Exclusive: International cinema chain Vue has hired Ismar Matagic, former technology chief at Pret A Manger, as its new Chief Information Officer, and tapped former Europarcs head Joost Ligthart as its chief in Holland.
The company said today that Matagic will be responsible for “information technology and systems” across the cinema group. Before his position at Pret A Manger, Ismar held senior roles at John Lewis as both head of insight and head of technology. He will join Vue on September 9 and report to Vue CEO and founder Tim Richards.
“I am delighted to be welcoming Ismar to Vue, whose amazing experience comes at the perfect time for our business,” Richards said of Matagic. “2024 is very much a foundational year for us as we continue to refurbish, recline, and expand our estate, investing in our digital toolset, accelerating our distribution plans, and developing our AI scheduling capabilities. Ismar’s arrival...
The company said today that Matagic will be responsible for “information technology and systems” across the cinema group. Before his position at Pret A Manger, Ismar held senior roles at John Lewis as both head of insight and head of technology. He will join Vue on September 9 and report to Vue CEO and founder Tim Richards.
“I am delighted to be welcoming Ismar to Vue, whose amazing experience comes at the perfect time for our business,” Richards said of Matagic. “2024 is very much a foundational year for us as we continue to refurbish, recline, and expand our estate, investing in our digital toolset, accelerating our distribution plans, and developing our AI scheduling capabilities. Ismar’s arrival...
- 7/25/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Steve Knibbs, group managing director and deputy CEO of cinema chain Vue International, is set to retire.
Knibbs will be stepping down on Aug. 31, bringing an end to his 36-year career in the cinema industry that includes a tenure of two decades at Vue International. Knibbs reflected on his journey, stating: “When I first entered AMC Cinemas at The Point in Milton Keynes in 1987, little did I know that it would shape my working life for the next 36 years. Now, as I prepare for retirement, I can say that I have had the privilege of experiencing the best moments of my career alongside countless exceptional individuals and teams across the U.K. and Europe.”
Knibbs went on to highlight the significant transformations witnessed in the cinema industry since 1987, including the shift from 35mm film prints to digital projection, the rise of online platforms, the introduction of recliner seats and the...
Knibbs will be stepping down on Aug. 31, bringing an end to his 36-year career in the cinema industry that includes a tenure of two decades at Vue International. Knibbs reflected on his journey, stating: “When I first entered AMC Cinemas at The Point in Milton Keynes in 1987, little did I know that it would shape my working life for the next 36 years. Now, as I prepare for retirement, I can say that I have had the privilege of experiencing the best moments of my career alongside countless exceptional individuals and teams across the U.K. and Europe.”
Knibbs went on to highlight the significant transformations witnessed in the cinema industry since 1987, including the shift from 35mm film prints to digital projection, the rise of online platforms, the introduction of recliner seats and the...
- 6/28/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Film, TV and Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz has signed with APA.
Butz stars in NBC’s Debris series and nabbed a lead role as Rex Foster in the Disney+ adaptation of Tim Federle’s YA novel Better Nate Than Ever. Other TV credits include playing Dr. Byron Hale in David Zabel and Ridley Scott’s PBS series Mercy Street, performing the role of Kevin Rayburn in the Netflix series Bloodline, and playing Paddy Chayefsky on the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
His film credits include Peter Hedges’ Dan in Real Life, Vera Farmiga’s Sony feature Higher Ground, Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher, and writer-directors Geoff Moore and ...
Butz stars in NBC’s Debris series and nabbed a lead role as Rex Foster in the Disney+ adaptation of Tim Federle’s YA novel Better Nate Than Ever. Other TV credits include playing Dr. Byron Hale in David Zabel and Ridley Scott’s PBS series Mercy Street, performing the role of Kevin Rayburn in the Netflix series Bloodline, and playing Paddy Chayefsky on the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
His film credits include Peter Hedges’ Dan in Real Life, Vera Farmiga’s Sony feature Higher Ground, Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher, and writer-directors Geoff Moore and ...
- 4/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Film, TV and Broadway star Norbert Leo Butz has signed with APA.
Butz stars in NBC’s Debris series and nabbed a lead role as Rex Foster in the Disney+ adaptation of Tim Federle’s YA novel Better Nate Than Ever. Other TV credits include playing Dr. Byron Hale in David Zabel and Ridley Scott’s PBS series Mercy Street, performing the role of Kevin Rayburn in the Netflix series Bloodline, and playing Paddy Chayefsky on the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
His film credits include Peter Hedges’ Dan in Real Life, Vera Farmiga’s Sony feature Higher Ground, Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher, and writer-directors Geoff Moore and ...
Butz stars in NBC’s Debris series and nabbed a lead role as Rex Foster in the Disney+ adaptation of Tim Federle’s YA novel Better Nate Than Ever. Other TV credits include playing Dr. Byron Hale in David Zabel and Ridley Scott’s PBS series Mercy Street, performing the role of Kevin Rayburn in the Netflix series Bloodline, and playing Paddy Chayefsky on the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
His film credits include Peter Hedges’ Dan in Real Life, Vera Farmiga’s Sony feature Higher Ground, Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher, and writer-directors Geoff Moore and ...
- 4/28/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Life at the Bottom, a single-camera comedy from writers David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry), Jamie Tarses and her FanFare Productions and Universal TV.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Life at the Bottom centers on an aimless New Yorker who follows a girl to Antarctica, only to get dumped and abandoned there. He suddenly finding himself living amongst a bizarre assortment of passionate and eccentric scientists, soldiers and outcasts who have found their home at the bottom of the world.
