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In 2013, Renée Elise Goldsberry had everything she wanted. She was finally a mother with two young children and a successful theater and television career. She was content. Then she got a call to audition for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new project. At first, she said no. The project, it turned out, was Hamilton.

“I’m not an idiot. I was a huge fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda from In the Heights. I knew the genius. I just didn’t think that they would cast me for the show,” Goldsberry tells Rolling Stone.

While fans of Netflix's flashy spy series The Recruitwould love to see star Noah Centineo play the next James Bond, English actor James Norton is the current frontrunner. As of mid-February 2025, Oddschecker has Norton and Aaron Taylor-Johnson tied with the shortest betting odds to play 007 in Bond 26, with each given a 5/2 chance of winning the role. However, once Bond producers and casting agents see Norton in the underrated spy drama Rogue Agent, Norton's odds could increase considerably.

Released in 2022, Rogue Agent stars Norton as a conniving criminal who tricks the world into believing he is a top-ranking MI5 agent. Although he is not, Norton's performative ability to convince those around him that he's a skilled spy only bolsters his chances of proving his James Bond bona fides. Meanwhile, those drawn to The Recruit's stylish implausibility will enjoy Rogue Agent's extreme twists and turns.

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I know Bad Sisters isn’t a fantasy drama and doesn’t have anything magical to it but I can’t help but hope that Grace will suddenly reappear with the rest of the sisters in Eva’s kitchen someday. Alas, a girl can only dream. In episode 4 of season 2, there are some new developments in the case, not only on the Garvey side of things but the cops’ side of things too. The episode picks up with Houlihan really sticking to her gut and going to a concert. The concert is, of course, Matt’s band (Exile In Ballymun if you were wondering), and she finds Miss Becka there, just as she expected. It seems Houlihan really wants to nail the Garveys, and the easiest target for her is the youngest, Becka. Not only does she ask her directly if she slept with Matt because he found out about what the sisters did,...

One evening back in May, Sunflower Bean found themselves in the woods of upstate New York, caked in 200 pounds of clay. They were shooting Shake, a short film to accompany their EP of the same name, and their goal was to look as muddy as possible — a direct reference to Nine Inch Nails’ iconic Woodstock 1994 performance.

In the backyard of their Airbnb, the rock trio stood on a piece of tarp, performing the title track while routinely being hosed down to make them appear authentically muddy. “You have the idea...

Ryan North’s Fantastic Four has been a huge surprise. Marvel’s First Family usually produces quality content, but this series has been special. It’s focused more on the emotions of the team and the family dynamic as they go on their normal wild and universe-shattering adventures. After twenty-four issues of sweet and loving moments, I should have known that something heartbreaking was about to happen in the comic series. And it did in issue No. 25.

The 25th issue is a milestone. Some comics get canceled before they get to a year. Others before they reach printing. So when a creative team gets to No. 25, they should do something extraordinary. Or, in this case, fantastic. Writer Ryan North decided to bring Reed, Johnny, Sue, and Ben to another planet so the Human Torch could fall in love with one of the aliens, Angelica of the Shore.

"We got to live it,...

Sunflower Bean are back with the riotous rocker “Shake,” the title track to their upcoming EP of the same name.

The track opens with a searing Master of Reality-style guitar riff, paired with a video of the New York trio caked in mud. Directed by Isaac Roberts, the clip is part of a 14-minute video the band made for Shake. It will feature each track and reflect the natural elements earth, wind, fire, and metal. The “Shake” video, seen below, represents earth.

Shake, their first EP since 2019’s King of the Dudes,...

The British Academy has appointed award-winning producer Joyce Pierpoline as the chair of BAFTA North America’s board of directors.

Pierpoline — whose credits include Doc NYC winner “Mediha,” “Angelica” and Sundance-winning cult classic “Teeth” — succeeds Kathryn Busby, who was given the newly-created role in January 2022 after BAFTA united its New York and Los Angeles entities.

