Film includes interviews with John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron.
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Scala!!!, a feature documentary about the legendary London cinema which ran from 1978 to 1993, from production company Fifty Foot Woman.
The film will make its world premiere in the ’Documents and Documentaries’ section of the 37th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna in Italy this Sunday, June 25.
The full title of the film is Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits. Directed by Jane Giles...
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Scala!!!, a feature documentary about the legendary London cinema which ran from 1978 to 1993, from production company Fifty Foot Woman.
The film will make its world premiere in the ’Documents and Documentaries’ section of the 37th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna in Italy this Sunday, June 25.
The full title of the film is Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits. Directed by Jane Giles...
- 6/21/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
‘Scala!!!’, documentary about iconic London cinema, scores UK-Ireland theatrical release (exclusive)
Film includes interviews with John Waters, Ben Wheatley, Mary Harron.
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Scala!!!, a feature documentary about the legendary London cinema which ran from 1978 to 1993.
The film has its world premiere in the Documents and Documentaries section of the 37th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Italy this Sunday, June 25. BFI Distribution acquired the film from production company Fifty Foot Woman.
The full title of the film is Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits. Directed...
BFI Distribution has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Scala!!!, a feature documentary about the legendary London cinema which ran from 1978 to 1993.
The film has its world premiere in the Documents and Documentaries section of the 37th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Italy this Sunday, June 25. BFI Distribution acquired the film from production company Fifty Foot Woman.
The full title of the film is Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits. Directed...
- 6/21/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Lots of actors make a living starring in mostly bad movies, but few do it on such a scale and level of success as Adam Sandler. The frustrating thing is, we all know how talented he can be when he feels like it, at least compared to other bad movie regulars like, say, Gerard Butler. You always know what you're going to get with Butler, that steady level of grimacing B-movie badness, and he's never going to suddenly wrong-foot you with an Oscar-worthy performance before going back to stabbing people to death with pencils.
Sandler certainly has the talent, but he just can't be bothered to use it most of the time. Maybe he doesn't feel the need when his special brand of lowbrow humor has earned him a loyal fanbase all over the world. That was something Netflix was keen to get a slice of when they signed him...
Sandler certainly has the talent, but he just can't be bothered to use it most of the time. Maybe he doesn't feel the need when his special brand of lowbrow humor has earned him a loyal fanbase all over the world. That was something Netflix was keen to get a slice of when they signed him...
- 9/16/2022
- by Lee Adams
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Lynne Ramsay has inked with WME for representation.
Ramsay’s past films, include You Were Never Really Here starring Joaquin Phoenix, We need to talk about Kevin starringTilda Swinton, Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar, whic regularly make the lists of the best British films ever made.
Her next film will be the psychological thriller Stone Mattress, starring Julianne Moore ,to be produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
She is repped by manager Josh Varney and attorney Greg Slewett.
Ramsay’s past films, include You Were Never Really Here starring Joaquin Phoenix, We need to talk about Kevin starringTilda Swinton, Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar, whic regularly make the lists of the best British films ever made.
Her next film will be the psychological thriller Stone Mattress, starring Julianne Moore ,to be produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
She is repped by manager Josh Varney and attorney Greg Slewett.
- 9/1/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh have signed on to star in thriller Stone Mattress, directed by Lynne Ramsey.
The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
Amazon are handling domestic rights. Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to board the project. Studiocanal are launching worldwide sales at Cannes for the partners releasing in their territories.
The revenge thriller is set on a cruise ship in the Arctic...
Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh have signed on to star in thriller Stone Mattress, directed by Lynne Ramsey.
The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar.
Amazon are handling domestic rights. Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to board the project. Studiocanal are launching worldwide sales at Cannes for the partners releasing in their territories.
The revenge thriller is set on a cruise ship in the Arctic...
- 5/18/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Oscar winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice) and Killing Eve star Sandra Oh are set to star in hot Cannes market package Stone Mattress, which Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here) will direct from the acclaimed New Yorker short story by The Handmaid’s Tale scribe Margaret Atwood.
The blue-chip revenge thriller, set on a cruise ship in the Arctic, is aiming to shoot in September on location in Greenland and Iceland.
Amazon is already in place for domestic. Producers are Oscar winner John Lesher (Birdman) and Oscar nominee JoAnne Sellar (There Will Be Blood). Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to join with the former launching sales on the Riviera.
Moore will play Verna, a 60-year-old retired physiotherapist and twice a widow, who embarks on a luxurious cruise into the magnificent and silently thawing Arctic Northwest Passage, populated by a crowd of privileged influencers and wealthy retirees. On the ship,...
The blue-chip revenge thriller, set on a cruise ship in the Arctic, is aiming to shoot in September on location in Greenland and Iceland.
Amazon is already in place for domestic. Producers are Oscar winner John Lesher (Birdman) and Oscar nominee JoAnne Sellar (There Will Be Blood). Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to join with the former launching sales on the Riviera.
Moore will play Verna, a 60-year-old retired physiotherapist and twice a widow, who embarks on a luxurious cruise into the magnificent and silently thawing Arctic Northwest Passage, populated by a crowd of privileged influencers and wealthy retirees. On the ship,...
- 5/18/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Screen is rounding up the key packages launched before and during this year’s Cannes Marche du Film (which runs May 17-25).
Screen is rounding up the key packages launched before and during this year’s Cannes Marche du Film (which runs May 17-25).
Refresh the page for latest updates.
May 18 Stone Mattress
Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh have signed on to star in Lynne Ramsey’s new thriller. The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar. Amazon are handling domestic rights. Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to board the project.
Screen is rounding up the key packages launched before and during this year’s Cannes Marche du Film (which runs May 17-25).
Refresh the page for latest updates.
May 18 Stone Mattress
Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh have signed on to star in Lynne Ramsey’s new thriller. The project is based on a short story by Margaret Atwood and is produced by John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar. Amazon are handling domestic rights. Studiocanal and Film4 are in final negotiations to board the project.
- 5/18/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Ballots are in, and the nail-biting portion of Oscar season has begun. Nominations for the 94th Academy Awards will be revealed on Feb. 8.
