[This story contains spoilers from the Mayor of Kingstown season three finale.]
When plotting what comes next, sometimes you have to close an entire storyline. Even if it was one that seved the series well.
That’s what Mayor of Kingstown’s co-creator Hugh Dillon, along with co-creator Taylor Sheridan, did in the recent finale of season three’s Paramount+ series about peacemaker/fixer Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) running a fictional prison-industry town.
For three seasons, McLusky’s toughest nemesis was the Russian mafia, who infiltrated the fictional Michigan border town with drugs, guns and sex trafficking. He had to battle two of the Russians’ most ruthless and violent bosses — Milo Sunter (Aidan Gillen) and Konstantin Noskov (Yorick van Wageningen) — and protect a sex-trafficked young woman known as Iris (Emma Laird), referred to by the brutal Russian gang as a broken angel.
But by the end of the season three finale, all of those characters in...
When plotting what comes next, sometimes you have to close an entire storyline. Even if it was one that seved the series well.
That’s what Mayor of Kingstown’s co-creator Hugh Dillon, along with co-creator Taylor Sheridan, did in the recent finale of season three’s Paramount+ series about peacemaker/fixer Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) running a fictional prison-industry town.
For three seasons, McLusky’s toughest nemesis was the Russian mafia, who infiltrated the fictional Michigan border town with drugs, guns and sex trafficking. He had to battle two of the Russians’ most ruthless and violent bosses — Milo Sunter (Aidan Gillen) and Konstantin Noskov (Yorick van Wageningen) — and protect a sex-trafficked young woman known as Iris (Emma Laird), referred to by the brutal Russian gang as a broken angel.
But by the end of the season three finale, all of those characters in...
- 8/26/2024
- by Demetrius Patterson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mayor of Kingstown's Season 3 finale was full of twists and turns that ended with Iris' death.
The Season 3 finale of the Paramount+ series revolved around Mike McLusky's (Jeremy Renner) attempt to resolve his issues. It featured a game-changing shootout that forever changed Kingstown's landscape.
One of the important pieces of Mike's plan is Iris (Emma Laird), his close and reliable ally whom he tasked with spying on Russian mob leader Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen).
Read full article on The Direct.
The Season 3 finale of the Paramount+ series revolved around Mike McLusky's (Jeremy Renner) attempt to resolve his issues. It featured a game-changing shootout that forever changed Kingstown's landscape.
One of the important pieces of Mike's plan is Iris (Emma Laird), his close and reliable ally whom he tasked with spying on Russian mob leader Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen).
Read full article on The Direct.
- 8/5/2024
- by Aeron Mer Eclarinal
- The Direct
The Season 3 finale of Mayor of Kingstown is almost upon us, and it’s sure to be a true doozy. The logline for the new episode, titled “Comeuppance,” promises, “Mike’s plan for the warring factions in Kingstown hits turbulence.” That maybe some fast and loose use of the word “plan,” though, because Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) seems to be in way over his head with all of the disparate issues at hand in Kingstown right about now… especially now that Milo (Aiden Gillen) is back in town. Still, even with all of the drama encircling him with Bunny (Tobi Bamtefa) and Callahan (Richard Brake) and Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen) and, now Milo, he’s still, at heart, a family man. And in this exclusive sneak peek (embedded above) at Season 3 Episode 10, it looks like one of his biggest priorities will be making things right with his little brother Kyle...
- 8/2/2024
- TV Insider
[Warning: This post contains Major spoilers about Mayor of Kingstown, Season 3 Episode 7, “Marya Was Here.”] Things are getting even more complicated on Mayor of Kingstown. Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) has been struggling to keep the peace between Bunny (Tobi Bamfeta), the Aryans’ new boss Callahan (Richard Brake), and the Russian mobster Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen), and it’s caused him to make some conflicting moves. Raiding the Russians and one of the Crips’ suppliers? And having the Swat team execute both on command — including his own brother, who’s been morally conflicted about the family business from the very beginning but now is fully on board? And someone’s out there blowing up the yard and drowning a bus full of girls anyway? What gives? TV Insider caught up with Taylor Handley, who portrays Kyle McLusky having this moment of waning morality, to dig into the big changes to the character this season and find out what’s really motivating ...
- 7/14/2024
- TV Insider
[This story contains spoilers from episode five of season three of Mayor of Kingstown.]
When watching the Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon co-created series Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount+, viewers see each week that life is tough for the residents in Kingstown.
But for some characters of the show about a fictional prison-industry town and its peacemaker-fixer Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner), the cruelties of the world seem to fall like a sledgehammer in a city full of cell blocks, street gangs and the Russian mob. And one such character is young strawberry blonde escort from New York City named Iris, played by English actor and former model Emma Laird.
Mayor of Kingstown viewers met Iris back in season one. Described as a woman so beautiful that she could seduce and hypnotize men, the Russian mob top leader at the time, Milo (Aidan Gillen), summoned for Iris to leave New York and come to Kingstown to seduce (and control) McLusky. Clearly attracted to her,...
When watching the Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon co-created series Mayor of Kingstown on Paramount+, viewers see each week that life is tough for the residents in Kingstown.
But for some characters of the show about a fictional prison-industry town and its peacemaker-fixer Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner), the cruelties of the world seem to fall like a sledgehammer in a city full of cell blocks, street gangs and the Russian mob. And one such character is young strawberry blonde escort from New York City named Iris, played by English actor and former model Emma Laird.
Mayor of Kingstown viewers met Iris back in season one. Described as a woman so beautiful that she could seduce and hypnotize men, the Russian mob top leader at the time, Milo (Aidan Gillen), summoned for Iris to leave New York and come to Kingstown to seduce (and control) McLusky. Clearly attracted to her,...
- 7/1/2024
- by Demetrius Patterson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the latest episode of Mayor of Kingstown, “Iris.’] Iris (Emma Laird) put herself at the center of the action on Sunday’s eponymous new episode of Mayor of Kingstown. Though the town’s new supervillain Konstantin (Yorick van Wageningen) didn’t know she was around, she decided to make her presence known in hopes of getting into his inner circle again, now that her former tormenter boss Milo (Aiden Gillen) is out of the picture — presumed, but not confirmed, to be dead. Though Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) heavily disfavored her plan, Iris insisted on making nice with her former acquaintance, who had nothing but nice things to say about her in return, and by the end of the episode, she’d fully gained Konstantin’s trust… at least, by her estimation. It was still a very dangerous move for the usually meek Iris to make, so what inspired her newfound drive, and what’...
- 6/30/2024
- TV Insider
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of season three of Mayor of Kingstown, “Guts.”]
