Talaria Media is developing a new comedy series about a retired Navy Seal, Variety has learned exclusively.
The untitled single-camera series hails from writer and director Jame Anderson. It is loosely based on stories from Mark Greene’s book “Unsealed” as well as Anderson’s own life and relationship with her father, who was himself a veteran. Talaria’s Bobby Morgan will executive produce.
The official logline for the series states it is “about a retired Navy Seal struggling to adjust to civilian life after he’s forced to work at a new age spiritual center with his estranged daughter.”
No network or streaming service is currently attached to the project.
Anderson is currently attached to direct the feature film “Pregnant in Las Vegas,” which she also wrote, for Patriot Pictures and Mainstay Entertainment. She will also direct “Summer in Rome” for Filmtrax, “Arigato Tokyo” for Talaria Media, and an...
The untitled single-camera series hails from writer and director Jame Anderson. It is loosely based on stories from Mark Greene’s book “Unsealed” as well as Anderson’s own life and relationship with her father, who was himself a veteran. Talaria’s Bobby Morgan will executive produce.
The official logline for the series states it is “about a retired Navy Seal struggling to adjust to civilian life after he’s forced to work at a new age spiritual center with his estranged daughter.”
No network or streaming service is currently attached to the project.
Anderson is currently attached to direct the feature film “Pregnant in Las Vegas,” which she also wrote, for Patriot Pictures and Mainstay Entertainment. She will also direct “Summer in Rome” for Filmtrax, “Arigato Tokyo” for Talaria Media, and an...
- 3/14/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Abigail Palmer has been promoted to Literary Manager at Navigation Media Group, the management and production company launched in 2022 by veteran lit managers James Engle & Ben C. Silverman, which reps creators in film and television.
Palmer has been with the company since 2022 and previously served as Junior Manager. Prior to that, she was an assistant and eventually coordinator at Intellectual Property Group, where she worked with notable authors and learned the business of IP. Dedicated to supporting and advocating for female, Queer, and underrepresented talent across all media formats and genres, she currently manages a roster that includes Jess Carson (The Flash), Grace Ding (Walker: Independence), Victoria González (Saved by the Bell), Kate McLaughlin and Stacey Maltin (Triple Threat).
“I am very excited for this next chapter with Navigation,” Palmer told Deadline. “I am thrilled to be connected with a company that is interested...
Palmer has been with the company since 2022 and previously served as Junior Manager. Prior to that, she was an assistant and eventually coordinator at Intellectual Property Group, where she worked with notable authors and learned the business of IP. Dedicated to supporting and advocating for female, Queer, and underrepresented talent across all media formats and genres, she currently manages a roster that includes Jess Carson (The Flash), Grace Ding (Walker: Independence), Victoria González (Saved by the Bell), Kate McLaughlin and Stacey Maltin (Triple Threat).
“I am very excited for this next chapter with Navigation,” Palmer told Deadline. “I am thrilled to be connected with a company that is interested...
- 2/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Zachary Levi (Shazam!) is set to topline Hotel Tehran, a new action thriller marking the fourth feature from writer-director Guy Moshe (Bunraku).
In the film heading into production in May, Levi plays Tucker, who leads a unit of disgraced, war-torn ex-CIA operators into the heart of Tehran to take down a life-changing score.
Moshe wrote the script with Mark Bacci (Prisoner’s Daughter), from an original idea by Bazzel Baz (The Blacklist), a former CIA special operations group officer. Oakhurst Entertainment is financing. Oakhurst’s Marina Grasic is producing alongside Matthew G. Zamias (Boxing Day), co-founder of the new financing and production company Astral Future, as well as Wendy Sweetmore of Dreamtime Films. Astral Future’s Harel Kodesh and Arbel Kodesh are exec producing alongside Moshe, Baz, Justin C. Oberman, and William Doyle (The Killer). Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee (Spotlight) are handling casting.
In a statement to Deadline,...
In the film heading into production in May, Levi plays Tucker, who leads a unit of disgraced, war-torn ex-CIA operators into the heart of Tehran to take down a life-changing score.
Moshe wrote the script with Mark Bacci (Prisoner’s Daughter), from an original idea by Bazzel Baz (The Blacklist), a former CIA special operations group officer. Oakhurst Entertainment is financing. Oakhurst’s Marina Grasic is producing alongside Matthew G. Zamias (Boxing Day), co-founder of the new financing and production company Astral Future, as well as Wendy Sweetmore of Dreamtime Films. Astral Future’s Harel Kodesh and Arbel Kodesh are exec producing alongside Moshe, Baz, Justin C. Oberman, and William Doyle (The Killer). Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee (Spotlight) are handling casting.
In a statement to Deadline,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Our Pmc sister website Variety is reporting that the motion picture academy has named 94 tunes as eligible for Best Original Song at the 2024 Oscars. See the complete list below of every song currently on the ballot for the music branch. A total of 15 will be announced this Thursday, December 21, on the Oscar short list. A final five will be revealed on January 23 as the the actual nominees.
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Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Song category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions:
“Barbie” producers have chosen not to submit “Barbie World,” “Speed Drive” and “Pink.” That film’s three official submissions are “I’m Just Ken,” “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For?”
“Trolls Band Together” producers have not entered “Family,” “Watch Me Work” and “Let’s Get Married.
SEEDiane Warren interview: ‘The Fire Inside’ from ‘Flamin’ Hot’
Gold Derby has been offering you the opportunity to predict the Best Original Song category for the past few weeks. Among some of the surprise omissions:
“Barbie” producers have chosen not to submit “Barbie World,” “Speed Drive” and “Pink.” That film’s three official submissions are “I’m Just Ken,” “Dance the Night” and “What Was I Made For?”
“Trolls Band Together” producers have not entered “Family,” “Watch Me Work” and “Let’s Get Married.
- 12/17/2023
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Arlene Nelson will direct a documentary series on Indian Women’s Premier League cricket team U.P. Warriorz, it was revealed on the sidelines of the Asian TV Forum and Market (Atf).
The men’s Indian Premier League (Ipl) is one of the most lucrative properties in world sport. In June 2022, Viacom18, a TV and streaming group backed by billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, paid $3 billion to win an online auction for two packages of digital rights to the men’s Ipl cricket. Disney, which held the TV and digital rights to Ipl for the past five seasons, won only the broadcast TV rights, but agreed to pay $3.01 billion for them.
The Women’s Premier League launched earlier this year and also proved to be enormously popular. The city-based team franchise rights were sold for $572 million and the media rights for $116 million.
Nelson recently directed “Angel City,” a three-part HBO documentary...
The men’s Indian Premier League (Ipl) is one of the most lucrative properties in world sport. In June 2022, Viacom18, a TV and streaming group backed by billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani, paid $3 billion to win an online auction for two packages of digital rights to the men’s Ipl cricket. Disney, which held the TV and digital rights to Ipl for the past five seasons, won only the broadcast TV rights, but agreed to pay $3.01 billion for them.
The Women’s Premier League launched earlier this year and also proved to be enormously popular. The city-based team franchise rights were sold for $572 million and the media rights for $116 million.
Nelson recently directed “Angel City,” a three-part HBO documentary...
- 12/5/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The life of a movie director isn't all glamour and red carpets. Getting movies made, particularly personal stories or passion projects, can be exceedingly difficult. Then if the movie fails to turn a profit, the director will be left more precarious and with fewer doors open than before. Oftentimes, directors will make compromises to get their movies realized — particularly financial compromises. Catherine Hardwicke, in a recent interview with Yahoo News, detailed her struggles to make her debut "Thirteen."