Another jam-packed phase one offered plenty of twists and turns, along with much speculation and reading of tea leaves. Now, that many of the guilds have weighed in, we’re predicting Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” will lead the way with 10 nominations, while Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are expected to pick up an impressive nine nods each. Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” the presumed frontrunner for best picture, is expected to score a healthy seven mentions (or eight if Jamie Dornan can make the cut alongside his co-star Ciarán Hinds).
With an increasingly global Academy, it’s important to consider the tastes of international members that aren’t working on studio lots in Hollywood. While you can argue...
Another jam-packed phase one offered plenty of twists and turns, along with much speculation and reading of tea leaves. Now, that many of the guilds have weighed in, we’re predicting Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” will lead the way with 10 nominations, while Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” are expected to pick up an impressive nine nods each. Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast,” the presumed frontrunner for best picture, is expected to score a healthy seven mentions (or eight if Jamie Dornan can make the cut alongside his co-star Ciarán Hinds).
With an increasingly global Academy, it’s important to consider the tastes of international members that aren’t working on studio lots in Hollywood. While you can argue...
- 2/3/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
A tsunami of buzz and Oscar-telling indicators drop on Thursday, with the major guilds announcing award nominations. The Directors Guild of America (DGA), Writers Guild of America (WGA), Producers Guild of America (PGA) and American Cinema Editors (Ace Eddies) all serve as critical barometers for the Academy Awards, especially in the race for best picture.
DGA has averaged four of their five nominees landing in the Oscars’ best director category, including last year with Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) getting bumped for Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”). The first-time directors’ category, with the exception of Jordan Peele for “Get Out” (2017), has gone on to get a nod at the Academy.
The PGA always provides some big blockbusters and Academy flare, which bodes well for either “No Time to Die” or “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The WGA has a lot of ineligibilities that won’t provide a strong enough indicator for the screenplay categories.
DGA has averaged four of their five nominees landing in the Oscars’ best director category, including last year with Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) getting bumped for Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”). The first-time directors’ category, with the exception of Jordan Peele for “Get Out” (2017), has gone on to get a nod at the Academy.
The PGA always provides some big blockbusters and Academy flare, which bodes well for either “No Time to Die” or “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The WGA has a lot of ineligibilities that won’t provide a strong enough indicator for the screenplay categories.
- 1/26/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Before Paul Thomas Anderson cast him for his 2002 romance “Punch-Drunk Love,” Adam Sandler was mostly known for broad comedies. He was certainly not the most obvious candidate for a lead in a dramatic role, as Anderson’s longtime producer JoAnne Sellar herself admits.
Read More: Tom Cruise Is The Reason Paul Thomas Anderson & Adam Sandler Did ‘Punch-Drunk Love’
In the new book “Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterclass” by Adam Nayman, Sellar confesses (via IndieWire) to have doubts about casting Sandler.
Continue reading ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ Producer Doubted Casting Of Adam Sandler, As Did Plenty Of People At The Time at The Playlist.
Read More: Tom Cruise Is The Reason Paul Thomas Anderson & Adam Sandler Did ‘Punch-Drunk Love’
In the new book “Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterclass” by Adam Nayman, Sellar confesses (via IndieWire) to have doubts about casting Sandler.
Continue reading ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ Producer Doubted Casting Of Adam Sandler, As Did Plenty Of People At The Time at The Playlist.
- 11/4/2020
- by Rafael Motamayor
- The Playlist
Paul Thomas Anderson wrote his 2002 romance “Punch-Drunk Love” as a star vehicle for Adam Sandler, who at that point was best known for broad comedies like “The Waterboy,” “Big Daddy,” and “Little Nicky.” Anderson was confident Sandler could pull off the more dramatic overtones of the “Punch-Drunk Love” script, but the filmmaker’s longtime producer JoAnne Sellar was less sure at first. Sellar admits in Adam Nayman’s book “Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks” that casting Sandler originally confused her.
“After ‘Magnolia’ [Paul] wanted to make a really short movie,” Sellar said. “That was the first thing I remember him saying. But yeah, he wrote it for Sandler. He was a huge Sandler fan, and I was just befuddled. I just didn’t get the whole Adam Sandler thing at that stage. I mean, the ‘Saturday Night Live’ stuff, yes, but the movies that Adam had done weren’t for me. As...
“After ‘Magnolia’ [Paul] wanted to make a really short movie,” Sellar said. “That was the first thing I remember him saying. But yeah, he wrote it for Sandler. He was a huge Sandler fan, and I was just befuddled. I just didn’t get the whole Adam Sandler thing at that stage. I mean, the ‘Saturday Night Live’ stuff, yes, but the movies that Adam had done weren’t for me. As...
- 11/4/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Paul Thomas Anderson and Robert Elswit made a name for themselves as one of cinema’s strongest director-cinematographer duos with a run of acclaimed films that included “Hard Eight,” “Boogie Nights,” “Magnolia,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” and “There Will Be Blood.” The latter won Elswit his first and only Oscar for Best Cinematography. The two artists took a break for “The Master,” shot by Mihai Mălaimare Jr., and their reunion on “Inherent Vice” left Elswit thinking their partnership was over.
“God, I don’t know what it is anymore,” Elswit said last year about the state of his collaboration with Anderson. “It’s like a bad married couple. Unpleasant. I don’t know [if we’ll work together again]. Probably not. You know, it depends on how he feels. I would do it again…I didn’t enjoy myself on ‘Inherent Vice’…It was a combination of me and Paul just not getting along, and I can be as immature as him.
“God, I don’t know what it is anymore,” Elswit said last year about the state of his collaboration with Anderson. “It’s like a bad married couple. Unpleasant. I don’t know [if we’ll work together again]. Probably not. You know, it depends on how he feels. I would do it again…I didn’t enjoy myself on ‘Inherent Vice’…It was a combination of me and Paul just not getting along, and I can be as immature as him.
- 10/21/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Jonny Greenwood has composed the original scores for four Paul Thomas Anderson features and counting, nabbing his first Oscar nomination for his celebrated work on “Phantom Thread.” But which track does the “Radiohead” lead guitarist consider his favorite Paul Thomas Anderson music cue? The answer should please fans of “The Master,” Anderson’s 2012 cult drama starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams. Greenwood’s pick is the unsettling and dreamlike “Alethia,” a revelation he makes in a brand new interview featured in Adam Nayman’s book, “Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks.”
