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Exclusive: More than a decade after his last feature directorial outing with The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, Jay Duplass is back behind the camera for See You When I See You, a comedic family drama to star Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth), David Duchovny (Californication), Hope Davis (Succession), Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart), Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), and Ariela Barer (How to Blow Up a Pipeline).

An exploration of the intricacies of grief and healing, currently in production in Atlanta, See You When I See You is scripted by actor, comedian and writer Adam Cayton-Holland (Those Who Can’t). The film is inspired by Cayton-Holland’s acclaimed memoir Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir, the winner of the 2019 Colorado Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction, which examines the impact of his younger sister Lydia’s suicide on him and his family.

Jay Duplass called the project “the kind of deeply personal dramatic comedy that I grew up on,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Crossing (Levan Akin)

There’s no description of Levan Akin’s Crossing that won’t make it sound like the kind of feel-good dramedy which would have taken Sundance by storm in 2006. It has all the key ingredients: an inter-generational friendship forged between a curmudgeonly retired teacher and a young burnout desperate to escape his hometown; an epic road trip where they come to understand each other more; and the older of the two confronting her internal bigotry as they search for her transgender niece. Above all, any description makes this sound like the worst kind of LGBTQ story, which we finally seem to have moved past as a culture––the story of queer people aimed firmly at a straight audience. It...

Shows and Films Coming to Hulu in August 2024. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Hulu has planned to churn out some amazing content in August. From the premiere of highly awaited original shows to the streaming release of blockbuster films, the streaming platform has a lot to offer.

For starters, we are getting the fourth season of the hit mystery comedy-drama, Only Murders in the Building. But that’s not all! Here are all the shows and films being added on Hulu in August 2024:

August 1 Billion Dollar Wreck: Season 1 Buddy Valastro’s Cake Dynasty: Season 1 Interrogation Cam: Season 1 Naruto Shippuden (Dubbed) Episodes 450 to 461 The Banger Sisters The Beach Because I Said So Brothers Mcmullen Casino Drumline Eddie Murphy: Raw Eragon Flubber Fool’s Gold The Full Monty Garfield Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties The Guardian Horrible Bosses Horrible Bosses 2 I Feel Pretty In Time John Carter Kingdom of Heaven Knocked...

Could you imagine David Duchovny as Danny Tanner, Joey Gladstone, or Jesse Katsopolis on Full House? Well, it could have happened, as the actor recently revealed on his Fail Better podcast that he auditioned for each one of those roles.

Duchovny obviously didn’t get the parts, but at the time, he was certain it was going to happen. “I auditioned for all three parts on Full House,” Duchovny said. “At first, they had me for, I think, the dad. And then they had me for the Stamos character. And then they had me for the other guy. I was thinking, ‘I’ve got to get one of these, and it’s going to change my life.’” At the time, Duchovny was a struggling actor who was auditioning for a lot of different pilots. “I had plenty of those pilots that I went up for when I was first out in L.

Some nude scenes are meant to be sexy. Others are meant to be funny.

David Duchovny took the latter approach in his latest movie, “Reverse the Curse,” which he wrote and directed. The 63-year-old actor stars in the film as an ailing Red Sox fan whose condition worsens every time his beloved baseball team loses. When his adult son moves back home to take care of him, he manufactures a fake winning streak to keep his dad’s spirits high.

In one scene in the film, Duchovny and his co-star Logan Marshall-Green are changing in a men’s locker room. Naked, Duchovny’s character asks his son, “Are you uptight naked in front of your father?” After seeing his bare bottom half, Duchovny hugs him and says, “That’s a perfectly respectable prick you’ve got there, son.”

In an interview with Salon, Duchovny explained that it was important for...

