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Los Angeles, June 6 (Ians) Hollywood star Al Pacino is looking forward to becoming a father again at the age of 83.

The Academy Award-winning actor will welcome his fourth child into the world in just a few week’s as his 29-year-old girlfriend Noor Alfallah is eight months pregnant, his spokesperson has confirmed.

Now an insider close to Al has claimed that he has “always loved” being a dad so is looking forward to the new arrival. “Al loves being a father and always has. He is excited. Being a parent is and always was an important part of Al’s life,” the insider told People, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Al and 29-year-old Noor, who previously dated Sir Mick Jagger and billionaire Nicolas Berggruen, have been romantically linked since April 2022 when they were pictured having dinner together.

The “Scent of a Woman” actor previously explained he “gets a lot” out of fatherhood...

Los Angeles, May 31 (Ians) ‘Scarface’ actor, Al Pacino, 83, is expecting a baby with girlfriend Noor Alfallah, who is eight months pregnant.

He sparked romance rumours with Alfallah, 29, back in April 2022 when the two were seen leaving the Felix Restaurant in Venice, California, together, reports ‘E! News’.

Previously, Alfallah dated Mick Jagger for over a year until their 2018 breakup. She was later spotted with Clint Eastwood in 2019, but clarified to the Daily Mail that there was “no relationship” between her and Clint.

As for Pacino, he and former girlfriend Meital Dohan called it quits in 2020.

‘E! News’ further states that Pacino’s bundle of joy will join his three other children: He shares Julie Pacino, 33, with ex Jan Tarrant, as well as Anton Pacino, 22, and Olivia Pacino, 22, with ex Beverly D’Angelo.

The ‘Godfather’ star has maintained a close connection with his children, noting that he wanted to be different from his father,...

Al Pacino, 79, walked the red carpet with girlfriend, Meital Dohan, and teenage daughter, Olivia, on Thursday for his new movie The Irishman. Pacino has kept his love life and family life rather private over the years, and it was a rare occasion to see his two loved ones at the movie’s premiere in Hollywood, California. […]

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Cross-city transport unties people from different faiths, backgrounds.

Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Amos Gitai’s Venice 2018 award winner A Tramway In Jerusalem, featuring an ensemble that includes Mathieu Amalric.

The Israeli filmmaker’s latest feature is a multi-cultural drama exploring the cultural divides that separate the inhabitants of one of the world’s most iconic cities, as different religions mingle on the Light Rail Red Line of Jerusalem’s tramway that connects the city from East to West, from the Palestinian neighborhoods of Shuafat and Beit Hanina to Mount Herzl, site of Israel’s national cemetery.

Al Pacino seems to have a new lady in his life — one who is half his age.

The actor, 78, was photographed stepping out with Israeli actress Meital Dohan, 39, in West Hollywood, California, on Sunday while shopping for furniture at a Restoration Hardware store.

The former Weeds actress dressed up in a bright yellow skirt and a patterned top which she paired with pink sunglasses while Pacino was more subdued in an all-black ensemble.

Reps for both stars did not immediately respond to People’s request for comment.

The duo has been spending some time together on dinner dates over the last few months,...

Foreclosure, a thriller we were first to break the news on a bit ago, getting a release through Virgil Films, reports Screen Daily.  

Richard Ledes writes and directs, Michael Imperioli, Wendell Pierce, Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson star.

We spoke to Ledes exclusively about the project back in 2010.

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Virgil Films acquired the U.S. rights to Foreclosure, a Richard Ledes-directed horror film that stars Michael Imperioli, best known for his work in mob sagas The Sopranos and Goodfellas. This is the third distribution arrangement between Virgil Films and writer-director Ledes, following Fred Won’t Move Out and The Caller, which both starred Elliott Gould. Submarine’s Josh Braun made the deal with Virgil president Joseph Amodei. They’ll put it out VOD early next year. Ged Dickersin is producer and Joseph Infantolino is exec producer. Related: Toronto: Virgil Acquires Bloodworth Thomason’s ‘Bridegroom’ Imperioli plays a man who takes his father-in-law and son to Queens to to the house of a recently deceased relative. The neighborhood has been decimated by foreclosures, but they try to get a fresh start in the house. Then stuff starts happening. Spencer List, Bill Raymond, Wendell Peirce, Meital Dohan, Matt Servitto and David Costabile also star.

