Jacki Weaver and Adrian Grenier enjoy San Francisco’s drag scene in this exclusive first-look from comedy-drama Stage Mother, being shopped at the Afm by Film Mode Entertainment. Lucy Liu and Mya Taylor also star in the film, about a conservative Texas church-choir director who finds a new meaning in life after she inherits her son’s drag club.
Stage Mother, which is shooting in Canada, is being directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Splinters) from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes).
“Audiences will be jumping up in their seats singing, dancing and shedding a tear in this ...
Stage Mother, which is shooting in Canada, is being directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Splinters) from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes).
“Audiences will be jumping up in their seats singing, dancing and shedding a tear in this ...
- 11/3/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jacki Weaver and Adrian Grenier enjoy San Francisco’s drag scene in this exclusive first-look from comedy-drama Stage Mother, being shopped at the Afm by Film Mode Entertainment. Lucy Liu and Mya Taylor also star in the film, about a conservative Texas church-choir director who finds a new meaning in life after she inherits her son’s drag club.
Stage Mother, which is shooting in Canada, is being directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Splinters) from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes).
“Audiences will be jumping up in their seats singing, dancing and shedding a tear in this ...
Stage Mother, which is shooting in Canada, is being directed by Thom Fitzgerald (Splinters) from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes).
“Audiences will be jumping up in their seats singing, dancing and shedding a tear in this ...
- 11/3/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jacki Weaver, Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu have joined the dramatic comedy “Stage Mother,” set in the drag queen world of San Francisco.
The film is currently in pre-production. Rights for the film will be available at the Cannes Film Festival Market through Film Mode Entertainment. The film begins shooting later this year in Canada with Thom Fitzgerald shooting from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (“The Hot Flashes”).
Weaver will portray a conservative Texas church-choir director inheriting her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Following her heart, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving on her own from Texas to San Francisco save the club from bankruptcy.
Producers are J. Todd Harris through his Branded Pictures, Idiot Savant’s Anne Clements, 4K Productions’ Laurie Lacob and Emotion Pictures’ Doug Pettigrew. Executive producers are Clay Epstein, Brad Hennig and Thom Fitzgerald.
The film is currently in pre-production. Rights for the film will be available at the Cannes Film Festival Market through Film Mode Entertainment. The film begins shooting later this year in Canada with Thom Fitzgerald shooting from a script by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (“The Hot Flashes”).
Weaver will portray a conservative Texas church-choir director inheriting her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Following her heart, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving on her own from Texas to San Francisco save the club from bankruptcy.
Producers are J. Todd Harris through his Branded Pictures, Idiot Savant’s Anne Clements, 4K Productions’ Laurie Lacob and Emotion Pictures’ Doug Pettigrew. Executive producers are Clay Epstein, Brad Hennig and Thom Fitzgerald.
- 5/1/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jacki Weaver (Silver Lining’s Playbook), Taye Diggs (Chicago) and Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels) are to lead cast in comedy Stage Mother, set in the drag queen world of San Francisco. Currently in pre-produciton, Film Mode, which handles world sales, will be shopping the movie in Cannes with shoot is due to get underway in Canada later this year.
Canadian director Thom Fitzgerald (Cloudburst) is helming the movie penned by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes). The cute story follows a conservative Texas church-choir director who inherits her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Following her heart, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving on her own from Texas to San Francisco save the club from bankruptcy. In this raucous, racy new environment, she begins to open up and find new meaning for her life, even becoming a mother figure...
Canadian director Thom Fitzgerald (Cloudburst) is helming the movie penned by San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes). The cute story follows a conservative Texas church-choir director who inherits her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Following her heart, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving on her own from Texas to San Francisco save the club from bankruptcy. In this raucous, racy new environment, she begins to open up and find new meaning for her life, even becoming a mother figure...
- 5/1/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Jacki Weaver, Taye Diggs and Lucy Liu have signed on to star in Stage Mother, the new feature from Canadian director Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden).
Weaver (The Silver Linings Playbook) will star as Maybelline, a conservative Texas church choir director who inherits her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Surprising everyone, she moves to San Francisco to try and save the club from bankruptcy.
San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes) penned the screenplay.
Currently in preproduction, Stage Mother is set to begin shooting in Canada later this year.
Branded Pictures Entertainment's J. Todd Harris is producing...
Weaver (The Silver Linings Playbook) will star as Maybelline, a conservative Texas church choir director who inherits her recently deceased son’s San Francisco drag club. Surprising everyone, she moves to San Francisco to try and save the club from bankruptcy.
San Francisco screenwriter Brad Hennig (The Hot Flashes) penned the screenplay.
Currently in preproduction, Stage Mother is set to begin shooting in Canada later this year.
Branded Pictures Entertainment's J. Todd Harris is producing...
- 5/1/2018
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present and future.
Susan Seidelman had just completed her first feature when the Cannes Film Festival came calling. In 1982, Seidelman wasn’t yet 30; she was only a few years out of film school and had only a single feature under her belt. But that didn’t matter to the world’s most well-regarded festival. They wanted Seidelman’s “Smithereens,” and the ensuing reception for the film — a punk-infused dark comedy about the bohemian underworld of New York City featuring a not entirely likable lead character — didn’t just change Seidelman’s life; it changed the way American independent cinema was received around the world.
“Smithereens,” shot guerilla-style around the city with a cast and crew made up of many of the filmmaker’s Nyu classmates, marked a sea change for Cannes: It was the first American independent feature had...
Susan Seidelman had just completed her first feature when the Cannes Film Festival came calling. In 1982, Seidelman wasn’t yet 30; she was only a few years out of film school and had only a single feature under her belt. But that didn’t matter to the world’s most well-regarded festival. They wanted Seidelman’s “Smithereens,” and the ensuing reception for the film — a punk-infused dark comedy about the bohemian underworld of New York City featuring a not entirely likable lead character — didn’t just change Seidelman’s life; it changed the way American independent cinema was received around the world.
“Smithereens,” shot guerilla-style around the city with a cast and crew made up of many of the filmmaker’s Nyu classmates, marked a sea change for Cannes: It was the first American independent feature had...
- 7/28/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
September sees loads of new films – and a few telly shows – joining Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK. Here's our low-down...
As streaming services go, Amazon Prime Instant Video is one of the youngest names around.
There’s a decent library of entertainment behind the relative-newbie moniker, though. That’s partly due to the fact that the website used to be LoveFilm, before Amazon bought them out.