David Duchovny thinks it is impossible Earth is the only planet hosting intelligent life.The 63-year-old, probably best known for his role as FBI alien-hunter Fox Mulder in ‘The X-Files’ TV show and film spin-offs, stressed even though he thinks humans aren’t alone in the universe he does not believe extra-terrestrials are secretly in touch with us.He said during a question-and-answer session for The Guardian when one if his fans asked: “Do you believe?”: “The proposition that Earth is the only planet in the universe that has managed to sustain intelligent life seems an impossibility. “On the other hand, do I believe we’ve been contacted or are in contact with aliens? “I don’t believe that, no.”David added about the chance of returning to screens as Special Agent Mulder: “How often do I get asked if they are going to reboot ‘The X-Files’? I mean,...

David Duchovny claims to have "discovered" Angelina Jolie in 1997's Playing God. Jolie's career took off after her role in Playing God, with notable films like Pushing Tin, The Bone Collector, and Girl, Interrupted. Duchovny played a part in Jolie's casting in the movie, recognizing her potential as a star.

David Duchovny has made a bold statement in a recent interview when sharing his feelings about discovering Angelina Jolie while working with the actress back in his 1997 movie Playing God. Although Jolie had made several appearances by the time she worked with Duchovny on the Andy Wilson movie, The X-Files star explained how he played a pivotal role in Jolies casting in the movie.

Playing God was written by Mark Haskell Smith, and centers on a disgraced surgeon who reinvents himself as a "gunshot doctor" in the criminal underworld. Along with Duchovny and Jolie, the film also starred Timothy Hutton,...

Is the truth really out there when it comes to the actor, writer, podcaster and musician? There’s only one way to find out – ask him here

To say David Duchovny is a busy man is underplaying it. His third studio album Gestureland was released in 2021. If you fancy witnessing The X-Files actor evoking 70s California pop, rock, folk and country, you can catch him live at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire and Latitude festival in July. On his podcast Fail Better, launched in May, he sits down with Ben Stiller, Bette Midler, Sarah Silverman and Freakonomics author Stephen J Dubner to investigate the painful, shameful stings of life.

Duchovny has also written four novels and in 2022 co-authored graphic novel Kepler. On TV, he is now in production on Prime Video’s new psychological thriller series Malice, playing the head of a wealthy and – presumably dodgy – family that is...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Jason Beghe stars in Reverse the Curse alongside David Duchovny, adapting the latter's novel Bucky F*cking Dent. Beghe and Duchovny have been friends for the better part of 50 years, with the former having followed the latter's journey from writing the book to trying to turn it into a movie. Beghe praises Duchovny's ability to create a relaxed atmosphere on the sets of projects he is directing, while also going on to reflect on the improv he and his co-stars engaged in while shooting.

Jason Beghe reunites with his longtime friend David Duchovny for Reverse the Curse. Having first broken out with the George A. Romero-helmed horror movie Monkey Shines, Beghe has most recently found success for his role in the One Chicago franchise, leading the cast of Chicago P.D., in particular, as Sergeant Hank Voight for the past eleven...

David Duchovny struck gold with his critically adored 2016 novel Bucky Fucking Dent, creating perfect fodder for a cinematic adaptation. Who better to tackle the project? Why writer, director, and co-star David Duchovny. Or, given the final product of Reverse the Curse, who makes the most sense might be better-fitting terminology. Duchovnys marriage of baseball, fatherhood, and mortality translates oddly to the screen. The whole thing plays with a zoomed-out hesitance between lackluster Hallmark insincerities and schmaltzy 1970s sitcom goofiness, drowning out the storys tragic yet uplifting undertones with an arrhythmic sense of humor.

David Duchovny may not be gracing television screens every week like he did in his “X-Files” heyday, but he’s still putting in the work. His second directorial feature film, “Reverse the Curse” — which he also adapted from his novel “Bucky F*cking Dent” — was released in select theaters this past Friday, and his podcast “Fail Better” received headlines for interviews with Bette Midler and Sarah Silverman when it debuted in May. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Duchovny expressed his desire to keep moving at this stage in his career and not get hung up on what people think of him or his work.

“I was once talking to an agent,” Duchovny said. “She’s no longer my agent — and not because of the story — but I was not getting the roles that I wanted. I felt stuck. She was like, ‘Well, do you want me to tell you the truth?...

