More than another close examination of the life and times of United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez, the documentary “Song for Cesar,” from co-directors Andrés Alegria and Abel Sanchez, constitutes a compendium of Chicano artists in the second half of the 20th century. Across a multitude of disciplines, their communal motivator was social-justice advocacy.
Sanchez, a veteran musician turned first-time filmmaker, sets the tone with footage from Fantasy Studios before talking-head interviews and archival footage begin unspooling a thread that extends from his contemporaries to current performers like the band Ozomatli or songstress Lila Downs.
In this roll call of Chicano storytellers, the tunes serve as sonic picket signs and tributes to the power of organizing: Joan Baez’s “No nos moverán,” El Chicano’s “Don’t Put Me Down (If I’m Brown),” Little Joe’s “Viva la Huelga,” or Joel Rafael’s “El Bracero,” about exploited Mexican migrant...
Sanchez, a veteran musician turned first-time filmmaker, sets the tone with footage from Fantasy Studios before talking-head interviews and archival footage begin unspooling a thread that extends from his contemporaries to current performers like the band Ozomatli or songstress Lila Downs.
In this roll call of Chicano storytellers, the tunes serve as sonic picket signs and tributes to the power of organizing: Joan Baez’s “No nos moverán,” El Chicano’s “Don’t Put Me Down (If I’m Brown),” Little Joe’s “Viva la Huelga,” or Joel Rafael’s “El Bracero,” about exploited Mexican migrant...
- 3/10/2022
- by Carlos Aguilar
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jacob Aaron Estes’ supernatural thriller Don’t Let Go will be released theatrically by Blumhouse Tilt, Universal’s Otl Releasing and Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment on August 30.
The pic, which stars David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson and Brian Tyree Henry, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January under the title Relive. In Don’t Let Go, detective Jack Radcliff (Oyelowo) receives a shocking phone call from his recently-murdered niece Ashley (Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen. Estes, who made his feature directorial debut with 2004’s Mean Creek, wrote the screenplay off a story he co-penned with Drew Daywalt. Shinelle Azoroh, Byron Mann, April Grace and Alfred Molina also star.
“Don’t Let Go is a gripping supernatural thriller and we are happy to be partnering on its release with our friends at Universal and Blumhouse. Jacob Estes...
The pic, which stars David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Mykelti Williamson and Brian Tyree Henry, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January under the title Relive. In Don’t Let Go, detective Jack Radcliff (Oyelowo) receives a shocking phone call from his recently-murdered niece Ashley (Reid). Working together across time, they race to solve her murder before it can happen. Estes, who made his feature directorial debut with 2004’s Mean Creek, wrote the screenplay off a story he co-penned with Drew Daywalt. Shinelle Azoroh, Byron Mann, April Grace and Alfred Molina also star.
“Don’t Let Go is a gripping supernatural thriller and we are happy to be partnering on its release with our friends at Universal and Blumhouse. Jacob Estes...
- 7/10/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A gritty Los Angeles crime drama that (very) slowly becomes a kind of “Batman in the barrio,” Ben Hernandez Bray’s “El Chicano” seldom amounts to anything more than a crude prototype for the kind of Latinx-driven superhero movies that Marvel and DC should already be making by now. Maybe, if Hollywood didn’t so consistently underrepresent the country’s most significant audience of non-white moviegoers, Bray would have been able to scrounge up more than $7 million for his chintzy-looking debut. Maybe, if backwards industry logic didn’t require people of color to substantiate their own existence, this cheesy (but ultra-violent) vigilante saga might’ve been more than a proof-of-concept for an idea that never should have needed one in the first place (Bray and producer Joe Carnahan were forced to finance the film with Canadian oil money after local investors large and small balked at the idea of an all-Latinx cast).
As it stands,...
As it stands,...
- 5/6/2019
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Welcome back to the weekly box office report! Each and every Sunday, expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, it was once again all about Avengers: Endgame. It’s no secret that it was going to be massive second weekend, but did it set any more records? Last week, it went and set basically all of the records. How did it do and how much did it make this time around? Let us take a look right now at just that… The most obvious repeat champion in box office history, Avengers: Endgame was number one again. Just barely missing the record for the biggest second week ever, it still took in a gargantuan $145 million. The domestic cume stands at $619 million, good for ninth all time, with eighth coming by the time you read this.
- 5/5/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Marvel Studios tentpole ranks ninth at all-time North American box office.
