Alison Greenspan, the executive producer behind The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its sequel and the ABC show For Life, died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She was 48.
Her husband, Jason Michaels, confirmed the news of Greenspan’s death, adding that she was surrounded by the love of her family.
Greenspan’s producing career focused on adapting best-selling books, bringing to the screen works by Nicholas Sparks, Michelle Wildgen, Gayle Forman, Beverly Cleary and Ann Brashares.
Born Alison Sheryl Greenspan in Washington, D.C., Greenspan attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1994 with ...
Her husband, Jason Michaels, confirmed the news of Greenspan’s death, adding that she was surrounded by the love of her family.
Greenspan’s producing career focused on adapting best-selling books, bringing to the screen works by Nicholas Sparks, Michelle Wildgen, Gayle Forman, Beverly Cleary and Ann Brashares.
Born Alison Sheryl Greenspan in Washington, D.C., Greenspan attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1994 with ...
- 6/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Alison Greenspan, the executive producer behind The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and its sequel and the ABC show For Life, died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. She was 48.
Her husband, Jason Michaels, confirmed the news of Greenspan’s death, adding that she was surrounded by the love of her family.
Greenspan’s producing career focused on adapting best-selling books, bringing to the screen works by Nicholas Sparks, Michelle Wildgen, Gayle Forman, Beverly Cleary and Ann Brashares.
Born Alison Sheryl Greenspan in Washington, D.C., Greenspan attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1994 with ...
Her husband, Jason Michaels, confirmed the news of Greenspan’s death, adding that she was surrounded by the love of her family.
Greenspan’s producing career focused on adapting best-selling books, bringing to the screen works by Nicholas Sparks, Michelle Wildgen, Gayle Forman, Beverly Cleary and Ann Brashares.
Born Alison Sheryl Greenspan in Washington, D.C., Greenspan attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1994 with ...
- 6/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today’s TV News Roundup, Starz announced the premiere date for its upcoming series “P-Valley” and Hulu released a trailer for “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.”
Casting
Audible has announced Diane Kruger will narrate Gayle Forman’s first Audible original, “The End of my Heart,” Variety has exclusively learned. “The End of my Heart” is a fictional, audio-only tale of an intergenerational mother-daughter relationship and a secret that, if exposed, could threaten to take away everything they have. The audible original is set to be released on June 25.
Dates
Starz has announced that its upcoming series “P-Valley” will premiere on July 12 at 8 p.m. Self-adapted by playwright Katori Hall from her play “Pussy Valley,” the series follows the community that builds around a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Each of the eight episodes will be directed by a woman. The series comes from Chernin Entertainment. Watch the teaser below.
Casting
Audible has announced Diane Kruger will narrate Gayle Forman’s first Audible original, “The End of my Heart,” Variety has exclusively learned. “The End of my Heart” is a fictional, audio-only tale of an intergenerational mother-daughter relationship and a secret that, if exposed, could threaten to take away everything they have. The audible original is set to be released on June 25.
Dates
Starz has announced that its upcoming series “P-Valley” will premiere on July 12 at 8 p.m. Self-adapted by playwright Katori Hall from her play “Pussy Valley,” the series follows the community that builds around a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Each of the eight episodes will be directed by a woman. The series comes from Chernin Entertainment. Watch the teaser below.
- 5/20/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of Sunday’s Academy Awards, where Spotlight is tipped to win Best Original Screenplay and potentially even upset The Revenant for Best Picture, that film’s Oscar-nominated director has selected his next project. According to Deadline, Tom McCarthy will team with Netflix to direct and produce 13 Reasons Why, a teen-targeted series produced by Selena Gomez.
McCarthy, whose filmography includes bizarre turkeys like The Cobbler and sweet indies like The Station Agent, is no stranger to upending expectations. And though it’s unusual, to say the least, for a director riding one of the year’s most roundly acclaimed movies to go to the small screen for his first post-Oscar gig, Netflix has been drawing increasingly major talent these past few months, as it continues to assert itself as a deafening voice in the field of original programming.
13 Reasons Why will adapt the bestselling Ya novel by Jay Asher. Though...
McCarthy, whose filmography includes bizarre turkeys like The Cobbler and sweet indies like The Station Agent, is no stranger to upending expectations. And though it’s unusual, to say the least, for a director riding one of the year’s most roundly acclaimed movies to go to the small screen for his first post-Oscar gig, Netflix has been drawing increasingly major talent these past few months, as it continues to assert itself as a deafening voice in the field of original programming.
13 Reasons Why will adapt the bestselling Ya novel by Jay Asher. Though...
- 2/27/2016
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Want to go to Hell and back without the, you know, going to Hell part? Daily Dead's Hell and Back DVD contest details are after the jump. Also in this round-up: a teaser trailer for The Harvesters, details on the Netflix series Gypsy, and an update on the release of The Abandoned.
Hell and Back DVD Contest: Prize Details: (5) Winners will receive (1) DVD copy of Hell and Back.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Hell and Back Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01 am Est on January 12th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA (December 3, 2015) – Freestyle Digital Media announced today that...
Hell and Back DVD Contest: Prize Details: (5) Winners will receive (1) DVD copy of Hell and Back.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Hell and Back Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01 am Est on January 12th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
Press Release: "Los Angeles, CA (December 3, 2015) – Freestyle Digital Media announced today that...
- 1/6/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, has ordered a 10-episode season of the one-hour psychological thriller Gypsy, a new series from Universal Television, Working Title and writer Lisa Rubin.
Gypsy follows the journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives. Liza Chasin and Lisa Rubin will serve as executive producers, with Rubin also serving as writer. Rubin’s additional upcoming projects include adapting best-selling novel I Was Here by Gayle Forman for New Line and adapting the novel Food Whore for DreamWorks. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are also executive producers.
