Tag: Wonderstruck
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Todd Haynes Open to Reviving Scrapped Peggy Lee Biopic with Michelle Williams: ‘The Interest Hasn’t Gone Away’
Todd Haynes has spent a large portion of the past decade trying to make “Fever,” his planned Peggy Lee biopic that never materialized. Haynes originally boarded the project in 2014, when Reese Witherspoon was attached to play the legendary crooner. She was eventually replaced by Haynes’ “I’m Not There” and “Wonderstruck” collaborator Michelle Williams, who…
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‘The Great Gatsby’ to Be Adapted as Animated Feature From Dneg Animation
Author William Joyce is set to direct an animated version of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby.” Brian Selznick, who wrote and adapted 2017’s “Wonderstruck,” will work on the screenplay.Michael Siegel and Dneg Senior VP Creative Production David Prescott join Joyce as producers on the animated feature film. Dneg Feature Animation will…
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‘Ma Vie en Rose’s’ Alain Berliner Directs Star Cast in ‘Second to Nun’ (Exclusive)
Page Three Media and Artemis Productions, which backed “The Danish Girl,” announced in Cannes “Second to Nun,” a new feature from Golden Globe winning director Alain Berliner.Berliner’s decades-ahead-of-its-time “Ma Vie en Rose,” the tale of a young transgender girl with dreams of growing into a mature woman and marrying the boy next door, was a…
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The new silent era: how films turned the volume down
Amid the thunderous noise of much modern cinema, films such as A Quiet Place and Wonderstruck show that the power of keeping quiet is seriously underrated. Time to enjoy the silenceA Quiet Place is a smart, scary little shocker that uses restraint in the area of sound to enhance its visual horrors. Give or take…
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‘A Quiet Place’ Review Roundup: John Krasinski’s SXSW Thriller Is Leaving Critics Speechless
“A Quiet Place” made its world premiere at SXSW last night, and critics are — wait for it — speechless. John Krasinski’s horror film starring himself, his wife Emily Blunt, and Millicent Simmonds of “Wonderstruck” is earning raves so far, with IndieWire’s Eric Kohn giving it a B+. “Utilizing the pure physicality of a cast…