Jeanine Basinger, a veteran film professor, historian and author, helped build Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, into a film powerhouse during her 60 years at the institution. On April 20, the esteemed academic will receive the TCM Classic Film Festival’s Robert Osborne Award, which recognizes an individual who has helped keep the cultural heritage of classic film alive for future generations. Its four previous recipients were Martin Scorsese and film historians/authors Kevin Brownlow, Leonard Maltin and Donald Bogle. Basinger, a youthful 88, spoke with THR about her life and career.
How did you fall in love with movies?
Jeanine Basinger
I grew up in South Dakota, and at 11 I got a job as an usher at a local movie theater. My film school was watching movies — and how audiences reacted to them — over and over again. I began visiting film archives and interviewing film personalities who responded to my outreach. I was hooked.
How did you fall in love with movies?
Jeanine Basinger
I grew up in South Dakota, and at 11 I got a job as an usher at a local movie theater. My film school was watching movies — and how audiences reacted to them — over and over again. I began visiting film archives and interviewing film personalities who responded to my outreach. I was hooked.
- 4/12/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: In a move that points to a change in direction he will take at the helm of Disney live action and 20th Century Studios, former Searchlight co-head David Greenbaum has made his first big statement buy, and it’s set to the music of Bruce Springsteen’s seminal album Nebraska.
20th Century has closed a deal to finance and release Deliver Me from Nowhere, the narrative film that Scott Cooper is writing to direct with Emmy-winning The Bear star Jeremy Allen White playing The Boss in a pivotal moment in his life. Grappling with personal demons and trying to wrap his arms around becoming a global superstar, Springsteen wrote and recorded Nebraska, the 1982 album that rivals Joni Mitchell’s Blue as one of the most emotionally raw, dark and honest albums in recent music history.
When Deadline revealed that the project was coming together, A24 was expected to be the distributor.
20th Century has closed a deal to finance and release Deliver Me from Nowhere, the narrative film that Scott Cooper is writing to direct with Emmy-winning The Bear star Jeremy Allen White playing The Boss in a pivotal moment in his life. Grappling with personal demons and trying to wrap his arms around becoming a global superstar, Springsteen wrote and recorded Nebraska, the 1982 album that rivals Joni Mitchell’s Blue as one of the most emotionally raw, dark and honest albums in recent music history.
When Deadline revealed that the project was coming together, A24 was expected to be the distributor.
- 4/8/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr and Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Conoce los detalles de la prometedora película.
De acuerdo con Deadline, Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”) y Olivia Colman (“La Favorita”) protagonizarán de la película “The Roses”, una nueva versión de la clásica película “La Guerra de los Rose” (1989), dirigida por Jay Roach y producida por Searchlight Pictures.
La historia sigue a Theo (interpretado por Cumberbatch) y Ivy (interpretada por Colman), una pareja aparentemente perfecta con carreras profesionales de éxito, hijos maravillosos y una vida sexual envidiable. Sin embargo, bajo la fachada de la familia perfecta se esconde un polvorín de competitividad y resentimiento que salta por los aires cuando los sueños profesionales de Theo se esfuman.
El guion de la película está basado en la novela de Warren Adler y ha sido escrito por Tony McNamara, conocido por su trabajo en “Pobres Criaturas” y “The Great”. La dirección estará a cargo de Jay Roach, reconocido por películas como “El...
De acuerdo con Deadline, Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”) y Olivia Colman (“La Favorita”) protagonizarán de la película “The Roses”, una nueva versión de la clásica película “La Guerra de los Rose” (1989), dirigida por Jay Roach y producida por Searchlight Pictures.
La historia sigue a Theo (interpretado por Cumberbatch) y Ivy (interpretada por Colman), una pareja aparentemente perfecta con carreras profesionales de éxito, hijos maravillosos y una vida sexual envidiable. Sin embargo, bajo la fachada de la familia perfecta se esconde un polvorín de competitividad y resentimiento que salta por los aires cuando los sueños profesionales de Theo se esfuman.
El guion de la película está basado en la novela de Warren Adler y ha sido escrito por Tony McNamara, conocido por su trabajo en “Pobres Criaturas” y “The Great”. La dirección estará a cargo de Jay Roach, reconocido por películas como “El...
- 4/3/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
And just when you thought Hollywood would shift away from the remake and reboot craze, news of another remake just arrived. In 1989, Hollywood legend Danny DeVito directed the satirical black comedy The War of the Roses, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. The film was based on the 1981 novel of the same name written by Warren Adler. The movie follows a wealthy couple with a seemingly perfect life that crumbles at one point, and the perfection soon turns into a horrible and outrageous divorce.
The original movie was critically acclaimed and was a success for DeVito. Today, 35 years after the original, it has been reported that a remake of the movie is in the making, with Jay Roach attached to direct. On top of that, some interesting casting information has been revealed.
Namely, alongside this, it has been confirmed that Oscar-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for his interpretation of a...
The original movie was critically acclaimed and was a success for DeVito. Today, 35 years after the original, it has been reported that a remake of the movie is in the making, with Jay Roach attached to direct. On top of that, some interesting casting information has been revealed.
Namely, alongside this, it has been confirmed that Oscar-nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, best known for his interpretation of a...
- 4/2/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Searchlight Pictures has set an October 18, 2024, theatrical release date for A Real Pain, the heartfelt comedy written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, who drew the film from his own personal history.
A Real Pain, which premiered to standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival, follows mismatched cousins David and Benji, who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
“We are blown away by Jesse’s vision and craft in telling this hilarious and profound film,” said Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum when the film was acquired. “He tells a deeply personal story and makes it universal. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences around the world.”
Jesse Eisenberg also stars alongside Kieran Culkin (Succession), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing...
A Real Pain, which premiered to standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival, follows mismatched cousins David and Benji, who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.
“We are blown away by Jesse’s vision and craft in telling this hilarious and profound film,” said Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum when the film was acquired. “He tells a deeply personal story and makes it universal. We can’t wait to bring it to audiences around the world.”
Jesse Eisenberg also stars alongside Kieran Culkin (Succession), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing...
- 4/2/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
‘Dream team’ will reimagine black comedy about an epic divorce battle, which originally starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas
A remake of 1980s divorce comedy The War of the Roses is to go ahead with Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead roles.
In an announcement reported by Deadline, studio Searchlight Pictures said that Colman and Cumberbatch would appear in a new version of the story directed by Austin Powers’ Jay Roach and written by Poor Things’ Tony McNamara. Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield said: “The Roses is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story … With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”...
A remake of 1980s divorce comedy The War of the Roses is to go ahead with Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead roles.
In an announcement reported by Deadline, studio Searchlight Pictures said that Colman and Cumberbatch would appear in a new version of the story directed by Austin Powers’ Jay Roach and written by Poor Things’ Tony McNamara. Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield said: “The Roses is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story … With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”...
- 4/2/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in Jay Roach’s remake of The War Of The Roses, titled The Roses.
Another day, another remake is in the works in La La Land. Well, technically, it’s another adaptation of Warren Adler’s 1981 novel The War Of The Roses, but most people are familiar with 1989’s film adaptation, which memorably starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas and was directed by Danny DeVito.
The new adaptation will star Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as the central couple, who proceed with a very nasty, yet very entertaining, divorce.
Jay Roach has signed on to direct, while recent Oscar nominee Tony McNamara is penning the script. The film will simply be called The Roses.
The novel follows a couple, Jonathan (who was named Oliver in the 1989 film) and Barbaba Rose, as their marriage falls apart. In the 1989 film, Barbara simply realises she doesn...
Another day, another remake is in the works in La La Land. Well, technically, it’s another adaptation of Warren Adler’s 1981 novel The War Of The Roses, but most people are familiar with 1989’s film adaptation, which memorably starred Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas and was directed by Danny DeVito.
The new adaptation will star Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as the central couple, who proceed with a very nasty, yet very entertaining, divorce.
Jay Roach has signed on to direct, while recent Oscar nominee Tony McNamara is penning the script. The film will simply be called The Roses.
The novel follows a couple, Jonathan (who was named Oliver in the 1989 film) and Barbaba Rose, as their marriage falls apart. In the 1989 film, Barbara simply realises she doesn...