The film is about two (you guessed it) 13-year-old delinquents, Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) and Evie (Nikki Reed). According to Hardwicke, the characters' ages and the sensual subject matter meant no studio would touch it: "Every financier said, 'No, we can't make it. How could we make a movie that's gonna be R-rated with an unknown 13-year-old girl in the lead?'"
"Thirteen" was ultimately shot for $2 million (raised by Hardwicke herself with independent equity) over 24 days.
The film is about two (you guessed it) 13-year-old delinquents, Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) and Evie (Nikki Reed). According to Hardwicke, the characters' ages and the sensual subject matter meant no studio would touch it: "Every financier said, 'No, we can't make it. How could we make a movie that's gonna be R-rated with an unknown 13-year-old girl in the lead?'"
"Thirteen" was ultimately shot for $2 million (raised by Hardwicke herself with independent equity) over 24 days.
- 8/19/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Brian Cox won’t be Method acting as a millennial (again) anytime soon.
The “Succession” actor, who was recently once again Emmy-nominated for portraying Logan Roy in the hit HBO series, which aired its fourth and final season this year, criticized “woke culture” in a recent sitdown with Piers Morgan. Cox expressed his disdain for what he alleges is a social media-led trend during Morgan’s “Uncensored” talk show.
“I don’t think social media helps. It hinders, not helps,” Cox said. “I think it points out too readily inadequacies. And the whole woke, what we’ve talked about before, the whole woke culture is truly awful […] and the shaming culture.”
He continued, “I don’t know where it comes from. Who are the arbiters of this shaming? And it’s very hard to pin them down, and, it turns out, it’s usually a bunch of millennials. I suppose...
The “Succession” actor, who was recently once again Emmy-nominated for portraying Logan Roy in the hit HBO series, which aired its fourth and final season this year, criticized “woke culture” in a recent sitdown with Piers Morgan. Cox expressed his disdain for what he alleges is a social media-led trend during Morgan’s “Uncensored” talk show.
“I don’t think social media helps. It hinders, not helps,” Cox said. “I think it points out too readily inadequacies. And the whole woke, what we’ve talked about before, the whole woke culture is truly awful […] and the shaming culture.”
He continued, “I don’t know where it comes from. Who are the arbiters of this shaming? And it’s very hard to pin them down, and, it turns out, it’s usually a bunch of millennials. I suppose...
- 7/12/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
A trio of docs and a wider-than-usual run for a Vertical thriller populate a specialty weekend with fewer new openings as theaters stick with Asteroid City and devote screens to Indiana Jones and Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. Call it jittery Friday as the indie community like the rest of Hollywood awaits news from SAG-AFTRA as the guild’s contract is set to expire tonight.
Opening: Julie Cohen’s documentary Every Body from Focus Features arrives on 250+ screens. Produced in partnership with NBC Studios, the exploration of the intersex experience through personal stories premiered at Tribeca last month. This film follows three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthood after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and,...
Opening: Julie Cohen’s documentary Every Body from Focus Features arrives on 250+ screens. Produced in partnership with NBC Studios, the exploration of the intersex experience through personal stories premiered at Tribeca last month. This film follows three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy and non-consensual surgeries to thriving adulthood after each decided to set aside medical advice to keep their bodies a secret and,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Cox thinks his new movie is a "celebration of humanity."The 77-year-old actor stars opposite Kate Beckinsale in the new drama 'Prisoner's Daughter' which follows a cancer-stricken- man's attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter after he is released from prison and explained that he doesn't have to do "too much" to ignite the presence of an audience because his new role is a "gift."He told MovieWeb: "It's one of the things that really annoys me about belief systems and like God and religion, Catholicism, Judaism, Islamism. It takes you away, it says, 'Oh, it's over there. It'll all be happening over there. Finally, we'll get up there.' And I go, 'It's b*******! It's happening in here!' And the power is in our imagination. It's in our way that we can summon things, and also in our memory, what we hold with our past,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Jordan Beck
- Bang Showbiz
It’s almost impossible for Brian Cox to be in a bad movie because, well, he’s giving a Brian Cox performance every time. Simply put, Cox is the saving grace of his latest feature, “Prisoner’s Daughter,” a predictable family drama that has heart thanks to grounding performances by Cox, Ernie Hudson, and breakout child star Christopher Convery. The rest, however, leaves a lot to be desired.
However, there are still other pleasures to be found in the final product. Catherine Hardwicke is building out the perfect frothy cinematic universe where “Prisoner’s Daughter” and her recent Toni Collette vehicle “Mafia Mamma” could beautifully coexist — and make for an enjoyable wild ride.
Hardwicke previously spoke with IndieWire’s Kate Erbland about her wide-ranging tastes when it comes to picking scripts, and “Prisoner’s Daughter” is no exception. Written by Mark Bacci and premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the family drama...
However, there are still other pleasures to be found in the final product. Catherine Hardwicke is building out the perfect frothy cinematic universe where “Prisoner’s Daughter” and her recent Toni Collette vehicle “Mafia Mamma” could beautifully coexist — and make for an enjoyable wild ride.
Hardwicke previously spoke with IndieWire’s Kate Erbland about her wide-ranging tastes when it comes to picking scripts, and “Prisoner’s Daughter” is no exception. Written by Mark Bacci and premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the family drama...
- 6/28/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke hopes the upcoming TV series adaptation sinks its teeth deeper into the forbidden romance at the center of the teen vampire saga.
Hardwicke helmed the first film that was released in 2008 and starred Kristen Stewart as high schooler Bella and Robert Pattinson as undead bloodsucker Edward. The director stepped away from the franchise after the initial film’s mixed reception and was replaced by Chris Weitz. Lionsgate recently announced a TV series adaptation in early development over a decade since the film series concluded in 2012.
“I think it’s exciting,” Hardwicke told MovieWeb of the upcoming show. “I think we see that it’s an enduring story that people keep engaging with. You know, the TikTok world loves it, the internet generations, everybody keeps finding it. I was talking to a girl the other day, she was born the year we made the first ‘Twilight’ film,...
Hardwicke helmed the first film that was released in 2008 and starred Kristen Stewart as high schooler Bella and Robert Pattinson as undead bloodsucker Edward. The director stepped away from the franchise after the initial film’s mixed reception and was replaced by Chris Weitz. Lionsgate recently announced a TV series adaptation in early development over a decade since the film series concluded in 2012.
“I think it’s exciting,” Hardwicke told MovieWeb of the upcoming show. “I think we see that it’s an enduring story that people keep engaging with. You know, the TikTok world loves it, the internet generations, everybody keeps finding it. I was talking to a girl the other day, she was born the year we made the first ‘Twilight’ film,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Her career hobbled by uninspired material since the commercial bonanza of “Twilight’s” first screen installment 15 years ago, Catherine Hardwicke at first appears to be back on firmer terra with “Prisoner’s Daughter.” Its mix of adult dysfunction and coming-of-age pains against a downscale milieu (here working-class Las Vegas) recalls the director’s strong initial features, “Thirteen” and “Lords of Dogtown.”
But this drama, with Brian Cox as a terminally ill ex-con reunited with daughter Kate Beckinsale and her son, soon reveals itself as a formulaic contrivance heading towards predictable strife and tearjerking. Competently handled and well-cast, it’s nonetheless held back from generating much authentic emotion by the too-familiar beats of Mark Bacci’s script. Vertical is opening the feature, which premiered at TIFF last fall, on limited U.S. theatrical screens this Friday. It’ll doubtless do better in release to home formats, those dates as yet Tba.
