Wednesday, November 1, 2017

LA Film Festival Moves to September in 2018

LA Film Festival Moves to Fall

SEPTEMBER 20-28, 2018 AT ARCLIGHT CINEMAS

Withoutabox is New Official Submission Service; Entries Accepted Beginning January 1

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Film Independent announced new dates for the LA Film Festival and a multi-year partnership with ArcLight Cinemas. The Festival, previously held in June, will now take place in late September starting in 2018. Submissions for the 24th edition of the Festival will open January 1, 2018, exclusively on Withoutabox, as part of a new multi-year collaboration.

    “LA audiences know and love the ArcLight experience, and as our submissions continue to grow, Withoutabox is the ideal service for us to accept and evaluate submissions from filmmakers all over the world.”

“The secret to dramatically changing something is to change it,” said Jennifer Cochis, LA Film Festival Director. “My passion for this Festival is unwavering and the time for an evolution has come. Film Independent is so proud of the work we’ve done in showcasing new American and international cinema that embraces diversity, innovation and unique perspectives, but the fact is that summer is a challenging time for artist driven films, and fall is where we clearly belong. This shift in our dates is an important step in enacting my aim to further develop the LA Film Festival, I sincerely look forward to better serving filmmakers, film lovers, the city and the industry in the fall of 2018 and beyond.”

“We are proud to be the home of the LA Film Festival. The festival has been a staple for filmmakers and cinephiles in Los Angeles,” said Gretchen McCourt, Executive Vice President at ArcLight Cinemas. “LA is an entertainment mecca and has been home to ArcLight for over 15 years. It is partnerships like this that continue to make our programming unique. We couldn’t be more thrilled to be with them on this journey.”

“Great festivals need great partners, and we couldn’t be happier to be entering a multi-year collaboration with ArcLight Cinema and Withoutabox,” said Film Independent President Josh Welsh. “LA audiences know and love the ArcLight experience, and as our submissions continue to grow, Withoutabox is the ideal service for us to accept and evaluate submissions from filmmakers all over the world.”

Creators can submit their work to the LA Film Festival for consideration beginning on January 1, 2018 exclusively on Withoutabox.


ABOUT THE LA FILM FESTIVAL
The LA Film Festival is a key part of the exhibition arm of the nonprofit arts organization Film Independent. Showcasing new American and international cinema that embraces diversity, innovation and unique perspectives, the Festival produces one-of-a-kind events featuring critically acclaimed filmmakers, industry professionals and award-winning talent from Los Angeles and around the world. The Festival’s signature programs include Diversity Speaks, Women Who Lead Luncheon, Spirit of Independence Award, Coffee Talks and more. The Festival’s Future Filmmakers Showcase supports high school filmmakers with screenings of their work and community based film education opportunities. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Albina Oks, Director of Corporate Sponsorship, aoks@filmindependent.org or 310.432.1252.

ABOUT FILM INDEPENDENT
Film Independent is the nonprofit arts organization that champions independent visual storytelling and supports a community of artists who embody diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision. Film Independent helps filmmakers make their movies, builds an audience for their projects, and works to diversify the film industry. Film Independent’s Board of Directors, filmmakers, staff and constituents is comprised of an inclusive community of individuals across ability, age, ethnicity, gender, race and sexual orientation. Anyone passionate about film can become a Member, whether you are a filmmaker, industry professional or a film lover.

In addition to producing the Spirit Awards, Film Independent produces the LA Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA Film Series, a year-round, weekly program that offers unique cinematic experiences for the Los Angeles creative community and the general public.

With over 250 annual screenings and events, Film Independent provides access to a network of like-minded artists who are driving creativity in the film industry. Film Independent’s Artist Development program offers free Labs for selected writers, directors, producers and documentary filmmakers and presents year-round networking opportunities. Project Involve is Film Independent’s signature program dedicated to fostering the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry. For more information or to become a Member, visit filmindependent.org.

ABOUT ARCLIGHT CINEMAS
 Cinemas, created by Pacific Theatres, a privately owned, Los Angeles-based company with 60 years of theatrical exhibition history throughout California, Hawaii and Washington is a premiere movie going destination with an unparalleled commitment to bringing a variety of rich cinematic content to all audiences. The company brings to life an uninterrupted immersive movie-going experience with no distractions, and a promise to exhibit films the way moviemakers intend their movie to be watched.
ArcLight Cinemas operates seven theaters in California including Hollywood, Pasadena, Sherman Oaks, El Segundo, Santa Monica, Culver City and La Jolla, as well as theaters in Bethesda, Md., Chicago and Glenview, Ill., with a new location in Boston for 2019. ArcLight also owns and operates the historic Cinerama Dome and programs the TCL Chinese Theatre and IMAX in Hollywood. Pacific Theatres currently operates theaters in Los Angeles that include The Grove and The Americana at Brand in Glendale, Calif. Additional information about ArcLight Cinemas is available at http://www.arclightcinemas.com.

