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Having directed psychological thrillers, music comedies (2011’s “Killing Bono”) and comedy-thrillers based around the famed DeLorean car (2018’s “Driven”), Northern Irish director Nick Hamm has ventured into entirely different territories for his next feature.

“William Tell” is a historical action epic that turns the clock back more than 600 years, delving into the folk story of the Swiss hero who, according to legend, helped liberate Switzerland from the tyrannical rule of Austria’s House of Habsburg. For those with only a loose knowledge of 14th century European history, Tell is most famous for being an expert crossbowman who somehow managed to shoot an apple off the head of his son.

Led by Claes Bang in the lead role and with an all-star cast including Golshifteh Farahani, Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber and Ben Kingsley, Hamm’s $40 million retelling of the tale explores both the famed apple shot, the precursor to it and the aftermath,...

The early 2000s were a bad time for Sylvester Stallone professionally. In the mid-nineties, after a short-lived resurgence of three hit movies, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man and The Specialist, Stallone’s career as a bankable action star began to sputter, with Judge Dredd, Assassins and Daylight all losing money. Copland, an indie drama directed by James Mangold, made money and earned Stallone his best reviews since the original Rocky, but his follow-up movies were disastrous. His attempt at a slasher/ horror movie, D-Tox, sat on the shelf for years, finally being released under the lame title Eye See You. His 2000 remake of Get Carter was another disaster, with critics eviscerating him for remaking the Michael Caine classic, with even a cameo from Caine himself not easing their fury. In 2001, he teamed with Cliffhanger’s Renny Harlin on a go-for-broke would-be blockbuster called Driven.

Sporting a huge budget, for the time, a...

In “William Tell,” directed by Nick Hamm, it’s Claes Bang’s turn to shoot an apple off his son’s head.

“How do you get someone to say yes to that?! We spent a long time talking about it. This is a guy who doesn’t want to be a part of the war anymore: He’s seen too much. Now, he’s pulled back into it, but how do these pieces fit together so that he bloody explodes?,” wonders the Danish actor, best known for “The Square” and “The Northman.”

“There’s a point when some sense of insanity sets in. Also, he knows: ‘I can do this.’ But when your son is right under that apple, it’s a whole different story.”

The iconic scene was the reason why Hamm, also behind “The Journey” and “Driven,” wanted to make the film about the legendary folk hero.

“That scene Is the movie.

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Clifton Collins Jr., Nina Dobrev, Ilfenesh Hadera, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Trevena | Written by Hanna Weg, Pete Travis | Directed by Renny Harlin

We’ve had The Gardener, The Baker, The Painter, and now The Bricklayer joins the list of men of violence who’ve taken up peaceful professions only to find out that in some jobs you can never truly leave your past behind.

Steve Vail was one of the C.I.A. ‘s most dependable agents, even if his lack of respect for procedure made him less than popular with his superiors. Disillusioned, he now finds solace in masonry, “When I hold a brick in my hand I know exactly what it is and what it will do every single time. It’s form is its function”

Radek was a C.I.A. asset working under Vail until he was compromised and his family murdered. He went rogue...

Copland was supposed to be Sylvester Stallone’s comeback movie. Despite earning decent box office and generating Sly’s best reviews in decades, it seemed to be the final nail in his coffin as a leading man, and I don’t understand why. Before Copland, Stallone was headlining huge action movies like Daylight and Judge Dredd, and while they underperformed domestically and overseas, they were still big. One would think that Stallone would have been given an old-school action film to revive his career, but all of a sudden, he was slotted into cheap movies, such as the slasher thriller D-tox, which is also called Eye See You. That movie was so bad that it went direct-to-video, which pretty much meant the end of Stallone’s career for half a dozen years until he managed a major comeback with Rocky Balboa. It would get pretty dire for Sly, but Warner Bros...

The first look images of “William Tell,” the epic story of the crossbow-wielding warrior, have been released. The feature film is in its last week of principal photography in Italy. Beta Cinema is representing international sales rights with WME Independent handling North American rights.

Nick Hamm directs, based on his screenplay, adapted from Friedrich Schiller’s play. Hamm’s credits include “Driven,” which was selected as the closing film at the Venice Film Festival 2018 and released by Universal; “Gigi & Nate” (2022); the Netflix series “White Lines” (2020); and “The Journey,” which premiered at Venice and Toronto in 2016.

