Why did Benedict Cumberbatch struggle playing a drug addict? (Photo Credit – Prime Video)
Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Patrick Melrose in Showtime’s Patrick Melrose was a far cry from his manic Sherlock Holmes. Playing the tormented, drug-addicted character in the five-part series left Cumberbatch physically and mentally exhausted. The role demanded him to portray a character who, as a child, experienced sexual abuse and later spiraled into a destructive addiction. In the first episode alone, Patrick embarks on a reckless heroin binge in New York, loses himself in a chaotic restaurant date, and faces his inner demons in a frenzy of violence. Cumberbatch said, “Playing it was exhausting,” though he quickly added, “Not as exhausting as actually living that life.”
This wasn’t just another role for Cumberbatch—this was a deep dive into the psychological toll of addiction. Executive producer Rachael Horovitz noted that the crew gave Cumberbatch...
Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Patrick Melrose in Showtime’s Patrick Melrose was a far cry from his manic Sherlock Holmes. Playing the tormented, drug-addicted character in the five-part series left Cumberbatch physically and mentally exhausted. The role demanded him to portray a character who, as a child, experienced sexual abuse and later spiraled into a destructive addiction. In the first episode alone, Patrick embarks on a reckless heroin binge in New York, loses himself in a chaotic restaurant date, and faces his inner demons in a frenzy of violence. Cumberbatch said, “Playing it was exhausting,” though he quickly added, “Not as exhausting as actually living that life.”
This wasn’t just another role for Cumberbatch—this was a deep dive into the psychological toll of addiction. Executive producer Rachael Horovitz noted that the crew gave Cumberbatch...
- 26/11/2024
- Koimoi.com Team के द्वारा
- KoiMoi
Josh Kramer, who worked as a film producer and financier and Amazon executive, died Nov. 27 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67.
Kramer started his career in entertainment in foreign sales for the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis. By pre-selling foreign movie rights, he became an integral member of the company, financing films such as “Manhunter” and “Blue Velvet.” He led the acquisition of the film rights for Madonna’s first concert film “Madonna: Truth or Dare” and later sold the film overseas.
Rachael Horovitz, who worked with him at De Laurentiis, remembered Kramer on his memorial site. “A concert pianist who helped right the Beastie Boys tourbus one night in Paris when rabid fans were tipping it over; a patient negotiator who cried reading J.D. Salinger. His contradictions made him.”
He joined forces with Thom Mount to form the Mount/Kramer Company in the early ’90s, producing Roman Polanski’s...
Kramer started his career in entertainment in foreign sales for the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis. By pre-selling foreign movie rights, he became an integral member of the company, financing films such as “Manhunter” and “Blue Velvet.” He led the acquisition of the film rights for Madonna’s first concert film “Madonna: Truth or Dare” and later sold the film overseas.
Rachael Horovitz, who worked with him at De Laurentiis, remembered Kramer on his memorial site. “A concert pianist who helped right the Beastie Boys tourbus one night in Paris when rabid fans were tipping it over; a patient negotiator who cried reading J.D. Salinger. His contradictions made him.”
He joined forces with Thom Mount to form the Mount/Kramer Company in the early ’90s, producing Roman Polanski’s...
- 19/12/2023
- Caroline Brew के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
Playwright Israel Horovitz, whose Off Broadway productions provided early stages for such soon-to-be-stars as Al Pacino, Marsha Mason, John Cazale and Richard Dreyfus but whose later career was severely damaged by repeated accusations of sexual assault, died at his Manhattan home of cancer on Nov. 9. He was 81.
His death was confirmed to The New York Times by wife Gillian Horovitz. Horovitz’s children include Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys, film producer Rachael Horovitz and TV producer Matthew Horovitz.
Horovitz’s first success came in 1968, with the Off Broadway double-bill The Indian Wants the Bronx and It’s Called the Sugar Plum, featuring casts that included Pacino, Mason and Cazale. Mason’s future Goodbye Girl costar Dreyfuss appeared, with Cazale, in Horovitz’s 1970 play Line, which was Off Off Broadway’s longest running production when it closed in 2018.
Though a prolific and acclaimed writer of works for Off Broadway and regional theaters,...
His death was confirmed to The New York Times by wife Gillian Horovitz. Horovitz’s children include Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys, film producer Rachael Horovitz and TV producer Matthew Horovitz.
Horovitz’s first success came in 1968, with the Off Broadway double-bill The Indian Wants the Bronx and It’s Called the Sugar Plum, featuring casts that included Pacino, Mason and Cazale. Mason’s future Goodbye Girl costar Dreyfuss appeared, with Cazale, in Horovitz’s 1970 play Line, which was Off Off Broadway’s longest running production when it closed in 2018.
Though a prolific and acclaimed writer of works for Off Broadway and regional theaters,...
- 12/11/2020
- Greg Evans के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Renowned punk musician Viv Albertine’s memoirs will be adapted as a TV series by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films (“Carol”) and Rachael Horovitz’s (“Patrick Melrose”) West Fourth Films.
Albertine has written two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the ‘70s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the punk rock music scene. The first, “Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys,” was published in 2014, and the second, “To Throw Away Unopened,” was published in 2018.
Albertine said: “I’m so happy that Rachael, Elizabeth and Stephen are bringing my books to the screen. Right from the start they were sensitive to the extremely personal nature of the work and I knew the books were in the hands of producers with integrity. Their vision is perfectly in tune with the work, they understand the subject and the times,...
Albertine has written two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the ‘70s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the punk rock music scene. The first, “Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys,” was published in 2014, and the second, “To Throw Away Unopened,” was published in 2018.
Albertine said: “I’m so happy that Rachael, Elizabeth and Stephen are bringing my books to the screen. Right from the start they were sensitive to the extremely personal nature of the work and I knew the books were in the hands of producers with integrity. Their vision is perfectly in tune with the work, they understand the subject and the times,...
- 1/9/2020
- Naman Ramachandran के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
The Slits’ Viv Albertine is adapting her two memoirs for television after selling the rights to the producers behind Carol, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Albertine has published two memoirs, 2014’s Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys, and 2018’s To Throw Away Unopened. The former chronicled her time in the Slits and the London punk milieu during its late Seventies heyday — as well as her career in TV and film production afterward and the release of her first solo album in 2012. Meanwhile, in To Throw Away Unopened,...
Albertine has published two memoirs, 2014’s Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys, and 2018’s To Throw Away Unopened. The former chronicled her time in the Slits and the London punk milieu during its late Seventies heyday — as well as her career in TV and film production afterward and the release of her first solo album in 2012. Meanwhile, in To Throw Away Unopened,...
- 1/9/2020
- Jon Blistein के द्वारा
- Rollingstone.com
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley to develop TV drama alongside ‘Patrick Melrose’ producer Rachael Horovitz.
Number 9 Films, the London-based production company whose credits include Carol, and Rachael Horovitz’ West Fourth Films have acquired the television rights to the memoirs of iconic punk musician Viv Albertine.
Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Horovitz will develop and adapt Albertine’s bestsellers for a limited TV series.
Number 9 has previously worked on developing TV projects, such as an adaptation of Henry James’ Portrait Of A Lady, but have yet to go into production on a series. Horovitz is perhaps best known as a...
Number 9 Films, the London-based production company whose credits include Carol, and Rachael Horovitz’ West Fourth Films have acquired the television rights to the memoirs of iconic punk musician Viv Albertine.
Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Horovitz will develop and adapt Albertine’s bestsellers for a limited TV series.
Number 9 has previously worked on developing TV projects, such as an adaptation of Henry James’ Portrait Of A Lady, but have yet to go into production on a series. Horovitz is perhaps best known as a...
- 1/9/2020
- 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦ के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
The life of Viv Albertine, the punk musician and guitarist of The Slits, is getting the TV treatment after Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films and Rachael Horovitz’ West Fourth Films teamed to acquire rights to her memoirs.
Albertine has published two autobiographical books, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys in 2014, and To Throw Away Unopened in 2018. They chronicled how she was a founding member of all-girl punk band The Slits in the late 1970s, becoming a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious and Susie Souix. Alongside music, she has worked as a director and also collaborated with Joanna Hogg, composing the soundtrack for Arichpelago, and starring in Exhibition.
The producers said they acquired the rights in a competitive situation, and will now develop a limited TV series from the material.
Albertine has published two autobiographical books, Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys in 2014, and To Throw Away Unopened in 2018. They chronicled how she was a founding member of all-girl punk band The Slits in the late 1970s, becoming a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance with Sid Vicious and Susie Souix. Alongside music, she has worked as a director and also collaborated with Joanna Hogg, composing the soundtrack for Arichpelago, and starring in Exhibition.
The producers said they acquired the rights in a competitive situation, and will now develop a limited TV series from the material.
- 1/9/2020
- Tom Grater के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films, together with Rachael Horovitz’s West Fourth Films, has acquired the television rights to the memoirs of legendary punk musician Viv Albertine.
Albertine released two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the 1970s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the male-dominated punk rock music scene. Albertine was among the first “inner circle” fans of the Sex Pistols and was a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance ...
Albertine released two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the 1970s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the male-dominated punk rock music scene. Albertine was among the first “inner circle” fans of the Sex Pistols and was a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance ...
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films, together with Rachael Horovitz’s West Fourth Films, has acquired the television rights to the memoirs of legendary punk musician Viv Albertine.
Albertine released two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the 1970s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the male-dominated punk rock music scene. Albertine was among the first “inner circle” fans of the Sex Pistols and was a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance ...
Albertine released two memoirs detailing her upbringing in the 1970s and rise in punk music as guitarist for all-girl band The Slits (1977-1982) at the height of the male-dominated punk rock music scene. Albertine was among the first “inner circle” fans of the Sex Pistols and was a close friend of both Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash. In 1976, she helped form The Flowers of Romance ...
