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In one of the best scenes in I’ll Be Right There, a character reveals a family story involving an improbable getaway driver. Taking in this tale is her middle-aged daughter, who knows a thing or two about driving — although her role behind the wheel is more along the lines of schlepping to and fro than making a break for it. These two strong women are played, respectively, by Jeannie Berlin and Edie Falco, actors of ineffable down-to-earth zing. When, later in the movie, the screen fills with a slo-mo shot of them running side by side down a hospital corridor, it feels like a winking, loving gift, one of the giddy dividends from this wry take on family and midlife anxieties.

Set and shot in a Northeastern hamlet (Pearl River, in New York’s Rockland County), director Brendan Walsh’s second feature (after Centigrade) is a modestly scaled affair that...

Genesis Rodriguez (The Umbrella Academy) has joined the Season 2 cast of Taylor Sheridan’s Lioness. She will portray Captain Josephina Carrillo, a dedicated soldier and skilled helicopter pilot with a fierce personality.

The drama starring Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira was renewed for a second season by Paramount+ earlier this month. Season 1 is available to stream in its entirety via P+.

Lioness is based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira), a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Saldaña plays Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

The series also stars Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, Lamonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton and Hannah Love Lanier.

Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Ron Burkle,...

Exclusive: Terence Winter, the writer-producer known for his work on Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos and more, will team with Vincent Piazza, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way and Phiphen to develop Midge, a tragicomic feature based on an absurd but true, as-yet-untold story.

At the center of it is Thomas Midgley, Jr., the man who in the first half of the 20th century invented two of the most toxic and disastrous chemicals humankind has ever known — leaded gasoline and Freon —without having even been a chemist.

In a statement on the project, Winter told Deadline that “the only thing crazier than this story is that it hasn’t already been told.”

He’s teaming with Piazza to pen the script and both will exec produce, along with automotive journalist Jamie Lincoln Kitman, who also serves as a research consultant on the project. Phiphen’s founder Molly Conners will produce alongside Academy Award nominee Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club). Director meetings are underway.

Winter is best known for creating the acclaimed HBO series Boardwalk Empire, as well as for producing and scripting dozens of episodes of The Sopranos, for which he earned three Emmy Awards. In his 25-plus years in television, he’s also won three PGA awards and four from the WGA. Also the creator of HBO’s Vinyl, he’s otherwise best known for scripting Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street. More recently, he co-wrote Paramount’s Bob Marley: One Love, which is out in theaters now.

Piazza is best known for his work on the acting front, having appeared in everything from Boardwalk Empire and Clint Eastwood’s Jersey Boys to the Sylvester Stallone starrer Tulsa King and IFC thriller Centigrade.

Most recently, Appian Way produced the DiCaprio starrer Killers of the Flower Moon, helmed by Scorsese, which is up this year for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Phiphen’s recent projects include the comedic thriller Coup! starring Peter Sarsgaard, which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival and will be released by Greenwich Entertainment, and the Nicolas Cage Western Butcher’s Crossing.

Winter is repped by CAA, Lbi Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Piazza by Gersh, Untitled Entertainment and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.

Exclusive: Max Casella (The Tender Bar), Domenick Lombardozzi (The Irishman), Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire), and newcomer Jay Will (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) have been cast opposite lead Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King (working title), Paramount+’s new series created by Yellowstone‘s Taylor Sheridan, with The Sopranos alum Terence Winter at the helm as executive producer, writer and showrunner.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), who, as he’s released from prison after 25 years, is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Ok. Realizing that his mob family might not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.

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Casella will play Armand Truisi,...

Exclusive: Independent film and television production company Phiphen Pictures will open Phiphen Studios, a 10,000-square-foot boutique post-production and office space, in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in 2022.

The project is led by Phiphen Pictures founder Molly Conners to support and grow New Jersey’s film community following the reinstatement of its film and television tax credit, which runs through 2028. It’s a new construction and could eventually expand, including adding sound stages.

