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Liz Tigelaar is readying her next Hulu series.

The showrunner of Little Fires Everywhere and Tiny Beautiful Things is developing a limited series based on Lucy Foley’s best-seller, The Guest List, which Hulu won the rights to in what proved another wild bidding war. The news comes as the broader IP market has only grown frothier amid the dual Hollywood strikes, which ground production to a halt and left the industry with little else to sell.

The TV iteration, like Foley’s 2020 book, will be set on a remote island off a rugged coast, where guests attend an elaborate celebrity wedding. “But with a storm brewing, the picture-perfect affair darkens as the guests and their shared histories dangerously collide — and then the lights go out. And a body is found,” reads the project’s official logline. “As old secrets are brought to the surface, and the mysteries swirl — the question remains,...

Netflix on Tuesday unveiled five filmmaking teams who will receive funding and professional support to make short documentaries on the theme of “Connection” in the second year of the global streamer’s U.K. Documentary Talent Fund.

The winners were selected from thousands of applications, with a shortlist of 12 teams invited to Netflix’s U.K. headquarters to pitch their projects in front of a panel of industry experts.

The five projects and filmmaking teams selected are:

Anna Snowball & Abolfazl Talooni – Iranian Yellow Pages.

Iranians in London, trapped between two cultures, search for connection by placing weird and wonderful adverts in the Iranian Yellow Pages.

Anna Rodgers & Zlata Filipovic – Two Mothers.

An unusual bond compels an Irish mother of twins to travel to war-torn Ukraine in order to rescue the woman who carried her babies.

Caroline Williamson & Troi Lee – Turn up the Bass.

This is the remarkable story of Troi...

Book readers, good news: Taylor Jenkins Reid's hit novel "Carrie Soto Is Back" is being adapted for the screen. Deadline was the first to report the news, which Reid confirmed on Instagram on March 30.

The author, whose best-selling novel "Daisy Jones & the Six" was just adapted into a miniseries at Amazon Prime Video, wrote, "From the moment the manuscript for 'Carrie Soto' was completed, the incredible people at @picturestart made it clear that they were the perfect partners to make it a great adaptation. They **get** Carrie, they love her the way I do, and they understand the heart and potential world of this story."

She continued, "There are more steps to come before it hits your screen but I will keep you posted along the way. Right now, I am feeling very, very lucky to be working with such a phenomenal team to bring Carrie, Javier, Bowe,...

Ke Huy Quan fought back tears and embraced the euphoria as he accepted the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his turn in Everything Everywhere All at Once on Sunday.

Quan began his speech in the most classic way, speaking directly to his mother: “My mom is 84 years old, and she’s at home watching,” he said. “Mom, I just won an Oscar!”

Quan went on to speak about his remarkable journey to acting in the first place, noting the year he spent in a refugee camp after his family fled Vietnam in 1978. “Somehow,...

The final stretch of the 2023 Oscar season has started with voters casting their ballots for the winners of the 95th annual Academy Awards. All season long, Gold Derby has been interviewing dozens of nominees, including three contenders for Best Supporting Actor. Click on each actor’s name below to watch each of these 20-minute interviews.

Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

In “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Gleeson plays jaded folk musician Colm, who abruptly ends his life-long friendship with his drinking buddy Pádraic (Colin Farrell), and a shocking standoff ensues. The actor admits that he feels sympathetic to his character: “I feel very defense towards him, because I really do feel he was in the pits of despair. I have a theory about it. I think it’s just because people have had enough cynicism and the world is in enough trouble where we need optimism to get out of it rather than cynicism.

When “Everything Everywhere All At Once’s” visual effects artist Evan Halleck was working on the rock universe scene, he brought in cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools from Runway — such as the green screen tool that removes the background from images. “It was cutting things out better than my human eye was, and it gave me a clean mat that I could use for other things.”

From the rise of deepfake technology to AI being used to generate scripts, AI is on the rise. It’s faster, cheaper and Halleck says, on a film like the Oscar-nominated A24 film, “Rotoscoping, in my opinion, has been a very slow and painful process. So, it was nice to automate things.”

For the film’s rock scene, Halleck says, “We used a green screen tool. Pulleys pushed the rocks, gravel and sand forward. But when I was cutting those things out of the shot,...