On today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a trailer for “Teenage Bounty Hunters,” and HBO announced the premiere date for Nxivm docuseries “The Vow.”
Dates
HBO announced that docuseries “The Vow” will be available on HBO and HBO Max starting Aug. 23. “The Vow” documents events within Nxivm, an organization rife with charges against it, including sex trafficking. Founder Keith Raniere is currently awaiting his sentence after being convicted on the aforementioned sex trafficking charges. The series will touch on members’ stories of abuse and perceived transformations during their time in the group, giving a voice to those behind the news coverage. The series is executive produced by Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, and the directors are Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim. Watch the trailer below.
FX announced docuseries “A Wilderness of Error” will premiere with the first three episodes on Sept. 25. The final two episodes will be released the following week,...
Dates
HBO announced that docuseries “The Vow” will be available on HBO and HBO Max starting Aug. 23. “The Vow” documents events within Nxivm, an organization rife with charges against it, including sex trafficking. Founder Keith Raniere is currently awaiting his sentence after being convicted on the aforementioned sex trafficking charges. The series will touch on members’ stories of abuse and perceived transformations during their time in the group, giving a voice to those behind the news coverage. The series is executive produced by Lisa Heller and Nancy Abraham, and the directors are Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim. Watch the trailer below.
FX announced docuseries “A Wilderness of Error” will premiere with the first three episodes on Sept. 25. The final two episodes will be released the following week,...
- 30/7/2020
- Eli Countryman के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
FX has set a premiere date for the docuseries “A Wilderness of Error,” based on the book of the same name by Errol Morris.
The series from producers Marc Smerling and Jason Blum, producers of HBO’s “The Jinx” dives into the story of Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald, who was sent to prison for killing his family amid a storm of swirling narratives. Per FX, the series “challenges our very ability to find the truth all the while overshadowing a chilling possibility: MacDonald may be an innocent man.”
The first three episodes will premiere back-to-back on Friday, Sept. 25, with the final two episodes to follow a week later.
Also Read: 'What We Do in the Shadows' Showrunner Teases Gargoyles, Hellhounds and a Search for Love in Season 3 (Video)
Prior to the series premiere, Smerling will also launch a companion podcast, “Morally (In)Defensible,” with Sony Music Entertainment. The podcast follows...
The series from producers Marc Smerling and Jason Blum, producers of HBO’s “The Jinx” dives into the story of Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald, who was sent to prison for killing his family amid a storm of swirling narratives. Per FX, the series “challenges our very ability to find the truth all the while overshadowing a chilling possibility: MacDonald may be an innocent man.”
The first three episodes will premiere back-to-back on Friday, Sept. 25, with the final two episodes to follow a week later.
Also Read: 'What We Do in the Shadows' Showrunner Teases Gargoyles, Hellhounds and a Search for Love in Season 3 (Video)
Prior to the series premiere, Smerling will also launch a companion podcast, “Morally (In)Defensible,” with Sony Music Entertainment. The podcast follows...
- 30/7/2020
- Reid Nakamura के द्वारा
- The Wrap
With production grinding to a halt in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the entertainment industry has found itself navigating uncharted territory. To offer a better sense of how, The Hollywood Reporter is running a regular series that focuses on how Hollywood's writers, actors, directors, executives and others are living and working in these challenging times.
Producer Rachael Horovitz temporarily relocated to London awhile back with her husband and children while she was in production on the Benedict Cumberbatch series Patrick Melrose, a Showtime series that went on to win a BAFTA for best miniseries. Temporary turned into ...
Producer Rachael Horovitz temporarily relocated to London awhile back with her husband and children while she was in production on the Benedict Cumberbatch series Patrick Melrose, a Showtime series that went on to win a BAFTA for best miniseries. Temporary turned into ...
- 24/4/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Penelope Ann Miller and Mia Kirshner are set as the leads in Lifetime’s upcoming movie The College Admissions Scandal following the story of over 50 wealthy and elite families that tried to cheat the college admissions system. Additionally, Canadian actor Michael Shanks portrays college admissions consultant Rick Singer. Production is set to begin this month.
The College Admissions Scandal will debut this fall as part of Lifetime’s Ripped From the Headlines movie slate, which includes Escaping the Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter, Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story and Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story.
The College Admissions Scandal follows two wealthy mothers, Caroline (Miller), a sought after interior designer and Bethany (Kirshner), an owner of a successful financial services firm, who share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college.
The College Admissions Scandal will debut this fall as part of Lifetime’s Ripped From the Headlines movie slate, which includes Escaping the Nxivm Cult: A Mother’s Fight to Save Her Daughter, Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story and Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story.
The College Admissions Scandal follows two wealthy mothers, Caroline (Miller), a sought after interior designer and Bethany (Kirshner), an owner of a successful financial services firm, who share an obsession with getting their teenagers into the best possible college.
- 12/8/2019
- Denise Petski के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Moneyball producer Rachael Horovitz and Jennifer Wachtell are partnering with Vanity Fair contributing editor Evgenia Peretz on a TV adaptation of Peretz’s deep dive into the Hollywood college admissions scandal, To Cheat And Lie In La. Peretz, whose screenwriting credits include Juliet, Naked and Our Idiot Brother, is adapting from her article that was posted online this morning and will be published in the September issue of the magazine, and the producers are in talks with showrunners and directors before going out to studios.
Peretz’s investigation into the scandalous story broadens from the celebrity focus in the bribery and cheating scandal and focuses on a quixotic group of privileged La families — the non celebrities — caught in the now infamous criminal web. Peretz has previously covered private school culture in her articles on Georgetown Prep, Marlborough, and Miss Porter’s school. The article leans into the socially complex...
Peretz’s investigation into the scandalous story broadens from the celebrity focus in the bribery and cheating scandal and focuses on a quixotic group of privileged La families — the non celebrities — caught in the now infamous criminal web. Peretz has previously covered private school culture in her articles on Georgetown Prep, Marlborough, and Miss Porter’s school. The article leans into the socially complex...
- 31/7/2019
- Mike Fleming Jr के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
2018’s Patrick Melrose was originally conceived as a five-part limited series but star Benedict Cumberbatch and the production team are working on a way to continue the story of the titular anti-hero for a second season.
Based on the novels by Edward St. Aubyn, Patrick Melrose focused on the very troubled life of Cumberbatch’s character, with the non-linear narrative exploring his tragic childhood trapped with an abusive father, the life-threatening addictions of his tearaway twenties and the process of healing he began to go through as a family man in his middle years. There’s more of Melrose’s life to cover, then, but the plots of St. Aubyn’s five books have already been used up.
Exec producers Rachael Horovitz and Michael Jackson told Deadline that various storylines are being batted around at this stage, but the final say will come from creator Edward St. Aubyn.
“Our collective...
Based on the novels by Edward St. Aubyn, Patrick Melrose focused on the very troubled life of Cumberbatch’s character, with the non-linear narrative exploring his tragic childhood trapped with an abusive father, the life-threatening addictions of his tearaway twenties and the process of healing he began to go through as a family man in his middle years. There’s more of Melrose’s life to cover, then, but the plots of St. Aubyn’s five books have already been used up.
Exec producers Rachael Horovitz and Michael Jackson told Deadline that various storylines are being batted around at this stage, but the final say will come from creator Edward St. Aubyn.
“Our collective...
- 30/5/2019
- Christian Bone के द्वारा
- We Got This Covered
Showtime’s limited series “Patrick Melrose” may not be so limited anymore. The network is in early discussions to bring the Benedict Cumberbatch-led series back for a second season.
“It is very early in the exploratory phase, but Showtime would love the opportunity to work with Benedict, Edward, David, Teddy and the series’ producers again,” a Showtime spokesperson told TheWrap.
Based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn, “Patrick Melrose” is an acerbic and fearless look at the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood to his remarkable survival as an adult, per Showtime’s description.
Each episode was devoted to one of St. Aubyn’s five novels, so a second season would not be based on any prior source material.
Cumberbatch, who also executive produces the miniseries, plays...
“It is very early in the exploratory phase, but Showtime would love the opportunity to work with Benedict, Edward, David, Teddy and the series’ producers again,” a Showtime spokesperson told TheWrap.
Based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn, “Patrick Melrose” is an acerbic and fearless look at the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood to his remarkable survival as an adult, per Showtime’s description.
Each episode was devoted to one of St. Aubyn’s five novels, so a second season would not be based on any prior source material.
Cumberbatch, who also executive produces the miniseries, plays...
- 30/5/2019
- Tim Baysinger के द्वारा
- The Wrap
Exclusive: The creative team behind Patrick Melrose, the BAFTA-winning Benedict Cumberbatch-fronted drama, are in active discussions about bringing the limited series back for more episodes.
Patrick Melrose was originally set up as a five-episode order with each episode of the show based on one of Edward St Aubyn’s novels. Although all of the novels were used for the David Nicholls-penned adaptation, Deadline understands that Cumberbatch and the producers are looking at ways to carry on the story.
The series, which was directed by Edward Berger and produced by Michael Jackson’s Two Cities Television, Little Island Productions and Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, aired on Showtime in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in the UK in May 2018. Rachael Horovitz and Michael Jackson are lead exec producers alongside Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland and Helen Flint.
Horovitz and Jackson said, “Our collective passion for Teddy’s novels and the joyful experience...
Patrick Melrose was originally set up as a five-episode order with each episode of the show based on one of Edward St Aubyn’s novels. Although all of the novels were used for the David Nicholls-penned adaptation, Deadline understands that Cumberbatch and the producers are looking at ways to carry on the story.