“I am delighted to take over the role of chair of BAFTA North America from Kathryn Busby, who carried out such brilliant work during her tenure,” said Pierpoline, who is also the founder of Pierpoline Films, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network, promoting gender equality in the industry. “I’m looking forward to the future of BAFTA North America and will continue working with my colleagues on the board to ensure that BAFTA’s charitable work reflects...

Producer Joyce Pierpoline has been appointed chair of BAFTA North America’s Board of Directors. She succeeds Kathryn Busby.

Pierpoline’s credits include Mediha, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Doc NYC 2023, Angelica (2016), and Sundance-winning Teeth (2007). She founded Pierpoline Films based in New York and Paris, serves as chair of BAFTA North America’s Film Committee, and is co-founder of the Producers Guild of America’s Women’s Impact Network.

Also joining the BAFTA North America board today is David Linde, CEO of Participant. Linde has previously served as the CEO and owner of Lava Bear Films, chairman of Universal Pictures, and co-founded Focus Features. Continuing their BAFTA North America executive board terms are actor Elliot Knight as Deputy Chair, Betsy Rodgers as Secretary, and Josephine Coyle as Treasurer.

The extended BAFTA North America board includes Alexis Alexanian...

The supernatural teen drama School Spirits has been renewed for a second season after a suspenseful cliffhanger ending. The show features a killer soundtrack with a variety of songs that capture the emotional moments and enhance the storytelling. Each episode of School Spirits is filled with mystery, relationships, and dramatic moments that keep viewers engaged and eager to uncover the truth behind Maddie's disappearance.

The supernatural teen drama School Spirits has something for everyone, including a killer soundtrack full of incredible music. Based on Nate Trinrud's graphic novel of the same name, School Spirits follows a teenage girl named Madison "Maddie" Nears (Peyton List), who finds herself stuck roaming the halls of her high school as a ghost after her mysterious disappearance. She meets a group of fellow teen spirits who died at Split River High and are unseen by the living. Maddie and her friends — in both the...

“No Me Sigas,” the directorial debut of “Anything’s Possible” writer Ximena García Lecuona, and “Malamuerte,” from Caye Casas, a rising star of pitch black Spanish comedy, both feature in a rich and far-ranging 2023 Blood Window Lab, the project platform of Ventana Sur’s genre forum, which unspools Nov. 27-Dec. 1.

The projects are joined by other buzz titles such as “Into the Spiral,” from Facundo Escudero Salinas, whose thriller, “Broken,” ranks as one of the top 10 most watched Argentine films of 2023.

Also anticipated is “Planet, billed as “a vast depiction of unprecedented worldwide alien contact, exploring different cultures and societal classes through their experiences with the phenomenon,” and directed by Fredrik S. Hana, a 2022 Meliès d’Or Award for “From.Beyond.”

The projects form part of 22 titles as submissions are up 20% this year on last, notes Javier Fernández, head of the Blood Window Program.

That rise comes as little surprise. As big...

Pirates of the Caribbean 6 may be happening, with rumors of a sixth film making the rounds, bringing back popular characters once again. While it is uncertain if Jack Sparrow will return due to behind-the-scenes issues, there are plenty of other characters who could continue their stories. Characters like Anamaria, Angelica Teach, Henry Turner, Carina Barbossa, and Davy Jones could all potentially return and play significant roles in Pirates of the Caribbean 6.

Pirates of the Caribbean 6 may be happening, and here are 10 characters who really need to return for the sixth entry in Disney's beloved swashbuckling series. Although it's been over six years since the fifth film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales released, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise may not be over yet, with rumors of a sixth film making the rounds. News about Pirates of the Caribbean 6 is constantly shifting, but as of now,...

Last year, September’s San Sebastian worked a minor miracle, staging a safe on-site festival as second-wave Covid-19 built up in Spain. This year, on-site attendance will be up, though travel problems, caution and costs in Latin America, the U.S and Asia will prevent a full attendance.

