Exclusive: Oscar-winning filmmaker Tom McCarthy’s production company Slow Pony has inked an exclusive first-look film deal with Concordia Studio, the talent-first studio whose most recent production, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, world premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and will bow on Apple TV+ on May 12.
McCarthy comes to the deal after numerous successful collaborations with Concordia co-founder Jonathan King, who exec produced his Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight during his tenure as President of Narrative Film and Television at Participant. King also produced McCarthy’s recent Cannes-premiering Matt Damon starrer Stillwater for Focus Features, as well as his 2007 drama The Visitor, which brought Richard Jenkins his first Best Actor Oscar nomination.
The filmmaker will look to build out a diverse slate of features under the Concordia deal, all of which will be in the narrative space, helping the studio to expand in that area after...
McCarthy comes to the deal after numerous successful collaborations with Concordia co-founder Jonathan King, who exec produced his Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight during his tenure as President of Narrative Film and Television at Participant. King also produced McCarthy’s recent Cannes-premiering Matt Damon starrer Stillwater for Focus Features, as well as his 2007 drama The Visitor, which brought Richard Jenkins his first Best Actor Oscar nomination.
The filmmaker will look to build out a diverse slate of features under the Concordia deal, all of which will be in the narrative space, helping the studio to expand in that area after...
- 4/10/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Previous | Image 1 of 4 | NextWinslow Fegley on set for ‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made.’
Chicago – In a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and dropped on February 7th, 2020, at the relatively new Disney+ streaming service, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” already has proved its viability. The film is based on the youth fiction series by Stephan Pastis, who wrote the screenplay with director Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”). The Unit Photographer was Dale Robinette, who sent some exclusive and promotional photos from the set.
Dale Robinette is a friend of this website, who began a correspondence with editor Patrick McDonald in 2013, sending his photos from the film “Lovelace.” He has plied his skills in the film business as a Unit Still Photographer since 1988, after a career as a stage and television actor in New York and Los Angeles. His photo resume includes familiar films like “Donnie Darko,” “Thank You for Smoking,...
Chicago – In a film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and dropped on February 7th, 2020, at the relatively new Disney+ streaming service, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” already has proved its viability. The film is based on the youth fiction series by Stephan Pastis, who wrote the screenplay with director Tom McCarthy (“Spotlight”). The Unit Photographer was Dale Robinette, who sent some exclusive and promotional photos from the set.
Dale Robinette is a friend of this website, who began a correspondence with editor Patrick McDonald in 2013, sending his photos from the film “Lovelace.” He has plied his skills in the film business as a Unit Still Photographer since 1988, after a career as a stage and television actor in New York and Los Angeles. His photo resume includes familiar films like “Donnie Darko,” “Thank You for Smoking,...
- 2/24/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Most directors wouldn’t follow up a best picture Oscar victory with a children’s movie produced by and distributed on a new streaming service. But that’s exactly what Tom McCarthy did after “Spotlight,” his powerful 2015 drama about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, became an awards season darling. His latest feature, “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” will be one of the first films to debut on Disney Plus when it drops on Feb. 7.
“I’ve never been too concerned with making career moves,” says McCarthy. “I’m more concerned with telling stories and finding projects that I find compelling. In the long run, that’s taken me to interesting places.”
“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” will also be the first Disney-branded movie to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The studio, best known for making sprawling global blockbusters, usually steers clear of the indie gathering. However, McCarthy and...
“I’ve never been too concerned with making career moves,” says McCarthy. “I’m more concerned with telling stories and finding projects that I find compelling. In the long run, that’s taken me to interesting places.”
“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” will also be the first Disney-branded movie to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The studio, best known for making sprawling global blockbusters, usually steers clear of the indie gathering. However, McCarthy and...
- 1/24/2020
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
"I don't collaborate with law enforcement." Disney+ has unveiled a trailer for a wacky, fun detective story for kids called Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, adapted from the book series of the same name written by Stephan Pastis. Winslow Fegley, younger brother of Oakes Fegley, stars in this film as Timmy Failure - an 11-year old boy who believes he is the best detective in town. He runs the agency "Total Failures, Inc" with his best friend, an imaginary 1,200 pound polar bear. This is actually premiering at the Sundance Film Festival later this month in the kids section known as "Tumbleweeds", before arriving on the Disney+ streaming service in February. This also stars Ophelia Lovibond, Kyle Bornheimer, Wallace Shawn, Chloe Coleman, Nicole Anthony, and Craig Robinson. This really looks like an excellent kids movie. Here's the official trailer for Tom McCarthy's Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, from YouTube:...
- 1/7/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Based upon the series of novels by Stephan Pastis, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made centers around the title character (Winslow Fegley), a young boy who runs his own detective agency in Portland, Oregan. Toss in a handful of other quirky characters, such as Timmy's mother (Ophelia Lovibond), her boyfriend (Kyle Bornheimer), teacher/nemesis (Wallace Shawn), guidance counselor (Craig Robinson), and you've got the makings of what looks to be a…...
