“Billions” actor Damian Lewis is paying tribute to his late wife, Helen McCrory — who died on Friday at age 52 after battling cancer — by praising her craft, her humor and her lightness around others.
“Already I miss her. She has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine,” Lewis wrote in a Sunday Times op-ed over the weekend. “Her craft was something she approached with a rigour, an honesty, an intelligence that made others rise to meet her.”
McCrory, a British actress best known for her roles in “Peaky Blinders” and in the “Harry Potter” films as Narcissa Malfoy, died peacefully Friday after a “heroic battle” with cancer, as announced by Lewis. Her passing led to an outpouring of support from her co-stars and other admirers, including her on-screen husband in the “Potter” movies, Jason Isaacs, and her “Peaky Blinders” co-star Cillian Murphy.
“Already I miss her. She has shone more brightly in the last months than you would imagine even the brightest star could shine,” Lewis wrote in a Sunday Times op-ed over the weekend. “Her craft was something she approached with a rigour, an honesty, an intelligence that made others rise to meet her.”
McCrory, a British actress best known for her roles in “Peaky Blinders” and in the “Harry Potter” films as Narcissa Malfoy, died peacefully Friday after a “heroic battle” with cancer, as announced by Lewis. Her passing led to an outpouring of support from her co-stars and other admirers, including her on-screen husband in the “Potter” movies, Jason Isaacs, and her “Peaky Blinders” co-star Cillian Murphy.
- 4/19/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Lilly Hiatt likes being alone. Earlier this year, when one could still travel, she left her boyfriend and cat behind in Tennessee to spend four days exploring the Oregon coast. When she was a kid, she’d race off to summer camp, only to look forward to going home at the end of the day.
“I couldn’t wait until I was by myself later, with my imagination,” Hiatt says, calling from her apartment in Nashville where she’s happily been in isolation with her records and her cat. She...
“I couldn’t wait until I was by myself later, with my imagination,” Hiatt says, calling from her apartment in Nashville where she’s happily been in isolation with her records and her cat. She...
- 4/7/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Songwriters Jessi Alexander and Brandy Clark return with fresh solo material, Lilly Hiatt cranks the amps up to 11 for some delicious guitar rock, and Texas supergroup the Panhandlers arrive.
Jessi Alexander, “Mama Drank”
More than a decade after writing Miley Cyrus’ Grammy-nominated mega-hit “The Climb,” Jessi Alexander has whittled her sense of southern storytelling and country hooks to a razor’s edge. This year’s Decatur County Red marks her first release since 2014, and she’s in fighting shape throughout, with kickoff single “Mama Drank” paying a swampy salute to the hard-working women who,...
Jessi Alexander, “Mama Drank”
More than a decade after writing Miley Cyrus’ Grammy-nominated mega-hit “The Climb,” Jessi Alexander has whittled her sense of southern storytelling and country hooks to a razor’s edge. This year’s Decatur County Red marks her first release since 2014, and she’s in fighting shape throughout, with kickoff single “Mama Drank” paying a swampy salute to the hard-working women who,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Robert Crawford
- Rollingstone.com
Lilly Hiatt will release her new album Walking Proof on March 27th. It’s the follow-up to 2017’s acclaimed Trinity Lane and teams the Nashville songwriter, singer, and guitar player with guests like Amanda Shires, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and her own father, the troubadour John Hiatt.
Ahead of Walking Proof‘s arrival, Hiatt unveiled the song “Brightest Star,” an irresistible slice of jangle-rock that finds Hiatt pushing her voice into its highest register and using a subtle trill to great effect. It’s an empowering song, about walking through life...
Ahead of Walking Proof‘s arrival, Hiatt unveiled the song “Brightest Star,” an irresistible slice of jangle-rock that finds Hiatt pushing her voice into its highest register and using a subtle trill to great effect. It’s an empowering song, about walking through life...
- 1/9/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Maggie Kiley, who directed the pilot for the CW’s new series Katy Keene, is expanding her relationship with the studio behind the project, signing a new, exclusive, multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros TV. Under the pact, Kiley will render director and executive producer services for the studio, in addition to developing new TV projects for broadcast, cable and streaming services.
