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Scott Hicks' 2001 supernatural drama "Hearts in Atlantis" should have been a big hit. Based on a novel by Stephen King, the movie blended the author's bent for 1950s and 1960s nostalgia with his knack for mysterious fantasy. Told in flashback, "Hearts" tells the story of a 12-year-old named Bobby (played by eventual "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin) who is largely neglected by his self-absorbed mother (Hope Davis) and who spends his idle summer days with his two best friends, Carol (Meeka Boorem) and Sully (Will Rothhaar). To make ends meet, Bobby's mom takes on a lodger named Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins) and Bobby soon learns that Ted has some kind of psychic power. He can read minds, and make objects float. 

Ted explains calmly to Bobby that he has to keep the powers secret, as he is being pursued by people he calls "Low Men." Unusually, Ted's superpowers aren't the center of the film's plot,...

A sociopathic artist looks for sadistic inspiration from an unsuspecting new friend in our exclusive trailer for Chance Has No Empathy ahead of its premiere at the Dances With Films festival.

You can watch our exclusive trailer for Chance Has No Empathy below, which will premiere at Dances With Films at 9:30pm on Sunday, June 16th at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Written and directed by Gabriel Saint (based on a story by Derrick Denicola), Chance Has No Empathy stars Will Rothhaar and Brooke Culbertson.

Synopsis: "Chance has hit a dead end. When he’s not staring at a blank canvas, he searches desperately for inspiration for his art. He finds the perfect muse in Charlie, a beautiful college senior finishing her thesis on sociopaths who is happy to model for him until she graduates, which is very soon. Chance can’t lose her now, and despite weekly...

For its 22nd year, Dances With Films returns to Los Angeles this June with an eclectic lineup of films both feature-length and short-form that span a wide range of genres.

Dances With Films 2019 will take place June 13th–23rd at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Horror fans attending the festival will want to keep an eye out for several genre-centric titles, including Come, Said the Night (pictured above).

You can check out the Dances With Films 2019 lineup below, and to learn more, visit the film festival's official website.

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Prince McCoy has found himself almost to the middle of age, and definitely to the end of his rope. Losing his home,...

"How many people are watching?" Uncork'd Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for an indie sci-fi prison escape thriller titled Division 19, the latest from filmmaker Suzie Halewood. The film premiered at the Fantasporto Film Festival in 2017, where it won the Critics' Award, and also played at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival last year, where it won Best Director. Set in 2039, Division 19 takes place in a future where jails have been turned into online portals where the public gets to choose what prisoners eat, wear, watch and who they fight. The most successful is Panopticon TV, which is about to be rolled out to an entire town. When the most downloaded felon escapes, the authorities set a trap to reel him in. Linus Roache and Alison Doody star, with Jamie Draven, Lotte Verbeek, Clarke Peters, L. Scott Caldwell, and Will Rothhaar. Not surprisingly this looks instantly forgettable. Here's...

Wow! Here's a blast from the past that I haven't thought of in years! Today Netflix released the trailer for a new original film called Benji. This movie is based on a franchise of films that were made in the 70s and 80s. I completely forgot about these films until I saw this trailer pop up today and then all these memories came flooding back of watching those old-school Benji films.

There were nine Benji films made between 1974 and 1987 and they followed the adventures of a shaggy dog named Benji. In this latest film, Benji "comes to the rescue and helps heal a broken family when a young boy and his sister stumble into some serious danger."

My kids love dogs, so there's no doubt they are going to want to watch this. The movie was directed by Brand Camp (Love Happens) and the cast includes Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp,...

Everyone's favorite furry hero comes home. He's back!! Remember this dog? Netflix has unveiled the first teaser trailer for a reboot of the lovable dog movie Benji, about the furry hero who helps heal a family. Back in the 70s, the original Benji movie became a huge box office hit, opening in 1974 and becoming quite popular. Jason Blum produces this new update of Benji, which also stars the same kind of shaggy dog who helps out a family. The cast includes Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Kiele Sanchez, Jerod Haynes, Will Rothhaar, and Angus Sampson. This is just a teaser but it looks adorable, of course. Check it out. Here's the first teaser trailer for Brandon Camp's Benji, direct from Netflix's YouTube: A determined dog comes to the rescue and helps heal a broken family when a young boy and his sister stumble into some serious danger. Netflix's Benji...