Producer Jane Oster Sinisi is CEO of the complex, which will house post-production and office space, a 25-seat 4K theater, executive suites, a conference room, kitchens and an outdoor common area. Edit rooms will be adaptable to DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Premiere and Avid Media Composer. The audio department will have two mix rooms outfitted for 5.1 mixing and voice recording and offer full-service sound design, editorial services and mixing including Adr and Vo. Other services will range from online...

Watch the Short Film Centigrade: "In anticipation of a Feature Length Version, Colin Cunningham’s Centigrade is celebrating its Rerelease exclusively at Centigrademovie.Com.

Starring Colin Cunningham the film depicts the dark events surrounding the day that

‘karma’ rolls into town. Centigrade garnered more than a dozen ‘Best of’ Awards and Nominations and ended up making the short list for an Academy Award Nomination.

Now, the multi-award-winning short film (one of the most successful in iTunes history) is ready to take the leap forward as a major motion picture. Only this time, they’re doing things a little differently.

"The project had actually been optioned by MGM as a TV show,” says Cunningham. “But restructuring at the studio sent it into turn-around. So, now, we’re going straight to the fans.”

"I hate calling it ‘crowd funding’ as our fans are so unique and dear to us. But it...

In anticipation of a Feature Length Version, Colin Cunningham’s Centigrade is celebrating its Rerelease exclusively at Centigrademovie.Com. Starring Colin Cunningham the film depicts the dark events surrounding the day that ‘karma’ rolls into town. Centigrade garnered more than a dozen ‘Best of’ Awards and Nominations and ended up making the …

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Exclusive: Julia Stiles is set to make her directing debut with Wish You Were Here, a romantic drama she co-wrote with Renée Carlino based on the latter’s novel.

Phiphen Pictures is producing the film, which reunites the company with Stiles after she starred alongside Kelsey Grammer and Colman Domingo in its pic The God Committee. That film premieres Sunday at the Tribeca Festival and goes day-and-date in theaters and on-demand July 2.

Wish You Were Here centers on Charlotte, a woman who finds herself in a rut, searching for a spark that seems just out of reach. After she has a whirlwind night of romance and imagining a future with a man named Adam, he ghosts her. When Charlotte finally discovers that Adam is terminally ill, she helps him spend his last days living life to the fullest.

No cast is attached to the project, and Stiles will not act in it.

LA-based Premiere Entertainment Group’s (Peg) Randy Couture heist thriller Blowback has wrapped production ahead of a sales launch at the virtual Cannes Marché in June.

Six-time UFC champion Couture (The Expendables franchise; The Scorpion King 2) stars alongside Cam Gigandet (Twilight franchise; Priest) in the story of Nick (Gigandet) who goes after Jack (Couture) after he is betrayed during a Las Vegas heist.

Rounding out the cast are Louis Mandylor, Michele Plaia, Rafael Cabrera, and William McNamara. Production took place entirely in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tibor Takács (The Gate; Lies & Illusions) directed from an original screenplay written by Kevin Yarris,...

Tesla, Sputnik, A Call to Spy and Centigrade will be released by Shout! Factory in conjunction with IFC From a biography of one of history’s most revered inventors, to a sci-fi thriller about an alien parasite, to the inspiring true story of the female spies who fought against the Nazi occupation of France, and a …

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As we head towards the weekend, let’s take a look at everything new that’s coming to the various major streaming services over the next few days. With the enormous hauls of December 1st just around the corner, there isn’t a ton to dig into, but there are almost 30 fresh titles arriving across Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video, which should keep you going until Monday.

First up, Netflix dropped eight movies and TV shows today, mostly originals. In particular, a bunch of international content debuted, such as Spanish horror Don’t Listen and Italian crime drama The Beast. Not to mention German festive comedy Over Christmas, which arrives along with a selection of other holiday-themed titles, like children’s special A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas and cooking contest Sugar Rush Christmas.

Check out the full list of what’s hitting streaming from Friday, November 27th to Sunday,...

IFC Midnight to release in North America in January 2021.

Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has boarded international sales on The Night ahead of the psychological horror film’s international premiere at Sitges.

North American rights holder IFC Midnight plans a January 2021 launch for the film starring Cannes best actor winner Shahab Hosseini (The Salesman), said to be the first US-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since 1979.