May 6 Update: After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $147.4m propelled the running total to $621.3m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. It overtook Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and on Monday will surpass The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on...
May 6 Update: After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $147.4m propelled the running total to $621.3m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. It overtook Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and on Monday will surpass The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on...
- 5/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Marvel Studios tentpole ranks ninth at all-time North American box office.
After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $145.8m propelled the running total to $619.7m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. On Monday it will overtake Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on the door of...
After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $145.8m propelled the running total to $619.7m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. On Monday it will overtake Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on the door of...
- 5/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Marvel Studios tentpole ranks ninth at all-time North American box office.
After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $145.8m propelled the running total to $619.7m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. On Monday it will overtake Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on the door of...
After destroying the North American opening weekend box office record, Avengers: Endgame followed that up with the second highest second weekend ever as $145.8m propelled the running total to $619.7m.
The Marvel Studios smash ranks just behind 2015 release Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($149.2m) in the second weekend pantheon, and stands as the ninth highest release of all time in North America. On Monday it will overtake Star Wars: The Last Jedi on $620.2m and The Avengers on $623.4m to rank seventh. Endgame is knocking on the door of...
- 5/5/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Joe Carnahan has once again produced a slick crime movie with El Chicano.Stunt coordinator Ben Hernandez Bray, who worked on The Grey and performed stunts in a long list of major films, co-wrote the script with Carnahan and makes his directorial debut with the Latino-led superhero movie. It’s a $6 million movie that, like Carnahan’s work, stretches every dollar of […]
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- 5/3/2019
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Joe Carnahan has deleted his Twitter account after lashing out at a film critic who gave the new film “El Chicano” a mixed review. Carnahan produced the superhero movie and co-wrote the script with first-time director Ben Hernandez Bray. Film critic Carlos Aguilar reviewed “El Chicano” for the Los Angeles Times, calling the film “solidly acted” and a “technically accomplished spectacle” despite a troubling script that creates “separation between Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals, presented only as demonized, criminal, carnage-friendly, nationalist invaders.”
Aguilar submitted his review to Rotten Tomatoes as a positive one, but his criticisms clearly rubbed Carnahan the wrong way as the filmmaker used Twitter to attack the critic. Carnahan responded to Aguilar’s tweet about the review by saying, “You suck as a writer.”
“This motherfucker is proof that the days of Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, and Andrew Sarris are dead,” Carnahan wrote about Aguilar in a now-deleted post.
Aguilar submitted his review to Rotten Tomatoes as a positive one, but his criticisms clearly rubbed Carnahan the wrong way as the filmmaker used Twitter to attack the critic. Carnahan responded to Aguilar’s tweet about the review by saying, “You suck as a writer.”
“This motherfucker is proof that the days of Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert, and Andrew Sarris are dead,” Carnahan wrote about Aguilar in a now-deleted post.
- 5/3/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“El Chicano” opens deep in the heart of East Los Angeles — or East Los, if you’re local — as a group of Latinx kids watches an act of vigilante justice in their neighborhood. A masked figure frightens off most of the gang members by making the sound of a cucuy — a boogyman — and striking his target with a deadly Aztec sword before disappearing into the night.
Twenty years later, it’s still in their memories. Diego has grown up to become a handsome Lapd cop with a promising career ahead of him. His superior, Captain Gomez (George Lopez), seems especially fond of Diego and tries to help him get a leg up on solving a few career-making cases. Diego’s boyhood friend now goes by the name of Shotgun and has since gotten wrapped up with the Mexican cartel. It’s the same doomed path that claimed Diego’s twin brother,...
Twenty years later, it’s still in their memories. Diego has grown up to become a handsome Lapd cop with a promising career ahead of him. His superior, Captain Gomez (George Lopez), seems especially fond of Diego and tries to help him get a leg up on solving a few career-making cases. Diego’s boyhood friend now goes by the name of Shotgun and has since gotten wrapped up with the Mexican cartel. It’s the same doomed path that claimed Diego’s twin brother,...
- 5/3/2019
- by Monica Castillo
- The Wrap
A cop thriller promoted as the first Latino superhero movie, “El Chicano” would seem to be arriving at the right time, with “Avengers: Endgame” having made the genre appear fail-proof and “Black Panther” recently proving that an ethnocentric tilt is among the paths to success. But Ben Hernandez Bray’s long-aborning debut feature, co-written with producer Joe Carnahan, turns out to be a pretty weak kickoff to a would-be franchise. It’s hardly fair to expect the production values of those top-shelf major studio efforts, but the problem here isn’t the fairly apparent budgetary limits — it’s the limitations of style and imagination.