Kiley, the first participant in Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative, recently directed the pilot episode for Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene for showrunners Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi and Warner Bros Television/Berlanti Productions, which was ordered to series at the CW. Her other credits include the anthology series What/If, starring Renée Zellweger, for Netflix, and this year’s musical episode of Riverdale featuring songs from Heathers: The Musical.
Kiley, who began her career as an actress at Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company and in films for James Gray and Andrew Jarecki,...
Kiley, the first participant in Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative, recently directed the pilot episode for Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene for showrunners Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Michael Grassi and Warner Bros Television/Berlanti Productions, which was ordered to series at the CW. Her other credits include the anthology series What/If, starring Renée Zellweger, for Netflix, and this year’s musical episode of Riverdale featuring songs from Heathers: The Musical.
Kiley, who began her career as an actress at Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company and in films for James Gray and Andrew Jarecki,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Maggie Kiley has signed on to direct the “Katy Keene” pilot currently in the works at The CW, Variety has learned exclusively.
Kiley was the first mentee of Ryan Murphy’s Half program to be assigned an episode of television to direct. She collaborated with Ryan when she directed episodes of Fox’s “Scream Queens” and “9-1-1” as well as “American Horror Story: Cult.” Her other television directing credits include “Insatiable,” “Impulse,” “Nightflyers,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” and “Riverdale.”
Kiley is also an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. She previously directed the short film “Some Boys Don’t Leave” starring Jesse Eisenberg and made her feature directing debut with “Brightest Star” starring Chris Lowell and Allison Janney in 2014. Her second film, “Dial a Prayer” was released in 2015, while her feature “Caught” was released in 2016.
She is repped by CAA and Jackoway Tyerman.
“Katy Keene” was ordered...
Kiley was the first mentee of Ryan Murphy’s Half program to be assigned an episode of television to direct. She collaborated with Ryan when she directed episodes of Fox’s “Scream Queens” and “9-1-1” as well as “American Horror Story: Cult.” Her other television directing credits include “Insatiable,” “Impulse,” “Nightflyers,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” and “Riverdale.”
Kiley is also an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women. She previously directed the short film “Some Boys Don’t Leave” starring Jesse Eisenberg and made her feature directing debut with “Brightest Star” starring Chris Lowell and Allison Janney in 2014. Her second film, “Dial a Prayer” was released in 2015, while her feature “Caught” was released in 2016.
She is repped by CAA and Jackoway Tyerman.
“Katy Keene” was ordered...
- 1/31/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
No matter what age Harrison Ford is, there are going to be people out there who have a big fat crush on the guy (*aggressively points to self*). But between the late '70s and early '90s especially, young Harrison enjoyed full-on heartthrob status. I mean, just take one look at him as a 20-something shirtless carpenter and you'll know what I mean. RelatedHarrison Ford's 6-Pack in This Throwback Photo Is the Brightest Star in the Galaxy...
- 5/16/2017
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
This weekend’s onslaught of smaller new films will have awards contenders and big names to jostle with at the box office. Awards hopefuls Foxcatcher and The Homesman begin their theatrical runs in limited New York and L.A. rollouts, with the former a likely winner in the first weekend when the numbers come in Sunday. The films from Sony Pictures Classics and Roadside Attractions, respectively, tell particularly American stories, though from very different eras. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart took time off in 2013 to work on his directorial debut. Open Road’s Rosewater, starring Gael García Bernal, will begin its theatrical rollout this weekend. It will be the biggest opener of this weekend’s cadre of specialty newcomers, playing in several hundred locations in the U.S. and Canada. Actor Chris Lowell also makes his filmmaking launch with Beside Still Waters. The project had smooth sailing until it came time for distribution,...
