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Blumhouse's Wolf Man follows Blake (Christopher Abbott), who inherits his estranged father's farmhouse after he has disappeared and is presumed dead. It doesn't take long before a terrifying ordeal occurs, which causes him to be bitten by a wild animal. He then starts acting strangely himself, putting his wife Charlotte (Julia Garner) and daughter Ginger (Matilda Firth) at risk.

Wolf Man is directed by Leigh Whannell, who has previously impressed audiences with Blumhouse's take on Universal Monsters thanks to The Invisible Man. The new movie's star, Abbott, is a Golden Globe nominee who made his feature film debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene. His other notable films include Hello I Must Be Going, The Sleepwalker, Poor Things, It Comes at Night, and Black Bear. Wolf Man comes to theaters on January 17.

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Blumhouse's Wolf Man reboot has been a long-gestating project,...

2025's Wolf Man reboot is months away from release, with an exciting cast rounding out the monster horror movie. With the Wolf Man reboot's release planned for January 2025, there's a shockingly small amount of material available about the project so far. A teaser trailer offered some glimpses at the various cast members, but many of the plot details are rather vague. Blumhouse Productions revealed some footage at CinemaCon, showing the lead star being bitten by the beast, establishing the film's werewolf conflict.

Wolf Man is arriving in a sudden wave of monster movies following 2020's success with The Invisible Man reboot. Other upcoming films include Nosferatu, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, and more, but there's currently no indication that any of these projects will be connected, akin to Universal Pictures' classic monsters universe. For now, Wolf Man looks to be a standalone horror with no connections to the Dark Universe or any other movies.

Brothers Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert Marx were born into a performing family. Their mother, Meine Shoenberg (known on stage as Minnie Palmer) was already the daughter of a ventriloquist and a professional yodeler, and their uncle was Al Shean of the comedy duo Gallagher and Shean, well known on the vaudeville circuit. Minnie Palmer encouraged her sons to perform; they had natural gifts for music and comedy, and would serve as their manager. Julius, the first to perform, made his stage debut in 1905. Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert would eventually adopt the stage names Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo, respectively, and the Marx Bros. would swiftly become one of the premiere comedy acts of their generation.

To this day, no comedian hasn't been influenced by the Marx Bros. Chico's charming conman, Harpo's innocent cartoon, and Groucho's wisecracking Lothario are seared into the pop consciousness in perpetuity,...

Melanie Lynskey's career has been filled with diverse and memorable characters in both movies and TV shows. Some standout projects from her filmography include But I'm a Cheerleader, Hello I Must Be Going, and I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore. Currently, Lynskey is delivering a fantastic performance in the drama thriller series Yellowjackets, where she plays the adult version of one of the survivors of a plane crash.

Although she doesn't like the term and has renounced it in recent years, New Zealand star Melanie Lynskey is a hugely talented character actress with a ton of great movie and TV credits. Her on-screen career began in 1994 when she was 17 and starred in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures alongside future A-lister Kate Winslet. Since then, Lynskey has gone from strength to strength, playing a versatile array of characters and stealing the screen in many highly acclaimed movies and television shows,...

Exclusive: Actor Jimmi Simpson has taken on new representation, signing with Brian DePersia’s Cognition for management.

An Emmy and BAFTA nominee, Simpson is perhaps best known for starring roles on series like Westworld (HBO) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (Showtime), as well as roles in the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama series Pachinko, based on Min Jin Lee’s novel, and the fan-favorite Black Mirror episode “USS Callister.”

Simpson has also previously taken on sizable roles on such notable series as House of Cards, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. and Hap and Leonard. Notable film credits for the actor, who voices the android Drednok on Paramount+’s Star Trek: Prodigy, include David Fincher’s Zodiac, Shawn Levy’s Fox comedy Date Night, the romantic dramedy Hello I Must Be Going and the Foo Fighters-led horror comedy Studio 666.

A lawsuit brought by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting victims against a gun manufacturer will be the subject of a limited series project.

Echo Lake Entertainment (Hulu’s The Great, The Girl From Plainville) is producing the project from Robin Swicord (When They See Us, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Sarah Koskoff (Hello I Must Be Going) and Echo Lake’s Mary Jane Skalski, with consultation from several families involved in the suit.

Koskoff also has a personal connection to the story: Her brother, Josh Koskoff, was the plaintiffs’ lawyer in the case. Josh Koskoff will also consult on the project, which has yet to be to be shopped to potential outlets.

The limited series will tell the story of how nine Sandy Hook families sued to hold Remington Arms — at the time of the mass shooting owned by venture capital firm Cerberus Capital Management —accountable...