The series is set to premiere in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
Gypsy follows the journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives. Liza Chasin and Lisa Rubin will serve as executive producers, with Rubin also serving as writer. Rubin’s additional upcoming projects include adapting best-selling novel I Was Here by Gayle Forman for New Line and adapting the novel Food Whore for DreamWorks. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner are also executive producers.
The series is set to premiere in 2017.
Source: Netflix...
- 1/6/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Netflix has given a series order to “Gypsy,” an hour-long scripted drama from executive producers Liza Chasin and Lisa Rubin. “Gypsy” focuses on the story of Jean Holloway, a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients’ lives. Universal Television is set to produce the series, with Rubin serving as writer. Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will also executive produce. Also Read: 'Making a Murderer' Filmmakers Fire Back at Prosecutor: 'He's Not Entitled to His Own Facts' Among Rubin’s additional upcoming projects are an adaptation of the best-selling novel “I Was Here...
- 1/6/2016
- by Daniel Holloway
- The Wrap
It still hasn’t found a readership on the scale of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars or Gayle Forman’s If I Stay, but Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why is one of the finest Ya novels to emerge in the past decade – as well as one that deserves serious praise for its willingness to grapple with the heavy topic of teen suicide in an uncompromisingly honest way. That’s why it’s so exciting to learn today that Netflix is committing to a 13-episode miniseries adaptation of the novel exec-produced by teen idol Selena Gomez.
Asher’s book centered on a high schooler named Clay (yet to be cast), who is stunned one night to receive a shoe-box filled with cassette tapes from his classmate and crush, Hannah (reportedly played by Gomez), who recently took her own life. Listening, Clay is stunned to hear Hannah’s voice,...
Asher’s book centered on a high schooler named Clay (yet to be cast), who is stunned one night to receive a shoe-box filled with cassette tapes from his classmate and crush, Hannah (reportedly played by Gomez), who recently took her own life. Listening, Clay is stunned to hear Hannah’s voice,...
- 10/29/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Now that the adaptation of James Dashner's "The Scorch Trials" is two-thirds done, and the final installments of "The Hunger Games" and "Divergent" are coming, it's time to think about which young-adult books will translate well to the big screen.
And we're not just going to list the obvious, like name all of John Green's books (although "Looking for Alaska" is already in pre-production). We're going straight to the source - fellow young adult authors, many of whom have their own titles optioned and in the works.
Here are 14 Ya and children's authors' picks for the books they wish would get green lit.
1. Gayle Forman, author of "If I Stay"
"I would love to see Matt de la Peña's 'The Living' turned into a film. It follows a young man, named Shy, who works as a towel boy on a cruise ship that's sunk by a tsunami.
And we're not just going to list the obvious, like name all of John Green's books (although "Looking for Alaska" is already in pre-production). We're going straight to the source - fellow young adult authors, many of whom have their own titles optioned and in the works.
Here are 14 Ya and children's authors' picks for the books they wish would get green lit.
1. Gayle Forman, author of "If I Stay"
"I would love to see Matt de la Peña's 'The Living' turned into a film. It follows a young man, named Shy, who works as a towel boy on a cruise ship that's sunk by a tsunami.
- 10/9/2015
- by Sandie Angulo Chen
- Moviefone
Alternating between indie-circuit hits (Young Ones) and blockbuster hits (Maleficent), Elle Fanning has worked steadily to emerge out of older sister Dakota’s Hollywood shadow, and she’ll be aiming squarely for the hearts and minds of the Ya crowd in upcoming project All the Bright Places. This morning, producers have announced that Fanning will team with Youth in Revolt director Miguel Arteta for the pic, an adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s novel.
Fanning has been attached to the lead role of Violet since last year. Niven herself is penning the script for the adaptation, which is a priority for financiers Demarest Media and Mazur/Kaplan.
Said Arteta:
“Violet and Finch’s achingly heartfelt and authentic story is the most convincing portrayal of teenage life I have ever come across. It’s such a privilege to bring it to the screen with the help of its engaging author and the...
Fanning has been attached to the lead role of Violet since last year. Niven herself is penning the script for the adaptation, which is a priority for financiers Demarest Media and Mazur/Kaplan.
Said Arteta:
“Violet and Finch’s achingly heartfelt and authentic story is the most convincing portrayal of teenage life I have ever come across. It’s such a privilege to bring it to the screen with the help of its engaging author and the...
- 7/27/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Between adaptations of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Gayle Forman’s If I Stay, the summer of 2014 was an atypically soppy one for the Ya crowd, but New Line is banking on there still being a hearty appetite for tearjerkers, having picked up film rights to Forman’s latest, mystery romance I Was Here.
The studio, which previously partnered with Forman on If I Stay, hopes that the author’s latest will resonate with teen audiences. The title, called an “irresistible tearjerker” by the New York Times, centers on Cody, an 18-year-old whose best friend Meg commits suicide. Distraught and confused, Cody undertakes a brave and dangerous journey that takes her from her dead-end Washington town to Meg’s college dorm, to the clubs of Seattle, to the deserts of Nevada, and to the darkest parts of her own psyche. As she searches for answers about her best friend’s death,...
The studio, which previously partnered with Forman on If I Stay, hopes that the author’s latest will resonate with teen audiences. The title, called an “irresistible tearjerker” by the New York Times, centers on Cody, an 18-year-old whose best friend Meg commits suicide. Distraught and confused, Cody undertakes a brave and dangerous journey that takes her from her dead-end Washington town to Meg’s college dorm, to the clubs of Seattle, to the deserts of Nevada, and to the darkest parts of her own psyche. As she searches for answers about her best friend’s death,...
- 2/25/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Universal Pictures has optioned "If I Stay" author Gayle Forman's bestselling young adult novels "Just One Day" and its follow-up "Just One Year" wtih plans to combine them into a single feature love story with a "Before Sunrise"-style tone.
The story follows a young couple who meet and share one incredible day (and night!) together only to be separated. They spend the next year looking for each other and find themselves along the journey.
The first book told the story from the woman's Pov, the second from the man's. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will produce.
Source: THR...
