According to The Hollywood Reporter, Antonio Campos, the indie filmmaker who most recently directed the Sundance movie Christine, is in negotiations to helm the prequel for supernatural horror thriller titled The First Omen at 20th Century Fox.
The First Omen was written by Ben Jacoby and David Goyer and Kevin Turen will produce the prequel through their Phantom Four banner.
The original film which was directed by Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies and the Lethal Weapon movies) starred the great Gregory Peck as an ambassador who comes to believe that his 5-year-old son may be the living embodiment of the Antichrist.
The 1976 Omen was one of the biggest hits of the year and was considered one of the scariest movies of the decade at that time. The Omen spawned two film sequels and a series of novels. There was also a remake of the film back in 2006 which was directed...
The First Omen was written by Ben Jacoby and David Goyer and Kevin Turen will produce the prequel through their Phantom Four banner.
The original film which was directed by Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies and the Lethal Weapon movies) starred the great Gregory Peck as an ambassador who comes to believe that his 5-year-old son may be the living embodiment of the Antichrist.
The 1976 Omen was one of the biggest hits of the year and was considered one of the scariest movies of the decade at that time. The Omen spawned two film sequels and a series of novels. There was also a remake of the film back in 2006 which was directed...
- 4/28/2016
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
We tv's South of Hell marathon kicks off on Black Friday, November 27th. Also in this round-up: the Cavity Colors' Madman shirt, Anguish and 8 Films to Die For release details, and a look at two teaser clips for American Backwoods: Slew Hampshire.
South of Hell: Press Release: "New York, NY, October 15, 2015 -- We tv announced today that it will offer its next scripted series, “South of Hell,” as a true programming event – rolling out all seven episodes of the supernatural thriller in order in a Black Friday Binge, beginning at 6 pm Et/Pt on Friday, November 27th. All episodes of the series will premiere back-to-back as the suspense and drama unfolds and escalates over seven intense hours. At the conclusion of the binge, the entire series will be available on VOD, download to own and Tve platforms.
“As viewer demand rises for TV Everywhere opportunities and audiences increasingly binge watch their favorite content,...
South of Hell: Press Release: "New York, NY, October 15, 2015 -- We tv announced today that it will offer its next scripted series, “South of Hell,” as a true programming event – rolling out all seven episodes of the supernatural thriller in order in a Black Friday Binge, beginning at 6 pm Et/Pt on Friday, November 27th. All episodes of the series will premiere back-to-back as the suspense and drama unfolds and escalates over seven intense hours. At the conclusion of the binge, the entire series will be available on VOD, download to own and Tve platforms.
“As viewer demand rises for TV Everywhere opportunities and audiences increasingly binge watch their favorite content,...
- 10/16/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
New York – Julia Stiles will return to the New York stage for the first time in five years, starring off-Broadway in director Jennifer DeLia's production of Scott Organ's dark romantic comedy, Phoenix. Co-starring with Stiles in the two-hander is James Wirt, who is also slated to appear with the actress in DeLia's upcoming film The First, with Lily Rabe, Michael Pitt, Billy Magnussen and Louisa Krause. In Phoenix, Stiles and Wirt play a mismatched couple who meet again four weeks after a one-night stand. She had a good time but prefers to close the door on the
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- 6/3/2014
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to the weekend preview! Check out what’s happening this weekend and decide what you’re going to do, we can only help so much. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook because my mom says those are cool.
The Other Woman – Rt (24%) – Trailer
It’s The First Girlfriends Club this time! Instead of dumping an awful boyfriend who is cheating on you, why not take time and energy to seek revenge? You will seem lot more sane this way. How many jokes can Leslie Mann make about how old she is and how hot Kate Upton is? Let the drinking games commence! Oh dear, this sitcom storyline is nearly 2 hours long – may God have mercy on us all.
The Quiet Ones – Rt (36%) – Trailer
The film stars the great Jared Harris as a professor attempting to create a poltergeist. The film is being marketed as being based upon a true story,...
The Other Woman – Rt (24%) – Trailer
It’s The First Girlfriends Club this time! Instead of dumping an awful boyfriend who is cheating on you, why not take time and energy to seek revenge? You will seem lot more sane this way. How many jokes can Leslie Mann make about how old she is and how hot Kate Upton is? Let the drinking games commence! Oh dear, this sitcom storyline is nearly 2 hours long – may God have mercy on us all.
