Exclusive: An exposé about institutionalized corruption in the Hare Krishna movement is being adapted into a feature doc by Sphere Media.
Sphere has acquired rights to non-fiction book Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness, which was a New York Times bestseller from 1988 that investigative journalists John Huber and Lindsey Gruson co-authored.
The adaptation will be for Canada’s Hollywood Suite for English-speaking Canada and directed by Jason Lapeyre. The book is billed as a “chilling exposé of institutionalised corruption.”
Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program has invested in the film, with assistance coming from the Roger’s Documentary Fund. UK-based Abacus Media Rights has distribution rights outside of Canada, with Hollywood Suite commissioning it for English-speaking Canada and a French-speaking Canadian deal very close to closing.
Lapeyre brought the doc to Canadian film and TV producer Sphere. It explores the Krishna Consciousness,...
Sphere has acquired rights to non-fiction book Monkey on a Stick: Murder, Madness, which was a New York Times bestseller from 1988 that investigative journalists John Huber and Lindsey Gruson co-authored.
The adaptation will be for Canada’s Hollywood Suite for English-speaking Canada and directed by Jason Lapeyre. The book is billed as a “chilling exposé of institutionalised corruption.”
Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program has invested in the film, with assistance coming from the Roger’s Documentary Fund. UK-based Abacus Media Rights has distribution rights outside of Canada, with Hollywood Suite commissioning it for English-speaking Canada and a French-speaking Canadian deal very close to closing.
Lapeyre brought the doc to Canadian film and TV producer Sphere. It explores the Krishna Consciousness,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
A full Free Movie of the Day is posted on the JoBlo Horror Movies YouTube channel every day of the week – but on Fridays things get even freakier and a little more fun. Get your weekend started the right way by indulging in Friday Fright Nights! Every Friday, we’ll be taking a look at another genre movie you can watch in its entirety, free of charge, either on the YouTube channel linked above or in the video embed here.
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for you this week is the 2007 supernatural horror film Dead Mary, starring Dominique Swain – an actress I always expected to have a more high profile career than she has had up to this point. She got a lot of attention when she first appeared on screens in Lolita and Face/Off back in 1997, but she hasn’t done many big movies since then, with...
The Friday Fright Night feature we have for you this week is the 2007 supernatural horror film Dead Mary, starring Dominique Swain – an actress I always expected to have a more high profile career than she has had up to this point. She got a lot of attention when she first appeared on screens in Lolita and Face/Off back in 1997, but she hasn’t done many big movies since then, with...
- 2/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Sandra Oh to star in sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness.
Toronto-based Mongrel International arrives at AFM with four sales titles led by Ann-Marie Fleming’s sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness to star Sandra Oh, and Kyle Armstrong’s horror thriller Hands That Bind.
Can I Get a Witness takes place in the near future when 50-year-olds are expected to die in order to save the planet while teenage artists are ordered to document their demise. Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl are producing the project, which is in development.
Hands That Bind follows a farmer who struggles...
Toronto-based Mongrel International arrives at AFM with four sales titles led by Ann-Marie Fleming’s sci-fi thriller Can I Get A Witness to star Sandra Oh, and Kyle Armstrong’s horror thriller Hands That Bind.
Can I Get a Witness takes place in the near future when 50-year-olds are expected to die in order to save the planet while teenage artists are ordered to document their demise. Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl are producing the project, which is in development.
Hands That Bind follows a farmer who struggles...
- 10/31/2022
- ScreenDaily
Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is reuniting with award-winning Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming on sci-fi thriller Can I Get a Witness.
The project, which is in development, is among four new features being launched at the American Film Market this week by Canadian sales outfit Mongrel International, a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
Set in the near future, the film unfolds in a reality where, in order to save the planet, “death is everyone’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, while teenage artists have to document it.
Fleming and Oh previously collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated feature Window Horses. Producers on the new project are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.
Mongrel will also launch sales on two other projects in development: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
The project, which is in development, is among four new features being launched at the American Film Market this week by Canadian sales outfit Mongrel International, a division of Toronto-based independent film distributor Mongrel Media.
Set in the near future, the film unfolds in a reality where, in order to save the planet, “death is everyone’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, while teenage artists have to document it.
Fleming and Oh previously collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated feature Window Horses. Producers on the new project are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.
Mongrel will also launch sales on two other projects in development: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Bad starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel...
- 10/31/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
With conspiracy theories and rumors running amok, it is no wonder that urban legends are more powerful than ever – and horror master Eli Roth is fully exploring the phenomenon in his new series “Urban Legend,” which premieres on Travel Channel and begins streaming on discovery+ Oct. 28.
Based on widely shared “true” stories that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend, each of the eight episodes is a mini-horror film, complete with lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures and, of course, more jump takes than your nerves can probably handle. And in Roth’s nightmarish anthology series, he showcases these modern-day folktales as you’ve never seen them before.
“We said, ‘Let’s just make the story be the scariest, most compelling version of that story,” Roth told TheWrap. His criteria in which of the thousands of urban legends to choose from? “It’s gotta sound nuts, but just,...
Based on widely shared “true” stories that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend, each of the eight episodes is a mini-horror film, complete with lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures and, of course, more jump takes than your nerves can probably handle. And in Roth’s nightmarish anthology series, he showcases these modern-day folktales as you’ve never seen them before.
“We said, ‘Let’s just make the story be the scariest, most compelling version of that story,” Roth told TheWrap. His criteria in which of the thousands of urban legends to choose from? “It’s gotta sound nuts, but just,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
The CW has partnered with Canada’s CBC on a new short-form samurai drama starring The Girlfriend Experience’s Emily Piggford.