The story follows a young couple who meet and share one incredible day (and night!) together only to be separated. They spend the next year looking for each other and find themselves along the journey.
The first book told the story from the woman's Pov, the second from the man's. Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage will produce.
Source: THR...
- 11/14/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Didn't cry your eyes out enough when the adaptation of If I Stay hit theaters earlier this year? Well, you're in luck then as Fox has revealed details on the film's blu-ray release. Come inside to learn more!
If only they offered to sell this in a bundled deal with a box of Kleenex...that's just good marketing people! The film hit's blu-ray on November 18, 2014 and you can check out all the details on what comes in the package, below:
Live for love and music this holiday season with the ultimate If I Stay fan experience on the Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD Combo and DVD November 18 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Based on The New York Times best-selling young adult novel by Gayle Forman, director R.J. Cutler’s If I Stay is a must-have gift for fans and young adults alike this holiday season.
“Chloë Grace Moretz...
If only they offered to sell this in a bundled deal with a box of Kleenex...that's just good marketing people! The film hit's blu-ray on November 18, 2014 and you can check out all the details on what comes in the package, below:
Live for love and music this holiday season with the ultimate If I Stay fan experience on the Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD Combo and DVD November 18 from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Based on The New York Times best-selling young adult novel by Gayle Forman, director R.J. Cutler’s If I Stay is a must-have gift for fans and young adults alike this holiday season.
“Chloë Grace Moretz...
- 10/7/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Updated, Monday, 12:47 Pm: We have all 29 films’ final totals updated so far, including this weekend’s big box office king, The Maze Runner. Updated so far (besides Maze Runner) are Universal’s The Boxtrolls and Lucy, Disney/Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, and the Fox titles Let’s Be Cops, How To Train Your Dragon 2 from DreamWorks’ Animation, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Paramount’s newly revamped franchises Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Hercules, Fox’s Ya success story The Fault In Our Stars, Universal’s horror flicks As Above/So Below and The Purge: Anarchy, Fox’s El Nino, Finding Fanny, Doktorspiele and Guten Tag, Ramon. We also just got Warner Bros. titles’ Dolphin Tale 2, Into The Storm, If I Stay, Relatos Salvajes and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends and other Uni titles The Riot Club, indie fav Boyhood and dance franchise Step Up All In.
- 9/22/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
If Wetlands looks at teen life without blinkers, If I Stay prefers Hollywood-style, rose-colored glasses. Guess which one finds box-office gold? Based on Gayle Forman’s 2009 Ya bestseller, If I Stay has the virtue of starring Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, Let Me In, Hugo), 17, a skilled actress who can make me believe anything. But not this, Chloe, not this. Moretz plays Mia Hall, an Oregon high schooler with a gift for cello, a rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley), indulgent parents (Mireille Enos and Joshua Leonard), and an itch to get into Julliard.
- 9/4/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Woody Allen.s Magic in the Moonlight opened in sixth spot in a generally weak trading session at Australian cinemas last weekend, way below Blue Jasmine.s debut last year.
The South of France-set comedy starring Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins and Jacki Weaver whistled up $762,000 at 131 screens, and $826,000 with previews, no match for Blue Jasmine.s $1.07 million debut on 128.
Of course Woody.s latest opus lacks two things that Blue Jasmine had going for it: Cate Blanchett, and reviews that were far more effusive (91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes vs 48% for Magic).
Jasmine ended up with $6.4 million, a remarkably high 6-to-1 multiple of the opening weekend, a feat which is unlikely to be repeated by Firth.s conjuror and Stone.s self-styled psychic.
Nationwide takings dropped by 22% to $9.6 million, according to Rentrak.s estimates, as only four films earned more than $1 million.
Marvel.s Guardians of the Galaxy regained the top spot,...
The South of France-set comedy starring Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Eileen Atkins and Jacki Weaver whistled up $762,000 at 131 screens, and $826,000 with previews, no match for Blue Jasmine.s $1.07 million debut on 128.
Of course Woody.s latest opus lacks two things that Blue Jasmine had going for it: Cate Blanchett, and reviews that were far more effusive (91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes vs 48% for Magic).
Jasmine ended up with $6.4 million, a remarkably high 6-to-1 multiple of the opening weekend, a feat which is unlikely to be repeated by Firth.s conjuror and Stone.s self-styled psychic.
Nationwide takings dropped by 22% to $9.6 million, according to Rentrak.s estimates, as only four films earned more than $1 million.
Marvel.s Guardians of the Galaxy regained the top spot,...
- 9/1/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Based on the Young Adult novel of the same name by Gayle Forman, If I Stay take the tried and trusted afterlife formula and gives it a very teen centric spin. If I Stay isn't just the title, but also what Mia Hall (Chloe Grace Moretz), a musically gifted teenager, is asking herself after she and her family are in a horrific car accident. Tethering on the edge of the land of the living, Mia guides us through the major events of her young life, mainly her failed relationship with rock star on the rise Adam (Jamie Blackley), as she must decide if she wants her life to go on. While aimed at the teenage audience that makes up the novels readership, If I Stay is refreshingly free of all the trappings that come with most Ya adaptions. The audience is never talked down to, and the characters feel fully formed and realised,...
- 8/30/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
If I Stay
Written for the screen by Shauna Cross
Directed by R.J. Cutler
USA, 2014
Based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman, If I Stay tells the story of Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz). An overachiever, cello enthusiast, and overall good-egg of a daughter, Mia has paved a finite future for herself with Julliard on her horizon. When involved in a head on collision, killing her entire family and leaving her in a coma, she goes through an out-of-body experience and has to decide if she will stay with her rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley) and live with her grandparents, or depart with her family and leave everything she’s aspiring to behind. What seems like the same tiresome supernatural melodrama found in Ya franchises like Twilight, in actuality, holds up nicely for both the tween dragging their parent and the parent initially being dragged into the theater.
