More than a dozen years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — and a year after going public with that diagnosis — Emma Caulfield Ford says that she’s been “very, very fortunate” so far with her experience with the disease. Caulfield Ford’s Ms symptoms have been very mild, with occasional sensitivity to heat, stress, and noise, but none of the debilitating flareups other people living with Ms experience, as she told People in a recent interview. “But I’m also aware that, with Ms, this could all change tomorrow,” she added. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — the same disease her late father had — in the summer of 2010 as she filmed the TV series Gigantic. Ms is a chronic disease in which the myelin — the fatty tissue protecting nerve fibers — is destroyed and lesions of scar tissue form in its place, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
- 3/2/2024
- TV Insider
David Ellison’s fledgling Skydance Animation — run by head of animation John Lasseter and president Holly Edwards — has moved its movie slate from Apple Studios to Netflix. The multi-year streaming deal commences with next year’s musical fantasy “Spellbound,” directed by Vicky Jenson (“Shrek” and “Shark Tale”), featuring the voice talent of Rachel Zegler, Nicole Kidman, and Javier Bardem, and boasting a score from Alan Menkin and original songs with lyricist Glen Slater. It’s about a princess who tries to reverse a spell that transformed her parents into monsters.
Set for release in 2025 is “Pookoo,” a buddy comedy about two enemies — a woodland creature and a majestic bird — that magically trade places. It’s helmed by former Disney director Nathan Greno (“Tangled”), with original music composed by Siddhartha Khosla.
Also in the works are two prestigious features that are a result of Lasseter’s strong relationships with directors Brad Bird...
Set for release in 2025 is “Pookoo,” a buddy comedy about two enemies — a woodland creature and a majestic bird — that magically trade places. It’s helmed by former Disney director Nathan Greno (“Tangled”), with original music composed by Siddhartha Khosla.
Also in the works are two prestigious features that are a result of Lasseter’s strong relationships with directors Brad Bird...
- 10/18/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
This story about “Succession” first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Drama and Limited Series issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Well, “Succession” picked the right time to end its four-year run on HBO. As final Emmy voting draws nigh, Hollywood is rife with drama and backbiting, raucous picket lines and dark rumors of back-channel negotiations. Rich CEOs trade insults with writers and actors as an entire industry wonders when and if it can get back to work. In that climate, the entertainment industry itself is generating juicy headlines at a pace to rival anything the Roy family managed to manufacture during their illustrious if imaginary tenure on the Emmy juggernaut “Succession,” which leads all programs this year with 27 nominations.
Given the hubris, spite and chaos that has consumed the industry, do we even need creator Jesse Armstrong’s indelible fictional characters providing riveting but uncomfortable entertainment? Sure we do.
Well, “Succession” picked the right time to end its four-year run on HBO. As final Emmy voting draws nigh, Hollywood is rife with drama and backbiting, raucous picket lines and dark rumors of back-channel negotiations. Rich CEOs trade insults with writers and actors as an entire industry wonders when and if it can get back to work. In that climate, the entertainment industry itself is generating juicy headlines at a pace to rival anything the Roy family managed to manufacture during their illustrious if imaginary tenure on the Emmy juggernaut “Succession,” which leads all programs this year with 27 nominations.
Given the hubris, spite and chaos that has consumed the industry, do we even need creator Jesse Armstrong’s indelible fictional characters providing riveting but uncomfortable entertainment? Sure we do.
- 8/18/2023
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
When Disney Animation officially canceled the movie "Gigantic" — a retelling of the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale that had been announced in 2015 — it came as a real shock. In the modern world of filmmaking, big-budget animated features that simply aren't coming together the way a studio would like (as was the case with "Gigantic") are usually scrapped long before the public is formally made aware of their existence.
There are, of course, other exceptions to this rule besides "Gigantic," with Pixar's "Newt" being one of the better-known examples. "Newt," for those who don't recall, was announced in April 2008 and was...
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There are, of course, other exceptions to this rule besides "Gigantic," with Pixar's "Newt" being one of the better-known examples. "Newt," for those who don't recall, was announced in April 2008 and was...
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- 2/23/2022
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
On Monday’s “The Late Show,” Stephen Colbert kicked things off with a cold open gag inspired by the recent uproar over Spotify’s deal with podcaster Joe Rogan, because of the the huge amount of factually incorrect information about vaccines and Covid-19 featured on his show.
The gag was simple: A Spotify playlist where each selected song formed part of a sentence advancing lies about Covid-19 vaccines.
Of course, if you need a quick catch up: Last week Neil Young removed his music from Spotify in protest of Rogan. The same week, more than 200 scientists and medical experts released an open letter urging Spotify to quit promoting vaccine misinformation. And on Friday, Joni Mitchell announced she would be removing her music from Spotify to show solidarity with Young.
This has resulted in Spotify taking a huge stock market hit, and now it says it will add content warnings to podcasts touching on Covid.
The gag was simple: A Spotify playlist where each selected song formed part of a sentence advancing lies about Covid-19 vaccines.
Of course, if you need a quick catch up: Last week Neil Young removed his music from Spotify in protest of Rogan. The same week, more than 200 scientists and medical experts released an open letter urging Spotify to quit promoting vaccine misinformation. And on Friday, Joni Mitchell announced she would be removing her music from Spotify to show solidarity with Young.
This has resulted in Spotify taking a huge stock market hit, and now it says it will add content warnings to podcasts touching on Covid.
- 2/1/2022
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
What brings documentaries to life? For an increasing number of them, it’s colorful characters — literally. Animation is making docs more accessible to a wider audience, allowing filmmakers to dramatize scenes that can’t be shown with footage and bringing them into once-unimagined awards categories.
No film has demonstrated this more clearly than Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s refugee saga “Flee.” The Neon/Participant release made Oscar shortlists for both documentary feature and international feature film, won a Gotham Award for documentary and Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. But it also scored a Golden Globe nom and Boston, Chicago and Detroit critics group award wins for animated feature, paving the way for an Academy Award nomination in that category as well.