After six years (or 42, from the point of view of its canine star), Brandon Camp’s Benji reboot has finally started filming. Camp—the son of Joe Camp, who directed the 1974 original—has assembled a cast that includes The Purge: Anarchy’s Kiele Sanchez, Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Will Rothhaar, Angus Sampson, Jerod Haynes, and, presumably, a pretty adorable dog.

Less authoritarian than Rin Tin Tin, more approachable than the haughtily aristocratic Lassie, Benji has traditionally been portrayed by scruffy mutts in his on-screen roles. The new Benji was apparently found in a Humane Society after being abandoned in a supermarket parking lot; now he’s on-set in New Orleans, working to foil kidnappings and bring the franchise back after a 12-year hiatus.

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Exclusive: Director Brandon Camp’s retelling of his father Joe Camp’s 1974 Benji movie has unveiled its cast including Kingdom and Purge: Anarchy actress Kiele Sanchez, Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Will Rothhaar, Angus Sampson and Jerod Haynes. Pic, which is already in production in New Orleans, La, also boasts renowned animal consultant Mark Forbes as head trainer whose work has been seen in such movies as We Bought a Zoo, Marley & Me and Dr. and Doctor Dolittle. Also…...

Last night, ABC dropped the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Castle" episode 8 of season 7, and it appears to be wicked intense and dramatic as a crazy gunman with a bomb holds up a subway with Esposito on it and a bunch understandably frightened passengers, and more! The episode is titled, "Kill Switch." In the new, 8th episode official plotline: "When subway passengers, including Detective Esposito, are taken hostage by a mysterious gunman, Castle, Beckett and the team will have to find out the gunman's agenda before it’s too late. " Guest stars feature: Will Rothhaar as Jared Stone, Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis, Nathan Anderson as Brent Reeves and Wendy Braun as Carol Jarvis. The episode was written by David Amann and it was directed by Jeannot Szwarc. Episode 8 is scheduled to air on Monday night, November 24th at 9pm central time on ABC.

Recently, ABC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Castle" episode 8 of season 7. The episode is entitled, "Kill Switch," and it sounds like things will get very drama-filled and mega intense as a crazy gunman holds up a subway that contains Esposito and a bunch of scared passengers, and more! In the new, 8th episode press release: When subway passengers, including Detective Esposito, are taken hostage by a mysterious gunman, Castle, Beckett and the team are going to have to uncover the gunman's agenda before it’s too late. Guest stars feature: Will Rothhaar as Jared Stone, Maya Stojan as Tory Ellis, Nathan Anderson as Brent Reeves and Wendy Braun as Carol Jarvis. The episode was written by David Amann and it was directed by Jeannot Szwarc. Episode 8 is set to air on Monday night, November 24th at 9pm central time on ABC.

Nick, Hank: Meet your new co-worker.

Will Rothhaar, who portrayed Lee Harvey Oswald in National Geographic Channel’s Killing Kennedy, is joining Grimm as a cop with a dark side, TVLine has learned.

Rothhaar’s Officer Acker will debut in Episode 8 of the NBC drama’s upcoming fourth season, and he’ll be around for at least three episodes.

He joins previously announced Season 4 guest stars Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black), Toni Trucks (Franklin & Bash) and Erick Avari (The Mentalist).

In addition to Killing Kennedy, Rothhaar’s TV resume includes stints on Reckless, Last Resort, Perception, CSI and Fringe.

The 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is on Nov. 22, and TV programming related to the anniversary will be hard to escape all month long.

Here's a rundown of some of the specials, movies and other retrospectives on JFK and his death that are airing in November. All times Eastern.

Friday, Nov. 8

"JFK: The Lost Bullet" (Nat Geo, 7 p.m.): Using remastered home movies from the scene of the Kennedy assassination, this hour-long special looks for evidence that may have been missed in earlier viewings.