The series, which was directed by Edward Berger and produced by Michael Jackson’s Two Cities Television, Little Island Productions and Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch, aired on Showtime in the U.S. and Sky Atlantic in the UK in May 2018. Rachael Horovitz and Michael Jackson are lead exec producers alongside Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland and Helen Flint.
Horovitz and Jackson said, “Our collective passion for Teddy’s novels and the joyful experience...
- 30/5/2019
- Peter White के द्वारा
- Deadline Film + TV
Sweeping international shoots, comprehensive historical research,
meticulous costume and music selections, a complex dance between writers and producers — the sheer amount of thought, research and money that went into building the complex and intricate worlds for this year’s limited-series Emmy nominees was infinitely large in scope despite the shorter screen time.
Creating such rich landscapes for the characters was no small feat. From the 1960s to 2000s decades-jumping saga of Showtime’s “Patrick Melrose,” to the gritty streets of New York at the turn of the 19th century in TNT’s “The Alienist,” to Pablo Picasso in National Geographic’s “Genius,” and Andrew Cunanan’s killing spree in the mid-1990s for FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” these series’ showrunners all agree on one thing: research was fundamental when it came time to bringing these worlds to life.
“Versace” showrunner Tom Rob Smith read...
meticulous costume and music selections, a complex dance between writers and producers — the sheer amount of thought, research and money that went into building the complex and intricate worlds for this year’s limited-series Emmy nominees was infinitely large in scope despite the shorter screen time.
Creating such rich landscapes for the characters was no small feat. From the 1960s to 2000s decades-jumping saga of Showtime’s “Patrick Melrose,” to the gritty streets of New York at the turn of the 19th century in TNT’s “The Alienist,” to Pablo Picasso in National Geographic’s “Genius,” and Andrew Cunanan’s killing spree in the mid-1990s for FX’s “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” these series’ showrunners all agree on one thing: research was fundamental when it came time to bringing these worlds to life.
“Versace” showrunner Tom Rob Smith read...
- 15/8/2018
- Amber Dowling के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
‘Patrick Melrose’: How Benedict Cumberbatch Became an Expert in Addiction to Deliver His Career Best
Not only is Showtime’s five-part mini-series “Patrick Melrose” a superb cinematic adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s five searing novels, it marks Benedict Cumberbatch’s best performance ever. While some may prefer his Oscar-nominated “The Imitation Game,” star-making Emmy-winner “Sherlock,” or little-seen Emmy-nominated role in “Parade’s End,” it’s “Patrick Melrose” that feels like a role he was born to play.
The 42-year-old British star, who moves easily from comic-book roles like Marvel’s Doctor Strange to the BBC’s urbane “Sherlock” and the high drama of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” scored his sixth Emmy nomination (one of five for the series) for his tour-de-force portrayal of a not-so-functioning drug addict with icky family secrets. The series, written by David Nicholls (“One Day”) and directed by Edward Berger (“Deutchland 83”), is entertaining and moving in equal measure, thanks to Cumberbatch’s careening yet precise performance. He nails this guy.
“This...
The 42-year-old British star, who moves easily from comic-book roles like Marvel’s Doctor Strange to the BBC’s urbane “Sherlock” and the high drama of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” scored his sixth Emmy nomination (one of five for the series) for his tour-de-force portrayal of a not-so-functioning drug addict with icky family secrets. The series, written by David Nicholls (“One Day”) and directed by Edward Berger (“Deutchland 83”), is entertaining and moving in equal measure, thanks to Cumberbatch’s careening yet precise performance. He nails this guy.
“This...
- 13/8/2018
- Anne Thompson के द्वारा
- Indiewire
‘Patrick Melrose’: How Benedict Cumberbatch Became an Expert in Addiction to Deliver His Career Best
Not only is Showtime’s five-part mini-series “Patrick Melrose” a superb cinematic adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s five searing novels, it marks Benedict Cumberbatch’s best performance ever. While some may prefer his Oscar-nominated “The Imitation Game,” star-making Emmy-winner “Sherlock,” or little-seen Emmy-nominated role in “Parade’s End,” it’s “Patrick Melrose” that feels like a role he was born to play.
The 42-year-old British star, who moves easily from comic-book roles like Marvel’s Doctor Strange to the BBC’s urbane “Sherlock” and the high drama of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” scored his sixth Emmy nomination (one of five for the series) for his tour-de-force portrayal of a not-so-functioning drug addict with icky family secrets. The series, written by David Nicholls (“One Day”) and directed by Edward Berger (“Deutchland 83”), is entertaining and moving in equal measure, thanks to Cumberbatch’s careening yet precise performance. He nails this guy.
“This...
The 42-year-old British star, who moves easily from comic-book roles like Marvel’s Doctor Strange to the BBC’s urbane “Sherlock” and the high drama of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” scored his sixth Emmy nomination (one of five for the series) for his tour-de-force portrayal of a not-so-functioning drug addict with icky family secrets. The series, written by David Nicholls (“One Day”) and directed by Edward Berger (“Deutchland 83”), is entertaining and moving in equal measure, thanks to Cumberbatch’s careening yet precise performance. He nails this guy.
“This...
- 13/8/2018
- Anne Thompson के द्वारा
- Thompson on Hollywood
Patrick Melrose executive producers Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball, Grey Gardens) and Michael Jackson (documentaries including America: The Story of Us) shared a patient resolve in bringing the brilliant prose of Edward St. Aubyn's beloved semiautobiographical novel series to TV, devoting half a decade of development to it. Their perseverance bore glorious fruit: As they reveal, the five-episode Showtime limited series — encompassing the span of the five novels — found an ideal embodiment for the author's dizzying prose in the form of lead Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Class, privilege, wealth, abuse, recovery, drugs, drugs and more drugs. Showtime’s foray into scripted Saturday night series with the debut of “Patrick Melrose” has it all, including Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character.
Not that it was an easy road getting there.
The five-part miniseries is based on the semi-autobiographical novels from Edward St. Aubyn, and finally comes to television after spending half a decade in development. Not only was the task of translating St. Aubyn’s notoriously beautiful prose to the small screen a massive undertaking, but finding the right vehicle in which to tell the best-selling saga with a cult-like following was important in order to nail the numerous themes and overall tone from the books.
“Although now hopefully it feels like it was meant to be, when we started off on the journey it was actually very difficult,” co-showrunner Michael Jackson tells Variety. “We cycled through...
Not that it was an easy road getting there.
The five-part miniseries is based on the semi-autobiographical novels from Edward St. Aubyn, and finally comes to television after spending half a decade in development. Not only was the task of translating St. Aubyn’s notoriously beautiful prose to the small screen a massive undertaking, but finding the right vehicle in which to tell the best-selling saga with a cult-like following was important in order to nail the numerous themes and overall tone from the books.
“Although now hopefully it feels like it was meant to be, when we started off on the journey it was actually very difficult,” co-showrunner Michael Jackson tells Variety. “We cycled through...
- 11/5/2018
- Amber Dowling के द्वारा
- Variety Film + TV
Pair join star and executive producer Benedict Cumberbatch. The Crown’s Anna Madeley joins cast.
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving and The Crown’s Anna Madeley have signed on for the Benedict Cumberbatch-led mini-series.
The Showtime and Sky Atlantic co-production is based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Patrick Melrose skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse to recovery.
Each of the five episodes is devoted to one of the five novels. The series will encompass the saga of Patrick Melrose’s life, from his abusive youth at the hands of his father, played by Weaving, and mother, played by Leigh, to his life as an outrageous playboy and struggles to defy the pain of his past.
The limited series will take place in wide-ranging locales and time periods such as the south of France...
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving and The Crown’s Anna Madeley have signed on for the Benedict Cumberbatch-led mini-series.
The Showtime and Sky Atlantic co-production is based on the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Patrick Melrose skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse to recovery.
Each of the five episodes is devoted to one of the five novels. The series will encompass the saga of Patrick Melrose’s life, from his abusive youth at the hands of his father, played by Weaving, and mother, played by Leigh, to his life as an outrageous playboy and struggles to defy the pain of his past.
The limited series will take place in wide-ranging locales and time periods such as the south of France...
- 10/7/2017
- ScreenDaily
Whether the Sherlock TV show will end with season four or be renewed for a fifth season is anyone's guess. Still, we have some good news for fans of Sherlock, who want Benedict Cumberbatch back on their TVs. The actor will star and executive produce the upcoming Melrose TV show coming to Showtime and Sky Atlantic.David Nicholls is writing the five-part limited series, which is based on the Patrick Melrose novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Michael Jackson will executive produce Melrose with Rachael Horovitz, Cumberbatch, and Adam Ackland.Read More…...
- 28/2/2017
- TVSeriesFinale.com के द्वारा
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The series will be an adaptation of Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels.
Alex Graham and Michael Jackson’s indie has scored its debut order - a five-part drama for Sky Atlantic and Us network Showtime starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
The two broadcasters ordered Melrose from Two Cities Television, the BBC Worldwide-backed indie set up by the pair last year in association with Cumberbatch’s Studiocanal-owned indie SunnyMarch.
The show is based on Edward St. Aubyn’s novels featuring aristocratic playboy Patrick Melrose, who will be played by the Sherlock star.
Written by One Day author David Nicholls, the drama charts Melrose’s deeply traumatic childhood, issues with alcoholism, heroin addiction, recovery, marriage and parenthood.
Each episode of the 5 x 60-minute drama will be based on one St. Aubyn novel and will be set in the south of France in the 1960s, New York in the 1980s and Britain in the early 2000s.
It is the...
