After breaking out with Donnie Darko, director Richard Kelly followed it up with the wildly ambitious and sprawling post-9/11 exploration of a Bush-led America, Southland Tales, which has been dividing audiences ever since it premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2006. After undergoing major edits since that infamous premiere, it wouldn’t open theatrically for nearly a year-and-a-half later, but now, nearly fifteen years later, not only are we going to see that Cannes cut, the director also has major plans to continue telling the story of this universe.
Yesterday, Kelly participated in a live global viewing party as the film launched on Mubi. Before things kicked off he confirmed his vision for the future of Southland Tales. Not only are new 4K restorations of the theatrical and Cannes cuts arriving, but he’s also secured the assets for a prequel film that mixes animation and live-action, using the graphic novels...
Yesterday, Kelly participated in a live global viewing party as the film launched on Mubi. Before things kicked off he confirmed his vision for the future of Southland Tales. Not only are new 4K restorations of the theatrical and Cannes cuts arriving, but he’s also secured the assets for a prequel film that mixes animation and live-action, using the graphic novels...
- 4/6/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Amazon is developing an adaptation of Janelle Brown’s upcoming thriller Pretty Things with Nicole Kidman set to star and produce and Reed Morano attached to direct and exec produce.
The streamer is developing the series project after winning the rights in a competitive situation with multiple bidders. It will be produced by Kidman’s Blossom Films banner, which struck a first look deal with Amazon in 2018.
It is the latest book adaptation that Amazon and Kidman are partnered on after Amazon Studios acquired the film rights to Samantha Downing’s My Lovely Wife for the Big Little Lies star in February, as revealed by Deadline.
The streamer is developing the series project after winning the rights in a competitive situation with multiple bidders. It will be produced by Kidman’s Blossom Films banner, which struck a first look deal with Amazon in 2018.
It is the latest book adaptation that Amazon and Kidman are partnered on after Amazon Studios acquired the film rights to Samantha Downing’s My Lovely Wife for the Big Little Lies star in February, as revealed by Deadline.
- 4/2/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicole Kidman is set to star in and produce a series adaptation of Janelle Brown’s upcoming novel “Pretty Things,” which is now in development at Amazon Studios.
Kidman will produce for her Blossom Films banner along with Per Saari. Brown will adapt her novel and executive produce. Reed Morano will serve as director and executive producer.
“Pretty Things” follows “two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play,” according to Amazon. “When a reluctant grifter befriends a wealthy ‘influencer’ on the shores of Lake Tahoe, her ultimate con devolves into a raw, treacherous game of long-awaited payback.”
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Brown’s novel will have its Random House debut on April 21. The New York Times Bestselling author is also behind works like “Watch Me Disappear,” “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything,” and “This Is Where We Live.
Kidman will produce for her Blossom Films banner along with Per Saari. Brown will adapt her novel and executive produce. Reed Morano will serve as director and executive producer.
“Pretty Things” follows “two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play,” according to Amazon. “When a reluctant grifter befriends a wealthy ‘influencer’ on the shores of Lake Tahoe, her ultimate con devolves into a raw, treacherous game of long-awaited payback.”
Also Read: Here's Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in April
Brown’s novel will have its Random House debut on April 21. The New York Times Bestselling author is also behind works like “Watch Me Disappear,” “All We Ever Wanted Was Everything,” and “This Is Where We Live.
- 4/2/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Despite a call for film and television productions to boycott working in Georgia in the wake of the passing of the state’s abortion ban, at least one high profile feature film is gearing up to shoot in the state this summer. As The Wrap reported earlier this week, Clint Eastwood’s fact-based “Richard Jewell” will shoot in the state, presumably to better utilize the actual locations in which the story took place over 20 years ago.
In an official statement, a Warner Bros. spokesperson told IndieWire, “We have made the decision to tell this compelling story — based on real people and events — in the locations where it actually took place, which is in and around Atlanta. As is always the case, we worked closely with our production partners to determine how and where to shoot this film, in order to best reflect authenticity in the storytelling.”
Previously known as “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,...
In an official statement, a Warner Bros. spokesperson told IndieWire, “We have made the decision to tell this compelling story — based on real people and events — in the locations where it actually took place, which is in and around Atlanta. As is always the case, we worked closely with our production partners to determine how and where to shoot this film, in order to best reflect authenticity in the storytelling.”
Previously known as “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,...
- 6/27/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Hollywood threw down the gauntlet on Thursday in lining up and threatening to pull their business out of states that have adopted severe anti-abortion laws.
Billions of dollars in production are at stake. States and countries alike vie for their slice of the current content boom. But apparently no one counted on political pushback from the dream machine.
As of Thursday, nine media companies – Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, Sony, AMC, NBCUniversal, Stx Entertainment, CBS with its premium cable company Showtime and Viacom – have now warned that they might pull their productions out of states that pass bills banning abortion.
Also Read: Major Media Companies Threaten to Pull Future Production in States With Anti-Abortion Laws
Disney started the cascade of indignation shortly after Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said that the streaming giant would “rethink” its “entire investment in Georgia” should an anti-abortion law take effect there. Asked if Disney would...