ABOUT WITHOUTABOX
Withoutabox (https://www.withoutabox.com) is the premier submission service for film festivals and filmmakers. Since 2001, Withoutabox has enabled nearly 3 million festival submissions to the leading film festivals in the world, and more than 150 of these titles went on to receive an Academy Award® nomination with dozens eventually winning an Oscar®. Withoutabox provides a powerful and convenient solution for festivals seeking a service to manage their film festival submissions. World-renowned film festivals that rely on Withoutabox to exclusively manage their submissions include The Sundance Film Festival and The Toronto International Film Festival. Filmmakers using Withoutabox can easily submit their films to film festivals around the word and can automatically create a title page for their film on IMDb (the #1 movie website in the world), reaching more than 250 million unique monthly visitors worldwide. Withoutabox continues to evolve on behalf of its customers, including recent product enhancements such as: promo codes; a Fire TV Festival Judging App; HD online screeners; a redesigned filmmaker experience; and support for Vimeo links. To learn more about Withoutabox or to sign up, visit https://www.withoutabox.com. Withoutabox is owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) (http://www.amazon.com). IMDb also offers the membership-based service IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com), the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 22nd to 31st, 2017 - Update #46

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Paramount Pictures' "Pet Sematary" remake will be directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, the directors of the buzzed about horror film, "Starry Eyes."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Blake Lively's spy thriller, "The Rhythm Section" is due in 2019.

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SCANDAL - From Deadline:  Harvey Weinstein has been expelled from the Producers Guild of America for life, following scores of sexual misconduct allegations.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad to star in zombie romantic comedy, "Little Monsters.

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SCANDAL - From Variety:  Kevin Spacey becomes the latest big-time Hollywood actor to be accused of some kind of sexual misconduct.  His accuser is Anthony Rapp of "Star Trek: Discovery."

From Variety:  Kevin Spacey's response to those accusations have irked some.

From Deadline:  Netflix is cancelling Kevin Spacey's streaming series, "House of Cards," after next year's sixth season in light of allegations against the two-time Oscar winner.

From HuffPost:  Remember that creepy Kevin Spacey joke on "Family Guy" in 2005?

From YahooNews:  Sexual misconduct accusations have dogged Kevin Spacey for year, according to "Newsweek."

From TheWrap:  Netflix is looking at creating a spinoff of its hit series, "House of Cards," which is will end after the sixth season - in light of accusations against series star, Kevin Spacey.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 10/27 to 10/29/2017 weekend box office is "Jigsaw" with an estimated take of $16.25 million.

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MOVIES - From Collider:  Quentin Tarantino has summoned big studios to look at the first script for his anticipated Charles Manson project.

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SCANDAL:  From YahooGMA:  Actress Annabella Sciorra ("Jungle Fever," "The Sopranos") is the latest to accuse Harvey Weinstein of rape.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  Zachary Levi, best known for NBC's "Chuck," has been tapped for the lead role in New Line Cinema's "Shazam," film based on the DC Comics character.

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MOVIES - From YahooEntertaiment:  Writer-director Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids") once dated Rose McGowan, who says she was raped by Harvey Weinstein, who released several of Rodriguez's films.

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ANIMATION - From TheVillageVoice:  This article argues that "South Park," has backed off criticizing President Trump and the alt-right, when it has historically not back off any sacred cows.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Tom Hanks to star in science fiction film, "Bios."

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MOVIES - From Collider:  Vin Diesel releases information about the upcoming ninth and tenth installments of the "Fast & Furious" film franchise.

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CULTURE - From SplinterNews:  The military has a serious White Nationalists problem?  [Yes, it does. This is not new news. - Leroy]

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Who knows what is going on with the "Bad Boys" film franchise, but producer Jerry Bruckheimer is developing a TV spin-off.  The character played by Gabrielle Union, who was in "Bad Boys 2," will be the focus on the series.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Adam Driver ("Star Wars") is attached to star in Spike Lee's "Black Klansman" film.

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COMICS-FILM - From TheWrap:  Gareth Evans, the director of the fantastic film, "The Raid," is in talks to direct a film based on the "Deathstroke" character from DC Comics.

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Colman Domingo joins Barry Smith's (Moonlight) drama, "If Beale Street Could Talk."  Domingo is known for his role as "Victor Strand" on "Fear the Walking Dead."