Written for the screen by Shauna Cross
Directed by R.J. Cutler
USA, 2014
Based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman, If I Stay tells the story of Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz). An overachiever, cello enthusiast, and overall good-egg of a daughter, Mia has paved a finite future for herself with Julliard on her horizon. When involved in a head on collision, killing her entire family and leaving her in a coma, she goes through an out-of-body experience and has to decide if she will stay with her rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley) and live with her grandparents, or depart with her family and leave everything she’s aspiring to behind. What seems like the same tiresome supernatural melodrama found in Ya franchises like Twilight, in actuality, holds up nicely for both the tween dragging their parent and the parent initially being dragged into the theater.
- 8/29/2014
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
To celebrate this Friday’s release of If I Stay, we’ve got three fun merchandise packs to give away. Each winner will receive an If I Stay backpack, notebook, chalkboard, charm bracelet, and a copy of Gayle Forman’s novel!
Gayle Forman’s best-selling novel comes to the big screen in New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ drama If I Stay, starring Chloë Grace Moretz (“Carrie,” the “Kick-Ass” films), Mireille Enos (TV’s “The Killing,” “World War Z”); Joshua Leonard (“Higher Ground”); Jamie Blackley (“Snow White and the Huntsman”); and Stacy Keach (“Nebraska”).
Mia Hall (Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance.
Gayle Forman’s best-selling novel comes to the big screen in New Line Cinema’s and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ drama If I Stay, starring Chloë Grace Moretz (“Carrie,” the “Kick-Ass” films), Mireille Enos (TV’s “The Killing,” “World War Z”); Joshua Leonard (“Higher Ground”); Jamie Blackley (“Snow White and the Huntsman”); and Stacy Keach (“Nebraska”).
Mia Hall (Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance.
- 8/29/2014
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director: Rj Cutler; Screenwriter: Shauna Cross; Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Stacy Keach, Liana Liberatro; Running time: 107 mins; Certificate: 12A
What would you choose: heaven, or heaven on earth? The big decision Mia Hall is faced with during an out-of-body experience is almost academic. Chloë Grace Moretz has an effortless look of anguish that makes this sluggish adaptation of Gayle Forman's best-selling novel a little more watchable than it deserves to be, but with a picture of teenage life seemingly plucked from the pages of Mizz, it really makes little difference whether Mia stays on this mortal coil, or goes.
Forman started out writing for teen magazines and that experience translates into a very glossy picture of youth. Apart from her model looks, Mia is a musical prodigy with achingly hip, easy-going parents (Mireille Enos of The Killing remake plays mum) and a devoted...
What would you choose: heaven, or heaven on earth? The big decision Mia Hall is faced with during an out-of-body experience is almost academic. Chloë Grace Moretz has an effortless look of anguish that makes this sluggish adaptation of Gayle Forman's best-selling novel a little more watchable than it deserves to be, but with a picture of teenage life seemingly plucked from the pages of Mizz, it really makes little difference whether Mia stays on this mortal coil, or goes.
Forman started out writing for teen magazines and that experience translates into a very glossy picture of youth. Apart from her model looks, Mia is a musical prodigy with achingly hip, easy-going parents (Mireille Enos of The Killing remake plays mum) and a devoted...
- 8/29/2014
- Digital Spy
I unapologetically read a lot of young adult books -- for work (hey, they keep getting adapted into films), because it helps me recommend books to my own kids, and because I just want to, period. But something that bothers me as an adult reader and viewer of coming-of-age stories is how often the parents are absent, distant, abusive, missing, overbearing, plain evil, or, of course, dead from the very beginning.
I fully understand why those sorts of parents make the young protagonist more sympathetic or troubled or fragile, but it's a relief when the parents aren't the antagonists. That's why I was so impressed with the parents in "If I Stay," who like the mom and dad in "The Fault in Our Stars" are actually, you know, Doing Their Jobs as parents: loving their children unconditionally; giving their kids advice; providing their kids freedom to grow up but being...
I fully understand why those sorts of parents make the young protagonist more sympathetic or troubled or fragile, but it's a relief when the parents aren't the antagonists. That's why I was so impressed with the parents in "If I Stay," who like the mom and dad in "The Fault in Our Stars" are actually, you know, Doing Their Jobs as parents: loving their children unconditionally; giving their kids advice; providing their kids freedom to grow up but being...
- 8/27/2014
- by Sandie Angulo Chen
- Moviefone
Chloë Grace Moretz has revealed that she's leaving behind her iconic Hit-Girl role.
Speaking to Digital Spy, the actress said that she doesn't believe Kick-Ass 3 will happen and suggested that piracy resulted in the underwhelming box office performance of last year's sequel.
"Sadly, I think I'm done with the character," Moretz said. "Hit-Girl was a very cool character, but I don't think there will be any more movies. You make these movies for the fanboys, but nowadays everyone seems to pirate them rather than watch them in the movie theatre.
"Kick-Ass 2 was one of the number one pirated movies of the year, but that doesn't help us because we need box office figures. We need to prove to the distributors that we can make money from a third and a fourth movie - but because it didn't do so well, we can't make another one.
"If you want more than one movie,...
Speaking to Digital Spy, the actress said that she doesn't believe Kick-Ass 3 will happen and suggested that piracy resulted in the underwhelming box office performance of last year's sequel.
"Sadly, I think I'm done with the character," Moretz said. "Hit-Girl was a very cool character, but I don't think there will be any more movies. You make these movies for the fanboys, but nowadays everyone seems to pirate them rather than watch them in the movie theatre.
"Kick-Ass 2 was one of the number one pirated movies of the year, but that doesn't help us because we need box office figures. We need to prove to the distributors that we can make money from a third and a fourth movie - but because it didn't do so well, we can't make another one.
"If you want more than one movie,...