Billions of dollars in production are at stake. States and countries alike vie for their slice of the current content boom. But apparently no one counted on political pushback from the dream machine.
As of Thursday, nine media companies – Netflix, Disney, WarnerMedia, Sony, AMC, NBCUniversal, Stx Entertainment, CBS with its premium cable company Showtime and Viacom – have now warned that they might pull their productions out of states that pass bills banning abortion.
Also Read: Major Media Companies Threaten to Pull Future Production in States With Anti-Abortion Laws
Disney started the cascade of indignation shortly after Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said that the streaming giant would “rethink” its “entire investment in Georgia” should an anti-abortion law take effect there. Asked if Disney would...
- 5/31/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Major media companies across Hollywood are pushing back against the anti-abortion “heartbeat bill” passed in Georgia, saying they will monitor the situation and reconsider filming in the state in the future should the law go into effect.
Disney, AMC, Netflix, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, Viacom, CBS and Showtime, Sony, MGM, Stx Entertainment have all issued statements to that effect, amounting to a massive rejection of the law signed in early May. Several companies said they would do the same in other states where similar legislation has been adopted.
Earlier this month, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill to outlaw abortion in Georgia after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. The law is expected to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, pending legal challenges. Legal challenges are expected.
Georgia makes billions of dollars from Hollywood productions in the state – $2.7 billion in 2018, according to the governors office.
Below are the statements issued by each of the companies thus far,...
Disney, AMC, Netflix, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal, Viacom, CBS and Showtime, Sony, MGM, Stx Entertainment have all issued statements to that effect, amounting to a massive rejection of the law signed in early May. Several companies said they would do the same in other states where similar legislation has been adopted.
Earlier this month, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill to outlaw abortion in Georgia after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. The law is expected to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020, pending legal challenges. Legal challenges are expected.
Georgia makes billions of dollars from Hollywood productions in the state – $2.7 billion in 2018, according to the governors office.
Below are the statements issued by each of the companies thus far,...
- 5/30/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Netflix has become the first major Hollywood company to take a stand against Georgia’s recent passage of a strict abortion law, with chief content officer Ted Sarandos saying Tuesday that the streaming giant would “rethink our entire investment in Georgia” if legislation known as the “heartbeat bill” became state law.
The bill, among the several that have passed state legislatures in recent weeks, would outlaw most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — usually as early as six weeks, which sometimes is before a woman knows she’s pregnant. It is set to become law next year.
“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Sarandos said in a statement. “It’s why we will work with the Aclu and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented,...
The bill, among the several that have passed state legislatures in recent weeks, would outlaw most abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected — usually as early as six weeks, which sometimes is before a woman knows she’s pregnant. It is set to become law next year.
“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Sarandos said in a statement. “It’s why we will work with the Aclu and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented,...
- 5/28/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
While the majority of Hollywood studios have remained quiet on Georgia’s “Heartbeat Bill,” Ted Sarandos is now threatening to pull Netflix’s multi-million dollar operations in the state should the anti-abortion bill become law. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the controversial bill May 7, effectively outlawing abortions after six weeks (or once a doctor can detect a fetus’ heartbeat) beginning in the state in January 2020. Netflix uses Georgia as a production site for numerous original projects, including series such as “Insatiable” and “Ozark,” but that might not last forever should the bill become law next year.
“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Sarandos said in statement, first published by Variety. “It’s why we will work with the Aclu and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented,...
“We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” Sarandos said in statement, first published by Variety. “It’s why we will work with the Aclu and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented,...
- 5/28/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Hollywood projects are continuing their slow exodus in the wake of Georgia governor Brian Kemp signing the so-called “heartbeat” anti-abortion bill earlier this month. Next up: Time reports that both Emmy-winning director Reed Morano and comedian and writer Kristen Wiig have pulled upcoming projects from filming in the state. Though Republican Kemp signed the bill into law earlier this month, the “heartbeat” bill, which outlaws nearly all abortions in the state, will not go into effect until next year.
In the meantime, a number of Hollywood heavy-hitters have voiced their displeasure with the law, and creators like Morano and Wiig appear to be leading a slow-building charge to leave the state entirely. Georgia has an uncapped tax incentive for film productions, hence its popularity as a filming location. Among the many movies and TV shows to film there recently are“Avengers: Infinity War,” “Ozark,” “The Walking Dead,” and the upcoming “Bad Boys” and “Jumanji” sequels.
In the meantime, a number of Hollywood heavy-hitters have voiced their displeasure with the law, and creators like Morano and Wiig appear to be leading a slow-building charge to leave the state entirely. Georgia has an uncapped tax incentive for film productions, hence its popularity as a filming location. Among the many movies and TV shows to film there recently are“Avengers: Infinity War,” “Ozark,” “The Walking Dead,” and the upcoming “Bad Boys” and “Jumanji” sequels.
- 5/22/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
After several TV and film companies vowed to pull their businesses from Georgia, over controversial anti-abortion laws, one director says they’ve already canceled plans to shoot a TV show there. Emmy-winning director Reed Morano told Time magazine she will no longer film her upcoming Amazon show, “The Power”, in the state following the governor’s decision to sign a bill banning abortions after...
