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Worldview To Fund David Gordon Green-Helmed ‘Manglehorn’; Al Pacino In Crosshairs?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday May 1, 2013 @ 11:58am PDTTags: Al Pacino, Big Deals Film, David Gordon Green, Manglehorn, Worldview Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Worldview Entertainment has committed to finance and produce Manglehorn, which David Gordon Green will direct from a script he wrote with Paul Logan. I hear they are going out to Al Pacino for the lead role of A.J. Manglehorn, an aging, ordinary guy in a small town who nurses his sick cat, squeezes out a conversation with the local bank teller every Friday, and eats at the same place every day. But there is more to Manglehorn than meets the eye: he’s an ex-con who, 40 years ago, gave up the woman of his dreams for a big “job”. He now obsesses daily over the choices he made. After a dramatic effort to start over, Manglehorn faces a terrifying moment and is unmasked as a guy with a very, very dark past.

This figures to be a hot sales title at Cannes, and in a pitch to potential buyers, Green describes Manglehorn “as the story of a guy who gave up the love of his life for a life of crime and now he regrets it as the world crumbles in front of him. His profession as a locksmith is symbolic of a guy who’s trying to find the key to put his life back together. It’s a love story, the choices you make in your youth and the situations you set up for yourself: you end up sitting alone at the dinner table talking to a cat! I do think there is a beautiful humor in this.” READ MORE »

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Berlin: ‘Child’s Pose’ Wins Golden Bear; David Gordon Green Named Best Director

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Saturday February 16, 2013 @ 10:52am PSTTags: Berlin Film Festival, David Gordon Green

Wong Kar Wai’s jury gave Romanian film Child’s Pose the top prize Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this evening. The story follows a mother trying to save her son from prison. In accepting the award, director Călin Peter Netzer spoke of “commercial censorhip against arthouse cinema” and thanked the Berlinale, sales agents and distributors for “bringing arthouse cinema to the public.” David Gordon Green was named Best Director for the well-received Prince Avalanche, a film he remade from the Icelandic movie Either Way, transporting the action to Texas. Magnolia acquired the film in Sundance. The hotly-tipped Paulina Garcia took the Best Actress prize for her turn in Gloria which Roadside Attractions acquired earlier in the festival. And, Nazif Mujic was named Best Actor for Danis Tanovic’s Jury Grand Prix winner An Episode In The Life Of An Iron Picker.

While the competition roster at this year’s Berlin Film Festival left some cold, the last two years have produced a foreign language Oscar winner (2011′s A Separation) and two foreign language Oscar nominees (this year’s A Royal Affair and War Witch). And another film that won a prize in 2012, Sister, was also shortlisted for the foreign language Oscar this year. So, it will be interesting to watch the international careers of this year’s winners to see if the trend continues. Below is a list of the main winners along with the various sidebar and independent jury prizes which were announced earlier today: Read More »

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Berlin Film Festival Completes Official Roster, Adds River Phoenix Film ‘Dark Blood’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday January 18, 2013 @ 6:05am PSTTags: Berlin Film Festival, David Gordon Green, River Phoenix

The Berlin Film Festival has rounded out the official lineup, with 24 films in the program. Of those, 19 will compete for Golden and Silver Bears. Titles added to the previously announced films include the late River Phoenix’s last film, Dark Blood, and Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, both screening out of competition, and David Gordon Greene’s Prince Avalanche in competition. Prince Avalanche and Before Midnight are premiering in Sundance. Berlin runs from February 7-17. The full list of additions is below:

Before Midnight
USA/Greece
By Richard Linklater
With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
International Premiere / out of competition

Dark Blood
The Netherlands
By George Sluizer
With River Phoenix († 1993), Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce, Karen Black
International Premiere / out of competition Read More »

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Sony Pictures In Talks For ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Feature

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 1, 2012 @ 8:15am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Scott Rudin, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is in negotiations to turn Little House On The Prairie into a feature film that David Gordon Green will direct with Abi Morgan writing the script. Scott Rudin will produce with Trip … Read More »

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Toronto: Worldview Funds ‘Joe’ With Nic Cage Starring & David Gordon Green Directing

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 7, 2012 @ 11:18am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Joe, Nicolas Cage, Toronto Film Festival, WorldView
Mike Fleming

Nicolas Cage Joe MovieWorldview Entertainment will finance and produce the David Gordon Green-directed Joe, a Southern drama to star Nicolas Cage. Gary Hawkins adapted from the novel by Larry Brown. Principal photography is scheduled to begin in early November in Texas. London-based WestEnd Films will handle international sales and introduce the film to foreign buyers this week at the Toronto Film Festival. CAA, which packaged and arranged financing for Joe, represents the film’s domestic distribution rights. Joe is the story of an ex-con who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a homeless family ruled by a drunk, worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of small-town Mississippi. Read More »

