The long-awaited Britney Spears jukebox musical Once Upon a One More Time has rescheduled its premiere to this November. The new show was originally supposed to debut in Chicago in 2019 before it was delayed to April 2020. The Chicago run was subsequently canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Once Upon a One More Time will open on November 29th for a limited engagement that will run through January 2, 2022. It will be performed at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Casting has yet to be announced for the show.
Written by Jon Hartmere (Bare,...
Once Upon a One More Time will open on November 29th for a limited engagement that will run through January 2, 2022. It will be performed at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Casting has yet to be announced for the show.
Written by Jon Hartmere (Bare,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Jon Hartmere, writer of the Broadway-bound Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time and the 2017 film The Upside, has signed with Verve.
The Spears jukebox musical, with a Hartmere-penned book, sets hit songs including “Oops! I Did It Again,” “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Lucky” to an irreverent take on classic fairy tale princess stories. A production was was set to begin previews in Chicago last April before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
Prior to Once Upon a One More Time, Hartmere wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book of the Off Broadway musical Bare. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for The Upside, the 2017 film starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Neil Burger.
Hartmere has also developed projects for Fox, Disney, Amazon, Paramount, TWC, Miramax, Nickelodeon, Sony, MGM and Sesame Street Productions. With the agency signing, he joins Verve’s growing roster of theater...
The Spears jukebox musical, with a Hartmere-penned book, sets hit songs including “Oops! I Did It Again,” “Stronger,” “Toxic” and “Lucky” to an irreverent take on classic fairy tale princess stories. A production was was set to begin previews in Chicago last April before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
Prior to Once Upon a One More Time, Hartmere wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book of the Off Broadway musical Bare. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for The Upside, the 2017 film starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman, and directed by Neil Burger.
Hartmere has also developed projects for Fox, Disney, Amazon, Paramount, TWC, Miramax, Nickelodeon, Sony, MGM and Sesame Street Productions. With the agency signing, he joins Verve’s growing roster of theater...
- 3/23/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
EFM Workhorse Queen, Nora Highland.
GQue Films, a non-cisgender Los Angeles-based sales company launched last year by Mx Bryan Glick, has sold 2020 Hot Docs selection Bare to Tla for North America and the UK and Optimale for French-speaking Europe, excluding Belgium.
Aleksandr M. Vinogradov directed Bare, about the nude choreography of Thierry Smits’s new dance, Anima Ardens, and follows 11 men who audition, rehearse, and perform a challenging piece exploring masculinity, power, and voyeurism.
It also screened recently at Doc NYC and will continue its festival run through 2021.
Glick negotiated the deals with Tla head of acquisitions Adam Silver,
The...
GQue Films, a non-cisgender Los Angeles-based sales company launched last year by Mx Bryan Glick, has sold 2020 Hot Docs selection Bare to Tla for North America and the UK and Optimale for French-speaking Europe, excluding Belgium.
Aleksandr M. Vinogradov directed Bare, about the nude choreography of Thierry Smits’s new dance, Anima Ardens, and follows 11 men who audition, rehearse, and perform a challenging piece exploring masculinity, power, and voyeurism.
It also screened recently at Doc NYC and will continue its festival run through 2021.
Glick negotiated the deals with Tla head of acquisitions Adam Silver,
The...
- 2/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It’s Cinderella, bitch! Fairy tale princesses Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel (and yes, Cinderella) are at the center of a new musical that will feature Britney Spears songs. Once Upon a One More Time will premiere in Chicago this fall before seeking a home on Broadway the following year. Theater owner James L. Nederlander is producing the show, which will center around a book club comprised of the fairy tale heroines.
But there’s a twist.
When they wish for a new book, a fairy godmother presents them with...
But there’s a twist.
When they wish for a new book, a fairy godmother presents them with...
- 3/12/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
Get ready for more Britney Spears, b***h! A new Broadway-bound musical comedy set to the singer’s legendary hits is coming to the James M. Nederlander Theatre in Chicago this fall. Titled Once Upon a One More Time, the musical is written by Jon Hartmere (The Upside, Bare) and directed by Kristin Hanggi (Rock of Ages), with choreography from fan favorites Keone...
- 3/12/2019
- by Martin Holmes
- ET Canada
Exclusive: Jonah Platt has been tapped to don the cowboy hat and the signature mustache of Country Songwriter Hall of Famer Dean Dillon in Tennessee Whiskey The Musical: The Story of Dean Dillon.
The upcoming jukebox musical is written by Dewey Moss and will feature songs of Dillon, who has written for George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart, and more. The story will follow the country star’s life and how his music defined a generation. It will also dive into his personal struggles with alcoholism and drugs but more importantly, his redemption and success in the music industry.
