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World sales agency 13 Films has boarded dark comedy “The Trainer,” the new film from “American History X” director Tony Kaye, and will be screening the film for buyers at the Cannes Film Market next month.

The film had its world premiere at the Rome Film Festival, and will have its North American premiere at the Tribeca Festival in June.

The cast is led by Vito Schnabel (“Before Night Falls”) and includes Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), Lenny Kravitz (“The Hunger Games” series), Bella Thorne (“The Duff”), Paris Hilton, tennis champion John McEnroe, Gus Van Sant and Gavin Rossdale.

Joining them on screen are Gina Gershon (“Bound”), Stephen Dorff (“Blade”), Beverly D’Angelo (“National Lampoon’s Vacation”), Taylour Paige (“Zola”), Luka Sabbat (“Grown-ish”), Soo Joo Park (“Sense8”), Brock O’Hurn (“The Righteous Gemstones”), Laird Hamilton (“Point Break”), Duke Nicholson (“Us”), Colleen Camp (“Clue”) and Finneas O’Connell, who won Oscars for original song for “No Time to Die” and “Barbie,...

Maya Gabeira’s story develops like a wave cresting and crashing—the kind of story that makes you question not just the limitations of athleticism but the entire fabric of society’s expectations. Her father, Fernando Gabeira, was a revolutionary figure in Brazil who lived his life in defiance of authoritarian regimes. This ancestry hung huge over Maya, imbuing her with a passionate sense of purpose that rivaled the waves she would eventually conquer. I reflect on how our backgrounds shape us, often in ways we only notice in retrospect.

Her debut in surfing at thirteen was more about discovery than rebellion—a search for identity amid puberty. Amazingly, a sport so inextricably linked to nature can become a canvas for personal expression and ambition. In just a few years, she went from a curious youngster with a surfboard to a world champion, earning accolades and sponsorships that would make any athlete jealous.

Among the many people who will be closely watching Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial when it begins in Santa Fe this week are two sets of documentarians covering parallel and potentially competing stories from the movie Rust.

Both sets of filmmakers have also become part of the still-unfolding tragedy of the indie Western set, where Baldwin accidentally shot 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021.

Rachel Mason, director of the 2019 Netflix documentary Circus of Books and a close family friend of Hutchins, has been making a film about the cinematographer since Hutchins’ widower, Matthew Hutchins, recruited her and producer Julee Metz for the task in 2021 amid a flurry of media requests about his wife.

Mason and Metz, who are shooting their film for Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan’s production company, Story Syndicate, have interviewed members of the Rust cast and crew, including director Joel Souza and cinematographer Bianca Cline, who...

Pamela Anderson recently recalled musician and ex-husband Kid Rock's angry outburst during a screening of Borat!. The actor began her career in small parts on television and in film before she landed the role of "Tool Time" assistant Lisa on the hit sitcom, Home Improvement, starring Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Richard Karn, and Zachary Taylor Thomas. After two seasons, Anderson scored the role of Casey Jean "C.J." Parker in the wildly-popular lifeguard drama, Baywatch.

After a successful career in film and television throughout the 90s, Anderson was featured in a cameo role for Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 mockumentary film, Borat. The comedy saw the titular Kazakstani immigrant travel to the United States to marry Anderson. In her new memoir, Love, Pamela (via IndieWire), the actor reveals that Robert "Kid Rock" Ritchie had an explosive outburst during a special screening of Borat. A married couple at the time, the...

According to Pamela Anderson, her former husband Kid Rock despised her “Borat” cameo.

The “Baywatch” alum wrote in her memoir “Love, Pamela” that following a private screening at CAA founder and former NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer’s home with Steven Spielberg in attendance, Rock (aka Robert “Bob” James Ritchie) yelled at Anderson and called her a “whore,” among other expletives.

“We were about to move in, until the premiere of ‘Borat,'” Anderson wrote of her relationship with Rock. “The screening at Ron and Kelly Meyer’s house didn’t go well. Lots of important industry people were there: Steven Spielberg, Rick Rubin, Laird Hamilton and his wife, Gabby Reece. I didn’t tell Bob I was in the movie, because I wanted to surprise him.”

