brazilian debut feature Socrates (2018, and his Venice-winning 7 Prisoners (2021), Saim Sadiq’s Cannes-winning Pakistani debut Joyland (2022), Angus MacLachlan’s Sundance premiere A Little Prayer (2023) and Joshua Oppenheimer’s forthcoming debut feature The End.
Bahrani is the writer, director and producer of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes and The White Tiger. His films have all premiered at the Venice or Cannes film festivals and additionally screened at Telluride and Toronto. His debut feature documentary, 2nd Chance, premiered at Sundance and was released by Showtime.
Additionally, Bahrani has directed TV pilots for Universal Studios and Apple, and he won the PGA Award in 2019 for his work on the HBO movie Fahrenheit 451.
Bahrani’s films also include Alex Camilleri’s Sundance- and Spirit Award-winning feature Luzzu (2020) and his forthcoming Zejtune; and Alexandre Moratto’s Spirit Award-winning Brazilian debut feature Socrates (2018, and his Venice-winning 7 Prisoners (2021), Saim Sadiq’s Cannes-winning Pakistani debut Joyland (2022), Angus MacLachlan’s Sundance premiere A Little Prayer (2023) and Joshua Oppenheimer’s forthcoming debut feature The End.
- 7/18/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Scott Feinstein, a veteran film publicist at 42West and fixture in indie film circles, has been promoted to President, Entertainment Marketing Division (Emd). Previously Executive Vice President, Feinstein will now work jointly with Presidents Tom Piechura in New York and Annalee Paulo in Los Angeles to oversee the department’s operational functions, manage staff and collaborate in the overall growth of the division.
42West’s Entertainment Marketing Division develops and executes integrated publicity campaigns for films, TV, podcasts, filmmakers, production companies, film festivals, and more. Feinstein began at the company in 2005, working with filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, David Chase, Rebecca Miller, Maggie Betts, Lissette Feliciano, Ramin Bahrani, production companies including Mattel Films, ShadowMachine, Euro Gang, Roddenberry Entertainment, and distributors including Sony Pictures Classics, Apple TV+, IFC Films, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Vertical and many more. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
42West’s Entertainment Marketing Division develops and executes integrated publicity campaigns for films, TV, podcasts, filmmakers, production companies, film festivals, and more. Feinstein began at the company in 2005, working with filmmakers including Martin Scorsese, David Chase, Rebecca Miller, Maggie Betts, Lissette Feliciano, Ramin Bahrani, production companies including Mattel Films, ShadowMachine, Euro Gang, Roddenberry Entertainment, and distributors including Sony Pictures Classics, Apple TV+, IFC Films, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Vertical and many more. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
- 6/18/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: M88 has signed filmmaker Alexandre Moratto for representation.
Moratto’s debut feature film Socrates, made with Unicef on a budget of $20k with a cast and crew of teenagers from São Paulo’s low-income communities, earned him the ‘Someone to Watch’ Independent Spirit Award.
The film follows the titular character, a Black teen from the coast of Brazill and his journey to overcome poverty, grief following his mother’s death and homophobia. It was produced by directors Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger) and Fernando Meirelles (City of God), who also produced his sophomore feature Netflix’s 7 Prisoners.
The film, starring Christian Malheiros and Rodrigo Santoro, follows Mateus, a poor 18-year-old from rural Brazil who leaves home for what sounds like a solid opportunity—a job at a metal scrapyard in São Paulo, earning enough money to help support his mother and sisters back home. Matheus and a small...
Moratto’s debut feature film Socrates, made with Unicef on a budget of $20k with a cast and crew of teenagers from São Paulo’s low-income communities, earned him the ‘Someone to Watch’ Independent Spirit Award.
The film follows the titular character, a Black teen from the coast of Brazill and his journey to overcome poverty, grief following his mother’s death and homophobia. It was produced by directors Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger) and Fernando Meirelles (City of God), who also produced his sophomore feature Netflix’s 7 Prisoners.