The Quiet Ones – Rt (36%) – Trailer
The film stars the great Jared Harris as a professor attempting to create a poltergeist. The film is being marketed as being based upon a true story,...
- 4/25/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
It’s finally here. Early reports had Warner Bros. and Legendary releasing the first trailer for Godzilla at the start of November, and we waited and waited, but to no avail.
No more.
Gareth Edwards’ highly anticipated blockbuster hits the big screen just as the summer season kicks off, and now the studios have released an epic first trailer for the mammoth monster movie.
An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, and David Strathairn lead a stellar cast.
Max Borenstein and Frank Darabont wrote the script, based on a story by Borenstein and Dave Callaham, with Thomas Tull (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Mary Parent (Pacific Rim) producing.
No more.
Gareth Edwards’ highly anticipated blockbuster hits the big screen just as the summer season kicks off, and now the studios have released an epic first trailer for the mammoth monster movie.
An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, and David Strathairn lead a stellar cast.
Max Borenstein and Frank Darabont wrote the script, based on a story by Borenstein and Dave Callaham, with Thomas Tull (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) and Mary Parent (Pacific Rim) producing.
- 12/10/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Today we are talking to one of Broadway's biggest recent breakout stars all about his wide range of recent roles, from Broadway comedies to TV dramas to big screen movie musicals and beyond - the amiable and versatile Billy Magnussen. Discussing the finer points of his recent Broadway run in Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning Best Play Vanya And Sonia And Masha And Spike, Magnussen imparts stories of sharing the stage with stalwarts Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce and expresses his enthusiasm for the piece. Furthermore, Magnussen offers up the exclusive 411 on his newest venture, the big screen adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's fairy tale-themed musical Into The Woods and reveals fascinating new details about the production, as well as recounts co-starring with Meryl Streep and more. Most importantly, Magnussen gives us a preview of what we can expect from his upcoming UK rock shows with band Reserved For Rondee,...
- 11/18/2013
- by Pat Cerasaro
- BroadwayWorld.com
Comic-Con has released the full schedule of all the events that will take place over the course of its four days, which you can see for yourself here. For your convention convenience, we’ve collected all of best movie-related panels, programs, Q&As, screenings, and dog-and-pony shows below, including ones involving anticipated upcoming releases like Ender's Game, Divergent, Gravity, and The World’s End. Check them out and mark your calendars. San Diego Comic-Con runs July 17-21. For the full list of TV highlights, check out our list on Inside TV.
Thursday, July 18
Thurs., 10:30am-11:30am, Room 6A,...
Thursday, July 18
Thurs., 10:30am-11:30am, Room 6A,...
- 7/7/2013
- by Keith Staskiewicz
- EW - Inside Movies
The next project from Another Earth director Mike Cahill, I Origins has secured the all-of-a-sudden-everywhere Brit Marling and Boardwalk Empire‘s Michael Pitt to star. There’s nothing like a grammatically-challenged film title to bag a bunch of Hollywood’s finest. Marling and Cahill worked together previously on 2011′s low-key sci-fi winner Another Earth and Marling has followed the film’s success by starring in a cluster of smaller flicks. Her latest outing, anarchist-thriller The East with Juno star Ellen Page, is set to land in cinemas in May.
Unlike their first collaboration when both handled scripting duties, this time Cahill will be writing I Origins alone. The film follows Pitt’s character, a molecular biologist, who together with Marling’s lab partner uncovers evidence which may change society as we know it. From that meagre offering of a synopsis so far, there are definite similarities to last year’s...
Unlike their first collaboration when both handled scripting duties, this time Cahill will be writing I Origins alone. The film follows Pitt’s character, a molecular biologist, who together with Marling’s lab partner uncovers evidence which may change society as we know it. From that meagre offering of a synopsis so far, there are definite similarities to last year’s...
- 5/1/2013
- by Gem Seddon
- We Got This Covered
The Expendables star and Ufc Hall of Famer Randy Couture will star with Scott Adkins in Distant Shore, an action thriller from veteran indie producers Joseph and Jack Nasser. The Nassers’ Ngn Releasing is teaming up with Studio City Pictures to finance the pic which has a script by Dan Benamor and Evan Jacobs and has Dominic James (Die) on board as director. Berlin 2013: Julia Stiles Joins Cast of 'The First' Described as being in the vein of Dead Calm and The Grey, the story centers around a couple who sails into the ocean to commit suicide but are
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- 2/5/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
• Sherlock fans, get excited: Benedict Cumberbatch is circling the role of Alan Turing in The Imitation Game – the well-regarded Black List script from Graham Moore. Alan Turing was a British logician and mathematician who made major contributions to the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, and cryptology. His efforts and inventions proved especially useful in breaking Axis codes during WWII, but after the war, Turing faced criminal prosecution for being gay and later committed suicide. Leonardo DiCaprio was previously attached to the role, but backed out this past fall. [Deadline]
• Revenge’s Emily VanCamp is currently in talks to star opposite...
