Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media has acquired North American rights to the narrative documentary Acting: The First Six Lessons, written by and starring Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily Bridges. The digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios plans to release the drama across VOD platforms March 8.
Based on Richard Boleslavsky’s 1933 novel of the same name, Acting: The First Six Lessons offers an intimate glimpse into the life and acting craft of the multi-generational Bridges family. The unique hybrid of narrative and documentary storytelling follows a teacher (Beau Bridges) and his student (Emily Bridges), who together explore the craft of acting, and evolve in their understanding and appreciation of life itself. The story unfolds in six lessons over the course of their relationship, nested within a larger conversation with three generations of the Bridges family. These lessons include Concentration, Memory of Emotion, Dramatic Action,...
Based on Richard Boleslavsky’s 1933 novel of the same name, Acting: The First Six Lessons offers an intimate glimpse into the life and acting craft of the multi-generational Bridges family. The unique hybrid of narrative and documentary storytelling follows a teacher (Beau Bridges) and his student (Emily Bridges), who together explore the craft of acting, and evolve in their understanding and appreciation of life itself. The story unfolds in six lessons over the course of their relationship, nested within a larger conversation with three generations of the Bridges family. These lessons include Concentration, Memory of Emotion, Dramatic Action,...
- 2/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel, Walton Goggins, Chris Messina to Star in Music Drama ‘Dreamin’ Wild’
Director Bill Pohlad has enlisted a starry ensemble for “Dreamin’ Wild,” his upcoming indie movie about musicians Donnie and Joe Emerson.
Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel and Walton Goggins will lead the call sheet, with Beau Bridges, Jack Dylan Grazer, Noah Jupe and Chris Messina rounding out the cast.
“Dreamin’ Wild” tells the true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie is forced to confront the ghosts from the past and grapple with the emotional toll his dreams have taken on the family who supported him.
Affleck is playing Donnie in the present day, while Jupe will portray him in his teenage years. Goggins will portray Joe as an adult, and Grazer will play him in his younger days. Deschanel...
Casey Affleck, Zooey Deschanel and Walton Goggins will lead the call sheet, with Beau Bridges, Jack Dylan Grazer, Noah Jupe and Chris Messina rounding out the cast.
“Dreamin’ Wild” tells the true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie is forced to confront the ghosts from the past and grapple with the emotional toll his dreams have taken on the family who supported him.
Affleck is playing Donnie in the present day, while Jupe will portray him in his teenage years. Goggins will portray Joe as an adult, and Grazer will play him in his younger days. Deschanel...
- 10/19/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. rights to The Gig Is Up, Shannon Walsh’s feature documentary that explores the real costs of the controversial gig economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. The deal comes after London-based sales outfit Dogwoof acquired world rights at the European Film Market. Gravitas will now release the film October 8 in theaters and on-demand.
From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people are finding work task by task online, with the gig economy worth more than $5 trillion and growing worldwide. The pic tells the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution who have gone largely neglected amid often dangerous work conditions, inconsistent pay and the threat of being effectively fired through deactivation or a bad rating.
“We are thrilled to be releasing The Gig Is Up...
From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people are finding work task by task online, with the gig economy worth more than $5 trillion and growing worldwide. The pic tells the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution who have gone largely neglected amid often dangerous work conditions, inconsistent pay and the threat of being effectively fired through deactivation or a bad rating.
“We are thrilled to be releasing The Gig Is Up...
- 8/13/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013) Film Review, a movie directed by Isao Takahata, and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, Beau Bridges, James Marsden, Oliver Platt, Hynden Walch, Dean Cain, Daniel Dae Kim, George Segal, John Cho, and Emily Bridges. With the [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: The Tale Of Princess Kaguya (2013): Beautiful, Engaging, & Underwhelming...
- 2/5/2015
- by Derek Sun
- Film-Book
The producers behind off-Broadway play Dracula have been accused of sucking the blood out of show designers by failing to settle a $100,000 (£66,700) bill.