She continued, “I forgot about the part in the film that referenced the ‘sextape.’ Bob stormed out, calling me a whore and worse.

Among Borat’s many very nice services is his habit of revealing grotesque misogyny, as Pamela Anderson found out firsthand when Sacha Baron Cohen’s most famous character saved her from moving in with Kid Rock.

As Anderson reveals in her new memoir Love, Pamela (via Rolling Stone), she and Kid Rock, aka Robert Ritchie, were ready to enter a serious phase of their relationship — that is, until they witnessed an advance screening of the 2006 film Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

“We were about to move in, until the premiere of Borat,” she wrote. “The screening at Ron and Kelly Meyer’s house didn’t go well. Lots of important industry people were there — Steven Spielberg, Rick Rubin, Laird Hamilton and his wife, Gabby Reece. I didn’t tell Bob I was in the movie, because I wanted to surprise him.”

In the film,...

Bob and I started spending more time in Detroit, his hometown. We had our big family wedding there, where Bob Seger and Hank Williams Jr. sang for us. Our life in Detroit was full of music. I took for granted all those nights with Hank, Zz Top, Uncle Kracker, Eminem, and Bob’s band. To be around such talent was inspiring. It was a true rock-and-roll lifestyle, gritty and soulful. Detroit had an energy all its own.

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Though the field of women’s athletics has evolved and expanded considerably in recent years, it still seems well-nigh impossible for even the most elite competitors to get more than a tiny fraction of the recognition routinely accorded star sportsmen. That equation certainly seems borne out in “Maya and the Wave,” Stephanie Johnes’ portrait of leading female big wave surfer Maya Gabeira. This festival favorite (which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before kicking off Doc NYC) has some gaps in storytelling and contextualization that leave it feeling like a less-than-complete picture of the protagonist’s career to date. Yet the film more than succeeds in its primary goals of providing an inspirational role model plus lots of stupendous surfing footage, a combination that will enthrall most viewers.

It opens with majestic waves nearly 100 feet high breaking off resort town Nazare on Portugal’s western coast. In addition to being her current home,...

At twenty-six years of age, Brazilian Maya Gabeira was at the top of her sport. A world champion. Winner of countless awards. On covers of magazines. And repped by Red Bull. Looking to progress her career from becoming a pioneer for women in the big wave surfing game to holding a World Record that stood next to the men in control of the sport, she and mentor Carlos Burle traveled to Nazaré, Portugal to accomplish the unthinkable. Everything came apart instead. Not only did she wipe out and almost die after two failed attempts at recovery left her unconscious and floating in the water, but Maya was ruthlessly dismissed by everyone in the industry as inexperienced, reckless, and a destructive force for surfing itself. She was all but abandoned.

What begins like a feel-good tale of one woman’s quest to be the best, Stephanie Johnes’ Maya and the Wave...

Exclusive: Paris Hilton, Academy Award-winning musician Finneas O’Connell, Emmy-winning journalist Lauren Sanchez, Sandra Seacat and journalist Gayle King will round out the cast of the Vito Schnabel-led dark comedy The Trainer, which has wrapped filming in Los Angeles, New York and the Bahamas.

The film written by Schnabel and Jeff Solomon is based on the former’s original story. It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream. Tony Kaye (American History X) directed the pic boasting one of the most eclectic ensembles in recent memory, which also includes Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Luka Sabbat, Gus Van Sant, Lenny Kravitz, Beverly D’Angelo, Colleen Camp, Gavin Rossdale, Soo Joo Park,...

Donny Jackson assures us that there haven’t been any reluctant participants in the docuseries, “Dear…” “It’s a rare opportunity to talk about some of the things that they haven’t talked about before that have inspired them to do what they’re doing,” the show’s executive producer tells Gold Derby during our recent Meet the Experts: TV Documentary panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). He adds that it’s also a different way of dealing with fan-based culture. “These admirers are really talking about how they’ve been moved by a particular person and then how they’ve tried to take that seed of inspiration and share it in some way with the world.”

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“Dear…,” which premiered its second season on Apple TV, focuses on a different celebrity in each episode. It was created by Emmy winner R.J. Cutler. As...