That said, this year’s festival, running Sept. 17-25, will be firing on all cylinders — as a Spanish-language movie emporium, a new talent hub and launchpad for the local Basque industry. Following, seven takes on the most important film event in the Spanish-speaking world:

Star Power: Cruz, Banderas, Bardem, Depp, Cotillard, and Chastain?

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are expected for the Spanish premiere of “Official Competition” and Javier Bardem the world premiere of “The Good Boss.” Despite some opposition Johnny Depp will receive a career-achievement Donostia Award as, less controversially, will Marion Cotillard. Jessica Chastain, fest organizers hope, will attend for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,...

Longtime “Dancing with the Stars” fans are well-acquainted with “Disney Night,” and at this point they’re just as well-acquainted with celebrities portraying Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Nev Schulman did just that, as James Van Der Beek did only a year earlier and Riker Lynch did in 2015. So how did Schulman compare? Watch his performance above, and scroll down to see Van Der Beek and Lynch’s routines.

Schulman’s performance at least distinguished itself in a couple of ways. His predecessors both performed the exact same style of dance (paso doble) to the same piece of music (“He’s a Pirate” from “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”). Schulman instead danced an Argentine tango to “Angelica” from “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

See‘Dancing with the Stars’ recap: Who went from zero to hero on ‘Disney Night,’ and who was...

Week three of “Dancing with the Stars” continued one of the show’s longtime traditions: “Disney Night,” in which contestants performed routines inspired by corporate synergy. So who brought the Mouse House down? Scroll down for our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

SEETyra Banks claps back at ‘Dancing with the Stars’ haters: ‘I messed up,’ but ‘I kept going’

The list of songs and films being showcased include a lot of familiar favorites and some Disney properties less commonly featured on the show. The 14 remaining celebs will dance to the following tunes: “Part of Your World” from “The Little Mermaid” (Monica Aldama), “Circle of Life” from “The Lion King”, “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana” (Kaitlyn Bristowe), “Be Our Guest” from “Beauty and the Beast” (Vernon Davis), “Zero to Hero” from “Hercules” (Anne Heche), “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” (Skai Jackson...

It’s the most synergistic time of the year: Disney Night on “Dancing with the Stars!” And don’t worry, Carole Baskin will continue her feline theme with “The Lion King.” Because who didn’t see this coming?

The “Tiger King” star will perform the samba to “Circle of Life” on Monday, so this could be, um, interesting. How many rolls will Pasha Pashkov toss in here? And how will they recreate the iconic opening (because you know they will)?

Two dances will be performed the first time this season: the Charleston by Justina Machado and Sasha Farber, and the Argentine tango by Nev Schulman and Jenna Johnson.

Kaitlyn Bristowe has the rumba, which ought to be slightly easier on her bum ankle.

Most of the Disney movies and songs are well-known classics — and one will definitely make you cry, so get the Kleenex now: “Married Life” from “Up,” to...

Variety highlights a selection of Spanish titles being moved at this year’s Cannes Marché du Film.

All The Moons

(Arcadia Motion Pictures, Kowalski Films, Pris & Batty, Ilargia Films, Noodles Production)

A period drama about an orphan girl rescued by a mysterious woman who grants her immortality as a vampire.

Sales: Filmax

The August Virgin

(Los Ilusos Films)

A Karlovy Vary Fipresci Prize winner, film revolves around a woman who spends the summer in Madrid. Jonás Trueba’s latest movie, already bought for the U.S. by Outsider Films.

Sales: Bendita Film

Between Dog And Wolf

(El Viaje Films, Autonauta Films, Blond Indian Films)

Berlinale Forum player portrays soldiers from Castro’s Cuban Revolution still training, nearly 60 years later, in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra. Directed by Irene Gutiérrez.

