The ambitious distributor is understood to be in the final stages of exclusive talks for Us rights to Pierce Brosnan starrer How To Make Love Like An Englishman.
The Solution Entertainment Group handles international sales to the story of a hedonistic Cambridge professor who meets his match. Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba also star.
Tom Vaughan directed from a screenplay by Matthew Newman. Saban brokered the deal with CAA on behalf of the film-makers.
Merced Media Partners, PalmStar Media Capital and Envision Entertainment financed the film.
Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard B Lewis and Irish DreamTime’s Beau St Clair produced alongside PalmStar Media Capital’s Kevin Frakes and Raj Brinder Singh, Remington Chase, Grant Cramer and Simon Orange.
Brosnan serves as executive producer with Michael R Williams and The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson, as well as Matthew Newman, Stephan Martiroysan, Stuart Brown and Mike Sullivan.
“How To Make Love Like An Englishman boasts a brilliant...
The Solution Entertainment Group handles international sales to the story of a hedonistic Cambridge professor who meets his match. Salma Hayek and Jessica Alba also star.
Tom Vaughan directed from a screenplay by Matthew Newman. Saban brokered the deal with CAA on behalf of the film-makers.
Merced Media Partners, PalmStar Media Capital and Envision Entertainment financed the film.
Southpaw Entertainment’s Richard B Lewis and Irish DreamTime’s Beau St Clair produced alongside PalmStar Media Capital’s Kevin Frakes and Raj Brinder Singh, Remington Chase, Grant Cramer and Simon Orange.
Brosnan serves as executive producer with Michael R Williams and The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Lisa Wilson, as well as Matthew Newman, Stephan Martiroysan, Stuart Brown and Mike Sullivan.
“How To Make Love Like An Englishman boasts a brilliant...
- 12/15/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Los Angeles (AP) — There were bowling pins, bathrobes, white Russians, and even The Dude himself. Jeff Bridges and his band performed Friday at Lebowski Fest, but Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 campy crime comedy "The Big Lebowski" was still the night's biggest star. Fans of the Raymond Chandler-flavored film filled the Wiltern Theater in midtown Los Angeles to capacity for the annual celebration of the cult classic, which has been staged around the country since 2002. The two-day festival continues Saturday with a costumed bowling party. "It's the people here that are so awesome," said Steve Lewis, a veteran of seven Lebowski Fests. "It's a community." The 37-year-old made his own Army dog tags to meticulously recreate one of John Goodman's costumes from the film. Lewis traveled to festivals in New York and Louisville with his friend J.D. Lloyd, who searched eBay to find the exact sweater Bridges wears in the film.
- 4/26/2014
- by AP
- Hitfix
Comic book movies are often seen as the domain of spandex-clad demigods who battle moustache-twirling villains, but if 300 and Sin City - which both originated on the pages of Frank Miller works - are anything to go by they're not essential to telling a great story.
With sequels to 300 and Sin City incoming, we take a look at 8 great examples of comic book-inspired films with no superheroes in sight.
Sin City (2005)
Co-directed by comic creator Miller and digital filmmaking pioneer Robert Rodriguez, this adaptation stayed faithful to the source material, with the filmmakers shooting actors on green screen and rendering the locations - almost exactly how they appeared on the page - in post-production.
With an all-star cast, ranging from Bruce Willis to Mickey Rourke, and interlocking narratives, this was Pulp Fiction for the comic book movie geek crowd.
Ghost World (2001)
Long before he was jousting with Shia Labeouf, comics...
With sequels to 300 and Sin City incoming, we take a look at 8 great examples of comic book-inspired films with no superheroes in sight.
Sin City (2005)
Co-directed by comic creator Miller and digital filmmaking pioneer Robert Rodriguez, this adaptation stayed faithful to the source material, with the filmmakers shooting actors on green screen and rendering the locations - almost exactly how they appeared on the page - in post-production.
With an all-star cast, ranging from Bruce Willis to Mickey Rourke, and interlocking narratives, this was Pulp Fiction for the comic book movie geek crowd.
Ghost World (2001)
Long before he was jousting with Shia Labeouf, comics...