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But this drama, with Brian Cox as a terminally ill ex-con reunited with daughter Kate Beckinsale and her son, soon reveals itself as a formulaic contrivance heading towards predictable strife and tearjerking. Competently handled and well-cast, it’s nonetheless held back from generating much authentic emotion by the too-familiar beats of Mark Bacci’s script. Vertical is opening the feature, which premiered at TIFF last fall, on limited U.S. theatrical screens this Friday. It’ll doubtless do better in release to home formats, those dates as yet Tba.
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- 6/27/2023
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Prisoner’s Daughter is a drama movie directed by Catherine Hardwicke, starring Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox.
Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
Release date
June 30
Where to Watch Prisoner’s Daughter
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Kate Beckinsale Christopher Convery Brian Cox Tyson Ritter
Ernie Hudson
Jon Huertas
Mark Kubr
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Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.
Release date
June 30
Where to Watch Prisoner’s Daughter
Amazon Prime Video
The Cast Kate Beckinsale Christopher Convery Brian Cox Tyson Ritter
Ernie Hudson
Jon Huertas
Mark Kubr
The post ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’ (2023) Release on Amazon Prime Video on June 30 appeared first on Martin Cid Magazine.
- 6/21/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
With “Succession” now over, it’s time for Brian Cox to find a new major role. Recently, he’s kept busy with smaller indie pics like “Mending The Line,” “Prisoner’s Daughter,” as well as “The Independent” on Peacock. And in the next couple of years, he’ll star in The Russo Bros.‘ “The Electric State” on Netflix and provide voice work for “The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim.” But EW reports there’s something on Cox’s acting wishlist before he “snuffs it,” as he puts it on Variety’s “Actors On Actors” interview: he really wants to work with Meryl Streep.
Continue reading Brian Cox Explains Why He Told Meryl Streep That He “Never Liked” Her Because He’s “Jealous” Of Her Talent at The Playlist.
Continue reading Brian Cox Explains Why He Told Meryl Streep That He “Never Liked” Her Because He’s “Jealous” Of Her Talent at The Playlist.
- 6/16/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
“Prisoner's Daughter”, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, stars Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale, Mark Bacci, Tyson Ritter, Christopher Convery, Sam Okun, Catherine Hardwicke, Ernie Hudson, Jai Khanna, Marina Grasic and Jon Huertas, releasing June 30, 2023 in theaters:
“…after 12-years in prison, ‘Max’ (Cox) is diagnosed with a terminal illness and granted a compassionate release with the condition he reside with his daughter, ‘Maxine’ (Beckinsale).
“With no love lost toward Max but financially strapped and working multiple jobs to raise her only son, ‘Ezra’ (Convery), she begrudgingly agrees to the conditions.
‘As Max seeks one last chance to redeem himself in her eyes, they must contend with his violent past as it comes back to haunt them all…”
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“…after 12-years in prison, ‘Max’ (Cox) is diagnosed with a terminal illness and granted a compassionate release with the condition he reside with his daughter, ‘Maxine’ (Beckinsale).
“With no love lost toward Max but financially strapped and working multiple jobs to raise her only son, ‘Ezra’ (Convery), she begrudgingly agrees to the conditions.
‘As Max seeks one last chance to redeem himself in her eyes, they must contend with his violent past as it comes back to haunt them all…”
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- 6/9/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Machine Gun Kelly can apparently get very territorial.
Appearing on “Tuna on Toast”, actor and All-American Rejects singer Tyson Ritter shared his experience having Mgk, whose real name is Colson Baker, go “ballistic” on him over a suggestion for a scene with Megan Fox on the film “Johnny & Clyde”.
Read More: Machine Gun Kelly Supports ‘Hot’ Megan Fox At ‘Sports Illustrated’ Event
“We’re on set and I go over to Megan’s trailer because in the film, there was this scene that she basically teases me, putting my fingers in her mouth,” Ritter said. “So I walked over to her and wanted to discuss this moment where a monster rips out her f**king heart. That’s her death scene.”
He continued, “I go over there and I was like, ‘Hey, Megan, I wanted to talk to you about this moment where, when you die, because you’ve...
Appearing on “Tuna on Toast”, actor and All-American Rejects singer Tyson Ritter shared his experience having Mgk, whose real name is Colson Baker, go “ballistic” on him over a suggestion for a scene with Megan Fox on the film “Johnny & Clyde”.
Read More: Machine Gun Kelly Supports ‘Hot’ Megan Fox At ‘Sports Illustrated’ Event
“We’re on set and I go over to Megan’s trailer because in the film, there was this scene that she basically teases me, putting my fingers in her mouth,” Ritter said. “So I walked over to her and wanted to discuss this moment where a monster rips out her f**king heart. That’s her death scene.”
He continued, “I go over there and I was like, ‘Hey, Megan, I wanted to talk to you about this moment where, when you die, because you’ve...
- 6/1/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Machine Gun Kelly really doesn’t like it when you talk to his fiancée, actress Megan Fox, about putting your fingers in her mouth. All-American Rejects singer Tyson Ritter claimed he learned this firsthand while he and Fox were filming Johnny & Clyde, a serial killer heist flick that Ritter calls “just kind of a bad movie,” which came out this month.
“We’re on set and I go over to Megan’s trailer because in the film, there was this scene that she basically teases me, putting my fingers in her mouth,...
“We’re on set and I go over to Megan’s trailer because in the film, there was this scene that she basically teases me, putting my fingers in her mouth,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Whether you want the inside skinny on Logan Roy, Hannibal Lecktor, Winston Churchill or King Lear, the mighty Scottish actor will be here to tell all
Brian Cox needs no introduction – other than the usual one establishing which Brian Cox we’re talking about. This one is the 76-year-old Dundee-born actor, who started his career as a classically trained Shakespearean thespian, who played opposite Laurence Olivier in King Lear in 1983. His performances in Rob Roy and Braveheart shot him into the mainstream. Roles soon followed in The Long Kiss Goodnight and Super Troopers. Turns out Treadstone was all his fault in 2002’s The Bourne Identity. And if he’d been a bit nicer to the apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, perhaps they wouldn’t have taken over the world. Silly Brian.
Cox can still boast he was the original Dr Hannibal Lecter (or Lecktor), in Michael Mann...
Brian Cox needs no introduction – other than the usual one establishing which Brian Cox we’re talking about. This one is the 76-year-old Dundee-born actor, who started his career as a classically trained Shakespearean thespian, who played opposite Laurence Olivier in King Lear in 1983. His performances in Rob Roy and Braveheart shot him into the mainstream. Roles soon followed in The Long Kiss Goodnight and Super Troopers. Turns out Treadstone was all his fault in 2002’s The Bourne Identity. And if he’d been a bit nicer to the apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, perhaps they wouldn’t have taken over the world. Silly Brian.
Cox can still boast he was the original Dr Hannibal Lecter (or Lecktor), in Michael Mann...
- 5/26/2023
- by Rich Pelley
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story), Angel Parker (The Recruit), Shiv Pai (Uncut Gems) and Navia Robinson (Gotham Knights) have closed deals to join Ctrl Alt Del, the indie drama that will also star Jason Priestley, Laurel Marsden, Elsie Fisher and Mena Suvari, as previously announced.
