In genre television series fandom, there isn't a more reliable argument starter than "What is the best episode of X show?" Devotees of "Star Trek" The Original Series will fight to their dying breath defending the likes of "The City on the Edge of Forever," "The Enemy Within," and "Amok Time". As for the original "The Twilight Zone," it could be "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street," "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "To Serve Man," or just about any other episode because the series had very few duds. And then, of course, there's "Airwolf." Where to start with "Airwolf?" The winning move is not to start, because we'll never stop!
This topic becomes especially fraught when you're dealing with a long-running show like "Bones." Hart Hanson's amiable forensics procedural driven by the romantic chemistry between Emily Deschanel's brainy Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's impulsive FBI Agent...
This topic becomes especially fraught when you're dealing with a long-running show like "Bones." Hart Hanson's amiable forensics procedural driven by the romantic chemistry between Emily Deschanel's brainy Temperance "Bones" Brennan and David Boreanaz's impulsive FBI Agent...
- 6/8/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Update: Three months after the Gattaca reboot TV series was first announced comes the news that the project has been scrapped by Showtime. In addition to the Gattaca series, Showtime also axed Seasoned, a comedy inspired by the lives of real-life married couple Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, as well as Sweetness and Split, two projects that had been in development. Gattaca will have the opportunity to be shopped elsewhere, so it’s possible we may still see the reboot series.
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Gattaca remains one of my favourite movies, but that doesn’t make it immune from receiving the reboot treatment. It’s been reported that Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, best known for Homeland, are developing a TV series adaptation of the 1997 sci-fi movie for Showtime with Craig Borton (Dallas Buyers Club).
Deals haven’t closed yet, but it’s said that Alex Gansa will serve as showrunner of the...
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Gattaca remains one of my favourite movies, but that doesn’t make it immune from receiving the reboot treatment. It’s been reported that Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, best known for Homeland, are developing a TV series adaptation of the 1997 sci-fi movie for Showtime with Craig Borton (Dallas Buyers Club).
Deals haven’t closed yet, but it’s said that Alex Gansa will serve as showrunner of the...
- 6/29/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
14 years ago, we learned that Denis Leary's Apostle production company was developing a television series based on Andrew Niccol's sci-fi drama "Gattaca." It was a vague announcement buried in a story about the conclusion of Leary's FX show "Rescue Me." There wasn't so much as a logline. All we knew was that Gil Grant, a relentlessly mainstream TV writer best known for working on "24" and "NCIS," had been placed in charge of developing this cerebral property for Apostle. Nothing ever came of it, and we all forgot it was ever a thing — until today.
According to Deadline, "Homeland" co-creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are developing a "Gattaca" series for Showtime via Sony Pictures Television. There's nary a word about Apostle in the trade break, but one of the original film's producers, Danny DeVito, is back in the fold. These are talented folks, but was there a...
According to Deadline, "Homeland" co-creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are developing a "Gattaca" series for Showtime via Sony Pictures Television. There's nary a word about Apostle in the trade break, but one of the original film's producers, Danny DeVito, is back in the fold. These are talented folks, but was there a...
- 3/16/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
A “Gattaca” TV series is in the works at Showtime, according to multiple media reports.
Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are reportedly in talks to return to the network to reboot the 1997 flick after co-creating Showtime’s “Homeland,” which ran for for eight seasons and produced nearly 100 episodes.
Based off the Andrew Niccol-written and direct film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, “Gattaca” centers on a dystopian near future in which society is guided by eugenics as each potential child is planned to receive the most desirable traits of their parents.
Showtime did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
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While details regarding the series, which hails from Sony Pictures Television, are still being finalized, Gordon and Gansa are said to be set to write the series alongside Craig Borten.
Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are reportedly in talks to return to the network to reboot the 1997 flick after co-creating Showtime’s “Homeland,” which ran for for eight seasons and produced nearly 100 episodes.
Based off the Andrew Niccol-written and direct film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, “Gattaca” centers on a dystopian near future in which society is guided by eugenics as each potential child is planned to receive the most desirable traits of their parents.
Showtime did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
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While details regarding the series, which hails from Sony Pictures Television, are still being finalized, Gordon and Gansa are said to be set to write the series alongside Craig Borten.
- 3/15/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
As Showtime places its future on established franchises, the cable channel is going back to a classic of high school science classes. A series adaptation of 1997 film “Gattaca” is in development at the channel.
Although details on the series are being kept under wraps, the show will reportedly hail from Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, who are best known for creating the 2011 drama “Homeland” for Showtime. Gansa is attached to co-create the series with “Dallas Buyers Club” screenwriter and Oscar nominee Craig Borten, and will showrun the series. All three executive produce the series, which comes from Sony Pictures Television.
The directorial debut of Andrew Niccol, the original “Gattaca” film focuses on a near future society where eugenics-based technology is used to ensure children receive the “best” hereditary traits from their parents. Ethan Hawke starred in the film as Vincent, a man born without genetic screening who dreams of becoming...
Although details on the series are being kept under wraps, the show will reportedly hail from Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, who are best known for creating the 2011 drama “Homeland” for Showtime. Gansa is attached to co-create the series with “Dallas Buyers Club” screenwriter and Oscar nominee Craig Borten, and will showrun the series. All three executive produce the series, which comes from Sony Pictures Television.
The directorial debut of Andrew Niccol, the original “Gattaca” film focuses on a near future society where eugenics-based technology is used to ensure children receive the “best” hereditary traits from their parents. Ethan Hawke starred in the film as Vincent, a man born without genetic screening who dreams of becoming...
- 3/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
A series adaptation of “Gattaca” is in development at Showtime, Variety has learned from sources.
Exact plot details on the series are still under wraps, but sources say that Alex Gansa is attached to serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Gansa’s partner Howard Gordon also executive producing. They co-created the show with Craig Borten, who also executive produces. Sony Pictures Television will produce, with Gansa and Gordon currently under an overall deal at independent studio. Sources stress that deals for the project are not yet closed.
Showtime and Sony declined to comment.
This is not the first time that a series adaptation of “Gattaca” has been attempted. In 2009, it was reported that Sony Pictures Television was developing their own police procedural version of the film, though that project ultimately did not go forward.
Gansa and Gordon are best known for co-creating the hit Showtime series “Homeland,” which ran...
Exact plot details on the series are still under wraps, but sources say that Alex Gansa is attached to serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Gansa’s partner Howard Gordon also executive producing. They co-created the show with Craig Borten, who also executive produces. Sony Pictures Television will produce, with Gansa and Gordon currently under an overall deal at independent studio. Sources stress that deals for the project are not yet closed.
Showtime and Sony declined to comment.
This is not the first time that a series adaptation of “Gattaca” has been attempted. In 2009, it was reported that Sony Pictures Television was developing their own police procedural version of the film, though that project ultimately did not go forward.
Gansa and Gordon are best known for co-creating the hit Showtime series “Homeland,” which ran...
- 3/15/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Few people in Hollywood have the same passion for their craft that Ethan Hawke does. Watching him talk about acting is just as engrossing as when he actually performs; all the more remarkable since he never phones in a performance. Just this past year, he stretched his legs as a slasher villain in "The Black Phone" and made an impression despite a swift death in "The Northman." However, even though he's never been starved for work, some of his fondest movie memories are from a 25-year-old production: "Gattaca."
For one, it's where he met his one-time wife Uma Thurman, so he has "Gattaca" to thank for his daughter, actress Maya Hawke. The movie is also home to Hawke's favorite line that he's ever delivered on screen. "Gattaca" is set in a future where eugenic genetic engineering is the way of life. Hawke plays Vincent Freeman, an "invalid" who was born naturally.