Mario Lopez was kissing women left and right last night ... but they weren't wife and baby mama Courtney Mazza!The "Extra" host was photographed getting hot and heavy with both "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Adrienne Maloof and singer Meital Dohan last night in L.A.But it was all for a good cause!The former "Saved by the Bell" star put his lips up for auction as part of a Have a Heart benefit for organ donor recipients.Meital reportedly dropped $5,000 for her kiss ... but that's nothing compared to Adrienne's bid. The reality star, who is currently dating Sean Stewart, apparently donated $25,000!Looking at the photo above, it looks like Maloof's kiss was open-mouth. Guess that's what another $20,000 gets you!And don't worry, Mario's wife signed off on the event -- she was right by his side for the bash!  Read more...

Even the most diehard indie music fans need to trade their flannels in for some glitz and glam. If wearing “glitter” is taking it too far than at least consider sprinkling it over your soul-searching playlists. Everyone needs to dance once in a while. So, hit that “virgin” territory with Meital Dohan’s song, “On Ya” (feat. Sean Kingston). Directed by RayKay (Britney Spears “Till The World Ends” / Lady Gaga “Pokerface”), the “On Ya” music video has garnered 2.5 million views and features a bedazzled Meital Dohan alongside rapper, Sean Kingston. Skydiving in a revealing gold attire, Dohan immediately showcases the alluring unpredictable characteristics of a pop princess. You think [ Read More ]

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The guest stars are piling up for Season 2 of "Girls," and Colin Quinn is the latest name on the HBO show's radar.

Though details of his role are still unknown, the "Saturday Night Live" alum took to twitter to make the announcement. "Girls" producer Judd Apatow later tweeted a photo of Quinn on set with Lena Dunham.

My favorite @girlshbomoment! @lenadunham @campsucks @iamcolinquinn twitter.com/JuddApatow/sta…

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) September 5, 2012

Other guest stars for Season 2 of "Girls" include Rita Wilson and Patrick Wilson.

In other casting news...

Rob Riggle is another Schmidt on "New Girl." "The Daily Show" alum will guest star on Season 2 of the Fox hit as Schmidt, Schmidt's (Max Greenfield) competitive cousin and rival. [TVLine]

Meital Dohan is on her way back to "Weeds." The Israeli actress is returning to the Showtime series as Yael Hoffman, Andy Botwin's (Justin Kirk) former love interest and the head of a rabbinical school.

On Sunday, Israeli-born Meital Dohan returns on the 100th episode of Showtime’s Weeds for the first time since 2006 as Yael Hoffman, the head of a rabbinical school who is pursued by Andy Botwin, with whom she shared a controversial scene six years ago that involved her use of a strap-on in a sex scene. Photos: Behind the Scenes: Weeds Now in the second to last episode of the long-running series, her character will return, and according to a teaser for the show, Yael will not even remember being with Andy, who is played by Justin Kirk.

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Chicago – With so many unfaithful weiners crowding the daily news cycle, I suppose it’s as appropriate a time as any for a film like Dana Adam Shapiro’s “Monogamy.” As in the over-publicized Anthony Weiner case, the infidelity in Shapiro’s film never actually takes place. Instead of physical contact, the affair takes place entirely within the obsessive mind of a sexually frustrated voyeur.

Unfortunately, the voyeur is played by Chris Messina, a good actor who seems oddly incapable of garnering audience empathy. Every time his face shows up on the screen, I’m suddenly filled with the intense desire to punch it. Perhaps my reaction is simply due to the fact that Messina has delivered multiple memorable portrayals of oafish, self-absorbed masculinity. He played the allegedly lovable boyfriend in “Julie & Julia,” who devoured his wife’s carefully prepared dishes with all the etiquette of a slovenly swine.

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Monogamy - DVD Review

Color me surprised at how much I liked this film.

At first glance you could see a movie about a photographer who takes clandestine pictures of clients who pay to be shot in the wild, an odd subset of humans who need to see what it’s like to be shown in their natural territory, as something Hitchcock would cook up when one of the clients takes it up a notch and gets a little freaky deekey, having a penchant for voyeurism.

Purposely antagonizing the guy, the sexualized client and photog share in a relationship that isn’t so much physical as it is cerebral. As, you see, the guy is getting married to Rashida Jones, a woman...

Monogamy, the new drama directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball), will be released on DVD on June 14 by Oscilloscope Laboratories. The film stars Rashida Jones (The Social Network) and Chris Messina (Greenberg).

Rashida Jones and Chris Messina attempt to follow the rules of Monogamy.

