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“The Favourite” Trailer Has 18th Century English Nobles Get Weird and Push Each Other a Bunch

July 12, 2018

Yorgos Lanthimos, the director and co-writer of the dementedly hysterical The Lobster, is serving up another round of absurdity with The Favourite. This time, though, it’s set amongst 18th century English aristocracy.

If anything, the exquisite period costumes only ratchet up the wryness, especially when it comes to the amount of falling this movie seems to have. Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone appear to have a great dynamic triangle of some sort going on, which we’re digging.

See all of this for yourself in the trailer. Look for The Favourite in theaters on November 23rd.

Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs Looks Unabashedly Like a Beautiful Wes Anderson Dream That Only Wes Anderson Could Come Up With

September 21, 2017

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Talking animals, symmetry, stop motion animation, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban a fascinating color palate, and a premise that is very grounded in its own universe and simultaneously outlandish make for a great recipe for Wes Anderson movie.

That being said, Wes Anderson is pretty much the only person to put such ingredients together and present something that will put a smile on your face without a touch of irony.

Such is the case for his latest work, Isle of Dogs, which might be his most adorable movie to date (if that’s even possible).

See for yourself in the trailer here.

Isle of Dogs starts playing in theaters near you on Friday, March 23rd, 2018.

Please Watch Red Band Trailer for Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” ASAP

March 24, 2017

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Playwright, filmmaker, writer Martin McDonagh, who has mastered how to explore the darkest corners of humanity and still make it funny (see In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths for proof), has a new film coming out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

It has every bit of pure, bleakly dark comic punch that McDonagh is famous for as well as one of his muses, Sam Rockwell.

We really want the red band trailer to floor you kind of like it did us, so we won’t say much more. However, you should really take note how great Frances McDormand is in a role of “giving absolutely zero f*cks”.

Watch it here and then keep a close eye for a release sometime this year.

Romantic Comedy Documentary “Meet The Patels” Is Getting Remade

October 23, 2015

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(via Variety)

So, there will be a true story version and a based on a true story version of this movie.

Meet The Patels made a splash on the festival circuit as it was a documentary that had the makings of a cross-cultural, intercontinental romantic comedy. Now it’s going to be redone with a script by Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel, the folks behind and starring in the original documentary through Fox Searchlight.

We wonder if they’re going to make a behind-the-scenes featurette of the remake of what was essentially behind-the-scenes of arranged marriage.

Comedies From 2015 Sundance That You Might Have a Chance To See in Theaters

This year’s Sundance Film Festival has distributors combing through the big bills in their wallets for comedy/dramedy.

Even though, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl ended up not setting a buy record at the festival, it still carried a decently sized price tag in the mid 7 figure range.

Other films that might potentially rule the specialty box office and beyond this year include:

–Kevin Pollak’s documentary Misery Loves Comedy acquired by Tribeca Film.

–The D Train with Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White, and Kyle Bornheimer bought up by IFC Films for $3 million.

-The world rights for Results from Andrew Bujalski, the man who brought Computer Chess into the world, acquired by Magnolia Pictures.

–The North American rights to Don Verdean with Sam Rockwell, Danny McBride, Leslie Bibb, Jemaine Clement, Will Forte, and Amy Ryan from Jared Hess acquired by Lionsgate.

–The U.S. rights to The Bronze starring and co-written by Melissa Rauch acquired by Relativity for $3 million.

–The Overnight produced by The Duplass Brothers and Adam & Naomi Scott’s Gettin’ Rad bought up by The Orchard for $4 million.

–The world rights to Tangerine, also produced by The Duplass Brothers, acquired by Magnolia Pictures.

–Dope with Zoe Kravitz, the voice of Forest Whitaker, Blake Anderson, and more bought up by Open Road Films and Sony Pictures for $7 million.

–Mistress America from Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig bought up by Fox Searchlight for $6.5 million before it even played at the festival.

It’s inevitable that we’ll all be obsessing over their trailers in the coming months.

Dramedy “Me And Earl And The Dying Girl” Bought By Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush For $12 Million UPDATE: Mid 7 Figures

January 26, 2015

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(via Deadline)

Studios are really shelling out the big bucks from their deep pockets for the festival films these days. Last year, Chris Rock got $12.5 million for Top Five from Paramount while at the Toronto International Film Festival.

That was a record buy for TIFF and another record buy was just set last night at Sundance. Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush put in $12 million, after a bidding war over the last several hours, to buy the much-buzzed about Me And Earl And The Dying Girl.

UPDATE 1/28: Me And Earl And The Dying Girl went to Fox Searchlight and Indian Paintbrush for mid 7 figures, which won’t set a record.

The movie itself is getting a fantastic reception in Park City right now, has a cast of Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton and Molly Shannon, and follows a forced friendship with a classmate that has been diagnosed with leukemia.

In the coming months, we’re sure we’ll all get to see and hear plenty of promotion about it, but we hope it’s more 50/50 than The Fault In Our Stars.

“Birdman” Expands Theatrical Run and “Grand Budapest Hotel” Gets Rerelease

January 17, 2015

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(via Dead line)

The dominance of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) and The Grand Budapest Hotel this awards season has thankfully encouraged Fox Searchlight to push the two critical powerhouse films into more theaters.

Grand Budapest Hotel already had a great run in its limited theatrical run becoming the highest grossing film for Wes Anderson. With all the notoriety it has gotten over the last few weeks, it has just been rereleased into theaters in select cities including here in LA.

Birdman has just expanded to play in 450 theaters across the country and will double that on Jan. 23rd.

So, if you haven’t seen either in theaters, you’ll definitely have a chance to catch them now. Even if you’ve already caught a screening, go ahead and watch them again. They’re that good.

Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel Acquired by Fox Searchlight

March 29, 2013

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Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel Acquired by Fox Searchlight

No release date has been set by Fox Searchlight yet. Let’s hope that Wes Anderson’s latest project Grand Budapest Hotel with a stellar ensemble cast, per usual, hits theaters soon and also that people don’t debate over how “Wes Anderson-y” this film will be instead of just enjoying it.