SYNOPSISMadame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present. Disc Details And Bonus Materials
4K Uhd, Blu-ray™ & Digital Extras
o Gag Reel
o Easter Eggs
o Oracle Of The Page
o Fight Like A Spider
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
o Deleted Scene
DVD
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
4K Uhd, Blu-ray™ & DVD include a digital code for movie and bonus materials as listed above, redeemable via Movies Anywhere for a limited time. Movies Anywhere is open to U.S. residents age 13+. Visit MoviesAnywhere.com for terms and conditions. Cast And CREWDirected by: Sj Clarkson...
4K Uhd, Blu-ray™ & Digital Extras
o Gag Reel
o Easter Eggs
o Oracle Of The Page
o Fight Like A Spider
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
o Deleted Scene
DVD
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
4K Uhd, Blu-ray™ & DVD include a digital code for movie and bonus materials as listed above, redeemable via Movies Anywhere for a limited time. Movies Anywhere is open to U.S. residents age 13+. Visit MoviesAnywhere.com for terms and conditions. Cast And CREWDirected by: Sj Clarkson...
- 4/9/2024
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The underperforming and much-mocked Madame Web has arrived on streaming services for purchase or rent, allowing audiences to make their own decisions.
Synopsis
Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present.
Digital Extras*
o Gag Reel
o Easter Eggs
o Oracle Of The Page
o Fight Like A Spider
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
o Deleted Scene
Cast And Crew
Directed by Sj Clarkson
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Based on The Marvel Comics
Story by Kerem Sanga and Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker & Sj Clarkson
Executive Producers: Adam Merims,...
Synopsis
Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women destined for powerful futures…if they can all survive a deadly present.
Digital Extras*
o Gag Reel
o Easter Eggs
o Oracle Of The Page
o Fight Like A Spider
o Future Vision
o Casting The Web
o Deleted Scene
Cast And Crew
Directed by Sj Clarkson
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Based on The Marvel Comics
Story by Kerem Sanga and Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless and Claire Parker & Sj Clarkson
Executive Producers: Adam Merims,...
- 3/15/2024
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Sony Pictures has unwound the first trailer for its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web.
S.J. Clarkson’s feature is part of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters and set to hit theaters Feb. 14, 2024, just in time for Valentine’s Day dates. Dakota Johnson stars in the titular role based on the Marvel comic book character named Cassandra Webb, who is a clairvoyant mutant and can foresee the future for Spider-themed heroes.
Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts and Adam Scott round out the cast.
The trailer was released Wednesday and shows Johnson having mysterious encounters with a man from her mother’s past. “I’ve been having visions,” she says in the footage. “If you want to live, you have to trust me.”
Clarkson (Anatomy of a Scandal) directed the film and co-wrote the script with Claire Parker, with the story by Kerem Sanga.
S.J. Clarkson’s feature is part of the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters and set to hit theaters Feb. 14, 2024, just in time for Valentine’s Day dates. Dakota Johnson stars in the titular role based on the Marvel comic book character named Cassandra Webb, who is a clairvoyant mutant and can foresee the future for Spider-themed heroes.
Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts and Adam Scott round out the cast.
The trailer was released Wednesday and shows Johnson having mysterious encounters with a man from her mother’s past. “I’ve been having visions,” she says in the footage. “If you want to live, you have to trust me.”
Clarkson (Anatomy of a Scandal) directed the film and co-wrote the script with Claire Parker, with the story by Kerem Sanga.
- 11/15/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first trailer for Sony’s “Madame Web” has arrived, and Dakota Johnson’s Cassandra Webb is stressed. Of course, that could be because she’s suddenly seeing the future and meeting a whole lot of superpowered spider-people — both good and bad.
The trailer begins with Johnson entering a diner, demanding three young girls — Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O’Connor — grab their things and leave with her. Of course, that’s quickly interrupted when a man in a spider suit enters and attacks. That man is Ezekiel Sims, a villain often associated with Spider-Man and Silk.
He seemingly kills Cassandra Webb — until he doesn’t. Suddenly, she’s back outside the diner, ominously declaring “Let’s try that again.”
You can watch the trailer for the movie in the video above.
So, is Madame Web a time traveler? No. She’s just clairvoyant, and newly so. After an accident...
The trailer begins with Johnson entering a diner, demanding three young girls — Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Celeste O’Connor — grab their things and leave with her. Of course, that’s quickly interrupted when a man in a spider suit enters and attacks. That man is Ezekiel Sims, a villain often associated with Spider-Man and Silk.
He seemingly kills Cassandra Webb — until he doesn’t. Suddenly, she’s back outside the diner, ominously declaring “Let’s try that again.”
You can watch the trailer for the movie in the video above.
So, is Madame Web a time traveler? No. She’s just clairvoyant, and newly so. After an accident...
- 11/15/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Sydney Sweeney is taking Hollywood by the horns while dodging rumors on her way to the top. Saying it’s challenging to watch people speculate about your life and family online, Sweeney recently cleared the air while speaking with Variety about her determination to rise above the rabble. Her conversation with the outlet occurred three weeks before the SAG-AFTRA strike when many actors entered a battle for better representation, work conditions, and more throughout the entertainment industry. Speaking with Variety, Sweeney confirmed she’s playing Julia Carpenter (aka Spider-Woman) in Sony’s Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson as the lead heroine.
In addition to confirming her role, Sweeney says she headed to a comic shop shortly after joining Sony/Marvel’s Madame Web. Sweeney loves to read, with some of her favorite books from childhood being the Nancy Drew series and Jeanne DuPrau‘s “The City of Ember” novel.
In addition to confirming her role, Sweeney says she headed to a comic shop shortly after joining Sony/Marvel’s Madame Web. Sweeney loves to read, with some of her favorite books from childhood being the Nancy Drew series and Jeanne DuPrau‘s “The City of Ember” novel.
- 8/9/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
After Morbius single-handedly sucked the life out of Sony and Marvel’s extended Spider-Verse, the studios could stand to mix things up as the initiative continues to progress. To say this puts pressure on the upcoming film Madame Web is an understatement. In addition to the handicap of arriving in Morbius’s wake, most people have no idea who the movie’s title character is. Thankfully, Madame Web producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura is up for the challenge.
