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Catsitting a friend’s feline leads to major trouble in Sony Pictures’ Caught Stealing. The trailer shows Austin Butler reluctantly watching Matt Smith’s furry Bff, getting beat up by thugs, and then running for his life. The lesson? Just say no to watching a friend’s cat.

Joining Austin Butler and Matt Smith in the crime caper are Zoë Kravitz, Regina King, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito A Martínez Ocasio (Bad Bunny), and Carol Kane.

“Hank Thompson (Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant,” reads Sony Pictures’ synopsis. “When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught...

After a career of intense character dramas, Darren Aronofsky changes up his style for a crime caper that has a surprising amount of levity for the filmmaker. Sony just dropped the trailer for Caught Stealing. The film is penned by Charlie Huston, who is also the author of the book that the movie is based on. The cast sports a list of impressive names that include Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Benito A Martínez Ocasio and Carol Kane.

The official plot synopsis reads,

“Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take...

Austin Butler no doubt will steal each scene in Darren Aronofsky’s crime caper “Caught Stealing.” The highly-anticipated ’90s-set novel adaptation stars Butler as a former baseball prodigy who gets literally caught up in a mob-fueled treasure hunt.

In a who’s who of NYC staples, Zoë Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D’Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, and Carol Kane co-star in the gritty, Les-shot feature. Benito A. Martínez Ocasio Aka Bad Bunny, Matt Smith, and Regina King round out the buzzy cast.

The official synopsis reads: “Hank Thompson (Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds...

Sony Pictures has released the official trailer for Caught Stealing, which will open in theaters on August 29, 2025. The film has not yet been rated by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

In the film, Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant.

When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters.

They all want a piece of him; the problem is, he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out…...

Quibi is making a series about fake news and its impact on the 2016 presidential election.

The short-form content platform has issued a series order for “Clickbait” (working title), which tells the true story of a group of Macedonian teenagers who made a fortune creating fake news in the run-up to the 2016 election. “Clickbait” will explore the profound effect their work had on the American election and on their own lives. “The Batman” director Matt Reeves is on board to executive produce alongside Ann Ruark (“Boy Erased”).

“Dunkirk” and “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” alum Fionn Whitehead headlines the cast as Niko, one of the Macedonian teenage ringleaders. Niko is described as a young man desperate to escape his circumstances, who discovers that publishing fake news could be his golden ticket.

The show will be directed Mark Molloy (whose credits are almost entirely commercials), and written by Adam Sorin (who recently served as...

The beguiling short-story feel of Paul Dano’s intimate family drama makes us share the experience of a teenager whose parents are ‘going through a rough patch’ that may break up the only security he’s known. The performances of Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan and especially young Ed Oxenbould are low-key and high-intelligence; each seems a study of people we know, or people we might be. The observance of what rural America was like in 1960 Montana is acute. Highest recommendations.

Wildlife

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2018 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 105 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date May 26, 2020 / 39.95

Starring: Ed Oxenbould, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Tom Huston Orr.

Cinematography: Diego Garcia

Film Editor: Louise Ford, Matthew Hannam

Original Music: David Lang

Written by Paul Dano & Zoe Kazan from the book by Richard Ford

Produced by Paul Dano, Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks

Directed by...

Universal City, California, March 20, 2020 – Let there be light! Dive deeper into the electric true story behind one of the greatest unknown battles in American invention and ingenuity in The Current War: Director’S Cut, available on Digital now and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand on March 31, 2020, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. This suspenseful “smart historical drama” gives an inside look at one of the most impactful events in history as it set the foundation for modern life – the creation of electricity. With “vivid performances” from an all-star cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult and Tom Holland, the film from director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and with a script by Michael Mitnick provides a compelling tug-of-war story that is enhanced through both the immersive visual style and powerful cast performances. Full of emotionally gripping moments from beginning to end, audiences can see the fascinating The Current War: Director’S Cut when the film arrives on Digital,...