"JFK: The Final Hours" (Nat Geo, 8 p.m.): Actor Bill Paxton, who as an 8-year-old saw Kennedy deliver one of his final speeches in Fort Worth, Texas, on the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, hosts this two-hour documentary retracing the final day of JFK's life via accounts of those who were with him.

"JFK: The Smoking Gun" (Reelz, 8 p.m.):...

It was a New York Times Bestseller and now Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Kennedy” is a record-setting ratings juggernaut for the National Geographic Channel.

According to a report, the second episode of the miniseries had 3.354 million viewers and a 1.1 rating among 25-45-year-olds.

“Kennedy” seems to have picked up where “Killing Lincoln” left off, as it too was a massive success for Ngc.

Starring Rob Lowe, Michelle Trachtenberg, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Will Rothhaar, “Killing Kennedy” will next air on November 15th on the National Geographic Channel.

The premiere of the TV-movie Killing Kennedy on Sunday night drew 3,354,000 total viewers, squeaking past last February’s Killing Lincoln (3.351 mil) to deliver National Geographic Channel’s largest audience ever.

What’s more, Kennedy’s 1.1 rating in the 25-54 demo marks the network’s best performance with that target since Lincoln, as well as a 175 percent improvement on the Sunday time slot’s 2013 average.

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“The success we saw last night proved once again that authentic, smart television can not only be entertaining, but also be important,...

“Killing Kennedy” brought in the highest total viewership in National Geographic Channel’s history, earning 3.4 million total viewers. The TV movie, which stars Rob Lowe as John F. Kennedy, Will Rothhaar as assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jackie Kennedy, earned a 2.8 household rating — the second highest in network history. Also read: ‘Killing Kennedy’s’ Will Rothhaar to Lee Harvey Oswald’s Ghost: ‘I Wish I Could Teach You How to Play Baseball’ “Killing Kennedy” was in the top 10 for total social mentions among all primetime cable programs last night across Trendrr and Social Guide,...

Scott Free and Bill O’Reilly‘s Killing movies are becoming a formidable franchise for National Geographic Channel. Last night, the second installment in the series, Killing Kennedy, pulled 3.354 million viewers and 1.1 rating in adults 25-54. Killing Kennedy edged the first movie, Killing Lincoln (3.351 million), in total viewers to record Ngc’s largest audience in history and tied Killing Lincoln‘s 1.1 25-45 rating, also an all-time record for the channel. In households, Killing Kennedy posted a 2.8 rating, second highest ever behind the documentary Inside 9/11. Additionally, Ngc says that #killingkennedy was the No. 1 trending topic in the U.S. during the telecast, with the network’s website experiencing record traffic. “Killing Kennedy demonstrated once again that our constant efforts to expand the type of programming National Geographic Channel presents is paying off,” said Ngc President Howard Owens. Killing Kennedy stars Rob Lowe (President Kennedy), Will Rothhaar (Lee Harvey Oswald), with Michelle Trachtenberg...

National Geographic's latest scripted foray, and second collaboration with Bill O'Reilly, falls short of a network record against substantial competition from the NFL and "The Walking Dead."

The National Geographic Channel continues to make strong strides into scripted programming.

Sunday night saw the network's second adaptation from Bill O'Reilly book, Killing Kennedy, average nearly 3.4 million viewers during its two-hour inaugural telecast. That puts it just a hair above the network's previous record viewership set by Killing Lincoln earlier this year. (Kennedy brought in 3,354,000, while Lincoln took 3,351,000.)

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The telepic, airing two weeks ahead of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, had substantial competition from the NFL and AMC's unstoppable The Walking Dead (12.2 million viewers at 9 p.m. Et). The 8 p.m. debut also earned a 1.1 rating with adults 25-54.

Killing Kennedy is just the latest effort in a big scripted push at the network.

In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, TV programming is going to be flooded with specials, movies and retrospectives on JFK's death. "Killing Kennedy," perhaps the highest-profile of the bunch, came to kick things off on Sunday (Nov. 10).