David Duchovny's film was renamed from Bucky F*cking Dent to Reverse the Curse to enhance its online visibility and avoid being filtered out by search algorithms due to the censored curse word in the original title. Reverse the Curse delves into the dynamics of family relationships against the backdrop of the intense 1978 American League East pennant race, focusing on a son's efforts to uplift his ailing father, a dedicated Red Sox fan. The films title change shows the impact of digital algorithms on creative expression, exposing a modern challenge where explicit language is censored while other mature content like violence remains less regulated.

David Duchovny's newest film, Reverse the Curse, serves as a great example of modern compromises in the creative landscape. Originally bearing the provocative title Bucky F*cking Dent, the film was renamed following advice that its chances for wider visibility might be stifled due to its content.

Many people know David Duchovny for his years playing Agent Mulder on the popular sci-fi series The X-Files, but he’s also a very accomplished writer. For his second outing in the director’s chair, Duchovny adapted his own novel, Bucky F*cking Dent, into the poignant dramedy Reverse the Curse.

We at FandomWire got the opportunity to talk with Duchovny, along with stars Logan Marshall-Green and Stephanie Beatriz, about Reverse the Curse.

Reverse the Curse Interview

FandomWire: All of you have varying degrees of connection to New York. I have to ask… was it hard having to root for the Red Sox in this movie?

Logan Marshall-Green: I didn’t have to cheer for the Red Sox. I think Teddy is a Yankees fan, but not as avid or certainly obsessive as Marty. But it was handed down to him, as you saw in the first scene.

David Duchovny: Yeah,...

David Duchovny made his film directorial debut with House of D in 2004. While he has helmed multiple television series episodes, including The X-Files, Bones, Californication, and Aquarius, Duchovny has spent more of the last twenty years writing novels than helming projects. His sophomore film effort behind the camera is Reverse The Curse, based on Duchovny’s novel Bucking F*ing Dent. Bringing together friends in the industry for supporting roles and casting Logan Marshall-Green and Stephanie Beatriz alongside himself, this is an emotional comedy-drama with a sports theme.

Reverse The Curse follows Ted (Logan Marshall-Green) who works as a peanut slinger at Yankee Stadium. Having a terse relationship with his father, Marty (David Duchovny), Ted returns home to learn his dad is dying of cancer. At the suggestion of Marty’s nurse Mariana (Stephanie Beatriz), Ted learns about his father’s past and what led to their distance from one another.

Jason Beghe wants the intelligence team on Chicago P.D. to grow in season 12. Several key team members have left in previous seasons, leaving opportunities open for new characters to get introduced. Beghe hopes for more roles within the Intelligence Unit but can't guarantee it yet, as it depends on what the creatives behind the show want to do.

Chicago P.D. star Jason Beghe, who portrays Sergeant Hank Voight on the police drama, has expressed interest in seeing the intelligence team grow going into season 12. Many important team members who work in the 21st District have left the show in recent seasons, such as Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer) exiting in season 10, and Hailey Upton (Tracy Spiridakos) departing in season 11. Because of how many roles are left to fill on the team, Chicago P.D. season 12 has an opportunity to introduce new characters to flesh out the cast.

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Plot: Ted is a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut slinger who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty. While Marty strives to make amends for his past, his health drops abruptly whenever his beloved Sox lose a game. To keep his dad’s spirits up, Ted takes matters into his own hands and manufactures a winning streak with the help of a crew of dad’s neighborhood pals. An ode to the bond between father and son, this warm and witty film demonstrates how life truly belongs to the losers, and that the longshots are the ones worth betting on.

Review: Over the last decade, David Duchovny has transformed from actor to musician and novelist. On top of three albums of original songs, the former star of The X-Files and Californication has written four best-selling novels. After a great role in HBO’s The Sympathizer,...

Hank Voight actor Jason Beghe reveals the context behind Jon Seda's reunion with former co-stars at a Chicago Pd party. Intelligence has suffered major departures, including Seda's Dawson, but there's hope he may return to reprise his role, especially after the end of La Brea. Beghe expresses his desire to see Dawson back with Intelligence, but this decision lies with higher-ups.

