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German production company Augenschein has just added “The Weight,” starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe, to its slate. Company founders Jonas Katzenstein and Maximilian Leo talk to Variety about how they made the shift from foreign-language arthouse fare to English-language elevated genre movies, with stars attached.

Despite its very German-sounding name — which roughly translates as the “shine of the eye” — Augenschein has the global market firmly in its sights. As for the films, they are defined by their “signature-style directing,” Leo says.

Its Berlin lineup is led by Jan-Ole Gerster’s thriller “Islands,” starring Sam Riley, Stacy Martin and Jack Farthing, which world-premieres Sunday in the Berlinale Special Gala section, with Protagonist handling world sales.

“Mother Mary”

Other films on its slate include David Lowery’s pop melodrama “Mother Mary,” starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Cole, with A24 handling worldwide distribution; and Brian Kirk’s action thriller “The Death of Winter,...

Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe have signed up to carry The Weight. The pair will star in the upcoming historical period epic, set in Oregon, circa 1933.

Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe). Murphy only wants to escape and regain custody of his daughter, Penny, but becomes entangled in Clancy’s perilous gold smuggling scheme, facing threats from both the treacherous wilderness and potential betrayal within his own group.

Padraic McKinley, known for his TV work on series such as Kingdom and Debris, will direct The Weight from an original screenplay by Shelby Gaines, Matthew Chapman, and Matthew Booi, based on an original story by Booi and Leo Scherman.

Fields Entertainment, Under The Influence, and augenschein Filmproduktion, in collaboration with Construction Film, will produce. The project has secured €2 million ($2.07 million) in funding from the Bavarian regional film fund,...

Congratulations are in order for Janice Dickinson! The former supermodel married longtime love Dr. Robert Gerner in Beverly Hills Saturday afternoon during an intimate ceremony, Entertainment Tonight reports. Celebrating Janice, who wore an empire waist wedding gown by Jane Booke, and Robert were the couple's closest family and friends, including reality star Dr. Drew and Dickinson's two adult children, Savannah Dickinson and Nathan Fields.  The 61-year-old told the outlet of finally marrying the psychiatrist and her fiancé of four years, "I am so delighted, ecstatic, over the moon, out of body, a runaway bride. When Rocky first introduced himself to...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Arabian Nights (Miguel Gomes)

In lauding Miguel Gomes‘ three-part, six-and-a-half hour behemoth, it’s perhaps important to consider his background as a critic. Not just in terms of the trilogy’s cinephilic engagement with Rossellini, Alonso, Oliveira, etc.; also in its defiant nature. While it’s easy to assign the trilogy certain humanist and satirical labels from the get-go and just praise these films for following through on them,...

There are times people will undoubtingly question where their personal and personal lives are headed, and if they’ve made the right decisions in what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Not only has that uncertainly crept into the mind of the main character, Nathan, of the new independent comedy, ‘A Short History of Decay,’ but also the actor who played him, Bryan Greenberg. Nathan’s a struggling writer who’s understandably striving to find the area he finds the most passion in pursuing in his literary career, particularly when his parents become increasingly ill and his girlfriend ends their relationship. Greenberg relatably and genuinely drew on his own [ Read More ]

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We have an exclusive clip from A Short History of Decay that features Bryan Greenberg and Kathleen Rose Perkins. On DVD June 10 and now in select theaters, this pitch black comedy follows a struggling writer (Greenberg) who attempts to get his career back on track after watching his ex-girlfriend (Emmanuelle Chriqui) get her first book published. He soon finds himself having to put everything on hold to deal with the declining health of his two parents. Watch as Nathan Fisher forms a connection with one of his parent's friends, after confiding in his true feelings about his now ex-girlfriend.

Nathan Fisher (Bryan Greenberg) can't seem to quite get it together. He's a wannabe writer living in Brooklyn, temping at an ad agency while bouncing from plays to novels to screenplays without ever finishing anything. When his ambitious novelist girlfriend (Emmanuelle Chriqui), about to publish her first book, finally gets fed...

Taylor Lautner of “Twilight” fame was on Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show last night and brought along a minute-long action clip from his new movie, “Abduction” that showed the young tyke battling it out with a thug on a train. For some reason he keeps his shirt on, though, which will probably confuse some of the girls out there. Feel free to skip the rest of the interview, as listening to Kimmel interview people is like stabbing yourself in the ears with a screwdriver. For as long as he can remember, Nathan Harper (Taylor Lautner) has had the uneasy feeling that he’s living someone else’s life. When he stumbles upon an image of himself as a little boy on a missing persons website, all of Nathan’s darkest fears come true: he realizes his parents are not his own and his life is a lie, carefully fabricated to...