In the movie, Messina plays wedding photographer Theo, who lives a comfortable life in Brooklyn with his budding musician fiancee Nat (Jones). Thoroughly bored with his day job and increasingly anxious about his upcoming wedding, Theo embarks upon a risky and adventurous side project: He’s hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos as they go about their days. Things go smoothly until a sexy new customer’s (Meital Dohan, TV’s Weeds) very public exhibitionism sparks an obsession in Theo. As he captures her day and night, the woman’s mysterious trysts and illicit behavior send him reeling, forcing him to...

In Monogamy, Chris Messina plays Theo, a burnt out wedding photographer who starts a side job that involves photographing clients in a more natural, unaware surrounding. When one of his clients with the provocative handle "Subgirl" (Meital Dohan) shows up for her session and puts on quite a show, it leads Theo down a road of obsession that puts a strain on his current engagement to Nat (Rashida Jones). Movieline sat down with Messina to discuss the dark twists of Monogamy, an audition outburst that led to him being banned for life from the future work of The Sopranos' David Chase, and why it was unfair that Devil got caught up in the stink left over from M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.

Dana Adam Shapiro's Tff '10 alum pins an elusive seductress against a relationship on the brink. Catch it on VOD tomorrow and in theaters March 11! After winning the Tff 2010 award for Best NY Narrative feature, Dana Adam Shapiro's (Oscar-nommed Murderball) Brooklyn-based drama returns home for another run. Tribeca Film Festival programmer Roya Rastegar on Monogamy: Thirtysomethings Theo (Chris Messina) and Nat (Rashida Jones) are engaged to be married. They live what seems to be on all counts a comfortable life of love, music, and laughter in their cozy Brooklyn apartment. But Theo is bored with his job as a wedding photographer - the generic backgrounds, the artificial posing, the stilted newlyweds - so he develops the unconventional side business "Gumshoot," a service where clients hire him to secretly stalk them with his camera. When he is called out on a job to snap pics of an exhibitionist...

The narrative feature debut from Murderball co-director Dana Adam Shapiro, Monogamy was well received when it premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and even better received at the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards, where it's garnered a nod [1] for Best First Screenplay. The film follows a bored Brooklyn-based photographer (Chris Messina) who, amidst doubts about getting married to his fiancée (Rashida Jones), develops an unconventional side business where clients hire him to stalk them with his camera. It's described as [2] marrying "a mystery-thriller with a slice-of-life relationship drama to present a marvelously observed portrait of masculinity in crisis in the face of its own fantasies and fears of commitment". Check out the trailer after the break. I've been wondering when we'd see Chris Messina get a challenging lead role, and this looks like it may be it. The guy has great screen presence, and as affable as he is playing the 'nice...

Oscillope Pictures has released a movie trailer and poster for Dana Adam Shapiro‘s indie thriller Monogamy starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones, Zak Orth, Ivan Martin, Sarah Burns and Meital Dohan.

Synopsis: Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Jones) and thoroughly bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Messina) establishes a hobby: he’s hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos of them as they go about their days. Things go smoothly until a sexy new customer’s exhibitionism leads to an all-consuming obsession. As Theo shoots her day and night, the woman’s mysterious public trysts send him reeling, forcing him to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home.

Monogamy will hit limited theaters in the U.S. on March 11, 2011.

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The film selection at the Tribeca Film Festival tends to be pretty hit-or-miss, but one of the movies from last year that I really enjoyed was Monogamy, the narrative feature debut from Murderball documentarian Dana Adam Shapiro, and starring Chris Messina in a role that really gets away from his cuddly good-guy parts in Six Feet Under and Julie & Julia. He stars as a Brooklyn-based photographer who becomes obsessed with a mysterious, exhibitionist blonde (Meital Dohan) after receiving a mysterious work assignment; all the while he's growing distant from his fiancee (Rashida Jones) and having doubts about this entire commitment to marriage. The film isn't perfect but definitely interesting, well-photographed and well-acted-- and if you're a resident of modern, wealthy Brooklyn, kind of interesting as a hometown effort. Oscilloscope picked up Monogamy at Tribeca last year and will release the film starting March 11. Check out the trailer below or in...

Oscilloscope have released the first official trailer and poster for indie drama Monogamy.

Directed by Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball), Monogamy stars Rashida Jones (My Idiot Brother), Chris Messina (Like Crazy), Meital Dohan (Weeds), Zak Orth (The Other Guys) and Ivan Martin (Fighting).