The critical success of this Danish/French/Swedish/Norwegian co-production is igniting interest in other animated docs at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, but this...
No film has demonstrated this more clearly than Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s refugee saga “Flee.” The Neon/Participant release made Oscar shortlists for both documentary feature and international feature film, won a Gotham Award for documentary and Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. But it also scored a Golden Globe nom and Boston, Chicago and Detroit critics group award wins for animated feature, paving the way for an Academy Award nomination in that category as well.
The critical success of this Danish/French/Swedish/Norwegian co-production is igniting interest in other animated docs at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, but this...
- 1/21/2022
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Kiana Madeira listened to everything from Snoop Dogg to Tracy Chapman to prepare for her roles in the “Fear Street” slasher trilogy – films that respectively take place in 1994, 1978 and 1666.
“I think the music is like another character in the story for all three films—the soundtrack as well as the score,” Madeira told TheWrap. “They had such a big part in telling the story and the trajectory of what the characters were going though.
The “Fear Street” trilogy centers around Shadyside teens who, after multiple gruesome killings, get together to take on the evil force that’s been tormenting their town for centuries. Many Shadyside residents believe the force to be a doing of the witch, Sarah Fier, who is said to have placed a curse on the town before her death in 1666.
The films are all subversions of the horror genre in many ways. They’re centered on queer love,...
“I think the music is like another character in the story for all three films—the soundtrack as well as the score,” Madeira told TheWrap. “They had such a big part in telling the story and the trajectory of what the characters were going though.
The “Fear Street” trilogy centers around Shadyside teens who, after multiple gruesome killings, get together to take on the evil force that’s been tormenting their town for centuries. Many Shadyside residents believe the force to be a doing of the witch, Sarah Fier, who is said to have placed a curse on the town before her death in 1666.
The films are all subversions of the horror genre in many ways. They’re centered on queer love,...
- 7/17/2021
- by Aarohi Sheth
- The Wrap
Kong: Skull Island compares to an animated theme-park ride (valiantly, I must add). An exciting, Vietnam-era coaster enclosed by digital screens. From Kong’s hasty introduction, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts asserts his reboot with a mighty roar. Gone is Peter Jackson’s flabby primate, traded for a muscular, toned God-figure who’s been maxing his jungle gym membership. Tight glutes (like, super-defined) will come in handy when challenging Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, but that’s a few years down the road still. First comes a military invasion sold on scientific motivations, and a lunatic commander who calls for Kong’s monstrous head. Hold on to your butts (Oh yea, Sammy J. resurrects our favorite quote), crank some Creedence and pick a side – the king is back, baby.
Vogt-Roberts opens on Monarch brass Bill Randa (John Goodman), who secures government approval for an uncharted island expedition. The mystery landmass – dubbed “Skull Island” – is said to house legendary beasts,...
Vogt-Roberts opens on Monarch brass Bill Randa (John Goodman), who secures government approval for an uncharted island expedition. The mystery landmass – dubbed “Skull Island” – is said to house legendary beasts,...
- 3/2/2017
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Well, this is kind of surprising.
Kong: Skull Island is only a few weeks away now, with its March 10th release date quickly approaching, and although we’ve already seen a ton of promotional material for it, Warner Bros. has now dropped one final trailer for the blockbuster, which goes for broke as it shows us just what a spectacle the film is set to be. Granted, it is odd to get a new preview so close to the movie hitting theaters, but given the footage on display here, we’re certainly not complaining.
Set to be the next step forward in the studio’s budding MonsterVerse, Skull Island will find a “team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, including the mythic Kong.” With a cast headlined by Hollywood heavyweights like Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson,...
Kong: Skull Island is only a few weeks away now, with its March 10th release date quickly approaching, and although we’ve already seen a ton of promotional material for it, Warner Bros. has now dropped one final trailer for the blockbuster, which goes for broke as it shows us just what a spectacle the film is set to be. Granted, it is odd to get a new preview so close to the movie hitting theaters, but given the footage on display here, we’re certainly not complaining.
Set to be the next step forward in the studio’s budding MonsterVerse, Skull Island will find a “team of explorers and soldiers travel to an uncharted island in the Pacific, unaware that they are crossing into the domain of monsters, including the mythic Kong.” With a cast headlined by Hollywood heavyweights like Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson,...
- 2/27/2017
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
There’s no simple roadmap for how a conglomerate of SFX Entertainment’s size goes through chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, and trivial details were bound to fall by the wayside. In the most recent court documents that have surfaced as a result of the company’s legal proceedings, partial lineup details for three of its festivals have made their rounds on social media.
To be specific, some of the headliners for Electric Zoo, Spring Awakening and Mamby On The Beach have been revealed to the public. Artists as big as deadmau5, Hardwell, Claude VonStroke and Tchami have found their way onto the entertainment rosters for the former two events, with the likes of Hannah Wants, Chromeo and Chet Faker on the last.
The full lineup leaks for the three SFX Entertainment-run events are listed below, but since each festival will surely feature more names on their rosters, fans should expect to...
To be specific, some of the headliners for Electric Zoo, Spring Awakening and Mamby On The Beach have been revealed to the public. Artists as big as deadmau5, Hardwell, Claude VonStroke and Tchami have found their way onto the entertainment rosters for the former two events, with the likes of Hannah Wants, Chromeo and Chet Faker on the last.
The full lineup leaks for the three SFX Entertainment-run events are listed below, but since each festival will surely feature more names on their rosters, fans should expect to...
- 3/30/2016
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2015. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, highlight the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from companies big and small, in print and on line. The awards will be given out during a gala ceremony on Friday, July 10 during Comic-Con International: San Diego.
Best Short Story
“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“,” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
“,” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin...
Best Short Story
“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com
“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)
“,” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)
“,” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)
“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/
Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)
Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)
Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin...