Posamentier and Moore executive produce with Tarses via FanFare, which produces. Universal TV is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, starring Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed the hourlong fantasy drama Best Wishes and crime drama Down in the Valley, both with ABC. They are repped by Verve,...
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Life at the Bottom centers on an aimless New Yorker who follows a girl to Antarctica, only to get dumped and abandoned there. He suddenly finding himself living amongst a bizarre assortment of passionate and eccentric scientists, soldiers and outcasts who have found their home at the bottom of the world.
Posamentier and Moore executive produce with Tarses via FanFare, which produces. Universal TV is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, starring Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed the hourlong fantasy drama Best Wishes and crime drama Down in the Valley, both with ABC. They are repped by Verve,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Two of the busiest filmmakers working today just got a little bit busier: Cary Fukunaga and David Lowery are reportedly teaming to work on the pilot for a new adaptation of the Joe Dante film “Explorers.” The 1985 sci-fi feature was an early screen credit for both River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, telling the story of a trio of friends who build a spaceship based on designs that one of them sees in a supernatural vision.
Deadline is reporting that the team will work on this new “Explorers” script, with one of the pair planning to direct the eventual pilot. “I’m a huge Joe Dante fan so just getting to play in his playground is really exciting,” Lowery told IndieWire. “There’s so much potential in the original concept. When Cary brought it up a few months back I was mostly just shocked it hadn’t already been done. It...
Deadline is reporting that the team will work on this new “Explorers” script, with one of the pair planning to direct the eventual pilot. “I’m a huge Joe Dante fan so just getting to play in his playground is really exciting,” Lowery told IndieWire. “There’s so much potential in the original concept. When Cary brought it up a few months back I was mostly just shocked it hadn’t already been done. It...
- 11/6/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
ABC has put in development Best Wishes, an hourlong fantasy drama from writer-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry), Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Best Wishes tells the story of a pragmatic, once successful man, Nick Day, who thinks the notion of wishes is a waste of time due to a personal tragedy he’s recently endured. But just as everything in his life is crumbling around him, things get more complicated when he’s approached by a potentially crazy woman claiming to be in the business of granting wishes. And she needs Nick’s help.
Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz of Random Hill executive produce. ABC Studios is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, which starred Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed crime drama Down in the Valley with ABC.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Best Wishes tells the story of a pragmatic, once successful man, Nick Day, who thinks the notion of wishes is a waste of time due to a personal tragedy he’s recently endured. But just as everything in his life is crumbling around him, things get more complicated when he’s approached by a potentially crazy woman claiming to be in the business of granting wishes. And she needs Nick’s help.
Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz of Random Hill executive produce. ABC Studios is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, which starred Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed crime drama Down in the Valley with ABC.
- 8/27/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has put in development Down in the Valley, an hourlong crime drama from writer-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry) and TriStar Television. Written by Posamentier and Moore, Down in the Valley is described as a darkly comedic hourlong crime drama and family soap told from the perspective of a talented female police officer who returns home to Napa Valley to support her struggling family after her troubled sister disappears and…...
- 12/9/2016
- Deadline TV
From The Craft and The Birds to The Fugitive and She's All That, the many film reboots and remakes currently in the works...
Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.
Without further ado, here's what's coming up...
Akira
One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...
Over the years that Den Of Geek has been going, we've regularly been charting the assortment of reboots and remakes that are making their way through the Hollywood system. This, then, is the current state of play. We've removed a bunch of projects that seem utterly dead - the once mooted remakes of Videodrome and Timecrimes, for instance - but we'll keep this list up to date as and when we hear of more.
Without further ado, here's what's coming up...
Akira
One of Hollywood's most on and off projects, the current state of the live action Akira remake is that it's back in the works. Marco J Ramirez, the showrunner for season 2 of Netflix's Daredevil show, has been hired to pen a screenplay. Warner Bros is still backing the film,...
- 8/19/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Shanghai New Culture Media Group Company Limited (Snc) has come on to co-finance Jackie Chan action-comedy Skiptrace, which Bloom sells internationally.
Snc joins China’s Talent International and Dasym Media on the financier roster and is in talks to find a North American home for the film.
Renny Harlin commenced production on Skiptrace in September in China. Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing also star in the China-us co-production about a Hong Kong cop who teams up with an American gambler to rescue his niece from the Mob.
Jay Longino wrote the screenplay with revisions by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore and David Posmentier, Ben David Grabinski, Jack Donaldson and Derek Elliott, Rodney Rothman and Jordan Rubin.
Snc’s ZhenhuaYang and Xiaolin Liu will serve as executive producers, while Qun Gao of Snc and Lifeng Wang of Xing Xing assume the roles of co-executive producers.
Talent International, Dasym Media, Chan, [link...
Snc joins China’s Talent International and Dasym Media on the financier roster and is in talks to find a North American home for the film.
Renny Harlin commenced production on Skiptrace in September in China. Johnny Knoxville and Fan Bingbing also star in the China-us co-production about a Hong Kong cop who teams up with an American gambler to rescue his niece from the Mob.
Jay Longino wrote the screenplay with revisions by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore and David Posmentier, Ben David Grabinski, Jack Donaldson and Derek Elliott, Rodney Rothman and Jordan Rubin.
Snc’s ZhenhuaYang and Xiaolin Liu will serve as executive producers, while Qun Gao of Snc and Lifeng Wang of Xing Xing assume the roles of co-executive producers.
Talent International, Dasym Media, Chan, [link...
