Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Premise Media experiences the harsh reality of natural selection...

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Actor Ben Stein’s controversial documentary, which blasts evolution in favor of intelligent design, is up for the sale to the highest bidder.

That’s right. Between June 21 and June 28, you can submit bids online for all the rights to Stein’s Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed film. According to Forbes, it’s up for grabs as part of the liquidation of film producer Premise Media Holdings LP. The company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December 2009 and is now seeking to sell the rights, court papers show.

In the film, Stein—a lawyer and former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon as well as the monotone-voiced teacher in both the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and television’s “The Wonder Years”—argues that the academic world unfairly punishes those who question evolution and support the theory of intelligent design.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The Weinstein Company picks up a Documentary at Tribeca...

...and it's an interesting sounding one. Here's the story from The Hollywood Reporter:


The Weinstein Company has acquired rights to Submarine Entertainment’s The Bully Project, Lee Hirsch's documentary about bullying in America. The deal includes rights for North America, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Germany, plus Pan-Asian Satellite TV distribution rights.

The doc, produced by Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen, and written by Lowen and Hirsch, had its Tribeca Film Festival premiere this past Saturday.

"As filmmakers we are overjoyed to be working with The Weinstein Company," Hirsch and Lowen said in a joint statement. “Their significant commitment towards this film will ensure it reaches the national stage, and will certainly amplify its capacity to effect change."
The deal was negotiated for TWC by Lawson and Vice President of Acquisitions Dan Guando; and for the filmmakers by Submarine Entertainment’s Josh Braun and David Koh.

-Joey's Two Cents: I'll see it...thoughts?

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Today's Trailers: Beautiful Boy, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, and Bridesmaids

First off today is a new look at an Awards hopeful, the school shooting drama 'Beautiful Boy':

The other trailers are after the jump...

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cameron Crowe will bring his Elton John documentary at Tribeca!

From The Hollywood Reporter:

The world premiere of Cameron Crowe’s documentary The Union will launch the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival April 20, fest organizers announced Wednesday. The film's subject, Elton John, will be on hand to perform following the free outdoor screening at the North Cove of the World Financial Plaza.

“It’s a special opportunity to open our 10th festival in this distinct and unique way," said festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal. "Not only are we inviting the community to join us for the world premiere of Cameron Crowe’s film The Union, but to have Elton, whose music transcends generations, perform after is an extraordinary gift to our festival and more specifically the downtown community."

Crowe's film entails a rare look at the writing and recording of John's most recent album last year with collaborator Leon Russell and producer T Bone Burnett. Bernie Taupin, Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Booker T. Jones, Stevie Nicks and Don Was appear in the documentary.