Netflix has revealed the first trailer for Earthquake Bird. This is the latest from acclaimed director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice), who has, it seems, put together a twisted little thriller for the streaming service. The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Susanna Jones. To help bring the story to life, he's enlisted the help of Oscar-winner Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough in what looks like to be cut from the same cloth as a classic David Fincher flick.

The trailer quickly gets to the point that we're dealing with a grizzly whodunnit. The character played by Alicia Vikander is relatively new to Tokyo and makes friends with another American, played by Riley Keough. It then devolves into a love triangle filled with jealousy, twists, turns and a great deal of uncertainty. The footage isn't showing its hand, really just laying some cards out on the table.

We've been hearing about The Current War since as far back as 2014. The first trailer arrived almost two years ago, in the fall of 2017. And then the movie mysteriously dropped off the face of they planet. Now it's back, with newly formed 101 Studios picking it up for release this October. Today, we have a brand new trailer, which features Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison as he attempts to light up the world.

The Current War is based on the epic story of Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), three brilliant visionaries in a cutthroat competition to bring electricity to the masses.&#160The film follows Edison, whose plans of bringing light to Manhattan are upended when Westinghouse and Tesla announce they have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America, sparking one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in U.S.

We first heard about The Current War way back in 2014, but a lot has changed since then. The Thomas Edison biopic has been languishing for awhile, with a first look at Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role arriving in January, 2017. A trailer washed up several months later in September, 2017. Now, a few years removed, we're finally getting news that the movie has an official release date.

Newly formed 101 Studios has announced the release date of the studio's debut film release The Current Wars. The film's limited release begins on October 4, 2019 followed by wide release on October 11, 2019. The Current War is the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world.&#160

Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner,...

In the first trailer for actor-director Joel Edgerton’s fact-based “Boy Erased,” Lucas Hedges plays a teenager from a strict religious upbringing who is sent away for gay conversion therapy.

The memoir adaptation, billed as “coming-of-age and coming-out drama,” was written and directed by Edgerton, who also stars alongside Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and “Manchester by the Sea” breakout Hedges. Troye Sivan, who wrote and performs the song “Revelation” in the trailer, also stars.

The source material, Garrard Conley’s “Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family,” is the emotional tale of a young man outed as gay during his freshman year of college in Arkansas.

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Hedges plays the title character, renamed Jared, who must decide between attending a gay conversion therapy program or losing his family, led by his hyper-religious and antigay parents...

Exclusive: Netflix and Scott Free Productions have set Naoki Kobayashi to fill out the lethal love triangle with Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough of The Earthquake Bird. Kobayashi will play the leading male role of Teiji, a handsome and mysterious local photographer.

The film is set in Tokyo, and revolves around a young female expat who is suspected of murder when her friend goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with the photographer. Wash Westmoreland adapted the script from the Susanna Jones novel and he is directing as his followup to the Sundance pic Colette and Still Alice, latter of which won Julianne Moore her Oscar. Jack Huston also stars in the film.

Kobayashi started out a dancer and model, and his credits in Japan include Night Hero Naoto and Tatara Samurai.

Scott Free’s Ridley Scott, Michael Pruss and Kevin Walsh are producing with Ann Ruark...

Exclusive: Netflix and writer/director Wash Westmoreland have set Jack Huston to play the male lead in an adaptation of the Susanna Jones novel The Earthquake Bird. He stars alongside previously set Alicia Vikander and Riley Keough. The Earthquake Bird is a Tokyo-set female-driven noir thriller that tells the story of young female expat who is suspected of murder after her friend goes missing in the wake of a tumultuous love triangle with a handsome local photographer. Huston, best known for Boardwalk Empire, plays the photog. Pic shoots this May in Tokyo and Sado Island.

Scott Free’s Kevin Walsh and Michael Pruss will produce alongside Ann Ruark and Twenty First City’s Georgina Pope. Ridley Scott will be exec producer.