- 11/6/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
• Jessica Chastain is in early discussions for The Martian. She would play the female lead opposite Matt Damon in Fox’s sci-fi film, which Ridley Scott is directing. Based on the e-book by Andy Weir, the film follows an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars and must fight to survive and make his way home. Simon Kinberg originally brought the book to Scott, and will produce alongside Aditya Sood through Kinberg’s Genre Films Banner. Fox’s Steve Asbell will oversee the film for the studio. [Variety]
[Note: Deadline and THR reported that Kristen Wiig is also in early talks for a lead female role in the film.]
• Johnny Knoxville will star alongside Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing in Skiptrace, which Renny Harlin is directing.
[Note: Deadline and THR reported that Kristen Wiig is also in early talks for a lead female role in the film.]
• Johnny Knoxville will star alongside Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing in Skiptrace, which Renny Harlin is directing.
- 9/4/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Johnny Knoxville has been set to star alongside Jackie Chan in Skiptrace, the Renny Harlin-directed film that has just begun shooting in China. Last I wrote about this, Chan was going to star opposite Seann William Scott and X-Men: Days Of Future Past‘s Fan Bingbing in the tale of a Hong Kong detective (Chan) who teams up with a mouthy American gambler (Scott) to save his niece and take down the city’s most notorious criminal. Bingbing is in, but Scott exited and Knoxville has stepped up to play that role. The tone of the movie is Midnight Run.
Related: Renny Harlin Takes Helm Of Jackie Chan Action Comedy ‘Skiptrace’
Chan, who hatched the idea, is producing with Brian Gatewood, Esmond Ren, Damien Saccani and Charlie Coker. Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore & David Posamentier, and BenDavid Grabinski all had a hand in the script and Rodney Rothman is polishing.
Related: Renny Harlin Takes Helm Of Jackie Chan Action Comedy ‘Skiptrace’
Chan, who hatched the idea, is producing with Brian Gatewood, Esmond Ren, Damien Saccani and Charlie Coker. Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore & David Posamentier, and BenDavid Grabinski all had a hand in the script and Rodney Rothman is polishing.
- 9/3/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of May's Indie Film Month. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is currently available to view On Demand. From her fantastic turn in Joe Swanberg's 'Drinking Buddies' to her memorable (but short) appearance in Spike Jonze's "Her," Olivia Wilde is on a mission to prove that she's someone we should be taking seriously. In this clip from "Better Living Through Chemistry," Wilde continues to show us why she belongs in the spotlight. The film, directed by first-timers Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, stars Sam Rockwell as a goody goody pharmacist who finds himself in an affair with one his customers and Wilde as a trophy-wife and all-around badass. She ends up complicating his life, forcing him into a world of sex, drugs and murder. In this clip we catch a glimpse at a nervous Rockwell,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
Bloom announced Renny Harlin (The Legend of Hercules, Die Hard 2) will direct action buddy comedy Skiptrace which will commence production on August 11, 2014.
Starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour, The Karate Kid), Seann William Scott (American Pie, Role Models) and Fan Bingbing (Iron Man 3), Skiptrace is written by Jay Longino with revisions by Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka and Geoff Moore & David Posmentier and BenDavid Grabinski.
Skiptrace follows a Hong Kong detective Bennie Black (Chan), who has been tracking a dangerous crime boss, Victor Wong, for over a decade. When Bennie’s beautiful young niece Bai (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, he comes to the rescue and must track down the only man who can help her – a fast-talking American gambler named Connor Watts (Scott) who is also on the run from the mob. The unlikely pair embarks on a hilarious adventure from the wind swept...
Starring Jackie Chan (Rush Hour, The Karate Kid), Seann William Scott (American Pie, Role Models) and Fan Bingbing (Iron Man 3), Skiptrace is written by Jay Longino with revisions by Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka and Geoff Moore & David Posmentier and BenDavid Grabinski.
Skiptrace follows a Hong Kong detective Bennie Black (Chan), who has been tracking a dangerous crime boss, Victor Wong, for over a decade. When Bennie’s beautiful young niece Bai (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, he comes to the rescue and must track down the only man who can help her – a fast-talking American gambler named Connor Watts (Scott) who is also on the run from the mob. The unlikely pair embarks on a hilarious adventure from the wind swept...
- 5/21/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Director Renny Harlin has boarded the buddy action comedy to star Jackie Chan, Seann William Scott and Fan Bingbing, which Alex Walton’s new Bloom is selling in Cannes.
Production is set to commence on August 11 on the story of a Hong Kong detective whose niece gets into trouble with a crime lord.
The detective must team up with a fast-talking American on the run from the Mob who is the only person that can help his niece.
The action will sweep from the Gobi Desert to the Huangshan Mountains.
Jay Longino wrote the screenplay with revisions by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka and Geoff Moore and David Posmentier and BenDavid Grabinski.
Talent International and co-financier Dasym Entertainment will produce alongside Chan, Esmond Ren, Charlie Coker, Damien Saccani and David Gerson.
“Jackie Chan’s international presence is unparalleled, and we’re thrilled that Renny Harlin has come on board to direct this exhilarating and hilarious project...
Production is set to commence on August 11 on the story of a Hong Kong detective whose niece gets into trouble with a crime lord.
The detective must team up with a fast-talking American on the run from the Mob who is the only person that can help his niece.
The action will sweep from the Gobi Desert to the Huangshan Mountains.
Jay Longino wrote the screenplay with revisions by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka and Geoff Moore and David Posmentier and BenDavid Grabinski.
Talent International and co-financier Dasym Entertainment will produce alongside Chan, Esmond Ren, Charlie Coker, Damien Saccani and David Gerson.