Out of ways to beat the heat? Look no further than a new book! It's still beach read season and August is set to deliver several of the year's most anticipated reads, including The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo author Taylor Jenkins Reid's latest, and a compelling thriller from Lisa Jewell. Plus, despite spooky season being a few months away, this month has a bounty of true crime offerings, like the debut novel from the host of the Crime Junkie podcast. So, whatever you're in the mood for, we've got something to satisfy your literary itch and the perfect new accessory to add to your beach bag this summer.  Here are 15 books worth checking out in...

"It's a crisis. But opportunities are born from crisis." Netflix has debuted the trailer for a documentary film titled Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, created by Academy Award-winning doc filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel. Debuting on Netflix this October. While Covid-19 exacerbates vulnerabilities across the world, unsung heroes in all levels of society help the tide turn toward a brighter future. The film examines the pandemic-related crises occurring around the world and how communities are coming together to solve major problems and make a difference - from a Syrian refugee fighting the UK government to include hospital cleaners and porters in bereavement pay to a doctor committed to serving Miami's homeless community. "Activists and volunteers work through the darkest days of 2020, galvanizing social change amidst chaos as governments start to fail local communities. This epic, globally spanning and deeply passionate documentary serves as a clarion call that great change can be born of crisis.

Exclusive: Kate Atkinson’s best-selling and award-winning novel Life After Life is to be reimagined as a four-part BBC series, which will be made by Brexit: The Uncivil War producer House Productions.

House founders Tessa Ross and Juliette Howell have attached some eye-catching creatives to the project, including Outlaw King and Traitors writer Bash Doran, and John Crowley, the two-time BAFTA-winning director who helmed Saoirse Ronan starrer Brooklyn.

Life After Life tells the vivid story of the alternate lives of Ursula Todd, who dies one night in 1910, only to be born and survive on the same night. She finds herself time and again, living and dying in different circumstances only to be reborn into a new, alternative iteration of life once more. Her journey spans two World Wars and an encounter with Hitler.

Ross and Howell said Doran’s scripts capture the “warmth and scale” of Atkinson’s story, as...

Judging by the meager slate of new movies that Netflix is adding to its library this September, it seems like the streaming giant is saving all of its resources and energy for a go-for-broke awards season push; with all eyes on “Marriage Story,” “The Irishman,” and documentary heavyweights like “American Factory,” as well as Disney+ giving the company a world of new competition come November, this isn’t the time for Netflix to pull out all the stops. But that doesn’t mean subscribers will be completely out of new content to stream this month. “The Lord of the Rings” is nothing to sneeze at, even if Netflix is just replacing the first part of the trilogy with the last two. And the addition of Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster” will give millions of people new access to one of the most dazzling biopics of the 21st century, even if only in truncated form.

Netflix announced its list of everything coming and going in September. New additions include “The Spy” series, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as an undercover agent in 1960s Syria, coming Sept. 6, and Ryan Murphy’s first Netflix series, “The Politician,” which stars Ben Platt as a wealthy student from Santa Barbara, California, who dreams of becoming president, coming Sept. 27.

Other Netflix originals to look forward to include a new stand-up comedy special from Bill Burr called “Bill Burr: Paper Tiger” coming Sept. 10; Season 2 of “Elite,” about a classmate’s death and a vanished student, coming Sept. 6; and “Evelyn,” a movie about “a man and his two siblings take an epic walk from Scotland to London to find peace and acceptance 12 years after their brother’s death by suicide,” coming Sept. 10.

Also, “The Mind, Explained,” a documentary about the inner-workings of the brain, comes Sept. 12 — and on that note, “Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates,...

The Favourite Photo: Courtesy of New York Film Festival The Favourite lived up to its name at the British Independent Film Awards last night - winning a record 10 awards, including Best British Independent Film.

Yorgos Lanthimos was also named Best Director for his, which sees two of Queen Anne's acolytes jockey for position. It also won Best Screenplay for writers Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, while Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz picked up the Best Actress and Supporting Actress gongs for their roles in the film.

The Best Actor award went to Joe Cole for A Prayer Before Dawn, with Alessandro Nivola picking up the Best Supporting Actor prize for his role in [film]Disobedience/film

Orlando von Einsiedel won the Best Documentary prize for his personal film Evelyn, which sees the filmmaker go on a walking holiday with his family and consider the suicide of his brother a decade on from the tragedy.