For one, it's where he met his one-time wife Uma Thurman, so he has "Gattaca" to thank for his daughter, actress Maya Hawke. The movie is also home to Hawke's favorite line that he's ever delivered on screen. "Gattaca" is set in a future where eugenic genetic engineering is the way of life. Hawke plays Vincent Freeman, an "invalid" who was born naturally.
- 1/16/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean, Donnie Keshawarz, Sean Blakemore, Bobby Nish, LisaGay Hamilton, John Finn, John Ortiz, Freda Foh Shen, Ravi Kapoor, Liv Tyler, Natasha Lyonne | Written by James Gray, Ethan Gross | Directed by James Gray
James Gray aims for the stars in his ‘to the stars’ picture and he almost gets there. Lost between our world and his, the Ad Astra lands somewhere between what could have been greatness and what, in the end, falls short.
Another performance from Brad Pitt, aiming for the bleachers, sees him playing Astronaut Roy McBride. The film follows McBride as he undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
The movie is far deeper than that plot can ever detail, it also captures something that is almost impossible to explain.
James Gray aims for the stars in his ‘to the stars’ picture and he almost gets there. Lost between our world and his, the Ad Astra lands somewhere between what could have been greatness and what, in the end, falls short.
Another performance from Brad Pitt, aiming for the bleachers, sees him playing Astronaut Roy McBride. The film follows McBride as he undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
The movie is far deeper than that plot can ever detail, it also captures something that is almost impossible to explain.
- 1/30/2020
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
During a year in which the world finds itself increasingly in the throes of totalitarianism and corruption, when institutions, traditions and good old common sense seems to be crumbling before our very eyes, when the world itself appears to be catching fire, a spirit of thanksgiving may be one that is hard to come by. But there are reasons to give thanks even in light of those realities, ones even directly to those realities, and I encourage you to seek out those reasons, be as grateful as is warranted, and find ways to express that gratitude. In other words, don’t let the bastards get you down.
In the world of the movies, there was the usual degree of lousy movies, some franchise-related, of course, but some that were pretty shitty of their own accord. And at the same time, there were lots of reasons to justify gratitude. Here are...
In the world of the movies, there was the usual degree of lousy movies, some franchise-related, of course, but some that were pretty shitty of their own accord. And at the same time, there were lots of reasons to justify gratitude. Here are...
- 11/25/2019
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Kimberly Elise, Loren Dean, Donnie Keshawarz, Sean Blakemore, Bobby Nish, LisaGay Hamilton, John Finn, John Ortiz, Freda Foh Shen, Ravi Kapoor, Liv Tyler, Natasha Lyonne | Written by James Gray, Ethan Gross | Directed by James Gray
James Gray aims for the stars in his ‘to the stars’ picture and he almost gets there. Lost between our world and his, the Ad Astra lands somewhere between what could have been greatness and what, in the end, falls short.
Another performance from Brad Pitt, aiming for the bleachers, sees him playing Astronaut Roy McBride. The film follows McBride as he undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
The movie is far deeper than that plot can ever detail, it also captures something that is almost impossible to explain.
James Gray aims for the stars in his ‘to the stars’ picture and he almost gets there. Lost between our world and his, the Ad Astra lands somewhere between what could have been greatness and what, in the end, falls short.
Another performance from Brad Pitt, aiming for the bleachers, sees him playing Astronaut Roy McBride. The film follows McBride as he undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
The movie is far deeper than that plot can ever detail, it also captures something that is almost impossible to explain.
- 9/26/2019
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
We’ve got an intense action-packed clip from the movie Ad Astra for you to check out that features Brad Pitt’s character, Roy McBride, on a moon mission unlike any we’ve ever seen. The footage is beautiful and exciting, and makes me even more excited to see this movie. The clip shows off a chase sequence involving moon rovers and laser battle on the moon! It’s pretty spectacular stuff.
The film also features Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Anne McDaniels, John Ortiz, and Loren Dean. Here’s the synopsis:
Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Check out the clip below, and...
The film also features Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Anne McDaniels, John Ortiz, and Loren Dean. Here’s the synopsis:
Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Check out the clip below, and...
- 9/6/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
It's been 30 years since Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) held a boombox outside of Diane Court's (Ione Skye) window in Say Anything.
The film about a romance between average student Lloyd and valedictorian Diane that blooms immediately after their high-school graduation hit theaters on April 14, 1989.
As the unlikely pair fall in love they face a number of obstacles, including Diane's father (John Mahoney) being found guilty of embezzling funds from the residents at his retirement home.
Lili Taylor, Loren Dean, Pamela Adlon (then credited as Pamela Segall), Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Bebe ...
The film about a romance between average student Lloyd and valedictorian Diane that blooms immediately after their high-school graduation hit theaters on April 14, 1989.
As the unlikely pair fall in love they face a number of obstacles, including Diane's father (John Mahoney) being found guilty of embezzling funds from the residents at his retirement home.
Lili Taylor, Loren Dean, Pamela Adlon (then credited as Pamela Segall), Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Bebe ...
- 4/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's been 30 years since Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) held a boombox outside of Diane Court's (Ione Skye) window in Say Anything.
The film about a romance between average student Lloyd and valedictorian Diane that blooms immediately after their high-school graduation hit theaters on April 14, 1989.
As the unlikely pair fall in love they face a number of obstacles, including Diane's father (John Mahoney) being found guilty of embezzling funds from the residents at his retirement home.
Lili Taylor, Loren Dean, Pamela Adlon (then credited as Pamela Segall), Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Bebe ...
The film about a romance between average student Lloyd and valedictorian Diane that blooms immediately after their high-school graduation hit theaters on April 14, 1989.
As the unlikely pair fall in love they face a number of obstacles, including Diane's father (John Mahoney) being found guilty of embezzling funds from the residents at his retirement home.
Lili Taylor, Loren Dean, Pamela Adlon (then credited as Pamela Segall), Jeremy Piven, Eric Stoltz, Bebe ...
- 4/14/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
From Warner Bros. Pictures, Imperative Entertainment and Bron Creative comes Clint Eastwood’s newest feature film, the drama The Mule.
In addition to directing, the veteran actor will step in front of the lens again, alongside fellow stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest and Andy Garcia, as well as Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio and Loren Dean, Eugene Cordero.
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also...
In addition to directing, the veteran actor will step in front of the lens again, alongside fellow stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest and Andy Garcia, as well as Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio and Loren Dean, Eugene Cordero.
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also...
- 12/13/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warner Bros UK has debuted the first trailer for Clint Eastwood drama, The Mule.
Directed and starring Eastwood, the film also stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio, Loren Dean and Eugene Cordero.
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The Mule is out in UK cinemas January 2019
The Mule Official Synopsis
Clint Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the...
Directed and starring Eastwood, the film also stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio, Loren Dean and Eugene Cordero.
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The Mule is out in UK cinemas January 2019
The Mule Official Synopsis
Clint Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the...
- 10/5/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"I didn't deserve forgiveness..." Warner Bros has debuted the first official trailer for Clint Eastwood's new film The Mule, which has been scheduled for release in December of this year. This is Eastwood's second film this year, following The 15:17 to Paris earlier this year. And he also stars in this one. Eastwood plays a 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran who is surprisingly caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel. The full cast includes Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña, Dianne Wiest, Andy Garcia, plus Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio, Loren Dean, and Eugene Cordero. I like the cold opening to this trailer, makes it thrilling right away. This looks quite good, at least the story does. Might be interested in watching this one. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Clint Eastwood's The Mule, direct from YouTube: Eastwood stars as Earl Stone,...