“Jackie Chan’s international presence is unparalleled, and we’re thrilled that Renny Harlin has come on board to direct this exhilarating and hilarious project...
- 5/19/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Back in March, it looked like Renny Harlin was ready to put the disappointment of The Legend Of Hercules behind him for crime action thriller Fallen Cross. It would seem he’s instead been lured by the prospect of working with Jackie Chan on the martial arts icon’s new comedy Skiptrace.Clearly looking to replicate what he got from the Rush Hour films, the new movie finds Chan as a Hong Kong detective who discovers that his niece (X-Men: Days Of Future Past’s Fan Bingbing) is in trouble with a crime lord. With regular legal channels closed to him, our hero must instead turn to a loudmouth American (Seann William Scott), who himself is having some issues with the mob, as the one person who can actually help.Worryingly, although the script originated with Jay Longino it has since been through the word processors of many writers including Brian Gatewood,...
- 5/19/2014
- EmpireOnline
The USA Network is on the search for its next hit, with the announcement today of it’s 2014-15 development slate.
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
- 5/8/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Box Office Surprising absolutely no one, Divergent, the Ya adaptation starring Shailene Woodley as a "Divergent" in a dystopian future stratified by personality types, obliterated the competition at the box office this weekend, raking in an estimated $56 million. The take brought it in behind both Twilight and The Hunger Games, but was enough to make it the #2 opener of 2014 and likely validated Summit Entertainment's ongoing plans for a sequel. Muppets Most Wanted opened in second, with $16.5 million, a considerable drop from The Muppets' $29.2 million opening in 2011. Mr. Peabody & Sherman took third, with $11.7 million, a 46% drop over the previous weekend. 300: Rise of an Empire earned an additional $8.6 million, bringing it's total at the start of week #3 to $93.8 million. The Christian-marketed God's Not Dead took fifth with $8.6 million, helped, in part, by appearances by Duck Dynasty stars Willie and Korie Robertson.
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- 3/25/2014
- by BJSprecher Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
There are two ways a film can swing when it sets out an incredibly modest set of parameters: It can either prove to be a bland and unambitious retread of the typical and the well-worn, or it can manage – through solid filmmaking and sheer force of will – to succeed within its limited boundaries. While it falls into the latter, Better Living Through Chemistry isn’t really its own movie, it’s more a lightweight mish-mash of American Beauty and Double Indemnity with a dash of Breaking Bad for good measure. It’s amiable, mostly forgettable, and it’s not going to change the world – but boy do I prefer it to alot of the dross out there.
What the film lacks in originality, it at least partially makes up for in quantity. First time writer/directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore take the age-old tale of the slightly wussy small...
What the film lacks in originality, it at least partially makes up for in quantity. First time writer/directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore take the age-old tale of the slightly wussy small...
- 3/25/2014
- by Dominic Mill
- We Got This Covered
For such an obviously small and grass-rootsy kinda dark comedy, Better Living Through Chemistry has a surprising lot going for it. Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan. That's a lot of solid talent rounding out the three leading parts, all of whom have turned heads recently with other work. Unfortunately, when pitted together in this film, chemistry is exactly what they lack. (That may be the obvious line, but there, I said it. And, it's no less obvious than much of this movie.) First time writing/directing team Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, working with a glaringly apparent low budget, somehow netted this eye-opening cast - an accomplishment which is nothing to sneeze at. They even managed to get Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda to turn up...
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- 3/14/2014
- Screen Anarchy
David Posamentier and Geoff Moore have been writing together for about ten years. Each has an impressive resume of films they’ve been a part of in some way. Posamentier worked for writer/director Zach Braff on Garden State. Moore has worked on such films as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and I Love You Phillip Morris. Having worked so long writing and developing projects for others, it seemed inevitable that they would eventually decide to direct themselves. Which is precisely what they have done with the dark comedy Better Living Through Chemistry.
The film tells the story of small-town pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) who’s conventional and boring life is turned upside down when he meets the alluring Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). As the pair begins a drug-fueled affair, Doug undergoes a transformation that may ultimately lead him down the path to a better life.
Posamentier and Moore...
The film tells the story of small-town pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) who’s conventional and boring life is turned upside down when he meets the alluring Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). As the pair begins a drug-fueled affair, Doug undergoes a transformation that may ultimately lead him down the path to a better life.
Posamentier and Moore...
- 3/14/2014
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Better Living Through Chemistry
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier
USA, 2014
Better Living Through Chemistry flirts with danger from its opening moments, in which a narrator first says that while each of us can’t help everyone, everyone can help someone, and follows it up by saying that our lead character would dismiss that sentiment as fortune-cookie foolishness. That character, portrayed by Sam Rockwell, who grows more Sam Rockwell-esque by the minute here, would be right to do so, but the film he occupies essentially embraces that sentiment, if to a slightly amoral extent. Better Living Through Chemistry is, seemingly, a bit desperate to both occupy the same satiric subgenre as American Beauty and to be so emphatically unique among other American Beauty-esque films that it’s unable to fully achieve either goal in the end.
Rockwell is Douglas Varney, an “authentically nice guy” living...
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier
USA, 2014
Better Living Through Chemistry flirts with danger from its opening moments, in which a narrator first says that while each of us can’t help everyone, everyone can help someone, and follows it up by saying that our lead character would dismiss that sentiment as fortune-cookie foolishness. That character, portrayed by Sam Rockwell, who grows more Sam Rockwell-esque by the minute here, would be right to do so, but the film he occupies essentially embraces that sentiment, if to a slightly amoral extent. Better Living Through Chemistry is, seemingly, a bit desperate to both occupy the same satiric subgenre as American Beauty and to be so emphatically unique among other American Beauty-esque films that it’s unable to fully achieve either goal in the end.