If there is one takeaway from the Mayor of Kingstown over its three seasons, it’s that the fictional town of the Paramount+ series starring Jeremy Renner seems to drain hope and dreams out of its inhabitants.
Kingstown, Michigan — a city whose main industry is nine penitentiaries — is a wounded community. Whether locked up in the penal system, committing crimes that will lead to being behind bars, serving as a prison guard or being one of the family members of the victims, suffering seems to spare no one.
And that’s what Mike McLusky’s (Renner) voiceover tells viewers in the opening scenes of the second episode of season three, “Guts.” The message comes as McLusky, the town’s unofficial mayor and problem fixer, discovers new metaphorical fires in and out of the prisons for him to extinguish in Kingstown. The third season marks Renner’s...
If there is one takeaway from the Mayor of Kingstown over its three seasons, it’s that the fictional town of the Paramount+ series starring Jeremy Renner seems to drain hope and dreams out of its inhabitants.
Kingstown, Michigan — a city whose main industry is nine penitentiaries — is a wounded community. Whether locked up in the penal system, committing crimes that will lead to being behind bars, serving as a prison guard or being one of the family members of the victims, suffering seems to spare no one.
And that’s what Mike McLusky’s (Renner) voiceover tells viewers in the opening scenes of the second episode of season three, “Guts.” The message comes as McLusky, the town’s unofficial mayor and problem fixer, discovers new metaphorical fires in and out of the prisons for him to extinguish in Kingstown. The third season marks Renner’s...
- 6/11/2024
- by Demetrius Patterson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spoiler Alert!Spoiler Ahead for Season 3, Episode 1 of Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown starring Jeremy Renner at the center of the story is back with its much awaited third season. Renner got back to filming earlier this year in January, and now as the 6th month rolls in, we have our third season of the hit show. While we see old faces returning to the show, there are also some new people in the mix, and one of them is the new villain strolling into town.
Jeremy Renner as Michael “Mike” McLusky in Mayor of Kingstown | Paramount+
After two seasons of Aidan Gillen playing the conniving and manipulative Russian mobster, Milo, we have a new villain coming to town. As revealed on the first episode of Season 3, Milo is well and truly dead after the explosion we saw at the end of Season 2. And now, Renner’s Mike McLusky...
Mayor of Kingstown starring Jeremy Renner at the center of the story is back with its much awaited third season. Renner got back to filming earlier this year in January, and now as the 6th month rolls in, we have our third season of the hit show. While we see old faces returning to the show, there are also some new people in the mix, and one of them is the new villain strolling into town.
Jeremy Renner as Michael “Mike” McLusky in Mayor of Kingstown | Paramount+
After two seasons of Aidan Gillen playing the conniving and manipulative Russian mobster, Milo, we have a new villain coming to town. As revealed on the first episode of Season 3, Milo is well and truly dead after the explosion we saw at the end of Season 2. And now, Renner’s Mike McLusky...
- 6/8/2024
- by Swagata Das
- FandomWire
Who Plays Konstantin in Mayor of Kingstown? Season 3 Introduces A Familiar Face - Main Image
With MCU star Jeremy Renner returning to season 3 as Mike McLusky, the new episodes have also introduced two additional characters who happen to be new to Kingstown: one of the highlights is the Mayor of Kingstown, Konstantin.
What role does he play in season 3 and why does the actor seem familiar? Here's all you need to know.
Content Spoilers: This article contains spoilers for Mayor of Kingstown season 3, so proceed with caution.
Why Konstantin Looks Familiar in Mayor of Kingstown Season 3
Konstantin is played by Dutch actor Yorick van Wageningen, who is best known for his roles in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013), and The Judgement (2021).
The 60-year-old actor won prestigious awards for playing his part in The Resurrection of a Bastard and Judgement, namely: Best Actor at Austin's Fantastic Fest,...
With MCU star Jeremy Renner returning to season 3 as Mike McLusky, the new episodes have also introduced two additional characters who happen to be new to Kingstown: one of the highlights is the Mayor of Kingstown, Konstantin.
What role does he play in season 3 and why does the actor seem familiar? Here's all you need to know.
Content Spoilers: This article contains spoilers for Mayor of Kingstown season 3, so proceed with caution.
Why Konstantin Looks Familiar in Mayor of Kingstown Season 3
Konstantin is played by Dutch actor Yorick van Wageningen, who is best known for his roles in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), The Resurrection of a Bastard (2013), and The Judgement (2021).
The 60-year-old actor won prestigious awards for playing his part in The Resurrection of a Bastard and Judgement, namely: Best Actor at Austin's Fantastic Fest,...
- 6/3/2024
- EpicStream
While Jeremy Renner continues to gain attention for his superhero work, his other work shows his acting chops. While Mayor of Kingstown suffered for being too dark and depressing in its first season, the show mellowed out considerably in the second season. Still, with enough plot threads to sort through and a changing cast, Season 3 required a light reset. While there were doubts the show would ever return, Season 3 proves its most compelling narrative yet.
L-r: Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky and Tobi Bamtefa as Deverin ‘Bunny’ Washington in episode 1, season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown streaming on Paramount+ Photo Credit: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+ Suggested“Slavery… is made legal by way of incarceration”: Jeremy Renner’s Mayor of Kingstown S3 Star Revealed How “Some States” in America Exploit the Prison System Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 Plot
After the death of his mother, Mike McLusky (Renner), the fixer must get back to work.
L-r: Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky and Tobi Bamtefa as Deverin ‘Bunny’ Washington in episode 1, season 3 of Mayor of Kingstown streaming on Paramount+ Photo Credit: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+ Suggested“Slavery… is made legal by way of incarceration”: Jeremy Renner’s Mayor of Kingstown S3 Star Revealed How “Some States” in America Exploit the Prison System Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 Plot
After the death of his mother, Mike McLusky (Renner), the fixer must get back to work.
- 6/1/2024
- by Alan French
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Emilio Estevez’s The Way: Chapter 2, reuniting the actor-director with the cast members of his original 2010 hit, father Martin Sheen, Yorick Van Wageningen and James Nesbitt.
The sequel revisits protagonist Tom (Sheen) a decade after his first pilgrimage on Spain’s El Camino de Santiago in the footsteps of his deceased son Daniel (Estevez), as he reconnects with his walking companions Joost (van Wageningen) and Jack (Nisbitt).
Now embedded with Doctors Without Borders in northern Nigeria, performing surgery in a war zone, Tom is sent a copy of Jack’s bestselling book based on their shared experience, in which a disturbing secret is revealed.
Enraged, he leaves to search for Jack and find answers to questions that have haunted him for a decade. His journey reunites him with Joost and leads them through Amsterdam, Dublin, Brussels and France before returning to Spain and the Camino.