The musical will feature number 1 hit songs such as “The Chair”, “Unwound”, “Marina Del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” “She Calls It Love”, “I’m Lying In Love With You”, “I’m Into the Bottle”, and of course, the titular “Tennessee Whiskey...
The upcoming jukebox musical is written by Dewey Moss and will feature songs of Dillon, who has written for George Strait, Toby Keith, Kenny Chesney, Chris Stapleton, Pam Tillis, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Rodriguez, Gary Stewart, and more. The story will follow the country star’s life and how his music defined a generation. It will also dive into his personal struggles with alcoholism and drugs but more importantly, his redemption and success in the music industry.
The musical will feature number 1 hit songs such as “The Chair”, “Unwound”, “Marina Del Rey”, “Ocean Front Property” “She Calls It Love”, “I’m Lying In Love With You”, “I’m Into the Bottle”, and of course, the titular “Tennessee Whiskey...
- 8/28/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Green witches, flying carpets, and singing cats are heading from the stage to the screen, as Hollywood appears to have fallen back in love with movie adaptations of its favorite musicals.
It’s a tale as old as time: musicals gather a large following on the Great White Way, causing fans to repeatedly belt out numbers like “Defying Gravity” on the regular, and suddenly audiences wonder who would play the film version of the Wicked Witch of the West.
As there is a slew of musicals on the docket in the next few years, namely with a certain “Hamilton” creator attached, Variety has rounded up some of the current projects moving forward in development:
Aladdin (Expected Release: May 2019)
The hit Disney Renaissance film took a magic carpet ride to Broadway in 2011. And while Robin Williams made everyone want a “friend like him” in the 1992 animated version of “Aladdin,” Will Smith...
It’s a tale as old as time: musicals gather a large following on the Great White Way, causing fans to repeatedly belt out numbers like “Defying Gravity” on the regular, and suddenly audiences wonder who would play the film version of the Wicked Witch of the West.
As there is a slew of musicals on the docket in the next few years, namely with a certain “Hamilton” creator attached, Variety has rounded up some of the current projects moving forward in development:
Aladdin (Expected Release: May 2019)
The hit Disney Renaissance film took a magic carpet ride to Broadway in 2011. And while Robin Williams made everyone want a “friend like him” in the 1992 animated version of “Aladdin,” Will Smith...
- 8/1/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Barrett Wilbert Weed, who is currently belting out “I’d Rather Be Me” eight shows a week as Janis Sarkisian in Broadway smash “Mean Girls,” lovingly adapted from Tina Fey’s hit comedy that introduced the world to “fetch” and “grool,” is no stranger to the theater scene.
After attending a self-described arts version of “Hogwarts” and performing in productions like “Rent” while studying at Elon University, Weed went on to originate heroic roles like Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway run of “Heathers: The Musical” and now planning “revenge parties” as Janis at the August Wilson Theatre. You might have seen her recently singing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” garnering a standing ovation by the end of the number.
On her day off, Weed, a Helen Hayes Award winner, talked with Variety about her pride in delivering such an empowering message every night, her dream of playing Elphaba in “Wicked,...
After attending a self-described arts version of “Hogwarts” and performing in productions like “Rent” while studying at Elon University, Weed went on to originate heroic roles like Veronica Sawyer in the Off-Broadway run of “Heathers: The Musical” and now planning “revenge parties” as Janis at the August Wilson Theatre. You might have seen her recently singing on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” garnering a standing ovation by the end of the number.
On her day off, Weed, a Helen Hayes Award winner, talked with Variety about her pride in delivering such an empowering message every night, her dream of playing Elphaba in “Wicked,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
As scary as a cabin in the woods can be, one of the most disturbing backdrops for a film can be the college campus culture, where horrors all too real take place all too often. Such is the case in Natalie Leite’s M.F.A., which made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather's review here) and is coming to Blu-ray and DVD soon following its October theatrical release:
Press Release: Dark Sky Films proudly announces the release date of M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus and was released theatrically in October of 2017. M.F.A. will be released on blu-ray and DVD November 28, 2017.
M.F.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the 2017 SXSW festival, tells a gripping story of a...
Press Release: Dark Sky Films proudly announces the release date of M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus and was released theatrically in October of 2017. M.F.A. will be released on blu-ray and DVD November 28, 2017.
M.F.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the 2017 SXSW festival, tells a gripping story of a...
- 11/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Stars: Francesca Eastwood, Clifton Collins Jr., Leah McKendrick, Peter Vack, Michael Welch, Andrew Caldwell, David Sullivan, Mike C. Manning, Adam Lazarre-White | Written by Leah McKendrick | Directed by Natalia Leite
Every now and then a movie comes along that challenges the socially accepted. Films that take actual real life situations that are being completely ignored or brushed under a rug and shines a light on it. These films must always be done with the utmost respect or not only do you lose the audience but you also miss the point completely – which in this case, could easily be a concern going into this, especially considering its billed as a revenge flick.
