Henry Selick to team with Key & Peele for new animated stop-motion film
It has been awhile since director Henry Selick made Coraline, one of the better animated films in years, and he has been looking to move on to a new project. While Disney and Laika have both passed on The Shadow King by Selick, it looks like a famous duo will help the director get his next project made.
According to Variety, Key & Peele are set to help create a new animated feature with Selick that will be called Wendell and Wild. The site adds that the project is in the early stages with the duo and Selick ironing out creative details while looking for a distributor at the moment.
Selick spoke about the project, telling Variety that:
“‘Wendell and Wild’ is a comedy about two scheming demon brothers who must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly,...
It has been awhile since director Henry Selick made Coraline, one of the better animated films in years, and he has been looking to move on to a new project. While Disney and Laika have both passed on The Shadow King by Selick, it looks like a famous duo will help the director get his next project made.
According to Variety, Key & Peele are set to help create a new animated feature with Selick that will be called Wendell and Wild. The site adds that the project is in the early stages with the duo and Selick ironing out creative details while looking for a distributor at the moment.
Selick spoke about the project, telling Variety that:
“‘Wendell and Wild’ is a comedy about two scheming demon brothers who must face their arch-nemesis, the demon-dusting nun Sister Helly,...
- 11/6/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
Veteran screenwriter Melissa Mathison has died of neuroendocrine cancer at the age of 65. Mathison was most famous for writing E.T., though in the course of her three-decade career she also penned The Escape Artist, Indian in the Cupboard, and Kundun. Her most recent script was a reunion with Steven Spielberg on the upcoming Roald Dahl adaptation The Bfg. Unlike many writers, Mathison was a frequent presence on the E.T. set, and worked closely with the film's young cast. "In 1982 I was not yet a parent, but was a stepmother, and had been a consummate babysitter and an older sister," she told The New Yorker in 2012. "The kids in E.T. can be directly linked to kids I knew. I even stole some of my little friends’ best lines: i.e. 'penis breath.' What adult woman could have thought of that?" Mathison got her start in Hollywood thanks to a connection...
- 11/5/2015
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Steven Spielberg directed the 1982 classic "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," but he couldn't have brought the iconic character to life without screenwriter Melissa Mathison. Mathison died Wednesday, November 4 after an illness, her brother Dirk Mathison confirmed to Variety. She was 65.
In addition to her Oscar-nominated screenplay for "E.T." -- for which she also received an associate producer credit -- Mathison wrote scripts for "The Black Stallion," "The Escape Artist," "The Indian In The Cupboard," Martin Scorsese's "Kundun," and the upcoming Spielberg movie "The Bfg," which is in post-production.
Mathison was also married to actor Harrison Ford for more than 20 years, from 1983-2004, and they have two children together, Malcolm and Georgia.
Spielberg and "Kundun" producer Barbara De Fina both shared statements after Mathison's death.
"She was a lovely woman, and it's a great loss," De Fina told Deadline. "She was a wonderful writer. The project was about the Dalai Lama but...
In addition to her Oscar-nominated screenplay for "E.T." -- for which she also received an associate producer credit -- Mathison wrote scripts for "The Black Stallion," "The Escape Artist," "The Indian In The Cupboard," Martin Scorsese's "Kundun," and the upcoming Spielberg movie "The Bfg," which is in post-production.
Mathison was also married to actor Harrison Ford for more than 20 years, from 1983-2004, and they have two children together, Malcolm and Georgia.
Spielberg and "Kundun" producer Barbara De Fina both shared statements after Mathison's death.
"She was a lovely woman, and it's a great loss," De Fina told Deadline. "She was a wonderful writer. The project was about the Dalai Lama but...
- 11/5/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was 65. Mathison's writing credits also include The Black Stallion (1979), The Escape Artist (1982), Indian in the Cupboard (1995), Kundun (1997) and her most recent collaboration with Spielberg, The Bfg, now in postproduction and set for release in 2016. "Melissa had a heart that shined with generosity and love and burned as bright as the heart she gave E.T.,” Spielberg said in a statement. The screenwriter, a native of Los Angeles, was
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- 11/4/2015
- by Natalie Stone
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-nominated cinematographer of The Passion of the Christ and The Right Stuff to accept lifetime achievement award at cinematography festival in Poland.