- 8/24/2014
- Digital Spy
After two weekends away from the top spot, the space renegades of Guardians of the Galaxy clinched the #1 position at the weekend box office once again. With $17.6 million in its fourth frame – a small 30% drop from last week’s take, outstanding for a Marvel Studios film – the sci-fi adventure is days away from becoming 2014′s highest-grossing film. (Its $251.9 million gross so far is the biggest of the summer session, having passed Transformers: Age of Extinction‘s North American final on Saturday.) With such a good hold, it is likely the film will re-emerge to the top spot over Labor Day weekend and now stands a good chance of surpassing $300 million if strong word-of-mouth continues.
Dropping to second but continuing its robust run were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, bringing in $16.8 million, for a $145.6 million cume. Later this week, the Paramount film will surpass G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, another...
Dropping to second but continuing its robust run were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, bringing in $16.8 million, for a $145.6 million cume. Later this week, the Paramount film will surpass G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, another...
- 8/24/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
After settling for second place behind Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for two weeks, Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, moved back into first place with a fourth weekend take of $17.6 million, down just 30% from last weekend. The adaptation of Gayle Forman's novel If I Stay (Warner Bros.), starring Chloe Grace Moretz and directed by R.J. Cutler, did the best of the three new movies, taking third place for., the weekend with $16.4 million. Nine years after the original movie, the sequel Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Dimension Films/TWC) bombed badly with only $6.5 million its opening weekend in 2,894 theaters for a pitiful 8th place showing.
- 8/24/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Teen tearjerker If I Stay (Cinema Score: A-) set the pace at the box office on Friday, but Guardians of the Galaxy may have enough fuel left to pass it and top the box office by Sunday night.
If I Stay, based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, proved a draw for young audiences. Its $6.8 million opening day put it ahead of Marvel’s latest blockbuster, which added an estimated $4.8 million to its domestic total of $239.1 million. But tracking suggests the lead for the Ya adaptation directed by R.J. Cutler may...
If I Stay, based on the novel of the same name by Gayle Forman and starring Chloë Grace Moretz, proved a draw for young audiences. Its $6.8 million opening day put it ahead of Marvel’s latest blockbuster, which added an estimated $4.8 million to its domestic total of $239.1 million. But tracking suggests the lead for the Ya adaptation directed by R.J. Cutler may...
- 8/23/2014
- by Nina Terrero
- EW - Inside Movies
The gritty and long-delayed sequel “Frank Miller‘s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” tanked in its opening Friday, while the Chloe Moretz teen drama “If I Stay” wept its way to the top of the box office in its first day. “Guardians of the Galaxy” continues to play powerfully in its fourth week and was second Friday with $4.8 million, behind the $6.8 million of “If I Stay.” That puts both on a roughly $18 million pace for the weekend, but with its broader appeal, Disney's Marvel space romp could well overtake the low-budget adaptation of Gayle Forman's bestseller...
- 8/23/2014
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
The Chloë Grace Moretz starrer “If I Stay” is out in theaters now! The film, which also stars Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard, Liana Liberato, Aisha Hinds and Stacy Keach, is a drama in which a girl has to make the most difficult decision a person could make. The film is directed by R.J. Cutler with the screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on the novel by Gayle Forman. The cast also includes Jakob Davies and Gabrielle Rose. The film is presented by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Here’s more about the film. “Mia Hall (Moretz) thought the hardest decision [ Read More ]
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- 8/22/2014
- by monique
- ShockYa
Gayle Forman’s best-selling novel, “If I Stay,” comes to life on screen in a powerful film about love and loss that’s heartbreaking, moving and full of hope. When 17-year-old cellist Mia’s (Chloe Grace Moretz) promising life changes in the blink of an eye, she must find the courage to move forward. The love of her […]
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- 8/22/2014
- by Sheila Roberts
- MoviesOnline.ca
Advertising slogans shouldn’t really affect one’s critical judgment of a film. But full disclosure, seeing a brief online ad for If I Stay a couple of weeks ago asking if we were “ready for all the #feels” might have put me in the wrong mind-set for the movie. Based on Gayle Forman’s best-selling novel, If I Stay follows a young, promising teenage cellist, her whole life ahead of her, who winds up comatose after a horrific car accident. While Mia’s (Chloe Grace Moretz) body lies lifeless on a bed, a ghostly version of her haunts the corridors of the hospital, listens in on her loved ones, and reminisces about her life. On the surface, it seems perfect for our “feels”-obsessed culture — in which feelings are commodified and presented to us as bite-size, viral fixes, instead of things that come organically from within. “Come see a...
- 8/22/2014
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
Warner Bros., MGM, and New Line's “If I Stay” arrived in theaters at 7 p.m. Thursday night, taking in $1.1 million in an early start to its opening weekend. Rj Cutler directed the adaptation of Gayle Forman's hit Ya novel. The film stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a girl who is critically injured in a car crash that kills the rest of her family, and, in the spirit of an emo teen version of “Our Town” and “It's a Wonderful Life,” has an out-of-body experience that helps her decide whether to fight for life (she's got a boyfriend) or join her.
- 8/22/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
Chicago – We hate it when they grow up. Chloë Grace Moretz, a former child actor, takes on a first-teen-love role, and the results are decidedly mixed. The extreme emotions, the circumstances and Ms. Moretz’s performance undermine the soapy “If I Stay.”
Rating: 2.5/5.0
The film is told in episodic flashback, after a car accident renders the character of Moretz as a ghost-like presence over her own coma recovery. Based on a popular young adult novel, the plot is straight out of a soap opera, and the squishy narrative doesn’t help matters. The film seeks to be different, by having the main character’s parents as former rock and rollers, and it sprinkles in a few swear words, but overall the tart points can’t affect the glacial pacing – this film moved so slow it almost reversed time – and the dull approach that Moretz applies to her character felt as...
Rating: 2.5/5.0
The film is told in episodic flashback, after a car accident renders the character of Moretz as a ghost-like presence over her own coma recovery. Based on a popular young adult novel, the plot is straight out of a soap opera, and the squishy narrative doesn’t help matters. The film seeks to be different, by having the main character’s parents as former rock and rollers, and it sprinkles in a few swear words, but overall the tart points can’t affect the glacial pacing – this film moved so slow it almost reversed time – and the dull approach that Moretz applies to her character felt as...