- 4/24/2015
- by Luana Haygen
- Comicmix.com
Houston’s Free Press Summer Festival enters its sixth year with another lineup that boasts big names in nearly every genre. Headliners include Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Zedd and Lauryn Hill. Check out the complete lineup below. Historically a solid festival for hip-hop, this year hosts Wu-Tang Clan, Childish Gambino, Die Antwoord, Dmx and Ying Yang Twins. Rock and folk artists include Cage the Elephant, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Deftones, the Kills, Big Gigantic, tUnE-yArDs and Drive-By Truckers. Country music will be represented by Dwight Yoakam. Free Press Summer Festival will take place May 31-June 1 in Eleanor...
- 2/12/2014
- by Whitney Phaneuf
- Hitfix
Technically part of the extended Sundance family when Junebug landed there in 2005, scribe Angus MacLachlan moved from screenwriting to full fledged filmmaker in 2012 when filming commenced on Goodbye to All That. The North Carolina shot flick began filming in October 2012, is loaded with talent behind the camera in Production Designer Chad Keith (Take Shelter) and Cinematographer Corey Walter (Meek’s Cutoff) and the producing pair of Park City vets Anne Carey and Mindy Goldberg, while in front of the camera we got a mixed bag featuring Paul Schneider and a slew of women players in Melanie Lynskey, Heather Lawless, Heather Graham, Amy Sedaris, Anna Camp, Ashley Hinshaw and Celia Weston.
Gist: A recently divorced dad named Otto (Paul Schneider) who starts a new life with his daughter.
Production Co./Producers: Archer Gray’s Anne Carey (Adventureland), Epoch Films’ Mindy Goldberg (Gigantic)
Prediction: If there is enough space this year, this could crack the U.
Gist: A recently divorced dad named Otto (Paul Schneider) who starts a new life with his daughter.
Production Co./Producers: Archer Gray’s Anne Carey (Adventureland), Epoch Films’ Mindy Goldberg (Gigantic)
Prediction: If there is enough space this year, this could crack the U.
- 11/19/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Previous | Image 1 of 33 | NextThe Wu-Tang Clan at the 2013 North Coast Music Festival.
Chicago – With music festivals continuing to explode in Chicago, the 2013 North Coast Music Festival (Ncmf) felt like it learned some lessons from master fests like Lollapalooza but needs to keep paying attention.
When I attended Ncfm’s first night this year (Friday, Aug. 30), I first noticed the alcohol lines and how no one was in them. That’s because this crowd was primarily under 21, so it’d make sense that most of its booked acts performed Edm (electronic dance music).
Even Friday headliner Passion Pit only played an Edm set. Their appearance at all was in question because their gear was trashed by the rain. Ncmf evacuated that night due to dangerous weather and resumed after a couple hours. Friday also featured The Disco Biscuits and Mac Miller.
I skipped Saturday – including headliners Afrojack, Big Gigantic and NaS...
Chicago – With music festivals continuing to explode in Chicago, the 2013 North Coast Music Festival (Ncmf) felt like it learned some lessons from master fests like Lollapalooza but needs to keep paying attention.
When I attended Ncfm’s first night this year (Friday, Aug. 30), I first noticed the alcohol lines and how no one was in them. That’s because this crowd was primarily under 21, so it’d make sense that most of its booked acts performed Edm (electronic dance music).
Even Friday headliner Passion Pit only played an Edm set. Their appearance at all was in question because their gear was trashed by the rain. Ncmf evacuated that night due to dangerous weather and resumed after a couple hours. Friday also featured The Disco Biscuits and Mac Miller.
I skipped Saturday – including headliners Afrojack, Big Gigantic and NaS...
- 9/9/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Zooey Deschanel has left CAA and moved over to UTA, a person with knowledge of the situation has told TheWrap. Deschanel, who stars in the Fox series "New Girl," was most recently on the big screen in April 2011's "Your Highness" for Universal Pictures and the Weinstein Company's "Our Idiot Brother" in August 2011. Making her film debut in "Mumford," Deschanel has notched up a long list of big screen credits, including "(500) Days of Summer," "Gigantic" and "Almost Famous." Her female-centric entertainment and pop-culture website HelloGiggles.com is behind a number of ventures, including...
- 12/21/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
With his broad, serious face and lanky body, Paul Dano has always played the kinds of finely tuned characters that pop out for their intensity, from a black-haired, mostly silent 16-year-old in 2006’s Little Miss Sunshine to a screaming evangelical preacher, and his twin brother, in 2007’s There Will Be Blood. He’s also proved himself to be neurotically funny, as he was in this year’s romantic comedy Ruby Sparks.
But 28-year-old Dano has rarely played a dad on film (he adopts a baby in 2008’s Gigantic), much less the deadbeat rocker dad starring role he takes on in...
But 28-year-old Dano has rarely played a dad on film (he adopts a baby in 2008’s Gigantic), much less the deadbeat rocker dad starring role he takes on in...
- 10/17/2012
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
In his latest film, Looper, he plays a killer who learns that he must bump himself off at a later date. He talks fate, fortune and the need for mystery
There can't be a lot of people who have lain in bed at the Trump hotel in Toronto and watched The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-hour take on the biblical edicts. And not just because the hotel has only lately opened. Fewer still can have done so before breakfast. Probably, just two: Paul Dano and his girlfriend.
"Zoe was not happy. She was like: why did you make me watch this? I said, well, we sort of chose it together. She didn't know it was going to be so sad. I cried a little bit too."
Dano is taking a break from communist Warsaw to brunch at Trump's 31st-floor restaurant. The white walls swirl with 12ft flowers, their petals plaster,...
There can't be a lot of people who have lain in bed at the Trump hotel in Toronto and watched The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski's 10-hour take on the biblical edicts. And not just because the hotel has only lately opened. Fewer still can have done so before breakfast. Probably, just two: Paul Dano and his girlfriend.
"Zoe was not happy. She was like: why did you make me watch this? I said, well, we sort of chose it together. She didn't know it was going to be so sad. I cried a little bit too."
Dano is taking a break from communist Warsaw to brunch at Trump's 31st-floor restaurant. The white walls swirl with 12ft flowers, their petals plaster,...
