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Future Today has inked new content licensing deals with Gravitas Ventures, Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures that will allow it to deliver more films through its Fawesome streaming platform.

Films and shows that will be coming to the platform include “Taxi,” “Hamlet,” “Queen of the North,” “Mean Guns,” “Two Rode Together,” “The Fog” and “Silent Hours,” among others.

“Fawesome’s growing audience has come to expect engaging and entertaining content,” said David Di Lorenzo, the Senior Vice President of Content Acquisitions & Partnerships at Future Today. “Our new deals with these major studios allow us to continue to expand our premium content offering while satisfying the wants of our audience.”

A full list of titles coming to Fawesome as announced by Future Today follows below:

2036 Origin Unknown (Gravitas Ventures) Above the Shadows (Gravitas Ventures) Accident Man (Samuel Goldwyn) Another Round (Samuel Goldwyn) The Baader Meinhof Complex (Samuel...

Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant are set to lead a new period drama directed by Peter Glanz.

Titled “Savage House,” the eighteenth century black comedy also stars Bel Powley (“A Small Light”) and Jack Farthing (“The Lost Daughter”).

Kila Lord Cassidy (“The Wonder”), Richard McCabe (“Napoleon”), Vicki Pepperdine (“Poor Things”) and Pip Torrens (“The Iron Lady”) round out the cast. The film recently wrapped in the U.K.

“Set against the backdrop of eighteenth century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – this is a timely and darkly satirical story of Sir Chauncey Savage (Grant) and Lady Savage (Foy) and their blind pursuit of a better life,” reads the logline. “It is not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed. Filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed, this is a madcap play on class and power.”

Foy...

Exclusive: Oscar-shortlisted Panamanian filmmaker Abner Benaim (Plaza Catedral) is gearing up to direct a feature adaptation of Nemesis, the final bestseller by Philip Roth to be published prior to the famed author’s 2018 passing.

Dealing with such timely themes as an epidemic and antisemitism, Nemesis was described in The New Yorker as having “the elegance of a fable and the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama.” The novel published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October of 2010 is set in the summer of 1944, examining the impact of a polio epidemic on a Newark, NJ community and its children.

Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) adapted the screenplay. Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín and Andrew Hevia will produce for Fabula — the production company behind Foreign Language Oscar winner A Fantastic Woman, the Kristen Stewart starrer Spencer, and the upcoming drama Maria starring Angelina Jolie. Fernando Loureiro produces for Tigresa.

“Cyrano” star Kelvin Harrison Jr. will next embody American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a new project from director Julius Onah.

Harrison and Onah previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed drama “Luce,” which nabbed best male lead and best director nominations at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Developed and financed by Endeavor Content, the biographical film, titled “Samo Lives,” will celebrate the life, career and impact of the groundbreaking New York-born, Haitian-Puerto Rican American artist whose seminal paintings and street art defined the Neo-expressionism arts movement of the 1980s.

In 1983, Basquiat became the youngest artist to exhibit at the Whitney Biennial in New York, at just 22 years old. The acclaimed artist died on August 12, 1988 at the age of 27, but his work continues to make a great impact on the art world. At a Sotheby’s auction in 2017, Basquiat’s painting “Untitled” sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings...

Julius Onah’s new drama “The American Throne” has been given a series development order by Universal Content Productions, a division of Universal Studio Group. The show will be written and directed by the Nigerian American filmmaker, who is known best for producing the film “Luce.”

Per the logline, “The American Throne” takes place in a boldly reimagined contemporary America where the nation was founded as a monarchy. It centers on an entirely white royal family that is plunged into a scorched-earth succession battle when it’s revealed that the late king has hidden a mind-blowing secret: a Black son who is the true heir to the throne.

Others attached to the project include British American filmmaker Peter Glanz (“The Longest Week”), who is writing. He is repped by ICM, Mosaic and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman. He’s also repped by Merman for commercials.

Sam Esmail is teeing up his next development.