Warigami is a ten-part series, consisting of ten minute episodes that is a contemporary samurai saga. Wendy Ohata, played by Piggford, has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother; two, she’s a kami-jin – a descendent of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons; and three, there’s a kami-jin warrior hunting her down for reasons she doesn’t understand.
The series is created by Eddie Kim and directed by Jason Lapeyre, who directed Lifetime’s Who Killed Jon Benet?, with showrunner Andrew Allen, who worked on digital drama Rush: Inspired By Battlefield. Kai Bradbury (The Terror), Akiel Julien (The Next Step), Miho Suzuki (Colossal), and David Hewlett (Stargate: Atlantis) also star.
It is produced by First Love Films and distributed by New Form.
Warigami is a ten-part series, consisting of ten minute episodes that is a contemporary samurai saga. Wendy Ohata, played by Piggford, has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother; two, she’s a kami-jin – a descendent of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons; and three, there’s a kami-jin warrior hunting her down for reasons she doesn’t understand.
The series is created by Eddie Kim and directed by Jason Lapeyre, who directed Lifetime’s Who Killed Jon Benet?, with showrunner Andrew Allen, who worked on digital drama Rush: Inspired By Battlefield. Kai Bradbury (The Terror), Akiel Julien (The Next Step), Miho Suzuki (Colossal), and David Hewlett (Stargate: Atlantis) also star.
It is produced by First Love Films and distributed by New Form.
- 7/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Let us be frank: most people would never dream of making lethal weapons out of paper. Of course, this is why Warigami has the potential of being The Greatest Thing Ever! Described as "a fun, action adventure about a female Japanese warrior who specializes in making lethal weapons out of paper," the new series will premiere in competition at Canneseries on April 10. It will debut later this year on CBC Gem in Canada and on CW Seed in the Us. Emily Piggford, Kai Bradbury, Akiel Julien, Miho Suzuki, Hiro Kanagawa and David Hewlett star; Eddie Kim created the 10-episode series, each episode running 6-12 minutes. Jason Lapeyre directed; Andrew Allen is...
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- 3/27/2019
- Screen Anarchy
Lifetime went there. With the 20th anniversary of JonBenét Ramsey's death approaching in December and the true crime trend taking over pop culture, there's been several specials and movies to air about the unsolved murder of the six-year-old that's captivated a nation's attention. The latest? Who Killed JonBenét?, Lifetime's original movie that premiered tonight, and focused on investigation led by Detective Steve Thomas (played by Eion Bailey). Oh, and had JonBenét (played by Payton Lepinski) narrate the film. E! News chatted with the movie's director Jason Lapeyre about that bold decision, as well as the title of the movie and choosing to use real...
- 11/6/2016
- E! Online
World, get ready to meet Payton Lepinski. The child actor is taking on the role of JonBenét Ramsey in Lifetime's Who Killed JonBenet?, their latest original movie set to premiere on Nov. 5. While the movie centers on the investigation that followed JonBenét's murder in 1996, Payton plays the 6-year-old in home videos and flashbacks. Casting the role of JonBenét was a challenge for the filmmakers, with director Jason Lapeyre telling E! News, "JonBenét Ramsey is such a unique person...JonBenét herself is utterly, hypnotically fascinating. You can see why she holds sway over people." And while "everybody knows what she looks like, so we thought it was...
- 11/4/2016
- E! Online
Exclusive: The thriller will be sold at Mipcom this week.
Screen Media Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to Sudden Storm Entertainment’s Cold Deck and will begin foreign sales on the crime thriller at this week’s Mipcom market in Cannes. A Us ancillary release is planned for late this year or early 2016.
Cold Deck stars Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo in the story of a gambler who has to pull off a high-stakes heist in order to get out of debt. Zack Bernbaum (And Now a Word From Our Sponsor) directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre (I Declare War), Gallo and Slater Jewell-Kempker.
Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm produced alongside executive producers Justin McConnell, Gallo and Bernbaum.
The deal was negotiated by Ikeman, Unstable Ground’s Justin McConnell and Screen Media director of worldwide acquisitions Seth Needle.
Screen Media Ventures has acquired worldwide rights to Sudden Storm Entertainment’s Cold Deck and will begin foreign sales on the crime thriller at this week’s Mipcom market in Cannes. A Us ancillary release is planned for late this year or early 2016.
Cold Deck stars Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo in the story of a gambler who has to pull off a high-stakes heist in order to get out of debt. Zack Bernbaum (And Now a Word From Our Sponsor) directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre (I Declare War), Gallo and Slater Jewell-Kempker.
Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm produced alongside executive producers Justin McConnell, Gallo and Bernbaum.
The deal was negotiated by Ikeman, Unstable Ground’s Justin McConnell and Screen Media director of worldwide acquisitions Seth Needle.
- 10/5/2015
- ScreenDaily
Underground movies don’t typically lend themselves to commercial interruption, what with their narrative experimentation and their devotion to artistic sensibilities over more profitable concerns. Plus, home media viewers are becoming more accustomed to streaming business ventures that are based financially solely on subscriber fees and not advertiser dollars, e.g. Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Still, there might be a time when a home viewer will be in the mood for something a little more off the beaten path and not want to pay for an additional subscription over what is most likely an outrageous Internet bill — and want to view that off-beat media legally.