The debut feature from Kit Williamson (Eastsiders) follows disaffected teen Ava (Marsden) and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. Pic explores timely questions about the responsibility of media in our society, and how what we consume profoundly affects us and the people around us.
Robinson will play Makayla, the daughter of Greyson’s agent, who befriends Ava for clout, with Parker as Makayla’s agent mother Jordyn, who is delighted when the publicity from a tragic incident involving her client’s controversial movie makes it a box office smash.
The debut feature from Kit Williamson (Eastsiders) follows disaffected teen Ava (Marsden) and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. Pic explores timely questions about the responsibility of media in our society, and how what we consume profoundly affects us and the people around us.
Robinson will play Makayla, the daughter of Greyson’s agent, who befriends Ava for clout, with Parker as Makayla’s agent mother Jordyn, who is delighted when the publicity from a tragic incident involving her client’s controversial movie makes it a box office smash.
- 5/22/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Catherine Hardwicke is nothing if not eclectic in choosing what she directs. On the heels of “Mafia Mamma,” which came and went from theaters quickly in April, here comes “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Hardwicke’s film from TIFF last September. And expect this one to have a bit more staying power on the big screen, as it stars Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale in two heavy-hitting roles.
Continue reading ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’ Trailer: Kate Beckinsale & Brian Cox Star In Catherine Hardwicke’s Gritty Family Drama On June 30 at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’ Trailer: Kate Beckinsale & Brian Cox Star In Catherine Hardwicke’s Gritty Family Drama On June 30 at The Playlist.
- 5/12/2023
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
"I know none of this will make up for who I was or what I did... But let me be your father – for once..." Vertical Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a family drama titled Prisoner's Daughter, yet another new film out this year made by director Catherine Hardwicke (she also directed Mafia Mamma - now playing in theaters). Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. But when his daughter's abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all. The film stars Kate Beckinsale as the titular "prisoner's daughter", plus Brian Cox as the former "prisoner", Christopher Convery, Ernie Hudson, Jon Huertas, and Tyson Ritter. This looks intriguing, but all the dialogue in this trailer seems so cheesy and obvious. Will it be any good? Hard to tell, it might...
- 5/11/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
People say you can never go home again. That could be true for Max (Brian Cox) when he returns to his daughter’s house after an extended prison sentence in the new drama Prisoner’s Daughter. Emotions run high as father and daughter reconnect and old wounds open. Boundaries risk getting crossed while Max tries to compensate for the lost time. In Vertical‘s Prisoner’s Daughter trailer, we find Beckinsale and Cox at odds while navigating a damaged relationship. Can Max repair the damage before time runs out?
Catherine Hardwicke directs from a script by Mark Bacci. Prisoner’s Daughter “is a gritty, turbulent thriller that follows Max (Brian Cox) who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and granted a compassionate release after 12 years in prison with the condition he resides with his estranged daughter, Maxine (Kate Beckinsale),” reads the film’s official synopsis. “As a single mom desperate for income to raise her only son,...
Catherine Hardwicke directs from a script by Mark Bacci. Prisoner’s Daughter “is a gritty, turbulent thriller that follows Max (Brian Cox) who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and granted a compassionate release after 12 years in prison with the condition he resides with his estranged daughter, Maxine (Kate Beckinsale),” reads the film’s official synopsis. “As a single mom desperate for income to raise her only son,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Vertical on Wednesday announced their appointment of former Amazon Prime Video exec Jason Pecora to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Distribution.
The L.A.-based Pecora will be responsible for overseeing Sales, Marketing and Operations. He begins immediately, reporting to Vertical Partners Peter Jarowey and Rich Goldberg.
Pecora spent more than four and a half years as Senior Content Acquisition Manager at Prime Video, during that time overseeing all title promotions with leading suppliers including Vertical, Paramount, Viacom, Lionsgate, MGM and AMC. Notably, he last year oversaw Amazon’s release of Top Gun: Maverick, which was the top-selling item on the platform in the U.S. across every category on the day of its release.
Pecora has, over his 14 years in entertainment, consistently succeeded in growing businesses and contributing significant returns on investment through strong industry relationships. He previously focused on the digital home entertainment space...
The L.A.-based Pecora will be responsible for overseeing Sales, Marketing and Operations. He begins immediately, reporting to Vertical Partners Peter Jarowey and Rich Goldberg.
Pecora spent more than four and a half years as Senior Content Acquisition Manager at Prime Video, during that time overseeing all title promotions with leading suppliers including Vertical, Paramount, Viacom, Lionsgate, MGM and AMC. Notably, he last year oversaw Amazon’s release of Top Gun: Maverick, which was the top-selling item on the platform in the U.S. across every category on the day of its release.
Pecora has, over his 14 years in entertainment, consistently succeeded in growing businesses and contributing significant returns on investment through strong industry relationships. He previously focused on the digital home entertainment space...
- 5/10/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jason Priestley has signed on to star in Ctrl Alt Del, an indie drama marking the feature directorial debut of Eastsiders creator Kit Williamson.
The film written by Amir Ohebsion and Arash Homampour, which starts production in L.A. mid-May, is billed as an emotionally charged, character-driven drama following disaffected teen Ava and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. The film explores timely questions about the responsibility of media in our society, and how what we consume profoundly affects us and the people around us.
Sam Okun is producing through his Sam Okun Productions banner, alongside Ohebsion. Homampour is exec producing, with Nick Lyon, Lachlan Towle, Christian Jean and Constantinos Yiallourides serving as co-producers.
Said Okun in a statement to Deadline, “I was so moved when I first read this gem of a script,...
The film written by Amir Ohebsion and Arash Homampour, which starts production in L.A. mid-May, is billed as an emotionally charged, character-driven drama following disaffected teen Ava and her estranged filmmaker father Greyson (Priestley) as they try to reconnect in the aftermath of a tragic incident prompted by his latest movie. The film explores timely questions about the responsibility of media in our society, and how what we consume profoundly affects us and the people around us.
Sam Okun is producing through his Sam Okun Productions banner, alongside Ohebsion. Homampour is exec producing, with Nick Lyon, Lachlan Towle, Christian Jean and Constantinos Yiallourides serving as co-producers.
Said Okun in a statement to Deadline, “I was so moved when I first read this gem of a script,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brian Cox (Succession), Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone), Brooklynn Prince (Cocaine Bear) and Che Tafari (Me Time) are set to lead Little Wing, a new Paramount+ coming-of-age film from Awesomeness, which DGA Award nominee Dean Israelite (Are You Afraid of the Dark?) is directing from a script by Oscar nom John Gatins (Flight).
The film now in production in Oregon, which has been a passion project for Israelite over the past decade, is inspired by the New Yorker article of the same name by Susan Orlean. This is the story of Kaitlyn (Prince), a 13-year-old girl who, reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home, is drawn into the world of pigeon racing. She hopes to solve her family’s financial woes by stealing a valuable bird, but instead forms a bond with the owner who cultivates her love of the sport.
Cox plays Jaan, the pigeon racer,...
The film now in production in Oregon, which has been a passion project for Israelite over the past decade, is inspired by the New Yorker article of the same name by Susan Orlean. This is the story of Kaitlyn (Prince), a 13-year-old girl who, reeling from her parents’ divorce and the pending loss of her home, is drawn into the world of pigeon racing. She hopes to solve her family’s financial woes by stealing a valuable bird, but instead forms a bond with the owner who cultivates her love of the sport.