The Earthquake Bird won several awards including the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Crime Writers’ Association New Blood Dagger Award for newly published authors. Westmoreland seems a strong...

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Emmy and Tony Award winner Cherry Jones (“Transparent”, “24”) and Grammy Award winner Michael “Flea” Balzary, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, join the cast of Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley, who serves as a consultant on the film.

In addition to Jones and Flea, also joining the cast are Xavier Dolan (I Killed My Mother), singer/songwriter and YouTube personality Troye Sivan, as well as Emily Hinkler (Tyler Perry’s Boo 2), Jesse Latourette (Z Nation), David Joseph Craig (The Gift), Théodore Pellerin (It’s Only the End of the World), and Britton Sear (Unfinished Business, HBO’s “Vice Principals”). They join the already announced cast led by Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman,...

Russell Crowe also set to star in gay conversion therapy story.

Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Boy Erased, the coming-of-age drama from Joel Edgerton that will star Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.

The project is based on Garrard Conley’s book Boy Erased: A Memoir Of Identity, Faith, And Family and Anonymous Content is producing the adaptation, which is expected to begin production this autumn for a 2018 theatrical release.

Lucas, who earned a suporting actor Oscar nod this year for Manchester By The Sea, will play Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town,...

Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family by Garrard Conley.

Academy Award nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) will star opposite Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman.

The movie will be produced by Anonymous Content and will begin production this fall for a 2018 theatrical release. Focus chairman Peter Kujawski made the announcement today.

The film will tell the story of Jared (to be portrayed by Mr. Hedges), the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, who is outed to his parents (Ms. Kidman and Mr. Crowe) at age 19. Jared is quickly pressured into attending a gay conversion therapy program – or else be shunned by his family, friends, and church. It is within the program that Jared comes into conflict with its head therapist (Mr. Edgerton).

“I’m excited to work with an ensemble of actors, seasoned and new, to bring Garrard’s story to the screen. I think Focus is the perfect partner on this, and I will always thank Garrard for trusting my passion for his life story. I can’t think of a better reason to get behind the camera again,” said Mr. Edgerton.

Boy Erased is being produced by Mr. Edgerton and Anonymous Content’s Kerry Kohansky-Roberts and Steve Golin, an Academy Award-winning producer of Best Picture Oscar winner Spotlight. Executive-producing the film are Rebecca Yeldham, Ann Ruark, and Anonymous Content’s Kim Hodgert and Tony Lipp. Josh McLaughlin, recently promoted to Focus president of production, will supervise the project for the company.

Mr. Conley’s book was first published last year by Penguin Random House, and was issued earlier this year in paperback. Mr. Edgerton has written the screenplay adaptation; Boy Erased will be his second feature as director following the sleeper hit The Gift (also produced by Ms. Yeldham), which earned him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination. He was recently a Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominee for his performance in Focus’ Loving.

Photo credit: Ben Rothstein / Focus Features. © Focus Features

Focus Features was honored in 2012 by Point Foundation, the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (Lgbt) students of merit, with its Point Inspiration Award,given to a company or organization that champions respect and inclusion of the Lgbt community and operates with the vision that investing in today’s potential will produce a brighter tomorrow.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2017, Focus Features has made and released Academy Award-winning Lgbt-themed films including Beginners, Dallas Buyers Club, The Danish Girl, Milk, and Brokeback Mountain, the company’s all-time top-grosser.

Mr. Kujawski commented, “Garrard’s story is both timely and timeless, both personal and universal. It is a story which will not only deeply move people, but one that we hope will change outlooks. We are thrilled to work once again with Joel, and with the Anonymous Content team. These filmmakers’ passion for this heart-rending project speaks to all of us at Focus, and to why we make the movies we do.”

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DreamWorks Pictures has released a first look at their upcoming film Thank You For Your Service.

The drama follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield.

Starring an ensemble cast led by Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Amy Schumer, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith, the drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel.

Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay of American Sniper, makes his directorial debut with Thank You For Your Service and also serves as its screenwriter.

Book synopsis:

No journalist has reckoned with the psychology of war as intimately as David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel embedded with the men of the 2-16 Infantry Battalion as they carried out the infamous “surge,” a grueling fifteen-month tour that changed them all forever.

In Thank You for Your Service, Finkel follows many of those same men as they return home and struggle to reintegrate―both into their family lives and into American society at large. He is with them in their most intimate, painful, and hopeful moments as they try to recover, and in doing so, he creates an indelible, essential portrait of what life after war is like―not just for these soldiers, but for their wives, widows, children, and friends, and for the professionals who are truly trying, and to a great degree failing, to undo the damage that has been done. Thank You for Your Service is an act of understanding, and it offers a more complete picture than we have ever had of two essential questions: When we ask young men and women to go to war, what are we asking of them? And when they return, what are we thanking them for?

Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games series, Babel) produces the film, while Ann Ruark (Biutiful) executive produces.

Universal Pictures will release the film October 27.

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Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures have released the first trailer, poster and photos for the upcoming true story adaptation Thank You For Your Service, starring Miles Teller. This could very well be an early Oscar contender, hitting theaters in late October, with a talented cast and the writer behind Best Picture nominee American Sniper, Jason Hall, adapting this bestselling book by David Finkel and making his directorial debut. This first trailer offers a glimpse inside the life of a celebrated soldier and his comrades as they return home from battle.

The trailer for Thank You for Your Service which debuted on Universal Pictures YouTube, follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield. Miles Teller leads the cast as Adam Schumann,...

Exclusive: Multiple distributors are bidding for Boy Erased, a provocative drama Joel Edgerton has scripted and will direct based on the memoir by Garrard Conley. Edgerton will star with Manchester By The Sea‘s Lucas Hedges, and Edgerton is courting Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman for supporting roles, I’m told. Edgerton is producing with Anonymous Content’s Kerry Roberts and Steve Golin. Tony Lipp, Kim Hodgert Rebecca Yeldham and Ann Ruark are the exec producers…...

DreamWorks Pictures’ “Thank You For Your Service” starring Miles Teller and Amy Schumer will be released on Oct. 27, 2017. The film also stars Haley Bennett, Joe Cole, Beulah Koale, Scott Haze, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Brad Beyer, Omar J. Dorsey and Jayson Warner Smith. Jason Hall, who wrote the screenplay for “American Sniper,” makes his directorial debut with this project and also wrote the script. Jon Kilik will produce the film, while Ann Ruark will executive produce. Also Read: Blame Trolls for Amy Schumer's Negative Reviews The drama is based on the bestselling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Finkel.

He’s been appearing in stage and film productions for two-thirds of his life, making his Broadway debut at 10, but at 32, actor Paul Dano (he of “I’ve abandoned my child!” fame) is taking on one of the biggest challenges of his career. He’s adapting and directing an independent drama called Wildlife, based on the 1990 novel by Mississippi-born novelist Richard Ford. The somber-sounding film, produced for rookie outfit June Pictures, marks Dano’s inaugural directing and screenwriting efforts.

Variety reports that the film is already assembling an impressive cast, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan set to star. Gyllenhaal and Dano are also serving as producers for the still unscheduled film, along with Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, and Ann Ruark. No other cast members have been confirmed as of this writing, and it is unclear whether Dano himself will be appearing in ...

Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan are set to star in Wildlife, the directorial debut from actor Paul Dano. Production is set to begin November and will shoot in Montana and Oklahoma. Dano wrote the script with Zoe Kazan adapting a 1990 novel by Richard Ford. It centers on a teenage boy who witnesses the decay of his parents’ marriage after their move to Montana. Producing are Andrew Duncan and Alex Saks of June Pictures, and Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker via their Nine Stories. Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, and Dano will also produce. Kazan and Eddie Vaisman are executive producing. Wme

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan are set to star in the Paul Dano-directed film, “Wildlife,” TheWrap has learned. The movie, based on the Richard Ford novel, tells the story of a boy who watches his parents’ marriage crumble after his mother falls in love with another man. Production for the picture will begin in early November. It is produced by Andrew Duncan and Alex Saks for June Pictures and Gyllenhaal and Riva Marker for Nine Stories. Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark and Dano will produce as well, while Zoe Kazan and Eddie Vaisman are executive producing. Also Read: 'Nocturnal Animals' First Trailer: Amy.