- 11/14/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
Kate Flannery (“The Office”), Glenne Headly (“Don Jon”) and Tom Lipinski (“Labor Day”) will join Brittany Snow and William H. Macy in Storyboard Entertainment's “Dial a Prayer,” TheWrap has learned. Screenwriter Maggie Kiley is directing the indie movie, which started production last week in Michigan. Snow stars as Cora, a young woman who begrudgingly answers the phones at a prayer hotline where she finds her own faith tested when a caller tries to convince her that she is his savior. Also read: Gravitas Ventures Acquires ‘Brightest Star,’ Featuring Clark Gregg, Allison Janney The film is produced and financed by...
- 3/22/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
On Fox's Friday comedy "Enlisted," Chris Lowell plays Cpl. Derrick Hill, the middle brother of three -- Geoff Stults plays the oldest brother, Pete; and Parker Young plays baby brother Randy -- all stationed at the same Army base in Florida.
Luckily for show creator Kevin Biegel, both brotherly love and sibling rivalry broke out almost immediately.
"Kevin had this pipe dream of what he wanted the chemistry to look like," Lowell, decked out in full fatigues on the show's Los Angeles set, tells Zap2it. "He created these archetypes that he was hoping these actors would fall into, and then when the three of us first got together, it was just frightening how quickly we just adopted those roles.
"We quickly transcended our lines and became who we were with each other all the time. Being on set is almost like being stuck in a house when you're growing up with your brothers.
Luckily for show creator Kevin Biegel, both brotherly love and sibling rivalry broke out almost immediately.
"Kevin had this pipe dream of what he wanted the chemistry to look like," Lowell, decked out in full fatigues on the show's Los Angeles set, tells Zap2it. "He created these archetypes that he was hoping these actors would fall into, and then when the three of us first got together, it was just frightening how quickly we just adopted those roles.
"We quickly transcended our lines and became who we were with each other all the time. Being on set is almost like being stuck in a house when you're growing up with your brothers.
- 2/7/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In actress-turned-director Maggie Kiley’s engaging feature debut, “Brightest Star,” New Zealand native Rose McIver plays Charlotte, one of two young women that Chris Lowell’s recent college graduate has a relationship with as they all attempt to navigate their early twenties. For ShockYa, Brent Simon recently had a chance to speak to McIver one-on-one and in person, about the movie, Los Angeles, accents and ambition. The conversation is excerpted below: ShockYa: I know the film has its roots in a short film, “Some Boys Don’t Leave,” that Maggie did. Did she talk a lot about that, and/or encourage the actors to use it as a resource? Rose McIver: I think Chris and I both watched it before we [ Read More ]
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- 2/6/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Actor Chris Lowell has an expansive list of small screen credits, including “Life As We Know It,” “Private Practice” and the role for which many people still most remember him — Stosh “Piz” Piznarski on the CW’s “Veronica Mars,” a role he’ll reprise later this spring in the big screen spin-off. He also has a starring role in a new movie in theaters now: Maggie Kiley’s striking “Brightest Star,” about a young man’s post-college romantic and occupational wanderings. For ShockYa, Brent Simon had a chance to talk to Lowell one-on-one and in person last week, about “Brightest Star,” twentysomething ennui and what he thinks of how the “Veronica Mars” movie came to [ Read More ]
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- 2/4/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
It was a lot of fun talking with Chris Lowell and Rose McIver earlier this week, who were in Los Angeles to promote their latest film Brightest Star. Co-written and directed by Maggie Kiley, Lowell stars as The Boy (we never learn his real name) who, as the film begins, has just been dumped by the love of his life, Charlotte (played by McIver). The story goes back and forth in time as we see how these two became patiently entwined while in college and what later led them to split up.
The Boy, however, refuses to believe that their relationship is over and does everything in his power to win Charlotte back. His plan is to transform himself into the man that she desired him to be, but in the process he comes to wonder if he is compromising his values and neglecting his true desires in life.
During...
The Boy, however, refuses to believe that their relationship is over and does everything in his power to win Charlotte back. His plan is to transform himself into the man that she desired him to be, but in the process he comes to wonder if he is compromising his values and neglecting his true desires in life.