Caleb Deschanel is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22).
Deschanel will also present screenings of his films at the 22nd edition of the festival followed by Q&A’s with the audience.
His five Oscar nominations in the Best Cinematography category were for The Right Stuff, The Natural, Fly Away Home, The Patriot and The Passion of the Christ.
Other notable credits include Being There, National Treasure, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Jack Reacher.
Deschanel was also involved in creating one of the essential tools of modern cinematographers, the Steadicam.
He directed his first feature film The Escape Artist in 1982, and later Crusoe in 1989. Deschanel has also directed episodes for TV shows including David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as well...
Caleb Deschanel is to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography (Nov 15-22).
Deschanel will also present screenings of his films at the 22nd edition of the festival followed by Q&A’s with the audience.
His five Oscar nominations in the Best Cinematography category were for The Right Stuff, The Natural, Fly Away Home, The Patriot and The Passion of the Christ.
Other notable credits include Being There, National Treasure, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Jack Reacher.
Deschanel was also involved in creating one of the essential tools of modern cinematographers, the Steadicam.
He directed his first feature film The Escape Artist in 1982, and later Crusoe in 1989. Deschanel has also directed episodes for TV shows including David Lynch’s Twin Peaks as well...
- 8/4/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
BBC has released a trailer montage from several of the series they produce that includes Ripper Street, The Musketeers, The Great Train Robbery, Quirke, The Escape Artist, What Remains, and a little new glimpse at the upcoming third season of Sherlock, and anything is better nothing. As you'll see in this trailer montage, the BBC has got some great stuff brewing!
- 9/3/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Trailer Louisa Mellor 1 Sep 2013 - 09:00
The BBC autumn drama trailer features a glimpse of Sherlock series 3, Ripper Street, The Great Train Robbery, The Musketeers & more...
"The thrill of the chase, the blood pumping through your veins. Just the two of us against the rest of the world."
The BBC has released its autumn drama trailer, showcasing anticipated new series such as Adrian Hodges' The Musketeers (featuring a certain Mr P. Capaldi), The Escape Artist (featuring a certain Mr D. Tennant) and Chris Chibnall-scripted miniseries The Great Train Robbery, as well as a tantalising glimpse of Benedict Cumberbatch atop that roof in Sherlock, and in conversation with Martin Freeman's Watson. We'll bring you more on the best of the new drama later on this year.
You'll note that there's no sign of the long-awaited Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in there, but fingers crossed we won't have much longer to wait.
The BBC autumn drama trailer features a glimpse of Sherlock series 3, Ripper Street, The Great Train Robbery, The Musketeers & more...
"The thrill of the chase, the blood pumping through your veins. Just the two of us against the rest of the world."
The BBC has released its autumn drama trailer, showcasing anticipated new series such as Adrian Hodges' The Musketeers (featuring a certain Mr P. Capaldi), The Escape Artist (featuring a certain Mr D. Tennant) and Chris Chibnall-scripted miniseries The Great Train Robbery, as well as a tantalising glimpse of Benedict Cumberbatch atop that roof in Sherlock, and in conversation with Martin Freeman's Watson. We'll bring you more on the best of the new drama later on this year.
You'll note that there's no sign of the long-awaited Doctor Who 50th anniversary special in there, but fingers crossed we won't have much longer to wait.
- 8/31/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie 30 Aug 2013 - 06:41
It's not unusual for games to be cancelled before release, and some of them could have been great. Here's a pick of 25 promising examples...
Earlier this week, news emerged that Sega Studios Australia had pitched an idea to its parent company called Sega Reborn. These games would have revived some of Sega's classic names from the 80s and 90s - Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Streets Of Rage and Shinobi - and created new games around them, mixing tried-and-tested gameplay with high-res graphics and new ideas. The studio even put together a proof-of-concept video, which gave a rough idea of what a 21st century Golden Axe might look like.
For unknown reasons, Sega decided to pass on the idea, and Sega Studios Australia is set to close later this year - fittingly, perhaps, its last release will be a remake of Castle Of Illusion,...