- 3/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Heartbreaking details have emerged revealing that James had a heart attack in his hotel room after a ‘beautiful day out together’ with his family in Rome and that his 13-year-old son was the one who called for help.
James Gandolfini, who famously played Tony Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos died of a reported heart attack on June 19 at the age of 51, HollywoodLife.com’s sister site Deadline reported. James’ assistant, Tom Richardson, is now speaking out on the scary events leading up to his death and how his young son tried to save his beloved father.
James Gandolfini Died — Actor Passes While Vacationing With Son
Mike Sullivan, a friend of James says that his assistant Tom Richardson recalled the moments before James’ death.
“When they got back to the hotel, Jimmy went to use the restroom. And something happened in there. His sister said he was alive when...
James Gandolfini, who famously played Tony Soprano in the HBO series The Sopranos died of a reported heart attack on June 19 at the age of 51, HollywoodLife.com’s sister site Deadline reported. James’ assistant, Tom Richardson, is now speaking out on the scary events leading up to his death and how his young son tried to save his beloved father.
James Gandolfini Died — Actor Passes While Vacationing With Son
Mike Sullivan, a friend of James says that his assistant Tom Richardson recalled the moments before James’ death.
“When they got back to the hotel, Jimmy went to use the restroom. And something happened in there. His sister said he was alive when...
- 6/20/2013
- by Dory Larrabee
- HollywoodLife
Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” has finally disentangled itself from the 17-month legal dispute between former director Julie Taymor and the show’s current producers. With the settlement, 8 Legged Productions—the entity behind the Broadway tuner—can now focus on boosting profitability, potentially through additional productions of the show outside New York. But can a show that gained early notoriety for injuries dealt to its actors in the Foxwoods Theatre’s made-to-order space safely launch in a touring version, or will traveling turn out to be Spider-Man’s kryptonite? (Sorry, wrong superhero.) To launch a tour along the usual path of proscenium theaters, “Spider-Man” would need to either commit to extended put-ins in each city or complete an overhaul so drastic it would essentially be a different show. “If they travel it will be with minimal automations,” speculated Mike Sullivan, head carpenter at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford,...
- 4/17/2013
- backstage.com
Exclusive: Minneapolis-based private investment firm Ebf & Associates and Kevin Frakes’ PalmStar Media Capital has formally launched Merced Media Partners, a strategic partnership targeting investments in approximately 15 films per year. The partners first started talking up the division at Cannes, where its execs looked for films to invest in. Merced kicks off putting over $20M in financing for an initial slate of pictures that includes Every Secret Thing, the Amy Berg-directed film that will star Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks; the Ryan Phillippe-starrer Chained, and the Elizabeth Allen-directed Careful What You Wish For, which stars Isabel Lucas. Merced just closed on a structured facility for some of Exclusive Media’s upcoming titles, the first of which is the Ron Howard-directed Rush. More commitments will be made leading up to the American Film Market in November. Raj Singh, Stuart Brown and Mike Sullivan of Ebf & Associates are involved...
- 9/21/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Forgotten Classics is a recurring feature, a look back and reflection on great motion pictures that often slip under the radar and become under-appreciated, ignored relics of a previous era or simply damned by lack of face time in the spotlight.
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
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Road to Perdition
Directed by Sam Mendes
Screenplay by David Self
Us, 2002
Anyone who still retains core doubts over Sam Mendes taking a shot at the Bond franchise should feel reassured by the fact that, despite having an undoubted reputation for art-house design and social drama, he’s a director not afraid to mix things up. Beyond 2005’s Jarhead, a war film with no war, is the more significant Road to Perdition, his follow up to the mega-hit American Beauty, and a tour de force in both enthralling action and arresting style.
Everything about Road seems to stand up and defy convention. After all, this is a gangster...
- 8/12/2012
- by Scott Patterson
- SoundOnSight
Just last week we highlighted the trailer for a documentary short that would normally stay off our radar at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival as our focus lies solely on feature length films. However, when a sneak peek at Meaning of Robots fell into my lap, I fully intended to go out of my way to check out this short. Thankfully, I didn't have to as a press release was sent my way complete with the entire four-minute film focusing on 65-year old Mike Sullivan, a man who has an extensive collection of sexually enhanced robots that he's acquired in order to make some kind of stop-motion animated robot sex film. It's serious business. Right off the bat, perhaps what's most interesting about Sullivan is that he's fully aware that he's a hoarder and in no way considers his behavior to be something everyday people do. Like any of us with...