So, in that scenario, sometimes Hulu becomes a good option for viewing an oddball movie that screened at an underground film festival — if one doesn’t mind the intrusive ads. Below are five incredible flicks that deserve to be seen, no matter what the option is.
Still, there might be a time when a home viewer will be in the mood for something a little more off the beaten path and not want to pay for an additional subscription over what is most likely an outrageous Internet bill — and want to view that off-beat media legally.
So, in that scenario, sometimes Hulu becomes a good option for viewing an oddball movie that screened at an underground film festival — if one doesn’t mind the intrusive ads. Below are five incredible flicks that deserve to be seen, no matter what the option is.
- 12/1/2014
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Intriguing news for fans of iconic scifi author Philip K Dick with word that I Declare War director Jason Lapeyre has been attached to direct an adaptation of Dick's short story The Crawlers for producers Edward Pressman and Isa Dick Hackett, the latter also being Dick's daughter. Given that the previous Joe D'Amato / Fabrizio Laurenti directed adaptation - known variously as Troll 3 and Contamination .7 - is less than good, this can only be considered a step forward.The initial announcement over at The Wrap describes the story this way:"The Crawlers" is set in the late 1960s and follows a young government land-surveyor as he wanders off course into Boyle, Texas. After interacting with some of the strange, secretive residents, he follows a trail of...
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- 11/20/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Jason Lapeyre ("I Declare War") is set to direct "The Crawlers," a film adaptation of acclaimed sci-fi author Philip K. Dick's short story of the same name.
Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell are adapting the script which is set in the late 1960s and follows a young government land-surveyor visiting the small town of Boyle, Texas.
Following a trail of disturbing rumors from the town's secretive population, he soon discovers that they aren't the only residents of Boyle.
Contemporary visual artist Patricia Piccinini will design the creatures, with Emmy-winning makeup artist & creature designer Steve Johnson ("War of the Worlds") on board to do the visual and creature effects along with his partner, filmmaker Robert L. Lucas.
Edward R. Pressman and the author's daughter Isa Dick Hackett are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell are adapting the script which is set in the late 1960s and follows a young government land-surveyor visiting the small town of Boyle, Texas.
Following a trail of disturbing rumors from the town's secretive population, he soon discovers that they aren't the only residents of Boyle.
Contemporary visual artist Patricia Piccinini will design the creatures, with Emmy-winning makeup artist & creature designer Steve Johnson ("War of the Worlds") on board to do the visual and creature effects along with his partner, filmmaker Robert L. Lucas.
Edward R. Pressman and the author's daughter Isa Dick Hackett are producing.
Source: The Wrap...
- 11/20/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Wrap reports this evening that the Philip K. Dick-penned tale "The Crawlers" may be heading to the screen. Jason Lapeyre is in line to direct. He previously helmed the 2012 film I Declare War and the thriller Cold Blooded.
He'll be working from a script by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell.
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He'll be working from a script by Kalen Egan and Travis Sentell.
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- 11/20/2014
- by Ryan Turek
- shocktillyoudrop.com
• Guy Pearce and Dominic West have signed on for Genius, joining Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Linney. Michael Grandage is directing the film, marking his feature debut. John Logan adapted A. Scott Berg’s book for the screen. Pearce will play F. Scott Fitzgerald, while West will portray Ernest Hemingway. The film will relay the true, complicated relationship between novelist Thomas Wolfe (Law) and his editor, Max Perkins (Firth). Kidman will play Aline Bernstein, with Linney as Louise Perkins. Genius comes as the third collaboration between Grandage, producing partner James Bierman, and John Logan. Filming kicks off...
- 9/26/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Paul Sorvino, Robert Knepper and Stéfano Gallo have been cast in Cold Deck ahead of the scheduled September 30 start in Toronto.
Zack Bernbaum directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre and Stéfano Gallo about a gambler who
Cold Deck centres on a gambler who must pull off a robbery to pay off his debts.
Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm Entertainment are producing alongside Scooping Owl Productions’ Stéfano Gallo, who also serves as executive producer with Justin McConnell and Zack Bernbaum.
Sudden Storm’s Ikeman and Innovative Artists negotiated the deal with Sorvino (pictured) and Kramer Management for Knepper.
Shooting has begun in New York on The Boombox Project, the first feature from commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat. Former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow by Dominic Buchanan of Stink Films produces the film about the rise of the speaker system in the 1970s and 1980s.
Zack Bernbaum directs from a screenplay by Jason Lapeyre and Stéfano Gallo about a gambler who
Cold Deck centres on a gambler who must pull off a robbery to pay off his debts.
Jesse Ikeman and Jeff Glickman from Sudden Storm Entertainment are producing alongside Scooping Owl Productions’ Stéfano Gallo, who also serves as executive producer with Justin McConnell and Zack Bernbaum.
Sudden Storm’s Ikeman and Innovative Artists negotiated the deal with Sorvino (pictured) and Kramer Management for Knepper.
Shooting has begun in New York on The Boombox Project, the first feature from commercials director Rohan Blair-Mangat. Former Screen International Star Of Tomorrow by Dominic Buchanan of Stink Films produces the film about the rise of the speaker system in the 1970s and 1980s.
- 9/26/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
★★☆☆☆The premise of Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson's I Declare War (2012) is great: it's a children's game of capture the flag, but played out with real weapons. There will, presumably, be a lot of nostalgic goodwill towards this premise - this is the classic game of capture the flag many will have dreamt of. Our merry band of pint-sized soldiers includes rules-obsessed General P.K. (Gage Munroe), loyal lieutenant Kwon (Siam Yu), and their opposite numbers Quinn (Aidan Gouveia), his insubordinate deputy Skinner (Michael Friend) and budding love interest Jess (Mackenzie Munro). It's a large cast of similar-looking kids, and the ensemble has a Thin Red Line feel of ambiguity and unfamiliarity.