Hank Voight actor Jason Beghe reveals the context behind the viral photo of Jon Seda reuniting with his former Chicago Pd co-stars and addresses the possibility of Antonio Dawson coming back. Intelligence seems to be shrinking every year, with major departures happening. While not the first main character to exit the series, Seda's Dawson being written out in Chicago Pd season 6 was somehow the start of this trend. Since then, Intelligence has moved on from that loss, but considering the way his fate was left off, there's...

While hell always be daddy to us, David Duchovny (The X Files) is simply going as dad in his upcoming feature, Reverse the Curse (previously titled Bucky F*cking Dent). Starring opposite Logan Marshall-Green (Upgrade) in a movie about the bonds between a father and son, Duchovny stars as an ill man forced to face the realities of his life during his remaining time on Earth. In a Collider exclusive sneak peek, the closely knit relatives sit around the kitchen table, eating ice cream, and talking about one of Martys (Duchovny) literary writings.

David Duchovny addresses the upcoming X-Files reboot, seeming unlikely to return. Fans wonder about Mulder and Scully's role in the new version. The original star wishes the new showrunner luck with the reboot. Duchovny distances himself from the revamped franchise without emotional attachment. Duchovny's stance on X-Files revival contrasts with its creator and his co-star.

Original The X-Files star David Duchovny has addressed the upcoming reboot of the iconic sci-fi show for the first time. While there is little known about the Disney reboot of The X-Files TV show, fans have been wondering if the original stars - Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who played Mulder and Scully respectively - will have any role to play in the new iterations. Although both stars returned for the two-season revival of the show several years ago, it seems unlikely that either star will be seeking the truth this time around.

The X-Files...

David Duchovny wishes luck to the team of the X-Files reboot, acknowledging it as a separate project. Fellow original star Gillian Anderson and creator Chris Carter have previously expressed their approval for Ryan Coogler's new take on the franchise, with the former even expressing an oppenness to return. While Coogler's vision remains a mystery, there are a few great tricks he could take from Carter's revival seasons to subvert audience expectations.

As development forges ahead on the new take on the franchise, David Duchovny comments for the first time on The X-Files reboot. Duchovny co-led the cast of the original sci-fi procedural along with Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, who are tasked with investigating unsolved cases seemingly involving the supernatural or extraterrestrials. Up to now, The X-Files franchise has consisted of nine seasons, two movies, and two revival seasons, though Ryan Coogler was...

"Baseball is the only game that death is jealous of. Baseball defeats time. Only baseball has the possibility of going on forever." Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an indie dramedy film called Reverse the Curse, a baseball story about a father who loves the Boston Red Sox. It's directed by David Duchovny and also adapted from Duchovny's own book titled "Bucky F*cking Dent", an ode to the bond between father and son. The film follows Ted, aka Mr. Peanut, who moves in with his father Marty when he is diagnosed with lung cancer. To keep him happy and alive, Ted enlists Marty's grief counselor Mariana and friends to fake a Red Sox winning streak using the help of a few pals. Starring David Duchovny, Logan Marshall-Green, Stephanie Beatriz, Jason Beghe, Evan Handler, Santo Fazio, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Pamela Adlon. This initially premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year,...

Vertical is set to debut actor-writer-director David Duchovny's latest comedy-drama film with the release of Reverse the Curse this summer. Now audiences can get a sneak peek at the upcoming film as Vertical has revealed the movies official trailer, teasing the ultimate heartwarming story between a father and a son. The film will have its national debut in theaters and on digital on June 14.

Exclusive: Brooklyn Nine-Nine stars Stephanie Beatriz and Melissa Fumero are teaming up on a new comedy podcast from iHeartMedia’s My Cultura Network launching on May 30.

More Better with Stephanie and Melissa will take listeners along on a personal ride through all aspects of life. They’ll share cheat codes for adulting, anecdotes and probably a few embarrassing stories.