Costume designer Willa Kim, set creator Dana Kenn and fight expert Rick Sordelet, allege they have yet to be paid for their work on the $1 million (£666,700) production.
Director and co-producer Paul Alexander has assured the group Dracula bosses are dealing with the discrepancy, telling the New York Post, "All of the designers did a wonderful job on the show, and it was a pleasure to work with them. I realise they have some concerns, but we are doing all we can to resolve the situation. Everyone will be paid."
But the designers fear they will lose out altogether as the show faces closure following a disastrous opening night on Wednesday, when it was panned by critics.
One reviewer described the performance as "horribly anaemic", while a New York Daily News writer dismissed the production as "elaborately tacky, unintentionally hilarious and totally bloodless".
Kenn tells the Post, "We're unwitting investors in a flop."
Dracula bosses are expected to cut their losses and close the show as early as this weekend (08-09Jan11).
The stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's horror classic has been troubled for some weeks - actress Thora Birch was fired from the cast in December, days before the first preview performance, after the director fell out with the star's father, Jack.
Emily Bridges replaced Birch as the love interest of Dracula, played by Italian actor Michel Altieri, while Tony Award winner George Hearn starred as his nemesis, Dr. Van Helsing.
Costume designer Willa Kim, set creator Dana Kenn and fight expert Rick Sordelet, allege they have yet to be paid for their work on the $1 million (£666,700) production.
Director and co-producer Paul Alexander has assured the group Dracula bosses are dealing with the discrepancy, telling the New York Post, "All of the designers did a wonderful job on the show, and it was a pleasure to work with them. I realise they have some concerns, but we are doing all we can to resolve the situation. Everyone will be paid."
But the designers fear they will lose out altogether as the show faces closure following a disastrous opening night on Wednesday, when it was panned by critics.
One reviewer described the performance as "horribly anaemic", while a New York Daily News writer dismissed the production as "elaborately tacky, unintentionally hilarious and totally bloodless".
Kenn tells the Post, "We're unwitting investors in a flop."
Dracula bosses are expected to cut their losses and close the show as early as this weekend (08-09Jan11).
The stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's horror classic has been troubled for some weeks - actress Thora Birch was fired from the cast in December, days before the first preview performance, after the director fell out with the star's father, Jack.
Emily Bridges replaced Birch as the love interest of Dracula, played by Italian actor Michel Altieri, while Tony Award winner George Hearn starred as his nemesis, Dr. Van Helsing.
- 1/7/2011
- WENN
Jake Silbermann
Although it’s only been three months since CBS pulled the plug on As the World Turns after an astonishing 54-year run, for many gay fans, it feels like an eternity. As any AfterElton.com reader knows, the teen supercouple formerly known as Nuke, played with uncommon depth and finesse by Jake Silbermann (Noah) and Van Hansis (Luke), made history with the first-ever dude-on-dude kiss on daytime TV, setting off a media frenzy and a veritable blizzard in the blogosphere.
Their unfolding relationship polarized fans — the gays cheered, but later, some complained the story line was sporadic and sluggish. Remember our Liplock Clock that counted how long it took between kisses? (It was 211 agonizing days between the first and second smooch.) Meanwhile, right-wingers wanted the duo to disappear altogether.
When the producers finally portrayed the guys having sex, they skipped the actual sex scene and merely showed the before and after.
Although it’s only been three months since CBS pulled the plug on As the World Turns after an astonishing 54-year run, for many gay fans, it feels like an eternity. As any AfterElton.com reader knows, the teen supercouple formerly known as Nuke, played with uncommon depth and finesse by Jake Silbermann (Noah) and Van Hansis (Luke), made history with the first-ever dude-on-dude kiss on daytime TV, setting off a media frenzy and a veritable blizzard in the blogosphere.