Kourosh Ahari directed the story about an Iranian couple and their one-year-old daughter on the way home from a social event who spend the night in a hotel where they...

To mark the release of survivalist thriller Centigrade – a two hander about a husband and wife stuck inside their frozen vehicle in the midst of blizzard – we had the pleasure of speaking to both stars, Vincent Piazza and Genesis Rodriguez.

Speaking to them both individually – we spoke to the duo about their research, given this is based on a true story, and what it was like collaborating together, as it seems they formed a close bond having shot in such close proximity throughout this project. We also touch upon the logistics of this unique shooting experience, and whether they were pleased when it was over, no matter how gratifying it may have been. We also chat to Piazza about his experiences being directed by none other than Martin Scorsese, and Clint Eastwood.

Watch both interviews below:

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A married couple find themselves trapped in their frozen vehicle after a blizzard...

This past weekend, we had a trio of films that were released on a variety of platforms and streaming services: the survival horror film Centigrade, Mj Bassett’s latest action-centric project, Rogue, and Get Duked!, a wonderfully off-beat horror comedy from first-time feature director Ninian Doff. Here’s a look at my thoughts on this diverse trio of films that you can currently check out for yourself, all from the comfort of your own home (Centigrade is also currently playing in select drive-in theaters).

Centigrade: As a huge fan of tales of survival horror, Brendan Walsh’s Centigrade turned me into a tension-filled mess, and as the film progressed, I only got increasingly more and more stressed out for the film’s characters and their terrifying predicament. Walsh immediately throws viewers right into the thick of things, as the film opens with Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez) and Matt (Vincent Piazza...

Thank you, thank you – it really is quite a good pun. If you’re looking for more, I recommend you check out the headlines for other Centigrade reviews. In fact, check out the reviews themselves, too, as I genuinely can’t imagine that I have anything novel to say about this film. The latest feature from Brendan […]

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One car, one couple, 90 minutes.

That’s the premise behind “Centigrade,” the most claustrophobic film imaginable—the entire movie is set inside a car beneath five feet of snow, and it plays like a mashup between “Buried” and “The Ice Storm.” But whereas those films are high-concept, yet tightly controlled, writer-director Brendan Walsh throws all restraint out the window for his new film. Secrets? A stabbing?

Continue reading ‘Centigrade’: Brendan Walsh’s Claustrophobic Thriller Packs Far Too Much In Such A Small Space [Review] at The Playlist.

Claustrophobic and cold as Hell: That’s how I’d describe Centigrade, released yesterday (August 28th) via IFC Midnight. Today, we’ve got an Unsolved Mysteries-style trailer/featurette to share, one that stars Isabella Rossellini, Kelsey Grammer, Rubén Blades, Louis Cancelmi, Malin Barr, and Judith Roberts. Check it out below the trailer and synopsis. Related Article: A Moment of Hope […] More...

An SUV becomes a deadly prison when a snowstorm submerges a young couple on the side of the road in the new movie Centigrade, with the expectant mother and father-to-be battling not only the elements, but their trust in each other, too.

On this special episode of Corpse Club, Heather Wixson is joined by Centigrade director/co-writer Brendan Walsh to discuss his new survival thriller, which is out now from IFC Midnight. Listen as Brendan takes a deep dive into the very real fears of his film, from its harrowing real-life inspiration and unsettling portrayal of harsh arctic elements to the challenges of making a movie in the claustrophobic confines of a vehicle and the powerful performances by Vincent Piazza and Genesis Rodriguez.

A prolific assistant director before helming Centigrade, Brendan also reflects on his memorable time working as a second assistant director on the set of Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler.

Even though the new thriller, Centigrade, is beset by a few issues that prevent it from being a truly great entry to the genre, it is still a tremendously effective exploration of the effects a fight for survival has on a relationship that perhaps is not as strong as was initially thought.

The scene is set somewhat simplistically as a young American couple, Matthew (Vincent Piazza) and pregnant Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez) wake up after spending the night on the side of the road in the arctic Norwegian mountains after pulling over to rest as the weather grew more treacherous and their ability to drive safely became even more unlikely. Unfortunately, although they are rested, the vehicle has been entombed by a layer of ice that they are unable to penetrate. With very little in the way of resources to assist them in surviving this startling situation, they begin a battle...

