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Exclusive: Jasper Polish (Animal Kingdom), Audie Rick (1883), Zak Steiner (The Ghost Trap) and Alice Barrett (Billions) are leading the indie drama Cup of Jo: The Patron Saint of Desperate Cases, which wrapped principal photography in Northern California.

Written and directed by Nick Martinez, the film centers on Jo (Polish), a single mother who begs, borrows, and steals to provide her son, Nick (Rick), with a better life than she had, with little help from her ex-husband Matt (Steiner) or her mother Ruth (Barrett).

The film’s producers are Kali Ruth, Barnaby Dallas, Jessica Olthof (Surrender), and Darren Haruo Rae (Nisei). Larry Schapiro (One Fast Move) executive produces the Roann Films project.

Polish is known for her recurring role of ‘Julia’ on TNT’s Animal Kingdom, and the series Bring on the Dancing Horses opposite Kate Bosworth. Her feature work includes American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally, opposite Al Pacino,...

Exclusive: Director Brad Furman has rounded out the cast for his indie drama People Not Places, scripted by his mother Ellen Brown Furman, with seven additions. They are Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Yul Vazquez (The Lost Bus), Laurence Mason (Tin Soldier), Obba Babatundé (S.W.A.T.), Joey Bicicchi (Tin Soldier), Colleen Camp (Amsterdam) and Olivia Jude.

Others rounding out the cast include Sam Jay (You People), Duke George, Wass Stevens (Lansky), Gregg Bello (Crown Vic) and Matthew J. Perry. As previously announced, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Dorff, Julia Mayorga and Allegra Leguizamo also star.

People Not Places watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly widow living in Atlantic City, meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.

Furman and Jess Fuerst are producing the film...

Exclusive: Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment) and Stephen Dorff (True Detective) have entered production in New Jersey on People Not Places, an indie drama from director Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer).

Written by Ellen Brown Furman (The Infiltrator), the filmmaker’s mother, the film watches as an elderly widow (MacLaine) living in Atlantic City meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.

Brad Furman and Jess Fuerst are producing the film under their Road Less Traveled Productions banner. Jim Seibel and Kyle David Crosby are also producing.

Said Brad Furman in a statement to Deadline, “This is the opportunity of a lifetime, as I have been collaborating with...

The exciting coming-of-age film Griffin in Summer premieres at Tribeca Film Festival 2024, and Screen Rant has a first look. The film follows fourteen-year-old Griffin as he becomes fascinated with a 25-year-old handyman while putting on a play over summer break. Griffin in Summer boasts a strong cast which includes Everett Blunck, Owen Teague, Melanie Lynskey, Abby Ryder Fortson, and Kathryn Newton.

Griffin in Summer is a unique coming-of-age story debuting at Tribeca Film Festival 2024. It tells the story of fourteen-year-old Griffin Nafly who wants to spend his summer putting on a new play. In the process, he finds himself seeking the attention of Brad, a handyman working at his parents house. The movie was written and directed by Nicholas Colia, and is the up-and-coming directors feature debut.

Screen Rant is happy to present a first look at stills from Griffin in Summer. The images highlight cast members Everett Blunck as Griffin,...

Can television have its own New Hollywood moment?

Much like movies such as Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby and Easy Rider took the late 1960s by storm, a group of writers and directors are hoping that their own independent TV projects can break through and find their way to the small screen amidst the current Hollywood contraction.

After a number of web series such as Issa Rae’s The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl, Broad City and High Maintenance were turned into TV series over the past decade, writers and directors hoped that this would lead to more.

However, the rise of streaming originals saw the business go the other way, with incredibly expensive dramas and comedies, often led by movie stars, taking over. This trend is now waning and a new generation of creators hopes that cost-conscious companies will now pay more attention to their projects instead.

“I Saw the TV Glow” is a film that will have you searching for the soundtrack on your ride home from the theater. It’s an assembly of incredible tracks that collectively capture the emotional journey of Owen (Justice Smith) growing up in a suburban world where he can’t be his true self.

