Focus Features has released a new poster for the dramatic thriller Kill the Messenger directed by Michael Cuesta (Homeland) and based on Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Webb’s incredible true story. Jeremy Renner leads the cast which includes Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Andy Garcia.
Focus Features will release Kill the Messenger in theaters on October 10, 2014.
The Plot:
Gary Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets…and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
Adam Goldberg as Mr. Numbers, Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard, Russell Harvard as Mr. Wrench in 'Fargo' (Photo Credit: Chris Large/Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved.)
Considering the quality of programming now available on FX, it’s not that much of a shock that the network leads all other networks with the most Critics’ Choice Television Awards nominations. FX earned 19 nominations with HBO close behind with 18. CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, FX’s Fargo, CBS’ The Good Wife, Showtime’s Masters of Sex, and HBO’s The Normal Heart each picked up five nominations. Orange is the New Black, The Americans, Breaking Bad, and Sherlock: His Last Vow followed right behind with four each.
The 4th Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards will take place on June 19, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. Cedric the Entertainer has been tapped to host the show which will air live on The CW at 8pm ET (tape-delayed on the West Coast).
“As television journalists, BTJA members live and breathe TV, and we’re excited to share our top picks from an immensely rich and diverse year of programming,” said Broadcast Television Journalists Association President Joey Berlin. “2014 has been a successful year for cable and broadcast as well as content on platforms such as Netflix and Hulu, and we look forward to celebrating all of these amazing shows and performances on June 19.”
4th Annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards Nominees
BEST COMEDY SERIES
· The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
· Broad City (Comedy Central)
· Louie (FX)
· Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
· Silicon Valley (HBO)
· Veep (HBO)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
· Louis CK, Louie (FX)
· Chris Messina, The Mindy Project (FOX)
· Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley (HBO)
· Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
· Adam Scott, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
· Robin Williams, The Crazy Ones (CBS)
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
· Ilana Glazer, Broad City (Comedy Central)
· Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (HBO)
· Wendi McLendon-Covey, The Goldbergs (ABC)
· Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)
· Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)
· Emmy Rossum, Shameless (Showtime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
· Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)
· Keith David, Enlisted (FOX)
· Tony Hale, Veep (HBO)
· Albert Tsai, Trophy Wife (ABC)
· Christopher Evan Welch, Silicon Valley (HBO)
· Jeremy Allen White, Shameless (Showtime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
· Mayim Bialik, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
· Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
· Kaley Cuoco, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
· Allison Janney, Mom (CBS)
· Kate Mulgrew, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
· Merritt Wever, Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES
· Uzo Aduba, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)
· Sarah Baker, Louie (FX)
· James Earl Jones, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
· Mimi Kennedy, Mom (CBS)
· Andrew Rannells, Girls (HBO)
· Lauren Weedman, Looking (HBO)
BEST DRAMA SERIES
· The Americans (FX)
· Breaking Bad (AMC)
· Game of Thrones (HBO)
· The Good Wife (CBS)
· Masters of Sex (Showtime)
· True Detective (HBO)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
· Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
· Hugh Dancy, Hannibal (NBC)
· Freddie Highmore, Bates Motel (A&E)
· Matthew McConaughey, True Detective (HBO)
· Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX)
· Michael Sheen, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
· Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
· Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E)
· Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
· Tatiana Maslany, Orphan Black (BBC America)
· Keri Russell, The Americans (FX)
· Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
· Josh Charles, The Good Wife (CBS)
· Walton Goggins, Justified (FX)
· Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (AMC)
· Peter Sarsgaard, The Killing (AMC)
· Jon Voight, Ray Donovan (Showtime)
· Jeffrey Wright, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
· Christine Baranski, The Good Wife (CBS)
· Anna Gunn, Breaking Bad (AMC)
· Annet Mahendru, The Americans (FX)
· Melissa McBride, The Walking Dead (AMC)
· Maggie Siff, Sons of Anarchy (FX)
· Bellamy Young, Scandal (ABC)
BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A DRAMA SERIES
· Beau Bridges, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