- 1/20/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Everyone loves movie trailers; we can’t get enough of them here in The City of Films. It’s an art form that stands alone from the film itself and has a remarkable power to move us. Trailers can give us chills, laughs, goose bumps and some even anger us. We can’t always post them all, so here’s where we play catch up; watch More Trailers:
Side by Side
Release: The premiere will be at the Berlin International Film Festival in February
Synopsis: The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. We show what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital–where we are now,...
Side by Side
Release: The premiere will be at the Berlin International Film Festival in February
Synopsis: The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. We show what artists and filmmakers have been able to accomplish with both film and digital and how their needs and innovations have helped push filmmaking in new directions. Interviews with directors, cinematographers, colorists, scientists, engineers and artists reveal their experiences and feelings about working with film and digital–where we are now,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Graham
- City of Films
With this one-minute trailer, the short film Meaning of Robots just became a film I'm very interested to see. The trailer at first seems to be a pretty straight-forward document about Mike Sullivan, a nice old guy who makes robots. But look closely at his designs, and you'll see they're a bit more... sexualized than what you might expect to see. That's just the beginning. This trailer is great stuff, but it is definitely not safe for work thanks to language, which will make a lot more sense when you check it out. Please do so. "Oh, and here's a robot fucking machine." Boom. If you needed a short film to program in front of Shame (or maybe Lars and the Real Girl or Air Doll), looks like this could be the one. Sounds like this is a weird little tale of obsession and sex, and that's just about perfect fodder for a short.
- 1/16/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Ben P and Venkman are headed out to Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival next week and will be bringing tons of awesome coverage. The festival is the source of amazing feature films that we'll surely be talking about for the rest of the year. The festival also shows some cool short films and documentaries. Here is a trailer for a short called Meaning of Robots. This is one trailer that you need to see to believe.
Check it out below, beware it does contain some Nsfw language:
Here is a description of the film:
The benevolent Mike Sullivan, age 65, has been shooting an epic stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the last 10 years. Obsessed with constructing the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands of them.
On first viewing, I thought that this trailer might be a spoof of sorts, but it is definitely real.
Check it out below, beware it does contain some Nsfw language:
Here is a description of the film:
The benevolent Mike Sullivan, age 65, has been shooting an epic stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the last 10 years. Obsessed with constructing the miniature robot porn stars, his apartment now overflows with thousands of them.
On first viewing, I thought that this trailer might be a spoof of sorts, but it is definitely real.
- 1/14/2012
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
When it comes to our coverage of the Sundance Film Festival, we're pretty much primarily concerned with feature films and documentaries. While the festival also has a spectacular selection of short films, both fictional and documentary, they usually stay off our radar. However, in this case, we're going to make an exception. A friend of mine helped me stumble upon the trailer for this wholly peculiar, but completely fascinating documentary short called Meaning of Robots. At first it seems like a charming look at a man's robot collection, but then it takes a turn that can only be described as "What the f**k?!" Watch it below! Here's the trailer for Matt Lenski's Meaning of Robots which has some salty Nsfw language: The benevolent Mike Sullivan, age 65, has been shooting an epic stop-motion robot sex film in his apartment for the last 10 years. Obsessed with constructing the miniature robot porn stars,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Robots are close to becoming a reality; sex films have been popular since, well, pretty much the invention of movies. It seems only natural that someone, somewhere, would make a sex film with robots. Mike Lenski's short Meaning of Robots, screening at Sundance later this month, tells the story of one man's 10-year-long dream of making this a reality. The trailer speaks for itself: Mike Sullivan has made Metropolis-meets-steampunk robots (human and otherwise) with interesting anatomical variations in his pursuit of the robot sex film. It's great to see the documentary short film is still a strong field, and Lenski seems to have found a fascinating and off-the-wall (in the best possible way) person and subject. I almost wish the film was longer; I suspect...