A limited series about the Sandy Hook shooting and the ensuing eight-year legal battle between victims’ families and gun manufacturer Remington Arms has landed at Echo Lake Entertainment. Oscar nominee Robin Swicord (“When They See Us”) and Sarah Koskoff will create the show in consultation with several families directly affected by the tragedy and their attorneys.

Swicord, Koskoff and producer Mary Jane Skalski of Echo Lake Entertainment are teaming as executive producers to tell the story of the Sandy Hook case, which uncovered how a New York private equity firm purchased legacy American gun companies in the mid-2000s, effectively creating the equivalent of Big Pharma in the consumer arms industry. Swicord and Koskoff have followed the case closely and are consulting with several families who brought the lawsuit, as well as their attorney, Josh Koskoff (Sarah Koskoff’s brother).

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Exclusive: The Writers Lab has set Shari Albert (Fishtown), Stephanie Bast (FrankenFamily), Kelly Campbell (Pyramid Scheme), Shari Lynette Carpenter (Translate), Nic Cohen (Artemis One), Rebecca Dreyfus (Men), Gwen Goodkin (The Plant), Tamara Maloney & Maeve McQuillan (Darkened Room), Arianna Ortiz, Zuri Rice (Green Hill), Roses Urquhart (This Is My Body) and Robin Shanea Williams (Adrienne Is Always Single) as the participants and projects for its eighth annual lab, supporting women screenwriters over the age of 40.

Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman have renewed their support for The Writers Lab, which will return to its in-person format for script development in 2022. The Lab has re-doubled its efforts to amplify the voices of women writers, calling for greater inclusion of their stories in film and television, in response to growing threats to women’s rights, with genre scripts (particularly comedies) and historical stories about pioneering women being seen most...

"Sweet Home Alabama" was released in 2002, but - two decades later - star Melanie Lynskey says she's still in touch with some of the kids who appeared in the movie with her.

In a poolside interview that InStyle shared on TikTok on Aug. 9 to accompany her cover story, when asked about the famous "baby in a bar" scene from the film, Lynskey explained that she keeps up with some of the kids that played her character's offspring. "I was 21 or 22. I did not have any babies at the time. And I had these five children that I was wrangling, and they were so sweet," Lynskey said. "I'm still in touch with two of them, and they're very cute, very sweet kids."

In the aforementioned scene, Lynskey's character Lurlynn, an old friend of protagonist Melanie (Reese Witherspoon), takes her infant out with her to a local watering hole, provoking Melanie's scrutiny.

New York Women in Film & Television and The Writers Lab co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon have revealed the 12 screenwriters to participate in The Writers Lab, which celebrates its fifth year. The program has also unveiled their roster of mentors.

The Writers Lab launched in 2015 and is the only lab in the world devoted exclusively to script development for women writers over the age of 40. It creates a springboard to the next stage of production and expands the boundaries of today’s commercial narrative film. Many past participants have seen their scripts optioned and/or are actively working in writers’ rooms.

The program, which is presented in collaboration with the Writers Guild of America, East, is supported by Oscar-winning actresses and Big Little Lies stars Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman.

“I am so proud The Writers Lab has thrived and grown in these five years, and has functioned as a...

Surveying Melanie Lynskey’s diverse body of work, from her impressive debut in Peter Jackson’s “Heavenly Creatures” 20 years ago to the Duplass Brothers’ “Togetherness,” one thing is clear: Lynskey takes her project choices as seriously as she does her performances.

Over the last few years, Lynskey has appeared in a robust offering of indie films: Joe Swanberg’s “Happy Christmas,” Todd Louiso’s “Hello I Must Be Going,” and her friend Clea Duvall’s directorial debut, “The Intervention,” for which she received a special jury award from the Sundance Film Festival. She continues her winning streak with Linus Phillips’ “Rainbow Time,” an offbeat comedy that explores sensitive territory without devolving into cliche.

The film stars Phillips as Shonzi, a developmentally delayed jokester with a fondness for women, filmmaking, and his brother Todd (Timm Sharp). Lynskey plays Lyndsay, Todd’s idealistic girlfriend, who coddles Shonzi during trying moments when Todd would rather punch him.

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Melanie Lynskey was just 16 when she first broke into Hollywood, thanks to a bold and bright turn opposite Kate Winslet in Peter Jackson’s fact-based “Heavenly Creatures.” Since then, she’s carved out a career that’s wholly her own, one that includes roles in tiny indies like “Hello I Must Be Going” and big studio films like “Sweet Home Alabama,” exceedingly popular television series like “Two and a Half Men” (when asked about the roles she’s recognized most for, Lynskey laughed and said, “At the airport, it’s ‘Two and Half Men'”) and critical darlings like “Togetherness” — and just about everything in between.