- 5/22/2019
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, a new movie set to reunite Oscar-nominated Bridesmaids writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, and an Amazon Prime Video show called The Power have abandoned their plans to film in Georgia due to the state’s restrictive anti-abortion law. Meanwhile, the neighboring state of Alabama (which has its own […]
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- 5/22/2019
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Reed Morano’s upcoming Amazon series “The Power” will not shoot in Georgia in protest of the state’s new abortion law, the director said Tuesday.
“It felt wrong to us to go ahead and make our show and take money/tax credit from a state that is taking this stance on the abortion issue,” Morano wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “We just couldn’t do it.”
Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that the feature “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” starring the “Bridesmaids” team of Kirsten Wiig and Annie Mumolo, had pulled out of filming in the state in response to the anti-abortion “heartbeat bill” recently signed into law.
Also Read: Kristen Wiig Comedy 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' Pulls Out of Georgia Over 'Heartbeat Bill'
An adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel, the 10-episode series “The Power” takes...
“It felt wrong to us to go ahead and make our show and take money/tax credit from a state that is taking this stance on the abortion issue,” Morano wrote in an Instagram post on Tuesday. “We just couldn’t do it.”
Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that the feature “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” starring the “Bridesmaids” team of Kirsten Wiig and Annie Mumolo, had pulled out of filming in the state in response to the anti-abortion “heartbeat bill” recently signed into law.
Also Read: Kristen Wiig Comedy 'Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar' Pulls Out of Georgia Over 'Heartbeat Bill'
An adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel, the 10-episode series “The Power” takes...
- 5/21/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Reed Morano has decided to no longer film any scenes from Amazon Studios’ “The Power” in Georgia, following the signing of the state’s anti-abortion bill that would restrict abortions beyond the point of detection of a fetal heartbeat, which typically occurs around six weeks of pregnancy.
“The Power” canceled interviews with those working in local production in late April amid uncertainty over whether the production would remain in the state, an individual familiar with the issue told Variety.
“It feels wrong for a reason,” said Morano via Instagram, extrapolating on comments she provided to Time magazine, which first reported the news. “And it felt wrong to us to go ahead and make our show and take money/tax credit from a state that is taking this stance on the abortion issue. We just couldn’t do it.”
The 10-part thriller drama, which was ordered to series in February, is...
“The Power” canceled interviews with those working in local production in late April amid uncertainty over whether the production would remain in the state, an individual familiar with the issue told Variety.
“It feels wrong for a reason,” said Morano via Instagram, extrapolating on comments she provided to Time magazine, which first reported the news. “And it felt wrong to us to go ahead and make our show and take money/tax credit from a state that is taking this stance on the abortion issue. We just couldn’t do it.”
The 10-part thriller drama, which was ordered to series in February, is...
- 5/21/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
A Lionsgate film reuniting the Bridesmaids duo of Kristen Wiiig and Annie Mumolo and Amazon Prime series The Power have withdrawn from planned shoots in Georgia.
The state, which has become a hotbed of film and TV production in recent years, is also in the vanguard of states passing aggressive new proposals to ban abortion in all but a fraction of cases.
The pullout of Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar, co-written by Wiig and Mumolo (who also co-wrote Bridesmaids), was confirmed to Deadline by a source close to the production. Produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions and directed by Josh Greenbaum, the film centers on best friends who leave their Midwestern town for a vacation in Florida.
The Power also opted out of filming its 10 episodes in Georgia, abandoning a recent scouting effort in the state. The adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s book, announced earlier this year, pairs...
The state, which has become a hotbed of film and TV production in recent years, is also in the vanguard of states passing aggressive new proposals to ban abortion in all but a fraction of cases.
The pullout of Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar, co-written by Wiig and Mumolo (who also co-wrote Bridesmaids), was confirmed to Deadline by a source close to the production. Produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions and directed by Josh Greenbaum, the film centers on best friends who leave their Midwestern town for a vacation in Florida.
The Power also opted out of filming its 10 episodes in Georgia, abandoning a recent scouting effort in the state. The adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s book, announced earlier this year, pairs...
- 5/21/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Award-winning Handmaid’s Tale helmer Reed Morano has joined Lbi Entertainment’s talent roster. Morano made history as a director and executive producer of Hulu’s Elisabeth Moss-led series. She became the first woman ever to win the Emmy and DGA Award for drama series in the same year and was the first woman to win an Emmy for directing a drama series in 22 years.
Paramount’s The Rhythm Section with mark a studio film directing debut for Morano, who got her start as a cinematographer on films such as And So It Goes, Frozen River, and The Skeleton Twins. The spy thriller starring Blake Lively will hit theaters in November. Morano’s feature directorial film came in 2015 with the Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson-starrer Meadowland, which premiered at Tribeca. Her follow-up feature, I Think We’re Alone Now starring Peter Dinklage picked up the Sundance Special Jury Prize.