Alex Graham and Michael Jackson’s indie has scored its debut order - a five-part drama for Sky Atlantic and Us network Showtime starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
The two broadcasters ordered Melrose from Two Cities Television, the BBC Worldwide-backed indie set up by the pair last year in association with Cumberbatch’s Studiocanal-owned indie SunnyMarch.
The show is based on Edward St. Aubyn’s novels featuring aristocratic playboy Patrick Melrose, who will be played by the Sherlock star.
Written by One Day author David Nicholls, the drama charts Melrose’s deeply traumatic childhood, issues with alcoholism, heroin addiction, recovery, marriage and parenthood.
Each episode of the 5 x 60-minute drama will be based on one St. Aubyn novel and will be set in the south of France in the 1960s, New York in the 1980s and Britain in the early 2000s.
It is the...
- 28/2/2017
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: David O Russell, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon & Pamela Koffler, and Rachael Horovitz will produce a narrative feature adaptation of The Witness, the James Solomon-directed documentary that is one of the 15 feature docus shortlisted for the Oscars. Solomon will write the screenplay. The Witness takes a close look at the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, an attack that shocked the city after The New York Times reported that 38 witnesses saw her being murdered or…...
- 9/1/2017
- Deadline
Film about Lord Of The Rings author is being produced by Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne; Protagonist boards sales.
BAFTA-winning director James Strong (United, Broadchurch) will direct Middle Earth, a biopic of Lord Of The Rings author Jrr Tolkien.
Angus Fletcher has written the screenplay following six years of archival research and personal interviews. The film will follow Tolkien’s early life leading up to the First World War, when the young man was sent overseas to fight for his country.
Producers on the project are Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne – who were running New Line Cinema when it greenlit the ambitious Lord Of The Rings film adaptations - for their banner Unique Features, with Rachael Horovitz.
Protagonist Pictures is handling world sales and will launch the title to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
Strong is currently directing miniseries Liar for AMC/ITV. Writer Fletcher’s other works include the forthcoming adaptation of Em Forster...
BAFTA-winning director James Strong (United, Broadchurch) will direct Middle Earth, a biopic of Lord Of The Rings author Jrr Tolkien.
Angus Fletcher has written the screenplay following six years of archival research and personal interviews. The film will follow Tolkien’s early life leading up to the First World War, when the young man was sent overseas to fight for his country.
Producers on the project are Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne – who were running New Line Cinema when it greenlit the ambitious Lord Of The Rings film adaptations - for their banner Unique Features, with Rachael Horovitz.
Protagonist Pictures is handling world sales and will launch the title to buyers at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
Strong is currently directing miniseries Liar for AMC/ITV. Writer Fletcher’s other works include the forthcoming adaptation of Em Forster...
- 8/11/2016
- tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Rebecca Miller & Damon Cardasis Launch Round Films; Production Outfit Kicks Off With ‘Maggie’s Plan’
Exclusive: Rebecca Miller and Damon Cardasis are launching Round Films, a new production outfit that builds on the duo’s work together on Maggie’s Plan. The new shingle will be repped by Cinetic Media and CAA. The first project to be released under the Round Films banner, Maggie’s Plan, was written and directed by Miller and produced by Cardasis and Rachael Horovitz. The romantic comedy starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis…...
- 20/5/2016
- Deadline TV
Rebecca Miller & Damon Cardasis Launch Round Films; Production Outfit Kicks Off With ‘Maggie’s Plan’
Exclusive: Rebecca Miller and Damon Cardasis are launching Round Films, a new production outfit that builds on the duo’s work together on Maggie’s Plan. The new shingle will be repped by Cinetic Media and CAA. The first project to be released under the Round Films banner, Maggie’s Plan, was written and directed by Miller and produced by Cardasis and Rachael Horovitz. The romantic comedy starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis…...
- 20/5/2016
- Deadline
A Speck in the Sea
Weinstein Books has acquired publishing rights for John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski's novel "A Speck in The Sea" which will be developed into a film at The Weinstein Company. Jeff Pope will adapt the script while Rachael Horovitz, Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein will produce.
Aldridge is a Montauk fisherman who fell of his boat into the ocean, forty miles off Montauk in the middle of the night without a life vest. His childhood best Sosinski helped launch a multi-state rescue operation - with the film set to cover that rescue in real time. [Source: Deadline]
The Kind Worth Killing
Agnieszka Holland ("In Darkness," "Angry Harvest") is attached to direct an adaptation of the Peter Swanson thriller novel "The Kind Worth Killing" for Chockstone Pictures and Nick Wechsler Productions. Christopher Kyle penned the adapted screenplay.
The story follows a man who tells a female fellow passenger about...
Weinstein Books has acquired publishing rights for John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski's novel "A Speck in The Sea" which will be developed into a film at The Weinstein Company. Jeff Pope will adapt the script while Rachael Horovitz, Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein will produce.
Aldridge is a Montauk fisherman who fell of his boat into the ocean, forty miles off Montauk in the middle of the night without a life vest. His childhood best Sosinski helped launch a multi-state rescue operation - with the film set to cover that rescue in real time. [Source: Deadline]
The Kind Worth Killing
Agnieszka Holland ("In Darkness," "Angry Harvest") is attached to direct an adaptation of the Peter Swanson thriller novel "The Kind Worth Killing" for Chockstone Pictures and Nick Wechsler Productions. Christopher Kyle penned the adapted screenplay.
The story follows a man who tells a female fellow passenger about...
- 17/3/2016
- Garth Franklin के द्वारा
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Protagonist concludes deals on Rebecca Miller comedy, which was sold to Sony at Toronto.
Protagonist Pictures has concluded global deals on Rebecca Miller’s comedy Maggie’s Plan, which was scooped up by Sony Pictures Classics for North America, UK and Australia/New Zealand and other selected territories after Tiff in a deal negotiated by CAA and Cinetic Media.
Prior to Tiff Protagonist inked a deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) for Spain, Italy, Latin America, Scandinavia and South Africa.
Other deals to have closed on the film include Germany (Mfa), France (Diaphana), Japan (Shochiku), Korea (Aud) and airlines(Cinesky).
In further deals, the film has been acquired for Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Portugal (Lusomundo), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), former Yugoslavia (McF), Czech/Slovak Republic (CinemArt) and Turkey (Bir Film).
Other agreements were secured for the Middle East (Front Row Entertainment), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), India (PVR), Indonesia (Pt Prima), Taiwan (Cai), Malaysia (Tanweer), Benelux (Imagine), Israel...
Protagonist Pictures has concluded global deals on Rebecca Miller’s comedy Maggie’s Plan, which was scooped up by Sony Pictures Classics for North America, UK and Australia/New Zealand and other selected territories after Tiff in a deal negotiated by CAA and Cinetic Media.
Prior to Tiff Protagonist inked a deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) for Spain, Italy, Latin America, Scandinavia and South Africa.
Other deals to have closed on the film include Germany (Mfa), France (Diaphana), Japan (Shochiku), Korea (Aud) and airlines(Cinesky).
In further deals, the film has been acquired for Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Portugal (Lusomundo), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), former Yugoslavia (McF), Czech/Slovak Republic (CinemArt) and Turkey (Bir Film).
Other agreements were secured for the Middle East (Front Row Entertainment), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), India (PVR), Indonesia (Pt Prima), Taiwan (Cai), Malaysia (Tanweer), Benelux (Imagine), Israel...
- 8/10/2015
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has snapped up North America, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Cis, Hungary, Romania, China and various other Asian territories to Rebecca Miller’s recent Toronto world premiere.
Maggie’s Plan stars Greta Gerwig as a young woman determined to bear a child who embarks on a love triangle with an academic and his eccentric wife. Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore also star.
Miller directed the comedy from her own screenplay based on a story by Karen Rinaldi. The film will screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival.
Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn and Mina Sundwall round out the key cast.
Spc brokered the deal with CAA and Cinetic Media for the filmmakers. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Rachael Horovitz, Damon Cardasis and Miller produce while Philip Stephenson and Temple Williams of Freedom Media, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive, Michael J Mailis and Susan Wrubel of Hyperion Media are...
Maggie’s Plan stars Greta Gerwig as a young woman determined to bear a child who embarks on a love triangle with an academic and his eccentric wife. Ethan Hawke and Julianne Moore also star.
Miller directed the comedy from her own screenplay based on a story by Karen Rinaldi. The film will screen at the upcoming New York Film Festival.
Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Travis Fimmel, Ida Rohatyn, Wallace Shawn and Mina Sundwall round out the key cast.
Spc brokered the deal with CAA and Cinetic Media for the filmmakers. Protagonist Pictures handles international sales.
Rachael Horovitz, Damon Cardasis and Miller produce while Philip Stephenson and Temple Williams of Freedom Media, Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry of Locomotive, Michael J Mailis and Susan Wrubel of Hyperion Media are...
- 24/9/2015
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Toronto Review: With 'Maggie's Plan,' Greta Gerwig Officially Owns Her Own Genre Based on the favorable response to Rebecca Miller's "Maggie's Plan," particularly the praise for the trio of lead performances by Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke and a Dutch-accented Julianne Moore, it was only a matter of time until a distributor snagged the film for American distribution. Enter Sony Pictures Classics, who has acquired U.S. and some international distribution rights to the film. The movie centers around a love triangle between a Brooklyn woman (Gerwig) who is debating being a single parent, a married college professor (Hawke) and his eccentric critical-theorist wife (Moore). Miller wrote and directed the picture, while also serving as producer alongside Rachael Horovitz and Damon Cardasis. "With 'Maggie's Plan,' writer-director Rebecca Miller has done the impossible," said Sony Pictures Classics in a statement. "She has created a totally relatable.
