Paul Schrader Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

First Reformed director teased the news in a new interview with the New Yorker, saying he was planning the new project with Scorsese.When asked whether he would ever consider making a streaming project, Schrader said he already had one in the works.“Yeah. Well, Scorsese and I are planning something,” Schrader said.

As we’ve seen time after time in recent years, Paul Schrader has become more and more outspoken when it comes to the current state of the film and TV business. Of course, with a filmography and history in the business like Schrader, few are equally qualified to discuss these sorts of topics with any expertise.

In mid-January, writer-director Paul Schrader asked the world of Facebook if anyone cared about the Oscars. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (can we add Flim-Flam?) had vowed on Oscar’s sword that the 13.

Becoming a filmmaker is tough business. Yes, if you know anything about the film industry, it’s obvious that becoming a director that gets projects greenlit is the equivalent of winning the lottery.

The classic “American Gigolo” is strutting itself back into the modern era.

One of our most anticipated films of the year, Paul Schrader’s forthcoming drama, “The Card Counter,” was a victim of the COVID-19 film industry shutdown back in March. The frustrating part, particularly for the filmmaker, is the fact that he only had five days left of shooting before he would have been done.

Carole Horst Grandave Capital launched in June on the eve of the Cannes Marche, with Tamara Nagahiro as head of acquisitions and sales. As a third-party equity investor, Grandave is involved with Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter,” starring Tiffany Haddish, Oscar Isaac, Tye Sheridan and Willem Defoe, with Martin Scorsese serving as executive producer.

Kamikaze Dogfight has picked up the U.S. rights to Justin McConnell's Clapboard Jungle, a documentary about five years in the life of an indie filmmaker, ahead ofrespective premieres at the Fantasia Film Festival, Frightfest and Night Visions festivals.

The sophomore feature from British sibling directors Ludwig and Paul Shammasian (The Pyramid Texts) doesn't waste any time establishing its themes. The opening moments feature a scene of workmen demolishing a church, a couple engaging in rough sex, and a fiery sermon delivered by a street preacher.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The Card Counter, Paul Schrader’s revenge thriller which wrapped shooting today, has sold out globally.HanWay Films, which repped international rights, has closed deals in: Canada (VVS Films), Benelux (Belga Films), Germany and Austria (Weltkino), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (NOS Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Scanbox Entertainment), Turkey (Bir Film), Bulgaria, Czecha, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania (M2), Former Yugoslavia (Discovery), CIS, Baltics

Focus Features strikes again.The indie film company continued a torrid acquisitions streak, nabbing rights to Paul Schrader’s revenge thriller “The Card Counter,” one of the hottest titles available at this year’s Cannes Film Festival virtual market.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThat’s a wrap on Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter, which saw Oscar Isaac and co recently return to film the last few remaining days on the movie after a virus-related delay.Deadline was the first to tell you that the pic was heading back on set this month after being forced to shutdown back in March when a cast member tested positive for the virus just five days away from the end of shooting.Director Schrader has now taken to his Facebook page to confirm

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL), the initiative set up to promote female and non-binary filmmaking voices, has selected the 10 projects that will take part in its 2020 edition during this week’s Cannes virtual market.For the event’s third edition it will partner with producer Kathryn M.

Oscar Isaac has one of the more eclectic acting careers amongst A-listers today. Over the years, he’s worked for filmmakers such as Nicolas Winding Refn (“Drive”), Zack Snyder (“Sucker Punch”), the Coen Brothers (“Inside Llewyn Davis”), Alex Garland (“Ex Machina”), and Denis Villeneuve (“Dune”), just to name several.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHere’s your first look at Oscar Isaac in Paul Schrader’s upcoming pic The Card Counter, in which he plays William Tell, a former serviceman who lives a spartan existence playing cards before he moves into the world of high-stakes poker.As Deadline first revealed, the movie has been on production hiatus since March after a cast member tested positive for COVID-19 five days out from the end of shoot.However, I can now exclusively reveal that cameras are set to

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Tough-guy director Paul Schrader is furious at “pussified producers” for shutting down his latest movie set after an actor tested positive for the coronavirus — saying he’d rather “die on the job.”

“First Reformed” director Paul Schrader isn’t too pleased he’s been forced to shut down production on his latest film over coronavirus concerns. The “Taxi Driver” writer slammed the current pandemic, chiding producers of his latest project for forcing a halt on production after a day player tested positive for COVID-19.

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