• Revenge’s Emily VanCamp is currently in talks to star opposite...
- 2/2/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
As you already see from our title – Julia Stiles is set to star in an upcoming Mary Pickford biopic The First, which comes from director Jennifer DeLia. Stiles will join previously announced Lily Rabe, Michael Pitt and Ryan Simpkins, and accodring to the latest reports – she will come on board to play Frances Marion, one of the top screenwriters during the early 20th Century!
So, at this moment we know that Jennifer DeLia will direct The First from Josh Fagin‘s script which is based on Eileen Whitfield‘s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood which will tell us the story of a woman so ahead of her time who was living one of the most romantic love stories of all time.
As for the above mentioed cast – Lily Rabe is already set to play Pickford, while Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore.
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So, at this moment we know that Jennifer DeLia will direct The First from Josh Fagin‘s script which is based on Eileen Whitfield‘s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood which will tell us the story of a woman so ahead of her time who was living one of the most romantic love stories of all time.
As for the above mentioed cast – Lily Rabe is already set to play Pickford, while Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore.
When it comes to...
- 2/1/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Julia Stiles, who re-emerged with a great supporting turn in "Silver Linings Playbook," has signed on to play screenwriter Frances Marion--the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay--in Jennifer DeLia's "The First," based on Eileen Whitfield's biography on Mary Pickford, "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood." Marion's Oscar was for "The Big House" in 1930. Pickford was muse to Marion during their collaborations, including “Rebecca from Sunnybrook Farm” and “Poor Little Rich Girl.” Other characters in the film will include Douglas Fairbanks, D.W. Griffith, and Lillian Gish. Lily Rabe is set to play Pickford, and "Boardwalk Empire"'s Michael Pitt is set to play Owen Moore. Julie Pacino is producing with Said Zahraoui and Dominick Fairbanks; she'll shopping the film at Berlin with Poverty Row's Billy Bates. Last November DeLia told Indiewire, "I didn't...
- 2/1/2013
- by Sophia Savage
- Thompson on Hollywood
Julia Stiles has joined the cast of "The First," Jennifer DeLia's biopic about Mary Pickford.
Mary (played by Lily Rabe) was one of the early Canadian pioneers in Hollywood and went on to found the United Artists studio with other stars including Charlie Chaplin.
She also had a troubled marriage, blighted by the alcoholism and insecurity of her husband (played by Michael Pitt).
Stiles will play Frances Marion, one of the top screenwriters during the early 20th Century who collaborated on numerous projects with Pickford.
Ryan Simpkins also stars in the Josh Fagin-scripted film. Julie Pacino, Said Zahraoui and Dominick Fairbanks will produce.
Shooting kicks off later this year.
Source: Variety...
Mary (played by Lily Rabe) was one of the early Canadian pioneers in Hollywood and went on to found the United Artists studio with other stars including Charlie Chaplin.
She also had a troubled marriage, blighted by the alcoholism and insecurity of her husband (played by Michael Pitt).
Stiles will play Frances Marion, one of the top screenwriters during the early 20th Century who collaborated on numerous projects with Pickford.
Ryan Simpkins also stars in the Josh Fagin-scripted film. Julie Pacino, Said Zahraoui and Dominick Fairbanks will produce.
Shooting kicks off later this year.
Source: Variety...
- 2/1/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Julia Stiles has landed a role in The First.
The Bourne Identity and Silver Linings Playbook actress will portray iconic screenwriter Frances Marion in the Mary Pickford biopic, Poverty Row Entertainment has confirmed.
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[Julia Stiles at the 24th annual Producers Guild of America Awards]
Marion was one of Pickford's frequent collaborators and became the first woman in history to win an Oscar in 1930, taking the 'Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)' award for The Big House.
She later won the 'Best Story' Oscar in 1932 for The Champ.
The First is based on the Eileen Whitfield biography entitled Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, and is directed by Jennifer DeLia (Billy Bates).