- 4/2/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman are set to star in 'The Roses', a re-imagining of the 1989 satirical comedy 'The War of the Roses'.'Bombshell' director Jay Roach has boarded the flick to take the helm for Searchlight Pictures, Deadline reports.'Poor Things' scribe Tony McNamara (Poor Things) is adapting the original novel by Warren Adler. The synopsis reads: "Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the facade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down."The original flick saw Danny DeVito direct a cast led by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.Jonathan R. Adler and Michael Adler, from Adler Entertainment Trust, are the executive producers.Cumberbatch is producing under his SunnyMarch banner with Leah Clarke and Adam Ackland, who have been developing the movie since 2017. Colman,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Lizzie Baker
- Bang Showbiz
If you say the phrase "war of the roses," chances are that most movie watchers will think of Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner as a combative couple rather than any historical bobbins between the houses of Lancaster and York. But going forward, film fans may instead picture Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as the troubled pair, as they're starring in a reimagining of the William Adler novel that Danny DeVito brought to screens back in 1989.
Jay Roach, who has swung between comedy and political movies, is on board to direct what will this time be simply titled The Roses, with Poor Things' Tony McNamara writing the adaptation.
Cumberbatch and Colman will produce as well as starring as Theo and Ivy, who are seemingly living their Best Life. They've got successful careers, wonderful kids and an enviable sexual chemistry. But alas! Lurking underneath that seemingly perfect family façade is a tinderbox...
Jay Roach, who has swung between comedy and political movies, is on board to direct what will this time be simply titled The Roses, with Poor Things' Tony McNamara writing the adaptation.
Cumberbatch and Colman will produce as well as starring as Theo and Ivy, who are seemingly living their Best Life. They've got successful careers, wonderful kids and an enviable sexual chemistry. But alas! Lurking underneath that seemingly perfect family façade is a tinderbox...
- 4/1/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch are ready to duke it out in satirical divorce comedy “The Roses.” The remake of 1989 feature “War of the Roses,” which starred “Romancing the Stone” alums Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, “The Roses” will be written by “Poor Things” screenwriter Tony McNamara, marking a reunion between the screenwriter and “The Favourite” Academy Award winner Colman.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the feature has been set up at Searchlight Pictures, with “Bombshell” director Jay Roach helming the project. “The Roses” is based on the novel published in 1981 by Warren Adler. The 1989 adaptation was directed by Danny DeVito and released by Twentieth Century Fox.
Per Searchlight, the remake’s official synopsis read: “Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments...
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the feature has been set up at Searchlight Pictures, with “Bombshell” director Jay Roach helming the project. “The Roses” is based on the novel published in 1981 by Warren Adler. The 1989 adaptation was directed by Danny DeVito and released by Twentieth Century Fox.
Per Searchlight, the remake’s official synopsis read: “Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments...
- 4/1/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman will star in “The Roses,” a reimagining of the 1989 classic “The War of the Roses.” The dark comedy, which is currently in development, will be directed by Jay Roach (“Bombshell,” “Meet the Parents”) and is written by Tony McNamara (“Poor Things,” “The Great”) based on the novel by Warren Adler.
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
The film follows picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman), who have successful careers, great kids and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentment that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
“‘The Roses’ is a wildly funny, bigger than life, and yet deeply human story,” said Searchlight president Matthew Greenfield announcing the project. “With Jay at the helm, and Benedict and Olivia and Tony, we have a dream team bringing it to life.”
Cumberbatch will produce under his SunnyMarch...
- 4/1/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) have been tapped to star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses that Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Searchlight Pictures.
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as follows: Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Theo (Cumberbatch) and Ivy (Colman): successful careers, great kids, an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect family is a tinderbox of competition and resentments that’s ignited when Theo’s professional dreams come crashing down.
Directed by Danny DeVito and starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, the original film adaptation of The War of the Roses was released by 20th Century Fox in 1989, garnering a BAFTA and three Golden Globe nominations, including for Best Motion Picture, among other accolades.
Tony McNamara (Poor Things) has scripted Searchlight’s new take...
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair’s South of the River Pictures. Under the new pact, the specialty studio, which has worked with Colman on “The Favourite” and “Empire of Light,” will develop and produce feature-length motion pictures with the production company.
South of the River Pictures was founded by Colman, Sinclair and their long-time partner in crime, Tom Carver, to develop and produce original scripted comedies and dramas with “an authored sensibility.” Colman and Sinclair have been married since 2001.
South of the River Pictures has a slate of projects that include feature films and TV series. Its first production was Sinclair’s multi-Bafta-winning TV series “Landscapers,” which was produced with Sister for Sky Atlantic and HBO, and starred Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as a murderous couple. It was nominated for best miniseries at the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards. “Wicked Little Letters,” the company’s first feature film,...
South of the River Pictures was founded by Colman, Sinclair and their long-time partner in crime, Tom Carver, to develop and produce original scripted comedies and dramas with “an authored sensibility.” Colman and Sinclair have been married since 2001.
South of the River Pictures has a slate of projects that include feature films and TV series. Its first production was Sinclair’s multi-Bafta-winning TV series “Landscapers,” which was produced with Sister for Sky Atlantic and HBO, and starred Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as a murderous couple. It was nominated for best miniseries at the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards. “Wicked Little Letters,” the company’s first feature film,...
- 3/29/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six) and Charlie Tahan (Ozark).
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
Character details are under wraps. Pic is now in production in New Jersey.
Other new additions include P.J. Byrne (Babylon), Eli Brown (Gossip Girl), Nick Pupo (Halt and Catch Fire), Big Bill Morganfield, Laura Kariuki, Eric Berryman (Atlanta), David Alan Basche (Egg), Joe Tippett (Monarch) and James Austin Johnson (Saturday Night Live).
Set in the influential New York music scene of the early ’60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts — his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BAFTA Award nominee Takehiro Hira (Shōgun, Gran Turismo) and Japanese Academy Award winner Akira Emoto have rounded out the cast of Searchlight’s Rental Family directed by Hikari (Beef) and starring The Whale Best Actor Oscar winner Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto (Pachinko).
Cameras are now rolling in Japan, with production to wrap around May. A release date has not been set.
Deadline first told you about the project, which follows a lonely, down-and-out American actor (Fraser) living in Tokyo. He starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company to play various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he forges some surprising human connections and discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family.
“It’s an absolute dream to bring Rental Family to the world,” said Hikari. “I am truly so thankful for my collaboration with my partners at Searchlight and Sight Unseen and for their never-ending support,...
Cameras are now rolling in Japan, with production to wrap around May. A release date has not been set.
Deadline first told you about the project, which follows a lonely, down-and-out American actor (Fraser) living in Tokyo. He starts working for a Japanese “rental family” company to play various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he forges some surprising human connections and discovers unexpected joys within his built-in family.
“It’s an absolute dream to bring Rental Family to the world,” said Hikari. “I am truly so thankful for my collaboration with my partners at Searchlight and Sight Unseen and for their never-ending support,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has set a June 21 release date for Kinds Of Kindness, reuniting Yorgos Lanthimos and his Oscar-winning best lead actress Emma Stone from Poor Things.
The date suggests the film could premiere in Cannes if ready in time. Lanthimos took The Killing Of A Sacred Dear to the Croisette in 2017 and before that The Lobster in 2015. He premiered Poor Things in Venice last year where it won the Golden Lion for best film.
Lanthimos’s follow-up to Poor Things also stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley from that film, which won four Academy Awards last Sunday and has crossed...
The date suggests the film could premiere in Cannes if ready in time. Lanthimos took The Killing Of A Sacred Dear to the Croisette in 2017 and before that The Lobster in 2015. He premiered Poor Things in Venice last year where it won the Golden Lion for best film.
Lanthimos’s follow-up to Poor Things also stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley from that film, which won four Academy Awards last Sunday and has crossed...
- 3/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
It isn’t every week that two of the biggest jobs in film are filled within a matter of days, but that was the case last week. On February 26, Disney’s live-action president of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production Sean Bailey exited, making way for Searchlight’s David Greenbaum to take the top job. Two days later on Feb. 28, Rideback’s Dan Lin was tapped to take Scott Stuber’s open seat atop Netflix’s film division.
Greenbaum made his bones on prestige indie films and original, auteur-driven stories. He’s now taking the job at a company that has spent the last 15 years mining IP and playing the hits. Lin is a franchise builder now stepping into an environment known for chasing big prestige swings.
It appears Disney and Netflix are heading in opposite directions. One agent who spoke with IndieWire called it a role-reversal between Disney and Netflix; at one point,...
Greenbaum made his bones on prestige indie films and original, auteur-driven stories. He’s now taking the job at a company that has spent the last 15 years mining IP and playing the hits. Lin is a franchise builder now stepping into an environment known for chasing big prestige swings.
