Anchor Bay Films bought "Touchback" starring Kurt Russell for North America. Anchor Bay acquisitions head Kevin Kasha calls the film "'The Blind Side' with a bit of 'It’s a Wonderful Life.” Written and directed by Don Handfield, "Touchback" has S...
Read More »As year-end lists, critics’ best of 2011 and big awards start to roll in, it’s with a pang of regret that "Best Marketing Campaign" won’t be amongst the honors bestowed. If it was, the clear winner would be the Jason Segel-revived “The Muppets” with the David ...
Read More »Cinema Guild has released its trailer for "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" and it's an alluring 90 seconds backed by some choice critical blurbage. The film itself clocks in at 2 1/2 hours, which -- along with its Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival -- makes this subtitled ...
Read More »When is a "sneak" preview not exactly on the down low? When it's going to be in at least 800 theaters nationwide, possibly more, and announced ten days before it's going to happen. 20th Century Fox are feeling very, very confident about Cameron Crowe's "We Bought a Zoo&quo...
Read More »Is Lionsgate putting the cart before the horse or do they legitimately have a big tentpole on their hands? It's pretty standard practice these days for a studio to start development on a sequel months before a film comes out, but with a November 22, 2013 release date already locked in ...
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Read More »In an interview with Hitfix, posted today, Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight screenwriter), who, as we've been following, is reportedly writing and executive producing the Jessica Jones TV series, has confirmed that not only will Luke Cage be "worked into the series" (which Ma...
Read More »The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam has presented its Dutch Cultural Media Fund's Documentary Award to director Nelleke Koop for the realization of her film "Floating Bodies."
Read More »After seeing the searing, powerful "Shame," the first thing on your mind likely won't be to pick up the soundtrack to the movie. This isn't "Juno" or "(500) Days of Summer" we're talking about here. But that said, music does play a key part in establishing t...
Read More »Everyone seems to be talking to director Alexander Payne these days thanks to the festival success of his latest feature, "The Descendants." That is, except for The Playlist (*bitter tears*). Such is life. The director recently sat down with both the New York Times and L.A. Times for in-de...
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