- 8/22/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Yes, "If I Stay" is yet another teen romance based on a young adult book. I will disclose that I read and loved Gayle Forman's best-selling book about a brilliant young cellist faced with the ultimate life-and-death decision after her entire family is involved in a devastating car accident. Mia Hall (Chloe Moretz in her first romantic lead role) is an invisible spirit watching over her unconscious body in an intensive care unit. As she ponders what the future holds for her (is she headed for Juilliard, as she once hoped, or should she just give in to the lure of letting go), Mia spends most of her time remembering what she loved most about her pre-crash life: her family, her best friend, and her rather amazing boyfriend Adam (Jamie Blackley).
Director R.J. Cutler's take on the supernatural teen romance changes a few things up while remaining faithful...
Director R.J. Cutler's take on the supernatural teen romance changes a few things up while remaining faithful...
- 8/22/2014
- by Sandie Angulo Chen
- Moviefone
If I Stay, out on Friday, follows Mia (Chloe Grace Moretz), a 17-year-old cello prodigy with dreams of Juilliard and a slightly older musician boyfriend named Adam (Jamie Blackley), who’s often on the road with his band. After a car accident leaves Mia, her parents (Mireille Enos and Joshua Leonard) and younger brother (Jakob Davies) comatose, she must decide whether to return to life or accept death. Directed by R.J. Cutler and adapted from Gayle Forman's hit young-adult novel, the New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film is expected to top the weekend with an
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- 8/22/2014
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s some that will judge if a comedy is good or not depending on how many times they laughed during the film. You hear people exclaim, “That movie sucked. I barely laughed at it all.” For a horror film some might say it’s based on the amount of times it scared them or how many times they jumped out of their seat. That being said, should we enact a rating scale for sad romance films, like for example how many tissues you go through during the film? “Oh my gawd! I couldn’t stop crying. I give it 4 out of 5 tissues.” This is the second film to have come out in 2 months time (it’s been a sad summer) to focus on a life and death situation involving a young girl. Audiences seem to love drowning in their own tears considering how well The Fault In Our Stars...
- 8/22/2014
- by Michael Haffner
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It takes a special kind of sequel to be able to withstand a nine-year gap between releases, and unfortunately for Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, Sin City: A Dame to Kill for doesn’t appear to be up to the task. Instead, the Ya adaptation If I Stay looks poised to take first place this weekend.
Here’s how things might play out.
1. If I Stay — $20 million
Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Mia, a 17-year-old cellist who is coma-bound after a car crash that kills her family, in this emotional adaptation of Gayle Forman’s 2009 bestseller. MGM and New-Line co-financed the $11 million project,...
Here’s how things might play out.
1. If I Stay — $20 million
Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Mia, a 17-year-old cellist who is coma-bound after a car crash that kills her family, in this emotional adaptation of Gayle Forman’s 2009 bestseller. MGM and New-Line co-financed the $11 million project,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Based on Gayle Forman’s bestselling teen novel, “If I Stay” should certainly appeal to its target demo. It alternately seems engineered for tears, giggles and swoons, and it shouldn’t have an issue with making adolescent girls, go through all of those in turn. Chloë Grace Moretz’s Mia Hall is an identifiable, admirable heroine, who isn’t quite the outsider she was in “Carrie,” but she still carries that teenage worry of being set apart from her peers. Meanwhile, her love interest Adam (Jamie Blackley, “Snow White and the Huntsmen”) is the perfect amount of sweet and smoldering for the audience. If Bop magazine were still around, Blackley would be its cover boy, adorning the lockers of high schoolers everywhere. In contrast to this year’s “The Fault in Our Stars,” “If I Stay” takes a less grounded approach to the idea of dying. For Mia, the prospect of death arrives quickly,...
- 8/21/2014
- by Kimber Myers
- The Playlist
Chicago – Chloë Grace Moretz has grown up onscreen, and the former child actor is now a teenager in the new film “If I Stay.” Recently, she was in the area promoting the film, handing out free cupcakes to fans and admirers at the Sprinkle Cupcakes store in downtown Chicago.
Chloë Grace Moretz for ‘If I Stay’ at Sprinkles Cupcakes, July 30th, 2014
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
The actress began in television ten years ago with a guest shot on “The Guardian,” and had a regular gig as Kiki George on the short-lived “Dirty Sexy Money.” In 2009, she was memorable in “(500) Days of Summer,” followed that up with “Kiss-Ass” (2010) and starred in the remake of “Carrie” (2013). In “If I Stay,” she portrays Mia, the star-crossed car accident victim, trying to figure out what is next.
Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com took these Exclusive Portraits of...
Chloë Grace Moretz for ‘If I Stay’ at Sprinkles Cupcakes, July 30th, 2014
Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.com
The actress began in television ten years ago with a guest shot on “The Guardian,” and had a regular gig as Kiki George on the short-lived “Dirty Sexy Money.” In 2009, she was memorable in “(500) Days of Summer,” followed that up with “Kiss-Ass” (2010) and starred in the remake of “Carrie” (2013). In “If I Stay,” she portrays Mia, the star-crossed car accident victim, trying to figure out what is next.
Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.com took these Exclusive Portraits of...
- 8/21/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Movies about young love are hard to pull off, and when they don't work, they can be cloying and obnoxious. Done right, though, there is something both lovely and piercing about them, and while I think "If I Stay" has to do a fair amount of juggling to get its premise to work, there is a cumulative power to it that I found undeniable and earned. "Earned" is a big word for me in films like this. One of the biggest problems when you're making a film about love between people of any age is showing how love sparks between people and how it flourishes and doing it without giving in to short-cuts or cliche. How many times have you seen a supposed romance and the meeting is completely ridiculous? How many movies have you seen where you're supposed to just accept that characters have fallen in love because that's...