Publisher Abrams Books touts “Masterworks” as “an illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey” of Paul Thomas Anderson. The book features essays on each Anderson feature written by Nayman, a contributing editor to Cinema Scope and the author of “Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together.” Greenwood is one of several Anderson collaborators who took...
Publisher Abrams Books touts “Masterworks” as “an illustrated mid-career monograph exploring the 30-year creative journey” of Paul Thomas Anderson. The book features essays on each Anderson feature written by Nayman, a contributing editor to Cinema Scope and the author of “Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together.” Greenwood is one of several Anderson collaborators who took...
- 10/20/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Ever since Universal-DreamWorks’ “1917” debuted, reporters have seemed fascinated with the fact that women played key creative roles in the film. The list included Krysty Wilson-Cairns, who co-wrote it with director Sam Mendes, and producers Pippa Harris and Jayne-Ann Tenggren.
The surprise is surprising.
Neal Street Prods., which Harris, Mendes and Caro Newling formed in 2003, has always maintained a 50-50 gender balance. “It’s in our company’s DNA. Plus, Sam didn’t want production of ‘1917’ to be a macho environment,” says Harris.
Further confounding stereotypes, the film’s strong emotions were not a “feminine touch” but came from both writers, Wilson-Cairns and Mendes, while she was the expert on all things dealing with World War I.
This shouldn’t be a shock because Hollywood history is filled with women who helped create some of the greatest “male-driven” films ever. In 1921, June Mathis scripted “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,...
The surprise is surprising.
Neal Street Prods., which Harris, Mendes and Caro Newling formed in 2003, has always maintained a 50-50 gender balance. “It’s in our company’s DNA. Plus, Sam didn’t want production of ‘1917’ to be a macho environment,” says Harris.
Further confounding stereotypes, the film’s strong emotions were not a “feminine touch” but came from both writers, Wilson-Cairns and Mendes, while she was the expert on all things dealing with World War I.
This shouldn’t be a shock because Hollywood history is filled with women who helped create some of the greatest “male-driven” films ever. In 1921, June Mathis scripted “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,...
- 1/30/2020
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is set to partner with Focus Features on his, as of this writing, untitled new film which Anderson will also produce along with frequent collaborators JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi. Anderson and Focus Features previously collaborated on the director’s feature Phantom Thread (2017), which earned six Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, Director for Anderson, Best Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Best Supporting Actress for Lesley Manville, Best Score for Jonny Greenwood, and Best Costume Design for Mark Bridges, which he went on to win.
Paul Thomas Anderson. Photo by Wilson Webb – © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson,” said Focus chairman Peter Kujawski. “He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne, and Daniel.”
Production is scheduled to begin sometime during Spring/Summer 2020 in California.
Paul Thomas Anderson. Photo by Wilson Webb – © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson,” said Focus chairman Peter Kujawski. “He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne, and Daniel.”
Production is scheduled to begin sometime during Spring/Summer 2020 in California.
- 12/19/2019
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
Latest project understood to centre on 1970s Californian high school.
Paul Thomas Anderson and Focus Features will reunite on the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming high school film after they collaborated on the Oscar-winning Phantom Thread.
Longtime Anderson associates JoAnne Sellar (pictured) and Daniel Lupi will produce the new project with Anderson, who is understood to be lining up a 1970s high school story involving a child actor that may take place in the filmmaker’s familiar San Fernando Valley locale north of Hollywood.
Production is scheduled for spring or summer 2020 in California, giving rise to the slim possibility of a year-end awards-qualifying release.
Paul Thomas Anderson and Focus Features will reunite on the acclaimed filmmaker’s upcoming high school film after they collaborated on the Oscar-winning Phantom Thread.
Longtime Anderson associates JoAnne Sellar (pictured) and Daniel Lupi will produce the new project with Anderson, who is understood to be lining up a 1970s high school story involving a child actor that may take place in the filmmaker’s familiar San Fernando Valley locale north of Hollywood.
Production is scheduled for spring or summer 2020 in California, giving rise to the slim possibility of a year-end awards-qualifying release.
- 12/18/2019
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Paul Thomas Anderson set his next movie at Focus Features, the specialty studio he teamed with for his latest feature, 2017’s Phantom Thread.”
The still-untitled film is scheduled to begin production in California during spring and summer of 2020. Though details are scarce, the movie is expected to take place in a high school in the 1970s.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski said in a statement. “He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne and Daniel.”
“Phantom Thread” was a critical hit, generating six Oscar nominations including best picture, director, actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and supporting actress Lesley Manville. The historical period drama ended its box office run with a modest $47 million.
Though Anderson is known for acclaimed features like “There Will Be Blood,...
The still-untitled film is scheduled to begin production in California during spring and summer of 2020. Though details are scarce, the movie is expected to take place in a high school in the 1970s.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski said in a statement. “He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne and Daniel.”
“Phantom Thread” was a critical hit, generating six Oscar nominations including best picture, director, actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and supporting actress Lesley Manville. The historical period drama ended its box office run with a modest $47 million.
Though Anderson is known for acclaimed features like “There Will Be Blood,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
After working with Paul Thomas Anderson on his six Oscar nominated feature Phantom Thread, Focus Features is set to partner with the eight-time Oscar nominated filmmaker on his untitled 1970s High School Pic set in his San Fernando Valley stomping ground.
Longtime collaborators JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will produce this new project along with Anderson.
Phantom Thread, which brought Anderson across the Pond to London for a period pic about a British fashion designer earned Oscar noms for Best Picture, Director for Anderson, Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Supporting Actress for Lesley Manville, Score for Jonny Greenwood and Costume Design for Mark Bridges, which he went on to win.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne and Daniel,” said Focus chairman Peter Kujawski.
Longtime collaborators JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will produce this new project along with Anderson.
Phantom Thread, which brought Anderson across the Pond to London for a period pic about a British fashion designer earned Oscar noms for Best Picture, Director for Anderson, Actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, Supporting Actress for Lesley Manville, Score for Jonny Greenwood and Costume Design for Mark Bridges, which he went on to win.
“There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming up once again with Paul, JoAnne and Daniel,” said Focus chairman Peter Kujawski.
