Exclusive: NBC has put in development Life at the Bottom, a single-camera comedy from writers David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry), Jamie Tarses and her FanFare Productions and Universal TV.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Life at the Bottom centers on an aimless New Yorker who follows a girl to Antarctica, only to get dumped and abandoned there. He suddenly finding himself living amongst a bizarre assortment of passionate and eccentric scientists, soldiers and outcasts who have found their home at the bottom of the world.
Posamentier and Moore executive produce with Tarses via FanFare, which produces. Universal TV is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, starring Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed the hourlong fantasy drama Best Wishes and crime drama Down in the Valley, both with ABC. They are repped by Verve,...
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Life at the Bottom centers on an aimless New Yorker who follows a girl to Antarctica, only to get dumped and abandoned there. He suddenly finding himself living amongst a bizarre assortment of passionate and eccentric scientists, soldiers and outcasts who have found their home at the bottom of the world.
Posamentier and Moore executive produce with Tarses via FanFare, which produces. Universal TV is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, starring Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed the hourlong fantasy drama Best Wishes and crime drama Down in the Valley, both with ABC. They are repped by Verve,...
- 12/12/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has put in development Best Wishes, an hourlong fantasy drama from writer-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry), Random Hill and ABC Studios.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Best Wishes tells the story of a pragmatic, once successful man, Nick Day, who thinks the notion of wishes is a waste of time due to a personal tragedy he’s recently endured. But just as everything in his life is crumbling around him, things get more complicated when he’s approached by a potentially crazy woman claiming to be in the business of granting wishes. And she needs Nick’s help.
Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz of Random Hill executive produce. ABC Studios is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, which starred Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed crime drama Down in the Valley with ABC.
Written by Posamentier and Moore, Best Wishes tells the story of a pragmatic, once successful man, Nick Day, who thinks the notion of wishes is a waste of time due to a personal tragedy he’s recently endured. But just as everything in his life is crumbling around him, things get more complicated when he’s approached by a potentially crazy woman claiming to be in the business of granting wishes. And she needs Nick’s help.
Jon Harmon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz of Random Hill executive produce. ABC Studios is the studio.
Posamentier and Moore wrote and directed the 2014 feature Better Living Through Chemistry, which starred Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Olivia Wilde. The duo most recently developed crime drama Down in the Valley with ABC.
- 8/27/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has put in development Down in the Valley, an hourlong crime drama from writer-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry) and TriStar Television. Written by Posamentier and Moore, Down in the Valley is described as a darkly comedic hourlong crime drama and family soap told from the perspective of a talented female police officer who returns home to Napa Valley to support her struggling family after her troubled sister disappears and…...
- 12/9/2016
- Deadline TV
• Jessica Chastain is in early discussions for The Martian. She would play the female lead opposite Matt Damon in Fox’s sci-fi film, which Ridley Scott is directing. Based on the e-book by Andy Weir, the film follows an astronaut who gets stranded on Mars and must fight to survive and make his way home. Simon Kinberg originally brought the book to Scott, and will produce alongside Aditya Sood through Kinberg’s Genre Films Banner. Fox’s Steve Asbell will oversee the film for the studio. [Variety]
[Note: Deadline and THR reported that Kristen Wiig is also in early talks for a lead female role in the film.]
• Johnny Knoxville will star alongside Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing in Skiptrace, which Renny Harlin is directing.
[Note: Deadline and THR reported that Kristen Wiig is also in early talks for a lead female role in the film.]
• Johnny Knoxville will star alongside Jackie Chan and Fan Bingbing in Skiptrace, which Renny Harlin is directing.
- 9/4/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Johnny Knoxville has been set to star alongside Jackie Chan in Skiptrace, the Renny Harlin-directed film that has just begun shooting in China. Last I wrote about this, Chan was going to star opposite Seann William Scott and X-Men: Days Of Future Past‘s Fan Bingbing in the tale of a Hong Kong detective (Chan) who teams up with a mouthy American gambler (Scott) to save his niece and take down the city’s most notorious criminal. Bingbing is in, but Scott exited and Knoxville has stepped up to play that role. The tone of the movie is Midnight Run.
Related: Renny Harlin Takes Helm Of Jackie Chan Action Comedy ‘Skiptrace’
Chan, who hatched the idea, is producing with Brian Gatewood, Esmond Ren, Damien Saccani and Charlie Coker. Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore & David Posamentier, and BenDavid Grabinski all had a hand in the script and Rodney Rothman is polishing.
Related: Renny Harlin Takes Helm Of Jackie Chan Action Comedy ‘Skiptrace’
Chan, who hatched the idea, is producing with Brian Gatewood, Esmond Ren, Damien Saccani and Charlie Coker. Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood & Alessandro Tanaka, Geoff Moore & David Posamentier, and BenDavid Grabinski all had a hand in the script and Rodney Rothman is polishing.
- 9/3/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of May's Indie Film Month. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is currently available to view On Demand. From her fantastic turn in Joe Swanberg's 'Drinking Buddies' to her memorable (but short) appearance in Spike Jonze's "Her," Olivia Wilde is on a mission to prove that she's someone we should be taking seriously. In this clip from "Better Living Through Chemistry," Wilde continues to show us why she belongs in the spotlight. The film, directed by first-timers Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, stars Sam Rockwell as a goody goody pharmacist who finds himself in an affair with one his customers and Wilde as a trophy-wife and all-around badass. She ends up complicating his life, forcing him into a world of sex, drugs and murder. In this clip we catch a glimpse at a nervous Rockwell,...
- 5/27/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
The USA Network is on the search for its next hit, with the announcement today of it’s 2014-15 development slate.
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
An alien drama from Lost creator Carlton Cuse, a comedy from Amy Poehler, and a single-cam comedy about a ski resort from Jessica Biel’s Iron Ocean Films are among the development projects touted by the network, who released descriptions for more than a dozen in-the-works possible series.
The network — home to Suits and White Collar — also announced the cast-contingent pilot pick-up of hour-long original drama Stanistan. Set in a fictional Middle Eastern country, the show follows the staff...
- 5/8/2014
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Box Office Surprising absolutely no one, Divergent, the Ya adaptation starring Shailene Woodley as a "Divergent" in a dystopian future stratified by personality types, obliterated the competition at the box office this weekend, raking in an estimated $56 million. The take brought it in behind both Twilight and The Hunger Games, but was enough to make it the #2 opener of 2014 and likely validated Summit Entertainment's ongoing plans for a sequel. Muppets Most Wanted opened in second, with $16.5 million, a considerable drop from The Muppets' $29.2 million opening in 2011. Mr. Peabody & Sherman took third, with $11.7 million, a 46% drop over the previous weekend. 300: Rise of an Empire earned an additional $8.6 million, bringing it's total at the start of week #3 to $93.8 million. The Christian-marketed God's Not Dead took fifth with $8.6 million, helped, in part, by appearances by Duck Dynasty stars Willie and Korie Robertson.
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- 3/25/2014
- by BJSprecher Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
There are two ways a film can swing when it sets out an incredibly modest set of parameters: It can either prove to be a bland and unambitious retread of the typical and the well-worn, or it can manage – through solid filmmaking and sheer force of will – to succeed within its limited boundaries. While it falls into the latter, Better Living Through Chemistry isn’t really its own movie, it’s more a lightweight mish-mash of American Beauty and Double Indemnity with a dash of Breaking Bad for good measure. It’s amiable, mostly forgettable, and it’s not going to change the world – but boy do I prefer it to alot of the dross out there.
What the film lacks in originality, it at least partially makes up for in quantity. First time writer/directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore take the age-old tale of the slightly wussy small...
What the film lacks in originality, it at least partially makes up for in quantity. First time writer/directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore take the age-old tale of the slightly wussy small...