M.F.A is a movie that shines that light on the ever growing campus sexual assault problem and not only lifts the rug but gives us a powerful stirring unflinching look at very very current issue at hand. Who...
Every now and then a movie comes along that challenges the socially accepted. Films that take actual real life situations that are being completely ignored or brushed under a rug and shines a light on it. These films must always be done with the utmost respect or not only do you lose the audience but you also miss the point completely – which in this case, could easily be a concern going into this, especially considering its billed as a revenge flick.
M.F.A is a movie that shines that light on the ever growing campus sexual assault problem and not only lifts the rug but gives us a powerful stirring unflinching look at very very current issue at hand. Who...
- 10/23/2017
- by Kevin Haldon
- Nerdly
(Aotn)- Hey Smt heads, what’s better than sweaty bikini clad students getting eaten by a shark? When they get hit by a “2 Headed Shark Attack,” that’s what! The latest from the Cinemark/Asylum mega deal is a offering that fans of the “Sharknado” series will…err…”love”? And it’s got Carmen Electra and Brooke Hogan as well!
Check out the double trouble right now: (And check the sneak preview listing for a theater near you!)
2 Headed Shark Attack Starring Carmen Electra, Brooke Hogan and Charlie O’Connell
Opening Exclusively At Cinemark Theaters September 28th
When a college educational ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, the survivors escape to a deserted atoll. But when it starts flooding, the coeds are no longer safe from the double jaws of the monster. From the producers of “Sharknado” comes 2 Headed Shark Attack! Directed by: Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Cast: Brooke Hogan,...
Check out the double trouble right now: (And check the sneak preview listing for a theater near you!)
2 Headed Shark Attack Starring Carmen Electra, Brooke Hogan and Charlie O’Connell
Opening Exclusively At Cinemark Theaters September 28th
When a college educational ship is sunk by a mutated two-headed shark, the survivors escape to a deserted atoll. But when it starts flooding, the coeds are no longer safe from the double jaws of the monster. From the producers of “Sharknado” comes 2 Headed Shark Attack! Directed by: Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray
Cast: Brooke Hogan,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Jason Stewart
- Age of the Nerd
As scary as a cabin in the woods can be, one of the most disturbing backdrops for a film can be the college campus culture, where horrors all too real take place all too often. Such is the case in Natalie Leite’s M.F.A., which made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather's review here) and is now teased in a new trailer from Dark Sky Films ahead of its release this October:
Press Release: Dark Sky Films proudly announces the release date of M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A. will be released on October 13th.
M.F.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the 2017 SXSW festival, tells a gripping story of a young woman forced to...
Press Release: Dark Sky Films proudly announces the release date of M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A. will be released on October 13th.
M.F.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the 2017 SXSW festival, tells a gripping story of a young woman forced to...
- 9/22/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Our friends at Raven Banner Entertainment have acquired all rights here in Canada to Natalia Leite's revenge thriller M.F.A. The thriller about sexual violence on campus was written by Leah McKendrick who also stars in the film. Raven Banner Entertainment announced... that it has acquired all rights in Canada to M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. Raven Banner will release this fall alongside Dark Sky Films in the U.S. M.F.A. was directed by Natalia Leite (Bare) from a debut screenplay by actress Leah McKendrick (Bad Moms). McKendrick also co-stars in the film along with Clifton Collins...
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- 7/27/2017
- Screen Anarchy
As scary as a cabin in the woods can be, one of the most disturbing backdrops for a film can be the college culture, where horrors that are all too real sometimes take place. Such is the case in Natalie Leite’s M.F.A., which made its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival (read Heather's review here) and has now been acquired for Us distribution by Dark Sky Films.
Press Release: New York, NY (June 8, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired all rights in the U.S. to M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A will be released domestically this fall under the company's Dark Sky Films banner.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi's...
Press Release: New York, NY (June 8, 2017) - Mpi Media Group announced today that it has acquired all rights in the U.S. to M.F.A., a critically acclaimed powerful thriller starring Francesca Eastwood in a stand out role. The film, from female director and female screenwriter, takes on the searing current issue of sexual violence on campus. M.F.A will be released domestically this fall under the company's Dark Sky Films banner.
The distribution agreement was negotiated by Nicola Goelzhaeuser, Mpi's...
- 6/8/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: WestEnd boards recently wrapped feature Hollow In The Land, exec produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious, Sinister).
WestEnd Films has boarded international sales on thriller Hollow In The Land, whose cast is led by Glee star Dianna Agron.