- 12/18/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Having partnered on the director's last film, 2017's Phantom Thread, Focus Features is reteaming with Paul Thomas Anderson on his latest project.
The untitled film will be set in 1970s Los Angeles and center on a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Anderson will write, direct and produce the project through his Ghoulardi Film Company banner. JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will also produce.
"There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming ...
The untitled film will be set in 1970s Los Angeles and center on a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Anderson will write, direct and produce the project through his Ghoulardi Film Company banner. JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will also produce.
"There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming ...
- 12/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Having partnered on the director's last film, 2017's Phantom Thread, Focus Features is reteaming with Paul Thomas Anderson on his latest project.
The untitled film will be set in 1970s Los Angeles and center on a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Anderson will write, direct and produce the project through his Ghoulardi Film Company banner. JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will also produce.
"There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming ...
The untitled film will be set in 1970s Los Angeles and center on a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Anderson will write, direct and produce the project through his Ghoulardi Film Company banner. JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi will also produce.
"There is simply no other filmmaker like Paul Thomas Anderson. He is a true original who consistently mesmerizes fans with unparalleled vision and storytelling. We are beyond thrilled to be teaming ...
- 12/18/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
At the 2018 Oscars, Frances McDormand, who won her second Best Actress Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” asked all the female nominees to stand. Ten women will always be nominated by the academy: five for Best Actress and another five for Best Supporting Actress. Besides these other nine women, how many others were on their feet in the Dolby Theater?
Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.
Only one category — Costume Design — had more women contending then men but the winner was a man: Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread”), who also picked up the jet ski for the shortest acceptance speech.
Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.
Only one category — Costume Design — had more women contending then men but the winner was a man: Mark Bridges (“Phantom Thread”), who also picked up the jet ski for the shortest acceptance speech.
- 1/1/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Ten women will always be nominated for Oscars: five for Best Actress and another five for Best Supporting Actress. At the 2018 Oscars, Frances McDormand, who won her second Best Actress Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” asked all the female nominees to stand. As you can see from the video above, she asked rival acting nominee Meryl Streep (“The Post”) to lead the way and this 21-time Oscar nominee obliged. Besides the other eight actresses nominated, how many other women were on their feet in the Dolby theater?
Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.
Of the 20 non-gender specific categories, women were contenders in 17 of them; they were shut out of Original Score (5 men), Sound Editing (9 men) and Visual Effects (20 men). As you can see below, 47 women other than actresses were nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Of these, only four won Oscars. By comparison, 151 men other than actors were nominated and 32 took home Oscars.
- 3/5/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
JoAnne Sellar has been producing Paul Thomas Anderson’s films for the past 20 years, starting with Boogie Nights. She’s helped him make it rain frogs (Magnolia), blackmail Adam Sandler (Punch-Drunk Love) and seduce audiences with a charismatic cult leader (The Master). The English producer previously worked with both Anderson and Phantom Thread star Daniel Day-Lewis on 2007’s There Will Be Blood, for which she earned her first Oscar nomination for best picture.
With Phantom Thread, she and fellow producers Anderson, Daniel Lupi and Megan Ellison helped Day-Lewis (in what the actor is calling his final film role) transform into Reynolds...
With Phantom Thread, she and fellow producers Anderson, Daniel Lupi and Megan Ellison helped Day-Lewis (in what the actor is calling his final film role) transform into Reynolds...
- 2/23/2018
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Most people remember “There Will Be Blood” as Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-winning masterpiece, but Kel O’Neill probably isn’t one of them. The actor was originally cast as the pastor Eli Sunday but was fired from the film only a couple weeks into production. The rumor that O’Neill had to leave the film because he was intimidated by Day-Lewis has percolated for over a decade, but the actor has finally set the record straight in a new interview with Vulture.
Read More:Daniel Day-Lewis Breaks Silence on Retiring From Acting: ‘I Have Great Sadness’
According to O’Neill, he was asked by Anderson to arrive on the West Texas set two weeks early so that the cast could begin soaking up the isolation of the film’s period setting. But as soon as O’Neill arrived on set, he knew something just wasn’t working between Anderson and him.
Read More:Daniel Day-Lewis Breaks Silence on Retiring From Acting: ‘I Have Great Sadness’
According to O’Neill, he was asked by Anderson to arrive on the West Texas set two weeks early so that the cast could begin soaking up the isolation of the film’s period setting. But as soon as O’Neill arrived on set, he knew something just wasn’t working between Anderson and him.
- 12/8/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Directors Niki Caro, Sydney Freeland, Kelly Fremon Craig, Catherine Hardwicke and Haifaa Al-Mansour Headline; Susan Cartsonis Moderates
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, will focus on Hollywood directors with the theme ‘In the Director’s Chair’ at the 18th Annual Women in Focus Conference.
The Women in Focus Conference will feature Academy Award®-nominated director Niki Caro (“The Zookeeper’s Wife”, “Whale Rider”, “North Country”); acclaimed director Sydney Freeland (“Deidra & Laney Rob a Train”, “Drunktown’s Finest”, “Her Story”); award-winning screenwriter and film director, Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”, “Post Grad”, “Streak”); critically-acclaimed director, Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”, “The Twilight Saga”, “Thirteen”); and the first female Saudi Arabian filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour (“Mary Shelley”, “Wadjda”).
The panel will be moderated by producing veteran Susan Cartsonis (“Carrie Pilby”, “What Women Want”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, will focus on Hollywood directors with the theme ‘In the Director’s Chair’ at the 18th Annual Women in Focus Conference.
The Women in Focus Conference will feature Academy Award®-nominated director Niki Caro (“The Zookeeper’s Wife”, “Whale Rider”, “North Country”); acclaimed director Sydney Freeland (“Deidra & Laney Rob a Train”, “Drunktown’s Finest”, “Her Story”); award-winning screenwriter and film director, Kelly Fremon Craig (“The Edge of Seventeen”, “Post Grad”, “Streak”); critically-acclaimed director, Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight”, “The Twilight Saga”, “Thirteen”); and the first female Saudi Arabian filmmaker, Haifaa Al-Mansour (“Mary Shelley”, “Wadjda”).
