Romance, crime, and ideas about time and interconnectedness, "The Driftless Area" stars Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in this unique story about a young man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances. And today we have an exclusive look at the movie. Based on the novel by Tom Drury, and also featuring Aubrey Plaza, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Ciarin Hinds, and Frank Langella, this neo-noir tale follows Pierre, who returns to his hometown, runs afoul of a local criminal, and unexpectedly falls head over heels for a mysterious young woman. Here's the official synopsis: “No one knows if Pierre fell for the wrong girl or was just unlucky in love.” Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury, Zachary Sluser’s neo-noir, metaphysical romance centers on a budding love affair that causes a ripple effect in a quiet town. After his parents’ death, an affable bartender, Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin...
- 4/27/2016
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
We humans often like to think of ourselves as creatures of habit. It helps to compartmentalize our world, making order out of chaos. As someone who operates quite often from his head, habits are important. Writing movie reviews, attempting to express in words an experience which often goes far beyond such language, helps me as much as it excites me. There I am hurtling towards the chaos, ratcheting up the intensity on an imaginary dial, wrestling it into the calm arms of fate... my fate. But what if there was no chaos? What if that was just another way to compartmentalize something far more complex, nuanced, and ultimately quite simple. Like Anton Yelchin's quiet, soft gazed Pierre says in Zachary Sluser's debut feature The Driftless...
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- 4/25/2016
- Screen Anarchy
I'd never heard of The Driftless Area until about three minutes ago, but after watching this trailer (via Yahoo), I'm curious to see it. Anton Yelchin stars as a guy who meets the ghost of a woman (Zooey Deschanel) who was killed in a fire, and she convinces him to get revenge on the people who killed her. Not exactly your typical "boy meets girl" story, huh? I'm not a huge fan of Yelchin and Deschanel, and that premise sounds like a Nicholas Sparks fantasy filtered through a revenge lens, but as soon as I saw the supporting cast, that got my attention in a big way. John Hawkes, Frank Langella, Ciaran Hinds, Alia Shawkat, and Aubrey Plaza round out the cast.
The movie doesn't appear to be coming to theaters, but it'll hit VOD and DVD on April 26th.
No one knows if Pierre fell for the wrong girl...
The movie doesn't appear to be coming to theaters, but it'll hit VOD and DVD on April 26th.
No one knows if Pierre fell for the wrong girl...
- 2/3/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
"The one who did this to you, he's gunna be made to pay." Sony has debuted a trailer for this direct-to-vod drama called The Driftless Area, which features an impressive cast but that's about it. Anton Yelchin stars along with Alia Shawkat (both of them play a punk rock band in A24's Green Room as well), plus the cast includes Zooey Deschanel, Frank Langella, Aubrey Plaza, John Hawkes and Ciarán Hinds. This story is described as "a contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe". The trailer introduces this as some kind of ghost story, where Yelchin can see a girl killed in a fire, and he tries to figure out what happened. Now I see why this is skipping theaters. Here's the first official trailer for Zachary Sluser's The Driftless Area, originally from Yahoo: Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), a bartender with unyielding optimism,...
- 2/2/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It’s very hard to tell how much the first trailer for The Driftless Area gives away, but it sure seems like it gives up a doozy of a twist within the first thirty seconds about the main character of Stella (Zooey Deschanel). That said, it looks like there’s room for at least a dozen more curveballs in this strange blend of crime thriller, melodrama, and wistful romance.
Set in a small town, the story follows a melancholic bartender named Hunter (Anton Yelchin) who finds love when he returns to his family home after the death of his parents. But this love story doesn’t feel like the usual manic pixie dream girl romance that Deschanel’s been unfairly typecast in. A sense of profound loss hangs over the trailer, as Yelchin becomes tangled with a small-town criminal played by John Hawkes, and his crew of dangerous associates.
Directed by Zachary Sluser,...
Set in a small town, the story follows a melancholic bartender named Hunter (Anton Yelchin) who finds love when he returns to his family home after the death of his parents. But this love story doesn’t feel like the usual manic pixie dream girl romance that Deschanel’s been unfairly typecast in. A sense of profound loss hangs over the trailer, as Yelchin becomes tangled with a small-town criminal played by John Hawkes, and his crew of dangerous associates.
Directed by Zachary Sluser,...
