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The Becomers: "Forced to flee their dying planet, two body-snatching alien lovers arrive separately on Earth. Determined to find each other, the aliens jump from body to body, but they quickly learn that it's not easy to inhabit their new, fleshy hosts, and that life in modern-day America is more complicated than they could have ever imagined."

"Writer/director Zach Clark’s acclaimed sci-fi genre-bender The Becomers kicks off its U.S. theatrical release on Friday, August, 23rd and arrives on VOD in North America on Tuesday, September 24th. The film will open in New York on August 23rd at Cinema Village, in Los Angeles on August 30th at Lumiere Music Hall, and in Chicago on September 13th at Music Box Theatre, with more cities listed below.

The latest film from the celebrated American indie filmmaker, the visually striking and outrageously plotted film reverberates with the pulse of politics...

Taissa Farmiga, an American actress, was born on August 17, 1994. She hails from Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, and is the younger sister of actress Vera Farmiga. Known for her appearances in numerous horror films, she has gained recognition as a prominent scream queen.

Encouraged by her sister, Farmiga embarked on her acting career by making her debut in Vera Farmiga’s film, Higher Ground (2011). Subsequently, she gained prominence for her work on the anthology series American Horror Story, where she starred in the seasons Murder House (2011), Coven (2013–2014), Roanoke (2016), and Apocalypse (2018). In her early film roles, she appeared in the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), the crime drama The Bling Ring (2013), and the psychological thriller Mindscape (2013), which marked her first leading role.

Farmiga received praise for her performances in the comedy slasher film The Final Girls (2015) and the drama films 6 Years (2015) and Share (2015), all of which premiered at South by Southwest. These...

Horror Feature “My (Best Friend’S) Head Exploded” to Premiere in June: "Writer/Director Scott Bryan’s puppet-filled existential horror feature, “My (Best Friend’S) Head Exploded,” will have its two-weekend world premiere this June.

“My (Best Friend’s) Head Exploded” is a rebellious, existential, terrifyingly messy puppet feature made out of material things by actual people. It tells the story of Lydia, a coming-of-ageless vampire forced to deal with the loss of her best friend, Sam, after the pair conjures a moment of complete clarity which causes Sam’s head to explode.

In the aftermath, Lydia must contend with old ghosts, generational trauma, oppressive authority figures, and the confusing fear of infinity to set reality right and save her own sanity.

“I love making weird stuff that a studio would be afraid of and a computer couldn’t replicate,” Bryan said.

The film will show at the Salem Witch Board Museum in Salem,...

Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to “The Becomers,” a genre-bending comedy written and directed by Zach Clark. The company will launch the film at the Marche Du Film in Cannes this week. “The Becomer” tells the story of a body-snatching alien who comes to Earth, reconnects with their partner, and tries to find their way in modern America.

“During the pandemic, I binged the original ‘Star Trek’ series for the first time and then I made this movie” Clark said about his latest film. “It felt like life as we knew it was ending, but then again, it also felt like that might not be the worst thing either. ‘The Becomers’ is a story of love, longing, and alienation. A kitsch-soaked, pathos-laden melodrama about our sad, sad planet. It’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever made and I can’t think of anyone better than Yellow Veil...

The Sopranos creator David Chase is getting into business with FX.

Chase and A Teacher creator Hannah Fidell are co-writing and co-creating a drama for the Disney-owned outlet. Details are being kept quiet, but it’s based on a previously unproduced script of Chase’s, with a contemporary take by Fidell.

FX Productions is behind the project, which has a pilot commitment. Fidell will also direct; Chase, Fidell and Chase Films’ Nicole Lambert are executive producing.

The project landing at FX is something of a surprise considering Chase signed a five-year, first-look TV and film deal with Warner Bros. Discovery in October 2021, as his Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark was being released.

The Sopranos, of course, is considered among the greatest TV dramas of all time and won 21 Emmys during its 1999-2007 run on HBO, including two best drama honors and three writing awards for Chase. Since the show’s end,...

Exclusive: Alice Lee (Our Man from Jersey) is set to co-produce and star in the darkly comedic thriller Samson, from director Ruth Du (The Deadliest Lie). She’ll be joined in the indie’s ensemble by Will Brittain (Blow the Man Down), Emilio Garcia Sanchez (The Society) and newcomer Ryan Dance.