- 6/30/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Stars: Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo, Kolton Stewart, Eric Hanson, Alex Wall | Written by Jason Lapeyre | Directed by Robert Wilson, Jason Lapeyre
I Declare War is a war film which documents the horrors of war including torture, battles, violence and balloons filled with paint. Of course, War in this case is a summer game played in a forest between two teams of children. But this year is different. Will P.K Sullivan (Gage Munroe) be able to keep his title of reigning champion? Or will betrayal and jealousy on both sides lead to a much more serious and deadly game than anyone was expecting? Who will win War?
This film opens with action straight away and doesn’t let up the the entirety. I Declare War follows the two teams of children in the forest playing war but allows their imaginations to take...
I Declare War is a war film which documents the horrors of war including torture, battles, violence and balloons filled with paint. Of course, War in this case is a summer game played in a forest between two teams of children. But this year is different. Will P.K Sullivan (Gage Munroe) be able to keep his title of reigning champion? Or will betrayal and jealousy on both sides lead to a much more serious and deadly game than anyone was expecting? Who will win War?
This film opens with action straight away and doesn’t let up the the entirety. I Declare War follows the two teams of children in the forest playing war but allows their imaginations to take...
- 6/24/2014
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
I Declare War focuses in on a group of 12-year-olds who are playing ‘Capture the Flag’ in the local woods, as their imaginations – and insecurities – get the better of them. This Canadian indie production is a charming, but also disquieting film that sees a child’s game develop into a dark test of loyalty and limits.
Writer and director Jason Lapeyre admits to being an army brat and that’s clearly reflected in the Patton-obsessed, win-at-all-costs Pk (Gage Monroe), whose intelligence and fervour twists the motives of all concerned in the so-called game. Working with what seems to be a minuscule budget and young actors of varying experience, I Declare War exceeds expectations and is an infectious and irrepressible adventure.
It’s made with a real appreciation of war movie tropes (surprise attacks, double crosses, gritty dialogue about ‘the first real enemy I’ve ever faced’) and makes fine use of a lively score.
Writer and director Jason Lapeyre admits to being an army brat and that’s clearly reflected in the Patton-obsessed, win-at-all-costs Pk (Gage Monroe), whose intelligence and fervour twists the motives of all concerned in the so-called game. Working with what seems to be a minuscule budget and young actors of varying experience, I Declare War exceeds expectations and is an infectious and irrepressible adventure.
It’s made with a real appreciation of war movie tropes (surprise attacks, double crosses, gritty dialogue about ‘the first real enemy I’ve ever faced’) and makes fine use of a lively score.
- 5/7/2014
- by Lewis Bazley
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
On this episode, we discuss Sebastián Silva’s gut-wrenching psychological horror Magic Magic as well as his freewheeling comedy Crystal Fairy. In our week-in-review segment, we share our feelings on Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain, and Canadian filmmaker, Jason Lapeyre’s indie gems, I Declare War and Cold Blooded.
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- 9/6/2013
- by Sordid Cinema Podcast
- SoundOnSight
Title: I Declare War Directors: Jason Lapeyre, Robert Wilson Starring: Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Mackenzie Munro, Michael Friend, Alex Cardillo, Dyson Fyke If war is hell, then adolescence is too, in its own differentiated, downscale way. “I Declare War,” a brilliant, terrifically imaginative comedy of commingled nostalgia and allegory, gets this, on a gut level. Co-directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, the film unfolds as a surreal, seriocomic riff on “Lord of the Flies,” exposing the hidden seams of psychological depth present in war-as-playtime, wherein kids (mostly boys) first start trying on some of the absolutes and certitude of adulthood. Unfolding entirely in a sprawling woods, “I Declare War” [ Read More ]
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- 9/4/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
For those who would bristle at the sight of preteens toting submachine guns (a tragic reality in some parts of the world), Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson’s I Declare War should be momentarily thought provoking, if not particularly challenging. The film captures a game of War, forts and flags and wooden pistols a-plenty, and then proceeds to meld fantasy with reality as the guns become real and war-movie-cliches come to the fore. It’s all in the minds of the participants of course, and the film stresses rivalries and hurt feelings that are far more potent weapons than sticks and the occasional barrage of stones. Once you move past the initial incongruity of children playacting as soldiers with the proper weaponry at hand, I Declare War delivers genuine tension as it toes the fine line between imaginary fun and actual danger delivered by emotionally unstable kids with grudges that threaten to devour them.
- 9/1/2013
- by Mark Zhuravsky
- JustPressPlay.net
There's a bullshit romanticization concerning childhood, as if it were a lovely period of wonderment and innocence before the world grinds us all down with heartbreak, crap jobs, health issues and any other number of disillusioning, grown-up realities. But looking over the painful, egg-sized, bright purple welts on my chest and legs—courtesy of rascally Texas youth armed with paintball guns and shouting "old-timer" epithets, I'm thinking that Sartre had it wrong: Hell is other kids. After last summer's "Klown" canoe misadventure, I'm back in Austin for another outdoor screening and promotional event, this time for "I Declare War," a rollicking Canadian action-comedy that takes place entirely during a forested, daytime capture-the-flag game between two teams of 12-year-olds. Co-directed by first-time collaborators Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, the film seamlessly blends the interpersonal dynamics of these pint-size warriors (led by teen star Gage Munroe as the cool, charismatic...