- 9/20/2012
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
The 2012 Golden Globe nominees were announced Thursday morning in Hollywood.
As expected, "The Artist" and "The Descendants" led the way with five nods each, but there were plenty of surprises too.
George Clooney is going to have a big night, as his "The Ides of March" scored four nominations, including Best Director.
Breakout star Ryan Gosling scored two nods for his superb acting -- one for "Crazy, Stupid, Love" as well as "The Ides of March.
As expected, "The Artist" and "The Descendants" led the way with five nods each, but there were plenty of surprises too.
George Clooney is going to have a big night, as his "The Ides of March" scored four nominations, including Best Director.
Breakout star Ryan Gosling scored two nods for his superb acting -- one for "Crazy, Stupid, Love" as well as "The Ides of March.
- 12/15/2011
- Extra
Leven Rambin scored a big cinematic break this year when she won the role of Glimmer, one of the tributes who take part in the dangerous gladiatorial event that makes up the central competition in The Hunger Games. And it would appear that she’s now hitting the radar of other filmmakers, with Curtis Hanson picking her as the female lead for surfing pic Mavericks.Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston are starring in the true story of legendary big wave surfer Jay Moriarty’s ride to the top of his sport. Butler is on to play Rick “Frosty” Hesson, the man who mentored the younger Moriarty (Weston) and watched him become one of the most notable surfers of his generation.Rambin, who before she scored the Hunger Games role had cropped up in Gigantic and a slew of TV parts, will be a California surfer girl who is both Moriarty...
- 9/20/2011
- EmpireOnline
Anne Carey, who started independent production shingle This Is That with Ted Hope, Anthony Bregman and Diana Victor, has entered into a "strategic partnership" with Epoch Films. The goal is to significantly expand Epoch's film and TV operations, per founding partner Mindy Goldberg. Carey will oversee Epoch's roster of directors and grow the company's development slate, and will tap Epoch's development fund to expand the company's slate. Epoch produced Junebug and Gigantic and is developing Low Down for a late 2011 stars, produced by Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa. Carey's producing credits include The American, Adventureland and The Savages. She continues on the projects she was developing, including the Lynn Shelton-directed Then We Came To The End, which Hope is also producing. UTA repped Carey.
- 3/1/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The cast of Cmt's first scripted show, "Working Class," appeared at the Television Critics Association's Winter Press Tour and it was hard to focus on just one of them.
Of course, we had "Mary Tyler Moore" star and seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, who knew how to work the room. Then, we had cute-as-a-button Melissa Peterman, who you'll remember from "Reba." We can go on about the handsome Patrick Fabian ("Gigantic") and Steve Kazee, but we have to acknowledge who really got our attention.
Executive producer, Jill Cargerman, created the sitcom based on her own experiences. "My mother moved us to [Chicago's] northern suburbs," she says. "Very much as Carli does in the show, to give us the advantages of the schools and the community and the community support that we hadn't -- that she hadn't had growing up."
Cargerman admits that she resented her mother for the move at the...
Of course, we had "Mary Tyler Moore" star and seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner, who knew how to work the room. Then, we had cute-as-a-button Melissa Peterman, who you'll remember from "Reba." We can go on about the handsome Patrick Fabian ("Gigantic") and Steve Kazee, but we have to acknowledge who really got our attention.
Executive producer, Jill Cargerman, created the sitcom based on her own experiences. "My mother moved us to [Chicago's] northern suburbs," she says. "Very much as Carli does in the show, to give us the advantages of the schools and the community and the community support that we hadn't -- that she hadn't had growing up."
Cargerman admits that she resented her mother for the move at the...
- 1/5/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
The Good Heart - Poster Giveaway
Those who saw There Will Be Blood ought to err on the side of hyperbole when describing Paul Dano’s performance in that film.
Movies like Little Miss Sunshine and Gigantic have shown Dano to be an actor who isn’t just earning roles based on how he looks on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, espousing him as the next new “It” actor, he’s getting work because he’s just good at what he does.
That looks like it’s continuing with the movie The Good Heart, a film by Dagur Kári. Kári directed 2003’s wonderful Nói, a movie about a boy looking to escape his life in one of the more honest and truthful...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my new column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
The Good Heart - Poster Giveaway
Those who saw There Will Be Blood ought to err on the side of hyperbole when describing Paul Dano’s performance in that film.
Movies like Little Miss Sunshine and Gigantic have shown Dano to be an actor who isn’t just earning roles based on how he looks on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, espousing him as the next new “It” actor, he’s getting work because he’s just good at what he does.
That looks like it’s continuing with the movie The Good Heart, a film by Dagur Kári. Kári directed 2003’s wonderful Nói, a movie about a boy looking to escape his life in one of the more honest and truthful...
- 4/30/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
Masochist indie distributor First Independent Pictures will once again have their work cut out for them, as they board a coming-of-age tale about an Hasidic Jew who turns into a drug mule. I use the term masochist, because last year Gary Rubin's Fip took on the difficult to market Big Fan (the story of an obsessed stay-at-home NY Giants fan) and Gigantic (a bed and mattress salesmen in Paul Dano who desperately wants to adopt a child). - Masochist indie distributor First Independent Pictures will once again have their work cut out for them, as they board a coming-of-age tale about an Hasidic Jew who turns into a drug mule. I use the term masochist, because last year Gary Rubin's Fip took on the difficult to market Big Fan (the story of an obsessed stay-at-home NY Giants fan) and Gigantic (a bed and mattress salesmen in Paul Dano...
- 2/23/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I'm hoping that at some point during this year's Sundance Film Festival (staring Thursday, woo woo!) I'll be able to catch up with Paul Dano, who'll be there representing the New York-based comedy The Extra Man. Ever since holding his own against Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood Dano has chosen roles in tiny indies like Extra Man and Gigantic, and apparently shows no signs of stopping-- Variety is reporting that he'll star for director So Yong Kim in For Ellen. Dano will play a "struggling indie rocker" (indie cliche #1 alert) who winds up stranded in a small Midwestern town (indie cliche #2) and befriends a character played by Jon Heder (we've reached the cliche trifecta!) Kim, whose Treeless Mountain was a critical hit last year, will be directing her own screenplay, which I'm hoping is a lot less hackneyed in execution than it sounds from the basic plot outline.