Cox plays Jaan, the pigeon racer,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” a thriller with Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale that premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
The film is about a terminally ill father who is recently released from prison and struggles to connect with his daughter and grandson. Vertical will release “Prisoner’s Daughter” in theaters on June 30, 2023.
It’s a starry collection of talent. Cox is best known for playing the mephistophelean Logan Roy on “Succession,” while Beckinsale has starred in blockbusters and indie films such as “Underworld,” “Love and Friendship” and “Pearl Harbor.” Hardwicke has directed critical and commercial hits like “Twilight” and “Thirteen.”
In “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Cox stars as Max, who is diagnosed with cancer after 12-years in prison. Granted a compassionate release he goes to live with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). She resents her father but is financially strapped and working multiple...
The film is about a terminally ill father who is recently released from prison and struggles to connect with his daughter and grandson. Vertical will release “Prisoner’s Daughter” in theaters on June 30, 2023.
It’s a starry collection of talent. Cox is best known for playing the mephistophelean Logan Roy on “Succession,” while Beckinsale has starred in blockbusters and indie films such as “Underworld,” “Love and Friendship” and “Pearl Harbor.” Hardwicke has directed critical and commercial hits like “Twilight” and “Thirteen.”
In “Prisoner’s Daughter,” Cox stars as Max, who is diagnosed with cancer after 12-years in prison. Granted a compassionate release he goes to live with his daughter, Maxine (Beckinsale). She resents her father but is financially strapped and working multiple...
- 4/18/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Jack Huston (House of Gucci) and Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) have been cast in upcoming drama, I’m Beginning To See The Light.
The film will mark Russian filmmaker Konstantin Khudyakov’s (The Road To Calvary) first English-language feature.
The film will follow Ezra (Huston), a grief-stricken jazz trumpeter who seeks purpose and salvation after the sudden, tragic death of his wife and daughter. When he is mistaken for the new lighthouse keeper, Ezra meets Hannah (Cornish), a local school teacher who, along with ethereal music, reignites his passion for life and imbues it with meaning.
Veteran Khudyakov has worked in the business since the early 1960’s, starting out as an actor before turning to directing. He has directed more than 20 films and a number of TV series, including 2017 period miniseries The Road To Calvary, which scored multiple awards in Russia, and was picked up by Netflix.
The film will mark Russian filmmaker Konstantin Khudyakov’s (The Road To Calvary) first English-language feature.
The film will follow Ezra (Huston), a grief-stricken jazz trumpeter who seeks purpose and salvation after the sudden, tragic death of his wife and daughter. When he is mistaken for the new lighthouse keeper, Ezra meets Hannah (Cornish), a local school teacher who, along with ethereal music, reignites his passion for life and imbues it with meaning.
Veteran Khudyakov has worked in the business since the early 1960’s, starting out as an actor before turning to directing. He has directed more than 20 films and a number of TV series, including 2017 period miniseries The Road To Calvary, which scored multiple awards in Russia, and was picked up by Netflix.
- 4/5/2023
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Toni Collette finds herself thrust into the thick of a mob war in the new trailer for Mafia Mamma, set to hit theaters on April 14.
The film boasts an extremely/endearingly silly premise: Collette plays a suburban housewife named Kristin who leaves her philandering husband to fly to Italy for the funeral of her estranged grandfather, only to learn that his dying wish was for her to succeed him as the new boss of the Balbano crime family. Obviously, only one thing can ensue from such a setup, and you...
The film boasts an extremely/endearingly silly premise: Collette plays a suburban housewife named Kristin who leaves her philandering husband to fly to Italy for the funeral of her estranged grandfather, only to learn that his dying wish was for her to succeed him as the new boss of the Balbano crime family. Obviously, only one thing can ensue from such a setup, and you...
- 2/28/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kate Beckinsale sizzled in a lime green bikini. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Izumi Hasegawa/HollywoodNewsWire.co
Kate Beckinsale showed off her enviable physique in a lime green bikini over the weekend as she took a moment for herself in what looked like a super snazzy hotel.
The Underworld actress showed off her incredibly toned legs in the strapless bikini, pairing it with a quirky blue, see-through cover-up that had ruffles all along the sides.
Kate opted for insanely tall, platform, strappy heels, which could be why her calves look so toned.
The gorgeous actress stood on what appeared to be a hotel balcony, perhaps the penthouse suite, with lounge chairs and cactuses in the background. She captioned the Instagram Story with a cute little cactus emoji.
Giving off Hollywood glamour vibes, Kate opted for a pair of square sunglasses and put her hair up in a voluminous ponytail. Both were...
Kate Beckinsale showed off her enviable physique in a lime green bikini over the weekend as she took a moment for herself in what looked like a super snazzy hotel.
The Underworld actress showed off her incredibly toned legs in the strapless bikini, pairing it with a quirky blue, see-through cover-up that had ruffles all along the sides.
Kate opted for insanely tall, platform, strappy heels, which could be why her calves look so toned.
The gorgeous actress stood on what appeared to be a hotel balcony, perhaps the penthouse suite, with lounge chairs and cactuses in the background. She captioned the Instagram Story with a cute little cactus emoji.
Giving off Hollywood glamour vibes, Kate opted for a pair of square sunglasses and put her hair up in a voluminous ponytail. Both were...
- 9/21/2022
- by Sarah Veldman
- Monsters and Critics
While covering TIFF this year, I was invited to do something rare in this era of Covid-19 – an in-person interview. Even more exciting was the fact that the interview would be with Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale. How is that for a dynamic duo? They were in town promoting Prisoner’s Daughter, a small-scale drama directed by Catherine Hardwicke that I was a big fan of. While I did extensive interviews with them and Hardwicke, which I’ll be running shortly, one thing I thought was interesting was their reaction when I brought up several of their more obscure films.
Beckinsale noted that it’s often the smaller, lesser-seen stuff that winds up being special to an actor, with her noting Rod Lurie’s Nothing But the Truth as a particular favorite. As it happens, one of my favorites of hers is a movie she did with David Gordon Green and...
Beckinsale noted that it’s often the smaller, lesser-seen stuff that winds up being special to an actor, with her noting Rod Lurie’s Nothing But the Truth as a particular favorite. As it happens, one of my favorites of hers is a movie she did with David Gordon Green and...
- 9/20/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Kate Beckinsale is sunning her fins as a mermaid in a bikini top. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Birdie Thompson/Admedia
Actress Kate Beckinsale isn’t letting her summer end yet and is getting her sea legs on as she lounges by the pool.
The Underworld actress covered up her legs with a mermaid tail and shimmied with a friend as they lounged on some extravagant chairs.
Dancing to Cher’s The Shoop Shoop Song, the two women waved their arms up and down and side to side while flapping their mermaid fins.
Kate was wearing a strapless pink bikini top and sported an ombre tail fin that started with pink at her waist and shifted into a blue and teal down to the edge of the tailfin, which went back to pink.
Her friend, costume designer Gabriella Morpeth, wore a colorful bikini top and an all-pink tail with a pattern that mimicked scales.
Actress Kate Beckinsale isn’t letting her summer end yet and is getting her sea legs on as she lounges by the pool.
The Underworld actress covered up her legs with a mermaid tail and shimmied with a friend as they lounged on some extravagant chairs.
Dancing to Cher’s The Shoop Shoop Song, the two women waved their arms up and down and side to side while flapping their mermaid fins.
Kate was wearing a strapless pink bikini top and sported an ombre tail fin that started with pink at her waist and shifted into a blue and teal down to the edge of the tailfin, which went back to pink.