- 2/1/2016
- by Michael Snydel
- The Film Stage
Hoping to prove there’s still life – and love – after death, director Zachary Sluser (via Yahoo) has premiered the first trailer for atypical romance film The Driftless Area, bringing together Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) and New Girl star Zooey Deschanel in key roles.
Lifted from Tom Drury’s novel of the same name, the story orbits around Yelchin’s lonesome Pierre Hunter, a young man who falls head over heels for Deschanel’s Stella. Complications arise, though, particularly in the form of Stella’s dark past which leads Pierre on a crash course with John Hawkes’ seedy criminal.
Also starring Aubrey Plaza, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Ciarin Hinds, and Frank Langella, perhaps the one thing that has us cautiously optimistic about Sluser’s adaptation is the way in which it blends together different genres. Your typical rom-com this is not, with elements dark comedy and even neo-noir spliced into the narrative.
Lifted from Tom Drury’s novel of the same name, the story orbits around Yelchin’s lonesome Pierre Hunter, a young man who falls head over heels for Deschanel’s Stella. Complications arise, though, particularly in the form of Stella’s dark past which leads Pierre on a crash course with John Hawkes’ seedy criminal.
Also starring Aubrey Plaza, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Ciarin Hinds, and Frank Langella, perhaps the one thing that has us cautiously optimistic about Sluser’s adaptation is the way in which it blends together different genres. Your typical rom-com this is not, with elements dark comedy and even neo-noir spliced into the narrative.
- 2/1/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring, playing a couple of smaller festivals afterward, and then quietly disappearing from the radar, don't worry if you haven't heard about "The Driftless Area." But the picture has re-surfaced with the first trailer as it gears up to be released... on home video. Read More: Tribeca Review: 'The Driftless Area' Starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, & More Starring Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin, Aubrey Plaza, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Ciarin Hinds, and Frank Langella, the film from Zachary Sluser, based on the book by Tom Drury, this is a romance that mixes neo-noir, magical realism and more into an ambitious mix of genres. Here's the synopsis: “No one knows if Pierre fell for the wrong girl or was just unlucky in love.” Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury, Zachary Sluser’s neo-noir, metaphysical romance centers...
- 2/1/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
We humans often like to think of ourselves as creatures of habit. It helps compartmentalize our world, making order out of chaos. As someone who operates quite often from his head, habits are important. Writing movie reviews, attempting to express in words an experience which often goes quite beyond such language help me as much as it excites me. It is me hurtling towards the chaos, ratcheting up the intensity on an imaginary dial, wrestling it into the calm arms of fate... my fate. But what if there was no chaos? What if that was just another way to compartmentalize something far more complex, nuanced, and ultimately quite simple. Like Anton Yelchin's quiet, soft gazed Pierre says in Zachary Sluser's debut feature The Driftless Area......
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- 10/8/2015
- Screen Anarchy
There’s no way around it folks…it’s truly festival season! Between the recently concluded Telluride Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival as well as the currently gearing up New York Film Festival, Oscar hopefuls are finding places to screen everywhere. Not all fests are designed to be Academy Award contender showcases though, with some meant to highlight independent film. The Sundance Film Festival is the cream of that crop (with some titles there developing into awards players), with the Tribeca Film Festival another of them. Next month though, a smaller fest is screening an interesting flick that I wanted to mention quickly. It’s the Aruba International Film Festival and the opening screening is The Driftless Area. I saw it back at Tribeca and enjoyed the work from Zooey Deschanel there, so I wanted to give it a moment in the sun. The film is an indie...
- 9/23/2015
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Anyone ready for a little fun in the sun with some great movies as well? If so the Aruba International Film Fest might be right up your alley. Taking place October 7-11, 2015, the Aiff lineup is no slouch. Highlights include Cannes Jury Prize winning The Lobster, Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet, and the SXSW-premiering fest hit The Final Girls. Check out the full lineup below. Opening Night Film (Narrative)The Driftless Area / U.S. & Canada (Director: Zachary Sluser, Screenwriters: Tom Drury, Zachary Sluser) Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury, Sluser's neo-noir, metaphysical romance centers on a budding love affair that causes a ripple effect in a quiet town.Cast: Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat, Frank Langella, Aubrey Plaza, Ciarán...
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- 9/18/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Zachary Sluser’s mystery starring Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel will open and Paz Fábrega’s relationship drama from Costa Rica will close the Aruba International Film Festival, set to run from October 7-11.
