The main mantra of journalism is a continuous effort to find the truth, but in reality, perfect journalism, or successful journalism, means being able to edit the truth properly so that it can be compelling and attractive enough to draw people’s attention. Directed by Roxine Helberg, Cold Copy is like a Whiplash for journalism students, who push themselves too hard to reach the epitome of success and become an idealistic journalist whom everyone would look up to. The film revolves around a ruthless post-grad journalism student, Mia Scott, who aspires to become a renowned journalist like Diane Heger, a TV host working for a network called Tnr. As Mia struggles to come up with a compelling story that Diane would like, we get to know more about her complicated character. Let’s see how Mia will come up with her investigative article, which will change her life forever.
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- 2/29/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
There’s a strong case to be made that the reporter is an underutilized protagonist in the thriller genre. They do much of the same job as a law enforcement officer, such as interviewing witnesses and suspects and attempting to find a perpetrator, but with perhaps an approach that is less dynamic and glamorous. The job of a reporter and the ethics of journalism are front and center in the new movie “Cold Copy,” helmed by first-time director Roxine Helberg from her own script.
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Helberg describes the story as one about “the personal cost of the manipulation of the truth.”
Bel Powley (“The Morning Show”) stars as Mia Scott, a green journalism student struggling to show herself to advantage in a class taught by established news reporter Diane Heger By serendipity, Mia meets Igor Nowak, the son of a writer who died under suspicious circumstances.
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Helberg describes the story as one about “the personal cost of the manipulation of the truth.”
Bel Powley (“The Morning Show”) stars as Mia Scott, a green journalism student struggling to show herself to advantage in a class taught by established news reporter Diane Heger By serendipity, Mia meets Igor Nowak, the son of a writer who died under suspicious circumstances.
- 1/12/2024
- by Megan Fisher
- The Playlist
"It doesn't matter the bridges that you burn to get there... Do what has to be done." Vertical has unveiled an official trailer for a thriller titled Cold Copy, arriving at the end of January to watch. This one originally premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year, and also at the Deauville American Film Festival. An ambitious journalism student falls under the compelling thrall of an esteemed yet cutthroat news reporter whom she's desperate to impress, even if it means manipulating her latest story... and the very idea of truth itself. This journalism thriller stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Bel Powley, and Jacob Tremblay as the kid she tries to profile, along with James Tupper, Nesta Cooper, Ekaterina Baker, and more. The film's writer / director Roxine Helberg stated: "In making my first feature, I set out to explore the personal cost of the manipulation of truth." This doesn't look so bad,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In its broad outlines, Cold Copy is extremely topical. “Journalism isn’t a vocation,” Tracee Ellis Ross says in the opening scene, as high-powered television interviewer Diane Heger. “It’s a persona. It has to be.” She isn’t necessarily wrong. Look at some recent examples, such as Tucker Carlson’s leaked text messages disparaging his supposed hero Donald Trump, and it’s easy to see how Roxine Helberg’s first feature might touch a nerve. Her screenplay is fascinating in the themes it lays out at the start. The film has vivid performances from Ross, Bel Powley as Diane’s student, Mia Scott, and Jacob Tremblay as the subject and ultimately victim of Mia’s shoddy journalism. But Cold Copy is also exasperating in its lack of focus and in its missed opportunities.
Mia, a graduate student taking Diane’s class at an unnamed university, is the film’s focus,...
Mia, a graduate student taking Diane’s class at an unnamed university, is the film’s focus,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Caryn James
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the proliferation of subgenres, the media noir is perhaps the rarest. From the ’50s alone, Billy Wilder’s Ace in the Hole, Fritz Lang’s While the City Sleeps, and Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success spring to mind. Just lately, with the exception of Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler (2014), there hasn’t been too much evidence of a renaissance, but Roxine Helberg’s satisfying feature debut taps back into the same dark wells of oral ambivalence corruption and power, casting the excellent Bel Powley as a journalism student who will do whatever it takes to make it in the cut-throat world of TV news broadcasting.
It’s possible that the media noir was supplanted by the white-knight school of journalism movies, which has been going strong since All the President’s Men (1976) and struck Oscar gold as recently as 2015’s Spotlight But that was in the dinosaur print era,...
It’s possible that the media noir was supplanted by the white-knight school of journalism movies, which has been going strong since All the President’s Men (1976) and struck Oscar gold as recently as 2015’s Spotlight But that was in the dinosaur print era,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
It doesn’t exactly scream “nuance” when a film begins with a character explicitly laying out their values in a monologue. Anyone who was unsure what they were walking into before seeing “Cold Copy” will have their confusion instantly clarified when it opens on journalism student Mia Scott (Bel Powley) rattling off a bunch of buzzwords about speaking truth to power and telling stories that shape our society. If you typed out the entire soliloquy and put it on a tote bag, it probably would have been one of the best-selling items of the 2017 holiday season in the New York Times merch store.