The film stars Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley.

The story unfolds in the 14th century amid the waning days of the Holy Roman Empire, when Europe’s nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians,...

Claes Bang has signed on to star in Nick Hamm’s period action film William Tell, playing the legendary Swiss marksman.

The Danish actor, star of Ruben Östlund’s 2017 Cannes Palme d’Or winner The Square, Sharon Horgan’s Emmy-nominated Apple TV+ series Bad Sisters and the baddie in Robert Eggers’ The Northman, will be joined by an ensemble cast, including Connor Swindells (Barbie), Ellie Bamber (Willow), Golshifteh Farahani (Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), Rafe Spall (The Big Short), Emily Beecham (Little Joe), Jonathan Pryce (Game of Thrones, The Two Popes) and Oscar-winner Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Sexy Beast).

Hamm adapted William Tell from Friedrich Schiller’s famous play, set in the 14th Century, which follows a peaceful hunter who picks up his crossbow to fight tyranny, in the form of a corrupt Austrian King. In the play’s most famous scene, Tell is forced by authorities to shoot an...

Cast also includes Ellie Bamber, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley.

Beta Cinema has boarded international sales on Nick Hamm’s English-language feature William Tell, based on the classic story of the crossbow warrior who shot an arrow through an apple on his son’s head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence.

Written and directed by Hamm, William Tell stars Claes Bang as Tell alongside Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham as well as Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley.

Beta Cinema and production companies Free Turn Films and...

Cast also includes Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham, Jonathan Pryce and Ben Kingsley.

Beta Cinema has boarded international sales on Nick Hamm’s English-language feature William Tell, based on the classic story of the Swiss crossbow warrior.

Written and directed by Hamm, William Tell stars Claes Bang as Tell alongside Connor Swindells, Ellie Bamber, Golshifteh Farahani, Jonah Hauer-King, Rafe Spall, Emily Beecham as well as Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley.

Beta Cinema and production companies Free Turn Films and Tempo Productions have also released a first look of...

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Are *Nsync songs still the music of your heart? Same. Though the band officially split up in 2004, they've continued to occupy a special place in many fans' hearts, and there's been renewed interest in the group ever since they reunited and released their first song in two decades in September for Dreamworks' film "Trolls Band Together." The band also reunited onstage at the 2023 MTV VMAs, and even Taylor Swift couldn't help expressing her hopes that there's more *Nsync to come.

In honor of the group's reunion, however brief it turns out to be, we're taking a look back at how the best '90s boy band first formed. Over the years, bits and pieces of their origins have been shared in TV specials and interviews, including some pretty surprising details. Did you know there was almost a different fifth member in Lance Bass's spot?...

Exclusive: Madelaine Petsch (Riverdale), Froy Gutierrez (Cruel Summer) and Gabriel Basso (Hillbilly Elegy) have been tapped to star in a Lionsgate remake of the 2008 horror The Strangers, which has entered production in Slovakia. Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger) is directing the film, which will be the first in a trilogy, having locked in a deal to helm the subsequent pair.

The original film The Strangers was a home invasion pic, which Bryan Bertino wrote and directed in his feature debut, with Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman starring. It registered as a sleeper hit upon its May 2008 release via Universal Pictures and came to be appreciated in the years following as a cult classic, with the sequel The Strangers: Prey at Night being released in March of 2018.

The new Strangers film will follow Petsch’s character as she drives cross-country with her longtime boyfriend (Gutierrez) to begin a new life in the Pacific Northwest.

Actress Erin Moriarty ("The Boys") wears "Rag & Bone" eyewear supporting the company's seasonal 2022 campaign:

Moriarty is best known for her role as 'Annie January'/'Starlight' in the Amazon Prime Video TV series "The Boys" (2019–present), based on the comic book series of the same name. Prior to "The Boys", she had notable roles in Netflix's "Jessica Jones" (2015), HBO's "True Detective" (2014), and ABC's "Red Widow" (2013).

She appeared in the feature "Blood Father" (2016), the horror feature "Within" and "Captain Fantastic". In 2016 she was also cast as the lead in "The Miracle Season", with the film being released in 2018. Also in 2018, she appeared in the films "The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir", "Monster Party" and "Driven".