In September 2015, some big films and telly shows are coming to stream on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Here’s our list, to keep you primed and ready (arf)…
1st September
Criminal Minds (seasons 1 to 9)
The Following (season 2)
Awkward (season 4)
3rd September
Superman – Unbound (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 (2013)
4th September
Hand Of God (season 1)
Up (2009)
The Asylum (2014)
Hippocrate (2014)
Green Lantern (2011)
6th September
We’re The Millers (2013)
10th September
Unthinkable (2010)
Dark City (1998)
11th September
Toy Story (1995)
Monsters University (2013)
Wyrmwood (2014)
14th September
The Hot Flashes...
As streaming services go, Amazon Prime Instant Video is one of the youngest names around.
There’s a decent library of entertainment behind the relative-newbie moniker, though. That’s partly due to the fact that the website used to be LoveFilm, before Amazon bought them out.
In September 2015, some big films and telly shows are coming to stream on Amazon Prime Instant Video. Here’s our list, to keep you primed and ready (arf)…
1st September
Criminal Minds (seasons 1 to 9)
The Following (season 2)
Awkward (season 4)
3rd September
Superman – Unbound (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 (2013)
4th September
Hand Of God (season 1)
Up (2009)
The Asylum (2014)
Hippocrate (2014)
Green Lantern (2011)
6th September
We’re The Millers (2013)
10th September
Unthinkable (2010)
Dark City (1998)
11th September
Toy Story (1995)
Monsters University (2013)
Wyrmwood (2014)
14th September
The Hot Flashes...
- 8/25/2015
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
You never know what you might find when you're browsing Netflix Instant selections on a dull Sunday afternoon, and when my husband (who had the remote, go figure) started to skip past the unknown-to-us movie The Hot Flashes, I did a double-take and said, "Wait, stop -- is that directed by Susan Seidelman?" As in, Susan Seidelman who made Desperately Seeking Susan and Smithereens and I haven't heard about her since that She-Devil adaptation I don't want to think about? My attention was caught.
Then we read the synopsis, which was about middle-age women playing basketball -- okay, that's novel -- and decided to play the "give it 10 minutes and turn it off if it's too dumb" game. We lasted through all 99 minutes with no regrets. (Full disclosure: After 10-ish minutes I exclaimed, "Hey, this movie is set in Texas! I'm gonna write it up," and ran to my...
Then we read the synopsis, which was about middle-age women playing basketball -- okay, that's novel -- and decided to play the "give it 10 minutes and turn it off if it's too dumb" game. We lasted through all 99 minutes with no regrets. (Full disclosure: After 10-ish minutes I exclaimed, "Hey, this movie is set in Texas! I'm gonna write it up," and ran to my...
- 5/28/2014
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Belle
The 2014 Athena Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of narrative, documentary and short films.
The New York Premiere of Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Amma Asante, is the Athena Film Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Thursday evening. Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and directed by Steven Bernstein, is the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and will be screened on Friday evening. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way, directed by her daughter, Donna Zaccaro, is the festival’s Closing Film, screening on Sunday evening.
The festival honors extraordinary women in the film industry and showcases films that address women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. Now in its fourth year, the festival runs from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. Artemis Rising Foundation is the Founding Sponsor of the Festival.
The Book Thief
Among...
The 2014 Athena Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of narrative, documentary and short films.
The New York Premiere of Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and directed by Amma Asante, is the Athena Film Festival’s Opening Film, screening on Thursday evening. Decoding Annie Parker, starring Helen Hunt and Samantha Morton and directed by Steven Bernstein, is the festival’s Centerpiece Film, and will be screened on Friday evening. Geraldine Ferraro: Paving The Way, directed by her daughter, Donna Zaccaro, is the festival’s Closing Film, screening on Sunday evening.
The festival honors extraordinary women in the film industry and showcases films that address women’s leadership in real life and the fictional world. Now in its fourth year, the festival runs from Thursday, February 6 through Sunday, February 9 on the Barnard College campus in Morningside Heights. Artemis Rising Foundation is the Founding Sponsor of the Festival.
The Book Thief
Among...
- 1/7/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Daryl Hannah is puzzled. Thirty minutes into lunch at a hip eatery in Venice, Calif., the owner drops by her table to say how thrilled he is to see her back at his restaurant. After he walks away, she stares into her bowl of vegetable soup, stunned that he even remembers her. "I don't think I've been here in 15 years," she whispers, shaking her head. Not so long ago Daryl Hannah was a movie star. Problem was, she hated it. But there she was up in lights anyway, a loopy Amazonian blonde who beguiled America beginning with a turn as...
- 9/29/2013
- by Johnny Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
Brooke Shields has signed with Untitled for management, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The actress currently plays Air Force Colonel Kat Young on Lifetime’s Army Wives, which she joined midway through the recently completed seventh season, and recently starred in the indie comedy The Hot Flashes alongside Daryl Hannah and Wanda Sykes. This summer she also made her directorial debut with Chicago at the Hollywood Bowl. Shields starred as Roxie Hart in the musical on Broadway, where she also took favorable turns in Grease, Wonderful Town and Cabaret. The showbiz veteran began her career practically at birth. She became the
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- 8/13/2013
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Moviefone's Top DVD of the Week
"What Maisie Knew"
What's It About? A modern update on Henry James's 1897 novel of the same name, this indie drama follows a six-year-old girl caught in the middle of her parents bitter custody battle. With her aging rock star mother (Julianne Moore), art dealer father (Steve Coogan), and mom's bartender boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard), Maisie (newcomer Onata Aprile) learns to navigate through the adult's selfish behavior.
Why We're In: While uncomfortable and sad, "What Maisie Knew" tells a deeply emotional story that will stay with you. The adult leads give memorable performances, but it is Aprile's rawness that makes the film so gripping.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Muppet Movie" The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
What's It About? The classic 1979 (almost 35 years ago) movie was the first time we saw Kermit and friends on the big screen. In the movie musical Kermit...
"What Maisie Knew"
What's It About? A modern update on Henry James's 1897 novel of the same name, this indie drama follows a six-year-old girl caught in the middle of her parents bitter custody battle. With her aging rock star mother (Julianne Moore), art dealer father (Steve Coogan), and mom's bartender boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgard), Maisie (newcomer Onata Aprile) learns to navigate through the adult's selfish behavior.
Why We're In: While uncomfortable and sad, "What Maisie Knew" tells a deeply emotional story that will stay with you. The adult leads give memorable performances, but it is Aprile's rawness that makes the film so gripping.