- 1/7/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The 2018 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards Nominees have been revealed, and we at ComicMix are proud to announce that Mine! A Celebration of Liberty and Freedom For All Benefiting Planned Parenthood has been nominated for Best Anthology. The awards are to be presented at the Ringo Awards Banquet and Ceremony in conjunction with the 2018 Baltimore Comic-Con on the evening of Saturday, September 29, 2018.
Voting on the 2018 Ringo Awards Final Ballot is now open, and is restricted to the comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Final ballots can be submitted via their website, and voting will close on August 31, 2018.
The Ringo Awards are named for the late Mike Wieringo, who often signed his work “Ringo”, an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics’ The Flash, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, and his co-creation Tellos.
Mine! has previously been nominated for...
Voting on the 2018 Ringo Awards Final Ballot is now open, and is restricted to the comic book industry creative community — anyone involved in and credited with creating comics professionally. Final ballots can be submitted via their website, and voting will close on August 31, 2018.
The Ringo Awards are named for the late Mike Wieringo, who often signed his work “Ringo”, an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics’ The Flash, Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, and his co-creation Tellos.
Mine! has previously been nominated for...
- 6/25/2018
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Tom McCarthy, the filmmaker behind Spotlight, Win Win, and The Cobbler may co-write and direct a film about an 11-year-old detective and his partner in crime, an imaginary polar bear. McCarthy is in talks to co-write and direct a live-action adaptation of Stephan Pastis‘ series Timmy Failure, which began in 2013 with “Mistakes Were Made.” Below, learn more about […]
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- 4/26/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Tom McCarthy, who directed the Oscar-winning drama Spotlight, is in negotiations to co-write and direct Timmy Failure, Walt Disney Studios’ live-action adaptation of the children’s book by Stephan Pastis.
Jim Whitaker, who produced Pete’s Dragon and just wrapped the adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time for the studio, is producing the adventure project.
The popular Failure book series centers on the titular hero, an 11-year old boy who believes he is the best detective in town and runs the great detective agency, Total Failure Inc., with his partner, a 1,200-pound (and imaginary) polar bear. He also has a sidekick named...
Jim Whitaker, who produced Pete’s Dragon and just wrapped the adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time for the studio, is producing the adventure project.
The popular Failure book series centers on the titular hero, an 11-year old boy who believes he is the best detective in town and runs the great detective agency, Total Failure Inc., with his partner, a 1,200-pound (and imaginary) polar bear. He also has a sidekick named...
- 4/25/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Con-Man Movie: Robert Downey Jr. and director Richard Linklater will team up to make a movie based on the real-life story of a con man. It's inspired by an episode titled "Man of the People" from the podcast series Reply All that detailed how one doctor scammed his way to fame and fortune while another doctor sought to bring him down over the course of ten years. Downey and Linklater previously worked together on A Scanner Darkly. [THR] Timmy Failure: Reportedly, Disney is developing a live-action movie based on a children's book series by author and cartoonist Stephan Pastis. The Timmy Failure series consists of five books so far, with a sixth edition to be published in April. The main character is a boy who solves crimes with his best friend, a...
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- 2/14/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
We’ve found the only kind of failure that interests Walt Disney Pictures. That would be “Timmy Failure,” a kids literature series the studio is developing for a live-action film, one individual familiar with the project told TheWrap. The Stephan Pastis character stars in a series of bestselling books, ones that could easily become a film franchise not unlike 20th Century Fox Film’s big-screen translation of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” books. Also Read: Inside Disney's Reboot Fever: 14 Animated Classics Set for Live-Action Treatment The process has been under-the-radar on the Burbank, California, lot, set up at a...
- 2/14/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
I’m a fossil. I know it. Proof positive: I read the daily newspaper. Not on a pad or tablet or my computer, I go out and actually buy the blamed thing. I read it during breakfast. Yes, I still get a certain percentage of my news from the computer and/or Jon Stewart and The Daily Show but I like having the physical newspaper, just as I prefer actual books to an e-reader. If I don’t get to read the paper, I get cranky. Or crankier.
I think I got that from my father, Joel W. Ostrander Sr. He was always the first up in the morning but, during my high school years, I was up second. We’d both be at breakfast and we would read the newspaper. I’d get the sections he was done with; that’s where I learned to be possessive about my newspaper.
I think I got that from my father, Joel W. Ostrander Sr. He was always the first up in the morning but, during my high school years, I was up second. We’d both be at breakfast and we would read the newspaper. I’d get the sections he was done with; that’s where I learned to be possessive about my newspaper.
- 1/4/2015
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
Let’s be real. Calvin and Hobbes is the very best comic strip of all time. It was perfect, it transcended its genre, and its creator, Bill Watterson, is a genius. Unfortunately for us, he is a reclusive genius who took his ball and went home nearly twenty years ago. Seriously, it has been 18-and-a-half years of near radio silence from Watterson. He opened the door a little bit about three months ago when he drew the poster for the documentary Stripped. And now he has kicked it open a little further by taking over Stephan Pastis’s comic strip Pearls Before Swine. For three days. Pastis explained how it all came about on his blog.