It appears Disney and Netflix are heading in opposite directions. One agent who spoke with IndieWire called it a role-reversal between Disney and Netflix; at one point,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Oscar week is finally here! Ask anyone who has been in the thick of awards season and they’ll likely let out a huge sigh followed by exasperated admission that this has been one of the most hectic runs in recent memory. The condensed calendar, forced by last year’s dual strikes, could translate to more lively bashes, however, as there’s light at the end of the tunnel with Sunday’s Oscars. That can only mean that champagne is currently popping at A-list bashes across Los Angeles, and The Hollywood Reporter is on the scene everywhere from Vanity Fair and Elton John to MPTF’s Night Before. See below for the roundup of all the red carpet action.
Vanity Fair
Editor in chief Radhika Jones hosted a milestone 30th anniversary party at a custom designed structure that connects the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with Beverly Hills City Hall.
Vanity Fair
Editor in chief Radhika Jones hosted a milestone 30th anniversary party at a custom designed structure that connects the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with Beverly Hills City Hall.
- 3/7/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba and Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sarah Polley is no longer attached to direct the live-action remake of “Bambi” for Disney, IndieWire has learned. The remake of Disney’s 1942 animated classic is still in development at the studio, even after the recent exit of live-action film head Sean Bailey. An individual with knowledge of Polley’s exit said there’s no drama in the split but simply said things didn’t work out.
TheWrap first broke the news in an analysis of Bailey’s exit. Bailey, in his 15-year tenure at Walt Disney Studios, had pioneered and greenlit virtually all of Disney’s streak of live-action remakes of animated classics, some mega hits like “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” and some like the recent “The Little Mermaid,” “Haunted Mansion,” and others that underwhelmed at the box office. Some of Bailey’s lingering projects include live-action takes on “Moana,” “Lilo & Stitch,” and “Mufasa: The Lion King.
TheWrap first broke the news in an analysis of Bailey’s exit. Bailey, in his 15-year tenure at Walt Disney Studios, had pioneered and greenlit virtually all of Disney’s streak of live-action remakes of animated classics, some mega hits like “The Lion King,” “Aladdin,” and “Beauty and the Beast,” and some like the recent “The Little Mermaid,” “Haunted Mansion,” and others that underwhelmed at the box office. Some of Bailey’s lingering projects include live-action takes on “Moana,” “Lilo & Stitch,” and “Mufasa: The Lion King.
- 3/7/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Word has it that Sean Bailey had been looking to move on. However the news this week Disney’s president of motion picture studios has stepped down has much to do with CEO Bob Iger’s urgent course correction at a storied studio that just endured a relatively poor year at the box office and is facing pressure from activist shareholders to improve the stock price.
Bailey, a 15-year veteran of the company, was the executive who mined Disney’s animation vault and adapted them into live-action tentpoles that often crushed it at the box office.
For a long time...
Bailey, a 15-year veteran of the company, was the executive who mined Disney’s animation vault and adapted them into live-action tentpoles that often crushed it at the box office.
For a long time...
- 3/1/2024
- ScreenDaily
Executive turnover dialed up the palace intrigue in the Magic Kingdom this week.
Walt Disney Studios announced on Monday that 15-year veteran Sean Bailey would step down as president of its motion picture production group – a job in which he oversaw splashy live-action remakes of beloved animated properties. In his place, Searchlight Pictures co-head David Greenbaum was elevated and will report directly to top film boss Alan Bergman.
A creative shuffle amongst senior Disney film executives was always going to happen, many industry insiders who spoke with Variety said. As Disney CEO Bob Iger continues to aggressively cut costs amid a nasty proxy battle with billionaire investor Nelson Peltz – and the company’s movies suffer from an uncharacteristic box office slump and creative torpor – many saw a move like Bailey’s as inevitable.
“Disney film needs a shot in the arm, clearly,” said one top agent speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Walt Disney Studios announced on Monday that 15-year veteran Sean Bailey would step down as president of its motion picture production group – a job in which he oversaw splashy live-action remakes of beloved animated properties. In his place, Searchlight Pictures co-head David Greenbaum was elevated and will report directly to top film boss Alan Bergman.
A creative shuffle amongst senior Disney film executives was always going to happen, many industry insiders who spoke with Variety said. As Disney CEO Bob Iger continues to aggressively cut costs amid a nasty proxy battle with billionaire investor Nelson Peltz – and the company’s movies suffer from an uncharacteristic box office slump and creative torpor – many saw a move like Bailey’s as inevitable.
“Disney film needs a shot in the arm, clearly,” said one top agent speaking on the condition of anonymity.
- 2/28/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
You’ve heard of the 24 Hours of Le Mans? This weekend I attempted something similar for another kind of race, the one to the Oscars. From midday Saturday through Sunday at 9:30 p.m. (with time off for sleep), I ran the awards track from the Shrine in downtown L.A. for the SAG Awards, to the big tent on the beach in Santa Monica for the Indie Spirits, and then to the other side of town at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood for the Producers Guild Awards (the same location where the season will end in just two weeks at the Oscars’ Governors Ball).
By my count I heard 58 winners speeches during the span, and I can’t even begin to count the number of presenter patter intros. Oh, and one very loud protester on Santa Monica Beach.
Every year we have a pileup of events leading to the Oscars — precursor ceremonies,...
By my count I heard 58 winners speeches during the span, and I can’t even begin to count the number of presenter patter intros. Oh, and one very loud protester on Santa Monica Beach.
Every year we have a pileup of events leading to the Oscars — precursor ceremonies,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In a major shake up to Disney’s film team, Sean Bailey, who has been with Disney for 15 years, is exiting the company, effective immediately. David Greenbaum, the co-head of Searchlight Pictures, has been named president of Disney Live-Action and of 20th Century Studios, taking control of both brands in a combined division of its live-action films.
Greenbaum will have oversight over projects for both theatrical and streaming and will lead the newly combined studio group, reporting to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Remaining in his role as 20th Century Studios president is Steve Asbell; Matthew Greenfield will take sole control of Searchlight Pictures as president.
Bailey will segue to a producer role on Disney’s “Tron: Ares,” as well as other projects.
“David has an incredible creative sensibility and eye for film, and he has built a reputation as an exceptional leader and creative executive, as proven by his...
Greenbaum will have oversight over projects for both theatrical and streaming and will lead the newly combined studio group, reporting to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Remaining in his role as 20th Century Studios president is Steve Asbell; Matthew Greenfield will take sole control of Searchlight Pictures as president.
Bailey will segue to a producer role on Disney’s “Tron: Ares,” as well as other projects.
“David has an incredible creative sensibility and eye for film, and he has built a reputation as an exceptional leader and creative executive, as proven by his...
- 2/26/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Sean Bailey, the producer turned executive who has overseen Walt Disney Studios’ live-action division for almost 15 years, is exiting the studio.
In his place, David Greenbaum, who ran Searchlight Pictures with Matthew Greenfield, will take over in a newly created role of president, Disney live action and 20th Century Studios. Greenbaum will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Steve Asbell continues to oversee 20th Century Studios as president while Greenfield takes sole oversight of Searchlight as president.
Per the studio’s announcement Monday, in this new role Greenbaum will lead “a combined studio group that will be home to both iconic film brands, producing a robust collection of original and legacy projects unique to each for theatrical and streaming, while increasing collaboration across the production slate.”
The move is a jump for Greenbaum, who has demonstrated a strong record in the prestige filmmaking space, along with his partner Greenfield.
In his place, David Greenbaum, who ran Searchlight Pictures with Matthew Greenfield, will take over in a newly created role of president, Disney live action and 20th Century Studios. Greenbaum will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Steve Asbell continues to oversee 20th Century Studios as president while Greenfield takes sole oversight of Searchlight as president.
Per the studio’s announcement Monday, in this new role Greenbaum will lead “a combined studio group that will be home to both iconic film brands, producing a robust collection of original and legacy projects unique to each for theatrical and streaming, while increasing collaboration across the production slate.”
The move is a jump for Greenbaum, who has demonstrated a strong record in the prestige filmmaking space, along with his partner Greenfield.
- 2/26/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Disney executive Sean Bailey is exiting after 15 years as the motion picture group’s president of production. He’ll be replaced by Searchlight’s chief David Greenbaum, who has been named to the newly created role of president of Live Action and 20th Century Studios.
In his new post, effective immediately, Greenbaum will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman. This shakeup merges two of Disney’s film divisions: live-action (responsible for remakes and spinoffs of the studio’s classics) and 20th Century Studios.