Moviefone's Top Blu-ray of the Week
"The Muppet Movie" The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition
What's It About? The classic 1979 (almost 35 years ago) movie was the first time we saw Kermit and friends on the big screen. In the movie musical Kermit...
- 8/13/2013
- by Erin Whitney
- Moviefone
Previous | Image 1 of 3 | NextDaryl Hannah at the Health Freedom Expo on June 7th, 2013
Chicago – Daryl Hannah is a passionate activist. The actress and environmentalist is spreading the word regarding the dangers of the Keystone Pipeline, among other hot topics at the recent Health Freedom Expo in Chicagoland. She also has a new movie in limited release opening on July 12th entitled “The Hot Flashes.”
The actress was born in Chicago, attending the local Francis W. Parker School. She made her 1978 film debut in the Brian De Palma horror movie, “The Fury,” which was filmed in Chicago. After appearing in the classic sci-fi movie, “Blade Runner” (1982), she took off as a mermaid-out-of-water in “Splash” (1984). That began a procession of hit movies throughout the 1980s and ‘90s including “Roxanne” (1987), Wall Street (1987), “Steel Magnolias” (1989) and “The Little Rascals” (1994). Most recently, she’s appeared in the British horror film, “Eldorado” (2012), and is featured in the 2013 film “The Hot Flashes,...
Chicago – Daryl Hannah is a passionate activist. The actress and environmentalist is spreading the word regarding the dangers of the Keystone Pipeline, among other hot topics at the recent Health Freedom Expo in Chicagoland. She also has a new movie in limited release opening on July 12th entitled “The Hot Flashes.”
The actress was born in Chicago, attending the local Francis W. Parker School. She made her 1978 film debut in the Brian De Palma horror movie, “The Fury,” which was filmed in Chicago. After appearing in the classic sci-fi movie, “Blade Runner” (1982), she took off as a mermaid-out-of-water in “Splash” (1984). That began a procession of hit movies throughout the 1980s and ‘90s including “Roxanne” (1987), Wall Street (1987), “Steel Magnolias” (1989) and “The Little Rascals” (1994). Most recently, she’s appeared in the British horror film, “Eldorado” (2012), and is featured in the 2013 film “The Hot Flashes,...
- 7/12/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Susan ("Desperately Seeking Susan") Seidelman has spent her Aarp-eligible years making movies for that oft-ignored corner of the filmgoing public -- her Aarp-eligible peers. She tries her best to give a little R-rated edge to an audience that is too often served warmed-over mush.
So "Boynton Beach Club" was a retirement community romantic comedy that was as frank about sex as any movie Dyan Cannon made in the '70s. And Seidelman's latest, "The Hot Flashes," squeezes in a sex scene and plenty of ribald remarks in between heaping helpings of formulaic sports comedy cheese.
It's a "Best of Times" about menopausal ex-high school basketball players who take on the current crop of state champ teens in their small Texas town, all in the name of saving the local mammogram-mobile. And the movie is a golden opportunity for actresses who have hit Hollywood's "hard-to-employ" age to try their hands at Southern-fried wisecracks.
So "Boynton Beach Club" was a retirement community romantic comedy that was as frank about sex as any movie Dyan Cannon made in the '70s. And Seidelman's latest, "The Hot Flashes," squeezes in a sex scene and plenty of ribald remarks in between heaping helpings of formulaic sports comedy cheese.
It's a "Best of Times" about menopausal ex-high school basketball players who take on the current crop of state champ teens in their small Texas town, all in the name of saving the local mammogram-mobile. And the movie is a golden opportunity for actresses who have hit Hollywood's "hard-to-employ" age to try their hands at Southern-fried wisecracks.
- 7/11/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Courtside trash talk is a whole 'nother game in The Hot Flashes. "I am going to rip those worn-out nipples right off of you," snarls Camryn Manheim to the woman who broke up her marriage, who is also her teammate. Later, Virginia Madsen winks, "Why buy the pig when all you need is a little sausage?" The raunchy, feminist-revenge jokes are the best part of this feel-good, you-go-ladies sports comedy about five menopausal women in suburban Texas who come together as a basketball team to fundraise for a mammography van. The red-state setting makes for some nicely observed gags—a churchy woman with a slideshow called "God Made Menopause" reassures her female audience that they all have an inner goddess within them, "a Judeo-Christian goddess," she quickly adds—and offers...
- 7/10/2013
- Village Voice
Title: The Hot Flashes Director: Susan Seidelman (‘Desperately Seeking Susan’) Starring: Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim All women are faced with the inevitable stereotypes that plague the process of reaching middle age, and even top Hollywood actresses are forced to contend with the loss of innovative work to younger women. Not only do women have to struggle with the reality of losing potential work, due to the natural process of aging, but also must face the truth that the public can also judge them when they’re faced with the life-altering actualities of illness. The difficulty in overcoming age stereotypes is prevalent not only for [ Read More ]
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- 7/6/2013
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Title: The Hot Flashes Directed by: Susan Seidelman Starring: Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, Virginia Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Camryn Manheim, Eric Roberts Running time: 1 hr. 39 min, Rated R, In theaters 07/12, DVD 08/13 Beth Humphrey (Brooke Shields) is feeling the early effects of menopause. Her husband Laurence (Eric Roberts) has no sympathy. Beth is devastated to discover her deceased friend and former teammate’s legacy, a mammogram screening truck has lost funding and will no longer be operating. Beth gets the idea to put a team together for charity, challenge 3 games with the current basketball team where her daughter is a star player and raise enough money to keep [ Read More ]
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- 7/4/2013
- by juliana
- ShockYa
Though Hollywood film premieres have been known to roll out the red carpet, the stars of The Hot Flashes strutted across the "pink" carpet at ArcLight Cinemas on Thursday night to celebrate the premiere of director Susan Seidelman's (Desperately Seeking Susan) latest film venture. Photos: Before 'The Heat': 12 Iconic Female Duos in Hollywood The film, which stars Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Wanda Sykes, Camryn Manheim, and Virginia Madsen, centers on a group of middle-aged women who join forces to face-off against local high schoolers in a basketball match to raise money for the fight against breast cancer.
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- 6/28/2013
- by Meena Jang
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, and Daryl Hannah are set on reliving their glory days in this exclusive clip from "The Hot Flashes."
The comedy tells the story of five childhood friends and former basketball players, who challenge the current high school girls' state basketball champs to a game in order to raise money for a mobile breast cancer screening truck to continue its work. The women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on (and off) the court.
In the clip below, Shields, Hannah, Camryn Manheim, and Virginia Madsen convince Sykes, who is now a straight-laced mayoral candidate, to rejoin their starting line-up.