Selections include Colombian Cannes prize-winner The Land And The Shade (La Tierra y La Sombra, pictured), The Lobster, Liz En Septiembre (Liz In September), La Granja (The Farm), Bombay Velvet and The Final Girls.
Top brass at the Caribbean showcase also announced on Wednesday their feature film and documentary competition programmes, short sections and Caribbean strand.
The fifth annual festival sponsored by the Aruba Tourism Authority will screen more than 60 feature and short films,
Juried awards will cover International Features, DoxNfocus, Caribbean Spotlight Series, Aruba Flavor and International Shorts.
Selections include Colombian Cannes prize-winner The Land And The Shade (La Tierra y La Sombra, pictured), The Lobster, Liz En Septiembre (Liz In September), La Granja (The Farm), Bombay Velvet and The Final Girls.
Top brass at the Caribbean showcase also announced on Wednesday their feature film and documentary competition programmes, short sections and Caribbean strand.
The fifth annual festival sponsored by the Aruba Tourism Authority will screen more than 60 feature and short films,
Juried awards will cover International Features, DoxNfocus, Caribbean Spotlight Series, Aruba Flavor and International Shorts.
- 9/16/2015
- ScreenDaily
Boldly indulging in matter-of-fact humor that questions the nature of fate in both provocative and approachable ways, as you struggle to garner control of your destiny from what may have always been a predetermined outcome, can be a harrowing experience for many people. But first-time feature film writer-director Zachary Sluser powerfully approached spiritual understanding, as well as how one person’s actions grippingly influence other people’s lives, in his new independent drama, ‘The Driftless Area.’ The filmmaker, who based the movie on Tom Drury’s novel of the same name, never passed judgment on the author’s characters, and always treated them with dignity, as they humanely explore how everyone’s actions inadvertently influence [ Read More ]
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- 5/1/2015
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers First-time feature director Zachary Sluser hit the jackpot with his new film "The Driftless Area," with a cast of star talent like Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, and John Hawkes. The film is about a bartender named Pierre (Yelchin) who returns to his small hometown following his parents’ death. Back home, he meets and falls in love with the mysterious Stella (Deschanel), and is eventually thrown into a strange cat-and-mouse game with a criminal (Hawkes). The film also stars Alia Shawkat, Frank Langella, Aubrey Plaza, and Ciarán Hinds. What's your film about in 140 characters or less? "The Driftless Area" is a contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe. Now what's it Really about? Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents’ death. When he falls for the.
- 4/16/2015
- by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
- Indiewire
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
New work from William Monahan, Henry Hobson, Adrián García Bogliano and Neil Labute are among the Spotlight, Midnight and Special Screening selections announced on Thursday.
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
Tribeca Film Festival top brass announced the Spotlight section of 40 films comprising 23 narratives and 17 documentaries.
Twenty-four are world premieres, among them Monahan’s thriller Mojave, Labute’s Dirty Weekend and Henry Hobson’s zombie drama Maggie that Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions snapped up before Toronto before pulling the premiere.
Bogliano’s Here Comes The Devil follow-up Scherzo Diabolico plays in Midnight and is one of four world premieres in the five-strong genre strand.
Special Screenings include the world premiere of documentary Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions (pictured).
Work In Progress screenings include LoveTrue, the latest documentary from 2011 Best Documentary Feature Award winner Alma Har’el. Patrick Creadon, who directed 2011 entry Wordplay, will show a cut of All Work, All Play, which centres on the world of video game arena competitions.
“The Spotlight...
- 3/5/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: New films from Pathe, StudioCanal, Gaumont among haul.
Fledgling Turkish distributor Fabula Films has finalised deals for ten films from the Afm, including Nicolas Winding Refn’s next film The Neon Demon from Gaumont and StudioCanal’s 3D animation Robinson.
After securing 20 films at Toronto the outfit has bolstered its slate with Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins biopic, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and awards contender Selma, both from Pathe.
The latter is set for a February 2015 release.
From StudioCanal, the company acquired English-language 3D animation Robinson, produced by nWave, Zac Efron drama We are Your Friends, and Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong drama starring Ben Foster.
Post-World War II drama Labyrinth of Lies was bought from Beta Cinema, while the new film by Patrice Leconte Do Not Disturb was picked up from Wild Bunch. The company also acquired Bankside’s crowdpleaser X+Y, starring Asa Butterfield as a socially awkward teenage maths prodigy.