© Rex Features / Everett Collection
[Frances Marion photographed in 1937]
"Julia is someone I could instantly envision in that era and within the world of Old Hollywood," said DeLia. "I've watched her work since I was a kid in the mid '90s when she was emerging as a very cool and very talented actress.
The Bourne Identity and Silver Linings Playbook actress will portray iconic screenwriter Frances Marion in the Mary Pickford biopic, Poverty Row Entertainment has confirmed.
© Pa Images
[Julia Stiles at the 24th annual Producers Guild of America Awards]
Marion was one of Pickford's frequent collaborators and became the first woman in history to win an Oscar in 1930, taking the 'Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)' award for The Big House.
She later won the 'Best Story' Oscar in 1932 for The Champ.
The First is based on the Eileen Whitfield biography entitled Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, and is directed by Jennifer DeLia (Billy Bates).
© Rex Features / Everett Collection
[Frances Marion photographed in 1937]
"Julia is someone I could instantly envision in that era and within the world of Old Hollywood," said DeLia. "I've watched her work since I was a kid in the mid '90s when she was emerging as a very cool and very talented actress.
- 2/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Julia Stiles is joining the cast of The First, a film about Mary Pickford that director Jennifer DeLia and producer Julie Pacino of Poverty Row Entertainment will be promoting at the Berlin International Film Festival. Stiles will play screenwriter Frances Marion, who often collaborated with Pickford, who will be played by Lily Rabe. The cast of the film, which is expected to begin production this year, also includes Michael Pitt as actor Owen Moore and Ryan Simpkins as a young Pickford. DeLia will direct a script by Josh Fagin, based on Eileen Whitfield’s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood. Pacino
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- 2/1/2013
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julia Stiles has joined the cast of the Mary Pickford biopic "The First" to play famed screenwriter Frances Marion, Poverty Row Entertainment announced Thursday. Marion was the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, taking the prize in 1930 for "The Big House." She collaborated often with Pickford, writing the scripts for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" and "The Poor Little Rich Girl." "The First," based on Eileen Whitfield's biography, "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood," tells the story of one of Hollywood's first superstars. "Julia is someone I could instantly envision...
- 2/1/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Girls on Film is a weekly column that tackles anything and everything pertaining to women and cinema. It can be found here every Thursday night, and be sure to follow the Girls on Film Twitter Feed for additional femme-con. For all of her many gender-defying achievements, Mary Pickford is often forgotten during discourse about Hollywood’s early days. Most discussion seems to revolve around the talent of Charlie Chaplin, the controversy that cloaks D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation, and the swashbuckling fervor of Douglas Fairbanks. She is but a footnote, a woman whose achievements rest outside the public consciousness. Jennifer DeLia’s upcoming biopic, The First, might change that – a film striving to follow the actress’ life from a poor Canadian...
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- 11/30/2012
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Movies.com
When Jennifer DeLia was doing post-production on her last feature, "Billy Bates," she had a meeting in Toronto's Lighbox movie theater. After the meeting, DeLia walked into an exhibit that explored the life of Mary Pickford, widely acknowledged as Hollywood's first movie star. It was then that DeLia, who had only a passing knowledge of Pickford's role in film history, decided that a film of her life needed to be made. "I didn't know that Pickford was the pioneer that she was and that she had the journey from childhood that she had," DeLia says now. "I knew she was a silent screen legend and the first movie star. I didn't realize that she had helped make Hollywood culture as a fierce businesswoman." The film, titled "The First" and based on Eileen Whitfield's biography "Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood," is currently in development. DeLia, her producer Julie Pacino and co-writer Josh Fagin.
- 11/27/2012
- by Bryce J. Renninger
- Indiewire
Hi everybody! Happy Thanksgiving! What are you doing reading this? Shouldn't you be hanging out with your families instead of reading an American Horror Story recap? Haha, kidding. People who watch this show don't have families. I'm sorry I wasn't here last week, I was on that plane with Rihanna, which was basically like being in Briarcliff.Before we get started, I have to go out of order and get one thing out of the way. Remember when Lily Rabe did the "You Don't Own" me in an obvious homage to the great giallo horror film, The First Wives Club? Man oh man. Was that amazing or was that amazing? When we go around the table today and say what we're thankful for, I'm picking this! In fact, I'll still be humming it when I overhead my dad explaining to my grandmother what FX is and that I've been under...