"The Hot Flashes" shoots into theaters July 12.
The comedy tells the story of five childhood friends and former basketball players, who challenge the current high school girls' state basketball champs to a game in order to raise money for a mobile breast cancer screening truck to continue its work. The women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on (and off) the court.
In the clip below, Shields, Hannah, Camryn Manheim, and Virginia Madsen convince Sykes, who is now a straight-laced mayoral candidate, to rejoin their starting line-up.
"The Hot Flashes" shoots into theaters July 12.
- 6/28/2013
- by Dana Taddeo
- Moviefone
A Benefit for the American Cancer Society features stars from the film "The Hot Flashes." "The Hot Flashes" is a film about an unlikely basketball team of middle-aged women goes to comic extremes on and off the court and becomes a national media sensation when they take on the current high school girls state championship team in a charity match to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Brooke Shields (Pretty Baby, Blue Lagoon, Endless Love), Wanda Sykes (I.ma Be Me, Evan Almighty, Monster-In-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend), Daryl Hannah (Splash, Roxanne, Steel Magnolias, Kill Bill I & II), Virginia Madsen (Sideways, The Anna Nicole Smith Story), Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer, The Practice), Susan Seidelman (Director) are showing their support for the...
- 6/24/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Army Wives' Brooke Shields, 48, spills her secrets to Us. Her new movie, The Hot Flashes, is out in July. 1. I get shots because I'm allergic to my dog. 2. My first movie was Annie Hall but my scenes were cut. 3. I love curling up in the Allegra La-z-Boy chair to read while my daughters (Rowan, 10, and Grier, 7) do their homework. 4. I always regret not continuing to study piano. 5. I put on '40s music and dance alone in my house. 6. I go to the Container [...]...
- 6/10/2013
- Us Weekly
Tags: videomoviesMovie NewsThe Hot FlashesWanda SykesIMDb
A new trailer for The Hot Flashes has been released and we get a look at Wanda Sykes, Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah and Virginia Madsen as menopausal women who return to their high school basketball court to attempt and reclaim glory. I always root for the underdogs!
The Hot Flashes will hit select theaters July 12.
Teaser Photo: Teaser: Wanda Sykes, Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah and Virginia Madsen are starters in this movie about a menopausal basketball team.
A new trailer for The Hot Flashes has been released and we get a look at Wanda Sykes, Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah and Virginia Madsen as menopausal women who return to their high school basketball court to attempt and reclaim glory. I always root for the underdogs!
The Hot Flashes will hit select theaters July 12.
Teaser Photo: Teaser: Wanda Sykes, Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah and Virginia Madsen are starters in this movie about a menopausal basketball team.
- 6/6/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
With the release of its first trailer, the Brooke Shields-led “getting older” comedy The Hot Flashes is reminiscent of a few recent comedies, both of which fall wildly to either end of the quality spectrum. On one side it’s a little like Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups film (and its forthcoming sequel), ruminating on the fact that getting older is funny. On the other hand, it’s hard not to think a bit of Bridesmaids, because there’s plenty of women saying and doing somewhat raunchy things. To which side does The Hot Flashes lean most, the trailer doesn’t seem to want to say. My guess is that it’s not going to end well, especially considering the following observations. First, the trailer: Now, some thoughts: 1. Is menopause really funny enough to carry an entire film? I’m not trying to get in the way of any sort of strong female-led comedy, trust...
- 6/4/2013
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Meet an unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women! We have a brand new trailer for Susan Seidelman‘s upcoming comedy The Hot Flashes, and we definitely recommend you to check it out in the rest of this report. We also have some new pics from the whole thing, so I’m pretty sure you’re going to enjoy! Take a look… In case you’re not so familiar with this pic, I will first inform you that Seidelman directed the movie from a script written by Brad Hennig, which revolves around a former high school champs (now middle-aged Texas women) who challenge the current high school girls’...
- 6/3/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
News
Fans of the Fullerverse can finally let out a sigh of relief. NBC has finally ordered a second season of Hannibal.
Do you think it would help if the Hannibal crew wore “5″ t-shirts like the Babylon 5 team did?
Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj both made it official, announcing that they would not be returning to American Idol as a judge.
Deadline reports that FX is developing a comedy starring Tracy Morgan. Death Pact has Morgan playing a slacker-turned-war-hero-slash-motivational-speaker who returns to his hometown and takes three down-on-their-luck friends.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan says that he’s working on a Breaking Bad spin-off focusing on scene-stealer Saul Goodman. “So we just have to figure out exactly what kind of story we’re telling. Is it a story about his creation of his own character? Because Saul Goodman, as he explains in his first episode, is not his real name,...
Fans of the Fullerverse can finally let out a sigh of relief. NBC has finally ordered a second season of Hannibal.
Do you think it would help if the Hannibal crew wore “5″ t-shirts like the Babylon 5 team did?
Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj both made it official, announcing that they would not be returning to American Idol as a judge.
Deadline reports that FX is developing a comedy starring Tracy Morgan. Death Pact has Morgan playing a slacker-turned-war-hero-slash-motivational-speaker who returns to his hometown and takes three down-on-their-luck friends.
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan says that he’s working on a Breaking Bad spin-off focusing on scene-stealer Saul Goodman. “So we just have to figure out exactly what kind of story we’re telling. Is it a story about his creation of his own character? Because Saul Goodman, as he explains in his first episode, is not his real name,...
- 5/31/2013
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
I recently sat through "Iron Man 3" with my three children. I admit that at least some of it was fun to watch. In fact, many of Robert Downey Jr.'s lines had me laughing out loud. But, for the most part, the needless addition of 3D and the endless string of loud explosions had my head spinning by the end. It got me wondering: Will there be anything for mature audiences to enjoy this summer? The good news is that -- from all accounts -- there will be. Indeed, here are four (hopefully) must-see movies that appear to be targeting post50s this summer.
1. If you loved "The Wedding Crashers" then you are probably going to at least like "The Internship" starring the same dynamic duo -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. This time the two play down-and-out salesmen whose careers have been upended by the digital age. The...
1. If you loved "The Wedding Crashers" then you are probably going to at least like "The Internship" starring the same dynamic duo -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. This time the two play down-and-out salesmen whose careers have been upended by the digital age. The...