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Fledgling Turkish distributor Fabula Films has finalised deals for ten films from the Afm, including Nicolas Winding Refn’s next film The Neon Demon from Gaumont and StudioCanal’s 3D animation Robinson.
After securing 20 films at Toronto the outfit has bolstered its slate with Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins biopic, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and awards contender Selma, both from Pathe.
The latter is set for a February 2015 release.
From StudioCanal, the company acquired English-language 3D animation Robinson, produced by nWave, Zac Efron drama We are Your Friends, and Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong drama starring Ben Foster.
Post-World War II drama Labyrinth of Lies was bought from Beta Cinema, while the new film by Patrice Leconte Do Not Disturb was picked up from Wild Bunch. The company also acquired Bankside’s crowdpleaser X+Y, starring Asa Butterfield as a socially awkward teenage maths prodigy.
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- 12/11/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Despite the lottery-esque sounding odds, the U.S Dramatic Competition section which produces the finest American indie specimens such as Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station and Whiplash is fairly consistent in terms of quality. Last year’s crop of sixteen have almost all had their theatrical releases with Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter being the last one out of the gates (pegged with an early 2015 release). Last week we individually looked at our top 80 Sundance Film Fest Predictions (you’ll find 30 other titles worth considering in our intro) and below, we’ve split the list into narrative and non-fiction film items and have both identified and color-coded our picks in an AtoZ cheat sheet. You’ll find 2015′s answer to Whiplash located somewhere in the stack below. Click on the individual titles below, for the film’s profile.
- 11/19/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Three times lucky and fourth time the charm? Depending on who ask, The End of the Tour, the book to screen adaptation of David Lipsky’s “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself” would be welcomed with both anticipation and trepidation (the Wallace clan haven’t warmed up to the idea). James Ponsoldt, a specialist in the human condition, has a road-tripper that fills out a certain quota: high profile sales items (at this point we have no idea if Sony might be selling or keeping) with attention-getting topliners in Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg. Ponsoldt’s entire feature filmography has screened in Park City, but this is perhaps the least likely candidate to premiere this January as the shooting budget on this road-tripper was perhaps larger than that of Off the Black (2006), Smashed (2012) and The Spectacular Now (2013) combined. Production began at the beginning of ’14 and Sony acquired all...
- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With a trio of short films under his belt, Zachary Sluser hit indie film pay dirt with a measuring cup full of Sundance vets for his directorial debut. Starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes and supporting perfs from Alia Shawkat, Aubrey Plaza, Frank Langella and Ciaran Hinds, The Driftless Area wouldn’t be out of place at the fest as it is being tipped as a neo-noir dark romantic dramedy. Production began this past May in Vancouver, Canada with cinematographer Fjord Daniel Voldheim (Ragnarok) collaborating with a score supplied by Saunder Jurriaans & Daniel Bensi (Enemy).
Gist: Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury who co-wrote the screenplay with Sluser, this tells the story of a young man by the name of Pierre Hunter (Yelchin) who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Stella (Deschanel) and finds himself in a game out of cat and...
Gist: Based on the novel of the same title by Tom Drury who co-wrote the screenplay with Sluser, this tells the story of a young man by the name of Pierre Hunter (Yelchin) who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Stella (Deschanel) and finds himself in a game out of cat and...
- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Garnering fund and lab support on both sides of the Atlantic, Down By Law has been tailored with BFI coin support and with the giving hands of three recent Institute initiatives: Sundance’s 2013 Documentary Film Grant, 2014 July Documentary Edit and Story Lab, and the 2014 Creative Producing Summit. George Amponsah’s third docu film looks to be an explosive, observational hybrid type docu that is surely being readied for the World Docu section and Mark Duggan’s story might echo some of the issues that have been brought up with Ferguson, Missouri.
Gist: This follows several years in the lives of two of the closest friends of Mark Duggan, the man whose death at the hands of armed police sparked the UK riots of 2011.
Production Co./Producers: Dionne Walker.
Prediction: World Documentary Competition.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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Gist: This follows several years in the lives of two of the closest friends of Mark Duggan, the man whose death at the hands of armed police sparked the UK riots of 2011.
Production Co./Producers: Dionne Walker.
Prediction: World Documentary Competition.