- 11/22/2012
- by Julieanne Smolinski
- Vulture
Dominick Fairbanks, the great grandson of Hollywood legend, Douglas Fairbanks, has joined the upcoming Mary Pickford film "The First," as a co-producer. Fairbanks is the grandson of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and great grandson of Douglas Fairbanks, who was Pickford's second husband, as well as one of the original owners of United Artists. His British-based company, Fairbanks Productions, will co-produce "The First," alongside the producers, Poverty Row Entertainment, the filmmakers told TheWrap on Thursday. Fairbanks will join Poverty Row's Jennifer DeLia and Julie Pacino at this week's Afm, as they gear up...
- 11/2/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Former Boardwalk Empire star Michael Pitt will lead the cast in the crime thriller Rob The Mob, with Tony-winner Nina Arianda also starring. Based on a true story, the film follows a couple who target and rob some of New York’s biggest mobsters. Knocking over the city’s criminal underground clubs, the two stumble across something much bigger than they expected. Suddenly, they have everyone from the feds to the mob to their own families after them. Raymond De Felitta will direct from Jonathan Fernandez’s script. Pitt will produce with Bill Teitler. Sales and finance company The Exchange has picked up international sales rights and will offer them up at this year’s Afm. Related: Toronto: Michael Pitt Joins Mary Pickford Pic ‘The First’...
- 10/25/2012
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Big eyes, a luscious mouth, Oscar-winning star of dozens of movies, fame on an enormous, worldwide scale, the daughter of actor parents, a feisty, independent and ambitious nature, one half of an enviously beautiful Hollywood power couple, trailed by fans and paparazzi.
Sounds like Angelina Jolie, right?
Actually, it also describes the woman who, many years earlier, when movies were black-and-white, emotionally gut-punching and entirely silent, staked her claim as “America’s sweetheart” and paved the way for Jolie, for Brangelina, for Hollywood as we know it: Mary Pickford.
You may hear Pickford’s name more and more these days,...
Sounds like Angelina Jolie, right?
Actually, it also describes the woman who, many years earlier, when movies were black-and-white, emotionally gut-punching and entirely silent, staked her claim as “America’s sweetheart” and paved the way for Jolie, for Brangelina, for Hollywood as we know it: Mary Pickford.
You may hear Pickford’s name more and more these days,...
- 9/4/2012
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
Michael Pitt ("Boardwalk Empire") has signed up to star in the Mary Pickford biopic "The First" says The Press Association.
Mary was one of the early Canadian pioneers in Hollywood and went on to found the United Artists studio with other stars including Charlie Chaplin. Pitt will play Owen Moore, the first husband of Mary (Ryan Simpkins).
Mary and Owen had a troubled marriage, blighted by Owen's alcoholism and insecurity about living in her shadow. Shooting kicks off next year.
Mary was one of the early Canadian pioneers in Hollywood and went on to found the United Artists studio with other stars including Charlie Chaplin. Pitt will play Owen Moore, the first husband of Mary (Ryan Simpkins).
Mary and Owen had a troubled marriage, blighted by Owen's alcoholism and insecurity about living in her shadow. Shooting kicks off next year.
- 8/31/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Here's a little fun fact to start off your Friday: one of early Hollywood's brightest female stars was born in Toronto. Yep, the great Mary Pickford who helped build the American concept of movie star and transcended movie stardom by co-founding the film production company United Artists with D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks was Canadian. And so this groundbreaking actress will be toasted at this year's Toronto International Film Festival by writer-director Jennifer DeLia to promote her soon-to-shoot biopic about Pickford titled The First. The celebration will showcase some rare footage on loan from the Pickford Foundation as well as some of The First's cast, including Lily Rabe (American Horror Story) and the newly added Michael Pitt (Boardwalk Empire) as reported by Deadline. The film will chart Pickford's unlikely rise through the boys' club of Hollywood business through the creation of United Artists, which was intended as...
- 8/31/2012
- cinemablend.com
Casting Net: Michael Pitt to play Hollywood legend's husband. Plus: Brie Larson, Thomas Ian Nicholas
• Boardwalk Empire’s Michael Pitt has joined The First, a biopic about the trailblazing silent film actress Mary Pickford (Lily Rabe). Pitt will play Pickford’s first husband, Owen Moore, who had a tumultuous relationship with Pickford before she took up with, and eventually married, actor Douglas Fairbanks. Jennifer DeLia (Billy Bates) is directing. [Deadline]
• Brie Larson (21 Jump Street) will headline Short Term 12, an indie about a woman who grapples with working at a home for foster children. Writer-director Destin Cretton (I Am Not a Hipster) adapted the film from his 2008 short film of the same name. [Deadline]
• Thomas Ian Nicholas...
