Tag: Driven
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Lee Pace Talks ‘Driven,’ a ‘Pushing Daisies’ Reunion and Growing Up Queer
Lee Pace didn’t know much about John DeLorean when he signed on to play the late automobile mogul in the new biopic “Driven.” He was aware of the DeLorean car that was immortalized in “Back to the Future” and, he says, “I had a sense of a scandal.”That scandal was DeLorean’s downfall in the 1980s…
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John DeLorean Biopic ‘Driven’ to Close Venice Film Festival
Director Nick Hamm’s John DeLorean biopic “Driven” will close this year’s Venice Film Festival, the festival announced Monday.The world premiere of “Driven” will screen on Sept. 8 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido di Venezia, immediately after the awards ceremony for the 75th annual festival.Set in early 1980s California,…
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Nick Hamm’s ‘Driven’ To Close Venice Film Festival
U.S. director Nick Hamm’s “Driven,” about John DeLorean, is set to close the Venice Film Festival.The film, which is inspired by true events, is described as a wickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad. Set in the opulence of early 1980s California, it follows the meteoric rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean…
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BondIt Media Capital Closes $20 Million Credit Facility (Exclusive)
BondIt Media Capital has closed an institutional credit facility of $20 million from Texas-based hedge fund Revere Capital.BondIt said on Thursday that the facility will leverage its ability to provide financing solutions to the ever-growing number of films, TV series, and media companies in the sector.In the four years since inception, BondIt Media Capital has…
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Caribbean and Central American Films Flourish Despite Headwinds
Hurricanes be damned. Film production is surging in the Caribbean and Central America despite natural – and some political – turmoil.“The region’s film industry indeed feels more effervescent,” said Iff Panama artistic director Diana Sanchez.Puerto Rico was the hardest hit by Hurricane Maria last September but that didn’t stop some projects from resuming production about…