Lynn Shelton’s drama Outside In, starring Jay Duplass and Edie Falco which will premiere next month at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has been acquired by The Orchard for a release in early 2018. Outside In also stars Kaitlyn Dever and Ben Schwartz.
The screenplay for Outside In was written by Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass. Shelton has directed six previous feature films including Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister, and Laggies. She’s received two Independent Spirit Awards, and has directed a number of television shows including “Mad Men,” “Master of None,” “The Mindy Project,” “Love,” “New Girl,” “Shameless,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Glow.”
Jay Duplass is currently starring on the hit Amazon series “Transparent,” producing the acclaimed HBO anthology series “Room 104,” and recently starred in Beatriz at Dinner and Landline. Four-time Emmy® Award winner Edie Falco most recently starred Landline (alongside Jay), Megan Leavey, and Louis C.K.’s drama series “Horace and Pete.”
Outside In follows Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world, Carol works to rebuild her family, and reconnect with her teenage daughter (Dever). Featuring an original score from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird and shot on location in Washington state,Outside Inwas produced by Mel Eslyn and Lacey Leavitt.
Outside In marks the most recent release in the ongoing relationship between Duplass Brothers Productions and The Orchard. Since acquiring The Overnight at Sundance in 2015, DBP and The Orchard have collaborated on a variety of films including Take Me, Blue Jay, 6 Years, Manson Family Vacation, Rainbow Time and Creep.
Following The Orchard’s theatrical and digital release, Netflix will be releasing the film on its worldwide streaming platform.
Lynn Shelton commented, “I couldn’t be happier that Outside In will be included in the incredible catalog of films that The Orchard has acquired as a distributor.”Independent Film
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Lynn Shelton’s Drama OUTSIDE IN Acquired by The Orchard for 2018 Release
Lynn Shelton’s drama Outside In, starring Jay Duplass and Edie Falco which will premiere next month at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival has been acquired by The Orchard for a release in early 2018. Outside In also stars Kaitlyn Dever and Ben Schwartz.
The screenplay for Outside In was written by Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass. Shelton has directed six previous feature films including Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister, and Laggies. She’s received two Independent Spirit Awards, and has directed a number of television shows including “Mad Men,” “Master of None,” “The Mindy Project,” “Love,” “New Girl,” “Shameless,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Glow.”
Jay Duplass is currently starring on the hit Amazon series “Transparent,” producing the acclaimed HBO anthology series “Room 104,” and recently starred in Beatriz at Dinner and Landline. Four-time Emmy® Award winner Edie Falco most recently starred Landline (alongside Jay), Megan Leavey, and Louis C.K.’s drama series “Horace and Pete.”
Outside In follows Carol (Falco), a high school teacher, and Chris (Duplass), her ex-student, as they explore a relationship after his release from a 20-year prison sentence. While Chris navigates his re-entry into the world, Carol works to rebuild her family, and reconnect with her teenage daughter (Dever). Featuring an original score from singer-songwriter Andrew Bird and shot on location in Washington state,Outside Inwas produced by Mel Eslyn and Lacey Leavitt.
Outside In marks the most recent release in the ongoing relationship between Duplass Brothers Productions and The Orchard. Since acquiring The Overnight at Sundance in 2015, DBP and The Orchard have collaborated on a variety of films including Take Me, Blue Jay, 6 Years, Manson Family Vacation, Rainbow Time and Creep.
Following The Orchard’s theatrical and digital release, Netflix will be releasing the film on its worldwide streaming platform.
Lynn Shelton commented, “I couldn’t be happier that Outside In will be included in the incredible catalog of films that The Orchard has acquired as a distributor.”
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VIDEO: Watch Trailer for Coming-of-Age Indie Drama DAYVEON
Check out the new trailer for Amman Abbasi’s Dayveon, starring newcomer Devin Blackmon, which premiered earlier this year at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film will be open in theaters on September 13, 2017 in Los Angeles at Laemmle Monica Film Center, and in New York City at Quad Cinema.