- 1/18/2010
- cinemablend.com
Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, Gigantic, There Will Be Blood) has signed on for another project, and now you are about to read something that will not shock those familiar with Dano, it is an indie drama. Dano has signed to play a struggling musician in For Ellen.
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- 1/18/2010
- by Rusty Gordon
- GordonandtheWhale
One of the more high profile films premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival is The Company Men, written and directed by John Wells, and starring Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones and Maria Bello, among others. Throughout his very successful career writing, producing and directing for television, John Wells has won six Emmy Awards (most notably for his work on The West Wing) and he's been nominated over 30 times for a wide range of awards. While he's produced a number of films over the years (Motherhood, Gigantic and I'm Not There, to name a few recent ones) and scripted films like 2008's Invisible Man, The Company Men marks Wells' first time behind the camera on a feature film.
Cinematical briefly chatted up Wells as part of our exclusive Sundance Primer series in an effort to learn a little more about the film before it screens in...
Cinematical briefly chatted up Wells as part of our exclusive Sundance Primer series in an effort to learn a little more about the film before it screens in...
- 1/13/2010
- by Erik Davis
- Cinematical
Not sure if it was his fatherly touch in Matt Aselton's Gigantic that helped nab him this role, but indie veteran thesp Paul Dano is, according to Production Weekly, top-lining So Yong Kim's third feature film titled For Ellen. Having Dano onboard will be a first for Yong Kim, as she is known for having employed non-actors in her previous two, the little seen In Between Days and Treeless Mountain (which was distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories earlier this year). - Not sure if it was his fatherly touch in Matt Aselton's Gigantic that helped nab him this role, but indie veteran thesp Paul Dano is, according to Production Weekly, top-lining So Yong Kim's third feature film titled For Ellen. Having Dano onboard will be a first for Yong Kim, as she is known for having employed non-actors in her previous two, the little seen In Between Days...
- 12/13/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Nimród Antal is in the middle of shooting Predators for 20th Century Fox and producer Robert Rodriguez, but the director recently took the time to do a phone interview promoting his third movie, Armored.
ComingSoon was able to ask about this weekend’s release and squeezed a few details about the Predator franchise relaunch due out July 2010.
Aside from the Hungarian name, the filmmaker has taken some flack for casting Oscar-winner Adrien Brody in the lead for the next in a series accustomed to the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Here’s what Antal had to say in his own defense. “It was a challenge in finding a balance. I think when we cast Adrian, there were a lot of people going, ‘What?’ but at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or if we cast anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that.
ComingSoon was able to ask about this weekend’s release and squeezed a few details about the Predator franchise relaunch due out July 2010.
Aside from the Hungarian name, the filmmaker has taken some flack for casting Oscar-winner Adrien Brody in the lead for the next in a series accustomed to the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Here’s what Antal had to say in his own defense. “It was a challenge in finding a balance. I think when we cast Adrian, there were a lot of people going, ‘What?’ but at the same time, if we cast a Vin Diesel in that role or if we cast anyone who is Arnold-esque, we would have been attacked for doing that.
- 12/1/2009
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
The 25th anniversary edition of the Warsaw Film Festival is underway and despite constant rains and stormy skies, audiences are jamming the the multiplex to catch what they can of the latest European and Eastern films. This is a city that is passionate about film. A tiny smattering of American films is available - Michael Imperioli's Hungry Ghosts, Gigantic with Paul Dano and 500 Days of Summer starring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. British films include An Englishman in New York with John Hurt as Quentin Crisp and Sally Potter's mobile movie Rage with Lilly Cole and Dame Judi Dench. Charles Officer's Nurse.Fighter.Boy and Ron Mann's film Know Your Mushrooms represent Canada. The films of Eastern European and Middle...
- 10/17/2009
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
Tom Cruise's next film may not have a name yet, but it has a new cast member - Paul Dano has signed on. Last seen in the likes of Gigantic and There Will Be Blood, Dano will play a scientist responsible for the invention that brings together Cruise's federal agent and a random woman (Cameron Diaz). The unlikely pair must team up for a chase when the new macguffin is stolen. James Mangold is set to start calling the shots next month in Boston, by which time, someone might actually have thought up a title. [Source:...
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- 9/25/2009
- by James White
- TotalFilm
Here’s a list of some of the new DVD and Blu-ray releases this week we’re particularly interested in. Plus, some old favorites (and not so favorites) coming out this week for the first time on Blu-ray.
Movies
About Last Night… ~ Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi (Blu-ray)
Alien Trespass ~ Eric McCormack, Dan Lauria, Robert Patrick, and Jenni Baird (DVD and Blu-ray)
Blue Thunder ~ Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, and Daniel Stern (Blu-ray)
Chaos ~ Jason Statham (Blu-ray)
The Class (Entre Les Murs) ~ François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, and Angélica Sancio (DVD)
Cutthroat Island ~ Geena Davis, Frank Langella, Matthew Modine (Blu-ray)
Eagles Over London ~ Van Johnson, Frederick Stafford, Francisco Rabal, and Luigi Pistilli (Blu-ray)
Gigantic ~ Zooey Deschanel, Paul Dano, John Goodman, and Ed Asner (DVD)
I Love You, Man ~ Paul Rudd, Jason Segal (DVD and Blu-ray)
Katyn ~ Artur Amijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, and Andrzej Chyra (DVD)
Michael Jackson: Moonwalking – The...