Sales: Bendita Film

The Consequences

(Sin Rodeos, N279 Entertainment, Potemkino, Érase Una Vez)

Writer-director Claudia Pinto Emperador’s follow-up to her 2013 feature debut,...

Before the brakes of civilization screeched to a halt, 2020 was shaping up to be an exciting year for me: “Agony,” a psychological thriller I produced and directed in Italy starring Asia Argento, was set for a 10-city theatrical release via our distributor Gravitas Ventures. One week before the April 3 release, I received a phone call from Gravitas’s VP Brendan Gallagher, asking if we should agree to forfeit the theatrical release and shift focus on the VOD day-and-date release that was planned. Just like that, the assembly line of Dcp’s, theatrical bookings and PR halted. It was a mutual decision that reflected some of the bigger questions in relation to what filmgoers have witnessed as the moviegoing experience vanished from our culture.

Filmmakers make films to see them projected in the collective dream space of cinematic cathedrals, but for a film of the “Agony” scale it has always seemed...

Exclusive: Golden Globe, Tony and Olivier Award winner Janet McTeer (Ozark) has been cast as a lead opposite David Oyelowo in The President Is Missing, Showtime’s drama pilot based on the novel by President Bill Clinton and James Patterson from Christopher McQuarrie and Anthony Peckham.

McTeer is a series regular in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s Ozark, which has been completed, after recurring in Season 2. No one would comment, but her casting in The President Is Missing as a main series regular raises questions about her future on Ozark beyond Season 3.

In The President Is Missing pilot, a powerless and politically aimless vice president (Oyelowo) unexpectedly becomes president halfway into his administration’s first term when President Jillian Stroud goes missing, despite his every wish to the contrary. He walks right into a secret, world-threatening crisis, both inside and outside the White House. Attacked by friends and enemies alike,...

Exclusive: WeForShe has called “Action!” on the 2018 participants for its DirectHer Program. The women’s advocacy group, which is focused on creating practical ways to establish more gender equality in television, today named nine breakout female helmers and the veteran episodic helmers with whom they will be paired.

Directors with experience outside of episodic are identified through the WeForShe Program. They then are partnered with veteran episodic directors who guarantee their work during key parts of production and shooting. The inaugural program for DirectHer placed nine female directors who collectively have gone on to direct 65 episodes of TV so far.

Here is the list of participants and their teammates are Lynn d’Angona (paired with Jonathan Frakes), Paige Morrow Kimball (Todd Holland), Jen McGowan (Mary Lou Belli), Sj Main Munoz (David Rodriguez), Melissa Oren (Tamra Davis), Bola Ogun (Tawnia McKiernan), Mo Perkins (Gail Mancuso), Amber Sealey (Daisy Von Schlerer Mayer...

Among the many American independent films made in the ‘90s, few reflect the climate better than “In the Soup.” Director Alexandre Rockwell’s black-and-white comedy, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, follows wannabe New York filmmaker Adolpho Rolo (a young Steve Buscemi) as he attempts to turn his 500-page screenplay into a movie starring his next-door neighbor Angelica (Jennifer Beals). Adolpho’s ambitions are exploited by the mysterious Joe (Seymour Cassel in one of his most endearing performances). The alternately charming and confrontational cigar-chomping raconteur proclaims his desire to produce Adolpho’s movie, while forcing him into a series of strange criminal antics, as Adolpho’s project drifts further away from his original intentions.

The scrappy movie resembles the indie-filmmaking energy at the time — not for nothing does Jim Jarmusch make a cameo — and remains a charming statement on the conflict between artistic passion and...