- 10/4/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Clint Eastwood has another great-looking movie coming out called The Mule in which he plays an old drug courier for the Mexican cartel. The first trailer for the film has been released today and it’s a great trailer that teases the crazy intensity of the story. Here’s the synopsis:
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as...
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as...
- 10/4/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
“Family’s the most important thing,” the aged man says. “Don’t do what I did. I put work in front of family. I thought it was more important to be somebody out there than the failure I was in my own home.” That “work” is no 9-to-5: This eightysomething runs drugs for the cartel.
Here is the first trailer for The Mule, which marks Clint Eastwood’s first time in front of and behind the camera since Gran Torino in 2008. He plays Earl Stone — broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business. Then he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, it would seem. But Earl doesn’t know that he just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only...
Here is the first trailer for The Mule, which marks Clint Eastwood’s first time in front of and behind the camera since Gran Torino in 2008. He plays Earl Stone — broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business. Then he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, it would seem. But Earl doesn’t know that he just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t the only...
- 10/4/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Loren Dean is joining Clint Eastwood’s next film The Mule as a DEA agent in the film which Eastwood will be producing, directing, and starring in. The Warner Bros.’ movie is based on a 2014 New York Times Magazine piece by Sam Dolnick and follows Earl Stone (Eastwood), a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive—easy enough but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier and just hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates (Bradley Cooper). Dean will be playing DEA agent Brown, alongside fellow agent Cooper in their hunt for Stone. Eastwood will produce via his Malpaso banner, along with Imperative’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas.
Dean can next be seen in the upcoming New Regency feature Ad Astra, written and...
Dean can next be seen in the upcoming New Regency feature Ad Astra, written and...
- 6/11/2018
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Mum was the word in Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy. Not only did Alex and Jo drive all the way to Iowa to check on his mother, but back in Seattle, Meredith’s mini-livers presentation dropped in her lap an opportunity to try to make right the wrong done to Marie by Ellis, thanks to that lecherous Harper Avery. So was Mama Karev (guest star Lindsay Wagner) Ok? Were Mer and Marie able to bury the scalpel? Read on…
‘Don’T Assume The Worst’ | As the Jesse Williams-directed “Fight for Your Mind” began, Meredith was prepping for her presentation...
‘Don’T Assume The Worst’ | As the Jesse Williams-directed “Fight for Your Mind” began, Meredith was prepping for her presentation...
- 5/4/2018
- TVLine.com
Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to askausiello@tvline.com
Question: I was pissed that Walking Dead teased us with the helicopter all season and then didn’t tell us whose it was. Do you know? —Luke
Ausiello: No — but I do know that you’ll eventually find out whose it is. Going into Season 9, “there is absolutely a story there,” showrunner Scott Gimple tells TVLine. “We have plans for that. But there was other business to take care of [in ‘Wrath’]. What was happening between Rick and Negan was...
Question: I was pissed that Walking Dead teased us with the helicopter all season and then didn’t tell us whose it was. Do you know? —Luke
Ausiello: No — but I do know that you’ll eventually find out whose it is. Going into Season 9, “there is absolutely a story there,” showrunner Scott Gimple tells TVLine. “We have plans for that. But there was other business to take care of [in ‘Wrath’]. What was happening between Rick and Negan was...
- 4/19/2018
- TVLine.com
Remember Terriers? Recently, executive producer Shawn Ryan addressed the possibility of a second season for the cancelled FX TV show, TVGuide reports.The comedy-drama revolves around two best friends who work as unorthodox and unlicensed private eyes in Southern California. The cast included Donal Logue, Michael Raymond-James, Kimberly Quinn, Laura Allen, Rockmond Dunbar, Jamie Denbo, Loren Dean, Zack Silva, Daren Scott, Stephen Frejek, Michael Gaston, Sara Holden, Lauren Holiday, Karina Logue, and Channon Roe.Read More…...
- 1/10/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
With Good Kill in UK cinemas this week, Ryan looks back at writer-director Andrew Niccol’s classic sci-fi debut, 1997's Gattaca...
It’s all there in that swooning opening music: Gattaca isn’t just another sleek film about the future. The feature debut of New Zealand-born director Andrew Niccol, the smart, elegant, intensely moving Gattaca may just be his finest film to date.
The film introduces us to Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke), who’s in the process of a carrying out a painstaking daily ritual: shaving every stray hair from his body, exfoliating his skin and burning the material left behind - it’s as though Vincent’s treating himself as a crime scene.
Vincent lives in a future where genetic profiling has divided society into Valids - those whose DNA has been fettled to perfection by scientists before birth - and In-valids - those conceived naturally, with all potential genetic flaws it involves.
It’s all there in that swooning opening music: Gattaca isn’t just another sleek film about the future. The feature debut of New Zealand-born director Andrew Niccol, the smart, elegant, intensely moving Gattaca may just be his finest film to date.
The film introduces us to Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke), who’s in the process of a carrying out a painstaking daily ritual: shaving every stray hair from his body, exfoliating his skin and burning the material left behind - it’s as though Vincent’s treating himself as a crime scene.
Vincent lives in a future where genetic profiling has divided society into Valids - those whose DNA has been fettled to perfection by scientists before birth - and In-valids - those conceived naturally, with all potential genetic flaws it involves.
- 4/8/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Arriving for the first time on Blu-ray courtesy of Olive Films is Wim Wenders’ 1997 existentialist take on the definition of violence and its depictions with The End of Violence. A film that was re-cut after its poor reception after playing at the Cannes Film Festival in competition, its underwhelming limited theatrical release did little to spark much interest in the title, though Wenders would receive an Indie Spirit Award nod as Best Director. Feeling very much like the type of philosophically overbaked yarns that we’ve come to see frequent the later period of Atom Egoyan, Wenders’ Hollywood metaphor exploring voyeuristic societal issues at large is trapped by its fascinations with its own ideas. On paper, it sounds intriguing, as we’re dealing with the provocative hypothesis that, at a base level, asserts the mere act of ‘looking’ or ‘seeing’ something will eventually render the necessity of violence to be obsolete.
- 3/18/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Bones will likely be renewed for its 10th and final season, Fox chairman Kevin Reilly revealed at the Television Critics Association press tour. With that in mind — here are five things we want to see before we say goodbye to Booth, Bones, and the squints forever.
5. Bring back Zach! (And other characters): When the season 3 finale revealed Dr. Zach Addy (Eric Millegan) as Gormogon’s apprentice, it disappointed many fans. It’s time the writers brought him back (although he has since appeared in three episodes) and set it right. In season 4, we learn Zach didn’t actually kill...
5. Bring back Zach! (And other characters): When the season 3 finale revealed Dr. Zach Addy (Eric Millegan) as Gormogon’s apprentice, it disappointed many fans. It’s time the writers brought him back (although he has since appeared in three episodes) and set it right. In season 4, we learn Zach didn’t actually kill...
- 1/15/2014
- by Denise Warner
- EW.com - PopWatch
"Say Anything" was not particularly successful on its release. John Cusack was an established star of films like "The Sure Thing," but co-star Ione Skye was basically unknown, and director Cameron Crowe was, despite his writing credit on "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" eight years earlier, not a known quantity. As such, despite rave reviews, it only took $20 million at the domestic box office, and a meagre $733,000 internationally -- indeed, in many territories, like the U.K, it went straight to video.
But over time, partly thanks to the success of Crowe's later work like "Jerry Maguire" and "Almost Famous," and partly because of the slow realization of its brilliance, the rom-com -- which follows the fledgling relationship between ambition-free aspiring kickboxer Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye), whose father (John Mahoney) is in trouble with the law -- has become one of the most beloved...