Movies
About Last Night… ~ Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi (Blu-ray)
Alien Trespass ~ Eric McCormack, Dan Lauria, Robert Patrick, and Jenni Baird (DVD and Blu-ray)
Blue Thunder ~ Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, and Daniel Stern (Blu-ray)
Chaos ~ Jason Statham (Blu-ray)
The Class (Entre Les Murs) ~ François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, and Angélica Sancio (DVD)
Cutthroat Island ~ Geena Davis, Frank Langella, Matthew Modine (Blu-ray)
Eagles Over London ~ Van Johnson, Frederick Stafford, Francisco Rabal, and Luigi Pistilli (Blu-ray)
Gigantic ~ Zooey Deschanel, Paul Dano, John Goodman, and Ed Asner (DVD)
I Love You, Man ~ Paul Rudd, Jason Segal (DVD and Blu-ray)
Katyn ~ Artur Amijewski, Maja Ostaszewska, and Andrzej Chyra (DVD)
Michael Jackson: Moonwalking – The...
- 8/11/2009
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
- Tuesday August 11th sees some Euro titles worth renting out (Katyn, London to Brighton and Apres Lui), a Palme D'or winner worth buying (The Class) and an American indie film starring Zach Galifianakis as a life-threatening menace that was critically panned but in my books: is an oddity worth seeing. Among the Euro titles we have Gael Morel's Apres Lui with Catherine Deneuve as Camille, a divorcee whose beloved 20-year-old son has just died in a car accident. She is overcome with grief, but her anguish manifests itself in the strange obsession she develops for her son’s best friend. Coming out on Blu-Ray with a wealth of extras, Laurent Cantet's The Class includes features such as a Video Commentary, Making of The Class, Actors' Workshop and Actors' Self Portrait. Koch Lorber Films Foreign Oscar nominated film from Polish helmer Andrzej Wajda The crime that Stalin couldn’t hide.
- 8/11/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
You're in for some sweet, sweet movie watching this week, starting with the latest in bromantic comedies (I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel). Those with a High School Musical fetish should check out Zac Efron's more grown-up vehicle (17 Again), while you twee cineastes have a new reason to worship Zooey Deschanel (Gigantic, also starring Paul Dano). Go European with a few highly rated imports (Oscar nominee The Class; Paris 36; London to Brighton) or go lowbrow with a direct-to-dvd college comedy sequel (Road Trip: Beer Pong). Lastly, check out everyone's favorite heroes on a half-shell...
- 8/10/2009
- Rotten Tomatoes
(500) Days of Summer Directed by: Marc Webb Written by: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Clark Gregg, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler The term "romantic comedy" is not particularly well-regarded nowadays, thanks to years of formulaic and sappy love stories manufactured specifically as light entertainment for couples who are out on a date. But movies about relationships don't always have to be cheesy and predictable. Take Marc Webb's directorial debut, (500) Days of Summer, for instance. It's an amusing movie about falling in and out of love that certainly doesn't play by the rules of your standard rom-com. The movie has a unique take on the life cycle of love, jumping back and forth through time to examine the various stages of a relationship removed from their chronological sequence. It's a clever and intriguing concept, and one that is supported by two fantastic actors. Unfortunately,...
- 7/26/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
“Revenge is coming” hollers the tag-line to this week’s new release so you know what’s coming – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The big-budget sci-fi spectacle is out today in the UK, a full six days before it opens in the States (strange, no?) and is sure to prompt endless queues of overgrown boys, techie fiends, car lovers and all red-blooded males (it stars Megan Fox in skin-tight leather – say no more) desperate to see it. But what if shiny cars and massive robots aren’t your thing? Then fear not, as there’s also an offbeat indie romance and a retro musical biopic. That should see you right.
If you see… College-bound Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) inadvertently learn the secrets of the Transformers, leading the evil Decepticons to hunt him down only for the Autobots to come to his rescue in epic machine mash-up, Transformers: Revenge of the...
If you see… College-bound Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) inadvertently learn the secrets of the Transformers, leading the evil Decepticons to hunt him down only for the Autobots to come to his rescue in epic machine mash-up, Transformers: Revenge of the...
- 6/19/2009
- Boxwish.com
In America, there is the soft R rating for films like Michael Clayton, Shakespeare in Love and The Station Agent; all critically approved films that, but for a few profanities or some brief nudity, would be safe for the PG-13 viewing masses. And then there is The Hangover, a film that gleefully gives the finger to the MPAA and anyone with a sense of propriety.
My conservative parents would weep knowing that their daughter saw such a film, and they’d be even sadder to know that she really, really liked it.
Old School director Todd Philips undoubtedly ups the ante with this raunchy comedy. For anyone who was disgusted by shots of a running, naked Will Ferrell in the director’s previous film, The Hangover shows far more of bearded comedian Zach Galifianakis than should be legally allowed. And the alcohol-fueled, frat-boy humor of Old School looks like Hannah Montana: The Movie...
My conservative parents would weep knowing that their daughter saw such a film, and they’d be even sadder to know that she really, really liked it.
Old School director Todd Philips undoubtedly ups the ante with this raunchy comedy. For anyone who was disgusted by shots of a running, naked Will Ferrell in the director’s previous film, The Hangover shows far more of bearded comedian Zach Galifianakis than should be legally allowed. And the alcohol-fueled, frat-boy humor of Old School looks like Hannah Montana: The Movie...
- 6/8/2009
- CinemaSpy
"Gigantic" reviewby Mike Digiorgio (1 ½ out of 5) Gigantic mess… Gigantic waste of time and talent… Gigantic pile of… oh, I could go on. I suppose Gigantic is a comedy, although I didn’t quite get the humor. It’s certainly quirky – a quirky story about two quirky people who find each other. But it’s largely quirky just to be quirky, and the two leads are so laid back and uncharismatic it’s hard to care. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) is Brian, a guy who works in a mattress warehouse. A quirky (and rich) giant of a man (John Goodman) comes in to buy a mattress, and later, his daughter Harriet (Zooey Deschanel) comes in and falls asleep on the mattress her dad bought. Brian and Harriet begin an odd little romance as they try and figure each other out. Besides their own quirks, they face two other potential obstacles.