In the Nat Geo film, based on Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best-selling book, Rob Lowe stars as Kennedy, alongside Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy. Following Kennedy's final three years, things kick off in 1960, tracking the parallel stories of the ill-fated president and Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar). While JFK faces the the threat of Communism in Cuba, Oswald's in Russia, renouncing his American citizenship and meeting his wife, Marina (Michelle Trachtenberg). Eventually, their paths cross in a most horrific way, with the movie eschewing the multiple killers conspiracy that's commonly considered, instead presenting the assassination in the most traditional sense.

On Nov. 22, America and the world mark the 50th anniversary of one of the most momentous events of the 20th century, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

As it did last year with "Killing Lincoln," National Geographic Channel has turned to another best-seller by Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard to dramatize the occasion.

Premiering Sunday, Nov. 10, the docudrama version of "Killing Kennedy" follows the twin trajectories of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald until they meet on that fateful day in Dallas' Dealey Plaza.

Directed by Nelson McCormick from a script by Kelly Masterson, "Killing Kennedy" stars Rob Lowe as JFK, Ginnifer Goodwin as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald, Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald, Jack Noseworthy as Bobby Kennedy, Casey Siemaszko as Jack Ruby, Francis Guinan as Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Flood as Kennedy insider Kenneth O'Donnell.

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Many actors dream of playing a super hero or a knight in shining armor, but for Will Rothhaar, playing Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was right up his alley. "Oswald has always been vilified in a huge way but no one has gone in to intimate moments in his life. I was definitely eager to get in to it," Rothaar tells People of being cast as JFK's killer in the new National Geographic Channel movie Killing Kennedy. "It was fascinating to dig deep and find out things about him that I didn't know." In preparation for the film, which follows...

On TV this Sunday: National Geographic targets the JFK assassination, an Ugly Betty alum visits Revenge, Shake It Up takes a final bow and Bob’s Burgers add a taste of Community. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 11 programs to keep on your radar.

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8 pm Killing Kennedy (NatGeo) | Based on the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, this TV-movie follows President John F. Kennedy (Parks and Recreation’s Rob Lowe) and his ultimate assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar,...

Will Rothhaar knows Lee Harvey Oswald inside and out. He may not have been born to play the role in the National Geographic Channel’s ”Killing Kennedy,” but Rothhaar’s upbringing certainly made him a shoo-in. As a kid, he spent a lot of time in Dallas — the city where John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Oswald, the man Rothhaar portrays. Rothhaar’s grandparents lived there, so he estimates that he has been to Dealey Plaza — the site of the shooting — at least five times. The first time he went, his father took him up to Oswald’s sniper’s nest in the.

Will Rothhaar tackles the task of playing one of history's most reviled characters, Lee Harvey Oswald, in the upcoming TV movie, "Killing Kennedy," and the actor hopes his work will help shed light on the assassin's veiled humanity.

"He's always been vilified in this really huge way. He's always been two-dimensional," Will told Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Thursday's Access Hollywood Live. ...

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National Geographic Channel threw its West Coast premiere of “Killing Kennedy” at the Saban Theater Monday night, six days before the TV debut and a few weeks before the 50th anniversary of the infamous assassination. The TV movie, which stars Rob Lowe as JFK, Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy, Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald and Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald, was shot in just 18 days on an independent film budget, but feels much larger. Perhaps that’s the subject matter. Monday evening’s celebration mimicked a campaign party, down to the balloons and “Kennedy/Johnson” buttons and bumper stickers.

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Last evening I attended a rather remarkable event: the world premiere screening of the new highly-touted National Geographic Channel TV movie Killing Kennedy. (The program will be telecast on November 10.) What made the evening remarkable was the fact that, instead of premiering the film in a New York or L.A. prestigious venue, National Geographic in association with Cablevision, chose Greenbriar, a senior citizens community in the central New Jersey town of Marlboro. It seems the channel is taking a populist approach to publicizing their most prestigious productions and it was decided to premiere the Kennedy film before an audience of people who were alive during the events recounted on screen. Several politicos were on hand (there is an election in New Jersey next week, after all) including Jonathan Hornki, the mayor of Marlboro -who used some clout to get the event held at Greenbriar- and state...