“David has an incredible creative sensibility and eye for film, and he has built a reputation as an exceptional leader and creative executive, as proven by his track record at Searchlight Pictures and deep relationships throughout the industry,” Bergman said in a statement. “I’m thrilled that he’ll be taking on this new and important role.”
Bailey, who has overseen Disney’s live-action slate since...
In his new post, effective immediately, Greenbaum will report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman. This shakeup merges two of Disney’s film divisions: live-action (responsible for remakes and spinoffs of the studio’s classics) and 20th Century Studios.
“David has an incredible creative sensibility and eye for film, and he has built a reputation as an exceptional leader and creative executive, as proven by his track record at Searchlight Pictures and deep relationships throughout the industry,” Bergman said in a statement. “I’m thrilled that he’ll be taking on this new and important role.”
Bailey, who has overseen Disney’s live-action slate since...
- 2/26/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Effective immediately, Walt Disney’s President of Motion Picture Studios Sean Bailey, who turned the company’s animation vault into a multibillion-dollar live-action movie business, is departing after 15 years on the lot. Searchlight co-president David Greenbaum will take on a newly created role. He’ll be president of Disney Live action and president of 20th Century Studios.
Greenbaum’s new title will be President, Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios. He’ll report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman. Steve Asbell will continue to serve as President, 20th Century Studios, a role he’s had since March 2020. He will report to Greenbaum.
This splits up the Searchlight Pictures executive team of Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield, two of the most highly regarded execs in the prestige film space who right now have Poor Things squarely in the Best Picture race and other Oscar categories. That duo succeeded longtime leaders Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley,...
Greenbaum’s new title will be President, Disney Live Action and 20th Century Studios. He’ll report to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman. Steve Asbell will continue to serve as President, 20th Century Studios, a role he’s had since March 2020. He will report to Greenbaum.
This splits up the Searchlight Pictures executive team of Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield, two of the most highly regarded execs in the prestige film space who right now have Poor Things squarely in the Best Picture race and other Oscar categories. That duo succeeded longtime leaders Steve Gilula and Nancy Utley,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney’s president of motion picture studios Sean Bailey has departed the company and will be replaced by Searchlight Pictures co-president David Greenbaum.
Bailey had been at the studio for 15 years and is credited as the architect behind the lucrative business of turning animated classics from the vault into live-action hits like The Lion King, Beauty And The Beast and The Jungle Book – all of which grossed more than $1bn worldwide.
Greenbaum, who has run Searchlight alongside Matthew Greenfield, becomes president, Disney live action and 20th Century Studios, reporting to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Greenbaum will lead a combined...
Bailey had been at the studio for 15 years and is credited as the architect behind the lucrative business of turning animated classics from the vault into live-action hits like The Lion King, Beauty And The Beast and The Jungle Book – all of which grossed more than $1bn worldwide.
Greenbaum, who has run Searchlight alongside Matthew Greenfield, becomes president, Disney live action and 20th Century Studios, reporting to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Alan Bergman.
Greenbaum will lead a combined...
- 2/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
With no new bust-out limited releases, repertory continues to do its part for the specialty box office, the latest a 4k restoration of Nostalghia. Kino Lorber said the Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1983 film, which opened Wednesday, will gross an estimated $22.87k at Film Forum in NYC for the five days.
It’s currently the top performer at the theater and will take in more than all other films screening there combined over that period. Two additional shows at the Roxie in San Francisco and the Austin Film Society bring combined grosses to about $29.4k. Expands next week to Philadelphia and Montreal with additional markets coming later. The film about a Russian poet and his interpreter, who travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, stars Oleg Yankovskiy, Andrei Gorchakov, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano and Patrizia Terreno.
Kino Lorber had success with the restored 4k re-release of Bernardo Bertolucci’s...
It’s currently the top performer at the theater and will take in more than all other films screening there combined over that period. Two additional shows at the Roxie in San Francisco and the Austin Film Society bring combined grosses to about $29.4k. Expands next week to Philadelphia and Montreal with additional markets coming later. The film about a Russian poet and his interpreter, who travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, stars Oleg Yankovskiy, Andrei Gorchakov, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano and Patrizia Terreno.
Kino Lorber had success with the restored 4k re-release of Bernardo Bertolucci’s...
- 2/25/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Janus Films has released the trailer for “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus,” a documentary celebrating the composer’s life.
Sakamoto put on one final performance in late 2022, which was captured in a concert film featuring just him and his piano. He curated and sequenced the 20 pieces himself, with the selection spanning his entire career. This includes his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra, his scores for filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and his final album, “12.”
His son Neo Sora directed the film, which was executive produced by Jeremy Thomas. “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus” will open on March 15 in New York at Lincoln Center, with a national rollout to follow.
Watch the full trailer below.
Oscar-Nominated Short Film ‘The Last Repair Shop’ To Make Television Debut
The Oscar-nominated short film “The Last Repair Shop” will make its television debut on ABC owned television stations and select affiliate stations on Saturday, Feb. 17. It will also be...
Sakamoto put on one final performance in late 2022, which was captured in a concert film featuring just him and his piano. He curated and sequenced the 20 pieces himself, with the selection spanning his entire career. This includes his pop-star period with Yellow Magic Orchestra, his scores for filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci and his final album, “12.”
His son Neo Sora directed the film, which was executive produced by Jeremy Thomas. “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus” will open on March 15 in New York at Lincoln Center, with a national rollout to follow.
Watch the full trailer below.
Oscar-Nominated Short Film ‘The Last Repair Shop’ To Make Television Debut
The Oscar-nominated short film “The Last Repair Shop” will make its television debut on ABC owned television stations and select affiliate stations on Saturday, Feb. 17. It will also be...
- 2/14/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew, Diego Ramos Bechara and Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
Searchlight Pictures has snapped up worldwide rights to Jesse Eisenberg’s Sundance hit A Real Pain, paying what is believed to be $10m in the first major deal of the festival following Saturday’s world premiere.
‘A Real Pain’: Sundance Review
Theatrical and streamer buyers pursued the comedy drama immediately after the first screening at The Eccles Theatre and it was clear the film possessed broad appeal.
Searchlight pursued it doggedly and an all-night negotiation with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance reminiscent of Sundances of yesteryear concluded around 7am on Sunday.
The studio plans to launch the film...
‘A Real Pain’: Sundance Review
Theatrical and streamer buyers pursued the comedy drama immediately after the first screening at The Eccles Theatre and it was clear the film possessed broad appeal.
Searchlight pursued it doggedly and an all-night negotiation with WME Independent and CAA Media Finance reminiscent of Sundances of yesteryear concluded around 7am on Sunday.
The studio plans to launch the film...
- 1/21/2024
- ScreenDaily
Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” one of the buzziest movies to premiere so far at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has sold to Searchlight in a huge $10 million deal.
Given the warm reception in Park City, the film sparked an all-night bidding war among several distributions to land global rights, with the deal closing early Sunday morning.
Eisenberg directed “A Real Pain” in addition to starring alongside Kieran Culkin. They play cousins whose tour through Poland in honor of their grandmother sparks some serious family rivalry. Their co-stars include Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy and Daniel Oreskes.
“A Real Pain” is one of two movies that Eisenberg is headlining at this year’s festival — the other is Bleecker Street’s wacky comedy “Sasquatch Sunset.” The actor says “A Real Pain” is an acutely personal story. In the film, the cousins end up joining a Holocaust tour,...
Given the warm reception in Park City, the film sparked an all-night bidding war among several distributions to land global rights, with the deal closing early Sunday morning.
Eisenberg directed “A Real Pain” in addition to starring alongside Kieran Culkin. They play cousins whose tour through Poland in honor of their grandmother sparks some serious family rivalry. Their co-stars include Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy and Daniel Oreskes.
“A Real Pain” is one of two movies that Eisenberg is headlining at this year’s festival — the other is Bleecker Street’s wacky comedy “Sasquatch Sunset.” The actor says “A Real Pain” is an acutely personal story. In the film, the cousins end up joining a Holocaust tour,...
- 1/21/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The dealmaking has begun. Searchlight Pictures closed the first major deal on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival — $10 million for worldwide rights for A Real Pain, directed and written by Jesse Eisenberg. He stars with freshly minted Emmy-winning Succession star Kieran Culkin as mismatched cousins David and Benji. They reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history. The film will get a big theatrical release later this year.
Pic also stars Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building), and it’s produced by Topic and Fruit Tree, with Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczynska, Jennifer Semler, Eisenberg and Emma Stone all producing. The film, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, has been a buzz title...