The film, starring Christian Malheiros and Rodrigo Santoro, follows Mateus, a poor 18-year-old from rural Brazil who leaves home for what sounds like a solid opportunity—a job at a metal scrapyard in São Paulo, earning enough money to help support his mother and sisters back home. Matheus and a small...
- 6/13/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
In the port city of Abadan in southern Iran, 11-year-old orphan Amiro (Madjid Niroumand) gazes out into the Persian Gulf, screaming and waving at the distant ships on the horizon. To Amiro, these vessels represent a sense of freedom that he’s never known yet innately yearns for. His yells are a frequent occurrence in Amir Naderi’s The Runner, and they’re a recurring reminder of Amiro’s unwavering desire to be heard and seen, and to connect with something, anything, outside of a society that has effectively discarded him.
Amiro lives in a region of the world where the oil trade has brought prosperity to few. Like many, he lives among the detritus left behind by the industry’s operations and the callous tourists and businessmen whose shoes he shines for pocket change. Spending his days collecting glass bottles that have been carelessly hurled into the sea and...
Amiro lives in a region of the world where the oil trade has brought prosperity to few. Like many, he lives among the detritus left behind by the industry’s operations and the callous tourists and businessmen whose shoes he shines for pocket change. Spending his days collecting glass bottles that have been carelessly hurled into the sea and...
- 4/1/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
When it comes to predicting the Oscars, there are no categories that can be more difficult than the three short film categories. That goes double for trying to predict the nominees in those categories. But don’t worry Derbyites. With the recent release of the Academy’s shortlists, we’ve got descriptions of each of the pieces that made the runoff for Best Documentary Short, we got you covered on this! Below we have descriptions of each of the 15 short films that made this year’s list. We even included information and links on where you can currently view them.
Among the topics that are tackled in this year’s crop are book bans in Florida, a barber who runs a community bank, how abortion was legalized in New York in the 1970s, a group of people who fix musical instruments, and the healthcare crisis that’s affecting rural America.
Among the topics that are tackled in this year’s crop are book bans in Florida, a barber who runs a community bank, how abortion was legalized in New York in the 1970s, a group of people who fix musical instruments, and the healthcare crisis that’s affecting rural America.
- 12/25/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Andrew Garfield spoke to an audience rich in Spider-Man fans about his career at the Red Sea Film Festival Thursday, sitting alongside Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation CEO Mohammed Al Turki. The two have known each other since Garfield starred in Ramin Bahrani’s 2014 drama “99 Homes,” which Al Turki produced. “I’m currently out of work,” Garfield quipped. “So I’m just here to talk to Mo really.”
“I’m 40 years old now and I still get absolutely petrified,” Garfield said. “I have terrible impostor syndrome. I didn’t know it was a viable option to be an actor. I loved being an athlete. I hated school. I wasn’t strong enough to be a rugby player. It was my mother who suggested I look at doing something creative.”
Garfield spoke about his career from making a Doritos commercial when he was 21 to his early days in Hollywood,...
“I’m 40 years old now and I still get absolutely petrified,” Garfield said. “I have terrible impostor syndrome. I didn’t know it was a viable option to be an actor. I loved being an athlete. I hated school. I wasn’t strong enough to be a rugby player. It was my mother who suggested I look at doing something creative.”
Garfield spoke about his career from making a Doritos commercial when he was 21 to his early days in Hollywood,...
- 12/7/2023
- by John Bleasdale
- Variety Film + TV
Andrew Garfield shared insights into his early days in Hollywood, experiences working on the Spider-Man franchise and thoughts about Red Sea International Festival Festival during his masterclass at the festival today.
He shared the stage with Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation head Mohammed Al Turki, an old friend whom he’d worked with on indie feature 99 Homes in 2014. Directed by Iranian-us filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes was set during the recession period of the late 2000s when many Americans were losing their homes.