“I love history,” Rob Lowe tells me, “because you know somebody didn’t make it up. It actually happened.” Sometimes, those historical events that actually happen are tragic in nature, occasionally to the point of impacting an entire nation. Such was the case with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963 — 50 years ago this month. As not only a student of history, but particularly as an admirer and voracious studier of Kennedy and the whole “Camelot” era, Lowe was drawn to his starring role as the iconic president in Killing Kennedy, premiering Nov. 10. The […]

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First look at Killing Kennedy! Us Weekly has an exclusive sneak peek at the poster art for the upcoming National Geographic Channel movie about the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy. One poster, created by pop culture artist Sam Spratt, shows Rob Lowe portraying the late president, looking somber with his head tilted down. In the background, in black and white, stands Kennedy's assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, played by Will Rothhaar, holding a gun. Killing Kennedy, a docudrama, chronicles the final years of Kennedy's life and is [...]...

“Deception has no friend.” A voice adds, “We grew up soldiers around here. Most don’t make it past 24. But I never thought it would come to this.” “Mission Park” begins with four friends as young boys around 11 years old. At that age there are marked differences emerging in their personalities, though they are all profanity-adept, street-smart wanna-be’s looking for ways to make a name for themselves. The violent crime that follows this introduction marks the kids for life. As they grow older their basic characters initially follow the mythological template that fate has sealed the destinies of all four and nothing can make any significant difference. Bobby Ramirez (Jeremy Ray Valdez) and Julian Medina (Will Rothhaar)...

We’re coming up to the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and National Geographic Channel is paying tribute to the late Commander-in-Chief with “Killing Kennedy.”

The new teaser trailer just hit the web, featuring Rob Lowe as JFK and Ginnifer Goodwin as his iconic wife Jackie Kennedy.

Also on the impressive cast are stars like Michelle Trachtenberg, Will Rothhaar, Jack Noseworthy, and Casey Siemaszko.

“Killing Kennedy,” due to hit the airwaves in November, is based on the bestselling novel by Bill O’Reilly and directed by Nelson McCormick.

Check out the trailer below!

"Killing Kennedy," which premieres November 10, 2013 on the National Geographic Channel, is the second in the network's series of original movies about major assassinations, executive produced by Ridley Scott and based on books by, yes, Bill O'Reilly. The first, "Killing Lincoln," premiered in February, but "Killing Kennedy" looks like a step up in terms of scale and production value -- it stars Rob Lowe as John F. Kennedy, Ginnifer Goodwin as Jackie Kennedy, Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald and Michelle Trachtenberg as his wife, Marina. We're approaching the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's death, and NatGeo's is only the most high profile of a series of specials on the event due out from various network. Does Lowe make for a convincing JFK?...

We knew that Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin looked the part of John and Jacqueline Kennedy in the National Geographic Channel's movie "Killing Kennedy." Now you can see them in action -- a little bit, anyway.

A trailer for the movie features impressionistic shots of Lowe and Goodwin in character, along with Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald and Michelle Trachtenberg as Oswald's wife, Marina. Lowe is the only speaker, and he does a credible vocal impression of JFK that serves as the voiceover for the trailer.

"Killing Kennedy," based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, is scheduled to premiere Nov. 10 -- 12 days before the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination -- on NatGeo. What do you think of the trailer?...

Rob Lowe features in the first trailer for the forthcoming drama Killing Kennedy.

The Parks and Recreation actor portrays former Us President John F Kennedy in the National Geographic Channel TV movie.

The project is an adaptation of Bill O'Reilly's historical book about Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Once Upon a Time actress Ginnifer Goodwin plays First Lady Jackie Kennedy in the film.

Produced by Ridley Scott, the movie also stars Will Rothhaar and Michelle Trachtenberg as Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald.

Killing Kennedy premieres on the National Geographic Channel on Sunday, November 10 in the Us, and at a date to be confirmed during November in the UK.

Based on the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, Nat Geo’s Killing Kennedy follows John F. Kennedy (Rob Lowe) and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar), in the final years of both their lives. And now, the first trailer for the TV movie shows Lowe behind the podium as Kennedy, delivering a speech about the “very dangerous and uncertain world” in which he lived.

