News

Exclusive: Julia Ormond and Johnny Ferro have been added to the cast of Reminisce, the romantic drama that is serving as the feature directing debut for Riverdale‘s Mädchen Amick. The pair join a cast already includes Bruce Dern, Elissa Shay and Anzu Lawson. Principal photography began this week in Los Angeles.

The plot for the pic, written by Shay and Cary Haze and based on actual events, is mostly under wraps, but it follows the journey of a young woman traversing her trauma, heartbreak and mental illness while pushing the boundaries of reality to overcome it all and find herself.

Iris Torres and Penny Edmiston are producers. Shay is an executive producer through her FutureRetro Productions with Milan Chakraborty.

Ormond, whose film credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Sabrina and Legends of the Fall, is an Emmy winner for Temple Grandin and nominee for Mad Men, and...

Exclusive: Jay Huguley has joined the cast of Daniel Adams’ The Walk.

He’ll appear in the period drama, opposite Justin Chatwin, Terrence Howard, Malcolm McDowell and Jeremy Piven.

The film is set in 1974 and follows Bill Coughlin (Justin Chatwin), a Boston Irish cop who confronts fierce social pressure, after being assigned to protect Black high school students as they are bused into all-white South Boston High.

Huguley will play Riley, an old-school Irish cop who works as Coughlin’s partner in The Boston Police, and is resistant to school integration.

Adams penned the script for The Walk with George Powell. Pic’s producers are Hank Blumenthal, Michael Mailer and Paul W. Hazen. Alex Nazarenko is also on board as exec producer, with Cinema Management Group handling international sales at Cannes.

Huguley will be seen this fall in Michael Showalters’ The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Riverdale‘s Mädchen Amick has been set to make her feature directing debut with Reminisce, with two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern and Elissa Shay to star in the indie drama. It hails from FutureRetro Productions, Firehouse Films and Lucky Penny Productions, and shooting starts next month in Los Angeles.

The plot is mostly under wraps for the script penned by Shay and Cary Haze, but it is based on true events and is about the journey of a young woman traversing her trauma, heartbreak and mental illness while pushing the boundaries of reality to overcome it all and find herself.

Iris Torres and Penny Edmiston are producers. Shay will executive produce through her FutureRetro Productions along with Milan Chakraborty.

Amick, who has directed episodes of Riverdale in addition to playing Alice Cooper on the CW series, also teamed with Torres and Shay as director of the upcoming documentary Behind the Curtain,...

Actress/director Mädchen Amick is set to make her feature directorial debut with Reminisce.

Bruce Dern and Elissa Shay are attached to lead the indie drama, which is written by Shay and Cary Haze and is based on true events. Reminisce portrays a young woman traversing her trauma, heartbreak and mental illness while pushing the boundaries of reality to overcome and find herself.

Amick starred in The CW’s Riverdale as Betty Cooper’s (Lili Reinhart) mother Alice Cooper and the Twin Peaks franchise, where she had the lead role of Shelly Johnson. Dern starred in Alexander Payne‘s Nebraska and Hal Ashby’s Coming Home.

The two-time Oscar nominee ...

Actress/director Mädchen Amick is set to make her feature directorial debut with Reminisce.

Bruce Dern and Elissa Shay are attached to lead the indie drama, which is written by Shay and Cary Haze and is based on true events. Reminisce portrays a young woman traversing her trauma, heartbreak and mental illness while pushing the boundaries of reality to overcome and find herself.

Amick starred in The CW’s Riverdale as Betty Cooper’s (Lili Reinhart) mother Alice Cooper and the Twin Peaks franchise, where she had the lead role of Shelly Johnson. Dern starred in Alexander Payne‘s Nebraska and Hal Ashby’s Coming Home.

The two-time Oscar nominee ...

Our bi-weekly Film Festival Roundup column explores notable stories and news updates from the circuit.

– Exclusive: The upcoming inaugural Mammoth Film Festival have announced Round 2 of their Official Selections lineup for the fist-ever festival, taking place February 8 – 11, including a free screening of John Wayne’s “North to Alaska,” which will feature a special introduction from members of the seminal Hollywood star’s own family. MammothFF has also announced the 2018 judges, which include: producer Suzanne Weinert (“Hellion”), actor Peter Facinelli (“Twilight”), actor and producer Chris Zylka (“The Leftovers”), producer Steven Garcia (“Shark Tank”), writer/director/producer Eric Amadio (“Snowfall”), Youtube star Darious Britt, and film critic Oliver Harper.

The festival’s Charity Celebrity Bowling Tournament benefiting the Mammoth Media Institute will feature: Nina Dobrev, Eiza Gonzalez, Josh Hutcherson, Ashley Greene, Tom Welling, Josh Henderson, Sterling Brim, Luke “Dingo” Trembath, Lil Jon, Arielle Vandenberg, Matt Cutshall, Scott Haze, and Ryan Rottman, among...