Writer-director Scooter Corkle’s feature debut follows a young woman who finds herself pushing the boundaries of the law as she attempts to uncover the truth about her brother’s involvement in a brutal murder.
Screen can also reveal the first still from the film [pictured], which co-stars Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: Days Of Future Past) and Rachelle Lefevre (The Twilight Series).
Producers are Jesse Savath (Come And Find Me) and Marlaina Mah (Come And Find Me) while executive producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious, Sinister), Daniel Levin (Lion) and Christopher Ferguson.
The film, shot in Canada, is in post-production with WestEnd showing a promo at Efm.
Agron recently has appeared in the features Tumbledown, Bare and [link...
WestEnd Films has boarded international sales on thriller Hollow In The Land, whose cast is led by Glee star Dianna Agron.
Writer-director Scooter Corkle’s feature debut follows a young woman who finds herself pushing the boundaries of the law as she attempts to uncover the truth about her brother’s involvement in a brutal murder.
Screen can also reveal the first still from the film [pictured], which co-stars Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: Days Of Future Past) and Rachelle Lefevre (The Twilight Series).
Producers are Jesse Savath (Come And Find Me) and Marlaina Mah (Come And Find Me) while executive producers are Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Insidious, Sinister), Daniel Levin (Lion) and Christopher Ferguson.
The film, shot in Canada, is in post-production with WestEnd showing a promo at Efm.
Agron recently has appeared in the features Tumbledown, Bare and [link...
- 2/12/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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The 23rd Mardi Gras Film Festival has added 20 additional screenings, 4 new venues and an increased cash prize.
Running from February 18 - March 3, the festival will feature 75 screenings.
Screenings will take place at Event Cinemas, George Street as well as new-to-festival venues: the Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, the Golden Age Cinema and Bar in Surry Hills and The Harbour.
From mid-March to early April, the Festival will travel to the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta and, for the first time, the Carrington Hotel in the Blue Mountains.
.Every year we aim to be bigger and better than before and this year we have nailed it,. said Festival Director Paul Struthers. .We have more diversified content including a lot more lesbian films, more transgender films, more documentaries, more international guests, more masterclasses and more screenings at more venues including two free community screenings. There is absolutely something for everyone in this year.s line-up...
The 23rd Mardi Gras Film Festival has added 20 additional screenings, 4 new venues and an increased cash prize.
Running from February 18 - March 3, the festival will feature 75 screenings.
Screenings will take place at Event Cinemas, George Street as well as new-to-festival venues: the Hayden Orpheum Cremorne, the Golden Age Cinema and Bar in Surry Hills and The Harbour.
From mid-March to early April, the Festival will travel to the Riverside Theatre in Parramatta and, for the first time, the Carrington Hotel in the Blue Mountains.
.Every year we aim to be bigger and better than before and this year we have nailed it,. said Festival Director Paul Struthers. .We have more diversified content including a lot more lesbian films, more transgender films, more documentaries, more international guests, more masterclasses and more screenings at more venues including two free community screenings. There is absolutely something for everyone in this year.s line-up...
- 1/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Glee's Dianna Agron goes wild in the trailer for indie drama Bare.
The Tribeca Film Festival hit has earned praise from critics for its portrayal of a small-town girl experiencing first love with another woman.
Sarah Barton is dissatisfied with her boring life as a Nevada grocery clerk – her world is rocked by a mysterious drifter (Paz de la Huerta) who challenges her to take risks.
Writer-director Natalia Leite's gripping film also stars The Amazing Spider-Man's Chris Zylka and Martha Marcy May Marlene's Louisa Krause.
Bare is Agron's first major film since her long-running series Glee wrapped up in March.
The IFC Films drama opens in limited release and through VOD on October 30 in the Us.
The Tribeca Film Festival hit has earned praise from critics for its portrayal of a small-town girl experiencing first love with another woman.
Sarah Barton is dissatisfied with her boring life as a Nevada grocery clerk – her world is rocked by a mysterious drifter (Paz de la Huerta) who challenges her to take risks.
Writer-director Natalia Leite's gripping film also stars The Amazing Spider-Man's Chris Zylka and Martha Marcy May Marlene's Louisa Krause.
Bare is Agron's first major film since her long-running series Glee wrapped up in March.
The IFC Films drama opens in limited release and through VOD on October 30 in the Us.
- 9/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Filmmakers #36 : Dianna Agron Gets Corrupted in 'Bare' Dianna Agron leaves her sheltered life behind in Natalie Leite's directorial debut, "Bare." In the drama, Agron's Sarah falls in love with Pepper, a drug-dealing drifter played by Paz De La Huerta. As Sarah joins Pepper's world, she disconnects from old friends and starts to strip at the club where Pepper sells drugs. She ultimately finds herself trapped in a double life and quickly realizes what happens when real life collides with fantasy. "Bare" is debuting in theaters and VOD on October 30. Watch the trailer above. Read More: Watch: Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta and the Cast of 'Bare' Got Down and Dirty to Prepare For Their Roles...