Launching on 600 screens nationwide, “El Chicano” isn’t much distinguished by the fact that our less-than-super police hero sometimes wears an identity-hiding mask. Nevertheless, if the box office cooperates, the boilerplate origin story could at least lead to sequels that hopefully take greater risks and demonstrate more personality.
Launching on 600 screens nationwide, “El Chicano” isn’t much distinguished by the fact that our less-than-super police hero sometimes wears an identity-hiding mask. Nevertheless, if the box office cooperates, the boilerplate origin story could at least lead to sequels that hopefully take greater risks and demonstrate more personality.
- 5/3/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Occasionally the most distressing situations can drive the seemingly most moral person to take matters into their own hands, in order to bring about what they view to be the best justice. That’s certainly the case for the title vigilante protagonist in the new crime drama, ‘El Chicano,’ which is being billed as the first […]
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- 5/2/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Sometimes the most harrowing situations can drive the seemingly most moral person to take matters into their own hands, in order to bring about what they view to be the best justice. That’s certainly the case for the title vigilante protagonist in the new crime drama, ‘El Chicano,’ which is being billed as the first […]
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- 5/1/2019
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
El Chicano Trailer Joe Carnahan‘s El Chicano (2019) movie trailer stars Raúl Castillo, Aimee Garcia, Jose Pablo Cantillo, David Castañeda, and George Lopez. El Chicano‘s plot synopsis: “When L.A.P.D. Detective Diego Hernandez (Raúl Castillo) is assigned a career-making case investigating a vicious cartel, he uncovers links to [...]
Continue reading: El Chicano (2019) Movie Trailer: Raúl Castillo Seeks Vengeance & The Protection of Los Angeles...
Continue reading: El Chicano (2019) Movie Trailer: Raúl Castillo Seeks Vengeance & The Protection of Los Angeles...
- 3/27/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
"I tried doing what's good... Now, I have to do what's right. I have to become this." Briarcliff Ent. has debuted an official trailer for a crime drama titled El Chicano, from stuntman / filmmaker Ben Hernandez Bray. This premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year, and also played at the Austin Film Festival. El Chicano is about twin brothers Diego and Pedro from East L.A., who go their separate ways. Diego becomes a cop, and Pedro a criminal. However, when clues connected to Pedro's death connect to a case of Diego's, a mysterious masked vigilante from their youth, "El Chicano", resurfaces. Starring Raúl Castillo (from We the Animals) as both Diego and Pedro, along with Aimee Garcia, Jose Pablo Cantillo, David Castañeda, Marco Rodríguez, Sal Lopez, Kate del Castillo, and George Lopez. Looks pretty good. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ben Hernandez Bray's El Chicano,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
If you're going to have a Latino superhero, you might as well have him fight the drug cartel. El Chicano is a vigilante crime fighter with Raúl Castillo donning the mask. The film is co-written by Joe Carnahan, the writer/director behind Narc, The Grey and Smokin Aces so it should be good. The film also stars Kate del Castillo, George Lopez and "Lucifer's" Aimee Garcia.
- 3/26/2019
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
There's no rule that says that you need to be a Captain Marvel or a Rocket Raccoon to arrive on the big screen as a bonafide superhero. Today, we have a new trailer and poster for El Chicano, an action-oriented drama that finds the Grim Reaper of the Ghetto taking center stage for some good ol' fashioned revenge against a nefarious cartel. Here's the official plot synopsis…...
- 3/26/2019
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Director Ben Hernandez Bray believes that it’s finally time for a Latino superhero — and he’s the one to do it. Bray is making his feature film debut with “El Chicano.” The film follows fraternal twins Diego and Pedro who survived the streets of East La. As young boys they witnessed the murder of a gang kingpin by a motorcycle-riding El Chicano. As an adult, Pedro is now a Lapd detective and new murders are now popping up with El Chicano’s Mo. It’s up to him to unravel the mystery of El Chicano. “El Chicano” will appear as part of
Ben Hernandez Bray’s Latino superhero ‘El Chicano’ to be shown at Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown...
Ben Hernandez Bray’s Latino superhero ‘El Chicano’ to be shown at Maryland International Film Festival-Hagerstown...