- 24/9/2015
- Zack Sharf के द्वारा
- Indiewire
Read More: Exclusive: Laverne Cox, Parker Posey and Rachael Horovitz Join Lower East Side Film Festival Judges Similar to Max Mayer's 2009 drama "Adam," William Sullivan's latest work, "Jane Wants a Boyfriend," is raising autism awareness by showing what it's like for someone on the autism spectrum to fall in love and how their family relationships might change as a result. The official synopsis reads: "'Jane Wants a Boyfriend' explores a week in the life of Jane (Louisa Krause), a young woman looking for love in New York City. Despite dealing with the everyday challenges of being on the autism spectrum, Jane looks to her older sister, Bianca (Eliza Dushku), to help her find her very first boyfriend. As the innocent Jane embarks on new territory, and as Bianca worries that Jane's heart will be broken, they open up a new chapter in their relationship as sisters." "Jane Wants...
- 11/6/2015
- Kaeli Van Cott के द्वारा
- Indiewire
The dates of the 2015 Lower East Side Film Festival have been announced, along with some high-profile judges. The fifth annual festival will run from June 11-21 at the famous Landmark Sunshine Cinema, Anthology Film Archives, Crosby St. Hotel, East Village Cinema, Sixty Les, and other downtown venues. From "Orange is the New Black," Emmy-nominated actor Laverne Cox, actor Parker Posey and Golden Globe-winning Rachael Horovitz have joined the judges' table, which already consists of Lessff Festival Directors Damon Cardasis, Tony Castle, Roxy Hunt and Shannon Walker. For tickets and more info check out the festival's website. Read More: Attention, Filmmakers: The Lower East Side Film Festival Announces Call for Submissions...
- 10/4/2015
- Casey Cipriani के द्वारा
- Indiewire
Blumhouse Productions is set to produce a film adaptation of Errol Morris' acclaimed 2012 non-fiction book "A Wilderness of Error".
The story deals with the infamous Jeffrey MacDonald case. Morris examines the evidence in the case against MacDonald, a Green Beret physician who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. MacDonald put the blame on drug-crazed hippies.
MacDonald was sentenced to serve a life sentence for each of the three murders, to be served consecutively, and remains in federal prison in Maryland. He maintains his innocence, and Morris' book explores how some elements of the case may be entirely false.
Jason Blum ("Insidious"), Rachael Horovitz ("Moneybag") and former Universal TV head Michael Jackson will produce the film which aims to be more of a prestige project ala "Whiplash" than Blumhouse's usual micro budget horror and thriller fare.
Source: THR...
The story deals with the infamous Jeffrey MacDonald case. Morris examines the evidence in the case against MacDonald, a Green Beret physician who was convicted in 1979 of murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters. MacDonald put the blame on drug-crazed hippies.
MacDonald was sentenced to serve a life sentence for each of the three murders, to be served consecutively, and remains in federal prison in Maryland. He maintains his innocence, and Morris' book explores how some elements of the case may be entirely false.
Jason Blum ("Insidious"), Rachael Horovitz ("Moneybag") and former Universal TV head Michael Jackson will produce the film which aims to be more of a prestige project ala "Whiplash" than Blumhouse's usual micro budget horror and thriller fare.
Source: THR...
- 6/3/2015
- Garth Franklin के द्वारा
- Dark Horizons
Proving that his ubiquitous Blumhouse shingle isn't all about horror, Jason Blum* is now set to produce A Wilderness Of Error, based on a work of investigative journalism by Errol Morris. He'll be joined on the project by Rachael Horovitz, whose non-fiction-book-to-movie experience on Moneyball sounds pleasingly relevant.Morris's book centres on the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, convicted in the States in 1979 of murdering his two daughters and his wife, who at the time was pregnant with their third child. A former Us Special Forces medic, MacDonald was given three life sentences for the killings, to be served consecutively. He's still in jail in Maryland, with his next parole hearing not due until 2020.But MacDonald always maintained his innocence, claiming that the murders, which happened in 1970, were committed by Manson-style cult members. A credible alternative suspect, hippy drug addict Helena Stoeckley even confessed at one point, but later withdrew that confession.
- 6/3/2015
- EmpireOnline
Amongst the many talents of rightfully feted documentarian Errol Morris are the journalistic skills that honed the investigative crime report, A Wilderness of Error. The book is a full account of the trial of Jeffrey MacDonald, a sometime Green Beret who was charged, tried and convicted of murdering his wife and two daughters.
According to Morris’ book, there were many mistake made in the investigation of these crimes, and the further along the system the trial went, the more they were compounded. It works as an indictment of the Us justice system, and particularly how momentum can drive a case away from fact and into accepted wisdom.
Morris’ original plan was apparently to make a documentary film about the case, but this did not happen. Now cinema comes back into the picture, with Blumhouse looking to make a fictional account of the story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moneyball’s Rachael Horovitz will co-produce.
According to Morris’ book, there were many mistake made in the investigation of these crimes, and the further along the system the trial went, the more they were compounded. It works as an indictment of the Us justice system, and particularly how momentum can drive a case away from fact and into accepted wisdom.
Morris’ original plan was apparently to make a documentary film about the case, but this did not happen. Now cinema comes back into the picture, with Blumhouse looking to make a fictional account of the story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Moneyball’s Rachael Horovitz will co-produce.
- 5/3/2015
- Brendon Connelly के द्वारा
- Obsessed with Film
Cast completes on Rebecca Miller’s romantic comedy, which starts shooting later this month.
Ethan Hawke and Bill Hader are among the final cast additions to Maggie’s Plan.
Rebecca Miller’s screwball take on a romantic comedy will also star Maya Rudolph and Travis Fimmel, who join the already-announced Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore.
Based on a story by Karen Rinaldi, the film is set to start shooting on Feb 23 in New York. Rachael Horovitz produces alongside Miller and Damon Cardasis, while Freedom Media’s Phil Stephenson & Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly & Alexandra Kerry and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis & Susan Wrubel executive produce.
Executive producers are Freedom’s Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry, and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis and Susan Wrubel.
Protagonist Pictures handle international sales, while CAA and Cinetic are representing North American rights.
Ethan Hawke and Bill Hader are among the final cast additions to Maggie’s Plan.
Rebecca Miller’s screwball take on a romantic comedy will also star Maya Rudolph and Travis Fimmel, who join the already-announced Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore.
Based on a story by Karen Rinaldi, the film is set to start shooting on Feb 23 in New York. Rachael Horovitz produces alongside Miller and Damon Cardasis, while Freedom Media’s Phil Stephenson & Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly & Alexandra Kerry and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis & Susan Wrubel executive produce.
Executive producers are Freedom’s Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry, and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis and Susan Wrubel.
Protagonist Pictures handle international sales, while CAA and Cinetic are representing North American rights.
- 4/2/2015
- ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
In the run-up to the Efm in Berlin, Protagonist Pictures announced final casting on Rebecca Miller comedy Maggie’s Plan.
Boyhood star Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) and Travis Fimmel (‘Vikings‘)have joined Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) and Julianne Moore (Still Alice) in the cast.
Maggie’s Plan is described as “a screwball take on the fluctuations of modern love that puts a new spin on the romantic comedy”.
The film, based on a story by Karen Rinaldi, is set to start production in New York on Feb 23.
Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) produces alongside Miller and Damon Cardasis.
The film is being financed by Freedom Media, Locomotive, Hyperion and Three Point Capital.
Executive producers are Freedom’s Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry, and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis and Susan Wrubel.
CAA and Cinetic are representing North American rights, while international...
Boyhood star Ethan Hawke, Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids) and Travis Fimmel (‘Vikings‘)have joined Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) and Julianne Moore (Still Alice) in the cast.
Maggie’s Plan is described as “a screwball take on the fluctuations of modern love that puts a new spin on the romantic comedy”.
The film, based on a story by Karen Rinaldi, is set to start production in New York on Feb 23.
Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) produces alongside Miller and Damon Cardasis.
The film is being financed by Freedom Media, Locomotive, Hyperion and Three Point Capital.
Executive producers are Freedom’s Phil Stephenson and Temple Williams, Locomotive’s Lucy Barzun Donnelly and Alexandra Kerry, and Hyperion’s Michael Mailis and Susan Wrubel.
CAA and Cinetic are representing North American rights, while international...
- 4/2/2015
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Jeff Pope, who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing The Weinstein Co.’s drama Philomena, has been tapped by the production company to write its maritime survival In the Heart of the Sea. Rachael Horovitz, Jason Blum and Harvey Weinstein are producing the project, which adapts a January 2014 piece by Paul Tough that appeared in The New York Times Magazine. Speck told the story of 45-year-old lobster fisherman John Aldridge, who at 3:30 a.m. one morning slipped off his boat and fell into the Atlantic. The boat, on autopilot, kept on chugging, and his partner,
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- 13/11/2014
- Borys Kit के द्वारा
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
My Old Lady director Israel Horovitz at MoMA premiere on Samuel Beckett's Cascando: "I once recited a poem of mine to Beckett." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The New York première of Israel Horovitz's My Old Lady, starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith, was hosted by Meryl Streep, David O. Russell and Glenn Close at MoMA. Among those attending were producers Rachael Horovitz and Gary Foster, Charles Cohen, Paul Haggis, Gina Gershon, Joanna Coles, the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Phil Jackson, Alex Gibney, Ophelia Lovibond, Colin Callender, Mark Feuerstein, Erin Richards, Billy Magnussen and Julia Jones.
Israel Horovitz with co-host Meryl Streep: "It's probably rare for you to be talked to by a first time feature director who begins by saying, let me tell you about my grandchildren." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
"If you do not love me I shall not be loved," a line from Samuel Beckett's Cascando,...