The heavy-handed monologue is indicative of the larger problems looming over “Cold Copy.” While the film never quite devolves into the Resistance-era morality play that the opening scene threatens us with, its exploration of personal ambition and power dynamics in the workplace isn’t much better. Roxine Helberg...
The heavy-handed monologue is indicative of the larger problems looming over “Cold Copy.” While the film never quite devolves into the Resistance-era morality play that the opening scene threatens us with, its exploration of personal ambition and power dynamics in the workplace isn’t much better. Roxine Helberg...
- 6/11/2023
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
It’s all about the framing of a news story.
“We’re seeing it now, how a narrative can change the truth,” says Tracee Ellis Ross as she slides into a plush chair in her Los Angeles home. There’s no particular trending story on her mind. The actress and sometimes director is simply musing about the state of clickbait journalism and America’s eroding trust in the media. The topic is front and center in her latest movie, the Fourth Estate thriller “Cold Copy,” in which Ross plays Diane Hager, an esteemed yet cutthroat TV journalist who begins mentoring an ambitious wannabe (Bel Powley), eventually leading them both down a morally bankrupt path.
“There’s a way that you can tell stories, you can create a frame around a story that completely changes the identity of a human being, their humanity,” Ross says. “I think Diane Hager really is a part of that system.
“We’re seeing it now, how a narrative can change the truth,” says Tracee Ellis Ross as she slides into a plush chair in her Los Angeles home. There’s no particular trending story on her mind. The actress and sometimes director is simply musing about the state of clickbait journalism and America’s eroding trust in the media. The topic is front and center in her latest movie, the Fourth Estate thriller “Cold Copy,” in which Ross plays Diane Hager, an esteemed yet cutthroat TV journalist who begins mentoring an ambitious wannabe (Bel Powley), eventually leading them both down a morally bankrupt path.
“There’s a way that you can tell stories, you can create a frame around a story that completely changes the identity of a human being, their humanity,” Ross says. “I think Diane Hager really is a part of that system.
- 6/11/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
Prime Video‘s Candy Cane Lane cast is getting sweeter after adding Tracee Ellis Ross to the holiday comedy starring Eddie Murphy. Reginald Hudlin directs from a script by Kelly Younger. The Candy Cane Lane plot remains a mystery. Still, the film is currently in production in Los Angeles. According to reports, Younger based the idea on his childhood holiday experiences.
Candy Cane Lane is the first of three movies under Murphy’s three-picture deal with Amazon Studios. In addition to starring in the holiday comedy, Murphy will produce alongside Charisse Hewitt-Webster for Eddie Murphey Productions, with Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder through Imagine Entertainment.
As a person of many talents, Ross is an actor, producer, director, musician, and writer. Famous for playing Johnson family matriarch Rainbow on ABC’s Black-ish, Ross also stars as Rachel in the TV movie Bad Girls, as Grace Davis in Nisha Ganatra’s The High Note,...
Candy Cane Lane is the first of three movies under Murphy’s three-picture deal with Amazon Studios. In addition to starring in the holiday comedy, Murphy will produce alongside Charisse Hewitt-Webster for Eddie Murphey Productions, with Brian Grazer and Karen Lunder through Imagine Entertainment.
As a person of many talents, Ross is an actor, producer, director, musician, and writer. Famous for playing Johnson family matriarch Rainbow on ABC’s Black-ish, Ross also stars as Rachel in the TV movie Bad Girls, as Grace Davis in Nisha Ganatra’s The High Note,...
- 1/3/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
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The box office is lousy, inflation is up and with a recession looming, economic prospects look poor. But judging by the breadth and depth of offerings at this year’s American Film Market, the indie movie business is still in rude health. Strong sales in Cannes and decent business in Toronto are giving producers and sales companies hope that AFM 2022 could be the post-pandemic restart that the industry desperately needs.
Global buyers descending on Santa Monica this week certainly won’t be lacking for choice, with a selection of projects big and small, mainstream and niche, to entice them to pull out their checkbooks.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González
Buzz The 800 lb. gorilla among this year’s AFM packages, this World War II action spy thriller, initially in development at Paramount, has fallen back to the indies and...
The box office is lousy, inflation is up and with a recession looming, economic prospects look poor. But judging by the breadth and depth of offerings at this year’s American Film Market, the indie movie business is still in rude health. Strong sales in Cannes and decent business in Toronto are giving producers and sales companies hope that AFM 2022 could be the post-pandemic restart that the industry desperately needs.
Global buyers descending on Santa Monica this week certainly won’t be lacking for choice, with a selection of projects big and small, mainstream and niche, to entice them to pull out their checkbooks.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Stars Henry Cavill, Eiza González
Buzz The 800 lb. gorilla among this year’s AFM packages, this World War II action spy thriller, initially in development at Paramount, has fallen back to the indies and...