Talking with Collider‘s Steve Weintraub about the mysterious Spider-Man-adjacent film, di Bonaventura says that Madame Web is not what people expect from a superhero movie. “It’s a different kind of movie in that universe … It’s almost, in a way, more of a thriller,” said di Bonaventura. Adding, “it’s not an action piece, because, in a way, [Madam Web’s] skill set is not conducive to an action piece.”
While Spidey’s web-swinging...
Talking with Collider‘s Steve Weintraub about the mysterious Spider-Man-adjacent film, di Bonaventura says that Madame Web is not what people expect from a superhero movie. “It’s a different kind of movie in that universe … It’s almost, in a way, more of a thriller,” said di Bonaventura. Adding, “it’s not an action piece, because, in a way, [Madam Web’s] skill set is not conducive to an action piece.”
While Spidey’s web-swinging...
- 6/9/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Longtime APA literary agent Adam Perry has been promoted to Partner.
Perry began his career in the APA mailroom in 2011 and was promoted to agent in 2013. Since then, he has grown his roster of clients to represent such writers and directors as filmmakers Justin Chon (Gook, Blue Bayou, Pachinko) and Akin Omotoso (Rise, Vaya), director Alejandra Marquez Abella (The Good Girls, A Million Miles Away), screenwriters Julia Cox (Nyad), Pat Casey & Josh Miller (Sonic The Hedgehog 1&2, Violent Night), Black List scribe Elyse Hollander (Blond Ambition, Guys and Dolls remake), creator-showrunner Ben Ketai (StartUp), screenwriters Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman (Knock at the Cabin, Harry’s All Night Hamburgers), Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Fudged), Co-ep’s Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt (Sweet Tooth, Star Trek Discovery), Co-ep Chuck Hayward (Ted Lasso), SuP Bobak Esfarjani (Alien, Kindred), writing trio Murder Ink. (Black Don’t Camp, Homecoming), screenwriters Cornelius Uliano & Bryan Schulz (Peanuts,...
Perry began his career in the APA mailroom in 2011 and was promoted to agent in 2013. Since then, he has grown his roster of clients to represent such writers and directors as filmmakers Justin Chon (Gook, Blue Bayou, Pachinko) and Akin Omotoso (Rise, Vaya), director Alejandra Marquez Abella (The Good Girls, A Million Miles Away), screenwriters Julia Cox (Nyad), Pat Casey & Josh Miller (Sonic The Hedgehog 1&2, Violent Night), Black List scribe Elyse Hollander (Blond Ambition, Guys and Dolls remake), creator-showrunner Ben Ketai (StartUp), screenwriters Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman (Knock at the Cabin, Harry’s All Night Hamburgers), Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Fudged), Co-ep’s Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt (Sweet Tooth, Star Trek Discovery), Co-ep Chuck Hayward (Ted Lasso), SuP Bobak Esfarjani (Alien, Kindred), writing trio Murder Ink. (Black Don’t Camp, Homecoming), screenwriters Cornelius Uliano & Bryan Schulz (Peanuts,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Flight Attendant‘s Zosia Mamet has signed on for a role in S.J. Clarkson’s Sony Pictures film Madame Web, based on the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr. She joins an ensemble led by Dakota Johnson, which also includes Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps and Adam Scott, as previously announced.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Mamet is playing haven’t been disclosed.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Mamet is playing haven’t been disclosed.
- 8/3/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After landing an Emmy nomination for his critically hailed roll in Severance, Adam Scott looks to have already found his next project as sources tell Deadline he is set to join the cast of Sony Pictures’ Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts and Tahar Rahim for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga writing a previous draft.
Sony had no comment on Scott’s casting.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers,...
Sony had no comment on Scott’s casting.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers,...
- 7/15/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mike Epps (The Upshaws) is the latest addition to the cast of S.J. Clarkson’s Sony film Madame Web, based on the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr. He joins an ensemble led by Dakota Johnson, which also includes Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Emma Roberts, Celeste O’Connor and Tahar Rahim, as previously announced.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Epps is playing haven’t been disclosed.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the film,...
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe Universe of Marvel characters. Depicted in the comics as an elderly woman suffering from the autoimmune disorder myasthenia gravis, who is therefore connected to a life-support system resembling a spider web, Madame Web is a clairvoyant whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. The film will be an origin story of the character. Details as to the role Epps is playing haven’t been disclosed.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the film,...
- 7/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Emma Roberts is the latest addition to the ensemble cast of Sony Pictures’ Madame Web starring Dakota Johnson. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced and Tahar Rahim for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga writing a previous draft.
Sony had no comment on Roberts’ casting Monday.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Roberts’ role in the film in unknown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with...
Sony had no comment on Roberts’ casting Monday.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Roberts’ role in the film in unknown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with...
- 6/27/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Serpent star Tahar Rahim is set to join Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney, Celeste O’Connor and Isabela Merced for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.
Sony had no comment.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Rahim’s role in the film in unknown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than 500 million worldwide,...
Sony had no comment.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Rahim’s role in the film in unknown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than 500 million worldwide,...
- 6/3/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Isabela Merced is set to join Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. Also on board are Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor for director S.J. Clarkson. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.
Sony had no comment.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Merced’s role in the film in unkown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than 500 million worldwide, while...
Sony had no comment.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say that due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. Merced’s role in the film in unkown.
Sony is coming off a hot streak with Venom: Let There Be Carnage making more than 500 million worldwide, while...
- 6/1/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) has signed on to star alongside Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney in S.J. Clarkson’s Sony film Madame Web, based on the Marvel comics by writer Denny O’Neil and artist John Romita Jr.
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel characters. The film will be an origin story of the clairvoyant, whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. Details with regard to the character O’Connor will be playing have not been disclosed.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the film, with Kerem Sanga having penned an earlier draft. It’s set for release in theaters on July 7, 2023—on the heels of J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, which is slated for release on January 13.