- 3/10/2019
- by Crystal Schelle
- TVovermind.com
Joe Carnahan, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Frank Grillo producing.
The Exchange has come on board to handle international sales at the Afm on Latino superhero film El Chicano featuring a powerhouse Latino cast led by Raúl Castillo and Kate del Castillo and based on a screenplay co-written by The A-Team director Joe Carnahan.
Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment will handle Us distribution on the feature, which also stars George Lopez, Aimee Garcia (Dexter), and Emilio Rivera.
Ben Hernandez Bray will direct El Chicano, about a police officer (Castillo) in East Los Angeles drawn into events surrounding the death of his ex-con...
The Exchange has come on board to handle international sales at the Afm on Latino superhero film El Chicano featuring a powerhouse Latino cast led by Raúl Castillo and Kate del Castillo and based on a screenplay co-written by The A-Team director Joe Carnahan.
Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment will handle Us distribution on the feature, which also stars George Lopez, Aimee Garcia (Dexter), and Emilio Rivera.
Ben Hernandez Bray will direct El Chicano, about a police officer (Castillo) in East Los Angeles drawn into events surrounding the death of his ex-con...
- 10/26/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to El Chicano, a Latino superhero film with an all-Hispanic cast that just had its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It’s the second film for Briarcliff, the upstart distribution venture launched by Open Road founder Tom Ortenberg, after just opening Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9. El Chicano will be released theatrically on March 22, 2019, and sources said the target is 600-800 screens.
El Chicano marks the feature film directorial debut of 25-year veteran stuntman Ben Hernandez Bray, who co-wrote the script with Joe Carnahan. Carnahan produced with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Carnahan’s WarParty partner Frank Grillo. It’s the first wide release for WarParty and its Calgary-based equity partner WarChest.
The action film tells the story of twin brothers Diego and Pedro (both played by Raúl Castillo), who grew up together on the streets of East Los Angeles. As adults,...
El Chicano marks the feature film directorial debut of 25-year veteran stuntman Ben Hernandez Bray, who co-wrote the script with Joe Carnahan. Carnahan produced with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Carnahan’s WarParty partner Frank Grillo. It’s the first wide release for WarParty and its Calgary-based equity partner WarChest.
The action film tells the story of twin brothers Diego and Pedro (both played by Raúl Castillo), who grew up together on the streets of East Los Angeles. As adults,...
- 10/11/2018
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Film Independent’s Los Angeles event boasts 42% female-directed entries.
Film Independent’s La Film Festival has unveiled the line-ups for five of its sections, with Gregory Dixon’s Olympia, Alex Moratto’s Socrates and Linda Midgett’s Same God among the world premieres.
The festival, which runs from September 20 to 28 this year in Los Angeles, announced 40 features, 41 shorts and 10 episodic shorts from a total of 26 countries.
In competition categories, 42% of the festival titles are directed by women and 39% by people of colour, said Film Independent, the non-profit that also produces the Spirit Awards.
Scroll down for full line-up
Jennifer Cochis,...
Film Independent’s La Film Festival has unveiled the line-ups for five of its sections, with Gregory Dixon’s Olympia, Alex Moratto’s Socrates and Linda Midgett’s Same God among the world premieres.
The festival, which runs from September 20 to 28 this year in Los Angeles, announced 40 features, 41 shorts and 10 episodic shorts from a total of 26 countries.
In competition categories, 42% of the festival titles are directed by women and 39% by people of colour, said Film Independent, the non-profit that also produces the Spirit Awards.
Scroll down for full line-up
Jennifer Cochis,...
- 8/1/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The La Film Festival has placed a heavy emphasis on diversity in its competition film slate, with 42% of the films directed by women and 39% helmed by people of color.
The 24th edition of the festival is also positioning itself as an event for unveiling lesser-known talent. It will take place Sept. 20-28 as it moves from its traditional June slot to the fall awards season.
The Los Angeles event follow the Venice International Film Festival, which begins in late August; the Telluride Film Festival, which runs over Labor Day; and the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, which starts on Sept. 6. The festival will end just as the New York Film Festival begins.
“Our mission of finding fresh new voices from different geographical and cultural axes remains true,” said L Film Festival director Jennifer Cochis. “These storytellers are united by their ability to transport, impact and inspire audiences with the power of their craft.