The film written by Du and David Harry Yoon follows a recently broken up couple (Lee and Dance) who are forced to work together when they are kidnapped by two masked men (Brittain and Sanchez). Pic’s producers are Ashlee Cohen and Claire Brooks.

Lee recently wrapped a role alongside Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry in Netflix’s action-thriller Our Man from Jersey, and previously shared the screen with Jillian Bell in Amazon’s Brittany Runs a Marathon, which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The actress was most recently seen on the TV side in...

Exclusive: Dorian Missick (Shirley), Pamela Reed (Outside In), Amanda Warren and Jim Klock (The Underground Railroad) will round out the cast of Prime Video’s The Burial, which is currently in production.

They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie and Bill Camp.

Based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, The Burial follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.

Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright.

Exclusive: Derek Nguyen, the award-winning writer, director and producer behind horror-romance The Housemaid (Cô Hầu Gái), has signed with Cinetic Media for management.

The Vietnamese American multihyphenate’s first feature follows an orphaned Vietnamese girl who is hired to be a housemaid at a haunted rubber plantation in French Indochina during the 1950s. IFC Films released it in theaters in 2016.

Nguyen also is producing an American adaptation of The Housemaid called Grave Hill from director Deon Taylor, which is slated for production this year, having penned the script with Oscar winner Geoffrey Fletcher. He exec produced the Tribeca-premiering thriller Catch the Fair One with Darren Aronofsky and has served as an associate producer on titles including The Long Dumb Road, The Tale, Buster’s Mal Heart, Lovesong and Addicted to Fresno. He is also a partner at the production company The Population with Mynette Louie.

Nguyen was a fellow at...

Hannah Fidell, creator of Kate Mara drama A Teacher, is staying in business with FX.

The writer, director and producer has struck a first-look deal with FX Productions.

It comes after her FX on Hulu miniseries, which also starred Nick Robinson, launched in November. The series is based on her indie drama, which was her feature film directorial debut.

Othe projects include Tony Revolori and Jason Mantzoukas roadtrip comedy The Long Dumb Road, which was released by Universal Pictures in 2018, and 6 Years, a romantic drama released by Netflix. She also directed episodes of Hulu’s The Act and Casual and Facebook’s Sorry For Your Loss. She is also directing an episode of Hulu’s Pam & Tommy.

“Working with Hannah on A Teacher has been incredibly rewarding, creatively and personally, and it’s only the latest example of her ability to excel as a storyteller and producer,” said Gina Balian,...

“A Teacher” creator, writer, director and executive producer Hannah Fidell has signed a first-look deal with FX Productions. Fidell made her feature directorial debut with the independent drama “A Teacher,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, before adapting it into a limited series for FX on Hulu.

“Working with Hannah on ‘A Teacher’ has been incredibly rewarding, creatively and personally, and it’s only the latest example of her ability to excel as a storyteller and producer,” Gina Balian, president of original programming at FX, said in a statement. “Under this new agreement, we are now able to directly support Hannah’s vision for new series that will draw on her considerable skills and artistry.”

FX Networks ordered “A Teacher” in 2019 as a 10-part show starring Kate Mara and Nick Robinson. It was the number one series on Hulu for five of its eight-week run and, per the company,...

Indie filmmaker Hannah Fidell is circling back to her roots. While she has made relationship dramas like “6 Years,” the Netflix comedy, “The Long Dumb Road,” and directed plenty of TV, her latest project is the most ambitious of her career. It’s a remake and reimagining of her own work, her 2013 directorial debut “A Teacher,” about a female teacher who has an affair with one of her students and the implosion of those events.

Continue reading Hannah Fidell Talks ‘A Teacher,’ With Kate Mara, Writing A New ‘Euphoria’ Meets’ ‘House Of Cards’ Series & More [Deep Focus Podcast] at The Playlist.

After writing for Silicon Valley and Eastbound and Down, as well as scripting The Long Dumb Road, Carson Mell has written, directed, and starred in a new feature titled Some of Our Stallions. Also led by Al Di and Olivia Taylor Dudley, with appearances by Tim Heidecker, David Zellner, and Mike Judge, the first trailer has arrived ahead of a July 2 release.

The oddball buddy comedy follows Beautiful Bill & Andy, newly released from a mandatory stint at a mental hospital, who are best friends. With their sanity still slipping, they attempt to reintegrate back into society by meeting like-minded women at a nearby mental health facility. With his writing experience, Mell currently has a strong grasp at dark comedy, so hopefully he succeeds in what looks like a tricky tonal balance.