O’Connor will next be seen in MGM’s drama A Good Person,...
Madame Web is the next entry and first female character to be developed within the Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel characters. The film will be an origin story of the clairvoyant, whose psychic abilities allow her to see within the spider world. Details with regard to the character O’Connor will be playing have not been disclosed.
Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote the film, with Kerem Sanga having penned an earlier draft. It’s set for release in theaters on July 7, 2023—on the heels of J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, which is slated for release on January 13.
O’Connor will next be seen in MGM’s drama A Good Person,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After a breakout year that included starring roles in HBO’s The White Lotus and Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney is now ready to jump into Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters. Sources tell Deadline that she has joined Dakota Johnson in Sony Pictures’ Madame Web. S.J. Clarkson is on board to direct the pic. Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless penned the screenplay, with Kerem Sanga also penning a previous draft.
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. It is unknown who Sweeney...
In the comics, Madame Web is depicted as an elderly woman with myasthenia gravis and thus was connected to a life-support system that looked like a spider web. Due to her age and medical condition, Madame Web never actively fought any villains. For that reason, sources have stressed it’s possible the project could turn into something else. Insiders say due to her psychic sensory powers, she is essentially Sony’s version of Doctor Strange. It is unknown who Sweeney...
- 3/16/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
As the weeks go by and the pandemic begins to lift at a very, very glacial pace we are hearing some more coins drop into the bank of the specialty box office space.
Edward Hall’s adaptation of Noel Coward’s play Blithe Spirit is one of a handful of films that made its way to theaters and digital this weekend. The IFC Films pic starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench had a noteworthy opening in 239 theaters across the U.S., grossing an estimated $98,100. The film also managed to hit Apple Movies’ indie movie chart. It also broke the top five in the comedies section top 10 overall. Not too shabby.
“Counter-programming the comedic Blithe Spirit has clearly connected with audiences on all platforms this weekend,” said Arianna Bocco, President, IFC Films of the film’s opening. “We’re looking forward to an ethereal run.”
Lionsgate’s...
Edward Hall’s adaptation of Noel Coward’s play Blithe Spirit is one of a handful of films that made its way to theaters and digital this weekend. The IFC Films pic starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann and Judi Dench had a noteworthy opening in 239 theaters across the U.S., grossing an estimated $98,100. The film also managed to hit Apple Movies’ indie movie chart. It also broke the top five in the comedies section top 10 overall. Not too shabby.
“Counter-programming the comedic Blithe Spirit has clearly connected with audiences on all platforms this weekend,” said Arianna Bocco, President, IFC Films of the film’s opening. “We’re looking forward to an ethereal run.”
Lionsgate’s...
- 2/21/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In “The Violent Heart,” the latest film from director Kerem Sanga (“First Girl I Loved”), actress Grace Van Patten plays an 18-year-old girl looking for escape who gets swept up in a romance with a 24-year-old man (Jovan Adepo) with a troubled history When deeply buried secrets of their small town are revealed, reverberations of the violent past threaten to tear the couple apart.
Continue reading ‘The Violent Heart’: Grace Van Patten Talks Romantic Thrillers Like ‘Badlands’ & Wanting To Work With Yorgos Lanthimos [Interview] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Violent Heart’: Grace Van Patten Talks Romantic Thrillers Like ‘Badlands’ & Wanting To Work With Yorgos Lanthimos [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 2/20/2021
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
Good movies can get away with murder, while bad movies can’t get away with anything. Classic Hollywood melodramas — often soldered together by strained coincidences and Shakespearian twists of fate — depended on that eternal truth of high-key storytelling almost as much as they did on the celluloid required to shoot them. Douglas Sirk and George Stevens linger in the collective imagination because they knew how to swing for the fences without making audiences cry foul.
Director Kerem Sanga may not be working at quite the same level, but his stirring new film pays effective tribute to the likes of “Magnificent Obsession” and “A Place in the Sun” through its vivid self-belief that audiences will buy anything so long as they get enough bang for their buck.
For the majority of its running time, “The Violent Heart” appears to have more in common with the sullen indie romances of today than...
Director Kerem Sanga may not be working at quite the same level, but his stirring new film pays effective tribute to the likes of “Magnificent Obsession” and “A Place in the Sun” through its vivid self-belief that audiences will buy anything so long as they get enough bang for their buck.
For the majority of its running time, “The Violent Heart” appears to have more in common with the sullen indie romances of today than...
- 2/17/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A selection at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and Deauville American Film Festival, the drama The Violent Heart will be debuting this month, and we’re pleased to premiere the poster and a new clip. Set for a February 19 release via Gravitas Ventures, The Young Kieslowski director Kerem Sanga’s latest feature stars Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo in a southern gothic-inspired Romeo & Juliet story set in the American heartland as we follow the relationship between Daniel, whose sister was murdered fifteen years prior, and high school senior Cassie.
“The main character in this movie has had some violent experiences in his life,” writer-director Kerem Sanga tells us. “He’s witnessed a murder, he’s gotten into fights, and as a teen he went to prison. But intrinsically he’s a non-violent guy who’s been more of a victim of fate. So my intention was to...
“The main character in this movie has had some violent experiences in his life,” writer-director Kerem Sanga tells us. “He’s witnessed a murder, he’s gotten into fights, and as a teen he went to prison. But intrinsically he’s a non-violent guy who’s been more of a victim of fate. So my intention was to...
- 2/3/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
“Ready or Not” star Samara Weaving has been cast in “Liz,” a biopic about one of America’s forgotten founding mothers Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.
Described as a U.S.-set “Bridgerton” or “The Great,” “Liz” tells the story of the country’s first modern celebrity. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte gained prominence as the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest brother, Jerome, and revolutionized America’s social scene in the time of Jefferson’s presidency. Elizabeth, who has been called one of America’s first international celebrities, was known for her fashion, wit and independence.
Adam Leon is directing the film, which is based on a script by Gabriel Neustadt. 3311 Productions is producing “Liz.”