But one thing has held true from the start: Lynskey requires great material. She could scarcely ask for better than the kind she got in Clea DuVall’s directorial debut, “The Intervention.

Brian Shoaf‘s directorial debut might have found its second wind. After a failed Kickstarter attempt to drum up some coin with Adrien Grenier and Mamie Gummer toplining, now Variety reports that Jenny Slate is in negotiations to join Zachary Quinto on Aardvark. Susan Leber (Hello I Must Be Going), Neal Dodson (A Most Violent Year) and Quinto are producing. Filming is expected to begin this December in New York with supporting cast announcements likely in the works.

Gist: Aardvark centers on Josh Norman, a man who has spent most of his adult life suffering from mental illness. While Josh rejects the labels that have been applied to him over the years, there is no question that he sees and hears things that aren’t there. Sometimes he’s well aware of this, but other times it’s not so clear. Josh’s most vivid hallucinations involve his estranged brother,...

"All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter." The Weinstein Co has debuted the official Us trailer for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth, the precursor to Fassbender's Assassin's Creed (also directed by Kurzel), and one of the most talked about films coming out of Cannes this year. Michael Fassbender stars as Macbeth, a duke of Scotland, in this Shakespeare adaptation also starring Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth. The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, David Thewlis, Jack Reynor and Paddy Considine. There are some really spectacular shots shown in this trailer, from cinematographer Adam Arkapaw, and overall it looks like my kind of Shakespeare movie. Dark, gritty, enthralling, and visceral. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth, direct from TWC's YouTube: Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Turning, The Snowtown Murders) and written by Todd Louiso (Hello I Must Be Going, Love Liza,...

Read More: The Indiewire 2015 Fall Preview: The 27 Festival Films We're Most Excited to See One of Sundance's undisputed breakout dramas, Josh Mond's "James White" debuted at this year's festival to major acclaim, ultimately winning the festival's Best of Next Audience Award. The film also scored with Indiewire's own Criticwire critics, who awarded Best Lead Performance to Christopher Abbott and Best Supporting Performance to Cynthia Nixon. The film features Abbott -- known to audiences as a former "Girls" co-star, though he's no stranger to the festival circuit, having previously appeared in indie favorites like "The Sleepwalker," "Hello I Must Be Going" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" -- as the titular James White, a reckless young New Yorker who is forced to reevaluate his bad behavior (including the kind of partying that only makes one look ill all the time, an inability to commit in his romantic life and...

Nicolas Cage is an idealistic but troubled politician in a new trailer for The Runner.

The drama tells a fictional story of betrayal and triumph set against the real-life Bp oil spill, as one politician (Cage) tries to rebuild the gulf.

Using a full-on Southern accent, Cage's politician takes on corporate America in the face of a sex scandal that could topple his ambitions.

This is the latest film from director Austin Stark, who has produced the Sundance hit Infinitely Polar Bear and indie comedy Hello I Must Be Going.

Stark shot The Runner on location in the Louisiana gulf and Washington DC last summer.

The Runner - which also stars Connie Nielsen, Peter Fonda and Sarah Paulson – bows on August 7 in the Us. A UK release is yet to be set.

"This is the very painting of your fear." Whoa. This first teaser trailer for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth looks amazing, which is why it's a must watch. Michael Fassbender stars as Macbeth, Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth, in this adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, from the filmmaker who brought us The Snowtown Murders. The film just had a successful premiere at Cannes and is now aiming for release in the fall, at least in the UK. The rest of the cast includes David Thewlis, Elizabeth Debicki, Jack Reynor, Sean Harris & Paddy Considine. This has a very mesmerizing style that pulls you in, shot by Dp Adam Arkapaw, and it seems like a very emotional but still gripping take on the story of the King of Scotland. Here's the first official teaser trailer for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth, from StudioCanal's YouTube: Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Turning, The Snowtown Murders...

Dream a Little Dream of Me: Haley’s Superb Showcase for Blythe Danner

Long a supporting fixture in a variety of film projects going on five decades, actress Blythe Danner takes center stage in an endearingly warm turn in I’ll See You in My Dreams, the sophomore film from Brett Haley. Premiering at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, it’s a familiar narrative enhanced by an adept script that focuses on character nuance rather than cheap laughs, and proves that even the grayest of predictable tropes can still be administered in an emotionally authentic manner.

Discovering that her dog is ill and must be put down, retired schoolteacher and widow of twenty years Carol Petersen (Danners) is left with a nagging void. She develops an unexpected friendship with Lloyd (Martin Starr), the new pool cleaner that attempts to help her rid the home of an unwanted rodent. Over several glasses of wine,...