In 2017, Moriarty was cast in "The Boys", adapting the comic book title by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

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Exclusive: Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and newcomer Kasey Bella Suarez will topline writer-director Simon Hacker’s debut feature Zoo, which recently wrapped production in New York City, starring alongside Robert Klein, Michael Covino, Isabel Arraiza, and Eric Berryman.

In the film, Zegen plays Andy Singer, a failing father and floundering realtor on the verge of eviction, who is drowning in the sweat of a New York City summer. When Andy’s daughter Anna (Suarez), a feisty 10-year-old already outfitted with a moral compass that far surpasses her dad’s, shows up unannounced on his doorstep and informs him of her imminent departure from the city, his get-rich-quick schemes and threadbare employment are thrown into a tenuous high gear, as he attempts to salvage some semblance of...

Exclusive: When The Suicide Squad rose to the box office charts this past weekend, I did the math. Sylvester Stallone has done something not a lot of lead actors can boast about. Stallone, who plays King Shark in the James Gunn-directed ensemble, now has had the Number One film at the box office in six consecutive decades. Stallone has had 46 film releases in that time, and 20 of them were Number One at the box office. Here are some of the films that are representative of six decades.

Here is how the decades represent themselves in Stallone’s film resume:

1970s: Rocky

1980s: Rocky, Rambo First Blood

1990s: Cliffhanger

2000s: Driven

2010s: The Expendables

2020s: The Suicide Squad...

Exclusive: A busy week for Judy Greer. Earlier we reported that she was starring in the indie film LA Bound, and today we hear she will play Mrs. G. in the Nicholas Ma directed feature Mabel.

Joy Goodwin and Ma wrote the script for Mabel which centers around Callie, whose only friends are the plants and trees that surround her home. When her dad’s job moves the family to a sterile subdivision, she is utterly isolated—except for her best friend, a potted plant named Mabel. To Callie, Mabel is a peer, a fellow being, maybe overlooked or unseen, but still very much alive.

Helen Estabrook, Luca Borghesde and Ben Howe are producing.

Greer is repped by Artists First, CAA and Felker Toczek.

Greer can next be seen in Universal/Blumhouse’s highly anticipated David Gordon Green directed sequel Halloween Kills opening on Oct. 15. She is currently filming the...

Arrow Video FrightFest, the UK’s biggest horror and fantasy film festival, is back at the Cineworld Leicester Square from Thursday August 26th – Monday 30th August 2021 for five days of the very best of global genre cinema.

The internationally renowned event leads the way in attesting to the versatility of the genre and, despite the interruptions caused by the pandemic, this year is no exception as the twenty-five films to be presented in the main screens are revealed. They include four world premieres and eight International / European premieres. Global events over the past eighteen months have not only altered most people’s lives but have had a profoundly influential effect on a lot of genre filmmakers and both the opening and closing films this year reflect that.

From the press release:

It’s Full Scream ahead as Arrow Video FrightFest 2021 announces its second wave of hugely anticipated Discovery Screen and...

Exclusive: Judy Greer is headlining the independent feature LA Bound, which we have learned is being written and directed by Chris McGowan.

In La Bound, a small-town high school soccer star ruins his college scholarship and moves to Los Angeles to pursue acting to pay homage to his late sister’s passion for the arts. Greer will star as Carol Berry opposite Brec Bassinger. David Brown is producing LA Bound.

Greer can next be seen in Universal/Blumhouse’s highly anticipated David Gordon Green directed sequel Halloween Kills being released on Oct. 15. She is currently filming the Disney+ feature Hollywood Stargirl with Uma Thurman and Grace VanderWaal for director Julia Hart.

Greer can recently be seen in John DeLorean biopic Driven with Jason Sudeikis and Lee Pace, Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go Bernadette opposite Cate Blanchett and Buffaloed opposite Zoey Deutch. Greer’s additional feature credits include Clint Eastwood...

Hulu’s list of new releases for June 2021 is highlighted by a host of useful library titles and one fascinating original film.

