Cinematical | by Peter Hall | Fri, Sep 25
Fri, Sep 25
Quirkiness only carries so far. Napoleon Dynamite, the film that ushered in the career of Gentlemen Broncos director Jared Hess, is enjoyable because it cherishes the nervous-twitches of puberty, identity crisis, and the weird kind of people who worship at Walmart strip malls. The dire...
Related News
Exclusive: Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, and Barbara Hershey Join Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan 
source: /FILM
Aronofsky became attached to Black Swan in early 2007, but the film was put into turnaround by Universal. The project is apparently making the rounds to studios and specialty divisions, as part of the CAA package. Mark Heyman, co-producer of The Wrestler, has done a rewrite of the orig...
Published Sun, Nov 8
Final Deal between between Fox Star Studios and the makers of'My ... 
source: Fresh
Fox Star Studios will market and distribute the film in India, while Fox Searchlight Pictures (which was responsible for the marketing of the film Slumdog ... and more »
Published Tue, Aug 11
The Fantastic Mr. Fox Movie Trailer
source: /FILM
Meanwhile, the other day I mentioned that the film would premiere at the BFI London Film Festival (instead of at Venice, to which Fox Searchlight had reportedly applied, or TIFF) and wondered if that meant the movie wasn’t any good. Fox Searchlight contacted The Playlist and said it was th...
Published Thu, Jul 30
source: The San Francisco Appeal
There won't be another showing of Adam at the SFJFF, but Fox Searchlight has picked up the film. IMDb shows a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles and ...
Published Mon, Jul 27
Ed Helms to Star in Cedar Rapids 
source: /FILM
Johnston was a broadcast journalist that went to Columbia for film and improbably broke into Hollywood. Variety says Fox Searchlight is expected to pick up the film, because Payne has an existing deal with the studio. You’ll next be able to see Helms in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, with J...
Published Fri, Jul 17
Baseline First Look - July 17, 2009 
source: community.icontact.com
ON THE MOVE Execs Jennifer Ruper joins The Film Department as Creative Executive Dana Kirk promoted to Senior Manager of Music & Talent Relations for Nickelodeon Scott Herbst joins Lakeshore Entertainment as Creative Executive
Published Fri, Jul 17
source: /FILM
Last week we posted the first photos from Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut Whip It. Today Fox Searchlight has released a movie trailer for the dramedy. Based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, the film stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar, “an indie-rock loving misfit” who finds a way o...
Published Wed, Jul 15
First Look: Ellen Page Ready to 'Whip It' 
source: Cinematical
As Jenni Miller advised, Fox Searchlight will distribute the film, which is set for release on October 9. Roller derby vet Shauna Cross (AKA Maggie Mayhem) wrote the screenplay, based on her own novel, Derby Girl. A very good doc about the Austin roller derby scene, Hell on Wheels, is availa...
Published Thu, Jul 9