The New York première of Israel Horovitz's My Old Lady, starring Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas and Maggie Smith, was hosted by Meryl Streep, David O. Russell and Glenn Close at MoMA. Among those attending were producers Rachael Horovitz and Gary Foster, Charles Cohen, Paul Haggis, Gina Gershon, Joanna Coles, the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, Phil Jackson, Alex Gibney, Ophelia Lovibond, Colin Callender, Mark Feuerstein, Erin Richards, Billy Magnussen and Julia Jones.
Israel Horovitz with co-host Meryl Streep: "It's probably rare for you to be talked to by a first time feature director who begins by saying, let me tell you about my grandchildren." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
"If you do not love me I shall not be loved," a line from Samuel Beckett's Cascando,...
- 10/9/2014
- Anne-Katrin Titze के द्वारा
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Some of my favorite movies are about Paris! How I loved “Funny Face” which made me love everything Audrey Hepburn did. How I loved “American in Paris” and Gene Kelly forever after. And the classic French films of Paris, from René Clair’s “The Rooftops of Paris”, “Modigliani of Montparnasse”, “Elevator to the Scaffold” to “Amelie”…oh la la!
Now a new Paris classic is in the making! If only they would change title to reflect the love of Paris transforming a couple of sad victims of their scandalously delicious parents’ love affair into lovers. Kevin Kline, a luminous Kirsten Scott Thomas and a decrepit but spirited Dame Maggie Smith star in a film, to be released September 10, which I only hope will come out with a different title.
Now entitled, “My Old Lady” (what’s that supposed to mean?) Dame Maggie Smith as Mathilde belongs to no one. A free spirit who had a dalliance with no less than …., at 92 she cannot be evicted from the apartment Kevin Kline comes to Paris to sell, an apartment hidden behind walls in Paris we wish we could penetrate and which Kevin Kline, in the character of Mathias Gold, cannot see, so intent is he on selling to procure some filthy lucre. I kept waiting for Kevin to embody his Academy Award winning hilarity in “A Fish Called Wanda”, but he played it straight, an unhappy, intellectual with great talent on the piano, three unpublished novels, three divorces and not a cent in his pocket. Angry, self-righteous Mathias Gold discovers that real-estate and relationships send him into a turmoil that he never imagined.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Israel Horowitz from his 2002 of-Broadway production, “My Old Lady” the property was further developed into a screenplay with Kevin Kline himself who dropped by the playwright’s Greenwich Village residence for intermittent readings as the film script branched out from its theatrical roots.
Dame Maggie Smith read the script and was the first actor to officially sign on to the film version. Israel Horovitz traveled to London to meet with her and she accepted the part amid 25 competing scripts offered to her at the time. Horovitz recalls Smith joking during the meeting that it was the only script in the stack that didn’t end with her character dying. Adds Horovitz: “To my knowledge, it’s the first time Dame Maggie’s done a movie in which she doesn’t wear a wig.”
Produced by the writer-director’s own daughter, the well-known-in-our-circles- from-her-days-at-New Line (and later at Revolution Studios), who began her career as a publicist of Dino De Laurentiis on the film “Blue Velvet” which I happened to foster as the acquisitions executive at Lorimar when we acquired it: Rachael Horovitz (“Moneyball”, HBO’s “Grey Gardens”) and Gary Foster (“The Soloist”, “Sleepless in Seattle”), got the script to Kristin Scott Thomas who immediately signed on to play Mathilde’s confrontational daughter Chloé. The main casting was complete.
Chloé takes the story away from the developing and deepening relationship between Mattias and Mathilde and makes it her own…thus the misplaced title of the movie. It is no longer Mattias and “his old lady” Mathilde’s story but the threesome’s, and what a great story it is.
Complex and compelling, the story of two people who have been destroyed by the same love affair understand each other’s problems better than any fourth party could ever understand, and we, as the fourth party, are given access to their journey towards love…in Paris. Only in Paris could these events unfold with such panache.
The other supporting actors are those veteran French actors you have seen and loved in other Parisian settings. Dominique Pinon as the helpful real-estate agent Lefebre who explains the complex codes of the “viager” system” appears like an old friend to those of us who saw and loved Jean-Jacques Beineix’s “Diva”, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” and “A Very Long Engagement”, “City of Lost Children” and Jeunet’s and Marc Caro’s 1991 film “ Delicatessen”. Noémi Lvovsky, the writer-director-actress who plays Mme. Girard’s physician, actor-director Stéphane Friess (“Welcome to the Sticks”) and the rapacious property developer Francois Roy who wants to buy Mathias’ apartment and turn it into a sleek hotel – as his father tried to do a generation earlier (how French!) -- round out a great supporting cast.
But without Paris, this familiar and yet totally unfamiliar Paris, the film would never have played out with such love. As a Paris habituée of many years, I kept searching for signs to tell me where this apartment was located. Was it a hotel particulière of the Marais?
Here is a little known secret of Paris: It was shot in la Manufature, located in les Gobelins in Paris’s 13th Arrondisement, operated and maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. A vast complex comprising several main buildings and a slew of apartments (now used to house government functionaries), la Manufacture is the historical site of tapestry manufacturing for French royalty dating from the 17th century to the present day. Because there is no longer a huge demand for artisan tapestries in France, la Manufacture doubles as an ersatz soundstage for film and television productions, in this case standing in for the more central and tourist trod Marais, where Mme. Girard and Chloé reside. The Girard’s sprawling residence, overlooking a verdant garden came to life. Israel Horovitz and his crew jumped at the opportunity to film there.
He says, “Almost the entire movie was shot inside the compound. At one point in its history, la Manufacture was its own city within the city, with a thousand people living there. We could park our trucks inside the gated compound and shoot in a way we never could in the busy Marais. Finding the apartment we used, with its creaky floors and general disrepair, was really what made the movie possible. It was like having our own little studio.” The film shot in Paris for 24 days in autumn 2013.
At 75, Horovitz -- a veteran playwright who wrote “The Strawberry Statement” which won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival and who collaborated with István Szabó on the 1999 historical drama “Sunshine” about a Jewish family living in Hungary during the turbulent first half of the 20th century –decided to direct this, his first, film as he wrote the screenplay.
How was it working for your father? One might ask Rachael. Her answer: “He was the most prepared director I’ve ever worked with.” She praises Horovitz pére for his professionalism, sense of humor and grace under pressure, each one a boon for the intimate, familial-themed “My Old Lady”. “There is real humanity in this film thanks to those factors, “ she concludes. “Working with a family member is always a pleasure because there is the shorthand of communication you have with very few others.”
Producer Gary Foster also praises Israel Horovitz for his human touch, including his considerable grasp of human nature and conflict. “This movie is at its core about family and how people deal with the many challenges of their lives, “Foster states. “Everyone has harbored secrets at some point. ‘My Old Lady’ examines how people with secrets reveal themselves emotionally in order to locate truth. What’s special about Israel’s craft is how organic and truthful it feels. So much of this movie depends on the actors working with dialogue-rich scenes set inside cramped rooms with little action and no special effects – you have to buy into the dimensionality of these characters. Israel is at his best writing and directing scenes that feel real, al though you were a fly on the wall amid the revealing of this family’s secrets. He’s not afraid of being overly sentimental and open with emotions, and I think that’s hugely valuable.”
I completely agree. This is a marvelous movie, filled with marvels of France and family.
The Jewish side of this film is never touched on, but I must touch on it here because in these days of turmoil over the Jewish state and the state of the Jews living in the Diaspora, those in France are also in fearful flux. But this shows a France at its splendid best today and I think it is because of the love the filmmakers have for the story, the craft and the country. Producer David C. Barrot produced “ Eyes Wide Open” the 2009 Cannes’ Un Certain Regard film that dared open the subject of homosexuality in Jerusalem’s Orthodox community. I cannot speak of the provenance of Daniel Battsek the Executive Producer who between 1985 and 1991, was managing director of Palace Pictures where he was involved in all aspects of marketing, distribution and acquisitions in the U.K. and Ireland. He began his industry career at The Hoyts Film Corporation in Sydney where he quickly rose through the ranks to general manager in Victoria State overseeing distribution.
Battsek was first introduced to Disney in 1991, when he was asked to start up a U.K. Company as part of the worldwide distribution network for Buena Vista International. In 1992, he officially joined The Walt Disney Studios. Battsek was quickly promoted to vice president/managing director where he handled all aspects of theatrical film distribution in the U.K. He was later promoted to vice president, managing director and European acquisitions director of Bvi (U.K.) Limited. His responsibilities also included involvement in the acquisition of distribution rights across numerous territories for such films as “Muriel's Wedding”, “Shine”, “Central Station”, “Kolya”, and “ Ice Storm”. In 1998, he was promoted to senior vice president, Bvi (U.K.) Limited where he oversaw approximately 35 films per year from the Disney, Touchstone and Miramax labels. With his expanding role, Battsek began acquiring and developing British film projects for worldwide distribution. He created the Bvi U.K. Comedy Label which produced four films, likeHigh Heels and Low Lifes,Hope Springs,Calendar Girls, and Kinky Boots.
On 24 July 2005, he was named President of Miramax Films, after Harvey and Bob Weinstein left the company, due to creative and financial differences with Disney exec, Michael Eisner. Since he took control of the company, Miramax released such films asThe Queen,No Country for Old Men or Doubt, refocusing on producing films of high quality but low budget and was instrumental in acquiring, green-lighting or distributing such renowned and award winning films as “Tsotsi” winner of Best Foreign Language Oscar, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, “There will be Blood” among others. On 20 January 2010, Battsek became President of National Geographic Films where he brought in the Oscar-nominated “Restrepo”. He is now President of Cohen Media Group where he plays a key role.