"It reminded me a lot of a Western." Empire has debuted three photos from Justin Kurzel's Macbeth, which will be premiering In-Competition at the Cannes Film Festival later in May. This adaptation of the Shakespeare classic stars Michael Fassbender as Macbeth, the duke of Scotland, and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth. The two of them can be seen in photos below, which have been released to remind us the film's festival unveiling is coming up. Aside from a Western, Kurzel says this reminded him "of a landscape and atmosphere that felt much more dangerous than I'd ever seen before from adaptations of Macbeth." Here's the three new photos for Macbeth, debuted via Empire where they have more details from Kurzel. Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Turning, The Snowtown Murders) and written by Todd Louiso (Hello I Must Be Going, Love Liza, The Marc Pease Experience), based on...

If you’re attending the Sundance Film Festival (or just paying attention to excellent coverage of the festival, much like you would find right here at Film School Rejects, cough cough), you’re most likely looking for new projects, people, and productions to get excited about. Sundance may (somewhat bizarrely, when you really think about it) take place in the dead of winter in a tiny town mostly dedicated to ski tourism, but that early jump on the festival year allows the fest to set the tone for the rest of the year. This is the place you come to when you want to see something new, and this year looks poised to deliver that, in spades. Sundance has often played home to the breakout roles of big stars (hello, Jennifer Lawrence), and although finding the next big talent is mostly a guessing game, fingers-crossing adventure, we’ve got some idea as to who just might emerge...

We All Float Down Here: Shelton’s Latest Winning Slice of Arrested Development

Remarkable in the sense that this is her third consecutive film to premiere at Sundance, director Lynn Shelton is one of the few female directors bucking the general trend of having laborious stretches of times between features. Her latest, Laggies, is her first directorial outing where Shelton has not also written the screenplay (Andrea Siegel gets her first credit instead), which divorces the film from a body of work largely improvised and often careening off the cuff to mostly enjoyable effect. While this makes her latest film feel a bit more mainstream, featuring an array of well-known names, it’s also a nicely polished example of familiarity, genuine with its intentions and generally pleasing even as it neglects to say anything we haven’t seen repeatedly from both a male and female perspective.

In her late...

Melanie Lynskey has a conjurer’s ability to mine the vulnerability of characters without sinking into sad-sack caricature. Whether as a troubled teenager in her stirring debut “Heavenly Creatures,” George Clooney’s younger sister in “Up in the Air,” Matt Damon’s wife in “The Informant!,” a fresh-out-of-rehab mother in “Win Win,” or a recent divorcee working her way through a rebound romance with a much younger man in the underrated “Hello I Must Be Going,” Lynskey always serves the story without ever blending into the scenery. Her latest film is “Happy Christmas,” from writer-director (and in this case co-star) Joe Swanberg. In it, the New Zealand-born actress gets to use her native [ Read More ]

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Following a couple first look photos at the Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth from director Justin Kurzel, the period drama is showing off footage at the Cannes Film Market and looking for distributors. Now we have some bits of the hype machine overseas as two character teaser posters have surfaced online featuring stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. The film has already turned heads enough to have Kurzel team up with Fassbender again for the video game adaptation Assassin's Creed, but it will probably be awhile before we see any footage. In the meantime, these posters, especially Fassbender's is great. Look! Here's the Cannes posters for Justin Kurzel's Macbeth from See Soundit (via The Playlist): Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Turning, The Snowtown Murders) and written by Todd Louiso (Hello I Must Be Going, Love Liza, The Marc Pease Experience), based on William Shakespeare's classic play of the same name.

While Natalie Portman was once slated to star alongside Michael Fassbender in the latest big screen adaptation of the classic William Shakespeare play Macbeth (or "that Scottish play" for all you theater folk), it's Marion Cotillard who ended up in the lead role as the lady of a Scottish lord who aspires to be king. Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, who directed a segment in the Aussie omnibus The Turning, is at the helm of this feature adaptation, and we have two first look photos that look gorgeous. One features Fassbender embracing Cotillard, while the other has General Macbeth clearly ready for battle. Look below! Here's the first look photos from Justin Kurzel's Macbeth from The Daily Mail: Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel (The Turning, The Snowtown Murders) and written by Todd Louiso (Hello I Must Be Going, Love Liza, The Marc Pease Experience), based on William Shakespeare's...