The original film in question is the one that lends its delightful photo of Pierce Brosnan delivering a baby to this post. False Positive stars and was written by Ilana Glazer (Broad City). It sounds like a really fun, creepy time with a synopsis that reads: “After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy (Glazer) and Adrian (Justin Theroux) finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr. Hindle (Pierce Brosnan). But after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, Lucy begins to notice something sinister through Hindle’s gleaming charm, and she sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about him, and her own “birth story.” Cool!

Hulu’s other original offerings aren’t too inspiring this month. Only Love, Victor season 2 on June 11 moves the needle much.

Exclusive: Latin Grammy winner and actress Alejandra Guzman (Una familia con suerte), Laura Leon (Dos mujeres un camino) and Cristián de la Fuente (Amor bravio) have joined the season 2 cast of Pantaya’s hit Spanish-language scripted series El Juego de Las Llaves (The Game of Keys). Also joining the ensemble cast are Barbara Lopez Michelle Rodriguez and Gustavo Egelhaaf. El Juego de las Llaves streams on Pantaya, a Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group joint venture, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico and internationally via Amazon Prime Video.

El Juego de las Llaves is a provocative half-hour Spanish-language scripted series that follows four long-lasting couples and friends who decide to swing, and are left to face the impact of their decisions in the comedic aftermath. The all-star cast includes Maite Perroni, Sebastián Zurita, Marimar Vega, Horacio Pancheri,...

Exclusive: Abigail Breslin (Zombieland: Double Tap), Thomas Jane (Predator) and Malin Akerman (Billions) are joining the cast of comedy-horror feature Slayers, previously known as With Teeth.

Oscar-nominee Breslin has taken the lead role in the movie and signed on as a producer. Previously announced cast includes Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom), Lydia Hearst (The Haunting Of Sharon Tate) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis).

Pic follows a group of internet influencers who are drawn to a reclusive, seductive billionaire’s mansion (Akerman), only to find themselves trapped in the lair of an evil vampire. The only way out is to be saved by a famous online gamer (Hayward) and an old school vampire hunter (Jane). Breslin plays the role of Jules, a smart-mouthed fitness guru who faces off against the vampires.

K. Asher Levin (Cougars Inc) is directing and producing. Breslin will be an on-set producer, working closely with Levin, Daniel Cummings and Zack Imbrogno.

Snap will try to turn Snapchat viewers into buyers with its first-ever “shoppable” original show: “The Drop,” focused on “exclusive streetwear collabs” from celebrities and designers.

The company — in its debut Digital Content NewFronts presentation for Madison Avenue types — also announced the renewal of “Driven,” an original series about custom cars, for Season 2; and a new Verizon-sponsored show, “Fake Up,” in which makeup artists compete in creating eye-popping optical illusions.

Snap’s NewFronts session marks the public debut for Peter Naylor as VP of sales for the Americas, two months after he exited Hulu after more than six years.

“When I was at Hulu, I was always looking at Snap out of the corner of my eye,” Naylor said in an interview, adding that he has two Gen Z daughters who are big Snapchat users. “I’m a selfish sales guy: I want to bring a beautiful product to market.

Stars: Casey Dillard, Richard Speight Jr., Jessica Harthcock, Glenn Payne, Bill Luckett, Leah Hudspeth, Andy Field, Jennifer Hamilton Collins, Mari Kenney, Jamie Fair | Written by Casey Dillard | Directed by Glenn Payne

[Note: With the film out now on VOD from Uncork’d Entertainment, here’s a repost of our review of the fantastic horror film Driven, which debuted in the UK at last August’s Frightfest]

Emerson Graham’s nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up manic Roger, a mysterious passenger out to break an ancient curse his family began generations ago with poorly translated spells and busted talismans, her evening goes from working a job to performing a terrifying quest as they must race against the clock to defeat an insidious force of evil; and the meter is running…

Ride share movies are slowly becoming de rigueur in horror, films like Ryde, Rideshare, Ryde...

Exclusive: Nick Hamm, director of movies Driven and The Journey and new Netflix series White Lines, is launching London- and L.A.-based entertainment company Free Turn.

Hamm is teaming with ex-wpp agency executive Jon Hamm on the firm which will be a hybrid film and TV production outfit and creative advertising agency. The brothers previously co-founded Greenroom Digital which they sold to Ipg in 2009.

Also aboard at Free Turn are Firecracker Films co-founder Jeremy Groman, who will take the role of Chief Creative Officer, and former Wpp agency growth director Gemma Batterby, who will run the business as Managing Director.