Rockwell is Douglas Varney, an “authentically nice guy” living...
- 3/14/2014
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Another sci-fi film from the 1980s is getting a remake. But this time, instead of a widely known entity like RoboCop, it’s the little-known cult classic Explorers. The film is often mistakenly lumped in with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin classics from that era, but it actually was directed by a contemporary of his- the man behind Gremlins and The Howling- Joe Dante. Paramount has tapped Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier (Better Living Through Chemistry) to write the re-do.
Explorers featured the screen debuts of River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, in a story about young boys that build a homemade spaceship. The original film had a tumultuous production, with a release date that was moved up, and a third act that was written on-the-go. It flopped when it arrived in theaters, but found a new life all its own when it came out on home video.
Not much else...
Explorers featured the screen debuts of River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, in a story about young boys that build a homemade spaceship. The original film had a tumultuous production, with a release date that was moved up, and a third act that was written on-the-go. It flopped when it arrived in theaters, but found a new life all its own when it came out on home video.
Not much else...
- 3/13/2014
- by Mario-Francisco Robles
- LRMonline.com
Remember the good old days? Way back when a talented individual would have an original idea, and make a movie out of it? Those halcyon days of discovery and entertainment might just have disappeared a little further back into the mists of time, as Paramount has revealed their intention to remake the 1985 Joe Dante classic, Explorers, with a script written by Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier (Better Living Through Chemistry).
It seems to have become more and more ‘on trend’ to mine back-catalogues for titles deemed ripe for a robust ‘re-imagining’. Having endured second shots at films such as Red Dawn, Conan The Barbarian, About Last Night, Carrie and RoboCop in recent years, we still have Annie and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to look forward to. Not to mention The Crow, Point Break, and even Flatliners, at some point in the future. Now, we can add to that list the tiny,...
It seems to have become more and more ‘on trend’ to mine back-catalogues for titles deemed ripe for a robust ‘re-imagining’. Having endured second shots at films such as Red Dawn, Conan The Barbarian, About Last Night, Carrie and RoboCop in recent years, we still have Annie and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to look forward to. Not to mention The Crow, Point Break, and even Flatliners, at some point in the future. Now, we can add to that list the tiny,...
- 3/13/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Another one of my favorite movies to watch growing up in the 80s was a sci-fi film called Explorers. The movie was directed by Joe Dante and starred Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, and Jason Presson. THR is reporting that Paramount Pictures is going to to remake the film, and they've brought in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol screenwriters Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec to produce it. Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier will write the script.
The original film told the story of three teenaged boys who create a homemade space ship that travels to into space where they encounter an alien race. The movie is really quite silly in so many ways, but as a kid it was the greatest thing ever!
There are no details on what the plans are for the remake, but an insider said "one template could be in the tone of Welcome to Yesterday, an upcoming...
The original film told the story of three teenaged boys who create a homemade space ship that travels to into space where they encounter an alien race. The movie is really quite silly in so many ways, but as a kid it was the greatest thing ever!
There are no details on what the plans are for the remake, but an insider said "one template could be in the tone of Welcome to Yesterday, an upcoming...
- 3/13/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
News Simon Brew 13 Mar 2014 - 06:44
Joe Dante's much loved 1980s sci-fi movie Explorers is getting the remake treatment...
The remake bandwagon has now turned up at Joe Dante's door, with Paramount Pictures now apparently planning a new take on the director's 1985 sci-fi adventure, Explorers.
Dante's film followed the adventures of a trio of children who built their own spaceship, giving big screen debuts to Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. The new version is set to be produced by Josh Applelbaum and Andre Nemec. They've written screenplays for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but they're not penning the script for this one. That job is going to Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier. The pair are the writers and directors of the incoming Better Living Through Chemistry, although they won't be directing Explorers.
When we get word of who will be directing, we'll let you know.
Joe Dante's much loved 1980s sci-fi movie Explorers is getting the remake treatment...
The remake bandwagon has now turned up at Joe Dante's door, with Paramount Pictures now apparently planning a new take on the director's 1985 sci-fi adventure, Explorers.
Dante's film followed the adventures of a trio of children who built their own spaceship, giving big screen debuts to Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix. The new version is set to be produced by Josh Applelbaum and Andre Nemec. They've written screenplays for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but they're not penning the script for this one. That job is going to Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier. The pair are the writers and directors of the incoming Better Living Through Chemistry, although they won't be directing Explorers.
When we get word of who will be directing, we'll let you know.
- 3/13/2014
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Paramount Pictures is planning a remake of Joe Dante's 1985 sci-fi family classic "Explorers" through its low-budget Insurge banner.
The original followed three outcast teens (Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Bobby Fite) who bond over the creation of a homemade spaceship that sends them into the deepest reaches of the galaxy. There they meet an adolescent alien that has been weaned on human television.
The new version is reportedly drawing comparisons to the upcoming found footage time travel movie "Welcome to Yesterday". Geoff Moore and David Posamentier will pen the screenplay while Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
The original followed three outcast teens (Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Bobby Fite) who bond over the creation of a homemade spaceship that sends them into the deepest reaches of the galaxy. There they meet an adolescent alien that has been weaned on human television.