- 8/21/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Friday Am Update: If I Stay earned an estimated $1.1 million from late Thursday shows beginning at 7 p.m. An estimate for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is not currently available.Forecast: Over nine years after Sin City opened to $29.8 million, a sequel finally arrives in theaters on Friday. As is the case with most long-wait sequels, A Dame to Kill For should earn substantially less than its predecessor. For the weekend, it will likely wind up in second place behind young-adult adaptation If I Stay.If Sin City: A Dame to Kill For had reached theaters in close proximity to the original, it would be in much better shape right now. With its stark black-and-white cinematography and animated backgrounds, the original Sin City was the first movie that truly looked like a graphic novel come to life. It received positive reviews (78 percent on Rotten Tomatoes), and strong responses...
- 8/20/2014
- by Ray Subers <mail@boxofficemojo.com>
- Box Office Mojo
Body doubles do more than stunt work and nude scenes! In the movie If I Stay, adapted from Gayle Forman's popular young adult novel, Chloë Grace Moretz plays a 17-year-old musical prodigy named Mia Hall. But as the actress revealed on E!'s Chelsea Lately Tuesday, she didn't know the first thing about playing the cello. "Don't ruin the movie magic!" she joked. How did director R. J. Cutler work around Moretz's limitations? "I tried to learn the cello for seven months," the Atlanta native told host Chelsea Handler, "but then I realized it's much harder than any other instrument, so I couldn't really learn it. So then they just kind of cut my head off and...
- 8/20/2014
- E! Online
The full video for the If I Stay 'Best Day' project has been released.
Fans were invited to share a photo or video of their Best Day on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, including the tags #Bestday and #Ifistay to be entered.
Submitted photos and videos were made into the final cut of the special trailer, which features the movie's cover version of The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 single 'Today'.
Released in the UK on August 29 and August 22 in the Us, If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's best-selling novel of the same name.
It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley and Stacy Keach, and is directed by Rj Cutler from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on Forman's novel.
Moretz plays Mia Hall, a talented 17-year-old cellist who falls in love with a local punk rocker (Blackley) in Portland while she prepares to make her own debut on the stage.
Fans were invited to share a photo or video of their Best Day on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, including the tags #Bestday and #Ifistay to be entered.
Submitted photos and videos were made into the final cut of the special trailer, which features the movie's cover version of The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 single 'Today'.
Released in the UK on August 29 and August 22 in the Us, If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's best-selling novel of the same name.
It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley and Stacy Keach, and is directed by Rj Cutler from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on Forman's novel.
Moretz plays Mia Hall, a talented 17-year-old cellist who falls in love with a local punk rocker (Blackley) in Portland while she prepares to make her own debut on the stage.
- 8/19/2014
- Digital Spy
At 17, Chloe Grace Moretz is the It girl for movie geeks, thanks to her Comic-Con-approved resume of haunted houses (2005’s “The Amityville Horror”), vampires (2010’s “Let Me In” and 2012’s “Dark Shadows”), shy girls with secret powers (2013’s “Carrie”) and her breakout role as foul-mouthed avenger Hit-Girl in 2010’s "Kick-Ass" and its 2013 sequel. This Friday brings a romantic melodrama that takes direct aim at female devotees of young-adult fiction. In “If I Stay,” based on Gayle Forman’s popular novel, Moretz is a young cellist who must choose between life and death after falling into a coma following a tragic car accident. With Ya adaptation “The Giver” doing middling business with an estimated opening weekend gross of $12.7 million, the door is open for “If I Stay” to be a keeper if it pleases the book’s fan base as well as the underserved female audience. Signature line: “Okay you c**ts,...
- 8/18/2014
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Thompson on Hollywood
In anticipation of the film's release, Latino-Review is givinging away a few "If I Stay"-related items to some lucky readers, including a "If I Stay" Light Blue Backpack, "If I Stay" Metal Cello Bookmark on Card, and more.
In order to enter the contest, email Latinoreviewmail@gmail.com with your name and address and include "If I Stay" Giveaway in the subject headline.
This giveaway will be open until August 25th at noon Pst and is only open to residents of the United States. Also, only one entry per person. Once the giveaway ends, we’ll look over the entries and randomly draw winners that day. Winners will be advised via email.
Here is what we got.
1 Alternative Apparel Farra Inside Out French Terry Hoodie in Pink1 Light Blue Backpack1 Metal Cello Bookmark on Card1 Set of Three 3.5" x 5" Notebooks with Custom Paper Wrap1 Silver Plated Charm Bracelet1 10" x...
In order to enter the contest, email Latinoreviewmail@gmail.com with your name and address and include "If I Stay" Giveaway in the subject headline.
This giveaway will be open until August 25th at noon Pst and is only open to residents of the United States. Also, only one entry per person. Once the giveaway ends, we’ll look over the entries and randomly draw winners that day. Winners will be advised via email.
Here is what we got.
1 Alternative Apparel Farra Inside Out French Terry Hoodie in Pink1 Light Blue Backpack1 Metal Cello Bookmark on Card1 Set of Three 3.5" x 5" Notebooks with Custom Paper Wrap1 Silver Plated Charm Bracelet1 10" x...
- 8/16/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jamie Blackley have a troubled but frankly adorable relationship in "If I Stay," the new tearjerking drama based on Gayle Forman's 2009 young adult novel. They play inspired musicians whose courtship we watch in flashbacks since the movie is set after Moretz's character Mia gets into a terrible car wreck with her family. Their chemistry is palpable and fun, but can a movie with such a grim premise actually be a pleasure to film? We caught up with Moretz and newcomer Blackley to discuss their rapport on set and whether Moretz feels at all comfortable holding a cello yet.
- 8/13/2014
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
Based on Gayle Forman’s wildly popular bestselling novel, If I Stay follows Mia (Chloë Grace Moretz), a talented cellist en route to Julliard, who falls in love with a guitar player named Adam (Jamie Blackley) – as one does if you are a teenaged girl. Her bright future gets thrown into question, however, when a tragic car accident forces her into limbo between life and death.