- 10/31/2022
- by Scott Roxborough and Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: We’ve just learned that White Boy Rick actress Bel Powley, The High Note‘s Tracee Ellis Ross and The Room‘s Jacob Tremblay are leading the psychological thriller Cold Copy, which reps the feature directorial debut of Roxine Helberg.
Principal photography has just wrapped and the pic also stars Nesta Cooper (See), James Tupper (Big Little Lies) and Ekaterina Baker (The Card Counter). Cold Copy is based on a script by Helberg and tells the story of a young broadcast journalism student trying to win the approval of her influential mentor who pushes her to reconsider the meaning of truth if it means success.
The film is produced by Justin Lothrop & Brent Stiefel at Votiv Films (Obvious Child), Dan Bekerman at Scythia Films (The Witch) and Helberg, in association with Needle’s Eye, ShivHans Pictures, 30West, and Carte Blanche.
EPs are Charles Stiefel, Lee Broda, Kyle Stroud, Shivani Rawat,...
Principal photography has just wrapped and the pic also stars Nesta Cooper (See), James Tupper (Big Little Lies) and Ekaterina Baker (The Card Counter). Cold Copy is based on a script by Helberg and tells the story of a young broadcast journalism student trying to win the approval of her influential mentor who pushes her to reconsider the meaning of truth if it means success.
The film is produced by Justin Lothrop & Brent Stiefel at Votiv Films (Obvious Child), Dan Bekerman at Scythia Films (The Witch) and Helberg, in association with Needle’s Eye, ShivHans Pictures, 30West, and Carte Blanche.
EPs are Charles Stiefel, Lee Broda, Kyle Stroud, Shivani Rawat,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Are you ready for The Girl in the Woods?
Peacock on Monday dropped the first trailer for its supernatural YA drama about a mysterious door in the woods that leads to a terrifying monster dimension.
It features Carrie a teenage runaway who’s anything but ordinary as she faces her demons and bonds with two new friends, Nolan and Tasha to fight back.
The new drama launches Thursday, October 21, on Peacock. All eight episodes will drop at once, so you can get your binge on.
Score, right?
"Set in the Pacific Northwest, The Girl in the Woods follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods," reads the logline.
The series also touches on contemporary social issues like LGBTQ+ discrimination, the human cost of environmentalism, and the consequences of inequality.
Produced by Crypt TV, the global...
Peacock on Monday dropped the first trailer for its supernatural YA drama about a mysterious door in the woods that leads to a terrifying monster dimension.
It features Carrie a teenage runaway who’s anything but ordinary as she faces her demons and bonds with two new friends, Nolan and Tasha to fight back.
The new drama launches Thursday, October 21, on Peacock. All eight episodes will drop at once, so you can get your binge on.
Score, right?
"Set in the Pacific Northwest, The Girl in the Woods follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods," reads the logline.
The series also touches on contemporary social issues like LGBTQ+ discrimination, the human cost of environmentalism, and the consequences of inequality.
Produced by Crypt TV, the global...
- 9/27/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Peacock has set the main cast of YA supernatural drama Girl in the Woods based on the Crypt TV IP. Stefanie Scott (Insidious: Chapter 3) — who will play the lead — Misha Osherovich (Freaky) and Sofia Bryant (I Am Not Okay with This) are set as series regulars. The Good Doctor‘s Will Yun Lee, Kylie Liya Page (Social Distance), Reed Diamond (13 Reasons Why) and Leonard Roberts (The Magicians) have been cast as recurring.
The series is based on Crypt’s 2018 short film The Door in the Woods, which was written and directed by Joey Greene, and the 2020 sequel The Girl in the Woods, written by David Calbert, Van Nguyen and directed by Roxine Helberg.
Scott will play the lead Carrie, the central character in the Crypt TV franchise. Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
The series is based on Crypt’s 2018 short film The Door in the Woods, which was written and directed by Joey Greene, and the 2020 sequel The Girl in the Woods, written by David Calbert, Van Nguyen and directed by Roxine Helberg.
Scott will play the lead Carrie, the central character in the Crypt TV franchise. Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
- 5/10/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Krysten Ritter will direct the first four of eight episodes
Peacock is adapting YA supernatural drama “The Girl in the Woods” as a streaming series. Krysten Ritter (“Breaking Bad”) will direct the first four of eight episodes.
The series is based on Crypt’s 2018 short film “The Door in the Woods,” which was written and directed by Joey Greene, and the 2020 sequel “The Girl in the Woods,” written by David Calbert, Van Nguyen and directed by Roxine Helberg.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, this “Girl in the Woods” follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods.
