True Haunting: Erin Moriarty, Jamie Campbell Bower film gets January release
Earlier this year, it was announced that Erin Moriarty (best known for playing Starlight on The Boys) and Jamie Campbell Bower (now best known for playing Vecna on Stranger Things) had signed on to star in director Gary Fleder‘s film True Haunting, based on a novel by Edwin F. Becker (pick up a copy HERE) – a novel […]
Omni Cultural TV Fest networking event remotely connects indie producers with Hollywood execs amid COVID crisis
When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic rolled across the U.S. last spring, the founders of a unique multicultural networking event catering to entertainment industry hopefuls knew they had to get creative if they wanted to keep it going. Launched a year ago at the historic Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, the Omni Cultural […]
Gary Fleder to Direct Espionage Thriller ‘Line of Control’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gary Fleder has signed on to direct the espionage thriller “Line of Control” with Brickell & Broadbridge Intl. on board to finance and sell the project at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Fleder, whose credits include “Runaway Jury,” “Homefront” and “Kiss the Girls,” will direct from a Ben Dubash script. “Line of Control” will explore […]
Trevor Joe Lennon interviews Cindy Cowan Executive Producer
Trevor Joe Lennon · Cindy Cowan Producer Writer Trevor Joe Lennon Trevor Joe Lennon interviews Cindy Cowan Executive Producer and Emmy Award winner for Best Documentary called Miracle On 42nd Street This documentary is about the Manhattan Plaza where the prominent actors and artists got their start. It features Larry David, Samuel L. Jackson, Alicia […]
TriStar Pictures Lands NSYNC Superfan Movie From Producers Lance Bass, Cindy Cowan (EXCLUSIVE)
Click here to read the full article. Sony label TriStar Pictures has acquired an untitled feature film about NSYNC superfans who followed the boy band on tour in 2001, packed in a Winnebago bought with prize money from “The Price Is Right.” Lance Bass, who first teased the project to Variety out of SXSW last […]
An NSYNC movie is coming, and it’s for all the boy band superfans out there
In February of 2019, former NSYNC member Lance Bass let it slip that he was producing a film about two girls who followed the boy band on their final tour in 2001. He told Variety that the film is based on a “really fun” true story, and as of yesterday, February 13th, the project has […]
Lance Bass on his NSYNC superfan movie’s wild link to studio boss, if the band will star
With the success of films like Lady Bird and Hustlers, it seems like filmgoers have begun to embrace nostalgia for the aughts, and Lance Bass has taken note of it. The former NSYNC member just announced he has partnered with Sony’s TriStar Pictures to produce a film about two girls who quit school to follow […]
TriStar Pictures Lands NSYNC Superfan Movie From Producers Lance Bass, Cindy Cowan (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony label TriStar Pictures has acquired an untitled feature film about NSYNC superfans who followed the boy band on tour in 2001, packed in a Winnebago bought with prize money from “The Price Is Right.” Lance Bass, who first teased the project to Variety out of SXSW last year, is producing through his eponymous company […]
Omni Cultural TV Fest in Partnership with NATPE Reaches Thousands at Inaugural Showcase for TV and OTT Distribution
More than 2,000 industry professionals and filmmakers attended the all-day event that connects diverse and emerging producers with industry professionals and distributors HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Omni Cultural TV Fest (OCTVF) in partnership with NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) announced that the first showcase on May 1, 2019 at the […]
Omni Cultural TV Fest Success Prompts NATPE To Commit to 2nd Annual in 2020
Omni Cultural TV Fest 2020 Returns Spring 2020 Submissions Period Opens June 30, 2019 More than 2,000 industry professionals and filmmakers attended the all-day event that connects diverse and emerging producers with industry professionals and distributors Omni Cultural TV Fest (OCTVF) in partnership with NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) announced that the first […]
Screen Gems Developing ‘True Haunting’ About NBC’s 1971 Televised Exorcism
Cindy Cowan has optioned the book, and will produce with Steve Bersch and Scott Strauss overseeing the project. Screen Gems’ Brian Dukes will oversee for the studio. True Haunting is the terrifying true story of the first televised exorcism on NBC in 1971. Millions around the country watched the program. The NBC news segment was […]
AM NEW YORK Reviews “Miracle on 42nd Street”
Avoiding the crush of tourists in Times Square may seem like a miracle these days. But a documentary called “Miracle on 42nd Street” highlights how big of a feat it was to transform the once-seedy area into such a hub — and how an affordable refuge for performing artists, Manhattan Plaza, played a pivotal role […]
‘Miracle On 42nd Street’ Trailer: Alicia Keys and Larry David Remember the Building that Changed New York
“Miracle on 42nd Street” is a documentary detailing the story of the iconic apartment complex in Manhattan that was home to several artists during the late 1970s: The Manhattan Plaza. The hour-long film will have its world premiere on November 11 during the DOC NYC festival. It is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor and Bronx native […]
Red Lights
Playing like a cross between THE CONJURING (2013) and NOW YOU SEE ME (2013), RED LIGHTS is a nifty little psychological thriller. Even though it falls just short of hitting the mark, it deserves credit for an unconventional narrative and a clever twist ending. Like I said in my January 6th review of INTRUDERS, I […]
SMILEY
Opening in theatres this Friday from director/writer Michael J. Gallager and Level 10 Films and distributed by AMC theatres is the scary tale of SMILEY. This film tells the story of young college student Ashley (Caitlin Gerard), returning to school after a nervous breakdown she moves in with Proxie (Melanie Papalia). Immediately the two click […]
Review: ‘Smiley’ an Internet Age horror film
Melding the urban legend to the Internet meme, the film “Smiley,” directed by young YouTube auteur Michael Gallagher from a script he co-wrote with Glasgow Phillips, is a surprisingly effective low-budget horror film that takes as its true villain the casual cynicism and nihilistic misanthropy that so often go along with online culture. In the […]
Film Review: Smiley (2012)
After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley’s next victim. REVIEW: SYNOPSIS: I did it for the lulz I did it for the lulz I did it for the […]
Cortes puts a stop to the paranormal in ‘Red Lights’
The scene in the darkened seance room at the Magic Castle clubhouse for magicians quickly takes a drastic turn for the weird. Mysterious organ music hits a frenzied crescendo over the sounds of disembodied voices as a large black table rises off the ground. In the Victorian-decorated chamber, it seems to float in the air. […]
“Do You Believe In Psychics? Check Out The Trailer For Red Lights!”