Paramount’s The Rhythm Section with mark a studio film directing debut for Morano, who got her start as a cinematographer on films such as And So It Goes, Frozen River, and The Skeleton Twins. The spy thriller starring Blake Lively will hit theaters in November. Morano’s feature directorial film came in 2015 with the Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson-starrer Meadowland, which premiered at Tribeca. Her follow-up feature, I Think We’re Alone Now starring Peter Dinklage picked up the Sundance Special Jury Prize.
- 5/2/2019
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past dozen or so years, Swedish singer-songwriter Daniel Norgren has been releasing albums full of romantically-rendered Southern folk interpretations for European audiences. Wooh Dang, his sparse eighth album, is the first to be released in the United States, and will likely help establish the 35 year-old singer-songwriter to an Americana scene that his music fits neatly into.
Over ten songs, Norgren offers a survey course of sorts in 20th century American roots music: “Dandelion Time” is a Southern blues indebted to Howlin Wolf; “The Power” draws from Smokey Robinson...
Over ten songs, Norgren offers a survey course of sorts in 20th century American roots music: “Dandelion Time” is a Southern blues indebted to Howlin Wolf; “The Power” draws from Smokey Robinson...
- 4/18/2019
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Sexual power plays and slut-shaming are the central themes of “Slut in a Good Way,” director Sophie Lorain’s slight but amiable story of three straight teenage girls and their romantic lives. Shot in black and white and set mostly in a retail environment, the French-Canadian film gives off a “Clerks” vibe as the trio of protagonists slack off, bitch about pay, and talk about life and love.
Catherine Léger’s story starts off in a sex shop as 17-year-old Charlotte (Marguerite Bouchard) looks for a bustier that matches one she saw in one of her boyfriend’s porn clips. What she buys doesn’t have the desired effect, though it wouldn’t have mattered what she chose: Her boyfriend tells her that he’s gay. So she gets drunk on a playground with friends Mégane (Romane Denis) and Aube (Rose Adam), lamenting that he’s “perfect” and she loves him.
Catherine Léger’s story starts off in a sex shop as 17-year-old Charlotte (Marguerite Bouchard) looks for a bustier that matches one she saw in one of her boyfriend’s porn clips. What she buys doesn’t have the desired effect, though it wouldn’t have mattered what she chose: Her boyfriend tells her that he’s gay. So she gets drunk on a playground with friends Mégane (Romane Denis) and Aube (Rose Adam), lamenting that he’s “perfect” and she loves him.
- 3/26/2019
- by Tricia Olszewski
- The Wrap
As a woman and a feminist, I’d like to offer this observation: There is nothing that can make you hate the word “female” like sitting in the audience of a panel devoted to women who make film or television.
The Winter 2019 Television Critics Association press tour is comprised of dozens of press conferences and panels, some of which took the forms of cooking demonstrations, musical performances, and live table reads. These gimmicks are fine; the TCAs are nothing if not a marathon, and the effort to do something different is appreciated.
However, too often the TCAs treated “women make TV” as its own gimmick, as if assembling a collection of TV producers who share a gender was enough to create a satisfying or insightful presentation.
Consider these four panels over the last 16 days:
NBC’s “Women of Drama” panel, featuring Jennifer Carpenter of “The Enemy Within,” Retta of “Good Girls,...
The Winter 2019 Television Critics Association press tour is comprised of dozens of press conferences and panels, some of which took the forms of cooking demonstrations, musical performances, and live table reads. These gimmicks are fine; the TCAs are nothing if not a marathon, and the effort to do something different is appreciated.
However, too often the TCAs treated “women make TV” as its own gimmick, as if assembling a collection of TV producers who share a gender was enough to create a satisfying or insightful presentation.
Consider these four panels over the last 16 days:
NBC’s “Women of Drama” panel, featuring Jennifer Carpenter of “The Enemy Within,” Retta of “Good Girls,...
- 2/15/2019
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke outlined global content plans to press in Los Angeles.
Pitching itself as an increasingly global content producer, Amazon Studios has given green lights to a slew of new original series from territories including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Mexico.
In a presentation at this week’s Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles, the company said it was ordering or renewing more than 20 series from international markets for its Amazon Prime Video streaming platform.
Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke said the slate reflected a strategy initiated soon after her appointment a...
Pitching itself as an increasingly global content producer, Amazon Studios has given green lights to a slew of new original series from territories including the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Mexico.
In a presentation at this week’s Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles, the company said it was ordering or renewing more than 20 series from international markets for its Amazon Prime Video streaming platform.
Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke said the slate reflected a strategy initiated soon after her appointment a...
- 2/14/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Aiming to ramp up its premium international content, Amazon Prime Video has greenlit the production of 17 new original series from Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Mexico.
These include “The Power,” a British contemporary thriller based on Naomi Alderman’s bestselling science-fiction novel; “El Presidente,” a Mexican crime series inspired by the 2015 corruption scandal that engulfed world soccer body FIFA ; “We Children of Bahnhof Zoo,” a German series based on the 1978 controversial autobiographical book by the same name; “The Last Hour,” an Indian supernatural crime thriller set in the Himalayas; and an untitled social issue series produced by Vice Media Japan, which will mark the first collaboration between Vice and Amazon Prime Video.
