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Demi Moore’s Last 5 Films At The Worldwide Box Office(Photo Credit – Instagram)

American actress Demi Moore has been all over the news for her amazing speech at the 82nd Golden Globes Award Ceremony. She won the Golden Globe for her performance in The Substance, which was a box office success, bringing us to the subject of our article! We would rank the last five films of the seasoned actress at the worldwide box office. Scroll below for the deets.

Moore started her career as a model and then joined the cast of the soap opera General Hospital, gradually rising to prominence in the early 1980s. Demi gained recognition with St Elmo’s Fire and About Last Night. Then, the actress became a Hollywood star with Ghost, and her success continued with films like Indecent Proposal and Disclosure. She reportedly became the world’s highest-paid actress in 1995.

Demi Moore’s career...

Kieran Turner, a documentary filmmaker who created the web series “Wallflowers,” died Dec. 23 in West Hollywood. He was 56.

Turner’s death after a battle with cancer was confirmed by Christy Grosz, president of CLG3 Communications.

In addition to creating “Wallflowers,” Turner wrote and produced the online web series which ran for two seasons from 2013 to 2014 and followed four friends who join a support group to help them get dates. The show starred Gibson Frazier, Sarah Saltzberg, Christianne Tisdale, Susan Louise O’Connor and Ricky Dunlop and is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Through his independent production company Eight Track Tape Productions, which works in both film and television, Turner directed and produced the documentary “Jobriath A.D.” about the ‘70s glam rock musician who died of AIDS. The production company specializes in telling LGBTQ+ related stories both fictional and non-fictional.

While working at Cinemarket, Turner helped finance and market films like “Terminator Salvation,...

Filmmaking is quite literally in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s genes. Her mother is Oscar-winning screenwriter Naomi Foner (“Running on Empty”) who also directed the 2013 drama “Very Good Girls.” And her father Stephen Gyllenhaal has directed such films as 1992 “Waterland,” which featured his daughter, and 1993 “A Dangerous Woman.” But it took time for the Oscar-nominated actress (“Crazy Heart’) to follow in her parents’ footsteps.

“I think that now I have directed, I can see in a way I always was a director,” she noted in a recent American Cinematheque Zoom conversation with Oscar-winner Guillermo Del Toro (“The Shape of Water”). She added, though, it was so deep into her psyche that “it was even a secret for me.” She recently picked up Gotham Independent Film honors for writing and directing her first film, Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter,” starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, Ed Harris and her husband Peter Sarsgaard.

It took playing a woman who is empowered by becoming a film director in HBO series “The Deuce” for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal to imagine becoming one herself. As soon as she did, after binging the books of Elena Ferrante, from “My Brilliant Friend” to “The Days of Abandonment,” Gyllenhaal was inspired to take the plunge. Three years ago, on the verge of her 40th birthday, Gyllenhaal first wrote to Ferrante, asking the Italian author (whose identity is protected by her publisher) to let her option her 2006 novel “The Lost Daughter” for the movies. After a few email exchanges, the writer said yes. But her contract with Gyllenhaal was void, she told the actress, if she didn’t direct the feature herself. (Ferrante explained why in The Guardian.)

Gyllenhaal eventually obtained the author’s blessing on her script — which often departs from the original) —and cast Oscar winner Olivia Colman (“The Favourite...

It took playing a woman who is empowered by becoming a film director in HBO series “The Deuce” for actress Maggie Gyllenhaal to imagine becoming one herself. As soon as she did, after binging the books of Elena Ferrante, from “My Brilliant Friend” to “The Days of Abandonment,” Gyllenhaal was inspired to take the plunge. Three years ago, on the verge of her 40th birthday, Gyllenhaal first wrote to Ferrante, asking the Italian author (whose identity is protected by her publisher) to let her option her 2006 novel “The Lost Daughter” for the movies. After a few email exchanges, the writer said yes. But her contract with Gyllenhaal was void, she told the actress, if she didn’t direct the feature herself. (Ferrante explained why in The Guardian.)

Gyllenhaal eventually obtained the author’s blessing on her script — which often departs from the original —and cast Oscar winner Olivia Colman (“The Favourite...

Exclusive: Emmy-nominated producer Janice Williams has signed her Well Red banner to a first look deal with Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories. This follows their successful collaboration on the Facebook Watch series Queen America. They worked together on the Andrew Jarecki-directed All Good Things and the Gus Van Sant-directed Oscar winner Milk.