The trailer also gives us glimpses of Ginnifer Goodwin as first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald. And, of course, a first glimpse at the bullet shell that nobody saw coming.

Rob Lowe is headed back to the West Wing — but not as Sam Seaborn.

In the first trailer for National Geographic Channel’s Killing Kennedy, an adaptation of newsman Bill O’Reilly’s historical narrative, the Parks and Recreation star portrays slain president John F. Kennedy, with Once Upon a Time‘s Ginnifer Goodwin as his wife Jacqueline.

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Killing Kennedy, produced by Ridley Scott, also stars Will Rothhaar and Michelle Trachtenberg as Lee Harvey and Marina Oswald. The movie is set to premiere Sunday, Nov. 10.

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Here's a trailer for the Rob Lowe–Ginnifer Goodwin National Geographic movie Killing Kennedy, based on the book by Bill O'Reilly. Last Resort's Will Rothhaar plays Lee Harvey Oswald, and Michelle Trachtenberg plays his wife Marina. Lowe is doing one hell of a Mayor Quimby–level accent, reminding all of us that "ah chances fih sihcurity, ah chances fih peace, ah bettah than they've been in the payast," but hey, that shot of the delicate pink pillbox hat sure is ominous. Kennedy airs November 10.

Today would have been the 60th wedding anniversary of John and Jackie Kennedy, and National Geographic Channel marked the occasion by announcing the premiere date for “Killing Kennedy” and unveiling a teaser trailer. The premiere will be for Sunday, Nov. 10 — 12 days prior to the 50th anniversary of the assassination. The teaser shows President Kennedy (Rob Lowe) delivering a speech on security and peace against slow-motion visuals: Jackie Kennedy (Ginnifer Goodwin) adjusting her iconic hat, Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar) readying his rifle, a Secret Serviceman running towards the motorcade as a single shell hits the ground. Also read: NFL Stars.

The festival season is in full swing which means you'll be beat about the head with movies bringing with them heavy themes, weighty ideas and possibly lengthy running times. And while that's generally right up our alley, sometimes you just need a taut little crime drama to take the edge off. Nothing flashy, but just delivering what's expected, and "Mission Park" could be the answer for those looking for just that. Written and directed by Bryan Anthony Ramirez and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Jesse Borrego, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Walter Perez, Fernanda Romero, Joseph Julian Soria, Will Rothhaar, Vivica A. Fox and Will Estes, the film follows four childhood friends — a pair who are rookie FBI agents, the two others part of an criminal organization — who find their past catching up with them, when the agents have to go undercover to bring down their pals. And in this exclusive clip, the plan is put into motion.

In Mission Park, the ambitions of four childhood friends land them on opposite sides of the law. Rookie FBI agents Bobby (Valdez) and Julian (Rothhaar) must go undercover and face their hidden pasts in an attempt to bring down their best friends' (Perez, Soria) criminal organization. This new poster joins the trailer and first poster we added recently for the film featuring Sean Patrick Flanety, Will Estes, Vivica A. Fox alongside stars Jeremy Ray Valdez, Will Rothhaar , Fernanda Romero, Walter Perez, Joseph Julian Soria and Jesse Borrego.

Check out the new teaser trailer and poster for the upcoming award-winning indie action-thriller Mission Park starring Jeremy Ray Valdez, Will Rothhaar, Walter Perez, Joseph Julian Soria, Vivica A. Fox and Sean Patrick Flanery.

In Mission Park, the ambitions of four childhood friends land them on opposite sides of the law. Rookie FBI agents Bobby (Valdez) and Julian (Rothhaar) must go undercover and face their hidden pasts in an attempt to bring down their best friends’ (Perez, Soria) criminal organization.

The film was written and directed by Bryan Ramirez, produced by Independent Spirit Award nominee Douglas Spain (Star Maps, HBO’s Band of Brothers), co-produced by David J. Phillips (Life Happens, Green Guys), and executive produced by national real estate mogul and former star of A&E’s ‘Flip This House’ Armando Montelongo. Spain and Phillips both have featured acting roles in the film as well. Mission Park is the...