Her friend, costume designer Gabriella Morpeth, wore a colorful bikini top and an all-pink tail with a pattern that mimicked scales.
- 9/19/2022
- by Devin Piel
- Monsters and Critics
Hearing Catherine Hardwicke's name may make you think of the 2000s. Back when only one woman had ever won an Academy Award for Best Director and only two or three had ever been nominated, Hardwicke's output of independent, idiosyncratic films put her in a rare category: female directors with household names. The Texas-born writer/director rose to notoriety in 2003 with "Thirteen," a ferocious, verite account of life on the bleeding edge of Los Angeles co-written by a then unknown Nikki Reed, who herself was only thirteen. After 2005's excellent follow-up "Lords of Dogtown," a slinky portrait of the surf and skateboarding culture in 1970s Venice, Hardwicke rocketed to superstardom with the first installment in the "Twilight" franchise.
Hardwicke has spoken about how painful it was that so little changed for her after "Twilight," a film virtually every producer warned her would go down in flames at the box office,...
Hardwicke has spoken about how painful it was that so little changed for her after "Twilight," a film virtually every producer warned her would go down in flames at the box office,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
Prisoner’s Daughter TIFF Gala Presentations Section Reviewed for Shockya.com by Abe Friedtanzer Director: Catherine Hardwicke Writer: Mark Bacci Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Brian Cox, Christopher Convery, Tyson Ritter, Jon Huertas Screened at: Scotiabank Theatre, Ontario, 9/15/22 Opens: September 14th, 2022 (Toronto International Film Festival) An older man, no longer the same hardened criminal he once was, […]
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- 9/18/2022
- by Abe Friedtanzer
- ShockYa
Plot: Newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a convicted murderer (Brian Cox) is given a supervised, compassionate release under the supervision of his long-estranged daughter (Kate Beckinsale).
Review: Prisoner’s Daughter is a return to director Catherine Hardwick’s indie roots. In recent years she’s been known chiefly for larger movies like the recent Miss Bala remake, Twilight, and Red Riding Hood. Before those, she directed Thirteen and the underrated Lords of Dogtown, and Prisoner’s Daughter feels like a throwback to those kinds of movies. It’s a low-key character drama with a good moral message at its core and sports typically excellent performances from the two leads, Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale.
Cox is an interesting choice to play Max, a brutal former boxer turned debt collector who’s been in prison for killing someone. We’re used to seeing him play patriarchs, most famously on Succession, and based on that role,...
Review: Prisoner’s Daughter is a return to director Catherine Hardwick’s indie roots. In recent years she’s been known chiefly for larger movies like the recent Miss Bala remake, Twilight, and Red Riding Hood. Before those, she directed Thirteen and the underrated Lords of Dogtown, and Prisoner’s Daughter feels like a throwback to those kinds of movies. It’s a low-key character drama with a good moral message at its core and sports typically excellent performances from the two leads, Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale.
Cox is an interesting choice to play Max, a brutal former boxer turned debt collector who’s been in prison for killing someone. We’re used to seeing him play patriarchs, most famously on Succession, and based on that role,...
- 9/17/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Monday morning, film executives at the Toronto Film Festival woke up to a record-breaking deal for Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers,” which Focus Features acquired for 30 million, a seemingly healthy sign for the market and the indie-film world.
There was just one problem: “The Holdovers” wasn’t a splashy premiere at the Princess of Wales or Royal Alexandra that had buyers huddling in the lobby but a private screening at the Scotiabank multiplex shown to just a handful of individuals representing all the major studios and streamers on Sunday.
And so far, it’s the only sale on that scale since the festival began last Thursday.
Also Read:
Inside Focus’ 30 Million Deal for Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
In fact, outside of Neon’s acquisition of the heist thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” on Tuesday in a competitive situation, TIFF has had no major sales through its first week.
There was just one problem: “The Holdovers” wasn’t a splashy premiere at the Princess of Wales or Royal Alexandra that had buyers huddling in the lobby but a private screening at the Scotiabank multiplex shown to just a handful of individuals representing all the major studios and streamers on Sunday.
And so far, it’s the only sale on that scale since the festival began last Thursday.
Also Read:
Inside Focus’ 30 Million Deal for Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
In fact, outside of Neon’s acquisition of the heist thriller “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” on Tuesday in a competitive situation, TIFF has had no major sales through its first week.
- 9/16/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Brian Cox doesn't take his work home with him. Continuing his recent headline-grabbing comments about Succession, the veteran actor—who plays patriarch Logan Roy in the HBO family drama—slammed method acting on-stage at the Toronto International Film Festival Sept. 14. During a post-screening Q&a for his new film Prisoner's Daughter, he deemed the technique "crap." "I don't hold a lot of the American s--t," he said, as quoted by The Hollywood Reporter. "Having to have a religious experience every time you play a part—it's crap." For Cox, he simply doesn't want to bring his work home with him after...
- 9/15/2022
- E! Online
Actor Brian Cox is on the tear again and this time he’s going after an entire institution of acting.
After screening his new movie Prisoner’s Daughter at the Toronto International Film Festival, Brian Cox discussed the acting process, both commendable and, uh, crap.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American shit,” the Scottish Cox said of method acting, “having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap…I don’t hang onto the characters I play. I let them go through me. The thing is to be ready to accept, as an actor. You stand there, you’re ready to accept whatever is thrown at you.” In other words, he’s not going to be building houses or catching pneumonia for a role, Daniel Day-Lewis-style.
Brian Cox has not been one to mince words lately. In his 2021 autobiography, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat,...
After screening his new movie Prisoner’s Daughter at the Toronto International Film Festival, Brian Cox discussed the acting process, both commendable and, uh, crap.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American shit,” the Scottish Cox said of method acting, “having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap…I don’t hang onto the characters I play. I let them go through me. The thing is to be ready to accept, as an actor. You stand there, you’re ready to accept whatever is thrown at you.” In other words, he’s not going to be building houses or catching pneumonia for a role, Daniel Day-Lewis-style.
Brian Cox has not been one to mince words lately. In his 2021 autobiography, Putting the Rabbit in the Hat,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Las Vegas, with its casinos and boiling 100+ temperatures, has long been an alluring setting for stories about broken people seeking redemption. The ghosts of organized crime past seem to haunt the Nevada desert, still populated by casino rats, showgirls, and washed-up athletes. And so it is an apt setting for “Prisoner’s Daughter.” This family drama from Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”) with a screenplay by Mark Bacci (“Northern Rescue”) stars Brian Cox (“Succession”) as Max, a one-time boxer turned enforcer dying of pancreatic cancer who’s been released from prison after 12 years on compassionate release on the sole condition that he stays with his estranged daughter Maxine.
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- 9/15/2022
- by Marya E. Gates
- The Playlist
Maxine (Kate Beckinsale) isn’t having a good day. She’s barely slept after working the nightshift cleaning the place where she used to pole dance and hopes to earn enough tips at her waitressing day job to pay for her son Ezra’s (Christopher Convery) epilepsy medication when her ex (his father) Tyler (Tyson Ritter) causes a scene that ultimately gets her fired. Then the school calls to say the boys who assaulted her son were suspended as though it would soften the blow that he’s being punished with detention for getting beat up (I see protocols haven’t changed in over two decades). And to top everything off, she also gets a phone call from her father (Brian Cox’s Max). From jail. After twelve years. Asking to live with her.
Welcome to director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Mark Bacci’s Prisoner’s Daughter, a film that seeks...