Made Up Stories is coming off a strong Sundance, produced the Abe Forsythe-directed Lupita Nyong’o dark zombie comedy Little Monsters that was bought by Neon and Hulu and Jennifer Kent’s Nightingale which landed at IFC. On the TV side, the company is currently in pre-production on the David E. Kelley-scripted Susanne Bier-directed HBO limited series The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, and in post-production on the TNT series Tell Me Your Secrets, written by Harriet Warner and directed by Houda Benyamina.

Williams hatched her company in early 2018 after an...

In Patrick Brice’s latest Sundance Midnight offering “Corporate Animals,” Demi Moore plays a powerful, all-consuming CEO. Speaking with managing editor Christian Blauvelt at the IndieWire Studio presented by Dropbox, Moore talked about what she keeps in mind when signing on to new projects at this point in her career.

“I do want to be careful not to play into a cliche, which is that all older women are evil, bitter villains, which is one of the next kind of things that needs to be overcome,” Moore said. “We want romance too! We want all those things!”

In “Corporate Animals,” her character Lucy leads a disastrous retreat through some treacherous New Mexico caves. Karan Soni and Jessica Williams play the unwitting employees at her company, who find much more underground than either of them bargain for.

Moore says that the supporting cast and the filming environment helped her realize the...

Sneak Peek images of actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch', in Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War" posing for "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro:

Olsen debuted as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", followed by "Captain America: Civil War":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in series including "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Scarlet Witch'...

Take another look @ actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch', appearing in Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War" posing for "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro:

Olsen debuted as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", followed by "Captain America: Civil War":

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in series including "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Scarlet Witch'...

Last week, we had fun chiming in on how Sundance 2016 might look like with our Sundance predictions list. Our series was exactly one short from the promised 75. We decided to switch things up this year. Our last pick is reserved for what is a next to impossible, needle in the haystack guess at what films might break into the short film sections. Out of the 8000 plus submissions the Sundance Short Film programmers will receive, they’ll end up selecting a little less than a hundred short films. Here are some ideas as to who and what could show up.

The Bulb and The Procedure

No stranger to Park City, Calvin Reeder has supplied the fest with features such as The Oregonian (2011), The Rambler (2013) and could very well bring this Kickstarter pairing to public access television blitz and X-Files love. Production wrapped in August. Actors Linas Phillips and Christian Palmer star.

A creepy-cool vibe of constructed cinematic artificiality echoes the illusory nature of Stanley Milgram’s notorious experiment into human behavior. I’m “biast” (pro): love stories about science and scientists

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

You already know who Stanley Milgram is: he was the psychologist and researcher into human behavior who conducted the now famous — some would say infamous — experiment in which people were instructed to administer increasingly strong electrical shocks to a total stranger; most complied even over their own personal moral objections. The study, conducted at Yale University in the early 1960s and published in book form by Milgram in the early 70s, is considered essential to understanding our willingness to obey authority, how ordinary “good” people allow themselves to be complicit in terrible crimes such as the Holocaust; as the film notes, the study is...

Take another look @ actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch', currently filming Marvel Studios' "Captain America: Civil War",  in a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen debuted as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" and is currently filming "Captain America: Civil War":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in series including "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the 'Scarlet Witch'.

A slow burn mystery in which the secrets aren’t so much about the crimes it explores but truths of women’s emotional lives that are too often ignored. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Mere weeks after two teenaged girls are released after seven years in juvenile detention for the horrific kidnap and killing of a baby, another little girl — one who bears a striking resemblance to the dead child — goes missing. Did they commit another murder? (Did they even both commit the first crime? Each is still placing all the blame entirely on the other.) Or does their small upstate New York town merely want this new kidnapping to be their doing?

With Every Secret Thing, documentarian Amy Berg makes...