- 5/15/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Tags: PassionEllen PageMichelle RodriguezElysiumJodie FosterMovie NewsmoviesIMDbDarren CrissKristen WiigHelen MirrenMary Louise ParkerSyrupThe EastByzantiumRed 2Anna KendrickBrittany Snow
Hello fellow queer cinephiles! As we enter the long, hot days of summer, everyone wants to cool off in a theater and watch other people try to save the world. The summer tends to be a pretty testosterone-soaked season for movies, so I’m here to help you sort the films you want to be in the front row for from those you just use as an excuse to cuddle in the back.
Editor's note: * denotes a film that includes openly lesbian/bi actresses or lesbian/bi characters.
May 10
Venus and Serena
You’re there to see: Venus and Serena Williams, obviously.
In a nutshell: Who doesn’t want to know more about the two sisters who changed tennis forever? This one’s a must-see for any lesbian with a pair of athletic shoes.
You...
Hello fellow queer cinephiles! As we enter the long, hot days of summer, everyone wants to cool off in a theater and watch other people try to save the world. The summer tends to be a pretty testosterone-soaked season for movies, so I’m here to help you sort the films you want to be in the front row for from those you just use as an excuse to cuddle in the back.
Editor's note: * denotes a film that includes openly lesbian/bi actresses or lesbian/bi characters.
May 10
Venus and Serena
You’re there to see: Venus and Serena Williams, obviously.
In a nutshell: Who doesn’t want to know more about the two sisters who changed tennis forever? This one’s a must-see for any lesbian with a pair of athletic shoes.
You...
- 5/10/2013
- by Elaine Atwell
- AfterEllen.com
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth are joining The Reckoning, a film from Lightning Entertainment. The film will be directed John V. Soto (Crush). Hemsworth, much like the third Manning brother, is the lesser known of the Hemsworth clan, that has Thor and Gale as the other members. Lapaglia is the son of Without A Trace star Anthony Lapaglia. Check the press release for more deets on the film.
Los Angeles – Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
Los Angeles – Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
- 3/30/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Jonathan Lapaglia and Luke Hemsworth will star in the crime thriller The Reckoning, written and to be directed by John V. Soto (Needle, Crush), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment who is set to handle International sales rights to the film.
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey, he soon uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads all the way back to him.
Kitcher says that the thriller is “best described as Memento meets Kalifornia.”
A Filmscope Entertainment production,...
The Reckoning will start principal photography on April 29th on location in Australia. Deidre Kitcher (Needle, Crush) is producing. Robert Lundberg, Greg Coote, David Calvert-Jones, Roger Savill and Kim Savill will executive produce the film.
The story revolves around a detective who discovers footage at a murder scene, shot by two teenagers, that provides clues to the identity of a killer. The teens have since gone missing, and as the detective retraces their journey, he soon uncovers a trail of deceit and murder that leads all the way back to him.
Kitcher says that the thriller is “best described as Memento meets Kalifornia.”
A Filmscope Entertainment production,...
- 3/25/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Tuesday, indie dramedy “The Hot Flashes,” directed by Susan Seidelman (“Desperately Seeking Susan”) and starring Wanda Sykes, Brooke Shields, Virginia Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Robin Roberts, Camryn Manheim, Krysti Jones and Eric Roberts, screened at the Coral Gables Art Cinema in Coral Gables, Florida as part of the Miami International Film Festival. The film is an uproarious look at a group of middle-aged women who form a ragtag basketball team in order to raise money to keep the town’s mobile breast cancer screening unit up and running. Dana Moe Halley of ShapingYouth.org had a unique take on the film, seeing how she herself belongs to the main cast’s age group. Her [ Read More ]
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- 3/6/2013
- by monique
- ShockYa
Clearly, filmmakers are chasing the older demo. "The Hot Flashes," starring Brooke Shields, Darryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim, screens at Afm on November 3. The film seems to be aiming for a middle-aged "Bridesmaids" vibe, and follows a group of five Texan women who start up a basketball team in order to beat the local girls' high school team and raise money for breast cancer. The film is written by Brad Hennig and directed by Oscar-nominated director Susan Seidelman ("Desperately Seeking Susan"). The "hilarity" of older women vs. younger women is already tired, as is the commercialization of breast cancer (the women's uniforms are bright pink). There's a good amount of talent on board this project, but the concept seems off. Can't women over 40 have an intelligent comedy made about them, that doesn't go straight for the menopausal jugular? Of course back in 1996 Hugh Wilson's...
- 11/2/2012
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tags: Morning BrewLindsey ShawGLEEAli AdlerLily TomlinSara GilbertThe Facts of LifeSarah ShahiChicago FireMichelle AngUnderemployedIMDbJack and DianeDe'Borah Garner
Happy Halloween!
Thank you all so much for voting in the slash/femslash Facebook poll. I"m happy to announce that Faberry won!
Brad Pitt is attempting to make up for stealing Angelina Jolie away from the lesbians by donating $100,000 to the Hrc in effort to support the four states voting for marriage equality next week. In all truthfulness, they are seriously great actors and philanthropists, and we'll always have Gia.
Rumor has it Evan Rachel Wood is now married to actor Jamie Bell. Jamie, you must now donate $100,000 to the Lgbt charity of your choice.
Carmen de la Pica Morales (aka Sarah Shahi) is joining Chicago Fire for at least five episodes. Now I was really hoping she'd be a love interest for Leslie Shay, but it looks like she's after her roommate,...
Happy Halloween!
Thank you all so much for voting in the slash/femslash Facebook poll. I"m happy to announce that Faberry won!
Brad Pitt is attempting to make up for stealing Angelina Jolie away from the lesbians by donating $100,000 to the Hrc in effort to support the four states voting for marriage equality next week. In all truthfulness, they are seriously great actors and philanthropists, and we'll always have Gia.
Rumor has it Evan Rachel Wood is now married to actor Jamie Bell. Jamie, you must now donate $100,000 to the Lgbt charity of your choice.
Carmen de la Pica Morales (aka Sarah Shahi) is joining Chicago Fire for at least five episodes. Now I was really hoping she'd be a love interest for Leslie Shay, but it looks like she's after her roommate,...
- 10/31/2012
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
Susan Seidelman is one of the few women directors who is still making films and who began when I began in the business. In other words, she is my contemporary. Her first film, Smithereens (1982), was a defining film for me as I had just moved to New York (to work for ABC Video) and this was a definitive New York movie. The second, Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), was even more defining. Starring Madonna who lived a few blocks away from Susan herself who also knew the music scene where Madonna was just beginning to make a name, the film shares a certain theme...a bored suburbanite girl was the impetus to make both. Susan S. and I were both bored suburbanite girls looking for a way out...She went to Nyu film school and I moved to the east coast for my university studies.
