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Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘The English Teacher’, ‘Frances Ha’, ‘Augustine’, ‘Pieta’, ‘Black Rock’, 33 Postcards’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 16, 2013 @ 5:07pm PDTTags: 33 Postcards, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Specialty Box Office

Brian Brooks is a Deadline contributor.

After co-writing last summer’s animated box office hit Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Noah Baumbach returns to the Specialty realm with Frances Ha, which debuts this weekend theatrically. Baumbach co-wrote with Greta Gerwig, who also stars in the film. Also opening is veteran TV director Craig Zisk’s The English Teacher, starring Julianne Moore. French period drama Augustine joins Friday’s newcomers, starring Chiara Mastroianni, while Sundance Midnight thriller Black Rock also joins the fray along with Venice Golden Lion winner Pieta and Guy Pearce starter, 33 Postcards.

The English Teacher
Director: Craig Zisk
Writers: Dan Chariton, Stacy Chariton
Cast: Lily Collins, Julianne Moore, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane
Distributor: Cinedigm

The feature, directed by Craig Zisk had its World Premiere at the recent Tribeca Film Festival, though distributor Cinedigm caught a private sneak of the film last fall in New York. “We fell in love with the playful wit of the screenplay, the polished direction by Craig Zisk and the terrific performances by the stellar cast, including Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane, Michael Angarano and Lilly Collins”, noted Cinedigm’s co-president entertainment Susan Margolins. “We chose this weekend to follow closely on the heels of the film’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.” The comedy-drama stars Moore as a high school English teacher who lives in a small town living a simple existence. A former pupil (Angarano) returns after failing to succeed as a playwright in New York, and she convinces him to produce his play at the school. But his overbearing father has other plans. READ MORE »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Frances Ha’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday March 5, 2013 @ 6:51pm PSTTags: Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach

Greta Gerwig is front and center (in black and white) in the first trailer for Noah Baumbach‘s Frances Ha, which Baumbach and Gerwig co-scripted together. The actress and director reunite after collaborating on 2010′s Greenberg for the seriocomic character study of a 27-year-old dancer … Read More »

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TELLURIDE: Film Distributors Go Shopping

By PETE HAMMOND | Monday September 3, 2012 @ 2:02am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Elle Fanning, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Shannon, Noah Baumbach, Telluride Film Festival, The Iceman
Pete Hammond

Sundance, Cannes and Berlin are just some of the world’s top festivals where major movie sales are completed. But Telluride is mostly a launchpad for Fall awards contenders. Yet, unexpectedly, this 39th edition is drawing a large number of distributors interested in picking up some great deals. Among the titles for sale here are Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha starring a delightful Greta Gergwig; Canada’s and Sri Lanka’s Midnight’s Children; thriller The Iceman  starring Michael Shannon; director Sally Potter’s Ginger And Rosa; the documentary Love, Marilyn based on newly discovered diaries of Marilyn Monroe; and Saudi Arabia’s  Wadjda. Of course, 2009′s The Last Station  devised an unusual strategy by exclusively premiering in Telluride and also nabbing a Sony Pictures Classics deal plus two major acting Oscar nominations. And in 2010, Fox Searchlight execs saw a secret showing of The Tree Of Life here and quickly nailed rights for the film, which would eventually be nominated for Best Picture of 2011. Read More »

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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bruce Norris, Rhys Ifans & Greta Gerwig In Talks For ‘Corrections’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 20, 2012 @ 2:03pm PSTTags: Greta Gerwig, HBO, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans
Nellie Andreeva

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bruce Norris, Greta Gerwig and Rhys Ifans are in negotiations to join HBO’s drama pilot The Corrections. In the Noah Baumbach/Scott Rudin project, the four would join previously cast Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest and Ewan McGregor. Based on … Read More »

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Woody Allen Changes Title Of Rome-Set Movie To ‘Nero Fiddled’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 2:31pm PDTTags: Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page, Greta Gerwig, Jesse Eisenberg, Letty Aronson, Nero Fiddled, Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Woody Allen has changed the title of his new Rome-set film from the confusing The Bop Decameron to the much catchier Nero Fiddled. Allen got tired of all the blank stares he received when telling people the title of … Read More »

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Eva Mendes, Greta Gerwig In Talks For ‘The Place Beyond The Pines’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 14, 2011 @ 9:50am PDTTags: Bradley Cooper, Derek Cianfrance, Eva Mendes, Greta Gerwig, Ryan Gosling, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Eva Mendes is set and Greta Gerwig is in talks to star alongside Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper in The Place Beyond The Pines, a multi-generational crime drama … Read More »

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Sony Pictures Classics To Release Whit Stillman’s ‘Damsels In Distress’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 6:33am PDTTags: Damsels in Distress, Greta Gerwig, Whit Stillman
Mike Fleming

NEW YORK, NY (March 29, 2011) –Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will release Oscar nominated Whit Stillman’s latest film Violet Wister’s DAMSELS IN DISTRESS worldwide. Martin Shafer and Liz Glotzer produced alongside Stillman, who also wrote the screenplay.

The film stars Greta Gerwig (GREENBERG, upcoming ARTHUR remake), Adam

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Hot Trailer: ‘Arthur’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 11, 2011 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: Greta Gerwig, Helen Mirren, Jason Winer, Movies, Russell Brand Arthur, Trailers, Video, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

Warner Bros has issued a new trailer for Arthur, with Russell Brand playing the drunken playboy originated by Dudley Moore in 1981, Helen Mirren in John Gielgud’s role, Greta Gerwig the street smart woman originated by Liza Minnelli, and Jennifer Garner as the uptight society gal he’s engaged to. The Jason … Read More »

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