The sequel revisits protagonist Tom (Sheen) a decade after his first pilgrimage on Spain’s El Camino de Santiago in the footsteps of his deceased son Daniel (Estevez), as he reconnects with his walking companions Joost (van Wageningen) and Jack (Nisbitt).
Now embedded with Doctors Without Borders in northern Nigeria, performing surgery in a war zone, Tom is sent a copy of Jack’s bestselling book based on their shared experience, in which a disturbing secret is revealed.
Enraged, he leaves to search for Jack and find answers to questions that have haunted him for a decade. His journey reunites him with Joost and leads them through Amsterdam, Dublin, Brussels and France before returning to Spain and the Camino.
- 2/9/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Arrow Video is proud to announce the release of Michael Mann’s contemporary espionage thriller Blackhat starring Chris Hemsworth – available now on 4K Uhd and Blu-ray – which includes the rarely-seen Director’s Cut, never before released on home video!
“Back in February, when we announced our release of Blackhat (FCD2373 / AV502) some of our customers expressed disappointment that it did not include the Director’s Cut of the film. Arrow Video has heard your pleas…
After an extensive search, we have managed to track down the rarely-seen Director’s Cut, never before released on home video. The original digital files have been retrieved and we are very pleased to confirm that it will now be included as a second Blu-ray Disc.
To allow time for disc authoring and quality control, we have had to push the release date back to 27th November 2023 in the UK and 28th November 2023 in the US and Canada.
“Back in February, when we announced our release of Blackhat (FCD2373 / AV502) some of our customers expressed disappointment that it did not include the Director’s Cut of the film. Arrow Video has heard your pleas…
After an extensive search, we have managed to track down the rarely-seen Director’s Cut, never before released on home video. The original digital files have been retrieved and we are very pleased to confirm that it will now be included as a second Blu-ray Disc.
To allow time for disc authoring and quality control, we have had to push the release date back to 27th November 2023 in the UK and 28th November 2023 in the US and Canada.
- 12/18/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Lisbeth Salander, the eponymous "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," is not like any role Rooney Mara has played before or since — particularly when it comes to costuming. Lisbeth has facial piercings, disheveled black hair (it changes from a mohawk to a side cut over the movie), shaved eyebrows, and is always dressed in some shade of black. This goth punk fashion sense contrasts with her lithe frame, but she still looks like someone you don't want to mess with. It helps that her face is girlish but not quite innocent — those big eyes and sharp nose meld into a piercing glare that pushes you to look away.
Director David Fincher recruited Mara from her scene-stealing appearance in his last film, "The Social Network." Interviewed for a retrospective on his most famous films in the November 2023 issue of Empire magazine, Fincher called Mara's face "an exquisite thing" and recalled how he...
Director David Fincher recruited Mara from her scene-stealing appearance in his last film, "The Social Network." Interviewed for a retrospective on his most famous films in the November 2023 issue of Empire magazine, Fincher called Mara's face "an exquisite thing" and recalled how he...
- 10/9/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Emilio Estevez On Long Trip To Recapture ‘The Way’ Rights, Fathom Re-Release & Plans For Another One
Exclusive: After a two-year journey to gain back the rights to The Way, Emilio Estevez has arranged with Fathom Events to re-release the film nationwide on May 16 on about 800 screens or more. The effort has led to not only a chance to dust off a 12-year old film, but also to start progress on a sequel.
The film was scripted and directed by Estevez, partly inspired by the Jack Hitt book Off The Road: A Modern Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route Into Spain. The film starred Estevez’s dad, Martin Sheen, and the director played the small role of a man who died while making the pilgrimage called El Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. This is where the Apostle James was buried. His dad takes over the effort, his son’s ashes in tow, and is about the people he meets along...
The film was scripted and directed by Estevez, partly inspired by the Jack Hitt book Off The Road: A Modern Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route Into Spain. The film starred Estevez’s dad, Martin Sheen, and the director played the small role of a man who died while making the pilgrimage called El Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James. This is where the Apostle James was buried. His dad takes over the effort, his son’s ashes in tow, and is about the people he meets along...
- 3/29/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The film has now been sold to France (Family Films), Latin America (Encripta), Cis/Baltics (Red Castle Group) and Taiwan (Av Jet).
Dutch crime drama The Judgement has racked up its first international deals for Picture Tree International (Pti).
The film has now been sold to France (Family Films), Latin America (Encripta), Cis/Baltics (Red Castle Group) and Taiwan (Av Jet), with a wide local release via September Films on 70 screens set for this week (September 2).
The film is based on the true story of the notorious Dutch ‘Deventer murder case’, when a widow was killed in her home in...
Dutch crime drama The Judgement has racked up its first international deals for Picture Tree International (Pti).
The film has now been sold to France (Family Films), Latin America (Encripta), Cis/Baltics (Red Castle Group) and Taiwan (Av Jet), with a wide local release via September Films on 70 screens set for this week (September 2).
The film is based on the true story of the notorious Dutch ‘Deventer murder case’, when a widow was killed in her home in...
- 9/1/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Review — Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Adam Robitel, and starring Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Thomas Cocquerel, Holland Roden, Indya Moore, Carlito Olivero, Jamie-Lee Money, Lucy Newman-Williams, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, Jaymes Butler and Yorick van Wageningen. [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions (2021): PG-13 Rated Thrills Galore in an Otherwise Standard Horror Film...
Continue reading: Film Review: Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions (2021): PG-13 Rated Thrills Galore in an Otherwise Standard Horror Film...
- 7/17/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
The film is based on true story of the notorious Dutch ‘Deventer murder case’.
German sales outfit Picture Tree International (Pti) has swooped on worldwide rights for Dutch crime drama The Judgement ahead of the pre-Cannes screenings virtual market (June 21-25).
The film is based on the true story of the notorious Dutch ‘Deventer murder case’, when a widow was killed in her home in 1999. Her tax adviser Ernest Louwes was convicted of the murder but not everyone agreed with the final judgement, with the victim’s handyman Michaël de Jong also suspected.
Fedja van Huêt (star of Oscar-winner Character...
German sales outfit Picture Tree International (Pti) has swooped on worldwide rights for Dutch crime drama The Judgement ahead of the pre-Cannes screenings virtual market (June 21-25).
The film is based on the true story of the notorious Dutch ‘Deventer murder case’, when a widow was killed in her home in 1999. Her tax adviser Ernest Louwes was convicted of the murder but not everyone agreed with the final judgement, with the victim’s handyman Michaël de Jong also suspected.
Fedja van Huêt (star of Oscar-winner Character...
- 6/9/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
With Escape Room unlocking more than $150 million worldwide on an estimated $9 million production budget, it came as no surprise when it was revealed that Columbia Pictures was developing a sequel to the film,which has now been pushed back several months on the release calendar.