- 3/25/2014
- by Dominic Mill
- We Got This Covered
For such an obviously small and grass-rootsy kinda dark comedy, Better Living Through Chemistry has a surprising lot going for it. Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan. That's a lot of solid talent rounding out the three leading parts, all of whom have turned heads recently with other work. Unfortunately, when pitted together in this film, chemistry is exactly what they lack. (That may be the obvious line, but there, I said it. And, it's no less obvious than much of this movie.) First time writing/directing team Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, working with a glaringly apparent low budget, somehow netted this eye-opening cast - an accomplishment which is nothing to sneeze at. They even managed to get Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda to turn up...
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- 3/14/2014
- Screen Anarchy
David Posamentier and Geoff Moore have been writing together for about ten years. Each has an impressive resume of films they’ve been a part of in some way. Posamentier worked for writer/director Zach Braff on Garden State. Moore has worked on such films as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and I Love You Phillip Morris. Having worked so long writing and developing projects for others, it seemed inevitable that they would eventually decide to direct themselves. Which is precisely what they have done with the dark comedy Better Living Through Chemistry.
The film tells the story of small-town pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) who’s conventional and boring life is turned upside down when he meets the alluring Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). As the pair begins a drug-fueled affair, Doug undergoes a transformation that may ultimately lead him down the path to a better life.
Posamentier and Moore...
The film tells the story of small-town pharmacist Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell) who’s conventional and boring life is turned upside down when he meets the alluring Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde). As the pair begins a drug-fueled affair, Doug undergoes a transformation that may ultimately lead him down the path to a better life.
Posamentier and Moore...
- 3/14/2014
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
Better Living Through Chemistry
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier
USA, 2014
Better Living Through Chemistry flirts with danger from its opening moments, in which a narrator first says that while each of us can’t help everyone, everyone can help someone, and follows it up by saying that our lead character would dismiss that sentiment as fortune-cookie foolishness. That character, portrayed by Sam Rockwell, who grows more Sam Rockwell-esque by the minute here, would be right to do so, but the film he occupies essentially embraces that sentiment, if to a slightly amoral extent. Better Living Through Chemistry is, seemingly, a bit desperate to both occupy the same satiric subgenre as American Beauty and to be so emphatically unique among other American Beauty-esque films that it’s unable to fully achieve either goal in the end.
Rockwell is Douglas Varney, an “authentically nice guy” living...
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier
USA, 2014
Better Living Through Chemistry flirts with danger from its opening moments, in which a narrator first says that while each of us can’t help everyone, everyone can help someone, and follows it up by saying that our lead character would dismiss that sentiment as fortune-cookie foolishness. That character, portrayed by Sam Rockwell, who grows more Sam Rockwell-esque by the minute here, would be right to do so, but the film he occupies essentially embraces that sentiment, if to a slightly amoral extent. Better Living Through Chemistry is, seemingly, a bit desperate to both occupy the same satiric subgenre as American Beauty and to be so emphatically unique among other American Beauty-esque films that it’s unable to fully achieve either goal in the end.
Rockwell is Douglas Varney, an “authentically nice guy” living...
- 3/14/2014
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
Paramount Pictures is planning a remake of Joe Dante's 1985 sci-fi family classic "Explorers" through its low-budget Insurge banner.
The original followed three outcast teens (Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Bobby Fite) who bond over the creation of a homemade spaceship that sends them into the deepest reaches of the galaxy. There they meet an adolescent alien that has been weaned on human television.
The new version is reportedly drawing comparisons to the upcoming found footage time travel movie "Welcome to Yesterday". Geoff Moore and David Posamentier will pen the screenplay while Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec will produce.
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The original followed three outcast teens (Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix and Bobby Fite) who bond over the creation of a homemade spaceship that sends them into the deepest reaches of the galaxy. There they meet an adolescent alien that has been weaned on human television.
The new version is reportedly drawing comparisons to the upcoming found footage time travel movie "Welcome to Yesterday". Geoff Moore and David Posamentier will pen the screenplay while Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec will produce.
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- 3/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Masculinity is reasserted and order restored in the Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde dramedy Better Living Through Chemistry, which could be subtitled "How Douglas Got His Dick Back."
Writer-directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's droll but unsatisfying film -- about a henpecked suburban pharmacist (Rockwell) who learns to become a man again by sleeping with married Elizabeth (a blonde Wilde), a woman much hotter than his wife (Michelle Monaghan) -- is the cinematic equivalent of a monthly capsule of Oxycontin: It might sound a little dangerous to some, but it's about as safe as it gets.
Give Rockwell's Doug credit for having the right instinct about his future married mistress: "I hate rich people."
He and Elizabeth soon become lovers in white: He pu...
Writer-directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's droll but unsatisfying film -- about a henpecked suburban pharmacist (Rockwell) who learns to become a man again by sleeping with married Elizabeth (a blonde Wilde), a woman much hotter than his wife (Michelle Monaghan) -- is the cinematic equivalent of a monthly capsule of Oxycontin: It might sound a little dangerous to some, but it's about as safe as it gets.
Give Rockwell's Doug credit for having the right instinct about his future married mistress: "I hate rich people."
He and Elizabeth soon become lovers in white: He pu...
- 3/12/2014
- Village Voice
Better Living Through Chemistry Samuel Goldwyn Films Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes Grade: B Director: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Screenplay: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Cast: Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Rockwell, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Norbert Leo Butz Screened at: Opens: March 14, 2014 If you watch TV at all, especially the programs (like the news) that cater to people over the age of forty, you’re aware of ads for pharmaceutical products that seem to promise that if you take this pill you may get heart disease, weakened bones, irritation, rashes, hives, a lower immune system, and death. Since most of the ads [ Read More ]
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- 3/10/2014
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
What happens when small town life becomes just a little too much to handle? If you're Sam Rockwell in the upcoming comedy "Better Living Through Chemistry" you embark on affair that soon turns to murder... Co-starring Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda and Ben Schwartz, the film from co-writers and directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier follows a mild-mannered pharmacist (Rockwell) whose life gets turned around in a big way when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Wilde). It's certainly a welcome change from his home life with his wife (Monaghan), where he's hen-pecked about how to raise their son, as you'll see in this exclusive clip. "Better Living Through Chemistry" hits VOD and opens in limited release on March 14th. Watch below.
- 2/27/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Hello again, dear readers. It’s the last week of January, and that means that we’re almost halfway through the early-year movie doldrums. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at this spring’s upcoming comedy-drama Better Living Through Chemistry.
Premise: Straight-laced pharmacist Douglas Varney’s (Sam Rockwell) uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), a seductive trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs, and possibly murder.
My take: As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, there have been several times in my history of writing this column that I’ve featured a movie which I hadn’t even heard of before seeing the trailer in question. Such is the case with this week’s subject, Better Living Through Chemistry. Before anyone gets too excited, the film has nothing to do...
Premise: Straight-laced pharmacist Douglas Varney’s (Sam Rockwell) uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), a seductive trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs, and possibly murder.
My take: As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, there have been several times in my history of writing this column that I’ve featured a movie which I hadn’t even heard of before seeing the trailer in question. Such is the case with this week’s subject, Better Living Through Chemistry. Before anyone gets too excited, the film has nothing to do...
- 1/28/2014
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
Update: A trailer has arrived for dark comedy "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. The film has also been given a day-and-date from Samuel Goldwyn Films: March 14, for both theatrical and VOD. Watch the trailer belowEARLIER: Samuel Goldwyn Films has scheduled a spring 2014 release of co-writer/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's directorial debut "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde. Here's the synopsis: The film stars Sam Rockwell as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer, played by Olivia Wilde, in this murderously funny dark comedy.Stars Rockwell and Wilde both enjoyed acclaimed supporting turns in 2013 indies, for "The Way Way Back" and "Drinking Buddies" respectively, so there's high hopes for their onscreen "Chemistry." Produced by Occupant Entertainment, "Better Living.