2015 is a big year for Kiernan Shipka. The 15-year-old actress, best known to audiences as Sally Draper on AMC's "Mad Men," will be saying goodbye to the hit show that brought her fame as it wraps up its seventh and last season this spring — and hello to a new post-"Mad Men" stage of her already budding career. Read More: Meet the Faces of SXSW 2015: Sally Field, Nick Kroll, Jason Schwartzman and More The talented teen has kept busy during the hiatuses of "Mad Men" by appearing in a number of TV movies/shows and features, including Lifetime's "Flowers in the Attic" and "Very Good Girls," opposite Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen. But this year sees her stepping out in a bigger way by leading Andrew Droz Palermo's provocative narrative debut "One & Two" (his first feature was the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning documentary "Rich Hill"). In the drama,...

★★☆☆☆ Very Good Girls (2014) has all the trappings of an indie coming-of-age story: a hip soundtrack commandeered by musician Jenny Lewis; fresh-faced and innocent actresses; dreamy cinematography; just a dash of drama to appropriately weight the plot. This is all well and good but in a sea of films of this ilk, it gets drowned in its own good intentions. Naomi Foner's first outing as writer and director falls by the wayside very quickly, feeling like a exercise in derivative perceptions on what it means to become a woman. The narrative focuses on Lily (Dakota Fanning) and Gerry (Elizabeth Olsen) who are on their last summer vacation before college.

Elizabeth Olsen is single again.

The "Avengers: Age of Ultron" star, 25, has split with her fiance, Boyd Holbrook, 33, according to Us Weekly.

The actress was photographed shopping at an La farmers' market without her engagement ring this past weekend.

Photos: Sexy Superheroes

Elizabeth and Boyd dated for three years, and news of their engagement broke in March 2014.

They co-starred in 2013's "Very Good Girls."

Photos: Sci-Fi's Leading Ladies

The actress will soon be seen as Scarlet Witch in the "Avengers" sequel, set to hit theaters on May 1.

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Back in March 2014 they announced their engagement, but it looks like there won’t be a wedding for Elizabeth Olsen and Boyd Holbrook after all.

According to Us Weekly, the “Kill Your Darlings” starlet and her “Very Good Girls” hunk have called off their wedding and decided to go their separate ways.

Earlier this month, Boyd attended a Golden Globes party without Elizabeth, sparking rumors that there may be trouble in paradise. Meanwhile, Olsen will begin an international press tour for “Avengers: Age of Ultron” in the months to come, so perhaps it’s all for the best.

mommy-daughter bonding activities A photo posted by tallulah (@buuski) on Jan 18, 2015 at 5:09pm Pst She's still got it!  G.I. Jane may have come out nearly two decades ago, but Demi Moore proved on Instagram that her head-shaving skills are still intact. Photos: Stars with shaved heads  The Very Good Girls actress, 52, spruced up her daughter Tallulah Willis' buzz cut, and the amazing process was documented on Willis' Instagram account on Jan. 18. "mommy-daughter bonding activities," Moore's middle child, 20, captioned the photo. Photos: Demi Moore through the years  Funny enough, between Moore's gray [...]...

Take another look @ images of actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch' in "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", from "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro:

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' 'inhuman', 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Elizabeth Olsen...

Elizabeth Olsen has reportedly called off her engagement to actor Boyd Holbrook, Us Weekly confirms. The couple dated for nearly three years after meeting on the set of the film Very Good Girls in 2012. They got engaged in March 2014, just weeks after French banker Olivier Sarkozy popped the question to Elizabeth's older sister Mary-Kate Olsen. The last time Boyd and Elizabeth were spotted together in public was at the May 2014 premiere of Godzilla; most recently, the actress was seen without her engagement ring at an La farmers market, and Boyd was reportedly chatting up an unknown blonde at a pre-Golden Globes bash earlier this month.

Take another look @ actress Elizabeth Olsen ("Avengers: Age Of Ultron"), in a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen recently wrapped her work as Marvel Comics' 'Inhuman', the 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun" and her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen wasa then cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge...

Take another look @ actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch' in "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", from a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Elizabeth Olsen...

Here’s the sad truth about life as a film critic – in order to get to the good stuff, you have to sift through a whole lot of shit first. This year, that law held as true as ever, and though 2014 yielded some truly extraordinary works of cinematic decadence and beauty, it also gave us some real clunkers. For every Guardians of the Galaxy, there was an Amazing Spider-Man 2. For every Interstellar, there was a Transcendence. This year, Hollywood rained such an unrelenting deluge of crapola down on moviegoers that some still claim 2014 was one of the worst years for movies on record.