In 1993 Susan made an extraordinary short, The Dutch Master, a part of Tales of Erotica produced by the German producer Regina Zeigler and made up of shorts by such directors as Bob Rafelson and Ken Russell. Not only does Susan have a filmography that surpasses the 3 to 4 that usually top off the filmographies of most other women directors, but she remains in the top tier of truly independent filmmakers.
Her last two films were Boynton Beach Club (2005) which did fine under the sewardship of Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films. It played the Paris Theater in N.Y. for several weeks and fared well in L.A. at the NuArt and in the Valley as well as in the heartland. Its investors were happy and she was happy to find the audience for this story of seniors in a retirement community who were dating and interested in love and sex.
Mark Urman released her last film Musical Chairs (2011) through Paladin. Unfortunately it opened the same weekend in the same multiplex as The Hunger Games which "proceeded to predictably beat the stuffing out of the box office, scoring $155 million, the third highest opening weekend in history. "(The Playlist) That was not so good for Musical Chairs. What's worse, or I may be wrong, it had no international sales representation. The film had no "names" and she was unavailable to promote the film as it rolled out theatrically because she was already in production filming The Hot Flashes.
Which brings us to the current film The Hot Flashes, which does have international representation (Lightning Entertainment) and will premiere at Afm, screening for U.S. and other distributor/ buyers on November 3 at 1pm and November 5 at 11 am.
There will also be a panel discussion with all the actresses -- Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim -- on November 2nd at 2:30. Eric Roberts also stars in the film.
Here's the brief imdb logline: An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and become a media sensation."
Lightning came in early with a minimum guarantee based on the script and package (Susan and the stellar cast). They believe in the film though the biggest challenge in the U.S. will be finding that underserved audience, not for art films but for a film about heartland women of a certain age showing they can still struff their stuff.
When Susan started out 30 years ago, there was a greater variety of studio films than there are today. With the likes Jim Brooks or Woody Allen making fun, intelligent movies, not arty but character driven, both studios and audiences were in sync. Today it is no longer the case, though Alexander Payne may still fit that profile, there is not much in the middle between the big Hollywood movies and the smaller art house fare.
From directing the pilot and certain episodes of Sex and the City, she knows this film is not for the upper middle class ladies who like Manolo Blahnik shoes. This is about small town, working class women who get together to save the local mobile clinic that gives mammograms by playing basketball which will also prove that they still have "it". Her target audience is middle America filmgoers rather than the art film lovers on the east and west coasts. She recognizes that the film is very dependent on marketing and on having money for marketing.
Partnerships and alliances have been made with the American Cancer Society, Wmba, Harley Davidison, Butterball Turkey who can put in some P&A and/ or in-kind advertising and promotion. This strategy was in place at the start of the film's life. Today Title 9 also encourages girls to go into sports, another area which has opened up only recently.
When Susan is not directing features, she directs TV and teaches a directing seminar at Nyu. To have been able to sustain
She truly hopes that with the current changes going on now in the film world that the women who have broken down some barriers will keep their collective feet in the door and that the changes will make it easier for women to sustain careers in directing as she has been lucky enough to have done...30 years and still going strong.
In 1993 Susan made an extraordinary short, The Dutch Master, a part of Tales of Erotica produced by the German producer Regina Zeigler and made up of shorts by such directors as Bob Rafelson and Ken Russell. Not only does Susan have a filmography that surpasses the 3 to 4 that usually top off the filmographies of most other women directors, but she remains in the top tier of truly independent filmmakers.
Her last two films were Boynton Beach Club (2005) which did fine under the sewardship of Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films. It played the Paris Theater in N.Y. for several weeks and fared well in L.A. at the NuArt and in the Valley as well as in the heartland. Its investors were happy and she was happy to find the audience for this story of seniors in a retirement community who were dating and interested in love and sex.
Mark Urman released her last film Musical Chairs (2011) through Paladin. Unfortunately it opened the same weekend in the same multiplex as The Hunger Games which "proceeded to predictably beat the stuffing out of the box office, scoring $155 million, the third highest opening weekend in history. "(The Playlist) That was not so good for Musical Chairs. What's worse, or I may be wrong, it had no international sales representation. The film had no "names" and she was unavailable to promote the film as it rolled out theatrically because she was already in production filming The Hot Flashes.
Which brings us to the current film The Hot Flashes, which does have international representation (Lightning Entertainment) and will premiere at Afm, screening for U.S. and other distributor/ buyers on November 3 at 1pm and November 5 at 11 am.
There will also be a panel discussion with all the actresses -- Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Virginia Madsen, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim -- on November 2nd at 2:30. Eric Roberts also stars in the film.
Here's the brief imdb logline: An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and become a media sensation."
Lightning came in early with a minimum guarantee based on the script and package (Susan and the stellar cast). They believe in the film though the biggest challenge in the U.S. will be finding that underserved audience, not for art films but for a film about heartland women of a certain age showing they can still struff their stuff.
When Susan started out 30 years ago, there was a greater variety of studio films than there are today. With the likes Jim Brooks or Woody Allen making fun, intelligent movies, not arty but character driven, both studios and audiences were in sync. Today it is no longer the case, though Alexander Payne may still fit that profile, there is not much in the middle between the big Hollywood movies and the smaller art house fare.
From directing the pilot and certain episodes of Sex and the City, she knows this film is not for the upper middle class ladies who like Manolo Blahnik shoes. This is about small town, working class women who get together to save the local mobile clinic that gives mammograms by playing basketball which will also prove that they still have "it". Her target audience is middle America filmgoers rather than the art film lovers on the east and west coasts. She recognizes that the film is very dependent on marketing and on having money for marketing.
Partnerships and alliances have been made with the American Cancer Society, Wmba, Harley Davidison, Butterball Turkey who can put in some P&A and/ or in-kind advertising and promotion. This strategy was in place at the start of the film's life. Today Title 9 also encourages girls to go into sports, another area which has opened up only recently.
When Susan is not directing features, she directs TV and teaches a directing seminar at Nyu. To have been able to sustain
She truly hopes that with the current changes going on now in the film world that the women who have broken down some barriers will keep their collective feet in the door and that the changes will make it easier for women to sustain careers in directing as she has been lucky enough to have done...30 years and still going strong.
- 10/29/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment (“Lightning”), announced today that the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company has acquired all international rights to Bert Marcus Productions’ acclaimed documentary feature film How To Make Money Selling Drugs.