- 1/27/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Whenever it’s announced that America’s sweetheart Sam Rockwell is going to be appearing in a new movie, there’s always one important question that immediately springs into any sane mind: “Is he going to get a chance to show off his sweet dance moves in this one?” Well, whoever cut together the trailer for Rockwell’s latest starring vehicle, Better Living Through Chemistry, was wise enough to help advertise the film by answering that all-important question, and the answer is yes, yes, a thousand times yes! We’ve got another movie where Rockwell shakes his booty on our hands, and it is glorious. Okay, that’s not entirely the truth. We only get a brief enough glimpse of moves being busted out to confirm the dancing, but we can assume that it’s going to be glorious. Past evidence supports it. Click through to see the proof for yourself, as...
- 1/23/2014
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Today we have the trailer for the upcoming comedic drama "Better Living Through Chemistry," starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda. Check it out below. Plot: Rockwell stars as a meek, small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage who rediscovers himself by starting an affair with a trophy wife (Wilde). After she introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs, things spin out of control when they begin plotting to kill her husband. The new movie is written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. It's scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th, in limited release. Trailer:...
- 1/23/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Better Living Through Chemistry has released a new trailer.
Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde star in the indie comedy from directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier.
Rockwell stars as a meek and disillusioned pharmacist trapped in a loveless marriage.
When he meets a bored trophy wife (Wilde) he begins to take advantage of his access to prescription drugs as the pair plot the murder of her husband.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda also feature in the movie.
Rockwell recently starred in Laggies, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month.
Wilde, meanwhile, cameoed in Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix's Her.
Better Living Through Chemistry will open in the Us on March 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
Watch the trailer for Her below:...
Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde star in the indie comedy from directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier.
Rockwell stars as a meek and disillusioned pharmacist trapped in a loveless marriage.
When he meets a bored trophy wife (Wilde) he begins to take advantage of his access to prescription drugs as the pair plot the murder of her husband.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda also feature in the movie.
Rockwell recently starred in Laggies, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month.
Wilde, meanwhile, cameoed in Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix's Her.
Better Living Through Chemistry will open in the Us on March 14. A UK release date is yet to be announced.
Watch the trailer for Her below:...
- 1/23/2014
- Digital Spy
It would seem that Samuel Goldwyn Films is quite looking forward to releasing the upcoming dark comedy Better Living Through Chemistry. It was just two weeks ago that the studio purchased distribution rights to release the moving, and already we have the debut trailer. Directed by newcomer writer/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier as their first feature, the film tells the story of Doug Varney (Sam Rockwell), a meek, ordinary guy living in a small town as a pharmacist married to a domineering wife (Michelle Monaghan). His life is changed forever one night when while make a prescription delivery he meets Elizabeth Roberts (Olivia Wilde), the sexy, manipulative, gold-digging wife of a millionaire. The two begin a raucous, drug and booze-fueled affair that takes an interesting turn when a murder plot enters the equation. Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda all-co-star in the film - though...
- 1/23/2014
- cinemablend.com
Prepping for a springtime release, the new trailer for "Better Living Through Chemistry" hit the web on Wednesday (January 22).
In the upcoming dramedy, a pharmacist's humdrum life is turned upside down when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer.
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, the film stars Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, and Ben Schwartz.
Check out the trailer below, in which Sam's character gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th.
In the upcoming dramedy, a pharmacist's humdrum life is turned upside down when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer.
Written and directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier, the film stars Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan, Jane Fonda, and Ben Schwartz.
Check out the trailer below, in which Sam's character gets in a whole mess of trouble. "Better Living Through Chemistry" is scheduled to hit theaters on March 14th.
- 1/23/2014
- GossipCenter
In recent weeks, Samuel Goldwyn Films has been gearing up ahead of the release of Better Living Through Chemistry, the long-awaited comedy with a brilliant leading duo in Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Earlier this month, we got our first look at Rockwell and Wilde sharing a moment, followed this week by the film’s first poster. And with its spring release right around the corner in the States, the first trailer has launched over on Apple.
A small town pharmacist’s uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard top a great ensemble alongside Rockwell and Wilde.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier direct from a script they co-wrote, making...
Earlier this month, we got our first look at Rockwell and Wilde sharing a moment, followed this week by the film’s first poster. And with its spring release right around the corner in the States, the first trailer has launched over on Apple.
A small town pharmacist’s uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer in this murderously funny dark comedy starring Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde.
Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard top a great ensemble alongside Rockwell and Wilde.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier direct from a script they co-wrote, making...
- 1/22/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Right now Sam Rockwell can be seen at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Lynn Shelton's latest film Laggies, but the actor just picked up a new role with fellow Sundancers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for The Eel. Now he can be seen in the first trailer for Better Living Through Chemistry, the directorial debut of writers Geoff Moore and David Posamentier. In the film, Rockwell plays a small town pharmacist who takes a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Olivia Wilde). It doesn't look like anything special, but there's at least Ben Schwartz in there. The trailer for Moore and Posamentier's Better Living Through Chemistry originally from Apple: Better Living Through Chemistry is written and directed Geoff Moore and David Posamentier (making their filmmaking debut). The film stars Sam Rockwell as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful...
- 1/22/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
The trailer for writers/directors Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's indie comedy drama Better Living Through Chemistry is now online. Check it out in the player below, courtesy of iTunes Movie Trailers . Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda, Better Living Through Chemistry has Rockwell starring as a meek, small-town pharmacist stuck in a loveless marriage who rediscovers himself by starting an affair with a trophy wife. After she introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs, things spin out of control when they begin plotting to kill her husband. Better Living Through Chemistry hits both iTunes and theaters March 14.
- 1/22/2014
- Comingsoon.net
After getting the first look at Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde in the long-awaited Better Living Through Chemistry earlier in the month, Samuel Goldwyn Films has launched the first poster for the film ahead of its release in the spring.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell and Wilde are joined by a stellar ensemble, led by the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier make their feature debuts as both co-writers and co-directors.
The project has been in the works for a few years, with various casting iterations across its development, previously having Jeremy Renner in Rockwell’s role, Jennifer Garner attached in Wilde’s, and Judi Dench in Fonda’s.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell and Wilde are joined by a stellar ensemble, led by the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda, Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ken Howard.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier make their feature debuts as both co-writers and co-directors.
The project has been in the works for a few years, with various casting iterations across its development, previously having Jeremy Renner in Rockwell’s role, Jennifer Garner attached in Wilde’s, and Judi Dench in Fonda’s.
- 1/20/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Who does not love Sam Rockwell? He has given some of the most indelible, darkly comic performances of the last 15 years, in films as diverse as The Green Mile, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Moon. His off-the-wall portrayal of kind-hearted slacker Owen was the quixotic high point of 2013′s sweet, if predictable The Way, Way Back. Although Rockwell is a stellar character actor who relishes drama and comedy, he has never landed an Academy Award nomination.
Well, that could all change with Better Living Through Chemistry, which Samuel Goldwyn just cued up for a March 14 release in the United States. In the dark comedy, Rockwell stars as bored pharmacist Douglas Varney, who begins a sex and drug fuelled affair with customer and trophy wife Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde, living up to her last name). Rounding out the rich ensemble cast is Michelle Monaghan, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda.
Well, that could all change with Better Living Through Chemistry, which Samuel Goldwyn just cued up for a March 14 release in the United States. In the dark comedy, Rockwell stars as bored pharmacist Douglas Varney, who begins a sex and drug fuelled affair with customer and trophy wife Elizabeth (Olivia Wilde, living up to her last name). Rounding out the rich ensemble cast is Michelle Monaghan, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda.