Pic also stars Jennifer Grey, Will Sharpe, Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building), and it’s produced by Topic and Fruit Tree, with Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Ewa Puszczynska, Jennifer Semler, Eisenberg and Emma Stone all producing. The film, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, has been a buzz title...
- 1/21/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
A quick perusal of the reviews indicated TV critics weren’t turned on by what they saw in CBS’ new incarnation of the Golden Globes. Host Jo Koy in particular took some heavy criticism for a generally unfunny and unsuccessful turn in a performance hovering around Ricky Gervais-insult level material but never really getting there. I can’t really speak to how things looked on the tube, but I can say it was fun in the room, and the results as they count in the race towards Oscar can only be considered as extremely significant, a collection of winners without a single embarrassment among them. That alone is a triumph considering the history.
And as for the return of the Globes themselves, it felt like I was in some kind of time machine thrust back to 2018 that had taken me back to a Globes show where the audience is constantly mingling and talking amongst themselves, where nobody really takes any of it seriously, and where it was still a good time — something actually living up to the claim of being “Hollywood’s party of the year.”
Related: Golden Globes Photos: The Best Looks From The Red Carpet
I was barred from the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Globes ceremony last year for reasons only they know (so were most of my fellow pundits), but we were welcomed back this year and I have to say it was a throwback to a Golden Globes that, while rocky at times and searching for its true identity in terms of the season, was a welcome cog in the wheel of this crazy race to Oscar, one with a genuine screwy past that 81 years in still seems oddly necessary.
Related: Golden Globes TV Review: Taylor Swift, Kevin Costner & “White People Roles” Help Ceremony Pick Up The Pace After Stumbling Start
The ‘Poor Things’ team on Sunday
Universal certainly seems to think so. Executives and stars and filmmakers of their phenomenal hit Oppenheimer, the night’s big winner with five Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama, were partying well into the night at Tommys in Beverly Hills. The studio has been a consistent favorite with the Globes having won in the recent past several times including Green Book, 1917, The Fabelmans and more that have taken a Best Picture prize. Now with Oppenheimer it is back in the game in a big way, although one that is not terribly unexpected. Oppenheimer has been relatively quiet on the awards circuit thus far, but the Globes victories have pushed it into the stratosphere, with a quick follow-up expected next weekend for the film, which is full of nominations from the Critics Choice Awards. In between, we have the SAG nominations being announced Wednesday and a Cast nomination would be a clear sign it is all smooth sailing until the Oscars. Universal’s Focus Features specialty division also picked up a couple of well-deserved wins for The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (the latter on a clear path to Oscar this season).
Related: Golden Globes Scorecards: Wins By Movie, TV Show, Distributor & Network
Favorites like Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie (perhaps too pink for its own good won only Best Song and for its Boxoffice success) disappointed, clearing the way for Oppenheimer to cement its frontrunner status in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the movie to look out for as competition, at least by the evidence of its Gg wins, is Poor Things, which took Best Picture Comedy/Musical and Actress Comedy/Musical for its star Emma Stone. Competitors can take heart though that neither Globe Best Picture winners last year – The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin – went on to any Oscar wins.
(L-r) Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie win the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for ‘Barbie’
Dependable Oscar precursor or not, the Globes, in other words, looks poised to regain its place in the season’s pecking order. I found no one really focused on its past scandals Sunday night, but rather in high spirits talking about anything but the transgressions that led to a virtual boycott and dismissal of what, until then, had always been a key stop on the circuit, and one importantly with a decades-long Hollywood tradition. On Sunday instead, Sony chairman Tom Rothman was talking to us about the phenomenal holds their rom-com Anyone But You was experiencing, and A24’s David Fenkel was touting a similar growing success for its drama The Iron Claw. Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield was talking about Sundance and their upcoming film there Suncoast.
Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won Best Screenplay and Best Feature Not in the English Language
Missing was the immediate post-Globes party scene at the Hilton that could add up to six different studios throwing bashes. This year there was just one on site, thrown by music trade publication Billboard. Netflix (which had a big night for Beef), with a swinging and packed affair at Spago down the street, and Universal across from it at Tommys with an equally crowded after party kept the tradition alive. Both were enough for me.
Related: Golden Globes Parties + Events Photos: Golden Globe Foundation Dinner, W Magazine, The Art of Elysium, The Golden Eve Party & More
Bottom line: the turnout was significant. Hollywood showed up, folks, even resistance leaders like ID publicist Kelly Bush Novak leading Christopher Nolan through the gauntlet. I mean, anytime you get Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift to show up (albeit both nominated at the Globes with no chance of using it as a platform to advance to the Oscars), you have to think we have returned to the glory days, or close, considering the Globes were on a suicide watch with even Tom Cruise so upset with them he returned his three statuettes (might he want them back now?). The parade of stars from Ryan Gosling to Leonardo DiCaprio to Jennifer Aniston to Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and on and on Sunday meant few no-shows.
(L-r) Nicholas Braun and Charles Melton on the Globes red carpet
Key among the impressive winners was the Cannes Palme d’Or laureate Anatomy of a Fall, which not only took Best Motion Picture Not in the English Language, but also significantly Best Screenplay against heavyweights like KIllers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Oppenheimer. That indicated to me that the effort to bring in real international journalists had paid off and the selections were serious, and most importantly, credible. In fact, between the movie awards and the TV awards there was not a single cringe moment — at least as far as winners were concerned.
‘Beef’s Lee Sung Jin accepts the Globe for Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Speaking of the TV side, the Globes were actually downright respectable, even if a bit boring in their predictability. Succession dominated the Drama series wins, The Bear swept comedy, and Beef took all the key Limited Series honors as HBO, FX and Netflix had a very good night. Things were back to business as usual, as witnessed also by the fact that the open bar in the back was hopping; the networking was off the charts during commercials; and the feeling that after all that came before in the past few years, at the very least this awards show, for good or bad, offered a sense of normalcy Hollywood was craving at this particular moment.
The ratings on new network CBS and Paramount+ will tell their own story, but for now the Golden Globes seems to be back on track, reports of its imminent demise perhaps premature?...
And as for the return of the Globes themselves, it felt like I was in some kind of time machine thrust back to 2018 that had taken me back to a Globes show where the audience is constantly mingling and talking amongst themselves, where nobody really takes any of it seriously, and where it was still a good time — something actually living up to the claim of being “Hollywood’s party of the year.”
Related: Golden Globes Photos: The Best Looks From The Red Carpet
I was barred from the Beverly Hilton Ballroom Globes ceremony last year for reasons only they know (so were most of my fellow pundits), but we were welcomed back this year and I have to say it was a throwback to a Golden Globes that, while rocky at times and searching for its true identity in terms of the season, was a welcome cog in the wheel of this crazy race to Oscar, one with a genuine screwy past that 81 years in still seems oddly necessary.
Related: Golden Globes TV Review: Taylor Swift, Kevin Costner & “White People Roles” Help Ceremony Pick Up The Pace After Stumbling Start
The ‘Poor Things’ team on Sunday
Universal certainly seems to think so. Executives and stars and filmmakers of their phenomenal hit Oppenheimer, the night’s big winner with five Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama, were partying well into the night at Tommys in Beverly Hills. The studio has been a consistent favorite with the Globes having won in the recent past several times including Green Book, 1917, The Fabelmans and more that have taken a Best Picture prize. Now with Oppenheimer it is back in the game in a big way, although one that is not terribly unexpected. Oppenheimer has been relatively quiet on the awards circuit thus far, but the Globes victories have pushed it into the stratosphere, with a quick follow-up expected next weekend for the film, which is full of nominations from the Critics Choice Awards. In between, we have the SAG nominations being announced Wednesday and a Cast nomination would be a clear sign it is all smooth sailing until the Oscars. Universal’s Focus Features specialty division also picked up a couple of well-deserved wins for The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (the latter on a clear path to Oscar this season).
Related: Golden Globes Scorecards: Wins By Movie, TV Show, Distributor & Network
Favorites like Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie (perhaps too pink for its own good won only Best Song and for its Boxoffice success) disappointed, clearing the way for Oppenheimer to cement its frontrunner status in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps the movie to look out for as competition, at least by the evidence of its Gg wins, is Poor Things, which took Best Picture Comedy/Musical and Actress Comedy/Musical for its star Emma Stone. Competitors can take heart though that neither Globe Best Picture winners last year – The Fabelmans and The Banshees of Inisherin – went on to any Oscar wins.
