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‘Free Solo’ Directors Boarding Thai Cave Rescue Movie
“Free Solo” filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi have become attached to direct a movie about the 2018 rescue of the Wild Boar boys soccer team from a cave in Thailand for Universal and Cavalry Media.“Midway” screenwriter Wes Tooke is writing the screenplay about the 12 members of the team and their assistant coach, who […]
Continue reading‘Free Solo’ Directors Boarding Thai Cave Rescue Movie
“Free Solo” filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi have become attached to direct a movie about the 2018 rescue of the Wild Boar boys soccer team from a cave in Thailand for Universal and Cavalry Media.“Midway” screenwriter Wes Tooke is writing the screenplay about the 12 members of the team and their assistant coach, who […]
Continue readingTheatrical Documentary Market in ‘Robust Shape,’ Dogwoof’s Oli Harbottle Says
The theatrical market for documentary films is in “robust shape,” with 2019 proving to be a strong year for the genre after an exceptional 2018, reports Oli Harbottle, head of distribution and acquisitions at leading U.K. documentary outfit Dogwoof.Harbottle says 2019 was always going to struggle to match 2018’s “blockbuster” year, which saw the release […]
Continue readingDoc NYC Turns 10: How the Festival Benefited From the Rising Popularity of Documentaries
When Doc NYC started a decade ago, documentary film was still seen as something of a novelty. In the ensuing years, non-fiction movies have exploded in popularity with hits such as “Rbg,” “Free Solo,” “Won’t You Be My Neighbor” and “Apollo 11” helping to fuel more interest in the genre.“We never could have anticipated the […]
Continue readingAlex Gibney’s Anti-Putin Portrait ‘Citizen K’ Gets Awards Release From ‘Free Solo’ Distributor
Prolific doc maker Alex Gibney returns this year with “Citizen K,” a portrait of Putin’s Russia that Greenwich Entertainment will release in Los Angeles on November 22. Financed by Amazon, the film will later hit streaming via Prime Video. Greenwich last year handled the theatrical distribution of National Geographic’s “Free Solo,” which went on to […]
Continue reading“Technology Has Come A Long Way”: Todd Douglas Miller And E. Chai Vasarhelyi On Going Big With Apollo 11 And Free Solo At Ifp Week 2019
Documentaries have been making bank at the box office the last couple years, which is heartening for anyone worried the blockbusters are the only game in town. Still, you don’t necessarily have to see small, intimate fare like Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, Rbg and Three Identical Strangers on a giant screen. You can’t say […]
Continue readingCreative Arts Emmy Awards 2019 Full Winners List: Oscar Darling ‘Free Solo’ Wins Big
It was a wild scene at the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, with an Oscar-winning documentary holding court over its television brethren. National Geographic’s “Free Solo” went seven for seven at the ceremony, winning every award it was nominated for, including trophies for directing, cinematography, and editing.Meanwhile, Netflix’s animated sci-fi […]
Continue reading‘Free Solo,’ ‘Queer Eye’ & ‘SNL’ Rule First Night Of 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Television Academy handed out the first wave of Emmy Awards this year with Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy ceremony in downtown Los Angeles. The winners of 46 awards were announced Saturday with another 49 awards getting their moment tomorrow night. The remaining honors will be announced on Sunday, Sept. 22nd during a primetime telecast […]
Continue readingCreative Arts Emmys: ‘Free Solo,’ ‘Queer Eye’ Among Big Winners on Night 1 (Full List)
“Free Solo,” “Queer Eye,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Saturday Night Live” were among the big winners Saturday after the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.“Free Solo,” the National Geographic feature documentary that already claimed the Oscar earlier this year, lead the field on the night […]
Continue readingOscar-Winning Documentary ‘Free Solo’ Lands Seven Emmy Nominations
Five months after winning the Oscar for best documentary, “Free Solo” landed seven Emmy nominations Tuesday. The National Geographic film, which chronicles mountaineer Alex Honnold’s nail-biting climb up the 3,000-foot El Capitan without a rope, landed Television Academy nods for directing, editing, cinematography, interactive media, sound editing, sound mixing, and music composition.“We are so happy […]
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