But over time, partly thanks to the success of Crowe's later work like "Jerry Maguire" and "Almost Famous," and partly because of the slow realization of its brilliance, the rom-com -- which follows the fledgling relationship between ambition-free aspiring kickboxer Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) and valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye), whose father (John Mahoney) is in trouble with the law -- has become one of the most beloved...
- 4/13/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
7:51Pm: Even after all these years, the cast of Bones — including David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne, John Francis Daley, Executive Producer Stephen Nathan and Creator Hart Hanson — seem genuinely enthusiastic to be celebrating their series at PaleyFest 2012.
7:52Pm: Moderator Michael Ausiello kicks off the panel by congratulating Deschanel on the birth of her real-life bundle of joy Henry. “I love it, I don’t get a lot of sleep, but I love it,” says Deschanel, before spiralling into a highly entertaining story that some might consider ‘Too Much Information’ involving the actress revealing the differences between giving birth in real-life versus on the show (Think: Uncomfortable screaming!)
7:55Pm: Spoiler Alert! Not only does Brennan give birth in a very unconventional Brennan-esque environment, Booth plays an incredibly integral role in the delivery. Cue hilarious back-and-forth between the cast as Deschanel recounts getting peed on by...
7:52Pm: Moderator Michael Ausiello kicks off the panel by congratulating Deschanel on the birth of her real-life bundle of joy Henry. “I love it, I don’t get a lot of sleep, but I love it,” says Deschanel, before spiralling into a highly entertaining story that some might consider ‘Too Much Information’ involving the actress revealing the differences between giving birth in real-life versus on the show (Think: Uncomfortable screaming!)
7:55Pm: Spoiler Alert! Not only does Brennan give birth in a very unconventional Brennan-esque environment, Booth plays an incredibly integral role in the delivery. Cue hilarious back-and-forth between the cast as Deschanel recounts getting peed on by...
- 3/9/2012
- by theTVaddict
- The TV Addict
Exclusive: Don Buchwald & Associates, the agency best known for repping Sirius Xm Radio’s signature star Howard Stern, is joining forces with West Coast based talent agency Fortitude. Fortitude founders/partners Ben Press and Michael McConnell and Db&A executive vice president Julia Buchwald will serves as co-heads of Don Buchwald & Associates/Fortitude. The consolidated companies will operate out of Db&A’s existing space at 6500 Wilshire Blvd. Db&A will remain in its Gotham offices, where it has its broadcast, commercial, voiceover, theater, legal and business affairs departments and talent and lit departments. Formed four years ago, Fortitude has lit and talent clients that include Joss Stone, Angela Lansbury, Peter Iliff, Julia Jones, Crispin Glover, Daisy Lowe, Mario Van Peebles, Elle Macpherson, Cymphonique Miller, Cybill Shepherd, Jordan Bridges, Sean Patrick Flanery, Loren Dean, Lolita Davidovich, Romeo Miller and Kathleen Quinlan. Db&A, which is 35 years old, has a talent list that includes Ethan Suplee,...
- 5/2/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Consumer product giant Procter & Gamble is gearing up for a fifth family friendly 2-hour movie/backdoor pilot to air on NBC as a time buy. The project, Passport, stars Robyn Lively as Meredith, an expert chef skilled in Piloxing (Pilates mixed with boxing) who is raising her teen kids alone because of her geologist husband Simon's (Loren Dean) erratic travel schedule. When Simon doesn't return home from his latest trip, Michelle launches an investigation and discovers that he has been leading a double-life as a covert intelligence operative with Cad (Clandestine Activities Division). Along her teenage daughter (Skyler Day), she travels to Europe to save Simon, who was abducted during his latest mission and must work together with his captor to bring down a traitor at Cad. Joel Rice, Jeff Grant & Brian Wells are executive producing the movie, which was written by Sheryl Anderson and will be directed by Paolo Garzman.
- 4/2/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Britt: If we do this, we’re never coming back here again, are we? We’ll be Mexicans for the rest of our lives. Hank: Costa Ricans, Bohemians, or Canadians. Britt: I hate snow. Hank: Then to hell with Canada. Terriers fans who have watched the season one finale, “Hail Mary” is thinking and praying the same thing. What direction did Hank (Donal Logue) and Britt (Michael Raymond-James) decided to drive to and will we get to see it? Just know this: it’s way too early for them to ride into the sunset. Hank and Britt managed to stay alive and out of jail long enough to get to the bottom of the real estate/airport conspiracy. Unfortunately Gretchen’s (Kimberly Quinn) husband Jason (Loren Dean) died helping them, Hank solved Mickey Gosney’s murder, got a new adversary and Mark (Rockmond Dunbar) got his suspension lifted. Katie (Laura Allen...
- 12/2/2010
- by Ernie Estrella
- BuzzFocus.com
Bad things seem to happen to everyone around Terriers' Hank Dolworth.
In the penultimate episode of the FX drama's first season, Hank (Donal Logue) pulled Jason Adler (Loren Dean), the new husband of Hank's ex-wife Gretchen (Kimberly Quinn), into his investigation of a corporate conspiracy that threatens Ocean Beach. And by the episode's end, Jason was dead.
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"I was completely shocked," Quinn tells TVGuide.com of when she first read the script...
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In the penultimate episode of the FX drama's first season, Hank (Donal Logue) pulled Jason Adler (Loren Dean), the new husband of Hank's ex-wife Gretchen (Kimberly Quinn), into his investigation of a corporate conspiracy that threatens Ocean Beach. And by the episode's end, Jason was dead.
Check out photos of the Terriers cast
"I was completely shocked," Quinn tells TVGuide.com of when she first read the script...
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- 12/1/2010
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
I've been extremely forthcoming about my love for FX's brilliant drama Terriers. Scratch that. I've been gushing about the show--created by Ted Griffin and executive produced by Shawn Ryan--for months now and I wish that more of you were tuning in to this remarkable and unique series. The first of the final four episodes of Terriers' season begins tonight with the sobering "Asunder," a major turning point for the season both in terms of the overarching conspiracy plot (yes, the shady circumstances of the Montague come back into focus)--which Hank (Donal Logue) and Britt (Michael Raymond-James) are dragged back into--but also the character-driven subplots that have been lurking beneath the surface all season. I ripped into these next four installments with my teeth last week, insatiable for more of this groundbreaking series, and I wasn't disappointed in the least. In fact, I think that they rank up...
- 11/10/2010
- by Jace
- Televisionary
The new drama Conviction is based on a true story and aspires to be an inspirational tale of a scrappy underdog fighting the system similar to Rudy and Erin Brokovich. And like those films, Conviction benefits from some great actors helping to tell this true tale.
The movie begins in 1980 at a horrific crime scene . A woman in Ayer, Ma has been brutally murdered in her tiny, trailer park home. Officer Nancy Taylor (Frozen River’s Melissa Leo) picks up Kenny Waters (Moon’s Sam Rockwell) for questioning(this after a heated verbal altercation). Kenny’s sister Betty Ann (Amelia’s Hilary Swank) and her hubby Rick (Mumford’s Loren Dean) pick him up from the police station after his release. A couple years pass and Kenny is picked up again and charged with the murder. After hearing damning testimonies from his former girlfriends (Zodiak’s Clea DuVall and Old School...
The movie begins in 1980 at a horrific crime scene . A woman in Ayer, Ma has been brutally murdered in her tiny, trailer park home. Officer Nancy Taylor (Frozen River’s Melissa Leo) picks up Kenny Waters (Moon’s Sam Rockwell) for questioning(this after a heated verbal altercation). Kenny’s sister Betty Ann (Amelia’s Hilary Swank) and her hubby Rick (Mumford’s Loren Dean) pick him up from the police station after his release. A couple years pass and Kenny is picked up again and charged with the murder. After hearing damning testimonies from his former girlfriends (Zodiak’s Clea DuVall and Old School...