The weekly podcast is the latest series that hails from executive producer Wilmer Valderrama’s exclusive slate which also includes Essential Voices with Wilmer Valderrama and Date My Abuelita, First! More Better with Stephanie and Melissa is a co-production under his Wv Sound banner.

“Melissa and I are in a consistent and hilarious ongoing discussion: it’s been a part of my life since we first met almost ten years ago,” Beatriz shared with Deadline. “We can’t wait to let listeners (and hopefully new friends!

Vertical has acquired U.S. rights to “Bucky F*cking Dent,” a father-son story set against the 1978 Red Sox vs. Yankees pennant race.

The movie was written, directed by and stars David Duchovny. It also happens to be based on Duchovny’s 2016 best-selling novel of the same name. The cast of “Bucky F*cking Dent” includes Logan Marshall-Green (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”), Stephanie Beatriz (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”), Jason Beghe (“Chicago P.D.”), Evan Handler (“Californication”) with Daphne Rubin-Vega (“In the Heights”) and Pamela Adlon (“King of Staten Island”). The film is produced by Yale Productions’ Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman, as well as Duchovny.

“Bucky F*cking Dent” had its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. The release date is slated for later this year.

The film follows Ted (Marshall-Green), a failed writer-turned-Yankees Stadium peanut seller who moves back home after learning of the failing health of his Red Sox-obsessed father, Marty (David Duchovny). While...

Chicago – The truth is out there for David Duchovny, and he is definitely a seeker. The actor, best known for the TV series “The X Files” and “Californication,” has a new film in theaters opening February 14th, in which he portrays a father figure to the title character in “Adam the First.”

Duchovny is James, who is raising Adam (Oakes Fegley). When the boy is old enough to understand, James tells him he’s not his biological father. As Adam gets to be a teenager, his education is mostly about survival, as James keeps him off the grid in trailer in the woods. When the past catches up with them, Adam has to make his escape, but not before learning that three men named Jacob could possibly be his real father. The young teen must strike out on his own to find his roots, encountering the possibilities along the journey.

Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand’s satire “Testament” will open the 44th edition of Fantasporto, which runs March 1-10 in Portugal’s second city, Porto. Chinese fantasy epic “Creation of Gods I: Kingdom of Storms,” directed by Wuershan, closes the eclectic event.

The festival, which was named by MovieMaker magazine this year as one of the “25 coolest festivals in the world,” is headed by film critics Beatriz Pacheco Pereira and Mário Dorminsky. Around 600 feature films were submitted this year and 1,200 shorts.

Pacheco Pereira says they select films that have a “special touch but still a universal language.” Dorminsky adds: “We try to discover new directors.” These directors – having established a relationship with the festival – often return with their subsequent films, he says.

“Testament” epitomizes one trend that Pacheco Pereira identifies, which is “old people asking: ‘Where is the world going?'” She adds: “‘Testament’ is a wonderful film in which an...

Movistar Plus+ Shooting Comedy ‘Muertos S.L.’

Cameras are rolling on Muertos S.L., an eight-part Spanish sitcom for Movistar Plus+ set in a family-owned funeral home. Laura and Alberto Caballero are directing the series, which is a Movistar Plus+ production in collaboration with Contubernio Sl. Carlos Areces leads the cast, which also includes Ascen López, Salva Reina, Aitziber Garmendia and Adriana Torrebejano among others. Plot reads: “When Gonzalo Torregrosa, owner and founder of Torregrosa Funeral Home, passes away, Dámaso Carrillo, his right-hand man in the company, doesn’t hesitate that the best for the business is taking the reins himself. However, against all odds, Nieves, the septuagenarian widow, decides to take the lead in the family business, with the assistance of her inept yet enthusiastic son-in-law, Chemi, a Marketing expert, and in defiance of her daughters’ plans to close the Funeral Home and start a gym.

The cemetery is open for business.

Paramount+ released the first look photos for its prequel to Stephen King’s novel, “Pet Sematary: Bloodlines”, based on the terrifying and untold chapter from Stephen King’s novel Pet Sematary.

