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Merrell Fankhauser's "Lila" from the Fapardokly Album/CD from the film Chappaquiddick looked like they might provide direct competitors for a Best Song Oscar slot. 



‘Chappaquiddick’ Moves Out of the Crowded Awards Season — Exclusive


When Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, riding high after the early hit “47 Meters Down,” bought “Chappaquiddick” and “Hostiles” out of Toronto, it looked like they might provide direct competitors for a Best Actor Oscar slot. Now Scott Cooper’s $50-million western “Hostiles,” which earned upbeat reviews and press out of Telluride and Tiff, is heading for a December release and an Oscar campaign for Christian Bale.
“Chappaquiddick,” however, will have to wait.
John Curran’s “Chappaquiddick” (a $4 million pickup, with a $16 million P&A) will wisely hold off for a 2018 release on April 6. Jason Clarkewould have not only been competing with Bale for a Best Actor slot, but also with himself in Dee Rees’s southern drama “Mudbound” (November 17, Netflix).
Read More:‘Chappaquiddick’ Review: Jason Clarke Excels in Compelling Teddy Kennedy Biopic That Pulls No Punches Related storiesAFI Fest Adds Galas: 'Call Me by Your Name,' 'The Disaster Artist, »
- Anne Thompson
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‘Chappaquiddick’ Moves Out of the Crowded Awards Season — Exclusive


19 hours ago | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
When Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, riding high after the early hit “47 Meters Down,” bought “Chappaquiddick” and “Hostiles” out of Toronto, it looked like they might provide direct competitors for a Best Actor Oscar slot. Now Scott Cooper’s $50-million western “Hostiles,” which earned upbeat reviews and press out of Telluride and Tiff, is heading for a December release and an Oscar campaign for Christian Bale.
“Chappaquiddick,” however, will have to wait.
John Curran’s “Chappaquiddick” (a $4 million pickup, with a $16 million P&A) will wisely hold off for a 2018 release on April 6. Jason Clarkewould have not only been competing with Bale for a Best Actor slot, but also with himself in Dee Rees’s southern drama “Mudbound” (November 17, Netflix).
Read More:‘Chappaquiddick’ Review: Jason Clarke Excels in Compelling Teddy Kennedy Biopic That Pulls No Punches Related storiesAFI Fest Adds Galas: 'Call Me by Your Name,' 'The Disaster Artist, »
- Anne Thompson
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Gotham Awards Analysis: ‘Get Out’ Is a Serious Awards Season Contender, ‘Wonder Wheel’ Is Shut Out, and More


19 October 2017 11:07 AM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
The Gotham Awards aren’t exactly Oscar prognosticators, but a nomination builds early momentum for the long haul ahead; being left out at this stage is not good. Jordan Peele’s box-office hit “Get Out,” which led the field with four nominations (read full nominations list here), affirmed its status as a serious player. So did three hot fall festival contenders that received three nominations each: Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” (A24) and Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics), both upcoming, and Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” (A24), which is now in limited release.
Read More:2017 Gotham Awards Nominations: ‘Get Out’ Leads Pack, ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Also Break Out
Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” landed a special jury prize for ensemble performance. That’s significant, because while the Netflix Sundance pickup played well at festivals, its large and superb cast, much like Best Picture winner “Spotlight, »
- Anne Thompson
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Gotham Awards Analysis: ‘Get Out’ Is a Serious Awards Season Contender, ‘Wonder Wheel’ Is Shut Out, and More


19 October 2017 11:07 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Gotham Awards aren’t exactly Oscar prognosticators, but a nomination builds early momentum for the long haul ahead; being left out at this stage is not good. Jordan Peele’s box-office hit “Get Out,” which led the field with four nominations (read full nominations list here), affirmed its status as a serious player. So did three hot fall festival contenders that received three nominations each: Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” (A24) and Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me by Your Name” (Sony Pictures Classics), both upcoming, and Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” (A24), which is now in limited release.
Read More:2017 Gotham Awards Nominations: ‘Get Out’ Leads Pack, ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Call Me by Your Name’ Also Break Out
Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” landed a special jury prize for ensemble performance. That’s significant, because while the Netflix Sundance pickup played well at festivals, its large and superb cast, much like Best Picture winner “Spotlight, »
- Anne Thompson
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‘Chappaquiddick,’ ‘Logan’s Syndrome’ Headline Carmel Film Festival