“It was an interesting group of us making that film,” Garfield remembered. “There was Ramin who was an American filmmaker but of a very different cultural heritage, then Mo of Saudi heritage and me of English heritage. So there was this melting pot bunch of people who felt maybe like they were outsiders in a certain way, telling a story about what it is to be an outsider.
He shared the stage with Saudi producer and Red Sea Film Foundation head Mohammed Al Turki, an old friend whom he’d worked with on indie feature 99 Homes in 2014. Directed by Iranian-us filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, 99 Homes was set during the recession period of the late 2000s when many Americans were losing their homes.
“It was an interesting group of us making that film,” Garfield remembered. “There was Ramin who was an American filmmaker but of a very different cultural heritage, then Mo of Saudi heritage and me of English heritage. So there was this melting pot bunch of people who felt maybe like they were outsiders in a certain way, telling a story about what it is to be an outsider.
- 12/7/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Turen, the producer of HBO shows Euphoria and The Idol, died from multiple heart issues, according to a medical examiner’s report.
The official cause of death was acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic heart disease, with coronary artery disease also cited.
Turen was driving his Tesla on a California freeway when stricken. His 10-year-old son managed to stop the car and take it to the side of the road. Turen was then taken to the hospital and died there.
Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers, and later went on to work with Sam Levinson to produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes, and Ti West’s X trilogy.
The 44-year-old producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.
The official cause of death was acute cardiac dysfunction and hypertrophic heart disease, with coronary artery disease also cited.
Turen was driving his Tesla on a California freeway when stricken. His 10-year-old son managed to stop the car and take it to the side of the road. Turen was then taken to the hospital and died there.
Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers, and later went on to work with Sam Levinson to produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes, and Ti West’s X trilogy.
The 44-year-old producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.
- 12/2/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Not unlike how a young Athina Rachel Tsangari ended up being part of a Richard Linklater film, Summer Shelton has been part of the fabric of the American indie scene dating back to a bit appearance in a David Gordon Green’s All the Real Girls. After cutting her teeth as a producer (with a pair of prominent titles in the cinema of Ramin Bahrani), Shelton would put all of one’s chips on the table with her feature debut You & I. A second chance at romance or a proper visit with the past, Shelton is joined by Clayne Crawford for a drama romance that re-examines a dynamic (was it ever meant to be more?)…...
- 11/25/2023
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Kevin Turen, producer of Euphoria and The Idol, has died. He was 44.
Turen died suddenly over the weekend. His cause of death is not known at this time. The producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.
His father Edward Turen said in a statement Sunday night: “Kevin was so incredibly special, this world is going to be less without him.”
Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers and later went on to work with Sam Levinson and produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes and Ti West’s X trilogy.
Turen’s work in television included Levinson’s Euphoria and The Idol as well as Olivier Assayas’a Irma Vep.
Jay Penske, CEO of Deadline’s parent...
Turen died suddenly over the weekend. His cause of death is not known at this time. The producer is survived by his wife, Evelina, and his two sons, Jack and James.
His father Edward Turen said in a statement Sunday night: “Kevin was so incredibly special, this world is going to be less without him.”
Turen first produced Larry Clark’s Wassup Rockers and later went on to work with Sam Levinson and produce Malcolm and Marie, Trey Shultz’s Waves, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage, Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation, Kornel Mondruczo’s Pieces of a Woman, Ramin Bahrani’s 99 Homes and Ti West’s X trilogy.
Turen’s work in television included Levinson’s Euphoria and The Idol as well as Olivier Assayas’a Irma Vep.
Jay Penske, CEO of Deadline’s parent...
- 11/13/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Reporter thanks the following 322 members of the global film community — listed alphabetically — for taking the time to cast a ballot to help us determine the 100 greatest film books of all time.