- 1/13/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Barring any late additions or surprises, the full lineup for the 2012 edition of the Sundance Film Festival (January 19 through 29) is now complete. We've seen the the Competition and Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, Next <=> and New Frontier lineups, the Premieres and the Documentary Premieres. Today's the festival's unveiled its Short Film program. Once again, straight from the release:
U.S. Short Films
This year's 32 U.S. short films were selected from 4,083 submissions.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (Director: Todd Sklar, Screenwriters: Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie) — Jim and Dave are brothers who haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. A limited edition 1992 Skybox Series Alonzo Mourning rookie card is a point of contention.
The Arm (Directors and screenwriters: Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis) — In an...
U.S. Short Films
This year's 32 U.S. short films were selected from 4,083 submissions.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (Director: Todd Sklar, Screenwriters: Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie) — Jim and Dave are brothers who haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. A limited edition 1992 Skybox Series Alonzo Mourning rookie card is a point of contention.
The Arm (Directors and screenwriters: Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis) — In an...
- 12/6/2011
- MUBI
Synopsis: Drama charting the rise to fame of singer Dame Shirley Bassey. As part of the BBC.s celebration of Mixed Race Britain this drama probably profiles one of our biggest home grown stars and charts her humble upbringing in the Welsh working class area of Tiger Bay in Splott and her eventual rise to fame. Putting in a mesmerizing performance as the young Shirley Bassey is Ruth Negga, who somehow manages to capture the singers mannerisms and sensuality of her fantastic stage performances. This one off drama deals with roughly the first ten years of Shirley Bassey.s career from her first meeting with her Manager Mike Sullivan (Charlie Creed - Miles) to the end of her marriage with...
- 9/30/2011
- by Ian Cullen
- Monsters and Critics
Cashiers du Cinemart, the legendary cult movie zine that puts all other movie zines to shame, has returned with a brand new print edition that is available in a variety of formats, from an old school photocopied version to a glossy high-end print-on-demand version to an electronic Kindle edition and more.
After a four-year hiatus, publisher and editor Mike White has returned to the printed page as part of a wider “Print Is Not Dead” movement. In typical fashion of it’s earlier print editions, Cashiers du Cinemart #16 is a massive 100-plus page endeavor with contributions from numerous writers, including White himself, riffing on classic cult movies, taking apart mainstream films, analyzing obscure genres, interviewing filmmakers a ton more fun stuff.
This new print zine comes hot on the heels of the hit book Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection, which gathered the best articles from the zine’s previous 15 issues,...
After a four-year hiatus, publisher and editor Mike White has returned to the printed page as part of a wider “Print Is Not Dead” movement. In typical fashion of it’s earlier print editions, Cashiers du Cinemart #16 is a massive 100-plus page endeavor with contributions from numerous writers, including White himself, riffing on classic cult movies, taking apart mainstream films, analyzing obscure genres, interviewing filmmakers a ton more fun stuff.
This new print zine comes hot on the heels of the hit book Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection, which gathered the best articles from the zine’s previous 15 issues,...
- 8/22/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Misfits actress Ruth Negga has been cast as the lead in BBC Two drama Shirley Bassey: A Very British Diva. Negga, whose other TV credits include Criminal Justice and Five Daughters, will star in the 60-minute film that explores the life of one of Britain's most popular singers. "I'm thrilled to be cast in the role of Shirley Bassey and it's an absolute honour to be playing her in such an intimate story of her life," said Negga. Lesley Sharp (The Shadow Line) will play Bassey's mother Eliza and Charlie Creed-Miles (Injustice) is her manager Mike Sullivan, while Henry (more)...
- 8/4/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Misfits actress Ruth Negga has been cast as the lead in BBC Two drama Shirley Bassey: A Very British Diva. Negga, whose other TV credits include Criminal Justice and Five Daughters, will star in the 60-minute film that explores the life of one of Britain's most popular singers. "I'm thrilled to be cast in the role of Shirley Bassey and it's an absolute honour to be playing her in such an intimate story of her life," said Negga. Lesley Sharp (The Shadow Line) will play Bassey's mother Eliza and Charlie Creed-Miles (Injustice) is her manager Mike Sullivan, while Henry (more)...