- 9/25/2015
- by Karen Brill
- Indiewire
"I wanna take you to one of my favorite places." IFC Films has debuted a trailer for the indie drama Bare, from writer/director Natalia Leite, co-starring Dianna Agron and Paz de le Huerta. This lesbian indie drama premiered at Tribeca and is about a girl in Nevada who becomes "romantically involved with a female drifter", that ends up teaching her lessons about life the hard way. This trailer doesn't look so bad, but some of the reviews for this were pretty mediocre, with THR mentioning a "mundane storyline". I'm not so sure if it'll be any good - give the trailer a watch below. Also stars Chris Zylka, Louisa Krause & Mary Price Moore. Here's the first official trailer Natalia Leite's Bare, found direct from YouTube: After a lifetime of living in her sheltered and rural hometown, without any apparent means of changing a certain fate, Sarah (Dianna Agron...
- 9/24/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Glee alumna Dianna Agron has landed a lead role in Hollow In The Land, an indie drama from writer-director Scooter Corkle. She will play Alison, a tomboyish lesbian who works at a pulp mill. A year after her father was put away for murder, she’s in a troubled state, but her troubles get worse when her brother goes missing. She sets out to find him. Along with her regular-then-recurring role on Fox’s Glee, Agron recently has appeared in the features Tumbledown, Bare and Zip…...
- 7/13/2015
- Deadline
San Francisco's Frameline39, "the granddaddy of the world’s Lgbtq festivals," opens tonight, "and by the time it finishes June 28, about 60,000 people will have bought tickets to 180 films from 33 countries," announces David Lewis at SFGate. We're sampling recommendations from around the Bay Area, which include Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, Joseph Graham's Beautiful Something, Natalia Leite's Bare, Justin Kelly's I Am Michael, Alante Kavaite's The Summer of Sangaile, Stu Maddox's Reel in the Closet and Mark Christopher's director's cut of 54 (1998). » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
San Francisco's Frameline39, "the granddaddy of the world’s Lgbtq festivals," opens tonight, "and by the time it finishes June 28, about 60,000 people will have bought tickets to 180 films from 33 countries," announces David Lewis at SFGate. We're sampling recommendations from around the Bay Area, which include Christian Braad Thomsen's documentary Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands, Joseph Graham's Beautiful Something, Natalia Leite's Bare, Justin Kelly's I Am Michael, Alante Kavaite's The Summer of Sangaile, Stu Maddox's Reel in the Closet and Mark Christopher's director's cut of 54 (1998). » - David Hudson...
- 6/18/2015
- Keyframe
Frameline turns 39 this year and in spirit, the fest has programmed an ambitious showcase of hot circuit titles, world premieres and retrospectives, with juried and audience awards to follow. In total there are 180 films lined up from 33 countries, including 18 first features and 64 films directed by women. For San Francisco movie lovers, Frameline offers a wonderful West Coast counterpart to La's Outfest in July. On June 18, the world's longest-running Lgbt film fest opens with Justin Kelly's 2015 Sundance premiere "I Am Michael," a compassionate portrait of gay activist turned born again heterosexual Michael Glatze (James Franco) and his strained relationship with his longtime partner (Zachary Quinto). The festival closes with writer/director Natalia Leite's Tribeca "Bare," a rural lesbian romance set in nowheresville Nevada that premiered at Tribeca this year. Read More: Stream These Ten Lgbt Art Film Classics, From Jean Genet to Xavier Dolan In between,...
- 5/20/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Dianna Agron and Paz de la Huerta will star in the drama, which premiered in Tribeca and Myriad Pictures has introduced to international buyers here.
Natalia Leite makes her feature directorial debut on the tale of a bored woman in a rural town who embarks on a risky friendship with a female drifter.
Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite produce Bare through Purple Milk with Chad Burris via Indion Entertainment. Giorgio Guglielmino, Dennis Mykytyn, Christopher J Scott and Jasper Zweibel served as executive producers.
“Natalia has a provocative and original voice that is undeniably present in Bare,” said Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“She worked with Dianna Agron and Paz de la Huerta and the rest of the cast to capture performances which draw out an extraordinary range of emotions.”
Director of production and acquisitions Theresa Won brought the project to Myriad, who negotiated rights with Us rights holder CAA.
Natalia Leite makes her feature directorial debut on the tale of a bored woman in a rural town who embarks on a risky friendship with a female drifter.