Exclusive: Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Lenny Kravitz (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), Beverly D’Angelo (Violent Night), Colleen Camp (Back on the Strip) and Gavin Rossdale (The Bling Ring) have signed on to star alongside Vito Schnabel in the dark comedy The Trainer, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from Schnabel and Jeff Solomon’s script.

The film currently in production, after nearly a decade in development, is based on an original story by Schnabel. It unfolds over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos and follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream.

Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon, Luka Sabbat, Soo Joo Park, Brock O’Hurn, Bella Thorne, Laird Hamilton and Duke Nicholson are also set to star.

The world has come to recognize the supreme talent of Viola Davis, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress. But she had to overcome huge obstacles to achieve her success, growing up poor in Central Falls, Rhode Island.

The enormity of those obstacles becomes strikingly clear in an episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Dear… that’s devoted to Davis. Now in its second season, the show profiles a different entertainer, activist or athlete in each installment, built around letters written to the trailblazers by members of the public inspired by their example.

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Along with Davis, among the subjects in Season 2 are actors Jane Fonda, Sandra Oh and Billy Porter; filmmaker Ava DuVernay; and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Choosing the icons is a key part of the process, showrunner and executive producer Donny Jackson explained as he appeared at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event.

Exclusive: Soo Joo Park (Sense8), Brock O’Hurn (The Righteous Gemstones), Bella Thorne (Measure of Revenge), Laird Hamilton (Point Break) and Duke Nicholson (Us) are the latest additions to the cast of the dark comedy The Trainer, which Tony Kaye (American History X) is directing from a script by star Vito Schnabel and Jeff Solomon.

The film currently in production, after nearly a decade in development, is based on an original story by Schnabel. Unfolding over eight days of sleep-deprived chaos, it follows Jack (Schnabel), a down-on-his-luck fitness expert living with his mother in Los Angeles, who takes a maniacal swing at fame and fortune, trying to realize his version of the American dream. Julia Fox, Steven Van Zandt, Taylour Paige, Stephen Dorff, John McEnroe, Gina Gershon and Luka Sabbat are also set to star. Details with regard to the characters the newest additions to the cast will be playing are being kept under wraps.

Dear… is returning for a second season on Apple TV+. The inspirational series will feature a new group of leaders, athletes, and performers as they read letters from their fans about how their lives were changed by the celebrity's work. The new episodes will feature André Leon Talley, Viola Davis, Malala Yousafzai, Jane Fonda, Ava DuVernay, Billy Porter, Sandra Oh, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Laird Hamilton.

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Apple TV Plus has announced that the new dark comedy anthology series, “Roar,” will premiere all eight episodes April 15 on the streaming platform.

Based on a short story collection by Cecelia Ahern, the series tells futuristic and magical realism stories that mirror the common dilemmas of modern women in today’s world. The episodes will feature acclaimed actors including Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Cynthia Erivo, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Meera Syal, Fivel Stewart and Kara Hayward.

“Roar” is created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who showrun and executive produce alongside Kidman and Per Saari via Blossom Films; Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Allie Goss for Made Up Stories; Ahern through Greenlight Go; and Theresa Park for Per Capita Productions. The series is produced by Endeavor Content. Apple has also released first look images for the series: view below.

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HBO Max’s The Boondocks reboot has been axed before even making its debut.

According to our sister site Deadline, the update — which was picked up for two 12-episode seasons and a new 50-minute special in September 2019 — is no longer moving forward at the streamer. Sony Pictures Animation is exploring other options for the series, sources tell the site.

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In honor of World Mental Health Day, Nami Westside Los Angeles launched its Free Your Me anti-stigma mental health campaign on Sunday, October 10 with a swell of synchronized social media posts by notable actors, athletes, musicians and top content creators.

Along with partners Two Feet South and Pure Edge Inc., Nami West LA created the ongoing campaign to highlight the power of words when it comes to mental health awareness—but more importantly, to send the message to our youth community that they are not alone.