The new version is reportedly drawing comparisons to the upcoming found footage time travel movie "Welcome to Yesterday". Geoff Moore and David Posamentier will pen the screenplay while Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec will produce.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 3/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
When it comes to remakes nowadays, no one is really clamoring for any of them. But that doesn't stop studios from picking up old properties, especially from the 80s, and making them new again. THR has word on the latest with Paramount Pictures commissioning Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec to produce a remake of the 80s teenage sci-fi adventure Explorers. The original film followed three teen boys who create a homemade spaceship and blast off into the unknown and find a race of aliens who might be more than meets the eye. It's pretty easy to see how this could be remade. Better Living Through Chemistry writing and directing Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier will script the film, but they won't be behind the camera. Joe Dante was behind the original, so it would be nice to find an up and coming sci-fi director to take the helm.
- 3/13/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The 1980s sci-fi adventure movie Explorers is getting the remake treatment. Paramount’s low-budget Insurge label is behind the project, which will be produced by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, the writers behind Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and the American version of the British TV series Life on Mars. Paramount also is hiring Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier to write the script. The duo are the writer-directors behind Better Living Through Chemistry, a drug dramedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde that opens this weekend. (The pair only are writing Explorers, not directing.) Photos: Elijah Wood in 'Hobbit' and
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- 3/12/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A remake of director Joe Dante's 1985 science fiction adventure, Explorers , is on the way. The Hollywood Reporter today brings word that Paramount Pictures' Paramount Insurge is developing a new big screen version with Better Living Through Chemistry writer/directors Geoff Moore and Dave Posamentier attached to script. The original Explorers followed a trio of children (including Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix in their big screen debuts) who build a spaceship in their back yard. Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, whose writing credits include Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol and the upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , are attached to produce.
- 3/12/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Masculinity is reasserted and order restored in the Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde dramedy Better Living Through Chemistry, which could be subtitled "How Douglas Got His Dick Back."
Writer-directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's droll but unsatisfying film -- about a henpecked suburban pharmacist (Rockwell) who learns to become a man again by sleeping with married Elizabeth (a blonde Wilde), a woman much hotter than his wife (Michelle Monaghan) -- is the cinematic equivalent of a monthly capsule of Oxycontin: It might sound a little dangerous to some, but it's about as safe as it gets.
Give Rockwell's Doug credit for having the right instinct about his future married mistress: "I hate rich people."
He and Elizabeth soon become lovers in white: He pu...
Writer-directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's droll but unsatisfying film -- about a henpecked suburban pharmacist (Rockwell) who learns to become a man again by sleeping with married Elizabeth (a blonde Wilde), a woman much hotter than his wife (Michelle Monaghan) -- is the cinematic equivalent of a monthly capsule of Oxycontin: It might sound a little dangerous to some, but it's about as safe as it gets.
Give Rockwell's Doug credit for having the right instinct about his future married mistress: "I hate rich people."
He and Elizabeth soon become lovers in white: He pu...
- 3/12/2014
- Village Voice
Better Living Through Chemistry Samuel Goldwyn Films Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Screenplay: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Cast: Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Rockwell, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Norbert Leo Butz Screened at: Opens: March 14, 2014 If you watch TV at all, especially the programs (like the news) that cater to people over the age of forty, you’re aware of ads for pharmaceutical products that seem to promise that if you take this pill you may get heart disease, weakened bones, irritation, rashes, hives, a lower immune system, and death. Since most of the ads [ Read More ]
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- 3/10/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
What happens when small town life becomes just a little too much to handle? If you're Sam Rockwell in the upcoming comedy "Better Living Through Chemistry" you embark on affair that soon turns to murder... Co-starring Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda and Ben Schwartz, the film from co-writers and directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier follows a mild-mannered pharmacist (Rockwell) whose life gets turned around in a big way when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Wilde). It's certainly a welcome change from his home life with his wife (Monaghan), where he's hen-pecked about how to raise their son, as you'll see in this exclusive clip. "Better Living Through Chemistry" hits VOD and opens in limited release on March 14th. Watch below.
- 2/27/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Hello again, dear readers. It’s the last week of January, and that means that we’re almost halfway through the early-year movie doldrums. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at this spring’s upcoming comedy-drama Better Living Through Chemistry.
Premise: Straight-laced pharmacist Douglas Varney’s (Sam Rockwell) uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), a seductive trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs, and possibly murder.
My take: As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, there have been several times in my history of writing this column that I’ve featured a movie which I hadn’t even heard of before seeing the trailer in question. Such is the case with this week’s subject, Better Living Through Chemistry. Before anyone gets too excited, the film has nothing to do...
Premise: Straight-laced pharmacist Douglas Varney’s (Sam Rockwell) uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), a seductive trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs, and possibly murder.
My take: As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, there have been several times in my history of writing this column that I’ve featured a movie which I hadn’t even heard of before seeing the trailer in question. Such is the case with this week’s subject, Better Living Through Chemistry. Before anyone gets too excited, the film has nothing to do...
- 1/28/2014
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Update: A trailer has arrived for dark comedy "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. The film has also been given a day-and-date from Samuel Goldwyn Films: March 14, for both theatrical and VOD. Watch the trailer belowEARLIER: Samuel Goldwyn Films has scheduled a spring 2014 release of co-writer/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's directorial debut "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. Here's the synopsis: The film stars Sam Rockwell as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer, played by Olivia Wilde, in this murderously funny dark comedy.Stars Rockwell and Wilde both enjoyed acclaimed supporting turns in 2013 indies, for "The Way Way Back" and "Drinking Buddies" respectively, so there's high hopes for their onscreen "Chemistry." Produced by Occupant Entertainment, "Better Living.