Alexandra Roxo and Natalia Leite produce Bare through Purple Milk with Chad Burris via Indion Entertainment. Giorgio Guglielmino, Dennis Mykytyn, Christopher J Scott and Jasper Zweibel served as executive producers.
“Natalia has a provocative and original voice that is undeniably present in Bare,” said Myriad president and CEO Kirk D’Amico.
“She worked with Dianna Agron and Paz de la Huerta and the rest of the cast to capture performances which draw out an extraordinary range of emotions.”
Director of production and acquisitions Theresa Won brought the project to Myriad, who negotiated rights with Us rights holder CAA.
- 5/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
For this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Indiewire teamed up with the Apple Store in Soho, Manhattan for a series of Tribeca Talks. The one-hour discussions featured in-depth conversations with leading directors, writers, actors and producers who took part in the event. Participants this year included Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Maggie"), Olivia Wilde ("Meadowland"), Ethan Hawke ("Good Kill"), Taylor Schilling ("The Overnight") and Paz de la Huerta ("Bare"). Check out the list below for links to clips from the entire series. You can also watch all of the panels on iTunes, or listen to them in podcast form. For any other Tribeca Film Festival coverage you may have missed, check out our Tribeca Bible. "In My Father's House" Panelists: Directors Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg, subjects Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Brian Tillman Moderated by Indiewire's Tambay Obenson Watch: How Grammy-Winning Rapper Che 'Rhymefest' Smith Turned...
- 4/29/2015
- by Casey Cipriani
- Indiewire
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Filmmakers #36 : Dianna Agron Gets Corrupted in 'Bare' Director Natalia Leite's "Bare" debuted at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. For one of Indiewire and Apple's Tribeca Talks, which took palce at the Apple Store in Shoho, Manhattan, Indiewire's Nigel M. Smith sat down with Leite and the cast to discuss their preparation when it came to filming. "It was important to really feel authentic, like we weren't just two New Yorkers going into this small town trying to figure out what it meant to be from there," said Paz de la Huerta, who plays the rebellious Pepper. Sarah, played by Dianna Agron, lives a boring life in a small desert town until she meets Pepper, who introduces her to a life of sex, drugs and stripping. To find out just what they did to prepare for their roles, watch the clip above.
- 4/27/2015
- by Travis Clark
- Indiewire
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers "Bare," the first feature film from director Natalia Leite, stars Dianna Agron as Sarah, a bored girl in a Nevada desert town looking for a way out. When she meets Pepper (Paz de la Huerta), a seductive female drifter, Sarah is led down a dangerous path of illicit drugs and seedy strip clubs. When the two enter into a romantic relationship, Sarah is inspired to leave her old life behind and see who she can become. What's your film about in 140 characters or less? After a lifetime of living in her sheltered and rural hometown, without any apparent means of changing a certain fate, Sarah (Dianna Agron) discovers a possible way out in Pepper (Paz De La Huerta), a mysterious female drifter. Through Pepper's influence, Sarah is motivated to take a job at a highway strip club where Pepper sells drugs. But...
- 4/16/2015
- by Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
- Indiewire
I first encountered writer, director and producer Natalia Leite in an episode of Vice’s “Every Woman”, where she and (co-star and producer) Alexandra Roxo pose as truck stop strippers and was described as “a Marina Abramovic performance crossed with a bizarro episode of 'Wife Swap' directed by David Lynch's daughters." Natalia’s feature film debut "Bare" will premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. "Bare" explores the curious relationship between small desert townie Sarah (Dianna Agron) and a spontaneous stranger, Pepper (Paz de la Huerta) who introduces the highs of sex, drugs and spirituality into Sarah’s world.
LatinoBuzz: What was the moment a young girl in Sao Paolo named Natalia decided she wanted to pick up a camera?
Natalia: My dad had one of those huge VHS cameras when I was growing up and he would film the family sometimes. It was too big for me to carry but I always wanted to play around with it. Then, when I was around 9 or 10, I started playing with a little point and shoot camera that my family had and I would stage scenarios with my sister and photograph them. I loved it. I loved creating the scene and also being in it sometimes. I think that was the start.
LatinoBuzz: I understand you were in the process of Bare when you came up with the Vice idea. Did any of that factor in ultimately when you shot "Bare"?
Natalia: For sure. I came across the strip club that we used in "Bare" when I was location scouting in New Mexico and thought it was such a unique and cinematic place. I told Alexandra about this place and we started thinking about how those women ended up there and what life is like for those women. From there we developed the idea for “Every Woman,” the Vice show. Through that experience we bonded with some of the women working in the club and ended up casting them in "Bare." It also really inspired my writing and I added some of that personal experience into the script.
LatinoBuzz: What’s the most important part of the writing process for you?