Seth Abramovitch
The Hollywood Reporter journalist/It Happened in Hollywood podcast host
Jo Addy
Soho House group film and entertainment director
Casey Affleck
Oscar-winning actor
Rutanya Alda
Author/actress
Stephanie Allain
Filmmaker
Victoria Alonso
Filmmaker/executive
Tony Angellotti
Publicist
Bonnie Arnold
Filmmaker/executive
Miguel Arteta
Filmmaker
Chris Auer
Filmmaker/film professor
John Badham
Filmmaker/film professor
Amy Baer
Executive
Matt Baer
Filmmaker
Lindsey Bahr
Journalist
Ramin Bahrani
Oscar-nominated filmmaker
Cameron Bailey
Toronto International Film Festival CEO/former film critic
John Bailey
Cinematographer/former Academy president
Bela Bajaria
Executive
Sean Baker
Filmmaker
Alec Baldwin
Oscar-nominated actor/author
Tino Balio
Author/film professor
Jeffrey Barbakow
Executive
Michael Barker
Executive
Mike Barnes
The Hollywood Reporter journalist
Jeanine Basinger
Author/film...
Seth Abramovitch
The Hollywood Reporter journalist/It Happened in Hollywood podcast host
Jo Addy
Soho House group film and entertainment director
Casey Affleck
Oscar-winning actor
Rutanya Alda
Author/actress
Stephanie Allain
Filmmaker
Victoria Alonso
Filmmaker/executive
Tony Angellotti
Publicist
Bonnie Arnold
Filmmaker/executive
Miguel Arteta
Filmmaker
Chris Auer
Filmmaker/film professor
John Badham
Filmmaker/film professor
Amy Baer
Executive
Matt Baer
Filmmaker
Lindsey Bahr
Journalist
Ramin Bahrani
Oscar-nominated filmmaker
Cameron Bailey
Toronto International Film Festival CEO/former film critic
John Bailey
Cinematographer/former Academy president
Bela Bajaria
Executive
Sean Baker
Filmmaker
Alec Baldwin
Oscar-nominated actor/author
Tino Balio
Author/film professor
Jeffrey Barbakow
Executive
Michael Barker
Executive
Mike Barnes
The Hollywood Reporter journalist
Jeanine Basinger
Author/film...
- 10/12/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance award-winning documentary “Beyond Utopia” has garnered the best documentary and best doc editing honors at the 24th annual Woodstock Film Festival.
The documentary, which was recently acquired by Roadside Attractions, is vying for Academy Award attention.
Using hidden camera footage, the doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families make in order to defect from North Korea — a country with the most brutal regime on earth, led by a dictator, Kim Jong-un.
Doc jurors included directors Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County USA”) Richard Rowley (“ Kingdom of Silence”) and Heidi Ewing (“Jesus Camp”).
“This year’s winner is an astonishingly intimate, white-knuckle thriller following families trying to escape North Korea,” the jurors said in a joint statement. “Stitched together from raw, first person footage, it is impossible not to feel the heart-breaking courage as a family clings to each other during a nighttime crossing of the Mekong River.
The documentary, which was recently acquired by Roadside Attractions, is vying for Academy Award attention.
Using hidden camera footage, the doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families make in order to defect from North Korea — a country with the most brutal regime on earth, led by a dictator, Kim Jong-un.
Doc jurors included directors Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County USA”) Richard Rowley (“ Kingdom of Silence”) and Heidi Ewing (“Jesus Camp”).
“This year’s winner is an astonishingly intimate, white-knuckle thriller following families trying to escape North Korea,” the jurors said in a joint statement. “Stitched together from raw, first person footage, it is impossible not to feel the heart-breaking courage as a family clings to each other during a nighttime crossing of the Mekong River.
- 10/1/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Woodstock Film Festival has added Tony Goldwyn’s comedy drama “Ezra,” starring Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro to its 2023 lineup.
In the film, which made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Cannavale stars as Max, a stand up comic who after recently blowing up his career and marriage is living with his father Stan (De Niro). When Max’s autistic son Ezra is expelled from yet another school, Max makes the controversial decision to take him on a cross-country road trip.