See the trailer and poster below.

Some of Our Stallions opens in theaters and VOD on July 2.

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Carson Mell was a legit Sundance discovery and perhaps we can call him an actual triple threat as he premiered his first three shorts in three consecutive editions – an impressive and rare feat that we believe only Robert Machoian might have recently accomplished. After 2007’s Bobby Bird: The Devil in Denim, 2008’s Chonto and 2009’s Field Notes from Dimension X: Oasis, Mell’s directorial debut Another Evil landed at SXSW while The Long Dumb Road, a project he co-wrote with Hannah Fidell was a Sundance entry in 2018. If selected for Sundance, his second feature film titled Some of Our Stallions would be among the most prepped in post production items as filming took place way back in February of 2019 in Vancouver.…...

Exclusive: Tony Revolori has signed with WME for representation.

He first came to the attention of audiences and critics with his breakout performance as Zero, the scene-stealing lobby boy in Wes Anderson’s Oscar-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel. The film also starred Ralph Fiennes, Adrien Brody, Bill Murray and Edward Norton and not only over performed at the box-office but went on to land nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture.

He can currently be seen in M. Night Shymalan’s Apple TV+ series Servant, which also stars Toby Kebbell, Lauren Ambrose and Rupert Grint. On the film side, he was recently seen reprising his role of Flash Thompson in Spider-Man: Homecoming after first appearing in Spider-Man: Far From Home, both directed by Jon Watts for Marvel and Sony. Other films include Rick Famuyiwa’s Sundance hit Dope, Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road, the Sundance Audience Award-winning drama Umria...

July has been a nice experience so far for anyone with a streaming service subscription. Nearly every platform has offered exceptional new content to watch, and as usual, Netflix leads the pack with some of the best new movies and shows available.

Subscribers have already been treated to the underrated epic Cloud Atlas, Adam Sandler’s often forgotten I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and emotional boxing tale Million Dollar Baby, among many, many others. And now, today brings even more new stuff to add to your binge list.

First up, Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori star in the 2018 comedy The Long Dumb Road, and the title alone pretty much covers what this road trip flick is about. Critics praised the duo’s chemistry when the film released, and it currently sits at a fairly decent 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. So, if you’re in the mood for a humorous...

Every year, movies are being produced at faster rates and in greater quantity, and that’s thanks – in part – to streamers like Netflix. Because of their business strategy, customers can now watch thousands of films for the same price as a single cinema ticket. As such, the entertainment appetite of the American public has been growing stronger with each passing season. To that end, here’s an overview of the best new movies coming to Netflix next month.

First off, we got science fiction and fantasy. Fans of visiting other worlds will be in for a treat in July, as Netflix will be adding Cloud Atlas to its library. Directed by the Wachowski siblings – the same ones who created the now-infamous Matrix franchise – this time-traveling epic follows the stories of a handful of reincarnating souls who live their different yet similar lives across several centuries.

Up next we got acclaimed classics,...

Netflix is out with its list of everything coming and going in July, and it includes Netflix originals like “Warrior Nun,” season one of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” the final football season of “Last Chance U,” and “The Kissing Booth 2.”

Some classic movies and beloved romantic comedies coming to the streamer include the musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Ryan Reynolds rom-com “Definitely Maybe,” the Mandy Moore-lead “A Walk to Remember,” and the Jim Carrey 2004 film “A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

Leaving at the end of the month are favorites like the Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams heartbreaker “Blue Valentine,” the Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller love story “Spectacular Now,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds,” and all three “Back to the Future” movies.

Also Read: What's Next for Chris D'Elia's Films After Sexual Misconduct Accusations

Here is the full list of everything coming and going:

July 1

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You know, plenty of streaming services would treat the dog days of summer as an excuse to slow down. At Netflix, however, the content buffet is still open, baby. Despite the coronavirus pandemic shutting down all of Hollywood for an extended period of time, Netflix’s new releases for July 2020 are still jam-packed with a host of familiar originals.

The blockbuster this month is probably The Umbrella Academy season 2. The next installment for the Hargreeves family arrives on July 31. And if that’s too long of a wait for you, Netflix gets the month off to a strong start with a string of originals as well. Unsolved Mysteries arrives on July 1, followed by Warrior Nun on July 2, and The Baby-Sitter’s Club on July 3. That’s not even to mentioned the feminist take on Arthurian legend, Cursed, which premiers on July 17.

There are a couple of intriguing original movies to consider this month as well.