Without getting into whether or not that statement holds water, it’s true that, over the past twelve months, I went up against some of the most atrocious and meritless messes I’ve ever encountered. Fuming in my seat, I quietly endured all manner of shallow,...

Take another look @ images of actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch' in "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", from a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge... ...

Coverage of Isa’s (international sales agents) resumed for The American Film Market. This segment follows leaders and innovation in the world of international film sales and distribution.

Sales veteran and President of 13 Films Tannaz Anisi launched her Los Angeles based distribution and finance company just a year ago at The American Film Market. Her expertise, honest work ethic, and keen sensibilities are widely respected in the industry and have helped her to start 13 Films with strong financial backing.

One year later, Tannaz shares the latest progress on this exciting venture:

I launched 13 Films a year ago, so this Afm marks my one year anniversary. It’s very exciting to see how far the company has come since its inception, as we continue to grow and build a full slate of films.

Given my background as a foreign sales agent, the timing was right to start my own company and I was able to secure strong investors to back my vision.

My aim is to seek cast-driven, commercial films with theatrical potential across all genres. Our eclectic state includes romantic comedies, action films, thrillers and family films.

We’re looking for about eight to ten films a year in pre-sales, peppered with a few finished films.

What is your background in sales?

For the last seven years, I was a freelance sales consultant and had the opportunity to work for some of the leading companies in the business - Voltage Pictures and Sierra/Affinity, to name a few.

Over the years, I developed great relationships and relished being able to work on high profile projects. However, I felt I was ready to make the transition from freelance consultant to having my own company and being able to immerse myself in my own projects.

Once I secured the financial investment, it was time to move forward with full force and determination.

How did you first get involved in the business?

I’ve been in the industry for about 18 years.

My very first job in the industry was working in production actually. I worked for PentAmerica Pictures, which was a partnership between Vittorio Cecchi Gori and Silvio Berlusconi.

Way back when I got the chance to work as an assistant at Afm, I fell in love with foreign sales from the very first moment. Since then, I was determined to succeed in the field and started from the ground up. I sought out the right opportunities to learn and absorb as much possible to reach the level where I’m at today.

My sales background started in television sales – I was fortunate enough to work for some of the bigger independent companies such as Win, Kushner-Locke and 20th Century Fox before moving into film.

What inspires you in your work?

What I love most is the face-to-face interaction with people from all over the world.

It’s truly fascinating and what drives me to continue doing this every day. The world is such a melting pot of different cultures, and being able to constantly meet and do business with buyers from across the globe is very rewarding. There’s never a dull moment.

Please talk about the 13 Films Slate.

We just announced our big, new project - "Voice From The Stone", which is a supernatural thriller starring Emilia Clarke from “Game of Thrones.”

It’s a haunting script produced by Dean Zanuck who also produced "The Road to Perdition". The film is currently shooting in Italy which is very exciting.

I have two other new projects too – an action film called "Extortion", which is a very fun project with Frank Grillo attached and set to start shooting by the end of November.

Another key title for us is the comedy "Loitering With Intent", which was well received at the Tribeca Film Festival this year and stars Sam Rockwell and Marisa Tomei. We showed the film for the first time to buyers here at Afm, and were thrilled with the response. It will be released theatrically in the Us by The Orchard, a Sony Pictures company.

Learn about the 13 Films slate here.

More About 13 Films:

13 Films is an international distribution and finance company based in Los Angeles founded by Tannaz Anisi. The company launched at Afm 2013 with a slate of films that included Very Good Girls starring Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen and Life Of A King starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Dennis Haysbert.

The company’s current slate of titles includes three films either shooting or about to start principal photography: the supernatural thriller Voice From The Stone starring Emilia Clarke and Marton Csokas (currently shooting in Italy), actioner Extortion with Frank Grillo and Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi, and crime thriller Manhattan Nocturne set to star Oscar winner Adrien Brody.

13 Films had 2 films make their market premieres at Afm: Loitering With Intent with Sam Rockwell and Marisa Tomei which world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and will be released by The Orchard stateside and the romantic comedy Take Care starring Leslie Bibb and Thomas Sadoski with a theatrical release via Phase 4 Films in December.

Jae-woo Kim has joined Los Angeles-based 13 Films as director of international sales and is at the Afm talking up new titles Voice From The Stone, Extortion and Loitering With Intent.