In addition to Cannavale and De Niro, “Ezra” stars Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg and Rainn Wilson. (Mister Smith Entertainment and CAA are handling sales.)
“I am so excited that the Woodstock Film Festival chose to screen ‘Ezra,'” says Goldwyn. “Woodstock is one of the coolest festivals in the country for a filmmaker. After such an enthusiastic reception at TIFF last week,...
In the film, which made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Cannavale stars as Max, a stand up comic who after recently blowing up his career and marriage is living with his father Stan (De Niro). When Max’s autistic son Ezra is expelled from yet another school, Max makes the controversial decision to take him on a cross-country road trip.
In addition to Cannavale and De Niro, “Ezra” stars Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg and Rainn Wilson. (Mister Smith Entertainment and CAA are handling sales.)
“I am so excited that the Woodstock Film Festival chose to screen ‘Ezra,'” says Goldwyn. “Woodstock is one of the coolest festivals in the country for a filmmaker. After such an enthusiastic reception at TIFF last week,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Roger Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana, Illinois. In his lifetime, Ebert changed the world of film criticism forever, bringing the artform into the mainstream like never before (what other film critic got characters named after him in Roland Emmerich blockbusters?) Ebert’s legacy also lives on in modern filmmakers he championed like Ava DuVernay and Ramin Bahrani, whose works and careers are still leaving a sizable impact on the world of cinema. Ebert’s been absent from the world of film criticism for a little over a decade now, but the loss of his words and point of view has never stopped being devastating.
- 8/31/2023
- by Lisa Laman
- Collider.com
With the festival kicking off tomorrow, Telluride Film Festival has now unveiled its lineup, featuring new films from Jeff Nichols (the first image from which can be seen above), Emerald Fennell, Annie Baker, Andrew Haigh, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justine Triet, Wim Wenders, Kitty Green, Ethan Hawke, and many more.
“Fifty years is a long time to do anything. And while we might be a little biased, we feel the work that Tff does is pretty important,” comments Telluride Film Festival director Julie Huntsinger. “We take the charge of preserving the theatrical experience and promoting film seriously, but with necessary winks here and there. We’re ecstatic to share a program we feel reflects so much of the past fifty years, naturally and organically, films old and new, which stand as a testament to our beloved co-founders Tom Luddy and Bill Pence who are no longer with us.”
• All Of US Strangers...
“Fifty years is a long time to do anything. And while we might be a little biased, we feel the work that Tff does is pretty important,” comments Telluride Film Festival director Julie Huntsinger. “We take the charge of preserving the theatrical experience and promoting film seriously, but with necessary winks here and there. We’re ecstatic to share a program we feel reflects so much of the past fifty years, naturally and organically, films old and new, which stand as a testament to our beloved co-founders Tom Luddy and Bill Pence who are no longer with us.”
• All Of US Strangers...
- 8/30/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
2023 Festival dedicated to founders Tom Luddy, Bill Pence, Stella Pence, James Card.
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2023 50th anniversary line-up with Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winner Anatomy Of A Fall, and Steve McQueen’s Occupied City on the roster.
The selection, which will play in the Colorado Rockies locale from August 31 to September 4, includes Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, Jonathan Glazer’s Cannes sensation The Zone Of Interest, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Nyad from Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,...
- 8/30/2023
- ScreenDaily
What if someone came to your house and asked you to leave it for good since you did not pay your mortgage or for any other reason, would you leave your family home? Did you even imagine that this kind of situation would ever happen?
This movie will resonate extremely with those people who have been in the exact same situation that Andrew Garfield‘s character goes thru when he loses his family home and everything that he has worked hard for in a matter of 2 minutes. That is the amount of time given by the Realtor Rick Carver played by the enigmatic Michael Shannon. The movie shows how the housing eviction system is not only brutal but has no time to care for anyone’s situation and sheds no tears in the process.