You’ll forgive director Brendan Walsh for wanting to have it both ways. “Centigrade,” the filmmaker’s feature debut — he wrote it alongside Daley Nixon, also a feature filmmaking newbie — opens with a pair of title cards that happily play into the tease that what follows is all real, or at least real enough to lend it all a little spice. First, we’re told, “In 2002, an American novelist and her husband traveled to Norway on a small book tour,” followed by the kicker, “What follows is inspired by actual events.” No, “Centigrade” itself is not a true story — certainly not the teased one about the American novelist and her husband — but it is inspired by real stories like it, and if Walsh is trying to have some fun blending fact and fiction, worse things have certainly happened in the genre space.

At least that first title card allows for the film’s chilling opening,...

The risk with making a movie involving characters confined in a small space is that the audience can wind up feeling more claustrophobia than suspense. Such turns out to be the case with Brendan Walsh’s directorial debut, about a couple trapped in a car during a blizzard. Neither tense nor thematically resonant enough to overcome its literally small-scale aspects, Centigrade proves as much an ordeal for its viewers as its characters.

Supposedly “inspired by real events,” the film wastes no time establishing its premise. It begins with married couple Matthew (Vincent Piazza, Boardwalk Empire) and Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez,...

The risk with making a movie involving characters confined in a small space is that the audience can wind up feeling more claustrophobia than suspense. Such turns out to be the case with Brendan Walsh’s directorial debut, about a couple trapped in a car during a blizzard. Neither tense nor thematically resonant enough to overcome its literally small-scale aspects, Centigrade proves as much an ordeal for its viewers as its characters.

Supposedly “inspired by real events,” the film wastes no time establishing its premise. It begins with married couple Matthew (Vincent Piazza, Boardwalk Empire) and Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez,...

In 1998, the brilliant marketing campaign for “The Blair Witch Project” nearly broke the still-fledgling commercial internet, peppering it with hints and rumors and worries that the found-footage thriller was actually real, forever changing movie marketing in the process. Over two decades later, it’s still a stroke of genius worthy of being imitated, and even if consumers are far too hip to believe all this mumbo-jumbo again (or are they?), few things are as amusing as watching the lines between “film” and “reality” blur.

Enter Brendan Walsh’s IFC Midnight thriller “Centigrade,” which adds a (literally) chilling dimension to a genre still pushing its boundaries. The film’s official synopsis plays up the “Blair Witch Project” of it all: “In 2002, a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice.

When thinking about the worst ways to die, a few options pop to the top of the mind, including but not limited to drowning, something elevator-related, or any of the setpieces from Final Destination. Getting trapped in your car during a blizzard? It’s another awful way to go, and it’s the premise for director Brendan Walsh’s debut feature Centigrade, a snappy horror-thriller based on true events from IFC Midnight.

Written by Walsh and Daley Nixon, the film exists inside of the tiny vehicle of a couple, Matt (Vincent Piazza) and Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez), as they wake up after pulling off the road and falling asleep in the middle of the night in a Norway mountain range. Within the car, which contains a minimal amount of food and water, the couple (including a pregnant Naomi) disagree on attempting to escape or bunkering down, and secrets and lies start...

Hello, dear readers! We’ve made it through another month, which means we have a new batch of horror, sci-fi and even a handful “genre adjacent” films heading to VOD and digital platforms in the coming weeks. Some of the highlights for August’s digital debuts include La Llorona on Shudder (August 6th), Sputnik (August 14th), Open 24 Hours (August 18th), Random Acts of Violence (hits Shudder on August 20th), The Pale Door (August 21st), and Centigrade and Rogue both arrive on August 28th.

It’s also worth noting that one of my favorite documentaries of 2020, You Cannot Kill David Arquette, is slated for release sometime in late August, but an official date hasn’t been revealed just yet.

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The Sonata is a moody and chilling film in the tradition of the classic haunted house genre. As Rose explores her estranged father’s home,...