- 10/22/2010
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This is the daily news vodcast from the London Film Festival on Pure Movies covering the gala screening of Conviction, based on a true story starring two time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Oscar nominee Minnie Driver, Oscar nominee Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Ari Graynor, Loren Dean, Conor Donovan, Owen Campbell, Tobias Campbell, Bailee Madison, Clea DuVall, Karen Young, Talia Balsam, John Pyper-Ferguson and Oscar nominee Juliette Lewis. Directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Pamela Gray, the film’s producers are Andrew Sugerman, Andrew S. Karsch and Tony Goldwyn. Executive Producers are Hilary Swank, Markus Barmettler, Alwyn Hight Kushner, James Smith, Anthony Callie and Myles Nestel. The production team includes director of photography Adriano Goldman, production designer Mark Ricker, edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., costume designer Wendy Chuck and music by Paul Cantelon. Conviction is the inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother.
- 10/22/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
The new drama Convicted is based on a true story and aspires to be an inspirational tale of a scrappy underdog fighting the system similar to Rudy and Erin Brokovich. And like those films, Conviction benefits from some great actors helping to tell this true tale.
The movie begins in 1980 at a horrific crime scene . A woman in Ayer, Ma has been brutally murdered in her tiny, trailer park home. Officer Nancy Taylor(Frozen River’s Melissa Leo) picks up Kenny Waters(Moon’s Sam Rockwell) for questioning(this after a heated verbal altercation). Kenny’s sister Betty Ann(Amelia’s Hilary Swank) and her hubby Rick(Mumford’s Loren Dean) pick him up from the police station after his release. A couple years pass and Kenny is picked up again and charged with the murder. After hearing damning testimonies from his former girlfriends(Zodiak’s Clea DuVall and Old School...
The movie begins in 1980 at a horrific crime scene . A woman in Ayer, Ma has been brutally murdered in her tiny, trailer park home. Officer Nancy Taylor(Frozen River’s Melissa Leo) picks up Kenny Waters(Moon’s Sam Rockwell) for questioning(this after a heated verbal altercation). Kenny’s sister Betty Ann(Amelia’s Hilary Swank) and her hubby Rick(Mumford’s Loren Dean) pick him up from the police station after his release. A couple years pass and Kenny is picked up again and charged with the murder. After hearing damning testimonies from his former girlfriends(Zodiak’s Clea DuVall and Old School...
- 10/22/2010
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
'Conviction' movie trailer features Hilary Swank & true life drama. Fox Searchlight Pictures released their new true life,Hillary Swank branded drama flick "Conviction" into theaters today,and the movie trailer (below) shows a lot of passionate drama as Hilary Swank's character goes to law school to try and get her brother out of prison. The movie stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis,and Loren Dean.
- 10/16/2010
- by Chris
- OnTheFlix
Top critics gave new 'Conviction' movie mostly positive reviews. Fox Searchlight Pictures released their new true life drama flick "Conviction" into theaters today,and the top movie critics gave it pretty positive reviews with mostly As and Bs across the board. The movie stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis, and Loren Dean. Wesley Morris at the Boston Globe gave it a B- rating. He said, "Conviction should have tried harder to create better obstacles for Swank." Roger Ebert at the Chicago Sun-Times gave it a B. He stated, "Her determination is fierce, her rebirth is inspiring, and in Hilary Swank, the film finds the right actress to embody gritty tenacity."...
- 10/15/2010
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
This is the trailer for Conviction, based on a true story starring two time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Oscar® nominee Minnie Driver, Oscar nominee Melissa Leo, Peter Gallagher, Ari Graynor, Loren Dean, Conor Donovan, Owen Campbell, Tobias Campbell, Bailee Madison, Clea DuVall, Karen Young, Talia Balsam, John Pyper-Ferguson and Oscar nominee Juliette Lewis. Directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Pamela Gray, the film’s producers are Andrew Sugerman, Andrew S. Karsch and Tony Goldwyn. Executive Producers are Hilary Swank, Markus Barmettler, Alwyn Hight Kushner, James Smith, Anthony Callie and Myles Nestel. The production team includes director of photography Adriano Goldman, production designer Mark Ricker, edited by Jay Cassidy, A.C.E., costume designer Wendy Chuck and music by Paul Cantelon. Conviction is the inspirational true story of a sister’s unwavering devotion to her brother. When Betty Anne Waters’ (two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank) older...
- 10/12/2010
- by Dan Higgins
- Pure Movies
It's not that "Terriers" is a bad show. It isn't. But it is more of the same, only now with a different face (Donal Logue). The cable networks have become obsessed with these dramedy procedurals, and while I prefer them to the straight-up, self-serious procedurals on the nets, It doesn't make them anymore original: Whether they're private investigators, federal marshals, CIA or FBI agents, or even psychic detectives, they're still working off the same general premise: Unattainable love interest that may or may not form the basis of the show's mythology, and a series of generic cases. It's the "Veronica Mars," template, but "Veronica Mars" also played within the confines of a coming-of-age series instead of broken marriages and debt. The rest -- "White Collar," "Pysch," "Burn Notice," "Covert Affairs," "In Plain Sight," and "Memphis Beat," among others -- just trade out faces and occupations, and recycle the rest.
If you have to watch one,...
If you have to watch one,...
- 9/14/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
There have been a lot of private detectives gracing the large and small screens over the years, but FX's "Terriers" take on the P.I. genre proves that you can teach an old dog some new tricks.
The strongest part of the 13-episode FX series is the relationship between main characters Hank (Donal Logue) and Britt (Michael Raymond-James). They started out on opposite ends of the law; Hank was a police officer whose drinking problem led to a dishonorable discharge. Britt was a thief whose girlfriend turned him away from his life of crime.
Together they sort of stumble into detective work. They don't have business cards, their office is a small pick-up truck. But they are dogged and smart, with enough humor thrown in that the show isn't overly serious, but not so much that it takes on a buddy-cop sitcom feel.
The first episode has Hank and Britt...
The strongest part of the 13-episode FX series is the relationship between main characters Hank (Donal Logue) and Britt (Michael Raymond-James). They started out on opposite ends of the law; Hank was a police officer whose drinking problem led to a dishonorable discharge. Britt was a thief whose girlfriend turned him away from his life of crime.
Together they sort of stumble into detective work. They don't have business cards, their office is a small pick-up truck. But they are dogged and smart, with enough humor thrown in that the show isn't overly serious, but not so much that it takes on a buddy-cop sitcom feel.
The first episode has Hank and Britt...
- 9/8/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: We continue to preview anticipated titles screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in our “Road to Toronto” feature.
The fest kicks off on Sept. 9, and HollywoodNews.com will be on the ground bringing you reviews, interviews, and a clearer glimpse at the ever-shifting Oscar race.
To read our previous preview columns, punch “Tiff” into our search window. Today, a two-time Oscar winner puts herself through law school in an attempt to overturn her brother’s conviction.
Conviction
The Plot: When Betty Anne Waters’ (Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, the Massachusetts wife and mother of two dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.
The Director: Tony Goldwyn
The Cast: Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Loren Dean
The Scoop: So many successful dramas have found their inspirations in true-life situations,...
Hollywoodnews.com: We continue to preview anticipated titles screening at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival in our “Road to Toronto” feature.
The fest kicks off on Sept. 9, and HollywoodNews.com will be on the ground bringing you reviews, interviews, and a clearer glimpse at the ever-shifting Oscar race.