Weaving previously starred in the Showtime comedy “Smilf” and appeared in films such as “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Mayhem” and “The Babysitter.” Her film “Ready or Not,” a well-reviewed dark comedy, became a commercial success...
Described as a U.S.-set “Bridgerton” or “The Great,” “Liz” tells the story of the country’s first modern celebrity. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte gained prominence as the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte’s youngest brother, Jerome, and revolutionized America’s social scene in the time of Jefferson’s presidency. Elizabeth, who has been called one of America’s first international celebrities, was known for her fashion, wit and independence.
Adam Leon is directing the film, which is based on a script by Gabriel Neustadt. 3311 Productions is producing “Liz.”
Weaving previously starred in the Showtime comedy “Smilf” and appeared in films such as “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” “Mayhem” and “The Babysitter.” Her film “Ready or Not,” a well-reviewed dark comedy, became a commercial success...
- 1/25/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The Violent Heart Trailer — Kerem Sanga‘s The Violent Heart (2020) movie trailer has been released by Gravitas Ventures. The Violent Heart trailer stars Jovan Adepo, Grace Van Patten, Lukas Haas, Mary J. Bilge, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Cress Williams, Julie Haught, Jordan Preston Carter, Allison Shrum, Rebecca Lines, Cory Scott Allen, Dean [...]
Continue reading: The Violent Heart Movie Trailer: Jovan Adepo & Grace Van Patten star in a 2020 Romeo and Juliet-style Thriller...
Continue reading: The Violent Heart Movie Trailer: Jovan Adepo & Grace Van Patten star in a 2020 Romeo and Juliet-style Thriller...
- 1/21/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"The problem is that boy you were with..." Gravitas has debuted the official trailer for an indie romantic drama titled The Violent Heart, a tale of two star-crossed lovers. This initially premiered at the Deauville Film Festival last year, and is slated for a VOD release in February. Fifteen years after the murder of his older sister, Daniel finds himself falling for Cassie, a vivacious high school senior. The film is described as a "southern gothic-inspired Romeo & Juliet story set in the American heartland." Yep. Starring Jovan Adepo as Daniel, and Grace Van Patten as Cassie, along with Mary J. Blige, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Lukas Haas. This the latest film from former commercials director Kerem Sanga and, oddly, is produced by Shawn Levy & Tobey Maguire. This film looks like it carefully navigates some complex topics, telling a nuanced story of love and growth. Here's the official US ...
- 1/20/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Forbidden love comes in a variety of flavors in film. However, in the feature, “The Violent Heart,” there is more than one reason why the two lovers at the center of the film are being driven apart.
As seen in the trailer for the film, “The Violent Heart” features the story of a high school senior that falls in love with an older man that is seen as a problem by the folks in their town.
Continue reading ‘The Violent Heart’ Trailer: Grace Van Patten & Jovan Adepo Are Star-Crossed Lovers In Kerem Sanga’s New Drama at The Playlist.
As seen in the trailer for the film, “The Violent Heart” features the story of a high school senior that falls in love with an older man that is seen as a problem by the folks in their town.
Continue reading ‘The Violent Heart’ Trailer: Grace Van Patten & Jovan Adepo Are Star-Crossed Lovers In Kerem Sanga’s New Drama at The Playlist.
- 1/20/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Mary J. Blige stars in the new trailer for The Violent Heart, a coming-of-age drama about star-crossed lovers.
“As a young boy, Daniel followed his sister into the woods when she ran away with an unknown man, only for the night to end in her tragic murder,” the film’s synopsis states. “Fifteen years later, Daniel remains unsettled by the mysteries surrounding his sister’s death as his tendencies toward outbursts of violence lurk beneath his taciturn demeanor. Unexpectedly, Daniel finds himself falling for vivacious high school senior Cassie, who...
“As a young boy, Daniel followed his sister into the woods when she ran away with an unknown man, only for the night to end in her tragic murder,” the film’s synopsis states. “Fifteen years later, Daniel remains unsettled by the mysteries surrounding his sister’s death as his tendencies toward outbursts of violence lurk beneath his taciturn demeanor. Unexpectedly, Daniel finds himself falling for vivacious high school senior Cassie, who...
- 1/20/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has secured the distribution rights to the Kerem Sanga-helmed thriller, The Violent Heart, which has its premiere at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Starring Jovan Adepo, Grace Van Patten, Lukas Haas, Mary J. Bilge, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Jahi Di’Allo Winston, and Cress Williams, the film is slated for a day-and-date release on February 19.
Described as a contemporary Romeo & Juliet-style thriller set in the American heartland, the plot follows Daniel (Adepo) who, as a small child, witnessed the murder of his teenage sister whose killer was never caught. Now 24, he is struggling to find his place in the world and live up to the high bar set by his father, a decorated Marine stationed in Afghanistan. After serving time for injuring a classmate in a high school fight, Daniel lives at home with his mother and younger brother and does oil changes at a local auto shop,...
Described as a contemporary Romeo & Juliet-style thriller set in the American heartland, the plot follows Daniel (Adepo) who, as a small child, witnessed the murder of his teenage sister whose killer was never caught. Now 24, he is struggling to find his place in the world and live up to the high bar set by his father, a decorated Marine stationed in Afghanistan. After serving time for injuring a classmate in a high school fight, Daniel lives at home with his mother and younger brother and does oil changes at a local auto shop,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
The line between homage and flat repetition can be thin. The Violent Heart, writer and director Kerem Sanga’s third feature (premiering in competition at France’s Deauville Film Festival), falls on the dull side of the dividing line. That result is a shame, because there is plenty to admire technically in his drama about Daniel, a young Black man in Tennessee trying to pull his life together, and Cassie, a white high-school senior. But its substance is a mashup of ill-fitting parts, indebted to both Romeo and Juliet and Douglas Sirk.
Daniel’s character is far more intriguing than his unlikely ...
Daniel’s character is far more intriguing than his unlikely ...
The line between homage and flat repetition can be thin. The Violent Heart, writer and director Kerem Sanga’s third feature (premiering in competition at France’s Deauville Film Festival), falls on the dull side of the dividing line. That result is a shame, because there is plenty to admire technically in his drama about Daniel, a young Black man in Tennessee trying to pull his life together, and Cassie, a white high-school senior. But its substance is a mashup of ill-fitting parts, indebted to both Romeo and Juliet and Douglas Sirk.