Kim (pictured) reports directly to company founder Tannaz Anisi and most recently served as international business manager at South Korean sales outfit 9ers Entertainment, where she acquired the Point Break remake and Johnny Depp adventure comedy Mortdecai.

Action title Extortion is scheduled to shoot in Puerto Rico on November 17 and stars Frank Grillo, Ving Rhames, Jake McLaughlin, Barkhad Abdi and and Nicky Whalen.

Phil Volken will direct from his screenplay about a vacationing family stranded on a Caribbean island where local fisherman hold them ransom. Volken produces Alina Shraybman.

Comedy Loitering With Intent stars Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell and receives its world market premiere following the world premiere in Tribeca. Adam Rapp directed the story of a beautiful woman whose unexpected arrival disrupts a writers getaway...

Elizabeth director Shekhar Kapur will helm Tiger’s Curse, an epic adventure adapted from the best-selling Ya novel series by Colleen Houck. Adding more Ya juice to the project is The Vampire Diaries and The Originals creator Julie Plec, who adapted the tale of a girl with a powerful connection to a beautiful white tiger that turns out to be a prince suffering from a 300-year curse. Ineffable Pictures’ Raphael Kryszek and Jesse Israel are producing along with Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson and Jim Seibel. Kapur is also a producer. Lotus’ D.J. Gugenheim and Ara Keshishian are exec producing; Lotus will rep foreign sales at Afm, where it’s also selling Keanu Reeves pic Replicas, Halle Berry vehicle Kidnap, the Arnold Schwarzenegger-Abigail Breslin zombie tale Maggie, and more.

Marton Csokas (The Equalizer) has joined Game of Thrones‘ Emilia Clarke in Voice From The Stone, which also is coming to Afm this week.

The supernatural thriller stars Emilia Clarke from Game Of Thrones and the upcoming Terminator: Genisys.

La-based 13 Films led by founder Tannaz Anisi (pictured) will co-finance and introduce Afm buyers to the story about a nurse hired to care for a boy who lives alone with his father in a haunted manor in Tuscany following the untimely death of his mother.

Marton Csokas also stars in Voice From The Stone, which is scheduled to begin production this month in Italy.

Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durante are producing and retain Us rights.

Eric D Howell makes his feature directorial debut and 13 Films president Anisi serves as executive producer.

“I was immediately drawn to the unique and haunting script of Voice From The Stone and am thrilled to be partnering with established producers Dean Zanuck and Stefani Gallini-Durante on the project,” said Anisi.

“The beautiful and talented Emilia Clarke is the perfect actress to bring life and freshness to the...

Take another look @ images of actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch' in "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", from a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro:

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Elizabeth Olsen...

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include one of the funniest films of the year, a trio of horror movie collections for a few franchises—one classic, one unlikely, and one incredibly gory—a dramatic turn from Robert Pattinson, and more. Briefly: Neighbors (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD with UltraViolet) - $19.99 (43% off) Halloween: The Complete Collection Limited Deluxe Edition[Blu-ray] - $109.99 (35% off) Exorcist: Complete Anthology [Blu-ray] - $28.79 (20% off) Saw: The Complete Movie Collection [Blu-ray] - $24.99 The Rover - Bluray + Digital HD [Blu-ray] - $16.99 (32% off) The Signal (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD with UltraViolet) - $22.99 (34% off) Ida [Blu-ray] - $29.99 (14% off) Very Good Girls [Blu-ray] - $25.48 (15% off) Key & Peele: Season 3 [Blu-ray] - $22.48 (10% off)

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Elizabeth Olsen has boarded Marc Abraham’s I Saw the Light, the Hank Williams biopic from RatPac Entertainment and Bron Studios. Olsen will play Williams’ wife in the film about the legendary country western singer. Avengers actor Tom Hiddleston was earlier cast to play Williams in the indie, which will start shooting in Louisiana next month. Abraham adapted the screenplay for I Saw the Light from Colin Escott’s biography, which portrays the impact Williams’ fame had on his health and personal life. Olsen’s recent credits include Avengers: Age of Ultron and Very Good Girls. She is represented by the Gersh Agency

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Acute portrayals and nice performances by leads Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as best friends who pledge to lose their virginity before college, helps this mildly racy but ultimately innocuous teen sex film Very Good Girls stay a step or two above the exploitative premise to emerge as something almost worthwhile. Boyd Holbrook also gives more than the role calls for as the handsome street artist who becomes their would-be conquest. His role is believable and even brings out Fanning’s performance, delivering something that could have been icky, but remains tender and even a tad affecting. Olsen is good as well, but Fanning’s always seemed a lightweight before.