New Zealand actress Melanie Lynskey made her breakthrough into movies and cinema history with Peter Jackson's true-crime drama Heavenly Creatures back in 1994. Since then, she's become an actress utterly beloved by critics and indie movie fans for her layered performances in films like Win Win, Away We Go, Up In the Air and Hello I Must Be Going. In the new-to-iTunes comedy Putzel, Lynskey learned to embrace her inner shiksa to play Sally, the spunky center of this raunchy rom-com's tricky love triangle. Putzel stars Jack Carpenter (I Love Beth Cooper) as Walter "Putzel" Himmelstein, a neurotic New York Jew who has become so engrained into the daily operations of his family's Upper West Side bagels and lox shop that the very thought of stepping outside the neighborhood fills him with crippling anxiety. He attempts to buckle down and prove to his uncle Sid (John Pankow) that he's ready...

They range in age, amount of screen time, supporting or principle characters, and have previous (television work, stage and or bit parts in Hollywood/Indiewood productions or next to no film experience at all. In essence these folks have a special gift and have essentially broken out. I had the fortune of having a team of four journalists (Caitlin Coder, Jordan M. Smith, Nicholas Bell and myself) covering the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and when you got a small army covering a major fest it ensures that fine performances from a new crop of acting talents don’t go undetected. Michael B. Jordan, Robin Weigert and Miles Teller (who follows up The Speculator Now with a dramatically and physically charged perf in the marvelous Whiplash) were just some of the new faces included on our top list last year.Worthy mnetions that did not break into our Top 10 include Fishing Without Nets‘ Abdikani Muktar,...

The scribe behind Monsters vs. Aliens and The Rocker would normally be the last person I’d associate with Sundance, much less the director’s chair…but sometimes it’s a question of who and what you know. Equipped with excellent technical folk such as cinematographer Bobby Bukowski and editor Michael R. Miller, Maya Forbes expands on a story inspired by personal events and is surrounded here with A listers Zoe Saldana and Mark Ruffalo. Shooting of Infinitely Polar Bear began back in April in Providence, Rhode Island, so logically this is in the clear for a festival showing and might be a high sale price.

Gist: Ruffalo plays a bipolar husband and father who goes off his medication, and then loses both his sanity and job while struggling to hold onto his marriage. Saldana would play his put-upon wife, who, after going back to work, ends up moving out of the house,...

Spunky, sloth-lovin' Kristen Bell takes a turn for the dramatic in the upcoming indie "The Lifeguard."

When Bell's Leigh, who is resolutely 29 years old and not 30, ditches her life in the big city and moves back home, her wacky life decisions have a rippled effect on her circle of friends, including Mel (Mamie Gummer) and Todd (Martin Starr). At first, things are all fun and games; working as a lifeguard all day and boozing it up like in high school at night sounds good, right?

Even if you're acting like a teenager, it's still illegal to date them in most states. David Lambert plays Leigh's love interest, a young skateboarder with problems of his own.

"The Lifeguard" feels a little like last year's "Hello I Must Be Going," which stars Melanie Lynskey as a divorcee who moves back home and Christopher Abbott as her younger love interest. The love affair in "Hello" is legal,...

Getting her party on to celebrate her last year in her forties, Courteney Cox had dinner with friends on Saturday night (June 15) at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica, CA.

Dressed in an ankle-length black dress, the “Cougar Town” cutie gave a smile and a wave to the cameras as she headed inside to start the evening.

The busy mother-of-one will soon be even busier, as she will try her hand at directing the upcoming movie “Hello I Must Be Going.”

Starring Seann William Scott and Kate Walsh, the motion picture will follow a troubled man who returns to his hometown to make things right before he plans to commit suicide.

Courteney Cox will be go behind the camera and make her feature directorial debut with the independent drama Hello I Must Be Going. Cox currently stars in the TBS television series Cougar Town and of course, is most recognizable as Monica Geller from Friends.

Hello I Must Be Going stars Seann William Scott, Kate Walsh, Rob Riggle and Kyle Galliner. Cox will be working with a script by David Flebotte, an experienced television director whose resume has highlights such as Boardwalk Empire and Desperate Housewives. She will also be producing with John Suits and Gabriel Cowan, as well as her former husband David Arquette.

Scott will play a severely depressed man returning to his old neighborhood to amend a few wrongs before taking his life. Kate Walsh will portray his sister-in-law. With a considerable amount of comedic talent, we might be able to look forward to some touches of humor...

Courteney Cox has found her next gig. The 48-year-old actress will try her hand at directing a movie with the upcoming film "Hello I Must Be Going," Deadline.com reports.

Cox has made a name for herself starring in television shows, first with stints on "Family Ties" and "Misfits of Science." She's, of course, best known for playing Monica on "Friends." Following the end of that iconic series, Cox took the part of Jules on the cult comedy "Cougar Town." The actress will step behind the camera for "Hello I Must Be Going," a role she has some experience with, as Cox directed episodes of "Cougar Town" in the past.