Natalia: It’s the painful part when you already have the full script written and you think it’s great and then you step back for a moment to realize that it’s not ready yet. When you have to go back to the drawing board and look at your outline again and kill all the scenes you love and make a big mess of it all to get it to a better place.
LatinoBuzz: What were the films that you watched and discussed with your team in achieving the aesthetic of the film?
Natalia: So many. Here are a few: "My Own Private Idaho," "Last Picture Show," "Fish Tank," "Harold and Maude," "My Summer of Love," "Xxy"….
LatinoBuzz: What made your two leads stand out for you? Were you at any point looking for parts of yourself in them?
Natalia: They are exaggerated parts of myself. They are polar opposites who come together and change each other.
LatinoBuzz: Is there a song you could write to all day long?
Natalia: No. I listen to a lot of music and never sit on one song for too long.
LatinoBuzz: How does the current state of the world impact your filmmaking voice?
Natalia: Growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, I feel like I was more exposed to the reality of the world we live in. Brazil is beautiful with so many amazing people and beautiful nature, but in Sao Paulo you go to work in the morning and there are 7-year-olds knocking on your car door begging for money, there’s corruption, there’s violence. Not to say that this doesn’t happen here in America too – it does – but the Us is better about hiding this reality in a certain way. Growing up in Sao Paulo was really important to my formative years as an artist, and really shaped the way I saw myself as an artist in the world.
Latinobuzz: Your favorite Journey?
Natalia: My favorite journey is just meditating and going inside myself.
Bare screening times can be found here: https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/bare-2015. And for more info on Natalia’s work visit: http://drinkpurplemilk.com/
Written by Juan Caceres . LatinoBuzz is a feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow [At]LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook...
LatinoBuzz: What was the moment a young girl in Sao Paolo named Natalia decided she wanted to pick up a camera?
Natalia: My dad had one of those huge VHS cameras when I was growing up and he would film the family sometimes. It was too big for me to carry but I always wanted to play around with it. Then, when I was around 9 or 10, I started playing with a little point and shoot camera that my family had and I would stage scenarios with my sister and photograph them. I loved it. I loved creating the scene and also being in it sometimes. I think that was the start.
LatinoBuzz: I understand you were in the process of Bare when you came up with the Vice idea. Did any of that factor in ultimately when you shot "Bare"?
Natalia: For sure. I came across the strip club that we used in "Bare" when I was location scouting in New Mexico and thought it was such a unique and cinematic place. I told Alexandra about this place and we started thinking about how those women ended up there and what life is like for those women. From there we developed the idea for “Every Woman,” the Vice show. Through that experience we bonded with some of the women working in the club and ended up casting them in "Bare." It also really inspired my writing and I added some of that personal experience into the script.
LatinoBuzz: What’s the most important part of the writing process for you?
Natalia: It’s the painful part when you already have the full script written and you think it’s great and then you step back for a moment to realize that it’s not ready yet. When you have to go back to the drawing board and look at your outline again and kill all the scenes you love and make a big mess of it all to get it to a better place.
LatinoBuzz: What were the films that you watched and discussed with your team in achieving the aesthetic of the film?
Natalia: So many. Here are a few: "My Own Private Idaho," "Last Picture Show," "Fish Tank," "Harold and Maude," "My Summer of Love," "Xxy"….
LatinoBuzz: What made your two leads stand out for you? Were you at any point looking for parts of yourself in them?
Natalia: They are exaggerated parts of myself. They are polar opposites who come together and change each other.
LatinoBuzz: Is there a song you could write to all day long?
Natalia: No. I listen to a lot of music and never sit on one song for too long.
LatinoBuzz: How does the current state of the world impact your filmmaking voice?
Natalia: Growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, I feel like I was more exposed to the reality of the world we live in. Brazil is beautiful with so many amazing people and beautiful nature, but in Sao Paulo you go to work in the morning and there are 7-year-olds knocking on your car door begging for money, there’s corruption, there’s violence. Not to say that this doesn’t happen here in America too – it does – but the Us is better about hiding this reality in a certain way. Growing up in Sao Paulo was really important to my formative years as an artist, and really shaped the way I saw myself as an artist in the world.
Latinobuzz: Your favorite Journey?
Natalia: My favorite journey is just meditating and going inside myself.
Bare screening times can be found here: https://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/bare-2015. And for more info on Natalia’s work visit: http://drinkpurplemilk.com/
Written by Juan Caceres . LatinoBuzz is a feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow [At]LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook...