The problem with Very Good Girls (besides the 25-year old Ms. Olsen being far too old for this role) is that, despite the sexually tinged subject matter, the script is never fleshed out beyond what’s needed to service the plot.

Take another look @ images of actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka 'Scarlet Witch' in "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", in a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Elizabeth Olsen...

Exclusive: Producer and director Madeleine Sackler (The Lottery, Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus) and actor and director Boyd Holbrook (Gone Girl, Little Accidents, Behind the Candelabra) have teamed to launch their own development and production company, Madbrook Films. The New York City-based shingle will produce passion projects from both partners as well as other writers and directors, starting with the short film Peacock Killer.

Adapted from Sam Shepard’s story of the same name, Peacock Killer marks Holbrook’s debut as a writer and director. The film stars Boardwalk Empire‘s Shea Whigham and True Grit‘s Elizabeth Marvel in the tale of reconciliation between a man and his dog after a peacock comes between them. Holbrook filmed the project this winter in upstate New York and was completed with the help of a successful Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, which raised over $17,000 for the project.

Madbrook is also developing Uncle Sam,...

Dakota Fanning’s been busy. She’s been working steadily all her life, but in the past three years alone, she’s delivered Now Is Good, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, The Motel Life, Very Good Girls, Night Moves and now she’s got The Last of Robin Hood on the way, too. She stars in that one as Beverly Aadland, the young actress who winds up catching the eye of superstar Errol Flynn (Kevin Kline). Ultimately, she falls for him too and the two indulge in a passionate affair while Beverly’s mother, Florence (Susan Sarandon), tags along to supervise. With The Last of Robin Hood making its way into select theaters on August 29th, we got the chance to sit down with Fanning and discuss how she’s been choosing her roles lately and what it was like jumping into this true story. Hit the jump to...

Following the addition of Jennifer Connelly last week, Lakeshore Entertainment has brought on Dakota Fanning to star in American Pastoral.

Based on Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, American Pastoral follows Seymour "Swede" Levov (Ewan McGregor), a former high school athletic legend who wound up marrying the girl of his dreams Dawn (Jennifer Connelly) and inheriting his father's successful business. His picture-perfect life is torn apart when his daughter Merry (Dakota Fanning) becomes a revolutionary and commits a deadly act of terrorism during the Vietman War.

Phillip Noyce (The Giver) is directing from an adapted screenplay by John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer), with Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi producing.

Here's what Lakeshore president Gary Lucchesi had to say about the casting in a statement.

"The role of Merry is an extremely complex part, and I believe that Dakota Fanning will break our hearts with her performance."

Production is scheduled...

When the Wachowskis’ space epic Jupiter Ascending was taken off the summer calendar and slotted for next February, we had a feeling that the shift might mess up Warner Bros.’ previously laid plans for early 2015. Now, the studio has officially announced what it’s changing – the Liam Neeson actioner Run All Night has been moved from February 6th (when Jupiter will now open) to April 17th next year.

Even if effects work hadn’t caused Warner Bros. to delay Jupiter, it was possible Run All Night still would have ended up moving forward. After all, Fox is releasing Taken 3, also with Neeson, next January.

Run All Night will mark Neeson’s third collaboration with Unknown and Non-Stop director Jaume Collet-Serra. Brad Inglesby (Out of the Furnace) penned the script, which centers on an aging hitman (Neeson) who is forced to go up against his brutal, sadistic former employer (Ed Harris...

[Warning: Spoilers ahead for Very Good Girls.] Your first time is often complicated, messy and awkward. At least that was the case for Oscar-nominated screenwriter Naomi Foner and Dakota Fanning, who explore virgin territory in the indie Very Good Girls, which is now in theaters. Foner, who's scripted such films as Running on Empty and Losing Isaiah — and is also Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal's mom — makes her directorial debut with the film, about two teenage best friends, Lilly (Fanning) and Gerri (Elizabeth Olsen), who make a pact to lose their virginity the summer after high school.