The panel will be moderated by producing veteran Susan Cartsonis (“Carrie Pilby”, “What Women Want”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
- 3/30/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Production has begun in the U.K. on writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled new film. Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis is joined in the cast by Lesley Manville, who was a BAFTA Award nominee for Best Actress for Another Year, and Vicky Krieps, whose films include A Most Wanted Man and Focus Features’ Hanna.
Focus holds worldwide rights to the film, and will distribute the film in the U.S. later this year with Universal Pictures handling international distribution.
The film’s producers are JoAnne Sellar, Megan Ellison, through her Annapurna Pictures, and Paul Thomas Anderson. The executive producers are Peter Heslop, Adam Somner, and Daniel Lupi. Chelsea Barnard and Jillian Longnecker are overseeing production for Annapurna.
Continuing their creative collaboration following 2007’s There Will Be Blood, which earned Mr. Day-Lewis the Best Actor Academy Award, Mr. Anderson will once again explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century.
Focus holds worldwide rights to the film, and will distribute the film in the U.S. later this year with Universal Pictures handling international distribution.
The film’s producers are JoAnne Sellar, Megan Ellison, through her Annapurna Pictures, and Paul Thomas Anderson. The executive producers are Peter Heslop, Adam Somner, and Daniel Lupi. Chelsea Barnard and Jillian Longnecker are overseeing production for Annapurna.
Continuing their creative collaboration following 2007’s There Will Be Blood, which earned Mr. Day-Lewis the Best Actor Academy Award, Mr. Anderson will once again explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century.
- 2/1/2017
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Production for Paul Thomas Anderson’s upcoming fashion drama has officially begun, with frequent collaborator Jonny Greenwood on board to compose the score.
The Radiohead guitarist and composer has previously worked with Anderson on three films: “There Will Be Blood,” “The Master” and most recently “Inherent Vice.” Anderson has also directed several Radiohead music videos, including “The Numbers,” “Present” and “Daydreaming.”
Greenwood will be in charge of the music for the filmmaker’s currently-untitled drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Set in the couture world of 1950s London, the movie will explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century, illuminating the life behind the curtain of an uncompromising dressmaker commissioned by royalty and high society. The Oscar winner will also be joined by actresses Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps.
Read More: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Untitled London Fashion Film: Daniel Day-Lewis Takes Center Stage in New Set Pictures
Focus Features will distribute...
The Radiohead guitarist and composer has previously worked with Anderson on three films: “There Will Be Blood,” “The Master” and most recently “Inherent Vice.” Anderson has also directed several Radiohead music videos, including “The Numbers,” “Present” and “Daydreaming.”
Greenwood will be in charge of the music for the filmmaker’s currently-untitled drama starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Set in the couture world of 1950s London, the movie will explore a distinctive milieu of the 20th century, illuminating the life behind the curtain of an uncompromising dressmaker commissioned by royalty and high society. The Oscar winner will also be joined by actresses Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps.
Read More: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Untitled London Fashion Film: Daniel Day-Lewis Takes Center Stage in New Set Pictures
Focus Features will distribute...
- 2/1/2017
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Lesley Manville and Vicky Krieps have joined Daniel Day-Lewis on the London-set story.
Focus acquired worldwide rights to the project in a major pre-buy last September. It is understood that at the time Focus paid about $35m for a project that with soft money could see the budget rise to around $40m.
The feature centres on an uncompromising dressmaker to royalty and high society in 1950s London.
It marks the latest collaboration between Anderson and Day-Lewis following the latter’s Oscar-winning role in There Will Be Blood.
The drama is anticipated to be a major awards season contender. Focus will distribute in the Us later this year and Universal Pictures handles international distribution.
JoAnne Sellar produces with Megan Ellison via her Annapurna Pictures, and Anderson. Executive producers are Peter Heslop, Adam Somner, and Daniel Lupi. Chelsea Barnard and Jillian Longnecker are overseeing production for Annapurna.
Focus acquired worldwide rights to the project in a major pre-buy last September. It is understood that at the time Focus paid about $35m for a project that with soft money could see the budget rise to around $40m.
The feature centres on an uncompromising dressmaker to royalty and high society in 1950s London.
It marks the latest collaboration between Anderson and Day-Lewis following the latter’s Oscar-winning role in There Will Be Blood.
The drama is anticipated to be a major awards season contender. Focus will distribute in the Us later this year and Universal Pictures handles international distribution.
JoAnne Sellar produces with Megan Ellison via her Annapurna Pictures, and Anderson. Executive producers are Peter Heslop, Adam Somner, and Daniel Lupi. Chelsea Barnard and Jillian Longnecker are overseeing production for Annapurna.
- 2/1/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Paul Thomas Anderson’s next project, which will see the auteur reunite with his There Will Be Blood leading man Daniel Day-Lewis.
It is understood Focus beat out Fox Searchlight and others and paid around $35m for a project that with soft money could see the budget rise to around $40m.
News of the stunning deal emerged on the first day of Toronto and marks another notable pre-buy in an environment where distributors have shown themselves to be willing to invest early in promising material with A-list attachments.
It is a big statement from Focus since the studio was reconfigured as a prestige label under the leadership team of chairman Peter Kujawski, president Robert Walak and COO Abhijay Prakash.
Anderson’s first film since Inherent Vice in 2014 will take place in the 1950s London high fashion scene. The producers have earmarked a January 2017 start in time for a year-end release...
It is understood Focus beat out Fox Searchlight and others and paid around $35m for a project that with soft money could see the budget rise to around $40m.
News of the stunning deal emerged on the first day of Toronto and marks another notable pre-buy in an environment where distributors have shown themselves to be willing to invest early in promising material with A-list attachments.
It is a big statement from Focus since the studio was reconfigured as a prestige label under the leadership team of chairman Peter Kujawski, president Robert Walak and COO Abhijay Prakash.
Anderson’s first film since Inherent Vice in 2014 will take place in the 1950s London high fashion scene. The producers have earmarked a January 2017 start in time for a year-end release...
- 9/8/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
It was earlier this summer when we got the most tantalizing film news of the year thus far: Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis are planning a second collaboration, one set in the 1950s fashion industry. At that time, we weren’t sure when exactly we might be able to see it — just that Anderson was “meeting young actresses of Eastern European descent to cast supporting roles” — but now we finally have word, and it’s thankfully sooner than expected.