(L-r) Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie win the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for ‘Barbie’
Dependable Oscar precursor or not, the Globes, in other words, looks poised to regain its place in the season’s pecking order. I found no one really focused on its past scandals Sunday night, but rather in high spirits talking about anything but the transgressions that led to a virtual boycott and dismissal of what, until then, had always been a key stop on the circuit, and one importantly with a decades-long Hollywood tradition. On Sunday instead, Sony chairman Tom Rothman was talking to us about the phenomenal holds their rom-com Anyone But You was experiencing, and A24’s David Fenkel was touting a similar growing success for its drama The Iron Claw. Searchlight’s Matthew Greenfield was talking about Sundance and their upcoming film there Suncoast.
Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ won Best Screenplay and Best Feature Not in the English Language
Missing was the immediate post-Globes party scene at the Hilton that could add up to six different studios throwing bashes. This year there was just one on site, thrown by music trade publication Billboard. Netflix (which had a big night for Beef), with a swinging and packed affair at Spago down the street, and Universal across from it at Tommys with an equally crowded after party kept the tradition alive. Both were enough for me.
Related: Golden Globes Parties + Events Photos: Golden Globe Foundation Dinner, W Magazine, The Art of Elysium, The Golden Eve Party & More
Bottom line: the turnout was significant. Hollywood showed up, folks, even resistance leaders like ID publicist Kelly Bush Novak leading Christopher Nolan through the gauntlet. I mean, anytime you get Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift to show up (albeit both nominated at the Globes with no chance of using it as a platform to advance to the Oscars), you have to think we have returned to the glory days, or close, considering the Globes were on a suicide watch with even Tom Cruise so upset with them he returned his three statuettes (might he want them back now?). The parade of stars from Ryan Gosling to Leonardo DiCaprio to Jennifer Aniston to Margot Robbie, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and on and on Sunday meant few no-shows.
(L-r) Nicholas Braun and Charles Melton on the Globes red carpet
Key among the impressive winners was the Cannes Palme d’Or laureate Anatomy of a Fall, which not only took Best Motion Picture Not in the English Language, but also significantly Best Screenplay against heavyweights like KIllers of the Flower Moon, Barbie and Oppenheimer. That indicated to me that the effort to bring in real international journalists had paid off and the selections were serious, and most importantly, credible. In fact, between the movie awards and the TV awards there was not a single cringe moment — at least as far as winners were concerned.
‘Beef’s Lee Sung Jin accepts the Globe for Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Speaking of the TV side, the Globes were actually downright respectable, even if a bit boring in their predictability. Succession dominated the Drama series wins, The Bear swept comedy, and Beef took all the key Limited Series honors as HBO, FX and Netflix had a very good night. Things were back to business as usual, as witnessed also by the fact that the open bar in the back was hopping; the networking was off the charts during commercials; and the feeling that after all that came before in the past few years, at the very least this awards show, for good or bad, offered a sense of normalcy Hollywood was craving at this particular moment.
The ratings on new network CBS and Paramount+ will tell their own story, but for now the Golden Globes seems to be back on track, reports of its imminent demise perhaps premature?...
- 1/8/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Taylor Swift may have worn a glittering green gown by Gucci, but she found herself in a golden era Sunday, if only for a few hours, and what a time it was.
The superstar singer touched down at the Beverly Hilton for the 81st Golden Globes to honor a nomination in the new cinematic and box office achievement category for reinventing the rollout of concert documentaries (and smashing records in the process) courtesy of AMC’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Though she went home empty-handed — the inaugural trophy went to Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and the pink parade from Barbie, which earned north of a billion dollars and became a cultural phenomenon — Swift snagged the lion’s share of attention in a room filled with A-listers. (AMC also used the occasion to announce that the doc passed Michael Jackson’s This Is It to become the top-grossing concert doc of all time.
The superstar singer touched down at the Beverly Hilton for the 81st Golden Globes to honor a nomination in the new cinematic and box office achievement category for reinventing the rollout of concert documentaries (and smashing records in the process) courtesy of AMC’s Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour. Though she went home empty-handed — the inaugural trophy went to Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and the pink parade from Barbie, which earned north of a billion dollars and became a cultural phenomenon — Swift snagged the lion’s share of attention in a room filled with A-listers. (AMC also used the occasion to announce that the doc passed Michael Jackson’s This Is It to become the top-grossing concert doc of all time.
- 1/8/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Poor Things, The Color Purple and American Fiction.
Leave the World Behind premiere
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and writer-director Sam Esmail walked the carpet at the NYC premiere of their Netflix thriller on Monday.
Ethan Hawke and Julia Roberts Kevin Bacon, Sam Esmail, Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la Herrold
American Fiction premiere
Writer-director Cord Jefferson joined stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown at their film’s Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday.
Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody
Wish music celebration
The team behind the music of Wish, including star Ariana DeBose, celebrated with an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Leave the World Behind premiere
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Kevin Bacon, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans and writer-director Sam Esmail walked the carpet at the NYC premiere of their Netflix thriller on Monday.
Ethan Hawke and Julia Roberts Kevin Bacon, Sam Esmail, Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la Herrold
American Fiction premiere
Writer-director Cord Jefferson joined stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross and Sterling K. Brown at their film’s Los Angeles premiere on Tuesday.
Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody
Wish music celebration
The team behind the music of Wish, including star Ariana DeBose, celebrated with an event in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
- 12/8/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Editor’s Note: This story previously reported the title as “Kind of Kindness,” but IndieWire has now confirmed the title is “Kinds of Kindness.”
And just like that, “And” has a new title.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ fourth collaboration with “Poor Things” muse Emma Stone has been renamed “Kinds of Kindness,” as producer Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson in a new interview. IndieWire confirmed the new title with distributor Searchlight Pictures.
“Kinds of Kindness” is in post-production after filming in October 2022 in New Orleans. The film serves as a reunion between Stone and Lanthimos, as well as Stone’s “Poor Things” co-stars Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe. “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn additionally returns for the Lanthimos project, plus Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, and “Euphoria” breakout star Hunter Schafer.
The film was first announced in October 2022. Lanthimos directs from a script he co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou; the...
And just like that, “And” has a new title.
Yorgos Lanthimos’ fourth collaboration with “Poor Things” muse Emma Stone has been renamed “Kinds of Kindness,” as producer Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe told IndieWire’s Anne Thompson in a new interview. IndieWire confirmed the new title with distributor Searchlight Pictures.
“Kinds of Kindness” is in post-production after filming in October 2022 in New Orleans. The film serves as a reunion between Stone and Lanthimos, as well as Stone’s “Poor Things” co-stars Margaret Qualley and Willem Dafoe. “The Favourite” actor Joe Alwyn additionally returns for the Lanthimos project, plus Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, and “Euphoria” breakout star Hunter Schafer.
The film was first announced in October 2022. Lanthimos directs from a script he co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou; the...
- 12/1/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Upcoming releases include awards heavyweights ’Poor Things’, ’All Of Us Strangers’.
Searchlight Pictures has hired Derval Whelan as head of distribution, who returns to the specialty studio where she previously served for 14 years until 2021.
Based in New York, Whelan will responsible for strategising and implementing release patterns for the company’s upcoming slate and replaces Frank Rodriguez, who has joined Amazon MGM Studios as general sales manager.
The Searchlight roster includes awards season heavyweights Poor Things, the Venice Golden Lion winner directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, and All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s romance which is...
Searchlight Pictures has hired Derval Whelan as head of distribution, who returns to the specialty studio where she previously served for 14 years until 2021.
Based in New York, Whelan will responsible for strategising and implementing release patterns for the company’s upcoming slate and replaces Frank Rodriguez, who has joined Amazon MGM Studios as general sales manager.
The Searchlight roster includes awards season heavyweights Poor Things, the Venice Golden Lion winner directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, and All Of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s romance which is...
- 11/20/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Derval Whelan, who previously worked at Searchlight Pictures for 14 years until 2021, is returning to the Disney specialty label as their Head of Distribution. She takes over for former Head of Distribution Frank Rodriguez, who Deadline told you departed for Amazon MGM to be their General Sales Manager.
Whelan will be responsible for strategizing and implementing release patterns for the company’s slate. She’ll be based in New York.
Presidents of Searchlight Pictures David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield beamed, “We’ve known Derval for a long time, she was part of some of our most incredible successes over the years. Her expertise and acumen in the distribution space are unrivalled, and we couldn’t be happier to have her back at Searchlight.”
During Whelan’s time in distribution at Searchlight she worked on such Oscar winning titles as 12 Years a Slave, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Shape of Water,...
Whelan will be responsible for strategizing and implementing release patterns for the company’s slate. She’ll be based in New York.