With June now coming to an end, it’s time to begin looking at what’s to come next month on all the various streaming services, and after hearing from the likes of Disney Plus, HBO Max, Amazon Prime and Hulu, the top dog has now announced their line-up for July, and it’s a big one.

Yes, Netflix has revealed today what subscribers can expect over the next few weeks and the list of new arrivals is as impressive as ever. Boasting a ton of great licensed content, several big new original shows which are sure to take the world by storm and, of course, more than enough original movies, too, there’s definitely something for everyone here.

As usual, the biggest batch of new material will arrive on the first of the month, with the rest of the titles trickling in over the following days and weeks. And below,...

As if to apologetically clear the cinematic air for Miami, “cigarette” power boats, and art in general after the atrocity of 2018’s John Travolta vehicle “Speed Kills,” “Omniboat” applies a brisk scrub of cleansing absurdism to the same locational and vehicular themes. This de facto compilation feature by a dozen-plus writer-directors, commissioned by that city’s indie filmmaking collective the Borscht Corporation, is an exquisite-corpse narrative depicting the rocky times of one 47-foot Top Gun speedboat. It’s an inspired goof — for a while, before it turns into waaaaaay too much of a good thing.

As the anarchic randomness ceases to delight and morphs into a viewer endurance test, it becomes clear this “Fast Boat Fantasia” would have been better digested as a series of webisodes, rather than in one eventually wearying two-hour feature. Still, it’s an adventurous experiment with some great bits, and might yet achieve the cult...

Updated Exclusive: Comedy writer and actor Jason Mantzoukas and Homeland‘s Rupert Friend have joined the cast of Paramount’s action thriller Infinite opposite Mark Wahlberg, Dylan O’Brien. Both of their roles are being kept under wraps.

The Antoine Fuqua directed film is an adaptation of the novel The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Maikranz. Pic follows a man who discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives. Ian Shoor adapted the script. Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Mark Vahradian, John Zaozirny, Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Mark Huffam are producing Infinite with Fuqua and Raphael Crohn executive producing.

Most recently, Mantzoukas was seen in the action film John Wick: Chapter 3- Parabellum and the comedy The Long Dumb Road, which premiered at The Sundance International Film Festival last year. His previous feature credits include The House, The Dictator, How To Be Single, Sleeping With Other People and Neighbors, among others.

Tony Revolori (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Georgia King (Vice Principals) and John Stamos (Fuller House) have signed to recur opposite Ep/co-writer Darren Criss and Kether Donohue in Quibi’s Royalties.

Production is underway in Los Angeles on Royalties, a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.

Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.

No details were provided about the roles for Revolori, King or Stamos.

Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube’s Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley and Ricky Rollins also executive produce.

Revolori...

Hulu has renewed its anthology series “Into the Dark” for a second season.

The horror event series, produced by Blumhouse TV, releases one feature-length installment a month, each inspired by a holiday featuring the “Blumhouse signature genre/thriller spin on the story.”

According to Hulu, 12 more episodes have been ordered, which will continue to release on a monthly basis starting in October.

Also Read: Marvel Sets Crossover Episode for Hulu's 'Runaways' and Freeform's 'Cloak and Dagger'

The next episode, “Pure,” is set to release Sept. 6 and is inspired by the holiday “Daughter’s Day.”

Hulu’s description reads: “In this female coming-of-age horror story, several teen girls perform a secret ritual at a purity retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question emerges, what is more dangerous: the demon they’ve unleashed, or the pressure to conform to their fathers’ expectations.

Hulu and Blumhouse Television have set a female coming-of-age story titled “Pure” as the September installment for their horror anthology “Into the Dark,” TheWrap has learned exclusively.

Here’s the official description for the movie: In this female coming-of-age horror story, several teen girls perform a secret ritual at a purity retreat and, when one of them begins to see a supernatural entity, the terrifying question emerges, what is more dangerous: the demon they’ve unleashed, or the pressure to conform to their fathers’ expectations.

The installment, premiering September 6, stars “NOS4A2” actress Jahkara Smith, as well as McKaley Miller, Scott Porter, Annalisa Cochrane, Ciara Bravo, Jim Klock and T.C. Carter.

Also Read: Abigail Spencer's Hulu Thriller 'Reprisal' Adds Craig Tate, Wavyy Jonez, Shane Callahan and Rory Cochrane

Hannah Macpherson will direct “Pure” and also wrote the teleplay for the movie from a story by Paul Fischer and Paul Davis.