We have the new trailer as well as the poster for Mission Park starring Jeremy Ray Valdez. Directed by Bryan Anthony Ramirez, the film from Armando Montelongo Productions opens in theaters on September 6th, 2013 and also includes Walter Perez, Fernanda Romero, Joseph Julian Soria, and Will Rothhaar, and features Vivica A. Fox, Will Estes, Sean Patrick Flanery and Jesse Borrego. In Mission Park, the ambitions of four childhood friends land them on opposite sides of the law. Rookie FBI agents Bobby (Valdez) and Julian (Rothhaar) must go undercover and face their hidden pasts in an attempt to bring down their best friends' (Perez, Soria) criminal organization.

San Antonio filmmaker Bryan Ramirez has dug filmmaking since he was a kid when he would spend time creating Ninja Maniacs (which I'm dying to see!). After graduating Full Sail Film School in Orlando, he stayed true to his roots and never did the 'Hollywood' thing. Instead he gathered friends in Tejas to make his first feature film debut, the award winning Mission Park which has had a successful festival run and got picked up by AMC Independent to be released in September. The crime drama stars Jeremy Ray Valdez (Walkout), Walter Perez (The Avengers), Fernanda Romero (Drag me to Hell), Joseph Julian Soria (Crank: High Voltage) and Will Rothhaar (Battle Los Angeles). It also features Vivica A. Fox, Will Estes and Sean Patrick Flanery. So, we asked Ramirez to tell us his 5 rules of making a film.

“It starts with the script, it speaks to you as you write it, let it tell the story. When writing and reading a script, the characters come to life, you see them, hear them and feel them. You have to be true to this when casting. If they offer you a big name but you don't think they'll fit your vision. They won't fit. There are other options and you must be adamant about who you want.”

“Your vision is your vision. You have be able to tell your story the way you want to tell it. It has to look and feel the way you want it to. Make sure you get a Dp who trusts your vision and assist you in bringing it to life. At the same time you have to trust your Dp, he may have an idea that will blow your mind.”

“Collaborate, but don't lose control of the set. You're the Director, a lot of times an actor will have an idea of how they want to bring a character. Hear them out, this just means that they are as deeply involved as you are and they will move mountains for you in order to bring the words to life.”

Watch the trailer for Mission Park

“Hire a seasoned Ad, and trust him 100%. Remember though, you set the pace of your crew, if you're excited to be there, know your shots, know your blocking, and know your story, they will all keep pace with you. The moment you lose control or show signs of confusion, don't know what you want or how to get it, you will lose your crews respect and the actors trust.”

“If you're just starting out and want to be a director, watch movies, a lot of movies. Then watch them with no sound, look at the shot selection, the actor's facial movement and body motions, the set, the props, even the lighting. How do all these elements help tell the story?"

For all the good stuff, check out: http://missionparkthemovie.com/

Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow @LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook.

"Killing Kennedy," based on the book by Bill O'Reilly, is set to premiere in November to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Kennedy. It's an important anniversary, of course, and one that seemed to be front of mind for the talent appearing to promote the move at the 2013 TCAs. Rob Lowe (President Kennedy), Ginnifer Goodwin (Jacqueline Kennedy), Will Rothhaar (Lee Harvey Oswald), Michelle Trachtenberg (Marina Oswald), Jack Noseworthy (Bobby Kennedy) and director Nelson McCormick and writer Kelly Masterson talked mastering iconic characters, Bill O'Reilly and "weird, bizarre details." When asked about the significance of the project, Lowe explained, "We don't have...

“Every president today talks like him,” Rob Lowe says. “They’re all like bad actors who do variations on that performance. … If we were in a corner I could do every president’s version of imitating President Kennedy.”

Lowe is on stage at the Beverly Hilton where he’s on a Television Critics Association press tour panel promoting Nat Geo’s Killing Kennedy, the movie version of Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s bestseller chronicling the final years of the president and his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar). The film’s debut later this year will coincide with...