- 1/8/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
While we've already run down our 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2014, it speaks to the sheer volume of movies that we could probably make a list of another 100 that just didn't make the cut, and one of them would be "Better Living Through Chemistry." Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda, the dark comedy brings together an ensemble cast for the tale of an edgy romance. This has been a hot project for a while now, with the script landing on the 2009 Black List, with a previous incarnation of the project once drawing Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Garner and Judi Dench. While that didn't come to pass, this verision looks promising on its own. First look above. Samuel Goldwyn will release the film this spring. Press release below. ---- Los Angeles, CA (January 7, 2013) – Samuel Goldwyn Films announced today a Spring...
- 1/8/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Occupant Film’s Better Living Through Chemistry starring and Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde in spring in the Us.
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will handle Us home entertainment while Universal Pictures International Entertainment will handle all ancillary platforms in the UK, the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, South America, and several Eastern European and Asian territories.
Occupant Entertainment’s Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino produced the story of a pharmacist who embarks upon a wild affair with a customer. Geoff Moore and David Posamentier directed in their debut. Metro International’s Will Machin and ICM Partners’ Jessica Lacy represented rights.
Paris-based Reel Suspects has acquired world sales rights to Craig Goodwill’s Palm Springs International Film Festival New Vision, New Voices selection Patch Town. The dark comedy is styled as a surreal mélange of faux Russian folklore and consumer satire.Cinedigm has picked up all North American rights to Remote Area Medical (Ram) directed...
Universal Studios Home Entertainment will handle Us home entertainment while Universal Pictures International Entertainment will handle all ancillary platforms in the UK, the Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, South America, and several Eastern European and Asian territories.
Occupant Entertainment’s Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino produced the story of a pharmacist who embarks upon a wild affair with a customer. Geoff Moore and David Posamentier directed in their debut. Metro International’s Will Machin and ICM Partners’ Jessica Lacy represented rights.
Paris-based Reel Suspects has acquired world sales rights to Craig Goodwill’s Palm Springs International Film Festival New Vision, New Voices selection Patch Town. The dark comedy is styled as a surreal mélange of faux Russian folklore and consumer satire.Cinedigm has picked up all North American rights to Remote Area Medical (Ram) directed...
- 1/8/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Better Living Through Chemistry is a movie I’ve been looking forward to for a long time.
The script made it onto the Black List a few years back, and has been on its path to distribution for a good few years now. The finishing line is very much now in sight, and along with the announcement that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the Us theatrical rights, so too arrives the first image of leading duo Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde from the film.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell of course stars as that straight-laced pharmacist, with Wilde taking the female lead that leads his life on a downward spiral. Starring alongside them will be the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda,...
The script made it onto the Black List a few years back, and has been on its path to distribution for a good few years now. The finishing line is very much now in sight, and along with the announcement that Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the Us theatrical rights, so too arrives the first image of leading duo Sam Rockwell and Olivia Wilde from the film.
A straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life spirals out of control when he stars an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possibly murder.
Rockwell of course stars as that straight-laced pharmacist, with Wilde taking the female lead that leads his life on a downward spiral. Starring alongside them will be the ever-brilliant Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Jane Fonda,...
- 1/7/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up Geoff Moore and David Posamentier’s directorial debut “Better Living Through Chemistry,” which the company will release this spring. The film stars Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta and Jane Fonda, as well as Ben Schwartz, Norbert Leo Butz and Ken Howard. Rockwell stars as a small town pharmacist whose uneventful life turns into a walk on the wild side when he embarks on a drug-and-alcohol fueled affair with a seductive customer (Wilde). Also Read: Sam Rockwell in Early Talks to Star in ‘Poltergeist’ Reboot (Exclusive) The dark comedy was produced by...
- 1/7/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Kids. Such as Sex, Lies, and Videotape or Reservoir Dogs before it, and such as Winter’s Bone, Blue Valentine and Fruitvale Station after it, Larry Clark & Harmony Korine’s seminal film is forever connected in “spirit” to the lieu where it received its secret midnight premiere screening in 1995. The Sundance Film Festival might be known as the birthplace of U.S indie filmmaking innovation, avant-gardism, a larger definition of the low budgeted film response to Hollywood in not only narrative but in the non-fiction form, but it is a festival made strong by its renewal and familiarity. That close acquaintanceness exists in Kids‘ starlets Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny filmography/career path trajectory and connection to Park City (both have several indie films slated for ’14 – of which I’ve included in our predictions list) and it is that “familiarity” that is visibly noticeable in how I map out my annual predictions list.
- 11/18/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Seann William Scott and Jackie Chan are teaming for the buddy action comedy "Skiptrace" from Exclusive Media and Talent International Film Co.
The story follows Bennie Black (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking the notorious crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade.
When Bennie’s young niece Bai (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, Bennie must track down the only man who can help him: a fast-talking American gambler Connor Watts (Seann William Scott).
Bennie races against the clock to bring Connor back to Hong Kong and the unlikely pair embark on a perilous adventure from the snowy mountains of Mongolia to the windswept dunes of the Gobi desert.
Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka, David Posamentier and Geoff Moore all worked on the script, while Sam Fell ("Paranorman") is slated to direct.
Chan and David Gerson will produce. Filming begins January 13th in China.
The story follows Bennie Black (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking the notorious crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade.
When Bennie’s young niece Bai (Fan Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong’s crime syndicate, Bennie must track down the only man who can help him: a fast-talking American gambler Connor Watts (Seann William Scott).
Bennie races against the clock to bring Connor back to Hong Kong and the unlikely pair embark on a perilous adventure from the snowy mountains of Mongolia to the windswept dunes of the Gobi desert.
Jay Longino, Brian Gatewood, Alessandro Tanaka, David Posamentier and Geoff Moore all worked on the script, while Sam Fell ("Paranorman") is slated to direct.
Chan and David Gerson will produce. Filming begins January 13th in China.
- 10/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Seann William Scott ( American Renunion , Role Models ) is set to join Jackie Chan ( Rush Hour , The Karate Kid ) and Fan Bingbing ( X-Men: Days of Future Past ) in Academy Award-nominated director Sam Fell's action comedy Skiptrace . Based on Chan's original idea, Skiptrace is written by Jay Longino and co-written by The Sitter scribes Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka and David Posamentier and Geoff Moore ( Better Living Through Chemistry ). The film follows Bennie Black (Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking notorious crime boss Victor Wong for over a decade. When Bennie's young niece Bai (Bingbing) gets into trouble with Wong's crime syndicate, Bennie must track down the only man who can help him: fast-talking American gambler Connor Watts (Scott). Bennie...
- 10/22/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Seann William Scott (American Reunion, Role Models) has joined Jackie Chan (Rush Hour, The Karate Kid) and Fan Bingbing (X-men: Days Of Future Past) in Academy Award nominated director Sam Fell’s action comedy Skiptrace, it was announced today by Exclusive Media’s Co-Chairmen Nigel Sinclair and Guy East and Beijing based Talent International Film Co., Ltd.’s President Esmond Ren.
Set to start production on January 13, 2014, Skiptrace will be produced as a Sino-Foreign co-production by Exclusive Media and Talent International (北京唐德国际电影文化有限公司) (Chinese Zodiac 12), who will also co-finance the film. In addition to starring, Chan is a producer on Skiptrace.
Based on Chan’s original idea, Skiptrace is written by Jay Longino and co-written by The Sitter scribes Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, and David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry).
The film follows Bennie Black (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking notorious crime...
Set to start production on January 13, 2014, Skiptrace will be produced as a Sino-Foreign co-production by Exclusive Media and Talent International (北京唐德国际电影文化有限公司) (Chinese Zodiac 12), who will also co-finance the film. In addition to starring, Chan is a producer on Skiptrace.