- 1/27/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Whenever it’s announced that America’s sweetheart Sam Rockwell is going to be appearing in a new movie, there’s always one important question that immediately springs into any sane mind: “Is he going to get a chance to show off his sweet dance moves in this one?” Well, whoever cut together the trailer for Rockwell’s latest starring vehicle, Better Living Through Chemistry, was wise enough to help advertise the film by answering that all-important question, and the answer is yes, yes, a thousand times yes! We’ve got another movie where Rockwell shakes his booty on our hands, and it is glorious. Okay, that’s not entirely the truth. We only get a brief enough glimpse of moves being busted out to confirm the dancing, but we can assume that it’s going to be glorious. Past evidence supports it. Click through to see the proof for yourself, as...
- 1/23/2014
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming comedic drama "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda. Check it out below. Plot: Rockwell stars as a meek, small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage who rediscovers himself by starting an affair with a trophy wife (Wilde). After she introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs, things spin out of control when they begin plotting to kill her husband. The new movie is written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. It's scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th, in limited release. Trailer:...
- 1/23/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Better Living Through Chemistry has released a new trailer.
Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde star in the indie comedy from directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier.
Rockwell stars as a meek and disillusioned pharmacist trapped in a loveless marriage.
When he meets a bored trophy wife (Wilde) he begins to take advantage of his access to prescription drugs as the pair plot the murder of her husband.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda also feature in the movie.
Rockwell recently starred in Laggies, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month.
Wilde, meanwhile, cameoed in Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix's Her.
Better Living Through Chemistry will open in the Us on March 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
Watch the trailer for Her below:...
Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde star in the indie comedy from directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier.
Rockwell stars as a meek and disillusioned pharmacist trapped in a loveless marriage.
When he meets a bored trophy wife (Wilde) he begins to take advantage of his access to prescription drugs as the pair plot the murder of her husband.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda also feature in the movie.
Rockwell recently starred in Laggies, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month.
Wilde, meanwhile, cameoed in Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix's Her.
Better Living Through Chemistry will open in the Us on March 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
Watch the trailer for Her below:...
- 1/23/2014
- Digital Spy
It would seem that Samuel Goldwyn Films is quite looking forward to releasing the upcoming dark comedy Better Living Through Chemistry. It was just two weeks ago that the studio purchased distribution rights to release the moving, and already we have the debut trailer. Directed by newcomer writer/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier as their first feature, the film tells the story of Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell), a meek, ordinary guy living in a small town as a pharmacist married to a domineering wife (Michelle Monaghan). His life is changed forever one night when while make a prescription delivery he meets Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), the sexy, manipulative, gold-digging wife of a millionaire. The two begin a raucous, drug and booze-fueled affair that takes an interesting turn when a murder plot enters the equation. Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda all-co-star in the film - though...
- 1/23/2014
- cinemablend.com
Prepping for a springtime release, the new trailer for "Better Living Through Chemistry" hit the web on Wednesday (January 22).
In the upcoming dramedy, a pharmacist's humdrum life is turned upside down when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer.
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, the film stars Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, and Ben Schwartz.
Check out the trailer below, in which Sam's character gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th.
In the upcoming dramedy, a pharmacist's humdrum life is turned upside down when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer.
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, the film stars Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, and Ben Schwartz.
Check out the trailer below, in which Sam's character gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th.
- 1/23/2014
- GossipCenter
In recent weeks, Samuel Goldwyn Films has been gearing up ahead of the release of Better Living Through Chemistry, the long-awaited comedy with a brilliant leading duo in Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Earlier this month, we got our first look at Rockwell and Wilde sharing a moment, followed this week by the film’s first poster. And with its spring release right around the corner in the States, the first trailer has launched over on Apple.
A small town pharmacist’s uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard top a great ensemble alongside Rockwell and Wilde.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier direct from a script they co-wrote, making...
Earlier this month, we got our first look at Rockwell and Wilde sharing a moment, followed this week by the film’s first poster. And with its spring release right around the corner in the States, the first trailer has launched over on Apple.
A small town pharmacist’s uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard top a great ensemble alongside Rockwell and Wilde.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier direct from a script they co-wrote, making...
- 1/22/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Right now Sam Rockwell can be seen at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Lynn Shelton's latest film Laggies, but the actor just picked up a new role with fellow Sundancers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for The Eel. Now he can be seen in the first trailer for Better Living Through Chemistry, the directorial debut of writers Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. In the film, Rockwell plays a small town pharmacist who takes a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Olivia Wilde). It doesn't look like anything special, but there's at least Ben Schwartz in there. The trailer for Moore and Posamentier's Better Living Through Chemistry originally from Apple: Better Living Through Chemistry is written and directed Geoff Moore and David Posamentier (making their filmmaking debut). The film stars Sam Rockwell as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful...
- 1/22/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The trailer for writers/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's indie comedy drama Better Living Through Chemistry is now online. Check it out in the player below, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers . Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda, Better Living Through Chemistry has Rockwell starring as a meek, small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage who rediscovers himself by starting an affair with a trophy wife. After she introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs, things spin out of control when they begin plotting to kill her husband. Better Living Through Chemistry hits both iTunes and theaters March 14.
- 1/22/2014
- Comingsoon.net
After getting the first look at Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde in the long-awaited Better Living Through Chemistry earlier in the month, Samuel Goldwyn Films has launched the first poster for the film ahead of its release in the spring.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell and Wilde are joined by a stellar ensemble, led by the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier make their feature debuts as both co-writers and co-directors.