According to Deadline, Focus Features beat out Fox Searchlight for the worldwide rights for the project and they’ll also finance the $35 million budget, with producing help once again from Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures and JoAnne Sellar at Ghoulardi Film Company. The enticing news is that production will begin early next year and we’ll see it arrive by late 2017. The trade reports the drama is actually set in London,...
According to Deadline, Focus Features beat out Fox Searchlight for the worldwide rights for the project and they’ll also finance the $35 million budget, with producing help once again from Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures and JoAnne Sellar at Ghoulardi Film Company. The enticing news is that production will begin early next year and we’ll see it arrive by late 2017. The trade reports the drama is actually set in London,...
- 9/8/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
A version of this story first appeared in the July 3 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Just two weeks before Cuba was crossed off the U.S.' terror blacklist in May, a delegation of 20 showbiz pros set out from L.A. to explore the isolated island state. Among their ranks: TV showrunner Bruno Heller, the Englishman behind Fox's Gotham; outspoken Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines; Keri Putnam, executive director of the Sundance Institute; JoAnne Sellar, producer of every Paul Thomas Anderson movie since Boogie Nights; and Micah Fitzerman-Blue,
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- 6/30/2015
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paul Thomas Anderson's weird and wild noir adventure, Inherent Vice, is making it's way to blu-ray in April, and Warner Bros. has revealed all the details on when you can pick it up, and what to expect on the disc. Come inside for all the details!
Chill out and get groovy when “Inherent Vice” arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on April 28 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. With an ensemble cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers, rockers, and more, “Inherent Vice” is the seventh feature from Oscar® nominee Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.
“Inherent Vice” stars Oscar® nominees Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master,” “Walk the Line”), Josh Brolin (“True Grit,” “No Country For Old Men”), Owen Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Midnight in Paris”), Katherine Waterston (“Michael Clayton,” TV’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Oscar® winners Reese Witherspoon...
Chill out and get groovy when “Inherent Vice” arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on April 28 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. With an ensemble cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers, rockers, and more, “Inherent Vice” is the seventh feature from Oscar® nominee Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.
“Inherent Vice” stars Oscar® nominees Joaquin Phoenix (“The Master,” “Walk the Line”), Josh Brolin (“True Grit,” “No Country For Old Men”), Owen Wilson (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” “Midnight in Paris”), Katherine Waterston (“Michael Clayton,” TV’s “Boardwalk Empire”), Oscar® winners Reese Witherspoon...
- 3/13/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
We're winding down the year-in-review game here at HitFix as 2014 draws to a close. For whatever reason I took a year off of the ballot/superlatives posts, but I'm back with those personal assessments of the best of the year, beginning today with my top picks across the Academy's 24 categories. Check back in tomorrow for a list of winners from this lot, as well as others in a slew of peripheral categories. And of course, feel free to let us know what your Oscar ballot would look like in the comments section below. (Oh, and naturally it goes without saying this post is living in a parallel reality where I'm not confined to a specific branch for nominations and reign supreme over all categories with selections for each.) We'll find out if the Academy agrees with any of this when the 87th annual Oscar nominations are announced on Jan. 15. *** Best...
- 12/30/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
This is finally happening, and I can’t wait. It has been a really long time since I have seen Lord of Illusions. Fresh off of the Director’s Cut of Nightbreed, I could definitely use some more remastered Clive Barker films in my life. Scream Factory have announced the extras that will be included in their Collector’s Edition of the film. We get a Clive Barker commentary, a behind-the-scenes featurette, some rare on-set footage, deleted scenes with Clive Barker commentary, and likely more. I’ve noticed that they usually undersell the bonus content on their discs, mostly due to space limitations, I would assume. This is shaping up to be a fantastic release, with a new transfer, and what looks to be a generous amount of extras. The release hits shelves on the 16th of December. You can pre-order a copy for yourself either on amazon, or the Shout!
- 10/17/2014
- by Shawn Savage
- The Liberal Dead
Just in time for Christmas and awards season contention, Warner Bros. Pictures has released the wild first trailer for Inherent Vice.
The movie is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.
The film stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Owen Wilson; Katherine Waterston; Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Benicio Del Toro; Martin Short; Jena Malone and musician Joanna Newsom.
When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.
It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that...
The movie is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.
The film stars Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Owen Wilson; Katherine Waterston; Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Benicio Del Toro; Martin Short; Jena Malone and musician Joanna Newsom.
When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.
It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that...
- 9/30/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This is one panel I want to attend. Why? Well, these three women are damned smart and if they share a fraction of what they know about producing, distribution, marketing and the state of Hollywood and the independents today, we will all be the wiser. I'll be showing up on April 11th to watch DreamWorks Animation Chief Marketing Officer Dawn Taubin moderate this panel at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts' 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference. The panelists are: Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures ("Argo," "The Great Gatsby"); Terry Press, Co-president, CBS Films ("Last Vegas," "Inside Llewyn Davis"); and JoAnne Sellar, Producer ("The Master"). The upcoming event will feature an afternoon of panel discussions with established women in the business, as well as a scholarship presentation, luncheon and networking mixer. The free Women in Focus event starts at 1:...
- 4/3/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts will present its 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference on April 11.
Warner Bros president of worldwide marketing and international distribution Sue Kroll, The Master producer JoAnne Sellar and CBS Films co-president Terry Press will speak.
DreamWorks Animation chief marketing officer, Dawn Taubin, a former Dodge College professor of public relations and advertising, will moderate the event.
“The insights offered by the incredible women who have joined us over the years have been both inspirational and enlightening,” said Dodge College dean Bob Bassett. “They have truly helped guide the next generation of filmmakers as they seek to enter the industry.”...
Warner Bros president of worldwide marketing and international distribution Sue Kroll, The Master producer JoAnne Sellar and CBS Films co-president Terry Press will speak.
DreamWorks Animation chief marketing officer, Dawn Taubin, a former Dodge College professor of public relations and advertising, will moderate the event.
“The insights offered by the incredible women who have joined us over the years have been both inspirational and enlightening,” said Dodge College dean Bob Bassett. “They have truly helped guide the next generation of filmmakers as they seek to enter the industry.”...