“We know that customers watching Prime Video everywhere want to see authentic stories, set in their own countries, and to invest in characters that can reflect their own experiences and diversity,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.
These include “The Power,” a British contemporary thriller based on Naomi Alderman’s bestselling science-fiction novel; “El Presidente,” a Mexican crime series inspired by the 2015 corruption scandal that engulfed world soccer body FIFA ; “We Children of Bahnhof Zoo,” a German series based on the 1978 controversial autobiographical book by the same name; “The Last Hour,” an Indian supernatural crime thriller set in the Himalayas; and an untitled social issue series produced by Vice Media Japan, which will mark the first collaboration between Vice and Amazon Prime Video.
“We know that customers watching Prime Video everywhere want to see authentic stories, set in their own countries, and to invest in characters that can reflect their own experiences and diversity,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.
- 2/13/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Broadchurch producer Jane Featherstone is teaming with The Handmaid’s Tale’s Reed Morano for a global thriller based on Naomi Alderman’s book The Power for Amazon.
Featherstone’s Sister Pictures is making 10-part series The Power for the streaming service after optioning the book in 2016. The show was unveiled Wednesday at TCA.
Alderman is adapting her own book and exec producing with Featherstone, The Bisexual’s Naomi de Pear and Morano with Trust and Taboo’s Tim Bricknell as producer. It will be shot internationally and go into production later this year.
The Power, which was on President Barack Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2017, lives in a world where all teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them.
Over the first season and beyond, the series will follow...
Featherstone’s Sister Pictures is making 10-part series The Power for the streaming service after optioning the book in 2016. The show was unveiled Wednesday at TCA.
Alderman is adapting her own book and exec producing with Featherstone, The Bisexual’s Naomi de Pear and Morano with Trust and Taboo’s Tim Bricknell as producer. It will be shot internationally and go into production later this year.
The Power, which was on President Barack Obama’s list of his favorite books from 2017, lives in a world where all teenage girls develop the power to electrocute people at will. It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them.
Over the first season and beyond, the series will follow...
- 2/13/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon is giving Japan an early Valentine’s Day gift in the form of a series order for a local adaptation of “The Bachelorette.”
Prime Video has greenlit a Japanese version of the popular ABC reality dating series, along with more than 20 other new and returning Prime original series, set to go into production in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Mexico, the streamer announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday.
Here’s the official description for the upcoming Japan-based version of the long-running American series: “‘The Bachelorette’ is a local version of the American reality dating competition format that has aired continuously for 14 seasons in the Us since 2003, when it was created as a spinoff of ‘The Bachelor.’ In ‘The Bachelorette,’ gender roles are reversed and women are put in the driver’s seat when a single Bachelorette embarks on a journey to find her...
Prime Video has greenlit a Japanese version of the popular ABC reality dating series, along with more than 20 other new and returning Prime original series, set to go into production in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan and Mexico, the streamer announced during the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday.
Here’s the official description for the upcoming Japan-based version of the long-running American series: “‘The Bachelorette’ is a local version of the American reality dating competition format that has aired continuously for 14 seasons in the Us since 2003, when it was created as a spinoff of ‘The Bachelor.’ In ‘The Bachelorette,’ gender roles are reversed and women are put in the driver’s seat when a single Bachelorette embarks on a journey to find her...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Amazon Studios has ordered 10-part thriller drama series “The Power,” based on the book by Naomi Alderman. Reed Morano of “The Handmaid’s Tale” is attached to direct the series, which will go into production this year.
In “The Power,” teen girls the world over suddenly develop the power to electrocute people at will, and “evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of the power balance of the world.” Alderman’s book won the 2017 Bailey Women’s Prize for Fiction, was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize, and made President Barack Obama’s list of favorite books that year.
“Naomi’s story is like nothing I’ve seen and made me feel things so viscerally that I have honestly never felt,” said Morano in a statement. “I cannot wait to dig deep with Naomi, Sister Pictures, and Amazon Studios into this profound and masterful vision of the...
In “The Power,” teen girls the world over suddenly develop the power to electrocute people at will, and “evolves from a tingle in teenagers’ collarbones to a complete reversal of the power balance of the world.” Alderman’s book won the 2017 Bailey Women’s Prize for Fiction, was longlisted for the 2017 Orwell Prize, and made President Barack Obama’s list of favorite books that year.
“Naomi’s story is like nothing I’ve seen and made me feel things so viscerally that I have honestly never felt,” said Morano in a statement. “I cannot wait to dig deep with Naomi, Sister Pictures, and Amazon Studios into this profound and masterful vision of the...
- 2/13/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon has ordered “The Power” to series, the studio behind Prime Video said on Wednesday at the Television Critics Association press tour.
In the adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel, “suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will,” per its logline. “It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them.”
The TV version, also written by Alderman, will be in 10 parts. She also gets an executive producer credit.
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“‘The Power’ is a timely, provocative series that will powerfully resonate with the book’s passionate fans worldwide,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “We’re delighted to be working with renowned writer Naomi Alderman, the talented team at Sister Pictures led by Jane Featherstone and the visionary Reed Morano, to bring this thrilling,...