To read our previous preview columns, punch “Tiff” into our search window. Today, a two-time Oscar winner puts herself through law school in an attempt to overturn her brother’s conviction.
Conviction
The Plot: When Betty Anne Waters’ (Hilary Swank) older brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell) is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, the Massachusetts wife and mother of two dedicates her life to overturning the murder conviction.
The Director: Tony Goldwyn
The Cast: Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Loren Dean
The Scoop: So many successful dramas have found their inspirations in true-life situations,...
- 9/3/2010
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
See several new clips from FX Network's "Terriers" starring Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James. Critics are raving about the new series which also includes Kimberly Quinn, Loren Dean and Zack Silva. "Terriers," from Creator/Executive Producer Ted Griffin (Ocean's Eleven) and Executive Producer Shawn Ryan (The Shield), is a comedic drama which centers on "Hank Dolworth" (Logue), an ex-cop who partners with his best friend "Britt Pollack" (Raymond-James) to launch an unlicensed private investigation business. As Hank and Britt struggle with maturity issues, the duo solve crimes while avoiding professional dangers and personal responsibilities. Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow, The Shield) directed the pilot episode.
- 9/2/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
I was flipping around the TV last night and came across a rerun of Bones, which is a show that I usually never watch, but I left this episode on because Loren Dean was in it. (He has an infrequently recurring role as Bones’ brother.) It seemed like, in the late 1990s, that he was on the verge of Hollywood stardom, after roles films such as the underrated Mumford and Apollo 13 (where he affects the most perfect nerd diction as one of the Nasa technicians). Or maybe in indies and foreign films after his work in the wonderful The War Bride and Wim Wenders’ The End of Violence. I loved the odd onscreen quality that Dean had, sort of nice boy-next-door but with dark and even menacing undertones -- in fact, that quality of his partly inspired me to write my screenplay Cat and Mouse; I created the protagonist with him in mind.
- 3/18/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
A couple weeks ago, Variety ran a story about what's next for Denis Leary, Jim Serpico and Apostle Films after the hit FX series "Rescue Me" wraps up in 2011. Tucked away at the end of the story was a brief bit about plans to produce a future-set one hour police procedural based on the Andrew Niccol-directed "Gattaca." Writer/producer Gil Grant, whose previous TV credits include "24" and "NCIS: Los Angeles," was named as the scribe, but that was where the news ended.
"Gattaca," released in 1997, didn't explode at the box office. It's attracted quite a following in its home video afterlife however, and deservedly so. You've got Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law starring in a futuristic thriller set in a world divided between Valids -- people who were genetically altered in utero to "reach their full potential" as humans -- and Invalids, or those born through natural means.
"Gattaca," released in 1997, didn't explode at the box office. It's attracted quite a following in its home video afterlife however, and deservedly so. You've got Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law starring in a futuristic thriller set in a world divided between Valids -- people who were genetically altered in utero to "reach their full potential" as humans -- and Invalids, or those born through natural means.
- 11/12/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
Update: We've just received the front and back package art. See below! Tim McCann's tale of revenge, The Poker Club , was picked up by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and will debut on DVD April 21st. Here Johnathan Schaech ( Quarantine ) and Richard Chizmar adapt the Ed Gorman novel of the same name; Schaech also leads the cast which includes Johnny Messner ( Believers ), Loren Dean ("Bones") and Lori Heuring ( Prom Night ). Synopsis: For years, Aaron Tyler has been getting together with his three best friends Monday nights to play poker. But tonight, everything is about to change forever when the men accidentally kill a burglar who's broken into Aaron's house. Fearing the consequences, Aaron and his friends dispose of the corpse and agree to take the secret to...
- 3/3/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Loren Dean is the latest to join Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming drama “Betty Anne Waters."
Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis and Sam Rockwell are already on board.
In the film, Swank plays a single mother who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dean is set to play Swank's husband.
Pamela Gray wrote the original script for the project, which Richard Lagravenese rewrote. Goldwyn's directing credits include "The Last Kiss."
Dean's credits include "Apollo 13," "Gattaca" and "Enemy of the State." He also appeared in several episodes of television's "Bones."...
Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis and Sam Rockwell are already on board.
In the film, Swank plays a single mother who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dean is set to play Swank's husband.
Pamela Gray wrote the original script for the project, which Richard Lagravenese rewrote. Goldwyn's directing credits include "The Last Kiss."
Dean's credits include "Apollo 13," "Gattaca" and "Enemy of the State." He also appeared in several episodes of television's "Bones."...
- 3/2/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
"Betty Anne Waters" has found a husband.
Loren Dean has joined the cast of the indie drama directed by Tony Goldwyn ("The Last Kiss"). He will play Rick Miller, the resentful husband of the crusading title character (Hilary Swank), who is fighting to get her convicted brother exonerated.
Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall and Juliette Lewis are also in the cast of the Omega Entertainment project, which is shooting in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The story follows a working-class single mother whose brother is imprisoned for murder. To prove his innoncence, she earns a law degree and ultimately uses DNA evidence to get him released from jail in 2001, after 18 years.
Pamela Gray wrote the original script and is doing production work during shooting. Richard Lagravenese wrote a separate draft of the story. Pantheon Entertainment's Andrew Sugerman, Longfellow Pictures' Andrew Karsch and Goldwyn are producing. Swank is an executive producer.
Loren Dean has joined the cast of the indie drama directed by Tony Goldwyn ("The Last Kiss"). He will play Rick Miller, the resentful husband of the crusading title character (Hilary Swank), who is fighting to get her convicted brother exonerated.
Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo, Clea DuVall and Juliette Lewis are also in the cast of the Omega Entertainment project, which is shooting in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The story follows a working-class single mother whose brother is imprisoned for murder. To prove his innoncence, she earns a law degree and ultimately uses DNA evidence to get him released from jail in 2001, after 18 years.
Pamela Gray wrote the original script and is doing production work during shooting. Richard Lagravenese wrote a separate draft of the story. Pantheon Entertainment's Andrew Sugerman, Longfellow Pictures' Andrew Karsch and Goldwyn are producing. Swank is an executive producer.
- 3/1/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fango got the tip that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the psychological thriller The Poker Club on DVD. It’s the first produced film based on a novel by genre author Ed Gorman.
Directed by Nowhere Man’s Tim McCann and scripted by actor Johnathon Schaech and Cemetery Dance founder/editor Richard Chizmar (who also penned Masters Of Horror’s The Washingtonians, Fear Itself’S Eater and the upcoming Stephen King film From A Buick 8), the movie stars Schaech, Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid’s Johnny Messner, Loren Dean and Michael Risley as four friends who are interrupted by a burglar one night during their weekly card game. They accidentally kill the intruder, and their attempts to cover up the crime only make things worse for them. The cast also includes Judy Reyes, Lori Heuring and Jana Kramer (the latter two of whom also appeared opposite...
Directed by Nowhere Man’s Tim McCann and scripted by actor Johnathon Schaech and Cemetery Dance founder/editor Richard Chizmar (who also penned Masters Of Horror’s The Washingtonians, Fear Itself’S Eater and the upcoming Stephen King film From A Buick 8), the movie stars Schaech, Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid’s Johnny Messner, Loren Dean and Michael Risley as four friends who are interrupted by a burglar one night during their weekly card game. They accidentally kill the intruder, and their attempts to cover up the crime only make things worse for them. The cast also includes Judy Reyes, Lori Heuring and Jana Kramer (the latter two of whom also appeared opposite...