Presidents of Searchlight Pictures David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield beamed, “We’ve known Derval for a long time, she was part of some of our most incredible successes over the years. Her expertise and acumen in the distribution space are unrivalled, and we couldn’t be happier to have her back at Searchlight.”
During Whelan’s time in distribution at Searchlight she worked on such Oscar winning titles as 12 Years a Slave, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Shape of Water,...
- 11/20/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Trolls Band Together, The Crown, Saltburn and May December.
The Crown premiere
Elizabeth Debicki, Jonathan Pryce, Khalid Abdalla, Rufus Kampa, Fflyn Edwards, Ed McVey, Luther Ford and Meg Bellamy walked the red carpet on Sunday for the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season.
Peter Morgan and Elizabeth Debicki Luther Ford, Khalid Abdalla and Ed McVey
Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes premiere
Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman attended the Los Angeles premiere of their Hunger Games prequel on Monday, with support from Olivia Rodrigo, who has a song in the film. On Wednesday, the cast attended another premiere event in NYC.
Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera,...
The Crown premiere
Elizabeth Debicki, Jonathan Pryce, Khalid Abdalla, Rufus Kampa, Fflyn Edwards, Ed McVey, Luther Ford and Meg Bellamy walked the red carpet on Sunday for the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season.
Peter Morgan and Elizabeth Debicki Luther Ford, Khalid Abdalla and Ed McVey
Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes premiere
Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage and Jason Schwartzman attended the Los Angeles premiere of their Hunger Games prequel on Monday, with support from Olivia Rodrigo, who has a song in the film. On Wednesday, the cast attended another premiere event in NYC.
Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, Josh Andrés Rivera,...
- 11/17/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Count “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan among the Swifties.
During an interview alongside his wife and producer, Emma Thomas, to discuss the Best Picture front-runner earlier this month, Nolan praised Taylor Swift for releasing her blockbuster concert film directly to theaters without the help of a legacy studio.
“Taylor Swift is about to show the studios because her concert film is not being distributed by the studios, it’s being distributed by a theater owner, AMC, and it’s going to make an enormous amount of money,” Nolan said in the interview, which was conducted on October 11 and published this week. “And this is the thing, this is a format, this is a way of seeing things and sharing stories, or sharing experiences that’s incredibly valuable. And if they don’t want it, somebody else will. So that’s just the truth of it.”
Earlier in the conversation, Thomas suggested...
During an interview alongside his wife and producer, Emma Thomas, to discuss the Best Picture front-runner earlier this month, Nolan praised Taylor Swift for releasing her blockbuster concert film directly to theaters without the help of a legacy studio.
“Taylor Swift is about to show the studios because her concert film is not being distributed by the studios, it’s being distributed by a theater owner, AMC, and it’s going to make an enormous amount of money,” Nolan said in the interview, which was conducted on October 11 and published this week. “And this is the thing, this is a format, this is a way of seeing things and sharing stories, or sharing experiences that’s incredibly valuable. And if they don’t want it, somebody else will. So that’s just the truth of it.”
Earlier in the conversation, Thomas suggested...
- 10/19/2023
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Kris Bowers, Ben Proudfoot directed Telluride premiere.
Searchlight Pictures and L.A. Times Studios have acquired Breakwater Studios’ awards contender short The Last Repair Shop.
The film just earned two Critics Choice Association nominations for best short documentary and best score and was included on Doc NYC’s 15-film Short List.
The Last Repair Shop is co-directed by Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot and will debut on November 8 for free on Los Angeles Times’ YouTube channel and the company’s website.
The film premiered in Telluride and received its international premiere at Calgary International Film Festival where it won the grand...
Searchlight Pictures and L.A. Times Studios have acquired Breakwater Studios’ awards contender short The Last Repair Shop.
The film just earned two Critics Choice Association nominations for best short documentary and best score and was included on Doc NYC’s 15-film Short List.
The Last Repair Shop is co-directed by Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot and will debut on November 8 for free on Los Angeles Times’ YouTube channel and the company’s website.
The film premiered in Telluride and received its international premiere at Calgary International Film Festival where it won the grand...
- 10/18/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Searchlight Pictures and the L.A. Times Studios on Wednesday announced their boarding of The Last Repair Shop, an acclaimed documentary short, which just received two Critics Choice Association nominations and a spot on Doc NYC’s Short List, on the heels of its premiere at Telluride.
Co-directed by Oscar- and Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker and musician Kris Bowers, as well as Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, the film likely to be put up for awards consideration will become available to stream for free globally November 8th, via the Los Angeles Times’ YouTube channel and latimes.com. Check out a new trailer for the short above.
“We’ve discovered such a special film with The Last Repair Shop, and we’re thrilled to be working with Ben and Kris,” said Searchlight Pictures Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “This is the kind of story we need right now, and we are proud...
Co-directed by Oscar- and Grammy-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker and musician Kris Bowers, as well as Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, the film likely to be put up for awards consideration will become available to stream for free globally November 8th, via the Los Angeles Times’ YouTube channel and latimes.com. Check out a new trailer for the short above.
“We’ve discovered such a special film with The Last Repair Shop, and we’re thrilled to be working with Ben and Kris,” said Searchlight Pictures Presidents David Greenbaum and Matthew Greenfield. “This is the kind of story we need right now, and we are proud...
- 10/18/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Hollywood Reporter thanks the following 322 members of the global film community — listed alphabetically — for taking the time to cast a ballot to help us determine the 100 greatest film books of all time.
Seth Abramovitch
The Hollywood Reporter journalist/It Happened in Hollywood podcast host
Jo Addy
Soho House group film and entertainment director
Casey Affleck
Oscar-winning actor
Rutanya Alda
Author/actress
Stephanie Allain
Filmmaker
Victoria Alonso
Filmmaker/executive
Tony Angellotti
Publicist
Bonnie Arnold
Filmmaker/executive
Miguel Arteta
Filmmaker
Chris Auer
Filmmaker/film professor
John Badham
Filmmaker/film professor
Amy Baer
Executive
Matt Baer
Filmmaker
Lindsey Bahr
Journalist
Ramin Bahrani
Oscar-nominated filmmaker
Cameron Bailey
Toronto International Film Festival CEO/former film critic
John Bailey
Cinematographer/former Academy president
Bela Bajaria
Executive
Sean Baker
Filmmaker
Alec Baldwin
Oscar-nominated actor/author
Tino Balio
Author/film professor
Jeffrey Barbakow
Executive
Michael Barker
Executive
Mike Barnes
The Hollywood Reporter journalist
Jeanine Basinger
Author/film...
Seth Abramovitch
The Hollywood Reporter journalist/It Happened in Hollywood podcast host
Jo Addy
Soho House group film and entertainment director
Casey Affleck
Oscar-winning actor
Rutanya Alda
Author/actress
Stephanie Allain
Filmmaker
Victoria Alonso
Filmmaker/executive
Tony Angellotti
Publicist
Bonnie Arnold
Filmmaker/executive
Miguel Arteta
Filmmaker
Chris Auer
Filmmaker/film professor
John Badham
Filmmaker/film professor
Amy Baer
Executive
Matt Baer
Filmmaker
Lindsey Bahr
Journalist
Ramin Bahrani
Oscar-nominated filmmaker
Cameron Bailey
Toronto International Film Festival CEO/former film critic
John Bailey
Cinematographer/former Academy president
Bela Bajaria
Executive
Sean Baker
Filmmaker
Alec Baldwin
Oscar-nominated actor/author
Tino Balio
Author/film professor
Jeffrey Barbakow
Executive
Michael Barker
Executive
Mike Barnes
The Hollywood Reporter journalist
Jeanine Basinger
Author/film...
- 10/12/2023
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Taylor Swift just got a big vote of confidence as she preps her feature directorial debut.
In a new interview with The Wrap, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto praised Swift’s directing talent, after having worked with her on multiple music videos.
Read More: Taylor Swift To Write And Direct First Feature Film
Asked about her planned feature film, which was announced last year, Prieto, who most recently shot Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”, said, “I know about this project. I don’t know what the status is right now because I’ve been on my movie, but we have talked about it and I don’t know if I’ll end up doing it or someone else [will], but I think she’s great.”
Swift and Prieto have worked together on the music videos for “The Man”, “Willow” and “Cardigan”.
“Obviously she’s quite an artist, but she’s also an excellent director.
In a new interview with The Wrap, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto praised Swift’s directing talent, after having worked with her on multiple music videos.