Cannes — Canneseries suggested we are “living in a golden age of global television,” said Harlan Coben, emphasizing the world “global.” Here, extrapolating from its series , are 8 trends in global drama:

1.Women Power

Women are sticking it to men. Sometimes quite literally, as in “Killing Eve,” where Jodie Comer’s Villanelle, a brilliant, if nonchalant, female assassin, finds an original use for a hair-pin and an Italian mobster’s left eye. “Bullets,” from Finland’s Vertigo, which won the sneak-peek MipDrama Buyers Summit Coup de Coeur, forefronts two strong women – an undercover cop, an ex-terrorist – in a series which is both high-octane political thriller and a female friendship drama. “Angelica,” one of the most liked projects at In Development, is set at the last abortion clinic in a conservative U.S. state which becomes a flashpoint for broader divisive social confrontation. Of the 12 drama series projects presented at In Development, there...

For decades, there have been few subjects more dramatically debated than the ethics and legality of abortion. Yet it’s a topic that is largely ignored in scripted TV, with only a few recent series willing to do anything more than allude to the procedure. Show creators Jen McGowan and Eliza Lee are looking to change that with “Angelica,” a new series they will pitch at the Canneseries and Mip TV’s In Development section.

The show follows the stories of four women in a small Midwestern town, soon to be home to the state’s only remaining abortion clinic. Once that happens, the population of the area splits, and the clinic itself becomes a flashpoint of activity for people from in and outside the community.

“Angelica” is a series created and written by two women, which will focus primarily on women characters to address an exclusively women’s issue.

Y Tu Mama Tambien director Gael García Bernal, Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller Bridge, Dexter’s Michael C Hall and The Wire’s Michael Kenneth Williams are all set to walk the famous steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes this week. However, instead of the film festival’s famous red carpet, the group will be strolling down a pink carpet for the launch of TV festival Canneseries.

The event, which takes place alongside Mip TV from April 4 – 11, is the brainchild of Cannes mayor David Lisnard, who wanted to replicate the success of the city’s film festival with an event celebrating the small screen. It is run by former French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin and former TF1 executive Benoît Louvet, who is managing director.

Louvet tells Deadline: “Our aim has always been to introduce a world class international festival dedicated to series, made possible by the location, the city of Cannes,...

Midway through Angelica, a medium (played by a hammy, bug-eyed Janet McTeer) talks to Constance (Jena Malone) about the ghostly apparition plaguing her and her daughter Angelica at night. “I’m not a man,” she says. “Do not tell me what you know, or what you can prove. Tell me what you feel.” It’s one line out of many writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein uses in his psychosexual Victorian-era ghost story to make his points about misogyny and sexual repression clear, although his blunt-force clarity ends up strangling away any sense of tension or intrigue. For a film dealing with the unknown of the supernatural, it wants viewers to know as much as possible about its subtext.

Before things started going bump in the night, Constance found herself living out a storybook romance. An orphan with no status or money to her name, she catches the eye of scientist Joseph...

Coming to theaters this Friday via Freestyle Digital Media is Angelica, a sexually charged psychological horror/thriller that follows a young couple during Victorian times and the paranormal phenomena they experience during a trying time in their lives. To give you a sneak peek of the film, we’ve got an exclusive clip that shows Jena Malone […]

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Way back in February we let you guys know that Teeth-director Mitchell Lichtenstein’s new Gothic horror flick Angelica scored distribution, and today we have the film’s trailer. You can check it out in all of its Gothic glory below and… Continue Reading →

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I've always like Jena Malone. She's done a ton of film work over the years, but is probably best known for her role as Johanna Mason in The Hunger Games franchise. Anyway, it's good to see that she has a new movie coming out. It's called Angelica and it's a gothic victorian set supernatural horror thriller that is described as a "spellbinding ghost story about desire, repression and its consequences". Here's the synopsis:

In Victorian London, puritanical doctors prescribe abstinence to a young couple after the life-threatening birth of their daughter. Sexual repression leads to obsession and opens the door to paranormal phenomena in this psychosexual gothic drama.

I like the Victorian setting of the film and I enjoy a good gothic horror film, but this could go either way. The movie could turn out being a decent horror movie or it could turn out being a turd. I'll give it a shot,...