Welcome to director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Mark Bacci’s Prisoner’s Daughter, a film that seeks...
- 9/15/2022
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Brian Cox has expressed apathy towards the practice of method acting during a recent panel discussion.
The actor plays Logan Roy – the patriarch of the Roy family and the head of a multimillion-dollar media company – in the acclaimed HBO drama Succession.
Having won several awards for his portrayal as the fearsome family leader, Cox has received widespread praise for his work.
However, he’s clarified that his performance is not due to method acting – the process of immersing oneself deeply into a character.
While promoting his upcoming film, Prisoner’s Daughter, the Scottish actor decried the performance exercise as “American s***” and stated that he doesn’t hold onto the characters he plays after the work is done.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American s**t, having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap,” he told the audience during a discussion...
The actor plays Logan Roy – the patriarch of the Roy family and the head of a multimillion-dollar media company – in the acclaimed HBO drama Succession.
Having won several awards for his portrayal as the fearsome family leader, Cox has received widespread praise for his work.
However, he’s clarified that his performance is not due to method acting – the process of immersing oneself deeply into a character.
While promoting his upcoming film, Prisoner’s Daughter, the Scottish actor decried the performance exercise as “American s***” and stated that he doesn’t hold onto the characters he plays after the work is done.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American s**t, having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap,” he told the audience during a discussion...
- 9/15/2022
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - TV
Click here to read the full article.
Brian Cox is so over Logan Roy.
Or at least, he left Succession’s reigning media-empire patriarch behind on the set of HBO’s Emmy-winning TV drama as the gruff Scottish performer blasted Method acting during a post-screening Q&a at the Toronto Film Festival for Prisoner’s Daughter.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American shit, having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap,” Cox said of totally immersing himself in a movie or TV series performance to the point of obsession.
“I don’t hang onto the characters I play. I let them go through me. The thing is to be ready to accept, as an actor. You stand there, you’re ready to accept whatever is thrown at you,” he added while on stage at Roy Thomson Hall after he and fellow castmembers,...
Brian Cox is so over Logan Roy.
Or at least, he left Succession’s reigning media-empire patriarch behind on the set of HBO’s Emmy-winning TV drama as the gruff Scottish performer blasted Method acting during a post-screening Q&a at the Toronto Film Festival for Prisoner’s Daughter.
“I don’t hold a lot of the American shit, having to have a religious experience every time you play a part. It’s crap,” Cox said of totally immersing himself in a movie or TV series performance to the point of obsession.
“I don’t hang onto the characters I play. I let them go through me. The thing is to be ready to accept, as an actor. You stand there, you’re ready to accept whatever is thrown at you,” he added while on stage at Roy Thomson Hall after he and fellow castmembers,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Paradigm has signed Pasaca Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based media finance and production company behind the TIFF 2022 family drama, Prisoner’s Daughter.
Pasaca’s first feature follows a a dying convict (Brian Cox) as he tries to reconnect with his daughter (Kate Beckinsale) and the grandson (Christopher Convery) he’s never known, with his violent past then coming back to haunt them all. Also starring Jon Huertas, Ernie Hudson and Tyson Ritter, the film from director Catherine Hardwicke world premieres tonight at Roy Thomson Hall, as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival. Pasaca co-financed the pic alongside Capstone Studios.
Led by CEO Jason Duan and Executive Producer Wen-Chia Chang, Pasaca Entertainment’s aim is to reinvent traditional genres and support underrepresented groups in entertainment. It plans to become a global content provider and studio with services including single project or slate development and production, with an eye toward company and library acquisitions,...
Pasaca’s first feature follows a a dying convict (Brian Cox) as he tries to reconnect with his daughter (Kate Beckinsale) and the grandson (Christopher Convery) he’s never known, with his violent past then coming back to haunt them all. Also starring Jon Huertas, Ernie Hudson and Tyson Ritter, the film from director Catherine Hardwicke world premieres tonight at Roy Thomson Hall, as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival. Pasaca co-financed the pic alongside Capstone Studios.
Led by CEO Jason Duan and Executive Producer Wen-Chia Chang, Pasaca Entertainment’s aim is to reinvent traditional genres and support underrepresented groups in entertainment. It plans to become a global content provider and studio with services including single project or slate development and production, with an eye toward company and library acquisitions,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
A man serving an unknown sentence at a state correctional facility is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His doctor tells him he has four months to live. Presented with the option to finish his time under house arrest, he calls his estranged daughter and asks if he can live with her. The brief interaction triggers years of buried emotions and a long, awkward journey toward reconciliation.
So begins Catherine Hardwicke’s labored drama Prisoner’s Daughter, which swerves between competing aspirations and ends up fulfilling none of them. The film stars Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox as a daughter and father whose relationship is marred by years of rejection and abandonment.
Max (Cox) was imprisoned many times over the course of his life, the most recent stint lasting 12 years. Maxine (Beckinsale) spent her adolescence caring for her mother, who, after her father went to jail,...
A man serving an unknown sentence at a state correctional facility is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His doctor tells him he has four months to live. Presented with the option to finish his time under house arrest, he calls his estranged daughter and asks if he can live with her. The brief interaction triggers years of buried emotions and a long, awkward journey toward reconciliation.
So begins Catherine Hardwicke’s labored drama Prisoner’s Daughter, which swerves between competing aspirations and ends up fulfilling none of them. The film stars Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox as a daughter and father whose relationship is marred by years of rejection and abandonment.
Max (Cox) was imprisoned many times over the course of his life, the most recent stint lasting 12 years. Maxine (Beckinsale) spent her adolescence caring for her mother, who, after her father went to jail,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Five years after founding Capstone, Christian Mercuri arrives in Toronto with a restructured company, a Gala world premiere and a promising slate of upcoming features.
“As we’ve grown, we’ve separated our operations and rebranded, ” he says. “The worldwide sales side is Capstone Global, and the production and financing side is Capstone Studios.”
One of their first films under the new structure is Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” the story of a terminally ill convict (Brian Cox) who’s tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Kate Beckinsale). Produced alongside Oakhurst Entertainment, Sam Okun Prods. and Pasaca Entertainment, it has its Gala bow on Sept. 14. UTA is handling U.S. sales and Capstone Global is covering international.
In August, Lionsgate released Capstone’s vertigo-inducing thriller “Fall” on around 1,300 screens across North America, taking in 6.5 million. Capstone produced with director Scott Mann and Mark Lane.
And at TIFF, the company...
“As we’ve grown, we’ve separated our operations and rebranded, ” he says. “The worldwide sales side is Capstone Global, and the production and financing side is Capstone Studios.”
One of their first films under the new structure is Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” the story of a terminally ill convict (Brian Cox) who’s tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter (Kate Beckinsale). Produced alongside Oakhurst Entertainment, Sam Okun Prods. and Pasaca Entertainment, it has its Gala bow on Sept. 14. UTA is handling U.S. sales and Capstone Global is covering international.
In August, Lionsgate released Capstone’s vertigo-inducing thriller “Fall” on around 1,300 screens across North America, taking in 6.5 million. Capstone produced with director Scott Mann and Mark Lane.
And at TIFF, the company...
- 9/11/2022
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t forget to pack your wallet.
Hollywood is hitting the Toronto International Film Festival this week hoping to land the next buzzy breakout. After two years of virtual or reduced capacity gatherings as a Covid-era concession, the film business is back in force, and that means deals, deals and more deals.