“Music was such a formative part of my teenage years and remains such a formative part of my life,” director Jane Schoenbrun said when they were on an upcoming episode of the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast to discuss “I Saw the TV Glow.” “It just made sense that this very teenage movie needed a classic teenage soundtrack.”

The writer/director started with an ambitious plan: Ask their favorite modern bands to write songs for the film’s fictional 1990s TV show, “The Pink Opaque,” which becomes Owen’s obsession after new friend Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) introduces it to him.

Bring on the Dancing Horses is a neo-noir Spaghetti Western series written and directed by Michael Polish that earned a place among the official selection list at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Kate Bosworth plays The Woman, a mysterious assassin who kills her way through an entire family. An expert with a gun, her greatest asset is her compassion, making her an entirely different kind of Western protagonist. The series is a darkly comic inversion of the typical male-dominated Western and a refreshing solution to an enduring problem with female protagonists in the genre.

Exclusive: Endeavor Content has acquired international distribution rights to Bring on the Dancing Horses, a female-led modern Western drama series starring Kate Bosworth.

The ten-part drama, which launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January, is being sold at the LA Screenings, where Endeavor Content has hired out the theater at Soho House West Hollywood to attract buyers.

Bring on the Dancing Horses is written, directed and executive produced by indie director Michael Polish. Bosworth (The Long Road Home) and Polish, who were married for eight years but separated last year, produce through their Make Pictures Productions banner.

The series sees Bosworth playing a confident assassin with a list of targets to take down. As she makes her way through the men on her list, the truth behind how her story began is revealed.

Jasper Polish (Force of Nature), Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Happy Anderson (Snowpiercer), DJ Qualls...

SeriesFest, which returns for an in-person event, will kick off its Season 8 slate with a little bit of royalty.

On Thursday the annual television festival revealed the lineup, with Starz’s new drama Becoming Elizabeth. set to get things started on May 5. Running from May 5 to 11, SeriesFest: Season will return to Denver, Colorado for six days of screenings, panels, workshops, sneak peeks and television premieres.

The Becoming Elizabeth screening will be followed by a panel from series executive producer Anya Reiss and stars Alicia von Rittberg and Jamie Blackley. Season 8 of SeriesFest will also feature talent and the creative teams from TBS’ Rat in the Kitchen, independent series Bring on the Dancing Horses, AMC+’s This is Going To Hurt, Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil and Hulu’s Candy.

Amber Ruffin will also take the Red Rocks Ampitheatre to open the festival’s Centerpiece event, which will feature a screening...

The 2022 SeriesFest officially announced its star-studded programming slate to take place May 5–11 in Denver, Colorado.

IndieWire can exclusively confirm that new Starz drama “Becoming Elizabeth” will debut opening night, followed by a Q&a panel with creator and executive producer Anya Reiss and series stars Alicia von Rittberg and Jamie Blackley.

Award-winning international festival and non-profit organization SeriesFest spotlights episodic storytelling. The annual six-day festival will include a full slate of in-competition screenings, panels, and workshops, as well as never-before-seen sneak peeks and television premieres.

Joining the special screening event line-up this year includes “Rat in the Kitchen” (TBS) with series’ co-hosts actress and comedian Natasha Leggero and Chef Ludo Lefebvre; “Bring on the Dancing Horses” featuring star and executive producer Kate Bosworth and director, writer, and executive producer Michael Polish; “This is Going to Hurt” (AMC+) with comedian and writer Adam Kay; “Somebody Feed Phil” (Netflix) with series creator...

Justin Long proved that he is willing to go the distance for Kate Bosworth… literally. On Thursday, Jan. 20, the New Girl actor took to his Instagram Story to share that he had valiantly driven all the way to "freezing cold" Park City, Ut., for the premiere of Bosworth's new film Bring on the Dancing Horses at the Sundance Film Festival. Standing outside the Egyptian Theatre, however, Long quickly realized that it was pretty quiet for a film premiere. "Where is everybody?" He asked, before catching the attention of two people passing by. "Sorry, do you know where everyone is? It's the premiere tonight." When the actor was informed that...