"The evil that troubles your home must see that I am your invited guest." Freestyle has revealed an official trailer for the horror thriller Angelica, which has been sitting on the shelf for two years awaiting release. Angelica is the latest film from Mitchell Lichtenstein, the director of that wacky, freaky horror film Teeth from a decade ago. This is a supernatural thriller set in Victorian England about a couple who encounter a ghost in their house after having a baby named Angelica. It's described as a "spellbinding ghost story about desire, repression and its consequences", which sounds like it could be good, but also sounds like it could be bad. Jena Malone stars, also with Ed Stoppard, Janet McTeer, Tovah Feldshuh, Charles Keating, Daniel Gerroll, and James Norton. The footage is creepy, but it doesn't seem like anything that special. Here's the official trailer (+ old poster) for Mitchell Lichtenstein's Angelica,...

Freestyle Digital Media has released the trailer for the gothic drama Angelica, written and directed by Teeth‘s Mitchell Lichtenstein and starring Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, The Hunger Games), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). It’s slated for release on VOD and in limited theaters November 17th. “Angelica is a gothic tale […]...

It's week five of Dancing With the Stars!

As the 10 remaining contestants and their pro partners take the stage on Monday, they'll transform into some of the most magical characters from their favorite Disney films.

That's right, it's Disney night, and Et's breaking down everything we can expect to see in the ballroom!

Who's on top of the leaderboard?

1. Jordan Fisher & Lindsay Arnold: 29/30

2. Victoria Arlen & Val Chmerkovskiy: 27/30

3. Lindsey Stirling & Mark Ballas: 26/30

Watch: Nikki Bella Opens Up About Her 'Scary' Neck Injury Following Most Memorable Year Night on 'DWTS'

Who's in danger of elimination?

Nick Lachey & Peta Murgatroyd received the lowest score from the judges last week, 22/30. Whether they'll stay in the competition will heavily rely on fan votes. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens!

What are the stars dancing to?

Drew Scott & Emma Slater

Viennese Waltz, "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie

Frankie Muniz & Witney Carson

Argentine Tango, "Angelica" from [link=tt...

Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution arm of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has secured the U.S rights to horror thriller Angelica, written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. The film, which stars Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, and Tovah Feldshuh, will be released in domestic theaters and on digital platforms on November 17. It takes place in Victorian London, and centers on a young couple (Malone and Stoppard) who were…...

Freestyle Digital Media has acquired the gothic drama Angelica, written and directed by Teeth‘s Mitchell Lichtenstein and starring Jena Malone (Sucker Punch, The Hunger Games), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). It’s slated for release on VOD and in limited theaters November 17th. “Angelica is a gothic tale of a newly […]...

Exclusive: Founder and CEO Matt McCombs and his sales team at Spotlight Pictures head into Cannes with a roster led by Aaron Eckhart starrer Courage.

The film gets its market premiere screening today [May 11] and is based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story.

Angelo Pizzo, a sports specialist whose screenwriting credits include Hoosiers and Rudy, directed from his adapted screenplay.

Eckhart stars as the coach of the University Of Texas American Football team whose star player is diagnosed with bone cancer.

The film opened in the Us last November through Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American and Universal handles ancillary rights.

Spotlight is also talking up Bitter Harvest, an epic romance set against the backdrop of the Holodomor – Stalin’s persecution of Ukrainians during the 1930s – that stars Max Irons and Samantha Barks.

The film screens today [May 11] and on Tuesday [16] in Cannes and the producers are in talks for a Us...

In just two weeks, Alamo Drafthouses nationwide will host screenings of A24's The Witch. More details on that story after the jump. Also in this round-up: a trailer for Night Terrors, Angelica release details, a new clip from The Final Project, and four images from The Terrible Two.