Starring Jackson White, the film follows a young Jud Crandall in 1969, who dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine. He soon discovers his family’s dark history and must join his childhood friends to defeat the ancient evil gripping his hometown.

Read More: ‘The Burning Girls’: Samantha Morton And Ruby Stokes Unearth A Small Town Mystery In Adaptation For Paramount+

The photos show the cast in full costume in the eerie locale of Ludlow, where storm clouds seem to constantly be present.

Jackson White as Jud Crandall appearing in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines – Photo: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players Isabella Star Lablanc as Donna and Forrest Goodluck as Manny appearing in Pet Sematary: Bloodlines,...

After getting off to a shaky start, David Duchovny’s second directorial feature Bucky F*cking Dent delivers some hard truths and profound wisdom against the backdrop of a 1978 Red Sox-Yankees American League East pennant game. Adapted from Duchovny’s book of the same name, his follow-up to 2004’s House of D finds Teddy (Logan Marshall-Green), an aspiring novelist and Yankees peanut vendor, returning home to visit his estranged, dying father Marty (Duchovny). His work is rejected by a literacy agent who encourages him to commit a crime, go to prison, and write about it––otherwise he’s just another uninteresting voice in changing times. Fresh from a divorce, the shaggy-haired Teddy is going through an awkward phase, stuck in a profound rut. His dad comments that despite being 33 his son looks both younger and older than he is.

After initial bantering as old baggage resurfaces, Teddy agrees to stay...

How do you tell the story of a life? That’s a question many of the characters in “Bucky F*cking Dent” poise aloud, a little too aware of their construction. It’s a question its star David Duchovny should have asked himself behind the camera, too. His direction of a script he adapted from his novel of the same name flunks page-to-screen 101 because Duchovny has put content so far ahead of form.

Continue reading ‘Bucky F*cking Dent’ Review: David Duchovny Strikes Out Swinging In Adaptation Of His Own Novel [Tribeca] at The Playlist.

“Reverse the Curse,” the second movie written and directed by David Duchovny, is based on Duchovny’s 2016 novel “Bucky F*cking Dent,” and whether or not the story is autobiographical, it feels autobiographical, and I mean that as a compliment. Set in the summer of 1978, it’s framed around one man’s obsession with the Boston Red Sox — meaning, of course, the curse of the Bambino, going back to 1918, the last time (until 2004) the Sox won the championship.

The man is Ted Fulilove, which is a terrible last name for a movie character, though he’s played by Duchovny as a cussed crab apple with an amusing misanthropic put-down for every occasion (like: “Closure’s for morons”). “Reverse the Curse” has a handful of characters, but it’s essentially a father-son two-hander — one of those dramadies in which the dad is a heartless-on-the-surface coot who was no good when it came...

For his sophomore feature, the follow-up to 2004’s little-seen indie House of D, David Duchovny serves up a similarly niche confection, a sometimes-zany black comedy based on his 2016 novel of the same name. The elevator pitch is a tough one; though it’s funny in places, the tone is all over the place, one minute aspiring for the arch, stoner laughs of PTA’s Inherent Vice, the next veering into straightforward sentiment with a rambling final section that hits a similar highway to the 2006 Sundance hit Little Miss Sunshine. There’s also the f-word: the looming curse of American baseball movies that don’t have the word Field in the title, which could hamper its commercial prospects in the wider world.

The setting is 1978, and Yankee Stadium peanut vendor Ted Fullilove (Logan Marshall-Green) has finally finished his novel, the weighty Magnum Opie. He thinks it’s a masterpiece, but his...

Baseball breeds romantics. Whether the sport itself invokes big-sky dreaming via its laid-back nature and open-ended gameplay, or America’s pastime dons nostalgia’s rose-colored glasses simply by enduring for a century and a half, who can say? Based on more than a hundred years of baseball movies, filmmaking fans have posited their own theories, their own connections, their own interpretations of what the diamond means, often interpreting the game as an extension of life itself.