Based on Chan’s original idea, Skiptrace is written by Jay Longino and co-written by The Sitter scribes Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, and David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry).
The film follows Bennie Black (Jackie Chan), a Hong Kong detective who has been tracking notorious crime...
- 10/22/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Film editor Debra Neil-Fisher ("The Hangover" trilogy) will make her directorial debut on the comedy "London Calling" at Millennium Films and Occupant Films.
David Posamentier and Geoff Moore penned the script which follows an uptight man desperate to propose to his girlfriend in London.
To get there, he must share a car with a free-spirited woman on a road trip across Europe. Chemistry soon flies between them.
Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter are attached to produce.
Source: Deadline...
David Posamentier and Geoff Moore penned the script which follows an uptight man desperate to propose to his girlfriend in London.
To get there, he must share a car with a free-spirited woman on a road trip across Europe. Chemistry soon flies between them.
Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter are attached to produce.
Source: Deadline...
- 9/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Millennium Films has acquired London Calling, a script by David Posamentier & Geoff Moore, with Debra Neil-Fisher attached to direct. The comedy focuses on an uptight guy who is desperate to propose to his girlfriend in London. To get there, he must share a car with a free-spirited woman on a road trip across Europe. Neil-Fisher will make her directorial debut after serving as editor on films that include The Hangover trilogy, Ted, Due Date, and the first two Austin Powers installments. London Calling will be produced by Occupant Films’ Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter, The scribe team wrote and directed their Black List script Better Living Through Chemistry, which stars Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, and Jane Fonda. Occupant also produced that. Neil-Fisher is repped by Resolution and Kaplan/Perrone while Posamentier & Moore are repped by Verve and Kaplan/Perrone.
- 9/10/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Editor Debra Neil-Fisher, whose recent credits include all three chapters in Todd Phillips' The Hangover trilogy, is set to make her directing debut with Millennium Films' upcoming comedy London Calling . Deadline reports that Millennium has picked up the original comedy screenplay from David Posamentier and Geoff Moore. London Calling follows the misadventures of a tightly-wound fellow forced to go on a road trip across Europe with an eccentric woman so that he might propose to his girlfriend in London. Felipe Marino and Joe Neurauter are attached to produced through Occupant Films.
- 9/10/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The Toronto Film Festival is off and running, which means deals are being made. Here’s a look at what’s happened so far :
Indie distributor A24 Films (The Bling Ring, Spring Breakers) has acquired the rights to Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi thriller Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as a seductive alien who feasts on humans. [Deadline]
Millennium Entertainment secured the U.S. rights to John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, in which Turturro’s character becomes Woody Allen’s pimp. The comedy also stars Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara. [Deadline]
Claude Lanzmann’s (Shoah) Holocaust documentary The Last of the...
Indie distributor A24 Films (The Bling Ring, Spring Breakers) has acquired the rights to Jonathan Glazer’s sci-fi thriller Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as a seductive alien who feasts on humans. [Deadline]
Millennium Entertainment secured the U.S. rights to John Turturro’s Fading Gigolo, in which Turturro’s character becomes Woody Allen’s pimp. The comedy also stars Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara. [Deadline]
Claude Lanzmann’s (Shoah) Holocaust documentary The Last of the...
- 9/6/2013
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW - Inside Movies
Over the long weekend, plenty of folks got the news that they’ve had their feature, doc or short films accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. This Wednesday, the festival begins making their line-up official while keeping the short film announcements for the following week. The previous week we’ve made some prognostications as to what should be included in the 2013 edition. Here’s an easy to click recap of some of those predictions. We’ve added those who’ve been mentioned in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film, the fortunate ones who’ve had their work run inside the Sundance Labs, those who are working from a Blacklist named screenplay, those who are basing their feature on a short film that was accepted into the festival in a previous edition and finally those who’ve had funding via Kickstarter. * denotes feature directorial debut while ++ denotes that person...
- 11/26/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Another pair of first-time directors working from a Blacklist screenplay (number 13 on the 2010) and with a parka friendly clan of four frequent Park City visitors, David Posamentier and Geoff Moore’s debut film Better Living Through Chemistry is perhaps a great fit for the Premieres section. Comedy features Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan (see their on location pic above), Olivia Wilde and Ray Liotta.
Gist: This is about a small-town pharmacist (Rockwell) who is stuck in a loveless marriage and who rediscovers himself through an affair with a trophy wife (Wilde) who introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs. Things spin out of control when the affair escalates and the lovers begin plotting to kill the woman’s husband.
Production Co./Producers: Occupant Films’ Felipe Marino and Joe Neurater
Prediction: Premieres section
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available...
Gist: This is about a small-town pharmacist (Rockwell) who is stuck in a loveless marriage and who rediscovers himself through an affair with a trophy wife (Wilde) who introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs. Things spin out of control when the affair escalates and the lovers begin plotting to kill the woman’s husband.
Production Co./Producers: Occupant Films’ Felipe Marino and Joe Neurater
Prediction: Premieres section
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available...
- 11/19/2012
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
I participated in a Dreamago panel moderated by WGA-West VP and USC film writing prof and an artistic director at the Sundance Institute Wrting Labs, Howard Rodman.
Other panelists included Vince Fischer who, having been educated and working in Paris, Montreal, New York in business and advertising, event production, and creating the endorsement agency GlamCom which initiates deals between celebrities and products, such as he did with George Clooney and Nespresso, has gone on to create Artistic Alliance Eci which represents screenwriters, directors and actors with offices in Beijing, L.a. and Paris, to match people and projects abroad. Daniel Hsia, the writer/ director of Shanghai Calling, (Isa: Aldamisa) a U.S. - China co-production distributed in China by China Film Group and in So. Korea by Sookie and due to be released in Norht America in 2013 works with Janet Yang and is eager to do more co-productions in China though he admits to difficulties with censors, etc. You can see the trailer of Shanghai Calling here.
Neil Landau who wrote Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the 3D animated feature Tad: The Lost Explores from Paramount which is the highest grossing animated film in Spain's history and the #1 Spanish box ofice movie of the year, is now working on its sequel and another animated feature by the same director. His latest screenplay is being produced by Cary Brokaw for Avenue Pictures (The Player, Closer, Angels in America). He is curretnly developing an original miniseries for HBO for the Russian Market and a crime drama for Sreda in Moscow.
Paula Manzanedo-Schmitt is VP of Film Finances Inc. the world leader in completion guarantees. She has been involved in more than 1,000 films and TV programs internationally and in U.S. She spoke of the various cross-cultural requisites in film production abroad.
The discussion centered around whether filmmakers could make a film without the notorioius interference of studios (they should all be so lucky as to have this problem). In other words, the panelists discussed their experiences making films with Russians and Chinese. All agreed that working abroad, and especially with international sales agents who also produce allows for greater freedom of vision (although in China the reward is writng so that China censorship does not interfere because one has written to their specifications). All agreed also that there is a certain cross-cultural divide one must discover in order to work effectively.
My suggestions for finding a way to create without corporate interferences are listed below:
** Coproduce with Canada who has the most coproduction treaties in the world, or go directly to producers or sales agents who do not rely on treaties.
** Work with international sales agents who produce international coproductions which include U.S., or with the producers of those films who now have established track records.
Take a look at Level K, Tine Klint's relatively new Danish company which is preselling films from U.K., Canada and Australia:
Not Another Happy Ending by Brit John McKay 33 Liberty Lane by Canadian Peter Hewitt The Turning by Australian Cate Blanchett and Robert Connelly starring Emily Watson The Last Ocean by New Zealander Peter Young
French sales agent Films Distribution is selling
Marina Zenovich's doc Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out which Showtime acquired for U.S. TV. Citadel from Ireland has sold to Cinedigm/ New Video for U.S. and Mongrel for Canada. 30 Beats from the U.S. sold to Roadside Attractions for U.S. and Codex Media And Advertising Corporation for Turkey.