Nor can I speak authoritatively of Producer, Nitsa Benchetrit, and Executive Producers, Raphaël Benoliel, Russ Krasnoff, but I have my suspicions. Certainly the Executive Producer, President and CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, one of the country’s most important commercial real estate owners/ developers s well as an influential patron, innovator and visionary of culture and the arts, Charles S. Cohen (also founder of The Cohen Media Group in 2008, on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Los Angeles, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The Lighthouse International Theater, The Public Theater, the Stella Adler Studio and the Film Society of Lincoln Center) is living up to his name.
Even Kevin Kline suddenly seems to land inside this charmed circle of Diaspora Jews whose development and dedication to the finest
arts of the 21 st century must be praised and seen as a flowering of culture today.
While this is in no way a film which may ever be shown in the Jewish film festival circuit, it should be remarked that it is, in its way, a Jewish film because of the credentials of the filmmakers, because of the loving treatment of the neurotic family members and because it shows the natural habituation of people allowed to live in freedom in a society which values life.
I bring all this up in light of the reevaluation occurring today in the worlds of gender and religions and I want to go on record as pointing out that this film is an example of the flowering of culture; this is part of the culmination of centuries of developing a humane, forgiving and civilized way of life.
I say this as I contemplate the state of the world today to remind myself that art, not war, is my choice for my life and I believe the film is an affirmation of life above all.
Chapeau, Hats Off to the team that brought this film to life. Just change the title if you want to attract more people!
Now a new Paris classic is in the making! If only they would change title to reflect the love of Paris transforming a couple of sad victims of their scandalously delicious parents’ love affair into lovers. Kevin Kline, a luminous Kirsten Scott Thomas and a decrepit but spirited Dame Maggie Smith star in a film, to be released September 10, which I only hope will come out with a different title.
Now entitled, “My Old Lady” (what’s that supposed to mean?) Dame Maggie Smith as Mathilde belongs to no one. A free spirit who had a dalliance with no less than …., at 92 she cannot be evicted from the apartment Kevin Kline comes to Paris to sell, an apartment hidden behind walls in Paris we wish we could penetrate and which Kevin Kline, in the character of Mathias Gold, cannot see, so intent is he on selling to procure some filthy lucre. I kept waiting for Kevin to embody his Academy Award winning hilarity in “A Fish Called Wanda”, but he played it straight, an unhappy, intellectual with great talent on the piano, three unpublished novels, three divorces and not a cent in his pocket. Angry, self-righteous Mathias Gold discovers that real-estate and relationships send him into a turmoil that he never imagined.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Israel Horowitz from his 2002 of-Broadway production, “My Old Lady” the property was further developed into a screenplay with Kevin Kline himself who dropped by the playwright’s Greenwich Village residence for intermittent readings as the film script branched out from its theatrical roots.
Dame Maggie Smith read the script and was the first actor to officially sign on to the film version. Israel Horovitz traveled to London to meet with her and she accepted the part amid 25 competing scripts offered to her at the time. Horovitz recalls Smith joking during the meeting that it was the only script in the stack that didn’t end with her character dying. Adds Horovitz: “To my knowledge, it’s the first time Dame Maggie’s done a movie in which she doesn’t wear a wig.”
Produced by the writer-director’s own daughter, the well-known-in-our-circles- from-her-days-at-New Line (and later at Revolution Studios), who began her career as a publicist of Dino De Laurentiis on the film “Blue Velvet” which I happened to foster as the acquisitions executive at Lorimar when we acquired it: Rachael Horovitz (“Moneyball”, HBO’s “Grey Gardens”) and Gary Foster (“The Soloist”, “Sleepless in Seattle”), got the script to Kristin Scott Thomas who immediately signed on to play Mathilde’s confrontational daughter Chloé. The main casting was complete.
Chloé takes the story away from the developing and deepening relationship between Mattias and Mathilde and makes it her own…thus the misplaced title of the movie. It is no longer Mattias and “his old lady” Mathilde’s story but the threesome’s, and what a great story it is.
Complex and compelling, the story of two people who have been destroyed by the same love affair understand each other’s problems better than any fourth party could ever understand, and we, as the fourth party, are given access to their journey towards love…in Paris. Only in Paris could these events unfold with such panache.
The other supporting actors are those veteran French actors you have seen and loved in other Parisian settings. Dominique Pinon as the helpful real-estate agent Lefebre who explains the complex codes of the “viager” system” appears like an old friend to those of us who saw and loved Jean-Jacques Beineix’s “Diva”, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s “Amelie” and “A Very Long Engagement”, “City of Lost Children” and Jeunet’s and Marc Caro’s 1991 film “ Delicatessen”. Noémi Lvovsky, the writer-director-actress who plays Mme. Girard’s physician, actor-director Stéphane Friess (“Welcome to the Sticks”) and the rapacious property developer Francois Roy who wants to buy Mathias’ apartment and turn it into a sleek hotel – as his father tried to do a generation earlier (how French!) -- round out a great supporting cast.
But without Paris, this familiar and yet totally unfamiliar Paris, the film would never have played out with such love. As a Paris habituée of many years, I kept searching for signs to tell me where this apartment was located. Was it a hotel particulière of the Marais?
Here is a little known secret of Paris: It was shot in la Manufature, located in les Gobelins in Paris’s 13th Arrondisement, operated and maintained by the French Ministry of Culture. A vast complex comprising several main buildings and a slew of apartments (now used to house government functionaries), la Manufacture is the historical site of tapestry manufacturing for French royalty dating from the 17th century to the present day. Because there is no longer a huge demand for artisan tapestries in France, la Manufacture doubles as an ersatz soundstage for film and television productions, in this case standing in for the more central and tourist trod Marais, where Mme. Girard and Chloé reside. The Girard’s sprawling residence, overlooking a verdant garden came to life. Israel Horovitz and his crew jumped at the opportunity to film there.
He says, “Almost the entire movie was shot inside the compound. At one point in its history, la Manufacture was its own city within the city, with a thousand people living there. We could park our trucks inside the gated compound and shoot in a way we never could in the busy Marais. Finding the apartment we used, with its creaky floors and general disrepair, was really what made the movie possible. It was like having our own little studio.” The film shot in Paris for 24 days in autumn 2013.
At 75, Horovitz -- a veteran playwright who wrote “The Strawberry Statement” which won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival and who collaborated with István Szabó on the 1999 historical drama “Sunshine” about a Jewish family living in Hungary during the turbulent first half of the 20th century –decided to direct this, his first, film as he wrote the screenplay.
How was it working for your father? One might ask Rachael. Her answer: “He was the most prepared director I’ve ever worked with.” She praises Horovitz pére for his professionalism, sense of humor and grace under pressure, each one a boon for the intimate, familial-themed “My Old Lady”. “There is real humanity in this film thanks to those factors, “ she concludes. “Working with a family member is always a pleasure because there is the shorthand of communication you have with very few others.”
Producer Gary Foster also praises Israel Horovitz for his human touch, including his considerable grasp of human nature and conflict. “This movie is at its core about family and how people deal with the many challenges of their lives, “Foster states. “Everyone has harbored secrets at some point. ‘My Old Lady’ examines how people with secrets reveal themselves emotionally in order to locate truth. What’s special about Israel’s craft is how organic and truthful it feels. So much of this movie depends on the actors working with dialogue-rich scenes set inside cramped rooms with little action and no special effects – you have to buy into the dimensionality of these characters. Israel is at his best writing and directing scenes that feel real, al though you were a fly on the wall amid the revealing of this family’s secrets. He’s not afraid of being overly sentimental and open with emotions, and I think that’s hugely valuable.”
I completely agree. This is a marvelous movie, filled with marvels of France and family.
The Jewish side of this film is never touched on, but I must touch on it here because in these days of turmoil over the Jewish state and the state of the Jews living in the Diaspora, those in France are also in fearful flux. But this shows a France at its splendid best today and I think it is because of the love the filmmakers have for the story, the craft and the country. Producer David C. Barrot produced “ Eyes Wide Open” the 2009 Cannes’ Un Certain Regard film that dared open the subject of homosexuality in Jerusalem’s Orthodox community. I cannot speak of the provenance of Daniel Battsek the Executive Producer who between 1985 and 1991, was managing director of Palace Pictures where he was involved in all aspects of marketing, distribution and acquisitions in the U.K. and Ireland. He began his industry career at The Hoyts Film Corporation in Sydney where he quickly rose through the ranks to general manager in Victoria State overseeing distribution.
Battsek was first introduced to Disney in 1991, when he was asked to start up a U.K. Company as part of the worldwide distribution network for Buena Vista International. In 1992, he officially joined The Walt Disney Studios. Battsek was quickly promoted to vice president/managing director where he handled all aspects of theatrical film distribution in the U.K. He was later promoted to vice president, managing director and European acquisitions director of Bvi (U.K.) Limited. His responsibilities also included involvement in the acquisition of distribution rights across numerous territories for such films as “Muriel's Wedding”, “Shine”, “Central Station”, “Kolya”, and “ Ice Storm”. In 1998, he was promoted to senior vice president, Bvi (U.K.) Limited where he oversaw approximately 35 films per year from the Disney, Touchstone and Miramax labels. With his expanding role, Battsek began acquiring and developing British film projects for worldwide distribution. He created the Bvi U.K. Comedy Label which produced four films, likeHigh Heels and Low Lifes,Hope Springs,Calendar Girls, and Kinky Boots.