Daniel’s character is far more intriguing than his unlikely ...
Daniel’s character is far more intriguing than his unlikely ...
Sometimes, when a movie ends with a twist, it makes you want to rush back and rewatch the entire story to see how the filmmakers pulled it off. Where did they hide the clues? What new insights does a closer look reveal? In other cases, it’s best just to accept the surprise and move on, salvaging what you can of the experience.
In “The Violent Heart,” writer-director Kerem Sanga (“The Young Kieslowski”) wants us to believe that we’re watching a sensitive post-racial romance about a goody-goody white Tennessee teen who challenges her family’s unexamined biases by hooking up with the local bad boy — who is Black and six years her senior — when in fact, the movie pulls a fast one in the final act. To be fair, Sanga introduces the twist early on, depicting fragments of the traumatic event that scars and shapes 9-year-old Daniel for the...
In “The Violent Heart,” writer-director Kerem Sanga (“The Young Kieslowski”) wants us to believe that we’re watching a sensitive post-racial romance about a goody-goody white Tennessee teen who challenges her family’s unexamined biases by hooking up with the local bad boy — who is Black and six years her senior — when in fact, the movie pulls a fast one in the final act. To be fair, Sanga introduces the twist early on, depicting fragments of the traumatic event that scars and shapes 9-year-old Daniel for the...
- 9/9/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Deauville will be one of the first film festivals to take place physically in France since March.
Kelly Reichardt’s period drama First Cow, Miranda July’s crime comedy caper Kajillionaire and Jonathan Nossiter’s dystopian drama Last Words will be among 14 US titles playing in competition at the Deauville American Film Festival this year.
The festival, unfolding in the upmarket beach resort of Deauville on France’s Normandy coast, will take place September 4-13.
It will be one of the first film festivals to take place physically in France since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in early March, alongside the Angouleme Francophone Festival,...
Kelly Reichardt’s period drama First Cow, Miranda July’s crime comedy caper Kajillionaire and Jonathan Nossiter’s dystopian drama Last Words will be among 14 US titles playing in competition at the Deauville American Film Festival this year.
The festival, unfolding in the upmarket beach resort of Deauville on France’s Normandy coast, will take place September 4-13.
It will be one of the first film festivals to take place physically in France since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in early March, alongside the Angouleme Francophone Festival,...
- 7/21/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Mary J. Blige and Nat Wolff star in the intense action thriller Body Cam, available to purchase on Digital May 19, 2020 and for rent On Demand June 2 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film will arrive on DVD July 14.
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop (Mary J. Blige) realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
Blige starred as Florence Jackson in the 2017 Netflix breakout film Mudbound, for which she received critical acclaim including two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. She starred in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, which premiered on the platform in February 2019. On the producing side, Blige launched her own production company, Blue Butterfly, and signed a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate.
Most recently, Blige voiced...
When a routine traffic stop results in the unexplained, grisly death of her colleague, a cop (Mary J. Blige) realizes footage of the incident will play for her eyes only. As the attacks mount, she races to understand the supernatural force behind them.
Blige starred as Florence Jackson in the 2017 Netflix breakout film Mudbound, for which she received critical acclaim including two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. She starred in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, which premiered on the platform in February 2019. On the producing side, Blige launched her own production company, Blue Butterfly, and signed a first-look TV deal with Lionsgate.
Most recently, Blige voiced...
- 5/12/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Played with a compelling mixture of sensitivity and suppressed rage by Joven Adepo Daniel, the young auto mechanic and ex-con at the center of Kerem Sanga’s The Violent Heart, is a man imprinted by the past. We meet him first in flashback when, as a young boy, he crouches in dark woods, watching a horrible crime unfold. And while the exact events of that evening remain a mystery for much of the story, the powerlessness Daniel feels that night, and the aftermath of guilt, are all we need to understand the complicated shadings of […]...
- 4/28/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Played with a compelling mixture of sensitivity and suppressed rage by Joven Adepo Daniel, the young auto mechanic and ex-con at the center of Kerem Sanga’s The Violent Heart, is a man imprinted by the past. We meet him first in flashback when, as a young boy, he crouches in dark woods, watching a horrible crime unfold. And while the exact events of that evening remain a mystery for much of the story, the powerlessness Daniel feels that night, and the aftermath of guilt, are all we need to understand the complicated shadings of […]...
- 4/28/2020
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Cloudy Rhodes.
Filmmaker and photographer Cloudy Rhodes is carving out quite a career, helped by mentors Justin Kurzel and Samantha Lang.
Rhodes, who identifies as non-binary, was born in Bondi to hippie parents who named her after the sky, and grew up in Sydney’s northern beaches.
(For the sake of consistency this article will refer to Cloudy as she, although she often uses the pronouns them and they).
After leaving school she pursued photography and pro-surfing. The turning point came when Justin Kurzel saw some of her photographs and encouraged her to become a filmmaker.
A recurring theme in her work is queer narratives which are uplifting. “I want to focus on telling positive stories to queer kids and stories that give people hope,” she tells If.
Currently Rhodes is writing and will direct one of the segments of Masc, a seven-part anthology which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity,...
Filmmaker and photographer Cloudy Rhodes is carving out quite a career, helped by mentors Justin Kurzel and Samantha Lang.
Rhodes, who identifies as non-binary, was born in Bondi to hippie parents who named her after the sky, and grew up in Sydney’s northern beaches.
(For the sake of consistency this article will refer to Cloudy as she, although she often uses the pronouns them and they).
After leaving school she pursued photography and pro-surfing. The turning point came when Justin Kurzel saw some of her photographs and encouraged her to become a filmmaker.
A recurring theme in her work is queer narratives which are uplifting. “I want to focus on telling positive stories to queer kids and stories that give people hope,” she tells If.
Currently Rhodes is writing and will direct one of the segments of Masc, a seven-part anthology which will give female and non-binary perspectives on contemporary masculinity,...