Following this summer’s Swiss Army Man and after currently taking a part in Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Okja, Paul Dano is gearing up for his directorial debut Wildlife, Variety reports. The script, penned by Zoe Kazan and Dano himself, is adapted from the 1990 coming-of-age novel by Richard Ford, following a boy who watches his parents marriage unravel after a move. The couple have previously worked together in an acting capacity on Ruby Sparks, but it seems unlikely either will act in Wildlife. It is being produced, along with Dano, by Alex Saks, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark. There is no word yet on when it will begin production.

Staying in the indie world, Cedar Rapids and Youth in Revolt director Miguel Arteta‘s next film is Beatriz at Dinner and he has added three new cast members. Deadline reports Chloe Sevigny, Salma Hayek, and Jay Duplass have joined John Lithgow,...

Emboldened, perhaps, by the life-affirming message of “Swiss Army Man,” Paul Dano is set to go behind the camera for the first time. The actor will make his directorial debut with “Wildlife,” an adaptation of Richard Ford’s 1990 novel that Dano has co-written along with Zoe Kazan.

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Neither actor is expected to appear onscreen in the film, reports Variety. “Wildlife” tells of a teenager named Joe Brinson whose parents’ marriage slowly dissolves after the family moves to Montana in 1960. Dano and Kazan have been in a relationship since 2007 and co-starred in “Ruby Sparks” (which Kazan wrote solo) together four years ago. Kazan’s recent credits include “Our Brand Is Crisis” and the South by Southwest premiere “My Blind Brother,” while Dano has been seen in “12 Years a Slave,” “Prisoners” and “Love & Mercy.”

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A24 has released the official trailer for Equals. This futuristic thriller is directed by Drake Doremus. It pairs Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult for the first time on the big screen. It promises to be one of the more unique indie dramas coming this summer. Equals hits select theaters on July 15.

Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult are embroiled in an illicit romance in this methodical sci-fi tale. Deadline reports that the movie is set to screen at the Tribeca Film Festival, marking its debut in the U.S. The movie made its worldwide debut at Venice last year.

Nia and Silas are two members of a futuristic utopian society known as 'The Collective'. Here, violence has been wiped out, and crime is a thing of the past. This is all thanks to genetic engineering. In tampering with the human genome, scientists have also managed to wipe out most human emotion,...

Amy Schumer is poised to take a turn for the dramatic to join Miles Teller in Ptsd feature Thank You For Your Service, according to Deadline.

Having carved out a reputation for rib-tickling comedies, today’s news represents a marked and indeed welcome change of pace for the actress. Acting as the directorial debut of American Sniper scribe Jason Hall, Thank Your For Your Service chronicles the a group of homeward bound Us soldiers, who return to American soil after a long and gruelling spell in Iraq.

Struggling to assimilate with everyday life, the story largely revolves around the trials and tribulations of Miles Teller, Beulah Koale and Joe Cole’s character, with Deadline noting that Schumer isn’t on board to play a fellow soldier. Instead, she’ll be part of the ensemble cast that is left to deal with the fallout of modern warfare, both physically and psychologically,...

Principal photography has begun on the DreamWorks Pictures film adaptation of David Finkel’s book, Thank You For Your Service, it was announced today by the studio. The film stars Miles Teller (Whiplash), Haley Bennett (The Girl on the Train), Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders), Amy Schumer (Trainwreck), Beulah Koale (The Last Saint), Scott Haze (Child of God), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Brad Beyer (42), Omar Dorsey (Selma) and Jayson Warner Smith (The Birth of a Nation).