During...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ben Kenber
- We Got This Covered
A nameless protagonist, referred to in the closing credits as The Boy, spends much of Brightest Star staring off into space. Early on, he dazes at the girl sitting next to him in a university astronomy class. Her name is Charlotte Cates (Rose McIver) and her beauty disarms him. He stares at her with puppy eyes, as if Charlotte is a planet and The Boy a space traveler pining to gravitate closer. However, while Charlotte is intelligent and hard working, The Boy pins his hopes to destiny, believing that things will naturally line up and a good life will assemble itself for him in short notice.
With his head in the stars, The Boy is destined for a harsh wake-up call. However, in Brightest Star, the feature film debut of actor-turned-director Maggie Kiley, the conflict and challenges that would normally beset an idealistic lad heading into his quarter-life crisis do not come.
With his head in the stars, The Boy is destined for a harsh wake-up call. However, in Brightest Star, the feature film debut of actor-turned-director Maggie Kiley, the conflict and challenges that would normally beset an idealistic lad heading into his quarter-life crisis do not come.
- 1/31/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Title: The Brightest Star Director: Maggie Kiley Starring: Chris Lowell, Rose McIver, Allison Janney, Clark Gregg and Jessica Szohr Young adults often struggle to find their true identities as they make the final transformation into accepting full responsibility over their lives, and prove they can live up to the high expectations that have been placed on them. Not only do they have to find a successful career they enjoy and excel in, they also have to find ways to continuously fortify their personal relationships. This continued struggle is the gripping main motivating factor in writer-director Maggie Kiley’s first feature film, the independent comedy-drama, ‘Brightest Star,’ which opens in select theaters [ Read More ]
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- 1/30/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Rose McIver is a young actress who is slowly putting a stranglehold on the television world. She stars on two of the hottest Sunday night programs for very different audiences. In Once Upon a Time’s third season, on a small hiatus but set to return on March 9th, McIver plays the iconic Tinker Bell. She also has a recurring role on Showtime’s Masters of Sex, where she portrays Vivian Scully. McIver’s performance as a traditional young woman trying to figure out her own sexual boundaries in a rigid society makes her one of the cable series’ most fascinating characters and has given the New Zealand native a wealth of acclaim.
It has been a long road for McIver, whose first role was in a television commercial at the tender age of two. At three, she garnered a small role as “Angel” in Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning drama The Piano,...
It has been a long road for McIver, whose first role was in a television commercial at the tender age of two. At three, she garnered a small role as “Angel” in Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning drama The Piano,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
As indie films about self-absorbed young white men making bad romantic choices accompanied by a mixtape soundtrack go, Maggie Kiley's Brightest Star is a vast improvement over 2013's lethally quirky Somebody Up There Likes Me.
Brightest Star's unnamed male protagonist (Chris Lowell) bounces around life after getting dumped by his pert blonde girlfriend, Charlotte (Rose McIver), trying to woo her back while figuring out what he wants to do with himself, flitting between lifestyles and jobs in the consequence-free manner that only the truly privileged can get away with, and of course disregarding the brunettes he's clearly meant to be with.
Space and relativity and other science-y things also factor in the story, in a metaphoric, non-scientific way, w...
Brightest Star's unnamed male protagonist (Chris Lowell) bounces around life after getting dumped by his pert blonde girlfriend, Charlotte (Rose McIver), trying to woo her back while figuring out what he wants to do with himself, flitting between lifestyles and jobs in the consequence-free manner that only the truly privileged can get away with, and of course disregarding the brunettes he's clearly meant to be with.
Space and relativity and other science-y things also factor in the story, in a metaphoric, non-scientific way, w...
- 1/29/2014
- Village Voice
Maggie Kiley never aspired to be a director, but she says a fluke offer to direct a short film a few years ago opened up a new part of her brain. The recipient of a Bfa from New York University, Kiley is already a seasoned actor on the stage and screen. She made such an impression on her professors – among them, actor Clark Gregg, best known as Agent Phil Coulson in The Avengers – that the Atlantic Theater Company asked her to join their ensemble before she even graduated.
As an actor, Kiley starred in We Own the Night for director James Gray and Andrew Jarecki’s thriller All Good Things, with Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. She was also one of eight women selected from hundreds of applicants to be a part of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made in that program, Some Boys Don’t Leave,...