In the film, 13-year-old Dayveon (newcomer Devin Blackmon) struggling with his older brother’s death, spends the sweltering summer days roaming around his rural Arkansan town. With no parents and few role models, he soon falls in with the local gang. Though his sister’s boyfriend tries to provide stability and comfort as a reluctant father figure, Dayveon becomes increasingly drawn into the camaraderie and violence of his new world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnjos7t076A
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VIDEO: Watch First Trailer for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman
A24 today released the first trailer for psychological horror-thriller film The Killing Of A Sacred Deer from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (THE LOBSTER, DOGTOOTH), and starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman.
The film also starring Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp and Alicia Silverstone will be released in theaters on October 27.
The film’s synopsis: A prominent surgeon adopts a teenager into his family, but as the teen’s actions grow increasingly sinister, the doctor is forced to make a terrible decision.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFdGfwChtw
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VIDEO: Sean Baker’s THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Starring Willem Dafoe, Releases First Poster and Trailer
Here is the new trailer for The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed Tangerine, which takes a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. The film starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto and Bria Vinaite will be released in theaters on October 6, 2017.
Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinaite, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget motel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion.
Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they’ve been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwQ-NH1rRT4
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Watch Trailer + Poster for Sundance Award-Winning Indie Drama CROWN HEIGHTS
The official trailer and poster is here for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival award-winning indie drama Crown Heights, directed by Matt Ruskin and starring Lakeith Stanfield as Colin Warner, a man wrongful convicted in New York in the 1980s. The film also starring Nnamdi Asomugha, Nestor Carbonell, Natalie Paul, Bill Camp, and Amari Cheatom, is adapted from the popular “This American Life” podcast. Crown Heights will open in select theaters on August 25th.
In the spring of 1980, a teenager is gunned down in the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn. The police pressure a child witness to identify a suspect. As a result, Colin Warner, an 18-year-old kid from nearby Crown Heights, is wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. Colin’s childhood friend Carl ‘KC’ King devotes his life to fighting for Colin’s freedom. He works on appeals, takes loans for lawyer fees and becomes a legal courier to learn the court system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgrFRyMsWiY
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Amman Abbasi’s Debut Indie Drama DAYVEON Gets a September Release Date | VIDEO
Dayveon, the feature-film debut of writer-director Amman Abbasi, will open in theaters on September 13, in New York at the Quad Cinema, and in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Monica Film Center. More additional cities is expected to follow.
Dayveon, an official selection of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, stars Devin Blackmon, Kordell “KD” Johnson, Dontrell Bright, Chasity Moore, Lachion Buckingham, and Marquell Manning.
Struggling with his older brother’s death, 13-year-old Dayveon (newcomer Devin Blackmon) spends the sweltering summer days roaming around his rural Arkansan town. With no parents and few role models, he soon falls in with the local gang. Though his sister’s boyfriend tries to provide stability and comfort as a reluctant father figure, Dayveon becomes increasingly drawn into the camaraderie and violence of his new world.
In this impressive feature directorial debut exec produced by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Prince Avalanche), multitalented filmmaker Amman Abbasi wrote, directed, edited, produced, and composed music for the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZycD635w0
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VIDEO: Watch New Trailer for Dark Comedy THE DEATH OF STALIN
Here is the trailer for the new comedy/drama film, The Death of Stalin, directed by Armando Iannucci, creator of Veep, surrounding events in the days following the fall of Stalin in 1953.
The film stars Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Isaacs, Rupert Friend, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Michael Palin, Paddy Considine and Simon Russell Beale; and is set to world premiere at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, kicking off the festival’s Platform Program.
The internal political landscape of 1950’s Soviet Russia takes on darkly comic form in a new film by Emmy award-winning and Oscar-nominated writer/director Armando Iannucci.
In the days following Stalin’s collapse, his core team of ministers tussle for control; some want positive change in the Soviet Union, others have more sinister motives. Their one common trait? They’re all just desperately trying to remain alive.
A film that combines comedy, drama, pathos and political maneuvering, The Death of Stalin is a Quad and Main Journey production, directed by Armando Iannucci, and produced by Yann Zenou, Kevin Loader, Nicolas Duval Assakovsky, and Laurent Zeitoun. The script is written by Iannucci, David Schneider and Ian Martin, with additional material by Peter Fellows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJ5dMYx2no
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RLJE Films to Release BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 Starring Vince Vaughn
Brawl in Cell Block 99 starring Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Marc Blucas, Udo Kier, and Don Johnson has been acquired by RLJE Films for release in the US. RLJE Films plans to release Brawl in Cell Block 99 in theaters on October 6, 2017.