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. Tbd (domestic). Tbd (international)
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- 11/12/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Its title is terrible, but the romantic drama The Driftless Area is fast gathering an incredible cast. Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel are set to star, while John Hawkes, Frank Langella, Ciaran Hinds, Alia Shawkat and Aubrey Plaza will lend support. Reporting out of the Cannes Film Festival, THR revealed that Aubrey Plaza is the latest addition to the cast. The Driftless Area is currently seeking distribution while its director, Zachary Sluser, shoots the film in Vancouver. Following a string of short films, The Driftless Area marks Zachary Sluser's directorial debut. The drama is based on a novel by Tom Drury, who co-wrote the screenplay alongside Sluser. Check out the official synopsis for the novel The Driftless Area below: "Set in the rugged region of the Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area is the story of Pierre Hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism, a...
- 5/23/2014
- cinemablend.com
• Robert De Niro is set for Bus 757, a thriller about a card dealer aiming to rob a bank by taking a group of bus travelers hostage and using them as collateral. De Niro’s character is the owner of the casino in question. Scott Mann (The Tournament) will direct. His upcoming projects include the boxing drama Hands of Stone, staring Edgar Ramirez, and the cop thriller Candy Store, with Keira Knightley and Omar Sy. [Deadline]
• Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) has boarded The Driftless Area. She’ll co-star alongside Zooey Deschanel, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, John Hawkes and Frank Langella in...
• Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) has boarded The Driftless Area. She’ll co-star alongside Zooey Deschanel, Alia Shawkat, Anton Yelchin, John Hawkes and Frank Langella in...
- 5/20/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Here’s a first look at the unconventional romance The Driftless Area starring Zooey Deschanel and Anton Yelchin.
Co-written by and based on Tom Drury’s acclaimed novel of the same title, The Driftless Area, stars Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin and John Hawkes, and tells the tale of an unconventional romance about death, love and fate. Pierre’s life is saved by a beautiful stranger, and their pasts catch up with them in a violent and transcendent finale.
The film also features Frank Langella and Ciaran Hinds and is directed by Zachary Sluser.
Yelchin is featured alongside Dakota Johnson in the upcoming film Cymbeline. Deschanel stars on the Fox TV series “New Girl” and was last seen on the big screen in 2011′s Our Idiot Brother.
Currently shooting in Vancouver, Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales at the Cannes Film Market.
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Co-written by and based on Tom Drury’s acclaimed novel of the same title, The Driftless Area, stars Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin and John Hawkes, and tells the tale of an unconventional romance about death, love and fate. Pierre’s life is saved by a beautiful stranger, and their pasts catch up with them in a violent and transcendent finale.
The film also features Frank Langella and Ciaran Hinds and is directed by Zachary Sluser.
Yelchin is featured alongside Dakota Johnson in the upcoming film Cymbeline. Deschanel stars on the Fox TV series “New Girl” and was last seen on the big screen in 2011′s Our Idiot Brother.
Currently shooting in Vancouver, Radiant Films International is handling foreign sales at the Cannes Film Market.
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- 5/19/2014
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Dark comedy “The Driftless Area” has added Aubrey Plaza to star opposite Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel, according to THR. Alia Shawkat, John Hawkes and Frank Langella round out the cast of the film which is now shooting in Vancouver. The indie film co-written and directed by Zachary Sluser centers around the mysterious Stella (Deschanel), who falls for Yelchin’s bartender Pierre. Their new romance is tested when Pierre runs afoul of some bad guys, led by Hawkes’ criminal Shane. “The Driftless Area” is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Drury and is so named for the [...]
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- 5/19/2014
- by Linda Ge
- UpandComers
Parks and Recreation's Aubrey Plaza has joined the cast of The Driftless Area, starring Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes and Frank Langella. The film, an adaptation of Tom Drury's novel of the same title, is now shooting in Vancouver. Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury, is directing. The movie centers on the young love between a bartender and a mysterious woman. Their relationship is threatened after the bartender, Pierre, gets mixed up with a dangerous crook and his bag of stolen cash. Photos: Stars and Their Sunglasses at Cannes Keith Kjarval is producing through his Unified Pictures
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- 5/19/2014
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Disaster Artist
Seth Rogen has revealed that not only is James Franco producing and directing, but he also plans to star in the film adaptation of Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist".