Hamm is currently in pre-production on Free Turn’s first movie. Factual will be under the guidance of Groman, whose recent projects include ESPN’s World’s Fastest Gamer. The company says it has already inked deals with Svod and Ott services “to exclusively create brand-funded entertainment for their...

Exclusive: Judy Greer has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ Flint Strong, in what we hear is a key role.

Rachel Morrison, who made history as the first female Dp to be nominated for an Oscar on Mudbound and was also the cinematographer on the $1.3 billion grossing three-time Oscar winner Black Panther, is making her feature directorial debut on Flint Strong. Oscar winner Barry Jenkins wrote the script adapted from the 2015 boxing documentary T-rex made by Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper.

The documentary T-rex follows 17-year-old Claressa “T-rex” Shields, a Flint Michigan native whose dreams of becoming the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in Boxing are realized at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Universal acquired Shields’ life rights and rights to the documentary in 2016. Greer joins Ryan Destiny (Fox’s Star and Freeform’s grown-ish) who is starring as Claressa “T-rex” Shields, and Ice Cube...

Supernatural’s Richard Speight Jr demands to be Driven this June! Check Out the trailer:

Emerson Graham’s nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to stop demons from invading the world.

Casey Dillard wrote and stars in a film by Glenn Payne, co-starring Richard Speight Jr, Jessica Harthcock (Ender’s Game), Nicholas Roylance (“Punishment!”), Andy Field (Avengers : Endgame), Bill Luckett (Battlecreek), and Leah Hudspeth (“The Resident”). Driven arrives on DVD and Digital June 16 from Uncork’d Entertainment.

The post Get in. Get Out. Or Die! Check Out the New Poster and Trailer For Driven appeared first on We Are Movie Geeks.

"I need you to drive!" Uncork'd Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie horror called Driven, arriving on VOD this summer. This premiered at the Dances With Films Festival last year, and also played at Frightfest and the Nashville Film Festival. Casey Dillard, who also wrote the script, stars as a ride-share driver. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to stop demons from invading the world. Also stars Richard Speight Jr. (from "Supernatural") as her fare, plus Jessica Harthcock, Nicholas Roylance, Andy Field, Bill Luckett, and Leah Hudspeth. Not really sure there is much to see here, but might be some weekend fun. Here's the first official trailer (+ new poster) for Glenn Payne's Driven, direct from YouTube: Emerson Graham's (Casey Dillard) nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences,...

In today's Horror Highlights, we have the trailer for Driven, details on a partnership between DarkMatter TV and Kast, a look at the trailer for Proximity, and release details and the trailer for Celebrity Crush:

Driven Trailer: "Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to stop demons from invading the world.

Casey Dillard wrote and stars in a film by Glenn Payne, co-starring Richard Speight Jr, Jessica Harthcock (Ender’s Game), Nicholas Roylance (“Punishment!”), Andy Field (Avengers : Endgame), Bill Luckett (Battlecreek), and Leah Hudspeth (“The Resident”). Driven arrives on DVD and Digital June 16 from Uncork’d Entertainment."

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DarkMatter TV and Kast Partnership: From the Press Release:

DarkMatter TV partners with Kast for an...

Owning a piece of history doesn’t come cheap!

On Friday, the 1968 Ford Mustang that Steve McQueen famously drove through the streets of San Francisco in Bullitt sold for $3.4 million at a Mecum Auctions event held in Kissimmee, Florida. Thanks to the record-breaking sale, the car is now the world’s most valuable Mustang, according to Road and Track. The previous record was set in January 2019, when a one-of-a-kind 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake sold for $2.2 million

Bidding for the car was over within just a few minutes time, according to Fox News, which noted that the identity of the seller has yet to be revealed.

Exclusive: I hear that Jason Sudeikis and Evangeline Lilly have been cast in Till Death, the action thriller being helmed by Aharon Keshales, who co-directed 2013 breakout Israeli horror Big Bad Wolves.

In the film, convicted felon Jimmy gets early parole after serving twelve years for armed robbery. Upon his release, he vows to give Annie, his childhood love, now dying from cancer, the best last year of her life – unfortunately it’s not that simple. Keshales penned the script with Navot Papushado and Kai Mark.