Other French companies are doing likewise.
Studio Canal is selling
Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn - though this was picked up complete at Tiff 12. Don Mazer's I Give It A Year from the U.K. and produced by Tim Bevan. It began presales in Cannes.
Celluloid Dreams is selling
Greetings From Tim Buckley--U.S.-Tiff 12 Special Presentations World Premiere - Director: Daniel Algrant The Comedian a U.K. comedy by Tom Shkolnik Francis Ha - U.S. - Tiff 12. by Noah Baumbach Satellite Boy - Australia The Conspiracy - U.K.
Snd is preselling The Love Punch an English language French comedy
Wild Bunch is selling
Blood Ties written by James Gray, directed by Guillaume Canet, Cast : Billy Crudup, Clive Owen, Marion Cottillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Producers: Alain Attal (Les Productions du Tresor), Hugo Selignac, John Lesher.
This very American sotry takes place in New York, 1974. Chris Pierzynski has just been released after years in prison for his part in a gangland murder. Waiting reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, who raised them alone, has always favored Chris - despite all his troubles. Frank has known this since they were kids, and it eats at him like nothing else.
It has presold to Belgium-Lumière, Scandinvia -Scanbox Entertainment, Netherlands-Lumiere, Romania-Independenta Film, Switzerland-Frenetic Films, Turkey-Codex Media, Ukraine Top Film Distribution
Maniac by Franck Khalfoun U.S. English Horror, Writers : Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Cast : Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Producers : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Alexandre Aja. It has presold to Germany -Ascot Elite, Japan - Comstock Only God Forbids by Nicolas Winding Refn from Denmark, in English has been selliing since Berlin 2012 and has sold to Bulgaria-A Plus Films Ltd., Germany-Tiberius Film Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hungary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Hungary-Mtva, Italy-Italian International Film, Korea (South)-Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment, Poland-Gutek Film Ltd, Romania-Independenta Film, Turkey-Calinos Films
Global Screen (Germany) has many English language films, some originating from U.S. and English speaking countries and others from non-English speaking countries.
• No Place on Earth (The Cave) by Emmy Award winning director Janet Tobias a U.S., U.K., German co-production. the doc tells the longest recorded underground survival story in human history, when 5 Jewish families descended into a pitch black cave to escape the Nazis for 511 days.
Hungaricom Ltd (Hungary) has the English language animated comedy feature The Secret of Moonacre and Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita both produced by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Gabor Kalomista, a Los Angeles based company with Hungarian born principals. The synopsis of Immigrants is worth repeating: More people immigrate to America than to all other countries in the whole world combined. Why? Is it because they love hot dogs and hamburgers? Or because they want to meet Snoop Dogg or have a close encounter with Pamela Anderson? Maybe. But the real reason is – immigrants go to the U.S. to chase the American dream. Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. Vlad has a daughter, Ana, who’s adapting to life in America at the speed of light, while her dad is in complete culture shock. They stay at the Vista del Mar, an apartment complex run by an old failed actress, Greta Knight, who is always after Vlad for sexual favors. The building is home to immigrants from all over the world: Flaco, a friend from Mexico; Mr. Chea, who runs a Chinese family restaurant; Nazim, a former Pakistani nuclear scientist who drives a tour bus; and Mr. Splits, an old black pimp. We follow Vlad and Joska in their adventures… through their encounter with the American capitalist company Glut-co, through their attempt to open a Russian/Hungarian restaurant, and as their friendship is put in jeopardy when they hit the L.A. night scene. All the while Vlad is looking for a way to make a life for himself and his daughter; and Joska… well, Joska is mainly looking for women.
If Niel Landau's adventures in Russia appeal to you, but you don't have the connections there, visit Rosskino and the L.A. based Eleonora Granata Russian Film Commissioner or produce in Russia through international sales agents which were founded by Russian-Americans who know both cultures such as Aldamisa (where longtime Disney acquisitons VP Jere Hausfater is now looking for projects), 108 Media who has Myn Bala the Kazahkistan submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination is Canadian owned, or Red Sea, all of whom are Russian – American and/ or Canadian owned.
Singapore is looking for Looking for copros and Icon has stepped up to the plate with James Wan Presents House of Horrors, an English language U.S. horror film now in pre-productions. In the aftermath of a horrific massacre, lead Detective, Mark Lewis, and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question a suspect for the brutal murder of five college students. This has been preselling at Cannes 2012 (Line up), Afm 2011, Cannes 2011 and Berlin Efm 2012. Directed by Javier Guttierrez, written by James Wan and Max La Bella it will be distributed in Singapore by Cathay.
British companies are also packaging and preselling U.S. films:
Content is selling American indies 96 Minutes, Hick, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God by Alex Gibney
Stealth Indie (Michael Cowan) is selling two U.S. indies, Crave and The Giant Mechanical Man
Bankside has a deal with New York based Killer Films for Innocence, now in post. This thriller is a modern-gothic vampire story where a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony.It has been preselling this at Afm 2011 and 2012, Toronto and Cannes 2011 and it has presold to Le Pacte for France, Videovision for So. Africa, Umut Sanat Filmcilik for Turkey, Shooting Stars for UAE.
Ealing Metro is preselling
Nina directed and written by Cynthia Mort, a U.S. production, a biopic about Nina Simone, a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Stuart Parr, Mark Burton and Ben Latham Jones, it has presold since Toronto 2011 to Orlando for Israel, Entertainment One for Benelux, Cinesky has U.S. Better Living Through Chemistry directed and written by David Posamentier, a U.S. comedy now in post-production.A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta, produced by Felipe Marino, Joe Neurater and Keith Calder, it has presold to Metro Pictures of India. Bailout is being presold. One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced his wife is having an affair and six days away from losing his home. Bailout is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make our way back.
Salt is preselling Welcome to the Jungle, a U.S. comedy directed by Rob Meltzer, written by Jeff Kauffman, produced by Justin Kanew and Luillo Ruiz and starring Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Rob Huebel. A group of co-workers including Chris (Adam Brody) get stranded on a desert island when their nutty teambuilding coach (Jean Claude Van Damme) is mauled by a wild cougar. in the spirit of "lost in the wilderness" comedies such as Tropic Thunder and workplace comedies like The Office, Welcome to the Jungle is a rare beast in today's market: a comedy that delivers on the laughs - both the high and the lowbrow. It has already presold to Front Row for the Middle East.
Westend is preselling Joe which will start shooting this month be delivered in 2013. It is to be directed by David Gordon Green, produced by lisa Muskat and stars Nicholas Cage. Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.
Other panelists included Vince Fischer who, having been educated and working in Paris, Montreal, New York in business and advertising, event production, and creating the endorsement agency GlamCom which initiates deals between celebrities and products, such as he did with George Clooney and Nespresso, has gone on to create Artistic Alliance Eci which represents screenwriters, directors and actors with offices in Beijing, L.a. and Paris, to match people and projects abroad. Daniel Hsia, the writer/ director of Shanghai Calling, (Isa: Aldamisa) a U.S. - China co-production distributed in China by China Film Group and in So. Korea by Sookie and due to be released in Norht America in 2013 works with Janet Yang and is eager to do more co-productions in China though he admits to difficulties with censors, etc. You can see the trailer of Shanghai Calling here.
Neil Landau who wrote Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the 3D animated feature Tad: The Lost Explores from Paramount which is the highest grossing animated film in Spain's history and the #1 Spanish box ofice movie of the year, is now working on its sequel and another animated feature by the same director. His latest screenplay is being produced by Cary Brokaw for Avenue Pictures (The Player, Closer, Angels in America). He is curretnly developing an original miniseries for HBO for the Russian Market and a crime drama for Sreda in Moscow.