Here’s a look at some of the hottest movies on offer — the kinds of splashy projects that could result in the next massive sale.
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Director: Aitch Alberto
Cast: Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Veronica Falcón, Kevin Alejandro
Sales agent: UTA
Buzz factor: This touching story of two teenage boys in 1987 El Paso whose friendship both deepens and is challenged in surprising ways will leave audiences reaching for the tissues. It also marks the feature debut of Alberto, an exciting new filmmaking talent, who deftly adapts Benjamin Alire Sáenz...
Hollywood is hitting the Toronto International Film Festival this week hoping to land the next buzzy breakout. After two years of virtual or reduced capacity gatherings as a Covid-era concession, the film business is back in force, and that means deals, deals and more deals.
Here’s a look at some of the hottest movies on offer — the kinds of splashy projects that could result in the next massive sale.
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Director: Aitch Alberto
Cast: Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria, Veronica Falcón, Kevin Alejandro
Sales agent: UTA
Buzz factor: This touching story of two teenage boys in 1987 El Paso whose friendship both deepens and is challenged in surprising ways will leave audiences reaching for the tissues. It also marks the feature debut of Alberto, an exciting new filmmaking talent, who deftly adapts Benjamin Alire Sáenz...
- 9/9/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin, Brent Lang and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
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For their mask-free, post-covid return, the Cannes and Venice film festivals played to their strengths: doubling down on red carpet glamour and old-world elegance.
Cannes’ jaw-dropping display for Top Gun: Maverick — including a supersonic flyover courtesy of the French air force — reestablished the Gallic fest as the go-to location for the launch of big-ticket tentpoles.
Venice’s combination of classy backdrop — celebrities arriving by boat behind the Hotel Excelsior — and up-close fan connection — the teen crowds camped out on the Lido red carpet — made it the ideal stage to present this year’s most anticipated art house features, including Todd Field’s Tár starring Cate Blanchett, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale with Brendan Fraser, both of which are already Oscar frontrunners, and more eclectic offerings, including Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell.
Downtown Toronto has,...
For their mask-free, post-covid return, the Cannes and Venice film festivals played to their strengths: doubling down on red carpet glamour and old-world elegance.
Cannes’ jaw-dropping display for Top Gun: Maverick — including a supersonic flyover courtesy of the French air force — reestablished the Gallic fest as the go-to location for the launch of big-ticket tentpoles.
Venice’s combination of classy backdrop — celebrities arriving by boat behind the Hotel Excelsior — and up-close fan connection — the teen crowds camped out on the Lido red carpet — made it the ideal stage to present this year’s most anticipated art house features, including Todd Field’s Tár starring Cate Blanchett, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale with Brendan Fraser, both of which are already Oscar frontrunners, and more eclectic offerings, including Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal love story starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell.
Downtown Toronto has,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Etan Vlessing and Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producers, studio executives and agents are hoping that when they touch down in Canada this week for the Toronto International Film Festival, things will look a lot like they did in 2019. That was the last time that the annual celebration of all things movies was at full capacity, with star-studded red carpets, packed premieres and the kind of late-night parties and boozy dinners that help grease the wheels for dealmaking. Covid changed all of that, leading to a nearly three-year hiatus for one of the major hubs of film sales and awards season launches. Last year, TIFF returned in-person, but at limited capacity, and most Hollywood players skipped it. But this time, the film industry is returning in force, hoping to sell movies, spot talent and make sense of a landscape that’s been altered by the global pandemic.
“People are a little more risk-averse,” says Mimi Steinbauer, president and CEO of Radiant Films Intl.
“People are a little more risk-averse,” says Mimi Steinbauer, president and CEO of Radiant Films Intl.
- 9/8/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
For Kate Beckinsale, the most challenging aspect of working with “Succession” star Brian Cox was having to loathe him. “If Brian and I were at school, we’d be separated instantly,” Beckinsale says. “We’re quite naughty and make each other laugh and we’d sit there, giggling, so we did have to get ourselves together a bit for the movie.”
Beckinsale stars opposite Cox in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” which bows Sept. 9 as a Toronto Intl. Film Festival Gala presentation. The gritty family drama follows Max (Cox), a dying convict who tries to make amends with his estranged daughter Maxine (Beckinsale) and grandson. However, his violent past threatens to come between their reconciliation.
Why were you drawn to “Prisoner’s Daughter”?
I found the script really emotional. It’s got a lot of difficult family things in it, which I feel is relatable to everybody. There’s estrangement between the father and the daughter,...
Beckinsale stars opposite Cox in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Prisoner’s Daughter,” which bows Sept. 9 as a Toronto Intl. Film Festival Gala presentation. The gritty family drama follows Max (Cox), a dying convict who tries to make amends with his estranged daughter Maxine (Beckinsale) and grandson. However, his violent past threatens to come between their reconciliation.
Why were you drawn to “Prisoner’s Daughter”?
I found the script really emotional. It’s got a lot of difficult family things in it, which I feel is relatable to everybody. There’s estrangement between the father and the daughter,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
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With few big sales titles available at TIFF this year — a Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin two-hander and Lin-Manuel Miranda-produced YA feature excepted — business coming out of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival looks muted at best.
The vast majority of TIFF films already have domestic distribution in place — with studios and indie players like Neon and A24 looking to use the North America festival as an awards season springboard. What’s left is a smattering of sales titles, Cannes holdovers and a handful of out-of-festival buyers’ screenings to stir up interest.
Focus Features’ production and acquisitions head Kiska Higgs is optimistic that the sluggish indie theatrical market will eventually bounce back from its Covid slump and pull people away from streaming services — “I can’t imagine a world in which I want to be on my couch for any second longer than...
With few big sales titles available at TIFF this year — a Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin two-hander and Lin-Manuel Miranda-produced YA feature excepted — business coming out of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival looks muted at best.
The vast majority of TIFF films already have domestic distribution in place — with studios and indie players like Neon and A24 looking to use the North America festival as an awards season springboard. What’s left is a smattering of sales titles, Cannes holdovers and a handful of out-of-festival buyers’ screenings to stir up interest.
Focus Features’ production and acquisitions head Kiska Higgs is optimistic that the sluggish indie theatrical market will eventually bounce back from its Covid slump and pull people away from streaming services — “I can’t imagine a world in which I want to be on my couch for any second longer than...
- 9/7/2022
- by Mia Galuppo and Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This year’s Torotnto International Film Festival is back in full force with an impressive slate of movies, in-person crowds and distributors eager to fill up their pandemic-depleted slates. But the acquisition titles on display this year may not be the splashy, commercial, gala movies that once made Toronto unique on the fall festival circuit.
Multiple distribution executives and sales agents told TheWrap that while they were eager to leave behind the “ghost town” of last year’s TIFF and settle in for days of movies and premieres just like it was 2019 all over again, many of this year’s buzziest titles up for sale lean especially toward the indie variety or are playing in TIFF’s Discovery section of emerging or first-time directors.
There’s no shortage of available movies and plenty of buyers with a need to fill out their slates for 2023. But experts are split as to...
Multiple distribution executives and sales agents told TheWrap that while they were eager to leave behind the “ghost town” of last year’s TIFF and settle in for days of movies and premieres just like it was 2019 all over again, many of this year’s buzziest titles up for sale lean especially toward the indie variety or are playing in TIFF’s Discovery section of emerging or first-time directors.
There’s no shortage of available movies and plenty of buyers with a need to fill out their slates for 2023. But experts are split as to...
- 9/7/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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