After breaking out with his feature directorial debut Sleight, J.D. Dillard is becoming a hot commodity in Hollywood, with his latest project becoming the center of a heated bidding war. Lionsgate beat out other competitors for the rights to Mastering Your Past, a thriller that landed Dillard a seven-figure deal to co-write the script with Matt Owens (Luke Cage, The Defenders) and another seven figures to direct. This right off the heels of the rave reviews for his latest Sundance darling, Sweetheart. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Lionsgate won an intense bidding war for Mastering Your Past, the latest project from J.D. Dillard whose films Sleight and the recent Sundance horror hit Sweetheart have pushed him into rising star status. Universal, Paramount, Sony, Amazon, Lionsgate, MRC and Legendary all vied for the project, with Lionsgate coming out on top with a seven-figure deal. Details are pretty slim for Mastering Your Past, but … [Read more...] about ‘Mastering Your Past,’ From Director of Sundance Darling ‘Sweetheart,’ Lands at Legendary
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Below-the-Line Talent Share Insights Into Top Sundance Movies
Daron James, provided by Published 12:15 pm CST, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Photo: Nick Wall Photo: Nick Wall Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Nick Wall Below-the-Line Talent Share Insights Into Top Sundance Movies 1 / 1 Back to Gallery A seller’s market prevailed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as streaming giants competed with traditional studios to buy a wide assortment of indie projects they hope to turn into hits. The artisans who worked on some of the highest-profile Sundance movies share their stories. Blinded by the Light (Bought by New Line for $15 million) In 1987, Javed (Viveik Kalra), a 16-year-old British Pakistani, is given a Bruce … [Read more...] about Below-the-Line Talent Share Insights Into Top Sundance Movies
How Sundance Got Its Groove Back
Brent Lang, provided by Published 11:28 am CST, Friday, February 1, 2019 Photo: NICK WALL PHOTOGRAPHY Photo: NICK WALL PHOTOGRAPHY Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: NICK WALL PHOTOGRAPHY How Sundance Got Its Groove Back 1 / 1 Back to Gallery They came. They saw. They bought a lot. That’s more or less the story of the 2019 edition of the Sundance Film Festival. It was a return to the free-spending days of a couple of years ago, as buyers decided to ignore the cautionary tales and write checks as if “Patti Cake$” and “The Birth of a Nation” never happened. “Late Night,” Mindy Kaling’s look at diversity in writer’s … [Read more...] about How Sundance Got Its Groove Back
Reviewed in brief: ‘Chloe & Theo,’ ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ ‘Learning to Drive’
CHLOE & THEO As the summer release season scrapes the bottom of the barrel, you may still have room on your commemorative shelf of the year’s lamest oddities. It is about as exciting as watching a gerbil on an exercise wheel. Dakota Johnson, the only admirable element in “50 Shades of Grey,” does what she can to elevate this threadbare indie, with worse results. She plays Chloe, a homeless New Yorker who welcomes Inuit newcomer Theo (Theo Ikummaq). The street urchin digs his pacifist attitude, volunteering to slip him past United Nations security to offer the warning about global warming that his elders have sent him to deliver. Mira Sorvino plays a socialite with a dramatic secret who joins their quest, André De Shields appears as a ghetto know-it-all who tries to navigate the crusade. By the end of the film, Theo hopes to go home to the igloo and you wish him luck. Borrowing themes from “Candide,” it makes us wonder why bad things happen to good … [Read more...] about Reviewed in brief: ‘Chloe & Theo,’ ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ ‘Learning to Drive’
Brigitte Nielsen expecting 5th child at 54 years old
Updated 9:53 am, Thursday, May 31, 2018 Now Playing: Brigitte Nielsen, star of Red Sonja and Beverly Hills Cop II, is going to be a mom again Media: People LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fifty-four-year-old model, actress and reality star Brigitte Nielsen is pregnant with her fifth child. The expectant Nielsen posted photos of herself lounging on Instagram and Twitter . She wrote the family is getting larger. window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-10', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 10', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: … [Read more...] about Brigitte Nielsen expecting 5th child at 54 years old