“The Favourite” lived up to its name at the British Independent Film Awards, picking up 10 of the 13 prizes for which it was nominated. Yorgos Lanthimos’ majestic period drama won Best British Independent Film, Director, Screenplay (Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara), Actress (Olivia Colman), and Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz), as well as a slew of technical awards.

Others managed to pick up a few prizes as well: “Roma” won Best International Independent Film, while Joe Cole’s performance in “A Prayer Before Dawn” earned him Best Actor laurels and Alessandro Nivola of “Disobedience” was named Best Supporting Actor.

Best British Independent Film: “The Favourite”

Best Director: Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Favourite”

Best Screenplay: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, “The Favourite”

Best Actress: Olivia Colman, “The Favourite”

Best Actor: Joe Cole, “A Prayer Before Dawn”

Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, “The Favourite”

Best Supporting Actor: Alessandro Nivola, “Disobedience”

Most Promising Newcomer: Jessie Buckley,...

“The Favourite” proved to be just that at the 2018 British Independent Film Awards, winning a whopping 10 categories including Best Picture. Coming into the evening with a lucky 13 nominations, it lost just two races: Best Film Editing to “American Animals” and Best Sound to “You Were Never Really Here,” which also took home the prize for Best Music. “The Favourite” had two nominees in Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz won over, among others, co-star Emma Stone. (Scroll down to see the complete list of winners and read the full report on the BIFAs)

To be eligible for consideration, films had to be intended for theatrical release, produced or co-produced by a British company and have budgets of under 10 million pounds. This year’s ceremony took place at the Old Billingsgate market.

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” definitely lived up to its name at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday, where it won 10 awards, including best director, best screenplay and best British independent film of 2018.

The awards were handed out at Old Billingsgate in London.

Lanthimos’ twisted period piece won in a category whose other nominees were “American Animals,” “Beast,” “Disobedience” and “You Were Never Really Here.”

Acting awards went to Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz for “The Favourite,” Joe Cole for “A Prayer Before Dawn” and Alessandro Nivola for “Disobedience.”

Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” won the award for the best international indie, beating out the Gotham Awards winner “The Rider” and three other films in the Oscar foreign-language race: “Capernaum,” “Cold War” and “Shoplifters.”

The Bifa’s three breakthrough awards went to “Ray & Liz” producer Jacqui Davies and director Richard Billingham,...

Orlando von Einsiedel has always been comfortable in dangerous situations. His Oscar-winning documentary “The White Helmets” took him into the heart of the Syrian Civil War, while his widely acclaimed “Virunga” forced him to dodge bullets in eastern Congo as he watched a small team of park rangers protect the last surviving mountain gorillas from poachers and armed militias. In that light, it’s rather jarring to see the British filmmaker so frightened in the opening moments of “Evelyn,” which is essentially a documentary about a stroll he took around the British countryside with his siblings and their parents. A few minutes later, as Orlando stares into the camera and explains the situation, it’s all too easy to appreciate the reason for his terror.

13 years ago, Orlando’s brother Evelyn committed suicide. He was barely 20 years old. His death wasn’t entirely unexpected — Evelyn was schizophrenic, and spent the...

Nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards were announced on Oct. 31 in London. To be eligible for consideration, a film must be intended for theatrical release, produced or co-produced by a British company and have a budget of under 10 million pounds. This year’s contenders are led by “The Favourite” with a lucky 13 nominations followed by “American Animals” with 11, “Beast” with 10 and ““You Were Never Really Here” with eight. All four of these compete for Best British Independent Film as does “Disobedience.” (Scroll down to see the complete list of nominations)

Because “The Favourite” counts both British and American companies among its producers, it was also eligible for the Gotham Awards where it reaped three bids. While those kudos are honoring the cast as a whole, the BIFAs singled out leading lady Olivia Colman and supporting players Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz for nominations. Weisz also earned a Best...

Fixture of independent film world had been planning to attend Cannes with Mrs Lowry & Son.

Robbie Little, the British producer, co-president of The Little Film Company and stalwart of the independent world, has died unexpectedly in London en route to Cannes.

Little, who served alongside his wife Ellen, was a widely admired, deeply experienced and beloved figure in the film industry. At the time of his death he was working with producer Debbie Gray on the Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave drama Mrs Lowry & Son and The More You Ignore Me, and was planning to continue talks with international buyers on the Croisette.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the New York premiere of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jir h Breon Holder, directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuring Eboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter.

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the world-premiere production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder, directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuring Eboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below...