The 24th edition of the festival is also positioning itself as an event for unveiling lesser-known talent. It will take place Sept. 20-28 as it moves from its traditional June slot to the fall awards season.
The Los Angeles event follow the Venice International Film Festival, which begins in late August; the Telluride Film Festival, which runs over Labor Day; and the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, which starts on Sept. 6. The festival will end just as the New York Film Festival begins.
“Our mission of finding fresh new voices from different geographical and cultural axes remains true,” said L Film Festival director Jennifer Cochis. “These storytellers are united by their ability to transport, impact and inspire audiences with the power of their craft.
- 7/31/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Forty feature films including 24 world premieres highlight the official La Film Festival competition lineup in the fest’s move into the crowded fall festival corridor, away from their previous early-summer perch.
Among the movies in competition is the highly regarded Swedish film Border (Grans) from director Ali Abbasi, a Neon pickup out of Cannes that took the top prize in that festival’s No. 2 competition, Un Certain Regard. It is listed as a “California Premiere,” which means it likely will show up first in Telluride, Toronto or both before Laff, which runs September 20-28. It will play in the World Fiction Competition across a field of categories that also include U.S. Fiction, Documentary, La Muse, Nightfall. Short Films, and Episodes: Indie Series from the web.
“Our mission of finding fresh new voices from different geographical and cultural axes remains true,” Laff Director Jennifer Cochis said. “These storytellers are united by their ability to transport,...
Among the movies in competition is the highly regarded Swedish film Border (Grans) from director Ali Abbasi, a Neon pickup out of Cannes that took the top prize in that festival’s No. 2 competition, Un Certain Regard. It is listed as a “California Premiere,” which means it likely will show up first in Telluride, Toronto or both before Laff, which runs September 20-28. It will play in the World Fiction Competition across a field of categories that also include U.S. Fiction, Documentary, La Muse, Nightfall. Short Films, and Episodes: Indie Series from the web.
“Our mission of finding fresh new voices from different geographical and cultural axes remains true,” Laff Director Jennifer Cochis said. “These storytellers are united by their ability to transport,...
- 7/31/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
For its 24th edition, Film Independent’s newly configured Los Angeles Film Festival has revealed its first fall lineup (September 20 – 28), the second under the leadership of Festival Director Jennifer Cochis. The date moves Laff into awards season and direct competition with AFI Fest (November 8 – 15), the last of the fall festivals. This year’s Laff program includes 40 feature films, 41 short films, and 10 short episodic works representing 26 countries. Across the competition categories 42 percent of the films are directed by women and 39 percent are directed by people of color.
The festival remains committed to a diverse lineup of feature films, shorts and episodic series for its U.S. Fiction (“original voices with distinct visions from emerging and established American independent filmmakers”), Documentary (“character-driven non-fiction films from the U.S. and around the world”), World Fiction (“unique fiction films from around the world by emerging and established filmmakers”), La Muse (“fiction and documentary films...
The festival remains committed to a diverse lineup of feature films, shorts and episodic series for its U.S. Fiction (“original voices with distinct visions from emerging and established American independent filmmakers”), Documentary (“character-driven non-fiction films from the U.S. and around the world”), World Fiction (“unique fiction films from around the world by emerging and established filmmakers”), La Muse (“fiction and documentary films...
- 7/31/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
For its 24th edition, Film Independent’s newly configured Los Angeles Film Festival has revealed its first fall lineup (September 20 – 28), the second under the leadership of Festival Director Jennifer Cochis. The date moves Laff into awards season and direct competition with AFI Fest (November 8 – 15), the last of the fall festivals. This year’s Laff program includes 40 feature films, 41 short films, and 10 short episodic works representing 26 countries. Across the competition categories 42 percent of the films are directed by women and 39 percent are directed by people of color.
The festival remains committed to a diverse lineup of feature films, shorts and episodic series for its U.S. Fiction (“original voices with distinct visions from emerging and established American independent filmmakers”), Documentary (“character-driven non-fiction films from the U.S. and around the world”), World Fiction (“unique fiction films from around the world by emerging and established filmmakers”), La Muse (“fiction and documentary films...
The festival remains committed to a diverse lineup of feature films, shorts and episodic series for its U.S. Fiction (“original voices with distinct visions from emerging and established American independent filmmakers”), Documentary (“character-driven non-fiction films from the U.S. and around the world”), World Fiction (“unique fiction films from around the world by emerging and established filmmakers”), La Muse (“fiction and documentary films...