According to Exhibitor Relations, the sequel to Escape Room (currently known as Escape Room 2) is now slated to come out on August 14th, 2020, moving it back nearly four months from its initial April 17th, 2020 release date.
As previously revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Escape Room 2 is currently in the works at Columbia Pictures, with Adam Robitel, co-writer Bragi F. Schut, and producer Neal H. Moritz returning for the sequel.
Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but viewers of the first film may have an idea of where things will pick up in Escape Room 2, as the original movie...
According to Exhibitor Relations, the sequel to Escape Room (currently known as Escape Room 2) is now slated to come out on August 14th, 2020, moving it back nearly four months from its initial April 17th, 2020 release date.
As previously revealed by The Hollywood Reporter, Escape Room 2 is currently in the works at Columbia Pictures, with Adam Robitel, co-writer Bragi F. Schut, and producer Neal H. Moritz returning for the sequel.
Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but viewers of the first film may have an idea of where things will pick up in Escape Room 2, as the original movie...
- 6/7/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sony Pictures' psychological thriller, Escape Room, arrives next month on Blu-ray and Digital. See what bonus features it includes within..
Escape Rooms are usually a fun, challenging time spent with friends to gain memories and solve clues in a team-growing environment. Some are fabricated in themes like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, others count down the end of the world, etc. What if one was real, though, and the cost of not solving the puzzle in time meant your life?
Last year, Sony Pictures explored that idea with Escape Room. On April 9, 2019 you can re-live the intense thriller when it arrives on Digital. If physical copies are more your style, the Blu-Ray and DVD will follow a few weeks later, on April 23, 2019.
For full details on everything Escape Room will include, see below...
You’re invited to play for your life when the twisted survival thriller, Escape Room, unlocks on...
Escape Rooms are usually a fun, challenging time spent with friends to gain memories and solve clues in a team-growing environment. Some are fabricated in themes like a Sherlock Holmes mystery, others count down the end of the world, etc. What if one was real, though, and the cost of not solving the puzzle in time meant your life?
Last year, Sony Pictures explored that idea with Escape Room. On April 9, 2019 you can re-live the intense thriller when it arrives on Digital. If physical copies are more your style, the Blu-Ray and DVD will follow a few weeks later, on April 23, 2019.
For full details on everything Escape Room will include, see below...
You’re invited to play for your life when the twisted survival thriller, Escape Room, unlocks on...
- 3/11/2019
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Matt Malliaros)
- Cinelinx
With a sequel already in development after a successful run at the box office, Adam Robitel's Escape Room is coming to Digital on April 9th, followed by an April 23rd Blu-ray and DVD release via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
The Escape Room Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital releases will come with a bunch of bonus feature goodies for viewers to dive into, including an alternate opening, alternate ending, and six deleted scenes. Read on for the full release details, and in case you missed it, listen to our Escape Room episode of Corpse Club and read Heather Wixson's review and two-part interview with Robitel.
From the Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – You’re invited to play for your life when the twisted survival thriller, Escape Room, unlocks on Digital April 9, and on Blu-ray and DVD April 23 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Capturing the adrenaline-fueled essence of the popular mystery-solving rooms,...
The Escape Room Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital releases will come with a bunch of bonus feature goodies for viewers to dive into, including an alternate opening, alternate ending, and six deleted scenes. Read on for the full release details, and in case you missed it, listen to our Escape Room episode of Corpse Club and read Heather Wixson's review and two-part interview with Robitel.
From the Press Release: Culver City, Calif. – You’re invited to play for your life when the twisted survival thriller, Escape Room, unlocks on Digital April 9, and on Blu-ray and DVD April 23 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Capturing the adrenaline-fueled essence of the popular mystery-solving rooms,...
- 3/11/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
With Escape Room bringing in nearly $119 million on an estimated production budget of about $9 million, it may come as no surprise that Columbia Pictures is now developing a sequel to Escape Room.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to Escape Room (currently known as Escape Room 2) is in the works at Columbia Pictures, with Adam Robitel, co-writer Bragi F. Schut, and producer Neal H. Moritz returning for the sequel.
Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but viewers of the first film may have an idea of where things will pick up in Escape Room 2, as the original movie certainly set up an intense escape room scenario for the survivors of the first movie.
Directed by Robitel from a screenplay by Schut and Maria Melnik, the first Escape Room stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, and Yorick van Wageningen.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to Escape Room (currently known as Escape Room 2) is in the works at Columbia Pictures, with Adam Robitel, co-writer Bragi F. Schut, and producer Neal H. Moritz returning for the sequel.
Plot details for the sequel are being kept under wraps, but viewers of the first film may have an idea of where things will pick up in Escape Room 2, as the original movie certainly set up an intense escape room scenario for the survivors of the first movie.
Directed by Robitel from a screenplay by Schut and Maria Melnik, the first Escape Room stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, and Yorick van Wageningen.
- 2/26/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani, Adam Robitel, Kenneth Fok, Yorick van Wageningen | Written by Bragi F. Schut, Maria Melnik | Directed by Adam Robitel
Adam Robitel’s 2019 film Escape Room is Sony’s attempt at crafting a cheap money making franchise in small budgets and big returns in the same vein as Lionsgate’s enormously successful but varying degree of quality Saw series. Running at just under one hundred minutes, ninety of which are engrossingly tense and aggressively atmospheric with a delightful b-movie quality that no doubt entertains but sadly falls off the wayside with an irksome sequel bait set up that jumps the shark to a stilted degree.
Not to discredit Escape Room for all it proposes in entertainment value but it is derived unconditionally from the bowels of James Wan’s Saw of 2004. Not necessarily the most damning of comparisons...
Adam Robitel’s 2019 film Escape Room is Sony’s attempt at crafting a cheap money making franchise in small budgets and big returns in the same vein as Lionsgate’s enormously successful but varying degree of quality Saw series. Running at just under one hundred minutes, ninety of which are engrossingly tense and aggressively atmospheric with a delightful b-movie quality that no doubt entertains but sadly falls off the wayside with an irksome sequel bait set up that jumps the shark to a stilted degree.
Not to discredit Escape Room for all it proposes in entertainment value but it is derived unconditionally from the bowels of James Wan’s Saw of 2004. Not necessarily the most damning of comparisons...
- 2/19/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Dutch Features, one of Holland’s leading sales agencies, has acquired the cross-cultural romantic comedy “Cuban Love” directed by Johan Nijenhuis (“Tuscan Wedding”) ahead of the European Film Market.