The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim and was instantly acquired by Tribeca Films for the U.S. rights. Set for both theatrical release and on VOD in more than 40 million homes in 2013, the provocative documentary presents a shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease. By blending authentic reportage with pop culture references, the documentary further reveals how public policy and government drug enforcement have struggled to creatively adapt to and effectively disincentive Americans from dealing drugs. The film’s message delivers a captivating glimpse into the lives of those on both sides of the...
The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim and was instantly acquired by Tribeca Films for the U.S. rights. Set for both theatrical release and on VOD in more than 40 million homes in 2013, the provocative documentary presents a shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease. By blending authentic reportage with pop culture references, the documentary further reveals how public policy and government drug enforcement have struggled to creatively adapt to and effectively disincentive Americans from dealing drugs. The film’s message delivers a captivating glimpse into the lives of those on both sides of the...
- 10/18/2012
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment (.Lightning.), announced today that the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company has acquired all international rights to Bert Marcus Productions. acclaimed documentary feature film How To Make Money Selling Drugs.
The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim and was instantly acquired by Tribeca Films for the U.S. rights. Set for both theatrical release and on VOD in more than 40 million homes in 2013, the provocative documentary presents a shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease. By blending authentic reportage with pop culture references, the documentary further reveals how public policy and government drug enforcement have struggled to creatively adapt to and effectively disincentive Americans from dealing drugs. The film.s message delivers a captivating glimpse into the lives of those on both sides of the...
The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival to an enthusiastic audience and critical acclaim and was instantly acquired by Tribeca Films for the U.S. rights. Set for both theatrical release and on VOD in more than 40 million homes in 2013, the provocative documentary presents a shockingly candid examination of how a street dealer can rise to cartel lord with relative ease. By blending authentic reportage with pop culture references, the documentary further reveals how public policy and government drug enforcement have struggled to creatively adapt to and effectively disincentive Americans from dealing drugs. The film.s message delivers a captivating glimpse into the lives of those on both sides of the...
- 10/18/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Virginia Madsen and Elias Koteas have been cast to play opposite each other in the upcoming drama Jake Squared, from writer-director Howard Goldberg, Deadline reports. Koteas will be playing the titular character, a “filmmaker whose self-examination movie spins out of control,” while Madsen will be seen as Beth, who is simply described as “Jake’s confidant.” Goldberg‘s last picture — which came out quite a few years ago, back in 1996 — was titled Eden and had Nip/Tuck star Dylan Walsh in the leading role. Aside from that, he hasn’t seen much work in Hollywood; but this project — and the fact that he is a Sundance Institute Fellowship recipient — could definitely help his career out.
As for the stars of the film: Koteas has always had a knack for the darker side of roles, with his latest – Last Days on Mars – following suit. He’s also been cast alongside Jesse Eisenberg,...
As for the stars of the film: Koteas has always had a knack for the darker side of roles, with his latest – Last Days on Mars – following suit. He’s also been cast alongside Jesse Eisenberg,...
- 8/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Lightning Entertainment has announced that they will handle the DVD and VOD release of the zombie comedy The Revenant. We have the official press release, which also mentions a limited theatrical release this August:
“Worldwide rights holder Lightning Entertainment has struck a deal with notable New York-based independent distribution company Paladin to handle the theatrical release of the award-winning horror comedy The Revenant, it was announced today by Lightning president Robert Beaumont, and Paladin’s president Mark Urman.
Paladin plans to release the film theatrically in August in an initial 10 markets. That same day, the film will be available as a premium V.O.D., as part of an event driven day-and-date Ultra VOD bow through Lightning’s distribution arm, Lightning Media.
The DVD will be released through Lionsgate under Lightning Media’s on-going partnership with the company.
The deal with Paladin was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment’s Joseph Dickstein,...
“Worldwide rights holder Lightning Entertainment has struck a deal with notable New York-based independent distribution company Paladin to handle the theatrical release of the award-winning horror comedy The Revenant, it was announced today by Lightning president Robert Beaumont, and Paladin’s president Mark Urman.
Paladin plans to release the film theatrically in August in an initial 10 markets. That same day, the film will be available as a premium V.O.D., as part of an event driven day-and-date Ultra VOD bow through Lightning’s distribution arm, Lightning Media.
The DVD will be released through Lionsgate under Lightning Media’s on-going partnership with the company.
The deal with Paladin was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment’s Joseph Dickstein,...
- 6/26/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Worldwide rights holder Lightning Entertainment has struck a deal with notable New York-based independent distribution company Paladin to handle the theatrical release of the award-winning horror comedy The Revenant, it was announced today by Lightning president Robert Beaumont, and Paladin.s president Mark Urman.
Paladin plans to release the film theatrically in August in an initial 10 markets. That same day, the film will be available as a premium V.O.D., as part of an event driven day-and-date Ultra VOD bow through Lightning.s distribution arm, Lightning Media.
The DVD will be released through Lionsgate under Lightning Media.s on-going partnership with the company.
The deal with Paladin was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment.s Joseph Dickstein, Svp of acquisitions and Audrey Delaney, VP of acquisitions and business development, and Paladin.s Urman.
Starring David Anders (the CW.s .The Vampire Diaries.) and Chris Wylde (The Ten), The Revenant is written...
Paladin plans to release the film theatrically in August in an initial 10 markets. That same day, the film will be available as a premium V.O.D., as part of an event driven day-and-date Ultra VOD bow through Lightning.s distribution arm, Lightning Media.
The DVD will be released through Lionsgate under Lightning Media.s on-going partnership with the company.
The deal with Paladin was negotiated by Lightning Entertainment.s Joseph Dickstein, Svp of acquisitions and Audrey Delaney, VP of acquisitions and business development, and Paladin.s Urman.
Starring David Anders (the CW.s .The Vampire Diaries.) and Chris Wylde (The Ten), The Revenant is written...
- 6/26/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The cast of the film The Hot Flashes - Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, Virginia Madsen, Camryn Manheim and Mark Povinelli - joined the American Cancer Society for a .Blow Out Cancer. bash to celebrate their movement to create a world with More Birthdays for Everyone. The four women were excited to reunite again after becoming such great friends on set; they caught up like old friends who hadn't seen each other in ages while getting ready for the PSA Shoot. The Hot Flashes plot centers around women.s empowerment and originates from five friends trying to raise money for breast cancer early detection programs by holding a charity basketball game. The film has partnered with the American Cancer...