The book deals with the making of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of bad cinema "The Room". Rogen also says two well-known writers were recently hired to adapt the script. [Source: SlashFilm]
Las Madres
Octavia Spencer will join Leslie Mann in "Las Madres" which is also currently seeking a director. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke are producing.
Lona Williams and Pam Brady penned the story which follows three unemployed women who decide to hunt down a wanted criminal who has a hefty reward out for his capture. [Source: Variety]
The Driftless Sea
Frank Langella will join Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in Zachary Sluser's romantic drama "The Driftless Sea" at Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Shooting begins next week in...
Seth Rogen has revealed that not only is James Franco producing and directing, but he also plans to star in the film adaptation of Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist".
The book deals with the making of Tommy Wiseau's masterpiece of bad cinema "The Room". Rogen also says two well-known writers were recently hired to adapt the script. [Source: SlashFilm]
Las Madres
Octavia Spencer will join Leslie Mann in "Las Madres" which is also currently seeking a director. Scott Stuber and Dylan Clarke are producing.
Lona Williams and Pam Brady penned the story which follows three unemployed women who decide to hunt down a wanted criminal who has a hefty reward out for his capture. [Source: Variety]
The Driftless Sea
Frank Langella will join Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel in Zachary Sluser's romantic drama "The Driftless Sea" at Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Shooting begins next week in...
- 5/9/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Frank Langella has joined Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel on the Unified Pictures and Bron Studios romance The Driftless Area, which Radiant Films International is selling in Cannes.
Shooting is scheduled to start in Vancouver on May 14 on the story of a young romance threatened by a crook and his bag of loot.
John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat and Ciaran Hinds round out the key cast.
Zachary Sluser will direct and Unified’s Keith Kjarval produces with Aaron L Gilbert through Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance. CAA packaged the project and represents Us rights.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and serves as executive producer.
“Frank Langella is a powerful character actor who elevates every project he is associated with and lights up the screen with his effortless acting skills,” said Radiant chief Mimi Steinbauer.
“As such, he is a welcome addition to The Driftless Area cast as the film begins production.”...
Shooting is scheduled to start in Vancouver on May 14 on the story of a young romance threatened by a crook and his bag of loot.
John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat and Ciaran Hinds round out the key cast.
Zachary Sluser will direct and Unified’s Keith Kjarval produces with Aaron L Gilbert through Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance. CAA packaged the project and represents Us rights.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and serves as executive producer.
“Frank Langella is a powerful character actor who elevates every project he is associated with and lights up the screen with his effortless acting skills,” said Radiant chief Mimi Steinbauer.
“As such, he is a welcome addition to The Driftless Area cast as the film begins production.”...
- 5/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Frank Langella has joined Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel on the Unified Pictures and Bron Studios romance The Driftless Sea, which Radiant Films International is selling in Cannes.
Shooting is scheduled to start in Vancouver on May 14 on the story of a young romance threatened by a crook and his bag of loot.
John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat and Ciaran Hinds round out the key cast.
Zachary Sluser will direct and Unified’s Keith Kjarval produces with Aaron L Gilbert through Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance. CAA packaged the project and represents Us rights.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and serves as executive producer.
“Frank Langella is a powerful character actor who elevates every project he is associated with and lights up the screen with his effortless acting skills,” said Radiant chief Mimi Steinbauer.
“As such, he is a welcome addition to The Driftless Sea cast as the film begins production.”...
Shooting is scheduled to start in Vancouver on May 14 on the story of a young romance threatened by a crook and his bag of loot.
John Hawkes, Alia Shawkat and Ciaran Hinds round out the key cast.
Zachary Sluser will direct and Unified’s Keith Kjarval produces with Aaron L Gilbert through Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance. CAA packaged the project and represents Us rights.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and serves as executive producer.
“Frank Langella is a powerful character actor who elevates every project he is associated with and lights up the screen with his effortless acting skills,” said Radiant chief Mimi Steinbauer.
“As such, he is a welcome addition to The Driftless Sea cast as the film begins production.”...
- 5/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Oscar nominee Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon, Robot & Frank) has joined the cast of the unconventional romance The Driftless Area alongside the previously announced Anton Yelchin (Like Crazy, Only Lovers Left Alive, Star Trek), three-time Golden Globe nominee Zooey Deschanel (500 Days Of Summer, Elf, All The Real Girls), Oscar® nominee John Hawkes (The Sessions, Winter’S Bone, Lincoln), Ciaran Hinds (Munich, There Will Be Blood, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) and Alia Shawkat (Fox/Netflix’s “Arrested Development,” Cedar Rapids), it was announced today by producers Unified Pictures and Bron Studios.