- 2/2/2009
- Fangoria
Film review: 'Mumford' 'Mumford's' Wonderful Life / Although Kasdan's feel-good, Capraesque comedy is much too nice, it could do nicely
In "Mumford", writer-director Lawrence Kasdan has a film Frank Capra could have made were he alive today. In fact, Kasdan hasn't even tried to update Capra: Small-town America looks as good as ever, people are mostly nice and have the ability to work through their problems and even the richest man in town is a nice guy who simply needs to meet a nice girl. About the only change Kasdan has made to "Capracorn" is that the kindly town doctor everyone trusts is a shrink named Mumford.
This Touchstone film is like a pitcher with a sneaky fastball and deceptive curve: It may not look like the staff ace, but it might wind up winning more games than anyone expects. With the right marketing, the feel-good comedy could give Buena Vista a winning season. It's mostly a question of how much niceness today's audiences can stand.
Essentially, Kasdan accepts the notion that a psychologist is really just a person who listens well. Consequently, Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean), a good listener who arrived in a former logging town also named Mumford only four months earlier, has more patients than he can handle.
Henry Pruitt Taylor Vince) consults Mumford about his overactive fantasy life, which looks exactly like a black-and-white B movie. Althea (Mary McDonnell) comes to him about her compulsive mail-order shopping, which makes a poor substitute for her broken-down marriage to workaholic Jeremy (Ted Danson). Skip (Jason Lee), a skateboarding computer billionaire, sees the Doc outside his office -- he can't let shareholders know the company founder is seeing a shrink -- to talk about his loneliness. Nessa (Zooey Deschanel) is a pro bono patient who needs to overcome her addictions to sex, cigarettes and drugs.
Yes, the good doctor's practice is going quite well until a weary Sofie (Hope Davis) barely makes it through his door complaining of chronic fatigue syndrome. Her presence challenges Mumford with an ethical dilemma -- he realizes he is about to fall in love with a patient.
But the viewer has witnessed several other ethical lapses along the way, from Mumford's irregular therapies to his blithe willingness to discuss one patient's problems in front of another. So it comes as little surprise when the viewer learns the good doctor is faking everything, from his diploma to his license. All he is is a good listener -- and that's all anybody really needs, at least in this movie.
That's where troubles may arise for some viewers. "Mumford" sometimes feels as fake as the doctor's diploma. Mumford is a movie town peopled by movie characters with easily solved movie problems. One wonders how the psychologist's benign techniques would work if someone suffering from paranoid schizophrenia showed up at his door. One might even wonder why nearly everyone in the unusually strife-free town goes to a shrink in the first place. That's not normal small-town behavior.
The expectation that Kasdan has some twist up his sleeve or a deeper purpose is dashed by the end, when everyone's problems get happily resolved in ways so neat and tidy that one cannot imagine another scene after "The End" hits the screen.
In "Mumford", Kasdan, not unlike his character Henry, has indulged in his own fantasy, one of the perfect town in which anyone would want to live.
Dean is the right choice for the amiable doctor. His is a recessive presence on-screen, with the ability to pull good scenes from fellow actors. He moves quietly through the movie being whatever person the other characters need him to be.
Alfre Woodard helps anchor "Mumford" in what little reality to which it can lay claim with her direct gaze and steady manner as the doctor's favorite cafe owner and landlord.
Kasdan's production team has neatly concocted the perfect small town from choice locations in Northern California's wine country. The only curiosity is that the director and cinematographer Ericson Core chose to shoot so many hard-eyed close-ups of the actors, a style somewhat at odds with the whimsical comedy.
MUMFORD
Buena Vista Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Credits: Producers: Charles Okun, Lawrence Kasdan; Screenwriter-director: Lawrence Kasdan; Director of photography: Ericson Core; Production designer: Jon Hutman; Music: James Newton Howard; Costume designer: Colleen Atwood; Editors: Carol Littleton, William Steinkamp. Cast: Mumford: Loren Dean; Sofie Crisp: Hope Davis; Skip Skiperton: Jason Lee; Lily: Alfre Woodard; Jeremy Brockett: Ted Danson; Althea Brockett: Mary McDonnell; Henry Follett: Pruitt Taylor Vince; Nessa Watkins: Zooey Deschanel; Lionel Dillard: Martin Short; Dr. Ernest Delbanco: David Paymer; Dr. Phyllis Sheeler: Jane Adams. MPAA rating: R. Color/stereo. Running time -- 96 minutes.
This Touchstone film is like a pitcher with a sneaky fastball and deceptive curve: It may not look like the staff ace, but it might wind up winning more games than anyone expects. With the right marketing, the feel-good comedy could give Buena Vista a winning season. It's mostly a question of how much niceness today's audiences can stand.
Essentially, Kasdan accepts the notion that a psychologist is really just a person who listens well. Consequently, Dr. Mumford (Loren Dean), a good listener who arrived in a former logging town also named Mumford only four months earlier, has more patients than he can handle.
Henry Pruitt Taylor Vince) consults Mumford about his overactive fantasy life, which looks exactly like a black-and-white B movie. Althea (Mary McDonnell) comes to him about her compulsive mail-order shopping, which makes a poor substitute for her broken-down marriage to workaholic Jeremy (Ted Danson). Skip (Jason Lee), a skateboarding computer billionaire, sees the Doc outside his office -- he can't let shareholders know the company founder is seeing a shrink -- to talk about his loneliness. Nessa (Zooey Deschanel) is a pro bono patient who needs to overcome her addictions to sex, cigarettes and drugs.
Yes, the good doctor's practice is going quite well until a weary Sofie (Hope Davis) barely makes it through his door complaining of chronic fatigue syndrome. Her presence challenges Mumford with an ethical dilemma -- he realizes he is about to fall in love with a patient.
But the viewer has witnessed several other ethical lapses along the way, from Mumford's irregular therapies to his blithe willingness to discuss one patient's problems in front of another. So it comes as little surprise when the viewer learns the good doctor is faking everything, from his diploma to his license. All he is is a good listener -- and that's all anybody really needs, at least in this movie.
That's where troubles may arise for some viewers. "Mumford" sometimes feels as fake as the doctor's diploma. Mumford is a movie town peopled by movie characters with easily solved movie problems. One wonders how the psychologist's benign techniques would work if someone suffering from paranoid schizophrenia showed up at his door. One might even wonder why nearly everyone in the unusually strife-free town goes to a shrink in the first place. That's not normal small-town behavior.
The expectation that Kasdan has some twist up his sleeve or a deeper purpose is dashed by the end, when everyone's problems get happily resolved in ways so neat and tidy that one cannot imagine another scene after "The End" hits the screen.
In "Mumford", Kasdan, not unlike his character Henry, has indulged in his own fantasy, one of the perfect town in which anyone would want to live.
Dean is the right choice for the amiable doctor. His is a recessive presence on-screen, with the ability to pull good scenes from fellow actors. He moves quietly through the movie being whatever person the other characters need him to be.
Alfre Woodard helps anchor "Mumford" in what little reality to which it can lay claim with her direct gaze and steady manner as the doctor's favorite cafe owner and landlord.
Kasdan's production team has neatly concocted the perfect small town from choice locations in Northern California's wine country. The only curiosity is that the director and cinematographer Ericson Core chose to shoot so many hard-eyed close-ups of the actors, a style somewhat at odds with the whimsical comedy.
MUMFORD
Buena Vista Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Credits: Producers: Charles Okun, Lawrence Kasdan; Screenwriter-director: Lawrence Kasdan; Director of photography: Ericson Core; Production designer: Jon Hutman; Music: James Newton Howard; Costume designer: Colleen Atwood; Editors: Carol Littleton, William Steinkamp. Cast: Mumford: Loren Dean; Sofie Crisp: Hope Davis; Skip Skiperton: Jason Lee; Lily: Alfre Woodard; Jeremy Brockett: Ted Danson; Althea Brockett: Mary McDonnell; Henry Follett: Pruitt Taylor Vince; Nessa Watkins: Zooey Deschanel; Lionel Dillard: Martin Short; Dr. Ernest Delbanco: David Paymer; Dr. Phyllis Sheeler: Jane Adams. MPAA rating: R. Color/stereo. Running time -- 96 minutes.