Add one more to the canon. “Bucky F*cking Dent” casts its core story — of a dying father seeking forgiveness from his estranged son — against the 1978 pennant race between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. David Duchovny, adapting his own book of the same name and starring as the departing dad, never betrays his wistful, tender-hearted family drama by shifting focus to a game decided 45 years prior; instead, he deftly incorporates baseball...

With 109 narrative and documentary features, as well as a bevy of shorts, TV series, podcasts, games and live music events, the Tribeca Festival offers a wide range of media in its 22nd year.

“It’s all about creating an entire festival program that harmonizes together,” says Tribeca Festival director and VP of programming, Cara Cusuamno. “The idea of discovery is a touchpoint that we come back to quite a lot. Whether it’s the discovery of a specific voice, an artist, or first-time creator in film, television, immersive or the discovery of the audience itself experiencing something that they had not sought out before.”

The festival runs June 7-18. As always, Tribeca Festival will spotlight a number of projects directed by boldface names including Frank Marshall (“Rather”), Chelsea Peretti (“First Time Female Director”) and Steven Soderbergh (“Full Circle”).

“It’s quality first,” says Cusuamno. “These projects would not be in...

The Tribeca Festival brings its unusual brand of film, music, TV, games, reunions and talks, audio and immersive storytelling to New York City this week, a festival for the city and the latest stop for the film community after a short post-Cannes break. Today’s opening may face unexpected headwinds as New York suffers a sudden, sharp deterioration of air quality due to wildfires in Canada.

The fest, which runs June 7-18, kicks off Wednesday with Kiss the Future, a documentary by Nenad Cicin-Sain produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Sarah Anthony. It closes with a 30th anniversary screening of A Bronx Tale, produced by and starring, respectively, Tribeca co-founders Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. Just before the fest kickoff, NYC Mayor Eric Adams — who is attending opening night — will make an arts- and culture-related announcement with the actor.

The festival yanked the word “Film” from its title...

Pamela Adlon (Better Things, Californication), Evan Handler (Sex and the City, Californication), Jason Beghe (Chicago P.D.) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (In The Heights) have joined the cast of Yale Entertainment’s Bucky F*cking Dent alongside the previously announced David Duchovny, Logan Marshall-Green and Stephanie Beatriz.

After a nearly 20-year hiatus from directing feature films, Duchovny is back behind the camera with this latest project, with a screenplay he adapted from his novel of the same name. Additionally, original music by Duchovny is featured in Bucky F*cking Dent.

Bucky F*cking Dent was produced by Jordan Beckerman, Jordan Yale Levine and Duchovny.

Now in post-production, the film will have its world premiere as a spotlight narrative selection at the 2023 Tribeca Festival this June. CAA is representing the domestic sales; Great Escape is handling the international sales and will be introducing the film to buyers in Cannes.

“We’re very fortunate to be...

Clockwise from top left: Downtown Owl, Bucky F*cking Dent, First Time Female Director and Eric Larue Photo: Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival has announced its feature film line-up for this year's festival, which will run from June 7 to 18.

The programme includes 109 features from 36 countries, including 93 world premieres. There are 43 first-time directors, 41% have been directed by women and 36% are by Bipoc filmmakers.

Among the notable names this year is Mad Men star John Slattery, who will bring Maggie Moore(s) - his first feature as a director since 2014's God's Pocket. David Duchovny's Bucky F*cking Dent will also have its world premiere along with Michael Shannon's directorial debut Eric Larue. Other actors stepping behind the camera, include Parks and Recreation's Chelsea Peretti with the aptly named First Time Female Director and Jennifer Esposito, who makes her debut with organised crime-oriented Fresh Kills. Dowtown Owl,...

The 2023 Tribeca Festival feature film lineup has been unveiled.

This year’s festival takes place June 7 — 18 and includes a range of feature narrative, documentary, and animated films. The 2023 Tribeca Festival launches 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries, with 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere, and six New York premieres.

There are 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. A total of 41 percent of all feature films are directed by women and, for the first time, more than half of competition feature films are directed by women at 68 percent. Additionally, 36 percent of feature films are directed by Bipoc filmmakers, including two Indigenous filmmakers.