Penned by screenwriter David Flebotte ("Desperate Housewives"), "Hello I Must Be Going" will tell the story of a troubled man who returns to his hometown to make things right before he plans to commit suicide, according to Deadline. Seann William Scott...

Courteney Cox has lined up her feature directorial debut.

Hello I Must Be Going has secured Seann William Scott and Kate Walsh to star, reports Deadline.

The former Friends star directs the drama from Desperate Housewives writer David Flebotte's script.

Scott will star as Ted Morgan, a man who heads back to his hometown to deal with some unfinished business before he commits suicide.

Walsh will play his sister-in-law, with Garret Dillahunt and Rob Riggle also featuring.

Cox previously directed episodes of her sitcom Cougar Town and the 2012 Lifetime TV movie Talhotblond.

Hello I Must Be Going will begin shooting in Los Angeles later this month.

After years of being in front of the camera on the small screen . as well as on the big screen in movies like the Scream franchise . Courteney Cox is ready to take a step behind them for her feature directorial debut. The film is called Hello I Must Be Going, but I wouldn.t get too attached to that name, seeing as how Todd Louiso released his own Hello I Must Be Going just last year. The indie drama already has a cast, including Seann William Scott (Goon), Kate Walsh (Private Practice), Kyle Galliner (2010.s A Nightmare on Elm Street), and comedy vet Rob RIggle (The Internship). This is the first feature screenplay from screenwriter David Flebotte, who has a lengthy career writing for TV series such as Desperate Housewives and Boardwalk Empire, and also wrote for Cox.s FX show Dirt. There aren't many plot details about Hello I...

Annie

Sandra Bullock is in early talks to join the update of the classic comic turned musical "Annie" at Sony Pictures. Will Smith and Jay-z will produce the film which Will Gluck is directing.

Bullock would play Miss Hannigan, the mean lady who runs the orphanage inhabited by Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis) and her friends. Jamie Foxx will also star as a modern incarnation of billionaire Daddy Warbucks. [Source: THR]

Green Dragons

Ray Liotta, Justin Chon and Harry Shum Jr. ("Glee") have joined the Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo-directed crime thriller "Revenge of the Green Dragons". Martin Scorsese will executive produce, and shooting begins this week.

The story is adapted from Fredric Dannen’s New Yorker article, which chronicles a murder investigation involving the New York-based Green Dragons gang. Liotta plays the New York detective leading the investigation. [Source: Variety]

Rosewater

The casting of Gael Garcia Bernal in the Jon Stewart-directed "Rosewater" remains...

Back in January, news first broke that indie filmmaking brothers Jay and Mark Duplass were heading to HBO to write, executive produce and direct the pilot for a half-hour comedy called "Togetherness." Now Deadline reports that Mark Duplass has also taken on a role as one of the four leads for the potential series.He will star alongside Amanda Peet ("The Way, Way Back"), Melanie Lynskey ("Hello I Must Be Going") and Steve Zissis ("Jeff, Who Lives at Home") as two couples, one married and the other newly formed, living under the same roof while struggling to maintain both their relationships and careers. Peet will play Tina, who moves in with her Los Angeles-based sister (Lynskey), along with her sister's husband (Duplass) and his best friend (Zissis).While Mark Duplass has had a variety of comedic television roles lately in shows like "The League" (on which he will continue) and...

It seems that after Michael Fassbender bailed on the troubled western "Jane Got A Gun," there were no hard feelings between himself and Natalie Portman, who is also producing that movie. They also paired up on Terrence Malick's forthcoming music scene movie (provided they don't get cut) and indeed, they're set to try working together again on a different project, one that will hopefully keep the drama in front of the camera, instead of behind it. Just one day after it was reported that Fassy was taking the title role in "Macbeth," Screen Daily reports that Portman will be his Lady Macbeth. Yeah, nice. This new adaptation of Shakespeare's legendary play was penned by Todd Louiso (the director behind "Love Liza" and "Hello I Must Be Going") and Jacob Koskoff (who co-penned "The Marc Pease Experience" with Louiso), and will keep the 11th century setting and original dialogue. However,...

Everyone from Sam Worthington (really) to Orson Welles has taken on "Macbeth," and the Shakespeare play that dare not say its name has been adapted countless time for the stage, television and multiplex. Well, when it comes to the cinema, (quality) movie versions have been a bit fewer and farther between, so the news that Michael Fassbender might take the lead in "the Scottish play" certainly has our attention. The actor is attached to a new version of Shakespeare's work that will be directed by the fast rising "Snowtown" director, Justin Kurzel. Penned by Todd Louiso (the director behind "Love Liza" and "Hello I Must Be Going") and Jacob Koskoff (who co-penned "The Marc Pease Experience" with Louiso), the story will be the same, set in the 11th century, and will be presented in the original dialogue. However, this version will be more "visceral" and contain "significant battle scenes." And...