Exclusive: Taissa Farmiga (The Mule), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Luke Kirby (The Deuce) and Ike Barinholtz (The Oath) are set to star in an upcoming episode of CBS All Access’ reboot, The Twilight Zone, that will also feature Percy Hynes-White. They join previously announced host and narrator Jordan Peele, as well as John Cho, Greg Kinnear, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise and Steven Yeun.

Character details are not being revealed.

The CBS All Access series will be a modern reimagining of the original, which premiered in 1959 and continued through 1964.

CBS announced in 2017 that it would revive The Twilight Zone for streaming service CBS All Access with Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films.

The Twilight Zone is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films. Jordan...

Jason Manzoukos has made a living “bringing the funny” in tv shows like The League, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and movies such as The House, and The Dictator. Now he stars in Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road with Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel). In this half hour, I send him down a rabbit hole on the evolution of comedy, he tells a great story about getting the hard truth from a casting director early in his career, and talks about when to “pitch an alt.” Plus I forbid all comedic podcast banter and he […]...

Jason Manzoukos has made a living “bringing the funny” in tv shows like The League, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, and movies such as The House, and The Dictator. Now he stars in Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road with Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel). In this half hour, I send him down a rabbit hole on the evolution of comedy, he tells a great story about getting the hard truth from a casting director early in his career, and talks about when to “pitch an alt.” Plus I forbid all comedic podcast banter and he […]...

Exclusive: Olivia Taylor Dudley, who currently stars in the Syfy series, The Magicians, and Al Di have signed on to topline Some of Our Stallions, an indie comedy-drama from Silicon Valley producer Carson Mell, who will also co-star.

Mell, who co-wrote the Sundance film, The Long Dumb Road, will write and direct the film, which centers on two best friends struggling with mental illness while searching for the love of their lives. Underlying Tension is financing the film with production slated to commence February 2019 in Vancouver.

Brigsby Bear producer Di will also produce Some of Our Stallions along with Amber Ripley.  Executive producers are Liz Destro and Mike Judge.

UTA Independent Film Group is handling sales.

UTA reps the three actors. Dudley and Mell are also repped by Rise Management.

People who watch lots of movies start to recognize character actors from role to role, especially in comedies, when a funny guy or woman keeps showing up. Jason Mantzoukas has been one of those reliable actors stealing scenes in movies like Baby Mama, The Dictator, The House, Sleeping with Other People and more. But in […]

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The cast of The Long Dumb Road discussed the challenges of revitalizing a well known genre and retelling the classic American road trip narrative.

Director Hannah Fidell specifically pointed out her desire to film the American landscape, coast to coast, and highlight the Southwest — providing a picturesque backdrop to a nightmare trip.

“It just feels iconic. When you think of a road trip, you think of seeing the cacti, the desert, so it was sort of a no-brainer to set the movie in that landscape,” Fidell told The Hollywood Reporter.

Unlike the scenic production schedule,...

The cast of The Long Dumb Road discussed the challenges of revitalizing a well known genre and retelling the classic American road trip narrative.

Director Hannah Fidell specifically pointed out her desire to film the American landscape, coast to coast, and highlight the Southwest — providing a picturesque backdrop to a nightmare trip.

“It just feels iconic. When you think of a road trip, you think of seeing the cacti, the desert, so it was sort of a no-brainer to set the movie in that landscape,” Fidell told The Hollywood Reporter.

Unlike the scenic production schedule,...

Star-driven specialties mostly took a pause this weekend, though the big ticket awards-release Friday, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs from Netflix, had a courtesy theatrical release in a few Landmark theater locations, giving the Coen brothers release the watermarks of an awards release.

The focus is still on its core streaming service, so box office numbers are not released by Netflix. But a quick check at the theater website shows the musical-Western, starring Liam Neeson, James Franco, and Zoe Kazan, played in smaller houses. So the theatrical experience for this title will be for a very select NY and L.A. coastal crowd, and likely not a big box office number. But that’s how it was designed. Some of the other big fall releases will follow suit, with symbolic theatricals via Netflix, including Alfonso Cuarón’s amazing Roma and Susanne Bier’s anticipated Bird Box.

On the actual specialty theatrical release side this weekend,...

The stream of fall rollouts continues, although at a bit slower pace on the specialty box office front compared with recent weekends. Among them however is the Coen brothers’ anticipated The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, with Netflix beginning a very limited theatrical run today in New York at The Landmark 57 West, at The Landmark Los Angeles and the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco.