Dennis (Andrew Garfield) is a single father who lives in his family home with his mother...
This movie will resonate extremely with those people who have been in the exact same situation that Andrew Garfield‘s character goes thru when he loses his family home and everything that he has worked hard for in a matter of 2 minutes. That is the amount of time given by the Realtor Rick Carver played by the enigmatic Michael Shannon. The movie shows how the housing eviction system is not only brutal but has no time to care for anyone’s situation and sheds no tears in the process.
Dennis (Andrew Garfield) is a single father who lives in his family home with his mother...
- 8/15/2023
- by Prem
- Talking Films
Due to historical reasons, and some economic reasons preceding and following the historical ones, we should know by now that Iranian diaspora in the so-called Western World is large. Also, it is often well-educated and active in arts and culture, sometimes even on the both sides, in both homelands, old and new. Cinema is not an exception, but this list is not about, for instance, Asghar Farhadi working in the context of the French or Spanish cinema, nor is touching some well-established common places of greatness, such as Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. We bring you five relatively recent films made by the filmmakers coming from the Iranian diaspora that might have flown under the radar somehow, in order of quality.
5. At Any Price
Ramin Bahrani reached greater success both with critics and audiences both before and after this film, either by touching the subjects from the (immigrants') margin, like in...
5. At Any Price
Ramin Bahrani reached greater success both with critics and audiences both before and after this film, either by touching the subjects from the (immigrants') margin, like in...
- 6/23/2023
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the 2023 jury members in the 15 different competition categories for this year’s event. Those categories include film, immersive “storyscapes,” games, audio storytelling and more. Among the jury members are Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu, Zoey Deutch, Dianna Agron, Zazie Beetz, Kate Siegel, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, Nina Dobrev, Clea DuVall, Piper Perabo, Chance the Rapper, Noah Centineo, Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Ahn and Chloe Grace Moretz.
Alongside the competitive awards, the fest will present the Nora Ephron Award — created to honor the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer. The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 15th.
“We are thrilled to announce the jury for the 2023 Tribeca Festival,” said Tribeca Festival Executive Vice President of Artist Relations and Special Events Nancy Lefkowitz. “The diversity of perspectives and experiences across...
Alongside the competitive awards, the fest will present the Nora Ephron Award — created to honor the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer. The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 15th.
“We are thrilled to announce the jury for the 2023 Tribeca Festival,” said Tribeca Festival Executive Vice President of Artist Relations and Special Events Nancy Lefkowitz. “The diversity of perspectives and experiences across...
- 6/1/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
The Tribeca Festival, which gets under way Wednesday in New York, has announced members of the jury who will decide winners in 15 award categories.
The jury roster of several dozen includes Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu, Zoey Deutch, Dianna Agron, Zazie Beetz, Kate Siegel, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, Nina Dobrev, Clea DuVall, Piper Perabo, Chance the Rapper, Noah Centineo, Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Ahn and Chloe Grace Moretz. Along with the competitive categories, the Nora Ephron Award will be presented in the memory of the filmmaker and writer.
While the festival removed the word “film” from its name several years ago to reflect its broad range of offerings in games, podcasts, music and other areas, the film slate has continued as an identifying aspect of the event. This year’s U.S. narrative feature jury includes Hsu, Ramin Bahrani, Zoey Deutch, Mike Flanagan and Tommy Oliver; the international feature jury includes Fraser,...
The jury roster of several dozen includes Brendan Fraser, Stephanie Hsu, Zoey Deutch, Dianna Agron, Zazie Beetz, Kate Siegel, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, Nina Dobrev, Clea DuVall, Piper Perabo, Chance the Rapper, Noah Centineo, Jeremy O. Harris, Andrew Ahn and Chloe Grace Moretz. Along with the competitive categories, the Nora Ephron Award will be presented in the memory of the filmmaker and writer.