The project comes from Dallas-based producers Cinestate and Arts District Entertainment, and is fully financed by London-based Media Finance Capital.

Uphe Content Group has already snapped up world rights to the package. Pic will go into production in January 2020.

SNL grad Sudeikis is making something of a genre departure on this high-octane action pic, following recent drama roles in Kodachrome and Driven, alongside his comedy work.

For the first time in its 38-year history, the American Film Market is producing a conference about what was once considered taboo at the confab’s Loews Santa Monica digs: television. The Nov. 11 event will address how indie filmmakers can cash in on the tidal wave of new streaming services — Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Quibi, Peacock, AMC Theatres on Demand and more — and cable outlets investing billions of dollars to produce and acquire films.

Variety spoke with Anthony Bregman of Likely Story, which has a first-look production deal with Netflix; Brad Feinstein of Romulus Entertainment, a producer of Apple TV Plus’ first big feature, “The Banker”; attorney Elsa Ramo; and other industry vets to find out what streamers are looking for, how producers can get in the door and how this new paradigm is impacting indies.

“We’re looking to triple our output,” says Disney Channel VP of original movies Lauren Kisilevsky,...

Lee Pace and Jared Harris have been cast in the lead roles of the upcoming Apple series “Foundation,” Variety has learned.

The series is based on the Isaac Asimov novel series of the same name. It chronicles the saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.

Harris will star as Hari Seldon, a mathematical genius who predicts the demise of the empire. Pace will star as Brother Day, the current Emperor of the Galaxy.

Pace previously starred in the acclaimed AMC series “Halt and Catch Fire” and also led the cult favorite ABC series “Pushing Daisies.” On the film side, he most recently starred as John DeLorean in the film “Driven,” which was the closing film of this year’s Venice Film Festival and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. He...

Lee Pace (Halt and Catch Fire) and Jared Harris (Chernobyl) have been tapped as leads in Foundation, Apple TV+’s upcoming drama series based on Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novel trilogy.

The 10-episode series from David Goyer, Josh Friedman and Skydance Television chronicles the epic saga of The Foundation, a band of exiles who discover that the only way to save the Galactic Empire from destruction is to defy it.

Pace plays Brother Day, the current Emperor of the Galaxy. Harris plays Hari Seldon, a mathematical genius who predicts the demise of the empire.

Goyer serves as showrunner and executive producer. Skydance Television is producing the series, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross serving as executive producers. Friedman and Asimov’s daughter, Robyn Asimov, also serve as executive producers for the series.

Pace, who starred on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire for four seasons, recently starred in...

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors. They also shoot the breeze about their new films, The Dare, World of Darkness,...

From director Nick Hamm and inspired by true events, the indie drama Driven is a wild tale of the bromance gone wrong between John DeLorean (Lee Pace) and Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). Set in the early 1980s, the story follows how, out of a desire to save the financially troubled DeLorean Motor Company, the golden boy genius of the automotive industry got caught up with an ex-con pilot turned informant, who lured him into a cocaine trafficking ring set up by the FBI. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actor Lee Pace talked about his reaction …...

From director Nick Hamm and inspired by true events, the indie drama Driven is a wild tale of the bromance gone wrong between John DeLorean (Lee Pace) and Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). Set in the early 1980s, the story follows how, out of a desire to save the financially troubled DeLorean Motor Company, the golden boy genius of the automotive industry got caught up with an ex-con pilot turned informant, who lured him into a cocaine trafficking ring set up by the FBI. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actor Jason Sudeikis talked about what he …...

Jason Sudeikis has a real talent for making characters more likable than they probably are on paper. In the case of his new movie, Driven, he plays John DeLorean’s buddy, Jim Hoffman, a guy with a knack for bullshitting. He frequently lies, and yet there’s something oddly charming about the F.B.I. informant – maybe his honesty about […]

The post ‘Driven’ Star Jason Sudeikis on Staying Present and Walk and Talk Scenes [Interview] appeared first on /Film.

From director Nick Hamm and inspired by true events, the indie drama Driven is a wild tale of the bromance gone wrong between John DeLorean (Lee Pace) and Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). Set in the early 1980s, the story follows how, out of a desire to save the financially troubled DeLorean Motor Company, the golden boy genius of the automotive industry got caught up with an ex-con pilot turned informant, who lured him into a cocaine trafficking ring set up by the FBI. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Judy Greer (who played Jim Hoffman’…...