I'm not sure that anyone needs to be presented with any new nightmare scenarios given the world's perpetual state of unrest nowadays, but like it or not, IFC Films has recently unveiled a trailer for Centigrade, a film that's bound to make your feel claustrophobic Af as the horror of this upcoming release settles in. Based on true events, Centigrade takes place in 2002,…...

"We don't know what's out there." IFC Films has debuted the official US trailer for Centigrade, a snowy, extra cold survival thriller based on a true story from 2002. A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice. In addition to the woman being pregnant, they must battle -30° Celsius temperatures, hallucinations, and hypothermia in their struggle to survive. Starring Genesis Rodriguez and Vincent Piazza as the couple. This looks like a cross between Arctic and Buried, not only dealing with being stuck in a car but also the freezing cold temperature and unending snow. Looks quite chilling indeed. Here's the first official US trailer (+ poster) for Brendan Walsh's Centigrade, direct from IFC's YouTube: A high concept survival thriller based on chilling true events. A married...

In today's Horror Highlights we have a Nsfw gory clip from Battlefield 2025, details on the acquisition of The S.H.U, and a look at the trailer for Browse:

Exclusive Clip from Battlefield 2025: "Weekend campers, an escaped convict, young lovers and a police officer experience a night of terror when a hostile visitor from another world descends on a small Arizona town."

Written by Joseph Mbah and Robert Conway. Jose Rosete, Anna Harr, Dustin Leighton, Caleb Thomas, Alaina Laethem, Adam Michael Gold, and Titus Covington star in a Joseph Mbah film, releasing July 7 on digital from Uncork’d Entertainment

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Peg Acquires Rights to The S.H.U: "Los Angeles, June 30, 2020 – Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg), a Los Angeles-based sales, production and financing company, has acquired worldwide rights to psychological horror-thriller The S.H.U., or Segregated Housing Unit, starring Edi Gathegi. Melora Hardin, Angela Sarafyan, Tony Amendola, and James Jagger round out the key cast.

Boardwalk Empire alum Vincent Piazza is set as a lead opposite Shannyn Sossamon in The Cleaning Lady, Fox’s drama pilot based on the Argentinian series, from Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Shay Mitchell’s Amore & Vita Productions, Warner Bros TV and Fox Entertainment.

Written by Kwok and directed by Michael Offer, The Cleaning Lady is a one-hour darkly aspirational character drama about a whip-smart Filipina doctor, Reyna Salonga (Sossamon), who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes an on-call cleaning lady for the mob. Willing to do anything to save her son, Reyna walks the tightrope of morality, breaking the law for all the right reasons — and eventually forges her own path in the criminal underworld as she starts playing the game by her own rules.

Exclusive: IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Brendan Walsh’s contained Arctic thriller Centigrade, which is based on true events.

Genesis Rodriguez (Big Hero 6) and Vincent Piazza (Boardwalk Empire) star in the story about a 2002 incident when a young American couple traveled to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice. It is soon revealed that the woman is eight months pregnant. Amid escalating tension between them and dwindling supplies, the couple battles -30C temperatures, hallucinations and hypothermia in their struggle to survive.

The completed film was written by Daley Nixon and Walsh, and produced by Bradley J. Ross, Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano, and Walsh. Premiere Entertainment handles international sales and finalized the North American deal at the Efm in Berlin.

The deal for the movie was...

Amy Miller Gross directed and produced for Mandorla Productions.

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

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

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

Luke Goss stars in sci-fi kidnap thriller R.I.A.

Los Angeles-based Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has beefed up its Efm sales slate and acquired international rights to survival thriller Centigrade and worldwide rights to sci-fi thriller R.I.A. starring Luke Goss.

Genesis Rodriguez and Vincent Piazza star in Centigrade as a married couple who find themselves trapped inside a frozen vehicle after an overnight blizzard buries their car in snow, while struggling to survive amid plunging temperatures and unforeseen obstacles.

Brendan Walsh makes his feature directorial debut from a screenplay he co-wrote with Daley Nixon. Bradley J. Ross produced for Manhattan Productions...