Among the group of high-profile personalities who raised their voices in support of the campaign were multiple-award winning actors and entertainers Jane Seymour, Derek Hough, John C. McGinley, AnnaLynne McCord and DeWanda Wise, along with lauded sports figures including Laird Hamilton, Gabby Reece, Danica Patrick, Joakim Noah and Paul Rabil. Some shared deeply personal stories of loved ones who suffered with mental health challenges...

In 1989, Jean-Claude Van Damme was riding high off the unexpected success of Bloodsport. At the same time, The Cannon Group saw their fortunes declining fast after losing a ton of money on would-be blockbusters Lifeforce, Masters of the Universe, and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Enter director Albert Pyun, who Cannon Films hired to direct both the hoped-for Spider-Man movie and a low-budget Masters of the Universe 2, which would have starred surfer Laird Hamilton. Eventually, Cannon decided…...

Wsl Studios, the studio division of the World Surf League, has updated its development slate.

The upcoming slate of programming will consist of competition series, docu-series and travel series that embody the ethos of surfing.

Hosted and executive produced by Michael Phelps, “Racing on Water: The Ultimate Waterman Competition” is a global competition elimination series in development at Wsl Studios. It will be based on “The Ultimate Waterman” contest, which was founded by world-renowned surfer Laird Hamilton.

An untitled Casey Neistat travel series was also added to the studio’s slate, which will follow the YouTube personality exploring the World Surf League’s elite Champion Tour.

Other projects include “Surfing with Celebrities,” which will follow stars shredding the nar at Wsl’s state-of-the-art Surf Ranch in Lemoore, Ca. The series will be hosted and executive produced by DJ and songwriter Diplo.

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"I think we're lucky to have him still with us..." 1091 Pics has debuted a new official trailer for an adventure sports documentary titled The Longest Wave, which originally premiered in 2019 at the Doc NYC Film Festival. And it also played at last year's Cinequest Film Festival. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger travels the globe with legendary windsurfer and pioneering waterman Robby Naish as he figures out what to accomplish next in his life. The film also focuses on the usual adventure life challenges including getting older, injuries, family, and the risks of continuing to participate in considerably dangerous sports. The doc features Robby Naish, Kai Lenny, Laird Hamilton, and Gerry Lopez, among others. This seems like a nice companion to the other recent surfing doc Arc of Aleutia, or the classic The Endless Summer where they also seek the longest wave. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for ...

This week, the East End Chapter/Jeanne Kaye League of New York City presented their Spirit of Life Award to raise critical funds and awareness for City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

Maria Baum, CD Greene and Gretta Monahan were honored with The Spirit of Life Award, which is presented to individuals who exemplify the ideals and values that have guided City of Hope for more than a century, including compassionate patient care and a commitment to leading-edge scientific research and clinical care.

Due to Covid-19 and the postponement of the 2020 event, the annual celebration took place virtually and was co-hosted by “Today Show” lifestyle contributor, QVC creative director of G.I.L.I. and NY Knicks broadcaster, Jill Martin. Guests were treated to special performances by Kelli O’Hara, who performed “Getting to Know You” and “Cockeyed Optimist,” and...

Apple TV+ has picked up R.J. Cutler’s docuseries “Dear…” for a second season, the streamer announced Friday.

The 10-episode season will pay tribute to stars including “How to Get Away with Murder” star Viola Davis, singer and actress Selena Gomez, “Pose” star Billy Porter, fashion icon Andre Leon Talley and “Killing Eve’s” Sandra Oh. See the full list of subjects below.

Originally conceived as an adaptation of the company’s “Dear Apple” ads, “Dear…” is described as “an inventive and cinematic approach to biographies of the most iconic figures in society today by using letters written by those whose lives have been changed through their work.” Previous subjects included Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Yara Shahidi.

The renewal continues Cutler’s relationship with Apple following the debut of his Billie Eilish documentary “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry” last week.

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Viola Davis, Selena Gomez and Jane Fonda are among the stars set to be profiled in season two of Apple TV+’s Dear… after the docuseries was renewed.

The streamer is returning with ten more episodes of the show, which comes from R.J. Cutler, the filmmaker behind Apple’s recent documentary Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry.