He became a well-liked component of the “Girls” crew as ‘Charlie,’ but now Christopher Abbott has resigned his gig with the popular HBO program.

According to a report, things between Abbott and series creator/star Lena Dunham have been tense as of late, eventually causing Christopher to throw in the towel.

A rep for the actor told press, "[Chris] is grateful for the experience of collaborating with Lena, Judd [Apatow], and the entire Girls cast and crew, but right now he’s working on numerous other projects and has decided not to return to the show."

Abbott was featured in last year’s “Hello I Must Be Going,” as well as SXSW film “Burma” and he’ll star in “The Sleepwalker” in the months to come.

Sans the part where it involves sitting across from people who have their faces up on the silver screen, interviewing movie personalities is definitely just part o’ the job. On the movie business end, actors, writers, directors, etc. are sent by the studio to various cities to talk to press members with the ultimate goal of getting publicity. They speak highly of the the movie to press, and with a little in-person character. On my side as one of many upon many bloggers, I try to do my part of the job by attempting to craft unique interviews, both for the sake of my readership, and for the sake of the interview subjects, who are bound to be asked the same questions a thousand times.

Doing an interview, while it may be in person and involve handshakes and a few laughs, doesn’t have to be a personal experience. It...

Independent film may still technically be independent, but it’s far from the wellspring of creativity that it’s advertised as being. Case in point: Hello I Must Be Going, a film that fills its arrested development bingo card with a cynical efficiency that would make Jerry Bruckheimer blush. A number of talented actors (particularly the under-rated Melanie Lynskey) give it their best, but Hello deviates so little from the template set forth by previous ‘man-child’ hits that it never develops a life of its own.

Amy (Lynskey) finds herself at a familiar crossroads; broke, divorced, and living at home well after most people her age have attained some form of self-sufficiency. Her father Stan (John Rubinstein) is fairly understanding (mostly out of nostalgia for their time spent watching Marx Brothers film in her youth, from which the film gets its title), but her mother Ruth (Blythe Danner) is an unrepentant nag,...

Chicago – As I learned on my inaugural trip to Sundance (check out all the coverage here) this year, there is common discussion as to how things will play outside of the thin mountain air of Park City. People wonder what will be the next “Beasts of the Southern Wild” or “Winter’s Bone” and what will never get the hype it gets at Sundance. Two films that peaked at Sundance 2012, “Hello I Must Be Going” and “Nobody Walks” were recently released on DVD. One is worth your time while the other never should have come off the snowy mountain.

The good news is that the 2012 Opening Night film, “Hello I Must Be Going” still works a year later. It features strong work from Melanie Lynskey, doing her best since her breakthrough with Kate Winslet in “Heavenly Creatures” and quickly allowing viewers to forget time served on “Two and a Half Men.

As this year’s Sundance Film Festival winds down, there’s a collection of stand-outs, films that have already sparked bidding wars among distributors and are gaining buzz that filmmakers hope turns into success beyond the festival.

But where are the films that were in the midst of this festival frenzy a year ago? Now that 13 of the 16 films in the U.S. dramatic competition have opened in theaters nationwide, they yield a list that’s mainly box office duds, but there was one movie that had plenty of life in it post-Sundance — the acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Hello I Must Be Going

Directed by Todd Louiso

Written by Sarah Koskoff

USA, 2012

Opens Jan. 27 in Toronto

It’s a strange epiphany when one realizes that following their life passion is a self-made path to nowhere. Movies have taught us to seize the day (thank you, Robin Williams), but reality tells us something much different. A Philosophy degree will ultimately get you nowhere, and showing an active interest in photography doesn’t make you Robert Capa (one will be reminded of Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation). Hello I Must Be Going is about the crisis between that reality and wistful idealism, and although it tends to be a tad too slight and mild at points, is charming in its whimsy, nonetheless.

In the film, Amy (Melanie Lynskey), a down-on-her-luck 30-something, comes to this epiphany after a divorce and moving back in with her parents (Blythe Danner, John Rubinstein...

With 2013 days away, we're revisiting our interviews with the most buzzed-about up-and-comers Indiewire profiled in 2012. We spoke with the 37 breakout sensations below, all of whom you are likely to hear a lot more about in years to come. This list is by no means definitive so please let us know who your most memorable breakouts this year were in the comment section below. And be sure to click on the names to access the full interviews. (Names are listed alphabetically.) #1. Christopher Abbott Profession: Actor Breakout Film: "Hello I Must Be Going" Why We Profiled Him: In the Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition opener “Hello I Must Be Going,” 25-year-old actor Christopher Abbott more than held his own opposite Melanie Lynskey (“Win Win”) and Blythe Danner as an actor who takes up a steamy affair with a woman (Lynskey) over 10 years his senior. He also turned heads this year as the...