- 4/15/2015
- by Juan Caceres
- Sydney's Buzz
Indiewire has once again partnered up with Apple to host the Meet the Tribeca Filmmaker talks series, in partnership with the 2015 edition of the New York-based film festival. The one-hour discussions, running from April 11-22 at the Apple store in the heart of SoHo, will feature in-depth conversations with leading directors, writers, actors and producers taking part in the event. Participants this year include Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Maggie"), Olivia Wilde ("Meadowland"), Ethan Hawke ("Good Kill"), Taylor Schilling ("The Overnight") and Paz de la Huerta ("Bare"). Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers All events are free; seating is available on a first come, first served basis, so be sure to arrive early. The Apple SoHo store is located at 103 Prince Street. Talks take place on the second floor. Below, find the full lineup of discussions with plot synopses provided by the festival. Saturday, 4/11 3pm Tribeca...
- 4/9/2015
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
Andrew Renzi‘s directorial debut about a third wheel starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning and Theo James, Reed Morano‘s relationship testing drama featuring Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, Onur Tukel‘s secret unleashed on the airwaves and Gregory Kohn‘s hallucinatory tale with Eléonore Hendricks topling are part of the American independent offerings at the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. Renzi’s Franny and Morano’s Meadowland will be competing in the dozen selected in the World Narrative Competition while Tukel’s Applesauce and Kohn’s Come Down Molly are among the in the Viewpoints sidebar. Here are the selected titles below sans synopsis.
World Narrative Feature Competition (12)
The Adderall Diaries, directed and written by Pamela Romanowsky. (USA) – World Premiere.
Bridgend, directed by Jeppe Rønde, co-written by Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, and Peter Asmussen. (Denmark) – North American Premiere.
Dixieland, directed and written by Hank Bedford. (USA) – World Premiere
Franny, directed and written by Andrew Renzi.
World Narrative Feature Competition (12)
The Adderall Diaries, directed and written by Pamela Romanowsky. (USA) – World Premiere.
Bridgend, directed by Jeppe Rønde, co-written by Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, and Peter Asmussen. (Denmark) – North American Premiere.
Dixieland, directed and written by Hank Bedford. (USA) – World Premiere
Franny, directed and written by Andrew Renzi.
- 3/3/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Top brass at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) presented by At&T have announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition and Viewpoints selections.
Organisers also said that At&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.
Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!
The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.
Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of...
Organisers also said that At&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.
Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!
The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.
Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of...
- 3/3/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Whether you are a filmmaker, or one of the Sundance programmers whose task it is to identify the films that make up a line-up, it is indeed the most wonderful, panic-filled and nerve racking time of the year. The 31st edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 22nd with Park City and Salt Lake City playing host to some of the more innovative, thought-provoking narrative and non-fiction films of 2015. Last year, a Jenga tall order of 4,057 features and 8,161 shorts were submitted. Now let’s think about those numbers for a second.
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
Twenty years ago, Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb claimed the Grand Jury Prize Documentary award, Living in Oblivion‘s Tom Dicillo was honored with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and Edward Burns’ micro-budgeted The Brothers McMullen (there is a read-worthy, lively, eleventh hour account on how it was submitted to the fest in Ted Hope’s “Hope...
- 11/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
She’s been a busy lady as of late, and on Tuesday afternoon (July 29) Dianna Agron was hard at work on her new movie “Headlock.”
The “Family” female took a break from the indie spy-fi flick, written and directed by Mark Polish, and strolled around the Beverly Hills set while photographers snapped up pictures.
In career news, Ms. Agron’s next project is called “Bare” and she’ll get to work alongside hotties like Riley Keough and Imogen Poots.
Per the synopsis, “Bare” is about “a young girl living in Nevada who starts a complicated relationship with a female drifter who introduces her to a darker world and forces her to grow.”...
The “Family” female took a break from the indie spy-fi flick, written and directed by Mark Polish, and strolled around the Beverly Hills set while photographers snapped up pictures.
In career news, Ms. Agron’s next project is called “Bare” and she’ll get to work alongside hotties like Riley Keough and Imogen Poots.
Per the synopsis, “Bare” is about “a young girl living in Nevada who starts a complicated relationship with a female drifter who introduces her to a darker world and forces her to grow.”...
- 7/31/2014
- GossipCenter
Natalia Leite has recruited Imogen Poots, Riley Keough and Dianna Agron for the cast of her feature directorial debut, “Bare,” which starts shooting this week in New Mexico. “Bare” centers on “a young girl living in Nevada who starts a complicated relationship with a female drifter who introduces her to a darker world and forces her to grow.” Also set to star Chris Zylka, Paz de la Huerta and Rachel Korine, “Bare” will be produced by Alexandra Roxo, Chad Burris, and Christopher J. Scott. Mateo Frazier will serve as associate producer. Poots, whose busy year has included films like “A [...]
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- 7/28/2014
- by Alfonso Espina
- UpandComers
On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...
- 7/24/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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