This season, it’s all about the actor-director, with films from a slew of A-list stars behind the camera. Highlights include the world premieres of Chelsea Peretti’s meta-comedy “First Time Female Director” and John Slattery’s...

Tribeca Festival has announced the lineup of its 2023 festival, which includes new films from actors Chelsea Peretti and David Duchovny and documentaries about Rock Hudson and news anchor Dan Rather.

This year’s event, which takes place from June 7-18, will feature 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. There will be 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one U.S. premiere and six New York premieres.

Among the lineup, there are offerings from 43 first-time directors and 29 directors returning to Tribeca with their latest projects. For the first time, more than half of feature films in competition (68%) are directed by women, while 41% (45) of all feature films are directed by women. Additionally, 36% (39) of feature films are directed by Bipoc filmmakers, including two indigenous filmmakers.

This year’s festival also spotlights a number of films directed by actors, such as “First Time Female Director” by Peretti; “Maggie Moore(s)” by...

Alice Troughton’s The Lesson screening in Spotlight.

For the first time more than half of Tribeca Festival’s competition selections have been directed by women, the festival said as it announced the entire line-up on Tuesday.

Some 19 films or 68% of the 28-strong competition line-up hail from women, while 39 or 36% are directed by Bipoc filmmakers, including two Indigenous filmmakers. Overall 109 features will screen at the New York festival from June 7-18.

US Narrative Competition selections include world premieres of Shelly Yo’s Smoking Tigers, about a Korean American girl navigating an elite high school, and Monica Sorelle’s portrait of...

Yale Entertainment Swings for the Fences with “Bucky F*ing Dent”

Yale Entertainment has announced the lead cast for its upcoming romantic dramedy “Bucky F*ing Dent,” David Duchovny’s adaptation of his own novel.

Stephanie Beatriz and Logan Marshall-Green star alongside Duchovny, who is also helming and scripting. The pic recently wrapped shooting in New Jersey; no release date has been set. Yale Entertainment’s sales unit, Great Escape, will introduce the film at AFM.

Beatriz is best known as the voice of Mirabel in Disney’s “Encanto” and for the role of Rosa Diaz on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” She will next appear in Peacock’s action-comedy series “Twisted Meta.”

Marshall-Green’s acting credits include Netflix’s “Lou” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” He also wrote and directed Ethan Hawke starrer “Adopt a Highway,” which premiered at SXSW in 2019.

Jordan Yale Levine, a partner in Yale Entertainment and a producer on “Bucky F*ing Dent,...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Antonio Banderas have signed onto the Yale Entertainment action-crime thriller Clean Up Crew from director Jon Keeyes.

The Ireland-based production recently wrapped, and Yale’s recently-launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle foreign rights and introduce the title at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.

Pic follows a crime scene clean-up crew, which includes Rhys Meyers and Leo’s characters, who discover a briefcase full of cash, unknowingly sending them into battle with mobsters – led by a ruthless crime boss, played by Banderas, as well as hitmen, and corrupt government agents who are hellbound to get the dough back. Clean Up Crew was written by Matthew Rogers. Yale’s Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael Rothstein will produce alongside Richard Bolger and Conor Barry from Hail Mary Pictures, and Richard Clabaugh, Stephen Braun and Kurt Ebner.

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Melissa Leo and Antonio Banderas will all star in “Clean Up Crew,” an action-crime thriller that will be presented to buyers at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival.

The film from director Jon Keeyes (“The Survivalist”) and produced by Yale Entertainment recently wrapped production in Ireland. Yale’s recently launched sales banner Great Escape, led by Nick Donnermeyer, will handle the film’s international sales rights.

“Clean Up Crew” follows a crime scene clean-up crew played by Rhys Meyers and Leo that discovers a briefcase full of cash, unknowingly sending them into battle with mobsters as led by a ruthless crime boss played by Banderas. The mobsters, hitmen and other government agents will now unleash hell to get the briefcase back.

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