On 24 July 2005, he was named President of Miramax Films, after Harvey and Bob Weinstein left the company, due to creative and financial differences with Disney exec, Michael Eisner. Since he took control of the company, Miramax released such films asThe Queen,No Country for Old Men or Doubt, refocusing on producing films of high quality but low budget and was instrumental in acquiring, green-lighting or distributing such renowned and award winning films as “Tsotsi” winner of Best Foreign Language Oscar, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, “There will be Blood” among others. On 20 January 2010, Battsek became President of National Geographic Films where he brought in the Oscar-nominated “Restrepo”. He is now President of Cohen Media Group where he plays a key role.
Nor can I speak authoritatively of Producer, Nitsa Benchetrit, and Executive Producers, Raphaël Benoliel, Russ Krasnoff, but I have my suspicions. Certainly the Executive Producer, President and CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, one of the country’s most important commercial real estate owners/ developers s well as an influential patron, innovator and visionary of culture and the arts, Charles S. Cohen (also founder of The Cohen Media Group in 2008, on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moca) in Los Angeles, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The Lighthouse International Theater, The Public Theater, the Stella Adler Studio and the Film Society of Lincoln Center) is living up to his name.
Even Kevin Kline suddenly seems to land inside this charmed circle of Diaspora Jews whose development and dedication to the finest
arts of the 21 st century must be praised and seen as a flowering of culture today.
While this is in no way a film which may ever be shown in the Jewish film festival circuit, it should be remarked that it is, in its way, a Jewish film because of the credentials of the filmmakers, because of the loving treatment of the neurotic family members and because it shows the natural habituation of people allowed to live in freedom in a society which values life.
I bring all this up in light of the reevaluation occurring today in the worlds of gender and religions and I want to go on record as pointing out that this film is an example of the flowering of culture; this is part of the culmination of centuries of developing a humane, forgiving and civilized way of life.
I say this as I contemplate the state of the world today to remind myself that art, not war, is my choice for my life and I believe the film is an affirmation of life above all.
Chapeau, Hats Off to the team that brought this film to life. Just change the title if you want to attract more people!
- 30/7/2014
- Sydney Levine के द्वारा
- Sydney's Buzz
Kevin Kline gets the French Kiss-off from Maggie Smith in BBC Films dramedy My Old Lady, which Cohen Media Group is releasing stateside September 10. Pic stars Kline as a down and out American who moves to Paris to claim a house willed to him by his estranged father. There he discovers he must wait for the current tenant, a spunky nonagenerian (Smith), to pass before he can assume ownership per French law. Kristin Scott Thomas co-stars as Smith’s daughter in the U.S./UK co-production which marks writer-director Israel Horovitz’s debut. Producers are Gary Foster (Sleepless In Seattle, Community), Rachael Horovitz […]...
- 15/7/2014
- Deadline
Rebecca Miller’s Maggie's Plan due to shoot in NY later this year; Protagonist to shop at Cannes.
Clive Owen is joining Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore in the cast of Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan, the Protagonist Pictures rom-com due to shoot in New York later this year.
Owen will play John in the story of an unusual love triangle, which Miller wrote from a story by Karen Rinaldi.
Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) shares producer credits with Damon Cardasis and Miller, via Miller and Cardasis’ Round Films and Horovitz’s Specialty Films.
Protagonist will be shopping in Cannes. CAA and Cinetic are handling financing and rep North American rights.
Additional casting is underway.
Screen first announced Protagonist’s involvement in the project during the Efm in Berlin.
Owen most recently appeared in Fred Schepisi’s rom-com Words And Pictures with Juliette Binoche and in Guillaume Canet’s crime saga Blood Ties with Marion Cotillard and Mila Kunis...
Clive Owen is joining Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore in the cast of Rebecca Miller’s Maggie’s Plan, the Protagonist Pictures rom-com due to shoot in New York later this year.
Owen will play John in the story of an unusual love triangle, which Miller wrote from a story by Karen Rinaldi.
Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) shares producer credits with Damon Cardasis and Miller, via Miller and Cardasis’ Round Films and Horovitz’s Specialty Films.
Protagonist will be shopping in Cannes. CAA and Cinetic are handling financing and rep North American rights.
Additional casting is underway.
Screen first announced Protagonist’s involvement in the project during the Efm in Berlin.
Owen most recently appeared in Fred Schepisi’s rom-com Words And Pictures with Juliette Binoche and in Guillaume Canet’s crime saga Blood Ties with Marion Cotillard and Mila Kunis...
- 1/5/2014
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Clive Owen has joined Greta Gerwig and Julianne Moore in Rebecca Miller's Maggie's Plan, a romantic comedy of manners. Set to shoot in New York City later this year, the movie focuses on a warm-hearted and unusual love triangle. Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Karen Rinaldi. Video: 'The Knick' Promo Proclaims, 'Surgery Wasn't Always Science' U.K. sales and finance banner Protagonist Pictures will hawk international rights to the film during the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes. CAA and Cinetic are handling the financing of the project and representing North American rights. Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) shares
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- 1/5/2014
- Stuart Kemp के द्वारा
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Julianne Moore, Greta Gerwig [pictured] rom-com touches down at market.
Protagonist has rounded-out its impressive Efm slate with Rebecca Miller’s Us rom-com Maggie’s Plan, set to star Julianne Moore and Greta Gerwig, who is currently in Berlin on jury duty.
Writer-director Miller’s ‘romantic comedy of manners’ is adapted from Karen Rinaldi¹s story. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Miller (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) and Damon Cardasis’ (March!) Round Films are producing, with shoot due to get underway in New York City in the third quarter of 2014.
CAA and Cinetic are packaging the project and representing North American rights.
Several key roles are currently being cast including the role of the male love interest who connects the two women.
“I am thrilled to have such powerful, funny, exquisite actresses as collaborators in building this lyrical comedy,” Miller told Screen.
“Rebecca is a gifted writer and filmmaker whose extraordinary...
Protagonist has rounded-out its impressive Efm slate with Rebecca Miller’s Us rom-com Maggie’s Plan, set to star Julianne Moore and Greta Gerwig, who is currently in Berlin on jury duty.
Writer-director Miller’s ‘romantic comedy of manners’ is adapted from Karen Rinaldi¹s story. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Miller (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) and Damon Cardasis’ (March!) Round Films are producing, with shoot due to get underway in New York City in the third quarter of 2014.
CAA and Cinetic are packaging the project and representing North American rights.
Several key roles are currently being cast including the role of the male love interest who connects the two women.
“I am thrilled to have such powerful, funny, exquisite actresses as collaborators in building this lyrical comedy,” Miller told Screen.
“Rebecca is a gifted writer and filmmaker whose extraordinary...
- 6/2/2014
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Julianne Moore, Greta Gerwig [pictured] rom-com touches down at market.
Protagonist has rounded-out its impressive Efm slate with Rebecca Miller’s Us rom-com Maggie’s Plan, set to star Julianne Moore and Greta Gerwig, who is currently in Berlin on jury duty.
Writer-director Miller’s ‘romantic comedy of manners’, adapted from Karen Rinaldi¹s story, will follow a young woman (Gerwig) trying to make her way in New York.
Miller (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) and Damon Cardasis’ (March!) Round Films are producing, with shoot due to get underway in New York City in the third quarter of 2014.
CAA and Cinetic are packaging the project and representing North American rights.
Several key roles are currently being cast including the role of the male love interest who connects the two women.
“I am thrilled to have such powerful, funny, exquisite actresses as collaborators in building this lyrical comedy,” Miller told Screen...
Protagonist has rounded-out its impressive Efm slate with Rebecca Miller’s Us rom-com Maggie’s Plan, set to star Julianne Moore and Greta Gerwig, who is currently in Berlin on jury duty.
Writer-director Miller’s ‘romantic comedy of manners’, adapted from Karen Rinaldi¹s story, will follow a young woman (Gerwig) trying to make her way in New York.
Miller (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee), Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball) and Damon Cardasis’ (March!) Round Films are producing, with shoot due to get underway in New York City in the third quarter of 2014.
CAA and Cinetic are packaging the project and representing North American rights.
Several key roles are currently being cast including the role of the male love interest who connects the two women.
“I am thrilled to have such powerful, funny, exquisite actresses as collaborators in building this lyrical comedy,” Miller told Screen...
- 6/2/2014
- andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman) के द्वारा
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Thor‘s Jaimie Alexander has joined Ryan Murphy‘s HBO pilot Open as a series regular. Additionally, Alexander is in negotiations to topline the indie Money Is Money with Luke Bracey. Open, which Murphy co-wrote with Lauren Gussis, is described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships. It centers on five central characters played by Michelle Monaghan, Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Alexander will play Claire, the postpartum-suffering, pill-popping Stepford wife of Evan (Bentley). Alexander was a finalist for the new female lead role on Fox/20th TV’s 24: Live Another Day that went to Yvonne Strahovski but the studio loved her, leading to her casting in Open, from 20th TV’s cable division Fox 21. Alexander is probably best known for playing Sif in Marvel’s Thor movie franchise, a role she will be reprising in an upcoming episode...
- 22/1/2014
- NELLIE ANDREEVA के द्वारा
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Rebecca Miller is building a strong cast for Maggie’s Plan, the romantic comedy of manners that she will direct based on the script she wrote from a story by Karen Rinaldi. She has just set Julianne Moore to join Greta Gerwig, who plays the central character, a young woman trying to make her way in New York City. Related: Rebecca Miller & Greta Gerwig Team For ‘Maggie’s Plan’ Miller, who scripted and helmed The Ballad Of Jack And Rose and The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee, will shoot this fall in New York. Moneyball’s Rachael Horovitz is producing through Specialty Films with Damon Cardasis, who partners with Miller in her upstart production shingle Round Films. Moore will be one of several major pieces of talent that Miller is adding to the film. Moore is in the midst of playing President Alma Coin in the two final films...
- 16/1/2014
- MIKE FLEMING JR के द्वारा
- Deadline
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