Buster Scruggs is one of three Netflix films — along with Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma and Susanne Bier’s Bird Box — to get a rare pre-streaming theatrical release as the company looks to to boost awareness for its awards-season fare. This film is also screening this weekend at AFI Fest and will be available via the service next week.

As per Netflix, the company doesn’t plan to release box office figures for its films.

Among the other specialty newcomers opening Friday are Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano,...

The manic, anarchic charm of Jason Mantzoukas is on full display in The Long Dumb Road, Hannah Fidell’s latest feature, which follows his character alongside Tony Revolori’s Nat on a road trip to Los Angeles. While the comedian is usually utilized for quick bursts of energy in various comedies, Fidell gives him a genuine arc and proves his leading man potential.

After premiering at Sundance, the comedy will arrive in theaters this week and we’re pleased to present an exclusive clip in which Mantzoukas’ drifter character Richard has many thoughts on The Rolling Stones. In Dan Mecca’s review, he said Mantzoukas steals the show and “his ability to find the humor in almost every moment is a true gift,” as displayed in this clip.

Also starring Taissa Farmiga, Grace Gummer, Casey Wilson, and Ron Livingston, check out our exclusive clip and the trailer below.

From writer-director...

Here’s another review round-up to share with you all! There’s four very different films to talk about today. Yes, this is going to be a thing going forward, so get used to it. On tap today are looks at a quartet of titles hitting theaters this weekend. One is the animated remake Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch. Another is the foreign crime tale El Angel. Another is the road trip comedy The Long Dumb Road. The other? It’s the medieval epic Outlaw King. A diverse group, but one full of interest. All four are worth watching, so we have triple the recommendations coming your way! So, without further delay, let us get into it and discuss all three movies. You can check them out in theaters this Friday… — Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Remaking a classic children’s tale is almost assuredly a profitable business. Kids will probably dig...

It’s not always a compliment to note that a movie feels like the right fit for Sundance. Festival faves often deflate when they reach the real world, unable to survive without the eager enthusiasm of film fans. The Sundance premiere “The Long Dumb Road” is undeniably cut from familiar cloth. But it’s got enough charm to keep it buoyant long after Robert Redford waves the last blogger goodbye.

As with all road movies, its success rides on the company we’re required to keep. Happily, our two leads are unflaggingly delightful companions.

The trip begins when naïve teen Nat leaves home for his first year of college. He’s driving from Austin to Los Angeles when his car breaks down, putting him in a panic. Rather miraculously, though, he bumps into a friendly stranger just in time: Richard (Jason Mantzoukas) has just quit his job as a car...

With only two months to go until 2018 expires, we recently published our guide on where to stream the best films of 2018. There’s also plenty of worthwhile theatrical options, including a long-awaited film 40 years in the making, darkly comedic period pieces, highly-anticipated Best Picture follow-ups, and much more.

Matinees to See: Boy Erased (11/2), A Private War (11/2), Distant Constellation (11/2), The Front Runner (11/7), Overlord (11/9), Outlaw King (11/9), El Angel (11/9), The New Romantic (11/9), The Long Dumb Road (11/9), Shoah: The Four Sisters (11/14), At Eternity’s Gate (11/16), Jonathan (11/16), The World Before Your Feet (11/21), Anna and the Apocalypse (11/30), and Sicilian Ghost Story (11/30)

15. Searching for Ingmar Bergman (Margarethe von Trotta; Nov. 2)

The celebration of Ingmar Bergman’s immaculate career continues on his birth centenary. Well-timed with the release of The Criterion Collection’s epic new box set, a new documentary on the Swedish master will arrive this month. Margarethe von Trotta’s Searching for Ingmar Bergman take an...

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In exclusive comedy clip, watch Tony Revolori and Jason Mntzoukas discuss the finer things in life on The Long Dumb Road.

Life can be hard, but a road trip with funnymen can often do the trick of lightening the load—for audiences and characters alike. So it goes with The Long Dumb Road, a comedy on the road of the American Southwest that looks at the small but still stark generational divide between its two central characters: Nat (played by Tony Revolori) and Richard (Jason Mantzoukas). In the film, Nat is an aspiring photographer who is bound for college and a shiny new future; Richard is a 30-something millennial who just wants a buddy for the drive, and maybe the chance to get drunk all across the open road of Americana that lies between blue dot Austin, Texas and the dream factory that is Los Angeles.