Delivering more rivalry, fierceness and cheer puns like never before, the Bring it On franchise goes global for the very first time in the high energy sixth installment, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack, debuting on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and OnDemand on August 29, 2017 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Beacon Pictures. Filled with all-new stunts and choreography, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack features 19 squads from around the globe, including teams from Australia, U.K., Germany and France, in addition to the Northern Elite Gymnastics and Cheer team from the United States. The film is the perfect hybrid of cheerleading and dance for a non-stop worldwide showdown.

Now you can own Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack on Blu-ray. We Are Movie Geeks has four copies to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite movie about cheerleaders? (mine is Satan’S Cheerleaders!

Delivering more rivalry, fierceness and cheer puns like never before, the Bring it On franchise goes global for the very first time in the high energy sixth installment, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack, debuting on Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD and OnDemand on August 29, 2017 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Beacon Pictures. Filled with all-new stunts and choreography, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack features 19 squads from around the globe, including teams from Australia, U.K., Germany and France, in addition to the Northern Elite Gymnastics and Cheer team from the United States. The film is the perfect hybrid of cheerleading and dance for a non-stop worldwide showdown.

The film stars Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Independence Day) along with rising talent, Cristine Prosperi (“Degrassi: The Next Generation,” Betrayed), Jordan Rodrigues (“The Fosters,” “Dance Academy”), Sophie Vavasseur (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Evelyn), and Gia Ré (“Jinx,” “Rocket’s Island”), the film...

Roundabout Theatre Company presents the first new play of Roundabout Underground's expanded 2017-2018 season, the world-premiere production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder,directed by Margot Bordelon, and featuringEboni Flowers Evelyn Brandon, Hampton Fluker Tony Carter, Brandon Gill Bowzie Brandon and Nneka Okafor Sally-Mae Carter.

It’s been over two years since director Marc Webb finished his four-year run of revamping The Amazing Spider-Man for Sony Pictures, and some may not be surprised he decided to return to smaller character-driven films like his directorial debut (500) Days of Summer.

Written by Tom Flynn, Gifted is a movie that’s bigger for its emotions than it is for the type of CG-driven action we saw in Webb’s Spider-Man movies, although it does star another superhero, Captain America’s Chris Evans, playing Frank, the uncle and guardian of a 7-year-old girl named Mary (Mckenna Grace). Frank has been home-schooling Mary in their Florida trailer park home, but when she’s finally sent to public school, her teacher (Jenny Slate) discovers the girl’s amazing math skills.

As word gets around about Mary’s ability to solve complex math equations, her grandmother Evelyn (Lindsay Duncan) wanting to claim custody for the girl,...

The movie industry has long since moved away from films that I think of as “somber yarns.” These are films that, while they likely have many happy moments, are generally sad and slow-moving, and aren’t exactly about anything. Last year’s Brooklyn is a good example, and I suspect that at least a small part of the reaction to that film is by way of its being, at this point, so out of the ordinary.

Mr. Church is such a film as well, and Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy, Evelyn) is a director who has just the right history to know how to meander through a young woman’s walk down memory lane.

Charlotte, who goes by Charlie (Britt Robertson – Tomorrowland, Mother’s Day), narrates our way through a story that started when she was 10, in the early 70s. She woke up one day to find Mr. Church...

For this week’s spotlight piece, I wanted to take a go a bit old school and take a look at an A-lister who’s been around for a while now…Pierce Brosnan. A very charming actor, he went from being well known and well liked on television to a mega star when he became one of the notable few ever to essay the role of secret agent 007 in the James Bond franchise. Brosnan has also been one of the more successful post Bond actors, doing his best not to be defined by the iconic role. As such, he’s retained that A-list status and is well deserving of today’s spotlight piece. Here we go! Brosnan had his beginnings on television, in made for TV movies and bit parts, before he became a known commodity with his series Remington Steele. That show made him a small screen star (and...

Oh, the curse of being an attractive film star! Nobody takes you seriously. Those poor, pretty people! Enough with the bitter sarcasm, I know, but there’s more than a bit of truth in it, especially for actresses. Often Oscar has rewarded them for “glamming-down”! Charlize Theron gained weight, wore fake choppers, and endured hours in the make-up chair for Monster and took home the gold as did Nicole Kidman when she donned a phony “schnozzola” in The Hours. And there’s reward in tackling a role from the down-trodden classes as Halle Berry did in Monster’S Ball. Of course, this is not exclusive actress strategy. Brad Pitt scored a nomination for his twitchy turn in 12 Monkeys and just a few weeks ago mega-hunk Matthew McConaghuey grabbed Best Actor for going gaunt and sickly for Dallas Buyers Club. With Dom Hemingway Brit glamour guy Jude Law has forsaken his...