Monogamy will be released in the Us on March 11.

Increasingly anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Jones) and thoroughly bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Messina) establishes a hobby: he’s hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos of them as they go about their days. Things go smoothly until a sexy new customer’s exhibitionism leads to an all-consuming obsession. As Theo shoots her day and night, the woman’s mysterious public trysts send him reeling, forcing him to confront uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home.

Check out the trailer and poster below:

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Here is the first trailer for Monogamy from director Dana Adam Shapiro (Oscar-nominated Murderball). The film stars Chris Messina (Devil, Greenberg) and Rashida Jones (The Social Network, Parks and Recreation).

Synopsis:

Exhibitionism, voyeurism, jealousy, lust. Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo’s (Chris Messina) side business shooting surveillance-style photos of clients on the sly takes an unexpected turn—and creates a rift with his fiancée (Rashida Jones)—when he’s hired by a provocative mystery woman (Meital Dohan). The first narrative feature from Oscar®-nominated director Dana Adam Shapiro (Murderball), Monogamy fuses an absorbing mystery-thriller and a taut relationship drama.

The film was shot entirely on location in Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan at sites such as The Brooklyn Social Bar in Carroll Gardens, the Jalopy Theater in Red Hook, at a loft in the Navy Yard, at the Delancey Street tennis courts, in Prospect Park, and on the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Who are you watching? Oscilloscope Pictures has debuted the official trailer on Apple (via The Film Stage) for the indie thriller Monogamy, starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones and Meital Dohan. Messina plays a photographer, and Jones his wife; things go very weird when a mysterious woman hires him to take surveillance photos. I like seeing Messina in strong lead roles, he's an underrated actor, but this has such a dark, mysterious vibe to it. It reminds me of the creepiness in One Hour Photo or Hard Candy or something like that. The Playlist also just debuted the very stylistic poster for this indie. Check out the trailer below! Watch the official trailer for Dana Adam Shapiro's Monogamy: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/Monogamy-officialtrailergood.mp4 http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/Monogamy-officialtrailergood.jpg 598 316] You can also watch the Monogamy trailer in High Definition on Apple Brooklyn wedding photographer Theo's side business shooting surveillance shots of clients on the sly takes an unexpected turn—and...

Indie Roundup is your weekly guide to what's new and upcoming in the world of independent film. Pictured above: Chris Messina and Rashida Jones in Monogamy.

Opening / Expanding. A different (?) kind of war doc, a frothy comedy, and a space doc highlight the limited releases opening and/or expanding this weekend.

The Tillman Story. Professional football player volunteers to fight terrorists and is killed by friendly fire. Mao's Last Dancer. Chinese ballet dancer heads to Houston, discovers romance and a burning desire for freedom. Soul Kitchen. From director Fatih Akin (Head On, The Edge of Heaven) comes a light comedy. The Army of Crime. A poet leads a clandestine battle against Nazi occupation. Happythankhyoumoreplease. Josh Radnor's debut comedy: young people, relationships, New York City. Altiplano. Riot in a Andean village brings things to a boil for a married couple. Breathless. Jean-Luc Godard's new wave classic continues; now in 6 theaters.

Dana Adam Shapiro blasted onto the scene with Murderball, a Sundance doc about fear-less wheelchair warriors consumed by a modified full-contact sport of rugby. His first narrative feature film Monogamy, which just got picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories, is described as a cautionary tale about sex, photography, and fear of marriage. I found this clip on the filmmaker's site that sees actress Rashida Jones totally nail it - love her character's response. Here's the synopsis on the film which Oscilloscope will peg with a 2011 date - and below is a Youtube clip of premiere night at the Tribeca Film Festival which may contain some spoilers. Co-written by Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener, anxious about his impending marriage to Nat (Jones) and thoroughly bored with his day job as a wedding photographer, Theo (Chris Messina) establishes a hobby: he's hired by clients to clandestinely snap voyeuristic photos of them as they go about their days.

Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced that it has acquired Us rights to Dana Adam Shapiro's (director of award-winning doc "Murderball"), narrative feature film debut "Monogamy," starring Chris Messina, Rashida Jones and Meital Dohan. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April where it won the Best New York Narrative Award. Oscilloscope will release the film theatrically in early 2011. As described by Oscilloscope: "Increasingly anxious about his ...