• Brie Larson (21 Jump Street) will headline Short Term 12, an indie about a woman who grapples with working at a home for foster children. Writer-director Destin Cretton (I Am Not a Hipster) adapted the film from his 2008 short film of the same name. [Deadline]
• Thomas Ian Nicholas...
- 8/31/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
He might not be part of the Boardwalk Empire cast any more, but Michael Pitt isn’t sitting around the house eating crisps and watching the Paralympics. He’s signed on to The First, which will chronicle the life story of legendary actress Mary Pickford. Jennifer DeLia is directing the film from Josh Fagin’s script, itself adapted from Eileen Whitfield’s biography Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood.Born in Toronto as Gladys Marie Smith, Pickford’s life was certainly an interesting one. An actor in plays and musicals from an early age, she nearly gave up on her aspirations when the family suffered six impoverished years on the road. But a combination of luck and real talent saw her working with Cecil B DeMille (when he was an unknown actor) and later Dw Griffith, who gave Pickford her first big screen break. Eventually, she became a huge international...
- 8/30/2012
- EmpireOnline
Like the great John Slattery before him, Michael Pitt has sort of established himself as a man of period productions. There was Boardwalk Empire, we have You Can’t Win to look forward to, and he’s now going back to the old days of Hollywood. The old, old days.
Per Deadline’s word, it’s been announced that Pitt will co-star in The First, a recently-developed biopic of silent film star Mary Pickford; the talent is locked to play her first husband, Owen Moore. Although previous reports had named Lily Rabe (All Good Things, American Horror Story) as director Jennifer DeLia‘s main star, it’s since been announced that Ryan Simpkins (A Single Man) will also play the icon — only, in her younger years. (Flashback scenes, I’d wager.) It’s a fine pair of choices, with Pitt, in particular, standing out. Much as his early work would...
Per Deadline’s word, it’s been announced that Pitt will co-star in The First, a recently-developed biopic of silent film star Mary Pickford; the talent is locked to play her first husband, Owen Moore. Although previous reports had named Lily Rabe (All Good Things, American Horror Story) as director Jennifer DeLia‘s main star, it’s since been announced that Ryan Simpkins (A Single Man) will also play the icon — only, in her younger years. (Flashback scenes, I’d wager.) It’s a fine pair of choices, with Pitt, in particular, standing out. Much as his early work would...
- 8/30/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Michael Pitt has been cast in The First. The upcoming movie tells the story of Hollywood legend Mary Pickford, who appeared in such films as Tess of the Storm Country and The Poor Little Rich Girl. Pitt will portray Pickford's first husband named Owen Moore, reports Deadline. Lily Rabe was previously cast as Canadian-born Pickford in her adult years, while Ryan Simpkins will portray a young Pickford. Rabe and Pitt, along with the film's (more)...
- 8/30/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Michael Pitt and Ryan Simpkins have joined the cast of "The First," a feature film about the life of iconic screen star Mary Pickford that is set to shoot in 2013, the Toronto International Film Festival announced on Thursday. Pitt (pictured) has been cast as Owen Moore, Pickford's first husband, and Simpkins will play a young Mary Pickford. The adult Pickford will be played by Lily Rabe, as previously reported. "The First" is being produced by Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia's Poverty Row Entertainment. DeLia is directing. Also read: Mary Pickford Returns to the...
- 8/30/2012
- by Liza Foreman
- The Wrap
Exclusive: I’ve watched the first five hours of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, and it took that many hours for me to get past the unequivocal exit of Michael Pitt’s Jimmy Darmody character. Pitt has committed to star in The First, a new feature film about the life of Hollywood legend Mary Pickford that will begin production in 2013. He will play Owen Moore, Pickford’s first husband. Ryan Simpkins has been cast to play a young Pickford. Lily Rabe was already set to play Mary Pickford in her salad years. Rabe and Pitt will join filmmakers Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia and their partner Said Zaharoui in Toronto next week. They will co-host an opening night party September 6th at the Tiff Bell Lightbox. The party is meant to fete the memory of the Toronto-born Pickford and create awareness for the film, which will be produced by Pacino and DeLia’s Poverty Row Entertainment,...
- 8/30/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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