Do you remember how adorable Michelle Trachtenberg was when she made her first appearance on Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Even years later, when she was doing more serious work on Gossip Girl, she still had that charming adorability. It was like she was incapable of ever truly growing up and becoming an adult. It didn’t help that she seemed to always be playing characters 10 years younger than she is, so perhaps all she needs is to play someone closer to her age. It seemed like an odd choice to cast her in the Nat Geo film Killing Kennedy. Again, that image I’ve had of her, as an eternal teenager, made it hard for me to see her in a film about President Kennedy’s assassination. It turns out I’m just a big fool.

At the first glimpse of Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald, I didn’t realize who I was looking at.

Fans of Michelle Trachtenberg from her "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Gossip Girl" days are in for a treat when she stars as Marina Oswald in the upcoming Nat Geo film "Killing Kennedy." The first picture of Trachtenberg as the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald has debuted and shows a different side of the fan-favorite actress.

Also hitting the web is an image of Will Rothhaar as Oswald himself. That image is a bit more loaded, as it shows Oswald readying his gun -- likely the one he would later use to kill John F. Kennedy.

Based on the book of the same name by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, "Killing Kennedy" also stars Rob Lowe as Kennedy and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy. It's due to premiere on Nov. 22.

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Georgina Sparks, is that you?! Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg is set to take on the role of Marina Oswald in Nat Geo's Killing Kennedy, a biopic chronicling the final years of President John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated him in 1963. A photo of Trachtenberg in character as Oswald's Russian immigrant wife has just been released, and the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress is almost unrecognizable in costume as a '60s housewife. Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard, Killing Kennedy stars Parks and Recreation star Rob Lowe as Kennedy, Once Upon a Time's Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy, and Will Rothhaar as Oswald. And it seems the...

Michelle Trachtenberg's retro, fresh-faced look is definitely a far cry from her Buffy the Vampire Slayer days. The former teen actress is proving her versatility in her role as Marina Oswald, wife of accused killer Lee Harvey Oswald, in an upcoming National Geographic Channel TV movie, Killing Kennedy.  The 27-year-old former Gossip Girl star will star opposite Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald, Rob Lowe as John F. Kennedy, and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy in the film, which chronicles the final years of Kennedy's life. In the [...]...

Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Michelle Trachtenberg looks the part of an early 1960s Texas housewife in Nat Geo’s Killing Kennedy. Below is a first-look pic of Trachtenberg playing Russian immigrant Marina Oswald, the wife of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald (Will Rothhaar, also below). Killing Kennedy chronicles the final years of John F. Kennedy and Oswald and is based on the book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (previously, we posted pics of Rob Lowe as JFK and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy). The film will debut in November.

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We've already seen early images of Rob Lowe as JFK and Ginnifer Goodwin as Jacqueline Kennedy in NatGeo's "Killing Kennedy" (currently filming), and now we have the other couple at the center of the story -- Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald and Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald. Do you think they measure up?  See the images below:  Michelle Trachtenberg as Marina Oswald on the set of National Geographic Channel's "Killing Kennedy," premiering this November. Photo credit:  National Geographic Channels/Kent Eanes  Will Rothhaar as Lee Harvey Oswald on the set of National Geographic Channel's "Killing Kennedy", premiering this November. Photo credit:  National Geographic Channels/Kent Eanes...

Michelle Trachtenberg looks very different in "Killing Kennedy."

The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alum plays Marina Oswald in the National Geographic Channel's TV movie about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In the film, which is slated to debut in November 2013, Will Rothhaar plays her husband Lee Harvey Oswald, Rob Lowe stars as JFK and "Once Upon a Time's" Ginnifer Goodwin plays Jackie Kennedy.

"We are thrilled to be working with Rob Lowe, Ginnifer Goodwin and Michelle Trachtenberg, three gifted artists whom have responded to this timely, authentic and entertaining material," Howard T. Owens, president of the National Geographic Channels, said in a statement. "With 'Killing Kennedy,' timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, National Geographic Channel continues to bring daring, culturally significant television events to our growing global audience."

The TV film is based on the book of the same name...