- 3/15/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President to open festival as previously announced.
The world premieres of The Trip To Greece and a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti, as well as the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and marks the fourth feature entry in the comedy series. It screens in Spotlight Narrative.
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The world premieres of The Trip To Greece and a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti, as well as the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Michael Winterbottom’s The Trip To Greece reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and marks the fourth feature entry in the comedy series. It screens in Spotlight Narrative.
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President to open festival as previously announced.
The world premiere of a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti and the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The Us premiere of HBO’s Toronto dark comedy pick-up Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman screens in Spotlight Narrative, the same section that will show the New York premiere of...
The world premiere of a documentary about Sean Penn’s relief work in Haiti and the inaugural Women at Work documentary showcase are among the line-up of 115 features announced by Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday (3).
Don Hardy’s documentary Citizen Plus screens in Movies Plus and chronicles Penn’s activism and charitable work in the disaster-struck Caribbean island nation.
The Us premiere of HBO’s Toronto dark comedy pick-up Bad Education starring Hugh Jackman screens in Spotlight Narrative, the same section that will show the New York premiere of...
- 3/3/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Oscar-nominee Juliette Lewis, Grace Van Patten, and Mia Goth have signed on to star in Mayday, an indie film written and directed by first-time feature helmer Karen Cinorre. Soko (Her) and Havana Rose Liu also co-star in the pic, which is currently in production.
Described as a fantastical female-driven action film, the plot focuses on a young woman named Ana (Van Patten) who is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins up with a band of female soldiers engaged in a never-ending war along a rugged coast. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize that she’s not the killer they want her to be and must use her newfound power to try to fight her way back to life.
Cinorre will produce the project via her Queen’s Army label alongside Jonah Disend of Complementary Colors, Sam Levy, and Lucas Joaquin of Secret Engine.
Described as a fantastical female-driven action film, the plot focuses on a young woman named Ana (Van Patten) who is transported to a dreamlike and dangerous land where she joins up with a band of female soldiers engaged in a never-ending war along a rugged coast. Though she finds strength in this exhilarating world, she comes to realize that she’s not the killer they want her to be and must use her newfound power to try to fight her way back to life.
Cinorre will produce the project via her Queen’s Army label alongside Jonah Disend of Complementary Colors, Sam Levy, and Lucas Joaquin of Secret Engine.
- 11/12/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Veteran indie film producer Ross Putman has been hired as an agent at Verve, where he will work alongside Amy Beecroft in the agency’s independent film sales and finance division Verve Ventures.
The move comes as Putman’s latest film as producer, the romantic comedy Plus One, is set to premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan directed the pic, which Putman produced alongside Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Studio71. Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine star.
He also just wrapped production on Kerem Sanga’s The Violent Heart, which Putman produced with 21 Laps and 3311. Grace Van Patten, Jovan Adepo, and Mary J Blige star in Sanga’s follow-up to the 2016 Sundance prizewinner First Girl I Loved. Upcoming projects include the punk rock indie comedy Dinner in America, also produced with Red Hour.
Putman, who began his career in development before...
The move comes as Putman’s latest film as producer, the romantic comedy Plus One, is set to premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Andrew Rhymer and Jeff Chan directed the pic, which Putman produced alongside Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Studio71. Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine star.
He also just wrapped production on Kerem Sanga’s The Violent Heart, which Putman produced with 21 Laps and 3311. Grace Van Patten, Jovan Adepo, and Mary J Blige star in Sanga’s follow-up to the 2016 Sundance prizewinner First Girl I Loved. Upcoming projects include the punk rock indie comedy Dinner in America, also produced with Red Hour.
Putman, who began his career in development before...
- 3/19/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cress Williams, who currently stars in the titular role on Black Lightning, has booked two film roles before heading back into production on Season 3 of the CW/DC Comics series.
Williams is set to co-star in The Violent Heart from writer-director Kerem Sanga with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, Ed McDonnell, Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures, and 3311 producing. Williams joins Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo in the coming-of-age romance pic which is slated to shoot this month in Austin, Texas.
Set outside Ft. Hood, Texas, the plot centers on a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who himself dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for one another, the details surrounding Daniel’s tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them. Williams will play Lee, a strong, jovial Marine and Daniel’s father.
Williams is set to co-star in The Violent Heart from writer-director Kerem Sanga with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen, Ed McDonnell, Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures, and 3311 producing. Williams joins Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo in the coming-of-age romance pic which is slated to shoot this month in Austin, Texas.
Set outside Ft. Hood, Texas, the plot centers on a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who himself dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for one another, the details surrounding Daniel’s tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them. Williams will play Lee, a strong, jovial Marine and Daniel’s father.
- 2/18/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Singer-actress Mary J. Blige has joined the ensemble cast of Kerem Sanga directorial The Violent Heart.
She has joined the film's cast, which also includes actors Lukas Haas, Grace Van Patten, Jovan Adepo and Cory Scott Allen, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The "Real love" hitmaker will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her family together after the murder of her daughter while her husband, a marine, is on deployment in Afghanistan.
The Violent Heart follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine.?
As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Mudbound, will also be seen in the web series "The Umbrella Academy" and horror thriller "Body Cam...
She has joined the film's cast, which also includes actors Lukas Haas, Grace Van Patten, Jovan Adepo and Cory Scott Allen, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The "Real love" hitmaker will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her family together after the murder of her daughter while her husband, a marine, is on deployment in Afghanistan.
The Violent Heart follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine.?
As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige, who earned an Oscar nomination for her role in Mudbound, will also be seen in the web series "The Umbrella Academy" and horror thriller "Body Cam...
- 2/1/2019
- GlamSham
Mary J. Blige and Lukas Haas are joining the coming-of-age romance The Violent Heart, with stars Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo.
Writer-director Kerem Sanga (First Girl I Loved) is behind the feature that is set just outside Nashville, Tennesse. It follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her ...
Writer-director Kerem Sanga (First Girl I Loved) is behind the feature that is set just outside Nashville, Tennesse. It follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her ...