The Mr. Robot creator has teamed up with Luce and The Cloverfield Paradox director Julius Onah to develop a series based on the premise of an American monarchy.

The American Throne, which will be written and directed by Nigerian American filmmaker Onah, is set in a reimagined, contemporary America where the nation was founded as a monarchy. This entirely white Royal Family is plunged into a scorched earth succession battle when it’s revealed the late King has hidden a mind-blowing secret: A Black son who is the true heir to the throne.

Peter Glanz, who wrote and directed 2014 feature The Longest Week starring Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde and is developing Till Next Time at IMDb TV with Bad Wolf and Fremantle, will also write.

It is Esmail’s latest project under his overall deal with UCP; he exec produced Amazon’s Homecoming,...

Variety’s seventh annual Artisans Awards celebrates those essential to the filmmaking process and who have exhibited the most exciting and innovative work of the year in their respective fields.

The tribute evening will take place in a virtual ceremony on Monday, April 5 that will stream on the Santa Barbara Film Festival website. Variety’s Senior Artisans Editor Jazz Tangcay will moderate conversations with all the Artisan Award recipients.

The Variety Artisans Award will honor the following recipients:

Alan Baumgarten for Netflix’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” which sees the editor reunite with screenwriter and director Aaron Sorkin. Baumgarten won an Emmy for his work on 2008’s “Recount.” He received an Academy Award nomination for 2013’s “American Hustle.”

Nicolas Becker, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Sound for his work on Amazon’s “Sound of Metal.” Becker has over 263 credits which include “Arrival,” “Ex Machina” and “Gravity.

Breaking: Bad Robot has acquired six new projects from a number of up and coming filmmakers. This comes amidst speculation over where Jj Abrams will set his company to a new overall deal when the pact with Paramount expires. He’s meeting all the majors, and while there’s talk of Warner Bros, Universal, Netflix and others vying, many in town believe his landing place will be Disney, where Abrams has been working often, and where he is directing his second Star Wars film after relaunching the franchise there. Bad Robot and Paramount just released the genre film Overlord.

Here are the new films, set with the producer’s discretionary fund through its Paramount deal:

* The Steps — Pic is a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the project, based on an original idea by director Stefan Grube.

* Untitled Megan Amram — Megan Amram (The Good Place and Silicon Valley...

Roster includes feature directorial debut by Star Wars: Episode IX co-editor.

J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, whose World War Two horror Overlord debuted at number three in the North American charts last weekend, has bulked up its production slate with six projects from a crop of up-and-coming filmmakers.

The roster includes The Steps, which is based on an original idea by first-time director Stefan Grube and described as a twist on a possession story. Blair Butler will write the screenplay.

Grube is currently working as an editor alongside Maryann Brandon on Star Wars: Episode IX for Disney, Lucasfilm and Bad Robot,...

“I’ve always been interested in things that happen more in a rural setting,” admits cinematographer Ben Kutchins. “Most of the movies that I’ve shot to this point take place in an urban setting,” so when he was offered “Ozark,” he jumped at it. “I was raised in the country, so this was an opportunity to explore the darkness of my childhood as it were.” This year Kutchins received his career-first Emmy nomination for the series. Watch our exclusive video interview with him above.

See Jason Bateman (‘Ozark’) Emmy episode revealed for Best Drama Actor (Exclusive)

This Netflix drama centers on a Chicago-based financial adviser (Jason Bateman) who relocates his family to the Missouri Ozarks when his dealings with a drug cartel go awry. Kutchins competes for Best Cinematography for shooting the episode “The Toll,” which also brought Bateman a nomination for Best Drama Directing. And Bateman entered it...

Jeff Goldblum has joined Michael Sheen and Michelle Monaghan in an upcoming new dramady thriller called Price of Admission.