“‘Girl in the Woods’ is Crypt’s most ambitious adaption of our IP to date. We are thrilled to have such special talents in Krysten Ritter, Casey Modderno and Jacob Chase bringing this series to life with grounded characters...
Peacock is adapting YA supernatural drama “The Girl in the Woods” as a streaming series. Krysten Ritter (“Breaking Bad”) will direct the first four of eight episodes.
The series is based on Crypt’s 2018 short film “The Door in the Woods,” which was written and directed by Joey Greene, and the 2020 sequel “The Girl in the Woods,” written by David Calbert, Van Nguyen and directed by Roxine Helberg.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, this “Girl in the Woods” follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods.
“‘Girl in the Woods’ is Crypt’s most ambitious adaption of our IP to date. We are thrilled to have such special talents in Krysten Ritter, Casey Modderno and Jacob Chase bringing this series to life with grounded characters...
- 4/29/2021
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Krysten Ritter is to direct the first four episodes of an adaptation of Crypt TV’s Girl In The Woods for Peacock.
The NBCU streamer has ordered an eight-episode series based on the horror company’s The Door In The Woods and its sequel The Girl in the Woods.
The series will have a new cast from the movies, which starred the likes of Kal Penn and Peyton List.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, Girl In The Woods follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods.
Crypt TV was launched in 2015 by Jack Davis and filmmaker Eli Roth with Blumhouse Productions as an investor. Its monsters have spawned five original series on Facebook Watch including The Birch and feature in Netflix anthology series Don’t Watch This. The Girl in the Woods deal is...
The NBCU streamer has ordered an eight-episode series based on the horror company’s The Door In The Woods and its sequel The Girl in the Woods.
The series will have a new cast from the movies, which starred the likes of Kal Penn and Peyton List.
Set in the Pacific Northwest, Girl In The Woods follows Carrie’s escape from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods.
Crypt TV was launched in 2015 by Jack Davis and filmmaker Eli Roth with Blumhouse Productions as an investor. Its monsters have spawned five original series on Facebook Watch including The Birch and feature in Netflix anthology series Don’t Watch This. The Girl in the Woods deal is...
- 4/29/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Crypt TV is making a second installment of its short The Door in the Woods, which has garnered more than 25 million views on the horror- and monster-focused streaming platform since its launch last October. The new pic, The Girl in the Woods, has been greenlighted with Kal Penn joining as a guest star and Roxine Helberg tapped to direct.
Girl in the Woods continues the story of preteen Carrie (played in the first pic by Carissa Bazler) as she learns under the mentorship of reclusive Arthur Dean (A.D.) to reclaim her power and defend herself against the monsters that burst through from a dark dimension and killed her community. Through her journey, Carrie learns that her community had a bigger role in protecting the world from monsters than she could have ever imagined. (See the first film below.)
Crypt TV’s Kate Krantz, Darren Brandl and CEO Jack Davis...
Girl in the Woods continues the story of preteen Carrie (played in the first pic by Carissa Bazler) as she learns under the mentorship of reclusive Arthur Dean (A.D.) to reclaim her power and defend herself against the monsters that burst through from a dark dimension and killed her community. Through her journey, Carrie learns that her community had a bigger role in protecting the world from monsters than she could have ever imagined. (See the first film below.)
Crypt TV’s Kate Krantz, Darren Brandl and CEO Jack Davis...
- 10/18/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
To support and honor womankind, Pomellato and The New York Times collaborate to spread a message of positive female empowerment for International Women’s Day (March 8th).
Pomellato Women's Day Ambassadors
Through a Nyt article detailing important milestones in the women’s movement, and a Pomellato video with an international cast of powerful women, the new partnership champions female achievements, leadership, and gender equality.
Published on March 8th, The New York Times (nytimes.com) article explores the key historical moments in women’s rights during the 20th and 21st centuries, and how these civic changes have influenced present day. From a woman’s right to vote, to today’s viral phenomena such as the #MeToo and #TimesUp hashtags, the article features historical summaries, photography, Nyt archive links, and the Pomellato commemorative video.
Interviewing Pomellato advocates from a variety of countries, generations and backgrounds, the video features women who define empowerment.
Pomellato Women's Day Ambassadors
Through a Nyt article detailing important milestones in the women’s movement, and a Pomellato video with an international cast of powerful women, the new partnership champions female achievements, leadership, and gender equality.
Published on March 8th, The New York Times (nytimes.com) article explores the key historical moments in women’s rights during the 20th and 21st centuries, and how these civic changes have influenced present day. From a woman’s right to vote, to today’s viral phenomena such as the #MeToo and #TimesUp hashtags, the article features historical summaries, photography, Nyt archive links, and the Pomellato commemorative video.
Interviewing Pomellato advocates from a variety of countries, generations and backgrounds, the video features women who define empowerment.
- 3/8/2018
- Look to the Stars
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