Ava DuVernay, Billy Porter, Sandra Oh, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, waterman Laird Hamilton and former Vogue creative director Andre Leon Talley are also being profiled.

The series will air later this year.

The first season featured Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Yara Shahidi, Stevie Wonder, Aly Raisman, Misty Copeland and Big Bird.

Dear… is inspired by Apple’s Dear Apple spots and is produced by Boat Rocker’s Matador Content. It is exec produced by Cutler alongside Jane Cha, Todd Lubin, Jay Peterson, and Donny Jackson.

Over the weekend, Breast Cancer Research Foundation held its annual Symposium & Awards Luncheon in a virtual format for the first time.

Nearly 1,100 attendees joined from around the world to hear directly from esteemed breast cancer experts about the latest strides in research that Bcrf is funding, and to honor some of the incredible people making that research possible. The inspiring afternoon raised a record-breaking $3 million to ensure that, even in the midst of global crisis, Bcrf’s international legion of leading scientists can continue their lifesaving work.

Maria & Larry Baum were honored with the Sandra Taub Humanitarian Award in recognition of their leadership of the annual Hamptons Paddle for Pink event, which has cumulatively raised $11 million for Bcrf since 2012. Nobel Prize winner William G. Kaelin, Jr., MD received the Jill Rose Award for Scientific Excellence. Guests were treated to a gorgeous musical performance by Broadway star, breast cancer survivor, and...

Orlando Bloom made the ultimate sacrifice before he and now-pregnant fiancé Katy Perry started dating. The 43-year-old, one of the most popular Hollywood actors, revealed in a Sunday Times interview that he abstained from sex for six months until he met the 35-year-old singer. Bloom and Perry first sparked romance rumors in January 2016 after flirting at two Golden Globes after-parties. The actor told the newspaper that his surfer friend Laird Hamilton suggested he try celibacy, after he had told him he "wasn't happy." "Laird said, 'If you want to be serious about a relationship, go celibate for a few months and figure it...

Orlando Bloom is opening up about what his sex life was like before meeting fiancée Katy Perry.

In an interview with Britain’s The Sunday Times, the Carnival Row star, 43, revealed he was on a six-month celibacy streak, which ended when he met Perry in 2016.

Bloom took the recommendation from his friend, surfer Laird Hamilton after the actor admitted he “wasn’t happy” in early 2016.

“If you want to be serious about a relationship, go celibate for a few months and figure it out,” Bloom recalled of his friend’s suggestion.

To his surprise, Bloom stayed abstinent for six months.

Showtime’s documentary series “Shangri-La” insists it is not a biographical documentary on uber-producer Rick Rubin, and it’s not meant as a four-hour advertisement for Rubin’s legendary Malibu studio, after which the four-part series is named … but it feels like a little bit of both those things. “Shangri-La” is primarily filmed at the studio where the viewer follows the barefooted Rubin around the property, eavesdropping on conversations he has with both likely characters — in the form of musicians such as Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and LL Cool J — to unlikely characters such as surfer Laird Hamilton, magician David Blaine and entrepreneur Seth Godin. Here are a few unexpected things we learned watching each hour-long episode.

Shangri-La is entirely devoid of any decoration.

The default look for most professional recording studios is walls covered with platinum records and glass cases littered with awards, plus personalized items from...

Legendary big-wave rider Laird Hamilton and pro volleyball champion Gabrielle Reece are revealing the secret to making their nearly 20-year marriage work.

“I say it’s called a relation ‘ship,’” Hamilton, 53, tells People in this week’s issue, on newsstands Friday. “We are in a boat, we have to work together. Sometimes it’s stormy, sometimes it’s calm, but you have to put the effort in and you have to want to.”

Hamilton jokingly adds, “I just agree with everything that she says, and then it works fantastic.”

The athletically gifted couple wed in November 1997 and share daughters Reece,...