Vacant Domicile: Shepard’s Latest Hides Absence of Narrative Behind Titular Character

As foul mouthed and over-the-top as it sometimes tends to be, Richard Sheperd’s latest, Dom Hemingway falls a bit short absurd glory, considering the balls out bravado it promises prior to the opening credits. While it features perhaps one of the best performances of Jude Law’s career, its raunchy energy fizzles out by the mid-point as it switches gears from uneasy gangster flick to family dramedy. That’s not say it isn’t without merit, as even though the plot can’t get it together, Shepherd’s got a knack for engaging dialogue and entertaining characterization, something the film tends to bank on a bit too broadly.

Loud, onerous and with a tendency to spew curse word laden diatribes like an acolyte of Tom Hardy’s Bronson character, Dom Hemingway (Law) has just been released from...

The Olympics are over and scripted TV is back, which means juicy quotes from shows like "The Blacklist" and "Scandal," which have taken a backseat to all the winter sports we've been watching for the past month. Read on for more of TV's best lines from the week of Feb. 23 to March 1:

'Broad City'

Ilana, after looking at the Facebook profile of the guy who just friended Abbi: "He likes 'Roseanne'?! This -- this is your next sexual partner."

'Hannibal'

Hannibal: "I never feel guilty about eating anything."

Hannibal: "It's rare that I cook a meatless meal."

Will, to Hannibal: "I'm going to remember, and when I do, there will be a reckoning."

'Shameless'

Fiona, after telling Lip she doesn't want to accept a plea deal after their baby brother ingested her cocaine: "I can't go back to jail."

Lip: "Of course this is all about you.

London, April 24: Irish actor-producer Pierce Brosnan is happy producing rather than directing projects.

The actor was back on the big screen last week with his romance movie "Love Is All You Need". He admitted that he has never had a burning ambition to direct.

Brosnan has produced and worked in movies like "The Matador" and "Evelyn" and he said that it is a process that he enjoys.

Talking about direction plans, Brosnan said he thought about it, but "I've never really got around to doing it". "The want has never been that burning," femalefirst.co.uk quoted him as saying.

"I enjoy producing. It gives you.

Ben Affleck's "Argo" continues its march as the Oscar front-runner this awards season. Yesterday, the film was the big winner at the 2013 Producers Guild Awards, and tonight, it won the big prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards taking home the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture trophy.

As predicted, Daniel Day-Lewis won the Lead Actor award for "Lincoln" while Jennifer Lawrence won the Lead Actress award for "Silver Linings Playbook."

Tommy Lee Jones won the Best Supporting Actor award for "Lincoln," and my fave, the lovely Anne Hathaway won the Best Supporting Actress award for "Les Miserables."

In the television category, "Downton Abbey" won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and "Modern Family" took home the Comedy Series award.

Here's the complete 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Winners (bolded and highlighted); for winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, click here:

Theatrical...

The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have been announced, continuing the awards season we’re currently in the midst of, and further recognising a handful of films that are already buzzing ahead of the Oscars.

Les Misérables, Lincoln, Argo, and Silver Linings Playbook all have prominent positions in the SAG announcement, along with an interesting appearance from The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in the ensemble category, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

The awards celebrate not just the year’s best performances on the big screen, but also those on television, and some of the biggest and best TV shows have deservedly earned their places in the nominations below.

Modern Family, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, and The Office continue to dominate the comedy categories. And joining them in the drama nominations are naturally Breaking Bad, Homeland, Mad Men, Downton Abbey, Boardwalk Empire, and The Newsroom.

It’s...

The Screen Actor Guild has announced the nominees for its 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards for outstanding performances in 2012 as well as the SAG Awards nods for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles.

Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables," David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" led the pack with each film receiving 4 nominations including Best Ensemble.

We'll see the results of the winners of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. (Et)/5 p.m. (Pt) from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.

19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® Nominations

Theatrical Motion Pictures

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper / Pat - .Silver Linings Playbook. (The Weinstein Company)

Daniel Day-Lewis / Abraham Lincoln - "Lincoln. (Touchstone Pictures)

John Hawkes / Mark - "The Sessions" (Fox Searchlight)

Hugh Jackman / Jean Valjean...

