Exclusive: The New York-based Visit Films has acquired world rights excluding Canada to the video store dramedy I Like Movies, which will debut as part of the Discovery program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
The film was co-written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chandler Levack who negotiated the deal with Ryan Kampe of Visit Films alongside producer Lindsay Blair Goeldner and co-producer Evan Dubinsky.
Set in Burlington, Ontario, in 2003, the film follows hyper-ambitious teenage cinephile Lawrence Kweller, who dreams of attending film school at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. In order to raise the hefty tuition fee, he gets his dream job at the local video store, Sequels. Wracked with anxiety about his future, Lawrence begins alienating the most important people in his life, including his best friend, Matt Macarchuck, and his single mother, Terri, all while developing a complicated friendship with his older female manager, Alana.
- 8/10/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Goonies star Corey Feldman has launched a 'truth campaign' on Indiegogo, asking for contributors to help him raise the funds for a documentary about child abuse in Hollywood. "I believe that I can ... bring down, potentially, a paedophile ring that I have been aware of since I was a child," said the actor and singer.
Corey Feldman Photo: Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com
Feldman has spoken publicly about child abuse on several occasions in the past, claiming that he was sexually assaulted by people in the film industry when he was 11, and that his Lost Boys co-star, Corey Haim, who died of pneumonia seven years ago, was raped.
"Right off the bat, I can name six names," he now claims, but argues that a documentary is necessary in order for him to properly present the evidence and make sure people hear what he has to say. According to his wife,...
Corey Feldman Photo: Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com
Feldman has spoken publicly about child abuse on several occasions in the past, claiming that he was sexually assaulted by people in the film industry when he was 11, and that his Lost Boys co-star, Corey Haim, who died of pneumonia seven years ago, was raped.
"Right off the bat, I can name six names," he now claims, but argues that a documentary is necessary in order for him to properly present the evidence and make sure people hear what he has to say. According to his wife,...
- 10/27/2017
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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