- 8/31/2013
- by Aaron Hillis
- Indiewire
I Declare War is arguably the best movie you'll see about kids this year. That doesn't mean it's a kids' movie, though. Jason Lapeyre's script, which he codirected along with Robert Wilson, tells the story of a group of kids playing a game of capture the flag. Their cinematic twist on a kids' game of war, though, is that the film often goes inside the minds of the kids. Sticks become rifles, water balloons become grenades. We see their innocent game as they see it in their minds: a bloody, life-or-death game of wits, honor and courage. It's not just that cool gimmick that makes I Declare War so great, though. It's how Lapeyre and Wilson tap into the mindset of what it's like to be a young boy (or girl) coming to terms with certain feelings and...
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- 8/31/2013
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Title: I Declare War Directed By: Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson Starring: Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munro, Alex Cardillo, Dyson Fyke, Spencer Howes, Any Reid, Kolton Stewart, Eric Hanson With so much straightforward supernatural and/or dystopian teen violence, Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson’s “I Declare War” is a welcomed and highly effective experiment in juggling preadolescent imagination and some very real, adult life lessons. Pk (Gage Munroe) is the master of war – capture the flag, fake gun, water balloon grenade, kid-style war. At the start of “I Declare War,” Pk is in the midst of his most heated battle yet. He’s got no trouble [ Read More ]
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- 8/30/2013
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
In honor of its latest release, I Declare War, being available on all of the usual VOD platforms as well as in theaters starting today, Drafthouse Films has decided to put the first five minutes of the film up on Youtube for everyone to try out—which is probably a smart move for smaller films like this that people might be on the fence about seeing or maybe aren’t even aware of, don’t you think? From directors Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, I Declare War is a sort of fantastical film about a group of kids running around outside playing war. Where the fantasy comes in is that we see things the way kids do—with an overactive imagination that makes sticks look like real guns, paint-filled balloons look like real grenades, and daycare centers look like real villages full of possible foreign operatives that need to be massacred and burnt to the ground. Okay...
- 8/30/2013
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
If you have a point to make, try not to make it too succinctly in the first five minutes of your film. Such is the ace in the hole that is “I Declare War,” a crude sketch of a film that could barely withstand a short-form, but instead has been stretched to agonizing feature length by directors Robert Wilson and Jason Lapeyre. The joke (is it a joke?) is that children organize a game of Capture The Flag, or War, or whatever they are calling it, and there’s very little difference between these kids playing an imaginary game, but also adults on separate sides of a conflict. There’s also the suggestion that much of this conflict is based on what the kids have seen in war video games and movies (kids name-dropping “Call Of Duty” makes more sense than “Patton”), but, y’know, lip service.The idea does...
- 8/30/2013
- by Gabe Toro
- The Playlist
A friendly game of capture the flag turns much darker in "I Declare War," released today in theaters, iTunes and VOD by Drafthouse Films. The video below, featuring the first four and a half minutes of the film, establishes the "rules of war" in the kids' world onscreen. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. You get the idea. Even though it's all make believe, it's still unnerving to see the young actors carrying actual pistols, machine guns, crossbows and even a bazooka. Looks a little "Lord of the Flies" to us. Directed by Robert Wilson and Jason Lapeyre and written by Lapeyre, the film is sure to prompt discussion about kids and violence. Check out the video below:...
- 8/30/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” was an allegorical tale about the savage decent into humanity’s heart of darkness seen through the eyes of a group of British kids on a desert island, and while Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson’s I Declare War isn’t much of an allegorical tale it is about the minor squabbles in every adolescent child’s life that seem like the biggest problems in the world and seen through the eyes of a group of Canadian kids playing fake wargames on a hot summer’s day in the woods. It ain’t literature, but it is definitely a whole lot of fun.
Sticks and branches stand in for guns, water balloons filled with red paint are grenades, you get paralyzed for ten seconds after getting “shot,” you’re “dead” and have to go home if you get hit by a grenade, and...
Sticks and branches stand in for guns, water balloons filled with red paint are grenades, you get paralyzed for ten seconds after getting “shot,” you’re “dead” and have to go home if you get hit by a grenade, and...
- 8/30/2013
- by Sean Hutchinson
- LRMonline.com
I Declare War Trailers. Jason Lapeyre, Robert Wilson‘s I Declare War (2012) teaser trailer and movie trailer star Siam Yu, Kolton Stewart, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, and Aidan Gouveia. I Declare War‘s plot synopsis: “Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in [...]
Continue reading: I Declare War (2012) Movie Trailer 1-2: When a Kids’ Game Becomes Real...
Continue reading: I Declare War (2012) Movie Trailer 1-2: When a Kids’ Game Becomes Real...
- 8/30/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
AICN
This little indie film, I Declare War, looks fantastic! The story centers on a crazy intense game of capture the flag between two teams of of pre-teens. The story is a mix of reality and fantasy, and the line between the two becomes blurred as the game goes on. The movie gets a limited theatrical release on August 30th, and today we have two new posters for the film and a clip. The movie has been getting solid reviews, and I'm hoping to see it in theaters when it opens.
Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different...
This little indie film, I Declare War, looks fantastic! The story centers on a crazy intense game of capture the flag between two teams of of pre-teens. The story is a mix of reality and fantasy, and the line between the two becomes blurred as the game goes on. The movie gets a limited theatrical release on August 30th, and today we have two new posters for the film and a clip. The movie has been getting solid reviews, and I'm hoping to see it in theaters when it opens.
Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different...
- 8/30/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
One weekend day a number of the nerdier kids from the local middle school gather their sticks and twine and balloons filled with red dye, and head into the local woods to play capture-the-flag. Oh, those tweens today with their Bieber hair-cuts and their war games. While we are never given any visual context of this one-day war, it is implied that these games have been going on for some time and someone is keeping statistics. Jason Lapeyre's odyssey of two groups of children battling in the forest -- no this ain't The Hunger Games, more like a leafy, agora-version The Stanford Prison Experiment -- is a peculiar but totally engrossing combination of make-believe and reality. At that age friendships seem like everything, and everything...
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- 8/29/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Drafthouse Films' latest "I Declare War" is an all-out action film sure to appeal to lovers of the genre. The twist? The characters are all 12-year-old kids. With the film opening in theaters this Friday, August 30th (it's also currently available on iTunes and VOD), we asked the filmmakers, Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, to list their top movies featuring kids that don't patronize young audiences. Below are their top ten picks: _______________________________________________________ There are movies *for* kids, and there are movies *about* kids. We tend to prefer the latter, when they're done well, because movies targeted directly at young audiences tend to be patronizing. You might even say they sometimes misunderstand their audience... and make the bad assumption that kids are kind of stupid. Or an easy touch for a kicked-in-the-nuts joke or fart humor. The fact is, in our experience anyway, kids aren't stupid -- they just think a little differently than adults.
- 8/27/2013
- by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson
- Indiewire
Damn Hollywood for making me think my childhood was ten times more badass than it really was, but at the same time, God bless its boundary-less ability to enhance even the most mundane activity. In the case of I Declare War, directors Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson turn a simple game of capture the flag into an all-out war with children toting sub-machine guns, throwing grenades, and shooting laser beams out of their eyes. Don’t worry, it all makes sense as the visuals are technically just the overactive imaginations of each character. The kids aren’t actually killing one another, but the presentation of true weaponry is necessary when conveying certain themes, throwing children into the dog days of war while proving their strategic game is far more than child’s play.
In the game of “War,” the rules are simple. If you get shot, you have to count...
In the game of “War,” the rules are simple. If you get shot, you have to count...
- 8/22/2013
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
This year’s Fantasia International Film Festival has come to a close and we have a list of award winners, including Big Bad Wolves and Curse of Chucky:
Montreal – Thursday August 8th, 2013 - After Tuesday night’s sold-out screening of the Canadian premiere of The World’S End, presented by director Edgar Wright and actor Nick Frost, the Fantasia International Film Festival can confirm record attendance numbers this year, boasting more than 125,000 festival-goers for its 17th edition, surpassing last year’s record of 109,000 (a 15% increase). Over the course of its three-week film marathon, it presented over 131 features from 31 countries and more than 220 shorts from across the globe.
Fantasia’s 2013 edition opened with the North American Premiere of Takashi Miike’s Shield Of Straw and closed with the Canadian Premiere of Edgar Wright’s The World’S End. A lifetime achievement award was given to Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski. World...
Montreal – Thursday August 8th, 2013 - After Tuesday night’s sold-out screening of the Canadian premiere of The World’S End, presented by director Edgar Wright and actor Nick Frost, the Fantasia International Film Festival can confirm record attendance numbers this year, boasting more than 125,000 festival-goers for its 17th edition, surpassing last year’s record of 109,000 (a 15% increase). Over the course of its three-week film marathon, it presented over 131 features from 31 countries and more than 220 shorts from across the globe.
Fantasia’s 2013 edition opened with the North American Premiere of Takashi Miike’s Shield Of Straw and closed with the Canadian Premiere of Edgar Wright’s The World’S End. A lifetime achievement award was given to Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski. World...
- 8/8/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Check out new images from Drafthouse Films' I Declare War. Directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson. The action comedy opens On Demand from July 26th prior to its August 30th, 2013 theatrical release date. Starring are Siam Yu, Gage Munroe, Michael Friend, Aidan Gouveia, Mackenzie Munroe and Alex Cardillo. Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes...
- 7/31/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"This is the moment of truth!" Drafthouse Films has recently unveiled the official release trailer for Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson's I Declare War, an indie action comedy film starring a bunch of kids playing an imaginary war in the woods. It sounds like The Hunger Games, but is actually much more like Child's Play 3, if you know that reference. The concept involves the imagined weapons these kids are wielding becoming real, even though there's no one being harmed as far as we can tell. It premiered at Fantastic Fest last year and won the Audience Award, which was the perfect place for this because the second half gets a bit wacky. Watch the release trailer for Jason Lapeyre & Robert Wilson's I Declare War, in high def on YouTube: Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a...
- 7/15/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After a very successful festival run and a limited theatrical release in select Canadian cities, Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson's 'Patton with pre-adolescents' action movie, I Declare War, is finally coming to USA courtesy of Drafthouse films. They've made a new poster (to the left) and cut a fantastic new trailer that visually conveys the high concept of the film, namely kids envisioning their afterschool war games as the real thing, as well as highlighting some of the more bombastic elements cunningly juxtaposed with the playfulness of kids running around in the forest playing make-believe. I Declare War will be available in various VOD outlets, including iTunes Store, starting July 26th, and followed by a theatrical release on August 30.Armed with nothing more than...