In this weekend's box office lineup, the rivaling teams of Angry Birds return to the big screen and join forces to defeat a common enemy, two Hollywood icons' daughters make their film debuts and a young man finds his voice in the hit songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Angry Birds the Movie 2, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Blinded by the Light are just a sample of what's hitting theaters this weekend. 

Where'd You Go, Bernadette, The Second Sun, End of the Century and Driven are titles also coming to the big screen. 

But whether audiences want the raunchy antics of Good Boys ...

In this weekend's box office lineup, the rivaling teams of Angry Birds return to the big screen and join forces to defeat a common enemy, two Hollywood icons' daughters make their film debuts and a young man finds his voice in the hit songs of Bruce Springsteen.

Angry Birds the Movie 2, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged and Blinded by the Light are just a sample of what's hitting theaters this weekend. 

Where'd You Go, Bernadette, The Second Sun, End of the Century and Driven are titles also coming to the big screen. 

But whether audiences want the raunchy antics of Good Boys ...

Who is more of a fascinating individual than John DeLorean? The maker of the automobile of the same name is just as well known for that car as being involved in shady drug dealings. Some remember him as a genius in the auto field, but most think of him either for flopping with his company or being put on trial. That intrigue helps fuel the new film Driven, which presents DeLorean as a side character to the life of Jim Hoffman, who befriended and then potentially betrayed him. If that sounds like the set up for a dark flick, you’d be mistaken. This is far more lighthearted than you might initially think, though the seriousness if the matters at hand are never too far from the spotlight. The movie is a mix of comedy, crime, drama, and thriller. Taking place in San Diego in the early 1980’s, the story...

Behind-the-scenes featurettes have long enumerated the many obstacles any movie or TV show has had to overcome to reach the theater or TV screen. But few films faced hardships as severe as those overcome by “Driven,” the real-life hero-to-zero story of automaker John DeLorean (played by Lee Pace) and his misadventures with ex-con pilot-turned-FBI informant Jim Hoffman (Jason Sudeikis). Directed by Nick Hamm, “Driven” was in its first days of principal photography in Puerto Rico in September 2017 when Hurricane Maria was bearing down on the island.

Line producer René Besson grew up in South Florida and has survived a few hurricanes in his day, even getting the Jason Statham action vehicle “Homefront” through 2012’s Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana. Familiar with the trajectories of weather patterns, he was closely watching Maria’s progress the night before landfall on the Caribbean isle.

“There was no question that this was going to hit,...

Lee Pace didn’t know much about John DeLorean when he signed on to play the late automobile mogul in the new biopic “Driven.” He was aware of the DeLorean car that was immortalized in “Back to the Future” and, he says, “I had a sense of a scandal.”

That scandal was DeLorean’s downfall in the 1980s when he was charged by the FBI with brokering a deal, with the help of friend-turned-informant Jim Hoffman (played by Jason Sudeikis), to distribute $24 million worth of cocaine to try and save his flailing DeLorean Motor Company. Despite being acquitted after his legal team argued he was illegally entrapped by FBI and Hoffman, he never regained his footing.

“Who knows actually what really happened?” Pace said. “Whoever knows what actually happens in these things? You understand the version that is agreed upon at the end of it, but who knows what happens...

Even though the new biopic “Driven” chronicles the worst chapter of John DeLorean’s life, director Nick Hamm believes the engineering prodigy turned disgraced automobile magnate would be delighted with the film.

“I think he would probably be quite amused and quite sort of happy,” Hamm told Variety at the movie’s premiere at the ArcLght Cinemas in Hollywood on Monday night. “Because he comes across quite well. He’s rather an endearing character and I think he would find the whole thing quite humorous. This ludicrous lifestyle and this ludicrous car, that story was made into a movie in Hollywood. He was a showman and if there’s anything else that this town is about, it’s showmen.”

Inspired by real-life events, “Driven” follows the spectacular downfall of DeLorean, once a rising star in the automotive industry of the 1970s and ’80s. Known for his lavish and flamboyant lifestyle,...