Exclusive: Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories has closed a U.S. rights deal for Monogamy, the narrative film directing debut of Dana Adam Shapiro which stars Chris Messina (Julie & Julia), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) and Meital Dohan (Weeds). Shapiro, best known for directing the documentary Murderball, brought the film to the Tribeca Film Festival for its world premiere. It won the Best New York Narrative Award. Oscilloscope will release the pic in early 2011. A wedding photographer (Messina) eases his anxiety about his impending marriage by establishing a hobby in which he's hired by clients to shoot clandestine photos of them. He becomes obsessed with one of those clients, a sexy exhibitionist (Dohan) he begins stalking day and night. What he sees leaves him confronting uncomfortable truths about his sex life at home. Submarine repped the Us rights.

Michael Imperioli ("The Sopranos") will star in the indie horror-thriller "Foreclosure." He joins a cast that includes Wendell Pierce ("Treme," "The Wire"), Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson.According to Variety, writer-director Richard Ledes ("A Hole in One," "The Caller") begins shooting next week in Queens, New York. The ghost-themed film, inspired by the mortgage crisis, is set on a neighborhood block in which almost every house sits empty and bank-owned."Foreclosure" is produced by Ged Dickersin ("City Island") and co-produced by Lila Yomtoob. Imperioli recently appeared in Peter Jackson.s "The Lovely Bones."...

Michael Imperioli has joined the indie supernatural horror-thriller "Foreclosure" for Submarine reports Variety.

Penned and directed by Richard Ledes ("A Hole in One," "The Caller"), the story is set on a neighborhood block in which nearly every house sits vacant and bank-owned.

Wendell Pierce ("Treme"), Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson also star.

Ged Dickersin ("City Island") produces. Filming kicks off next week in Queens.

Michael Imperioli has been cast as the lead in writer-director Richard Ledes' horror-thriller "Foreclosure."

The former "Sopranos" star joins Wendell Pierce, Bill Raymond, Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson in the creeper.

With a tagline of "ghosts don't move out," "Foreclosure" sets its action in a nearly empty, economically depressed neighborhood block, amid the real-life context of the mortgage crisis where so many homes are bank-owned.

Ged Dickersin ("City Island") is producing the project, which Ledes will begin shooting in Queens next week.

"Michael Imperioli is a great actor with a deep understanding of filmmaking," said Ledes. "Like a jazz ensemble, I can't imagine a better artist to join the two cats with whom I've had the privilege to work previously and who are back for 'Foreclosure': Wendell Pierce and Bill Raymond."

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ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Michael Imperioli ( The Lovely Bones , "The Sopranos") will star in writer/director Richard Ledes' horror-thriller Foreclosure . Imperioli joins a cast that includes Ledes regulars Wendell Pierce ("The Wire") and Bill Raymond ( Michael Clayton ), as well as Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson. The film is about a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart. Shooting starts next week and you can keep track of the production at GhostsDontMoveOut.com .

Writer-director Richard Ledes announced that Michael Imperioli ( The Lovely Bones ) will star in his new horror-thriller Foreclosure . Imperioli joins a cast that includes Ledes regulars Wendell Pierce ( The Wire ) and Bill Raymond ( Michael Clayton ), as well as Jeff Burchfield, Meital Dohan, Brandon Gill, Spencer List, Tristan Laurence Perez, William Stone Mahoney and Roger Robinson. We spoke to Ledes about his project here . With an early tagline of "ghosts don't move out" and set on a neighborhood block in which nearly every house sits vacant and bank-owned, Ledes' screenplay is inspired by the contemporary mortgage crisis but is also infused with a dark sense of distinctly American socio-economic history - a history that may be about to repeat itself....

Dana Adam Shapiro is a bit of a slut -- artistically speaking, that is. An Oscar-nominated documentarian for "Murderball" and an acclaimed novelist ("The Every Boy"), in addition to forays into animation, music and still photography following a stint as an editor at Spin magazine, Shapiro had already achieved plenty before taking home the prize for Best New York Film at this year's Tribeca Film Festival for his narrative debut. "Monogamy" centers on Theo (Chris Messina), a soon-to-be married photographer with a side career as a "photostalker" for hire. He's employed by strangers to snap them when they are unaware of the camera, leading to an arousing encounter with one of his clients (Meital Dohan) in a public park, a mystery surrounding who she is and whether he could commit to a lifetime with his fiancée (Rashida Jones).

With the kicky, voyeuristic tension of DePalma's "Blow Out" and the artistic thrills of Antonioni's "Blow-Up,...