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- 7/15/2013
- Screen Anarchy
You've got to watch this fantastic trailer for an upcoming movie called I Declare War, which centers on very intense game of capture the flag between two teams of 12-year-olds. The story is a mix of reality and fantasy, and the line between the two becomes blurred as the game goes on. Here's the synopsis,
Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different tone as the quest for victory pushes the boundaries of friendship. The would-be warriors get a searing glimpse of humanity's dark side as their combat scenario takes them beyond the rules of the game and into...
Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different tone as the quest for victory pushes the boundaries of friendship. The would-be warriors get a searing glimpse of humanity's dark side as their combat scenario takes them beyond the rules of the game and into...
- 7/13/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Check out the official trailer and poster for the upcoming action-comedy titled I Declare War. Those kids play to have fun, but…things are about to change. We all have a dark side, and as you’re going to see in the rest of our report, these young would-be warriors are no exception to the rule… Directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, the movie revolves around two groups of thirteen-year old friends play who play ‘war’ in a local forest. They make their own guns out of sticks, old toys, anything they can find. As we said at the beginning – they play to have...
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- 7/12/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Drafthouse Films has released the trailer and poster for I Declare War , available on VOD, iTunes and for digital download on July 26 and in select theaters on August 30. The film was directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson. Armed with nothing more than twigs, their imaginations and a simple set of rules, a group of 12-year-olds engaged in a lively game of Capture the Flag in the neighborhood woods start dangerously blurring the lines between make-believe and reality. Rocks = Grenades. Trees = Control towers. Sticks = Submachine guns. The youthful innocence of the game gradually takes on a different tone as the quest for victory pushes the boundaries of friendship. The would-be warriors get a searing glimpse of humanity's dark side as their combat scenario takes them beyond the...
- 7/12/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The full Fantasia 2013 lineup has now been revealed, and we have here the third and final wave of titles to share. Prepare to drool!
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
From the Press Release:
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the rest of our 120-feature lineup that comprises our 2013 event, along with a string of additional details that mark our 17th edition as a standout. Fantasia will engulf the city of Montreal from July 18-August 6, 2013. Be sure to visit the Fantasia Film Festival website for detailed essays on every title announced here, as well as all films previously disclosed over the last weeks.
Before we get started on titles... Meet Our 2013 Juries
Main Competition For The Cheval Noir Award For Best Film
Jury President: Laura Kern (Critic, Curator, managing editor, Film Comment)
Jean-Pierre Bergeron (Actor, Director, Screenwriter)
Samuel Jamier (Co-Director of the New York Asian Film Festival, Programmer at Japan Society)
Jarod Neece (Senior Programmer and Operations Manager,...
- 7/9/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Montreal-based genre festival also announces final wave of programming, including world premieres of Curse of Chucky and Zombie Hunter, starring Danny Trejo [pictured].
With its 17th edition kicking off next week on July 18, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled this year’s juries and the final round of its 120-strong feature lineup.
Critic Laura Kern will preside over the Cheval Noir jury for best film, which also includes filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bergeron, co-director of the New York Asian Film Festival Samuel Jamier, SXSW’s Jarod Neece and Snowfort Pictures founder Travis Stevens.
The New Flesh award for best first film will be decided by jury president Charles de Lauzirika, composer Ramachandra Borcar, journalist Manon Dumais, filmmaker Jason Lapeyre and author Stéphane du Mesnildot.
Filmmakers Patrick Bouchard and Luc Chamberland will decide the Satoshi Kon award for achievement in animation along with Ottawa International Animation Festival programmer Keltie Duncan, while Black Nights programmer Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Bold Films’ [link...
With its 17th edition kicking off next week on July 18, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival has unveiled this year’s juries and the final round of its 120-strong feature lineup.
Critic Laura Kern will preside over the Cheval Noir jury for best film, which also includes filmmaker Jean-Pierre Bergeron, co-director of the New York Asian Film Festival Samuel Jamier, SXSW’s Jarod Neece and Snowfort Pictures founder Travis Stevens.
The New Flesh award for best first film will be decided by jury president Charles de Lauzirika, composer Ramachandra Borcar, journalist Manon Dumais, filmmaker Jason Lapeyre and author Stéphane du Mesnildot.
Filmmakers Patrick Bouchard and Luc Chamberland will decide the Satoshi Kon award for achievement in animation along with Ottawa International Animation Festival programmer Keltie Duncan, while Black Nights programmer Sten-Kristian Saluveer, Bold Films’ [link...
- 7/9/2013
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Each month, Film Festival Flix brings award winning films from film festivals all over the world to audiences at their local theaters. Today the company announced its next project for bringing films to local audiences. Film Festival Flix is partnering with Drafthouse Films, the distribution branch of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, and will allow all Drafthouse titles to be available for download and streaming purchase on its own dedicated channel. The deal will "provide Film Festival Flix viewers with award-winning curated content from the Drafthouse Films label and help viewers find these films in a single location," says Fff CEO Benjamin Oberman. The new partnership is beginning in July with Film Festival Flix presenting the film "I Declare War" for a final series of festival screenings. Directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, the film follows a group of boys in the spirit of "Lord of the Flies" whose summer games turn deadly serious.
- 6/26/2013
- by Julia Selinger
- Indiewire
More, yes more, distribution news has come out of the Cannes Film Market, and the next flick to get U.S. distro is Fantasia and Fantastic Fest favorite Cold Blooded. Read on for the skinny!
From the Press Release
Uncork’d Entertainment and Viva Pictures announce the acquisition of U.S. rights to the dark psychological thriller Cold Blooded from Guildwood Entertainment. Cold Blooded was written and directed by Jason Lapeyre. Uncork’d Entertainment’s Keith Leopard and Viva Pictures’ Victor Elizalde made the announcement today fresh from the Festival du Cannes.