“Cuban Live” is headlined by Susan Visser, who won the Efp Shooting Star at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. Set to open in the Netherlands on Valentines Day, “Cuban Love” tells the story of a divorcee, Loes, (Susan Visser) who has lost all faith in love and has to travel to Cuba to prevent her daughter Maartje (Abbey Hoes) from marrying a Cuban citizen (Rolf Sanchez). Once in Cuba, Loes finds herself learning more about love and romance than she had ever expected.
Dutch Feature has also come on board Norbert ter Hall’s “Promise of Pisa,” a coming-of-age drama which is currently in-production. The company will be showing a first promo of the movie during the European Film Market.
Based...
“Cuban Live” is headlined by Susan Visser, who won the Efp Shooting Star at the Berlin Film Festival in 2015. Set to open in the Netherlands on Valentines Day, “Cuban Love” tells the story of a divorcee, Loes, (Susan Visser) who has lost all faith in love and has to travel to Cuba to prevent her daughter Maartje (Abbey Hoes) from marrying a Cuban citizen (Rolf Sanchez). Once in Cuba, Loes finds herself learning more about love and romance than she had ever expected.
Dutch Feature has also come on board Norbert ter Hall’s “Promise of Pisa,” a coming-of-age drama which is currently in-production. The company will be showing a first promo of the movie during the European Film Market.
Based...
- 2/5/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Nik Dodani, Adam Robitel, Kenneth Fok, Yorick van Wageningen | Written by Bragi F. Schut, Maria Melnik | Directed by Adam Robitel
Directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key), entertaining thriller Escape Room puts an inspired horror movie spin on the current trend for locked puzzle rooms. The franchise-friendly result is like a toned-down version of the Saw movies. In a good way.
After an opening teaser, we’re introduced to three apparently unrelated characters – shy brainbox student Zoey (Lost In Space‘s Taylor Russell), convenience store slacker Ben (Logan Miller) and arrogant businessman Jason (Jay Ellis) – who each receive a mysterious cube-shaped puzzle box. After solving the puzzle, they’re invited to partake in a state-of-the-art escape room in downtown Chicago, where the prize for escaping is $10,000. In the waiting room, they meet their fellow competitors: ex-soldier Amanda...
Directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key), entertaining thriller Escape Room puts an inspired horror movie spin on the current trend for locked puzzle rooms. The franchise-friendly result is like a toned-down version of the Saw movies. In a good way.
After an opening teaser, we’re introduced to three apparently unrelated characters – shy brainbox student Zoey (Lost In Space‘s Taylor Russell), convenience store slacker Ben (Logan Miller) and arrogant businessman Jason (Jay Ellis) – who each receive a mysterious cube-shaped puzzle box. After solving the puzzle, they’re invited to partake in a state-of-the-art escape room in downtown Chicago, where the prize for escaping is $10,000. In the waiting room, they meet their fellow competitors: ex-soldier Amanda...
- 2/1/2019
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
Hugely popular short video platform, TikTok has teamed with Sony Pictures Entertainment to promote the studio’s psychological thriller “Escape Room.”
The film features six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control. They must use their wits to find and follow the clues, or die.
Sony recreated settings from the film, including a shrinking room and an ice room, in Madrid, Spain. These were used for a creator event pitching 30 key opinion leaders from 17 countries against TikTok talent from the U.K., Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia and Spain.
As they participated in the challenges, both groups recorded their experiences, creating 75 pieces of video content, and sharing with their fans on TikTok’s official “Escape Room” movie page. Participating TikTok creators included the magician, Magic Singh, comedian Karol Konk and makeup artist and body painter Vicky Banham.
The event ended with a scavenger hunt around Madrid’s landmarks,...
The film features six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control. They must use their wits to find and follow the clues, or die.
Sony recreated settings from the film, including a shrinking room and an ice room, in Madrid, Spain. These were used for a creator event pitching 30 key opinion leaders from 17 countries against TikTok talent from the U.K., Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia and Spain.
As they participated in the challenges, both groups recorded their experiences, creating 75 pieces of video content, and sharing with their fans on TikTok’s official “Escape Room” movie page. Participating TikTok creators included the magician, Magic Singh, comedian Karol Konk and makeup artist and body painter Vicky Banham.
The event ended with a scavenger hunt around Madrid’s landmarks,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
“Aquaman” is ringing in the new year by topping the domestic box office for the third weekend in a row with an estimated $30.5 million.
The aquatic adventure starring Jason Momoa has also become the highest grossing DC title overseas with $649.3 million to date after earning $12.4 million from 79 international markets on Friday. That beats “The Dark Knight Rises,” which previously held the position with $636.8 million internationally. This weekend’s projected domestic haul would mark a roughly 42% decline, with “Aquaman” having taken in $887.6 million globally.
The weekend’s only wide release among a slew of holdovers, Sony’s “Escape Room,” will spar with the third frame of “Mary Poppins Returns” for second place with about $16 million each. That number marks a debut above earlier estimates for “Escape Room.”
The psychological horror pic, which opened at 2,717 North American locations, pocketed $7.7 million on Friday, including $2.3 million from Thursday previews.
Adam Robitel directed “Escape Room...
The aquatic adventure starring Jason Momoa has also become the highest grossing DC title overseas with $649.3 million to date after earning $12.4 million from 79 international markets on Friday. That beats “The Dark Knight Rises,” which previously held the position with $636.8 million internationally. This weekend’s projected domestic haul would mark a roughly 42% decline, with “Aquaman” having taken in $887.6 million globally.
The weekend’s only wide release among a slew of holdovers, Sony’s “Escape Room,” will spar with the third frame of “Mary Poppins Returns” for second place with about $16 million each. That number marks a debut above earlier estimates for “Escape Room.”
The psychological horror pic, which opened at 2,717 North American locations, pocketed $7.7 million on Friday, including $2.3 million from Thursday previews.
Adam Robitel directed “Escape Room...
- 1/5/2019
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
One of my favorite activities is to go with a few friends and do an Escape the Room game. I’ve done them in multiple states across the country, and even done one in Dubai. They’re an absolute blast. So, despite the iffy Trailer and troubling release date, I was looking forward to Escape Room. Maybe it could surprise? I’d even heard a bit of positive buzz. Then, earlier this week…I saw it. Alas. This is a standard issue garbage January release, truly meant to be dumped. In fact, even though it’s early, I wouldn’t be surprised at all for it to end up in 12 months gracing my Bottom Ten list for 2019. This film is a horror/thriller hybrid that mixes in adventure concepts. A cold open shows us one unlucky individual in Ben (Logan Miller) desperately trying to escape a room with its walls literally closing in.
- 1/3/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive! It’s The Escape Room and it opens everywhere January 4th.
Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of The Escape Room . The theatrical sneak preview will be on December 18 at 7pm at The Gravois Bluffs Theater.
Just leave your name and email address in the comments section below and we’ll contact you soon.
The Escape Room stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani with Yorick van Wageningen
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Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of The Escape Room . The theatrical sneak preview will be on December 18 at 7pm at The Gravois Bluffs Theater.
Just leave your name and email address in the comments section below and we’ll contact you soon.
The Escape Room stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani with Yorick van Wageningen
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- 12/18/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Amir Wilson (The Secret Garden), Ruby Serkis and Nathanael Saleh, who plays John Banks in Mary Poppins Returns, lead the young cast of The Letter for the King, the coming-of-age drama series based on Tonke Dragt’s bestselling medieval adventure novel. The English-language series, the streaming service’s first Dutch book adaptation, just wrapped shooting in New Zealand and will be moving to Prague in early 2019. UK-based FilmWave acquired the international television rights in a deal with Amsterdam-based publishing house Leopold. Netflix will release globally.
The Letter for the King is set in a world full of adventure and intrigue, where no one wants to be a knight more than Tiuri (Wilson) who is tasked with delivering a top-secret letter on which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. On their journey, he and his young friends will discover just how much it takes to become a true knight, and...
The Letter for the King is set in a world full of adventure and intrigue, where no one wants to be a knight more than Tiuri (Wilson) who is tasked with delivering a top-secret letter on which the fate of the entire kingdom depends. On their journey, he and his young friends will discover just how much it takes to become a true knight, and...
- 12/12/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures have released a new trailer for Escape Room. The group of unsuspecting strangers are in for an immersive experience that is all too hellish.
The film stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani with Yorick van Wageningen. Insidious: The Last Key’s Adam Robitel directs.
Also in trailers – First trailer for James Wan’s ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ arrives
The film is released in January 2019
Escape Room Official Synopsis
The movie is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die.
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The film stars Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani with Yorick van Wageningen. Insidious: The Last Key’s Adam Robitel directs.
Also in trailers – First trailer for James Wan’s ‘The Curse of La Llorona’ arrives
The film is released in January 2019
Escape Room Official Synopsis
The movie is a psychological thriller about six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die.
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- 10/22/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Escape Rooms are a growing fad. There are Escape Room games going up all over the place right now. I’ve never personally tried one, but i’ve heard that they cane be a lot of fun.
Well, the popularity of the game caught the attention of Hollywood and Sony Pictures has produced a film based on the game called, you guessed it! Escape Room! Only in this one, things get a lot more deadly. Let’s be honest, this was just a horror movie waiting to happen.
The psychological thriller follows six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die. As you’ll see in the the trailer, there’s an unknown force playing crazy mind games with them. It almost feels like a technologically advanced Saw knock off.
Escape Room was directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key...
Well, the popularity of the game caught the attention of Hollywood and Sony Pictures has produced a film based on the game called, you guessed it! Escape Room! Only in this one, things get a lot more deadly. Let’s be honest, this was just a horror movie waiting to happen.
The psychological thriller follows six strangers who find themselves in circumstances beyond their control and must use their wits to find the clues or die. As you’ll see in the the trailer, there’s an unknown force playing crazy mind games with them. It almost feels like a technologically advanced Saw knock off.
Escape Room was directed by Adam Robitel (Insidious: The Last Key...
- 10/22/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"Well that's creepy as hell." Sony Pictures has debuted the first official trailer for the horror movie Escape Room, which has also gone under the title The Maze, now being released in the first few days of January in early 2019. I'm not surprised that Hollywood has decided to capitalize on the massive popularity of escape rooms by making a horror movie about one. How original. There isn't much of a plot synopsis for this one, but it seems to be a bit like the Saw movies where six strangers end up trapped in some high tech "Escape Room" - though this one isn't just a game, they will really die if they don't escape. The cast includes Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, with Yorick van Wageningen. I like that this sends them from room to room, I just hope the whole movie isn't that campy.
- 10/19/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Chicago – The remarkable true-ish story of “Papillon” is difficult to mess up. Henrí Charriére published the “autobiographical novel” in 1969, and the first film version dropped in 1973, with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman as the two leads no less. The latest film has Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek in those leads, as two French prisoners constantly trying to escape.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film does suffer from comparison to the first version (directed by veteran Franklin J. Schaffner), but it is still a well-done unfolding of a audacious prison “adventure.” The French word for butterfly, “Papillon,” is the nickname of Charriére, a prisoner in the French Guiana (Devil’s Island) system from 1931 to 1945. He spent his whole time there trying to escape, in broader and more interesting schemes. The movie exploits that aspect of the story, and created some nice scenarios in letting them play out. Hunnam and Malek (“Mr. Robot”) won’t...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
The film does suffer from comparison to the first version (directed by veteran Franklin J. Schaffner), but it is still a well-done unfolding of a audacious prison “adventure.” The French word for butterfly, “Papillon,” is the nickname of Charriére, a prisoner in the French Guiana (Devil’s Island) system from 1931 to 1945. He spent his whole time there trying to escape, in broader and more interesting schemes. The movie exploits that aspect of the story, and created some nice scenarios in letting them play out. Hunnam and Malek (“Mr. Robot”) won’t...
- 8/26/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
As endurance tales go, Frenchman Henri Charrière’s is one of the most intense, a case of wrongful imprisonment that moves from the degradation of a notorious penal colony to the isolated awfulness of Devil’s Island. Charrière’s 1969 book “Papillon,” named for his moniker (derived from a butterfly tattoo) and an autobiographical dramatization of his experiences, became a popular, controversial memoir in France. So why has it inspired not just one but two so-so prison escape films?
Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1973 epic of grime and sweat “Papillon” was made from a screenplay co-written by Dalton Trumbo. It boasted megastar Steve McQueen in you-can’t-break-me mode ten years after “The Great Escape,” but to lesser effect, and Dustin Hoffman — as Papillon’s pal Louis Dega — once more flexing his peculiar gift for disappearing into a role and chewing scenery simultaneously. At two and a half hours, it barely justified its running time,...
Franklin J. Schaffner’s 1973 epic of grime and sweat “Papillon” was made from a screenplay co-written by Dalton Trumbo. It boasted megastar Steve McQueen in you-can’t-break-me mode ten years after “The Great Escape,” but to lesser effect, and Dustin Hoffman — as Papillon’s pal Louis Dega — once more flexing his peculiar gift for disappearing into a role and chewing scenery simultaneously. At two and a half hours, it barely justified its running time,...
