Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, and catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This twice-monthly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.
Studiocanal & The Picture Company Land April Wolfe’s Spec ‘Honey Trapped’
10.11.2022 - 21:31 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal and The Picture Company have preemptively acquired the rights to Honey Trapped, a spec script by April Wolfe.
Sources say the story follows a cabal of secret assassins who descend upon Las Vegas for 24 hours to force a rogue agent into fighting their way up every floor of a busy hotel. The script is said to be a star-driven two-hander featuring a married couple on the rocks with a lot of secrets—in the vein of Mr. and Mrs. Smith and True Lies. Plans are for the project to be fast tracked.
The Picture Company partners Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman will produce the film through their overall deal at Studiocanal.
Ron Halpern, Shana Eddy and Sam Shipp will oversee for Studiocanal.
Wolfe is the co-writer of 2019’s Black Christmas and the writer of the upcoming psychological thriller Clawfoot. A former journalist and critic, she’s developed film and television projects across genres with HBO, Fifth Season, and XYZ films.
The Picture Company has a long term deal with Studiocanal and is a key provider of content for the European studio. The two companies recently closed the rights to develop the acclaimed documentary The Lost Leonardo into a series and currently have three films in post production including Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo project Roly Play, which Amazon will release next year as well as Liam Neeson feature Retribution, which just landed a major distribution deal at Lionsgate. The two companies also have the horror-thriller, Baghead, in post production starring The Witcher and upcoming Planet of The Apes star Freya Allan. Their last released production, Gunpowder Milkshake, was a hit for Netflix and has a sequel in development.
Wolfe is repped by UTA and XYZ and and Kim Jaime at
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dailyrecord.co.uk
24.11.2022 / 20:53
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usmagazine.com
18.11.2022 / 18:55
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dailyrecord.co.uk
17.11.2022 / 08:11
Female Daniel crime clan member left shaken after 'balaclava thugs' plough car into home
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perezhilton.com
15.11.2022 / 03:43
Christina Applegate Gives Emotional Speech At Hollywood Walk Of Fame Ceremony Amid MS Battle
Dreams really do come true!
deadline.com
14.11.2022 / 20:29
‘CODA’ Producer Vendôme Pictures Announces Mats Steen Biopic ‘Ibelin’, Sets Morten Tyldum To Direct
Los Angeles and Paris-based Vendôme Pictures, producer of the 2022 Academy Award Best Picture CODA, has announced new drama feature Ibelin, based on the real-life story of the disabled, British gamer Mats Steen, who went by the name of ‘Ibelin’ in the gaming world.
theplaylist.net
12.11.2022 / 21:49
Linda Cardellini Loves That Velma’s Lesbian Sexuality Is “Finally Out There” In New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movie
Last month, the new animated film “Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo!” confirmed what “Scooby-Doo” fans had a hunch about all along. Yup, Velma’s a lesbian, to the surprise of no one.
deadline.com
12.11.2022 / 04:01
Elon Musk’s Twitter Tenure Deserves A Chance, NBCUniversal Sales Chief Linda Yaccarino Says: “You’ve Got To Give The Guy A Minute”
Linda Yaccarino, head of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal, says despite the intense backlash over his two-plus weeks operating Twitter, Elon Musk deserves patience from the company’s advertisers and business partners.
deadline.com
11.11.2022 / 23:23
‘Candy Land’ Horror-Thriller From ‘Ida Red’ Team Acquired By Quiver Distribution
EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has taken North American rights to the horror-thriller Candy Land, written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), slating it for release in theaters and on demand on January 6.
deadline.com
08.11.2022 / 00:13
Nicolas Cage To Star In Horror-Thriller ‘Longlegs’ For C2, Automatik & Cage’s Saturn Films; ‘Sinister’, ‘La La Land’ Producers & ‘Joker’ Exec Among Team
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Nicolas Cage has been set to star in horror-thriller Longlegs for Jason Cloth and Dave Caplan’s C2 Motion Picture Group.
usmagazine.com
06.11.2022 / 16:03
Buzzzz-o-meter: Avril Lavigne’s Fashion Collab, Bourbon Blue Light Frames and More of What Hollywood Is Buzzing About This Week
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deadline.com
04.11.2022 / 18:45
Lionsgate Gets ‘Retribution’, Wins North America, India Rights On Liam Neeson Thriller From Studiocanal & The Picture Company
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate just landed a solid thriller for its slate. In competition with other distributors, the company has acquired U.S., Canada and India distribution rights to Retribution, an action thriller from Studiocanal and The Picture Company that stars Liam Neeson. The Nimród Antal-directed film is a remake of the Spanish movie El Desconocido, which received eight Goya Award noms when it was released in Spain in 2015.
theplaylist.net
04.11.2022 / 02:11
‘Dead To Me’ Season 3 Trailer: Christina Applegate & Linda Cardellini Return One Last Time For A Friendship Above The Law
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deadline.com
04.11.2022 / 00:11
14 Writers Set For Sony Pictures Television-Backed Transatlantic Writers’ Initiative Creative Corridor
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Independent Film Trust, Sony Pictures Television and Roadmap Writers have named the 14 writers of color selected to take part in their transatlantic writers’ initiative, Creative Corridor.
deadline.com
03.11.2022 / 21:03
HGTV Orders 20 New Episodes Of ‘Home Town’, Sets Season 6 Premiere Date
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deadline.com
02.11.2022 / 18:35
Paul Schrader’s Crime Thriller ‘Master Gardener’ Starring Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver & Quintessa Swindell Acquired By Magnolia Pictures
Magnolia Pictures has snapped up U.S. rights to Master Gardener — the latest starry feature from Academy Award nominee Paul Schrader (First Reformed), which world premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival and most recently screened at the New York Film Festival. Pic is slated for release next year.