Pastis wrote a strip that was an homage to Watterson and sent it to him. And shock of shocks, Watterson responded with a pitch.
He said he knew that in my strip, I frequently...
Pastis wrote a strip that was an homage to Watterson and sent it to him. And shock of shocks, Watterson responded with a pitch.
He said he knew that in my strip, I frequently...
- 6/9/2014
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
Bill Watterson drew Calvin and Hobbes, the last great comic strip of the 20th century and one of the best things ever, period. Then he retired and generally opted out of public life — not quite the comics’ Salinger but maybe the comics’ Harper Lee. 2014 is the year that changed. A few months ago, Watterson illustrated the poster for the comic documentary Stripped. And this week, Watterson staged a quiet comeback to the comics page, contributing artwork to three Pearls Before Swine strips.
As recounted by Swine’s writer-illustrator Stephan Pastis on his blog, the contribution emerged out of an email exchange between the two cartoonists.
As recounted by Swine’s writer-illustrator Stephan Pastis on his blog, the contribution emerged out of an email exchange between the two cartoonists.
- 6/8/2014
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
The notoriously private creator of Calvin and Hobbes, Bill Watterson, made a brief reappearance in the funnies last week. Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis revealed on his blog that the strips that ran from June 4-6 were a collaboration between himself and his idol Watterson, who famously ended Calvin and Hobbes back in 1995. On a whim, Pastis decided to email Watterson, who replied that he had an idea he wanted to run by him. The two began working together — only via email — and decided that they would conjure up a storyline where a second-grader named Libby ("Lib" sounds like "Bill" backwards) who lived across the street would show "Mr. Pastis" how it was done. The results (which can be seen here, here, and here) are as charming as you hoped they would be.
- 6/7/2014
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
Fans of the newspaper comic ”Pearls Before Swine” noticed something strange about Wednesday's strip: The art was really, really good. “Calvin and Hobbes” good. “Pearls” creator Stephan Pastis revealed why in an exclusive interview with The Washington Post: He had lured “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson out of retirement. Watterson drew the middle panels of “Pearls” for Wednesday through Friday, to raise money for a Parkinson's charity. Also read: ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Creator Bill Watterson Debuts First Cartoon in Almost 20 Years Pastis has made self-deprecating jokes about his drawing ability, and that's also the joke of the strips. They feature Pastis letting.
- 6/7/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Above you'll find the first comic that artist Bill Watterson has created since he retired Calvin & Hobbes in 1995. It is actually a poster that he created for a documentary film called Stripped. The doc explores the creation of these comic strips and their transition from newspapers to digital. It features interviews with the creators of Garfield, Cathy, For Better or For Worse, The Oatmeal, Penny Arcade, and even Watterson himself, who rarely gives interviews.
Watterson spoke to The Washington Post and explained the poster he did for the movie:
“Given the movie’s title and the fact that there are few things funnier than human nudity, the idea popped into my head largely intact. The film is a big valentine to comics, so I tried to do something really cartoon-y. I had thought of having it colored with off-registered printing dots like newspaper comics, but Dave asked if I’d paint it instead,...
Watterson spoke to The Washington Post and explained the poster he did for the movie:
“Given the movie’s title and the fact that there are few things funnier than human nudity, the idea popped into my head largely intact. The film is a big valentine to comics, so I tried to do something really cartoon-y. I had thought of having it colored with off-registered printing dots like newspaper comics, but Dave asked if I’d paint it instead,...
- 2/27/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Calvin & Hobbes documentary Dear Mr Watterson has released a new trailer.
Filmmaker Joel Allen Schroeder's film explores the history and impact of Bill Watterson's beloved comic strip.
The documentary features a host of cartoonists and celebrity fans including Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County), Bill Amend (Foxtrot), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) and Seth Green (Robot Chicken, Family Guy) discussing Calvin & Hobbes.
Watterson retired the strip on New Year's Eve 1995. He recently gave a rare interview to Mental Floss.
Two pieces of original Watterson artwork sold for record sums at auction in the past year.
Dear Mr Watterson was part-funded through Kickstarter.
It will debut in Us cinemas and VOD on November 15. There have been no details of a UK release.
Filmmaker Joel Allen Schroeder's film explores the history and impact of Bill Watterson's beloved comic strip.
The documentary features a host of cartoonists and celebrity fans including Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County), Bill Amend (Foxtrot), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine) and Seth Green (Robot Chicken, Family Guy) discussing Calvin & Hobbes.
Watterson retired the strip on New Year's Eve 1995. He recently gave a rare interview to Mental Floss.
Two pieces of original Watterson artwork sold for record sums at auction in the past year.
Dear Mr Watterson was part-funded through Kickstarter.
It will debut in Us cinemas and VOD on November 15. There have been no details of a UK release.
- 10/26/2013
- Digital Spy
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