- 3/28/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts will present its 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference on April 11.
Warner Bros president of worldwide marketing and international distribution Sue Kroll, The Master producer JoAnne Sellar and CBS Films co-president Terry Press will speak.
DreamWorks Animation chief marketing officer, Dawn Taubin, a former Dodge College professor of public relations and advertising, will moderate the event.
“The insights offered by the incredible women who have joined us over the years have been both inspirational and enlightening,” said Dodge College dean Bob Bassett. “They have truly helped guide the next generation of filmmakers as they seek to enter the industry.”...
Warner Bros president of worldwide marketing and international distribution Sue Kroll, The Master producer JoAnne Sellar and CBS Films co-president Terry Press will speak.
DreamWorks Animation chief marketing officer, Dawn Taubin, a former Dodge College professor of public relations and advertising, will moderate the event.
“The insights offered by the incredible women who have joined us over the years have been both inspirational and enlightening,” said Dodge College dean Bob Bassett. “They have truly helped guide the next generation of filmmakers as they seek to enter the industry.”...
- 3/28/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Sasha Pieterse, Jena Malone, Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Wilson Bethel, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short
Arguably among the top five American auteur filmmakers who works on the larger scale, Paul Thomas Anderson has proved once before (with Punch-Drunk Love) that he is comfortable working in comedy. The massive ensemble, presence from composer Jonny Greenwood and cinematographer Robert Elswit ensures another all-round quality effort.
Gist: Based on the Thomas Pynchon novel and set in Los Angeles in 1970, drug-fueled detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Release Date: December 12th. A major festival play date is possible, but not obligatory.
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Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar
U.S. Distributor: Warner Bros.
Cast: Sasha Pieterse, Jena Malone, Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Wilson Bethel, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short
Arguably among the top five American auteur filmmakers who works on the larger scale, Paul Thomas Anderson has proved once before (with Punch-Drunk Love) that he is comfortable working in comedy. The massive ensemble, presence from composer Jonny Greenwood and cinematographer Robert Elswit ensures another all-round quality effort.
Gist: Based on the Thomas Pynchon novel and set in Los Angeles in 1970, drug-fueled detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Release Date: December 12th. A major festival play date is possible, but not obligatory.
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- 3/6/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Exclusive: In a real coup for a young actress, Katherine Waterston has landed a lead female role in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice. I’ve heard she’ll play Shasta, the ex-girlfriend of Joaquin Phoenix’s character, Doc. She is a free-spirited hippie chick who turns straight for real estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann. Doc’s main task is, at first, to help Shasta Fay protect Wolfmann, her current love, from his wife and her lover. She joins Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Martin Short, and Jena Malone, with Sean Penn reportedly eyeing a role as well. The film shoots this summer for Warner Bros, and PTA is producing through his Ghoulardi Film Co. along with JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi.The daughter of Sam Waterston, Katherine has been working consistently in New York Theatre and supporting roles such as Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock,...
- 5/31/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Exclusive: Josh Brolin is the latest star to join the killer cast of Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson‘s adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon detective novel. Brolin has been set for a key role, and will star alongside Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Martin Short, and Jena Malone, with Sean Penn reportedly eyeing a role as well. The film shoots this summer for Warner Bros, and PTA is producing through his Ghoulardi Film Co. along with JoAnne Sellar and Daniel Lupi. Brolin will finish that film and promote the three films he has coming out in the fall. He stars in the Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller-directed Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For, for The Weinstein Company. After that comes Oldboy, the remake he stars in for director Spike Lee, and then the Jason Reitman-directed Labor Day, opposite Kate Winslet. That film opens in limited release at Christmas.
- 5/28/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Paul Thomas Anderson fansite Cigarettes & Red Vines have hit the ball clear out of the park once again with their latest update on the acclaimed director’s adaptation of the Thomas Pynchons classic hippy-noir Inherent Vice. Since it was announced in 2010, information has been gradually released in the occasional drips here and there, due to the high-profile production and release of The Master. With that film out of the way, the floodgates have opened and you’re about to get more info than you ever dreamed possible, so open wide.
Firstly, let’s look at what we already know. Joaquin Phoenix is cast as pot-smoking private detective Doc Sportello (with the badass sideburns to prove it), and in an interview with the site last year, producer JoAnne Sellar said that they were aiming for a late April/early May start date production-wise. Rumours on Twitter that Annapurna Pictures, financiers behind The Master,...
Firstly, let’s look at what we already know. Joaquin Phoenix is cast as pot-smoking private detective Doc Sportello (with the badass sideburns to prove it), and in an interview with the site last year, producer JoAnne Sellar said that they were aiming for a late April/early May start date production-wise. Rumours on Twitter that Annapurna Pictures, financiers behind The Master,...
- 5/1/2013
- by Rob Batchelor
- We Got This Covered
As she arrives for the Oscars, the producer of The Master and Zero Dark Thirty is no longer the mystery she was
Photographers should be able to recognise Megan Ellison as she arrives at the Oscars this Sunday. Dark-haired and a young-looking 27, the producer of two of the year's most contentious films – The Master and Zero Dark Thirty – is no longer the mystery she was a couple of years ago. Yet the most powerful new force in Hollywood may still go unnoticed.
"She's incredibly self-effacing," says JoAnne Sellar, another of The Master's producers, who has worked with that film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, throughout his career. "If you ran into her on set, you'd assume she was someone's Pa."
For an industry fond of tales of secretive billionaires with extravagant superpowers, there is something strangely fitting about the rise of Ellison, the daughter of software tycoon Larry Ellison, third wealthiest man in America.
Photographers should be able to recognise Megan Ellison as she arrives at the Oscars this Sunday. Dark-haired and a young-looking 27, the producer of two of the year's most contentious films – The Master and Zero Dark Thirty – is no longer the mystery she was a couple of years ago. Yet the most powerful new force in Hollywood may still go unnoticed.
"She's incredibly self-effacing," says JoAnne Sellar, another of The Master's producers, who has worked with that film's director, Paul Thomas Anderson, throughout his career. "If you ran into her on set, you'd assume she was someone's Pa."