Paula Manzanedo-Schmitt is VP of Film Finances Inc. the world leader in completion guarantees. She has been involved in more than 1,000 films and TV programs internationally and in U.S. She spoke of the various cross-cultural requisites in film production abroad.
The discussion centered around whether filmmakers could make a film without the notorioius interference of studios (they should all be so lucky as to have this problem). In other words, the panelists discussed their experiences making films with Russians and Chinese. All agreed that working abroad, and especially with international sales agents who also produce allows for greater freedom of vision (although in China the reward is writng so that China censorship does not interfere because one has written to their specifications). All agreed also that there is a certain cross-cultural divide one must discover in order to work effectively.
My suggestions for finding a way to create without corporate interferences are listed below:
** Coproduce with Canada who has the most coproduction treaties in the world, or go directly to producers or sales agents who do not rely on treaties.
** Work with international sales agents who produce international coproductions which include U.S., or with the producers of those films who now have established track records.
Take a look at Level K, Tine Klint's relatively new Danish company which is preselling films from U.K., Canada and Australia:
Not Another Happy Ending by Brit John McKay 33 Liberty Lane by Canadian Peter Hewitt The Turning by Australian Cate Blanchett and Robert Connelly starring Emily Watson The Last Ocean by New Zealander Peter Young
French sales agent Films Distribution is selling
Marina Zenovich's doc Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out which Showtime acquired for U.S. TV. Citadel from Ireland has sold to Cinedigm/ New Video for U.S. and Mongrel for Canada. 30 Beats from the U.S. sold to Roadside Attractions for U.S. and Codex Media And Advertising Corporation for Turkey.
Other French companies are doing likewise.
Studio Canal is selling
Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn - though this was picked up complete at Tiff 12. Don Mazer's I Give It A Year from the U.K. and produced by Tim Bevan. It began presales in Cannes.
Celluloid Dreams is selling
Greetings From Tim Buckley--U.S.-Tiff 12 Special Presentations World Premiere - Director: Daniel Algrant The Comedian a U.K. comedy by Tom Shkolnik Francis Ha - U.S. - Tiff 12. by Noah Baumbach Satellite Boy - Australia The Conspiracy - U.K.
Snd is preselling The Love Punch an English language French comedy
Wild Bunch is selling
Blood Ties written by James Gray, directed by Guillaume Canet, Cast : Billy Crudup, Clive Owen, Marion Cottillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Producers: Alain Attal (Les Productions du Tresor), Hugo Selignac, John Lesher.
This very American sotry takes place in New York, 1974. Chris Pierzynski has just been released after years in prison for his part in a gangland murder. Waiting reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, who raised them alone, has always favored Chris - despite all his troubles. Frank has known this since they were kids, and it eats at him like nothing else.
It has presold to Belgium-Lumière, Scandinvia -Scanbox Entertainment, Netherlands-Lumiere, Romania-Independenta Film, Switzerland-Frenetic Films, Turkey-Codex Media, Ukraine Top Film Distribution
Maniac by Franck Khalfoun U.S. English Horror, Writers : Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Cast : Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Producers : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Alexandre Aja. It has presold to Germany -Ascot Elite, Japan - Comstock Only God Forbids by Nicolas Winding Refn from Denmark, in English has been selliing since Berlin 2012 and has sold to Bulgaria-A Plus Films Ltd., Germany-Tiberius Film Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hungary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Hungary-Mtva, Italy-Italian International Film, Korea (South)-Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment, Poland-Gutek Film Ltd, Romania-Independenta Film, Turkey-Calinos Films
Global Screen (Germany) has many English language films, some originating from U.S. and English speaking countries and others from non-English speaking countries.
• No Place on Earth (The Cave) by Emmy Award winning director Janet Tobias a U.S., U.K., German co-production. the doc tells the longest recorded underground survival story in human history, when 5 Jewish families descended into a pitch black cave to escape the Nazis for 511 days.
Hungaricom Ltd (Hungary) has the English language animated comedy feature The Secret of Moonacre and Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita both produced by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Gabor Kalomista, a Los Angeles based company with Hungarian born principals. The synopsis of Immigrants is worth repeating: More people immigrate to America than to all other countries in the whole world combined. Why? Is it because they love hot dogs and hamburgers? Or because they want to meet Snoop Dogg or have a close encounter with Pamela Anderson? Maybe. But the real reason is – immigrants go to the U.S. to chase the American dream. Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. Vlad has a daughter, Ana, who’s adapting to life in America at the speed of light, while her dad is in complete culture shock. They stay at the Vista del Mar, an apartment complex run by an old failed actress, Greta Knight, who is always after Vlad for sexual favors. The building is home to immigrants from all over the world: Flaco, a friend from Mexico; Mr. Chea, who runs a Chinese family restaurant; Nazim, a former Pakistani nuclear scientist who drives a tour bus; and Mr. Splits, an old black pimp. We follow Vlad and Joska in their adventures… through their encounter with the American capitalist company Glut-co, through their attempt to open a Russian/Hungarian restaurant, and as their friendship is put in jeopardy when they hit the L.A. night scene. All the while Vlad is looking for a way to make a life for himself and his daughter; and Joska… well, Joska is mainly looking for women.
If Niel Landau's adventures in Russia appeal to you, but you don't have the connections there, visit Rosskino and the L.A. based Eleonora Granata Russian Film Commissioner or produce in Russia through international sales agents which were founded by Russian-Americans who know both cultures such as Aldamisa (where longtime Disney acquisitons VP Jere Hausfater is now looking for projects), 108 Media who has Myn Bala the Kazahkistan submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination is Canadian owned, or Red Sea, all of whom are Russian – American and/ or Canadian owned.
Singapore is looking for Looking for copros and Icon has stepped up to the plate with James Wan Presents House of Horrors, an English language U.S. horror film now in pre-productions. In the aftermath of a horrific massacre, lead Detective, Mark Lewis, and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question a suspect for the brutal murder of five college students. This has been preselling at Cannes 2012 (Line up), Afm 2011, Cannes 2011 and Berlin Efm 2012. Directed by Javier Guttierrez, written by James Wan and Max La Bella it will be distributed in Singapore by Cathay.
British companies are also packaging and preselling U.S. films:
Content is selling American indies 96 Minutes, Hick, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God by Alex Gibney
Stealth Indie (Michael Cowan) is selling two U.S. indies, Crave and The Giant Mechanical Man
Bankside has a deal with New York based Killer Films for Innocence, now in post. This thriller is a modern-gothic vampire story where a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony.It has been preselling this at Afm 2011 and 2012, Toronto and Cannes 2011 and it has presold to Le Pacte for France, Videovision for So. Africa, Umut Sanat Filmcilik for Turkey, Shooting Stars for UAE.
Ealing Metro is preselling
Nina directed and written by Cynthia Mort, a U.S. production, a biopic about Nina Simone, a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Stuart Parr, Mark Burton and Ben Latham Jones, it has presold since Toronto 2011 to Orlando for Israel, Entertainment One for Benelux, Cinesky has U.S. Better Living Through Chemistry directed and written by David Posamentier, a U.S. comedy now in post-production.A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta, produced by Felipe Marino, Joe Neurater and Keith Calder, it has presold to Metro Pictures of India. Bailout is being presold. One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced his wife is having an affair and six days away from losing his home. Bailout is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make our way back.
Salt is preselling Welcome to the Jungle, a U.S. comedy directed by Rob Meltzer, written by Jeff Kauffman, produced by Justin Kanew and Luillo Ruiz and starring Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Rob Huebel. A group of co-workers including Chris (Adam Brody) get stranded on a desert island when their nutty teambuilding coach (Jean Claude Van Damme) is mauled by a wild cougar. in the spirit of "lost in the wilderness" comedies such as Tropic Thunder and workplace comedies like The Office, Welcome to the Jungle is a rare beast in today's market: a comedy that delivers on the laughs - both the high and the lowbrow. It has already presold to Front Row for the Middle East.