Adapted from award-winning author Tom Drury’s novel of the same title, The Driftless Area will be directed by Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 14th in greater Vancouver.
The film is being produced by Keith Kjarval, through his Unified Pictures production/finance banner and Aaron L. Gilbert, via Bron Studios,...
Adapted from award-winning author Tom Drury’s novel of the same title, The Driftless Area will be directed by Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 14th in greater Vancouver.
The film is being produced by Keith Kjarval, through his Unified Pictures production/finance banner and Aaron L. Gilbert, via Bron Studios,...
- 5/9/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Frank Langella has joined romance film The Driftless Area, an adaptation of Tom Drury's novel of the same title. The film, which will star Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat, will begin principal photography on May 14 in Vancouver. Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury, will direct the film, which centers on the young love between a bartender and a mysterious woman. Their relationship is threatened after the bartender, Pierre, gets mixed up with a dangerous crook and his bag of stolen cash. Keith Kjarval is producing through his Unified Pictures
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- 5/8/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Zooey Deschanel and Anton Yelchin are to star in an upcoming dark comedy.
The Driftless Area will be based on Tom Drury's novel of the same name, and will begin shooting next month.
John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat will also star in the project from Unified Pictures and Bron Studios.
Zachary Sluser will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tom Drury.
Deschanel plays an intriguing and sensual woman who meets a bartender (Yelchin), who falls in love with her. After he returns to his hometown, he finds himself up against an unhinged criminal (Hawkes).
The New Girl actress is also set to star in Barry Levinson's comedy Rock the Kazbah opposite Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Kate Hudson.
Her last big screen role was in 2011 comedy Your Highness.
The Driftless Area will be based on Tom Drury's novel of the same name, and will begin shooting next month.
John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat will also star in the project from Unified Pictures and Bron Studios.
Zachary Sluser will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tom Drury.
Deschanel plays an intriguing and sensual woman who meets a bartender (Yelchin), who falls in love with her. After he returns to his hometown, he finds himself up against an unhinged criminal (Hawkes).
The New Girl actress is also set to star in Barry Levinson's comedy Rock the Kazbah opposite Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Kate Hudson.
Her last big screen role was in 2011 comedy Your Highness.
- 4/25/2014
- Digital Spy
Zooey Deschanel and Anton Yelchin have been added to the cast of The Driftless Area, an upcoming dark comedy from Unified Pictures and Bron Studios. Based on Tom Drury’s novel of the same name, the script for the film was written by Drury and Zachary Sluser, who will also be directing.
The Driftless Area will follow Pierre (Yelchin), a quiet bartender who goes back to his hometown after his parents die. There, he meets the mysterious Stella (Deschanel) and falls madly in love with her. Unfortunately for him, that means he’s unwittingly sucked into a circle of fate which ultimately pits him against a volatile criminal (John Hawkes).
I know that current popular opinion is split on Deschanel, since some people don’t buy into the whole adorkable act, but I’m a fan of just about everything she’s ever done. With New Girl taking up a good chunk of her time,...
The Driftless Area will follow Pierre (Yelchin), a quiet bartender who goes back to his hometown after his parents die. There, he meets the mysterious Stella (Deschanel) and falls madly in love with her. Unfortunately for him, that means he’s unwittingly sucked into a circle of fate which ultimately pits him against a volatile criminal (John Hawkes).
I know that current popular opinion is split on Deschanel, since some people don’t buy into the whole adorkable act, but I’m a fan of just about everything she’s ever done. With New Girl taking up a good chunk of her time,...
- 4/24/2014
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
• 12 Years A Slave Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and The Avengers’s Scarlett Johansson are both in talks to lend their voices to Disney’s upcoming live-action/CG adaption of The Jungle Book. Nyong’o is currently in talks to play Rakcha, the mother wolf who adopts Mowgli, while Johansson is in early negotiations to lend her voice to the character of Kaa, a python who eats its victims by hypnotizing them. Iron Man’s Jon Favreau is set to direct the film based on the classic novel by Rudyard Kipling which will also star Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom...