Clemenger Bbdo Melbourne was named agency of the year at the Melbourne Advertising & Design Club Awards tonight.

The agency won top honours for the second year running. However, rival Gpy&R Melbourne – which won more lions at Cannes this year than any Australian agency – did not enter for the second consecutive year. Last year, Patts Ecd Ben Coulson cited cost reasons for not supporting the event, which is Melbourne’s top awards show.

The awards list in full:

The Adstream Award for Agency of the Year

Winner

Clemenger Bbdo Melbourne

The Madc Award for Best in Show

Winner

Guilt Trips V/Line Agency McCann

The Madc Award for Lifetime Achievement

Winner

Scott Whybin, Whybin Tbwa

The Blackley Award for Creative Leader of the Year

Winner

Jason Williams, Leo Burnett

The Madc Award for Client of the Year

Winner

Carlton United Brewers

The Exit Films Award for Best Junior

Winners

Jono...

71-year-old Mary Beth Peil is stealing scenes for her work on CBS’ The Good Wife. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "The Good Wife's Bad Mother," in which I talk to the former opera singer and Dawson’s Creek star about playing Jackie Florrick. While The Good Wife’s title refers, rather cheekily, to Julianna Margulies’ Alicia Florrick—who found herself embroiled in a political and sexual scandal at the start of the series’ run—the show explores both individuals’ and society’s definitions and expectations of wives, mothers, and career women. Margulies’ Alicia juggles work, children, and romance, often without much regard for her own well being, perhaps outside of a solitary glass of red wine at the end of a day in court. Yet Alicia’s outlook, behavior, and mores are constantly commented on or outwardly attacked by her mother-in-law Jackie Florrick,...

Hello, everyone—

I’m sorry for the delay in writing, but here I am, finally.

Before talking about this star-studded event, I—like an award winner (which is what I felt like)—need to give some thanks. First, to Db for helping to arrange this. Second, to Comedy Central for giving Red Carpet and Press Room access to a blogger—and to the very pleasant Chris, who handed me my treasured credentials. Third to…well, as always, to Stephen and staff, for consistently creating something worth writing about and getting excited about. There are not many people in this world that can make you laugh hysterically and think seriously at the same time—and then do it over and over again, four nights a week, many weeks a year, seven years and counting.

I have to admit I felt pretty nervous before going, and unsure of what the situation would be.

                                                          

Manuel Carballo's fantastic Exorcismus aka 'The Possession of  Emma Evans'  is now available on VOD courtesy of IFC Midnight, and thanks to Bloody-Disgusting we have the new red band clip.  The film stars Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn), Stephen Billington (Resident Evil), Richard Felix (Fragile), Doug Bradley (Hellraiser) and Tommy Bastow.

The clip features Emma Evans uncomfortably seducing her best friend.

Synopsis:

 

 

Tired of a family that she feels is too oppressive and authoritarian, Emma Evans, a troubled and unsatisfied teen in full pursuit of her identity, decides one day to do something to end this situation. To achieve this, Emma unleashes her deepest desires, not realizing that it's a trigger too dark and powerful forces that she is unable to control, bringing the horror and tragedy into the Evans home. Emma just wanted to be free... but there are things you should never wish for.

 

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Manuel Carballo's Exorcismus is now available on VOD courtesy of IFC Midnight, and inside you'll find an exclusive red band clip from the flick starring Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn), Stephen Billington (Resident Evil), Richard Felix (Fragile), Douglas Bradley (Hellraiser) and Tommy Bastow. The clip features Emma Evans uncomfortably seducing her best friend. Tired of a family that she feels is too oppressive and authoritarian, Emma Evans, a troubled and unsatisfied teen in full pursuit of her identity, decides one day to do something to end this situation. To achieve this, Emma unleashes her deepest desires, not realizing that it's a trigger too dark and powerful forces that she is unable to control, bringing the horror and tragedy into the Evans home. Emma just wanted to be free... but there are things you should never wish for.