It's not unusual for games to be cancelled before release, and some of them could have been great. Here's a pick of 25 promising examples...
Earlier this week, news emerged that Sega Studios Australia had pitched an idea to its parent company called Sega Reborn. These games would have revived some of Sega's classic names from the 80s and 90s - Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Streets Of Rage and Shinobi - and created new games around them, mixing tried-and-tested gameplay with high-res graphics and new ideas. The studio even put together a proof-of-concept video, which gave a rough idea of what a 21st century Golden Axe might look like.
For unknown reasons, Sega decided to pass on the idea, and Sega Studios Australia is set to close later this year - fittingly, perhaps, its last release will be a remake of Castle Of Illusion,...
- 8/29/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Oscar-winning cinematographer Caleb Deschanel is set to direct the Elvis Presley biopic "Growing Up Graceland" for BiteSize Entertainment.
The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Robert Boris penned the script based on David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book "Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice".
David Stanley, Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce. Shooting begins later this year.
The project marks Deschanel's third film following 1982's "The Escape Artist" and 1988's "Crusoe". In the 25 years since "Crusoe," Deschanel has helmed episodes of TV shows ranging from "Twin Peaks" to "Bones".
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The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Robert Boris penned the script based on David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book "Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice".
David Stanley, Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot will produce. Shooting begins later this year.
The project marks Deschanel's third film following 1982's "The Escape Artist" and 1988's "Crusoe". In the 25 years since "Crusoe," Deschanel has helmed episodes of TV shows ranging from "Twin Peaks" to "Bones".
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- 8/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Caleb Deschanel will direct BiteSize Entertainment’s Elvis Presley biopic Growing Up Graceland.
Los Angeles-based BiteSize Entertainment founder and CEO Ron Bloom made the announcement. The project is based on Robert Boris’ screenplay adaptation from David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice.
Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot of BiteSize’s production arm will produce alongside Presley’s step-brother David Stanley through his Impello Entertainment.
Principal photography is expected to begin later this year. The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Deschanel’s has earned five best cinematography Oscar credits including The Right Stuff, The Patriot and The Passion Of The Christ. His body of work includes Being There, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Jack Reacher.
Deschanel’s directorial debut was The Escape Artist in 1982 and he followed that up with Crusoe...
Los Angeles-based BiteSize Entertainment founder and CEO Ron Bloom made the announcement. The project is based on Robert Boris’ screenplay adaptation from David E Stanley and David Gruder’s book Conversations With The King: Journals Of A Young Apprentice.
Gene Kirkwood and Ross Elliot of BiteSize’s production arm will produce alongside Presley’s step-brother David Stanley through his Impello Entertainment.
Principal photography is expected to begin later this year. The story focuses on the relationship between Presley as he returns from military service and meets his young step-brother for the first time.
Deschanel’s has earned five best cinematography Oscar credits including The Right Stuff, The Patriot and The Passion Of The Christ. His body of work includes Being There, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Jack Reacher.
Deschanel’s directorial debut was The Escape Artist in 1982 and he followed that up with Crusoe...
- 8/21/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Now you see Me is an intriguing, showy looking film opening on May 31, opposite After Earth. The story pits an elite FBI squad in a game of cat and mouse against “The Four Horsemen”, a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists. “The Four Horsemen” pull off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances, showering the stolen profits on their audiences while staying one step ahead of the law.To entice you, Summit has released the first four minutes of the film along with other clips and cool looking one-sheets.
Click here to view the embedded video.
Additionally, Summit recently announced their Now You See Me “Diamond Heist Challenge.”
In this magical challenge, all thirteen diamond playing cards – from the Ace through the King – have been hidden in various places online, from various websites to social media platforms, even in the New York Times crossword puzzle from Friday,...
Click here to view the embedded video.
Additionally, Summit recently announced their Now You See Me “Diamond Heist Challenge.”
In this magical challenge, all thirteen diamond playing cards – from the Ace through the King – have been hidden in various places online, from various websites to social media platforms, even in the New York Times crossword puzzle from Friday,...