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MOVIES - From THR:  Sharon Stone will star as a mob mistress in "Sunny," the English-language debut of Norwegian filmmaker, Eva Sorhaug.

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CELEBRITY - From YahooEntertainment:  The daughter of the late actor, Paul Walker, has reached a settlement in her wrongful death lawsuit against Porsche.  Walker and another man were killed in a Porsche car crash in November 2013.

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COMICS-FILM - From Variety:  "Captain Marvel" director Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are in talks to have the star of their film, "Mississippi Grind," Ben Mendelsohn, join their Marvel Studios film as the villain.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Director James Mangold begins work on movie that spins off the character, "X-23," from the hit movie, "Logan."

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SPORTS - From CNN:  The site offers a guide to the 2017 World Series pitting the Los Angeles Dodgers (National League) against the Houston Astros (American League).  This is the Astros second trip to the World Series; they last played in 2005 as the representative of the National League, where they were until 2013.  The Dodgers were last in the World Series in 1988, which they won.

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COMICS-FILM - From Deadline:  Set photo from first day on the set of "Venom" starring Tom Hardy.

From Refinery29:  Why is Tom Hardy always cast as the ugliest comic book characters.

From TheWrap:  Marvel's "Captain Marvel" film will lead into the fourth "Avengers" film.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine:  Ray Donovan is coming back for a sixth season, but there will be a big change.

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MOVIES - From THR:  Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger will portray the legendary actress, Judy Garland, who is most famous for role in "The Wizard of Oz."  The film will be set in the final years of Garland's life.

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STAR TREK - From TheWrap:  "Star Trek: Discovery" gets a second season from CBS All Access, the streaming service.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 10/20 to 10/22/2017 weekend box office is "Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" with an estimated take of $21.65 million.

From Variety:  Tyler Perry's "Boo 2!" keeps the weekend box office from being a complete disaster.

From Variety:  With its big debut in China, "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" wins the recent international box office.

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SCANDAL - From TheWrap:  James Gunn, director of Marvel's "Guardian of the Galaxy" films, says that he has been trying to warn people about writer-director James Toback, who has been accused by over 30 women of sexual harassment.

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MOVIES - From YahooEntertainment:  Frank Oz talks about the Muppets and his career directing films.

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MOVIES - From SlashFilm:  There is a synopsis and the promise of a trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film, "Phantom Thread."

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POLITICS - From NYTimes:  President Trump isn't Adolf Hitler, but...

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SCANDAL - From LATimes:  "Stranger Things" and "IT" star, "Finn Wolfhard," has led the LA-based talent agency, APA, after his agent, Tyler Grasham, was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager (who is not a director) a decade ago.

From LATimes:  Over 30 women have made sexual harassment claims against director and Oscar-nominated screenwriter ("Bugsy"), James Toback.

From MadameNoire:  Director Michael Canton-Jones days that Harvey Weinstein would not let him cast actress Sophie Okonedo in his 1998 flick, "B. Monkey," because Weinstein did not find her "f***able."  Okonedo would go onto star in "Hotel Rwanda," for which she received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination.  She has won a Tony Award.

OBITS:

From THR:  Actor Jack Bannon has died at the age of 77, Wednesday, October 27, 2017.  He was best known for playing the amiable city editor, Jack Donovan, on CBS's "Lou Grant."

From THR:  Famed cinematographer Harry Stradling, Jr. died at the age of 92, Tuesday, October 17, 2017.  A two-time Oscar nominee, Stradling was known for his work on Western films, like "Little Big Man" and "Rooster Cogburn."  He worked across genres and earned Oscar nods for "1776" and "The Way We Were."

From RollingStone:  The music icon and legend, Fats Domino, died at the age of 89, Tuesday, October 24, 2017.  Domino, a symbol of the dawn of rock and roll, was an architect of rock and roll, and during the second half of the the 1950s, his record sales were reportedly second only to Elvis Presley.  His hits including "I'm Walkin'," "Blue Monday," and "Ain't That a Shame," to name a few.

From TheWrap:  The actor Robert Guillaume has died at the age of 89, Tuesday, October 24, 2017. He was best known for playing the character, Benson DuBois, a butler.  He played Benson as a supporting character in the ABC TV series, "Soap," and as a lead character in the ABC series, "Benson."  He won two Emmys for the role, once as a supporting actor and once as a lead actor.  Guillaume is also known for his voice performance as "Rafiki," in the Disney animated film, "The Lion King."  Guillaume won a Grammy Award for performing the character on "The Lion King" Read-a-long Book.


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