As an actor, Kiley starred in We Own the Night for director James Gray and Andrew Jarecki’s thriller All Good Things, with Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. She was also one of eight women selected from hundreds of applicants to be a part of AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. The short film she made in that program, Some Boys Don’t Leave,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
Young adults can truly learn more about their place in the world, and how they fit into society, as they set out on a soul searching journey for their true love. This life-affirming voyage is the driving force in Shockya’s new exclusive clip from the upcoming romance dramedy, ‘Brightest Star.’ The clip follows the film’s protagonist, played by Chris Lowell, as he tries to reinvent himself after being dumped by his first love. As he walks through the lab of an astronomer, played by Allison Janney, she asks him why he was touching her telescope. She then expresses interest in finding a way to fix her telescope herself, like such [ Read More ]
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- 1/24/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Back in December, EW exclusively announced that Maggie Kiley’s new feature film Brightest Star, a follow-up to her acclaimed 2009 short film Some Boys Don’t Leave starring Jesse Eisenberg, would open in theaters and On Demand on Jan. 31. Now, you can watch a trailer for the new film.
The film stars Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) in the role played in the short by Eisenberg, alongside Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Clark Gregg (The Avengers), and Allison Janney (The Way, Way Back). In the film, Lowell’s character tries to reinvent himself after being dumped by his first love.
The film stars Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) in the role played in the short by Eisenberg, alongside Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Clark Gregg (The Avengers), and Allison Janney (The Way, Way Back). In the film, Lowell’s character tries to reinvent himself after being dumped by his first love.
- 1/3/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
Watch the trailer and check out the new high res poster for Brightest Star starring Chris Lowell, Jessica Szohr, Clark Gregg and Allison Janney. Maggie Kiley directs as well as writing the script alongside Matthew Mullen. The film from Gravitas Ventures hits theaters and VOD on January 31st, 2014. Fresh out of college, a young man (Chris Lowell) is left devastated when the girl of his dreams (Rose McIver) dumps him. Refusing to move on, he devises a plan to transform himself into the man she desires. After resigning himself to working for the head of a company in corporate mediocrity (Clark Gregg), he falls for a hipster songstress (Jessica Szohr) who likes him as he is. As his path continues to unfold unexpectedly, the counsel of a kindred spirit astronomer (Allison Janney) helps him understand how to truly carve out a place in the universe.
- 1/3/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Maggie Kiley’s acclaimed 2009 short film Some Boys Don’t Leave with Jesse Eisenberg left viewers wondering where the young protagonist came from and what happened to him after the breakup (and subsequent hanging around) that’s the story’s focus. Fortunately for us, Kiley has turned the short into a full-length feature, Brightest Star, which EW can announce exclusively will open in theaters Jan. 31.
The film stars Chris Lowell (The Help) in the role played in the short by Eisenberg, and features Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Clark Gregg (The Avengers), and Allison Janney (The Way, Way Back...
The film stars Chris Lowell (The Help) in the role played in the short by Eisenberg, and features Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Clark Gregg (The Avengers), and Allison Janney (The Way, Way Back...
- 12/13/2013
- by Laura Hertzfeld
- EW - Inside Movies
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to Maggie Kiley’s Brightest Star, previously known as Light Years.
Chris Lowell, Rose McIver and Jessica Szohr star in the story of a young college graduate who sets out to win back the girl of his dreams. The cast includes Clark Gregg and Allison Janney.
The film will open in theatres and on VOD nationwide in late January 2014 following the recent world premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.
Paul Finkel and Jason Potash financed and produced Brightest Star through Storyboard Entertainment alongside Kyle Heller and Gina Resnick, edited by Franklin Peterson and Cindy Thoennessen,
Gravitas Ventures negotiated the deal with Miller and Noor Ahmed of Reder & Feig on behalf of the filmmakers.
Chris Lowell, Rose McIver and Jessica Szohr star in the story of a young college graduate who sets out to win back the girl of his dreams. The cast includes Clark Gregg and Allison Janney.
The film will open in theatres and on VOD nationwide in late January 2014 following the recent world premiere at the 2013 Austin Film Festival.