In the adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel, “suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will,” per its logline. “It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them.”
The TV version, also written by Alderman, will be in 10 parts. She also gets an executive producer credit.
Also Read: Woody Allen Sues Amazon Studios for $68 Million for Breach of Film Deal
“‘The Power’ is a timely, provocative series that will powerfully resonate with the book’s passionate fans worldwide,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “We’re delighted to be working with renowned writer Naomi Alderman, the talented team at Sister Pictures led by Jane Featherstone and the visionary Reed Morano, to bring this thrilling,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Amazon has enlisted producers from The Handmaid's Tale and Broadchurch for a series that gives new meaning to "girl power."
The 10-episode project, The Power, is based on Naomi Alderman's 2017 novel. The thriller takes place in a world where teenage girls suddenly develop the ability to electrocute people at will. It's hereditary and inbuilt, and it can't be taken away.
The Power is part of Amazon's big global push for its Prime Video streaming service, greenlighting more than 20 series from countries including the U.K., Germany, India and Japan.
Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch), via her Sister ...
The 10-episode project, The Power, is based on Naomi Alderman's 2017 novel. The thriller takes place in a world where teenage girls suddenly develop the ability to electrocute people at will. It's hereditary and inbuilt, and it can't be taken away.
The Power is part of Amazon's big global push for its Prime Video streaming service, greenlighting more than 20 series from countries including the U.K., Germany, India and Japan.
Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch), via her Sister ...
- 2/13/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Kayti Burt Jan 30, 2019
The Grace Year is set to be published by Wednesday books in the fall.
Elizabeth Banks is adding another credit to her directing filmography. According to Deadline, the actress, producer, and director has signed on to helm The Grace Year, an adaptation of the Kim Liggett novel set to be published next fall, for Universal.
The Grace Year, which is being published by Wednesday Books, is being touted by Macmillan "a speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power."
It tells the story of 16-year-old Tierney James who is preparing for her "grace year," the time when women are sent out of the village and into the woods to release their aphrodisiacal magic into the wild. The book "examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between."
Banks made her...
The Grace Year is set to be published by Wednesday books in the fall.
Elizabeth Banks is adding another credit to her directing filmography. According to Deadline, the actress, producer, and director has signed on to helm The Grace Year, an adaptation of the Kim Liggett novel set to be published next fall, for Universal.
The Grace Year, which is being published by Wednesday Books, is being touted by Macmillan "a speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Power."
It tells the story of 16-year-old Tierney James who is preparing for her "grace year," the time when women are sent out of the village and into the woods to release their aphrodisiacal magic into the wild. The book "examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between."
Banks made her...
- 1/30/2019
- Den of Geek
Jesse Quinones directing sports action film.
Michael Jai White, Gina Gershon, Josh Herdman, Michelle Ryan and Jason Maza have boarded the cast of Cagefighter, an Mma/WWE sports drama from writer-director Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands).
The film follows mixed martial arts champion Reiss (Herdman) who unexpectedly loses a heavily promoted match to Randy Stone, a WWE star who is making his crossover debut in the Mma fighting world. It will shoot in the UK and Us.
Director Quinones is producing through his company Woolfcub Productions with Lorianne Hall (Shoplifters Of The World) and Terry Bird for Norton Place Pictures.
Hall...
Michael Jai White, Gina Gershon, Josh Herdman, Michelle Ryan and Jason Maza have boarded the cast of Cagefighter, an Mma/WWE sports drama from writer-director Jesse Quinones (Calloused Hands).
The film follows mixed martial arts champion Reiss (Herdman) who unexpectedly loses a heavily promoted match to Randy Stone, a WWE star who is making his crossover debut in the Mma fighting world. It will shoot in the UK and Us.
Director Quinones is producing through his company Woolfcub Productions with Lorianne Hall (Shoplifters Of The World) and Terry Bird for Norton Place Pictures.
Hall...
- 1/29/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Project is from producers Matthew James Wilkinson and Rob Watson.
Emerging talent Rose Williams will lead the cast of UK supernatural thriller The Power, the debut feature of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents).
Altitude Film Sales has boarded the title and will be introducing it to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.
The Power screenplay was named on the 2018 Brit List. The story is set in 1970s London. When striking miners switch off power across Britain, rolling electrical blackouts plunge the country into darkness. Williams plays a young nurse on her first day of duty who is...
Emerging talent Rose Williams will lead the cast of UK supernatural thriller The Power, the debut feature of writer-director Corinna Faith (The Innocents).
Altitude Film Sales has boarded the title and will be introducing it to buyers at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin.
The Power screenplay was named on the 2018 Brit List. The story is set in 1970s London. When striking miners switch off power across Britain, rolling electrical blackouts plunge the country into darkness. Williams plays a young nurse on her first day of duty who is...
- 1/29/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
The late 80’s mostly pushed aside slashers for a return to potpourri poisons; creatures, monsters, zombies and mad scientists shared the spotlight in a bid to woo horror fans grown complacent with mere stabbing and stalking. Out of this stew grew The Kindred (1987), a mostly forgotten mélange that serves as the final (and best) calling card for the directing team of Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow (The Power). Bring your slickers and keep the first five rows clear; things are going to get very messy.