Westend is preselling Joe which will start shooting this month be delivered in 2013. It is to be directed by David Gordon Green, produced by lisa Muskat and stars Nicholas Cage. Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.
- 11/5/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Exclusive: Producers Mark Gordon, who is behind ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and CBS’ Criminal Minds, and Jason Blum, who is fresh off two hot movie openers with Sinister and Paranormal Activity 4, have teamed to executive produce half-hour comedy My Korean Deli for ABC. The project, produced by ABC Studios, studio-based Mark Gordon Co. and Blum’s Blumhouse, is based on the Ben Ryder Howe’s book. Geoff Moore and David Posamentier will write the adaptation, which tells the story of an American man who buys a deli for his wife’s Korean parents and now has to try to find the balance between his new job, his wife, and his overbearing in-laws. Mark Gordon Co.’s Gordon and Andrea Shay executive produce with Blum. Gerard Bacaccio oversees Blumhouse’s TV division. Moore and Posamentier are currently in post on their directorial debut off their 2010 Black List script Better Living Through Chemistry...
- 10/27/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jane Fonda sure is busy these days. After taking only the occasional role over the past seven years, Fonda is suddenly everywhere again and can be seen the upcoming comedy-drama "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding," Aaron Sorkin's HBO series "The Newsroom," and will play Nancy Reagan in Lee Daniels' "The Butler." Add Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's "Better Living Through Chemistry" to Fonda's schedule as well.
Already in production in Los Angeles, the film stars Sam Rockwell as a small-town pharmacist who has an affair with a customer's trophy wife (Olivia Wilde), who introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs (apparently he never tried his own products). Things get messy when she wants him to kill her husband. According to Deadline, Fonda's character will be a customer of Rockwell's pharmacy who is "the conscience" of the film. Currently in France for Cannes, Fonda will soon head to Maryland to shoot her scenes.
Already in production in Los Angeles, the film stars Sam Rockwell as a small-town pharmacist who has an affair with a customer's trophy wife (Olivia Wilde), who introduces him to the pleasures of prescription drugs (apparently he never tried his own products). Things get messy when she wants him to kill her husband. According to Deadline, Fonda's character will be a customer of Rockwell's pharmacy who is "the conscience" of the film. Currently in France for Cannes, Fonda will soon head to Maryland to shoot her scenes.
- 5/17/2012
- by Ryan Gowland
- The Playlist
• James Badge Dale (HBO’s The Pacific, AMC’s Rubicon) has signed onto Iron Man 3 to play villain Eric Savin, who in Marvel Comics lore becomes a cyborg called Coldblood. Apparently, killer cyborgs aren’t subtle. [Deadline]
• Morgan Freeman is in talks to join the increasingly impressive cast of the older-men-on-a-bachelor-party-bender comedy Last Vegas, starring Michael Douglas and Robert DeNiro. [Deadline]
• Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates have joined The Young and Prodigious Spivet, an English-language coming-of-age road film from Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, about a precocious 12-year-old boy (Kyle Catlett) en route from Montana to the Smithsonian Museum. Jeunet cowrote...
• Morgan Freeman is in talks to join the increasingly impressive cast of the older-men-on-a-bachelor-party-bender comedy Last Vegas, starring Michael Douglas and Robert DeNiro. [Deadline]
• Helena Bonham Carter and Kathy Bates have joined The Young and Prodigious Spivet, an English-language coming-of-age road film from Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, about a precocious 12-year-old boy (Kyle Catlett) en route from Montana to the Smithsonian Museum. Jeunet cowrote...
- 5/17/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Exclusive: Jane Fonda, in Cannes to make an appearance for L’Oreal, has just joined the cast of the comedy Better Living Through Chemistry. She joins Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Ray Liotta, Ben Schwartz and Ken Howard in the film. She plays a customer of the pharmacy run by Rockwell’s character, and her character is the conscience of the film. David Posamentier and Geoff Moore wrote the script. It is an Occupant Entertainment production, produced by Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino. Filming is underway in Maryland, and Fonda will shoot her scenes when she returns from Cannes.
- 5/16/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Exclusive: Adam Weinstein has left ICM to join Verve. Weinstein, brother of Verve co-founder Bill Weinstein, is a motion picture literary agent who began his career at UTA and moved to ICM in 2009. His list includes director Colin Treverrow and writer Derek Connolly, writers-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore, and David Bowers. He was involved in packaging such films as Safety Not Guaranteed, Better Living Through Chemistry and the Diary Of A Wimpy kid franchise. ”We are thrilled to have Adam join our team,” the partners said in a statement. “His personality and drive combined with his eye for talent and outstanding relationships makes him a natural fit for our business.” Weinstein is the third agent added by Verve this year. ”I am excited to be working with friends and family, but most importantly at a great company,” Weinstein said. As for ICM, the agency wished him well.
- 5/14/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Your Voice in My Head
Warner Bros. Pictures is in negotiations Stanley Tucci ("Easy A," "The Hunger Games") to star alongside Emma Watson in the David Yates' pic "Your Voice in My Head" which aims to begin shooting this Summer.
The story revolves around a young woman who, after the demise of her relationship with a nationally respected journalist, attempts suicide before being saved by a terminally ill psychiatrist (Tucci). [Source: Variety]
Better Living Through Chemistry
Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas," "Narc") will play the husband to Olivia Wilde’s character in "Better Living Through Chemistry" at Occupant Films. Michelle Monaghan, Sam Rockwell and Judi Dench also star.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's film centres on a straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life that spirals out of control when he begins an affair with a trophy wife. Shooting kicks off in May. [Source: Deadline]
About Time
Zooey Deschanel (TV's "New Girl") and Domhnall Gleeson ("Harry...
Warner Bros. Pictures is in negotiations Stanley Tucci ("Easy A," "The Hunger Games") to star alongside Emma Watson in the David Yates' pic "Your Voice in My Head" which aims to begin shooting this Summer.
The story revolves around a young woman who, after the demise of her relationship with a nationally respected journalist, attempts suicide before being saved by a terminally ill psychiatrist (Tucci). [Source: Variety]
Better Living Through Chemistry
Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas," "Narc") will play the husband to Olivia Wilde’s character in "Better Living Through Chemistry" at Occupant Films. Michelle Monaghan, Sam Rockwell and Judi Dench also star.
Geoff Moore and David Posamentier's film centres on a straight-laced pharmacist’s uneventful life that spirals out of control when he begins an affair with a trophy wife. Shooting kicks off in May. [Source: Deadline]
About Time
Zooey Deschanel (TV's "New Girl") and Domhnall Gleeson ("Harry...
- 3/28/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Ray Liotta might know a thing or two about better living through chemistry, though we doubt that.s what helped him land a gig in Geoff Moore and David Posamentier.s upcoming dramedy. Deadline reports that the Goodfellas icon has been cast as Olivia Wilde.s husband in the planned feature Better Living Through Chemistry, which will be produced by Occupant Films. Wilde replaced Jennifer Garner in the former Black List script after the Alias star had to bow out because of her recent pregnancy. Adding Liotta only amps the acting muscle in this impressive cast as Moore and Posamentier, directing from their own script, have already lured Sam Rockwell, Michelle Monaghan and Dame Judi Dench for pivotal roles. The story focuses on a humdrum pharmacist (Rockwell) who enters into a sordid affair with a trophy-wife regular customer (Wilde), sending both of their lives into a debilitating spiral. Better Living...
- 3/28/2012
- cinemablend.com
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