- 8/4/2011
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Vinylmation - Star Wars Series #1 is coming to Disney theme parks in Florida and California this weekend.
If you're not familiar with Vinylmation, these are collectible designer toys created by Disney Theme Park Merchandise, sold only at the Disney theme parks. Characters like Darth Vader, Yoda, C-3Po, R2-D2, Boba Fett, and more will be part of this first Vinylmation - Star Wars Series.
There will be a midnight release party tomorrow night (Thursday, January 13) at D-Street at Downtown Disney West Side at Disney World in Orlando, Fl. Disney Design Group artist Mike Sullivan will be there until 2Am to autograph the collectibles. On Sunday, January 16, Sullivan will be signing at D-Street at Downtown Disney in California from 2Pm to 5Pm (D-Street will open at 8Am that day) [...]...
If you're not familiar with Vinylmation, these are collectible designer toys created by Disney Theme Park Merchandise, sold only at the Disney theme parks. Characters like Darth Vader, Yoda, C-3Po, R2-D2, Boba Fett, and more will be part of this first Vinylmation - Star Wars Series.
There will be a midnight release party tomorrow night (Thursday, January 13) at D-Street at Downtown Disney West Side at Disney World in Orlando, Fl. Disney Design Group artist Mike Sullivan will be there until 2Am to autograph the collectibles. On Sunday, January 16, Sullivan will be signing at D-Street at Downtown Disney in California from 2Pm to 5Pm (D-Street will open at 8Am that day) [...]...
- 1/12/2011
- by Empress Eve
- Geeks of Doom
Ok guys, today we’re here to share with you the latest Hollywood news with you.
The Road to Perdition sequel, titled Road to Purgatory is finally moving forward and “it may now be right around the corner”! That’s exactly what writer Max Allan Collins said.
What we know at this moment is that the sequel would focus “on Michael Sullivan Jr., the son of Tom Hanks‘ character, who returns home from World War II, seeking out vengeance for the death of his father.”
Let us remind you of The Road to Perdition story: Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) and his dangerously inept offspring Connor Rooney (Daniel Craig).
Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure.
However, after his son is witness to a killing he has done Mike Sullivan finds him self on the run trying to save the life of his son,...
The Road to Perdition sequel, titled Road to Purgatory is finally moving forward and “it may now be right around the corner”! That’s exactly what writer Max Allan Collins said.
What we know at this moment is that the sequel would focus “on Michael Sullivan Jr., the son of Tom Hanks‘ character, who returns home from World War II, seeking out vengeance for the death of his father.”
Let us remind you of The Road to Perdition story: Mike Sullivan (Tom Hanks) works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney (Paul Newman) and his dangerously inept offspring Connor Rooney (Daniel Craig).
Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure.
However, after his son is witness to a killing he has done Mike Sullivan finds him self on the run trying to save the life of his son,...
- 8/7/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Here are the 2010 New York Reader's Choice results for categories dealing with classes and coaches. To look at all of the categories, be sure to visit the main page. Favorite Vocal/Singing Coach: Jackie Presti "Singing is a big coordination act, and I think a lot of people come in focusing on one aspect," says voice therapist and teacher Jackie Presti. "It's sort of like juggling and riding a bike and reciting Shakespeare at the same time."Clearly, Presti, who's also a singer, musician, and conductor, hits the right notes with her students. Her knowledge of both technical and artistic matters, not to mention her versatility and flexibility as a teacher, appealed to Valerie Ryan Miller, who has studied with her for three years. "After developing a strong belt, and a lot of vocal tension," Miller says, "I came to Jackie, who has expanded my range enormously—we are talking octaves!
- 6/24/2010
- backstage.com
Celebrity waxworks from Madame Tussauds have been used to raise money for Comic Relief. Models of famous faces such as Richard Branson and Sean Connery have been 'kidnapped' by Sainsburys to help raise cash for the charity. The waxworks are part of the supermarket's attempts to raise £1 million through Red Nose merchandise sales in a single day. "Sales of the Comic Relief red noses have gone through the roof," said Sainsbury's Comic Relief manager Mike Sullivan. "The (more)...
- 3/12/2009
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
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