“Cold Blooded had us mesmerized from the first scene," commented Leopard. “There are so many layers of suspense and surprise in this film that promise to keep viewers holding their collective breath.”
“As proven by its award at Fantasia and selection at Fantastic Fest, Cold Blooded is an audience pleasure,” stated Jason Moring, President of Double Dutch International.
From the Press Release
Uncork’d Entertainment and Viva Pictures announce the acquisition of U.S. rights to the dark psychological thriller Cold Blooded from Guildwood Entertainment. Cold Blooded was written and directed by Jason Lapeyre. Uncork’d Entertainment’s Keith Leopard and Viva Pictures’ Victor Elizalde made the announcement today fresh from the Festival du Cannes.
“Cold Blooded had us mesmerized from the first scene," commented Leopard. “There are so many layers of suspense and surprise in this film that promise to keep viewers holding their collective breath.”
“As proven by its award at Fantasia and selection at Fantastic Fest, Cold Blooded is an audience pleasure,” stated Jason Moring, President of Double Dutch International.
- 5/20/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
New announcements from Cannes continue to roll in and we have three press releases to share with readers. Continue reading to learn about the acquisition of Cold Blooded, actual space footage being used for Newcomers, and a Make My Horror Movie challenge from Dark Sky Films:
Cold Blooded: “Uncork’d Entertainment and Viva Pictures announced today the acquisition for U.S. rights to the dark psychological thriller Cold Blooded from Guildwood Entertainment. Cold Blooded was written and directed by Jason Lapeyre. Uncork’d Entertainment’s Keith Leopard and Viva Pictures’ Victor Elizalde made the announcement today fresh from the Festival du Cannes.
“Cold Blooded had us mesmerized from the first scene,” commented Leopard. “There are so many layers of suspense and surprise in this film that promise to keep viewers holding their collective breath.”
“As proven by its award at Fantasia and selection at Fantastic Fest, Cold Blooded is an audience pleasure,...
Cold Blooded: “Uncork’d Entertainment and Viva Pictures announced today the acquisition for U.S. rights to the dark psychological thriller Cold Blooded from Guildwood Entertainment. Cold Blooded was written and directed by Jason Lapeyre. Uncork’d Entertainment’s Keith Leopard and Viva Pictures’ Victor Elizalde made the announcement today fresh from the Festival du Cannes.
“Cold Blooded had us mesmerized from the first scene,” commented Leopard. “There are so many layers of suspense and surprise in this film that promise to keep viewers holding their collective breath.”
“As proven by its award at Fantasia and selection at Fantastic Fest, Cold Blooded is an audience pleasure,...
- 5/20/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
One weekend day a number of the nerdier kids from the local middle school gather their sticks and twine and balloons filled with red dye, and head into the local woods to play capture-the-flag. Oh, those tweens today with their Bieber hair-cuts and their war games. While we are never given any visual context of this one-day war, it is implied that these games have been going on for some time and someone is keeping statistics. Jason Lapeyre's odyssey of two groups of children battling in the forest -- no this ain't The Hunger Games, more like a leafy, agora-version The Stanford Prison Experiment -- is a peculiar but totally engrossing combination of make-believe and reality. At that age friendships seem like everything, and everything...
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- 5/10/2013
- Screen Anarchy
Though Jason Lapeyre's I Declare War has been described as "equal parts Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl" by Tiff programmers, I was curious to see what would make a movie about kids playing war so darn funny and now that there's a trailer, I'm even more intrigued because there doesn't seem to be anything to laugh about. If anything, I'm a little horrified by the fact that the guns the kids are playing with look and sound real. [Continued ...]...
- 5/9/2013
- QuietEarth.us
Bobcat Goldthwait, Buddy Giovinazzo & Joe Dante Among Fantasia Fest’s 2013 Frontieres Co-Prod Market
Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival – it takes place this year between July 18 and August 6 and has always been about more than just the films. They offer plenty of panel discussions and master classes every year, and last year’s edition introduced the Frontières International Co-Production Market, uniting North American, European, and Australasian talent and funders in an initiative focused specifically on fostering genre film productions and relationships. Noteworthy projects from the inaugural edition included new works from seasoned filmmakers such as Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) and Bruce McDonald (Pontypool), as well as up-and-coming talent like Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Resolution), Paul Campion (The Devil’s Rock), Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun), and Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are). At the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous – a sort of three-day industry cocktail party – professional introductions were made, and many of the projects found co-producers and/or international sales agents.
- 5/7/2013
- by Jason Widgington
- IONCINEMA.com
The team behind Montreal's acclaimed Fantasia International Film Festival have announced the official selections for the second edition of their Frontières International Co-Production Market – hailed as the first and only international co-production market to connect North America with Europe in an environment focused specifically on genre film production. Frontières is part of the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, which supports the sales efforts of features in the festival’s 2013 programming. International producers and sales agents, distributors, broadcasters, talent agents and festival programmers will attend the Rendez-Vous from July 25-28 2013, the mid-point of the 3-week run of the Fantasia Festival. The twelve-project slate includes some beloved genre names, as well as some debut directors and up-and-comers. Here's the list: Casting The Runes (Canada/Germany/USA) Director: Joe Dante (The Hole, Gremlins, The Howling) Starring Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Star Trek Into Darkness) The Colour Out of Space (France) Director: Richard Stanley (Dust Devil,...
- 5/7/2013
- by Gregory Burkart
- FEARnet
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