18 October 2017 10:00 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The Carmel International Film Festival, running Oct. 18-22, may only be entering its 9th year of existence, but for co-founders Erin Clark and Tom Burns there are already enough stories about the event to go around. Of course, there was the time that the portable screen on the beach punctured during the middle of a movie.
“It was like the Wicked Witch in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ it just kind of went down,” says Clark. “And you have 350 people on the beach watching this. And we get a phone call telling us, ‘We have a problem.’ O.K., because, you can’t be everywhere at once, right?”
It goes without saying that while Clark and Burns realized it was fun in theory, in reality, the windy Pacific coast was best served for parties and special events as opposed to a temporary screening venue. Fast forward to 2017 and Carmel has grown to four indoor venues, including the 700-seat »
- Gregory Ellwood
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Jason Clarke’s ‘Chappaquiddick’ Gets November Release Date


5 October 2017 4:21 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Jason Clarke’s “Chappaquiddick” has been set for an awards-season domestic release on Nov. 22 by Byron Allen’s Entertainment StudiosMotion Pictures.
The movie, which Entertainment Studios acquired in advance of its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, recounts the events surrounding a 1969 car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne, a young campaign worker for U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy, who was driving the car, waited 10 hours before reporting the accident.
Directed by John Curran from a Black List screenplay by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan, “Chappaquiddick” stars Clarke as Kennedy and Kate Mara as Kopechne. Ed Helms, Bruce Dern, Jim Gaffigan, Olivia Thirlby, Clancy Brown, and Taylor Nichols also star.
The movie was financed and produced by Apex’s Mark Ciardi and Campbell McInnes. Dmg Entertainment’s Chris Fenton is executive producing with Allen and Logan alongside producer Chris Cowles.
Variety’s Owen Gleiberman gave the film a strong review: “As a movie, ‘Chappaquiddick »
- Dave McNary
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An Open Letter to Byron Allen, Indie Film’s Newest Savior: Please Slow Down, Before You Hurt Yourself


3 October 2017 12:57 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The surprise success of shark movie “47 Meters Down” may be the best thing that ever happened to Byron Allen — or, the worst. His Entertainment Studios bought the title moments before Dimension Films shipped the inventory for its DVD premiere, and — with the help of some $30 million in P&A — it made $43 million at the box office this summer.
Now, Allen has spent the last month on a spending spree. Most recently, it’s “Hostiles,” Scott Cooper’s $50 million-budgeted Western starring Christian Bale that premiered at Toronto. The purchase price is unknown, but he’s reportedly committed to an Oscar-qualifying December release and about $15 million in P&A. That’s in addition to “Chappaquiddick,” another Toronto-Oscar title ($4 million acquisition, $16 million P&A) and Keanu Reeves’ sci-fi thriller “Replicas,” which cost $4 million for North America and is not an Oscar title, but comes with the promise of a wide release.
For the struggling indie film market, »
- Dana Harris
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Christian Bale’s ‘Hostiles’ Acquired by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios


3 October 2017 8:55 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Hostiles,” starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. The distributor plans an awards season release in December before expanding to wide release in January.
The film, directed by Scott Cooper from his own script, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and is scheduled to open the Rome Film Festival at the end of this month. Esmp acquired the movie from producer Ken Kao’s Waypoint Entertainment.
The film, set in 1892, stars Bale as a captain who agrees to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) and his family back home to tribal lands. The journey takes Bale and his detail from New Mexico to the grasslands of Montana.
Along the way they pick up a young widow (Pike), whose family has been murdered on the plains by hostile Comanche natives. Jesse Plemons, »
- Dave McNary
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Owen Wilson, Ed Helms Search for Their Dad in ‘Father Figures’ Trailer


28 September 2017 2:33 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Warner Bros. has issued an official trailer for its comedy “Father Figures,” after recently ditching the title “Bastards.”
J.K. Simmons and former pro football player Terry Bradshaw, who is playing himself, are potential father figures to Owen Wilson and Ed Helms’ characters. Wilson and Helms play brothers whose eccentric mother raised them to believe their father died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out to find their real father.
The brothers’ mother Helen Baxter (portrayed Glenn Close) admits at her wedding that she stretched the truth about their father dying when they were young.
“I’m not sure who your father was,” she says, “Back then, monogamy was not our top priority.”
When confronted by the brothers, Simmons’ character begins breaking glass and declaring, “There’s no way those jackasses are my kids.”
Asked about the name Helen Baxter, Bradshaw responds: “Talk about a blast from the past…she »
- Dave McNary
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Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Hires Peggy Hsieh as Senior VP Finance


Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has hired Peggy Hsieh as its senior vp finance.
Hsieh will oversee accounting and finance for Allen's recently acquired theatrical and digital movie distribution divisions, Entertainment StudiosMotion Pictures and Freestyle Digital Media. The upstart distributor released the hit Mandy Moore starrer 47 Meters Down and has also acquired Rob Cohen's action-thriller The Hurricane Heist, the Keanu Reeves-starrer Replicas and the historical thriller Chappaquiddick, starring Jason Clarke as Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Based in the Es headquarters in Los Angeles, Hsieh will report directly to Eric Gould, executive vp finance and chief investment officer, and Allen, founder, chairman and CEO.
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- Ashley Lee
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Oscar Opportunity: Why There Are So Many Last-Minute Entries in the 2018 Awards Race


27 September 2017 1:16 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Way back in 2008, Fox Searchlight jumped into Oscar action with Toronto pickup “The Wrestler;” it yielded two 2009 Oscar acting nominations for Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Similarly, having lost “Birth of a Nation” as a viable candidate, Searchlight picked up “Jackie” at Tiff 2016 and landed three nominations including Natalie Portman for Best Actress. Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren’t meant to be rush jobs. However, it sometimes pays to be opportunistic and the 2018 race looks like one of those years.
Eager to prove itself, rising indie Neon plunked down $5 million for North American rights to “I, Tonya” (December 8), even though Margot Robbie and Allison Janney will go up against intense competition in the two Actress categories.
Read More:‘I, Tonya’ Director Reveals Tonya Harding’s Reaction to the Breakout Biopic — Tiff
That rookie energy also fueled Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, which not only scooped up »
- Anne Thompson
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Oscar Opportunity: Why There Are So Many Last-Minute Entries in the 2018 Awards Race


27 September 2017 1:16 PM, PDT | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
Way back in 2008, Fox Searchlight jumped into Oscar action with Toronto pickup “The Wrestler;” it yielded two 2009 Oscar acting nominations for Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei. Similarly, having lost “Birth of a Nation” as a viable candidate, Searchlight picked up “Jackie” at Tiff 2016 and landed three nominations including Natalie Portman for Best Actress. Last-minute Oscar-hopeful buys are relatively rare; awards campaigns aren’t meant to be rush jobs. However, it sometimes pays to be opportunistic and the 2018 race looks like one of those years.
Eager to prove itself, rising indie Neon plunked down $5 million for North American rights to “I, Tonya” (December 8), even though Margot Robbie and Allison Janney will go up against intense competition in the two Actress categories.
Read More:‘I, Tonya’ Director Reveals Tonya Harding’s Reaction to the Breakout Biopic — Tiff
That rookie energy also fueled Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, which not only scooped up »
- Anne Thompson
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'Chappaquiddick' Gets Awards-Qualifying Release Date (Exclusive)


Chappaquiddick, about the car accident that ended the presidential aspirations of a young Sen. Ted Kennedy, is officially joining the Oscar race, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios will release the Jason Clarke starrer Dec. 8. The upstart distributor bought the drama at the Toronto Film Festival for $4 million and made a $16 million prints-and-advertising commitment. Entertainment Studios plans to mount a best actor campaign for Clarke among other categories.
Written by Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan, the story centers on Kennedy's (Clarke) infamous car accident, where he drove off a bridge in the summer of 1969, »
- Tatiana Siegel
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Review: Chappaquiddick (Tiff)


22 September 2017 12:26 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Plot: The true story of the infamous “Chappaquiddick incident”, where Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) accidently drove off a bridge, resulting in the death of former Rfk campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara). Review: To anyone who thinks Hollywood only ever makes movies about bad Republicans, have I got a movie for you! Not only does director John Curran’s movie,... Read More »
- Chris Bumbray
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‘Chappaquiddick’ Review: Jason Clarke Plays Ted Kennedy in an Absorbing, Maddening Drama [Tiff]


16 September 2017 10:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters,” declared then-candidate Donald Trump in the middle of the 2016 Republican primaries. Perhaps he was well acquainted with the chapter in the life of Ted Kennedy, the legendary “lion of the Senate,” chronicled in John Curran’s Chappaquiddick […]
The post ‘Chappaquiddick’ Review: Jason Clarke Plays Ted Kennedy in an Absorbing, Maddening Drama [Tiff] appeared first on /Film. »
- Marshall Shaffer
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‘My Days Of Mercy’ Stars Kate Mara & Ellen Page On Human Story About “How Love Heals” — Toronto Studio