But...

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are once again reunited in the newly released trailer for Holmes and Watson from Sony Pictures.

Get Hard’s Etan Cohen directs the film in which Ferrell plays the age-old super sleuth and Reilly is his is trusted sidekick Dr. Watson. The film takes on a comedy twist of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’ classic mysteries. The film also stars Hugh Laurie, Rebecca Hall, Rob Brydon, Kelly Macdonald and Ralph Fiennes.

Also in trailers – Jason Mantzoukas takes a road trip of discovery in trailer for The Long Dumb Road

The film has a Us release of December 21.

Holmes and Watson Official Synopsis

The Step Brothers are reunited – this time playing the world’s greatest consulting detective and his loyal biographer – as Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Holmes & Watson.

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Road trip movies never seem to go out of fashion so it seems, a new trailer has been released for fugitive road trip movie Better Start Running.

Directed by Brett Simon, the film stars Analeigh Tipton (Mississipi Grind, Crazy Stupid Love), Academy Award Winner Jeremy Irons (Justice League; Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice), Karan Soni (Deadpool 2; The Goldbergs), Alex Sharp (To The Bone; How To Talk To Girls At Parties), Golden Globe nominee Maria Bello (Coyote Ugly; The History of Violence) and Edi Gathegi (X-men: First Class; Gone Baby Gone).

Also in trailers – Jason Mantzoukas takes a road trip of discovery in trailer for The Long Dumb Road

The film gets a theatrical and On Demand release of October 12

Better Start Running Official Synopsis

Better Start Running is a fun film that follows a group of misfits that are on the run. But Harley (played by Alex Sharp...

Hannah Fidell’s road trip comedy, The Long Dumb Road starring Jason Mantzoukas has a new trailer ahead of its November release.

From writer-director, Hannah Fidell and co-writer Carson D. Mell comes a comedy of transformation, discovery and maturity set on the road between Austin and Los Angeles.

The film stars Tony Revolori, Jason Mantzoukas, Taissa Farmiga, Grace Gummer and Ron Livingston.

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The film is released in Us cinemas November 9, On Demand and Digital November 16

The Long Dumb Road Official Synopsis

When college-bound teenager Nat (Tony Revolori) offers itinerant 30-something mechanic Richard (Jason Mantzoukas) a ride during a stop-over in small-town Texas, neither one realizes the indelible impact each traveller will have on his respective journey.

Nat, an aspiring photographer, is heading towards a bright future in art school in Los Angeles and wants to find...

When it comes to indie movies, road trips are a dime a dozen, featuring characters who just need to get out on the road to learn the life lessons that will set them on the right path. This year, one of those movies is The Long Dumb Road starring Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori, bringing […]

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We’ve all had that moment when the stranger you agreed to share your car ride with offers you a “road brew.” Ok, likely none of us has, but it happens in The Long Dumb Road, and it’s followed by said passenger cracking the bottle open and saying, “Don’t worry about it, dude. I’m pretty much a professinaol level in drinking and driving.” Watch the new trailer above.

Tony Revolori plays Nat, a college-bound teenager who admitted has led “like a pretty sheltered life.” But during a stop-over in small-town Texas, he gives a lift to Richard (Jason Mantzoukas), an itinerant thirtysomething mechanic — or ex-mechanic, as we see him quitting right after he’s fired. As they travel through the Southwest, the pair crosses paths with an assortment of old flames, fellow travelers, kooky cons and Good Samaritans, and both of them come alive.

Inspirational Richard line:...

If a road trip with Jason Mantzoukas and Tony Revolori sounds like your idea of a good time, then you’re going to love “The Long Dumb Road.” The new comedy from “A Teacher” filmmaker Hannah Fidell stars these two charmers as an odd couple thrust together by a little bit of chance, a whole lot of chutzpah, and one very questionable decision. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released the first official trailer for “The Long Dumb Road” Thursday, and Mantzoukas stands out as the wacky star of this buddy comedy.

The synopsis reads: “Nat (Revolori), an aspiring photographer, is heading towards a bright future in art school in Los Angeles and wants to find the real America en route to new beginnings out West; Richard (Mantzoukas), a lovably unkempt motormouth, is simply looking for connection in the moment — and maybe a beer or ten — while he grapples with indecision, past mistakes and dead-ends.