Oscar nominated screenwriter Jason Hall (American Sniper) makes his directorial debut on Thank You For Your Service. Hall also wrote the screenplay for the story that follows a group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they’ve left the battlefield. Jon Kilik (Foxcatcher, Babel) is producing with Ann Ruark...

On the heels of roles in three well-received Sundance films, Joe Cole (“Green Room”) and Jayson Warner Smith (“The Birth of a Nation,” “Christine”) have joined the cast of DreamWorks’ Ptsd drama “Thank You For Your Service,” TheWrap has learned. Miles Teller, Haley Bennett, newcomer Beulah Koale and rising star Scott Haze lead the cast of the film, which will serve as the directorial debut of “American Sniper” writer Jason Hall. Universal Pictures will distribute “Thank You For Your Service,” which is being produced by Jon Kilik and executive produced by by Ann Ruark. Oscar-nominated writer Hall adapted the nonfiction book.

After working with James Franco on a handful of films, rising star Scott Haze (“Child of God”) has booked a lead role alongside Miles Teller in DreamWorks’ Ptsd drama “Thank You for Your Service,” which will be distributed by Universal, TheWrap has learned. Haley Bennett and newcomer Beulah Koale co-star in the movie, which marks the directorial debut of “American Sniper” writer Jason Hall. The Oscar-nominated writer also adapted the nonfiction book by David Finkel. Jon Kilik will produce the film, which will be executive produced by Ann Ruark. “Thank You for Your Service” follows a group of U.S.

Newcomer Beulah Koale, a New Zealand actor of Samoan descent, has landed the third lead in DreamWorks’ Ptsd drama “Thank You for Your Service” alongside Miles Teller and Haley Bennett, TheWrap has learned. Jason Hall, the Oscar-nominated writer of “American Sniper,” will make his directorial debut with the project, which he adapted from the nonfiction book by David Finkel. Jon Kilik has come on to produce the film, which will be executive produced by Ann Ruark. “Thank You for Your Service” follows a group of U.S. soldiers who return from Iraq and struggle to integrate back into their civilian lives with.

“Tracking Shot” is a monthly featurette here on Ioncinema.com that looks at a dozen or so projects that are moments away from lensing (or in a couple of titles below have been shooting since July). This August we’ve got a good number of projects that will start surfacing as early as next year’s Sundance, Rotterdam and Berlin Film Fests. With Dakota Johnson having been just announced, we’ve got Luca Guadagnino’s long awaited (remake) A Bigger Splash, getting ready for a poolside shoot. Gus Van Sant comes out of the woodworks to move into the woods for Sea of Trees. Sundance alumni Rick Alverson is wrapping up Entertainment, Reed Morano is set to make her directorial debut this mid-August with Meadowland, while Douchebag, Like Crazy, Breathe In‘s Drake Doremus is stationed in Japan for a weighty cast and futuristic tale in Equals. Here are some...

Jason Sudeikis and Jeremy Irons have joined the cast of the Jesse Owens biopic, Race. Focus Features acquired U.S. distribution rights of the Stephen Hopkins-directed film. Stephen James will portray the racing legend with Sudeikis as his obsessive coach, Larry Snyder. Irons will play the head of the American Olympic committee, Avery Brundage, who argued for the 1936 Olympics to take place in Berlin. Shooting begins July 24 in Montreal and at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, where Owens won a record-breaking four Olympic gold medals. Anna Waterhouse and Joe Shrapnel wrote the script. Jean Charles Lévy (Forecast Pictures), Luc Dayan...