Sneak Peek director Nick Hamm's true story thriller "Driven", starring Lee Pace, Jason Sudeikis, Judy Greer and Corey Stoll, focusing on the rise and fall of automotive maverick 'John Delorean', designer of the iconic car used in "Back To The Future", and his drug dealer-turned-rat informant neighbour, who worked with the authorities to bring the inventor down, opening August 16, 2019:

"...set in 1977, 'Driven' captures the uneasy alliance of maverick car designer 'John DeLorean' (Pace) and his penchant for too much money, too many drugs and an inevitable crash and burn...

"...thanks to his loser neighbour 'Jim' (Sudeikis), in a furiously entertaining spin through the felonies of the rich and famous..."

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Driven Trailer Nick Hamm‘s Driven (2019) movie trailer has been released by Wme Global and stars Jason Sudeikis, Lee Pace, Judy Greer, Corey Stoll, and Isabel Arraiza. Plot Synopsis Driven‘s plot synopsis: “A fast-paced, comedic crime thriller of a bromance gone wrong between John DeLorean (played by Lee Pace) and Jim Hoffman (played by Jason Sudeikis). Set in early [...]

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Universal Pictures has released the first trailer for a new film called Driven, which tells a fictional account of the story of infamous businessman and automaker John DeLorean, who is played by Lee Pace.

The movie is described as a "fast-paced, comedic crime thriller of a bromance gone wrong” between John DeLorean and FBI informant Jim Hoffman, who is fantastically played by Jason Sudeikis. The story of John Delorean is certainly an interesting and crazy one, and this movie actually looks really good!

Set in the early 1980s California, the story follows the meteoric rise of the golden boy of the automotive industry, John DeLorean (Pace) and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company (Dmc), through the eyes of his friendship with charming, ex-con pilot turned FBI informant, Jim Hoffman (Sudeikis). DeLorean turned to unsavory activities to save his financially troubled DeLorean Motor Company, and it was Hoffman who was all too...

A new trailer has arisen for Nick Hamm’s ‘Driven’ featuring Jason Sudeikis and Lee Pace as an ex-con turned FBI informant and the legendary creator of the everyone’s favourite car from ‘Back To The Future’.

Directed by Hamm, the comedy also stars Corey Stoll, Judy Greer and Isabel Arraiza.

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The film opens in Us cinemas and on-demand August 16th.

Driven Synopsis

Inspired by actual events, the film follows automobile mogul John DeLorean (played by Lee Pace) and his neighbour, ex-con Jim Hoffman (played by Jason Sudeikis) who is a hard-working pilot and doting husband who becomes an FBI informant after being busted for smuggling cocaine.

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When most people hear the word DeLorean, they think of the time-traveling car invented by Chistopher Llyod's Dr. Emmett Brown of Back To The Future fame. Ever since 1985, director Robert Zemeckis' comedic sci-fi trilogy has helped to make the stylish automobile one of the most recognizable among pop culture enthusiasts, and now a new crime thriller called Driven is poised to…...

"You're moments away from being a very rich man." Universal has revealed the first official trailer for an indie drama titled Driven, a fictional telling of the tumultuous story of infamous businessman & automaker John DeLorean, played in this film by Lee Pace. This originally premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals last fall, and arrives in a few theaters & VOD next month. Described as a "fast-paced, comedic crime thriller of a bromance gone wrong between John DeLorean, played by Lee Pace, and Jim Hoffman, played by Jason Sudeikis." The cast also includes Judy Greer, Isabel Arraiza, Corey Stoll, Justin Bartha, Michael Cudlitz, Tara Summers, and Iddo Goldberg. This isn't the only DeLorean film we've seen recently - there's the half-doc Framing John DeLorean starring Alec Baldwin as John. This one looks a bit better, though obviously more dramatic and wacky but still compelling and a lot of bit crazy.

How long does it take before a friendship between a celebrity CEO and ex-con-turned-FBI informant turns awry? Director Nick Hamm will take us on a comedic and wild ride around friendship, greed, and betrayal in “Driven,” which was the closing film of the 2018 Venice Film Festival.

Inspired by true events, the film follows the rise of John DeLorean, automobile mogul and mastermind behind the DeLorean Dmc-12 (of “Back to the Future” fame) and his friendship with Jim Hoffman, an ex-con.

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