With Filmax International releasing Manuel Carballo's The Possession Of Emma Evans (Exorcismus) in theaters December 29th, Bloody Disgusting was supplied with 6 clips from the film starring Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn), Stephen Billington (Resident Evil), Richard Felix (Fragile), Douglas Bradley (Hellraiser) and Tommy Bastow. Tired of a family that she feels is too oppressive and authoritarian, Emma Evans, a troubled and unsatisfied teen in full pursuit of her identity, decides one day to do something to end this situation. To achieve this, Emma unleashes her deepest desires, not realizing that it's a trigger too dark and powerful forces that she is unable to control, bringing the horror and tragedy into the Evans home. Emma just wanted to be free... but there are things you should never wish for.

If I could get dime every time Bruce Beresford's name was attached to a project, I'd have made at least a buck in the last decade. Just recently mentioned as the person who'd be taking the director's chair in Enchantress Of Numbers - the tale of the first female computer geek before computers were invented -- it now seems as if that gig is doubtful for anytime soon, as the filmmaker has landed a generational dramedy featuring the rarely seen Jane Fonda taking on some acting work and would be paired along with Catherine Keener. - If I could get dime every time Bruce Beresford's name was attached to a project, I'd have made at least a buck in the last decade. Just recently mentioned as the person who'd be taking the director's chair in Enchantress Of Numbers - the tale of the first female computer geek before...

If I could get dime every time Bruce Beresford's name was attached to a project, I'd have made at least a buck in the last decade. Just recently mentioned as the person who'd be taking the director's chair in Enchantress Of Numbers - the tale of the first female computer geek before computers were invented -- it now seems as if that gig is doubtful for anytime soon, as the filmmaker has landed a generational dramedy featuring the rarely seen Jane Fonda taking on some acting work and would be paired along with Catherine Keener. Production Weekly reports that Bruce Beresford will direct Peace, Love & Misunderstanding in NY this July. Set on a rural farm, this is about three generations of women in one family: the grandmother (Fonda), mother (Keener), and daughter - which should be cast sometime soon. André Fleuren, Bereford's Dp on Evelyn, has also boarded the project.

Since summer is coming quicker than you think, let's talk about what we'll have on our screens. Whether you've been waiting for it or not, the first trailer of the action/Western film Jonah Hex has arrived online. Besides, the film will hit theatres in North America on June 18.

As the trailer suggests [cough], the film takes place in the 19th century in the USA. Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) escaped from death, had been scarred and lost his family because of a scum named Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). After that incident, Hex has become a legend in the USA's West and has had a price on his head for a while. However, after the American army had located Jonah, they propose him a deal he can't refuse: in exchange for the freedom on the warrant on his head, Jonah Hex must stop Quentin Turnbull, who is gathering an army and who...

A few weeks ago I peeled open my rib cage to reveal my raw, beating heart and the sound of that heart was (to the tune of “thump-thump, thump-thump”) : Fright-night, Fright-night, Fright….

Yeah, I worship writer/director Tom Holland’s 1985 vampire gem and I fly that fanged flag with pride.

But outside of the ace performances from Chris Sarandon, William Ragsdale and Roddy McDowell, outside of Holland’s sharp, affectionate script and tense – yet playful – direction and outside of Richard Edlund’s gorgeous special effects, one of the major hooks that Fright Night jabbed into me was the soundtrack, a sexy, atmospheric synth score by Brad Fiedel and a motley collection of 80’s pop and metal tunes that fit the material perfectly, almost as if they were written specifically for the action on screen.

Well, it turns out for the most part, they were.

See, shortly after I published...

With Rec 2 looking for a release, the next big Filmax movie to get underway is the English-language Exorcismus, which is currently being helmed by Manuel Carballo at several locations in Barcelona and will run until November 13th. Bloody Disgusting was contacted by Filmax this morning with not only the full cast listing, but also given the first ever synopsis. Sophie Vavasseur (Evelyn, Resident Evil: Apocalypse), Richard Felix (Perfume; Fragile), Douglas Bradley (Hellraiser) and Stephen Billington (Resident Evil), among others, have all joined the cast of Exorcismus. Manuel Carballo Filmax commitment to give way to a movie that has already been sold to more than half a dozen countries, including Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Pierce Brosnan just wrapped filming for “Remember Me” with Robert Pattinson, but it looks like the Irish actor won’t be taking a break from the movie set anytime soon. Brosnan signed on for the starring role in “The Hunter,” a film written and directed by fellow actor Stanley Tucci and produced by Brosnan’s company Irish DreamTime. In this “coming-of-age” story set in New York’s wealthy Westchester County, the Irish James Bond will play a middle-aged man who desperately clings to his once-charmed life as it starts to slip away. The comedy/drama will also star Hollywood actresses Julianne Moore and Patricia Clarkson. Pre-production for “The Hunter” will begin in September. Brosnan’s production company, Irish DreamTime, has previously released films “Evelyn” and “Laws of Attraction” starring both Brosnan and Moore. ...