- 5/28/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gigantic mess… Gigantic waste of time and talent… Gigantic pile of… oh, I could go on. I suppose Gigantic is a comedy, although I didn’t quite get the humor. It’s certainly quirky – a quirky story about two quirky people who find each other. But it’s largely quirky just to be quirky, and the two leads are so laid back and uncharismatic it’s hard to care. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) is Brian, a guy who works in a mattress warehouse. A quirky (and rich) giant of a man (John Goodman) comes in to buy a mattress, and later, his daughter Harriet (Zooey Deschanel) comes in and falls asleep on the mattress her dad bought. Brian and Harriet begin an odd little romance as they try and figure each other out. Besides their own quirks, they face two other potential obstacles. Brian is...
- 5/28/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Gigantic mess… Gigantic waste of time and talent… Gigantic pile of… oh, I could go on. I suppose Gigantic is a comedy, although I didn’t quite get the humor. It’s certainly quirky – a quirky story about two quirky people who find each other. But it’s largely quirky just to be quirky, and the two leads are so laid back and uncharismatic it’s hard to care. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) is Brian, a guy who works in a mattress warehouse. A quirky (and rich) giant of a man (John Goodman) comes in to buy a mattress, and later, his daughter Harriet (Zooey Deschanel) comes in and falls asleep on the mattress her dad bought. Brian and Harriet begin an odd little romance as they try and figure each other out. Besides their own quirks, they face two other potential obstacles. Brian is...
- 5/28/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Killer Films executive Charles Pugliese has joined Darren Star Prods. as vp development and production.
Star's company, which recently signed a two-year, first-look deal with HBO, produced the "Sex and the City" series and its spinoff feature, which has grossed more than $400 million worldwide. It also is producing the in-development sequel and a new series for HBO.
Pugliese, who co-produced "I'm Not There" and "Infamous," will focus on bringing in, developing and producing film and television projects for Star.
"Charles brings a rare combination of development and hands-on producing experience in both film and TV," Star said. "His wonderful sense for material is reflected in his impressive list of credits."
Pugliese was head of film and TV development and a producer at Killer. There, he executive produced Ruba Nadda's Patricia Clarkson starrer "Cairo Time" and co-produced Jordan Scott's "Cracks," both in postproduction. He also co-produced Matt Aselton's "Gigantic,...
Star's company, which recently signed a two-year, first-look deal with HBO, produced the "Sex and the City" series and its spinoff feature, which has grossed more than $400 million worldwide. It also is producing the in-development sequel and a new series for HBO.
Pugliese, who co-produced "I'm Not There" and "Infamous," will focus on bringing in, developing and producing film and television projects for Star.
"Charles brings a rare combination of development and hands-on producing experience in both film and TV," Star said. "His wonderful sense for material is reflected in his impressive list of credits."
Pugliese was head of film and TV development and a producer at Killer. There, he executive produced Ruba Nadda's Patricia Clarkson starrer "Cairo Time" and co-produced Jordan Scott's "Cracks," both in postproduction. He also co-produced Matt Aselton's "Gigantic,...
- 4/22/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In this week's edition of Indie Roundup, we begin by noting the sad and untimely passing of one of the great champions of independent film, Wouter Barendrecht. The founder of Fortissimo Films, an international sales and production company, Barendrecht died unexpectedly last weekend from heart failure while in Thailand.
Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE writes: "Perhaps his greatest professional achievement is the invaluable role he played as a tireless champion of Asian cinema and as a stalwart supporter of independent, queer and international film. On a personal note, his friendships with so many members of the worldwide film community are also hard to overlook." He was just 43.
Deals. Overture Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Nicholas Jasenovec's Paper Heart, which debuted at Sundance. In his review, Eric D. Snider said the film, which stars and was co-written by Charlyne Yi, "combines elements of reality and fiction in an amusing,...
Eugene Hernandez at indieWIRE writes: "Perhaps his greatest professional achievement is the invaluable role he played as a tireless champion of Asian cinema and as a stalwart supporter of independent, queer and international film. On a personal note, his friendships with so many members of the worldwide film community are also hard to overlook." He was just 43.
Deals. Overture Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Nicholas Jasenovec's Paper Heart, which debuted at Sundance. In his review, Eric D. Snider said the film, which stars and was co-written by Charlyne Yi, "combines elements of reality and fiction in an amusing,...
- 4/8/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
A new Zooey Deschanel movie came out last weekend. But is it the one where she plays a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” opposite Paul Dano or the one where she plays a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt? It’s the former, and it’s called Gigantic, which is also not to be confused with this coming week’s new DVD release, Yes Man, in which she plays a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” opposite Jim Carrey. Sure, Deschanel has range and talent (see this fan-made montage of some of her more varied performances), but she also has a certain repetitive nature to her characters. And this “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” nature became all the more confusing recently when trailer ...
- 4/6/2009
- by Christopher Campbell
- Spout
“I don’t remember ever wanting to just haul out and punch a movie before ‘Gigantic,’” Nick Pinkerton writes in his review of Matt Aselton’s film for The Village Voice. Though Pinkerton’s disdain for the film is somewhat more extreme that most critics, the film - which stars Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel - is finding a generally harsh response from critics. Writes indieWIRE‘s Michael Koresky: “Two tired, and seemingly opposed, trademarks …...
- 4/3/2009
- Indiewire
It's going to be tough for anyone to compete with the biggest and loudest movie opening this weekend, Fast & Furious, but does anyone actually care about the return of Vin Diesel and Paul Walker at this point? If, like me, you still haven't seen a Fast and the Furious movie (and don't care to), you should definitely check out Greg Mottola's Adventureland, which is also in wide release (albeit on a lot less screens). In select theatres we have the '50s sci-fi throwback Alien Trespass, the indie dramedy Gigantic starring Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel, and the latest film from the makers of Half Nelson, the baseball drama Sugar. Are you planning on seeing any movies this weekend? Fast & Furious [1] Adventureland [2] C Me Dance [3] (limited) Alien Trespass [4] (limited) Gigantic [5] (limited) The Escapist [6] (limited) Sugar [7] (limited) Paris 36 [8] (limited) The Song of Sparrows [9] (limited) [1] http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/fast-and-furious-2009/trailer-b [2] http://www.
