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As if there’s ever a need for an excuse to visit Hawaii…   Kirsten Dunst and Brie Larson have been tapped to receive awards at the 2013 Maui Film Festival running June 12-16th. Festival director Barry Rivers made the announcement, saying, “The Maui Film Festival is ecstatic to announce Kirsten Dunst and Brie Larsen as [...]

Duran Duran Unstaged, a collaborative effort between the rock group and filmmaker David Lynch, has been picked up by Arclight Films. Duran Duran will be making the trek to Cannes for AmfAR’s 20th anniversary Cinema Against AIDS event on May 23, 2013 while Arclight presents the movie to potential distributors at Cannes.   “We’re honored [...]

Magnet Releasing is ready to send Big Bad Wolves into North American theaters later this year. The genre portion of Magnolia Pictures picked up the Israeli thriller after its world premiere at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.   Written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, Big Bad Wolves stars Lior Ashkenazi, Rotem Keinan, [...]

The romantic drama 9 Full Moons will have its world festival premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival. The film, directed by Tomer Almagor and starring Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts, Donal Logue, Dale Dickey and Harry Dean Stanton, will screen on June 6, 2013.   “9 Full Moons is a personal love letter to my [...]

The cast of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks has expanded by two. Two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook, Animal Kingdom) and Julian Sands have signed on to join a cast that includes Gena Rowlands, Cheyenne Jackson, Rita Moreno, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Anthony Zerbe and Simon Miller.   The movie is based on [...]

It’s So Easy and Other Lies, the authorized biography of Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, has been picked up by Vision Films. The documentary from writer/director Christopher Duddy is based on the New York Times bestseller and was produced by McKagan, Duddy, and Steven G. Kaplan.   Shooting on the documentary began in March [...]

Femme, executive produced and narrated by Sharon Stone, has been picked up by Vision Films for theatrical release. The documentary was directed by Emmanuel Itier (The Invocation) and features interviews with Stone, Marianne Williamson, Gloria Steinem, Nobel Peace laureates Shirin Ebadi and Maired Maguire, Maria Bello, Angela Davis, Maria Conchita Alonso, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Mary [...]

Writer/director/producer Francesca Gregorini’s psychological thriller Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes has been picked up by Tribeca Film and Well Go USA Entertainment. The drama, which features Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario, Alfred Molina, and Frances O’Connor, will be hitting theaters later this year.   “Francesca Gregorini’s superb Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes is a [...]

Seduced and Abandoned will have its world premiere at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival however HBO’s pulled off a preemptive strike, picking up the television rights prior to its festival debut. Directed by James Toback, the documentary was produced by Toback (Tyson, writer of Bugsy), Alec Baldwin and Michael Mailer. “When James and Alec set [...]

The cast of the Veronica Mars movie has edged up to four confirmed members. Rob Thomas just confirmed to his Kickstarter backers (and yes, I’m one of them) that Enrico Colantoni has officially signed up to reprise his role as Keith Mars.   “There was a lot of fierce competition for the role, but I [...]