Guy Pearce is making the rounds this week promoting "The Rover" with Robert Pattinson, and this fall he'll be working alongside the other star of the "Twilight" franchise: Kristen Stewart. Pearce has boarded "Equals," a "futuristic love story" which co-stars Stewart and Nicolas Hoult. Shooting begins in August in Japan and Singapore, according to a press release. This film reunites the English actor with Drake Doremus, who directed him in 2013 Sundance selected drama "Breathe In." Doremus also wrote and helmed 2011's "Like Crazy." "Equals" is described as "a stylish, futuristic love story set in a society where emotions have been eradicated," full synopsis below. It's penned by "Moon" writer Nathan Parker; produced by Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Ann Ruark, and Jay Stern and Chip Diggins of Route One; and executive produced by Mike Pruss, Lee Jea Woo, Choi Pyung Ho and Russell Levine. Pearce's "The Rover" premieres tomorrow (June 13); he...

Guy Pearce has signed on to join Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in the sci-fi drama Equals, which was one of the hot projects being shopped to international buyers by Mr. Smith at Cannes last month. We first reported on the project back in October, when Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult signed on to star.

The story, written by Nathan Parker (Moon), is set in a world where all emotions have been eradicated, with a new breed of humans being created called Equals. A disease begins to spread which reactivates human emotions, with the infected being sent away, never to be seen again. The story centers on Silas (Nicholas Hoult), who becomes an outcast when he is infected, until he meets a young woman named Nia (Kristen Stewart), who has the rare ability to mask her emotions. No details were given for Guy Pearce's role.

Drake Doremus (Like Crazy,...

Producers Scott Free Productions and Route One Films announced the casting on Thursday (June 12). Mister Smith introduced the project in Cannes and has licensed more than 35 territories.

Pearce, who was recently seen in Cannes world premiere The Rover, joins Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult and reunites with Breathe In director Drake Doremus.

Production on Equals is scheduled to commence in Japan and Singapore in August. 

The futuristic love story takes place in a society where emotions have been eradicated. Screen International Stars Of Tomorrow: Brits In La 2013 selection Nathan Parker of Moon fame wrote the screenplay.

Producing are Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Ann Ruark alongside Jay Stern and Chip Diggins of project financiers Route One. Mike Pruss, Lee Jea Woo, Choi Pyung Ho and Russell Levine are executive producers.

UTA Independent Film Group arranged financing for the project and represents North American rights.

Exclusive: Mister Smith boards futuristic love-story set to shoot in Japan and Singapore in August.

David Garrett’s Mister Smith Entertainment has newly boarded international rights to the stellar Cannes package Equals, set to star Twilight’s Kristen Stewart and Warm Bodies lead Nicholas Hoult.

Breathe In and Like Crazy director Drake Doremus will direct screenwriter Nathan Parker’s (Moon) futuristic love story set in a society where emotions have been eradicated. Stewart and Hoult will play the film’s young couple rebelling against their society.

Producers are Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Ann Ruark, and Jay Stern and Chip Diggins of Route One, who are also financing. Executive producers are Mike Pruss, Lee Jea Woo, Choi Pyung Ho and Russell Levine.

UTA Independent Film Group arranged financing for the project – which was previously with Exclusive Media - and will sell the North American rights to the film, which is due to start in Japan and Singapore in August...

Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult will play a young couple rebelling against society in Drake Doremus' futuristic love-story "Equals" at Mister Smith Entertainment.

The story is set in the idyllic future society The Collective inhabited by 'Equals', humans that are peaceful, calm, fair, and polite.

A new disease: Sos, or Switched-On-Syndrome, is activating in its victims everything they thought they'd escaped: depression, sensitivity, fear, and love. Once a person is overtaken with Sos, they are sent away and never seen again.

Hoult plays a young infected man who discovers Nia (Stewart) has feelings, but she seems to be able to hide them. When he confronts her, they feel love and intimacy for the first time in their lives.

Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Ann Ruark, Jay Stern and Chip Diggins will produce. Shooting begins in Japan and Singapore in August.