Distributed by FM Entertainment in early January, The Kindred brought in $2.4 million before shuffling off to a home video release from Vestron; some critics praised the effects and that’s about it. But for horror fans who missed it the first go around (pick me!), it offers a fast paced ride through groovy practical effects and a typically, um, heightened performance from Rod Steiger.
We open at night,...
Distributed by FM Entertainment in early January, The Kindred brought in $2.4 million before shuffling off to a home video release from Vestron; some critics praised the effects and that’s about it. But for horror fans who missed it the first go around (pick me!), it offers a fast paced ride through groovy practical effects and a typically, um, heightened performance from Rod Steiger.
We open at night,...
- 11/17/2018
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
“Six Feet Under” holds a special place in Carrie Brownstein’s heart as the first show she ever binged. Of course, this was years before streaming, and she didn’t even have HBO at the time, so the “Portlandia” co-creator and star did it the old-fashioned way: She rented the series on video.
“Six Feet Under” was one of the shows that ushered in the new golden age of TV. For Brownstein, it also produced one of her favorite episodes of TV of all time, the Season 4 episode “That’s My Dog.”
“This episode, in particular what I like about it is that it took huge risks with its audience,” Brownstein said. “As someone who makes television taking that kind of risk, I see it now as a precedent that other people have done. They take the audience expectation and they subvert it. I don’t think in this case it was manipulative.
“Six Feet Under” was one of the shows that ushered in the new golden age of TV. For Brownstein, it also produced one of her favorite episodes of TV of all time, the Season 4 episode “That’s My Dog.”
“This episode, in particular what I like about it is that it took huge risks with its audience,” Brownstein said. “As someone who makes television taking that kind of risk, I see it now as a precedent that other people have done. They take the audience expectation and they subvert it. I don’t think in this case it was manipulative.
- 8/31/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
Eight first-time filmmakers selected as mentees.
UK mentoring programme Guiding Lights is returning this year with a new iteration, Feature Focus, which will support the development of eight first-time feature filmmakers.
Source: Xavier Clarke / Lighthouse
The 2018 Guiding Lights mentees
Beast director Michael Pearce, Notes On Blindness directors James Spinney and Peter Middleton, Moon producer Nicky Bentham, Adult Life Skills director Rachel Tunnard, and Nina Forever team Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine have all signed up to be mentors for the initiative. They are all alumni of the Guiding Lights scheme.
This year’s crop of mentees, all of whom are aiming to make their first feature, are directors Chris Shepherd, Rose Glass, Marie Lidén, Rubika Shah, Corinna Faith and Nick Rowland as well as producers Rebecca Day and Isobel Pietsch. Scroll down to read bios of each mentee.
Guiding Lights is run by Brighton-based agency Lighthouse and is funded by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund with the...
UK mentoring programme Guiding Lights is returning this year with a new iteration, Feature Focus, which will support the development of eight first-time feature filmmakers.
Source: Xavier Clarke / Lighthouse
The 2018 Guiding Lights mentees
Beast director Michael Pearce, Notes On Blindness directors James Spinney and Peter Middleton, Moon producer Nicky Bentham, Adult Life Skills director Rachel Tunnard, and Nina Forever team Ben Blaine and Chris Blaine have all signed up to be mentors for the initiative. They are all alumni of the Guiding Lights scheme.
This year’s crop of mentees, all of whom are aiming to make their first feature, are directors Chris Shepherd, Rose Glass, Marie Lidén, Rubika Shah, Corinna Faith and Nick Rowland as well as producers Rebecca Day and Isobel Pietsch. Scroll down to read bios of each mentee.
Guiding Lights is run by Brighton-based agency Lighthouse and is funded by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund with the...
- 2/1/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Barack Obama is sharing his favorite songs from 2017.
The former president, 56, continued his tradition of naming his annual top tracks by listing tunes from artists such as Kendrick Lamar, French Montana, Harry Styles and Jay-Z, among others.
“During my presidency, I started a tradition of sharing my reading lists and playlists,” Obama wrote on his Facebook page, Sunday. “It was a nice way to reflect on the works that resonated with me and lift up authors and artists from around the world.”
He continued, “With some extra time on my hands this year to catch up, I wanted to share...
The former president, 56, continued his tradition of naming his annual top tracks by listing tunes from artists such as Kendrick Lamar, French Montana, Harry Styles and Jay-Z, among others.
“During my presidency, I started a tradition of sharing my reading lists and playlists,” Obama wrote on his Facebook page, Sunday. “It was a nice way to reflect on the works that resonated with me and lift up authors and artists from around the world.”
He continued, “With some extra time on my hands this year to catch up, I wanted to share...
- 12/31/2017
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Julian McMahon is a very recognizable figure in film and in TV. The Australian-born actor went as far as college but spent more time in the bar than in classes and eventually called it quits to become a model, where his career started taking off rather quickly. After this he was picked up by a daytime show called The Power, The Passion. From there he went to another show called Home and Away, where he stayed for a while before eventually making his way to the Us where his career began to skyrocket as he took on one role after
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Julian McMahon...