- 1/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Mary J. Blige and Lukas Haas are joining the coming-of-age romance The Violent Heart, with stars Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo.
Writer-director Kerem Sanga (First Girl I Loved) is behind the feature that is set just outside Nashville, Tennesse. It follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her ...
Writer-director Kerem Sanga (First Girl I Loved) is behind the feature that is set just outside Nashville, Tennesse. It follows Cassie (Van Patten), a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship with a local mechanic named Daniel (Adepo), who dreams of becoming a Marine. As they fall for each other, the details surrounding Daniel's tragic and violent past inevitably catch up with them.
Blige will play Nina, a mother who manages to hold her ...
- 1/31/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran manager and producer and Madhouse co-founder Adam Kolbrenner (Prisoners) has launched a new management company, Lit Entertainment Group, based in Los Angeles. Joining Kolbrenner will be literary managers Kendrick Tan and Carrie Isgett with additional managers to be announced soon.
For the past 12 years, Kolbrenner had been partnered with manager-producer Robyn Meisinger, since the two were appointed in 2006 to head up Los Angeles-based management and production outfit Kustom Entertainment, which they relaunched as Madhouse Entertainment. In 2011, Alcon Entertainment acquired a controlling stake in the boutique management firm which has now been dissolved, with Kolbrenner and Meisinger parting ways. Meisinger has since joined Anonymous Content.
Kolbrenner produced Oscar-nominated film, Prisoners, for Warner Bros/Alcon Entertainment, written by Lit client Aaron Guzikowski. Kolbrenner also executive produced Netflix’s recent holiday film, Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell, written by Lit client Matt Lieberman based on an original idea by Designated Survivor creator David Guggenheim,...
For the past 12 years, Kolbrenner had been partnered with manager-producer Robyn Meisinger, since the two were appointed in 2006 to head up Los Angeles-based management and production outfit Kustom Entertainment, which they relaunched as Madhouse Entertainment. In 2011, Alcon Entertainment acquired a controlling stake in the boutique management firm which has now been dissolved, with Kolbrenner and Meisinger parting ways. Meisinger has since joined Anonymous Content.
Kolbrenner produced Oscar-nominated film, Prisoners, for Warner Bros/Alcon Entertainment, written by Lit client Aaron Guzikowski. Kolbrenner also executive produced Netflix’s recent holiday film, Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell, written by Lit client Matt Lieberman based on an original idea by Designated Survivor creator David Guggenheim,...
- 1/8/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films has set Kyle Gallner, best known for starring in Wgn’s series Outsiders, and When We Rise actress Emily Skeggs as the leads in Dinner In America, a punk rock indie comedy. Written and directed by Adam Rehmeier, the film follows two misfits—an on-the-lam punk rocker and a young woman obsessed with his band—who unexpectedly fall in love and go on an epic journey together through America’s decaying Midwestern suburbs.
Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pat Healy, Nick Chinlund, Hannah Marks, Griffin Gluck, Lea Thompson, David Yow, Jennifer Prediger, Ryan Malgarini, and Nico Greetham round out the cast of the film, which is currently in production in Detroit.
Stiller and Nicholas Weinstock are producing for Red Hour, alongside Psh Collective’s David Hunter and Ross Putman, John Covert of Covert Creative Group, and Sam Slater of Burn Later Films.
Exec producers are Haroon Saleem of Red Hour,...
Mary Lynn Rajskub, Pat Healy, Nick Chinlund, Hannah Marks, Griffin Gluck, Lea Thompson, David Yow, Jennifer Prediger, Ryan Malgarini, and Nico Greetham round out the cast of the film, which is currently in production in Detroit.
Stiller and Nicholas Weinstock are producing for Red Hour, alongside Psh Collective’s David Hunter and Ross Putman, John Covert of Covert Creative Group, and Sam Slater of Burn Later Films.
Exec producers are Haroon Saleem of Red Hour,...
- 9/28/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Grace Van Patten and Jovan Adepo are set to star in writer-director Kerem Sanga's drama The Violent Heart. 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen are producing the film with Ed McDonnell, Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures and 3311. Material and 3311 are financing. Production is set to begin February in Austin, Texas. Pic is a coming-of-age romance set just outside Ft. Hood, Texas, about a college-bound senior on the cusp of graduation, and her budding relationship…...
- 12/6/2017
- Deadline
Den Of Geek Jul 14, 2017
Brianna Hildebrand - Deadpool's Negasonic Teenage Warhead - joins The Exorcist, as it moves onto a private island...
What a wonderful place for an exorcism. The Exorcist season 2 will venture out of Chicago to a private island in the Pacific Northwest. And, in other news, Deadpool's has been cast as one of the female leads.
She will fit into a foster home storyline, on the island. One of the kids in the home is a demon who catches the attention of roving exorcists Tomas Ortega and Marcus Keane. Hildebrand will play Verity, a teen about to turn 18, who's on her way out of the house.
Hildebrand recently starred in Kerem Sanga’s First Girl I Loved, and will reprise her role as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the upcoming Deadpool 2. She will next be seen in Tragedy Girls, an independent dark comedy.
Fox's The Exorcist...
Brianna Hildebrand - Deadpool's Negasonic Teenage Warhead - joins The Exorcist, as it moves onto a private island...
What a wonderful place for an exorcism. The Exorcist season 2 will venture out of Chicago to a private island in the Pacific Northwest. And, in other news, Deadpool's has been cast as one of the female leads.
She will fit into a foster home storyline, on the island. One of the kids in the home is a demon who catches the attention of roving exorcists Tomas Ortega and Marcus Keane. Hildebrand will play Verity, a teen about to turn 18, who's on her way out of the house.
Hildebrand recently starred in Kerem Sanga’s First Girl I Loved, and will reprise her role as Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the upcoming Deadpool 2. She will next be seen in Tragedy Girls, an independent dark comedy.
Fox's The Exorcist...
- 7/14/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Recently launched Arcadia heads to Utah with survival thriller.