15 September 2017 2:24 PM, PDT | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Sitting down at Deadline’s Toronto Studio to promote Tali Shalom-Ezer’s third feature, My Days of Mercy, actresses Ellen Page, Kate Mara and Amy Seimetz are among the busiest working today, if their Tiff tally is any reflection. In addition to the Israeli director’s intimate drama, each actress has another project screening at this year’s festival. For Page, it’s unusual zombie family drama The Cured; for Mara, it’s would be political drama Chappaquiddick; and for… »
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Ed Helms-Owen Wilson Comedy ‘Bastards’ Changes Title to ‘Father Figures’


15 September 2017 10:13 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Warner Bros. has decided to lose “Bastards” as the title for its Ed Helms-Owen Wilson road comedy, opting instead for “Father Figures.”
The studio is keeping the Dec. 22 release date for the Alcon Entertainment production.
J.K. Simmons and former pro football player Terry Bradshaw, who is playing himself, are potential father figures to Wilson and Helms’ characters — who are brothers whose eccentric mother raised them to believe their father died when they were young. When they discover this to be a lie, they set out to find their real father.
The brothers’ mother Helen Baxter (portrayed Glenn Close) admits at her wedding that she stretched the truth about their father dying when they were young. “I’m not sure who your father was,” she says in the first trailer for the film.
Ving Rhames, June Squibb, Katt Williams, and model Jessica Gomes — who plays the love interest of Wilson’s character — also star.
- Dave McNary
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‘Chappaquiddick’: Jason Clarke’s Ted Kennedy Drives Into A Scandal [Tiff Review]


15 September 2017 8:04 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s the summer of ’69, but Senator Ted Kennedy (Jason Clarke) didn’t buy his first real six-string or start a band with the guys from school, as the Bryan Adams song goes. Instead, he’s still mourning the tragic killing of his brother Bobby Kennedy a year earlier, while mulling his own possible presidential run. To the latter end, he’s gathered together six of the “boiler-room girls” who worked on behalf of Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign for a party.
Continue reading ‘Chappaquiddick’: Jason Clarke’s Ted Kennedy Drives Into A Scandal [Tiff Review] at The Playlist. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
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‘Mary Shelley’ Review: Elle Fanning Sparkles Inside a Lifeless Biopic — Tiff


14 September 2017 2:14 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
For a film that chronicles the rise of a creator obsessed with reanimating the dead, “Mary Shelley” is utterly lifeless. It contains a sparkling and startlingly raw performance by Elle Fanning, but Haifaa Al-Mansour’s disappointing followup to her remarkable “Wadjda” doesn’t push beyond paint-by-numbers biopic posturing, with revelations as insightful as the “Frankenstein” author’s Wikipedia page. The film documents the portion of Shelley’s life dominated by her romance with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and meanders toward the subsequent creation of her signature novel. As the budding writer hammers away at her craft, the film’s own structure and style weaken into nothing more than a thin fever dream.
Heightened emotions rule “Mary Shelley”; even the earliest moments of Shelley’s life saw tremendous tragedy. We first meet young Mary (then Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) as she dawdles by her long-dead mother’s gravesite, her lone place of respite and calm — entirely weird, »
- Kate Erbland
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‘Kodachrome’ Review: Another Road Trip Dramedy, But Jason Sudeikis Goes Deeper — Tiff


14 September 2017 10:21 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
The Ryder men are relics. Son Matt (Jason Sudeikis) is the kind of A&R dude who believes in the purity of music and his ability to just know when he hears something great, while his dad Ben (Ed Harris) is a lauded photographer who cherishes the look and feel of Kodachrome color reversal film and demands that his life remain “strictly analogue.” Despite their mutually affirmed dinosaur status, they are a long-estranged pair — and then a series of hinky contrivances shove them together in Mark Raso’s amiable “Kodachrome.” The conventional road trip dramedy mines that father-son dynamic for all its worth, but Sudeikis and Harris are very much up to the task, and their chemistry helps the film rise above its tropes.
The film draws from A.G. Sulzberger’s 2010 New York Times article about Kodachrome obsessives who made pilgrimages to small-town Kansas, where there’s one shop that »
- Kate Erbland
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