A big contingent of new Specialty titles crowded into theaters over the weekend, dividing up a finite pie. Topping the reporting openers is Newcity’s Signature Move with $18,214 as of early Sunday from a single location. IFC Films new documentary Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton came in second in the per theater average race, grossing $13,819 also from an exclusive run. Fip’s Judwaa 2 had the highest absolute gross among the reporting first-week launches as of Sunday morning. Directed by Bollywood vet David Dhawan, the title grossed $605K in 192 theaters. Abramorama bowed doc Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two in five locations taking in over $55K, while Magnolia opened Lucky starring the late Harry Dean Stanton and David Lynch with $46K from five runs. Coming in comparatively slower was Mark Felt – The Man Who Brought Down the White House from Sony Pictures Classics. Starring Liam Neeson and Diane Lane,...

Nearly 30 specialized films debuted in New York and/or Los Angeles this week. And with Yom Kippur falling right during the weekend, it meant most potentially high-end titles avoided the date (unlike last weekend).

Perhaps the highest-profile among them, “Our Souls at Night” starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda, is debuting on Netflix film at the same time it played a few scattered big city play dates (grosses are not available).

Among those that opened, “Lucky” (Magnolia), Harry Dean Stanton’s second to last acting role, opened ahead of the rest. The initial limited full week (prior to its one-day showings) of “Pearl Jam: Let’s Play Two” (Abramorama) showed some strength, while “Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” (Sony Pictures Classics) fared less well in its limited showings. An exclusive opening in Los Angeles of the surfer documentary “Take Every Wave” (IFC) in Los Angeles was impressive,...

Go ahead, call it a comeback!

Any Trading Spaces aficionado will tell you the hit TLC show, which aired from 2000 to 2008, was just as much about the rotating cast of designers’ big personalities as it was about redecorating on a budget.

On Wednesday, TLC announced the lineup for the show’s forthcoming reboot after a 10-year hiatus, and almost every fan favorite from the original series is making a return. Joining host Paige Davis, who signed on in July, will be Doug Wilson, Genevieve Gorder, Hildi Santo-Tomas, Vern Yip, Frank Bielic, and Laurie Smith. Beloved carpenters Ty Pennington and Carter Oosterhouse will also be back.

Laird Hamilton in Take Every Wave - this is the story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth portrait of a hard-charging athlete explores the fear, courage and ambition that push a man to greatness — and the cost that comes with it. Photo: Rory Kennedy Rory Kennedy and Jennifer Peedom are among the filmmakers who will be bringing their latest work to San Sebastian's Savage Cinema section this September.

Peedom, who was BAFTA nominated for Sherpa last year, presents documentary Mountain, featuring narration from Willem Dafoe. Kennedy's Take Every Wave - which had its premiere at Sundance - documents the life of surfer Laird Hamilton.

They join four additional films in the section of the festival dedicated to sports and adventure films.

The full list (with descriptions courtesy of the festival) is:

Mountain, Jennifer Peedom (Australia)

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[[tmz:video id="0_w990f2bv"]] Surfing legend Laird Hamilton has some simple, and possibly controversial, shark advice -- if you're a woman and you're on your period, stay outta the water ... 'cause you're gonna get bit. We got Laird in Malibu, naturally, and asked him about the rash of shark sightings on SoCal beaches lately. He downplayed the danger ... well, unless you're a woman. Look, Laird's like the closest thing to a real-life Aquaman -- it's rare to catch...

Exclusive: After making his bow at Sundance last January, extreme surfer Laird Hamilton has caught his wave with Sundance Selects. The distributor has acquired U.S. rights to Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton, the documentary directed by Last Days in Vietnam and Ethel helmer Rory Kennedy. The film seemed to take the baton from Riding Giants, another seminal surfing film that briefly described how Hamilton was growing from Hawaii surf rat toward the sport's…...

Exclusive: Doc-biopic directed by Oscar-nominated Rory Kennedy.

UK sales outfit Film Constellation has boarded sales on a doc-biopic of surfing icon Laird Hamilton, directed by Rory Kennedy (Last Days In Vietnam).

Take Every Wave examines the life of the big wave pioneer and the passion and fear driving his exploits.

The film will combine new footage with interviews and archive material spanning four decades of the athlete’s career from California, Hawaii, Tahiti to Europe.

Film Constellation’s Fabien Westerhoff said: “What Ayrton Senna was to Formula 1, Laird Hamilton is to the surf world. A driven sportsman, inspiring millions by pushing the boundaries of a discipline to new and uncharted territories. We look forward to introducing the film to audiences worldwide”.