The Witch: Press Release: "Austin, TX - Feb 3, 2016 - The Alamo Drafthouse is excited to announce A24's chilling new horror film The Witch as the latest Drafthouse Recommends title. The film will open at Alamo Drafthouse locations nationwide with "sneak preview" screenings on the night of Feb. 18th, 2016. In the lead up to that opening date, select Alamo locations will also host free retrospective screenings of witchcraft horror classics to get audiences in the, er, spirit and to set the stage for director Robert Eggers' debut feature and groundbreaking new take on the genre.

And, for a limited time this month,...

It has been quite some time since we have had the opportunity to talk about Teeth director Mitchell Lichtenstein. Some eight years later and we have news about his latest film, the Gothic horror flick, Angelica. A year after its premiere in Berlin the film is going back to the festival in the European Film Market for sale. ...the film stars Jena Malone (The Hunger Games, Contact), two-time Academy Award nominee Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, Tumbleweeds) and Ed Stoppard (The Pianist). Angelica is a gothic tale of a newly married couple living in Victorian London who endures a series of increasingly alarming psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child....

[Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...]...

The sales agency will introduce buyers at the Efm in Berlin to Mitchell Lichtenstein’s gothic drama starring Jena Malone of The Hunger Games, Janet McTeer, and Ed Stoppard.

Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.

Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.

Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.

“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.

“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...

The sales agency will introduce buyers at the Efm in Berlin to Mitchell Lichtenstein’s gothic drama starring Jena Malone of The Hunger Games, Janet McTeer, and Ed Stoppard.

Spotlight has scheduled a February 14 market screening of Angelica, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2015.

Lichtenstein, who previously directed Berlin and Sundance 2007 selection Teeth, adapted the screenplay from Arthur Phillips’ novel about a newly married couple in Victorian London who endure psychological and supernatural effects following the birth of their child.

Producer Joyce Pierpoline, who collaborated with Mitchell on Teeth, negotiated the worldwide rights deal with Spotlight head of acquisitions Carlos Rincon.

“I’m psyched to be putting Angelica into the capable hands of the folks at Spotlight Pictures,” said Lichtenstein.

“They will be effective, enthusiastic custodians of our beautiful and intensely emotional film, bringing it to a wide and diverse audience.”...

Editor’S Note: We had this scheduled to be published on July 30th which was also when the announcement of the First Wave of films for Fantastic Fest 2015 was announced.

Fiends, there is no doubt in my mind that the weeks in late September in Austin, TX is heaven on earth for a genre fan like me. Why? Two words – Fantastic Fest!

Every year, we’ve been trying to see if we can figure out what might play before those three separated waves of amazing content roll out. Some years, our guesses have been good. Some years, not so good. Even if these films don’t play at the best genre film festival in the United States, we hope that you put them on your radar, regardless. Most of our picks are from films that are on our radar and have possibly played other genre film festivals.

Our Picks Hardcore...

★★☆☆☆ Director Mitchell Lichtenstein achieved cult veneration with Teeth (2007), a idiosyncratic body horror about a young fundamentalist Christian who develops a gynaecological abnormality that she turns to her advantage in order to ward of the threat of male violence. He returns to these well-trodden themes of female sexual repression in his ludicrously ostentatious and fervently Freudian psychological thriller Angelica (2015). Based on Arthur Phillips' eponymous novel, Lichtenstein's latest the story of a Victorian marriage destroyed by gender divisions and attitudes towards female sexuality. Jena Malone stars in a well-earned leading role as both the eponymous Angelica and (via flashbacks) her mother Constance.

Just three features in to his filmography, it’s safe to say that director Mitchell Lichtenstein is never happier than when, how shall we put it, frolicking in the lady garden. Even his least gynecological film, 2010's "Happy Tears," had Parker Posey analyzing her vaginal discharge. And his debut, 2007's "Teeth," positively gloried in its vaginality: grotesquely, graphically, and with uneven black humor telling the exploitation-style story of a young woman's journey to empowerment via her vagina dentata — or, if you prefer a more euphemistic take, the choppers in her ham wallet. It's to this literally fertile territory he returns in his third, and most well-crafted film, "Angelica," albeit dressed up in corsets and bustles and adapted from an Arthur Phillips novel. While it may look and sound a little like a ghost story in the "Turn of the Screw" mould, and while there are a multitude of subplots and side themes that should add.