- 4/24/2014
- by Pamela Gocobachi
- EW - Inside Movies
Zooey Deschanel, Anton Yelchin, John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat will star in Unified Pictures and Bron Studios’ dark comedy “The Driftless Area,” the companies announced Wednesday. Adapted from award-winning author Tom Drury's novel of the same title, “The Driftless Area” will be directed by Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury. Also read: Shia Labeouf, Zooey Deschanel, Danny McBride Join Bill Murray in ‘Rock the Kasbah’ “The Driftless Area” follows enigmatic Stella (Deschanel) and Pierre (Yelchin), a quietly resourceful bartender who returns to his hometown after the death of his parents. When Pierre falls in love with Stella,...
- 4/23/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
October Gale
Scott Speedman is set to star opposite Patricia Clarkson in Ruba Nadda's "October Gale". Speedman plays a mysterious man who, during a violent October storm, washes up on a remote island cottage, unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound.
Clarkson plays a recently widowed doctor who takes him in, only to find that the shooter is coming back to finish the job, and that the storm has cut them off from the mainland. [Source: Deadline]
Goosebumps: The Movie
Ryan Lee ("Super 8") has joined the cast of the film adaptation of R.L. Stine's "Goosebumps" book series at Sony Pictures.
Dylan Minnette plays a young man who must team with a horror author (Jack Black) and his niece (Amy Rush) to stop the demons of the author's mind which have been set free by a demonic ventriloquist's dummy. [Source: Variety]
A Monster Calls
Felicity Jones ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Rosaline...
Scott Speedman is set to star opposite Patricia Clarkson in Ruba Nadda's "October Gale". Speedman plays a mysterious man who, during a violent October storm, washes up on a remote island cottage, unconscious and bleeding from a gunshot wound.
Clarkson plays a recently widowed doctor who takes him in, only to find that the shooter is coming back to finish the job, and that the storm has cut them off from the mainland. [Source: Deadline]
Goosebumps: The Movie
Ryan Lee ("Super 8") has joined the cast of the film adaptation of R.L. Stine's "Goosebumps" book series at Sony Pictures.
Dylan Minnette plays a young man who must team with a horror author (Jack Black) and his niece (Amy Rush) to stop the demons of the author's mind which have been set free by a demonic ventriloquist's dummy. [Source: Variety]
A Monster Calls
Felicity Jones ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2," "Rosaline...
- 4/23/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has picked up a tasty project for Cannes and will handle sales on the Unified Pictures and Bron Studios dark comedy starring Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel.
John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat round out the key cast on the tale of a bartender who encounters a volatile criminal after he falls for a young woman upon his return to his hometown in the wake of his parents’ death.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 14 in greater Vancouver. Zachary Sluser will direct The Driftless Area and co-adapted the screenplay with Tom Drury from Drury’s novel of the same name.
Keith Kjarval produces through his Unified Pictures alongside Aaron L Gilbert via Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and is executive producer on the film.
CAA packaged The Driftless Area and represents Us rights.
“It is a great...
John Hawkes, Ciaran Hinds and Alia Shawkat round out the key cast on the tale of a bartender who encounters a volatile criminal after he falls for a young woman upon his return to his hometown in the wake of his parents’ death.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin on May 14 in greater Vancouver. Zachary Sluser will direct The Driftless Area and co-adapted the screenplay with Tom Drury from Drury’s novel of the same name.
Keith Kjarval produces through his Unified Pictures alongside Aaron L Gilbert via Bron Studios in association with CW Media Finance.
Nicole Romano at Anonymous Content manages Sluser and is executive producer on the film.
CAA packaged The Driftless Area and represents Us rights.
“It is a great...
- 4/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Unified Pictures and Bron Studios revealed today that Anton Yelchin ( Star Trek , Only Lovers Left Alive ), three-time Golden Globe nominee Zooey Deschanel ( (500) Days of Summer , Elf ), Academy Award nominee John Hawkes ( The Sessions , Winter.s Bone ), Ciaran Hinds ( There Will Be Blood , .Game of Thrones.) and Alia Shawkat (.Arrested Development,. Cedar Rapids ) will star in the dark comedy The Driftless Area . Adapted from award-winning author Tom Drury.s novel of the same title, The Driftless Area will be directed by Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury. The Driftless Area centers on the enigmatic Stella (Deschanel) and Pierre (Yelchin), a quietly resourceful bartender who returns to his hometown after the death of his parents. When Pierre...
- 4/23/2014
- Comingsoon.net
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