Paul Finkel and Jason Potash financed and produced Brightest Star through Storyboard Entertainment alongside Kyle Heller and Gina Resnick, edited by Franklin Peterson and Cindy Thoennessen,
Gravitas Ventures negotiated the deal with Miller and Noor Ahmed of Reder & Feig on behalf of the filmmakers.
- 10/28/2013
- ScreenDaily
Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to Maggie Kiley’s feature directorial debut “Brightest Star,” which was previously titled “Light Years.” “Brightest Star” will open in theaters and on VOD nationwide in late January 2014 following its recent world premiere at the Austin Film Festival. The film stars Chris Lowell (“Private Practice”), Rose McIver (“Masters of Sex”) and Jessica Szohr (“Gossip Girl”), as well as Clark Gregg (“The Avengers”) and Allison Janney (“The West Wing”). Also Read: Sundance Comedy ‘Ass Backwards’ Acquired by Gravitas Ventures Story follows a college graduate who has recently suffered the heartbreaking end of his first love.
- 10/28/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Breakup films are a dime a dozen these days, but what amazes me is how many of these films begin with the breakup then bounce back and forth between the past and present from that point. Even though Maggie Kiley's Light Years follows a similar Adhd narrative trajectory, this toned down tale of two angelic bodies who meet cute in Astronomy 101 injects a much needed boost of realism to the breakup film genre. Light Years begins as a recent college graduate (Chris Lowell) regains consciousness with a brutal hangover in the hallway of the apartment in which he lived with Charlotte (Rose McIver) up until the day before. Equally embarrassed and devastated, he has nowhere to go and presumably no means to support himself; but the new residents of the apartment -- Lita (Jessica Szohr) and Ray (Alex Kaluzhsky) -- are nice enough to allow him to continue to...
- 10/27/2013
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
MTV moved forward on the pilot for its latest primetime drama, Cassandra French’s Finishing School for Boys, based on the comic novel by Eric Garcia. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rose McIver joined as the titular character Cassandra French, a 22-year-old attorney for a Hollywood studio who starts kidnapping her boyfriends and locking them in her basement in order to teach them manners and turn them into “gentlemen.” McIver, who starred in The Lovely Bones and recently wrapped the films Blinder and Light Years, joined Steve Talley, Abby Pivaronas and Lyndon Smith on the pilot.
- 7/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
MTV moved forward on the pilot for its latest primetime drama, Cassandra French’s Finishing School for Boys, based on the comic novel by Eric Garcia. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rose McIver joined as the titular character Cassandra French, a 22-year-old attorney for a Hollywood studio who starts kidnapping her boyfriends and locking them in her basement in order to teach them manners and turn them into “gentlemen.” McIver, who starred in The Lovely Bones and recently wrapped the films Blinder and Light Years, joined Steve Talley, Abby Pivaronas and Lyndon Smith on the pilot.
- 7/9/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Avengers movie: Clark Gregg, Chris Hemsworth The Avengers‘ box-office gross overseas has broken a number of official records. In 39 territories, the Disney / Marvel release earned an estimated $178.4 million, with much more to come once the action flick opens in Russia, Japan, and China. The Avengers‘ budget, by the way, is an estimated $220 million. In other words, without the international market, movies like The Avengers would never get made. According to Disney International, The Avengers had the best opening weekend ever in territories as varied as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand, and The Philippines. The top international market was the United Kingdom ($24.7m), followed by Australia ($19.7m), Mexico ($15.9m), South Korea ($12.9m), France ($12.7m), Brazil ($11.3m), and Italy ($10.4m). Though at the no. 1 spot this weekend, The Avengers performed more modestly in Spain ($7.3m) and Germany ($6.7m). In both markets, by the way, the biggest 2012 hit...
- 4/29/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Two stars of The Help are joining the Jessica Szohr ("Gossip Girl") romantic drama Light Years. Chris Lowell, who played Stuart in The Help, will play a guy whose heart is broken after he's broken up with by a girl he's sure is The One (Rose McIver, "Power Rangers R.P.M."). He starts a new relationship with Szohr's character but can't see the potential because he's too hung up on the past. Allison Janney, who played Skeeter's mother in The Help, will play the boy's coworker at an observatory who gives him advice. Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson in The Avengers movies) and Peter Jacobson also star. Maggie Kiley directs.