'I Can sing better than she can. If Madonna gets it [the lead role in 'Evita'] I'll rip her throat out!" said Meryl Streep back in 1996.

Speaking Of singing, this very Sun day the actress supreme, Christine Baranski, will depart the Longacre Theatre after the matinee of "Boeing Boeing" and step onto Jeff Zucker's Ge helicopter. That will land her in Southampton in time for the gala Hamptons premiere of the new big hit movie musical "Mamma Mia!"

Although she's the star of the film, Meryl Streep, won't be attending - her co-star, the handsome Pierce Brosnan,...

Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan will be showing off his singing skills when he teams up with Meryl Streep for the big screen adaptation of hit musical Mamma Mia! Brosnan sang a few Irish standards in the independent film Evelyn and also crooned onstage early in his career. But now The Thomas Crown Affair star will play Sam, one of the three men summoned to a Greek island by a young woman who believes one of them is her father, in the new film. Brosnan claims the opportunity to sing Abba standards such as S.O.S. - a duet with Streep - was irresistible. He explains, "I said yes right away because it meant working with Meryl Streep. "Secondly, I saw the show with my family in London, and found it just so wonderfully happy and joyful, and so pitched in time forever in the 1970s. "What a kick in the pants to be able to go off and spend some time with Meryl on some Greek island, singing Abba songs!" Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson will serve as producers of the film project, along with former Abba members Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus.

Pierce Brosnan and Beau St. Clair's production company Irish DreamTime has renewed its contract with MGM for an additional three years. The company will continue to be based in MGM's Santa Monica offices. During Brosnan and St. Clair's tenure at the studio, Irish DreamTime has produced the hit remake The Thomas Crown Affair, starring Brosnan and Rene Russo, and the period drama Evelyn for United Artists starring Brosnan, Aidan Quinn and Julianna Margulies. Upcoming projects for the company include The Thomas Crown Affair 2 and Mexicali, both with Brosnan set to star. The company is prepping The Matador in Mexico for Stratus Film Co., and its Laws of Attraction, starring Brosnan and Julianne Moore, is set for release April 30 via New Line Cinema.

Pierce Brosnan, used to catching criminals in his role as James Bond, will try his luck as a thief in New Line Cinema's After the Sunset. Brosnan is attached to star in the film, which was penned by Paul Zbyszewski and is being produced by Firm Films. Sunset begins where most heist movies end, with a master thief (Brosnan) sailing off to an island paradise after his last big score. However, when his lifelong nemesis, an FBI agent, shows up to make sure the thief is really retired, a new cat-and-mouse game of friendship, suspicion and thievery begins. Firm Films' Beau Flynn is producing Sunset, and Tripp Vinson is executive producing. Chris Pollack is associate producing. New Line execs Kent Alterman and Keith Goldberg are overseeing for the studio. Best known for his portrayal of Bond in the past four installments of the secret agent franchise, Brosnan also has appeared in such films as Evelyn, The Tailor of Panama and The Thomas Crown Affair. He is attached to star in the upcoming indie feature Laws of Attraction. Brosnan is repped by CAA.

Pierce Brosnan, used to catching criminals in his role as James Bond, will try his luck as a thief in New Line Cinema's After the Sunset. Brosnan is attached to star in the film, which was penned by Paul Zbyszewski and is being produced by Firm Films. Sunset begins where most heist movies end, with a master thief (Brosnan) sailing off to an island paradise after his last big score. However, when his lifelong nemesis, an FBI agent, shows up to make sure the thief is really retired, a new cat-and-mouse game of friendship, suspicion and thievery begins. Firm Films' Beau Flynn is producing Sunset, and Tripp Vinson is executive producing. Chris Pollack is associate producing. New Line execs Kent Alterman and Keith Goldberg are overseeing for the studio. Best known for his portrayal of Bond in the past four installments of the secret agent franchise, Brosnan also has appeared in such films as Evelyn, The Tailor of Panama and The Thomas Crown Affair. He is attached to star in the upcoming indie feature Laws of Attraction. Brosnan is repped by CAA.