- 4/3/2009
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
It's got a single guy whose only apparent goal is to adopt a Chinese baby, a dad who likes to build dictator's-head pinatas filled with Bit-o-Honeys, and a wandering mystery assailant who may or may not exist. The slacker comedy-drama-romance-whatever "Gigantic" will fulfill all your alterna-movie weirdness requirements.
Paul Dano plays the central character, a disappearingly hesitant Brooklyn mattress salesman who is being stalked by a psycho. He sells a rich guy (a priceless John Goodman) $14,000 worth of bedding and attracts the eye of the man's depressed daughter (Zooey Deschanel).
Before long,...
Paul Dano plays the central character, a disappearingly hesitant Brooklyn mattress salesman who is being stalked by a psycho. He sells a rich guy (a priceless John Goodman) $14,000 worth of bedding and attracts the eye of the man's depressed daughter (Zooey Deschanel).
Before long,...
- 4/3/2009
- by By KYLE SMITH
- NYPost.com
- Like it or not, we unfortunately don't get to choose our parents. The definition of family in Matt Aselton's Gigantic is described as a parent-adult child relationship that is beneficial, but not essential for "survival". Despite the enormous age difference between his parents and other siblings, Paul Dano's the "accident of the family" character seems to benefit from the support structure that his family seems to offer and he can certainly relate to the unevenness found in the father-daughter relationship in his love interest, (Zooey Deschanel who is paired with John Goodman, who plays her eccentric in all aspects of life father), but curiously, he makes the sound choice to alter his existence and his own family experience by adopting a child of his own. I've seen the picture twice now, and its definitely not your standard rom com. The exclusive clip below is a good representation
- 4/3/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Gigantic
Starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, and John Goodman
Directed by Matt Aselton
Rated R
Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) has always wanted to adopt a baby from China. His father (Edward Asner) remembers Brian's eighth birthday, and he was disappointed even then that he didn't get a Chinese baby. But now, 20 years later, he might only be months away.
What do we do when we live out our dreams, the goals that we've built our entire lives around? I suppose it's probably better to know you've accomplished the goal than to know that you can't, but it still must leave an empty space in your life, because the longing is gone.
Matt Aselton's Gigantic is less about the adoption of a Chinese baby and more about the unfulfilled life the baby will undoubtedly change. Brian works at a high-end mattress store. He makes 5% of everything he sells, and one morning,...
Starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel, and John Goodman
Directed by Matt Aselton
Rated R
Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano) has always wanted to adopt a baby from China. His father (Edward Asner) remembers Brian's eighth birthday, and he was disappointed even then that he didn't get a Chinese baby. But now, 20 years later, he might only be months away.
What do we do when we live out our dreams, the goals that we've built our entire lives around? I suppose it's probably better to know you've accomplished the goal than to know that you can't, but it still must leave an empty space in your life, because the longing is gone.
Matt Aselton's Gigantic is less about the adoption of a Chinese baby and more about the unfulfilled life the baby will undoubtedly change. Brian works at a high-end mattress store. He makes 5% of everything he sells, and one morning,...
- 4/3/2009
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
As AFI Dallas drew to a close on Thursday night, some moviemakers got to enjoy not just an audience's warm reaction but also some cold, hard cash. The Target Filmmaker Award for Best Narrative Feature -- which comes with $25,000 prize -- went to Matt Aselton's Gigantic, his film starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel and John Goodman. The Target Filmmaker Award for Best Documentary Feature, also with a $25,000...
- 4/3/2009
- AMC News: Film Festivals
Matt Aselton's "Gigantic" was named best narrative feature, a prize worth $25,000, at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival, which concluded Thursday.
Peter Callahan's "Against the Current" received a special jury prize.
Paul Saltzman's "Prom Night in Mississippi" was the winner of the best documentary feature prize, also worth $25,000, while Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi's "Suddenly Last Winter" took the special jury prize.
Joe Berlinger's "Crude" won the $10,000 cash prize for the Current Energy Filmmaker Award, while David Lowery took home the Texas Filmmaker Award and $20,000 in cash, goods and services for his film "St. Nick."
Kazik Radwanski's "Princess Margaret Blvd." was named best short, with honorable mentions handed out to Todd Luoto's "Oil Change" and Denis Villeneuve's "Next Floor." The award for best student short went to Khary Jones' "Hug." Stephen Neary's "Chicken Cowboy" was hailed as best animated short.
Audience...
Peter Callahan's "Against the Current" received a special jury prize.
Paul Saltzman's "Prom Night in Mississippi" was the winner of the best documentary feature prize, also worth $25,000, while Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi's "Suddenly Last Winter" took the special jury prize.
Joe Berlinger's "Crude" won the $10,000 cash prize for the Current Energy Filmmaker Award, while David Lowery took home the Texas Filmmaker Award and $20,000 in cash, goods and services for his film "St. Nick."
Kazik Radwanski's "Princess Margaret Blvd." was named best short, with honorable mentions handed out to Todd Luoto's "Oil Change" and Denis Villeneuve's "Next Floor." The award for best student short went to Khary Jones' "Hug." Stephen Neary's "Chicken Cowboy" was hailed as best animated short.
Audience...
- 4/3/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here are just a few of the things unsuspecting moviegoers can expect from the teeming repository of indie quirk called Gigantic: A 28-year-old Swedish mattress salesman pursuing his lifelong dream of adopting a Chinese baby; a Manic Pixie Dream Girl whose given name is Harriet Lolly, but who answers to “Happy”; Ed Asner as a seemingly avuncular old man who gets high on ’shrooms at his Vermont home; comedian Zach Galifianakis as a homeless man who assaults the hero at various times with various implements; and a piñata shaped like Muammar Qaddafi. It would be nice to say that ...
- 4/2/2009
- avclub.com
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