The project has been in the works for a few years, with various casting iterations across its development, previously having Jeremy Renner in Rockwell’s role, Jennifer Garner attached in Wilde’s, and Judi Dench in Fonda’s.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell and Wilde are joined by a stellar ensemble, led by the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier make their feature debuts as both co-writers and co-directors.
The project has been in the works for a few years, with various casting iterations across its development, previously having Jeremy Renner in Rockwell’s role, Jennifer Garner attached in Wilde’s, and Judi Dench in Fonda’s.
- 1/20/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Who does not love Sam Rockwell? He has given some of the most indelible, darkly comic performances of the last 15 years, in films as diverse as The Green Mile, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Moon. His off-the-wall portrayal of kind-hearted slacker Owen was the quixotic high point of 2013′s sweet, if predictable The Way, Way Back. Although Rockwell is a stellar character actor who relishes drama and comedy, he has never landed an Academy Award nomination.
Well, that could all change with Better Living Through Chemistry, which Samuel Goldwyn just cued up for a March 14 release in the United States. In the dark comedy, Rockwell stars as bored pharmacist Douglas Varney, who begins a sex and drug fuelled affair with customer and trophy wife Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde, living up to her last name). Rounding out the rich ensemble cast is Michelle Monaghan, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda.
Well, that could all change with Better Living Through Chemistry, which Samuel Goldwyn just cued up for a March 14 release in the United States. In the dark comedy, Rockwell stars as bored pharmacist Douglas Varney, who begins a sex and drug fuelled affair with customer and trophy wife Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde, living up to her last name). Rounding out the rich ensemble cast is Michelle Monaghan, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda.
- 1/8/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
As a big fan of the noir genre, my ears perked up back in 2010 when it was announced that there was a film in the works called Better Living Through Chemistry. A story of illicit affairs, prescription drug abuse and murder, the movie sounds like a great dark, funny mystery a la The Postman Always Rings Twice, only it only sounds better when you learn that Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde play the three leads. The question that has persisted through the project's development, however, is when we would actually get to see the finished feature. Thanks to Samuel Goldwyn Films we now have an answer. Variety reports that the studio has officially picked up the United States distribution rights for Better Living Through Chemistry, and while it doesn't look like they've nailed down an official release date yet, they are targeting this spring. Filmmakers Geoff Moore and...
- 1/8/2014
- cinemablend.com
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Occupant Film’s Better Living Through Chemistry starring and Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde in spring in the Us.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will handle Us home entertainment while Universal Pictures International Entertainment will handle all ancillary platforms in the UK, the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, South America, and several Eastern European and Asian territories.
Occupant Entertainment’s Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino produced the story of a pharmacist who embarks upon a wild affair with a customer. Geoff Moore and David Posamentier directed in their debut. Metro International’s Will Machin and ICM Partners’ Jessica Lacy represented rights.
Paris-based Reel Suspects has acquired world sales rights to Craig Goodwill’s Palm Springs International Film Festival New Vision, New Voices selection Patch Town. The dark comedy is styled as a surreal mélange of faux Russian folklore and consumer satire.Cinedigm has picked up all North American rights to Remote Area Medical (Ram) directed...
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will handle Us home entertainment while Universal Pictures International Entertainment will handle all ancillary platforms in the UK, the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, South America, and several Eastern European and Asian territories.
Occupant Entertainment’s Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino produced the story of a pharmacist who embarks upon a wild affair with a customer. Geoff Moore and David Posamentier directed in their debut. Metro International’s Will Machin and ICM Partners’ Jessica Lacy represented rights.
Paris-based Reel Suspects has acquired world sales rights to Craig Goodwill’s Palm Springs International Film Festival New Vision, New Voices selection Patch Town. The dark comedy is styled as a surreal mélange of faux Russian folklore and consumer satire.Cinedigm has picked up all North American rights to Remote Area Medical (Ram) directed...
- 1/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Better Living Through Chemistry is a movie I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.
The script made it onto the Black List a few years back, and has been on its path to distribution for a good few years now. The finishing line is very much now in sight, and along with the announcement that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the Us theatrical rights, so too arrives the first image of leading duo Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde from the film.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell of course stars as that straight-laced pharmacist, with Wilde taking the female lead that leads his life on a downward spiral. Starring alongside them will be the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda,...
The script made it onto the Black List a few years back, and has been on its path to distribution for a good few years now. The finishing line is very much now in sight, and along with the announcement that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the Us theatrical rights, so too arrives the first image of leading duo Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde from the film.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell of course stars as that straight-laced pharmacist, with Wilde taking the female lead that leads his life on a downward spiral. Starring alongside them will be the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up Geoff Moore and David Posamentier’s directorial debut “Better Living Through Chemistry,” which the company will release this spring. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda, as well as Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz and Ken Howard. Rockwell stars as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Wilde). Also Read: Sam Rockwell in Early Talks to Star in ‘Poltergeist’ Reboot (Exclusive) The dark comedy was produced by...
- 1/7/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Kids. Such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape or Reservoir Dogs before it, and such as Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine and Fruitvale Station after it, Larry Clark & Harmony Korine’s seminal film is forever connected in “spirit” to the lieu where it received its secret midnight premiere screening in 1995. The Sundance Film Festival might be known as the birthplace of U.S indie filmmaking innovation, avant-gardism, a larger definition of the low budgeted film response to Hollywood in not only narrative but in the non-fiction form, but it is a festival made strong by its renewal and familiarity. That close acquaintanceness exists in Kids‘ starlets Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny filmography/career path trajectory and connection to Park City (both have several indie films slated for ’14 – of which I’ve included in our predictions list) and it is that “familiarity” that is visibly noticeable in how I map out my annual predictions list.
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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