While the festival removed the word “film” from its name several years ago to reflect its broad range of offerings in games, podcasts, music and other areas, the film slate has continued as an identifying aspect of the event. This year’s U.S. narrative feature jury includes Hsu, Ramin Bahrani, Zoey Deutch, Mike Flanagan and Tommy Oliver; the international feature jury includes Fraser,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The UK Asian Film Festival has set Bollywood stalwarts Poonam Dhillon and Rajkummar Rao as special guests for its Closing Gala, which takes places May 14 at the BFI Southbank in London.
Dhillon and Rao will be among the high-profile names in conversation at the closing night event. The UK Asian Film Festival runs at venues across the UK from May 4 — 14. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary.
Dhillon, one of the most recognizable names in Indian cinema, has over 100 credits across Hindi, Telegu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, and Punjabi-language pics such as Noorie, Trishul, Yeh Vaada Raha, and Sohni Mahiwal. Dhillon also has extensive television credits, with work on shows such as Andaz and Kitty Party. She is also widely credited with introducing the concept of mobile makeup vans to the Indian film industry and remains the only film fraternity member of Fcat, an appellate tribunal for films facing censorship in India.
Dhillon and Rao will be among the high-profile names in conversation at the closing night event. The UK Asian Film Festival runs at venues across the UK from May 4 — 14. This year marks the festival’s 25th anniversary.
Dhillon, one of the most recognizable names in Indian cinema, has over 100 credits across Hindi, Telegu, Kannada, Marathi, Gujarati, and Punjabi-language pics such as Noorie, Trishul, Yeh Vaada Raha, and Sohni Mahiwal. Dhillon also has extensive television credits, with work on shows such as Andaz and Kitty Party. She is also widely credited with introducing the concept of mobile makeup vans to the Indian film industry and remains the only film fraternity member of Fcat, an appellate tribunal for films facing censorship in India.
- 4/24/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream wins for documentary screenplay.
Everything Everywhere All At Once added another senior honour to its awards circuit haul en route to next weekend’s Oscars, taking the prize for best original screenplay at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday night (March 5).
The win for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert caps another momentous week for A24’s metaverse adventure following triumphs at Saturday’s Spirit Awards and last weekend’s historical SAG Awards.
Original screenplay is one of 11 nominations the Everything team will be looking to convert at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12. Final voting...
Everything Everywhere All At Once added another senior honour to its awards circuit haul en route to next weekend’s Oscars, taking the prize for best original screenplay at the 2023 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday night (March 5).
The win for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert caps another momentous week for A24’s metaverse adventure following triumphs at Saturday’s Spirit Awards and last weekend’s historical SAG Awards.
Original screenplay is one of 11 nominations the Everything team will be looking to convert at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12. Final voting...
- 3/6/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” has been named the best original film screenplay of 2023 at the Writers Guild Awards, which were held on Sunday evening in Los Angeles and New York.
The win gives “Everything Everywhere” a sweep of the four major Hollywood guild awards: the Directors Guild, Producers Guild, Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild, where it won the ensemble cast award and set a record with four wins in the five SAG categories.
The win made the freewheeling indie film only the fifth film to sweep the major guilds since the SAG awards first handed out the ensemble award in 1995. The first four were “American Beauty,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Argo,” all of which went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
If “Everything Everywhere” was a strong favorite to win that award going into this weekend, it will now be a commanding one heading into Oscar week.
The win gives “Everything Everywhere” a sweep of the four major Hollywood guild awards: the Directors Guild, Producers Guild, Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild, where it won the ensemble cast award and set a record with four wins in the five SAG categories.
The win made the freewheeling indie film only the fifth film to sweep the major guilds since the SAG awards first handed out the ensemble award in 1995. The first four were “American Beauty,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Argo,” all of which went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
If “Everything Everywhere” was a strong favorite to win that award going into this weekend, it will now be a commanding one heading into Oscar week.
- 3/6/2023
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
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