- 5/15/2013
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Sophie Okonedo joins Toby Kebbell and Ashley Jensen have joined the cast of BBC One’s upcoming new 3-part series The Escape Artist, according to the UK's TVWise. Written by the same writer who penned Spooks - David Wolstencroft - and produced by Endor Productions, with Brian Welsh directing, The Escape Artist is described as follows: The drama revolves around Will Burton (David Tennant), a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm who specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an...
- 1/23/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
BBC One has announced five new drama series. New shows from Spooks creator David Wolstencroft and Scott & Bailey's Sally Wainwright are among the commissions. Controller of Drama Ben Stephenson said: "2012 has been a record-breaking and award-winning year for BBC Drama and our new 31 hours of programming illustrates our sheer dedication to British Drama. "The BBC commissions more drama than any other broadcaster with over 450 hours of drama a year delivering a range of high quality, creative, ambitious television. We are the home of British Drama and combine the UK's hottest talent both on and off screen to produce the highest quality programmes that aim to up the ambition and scale of our output." Wolstencroft's The Escape Artist will run for three hour-long episodes and will focus on Will Burton, a talented and charming (more)...
- 11/22/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Every year GLAAD gives out awards for outstanding Glbt media representation. This year there are 116 nominees competing in 25 media categories - everything from Outstanding Drama Series to Outstanding Comic Book.
"As media continue to tell new stories about Lgbt people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of Lgbt Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President. "This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of Lgbt people. Viewers know that Lgbt characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
Winners will be announced at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San...
"As media continue to tell new stories about Lgbt people and families, a majority of Americans now support full equality of Lgbt Americans," said Mike Thompson, GLAAD’s Acting President. "This year’s nominees enlighten and entertain, while spotlighting the diversity of our community. Audiences expect to see their own worlds reflected in media, and today more than ever, those include the lives of Lgbt people. Viewers know that Lgbt characters and stories are simply natural extensions of, and glimpses into, their own experiences from across America."
Winners will be announced at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York on March 24, 2012 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square; in Los Angeles on April 21 at the Westin Bonaventure; and in San...
- 1/19/2012
- by snicks
- The Backlot
If there had been no Zoetrope, the film studio founded by Francis Coppola and George Lucas in San Francisco in 1969, there would be no Star Wars, argues John Patterson
In April 1979, Francis Ford Coppola threw a characteristically grandiose bash to celebrate the completion of Apocalypse Now, the picture that had threatened to become his Waterloo. It was at the apogee of the 1970s Hollywood renaissance, whose directors were suspended in that delightfully rarified moment after their biggest blockbusters and before their flops – and they all had at least one gargantuan flop ahead of them.
Coppola, as usual, was ahead of the game, or so it seemed. Apocalypse Now's chequered production history had produced wild press rumours of directorial overindulgence, perhaps even of a full swandive into film-making insanity, and the film's subsequent lofty place in the cinematic firmament was then far from secure. The film historian Peter Biskind, in his book Easy Riders,...
In April 1979, Francis Ford Coppola threw a characteristically grandiose bash to celebrate the completion of Apocalypse Now, the picture that had threatened to become his Waterloo. It was at the apogee of the 1970s Hollywood renaissance, whose directors were suspended in that delightfully rarified moment after their biggest blockbusters and before their flops – and they all had at least one gargantuan flop ahead of them.
Coppola, as usual, was ahead of the game, or so it seemed. Apocalypse Now's chequered production history had produced wild press rumours of directorial overindulgence, perhaps even of a full swandive into film-making insanity, and the film's subsequent lofty place in the cinematic firmament was then far from secure. The film historian Peter Biskind, in his book Easy Riders,...
- 11/18/2011
- by John Patterson
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ The Escape Artist (1982) is another title re-released this week from Francis Ford Copolla's Zoetrope production company. Directed by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, the film is yet another of Zoetrope's casualties that failed to find an audience at its theatrical release, despite some initially positive critical reviews. Given that it was pitted alongside the likes of Rocky III and Annie, it's easy to look back and see why the film had a hard time which is a shame because The Escape Artist is a charming B-movie that deserves some attention on DVD rather than being forgotten altogether.