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David Gordon Green-Directed Redo Of ‘Suspiria’ Set Up By Crime Scene Pictures

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday April 10, 2012 @ 11:12am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Crime Scene Pictures, David Gordon Green
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: The Dario Argento 1977 horror thriller Suspiria has been set for a remake that will be directed by Pineapple Express helmer David Gordon Green from a script he wrote with Chris Gebert. The search is on for Suzie, the … Read More »

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Sony Acquires ‘Q’ For David Gordon Green

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 14, 2011 @ 4:17pm PSTTags: David Gordon Green, Matt Tolmach, Sony Pictures
Mike Fleming

Sony Pictures is acquiring the Evan Mandery novel Q for David Gordon Green to write and direct, with Matt Tolmach producing. Published by Harper Collins, the novel is about a man who’s visited by a future version of himself and … Read More »

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Jonah Hill Joins Stiller & Vaughn In Fox Pic

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 23, 2011 @ 4:31pm PDTTags: Akiva Schaffer, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, David Gordon Green, Jonah Hill, Vince Vaughn
Mike Fleming

Newly svelte Jonah Hill (almost unrecognizably so) has been formally set to star alongside Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn in Neighborhood Watch, the Akiva Schaffer-directed Fox comedy. Shawn Levy is producing through his 21 Laps banner. Hill will next be … Read More »

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Johnny Knoxville And Patton Oswalt Play Squabbling Sibs In Big Beach Comedy

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 22, 2011 @ 8:02am PDTTags: David Gordon Green, Johnny Knoxville, Marc Turtletaub, Patrice O'Neal, Patton Oswalt, Paul Rudd, Peter Saraf, Rob Riggle
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Johnny Knoxville and Patton Oswalt have signed on to star in an untitled comedy that will be directed by Todd Rohal and financed by Marc … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: Jonah Hill’s ‘The Sitter’

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday August 7, 2011 @ 1:26am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, Alessandro Tanaka, Brian Gatewood, David Gordon Green, Jonah Hill, Movie Trailer, The Sitter

This new trailer for 20th Century Fox’s raunchy R-rated comedy The Sitter starring Jonah Hill as the world’s most irresponsible babysitter is attached to Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes in theaters this weekend. Release date is December 9th. Directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and produced by Mike De Luca, … Read More »

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20th TV Signs Pod Deal With Rough House

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 1, 2011 @ 8:00am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Matt Reilly, Pod Deal
Nellie Andreeva

20th Century Fox Television has inked a pod deal with Rough House Pictures. Under the one-year pact, Rough House principals David Gordon Green, Jody Hill, Danny McBride and head Matt Reilly will develop animated and live-action comedies targeted for broadcast networks. This marks the first network TV deal for the … Read More »

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Comedy Central Nears Pilot Order For Comedy From Director David Gordon Green

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 24, 2011 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Black Jack, Comedy Central, David Gordon Green, Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central is finalizing a deal for a pilot order to Black Jack. The single-camera comedy, directed and exec produced by Pineapple Express helmer David Gordon Green, hails from Rough House, Green’s production company with Danny McBride, Jody Hill … Read More »

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Berlin: ARC Entertainment Acquires Medieval Actioner ‘Ironclad’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 10, 2011 @ 6:00am PSTTags: ARC Entertainment, Barry Gordon, Brian Cox, ContentFilm International, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Derek Jacobi, James Purefoy, Jody Hill, Jonathan English, Kate Mara, Paul Giamatti, Rough House Pictures
Mike Fleming

ARC Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the ContentFilm International medieval action thriller Ironclad. ARC made the deal in collaboration with Barry Gordon’s XLrator Media, and will release the film theatrically in June. Directed by Jonathan English, the film … Read More »

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Sundance: HBO Closes Remake Deal For Irish Brawl Doc ‘Knuckle’ With Rough House Partners

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 24, 2011 @ 7:38pm PSTTags: Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Gerard Butler, HBO, Ian Palmer, Jody Hill, Matt Reilly, Robert Downey Jr., Rough House Pictures, Vin Diesel
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is closing a remake rights deal for Knuckle, the Ian Palmer-directed documentary at Sundance about two Irish families that settle a longstanding dispute by periodically engaging in bare knuckle bouts. Rough House Pictures partners Danny McBride, Jody Hill … Read More »

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Hot Redband Trailer: ‘Your Highness’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 18, 2010 @ 7:33am PSTTags: David Gordon Green, James Franco, Movies, Natalie Portman, Universal Pictures, Video, Your Highness
Mike Fleming

Natalie Portman is in the thick of the Oscar race for Black Swan, and so is James Franco for 127 Hours. Now, see them in the Universal Pictures redband trailer for the period stoner comedy Your Highness from director David Gordon Green. The comedy hits theaters April 8, 2011.

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