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- 11/21/2011
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Allison Janney received a career boost from the phenomenal box office success of The Help and the 51-year-old veteran actress kept the momentum going by joining the indie comedy Light Years. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Janney signed on to play an astronomer who helps a teenage boy (Chris Lowell) choose between the girl who broke his heart (Rose McIver) and the new girlfriend in his life (Jessica Szohr). Maggie Kiley adapted Light Years from her acclaimed short film Some Boy’s Don’t Leave and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen.
- 11/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Allison Janney received a career boost from the phenomenal box office success of The Help and the 51-year-old veteran actress kept the momentum going by joining the indie comedy Light Years. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Janney signed on to play an astronomer who helps a teenage boy (Chris Lowell) choose between the girl who broke his heart (Rose McIver) and the new girlfriend in his life (Jessica Szohr). Maggie Kiley adapted Light Years from her acclaimed short film Some Boy’s Don’t Leave and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen.
- 11/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Allison Janney received a career boost from the phenomenal box office success of The Help and the 51-year-old veteran actress kept the momentum going by joining the indie comedy Light Years. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Janney signed on to play an astronomer who helps a teenage boy (Chris Lowell) choose between the girl who broke his heart (Rose McIver) and the new girlfriend in his life (Jessica Szohr). Maggie Kiley adapted Light Years from her acclaimed short film Some Boy’s Don’t Leave and co-wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen.
- 11/19/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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Allison Janney and Chris Lowell, both of whom appeared in The Help, have joined Jessica Szohr and Rose McIver in Light Years, a romantic drama indie that began shooting this week in New York. Photos: How 'The Help' Was Cast Maggie Kiley is directing the feature, which expands and builds upon the story she told with her award-winning short Some Boys Don’t Leave which starred Jesse Eisenberg. Kiley wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen. Lowell is playing a boy who is heartbroken over a girl (McIver) and begins a relationship with Szohr's character, though he can’t move past the
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Allison Janney and Chris Lowell, both of whom appeared in The Help, have joined Jessica Szohr and Rose McIver in Light Years, a romantic drama indie that began shooting this week in New York. Photos: How 'The Help' Was Cast Maggie Kiley is directing the feature, which expands and builds upon the story she told with her award-winning short Some Boys Don’t Leave which starred Jesse Eisenberg. Kiley wrote the screenplay with Matthew Mullen. Lowell is playing a boy who is heartbroken over a girl (McIver) and begins a relationship with Szohr's character, though he can’t move past the
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- 11/18/2011
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HollywoodNews.com: Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel to be honored at the Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony.
The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce that the cast of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s “The Help” – Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel – will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.”
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on the evening of Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Hollywood Film Awards Gala launches the awards season.
The 15th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards, presented by Starz Entertainment, are pleased to announce that the cast of DreamWorks Pictures and Participant Media’s “The Help” – Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O’Reilly, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone, Sissy Spacek, Mary Steenburgen, Cicely Tyson and Mike Vogel – will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.”
The announcement was made today by Carlos de Abreu, Founder of the 15th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on the evening of Monday, October 24, 2011, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Hollywood Film Awards Gala launches the awards season.
- 10/6/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Chris Lowell, Jessica Szohr, and Maggie Kiley on the set of Light Years / credit: Kiley Mullen If, on set of my short film some boys don't leave, I was told that in two years' time I'd be directing a full-length version, on film, on location in NYC with a two-month-old baby in tow, I would have laughed... But that's exactly what happened. I came to directing after spending several (ok, ten) years as an actor in NY and recently La. I was drawn to telling good stories, growing bored with not being challenged as an actor, and, with some encouragement from others, applied to the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women. Being selected as one of just eight participants in the Spring of 2009 not only gave me a strong skill set to write and direct my short film, but a major network of support and mentors who have continued...
- 1/6/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
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