- 9/14/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film review: 'Rosewood'
One of the least-considered aspects of massacres is that you might not hear about them, if for only the obvious fact that the victims aren't around to tell their story.
So it is with the Rosewood massacre of 1923, the murderous burning of a prosperous black community in rural Florida by rampaging whites under the impression that one of their women had been raped by a black.
Not recounted until a reporter brought it to the attention of CBS' "60 Minutes" in 1982, "Rosewood" is a powerful and heartbreaking dramatization of that awful saga. Eloquently directed by John Singleton, this Warner Bros. release is a stirring and sobering human tale, one that will surely touch hearts of all demographics.
Commercially, it seems a win-win for Warner Bros.: Singleton will entice the young, action-oriented black audience, while the film's subject matter and sophisticated rendering will win mature viewers in all demographics through positive word-of-mouth.
Head-and-shoulders above the usual, well-meaning, self-congratulatory folderol that makes it to the screen about racial injustice, "Rosewood" is a graceful evocation of a dignified community and a sobering insight into the madness of mob psychology. Gregory Poirier's insightful screenplay is a sobering reminder of what such learned social historians as Gustave LeBon have written about mob psychology, that the mob is an "idiot," galvanized by the lowest common denominator. In this scary scenario, we're led into an easy acquaintanceship with the film's chief character, namely the homey burg of Rosewood, a quiet black town of farmers and craftsmen -- churchgoing folk. Contiguous with Rosewood is Sumner, a less cohesive aggregation of whites and, as a group, decidedly less prosperous than their Rosewood brethren.
In style and personality, Poirier's story has the welcoming grace of a friendly host as we're initially led into an easy acquaintanceship with Rosewood, getting to know its people, its rhythms, its personality. At that same time, we catch snatches of things to come: In essence, we're clued to the pervasive racism of the day, not only from the trashier types but, most hauntingly, from the more enlightened whites of the area. Despite the surface calm, we see the festering combustible nature of the situation and, quite rightly, fear that it will take only one spark to set things off.
It's the deliberate, unforced patience of Singleton that gives "Rosewood" its heartbreaking power. His restraint in letting the story unfold, without overpunctuating or belaboring its narrative, allows the film to reach its full organic power. That carefulness and confidence, indeed, is what gives "Rosewood" its searing grace, and that's seen in the work of the film's superb technical team. Johnny E. Jensen's incandescent cinematography, John Williams' tender music and Bruce Cannon's supple edits kindle "Rosewood" to both its most warm and most incendiary moments.
The players bring textures and shadings to their roles that are, well, more than skin deep. Jon Voight's performance as a storekeeper who struggles to do the right thing, despite his own racist underpinnings, is perhaps his best work since "Midnight Cowboy". As a mysterious soldier who rides into town, Ving Rhames is mesmeric as a man of dignity and honor, while Don Cheadle also stands out as a man who refuses to, shuffle. It's Sarah Carrier though, as Rosewood's elderly matriarch, who absolutely melts your heart with her staunch decency.
ROSEWOOD
Warner Bros.
A Peters Entertainment production
in association with New Deal Prods.
A John Singleton Film
Producer Jon Peters
Director John Singleton
Screenwriter Gregory Poirier
Executive producer Tracy Barone
Co-producer Penelope L. Foster
Director of photography Johnny E. Jensen
Production designer Paul Sylbert
Editor Bruce Cannon
Costume designer Ruth Carter
Music John Williams
Color/stereo
Cast:
John Wright Jon Voight
Mann :Ving Rhames
Sylvester Carrier Don Cheadle
Duke Bruce McGill
James Taylor Loren Dean
Sarah Carrier Esther Rolle
Scrappie Elise Neal
Fannie Taylor Catherine Kellner
Sheriff Walker Michael Rooker
Running time -- 140 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
So it is with the Rosewood massacre of 1923, the murderous burning of a prosperous black community in rural Florida by rampaging whites under the impression that one of their women had been raped by a black.
Not recounted until a reporter brought it to the attention of CBS' "60 Minutes" in 1982, "Rosewood" is a powerful and heartbreaking dramatization of that awful saga. Eloquently directed by John Singleton, this Warner Bros. release is a stirring and sobering human tale, one that will surely touch hearts of all demographics.
Commercially, it seems a win-win for Warner Bros.: Singleton will entice the young, action-oriented black audience, while the film's subject matter and sophisticated rendering will win mature viewers in all demographics through positive word-of-mouth.
Head-and-shoulders above the usual, well-meaning, self-congratulatory folderol that makes it to the screen about racial injustice, "Rosewood" is a graceful evocation of a dignified community and a sobering insight into the madness of mob psychology. Gregory Poirier's insightful screenplay is a sobering reminder of what such learned social historians as Gustave LeBon have written about mob psychology, that the mob is an "idiot," galvanized by the lowest common denominator. In this scary scenario, we're led into an easy acquaintanceship with the film's chief character, namely the homey burg of Rosewood, a quiet black town of farmers and craftsmen -- churchgoing folk. Contiguous with Rosewood is Sumner, a less cohesive aggregation of whites and, as a group, decidedly less prosperous than their Rosewood brethren.
In style and personality, Poirier's story has the welcoming grace of a friendly host as we're initially led into an easy acquaintanceship with Rosewood, getting to know its people, its rhythms, its personality. At that same time, we catch snatches of things to come: In essence, we're clued to the pervasive racism of the day, not only from the trashier types but, most hauntingly, from the more enlightened whites of the area. Despite the surface calm, we see the festering combustible nature of the situation and, quite rightly, fear that it will take only one spark to set things off.
It's the deliberate, unforced patience of Singleton that gives "Rosewood" its heartbreaking power. His restraint in letting the story unfold, without overpunctuating or belaboring its narrative, allows the film to reach its full organic power. That carefulness and confidence, indeed, is what gives "Rosewood" its searing grace, and that's seen in the work of the film's superb technical team. Johnny E. Jensen's incandescent cinematography, John Williams' tender music and Bruce Cannon's supple edits kindle "Rosewood" to both its most warm and most incendiary moments.
The players bring textures and shadings to their roles that are, well, more than skin deep. Jon Voight's performance as a storekeeper who struggles to do the right thing, despite his own racist underpinnings, is perhaps his best work since "Midnight Cowboy". As a mysterious soldier who rides into town, Ving Rhames is mesmeric as a man of dignity and honor, while Don Cheadle also stands out as a man who refuses to, shuffle. It's Sarah Carrier though, as Rosewood's elderly matriarch, who absolutely melts your heart with her staunch decency.
ROSEWOOD
Warner Bros.
A Peters Entertainment production
in association with New Deal Prods.
A John Singleton Film
Producer Jon Peters
Director John Singleton
Screenwriter Gregory Poirier
Executive producer Tracy Barone
Co-producer Penelope L. Foster
Director of photography Johnny E. Jensen
Production designer Paul Sylbert
Editor Bruce Cannon
Costume designer Ruth Carter
Music John Williams
Color/stereo
Cast:
John Wright Jon Voight
Mann :Ving Rhames
Sylvester Carrier Don Cheadle
Duke Bruce McGill
James Taylor Loren Dean
Sarah Carrier Esther Rolle
Scrappie Elise Neal
Fannie Taylor Catherine Kellner
Sheriff Walker Michael Rooker
Running time -- 140 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 2/10/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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