- 8/22/2018
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
It has been quite some time since we first wrote about Broker, the short film from Dutch filmmaker David-Jan Bronsgeest. But here we are today, ready to share with you the complete short film which you will find below. Enjoy! Worn down by a lonesome life of crime, a solitary organ broker (Yorick van Wageningen - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Blackhat) finds himself many sleepless nights looking for truth at the bottom of a bottle. When, after a chance encounter with a helpless victim of his diabolical business, he is presented with an opportunity to radically break free from his wayward existence. He sees no other option but to take it. Rescuing the victim - a young woman - from the ruthless...
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- 1/30/2018
- Screen Anarchy
It’s amazing how some tweaking can turn a decent film showing its age into a worthwhile project that earns its upgrade four decades later. To watch Franklin J. Schaffner’s original Papillon adaptation is to see an arduous series of harrowing ordeals strung together for no reason other than the thrill of adventure. It introduces the titular tough guy safecracker Henri “Papillon” Charrière and scrawny forger Louis Dega as two men caught in a horrible place with little hope. They team-up in order to use each other: brawn and money respectively. But as the film continues on, that dynamic never changes. It’s hinted that a friendship forms, but the two never pretend anything they do for the other is selfless. The result is a hollow depiction of inspired by true events machismo.
Director Michael Noer and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski have a different take on Charrière’s memoirs (a...
Director Michael Noer and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski have a different take on Charrière’s memoirs (a...
- 9/8/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Heleen van Royen directs the documentary about her mother’s suffering with dementia.
Danielle Raaphorst of Netherlands-based sales company Incredible Film has announced the pick-up of the Dutch feature doc It Hurts So Much for international sales. The film, which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam last month, is directed by novelist Heleen van Royen and chronicles the year the writer spent with her aging mother who suffers from dementia.
Also on the Incredible Film European Film Market (Efm) slate is The Fury (market premiere) starring Hannah Hoekstra, a 2017 Efp Shooting Star.
The all-star female drama, for which Hoekstra won best actress awards at both the Montreal International Film Festival and at the Netherlands Film Festival, is based on the best-selling novel by A.F.Th. van der Heijden, and concerns a glamorous and mysterious aunt who, for some reason, is continually furious at everybody and everything.
Incredible also has an Efm market premiere of new family...
Danielle Raaphorst of Netherlands-based sales company Incredible Film has announced the pick-up of the Dutch feature doc It Hurts So Much for international sales. The film, which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam last month, is directed by novelist Heleen van Royen and chronicles the year the writer spent with her aging mother who suffers from dementia.
Also on the Incredible Film European Film Market (Efm) slate is The Fury (market premiere) starring Hannah Hoekstra, a 2017 Efp Shooting Star.
The all-star female drama, for which Hoekstra won best actress awards at both the Montreal International Film Festival and at the Netherlands Film Festival, is based on the best-selling novel by A.F.Th. van der Heijden, and concerns a glamorous and mysterious aunt who, for some reason, is continually furious at everybody and everything.
Incredible also has an Efm market premiere of new family...
- 2/10/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
"The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled 20 titles for its narrative and documentary feature film competition programs for its 22nd edition during Jan. 22-28," announces Variety's Dave McNary. "Notable titles include Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli’s drama Last Summer, starring Rinko Kikuchi, Yorick van Wageningen and Lucy Griffiths; Derek Kimball’s drama Neptune, set on an island off the coast of Maine and centered on an orphan girl raised by the church; Paul Taylor’s dialogue-free Driftwood, starring Joslyn Jensen, Paul C. Kelly and Michael Fentin; and Andrea Marini’s Art of the Prank, starring Joey Skaggs, Robert Forster and Peter Maloney." » - David Hudson...
- 11/30/2015
- Keyframe
"The Slamdance Film Festival has unveiled 20 titles for its narrative and documentary feature film competition programs for its 22nd edition during Jan. 22-28," announces Variety's Dave McNary. "Notable titles include Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli’s drama Last Summer, starring Rinko Kikuchi, Yorick van Wageningen and Lucy Griffiths; Derek Kimball’s drama Neptune, set on an island off the coast of Maine and centered on an orphan girl raised by the church; Paul Taylor’s dialogue-free Driftwood, starring Joslyn Jensen, Paul C. Kelly and Michael Fentin; and Andrea Marini’s Art of the Prank, starring Joey Skaggs, Robert Forster and Peter Maloney." » - David Hudson...
- 11/30/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Festival top brass announced on Monday the 12 Narrative and eight Documentary Feature Film Competition films in 22nd edition, set to run in Park City from January 22-28, 2016.
The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.
All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.
Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.
“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.
“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”
All synopses provided by the festival.
Narrative Features...
The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.
All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.
Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.
“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.
“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”
All synopses provided by the festival.
Narrative Features...
- 11/30/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Festival top brass announced on Monday the 12 Narrative and eight Documentary Feature Film Competition films in 22nd edition, set to run in Park City from January 22-28, 2016.
The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.
All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.
Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.
“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.
“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”
Al synopses provided by the festival.
Narrative Features...
The 20-strong line-up includes 12 world premieres, three North American premieres and one Us premiere.
All competition films are feature directorial debuts with budgets of less than $1m and without Us distribution.
Jury awards are presented to feature films in both categories and all films are eligible for audience awards as well as the Spirit Of Slamdance Award, judged by the filmmakers themselves.
“The standard of Diy filmmaking around the world is the highest we’ve seen, and the diversity of storytelling is the most we’ve experienced,” sad Slamdance co-founder and president Peter Baxter.
“With a record breaking number of submissions to select from, the narrative and documentary feature line-up has never been so competitive or as exciting to programme.”
Al synopses provided by the festival.
Narrative Features...
- 11/30/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
An bona fide bastard, Ronnie is a heartless, violent debt collector who, after getting a taste of his own medicine during a near-death experience, begins to question the meaning of his life—all while retaining his blood-thirst for revenge. "The Resurrection of a Bastard" world-premiered way back in 2013 at the Rotterdam Film Festival before touring Fantasia Fest and Fantastic Fest, where Yorick van Wageningen (who starred in Fincher's "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") picked up the Best Actor prize. The film was well-reviewed on the festival circuit, with THR writing: "Reminiscent in theme of such Euro-sourced art house hits as 'Sexy Beast' and 'In Bruges,' this debut trades their showy virtuosity for introspection." Now, the film is finally in theaters from Syndicado and hits VOD on Tuesday, April 7. Check out an enticing exclusive clip (and the trailer) below, in which Ronnie's employer, a mystery man named James Joyce,...