Their unfolding relationship polarized fans — the gays cheered, but later, some complained the story line was sporadic and sluggish. Remember our Liplock Clock that counted how long it took between kisses? (It was 211 agonizing days between the first and second smooch.) Meanwhile, right-wingers wanted the duo to disappear altogether.
When the producers finally portrayed the guys having sex, they skipped the actual sex scene and merely showed the before and after.
- 12/23/2010
- by David Kennerley
- The Backlot
Four days before it was to open Off Broadway, "Dracula" has fired star Thora Birch (above, left), which was to be her New York stage debut. The New York Times reports the play's director, Paul Alexander, said it was because Thora's father Jack Birch threatened one of the other actors during a rehearsal.
Jack Birch and Thora's mother Carol Connors (above, right) were stars in pornographic movies in the 1970s. Connors is most well-known for "Deep Throat," a famous 1972 porn movie also starring Linda Lovelace.
Jack Birch has been Thora's manager for years and was frequently at the "Dracula" rehearsals without incident. But last Thursday night (Dec. 9) he confronted an actor who was rubbing Thora's back during a scene, which was part of his direction. The production claims Birch threatened the unnamed actor, but Birch says he was merely "trying to convey Thora's discomfort."
The production asked both Birchs to...
Jack Birch and Thora's mother Carol Connors (above, right) were stars in pornographic movies in the 1970s. Connors is most well-known for "Deep Throat," a famous 1972 porn movie also starring Linda Lovelace.
Jack Birch has been Thora's manager for years and was frequently at the "Dracula" rehearsals without incident. But last Thursday night (Dec. 9) he confronted an actor who was rubbing Thora's back during a scene, which was part of his direction. The production claims Birch threatened the unnamed actor, but Birch says he was merely "trying to convey Thora's discomfort."
The production asked both Birchs to...
- 12/16/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Actress Thora Birch is in a "state of shock" after producers fired her from the Off-Broadway revival of Dracula - four days before the show's first performance.
The American Beauty star was preparing to make her New York stage debut as central female character, Lucy Seward, the love interest of Count Dracula, in a preview performance at the Little Shubert Theater on Tuesday.
But producers have decided to unveil the show without her, reports the New York Times.
Director Paul Alexander said Birch was fired because her manager/father, Jack, had threatened another actor during a rehearsal last Thursday night, prompting her dismissal on Friday.
He has denied making any threat.
Meanwhile the actress admits she has been "blindsighted" by her dismissal.
She tells the newspaper, "For three weeks I was just doing my thing, and everything I hear was positive, that the work I was doing was wonderful. Maybe it's some kind of misunderstanding. I mean, there had been no tensions, everything was going wonderfully. Then Friday they just asked me to leave the building.
"I'm totally in a state of shock over this, I still can't believe it."
Birch has been replaced by her understudy, Emily Bridges, the daughter of actor Beau Bridges.
Dracula is scheduled for a 13-week run, starring George Hearn as vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing.
The American Beauty star was preparing to make her New York stage debut as central female character, Lucy Seward, the love interest of Count Dracula, in a preview performance at the Little Shubert Theater on Tuesday.
But producers have decided to unveil the show without her, reports the New York Times.
Director Paul Alexander said Birch was fired because her manager/father, Jack, had threatened another actor during a rehearsal last Thursday night, prompting her dismissal on Friday.
He has denied making any threat.
Meanwhile the actress admits she has been "blindsighted" by her dismissal.
She tells the newspaper, "For three weeks I was just doing my thing, and everything I hear was positive, that the work I was doing was wonderful. Maybe it's some kind of misunderstanding. I mean, there had been no tensions, everything was going wonderfully. Then Friday they just asked me to leave the building.
"I'm totally in a state of shock over this, I still can't believe it."
Birch has been replaced by her understudy, Emily Bridges, the daughter of actor Beau Bridges.
Dracula is scheduled for a 13-week run, starring George Hearn as vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing.
- 12/14/2010
- WENN
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