Read More: Taylor Swift To Write And Direct First Feature Film
Asked about her planned feature film, which was announced last year, Prieto, who most recently shot Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”, said, “I know about this project. I don’t know what the status is right now because I’ve been on my movie, but we have talked about it and I don’t know if I’ll end up doing it or someone else [will], but I think she’s great.”
Swift and Prieto have worked together on the music videos for “The Man”, “Willow” and “Cardigan”.
“Obviously she’s quite an artist, but she’s also an excellent director.
- 8/14/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Searchlight Pictures’ vice president of national publicity Diana Loomis is leaving the studio after nearly two decades as head of its East Coast office.
Loomis will depart at the end of the summer after completing work on “Flamin’ Hot,” “Theater Camp” and “Poor Things” to launch a consulting operation specializing in theatrical and streaming releases, and awards campaigns for motion picture and streaming companies.
“I’ve had some amazing years at Searchlight with incredible, unique films — truly innovative filmmakers gravitate to this place,” Loomis said in statement on Wednesday. “I’m grateful to Nancy Utley, Steve Gilula, David Greenbaum, Matthew Greenfield, Michelle Hooper, Rebecca Kearey and, of course, our New York and Los Angeles publicity teams and looking forward to new experiences in the industry with new and old friends and colleagues.”
Loomis began her tenure at the studio — known then as Fox Searchlight Pictures — in 2006 with the release of “Little Miss Sunshine.
Loomis will depart at the end of the summer after completing work on “Flamin’ Hot,” “Theater Camp” and “Poor Things” to launch a consulting operation specializing in theatrical and streaming releases, and awards campaigns for motion picture and streaming companies.
“I’ve had some amazing years at Searchlight with incredible, unique films — truly innovative filmmakers gravitate to this place,” Loomis said in statement on Wednesday. “I’m grateful to Nancy Utley, Steve Gilula, David Greenbaum, Matthew Greenfield, Michelle Hooper, Rebecca Kearey and, of course, our New York and Los Angeles publicity teams and looking forward to new experiences in the industry with new and old friends and colleagues.”
Loomis began her tenure at the studio — known then as Fox Searchlight Pictures — in 2006 with the release of “Little Miss Sunshine.
- 7/12/2023
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Eva Longoria is heading to the White House, where her new movie “Flamin’ Hot” will be screened for an audience including President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.
According to a press release from Searchlight Pictures, the White House screening for the new film — which marks the “Desperate Housewives” alum’s feature directorial debut — comes after “Flamin’ Hot” set a new record for Searchlight as the studio’s most-watched streaming motion picture of all time.
“Flamin’ Hot” tells the true story of Frito Lay janitor Richard Montañez (played by Jesse Garcia), the son of a Mexican immigrant, who drew upon his heritage to come up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, revitalizing the company and disrupting the food industry in the process.
Read More: Eva Longoria On Portraying The Image Of A Hero With Her Film ‘Flamin’ Hot’
In recognition of the cultural impact that the film...
According to a press release from Searchlight Pictures, the White House screening for the new film — which marks the “Desperate Housewives” alum’s feature directorial debut — comes after “Flamin’ Hot” set a new record for Searchlight as the studio’s most-watched streaming motion picture of all time.
“Flamin’ Hot” tells the true story of Frito Lay janitor Richard Montañez (played by Jesse Garcia), the son of a Mexican immigrant, who drew upon his heritage to come up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, revitalizing the company and disrupting the food industry in the process.
Read More: Eva Longoria On Portraying The Image Of A Hero With Her Film ‘Flamin’ Hot’
In recognition of the cultural impact that the film...
- 6/15/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Early in the three-hour set that comprised the April 15 stop of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour in Tampa, Florida — the final show in a three-night stand that saw more than 200,000 ticket buyers at Raymond James stadium — the “All Too Well” director spoke to the massive assembly as if they were intimate friends.
“These songs maybe started out being about something that happened to me or my life,” she said. “Maybe it’s something I wrote about a fictional character I created one day when I was bored. But my dream is that when they go into your world, they become about your life.”
It’s a smart hook for the world’s best self-mythologizer — and it’s also a powerful sales pitch for her next aspiration of being a feature filmmaker. Ignore the record sales, the ticket sales, the paramours who can inspire her work — more than anything, Swift loves...
“These songs maybe started out being about something that happened to me or my life,” she said. “Maybe it’s something I wrote about a fictional character I created one day when I was bored. But my dream is that when they go into your world, they become about your life.”
It’s a smart hook for the world’s best self-mythologizer — and it’s also a powerful sales pitch for her next aspiration of being a feature filmmaker. Ignore the record sales, the ticket sales, the paramours who can inspire her work — more than anything, Swift loves...
- 4/17/2023
- by Erin Strecker
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Jorge Vargas (‘Snowpiercer’), Tanaya Beatty (‘Yellowstone,’), and Skywalker Hughes (‘Joe Pickett’) are rounding out the previously announced cast of Academy Award winner Andrew Stanton’s In The Blink of an Eye starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, and Daveed Diggs. Principal photography has now commenced in British Columbia.
The movie follows three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life. Jared Ian Goldman (Ingrid Goes West, ‘Russian Doll’) produces the pic written and executive produced by Colby Day (Spaceman).
“From the first read I knew Colby Day’s script was special,” said Stanton, “and it has only become more rarified of a project as our team has formed. What a privilege to have such an ideal cast and crew realize this beautiful story.”
“Andrew is a visionary artist whose unique gifts as a storyteller shine in this beautiful film,” added Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum.
The movie follows three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life. Jared Ian Goldman (Ingrid Goes West, ‘Russian Doll’) produces the pic written and executive produced by Colby Day (Spaceman).
“From the first read I knew Colby Day’s script was special,” said Stanton, “and it has only become more rarified of a project as our team has formed. What a privilege to have such an ideal cast and crew realize this beautiful story.”
“Andrew is a visionary artist whose unique gifts as a storyteller shine in this beautiful film,” added Searchlight Presidents Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum.
- 3/30/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Eva Longoria is getting ready to release her feature directorial debut “Flamin’ Hot”, which is set to have an unprecedented release debuting on both Hulu and Disney+ on June 9, 2023.
The upcoming drama marks the first scripted feature to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the U.S. It’ll also be available on Disney+ internationally.
“Flamin’ Hot” is the “inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who as a Frito-Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican-American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon,” as per a film synopsis.
Read More: Charlie Puth Finds Mysterious Red Paw Prints In Flamin’ Hot Super Bowl Ad Teaser
The Searchlight film had a sensational world premiere at SXSW with sold out screenings that evoked emotional standing ovations from audiences of all ages.
“I’m so excited for the world to see...
The upcoming drama marks the first scripted feature to stream simultaneously on both platforms in the U.S. It’ll also be available on Disney+ internationally.
“Flamin’ Hot” is the “inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who as a Frito-Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican-American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos from a snack into an iconic global pop culture phenomenon,” as per a film synopsis.
Read More: Charlie Puth Finds Mysterious Red Paw Prints In Flamin’ Hot Super Bowl Ad Teaser
The Searchlight film had a sensational world premiere at SXSW with sold out screenings that evoked emotional standing ovations from audiences of all ages.
“I’m so excited for the world to see...
- 3/21/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Eva Longoria’s upcoming movie “Flamin’ Hot” will premiere simultaneously on Disney+ and Hulu, marking the first feature film to debut on both platforms.
Following its world premiere at SXSW, the Searchlight Pictures film will land on the streaming services on June 9. It will also be available on Disney+ internationally.
“I’m so excited for the world to see ‘Flamin’ Hot’ on these two streaming platforms making this universal, inspirational story accessible to an even wider audience,” said Longoria, who directed the film in her feature filmmaking debut. “Now everyone can celebrate the joy, power and heart of this film that also happens to uplift Latinos both in front of and behind the camera.”
According to Searchlight, “Flamin’ Hot” is inspired by the true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) “who as a Frito-Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos...
Following its world premiere at SXSW, the Searchlight Pictures film will land on the streaming services on June 9. It will also be available on Disney+ internationally.
“I’m so excited for the world to see ‘Flamin’ Hot’ on these two streaming platforms making this universal, inspirational story accessible to an even wider audience,” said Longoria, who directed the film in her feature filmmaking debut. “Now everyone can celebrate the joy, power and heart of this film that also happens to uplift Latinos both in front of and behind the camera.”
According to Searchlight, “Flamin’ Hot” is inspired by the true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) “who as a Frito-Lay janitor disrupted the food industry by channeling his Mexican American heritage to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos...
- 3/20/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
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