The film’s sound-track feature’s a mix of rock tracks from artists including the Ventures, Jack Nitzsche and the Pixies.

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Surfer Laird Hamilton has faced down waves up to 70 feet high, but for Rory Kennedy’s documentary “Take Every Wave,” he had to completely open himself up. “Laird approached this project much like he approaches a big wave. There are moments when it was uncomfortable, but he went in 100 percent straight in those moments,” Kennedy said to TheWrap’s Matt Donnelly. “Take Every Wave” is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth portrait of a hard-charging athlete explores the fear, courage and ambition that push a.

What drives a man to surf down an avalanche of 100 feet of water? It’s a question Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning director/producer Rory Kennedy explores in her portrait of legendary surfer Laird Hamilton, which will premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

“Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton” includes incredible cinematography of Hamilton’s death-defying surfing, but the film is also an intimate look at the life of the man who became the legend. It’s a film that forced Kennedy into a wide array of shooting circumstances, requiring different techniques and equipment to capture the surfer’s story.

Kennedy is at Sundance for the film’s premiere and will be stopping by the Canon Creative Studio on Main Street in Park City to talk with IndieWire about shooting her latest film, which you can watch on Facebook Live.

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Former pro volleyball player Gabrielle Reece and her husband, surfer Laird Hamilton, are both superstar athletes â€. but they rarely work out together.

“We joke that the only time we really work out together is in the pool because you can’t talk because you’re underwater,” Reece, 46, told People while at Sambazon’s “Train Like a Warrior” event in Malibu on Wednesday. “We do the pool and sauna and icing together, but our other training we do separate. I feel if you’re married and live together, you need to create your own spaces.”

But they do encourage each...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to social media this morning to announce a star-studded cast for his Spike TV special, “Rock the Troops,” and he promises it will be “an epic historic event.” Johnson started his video by saying that “an incredible group of my buddies have decided to join me for “Rock the Troops.” His “incredible” buddies include Kevin Hart (of course), George Clooney, Jack Black, Keegan Michael-Key, Scott Eastwood, Rob Riggle, Jack Black, Jeff Ross, Laird Hamilton and Jb Smoove. “Rock the Troops” is a music and entertainment event held in memoriam of the 75th anniversary of...

Orlando Bloom and surfing legend Laird Hamilton played a little game of get in the hole, but this one was more exciting than golf. The competitive juices were flowing Thursday in Malibu with a little Cornhole action. Check out the pics ... they got caught up in some friendly competition. Oh, and we don't know what kinda workout Orlando's been doing, but keep it up! Read more...

This Christmas sees the theatrical release of Alcon Entertainment’s fast paced and adrenalin fuelled Point Break.

Based on a screenplay of the book written under the same name by Kurt Wimmer, and featuring top athletes from around the world of extreme sport, the films tells the story of young FBI agent Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) as he goes undercover to infiltrate a rather unique criminal gang. Convinced that a group of elite athletes is responsible for a recent spate of daring and unprecedentedly high octane heists, the bureau have sent Johnny to get close and uncover the truth.

Featuring death defying stunts from real life athletes and professionals in their respective sports Point Break is laden with awe inspiring stunts and set pieces from the world of big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snow boarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling. With performances from true stars of extreme sport such as Laird Hamilton,...

Warner Bros.' Point Break remake, arriving this Christmas, takes the same premise of the original classic, featuring an FBI agent going undercover to infiltrate a highly-trained group of thieves. However, instead of the surfing world, the criminals in this remake are all extreme sports athletes, ranging from snowboarding, rock climbing, big wave surfing and much more. Today, Warner Bros. has released a new preview which examines one of these extreme sports, motocross.

Director Ericson Core explains that the motocross sequences were shot in Swingarm City, Utah, which he describes as "the Holy Grail of American motocross riding." We also hear from star Luke Bracey, who plays Johnny Utah in the remake, and actual motocross racer Steve Haughelstine, who explains that no one had ever ridden these "spines" before, and that the racers were getting dangerously close to the cameras during production. This motocross sequence in the film is part...