"You're one of the realest people I think I've ever met." The Film Arcade has revealed the first official trailer for indie comedy The Long Dumb Road, which premiered as the Closing Night film at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film stars Tony Revolori (from The Grand Budapest Hotel) as a boy leaving home to drive cross country towards college. He decides to give a ride to a stranger he randomly meets along the way. The two both find themselves at personal crossroads and decide to embark on an unplanned road trip across the American Southwest, ending up in all kinds of trouble. Comedian Jason Mantzoukas co-stars as Richard in this, along with Taissa Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Grace Gummer, Casey Wilson, Pamela Reed, Ciara Bravo, and Cynthy Wu. It's a fun road trip film, as mildly amusing as it looks here. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster...

Filmmakers often draw their inspiration and ideas from where their movies are set. For Hannah Fidell, it’s the American Southwest. Her previous films have been more serious in tone but in her latest, “The Long Dumb Road,” Fidell chose to focus on the fun and lightness of the setting. “I’ve shot all of the movies I’ve made in the southwest. There’s just something really iconic about it. That’s what we think about when we think about the ‘great American road trip.’” Check out the official synopsis below:

When college-bound teenager Nat offers itinerant 30-something mechanic Richard) a ride during a stop-over in small-town Texas, neither one realizes the indelible impact each traveler will have on his respective journey.

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ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, and IMDbPro have added 22 more titles to the list of movies earning the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films. The program launched June 8 with 12 films on the list from a group comprising the top 100 domestic-grossing films of 2017, with Warner Bros’ Wonder Woman, Universal’s Girls Trip, A24’s Lady Bird and Fox’s The Post among them.

The stamp progam has since been expanded to studio and independent films that have U.S. domestic theatrical or streaming distribution. Newcomers unveiled today include Warners’ recent hit Crazy Rich Asians, IFC’s Mary Shelley and Spc’s Glenn Close starrer The Wife among 2018 releases, and Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Justin Baldoni’s Five Feet Apart among 2019 pics. (See the full list of new films below.)

The stamp is intended as a mark of distinction for projects that have...

ReFrame — a coalition of industry leaders founded by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute — and IMDbPro announced on Tuesday nearly two dozen films to be certified for their gender-balanced productions.

Reframe launched the data initiative in an effort to recognize and promote gender-balanced films and television shows. The collaboration relies on data from IMDbPro to analyze films and television series to see how many women were involved in the production, and how much screen time female characters had. To earn the ReFrame Stamp, a film or TV show must meet a handful of requirements that call for women in key roles like starring, directing, producing, and writing. Additional points are awarded for having racial diversity. (The full criteria can be found here.)

The ReFrame Stamp program launched on June 8 with the announcement of 12 films that earned the stamp out of 100 films surveyed. The group then expanded the program by...

Exclusive: FX is developing A Teacher, a limited series based on Hannah Fidell’s buzzy Sundance feature, with Kate Mara (House of Cards) attached to star and executive produce.

Fidell, who wrote, directed and produced the 2013 film, will pen the adaptation, direct and executive produce the potential series.

Timelier than ever in the #MeToo era, A Teacher is an exploration of consent, abuse of power, victimhood and the inevitable consequences that occur throughout a community after a female high school teacher (Mara) and her student are caught having an affair. FX Productions is the studio.

Mara will play the role played in the film by Lindsay Burdge. You can watch a trailer for the film, which co-starred Will Brittain, below.

A TV series adaptation of A Teacher was originally set up at HBO in 2014 with no acting talent attached. With the project’s option coming up, I hear Fidell opted to take a different route.

Austin Film Festival has unveiled the first batch of films that will screen at its 25th-anniversary program taking place October 25 to November 1. Among the lineup is Boy Erased, the Joel Edgerton-helmed coming-of-age Lgbtq drama that stars Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, and Nicole Kidman.

In addition, Melissa McCarthy-starring biopic Can You Ever Forgive Me?, directed by Marielle Heller, will get a regional premiere at the fest, while Nia DaCosta’s directorial debut Little Woods, starring Tessa Thompson and Lily James, and Hannah Fidell’s comedy, The Long Dumb Road, with Tony Revolori and Jason Mantzoukas are also set.

World premiere films include The Black String, which stars Malcolm In The Middle alum Frankie Muniz as well as family cult drama Fishbowl, faith-based flick Speaking in Tongues, and high school football documentary Fathers of Football.

Furthermore, Aff will host a screening of Roger Corman’s 1957 film Rock All Night, as part of its retrospective series,...