- 7/31/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Exclusive: Frank Grillo, who has appeared in super-successful film franchises such as Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War as well as The Purge pics, has signed with Wme for representation in all areas.
In addition to starring in the aforementioned comic book blockbuster and the popular Blumhouse horror movies, Grillo recently appeared in Wolf Warrior II which earned $874 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time at the Chinese box office. On the TV side, Grillo appeared in Mma drama Kingdom on the Audience Network.
Grillo worked with filmmaker Joe Carnahan to launched WarParty Films. Their debut film Wheelman was produced by and starred Grillo and was released on Netflix last year. They will partner with Xyz Films on reimagining of the hit Indonesian action film, The Raid which Grillo will star and produce. Other titles on their slate include sci-fi thriller Boss Level starring Grillo, Mel Gibson and...
In addition to starring in the aforementioned comic book blockbuster and the popular Blumhouse horror movies, Grillo recently appeared in Wolf Warrior II which earned $874 million, making it the second highest-grossing film of all-time at the Chinese box office. On the TV side, Grillo appeared in Mma drama Kingdom on the Audience Network.
Grillo worked with filmmaker Joe Carnahan to launched WarParty Films. Their debut film Wheelman was produced by and starred Grillo and was released on Netflix last year. They will partner with Xyz Films on reimagining of the hit Indonesian action film, The Raid which Grillo will star and produce. Other titles on their slate include sci-fi thriller Boss Level starring Grillo, Mel Gibson and...
- 4/16/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
John Saavedra Jan 24, 2019
What you need to know about Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, including latest news, release date, trailer, and much more!
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy is coming to Netflix as a live action series. The comic book series, which debuted in 2007, was first optioned as a movie before Dark Horse signed a deal with Universal Cable Productions to adapt the comic as a TV series.
The live action series follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes -- The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, Number Five, The Horror, and the seemingly powerless Vanya -- as they work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams due to their divergent personalities and abilities.
Way began writing The Umbrella Academy just a year after the release of My Chemical Romance's magnum opus, The Black Parade.
What you need to know about Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, including latest news, release date, trailer, and much more!
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy is coming to Netflix as a live action series. The comic book series, which debuted in 2007, was first optioned as a movie before Dark Horse signed a deal with Universal Cable Productions to adapt the comic as a TV series.
The live action series follows the estranged members of a dysfunctional family of superheroes -- The Monocle, Spaceboy, The Kraken, The Rumor, The Séance, Number Five, The Horror, and the seemingly powerless Vanya -- as they work together to solve their father’s mysterious death while coming apart at the seams due to their divergent personalities and abilities.
Way began writing The Umbrella Academy just a year after the release of My Chemical Romance's magnum opus, The Black Parade.
- 7/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Kirsten Howard Rob Leane John Saavedra Feb 19, 2018
Gerard Way's gothic comic The Umbrella Academy is getting the Netflix adaptation treatment, and Cameron Britton will be part of it...
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy is coming to Netflix as a live action series. The comic book series, which debuted in 2007, was first optioned as a movie before Dark Horse signed a deal with Universal Cable Productions to adapt the comic as a show instead.
News has reached us that the very much in-demand Cameron Britton, who you may have desperately tried (and failed) to forget as the breakout star of David Fincher's Mindhunter, will be joining the Umbrella Academy cast.
Britton, who famously played notorious serial killer Ed Kemper on Netflix's smash hit series, is sticking with the streaming giant to star as Hazel, "an infamously ruthless and efficient hit-manplay rently under contract. His job is...
Gerard Way's gothic comic The Umbrella Academy is getting the Netflix adaptation treatment, and Cameron Britton will be part of it...
Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's The Umbrella Academy is coming to Netflix as a live action series. The comic book series, which debuted in 2007, was first optioned as a movie before Dark Horse signed a deal with Universal Cable Productions to adapt the comic as a show instead.
News has reached us that the very much in-demand Cameron Britton, who you may have desperately tried (and failed) to forget as the breakout star of David Fincher's Mindhunter, will be joining the Umbrella Academy cast.
Britton, who famously played notorious serial killer Ed Kemper on Netflix's smash hit series, is sticking with the streaming giant to star as Hazel, "an infamously ruthless and efficient hit-manplay rently under contract. His job is...
- 7/7/2017
- Den of Geek
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