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Very Good Girls is either a smart movie about families or a dumb movie about teenagers. Or maybe it’s a little of both. It’s allegedly about two Brooklyn teens (played by Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen) trying to lose their virginity one summer, but it’s really about the bonds of family and friendship. I know, I know — that sounds like a load of hooey, but Naomi Foner’s film really does wear its subtext on its sleeve. It’s well acted and psychologically acute, even if what’s actually happening onscreen often feels a lot less interesting than what’s clearly boiling beneath the film’s surface.Lilly (Fanning) and Gerri (Olsen) are inseparable best friends growing up in Ditmas Park, holding the rest of the world with a sort of playful but snotty disregard. They like to ride their bikes out to Brighton Beach and mock the people around them.

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Screenwriter Naomi Foner makes her directorial debut with Very Good Girls, though her preceding reputation makes this sedimentary, uninspired film even more surprising. Mother of actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, Foner penned several of ex-husband Stephen Gyllenhaal’s more notable titles, such as Losing Isaiah (1995) and A Dangerous Woman (1993). Considering the authoritative, complicated, and resilient female characters portrayed famously by the likes of Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, and Debra Winger, this trifling and tedious story of a late adolescent friendship tested by mutual attraction to the same boy seems born from the pen of a novice writing about her only familiar focal point,

In New York City during their last summer before going away to college, best friends Lilly (Dakota Fanning) and Gerri (Elizabeth Olsen) vow to lose their virginity. Gerri has her eyes set on David (Boyd Holbrook), who...

Hot town, "scummer" in the city — Peter Travers is back once again to count down the worst movies of the month, and July was particularly rife with garbage. Our trusty critic says he could've tossed 25 movies into the Scum Bucket, but he's gracious enough to leave us with only 10.

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Starting things off is Earth to Echo, a kid's movie that thinks it's E.T. but doesn't even land in the same universe as Steven Spielberg's classic. Speaking of recycled plots, Very Good Girls...

Very Good Girls is a coming-of-age story starring two of the most talented young actresses out there today, so why is it so very hard to like? Almost nothing works in this limp excuse for a drama, from the contrived story to the clichéd characters to the awkward costume design. Even Elizabeth Olsen, horribly miscast, and Dakota Fanning, so vacant she appears translucent, can’t keep such a leaky vessel afloat.

Among Very Good Girls‘ many sins, perhaps the most glaring is that it feels like a movie written for teenagers by an adult who knows nothing about them. In the very first scene, high school seniors and lifelong friends Lilly (Fanning) and Gerri (Olsen) strip down at a public beach in broad daylight and run naked into the waves. I don’t know why. I don’t think writer-director Naomi Foner knows why. The film is filled with bizarre decisions like that,...

Take another look @ actress Elizabeth Olsen, aka the 'Scarlet Witch' in Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Age Of Ultron", in a recent issue of "Vogue" (Italia) magazine, photographed by Tom Munro.

Olsen is currently appearing as Marvel Comics' mutant, 'Scarlet Witch' in "The Avengers" sequel, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron":

   

By the age of eleven, Olsen had played small roles in "How the West Was Fun".

This was followed by appearing in her sisters' straight-to-video series "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley". 

She filmed the movie "Red Lights" in 2011, then starred in Josh Radnor's film "Liberal Arts".

Olsen then co-starred in "Very Good Girls" (2013), followed by Spike Lee's remake of "Old Boy".

Olsen was cast as 'Edie Parker', in "Kill Your Darlings" and nominated for the 'BAFTA Rising Star' Award.

Her most recent film is "Godzilla". 

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Proving she’s a multi-talented young lady, Elizabeth Olsen shows off her vocal chops in the newest clip or “Very Good Girls.”

Olsen’s character hops on stage for an open mic night and covers Rilo Kiley's "Go Ahead” with a gorgeously quirky tone. The band’s frontwoman Jenny Lewis scored the film, which is also directed by her pal Naomi Foner.

In addition to Elizabeth’s singing skills, the clip features a testy moment between Dakota Fanning and Boyd Holbrook’s characters while Olsen sings on stage.

Check out “Very Good Girls” in select theaters on Friday (July 25) and watch the clip in the player above!