Orlando Bloom and Oprah Winfrey showed up to support their pro surfer pal Laird Hamilton at the launch of Laird Apparel Thursday. Laird Apparel Launch Winfrey posed between Bloom and Hamilton inside Ron Robinson in Santa Monica, Calif., where the launch was held. Winfrey also struck a pose between Hamilton and his volleyball star wife Gabrielle […]

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Kenny Chesney broke from his country roots Thursday by spending the day in Malibu, paddle boarding and competing in a game of shirtless bocce ball. The country star was hanging with some friends, including super surfer Laird Hamilton. By the way ... Kenny's 47.   Read more...

Looking good! Orlando Bloom looked buff as he ditched his shirt and hit the beach in Malibu on Saturday, Oct. 3. The Pirates of the Caribbean star displayed a small tattoo on his lower torso as he wore board shorts and a yellow cap to play Bocce on the sand with friends, including surfing champ Laird Hamilton. The British star, 38, has been linked with a number of women since splitting with supermodel wife Miranda Kerr in October 2013. The former couple share son Flynn, 4. He was spotted kissing [...]...

Following the first trailer from May and an action-packed preview released last week, Warner Bros. has debuted the second full trailer for their Point Break remake, arriving in theaters Christmas Day. Edgar Ramirez stars as the enigmatic Bodhi, who leads a group of thieves that have a far different agenda than most criminals. Luke Bracey plays FBI agent Johnny Utah, who infiltrates Bodhi's group and learns about their path to enlightenment.

You may recall that the first Point Break poster revealed a group of skydivers watching a huge pallet full of money plummet to the ground. We get to see how this scene unfolds in the new footage, which reveals that Bodhi and his crew need to "give more than they take," as he dumps millions of dollars on an unsuspecting village. In addition to the trailer, we also have even more posters which showcase some of the extreme sports in the remake.

In Alcon Entertainment’s fast-paced, high-adrenaline action thriller Point Break, a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes – led by the charismatic Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez). The athletes are suspected of carrying out a spate of crimes in extremely unusual ways.

Deep undercover, and with his life in imminent danger, Utah strives to prove they are the architects of this string of inconceivable crimes.

The film, inspired by the classic 1991 hit starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves, is scheduled for release in 3D and 2D in select theaters on December 25, 2015.

Check out the new trailer and featurette below.

The film is replete with the most daring athleticism ever seen in a motion picture. These action adventure feats are performed by elite athletes representing the world’s best in class in big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer-face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high-speed motorcycling.

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Ever since the Point Break remake was announced, we learned that this new version of Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 classic will still feature Johnny Utah and Bodhi, only this time the story will be set within the world of extreme sports, not just surfing. The first poster released back in May featured a skydiver chasing after a huge pile of money, but today, Warner Bros. released a new one-sheet that brings the remake back to its roots, showcasing the new Utah (Luke Bracey) and Bodhi (Edgar Ramirez) riding a massive wave. The original poster came just one day before the first trailer arrived, so that could mean the second trailer is just around the corner.

In the fast-paced, high-adrenaline Point Break, a young FBI agent, Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey), infiltrates a cunning team of thrill-seeking elite athletes - led by the charismatic Bodhi (&#201dgar Ram&#237rez). The athletes are suspected of...

It's been two decades, and still, the waves from the tsunami that was "Waterworld" have not receded.

Released 20 years ago this week (on July 28, 1995), the post-apocalyptic epic about the survivors of a drowned Earth became known as one of the most bloated flops of all time. That reputation wasn't really fair (the movie eventually broke even), but it was the then-most expensive movie ever made.

For a year before the film's release, stories leaked out about the waterlogged production's near-disastrous setbacks and its ego clashes between star Kevin Costner and his hand-picked director, Kevin Reynolds. Punsters were calling the movie "Fishtar" and "Kevin's Gate." By the time "Waterworld" finally came out, its underwhelming reception was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Costner's career as a bankable leading man has never really recovered.

In honor of the film turning 20 years old today, here are 20 facts you may not know about "Waterworld."

1. Initially, "Waterworld" was...