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- 11/7/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Scott Foley is developing a new hour-long drama with CBS and Everwood showrunner Rina Mimoun. Foley and Mimoun will both serve as executive producers on The Escape Artist, according to TV Line. The project, which has received a script commitment from CBS, will focus on a brother and sister team who help people to disappear. Mimoun previously cast Foley in CBS medical pilot The Doctor but their joint effort failed to receive a series pick-up. Foley (more)...
- 9/8/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Scott Foley is developing a new hour-long drama with CBS and Everwood showrunner Rina Mimoun. Foley and Mimoun will both serve as executive producers on The Escape Artist, according to TV Line. The project, which has received a script commitment from CBS, will focus on a brother and sister team who help people to disappear. Mimoun previously cast Foley in CBS medical pilot The Doctor but their joint effort failed to receive a series pick-up. Foley (more)...
- 9/8/2011
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Scott Foley is getting back in business with CBS, albeit strictly behind the scenes.
The ex-Unit star is teaming up with former Everwood showrunner Rina Mimoun on The Escape Artist, a potential hour-long drama series about a brother and sister who help people disappear.
Foley and Mimoun will serve as exec producers on the project, which has received a script commitment from CBS.
This marks a reunion for the pair. Last spring, Mimoun cast Foley in her CBS medical pilot The Doctor, which was not ordered to series.
The news comes at a busy time for Foley, who’s currently...
The ex-Unit star is teaming up with former Everwood showrunner Rina Mimoun on The Escape Artist, a potential hour-long drama series about a brother and sister who help people disappear.
Foley and Mimoun will serve as exec producers on the project, which has received a script commitment from CBS.
This marks a reunion for the pair. Last spring, Mimoun cast Foley in her CBS medical pilot The Doctor, which was not ordered to series.
The news comes at a busy time for Foley, who’s currently...
- 9/8/2011
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
After Scott Foley co-starred in Rina Mimoun’s CBS/Warner Bros. TV drama pilot The Doctor this past development season, the actor is teaming with Mimoun for another CBS/Wbtv drama project, this time serving as a writer. CBS has bought The Escape Artist, a drama script from Wbtv about a brother and sister who help people disappear. It will be co-written and executive produced by Foley and Privileged creator Mimoun, marking Foley’s writing debut. Elsewhere, NBC has bought Secret America, a drama script set at the world of CIA from writer Peter Landesman, Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV. The spy drama is set in a small town that appears to be middle America but actually harbors a large community of intelligence operatives. Landesman, Erwin Stoff, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo are executive producing.
- 9/8/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NBC's The Cape was fun last night introducing a wholly new villain: The escape artist Gregor the Great, a cape wrangler himself at one time. The episode .Kozmo,. established the idea that whomever possessed the cape was a Kozmo, and the man prior to Farraday was Keith David.s Max. Vince (David Lyons) asks, .Am I the new Kozmo?. Max assures Vince that no, he would be the last of the Kozmos. Gregor the Great, a crazy murderous Eastern-European type who uses the German "mit" for "with" kills fellow poker players at a game by snapping cards into their throats. James Frain.s delightfully evil Peter Fleming/Chess character orders the death of Summer Glau.s fey Orwell.
- 1/18/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The I Love You Phillip Morris soundtrack. So, the Steven Russell biopic finally arrives in American cinemas, a year after its initial release in Europe and Asia, and having already grossed $18m. Speculation in certain media outlets suggests that the ridiculous delay for this hugely entertaining comedic romp (comfortably superior to other recent multiplex-friendly A-list starring comedies like, say, The Men Who Stare At Goats) is mostly due to homophobia, which of course is true. Jim Carrey playing a gay man? Well, I guess we could… what’s that? Having enthusiastic gay sex? On-screen? With another man? Not just, like, making a series of crass and implicitly bigoted anti-gay generalisations for cheap yucks? No no no no no. No no no. No. Gay characters as protagonists? Treated equally to straight characters? That is not what the American public want. What’s next, black protagonists? Female protagonists? Sure we do a few of them,...
- 1/8/2011
- by Chris Neilan
- Movie-moron.com
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