Taylor Lautner has recently brought a footage for his upcoming film, "Abduction", to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". The snippet focuses on Lautner's Nathan Harper who is fighting against a man in a train, before throwing him out through the window.

The forthcoming film centers on Nathan, who learns that his parents are not really his mother and father as he sees his own picture on a missing person websites. When he is trying to find out his true identity, Nathan's quest for the truth collapses into a full-blown of "Bourne"-like thriller.

In addition to Lautner, Lily Collins stars as Karen Lowell, Nathan's love interest. Meanwhile, Sigourney Weaver plays Dr. Bennett, Maria Bello takes the role of Mara, and Alfred Molina plays Frank Burton. Other stars supporting the movie are the likes of Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Rohm, and Denzel Whitaker.

Directed by John Singleton, the movie has Jeffrey Nachmanoff...

She's written and performed on "Saturday Night Live," had a self-titled program on Comedy Central and f**ed Matt Damon (in song, we mean, on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"), so it's about time Sarah Silverman gets "serious" about a movie career.

Silverman follows up sporadic screen roles in "School of Rock," "Rent" and "School for Scoundrels" with "Peep World," a new dysfunctional family comedy co-starring Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson and Ben Schwartz. She plays one of the three siblings devastated by their younger brother's tell-all novel, which exposes many intimate family secrets, as the family gathers for their father's 70th birthday.

The comedian/actress/writer/singer/musician was sleep-deprived and frantically rushing to pack for a trip when we got her on the horn — but her sometimes stream-of-consciousness answers kept us laughing regardless.

Your character in "Peep World," Cheri, is suing her brother Nathan for libel. In real life, how litigious are you?...

Janice Dickinson won't stop at having a reality show surrounding her modeling career. The self-proclaimed the world's number 1 supermodel is brewing a new reality show which sees her as a cougar feeding on young men to serve the purpose of her romantic life.

The project is made as a dating kind of show where "boy toys" will compete for her attention by "waiting on her hand and foot", TMZ reported. The 55-year-old is teaming up with Wikked Entertainment in getting the work done but she has not had any network to air it yet.

Known for her relationship with a lot of men in Hollywood, Dickinson has been married three times to three different persons. With Simon Fields, she has a son named Nathan who also appeared on her show "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency". She has a daughter too named Savannah from boyfriend Michael Birnbaum.

PopWatch is on a quest to determine the Greatest Guilty Pleasure Reality TV Show of All Time. We have 32 seeded contestants in four categories (see full bracket here),  and we're moving on to the Celeb-Reality category (much like questioning the "realness" of the "Real" Lives category, we know that the Kardashians are only a certain level of celebrity). After you vote, please leave comments about why you love the show you chose. Quarterfinals, Celeb-Reality: Keeping Up with the Kardashians vs. The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency Keeping Up with the Kardashians As The Soup's Joel McHale routinely points out, this...

Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner all took different paths to meet the physical challenges of their roles in “New Moon” and “Eclipse” which were far more demanding than their scenes in “Twilight.” The ‘Twilight” trio are set to appear on Jimmy Kimmel on Friday (Nov. 20) and talk about working out for their roles. (See the Preview). Rob and Taylor definitely have different physiques, but the share one thing in common. They both worked out with Vancouver trainer Nathan Mellalieu. He said he and his staff worked with about 15 of ”Eclipse” cast, the latest in the “Twilight” series to be filmed in Vancouver.

Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off ended its first season run with a huge finish Monday night, becoming the most watched freshmen series in the network's history. Ruben, a 43-year-old wardrobe designer from Las Vegas, was crowned the winner of Dance Your Ass Off with a total weight loss of 74 pounds over the course of the season. But it doesn't stop there. Fans can see Ruben again when he and the rest of the cast return during the Dance Your Ass Off Reunion special premiering Monday, September 7th at 10pm Et/Pt. Series creator Lisa Ann Walter and Ruben recently teamed up for a chat about the series and what it could mean for Oxygen in the future. Here is what they had to say:

Can you tell me what the experience was like to actually find out you won? I mean all that tension must have been crazy.

Ruben: As...