It’s been six years since Mitchell Lichtenstein’s last feature, "Happy Tears," and eight since his debut, the Jess Weixler-starring “Teeth.” Ahead of its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this weekend, the trailer for Lichtenstein’s third film, "Angelica," has arrived online for your viewing pleasure. Running just over 45 seconds, the trailer (via THR) for “Angelica” is a brief look at Lichtenstein’s first foray into the period piece, even if it’s still within the confines of the horror genre. The film also marks the first time Lichtenstein has adapted a book, Arthur Phillips’s novel of the same name, and it centers on Jena Malone’s Constance, who, in 1880 London, must practice sexual abstinence because of the erroneous medical advice of the era. As one expects in a Lichtenstein film, things do not go well. Here's the official synopsis: London in 1880, in the middle of the Victorian era.

Sneak Peek teaser footage from director Mitchell Lichtenstein's supernatural thriller "Angelica", starring Jena Malone ("Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice"), based on the novel by Arthur Phillips:

"...'Constance' and 'Joseph' are a couple in Victorian England, whose doctor instructs them not to have sex after the birth of their daughter, 'Angelica'. But as the couple deals with their sexual repression and Constance grows increasingly protective of their daughter, a ghostly presence begins to terrorize them..."

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Mitchell Lichtenstein, the director of Teeth, returns with what looks like another sexually charged, sexually frustrated and sexually lethal horror film, the 1880s-set Angelica. Starring Jena Malone, most recently seen in The Hunger Games films and Inherent Vice, Angelica will have its World Premiere at the upcoming Berlinale alongside the likes of Alex Ross Perry’s Images-esque Queen of Earth.…

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Teeth director Mitchell Lichtenstein is back with a very different kind of horror story. Based on the novel by Arthur Phillips, Angelica stars Jena Malone as a wife and mother haunted by spirits in Victorian England. The Angelica trailer is full of the shadows, bumps, and ominous warnings typical of the genre, but there’s a […]

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Just hot off her attachment to The Hunger Game: Catching Fire as Johanna Mason, Jena Malone has signed on to be leading lady in another book-turned-movie, Angelica, a spooky Victorian ghost story by bestselling author Arthur Phillips.

Here’s the synopsis from the book.

The novel opens in London, in the 1880s, with the Barton household on the brink of collapse. Mother, father, and daughter provoke one another, consciously and unconsciously, and a horrifying crisis is triggered. As the family’s tragedy is told several times from different perspectives, events are recast and sympathies shift. In the dark of night, a chilling sexual spectre is making its way through the house, hovering over the sleeping girl and terrorizing her fragile mother. Are these visions real, or is there something more sinister, and more human, to fear? A spiritualist is summoned to cleanse the place of its terrors, but with her...

Jena Malone has signed on to headline Angelica, a movie adaptation of Arthur Phillips bestseller of the same name.

Jena Malone is known for Sucker Punch, Cold Mountain and Donnie Darko, and is set to appear in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

Here is the description of her role in the film:

Malone will play Constance, a young shop girl who falls for and marries Dr. Joseph Barton. After the difficult childbirth of their daughter Angelica, doctor-ordered celibacy creates a rift in the Bartons’ marriage and a ghostly force enters their home.

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Mitchell Lichtenstein's 1880s Angelica supernatural thriller based on Arthur Phillips' novel has landed Catching Fire and Hatfield's and McCoys' Jena Malone. According to Deadline, she'll play a young shop girl called Constance who marries Dr. Joseph Barton and goes through a difficult birth with daughter Angelica. Doctor's orders to remain celibate create a rift between the couple, and now a ghost has found its way into the house as well. Pierpoline's Joyce Pierpoline produces with Richard Lormand.