There are actually very few films at the Tribeca Film Festival that are filmed in the city where the festival takes place, and even fewer that boast well-known actors and are actually any good. Somehow Monogamy manages to be both, a film set in modern gentrified Brooklyn and starring Chris Messina and Rashida Jones as a couple on the verge of marriage, comfortable and in love but maybe not as perfect as they could. Messina's character is the center of the film, a photographer who becomes obsessed with one of his subjects (Meital Dohan), a mysterious woman who as free with her sex life as he feels constricted in his own. You can read more of my take on Monogamy in my review here, then check out the conversation I had with Messina, Dohan and the film's director Dana Adam Shapiro, who previously made his mark as a documentarian with...

Sony Pictures web comedy .Woke Up Dead., starring Jon Heder, Josh Gad, Krysten Ritter and Wayne Knight has introduced Meital Dohan to the cast. Meital graduated from Nissan Nativ, Israel.s prestigious acting school, and has starred in many theater, television and film productions. She earned Israeli Oscar nominations for her performances in "God.s Sandbox" and "Giraffes," and turned out a great performance in a comedy role in "Ugliest Esti"- the Israeli Ugly Not just a looker, Meital penned scripts and starred in the Israeli television show "Screen Warriors." She has written several plays, which have been performed in both Israel and New York, including the original revue "Love and Sex on the High Holidays" with well-known Israeli singer...

It's not exactly coincidence that today's launch of Sony's zombie comedy web seriesWoke Up Dead comes on the heels of the company's box-office-winning $25 million opening weekend for Zombieland. In fact it was pretty much by design. With its debut on Crackle today, the Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) led comedy is the latest example of how the studios are starting the work their digital properties into the synergistic business mix, capitalizing on buzz from one property to drive interest in another. The series is touted as the tentpole of Crackle's fall lineup, one that is slimmed down from previous seasons to feature just a handful of premium, more polished online series from Sony Pictures Television. It's the latest from online creative shop Electric Farm Entertainment, the guys behind web series like NBC's Gemini Division and more recently MTV's Valemont. Heder stars as a six-year USC grad turned office drone, Drex Greene,...

Woke Up Dead is a new live-action zombie comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment appearing on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network, Crackle.com. The original online series stars comedian Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory), Josh Gad (Back to You, The Rocker), Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, 27 Dresses), Jean Smart (24, Samantha Who?) and Wayne Knight (Seinfeld). Woke Up Dead, marks Heder's first foray into the world of web programming and takes place in various locations around Los Angeles, California. The story of Woke Up Dead follows Drex Greene (Heder), a regular recent college grad who finds himself undergoing an inexplicable transformation that begins when he wakes up at the bottom of a water-filled bathtub. Drex’s roommate Matt, who has been eagerly filming his demise, informs him that he’s easily (and inhumanly) been underwater for more than a half-hour. As he starts to develop zombie-like tendencies, Drex finds...

Napoleon Dynamite himself, Jon Heder, will headline a new web series, Woke Up Dead, about a young man who finds himself plagued by ever worsening zombie-like symptoms.

According to the press release: Heder stars as Drex Greene, a regular recent college grad who finds himself undergoing an inexplicable transformation that begins when he wakes up at the bottom of a water-filled bathtub. Drex’s roommate Matt, who has been eagerly filming his demise, informs him that he’s easily (and inhumanly) been underwater for more than a half-hour. As he starts to develop zombie-like tendencies, Drex finds it increasingly difficult to focus on his new job and his love life, so he enlists the help of two friends, Cassie and Matt, to help him uncover the truth about the peculiar changes he is experiencing. In the process, Drex meets his match – an exotic beauty named Aurora – who may hold the...

Indican Pictures has acquired all North American rights to Doran Eran's God's Sandbox, a Muslim/Israeli love story, which was nominated for three Israeli Academy Awards, including best actress (Meital Dohan), best actor (Juliano Merr) and best cinematography. The film will be released July 29 in Los Angeles and New York. The deal was brokered at the Karlovy Film Festival, where the film had itss European premiere, by producer Yoav Halevy and Randolph Kret on behalf of Indican.

Indican Pictures has acquired all North American rights to Doran Eran's God's Sandbox, a Muslim/Israeli love story, which was nominated for three Israeli Academy Awards, including best actress (Meital Dohan), best actor (Juliano Merr) and best cinematography. The film will be released July 29 in Los Angeles and New York. The deal was brokered at the Karlovy Film Festival, where the film had itss European premiere, by producer Yoav Halevy and Randolph Kret on behalf of Indican.