The film will first make its World Premiere at the 2017 Venice International Film Festival and will continue on to screen at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and Fantastic Fest.
In Brawl in Cell Block 99, a former boxer named Bradley (Vince Vaughn) loses his job as an auto mechanic, and his troubled marriage is about to end. At this crossroads in his life, he feels that he has no better option than to work for an old buddy as a drug courier. This improves his situation until the terrible day that he finds himself in a gunfight between a group of police officers and his own ruthless allies. When the smoke clears, Bradley is badly hurt and thrown in prison, where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence that turn the place into a savage battleground.
Writer/director S. Craig Zahler is an award-winning screenwriter, director, novelist, cinematographer and musician. Zahler’s newest novel Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child is set for publication this fall.
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VIDEO: Watch Robert Redford and Jane Fonda Reunite in Official Trailer for OUR SOULS AT NIGHT
Watch Robert Redford and Jane Fonda Reunite in the official trailer for “Our Souls at Night” based on the best-selling novel written by Kent Haruf. The film will be released on Netflix and in select theaters on September 29.
Fifty years since playing newlyweds in Barefoot in the Park, Academy Award (R) winners Robert Redford and Jane Fonda come together onscreen for the fourth time in Netflix’s Our Souls at Night, this time playing a couple who find love unexpectedly later in life.
Based on the best-selling novel written by Kent Haruf and adapted for the screen by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (The Fault in Our Stars), Our Souls at Night is set in Colorado and begins when Addie Moore (Jane Fonda) pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters (Robert Redford). Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they’d been neighbors for decades, but had little contact. Their children live far away and they are all alone in their big houses. She seeks to establish a connection, and make the most of the rest of the time they have.
In addition to Redford and Fonda, the film stars Bruce Dern, Matthias Schoenaerts, Judy Greer and Iain Armitage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjVzSnkmF2Q
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Sony Pictures Classics Grabs FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Starring Annette Bening
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Academy Award nominee Annette Bening, BAFTA Award winner Jamie Bell, Academy Award nominee Julie Walters, and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for release in the US.
The film directed by Paul McGuigan is premiering in Gala Presentations at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner (Bell) and the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame (Bening) in 1978 Liverpool. What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control.
“Annette Bening in the role of a lifetime as an elusive personality whose dramatic true story defies belief. Supported to perfection by Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Vanessa Redgrave and the rest of the cast, embodied by Paul McGuigan’s precise direction. And then there’s producer Barbara Broccoli whose diligence over many years made it all happen. Independent filmmaking doesn’t come better than this. It is a privilege to be involved in bringing this remarkable film to the public,” said Sony Pictures Classics.
Sony Pictures Classics has also acquired rights for North America, Eastern Europe, Germany and Asia Pay Television.
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VIDEO: Watch Trailer for Summer Gay Romance Drama CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Here is the first official trailer for Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino and adapted from André Aciman’s novel of the same name, about a summer love affair between two young men.
The film which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival starring newcomer Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer will be released in theaters on November 24.
It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows wit h natural delights. While Elio’s sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio’s father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9AYPxH5NTM
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VIDEO: Watch First Trailer for Religious Drama NOVITIATE Starring Melissa Leo, Margaret Qualley
Check out the first trailer for the Novitiate, written and directed by Maggie Betts, which premiered at earlier this year at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film starring Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson and Dianna Agron will be released in theaters in NY and LA on October 27.
Spanning over a decade from the early 1950s through to the mid-60s, Novitiate is about a young girl’s first experience with love. In this case, her first love is God. Raised by a vehemently non-religious, single mother in rural Tennessee, a scholarship to Catholic school soon finds Cathleen drawn into all the mystery and romanticism of a life devoted to the worship and servitude of God. With the dawn of the Vatican II era, radical changes in the Church are threatening the course of nuns’ lives. Cathleen finds herself struggling with issues of faith, sexuality, and the changing administration. As she progresses from the postulant to the novitiate stage of training, she finds her faith repeatedly confronted and challenged by the harsh, often inhumane realities of being a servant of God.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kKexutLfE0