For an industry fond of tales of secretive billionaires with extravagant superpowers, there is something strangely fitting about the rise of Ellison, the daughter of software tycoon Larry Ellison, third wealthiest man in America.
- 2/19/2013
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Paul Thomas Anderson movies have a history of lengthy development periods, mostly due to funding issues. Fans have now become accustomed to (but don't necessarily enjoy) waiting 5 years between projects. However, they may not have as long a waiting period this time according to Anderson's longtime producer, JoAnne Sellar. In reference to Anderson's latest film, Inherent Vice, she's quoted as saying, "We’re just putting the financing together and the plan is to start shooting in late April." This news comes just a week after reports that Joaquin Phoenix would replace Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role, so perhaps things really are moving ahead. For those uninitiated, Inherent Vice will be an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's novel about a pothead private eye in the late 1960's who becomes entangled in a strange case after an encounter with his ex-girlfriend. Although this may seem like a quick turnaround for Anderson,...
- 1/31/2013
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
There are several factors that contributed to me becoming the film geek that stands before you today. One of those being the many amazing films released in 1999. Fight Club, The Matrix, and Being John Malkovich are just three movies that make that year incredibly special. Another big one being Magnolia, which I watch on a regular basis to this day. That's right Kevin Smith it is I...Magnolia Fan. Cigarettes & Red Vines had an exclusive sit down with long time producer JoAnne Sellar...
- 1/30/2013
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
Paul Thomas Anderson is closer to making that adaptation of Inherent Vice than anyone who endured the last two five-year gaps between films would have any right to expect. JoAnne Sellar, Anderson's producer since 1997's Boogie Nights, says that Vice, the first-ever adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, is primed to film in late April. Meaning we might soon know if PTA and Joaquin Phoenix are really teaming up again.
- 1/30/2013
- by Zach Dionne
- Vulture
Okay, so "The Master" may end up losing money for Harvey Weinstein and Megan Ellison, but it did earn it's fair share of acclaim, and three Oscar nominations for its lead trio of Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams is nothing to sneeze at either. And while one can sit around and talk about why or why not the film didn't catch on the way "There Will Be Blood" did, Paul Thomas Anderson is already moving with "Inherent Vice," reteaming with Phoenix after Robert Downey Jr. passed. And though fans have patiently awaited longer and longer gaps between PTA films, it looks like his next is gearing up very quickly. The guys over at Cigarettes & Red Vines recently chatted with producer JoAnne Sellar who revealed "Inherent Vice" is coming fast. "We're just putting the financing together and the plan is to start shooting in late April," Sellar said.
- 1/29/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Of all the films currently in development, Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice is very much one of my most anticipated.
The project has been in development for a couple of years now, with Robert Downey, Jr. circling the lead role of Doc Sportello back in February 2011.
But now THR report that Downey, Jr. has ultimately passed, and that Joaquin Phoenix is now in talks to reunite with Anderson for the feature.
The two of course worked together on last year’s The Master, which has been earning awards and nominations left, right, and centre. Phoenix’s performance has earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in the upcoming Academy Awards, and both Anderson and Phoenix, along with co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman, came away from its Venice debut with prizes in-hand.
So the possibility of a reunion between the two is naturally very interesting.
The project has been in development for a couple of years now, with Robert Downey, Jr. circling the lead role of Doc Sportello back in February 2011.
But now THR report that Downey, Jr. has ultimately passed, and that Joaquin Phoenix is now in talks to reunite with Anderson for the feature.
The two of course worked together on last year’s The Master, which has been earning awards and nominations left, right, and centre. Phoenix’s performance has earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in the upcoming Academy Awards, and both Anderson and Phoenix, along with co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman, came away from its Venice debut with prizes in-hand.
So the possibility of a reunion between the two is naturally very interesting.
- 1/28/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Joaquin Phoenix is in talks to re-team with his "The Master" director Paul Thomas Anderson on an adaptation of 2009's Thomas Pynchon novel "Inherent Vice" at Annapurna Pictures.
Set in the 1960s, the story centers around an often stoned private detective in Los Angeles who investigates the kidnapping plot of his ex-wife's new land developer husband.
From there, things get weird as motives and passions become confused amidst a range of characters including a lethal loan shark, an Ethel Merman-loving neo-Nazi ex-con, and the mysterious 'Golden Fang'.
Anderson penned the screenplay while Anderson, Megan Ellison, John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar will produce. Robert Downey Jr. was previously linked to the lead role.
Source: THR...
Set in the 1960s, the story centers around an often stoned private detective in Los Angeles who investigates the kidnapping plot of his ex-wife's new land developer husband.
From there, things get weird as motives and passions become confused amidst a range of characters including a lethal loan shark, an Ethel Merman-loving neo-Nazi ex-con, and the mysterious 'Golden Fang'.
Anderson penned the screenplay while Anderson, Megan Ellison, John Lesher and JoAnne Sellar will produce. Robert Downey Jr. was previously linked to the lead role.
Source: THR...
- 1/25/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Bernie, Middle of Nowhere, Moonrise Kingdom and Beasts of the Southern Wild each received a pair of nominations for the 22nd Gotham Independent Film Awards, but the big surprise has to be the Best Picture snub of Benh Zeitlin’s Sundance and Cannes winner. The jury of five favored Moonrise Kingdom, Bernie, Middle of Nowhere, The Loneliest Planet and The Master over other well-received truly indie titles such as Craig Zobel’s Compliance and James Ponsoldt’s Smashed. The awards will be handed out on November 26th.
Best Feature
Bernie
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Ginger Sledge, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Matt Williams, David McFadzean, Judd Payne, Dete Meserve, producers (Millennium Entertainment)
The Loneliest Planet
Julia Loktev, director; Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Helge Albers, Marie Therese Guirgis, producers (Sundance Selects)
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson, director; Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison, producers (The...
Best Feature
Bernie
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Ginger Sledge, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer, Matt Williams, David McFadzean, Judd Payne, Dete Meserve, producers (Millennium Entertainment)
The Loneliest Planet
Julia Loktev, director; Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Helge Albers, Marie Therese Guirgis, producers (Sundance Selects)
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson, director; Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi, Paul Thomas Anderson, Megan Ellison, producers (The...
- 10/18/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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