This looks like the very definition of a “tearjearker,” and we’re intrigued to see Moretz, who is known for genre fare like Kick-Ass, Let Me In, and Carrie, in the role of Mia. The Fault In Our Stars crowd is going to love this one.
Check out the brand new trailer for If I Stay, which heads to theatres in August, below:...
This looks like the very definition of a “tearjearker,” and we’re intrigued to see Moretz, who is known for genre fare like Kick-Ass, Let Me In, and Carrie, in the role of Mia. The Fault In Our Stars crowd is going to love this one.
Check out the brand new trailer for If I Stay, which heads to theatres in August, below:...
- 7/23/2014
- by Sasha James
- Cineplex
"And just like that, I could never exist again." Hot on the heels of the emotional hit The Fault in Our Stars, it looks like more tears may be coming with another adaptation. If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's novel of the same name, and Chloe Grace Moretz leads the film in what appears to be an incredible performance, especially in this most recent trailer. Moretz plays a girl stuck in limbo between life and death as she lies unconscious in a hospital, her parents dead, and her boyfriend waiting at her bedside for her to return. It looks like a heart-wrenching story, but can it be nearly as successful as The Fault in Our Stars? Here's the new trailer for R.J. Cutler's If I Stay from Warner Bros. Pictures: If I Stay is directed by R.J. Cutler (The September Issue) from a script by Shauna Cross...
- 7/23/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
When you're a teenager, everything feels like it's life or death; each decision has an irrevocable ripple effect that you will experience forever. But in "If I Stay," the very decision to stay alive (or not) hangs in the balance, and it's a choice that Chloë Moretz will have to make. Based on the novel by Gayle Forman, with a screenplay by Shauna Cross and directed by R.J. Cutler ("The September Issue"), this one follows Mia, who winds up in a coma following a terrible car crash. Caught between life and death, we see the life she led and the people she touched before the accident, and she has to decide whether to keep living or not. But all we know is, if Stacy Keach is crying for us to fight, you damn well believe we'd make our way back to the land of the living. But overall, this looks...
- 7/23/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
A new international trailer for the Chloë Grace Moretz film If I Stay has been released.
Moretz portrays an aspiring musician whose dreams of going to Juilliard with her boyfriend (Jamie Blackley) hang in the balance when she is in a horrific car crash.
If I Stay promoters want videos and photos of your Best Day
The car accident takes the lives of Mia's (Moretz) parents and brother, leading her to look back on her life choices as she is hospitalised.
If I Stay comes from writer-director Rj Cutler, who is best known for the documentaries The War Room, The September Issue and The World According to Dick Cheney.
He adapted the screenplay for If I Stay with Shauna Cross (Whip It) from the novel by Gayle Forman.
If I Stay opens on August 22 in the Us and August 29 in the UK.
Moretz portrays an aspiring musician whose dreams of going to Juilliard with her boyfriend (Jamie Blackley) hang in the balance when she is in a horrific car crash.
If I Stay promoters want videos and photos of your Best Day
The car accident takes the lives of Mia's (Moretz) parents and brother, leading her to look back on her life choices as she is hospitalised.
If I Stay comes from writer-director Rj Cutler, who is best known for the documentaries The War Room, The September Issue and The World According to Dick Cheney.
He adapted the screenplay for If I Stay with Shauna Cross (Whip It) from the novel by Gayle Forman.
If I Stay opens on August 22 in the Us and August 29 in the UK.
- 7/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Recovered from The Fault In Our Stars yet? Good – now you can mentally steel yourself to weep uncontrollably all over again with next month’s If I Stay, a promising adaptation of the Gayle Forman novel about a young cellist forced to make an unimaginable choice between life and death after a terrible accident.
In the film, directed by R.J. Cutler, Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a talented young musician whose biggest worry is whether to attend Juilliard or go somewhere else to remain close to her adoring boyfriend Adam (Jamie Blackley). Then, one fateful day, Mia’s world is turned upside down when her family is killed in a horrific car crash, which leaves her in a coma, suspended between life and death. Suddenly, Mia is confronted with a great and terrible dilemma – or stay and wake up to face a cruel world she never could have imagined without her closest loved ones,...
In the film, directed by R.J. Cutler, Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) is a talented young musician whose biggest worry is whether to attend Juilliard or go somewhere else to remain close to her adoring boyfriend Adam (Jamie Blackley). Then, one fateful day, Mia’s world is turned upside down when her family is killed in a horrific car crash, which leaves her in a coma, suspended between life and death. Suddenly, Mia is confronted with a great and terrible dilemma – or stay and wake up to face a cruel world she never could have imagined without her closest loved ones,...
- 7/8/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The makers of If I Stay have launched a competition to make a fan-content 'Best Day' video.
People are being invited to share a photo or video of their Best Day on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, including the tags #Bestday and #Ifistay to be entered.
Photos and videos will be made into a final film for release next month. UK entries will also be put into a prize draw, with ten winners getting an If I Stay merchandise pack.
Released in the UK on August 29 and August 22 in the Us, If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's best-selling novel of the same name.
It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley and Stacy Keach, and is directed by Rj Cutler from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on Forman's novel.
Moretz plays Mia Hall, a talented 17-year-old cellist who falls in love with a local punk rocker...
People are being invited to share a photo or video of their Best Day on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr, including the tags #Bestday and #Ifistay to be entered.
Photos and videos will be made into a final film for release next month. UK entries will also be put into a prize draw, with ten winners getting an If I Stay merchandise pack.
Released in the UK on August 29 and August 22 in the Us, If I Stay is based on Gayle Forman's best-selling novel of the same name.
It stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley and Stacy Keach, and is directed by Rj Cutler from a screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on Forman's novel.
Moretz plays Mia Hall, a talented 17-year-old cellist who falls in love with a local punk rocker...
- 7/7/2014
- Digital Spy
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