- 4/6/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Blackhat is a film about computer hacker, a “black hat” in It parlance, causing mayhem and destruction. In light of the recent world events, what more timely a topic could Hollywood possibly tackle? The film is directed by Michael Mann, who is known for films like Thief (1981), Heat (1995), and Miami Vice (2006) to name only a few. Mann is all about a gritty approach and hitting action beats aggressively while at the same time embracing the visual beauty of a scene. The script for this film was written by a first-timer, Morgan Davis Foehl, who is making the leap from editor to writer here, which is a bit ironic (more on that later).
The story follows Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) who is in prison for hacking and has now been provisionally released in order to pursue a menacing hacker – the aforementioned blackhat. The plan is not a new one. The send...
The story follows Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) who is in prison for hacking and has now been provisionally released in order to pursue a menacing hacker – the aforementioned blackhat. The plan is not a new one. The send...
- 1/16/2015
- by Steven Gahm
- CinemaNerdz
Movies about computers or computer hackers have never been particularly exciting, at least on the big screen. Maybe that's because the act of typing something on a keyboard while little words or hieroglyphics of code appear on the screen in front of you isn't the most cinematic conceit. There's not a lot of drama or suspense to be mined from, say, checking your email or engaging in an online chat. No matter how fraught with tension these acts are in real life might seem, they rarely translate to anything even remotely gripping on the big screen. And there is a used car lot full of movies that have attempted to mine thrills from people doing things on a computer and failed miserably ("The Net," "Hackers," "Swordfish," etc.)
All of this brings us to "Blackhat," the latest film from Michael Mann, arguably one of American cinema's most visceral filmmakers. It's odd...
All of this brings us to "Blackhat," the latest film from Michael Mann, arguably one of American cinema's most visceral filmmakers. It's odd...
- 1/15/2015
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
Title: Last Summer Director: Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Yorick Van Wageningen, Lucy Griffiths, Laura Sofia Bach, Daniel Brady, Ken Brady. The Rome Film Festival – which has had a precipitous downfall over the years – opens with a mediocre film. ‘Last Summer’ directed by Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli has a very simple and nerve-wracking plot: A Japanese mother is obliged to spend a few final days with her 4-year-old son, who’s been whisked away in a custody battle, though we never know why. The boy is initially aloof – also because he’s overprotected by the staff on board of the yacht – but eventually will open up to his [ Read More ]
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- 10/23/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Name and focus changes for every section, which are now all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
The ninth Rome Film Festival (Oct 16-25) has revealed a diverse line-up including the Italian premieres for potential awards contenders including David Fincher’s Gone Girl. the world premiere of Takashi Miike’s As the Gods Will and Burhan Qurbani’s We are Young, We are Strong and European premiere of Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind, Toronto hit Still Alice and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet.
This year for the first time the award-winners in each section of the programme will be decided by the audience on the basis of votes cast after the screenings.
Each section has changed name and focus for 2014 and are all competitive, resulting in the festival’s structure being “slimmer’.
Italian comedies Soap Opera and Andiamo a Quel Paese bookend the line-up.
Full line-up
Cinema D’Oggi
World premiere
• Angely...
- 9/29/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, 32, has nabbed the lead role in Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli’s feature film debut “Last Summer,” according to a report by Variety. Kikuchi joins an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Griffiths, Yorick Van Wageningen and Laura Sofia Bach. “Last Summer” tells the story of Naomi, a Japanese woman (Kikuchi) who has only [...]
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- 10/18/2013
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
Last Summer
Rinko Kikuchi ("Pacific Rim," "Babel") is currently at work filming the lead role in Italian indie filmmaker Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli's English-language drama "Last Summer". Lucy Griffiths, Yorick Van Wageningen and Laura Sofia Bach also star.
The story follows a free-spirited but reckless Japanese woman trapped on her father-in-law's yacht off the Italian coast. She has four days to spend with her six-year-old son before she loses custody of him to a wealthy Westerner. [Source: Variety]
Tusk
Haley Joel Osment has joined the cast of Kevin Smith's new indie comedy "Tusk".
Osment plays a best friend and podcast co-host (Justin Long) who goes missing in the backwoods of Canada. Filming begins next month in North Carolina and La. [Source: Deadline]
Business Trip
June Diane Raphael ("Ass Backwards") will play Vince Vaughn's wife in Ken Scott's comedy "Business Trip". Tom Wilkinson also stars
Vaughn plays a Midwestern businessman who takes...
Rinko Kikuchi ("Pacific Rim," "Babel") is currently at work filming the lead role in Italian indie filmmaker Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli's English-language drama "Last Summer". Lucy Griffiths, Yorick Van Wageningen and Laura Sofia Bach also star.
The story follows a free-spirited but reckless Japanese woman trapped on her father-in-law's yacht off the Italian coast. She has four days to spend with her six-year-old son before she loses custody of him to a wealthy Westerner. [Source: Variety]
Tusk
Haley Joel Osment has joined the cast of Kevin Smith's new indie comedy "Tusk".
Osment plays a best friend and podcast co-host (Justin Long) who goes missing in the backwoods of Canada. Filming begins next month in North Carolina and La. [Source: Deadline]
Business Trip
June Diane Raphael ("Ass Backwards") will play Vince Vaughn's wife in Ken Scott's comedy "Business Trip". Tom Wilkinson also stars
Vaughn plays a Midwestern businessman who takes...
- 10/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
I’ve returned from Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, but the festival keeps on running until the end of the day tomorrow, September 26. And, like any self-respecting festival, there have been awards announced for various films and the people involved in their creation. The only award I can say I had even a slight hand in was the Audience Award–ballots were handed out after each public screening over the first four days of the festival. Sadly, though, I can’t even say that my votes mattered, as the Audience Award winner was a film I sadly didn’t get a chance to see. It’s Jodorowsky’s Dune, a documentary about a film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Of course, as we all know, that version never came to fruition, as the actual film was directed by David Lynch. But the story...
- 9/25/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Austin's Fantastic Fest announced their winners yesterday with Frank Pavich's documentary "Jodorowsky's Dune" taking the audience award. Ari Folman's "The Congress" won the best picture in the Fantastic Features category along with best screenplay and best actress for Robin Wright, while "Afflicted" scored best picture, best screenplay and best director in the Horror Features section. Read More: Why Fantastic Fest 2013 Is a Goodie Bag of Fun For Genre Fans The "Next Wave" award which spotlights emerging filmmakers recognized "The Dirties" for best picture, best director for Oren Carmi ("Goldberg and Eisenberg" ), best screenplay for James Byrkit ("Coherence"), best actor for Yorick van Wageningen ("The Resurrection Of A Bastard"), and best actress for Swantje Kohlhof ("Nothing Bad Can Happen"). Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S. and specializes in horror, fantasy, and sci-fi features. The full list of winners follows. Audience Award (Presented by.
- 9/24/2013
- by James Hiler
- Indiewire
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