Want to watch an Olsen sister sing but don't want to listen to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen perform that "Brother for Sale" song? Photos Tribeca: Nas, Robert De Niro and Susan Sarandon Attend the Film Festival Then you're going to want to check out this clip from the upcoming film Very Good Girls, which features Elizabeth Olsen covering Rilo Kiley's "Go Ahead." It's no musical coincidence: Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis scored the film, which is directed by Lewis' friend, Naomi Foner. Very Good Girls is in select theaters Friday. In addition to Olsen, the movie stars Dakota Fanning, Demi

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It's a good month to be a Jenny Lewis fan. The actress turned singer has a new album out next week, Voyager, and the first video featured none other than Kristen Stewart, Anne Hathaway and Brie Larson (watch it here). And already on VOD, and opening in theatres this weekend, is the indie "Very Good Girls," starring Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning, and featuring an original score by Lewis. In addition, the musician taught Olsen how to play "Go Ahead" by her former band Rilo Kiley for the film, and this new clip shows how it turned out. "[Elizabeth Olsen] plays a young songwriter, so I chose a very old Rilo Kiley song for her to sing, because it felt conceivable that a young artist like her would write it," Lewis told Elle. "My friend Todd gave her guitar lessons, and she picked it up so fast! She’s a better finger-picker than I am now.

Last week we called Chrissy Teigen out for wearing a skintight skin suit and now Maggie Gyllenhaal goes and does the exact same thing. Though in her case it's a looser skin suit, which is about as gross a visual as we can imagine. Neither of the neutral-colored couture options is a good idea in our book, but if it's between the slouchy Maison Martin Margiela look on the Very Good Girls star or the plunging Elisabetta Franchi on Mrs. John Legend, we have a surprising selection. Yes, the Victoria's Secret supermodel looks incredibly sexy, but in this color we actually prefer the Brooklyn beauty's safari-inspired vibe. If Chrissy's look were in any other shade it would be the obvious winner,...

Very Good Girls is a film one wants to like but can't. It just doesn't work. Lifelong friends Lilly (Dakota Fanning) and Gerri (Elizabeth Olsen) have just graduated from their Brooklyn high school. Lilly is headed to Yale, Gerri is a budding songwriter, and both are virgins. Gerri develops a crush on David (Boyd Holbrook), a photographer-waiter who seduces Lilly, leading to a summertime romance she's afraid to reveal.

Very Good Girls is the directorial debut of Naomi Foner, whose Oscar-nominated script for Running on Empty (1988), starring the late River Phoenix, is a thing of beauty. At age 68, Foner has stepped behind the camera, which is great, but she's written herself a script that's painfully trite.

Lilly's mother (Ellen Barkin) is a shrewish...

Looking quite chic, Maggie Gyllenhaal stepped out in the Soho neighborhood of New York City on Monday afternoon (July 21).

Rocking a peachy tan jumpsuit, the “Dark Knight” babe flashed a smile towards her awaiting fan base before heading inside the Tribeca Grand Hotel for a special screening of “Very Good Girls.”

Meanwhile, the brunette beauty is receiving plenty of praise for her role in “The Honorable Woman” on BBC TV.

Maggie portrays Nessa Stein, an Anglo-Israeli businesswoman who has transformed her father’s weapons company into a powerful staplea in the Middle East.

During an interview with MailOnline last month, Maggie talked about the role and said, “It’s maybe the fifth time I’ve done an English accent and this is the first time it was truly in my bones.”...

Very Good Girls director Naomi Foner with her daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal at the Tribeca Grand Hotel: "My mother has a real passion for the truth." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Naomi Foner's Tribeca Film Very Good Girls stars Elizabeth Olsen and Dakota Fanning with Boyd Holbrook, Ellen Barkin, Richard Dreyfuss, Clark Gregg, Demi Moore and Peter Sarsgaard. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Sarsgaard, Mamie Gummer and Cary Joji Fukunaga hosted the evening with producer Norton Herrick, designer Nanette Lepore and her daughter Violet, Tali Lennox (daughter of Annie Lennox and film producer Uri Fruchtmann), Stephanie Lacava, Kick Kennedy and Hailey Gates among those attending.

Before the screening, Foner spoke to us about Katharine Hepburn, François Truffaut's Jules Et Jim and the lack of female role models.

Maggie Gyllenhaal on Peter Sarsgaard in Very Good Girls: "You have to use your imagination what it might be like to be directed by your mother-in-law.