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#70. The Motel Life Director: Alan and Gabe PolskyWriter(s): Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah HarpsterProducers: Polsky Bros. (Little Birds) and Ann Ruark (The Beaver)Distributor: Rights Available The Gist: Based on the novel, this is about a pair of working-class brothers who flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident...(more) Cast: Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and Joshua Leonard List Worthy Reasons...: Producers of Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans and Elgin James' Little Birds, my feeling is Alan and Gabe Polsky are just as shrewd about the material they picked up for their first directing gig. They've assembled a curious bunch of indie acting vets in Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and Joshua Leonard, who'll give this batch of crumbling ego a certain crispness. Hipsters' Cinematographer Roman Vasyanov makes his leap into English language film.

#40. The Motel Life  - Alan and Gabe Polsky Producers Alan and Gabe Polsky switched hats in 2011 and directed their first feature film - an adaptation of a chilly novel with a cast that includes Dakota Fanning, Stephen Dorff, Emile Hirsch, Kris Kristofferson and Park City regular Joshua Leonard. Having filmed earlier in the year (see outdoor winter set pic) The Motel Life should be ready to grab one of the Premiere screening slots. The Polsky's were at the fest last year with Elgin James' Little Birds. Gist: Based on the novel, this is about a pair of working-class brothers who flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident. Producers: Polsky Bros. (Little Birds) and Ann Ruark (The Beaver)(Ioncinema.com Preview Page // IMDb Link)    ...

At SXSW this year everyone expected Mel Gibson’s new movie to be pretty poor but it turned out to be one of the best movies I saw at the conference. The Beaver is directed by Jodie Foster who also stars in the movie alongside Gibson, Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence. It tells the story of a depressed man (Gibson) who finds comfort through a stuffed hand puppet, ‘The Beaver’.

If you missed our review of the film you can check it out here.

Icon have just emailed us to let us know that the movie is set for release on 17th June and I urge you to go and see it as it’s one of the best films you’ll see this year.

The beaver will be released in the UK 17th June.

The Beaver

Directed by Jodie Foster

Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars...

Danny Boyle.s .127 Hours,. David Fincher.s .The Social Network. and Joel & Ethan Coen.s .True Grit. led the Houston Area Film Critics Award nominations with six nominations each including Best Picture and Best Director. But the Houston Film Critics also chose the Worst Pictures of the year pitting "Jonah Hex" against "The Last Airbender."

Here's the complete list of nominees:

Best Picture:

127 Hours, Fox Searchlight (produced by Christian Colson, John Smithson, Danny Boyle)

Black Swan, Fox Searchlight (produced by Mike Medavoy, Scott Franklin, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver)

Inception, Warner Bros. (produced by Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas)

Kick Ass, Lionsgate (produced by Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, David Reid)

The Kids are All Right, Focus Features (produced by Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann)

The King.s Speech, The Weinstein Company (produced by Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin)

The Social Network,...

Here's more "Beaver" info from Yahoo:

Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can't seem to get himself back on track... until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

Genres: Comedy and Drama

Release Date: Spring 2011

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, some disturbing content, sexuality and language including a drug reference.

Distributors: Summit Entertainment

Cast and Credits

Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence

Directed by: Jodie Foster

Produced by: Paul Green, Steve Golin, Ann Ruark...

By Sean O’Connell

Hollywoodnews.com: “The Beaver” would be near the top of my “Can’t Wait to See” list for 2011 films.

That has nothing to do with the controversy surrounding its star, Mel Gibson. Instead, it has everything to do with the original concept driving the story and the talents of Jodie Foster behind the camera.

We have the first look at “The Beaver,” which was released ahead of its official trailer. The clip will debut on “Entertainment Tonight” on Friday Dec. 3, before making its way to iTunes’ trailer page. We’ll be sure to post a link on the site.

In the meantime, here’s the official synopsis, and cast and crew information for “The Beaver,” which will be in theaters in the Spring.

From a release:

The Beaver

Cast: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones

Written by: Kyle Killen

Directed by: Jodie Foster

Produced by: Steve Golin,...