2012 has been a year of hits and misses. We finally saw The Avengers assemble on the big screen. We saw Christopher Nolan conclude one of the most revered trilogies of recent memory in The Dark Knight Rises. We even saw Abraham Lincoln come to life before our eyes.

While these blockbusters were enough to quell that insatiable thirst for films of a rather epic scope, we must not forget those that aren’t as popular. They are the underdogs. They come in and leave quietly, but not before making an enormous impression on the smaller audiences that consume them.

Since this awards season is in full swing and the notables are taking up all the trade space, let’s raise a glass and toast the films that aren’t being talked about (regrettably). Here they are, my pick of five films that get a much deserved honorable mention.

5. Pitch Perfect...

The Hollywood Reporter A former sitcom writer "kvells and kvetches" about The Guilt Trip and Parental Guidance starring Babs and Bette

PopWatch Mark Harris on Hollywood's love of gun violence. I highly recommend reading this but I highly caution Not reading the comments because as per usual the gun crazies come out. They'd have us all packing and I so don't want to live in their preferred world.

Cinema Blend Katey & Eric on 12 Unfairly Overlooked Movies of 2012 from Hello I Must Be Going (Yay, Melanie!) through Cosmopolis

Awards Daily Whoa. Ann Dowd is footing the bill for her own Oscar campaign.

The Hollywood Reporter talks to Emayatzy Corinealdi on her breakthrough in Middle of Nowhere. You know. I've been trying not to talk about this because I can't figure out a way to say it that doesn't sound indelicate but in some ways I really hate falling in love with...

By Joey Magidson

Film Contributor

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I often wonder what it must be like to be an actor or an actress caught up in the Oscar race for the very first time. The blur of events and people is dizzying just for someone covering them, so to be at the center of it all is an incredible thought to process.

Each year, a whole mess of contenders get introduced to the hustle for the first time. A few of them even manage to score nominations for their work, though many have to learn the agony of defeat before the thrill of victory. Those in the latter column sometimes wind up coming back to the race with a whole new perspective down the line and better chances at the nod.

This year, there’s a large number of previously honored men and women looking for further acting accolades, but there are no...

The National Board of Review has named "Zero Dark Thirty" as the Best Film of 2012. Kathryn Bigelow and Jessica Chastain also took awards for Best Director and Best Actress, respectively.

Other acting awards went to Bradley Cooper for Best Actor in "Silver Linings Playbook", Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Supporting Actor in "Django Unchained", and Ann Dowd for Best Supporting Actress in "Compliance".

"Wreck-It Ralph" took Best Animated Feature, "Searching for Sugarman" took Best Documentary, and "Amour" took Best Forign Language Feature. "Looper" and "Silver Linings Playbook" took Best Original and Adapted Screenplay respectively,

Rounding awards out, "Les Miserables" took Best Ensemble, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" won Best Directorial Debut and Breakthrough Actress, Tom Holland won Breakthrough Actor in "The Impossible", and Ben Affleck scored a Special Achievement in Filmmaking award for "Argo".

With the Nbr though, the single most important thing is their 'Top 10' films of the year lists.

Hot on the heels of the New York Film Critics Circle giving it their top prize, The National Board of Review (@NBRfilm) has followed suit and named Zero Dark Thirty the Best Film of the Year for 2012. .Zero Dark Thirty is a masterful film,. said Annie Schulhof, Nbr President. .Kathryn Bigelow takes the viewer inside a definitive moment of our time in a visceral and unique way. It is exciting, provocative and deeply emotional.. While these voters are not Oscar voters, it still worth noting that the Nbr went with Les Miserables as Best Ensemble. The Los Angeles FIlm Critics will be live-tweeting winners from their awards voting, kicking off at 10am Pst this Sunday. (@LAFilmCritics).

Below is a full list of the awards given by the National Board of Review:

Best Film:  Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Best Actress: Jessica Chastain,...

The National Board of Review chose Zero Dark Thirty as its best film, but it was the selection of a few out-of-the-box nominees that are most compelling — including a supporting actress nomination for character actress Ann Dowd’s work in the indie thriller Compliance.

Zero Dark Thirty, which also claimed the group’s best director prize for Kathryn Bigelow, can count this — along with the same wins at the New York Film Critics Circle on Monday — as a serious momentum-builder in the race for the Oscars. But ever since it began screening last week, the film has been heralded far...