Recently launched Australian production and sales outfit Arcadia has signed Sundance 2016 romance-drama First Girl I Loved for world sales.
Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) and Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), star in writer-director Kerem Sanga’s film, which won an Audience Award in Park City.
The coming of age story follows Anne (Gelula), a seventeen-year-old who fallsl in love with Sasha (Hildebrand), the most popular girl at her La public high school.
When Anne tells her best friend Clifton about the romance he does his best to get in the way.
The deal was negotiated by producers Psh Collective and Arcadia’s Alexandra Burke, who commented: “We’re thrilled to have this beautiful film by Kerem Sanga and the great team at Psh Collective. It marks the new wave of teen films, and judging by its success at Sundance Film Festival alongside the Us theatrical and VOD release, plus outstanding...
Recently launched Australian production and sales outfit Arcadia has signed Sundance 2016 romance-drama First Girl I Loved for world sales.
Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) and Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), star in writer-director Kerem Sanga’s film, which won an Audience Award in Park City.
The coming of age story follows Anne (Gelula), a seventeen-year-old who fallsl in love with Sasha (Hildebrand), the most popular girl at her La public high school.
When Anne tells her best friend Clifton about the romance he does his best to get in the way.
The deal was negotiated by producers Psh Collective and Arcadia’s Alexandra Burke, who commented: “We’re thrilled to have this beautiful film by Kerem Sanga and the great team at Psh Collective. It marks the new wave of teen films, and judging by its success at Sundance Film Festival alongside the Us theatrical and VOD release, plus outstanding...
- 12/19/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Recently launched Arcadia heads to Utah with survival thriller.
Recently launched Australian production and sales outfit Arcadia has signed Sundance 2016 romance-drama First Girl I Loved for world sales.
Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) and Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), star in writer-director Kerem Sanga’s film, which won an Audience Award in Park City.
The coming of age story follows Anne (Gelula), a seventeen-year-old who fallsl in love with Sasha (Hildebrand), the most popular girl at her La public high school.
When Anne tells her best friend Clifton about the romance he does his best to get in the way.
The deal was negotiated by producers Psh Collective and Arcadia’s Alexandra Burke, who commented: “We’re thrilled to have this beautiful film by Kerem Sanga and the great team at Psh Collective. It marks the new wave of teen films, and judging by its success at Sundance Film Festival alongside the Us theatrical and VOD release, plus outstanding...
Recently launched Australian production and sales outfit Arcadia has signed Sundance 2016 romance-drama First Girl I Loved for world sales.
Brianna Hildebrand (Deadpool) and Dylan Gelula (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), star in writer-director Kerem Sanga’s film, which won an Audience Award in Park City.
The coming of age story follows Anne (Gelula), a seventeen-year-old who fallsl in love with Sasha (Hildebrand), the most popular girl at her La public high school.
When Anne tells her best friend Clifton about the romance he does his best to get in the way.
The deal was negotiated by producers Psh Collective and Arcadia’s Alexandra Burke, who commented: “We’re thrilled to have this beautiful film by Kerem Sanga and the great team at Psh Collective. It marks the new wave of teen films, and judging by its success at Sundance Film Festival alongside the Us theatrical and VOD release, plus outstanding...
- 12/19/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Kerem Sanga’s latest film “First Girl I Loved” follows two teens who struggle with their first queer romance and the complicated feelings that arise from first love and fluid sexual identity. The film follows Anne (Dylan Gelula), a high school senior who falls head over heels for softball star Sasha (Brianna Hildebrand), but when Anne tells her best friend Clifton (Mateo Arias) about it, he tries to sabotage the relationship out of jealousy. The film co-stars Pamela Adlon (“Better Things”), Tim Heidecker (“Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”), Cameron Esposito (“Take My Wife”) and more. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
Read More: Review: ‘First Girl I Loved’ Is A Woozy And Wonderful Queer Teen Romance
Dylan Gelula is best known for her recurring roles in popular TV shows like “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Casual,” and previously “Chasing Life” and “Jennifer Falls.” Meanwhile, Brianna Hildebrand is best...
Read More: Review: ‘First Girl I Loved’ Is A Woozy And Wonderful Queer Teen Romance
Dylan Gelula is best known for her recurring roles in popular TV shows like “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Casual,” and previously “Chasing Life” and “Jennifer Falls.” Meanwhile, Brianna Hildebrand is best...
- 10/26/2016
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
In his third indie directorial effort, “First Girl I Loved,” which won the “Best of Next” audience award at Sundance 2016, writer/director Kerem Sanga tackles the complicated and high-stakes world of teenage sexuality, which is hard enough even if you’re not queer. So it’s infinitely more difficult for self-possessed loner Anne (Dylan Gelula) when she falls hard and fast for softball star Sasha (Brianna Hildebrand).
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- 10/21/2016
- by Katie Walsh
- The Playlist
Back in January 2016, First Girl I Loved won the Best Of Next Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival; nine months later, it has been scooped up by Fullscreen. The self-proclaimed “youth media company” has picked up Kerem Sanga’s teen drama and will give it a theatrical release.
First Girl I Loved tells the story of a lesbian high school romance between an outsider (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Dylan Gelula) and a popular girl (Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand). Several Hollywood notables, including Tim Heidecker and Pamela Adlon, have supporting roles in the film. The It Gets Better project, which seeks to empower Lgbt youths is helping with the film’s promotion.
Fullscreen’s plan is to distribute First Girl I Loved in a limited number of U.S. theaters beginning on October 18th. In December, the film will arrive on the company’s recently-launched streaming video on-demand service, which is also called Fullscreen.
First Girl I Loved tells the story of a lesbian high school romance between an outsider (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Dylan Gelula) and a popular girl (Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand). Several Hollywood notables, including Tim Heidecker and Pamela Adlon, have supporting roles in the film. The It Gets Better project, which seeks to empower Lgbt youths is helping with the film’s promotion.
Fullscreen’s plan is to distribute First Girl I Loved in a limited number of U.S. theaters beginning on October 18th. In December, the film will arrive on the company’s recently-launched streaming video on-demand service, which is also called Fullscreen.
- 10/12/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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