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Julian McMahon...
- 12/27/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Frank Robinson, a science-fiction author who had also served as a speechwriter for San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, died Monday, according to the Sf Weekly. He was 86. Robinson, a friend to — as well as a speechwriter for — Milk, had written a number of books including “The Power,” “Science Fiction of the 20th Century” and 1999's “Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines.” The Human Rights Campaign remembered Robinson, also an Lgbt activist, for his “contributions to this fight for equality.” See video: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 “Through his collaboration with Harvey Milk, Frank Robinson gave the Lgbt movement its...
- 6/30/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Do you love yourself some crazy retro films? The Warner Archive Collection has slowly released an interesting collection of films, and among the latest releases are The Power and Atlantis: The Lost Continent. Two crazy tales of intrigue starring the likes of Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, George Hamilton, and Suzanne Pleshette. To commemorate the release of these two great films, JustPressPlay is giving away a copy of each to one lucky reader. For details on how to win, read on.
In Atlantis, Princess Antillia, lost upon uncharted seas, has been guided home by intrepid Greek fisherman Demetrios. In a strange act of Atlantean gratitude, Demetrios is cast into slavery. He will endure the macabre House of Hell. Fight for his life before a cheering arena throng in the Ordeal of Fire and Water. And rescue the princess again as they flee the realm’s volcanic doom.
Who has The Power?...
In Atlantis, Princess Antillia, lost upon uncharted seas, has been guided home by intrepid Greek fisherman Demetrios. In a strange act of Atlantean gratitude, Demetrios is cast into slavery. He will endure the macabre House of Hell. Fight for his life before a cheering arena throng in the Ordeal of Fire and Water. And rescue the princess again as they flee the realm’s volcanic doom.
Who has The Power?...
- 10/25/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
How do you survive when a killer wants to kill you with his mind? The Power is a schlocky science-fiction horror film about a man facing a mystery villain with telekinetic powers that pose as a scary threat, as he tries to stay one step ahead of inanimate objects around him turning into weapons and his colleagues dying one by one. The tagline is especially juicy: "You feel it until you can't feel anything at all!"
Adapted from a science-fiction novel by Frank M. Robinson, The Power movie is directed by Byron Haskin, best known as the director of sci-fi bouts like the first War of the World movie and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Compared to those high concept spectacles, The Power is an obscure schlock, but it's by no means less entertaining. The premise, of telekinetic supermen posing danger, is something that's highly influential to later (and admittedly better) films like Scanners,...
Adapted from a science-fiction novel by Frank M. Robinson, The Power movie is directed by Byron Haskin, best known as the director of sci-fi bouts like the first War of the World movie and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Compared to those high concept spectacles, The Power is an obscure schlock, but it's by no means less entertaining. The premise, of telekinetic supermen posing danger, is something that's highly influential to later (and admittedly better) films like Scanners,...
- 10/21/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Fred Weekend Shopping Guide - your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
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To get even one show to premiere in any given season that proves an instant favorite is a sad rarity. That there were two shows last season which swept me away is unprecedented, and should be seen as a sign of something. What, I have no idea. One of those shows is Community (Sony, Not Rated, DVD-$39.95 Srp), which has introduced a level of meta-surrealism and...
(Please support Fred by using the links below to make any impulse purchases - it helps to keep us going…)
To get even one show to premiere in any given season that proves an instant favorite is a sad rarity. That there were two shows last season which swept me away is unprecedented, and should be seen as a sign of something. What, I have no idea. One of those shows is Community (Sony, Not Rated, DVD-$39.95 Srp), which has introduced a level of meta-surrealism and...
- 9/24/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
H.G. Wells' 1898 classic alien invasion novel, The War of the Worlds, has been adapted several times for the big screen, most recently by Steven Spielberg five years ago (my first "Scenes We Love" entry for Cinematical), two low-budget entries, one set in Victorian times and the other in the present released to coincide with Spielberg's adaptation, and most memorably, fifty-seven years ago by producer George Pal (The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Time Machine, Conquest of Space, When Worlds Collide, Destination Moon) for Paramount Pictures. Pal's adaptation, directed by Byron Haskin (The Power, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, From the Earth to the Moon, Conquest of Space) from a screenplay by Barré Lyndon, created the template for every alien invasion film that followed. The War of the Worlds won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking visual effects. It was nominated, but surprisingly didn't win, the Academy Award for the equally innovative sound design.
- 7/31/2010
- by Mel Valentin
- Cinematical
Film Score Monthly has announced an ambitious 15-cd set focusing on the legendary Miklós Rózsa, a release that “is destined to become one of the most essential soundtrack collections of all time,” according to the label. The “Miklós Rózsa Treasury (1949-1968) focuses on Rózsa’s association with M-g-m and features, among many other things, the complete scores from Madame Bovary, The Power and Quo Vadis. Other works included are Young Bess, The Story of Three Loves, All the ...
- 11/25/2009
- by Mikael Carlsson
- MovieScore Magazine
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