· Walton Goggins, Sons of Anarchy (FX)
· Allison Janney, Masters of Sex (Showtime)
· Joe Morton, Scandal (ABC)
· Carrie Preston, The Good Wife (CBS)
· Diana Rigg, Game of Thrones (HBO)
BEST MOVIE
· An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America)
· Burton and Taylor (BBC America)
· Killing Kennedy (National Geographic Channel)
· The Normal Heart (HBO)
· Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
· The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
BEST MINI-SERIES
· American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
· Bonnie & Clyde (A&E/History/Lifetime)
· Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
· Fargo (FX)
· The Hollow Crown (PBS)
· Luther (BBC America)
BEST ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· David Bradley, An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America)
· Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
· Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dancing on the Edge (Starz)
· Martin Freeman, Fargo (FX)
· Mark Ruffalo, The Normal Heart (HBO)
· Billy Bob Thornton, Fargo (FX)
BEST ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· Helena Bonham Carter, Burton and Taylor (BBC America)
· Minnie Driver, Return to Zero (Lifetime)
· Whoopi Goldberg, A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Lifetime)
· Holliday Grainger, Bonnie & Clyde (A&E/History/Lifetime)
· Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
· Cicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· Matt Bomer, The Normal Heart (HBO)
· Warren Brown, Luther (BBC America)
· Martin Freeman, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
· Colin Hanks, Fargo (FX)
· Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart (HBO)
· Blair Underwood, The Trip to Bountiful (Lifetime)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOVIE OR MINI-SERIES
· Amanda Abbington, Sherlock: His Last Vow (PBS)
· Kathy Bates, American Horror Story: Coven (FX)
· Ellen Burstyn, Flowers in the Attic (Lifetime)
· Jessica Raine, An Adventure in Space and Time (BBC America)
· Julia Roberts, The Normal Heart (HBO)
· Allison Tolman, Fargo (FX)
BEST REALITY SERIES
· Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (FOX/National Geographic Channel)
· Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
· Duck Dynasty (A&E)
· Mythbusters (Discovery)
· Top Gear (BBC America)
· Undercover Boss (CBS)
BEST REALITY SERIES – COMPETITION
· The Amazing Race (CBS)
· Project Runway (Lifetime)
· Shark Tank (ABC)
· Survivor (CBS)
· Top Chef (Bravo)
· The Voice (NBC)
BEST REALITY HOST
· Tom Bergeron, Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
· Carson Daly, The Voice (NBC)
· Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
· Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef (FOX)
· RuPaul, RuPaul’s Drag Race (Logo)
· Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (FOX/National Geographic Channel)
BEST TALK SHOW
· Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
· The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC)
· The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Time Telepictures)
· The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
· The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
· Conan (TBS)
BEST ANIMATED SERIES
· Archer (FX)
· Bob’s Burgers (FOX)
· The Simpsons (FOX)
· Family Guy (FOX)
· Phineas and Ferb (Disney XD)
· Adventure Time (Cartoon Network)
IMAX, Universal Pictures, and Legendary Pictures announced the latest take on the Dracula legend, Dracula Untold, will be released internationally in conventional theaters as well as IMAX theaters on October 2, 2014. North American audiences will have to wait until October 17th to sink their teeth into Dracula. According to the announcement, the film was not shot in IMAX but will be digitally remastered in the format.
The cast is led by Luke Evans and features Sarah Gadon, Dominic Cooper, Diarmaid Murtagh, and Samantha Barks. Gary Shore makes his feature film directorial debut with the film which is based on characters created by Bram Stoker and written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. Dracula Untold is an origin story centering on the man who became known as Dracula.
“Dracula is perhaps the most iconic horror story ever told, and this new twist on this classic tale is sure to appeal to IMAX audiences around the world,” stated Greg Foster, CEO of IMAX Entertainment and Senior Executive Vice President, IMAX Corp. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to once again partner with the terrific team at Universal and our long time collaborators at Legendary as we present this exciting film in IMAX.”
The action thriller Idol’s Eye has nabbed Robert De Niro in a starring role. De Niro has joined Robert Pattinson for the heist film, which will be directed by Olivier Assayas. Benaroya Pictures announced the casting and also said they expect filming to kick off in October 2014 in Toronto and Chicago.
An official synopsis has yet to be released, however Benaroya Pictures describes the project as a sophisticated thriller.
Ben Sachs is on board as an executive producer with Charles Gillibert, Scott Stuber, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan and Michael Benaroya producing.
Assayas’ directing credits include Something in the Air, Carlos the Jackal, Boarding Gate, Paris, je t’aime, and Clean.
Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, and other members of the original cast of My Big Fat Greek Wedding – the biggest sleeper hit of 2002 – are reuniting for a sequel to the romantic comedy. Vardalos tweeted about her involvement in the sequel, saying that with motherhood comes her desire to revisit the characters and continue the story.
“(1 of 2) I’m working on the MBFGWedding sequel; now that I’m experiencing motherhood I feel ready to write this next chapter.” – @NiaVardalos
“(2 of 2) A few jaded press corps will claim I ran out of money or just want to kiss John Corbett again. One of these things is true.” – @NiaVardalos
Thanking all the fans who’ve responded positively to the sequel news, Vardalos added:
“Re: #MyBigFatGreekWedding2, thank you for the love, yes the entire big fat family is invited back for the sequel.” – @NiaVardalos
Way back in 2002 I asked Vardalos and Corbett if they were interested in doing a sequel and, of course, at that time they were still reeling from the fact that they were on a press tour after the film had been in theaters 14 weeks and was showing no signs of slowing down. Vardalos said people had been asking about a sequel, a series, or even a Broadway musical, and she thought it was probably because people really cared about what happened to the family in the movie. “I find that very touching,” said Vardalos. “Jay Leno said that to me; I couldn’t believe it. That was the first thing he did. He came in to my dressing room – I freaked out that he was there. He said, ‘Hey, why don’t you write a sequel?’ I was like, ‘Why are you talking [to me]?’ I couldn’t believe it. [Laughing] I was trying to get used to the fact that I was even at The Tonight Show. I said, ‘Ah, maybe I will.’ He said people really want to know about this family. I thought that was so nice.”
My Big Fat Greek Wedding was made for a budget in the $3 million range and earned over $241 million during its theatrical run. The sequel is said to center around another wedding which will reunite the entire family.
Marvel has confirmed the casting rumor and Charlie Cox, who recently finished up work on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, is the first officially announced cast member for Marvel’s Daredevil. The 13-episode series is set to air on Netflix next year and will have Cox in the lead as Matt Murdock, a character who was blinded as a child but “imbued with extraordinary senses.”
Murdock fights the good fight as a lawyer during the day, and at night, he turns into the superhero Daredevil.
The series is set in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.
Steven S. DeKnight (Spartacus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is on board as showrunner and executive producer. Cabin in the Woods‘ Drew Goddard is also executive producing as well as writing the first few episodes.
The Top 22 home cooks get ready to compete on MASTERCHEF airing Monday, June 2 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (Photo Credit: Greg Gayne / FOX)
Season five of Fox’s cooking competition series MasterChef kicked off on May 26, 2014 with 30 home cooks competing for a spot on the series. With Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, and a very slimmed-down Graham Elliott judging their cooking, the best home cooks in America were asked to whip up a dish that defines them in hopes of earning one of the coveted white aprons from the judging panel.
After the heat was turned off and all the entrees were tasted, 22 of the competitors were handed white aprons, earning spots on the show and a chance at the grand prize package.
MasterChef Top Finalists
FRANCIS BIONDI Age: 25
Hometown: Orlando, FL Occupation: Server
Signature Dish: Crusted Halibut Cheeks on Moroccan Chickpea Ragu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MC5FrancisB
Twitter: @MC5FrancisB
WHITNEY BRAY Age: 28
Hometown: Columbus, OH Occupation: Call Center Representative
Signature Dish: Braised Pork Belly with Mustard Greens, Banana Mustard and Fingerling Potatoes
Production has begun on the second film of the Divergent franchise, Insurgent. Shailene Woodley and Theo James are back in starring roles, with Robert Schwentke (Red, R.I.P.D.) helming this sequel (Neil Burger directed the first film of the series). In addition to Woodley and James, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort (who also stars with Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars), Maggie Q, and Mekhi Phifer reprise their roles from Divergent.
According to Lionsgate and Summit’s official announcement, Insurgent started shooting today in Atlanta.
Brian Duffield and Akiva Goldsman adapted Veronica Roth’s bestselling book for the screen. Divergent opened on March 21, 2014 and the studio’s aiming for a Friday, March 20, 2015 theatrical release of Insurgent. That will be followed on March 18, 2016 by Allegiant Part 1 and on March 24, 2017 by Allegiant Part 2.
The Plot:
Insurgent raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the dystopian ruins of a futuristic Chicago.Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris’s family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them.
Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie takes on the lead role in Disney’s action-adventure tale, Maleficent, which focuses on the villain from the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Maleficent’s backstory is explored in the PG film which opens in theaters on May 30, 2014, and during an LA press day, Angelina Jolie talked about why she felt it was important to take on this particular film role.
Jolie also discussed how she went about physically transforming into the character and her daughter’s performance in Maleficent.
On why she wanted to help tell this story:
Angelina Jolie: “Well, I think I wanted to do something that my children can see. I wanted to have fun and explore different art and performance in a way I hadn’t done. But most of all, I read Linda’s script and I was really moved by it. I actually got very emotional when I finished it and I thought it was one of the best scripts I had read in a long time because of the issues it dealt with. I thought it was, in fact, an important story to tell.”
On getting into the role:
Angelina Jolie: “I think that was part of the thing with this role is you realize that there’s no halfway, that if you’re going to do it, you can’t kind of do it. You’re going to have to just to fully get into it and enjoy it. The original was done so well and her voice was so great and the way she was animated was so perfect that if anything, I just was so worried I’d fail the original. But I practiced a lot with my children – my voice – and when I got them laughing, I figured I was on to something.”
On the physical transformation into the role of Maleficent:
Angelina Jolie:“It wasn’t that much. The creation of it took a little time to figure out how to do the horns, even how to get them on my head and how do they stay on the head. We used my hair as kind of my braids to nail it down to different things. Well, it was a headpiece, of course, with the horns, it wasn’t like a headband. So we kind of put my hair in these balls and then you put the headpiece over and you pull the braids through and then you use it to anchor it.
And then we had different horns. At first, they were too heavy, then we got them softer, then we found ones that would snap off because I kept banging into things, and, you know, it just all slowly came together.
We tried different things and some of the things didn’t work. We kind of tried different [hair]. We had feather hair at one point. We went crazy. ‘Well, she’s a bird maybe she has feather hair instead,’ but we finally go to it. We just wanted to have a character that when you’re watching it, when you’re seeing the dramatic scenes you feel that you can watch her and I can perform without people staring at the makeup. We wanted to really find a balance so it was kind of an enhanced face but it still felt like a real face somehow. Not a real face … that a soul could still come out through that face.”
On her daughter appearing in the movie:
Angelina Jolie: “Well, Brad and I never wanted our kids to be actors. We never talked about it as a thing, you know? But we also want them to be around film and be a part of mommy and daddy’s life and for it not to be kept from them either, just to have a good healthy relationship with it. This came about because there were kids that would come to set and they would see me and I would go up and say hi to them and they would cry.
I actually had one child completely freeze and then cry; it was like terror, and so I felt so bad. But we realized that there was no way that we were going to find a four or five year old that I could be as strong with that would not see me as a monster, and suddenly there was Vivie running around looking like little Aurora and everybody kind of thought, ‘Oh, the answer’s right there.’ But then I had to go home and talk to dad and we both sat around thinking. It’s our kid, so it’s so sweet, the idea of it’s so cute to us as mommy and daddy but then the fact that she’s in a film and suddenly it’s the world and film and all that, took us a second.”
On how Vivienne Jolie-Pitt handled life on the set:
Angelina Jolie: “She was good. The first day was the day she had to catch the butterfly and she just really didn’t feel like doing it. So, I actually was holding the pole with the ball on the end and bouncing up and down and kind of dancing trying to make her laugh, and daddy was on the edge of the cliff she had to jump off, kind of like making faces and doing all these things. Her brothers and sisters were kind of egging her on and she eventually did it, but she was just taking her sweet time and not wanting to do it twice certainly, because that was, you know.
But then when we got to our scene, we’d kind of practiced it a little bit at home where I’d say, like ‘Okay, I’m going to say go away and then you try to get back.’ So by the time we did that, when we did it together we had a good time, we played together and I was actually shocked that she was doing so well. Inside I thought, ‘Oh, she went back and hit her mark.’ It’s frightening.”
On the timing of Maleficent in her life and career:
Angelina Jolie:“I mean it’s such a great project I imagine I would always have considered it, but I think it was really after having directed and thinking that I wasn’t sure if I wanted to act or how good I’d be, this challenge of it wasn’t returning to act, it wasn’t anything normal, it was such a crazy idea and I was so challenged by it. My kids are now all watching all these movies and wanting to play with mommy and it was perfect timing to have them all on set, playing, being a part of the adventure with me, and for me as an actress to not do something where I’m taking myself so seriously and I’m trying to do something for myself and my art but just play. Just remember what it is to play and entertain and try something bold.
