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First Image: Robert Redford In J.C. Chandor-Directed ‘All Is Lost’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 7, 2012 @ 10:26am PDTTags: J.C. Chandor, Lionsgate, Margin Call, Robert Redford
Mike Fleming

Here is a first look at Robert Redford battling the elements in All Is Lost, the film scripted and directed J.C. Chandor, who helmed the financial crisis thriller Margin Call.Chandor met Redford at the Sundance Film Festival, and was so taken by the indie film patriarch that he wrote a project specifically for him. And Redford, who can be elusive in committing, stepped up and put himself through quite an ordeal. Deadline was first to reveal this unusual project, which has just wrapped principal photography at Baja Studios in Rosarito, Mexico. It’s a man vs. nature drama, and it’s all Redford, all the time, as he goes Jeremiah Johnson after getting lost at sea and struggling against the elements to stay alive.

From the look of the photo, they put that giant water tank at Baja Studios to good use. Before The Door Pictures’ Neal Dodson and Washington Square Films’ Anna Gerb produced along with Justin Nappi and Teddy Schwarzman. The exec producers are Joshua Blum, Zachary Quinto, Corey Moosa, Cassian Elwes, Laura Rister, Robert Ogden Barnum, Glen Basner and Kevin Turen, a roster much longer than the cast list on this one. FilmNation is handling offshore sales and has already sold out the world, with Universal Pictures International distributing in a large part of the planet. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions will release stateside.

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OSCARS: ‘Margin Call’ — J.C. Chandor

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday February 18, 2012 @ 3:16pm PSTTags: Awardsline, J.C. Chandor, Margin Call, Oscars

Cari Lynn is a contributor to AwardsLine

Early this autumn, as the Occupy Wall Street movement heated up, writer-director J.C. Chandor was getting nervous. Really nervous. It was only days before the release of his writing and directorial debut, Margin Call, set in 2008 and about a fictitious investment bank discovering it’s the linchpin of the financial crisis. “My fear was that the OWS movement would turn into the World Trade Organization riots in Seattle, where they were breaking windows and burning cars,” Chandor says. “And there’s the old adage about films, that when it’s that too close, no one wants to see it.” Of course, Chandor and his ensemble cast — including Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, and Demi Moore — were relieved that things went “in a Gandhian way,” which, Chandor says, Read More »

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TOLDJA! Robert Redford To Star In J.C. Chandor’s ‘All Is Lost’; FilmNation On Sales: Berlin

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday February 9, 2012 @ 2:40am PSTTags: FilmNation, J.C. Chandor, Robert Redford

FilmNation is confirming what Deadline told you last year, that Robert Redford will star as the sole castmember in Margin Call writer and director J.C. Chandor’s All Is Lost. FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales starting at the EFM … Read More »

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OSCARS: ‘Margin Call’ Nomination Bolsters VOD Fest Push

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 24, 2012 @ 8:14am PSTTags: J.C. Chandor, Margin Call, Oscars, Roadside Attractions
Mike Fleming

Can Actors Be Sold On The VOD Business Model? Sundance Buyers Ponder That…

One of the hot topics of discussion at Sundance has been how viable VOD-centric releases can be in the Oscar race. While independents received 60 nominations … Read More »

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Robert Redford In Talks To Star For ‘Margin Call’s J.C. Chandor Man Vs Nature Drama

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday December 15, 2011 @ 6:24pm PSTTags: J.C. Chandor, Robert Redford
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After making his feature directorial debut on the timely financial crisis drama Margin Call, J.C. Chandor is setting up his followup. It’s called All Is Lost, a drama that is described as a man vs. nature drama that … Read More »

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