“WOW! We have never seen Robert De Niro quite like this! Check out the theatrical trailer for Red Lights, which stars the actor as a legendary psychic who reappears after a 30 year absence and attracts the attention of two paranormal hoax investigators, played by Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy (above)! As you can imagine, […]
“Five Things to Know About the Sundance Film Festival—Besides That It Starts Today!”
“It is never too early in the year to start talking about next year’s Oscar race or the newest, hottest face on the planet. We’re smack in the middle of the best-of-2011 awards season, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival kicks off today (and runs till Jan. 29) in Park City, Utah, and there is so […]
“Sundance Review: ‘Red Lights’ Invites You To Stop, Look & Listen”
What you see, you can’t believe. What you can’t understand, though, can ultimately be explained. This is the modus operandi for Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and assistant Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), parapsychologists primarily interested in debunking supernatural phenomena. “When I see hoof prints,” she says, “I think of horses, not unicorns.” They work out of […]
“2012 Sundance acquisition roundup: Robots, phone sex workers, virgin poets and more”
The big pick-ups at Sundance 2012 At the bustling Sundance Film Festival, it’s hard to keep up with acquisition news, so we’ve devised this handy guide to remind you which film went where. Some of 2012’s big pick-ups include the Robert De Niro film “Red Lights,” the femme-centric thriller “Black Rock,” Bradley Cooper in “The […]
“Sanity prevails at busy Sundance 2012”
‘Docile approach’ proves good for biz after wild 2011 Everyone has been keeping their cool, meaning the right films have been going to the right distributors for the right price at Sundance. The consensus at this year’s fest is that sanity has prevailed, with buyers taking care not to overspend and sellers waiting to carefully […]
“Millennium Entertainment turns on ‘Red Lights’ “
Bill Lee’s shingle will distrib the De Niro starre PARK CITY, Utah — Millennium Entertainment has “Red Lights” in its sights, as CEO Bill Lee’s distribution company has closed a deal to acquire U.S. rights to Rodrigo Cortes’ paranormal thriller. The twisting psychological thriller from the director of “Buried” premiered Friday night at the jam-packed […]
Sundance 2012: ‘Red Lights’
After my interview with Rodrigo Cortés’ Red Lights executive producer Cindy Cowan, I was eagerly anticipating this world premiere that had an all-star cast including Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert DeNiro, Elizabeth Olsen, and Toby Jones. Click through for the review. Red Lights is a Sundance film with a lot of mystery surrounding it, and […]
Sundance 2012 Review: RED LIGHTS, from the Director of BURIED
Director Rodrigo Cortes lit Sundance 2010 on fire with Buried, and two years later, he’s back with another thriller – one with a much more expanded scope. Red Lights follows veteran paranormal expert Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and her assistant Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) as they track strange cases around the country, proving them all […]
Sundance 2012: The 10 Most-Anticipated Films
Spike Lee’s ‘Red Hook Summer’ and ‘Red Lights,’ starring Robert De Niro, are among the movies we can’t wait to see. With so many films making their world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, it can be a dizzying task deciding which movies to keep an eye out for later in the year and which […]
“Picked up Variety’s target titles”
“Red Lights” “Buried” director Rodrigo Cortes returns to Sundance with a paranormal thriller that reportedly bucks the genre. (UTA) Chicago Tribune via Variety
“Sundance Film Festival 2012’s most anticipated movies”
‘Red Lights’ Want to talk about buzz-worthy? How about a cast featuring Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy, Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen, Tobey Jones and Craig Roberts (“Submarine”) all under the talented eye of Rodrigo Cortés (“Buried”)? This thriller about a psychiatrist investigating paranormal activity may feature Weaver’s best role in years and could easily be […]
“Sundance 2012: Six Story lines to watch”
“Red light, green light. Rodrigo Cortes had one of the most ballyhooed genre films at Sundance in recent years when “Buried,” the Ryan Reynolds-starrer about a man trapped in a coffin, premiered there two years ago. Cortes is back with another conceptual horror movie, a supernatural thriller called “Red Lights.” But will audiences get a […]
Sundance 2012: Warming up
I arrived in Park City last night for my eighth Sundance Festival since 2001, and my first since 2009 (credit my esteemed colleague Kyle Smith’s recent blessed event for keeping him home). While Park City doesn’t seem to have changed much — it was a gorgeous sight this morning with a couple of inches of […]
The 5 Films Likeliest to Ignite a Sundance 2012 Bidding War
“No matter how many gifting suites, D-list “celebrities” and/or head-splitting parties the malevolent forces of modern commerce may stuff into the wintry idyll of Park City over the next week, we’ll always have the movies. And as usual, “we” also means studios and distributors with money to burn and release slates to fill. Let the […]