[Motherhood] had a lot to do with it, and then also the artist in me felt it’s good to do something bold every once in a while, that you’re not comfortable with that you haven’t done. I was actually a bit nervous to take her on. I don’t have a big theatre voice, I don’t do things that are kind of comedic. This is such a crazy idea I’m a fairy. You know, I’d come home and, ‘How was your day, honey?’ ‘I was a fairy, I don’t know.’ But it’s great to jump into things that you’re not sure of and you haven’t done. It’s a little scary. That’s what we have to do as artists.”
REENACTMENT: Doreen Welsh (Miriam Lucia) in the water while passengers try to stay afloat after the plane crashes in the water. (Photo Credit: National Geographic Channels/Stuart Freedman)
National Geographic Channel is once again exploring the Miracle Landing on the Hudson, but this time the network’s approaching the story from the point of view of the passengers. Captain Sully Sullenberger’s story has been told but now it’s time for those who were passengers on board US Airways Flight #1549 to recall the incredible events surrounding the crash landing and their subsequent rescue.
Miracle Landing on the Hudson will premiere on June 22, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT on the National Geographic Channel. The two-hour movie will feature interviews with those involved along with dramatic reconstructions. According to NatGeo, the film is “narration-free” and instead comes to life on the small screen via “tense and horrifying recollections of the passengers on board that fateful flight.”
Simon George wrote and directed Miracle Landing on the Hudson. Louise Norman, Bart Layton, and Madeleine Carter executive produced the special.
Details on Miracle Landing on the Hudson, Courtesy of National Geographic Channel:
Even before a double bird strike destroyed the engines and plunged US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River on that January 2009 day, some passengers were tense. Pam Seagle describes a disturbing dream about a smoke-filled plane one night and her thought upon taking that flight: “I shouldn’t be doing this, shouldn’t be doing it.” Other passengers describe the anxiety that was pitted in their stomach when the gate was changed as well as the “rushed,” “hasty” takeoff.
Tess Sosa, a new mother traveling with her infant son who was seated away from her husband and 4-year-old daughter, describes: “It was a maddening moment when we were just taxiing off … there was a point where I stood up and I just wanted to get off the plane.”
Eileen Shleffar had read information about plane crashes occurring in the first 90 seconds after takeoff: “I’ve made it a habit to count that off and then I feel a little safer. … I start my count, ‘One one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand. … I remember stopping and looking around and thinking, ‘I’ve lost my count, what am I on?’” Then, just seconds later, a BOOM. “The first thing I thought of really was 9/11. I was terrified and I froze.”
Throughout Miracle Landing on the Hudson, passengers recall the moment that the plane “just shook and shuddered,” and the smell of “maybe an electrical fire” that filled the cabin.
“I looked out my left window and I, I saw sparks flying off the engine. Then it stopped suddenly. And it got really quiet. You could have heard a pin drop. It was all in slow motion,” says Brad Wentzell. “You’re saying to yourself, ‘Oh no, this is really happening.’ And I looked to [the woman beside me], I said, ‘I think you should pray.’”
We’ll also be in the cabin when passengers describe their response to the captain’s words “brace for impact!’”
· “I don’t think many people hear those words and are here to talk about it afterwards,” says Doreen Welsh.
· “This is really happening. I’m going to die,” thought Wentzell.
· “As human beings, we all know we’re going to die, but you never think it’s going to be today. We always assume we’ve got a tomorrow … that was not a true assumption anymore,” says Vallie Collins.
· Says Jim Whitaker: “I don’t even know if I can adequately describe what it’s like to think, ‘In the next moment, you’re going to be dead.’”
Then, Miracle Landing on the Hudson brings to life the “extremely, extremely violent” landing on the water using one of the largest outdoor green screen re-creations ever filmed in the U.K., while the real passengers give their second-by-second description of the anxious moments afterward: realizing they weren’t dead, seeing the water quickly approaching their ankles and the ensuing pandemonium when people started crawling over the seats to get out.
From start to finish, Miracle Landing on the Hudson takes us inside the minds of 155 unexpected heroes and their amazing attempts to survive despite hysteria and fear on that ill-fated flight.
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