Sundance Institute Selects 13 Projects for Directors and Screenwriters Labs, June 2013
by Movies News Desk - May 09, 2013
Sundance Institute today announced the 13 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from May 27 through June 27. Under the leadership of Michelle Satter, Founding Director of the Institute's Feature Film Program, and the artistic direction of Gyula Gazdag, the Fellows selected for this year's program include emerging filmmakers and projects from the United States, Europe, Mexico, Peru and Somalia. (more...)
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Emma Watson Receives 2013 MTV 'Trailblazer' Award at MTV MOVIE AWARDS Tonight
by Movies News Desk - Apr 14, 2013
MTV previously announced that British acting sensation Emma Watson will receive the second annual 'MTV Trailblazer Award' LIVE during the '2013 MTV Movie Awards' tonight, April 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT from the Sony Pictures Studios Lot in Culver City, CA. The Trailblazer award honors best in class young actors who are actively carving out their own unique and diverse path in the film industry. (more...)
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Faye Miller, Bill Young and More Celebrate Barnard Women Through Dance at Miller Theatre, 4/12-13
by BWW News Desk - Apr 12, 2013
Brains, spirited beauty and dancing feet, that's what Barnard women are made of. And the choreographers commissioned to create new works for them - Faye Driscoll, Bill Young, Francesca Harper and Heidi Henderson - for two days of performances at the Miller Theatre, tonight, April 12 and tomorrow, April 13, take full advantage of their gifts. Mary Cochran heads the Dance Department at Barnard. (more...)
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EASTWOOD DIRECTS: THE UNTOLD STORY Set for Tribeca Film Festival, 4/27
by Movies News Desk - Mar 27, 2013
The screening will be held Saturday, April 27, followed by a panel with Clint Eastwood moderated by director Darren Aronofsky. The new documentary, produced by Richard Schickel (historian and veteran Time Magazine critic), focuses on Eastwood's unique directorial style as seen through the eyes of many of his actors and producing partners. Interviewed are Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, among others. The documentary explores how the five-time Academy Award-winning Eastwood has managed to be successful with the more than 40 films he has made with Warner Bros. in nearly as many years. (more...)
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Finn Wittrock, Sarah Wayne Callies and Shuler Hensley to Lead THE GUARDSMAN at the Kennedy Center
by BWW News Desk - Mar 21, 2013
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced Finn Wittrock as The Actor, Sarah Wayne Callies as The Actress, and Shuler Hensley as The Critic in the Kennedy Center production of The Guardsman in the Eisenhower Theater May 25 to June 23, 2013. Based on the 1910 comedy by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, The Guardsman features a new literal translation by Richard Nelson and is directed by Gregory Mosher. The press opening will take place on Thursday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. (more...)
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UPDATE: ARGO Now Not Only U.S. Film Iranian Authorities Want to Sue
by Movies News Desk - Mar 13, 2013
Yesterday, BWW reported that Iranian authorities are considering suing Hollywood over the way their country was depicted in the Academy Award-winning film ARGO. Today, Deadline is reporting that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is mounting a case against a series of U.S. films that Iran believes 'have portrayed it in a distorted and unrealistic manner.' (more...)
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Emma Watson Bows Out of Disney's CINDERELLA Film Adaptation
by Movies News Desk - Mar 12, 2013
Last month, BWW reported that Emma Watson was in talks to star in Disney's upcoming live film adaptation of the classic fairytale CINDERELLA. According to Comingsoon.net, the 'Harry Potter' actress has decided to bow out of the film. (more...)
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Emma Watson Eyes Kenneth Branagh's CINDERELLA
by Pat Cerasaro - Mar 01, 2013
HARRY POTTER star Emma Watson has her eye on the title role in director Kenneth Branagh's new live-action feature film adaptation of CINDERELLA and Disney is in early talks with her to star in the soon-to-be-shot fairy tale. (more...)
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Emma Watson in Talks to Star in Disney's CINDERELLA
by Movies News Desk - Mar 01, 2013
Emma Watson may soon be putting down her magic wand and putting on her glass slippers. Variety reports that the 'Harry Potter' star is in early talks to star in Disney's upcoming film adaptation of the classic fairytale CINDERELLA. (more...)
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All-Star Lineup Set for FIRST TIME FEST at Players Club, Kicking Off Today
by Movies News Desk - Mar 01, 2013
Harry Belafonte, Gay Talese, Michael Shannon and Ellen Burstyn have joined Christine Vachon, Fred Schneider, Sofia Coppola, Todd Solondz, Barbara Kopple, Scott Foundas, Eric Kohn, Emily Russo, Jenny Lumet, Darren Aronofsky, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hal Hartley, Peter Saraf, Nancy Savoca, Amy Ryan and Martin Scorsese as participants in First Time Fest. (more...)
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FIRST TIME FEST Film Festival Set for 3/1-4
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 28, 2013
First Time Fest (FTF) - a celebration of first time filmmakers - is a new and unique film festival taking place in New York City from March 1 through 4, 2013. Just as Stanley Kubrick had KILLER'S KISS, Darren Aronofsky PI, and John Huston THE MALTESE FALCON as their first works (all of which will be screened during the festival), First Time Fest is set to discover and present the next generation of great cinema artists. The core of the festival is an exciting lineup of twelve international films - from Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Chile, Israel, Mongolia, and the United States, all debut films by promising and provocative directors. (more...)
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Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola and More Join Lineup for FIRST TIME FEST at Players Club, 3/1-4
by BWW
News Desk - Feb 28, 2013
Christine Vachon, Fred Schneider, Sofia Coppola, Todd Solondz, Barbara Kopple, Scott Foundas, John Anderson, Eric Kohn, Emily Russo, Jenny Lumet and Martin Scorsese have signed on to join the previously announced Darren Aronofsky, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Hal Hartley, Peter Saraf, Nancy Savoca and Amy Ryan at First Time Fest. (more...)
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