- 6/21/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Dynamic international distribution company Lightning Entertainment has picked up international rights to two new feature films making their market premieres; the comedy Whole Lotta Sole starring Brendan Fraser (The Mummy franchise) and directed by Oscar winner Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) and Kikoriki: Team Invincible, the Russian 3D animated-adventure comedy film from the Riki Group and produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted), it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment.
The dramatic comedy Whole Lotta Sole world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics, whilst Kikoriki comes to the market hot on the heels of its impressive $8.5 million box office run in its native Russia.
.Lightning continues to acquire top-notch material to present to international buyers with Whole Lotta Sole from the talented Terry George and the Russian animated adventure, Kikoriki: Team Invincible from powerhouse producer Timur Bekmambetov,. commented Beaumont. .Both films are highly accessible,...
The dramatic comedy Whole Lotta Sole world premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and received rave reviews from critics, whilst Kikoriki comes to the market hot on the heels of its impressive $8.5 million box office run in its native Russia.
.Lightning continues to acquire top-notch material to present to international buyers with Whole Lotta Sole from the talented Terry George and the Russian animated adventure, Kikoriki: Team Invincible from powerhouse producer Timur Bekmambetov,. commented Beaumont. .Both films are highly accessible,...
- 5/17/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lighting Entertainment (.Lightning.), the Santa Monica-based sales, production and distribution company has acquired International sales rights in all media to the romantic drama Love And Honor (formerly known as Awol) starring Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), it was announced today by Lightning President Robert Beaumont. Lightning will premiere the film for international buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.
Aussie thesp Hemsworth is joined by some of the most talented actors emerging in film right now including Austin Stowell (Dolphin Tale), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Aimee Teegarden (Scream 4), Chris Lowell (The Help) and Wyatt Russell (Cowboys And Aliens). The film is directed by Danny Mooney who makes his directorial debut. Love And Honor is written by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff, and is a love story in the tradition of films like The Notebook and The Lucky One, about a soldier who secretly returns home from the war...
Aussie thesp Hemsworth is joined by some of the most talented actors emerging in film right now including Austin Stowell (Dolphin Tale), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Aimee Teegarden (Scream 4), Chris Lowell (The Help) and Wyatt Russell (Cowboys And Aliens). The film is directed by Danny Mooney who makes his directorial debut. Love And Honor is written by Jim Burnstein and Garrett K. Schiff, and is a love story in the tradition of films like The Notebook and The Lucky One, about a soldier who secretly returns home from the war...
- 5/9/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Lightning Entertainment’s Slate Of New Titles For Cannes Includes Chris Colfer’s Struck By Lightning
Lightning Entertainment has acquired international rights to five feature films and will present the slate of new titles, including the star-studded comedy Struck By Lightning written by and starring Glee.s Chris Colfer, to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market, it was announced today by Robert Beaumont, President of Lightning Entertainment.
Struck By Lightning will make its market premiere at the Marché du Film following its Tribeca Film Festival world debut where it received an overwhelmingly positive response. Servitude will also make its market premiere with promotional footage being shown for family film Heaven.S Door and South African thriller One Last Look. Black South-easter is currently in production.
.We are thrilled to present this eclectic slate of new titles featuring films from across the globe to our buyers at Cannes and we are incredibly excited that both Struck By Lightning and Servitude will be making their market premieres next month,...
Struck By Lightning will make its market premiere at the Marché du Film following its Tribeca Film Festival world debut where it received an overwhelmingly positive response. Servitude will also make its market premiere with promotional footage being shown for family film Heaven.S Door and South African thriller One Last Look. Black South-easter is currently in production.
.We are thrilled to present this eclectic slate of new titles featuring films from across the globe to our buyers at Cannes and we are incredibly excited that both Struck By Lightning and Servitude will be making their market premieres next month,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Actress Melanie Griffith has dropped out of upcoming movie The Hot Flashes due to "creative differences".
The Working Girl star was cast as Clementine Winks in the new comedy, about an unlikely basketball team made up of middle-aged women, and she was seen filming the project in New Orleans, Louisiana last week.
But Griffith, who has scaled down her acting commitments to a handful of TV guest appearances in recent years, has now walked away from the shoot.
Explaining her decision on Twitter.com on Tuesday, she writes, "I am sorry to say that due to 'creative differences' I will no longer be in The Hot Flashes. But I love all you wonderful people of No (New Orleans)! Love".
Darryl Hannah, Eric Roberts and Brooke Shields also star in The Hot Flashes.
The Working Girl star was cast as Clementine Winks in the new comedy, about an unlikely basketball team made up of middle-aged women, and she was seen filming the project in New Orleans, Louisiana last week.
But Griffith, who has scaled down her acting commitments to a handful of TV guest appearances in recent years, has now walked away from the shoot.
Explaining her decision on Twitter.com on Tuesday, she writes, "I am sorry to say that due to 'creative differences' I will no longer be in The Hot Flashes. But I love all you wonderful people of No (New Orleans)! Love".
Darryl Hannah, Eric Roberts and Brooke Shields also star in The Hot Flashes.
- 2/29/2012
- WENN
Elementary
"Elementary" the contemporary New York set take on Sherlock Holmes at CBS, has cast "Eli Stone" and "Dexter" actor Jonny Lee Miller as the new Holmes.
Miller co-starred in Danny Boyle’s stage version of "Frankenstein" in London with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC's "Sherlock", a highly acclaimed contemporary London set take. [Source: Deadline]
Old Days
Michael Rosenbaum ("Smallville") will star in, write and direct the feature "Old Days" which begins shooting March 5th.
Rosenbaum plays a discouraged actor who returns home to Indiana for his high school reunion. There he gets into mischief with his friends and falls for his high school sweetheart (Homeland's Morena Baccarin). [Source: Deadline]
The Hot Flashes
Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on as the male leads in the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Hot Flashes" which also stars Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim.
The story centers...
"Elementary" the contemporary New York set take on Sherlock Holmes at CBS, has cast "Eli Stone" and "Dexter" actor Jonny Lee Miller as the new Holmes.
Miller co-starred in Danny Boyle’s stage version of "Frankenstein" in London with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of the BBC's "Sherlock", a highly acclaimed contemporary London set take. [Source: Deadline]
Old Days
Michael Rosenbaum ("Smallville") will star in, write and direct the feature "Old Days" which begins shooting March 5th.
Rosenbaum plays a discouraged actor who returns home to Indiana for his high school reunion. There he gets into mischief with his friends and falls for his high school sweetheart (Homeland's Morena Baccarin). [Source: Deadline]
The Hot Flashes
Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on as the male leads in the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Hot Flashes" which also stars Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim.
The story centers...
- 2/15/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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