The story centers on "a middling playwright (Sheen) amidst a mid-life crisis and failing marriage. His wife (Monaghan) is tired of being second fiddle to his work — she wants a family. But incapable of functioning in reality, he submerges himself in an elaborate play about his life. The only person who understands his plight is his best friend, Alexander Taft (Goldblum), a behavioral psychologist with a mid-life crisis of his own."

The movie has a solid cast and it sounds like an interesting story, but in the end, I'll watch anything with Jeff Goldblum in it! He'll next be seen in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Price of Admission is being directed by Peter Glanz (The Longest Week).

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Sound the trumpets, roll out the fuzzy, red carpet, and make some noise, because Jeff Goldblum is joining the cast of The Price Of Admission. What's that movie about, you ask? It's an upcoming dramatic comedy that already stars Michelle Monaghan (Source Code) and Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy). The film will be directed and written by Peter Glanz (The Longest Week) and will center on a... Read More...

Radiant Films International introduce project in Cannes.

Jeff Goldblum, soon to be seen in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, has joined The Price Of Admission alongside Michael Sheen and Michelle Monaghan.

Peter Glanz wrote and is directing the part-dramedy, part-existential thriller and Radiant Films International president Mimi Steinbauer introduced the project to buyers in Cannes last month. ICM packaged and handles Us rights.

The Price Of Admission centres on a playwright (Sheen) in a mid-life crisis who submerges himself in an elaborate play about his life as a way of coping. The only person who understands his plight is his best...

Next month, enjoy plenty of sports-related flicks with the addition of the Oscar-nominated “I, Tonya,” on May 31 and all the “Rocky” movies on May 1.

Other highlights include the Hulu original series “All Night,” out May 11, which chronicles teens trying to make their high school dreams come true during an all-night grad party, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s 2017 remake of “Baywatch,” available May 12.

Catch Season 4 of FX’s “The Strain” on May 16 and the complete first season of TNT’s “Claws” on May 11.

Also Read: Kyle Chandler Replaces George Clooney as Lead in Hulu's 'Catch-22'

See everything that’s coming and leaving below:

Available May 1

3 Ways to Get a Husband (2010)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

Baby Boom (1987)

Back to School (1986)

Barefoot (2014)

201 (2017)

The Box (2009)

Booty Call (1997)

Breakable You (2018)

Bride and Prejudice (2004)

Bull Durham (1988)

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

The Crow (1994)

The Crow II: City of Angels (1996)

The Crow III: Salvation (2000)

The Crow IV: Wicked Prayer (2005)

Demolition Man (1993)

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Eight Men Out (1988)

Elizabethtown (2005)

Emperor (2012)

Executive Decision (1996)

Foxfire (1996)

Gator (1976)

Godzilla (1998)

The Hangman (2017)

Also Read: Hulu, Spotify Launch $13 Bundled Subscriptions

Here to be Heard: The Story of the Slits (2017)

Hot Boyz (2000)

The House I Live In (2012)

Immigration Tango (2010)

Iron Eagle IV: On the Attack (1995)

Kalifornia (1993)

Lost in Vagueness (2017)

Love is a Gun (1994)

Malena (2000)

Man of the House (2005)

Manhunter (1986)

Mansfield Park (1999)

The Matrix (1999)

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

Men in Black II (2002)

Men with Brooms (2002)

Never Back Down (2008)

New Guy (2002)

New Rose Hotel (1998)

Ninja Masters (2009)

No Greater Love (2015)

The Pallbearer (1996)

Pink Panther 2 (2009)

Pret-a-Porter (1994)

Priest (2011)

Race for your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)

Rocky (1976)

Rocky II (1979)

Rocky III (1982)

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky V (1990)

School Ties (1992)

Set Up (2011)

She’s All That (1999)

Starting out the Evening (2007)

Strategic Air Command (1955)

The Swan Princess Christmas (2012)

Also Read: Hugh Laurie Joins Hulu 'Catch-22' Adaptation With George Clooney

The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)

Thief (1981)

To Rome with Love (2012)

Traffic (2000)

Untamed Heart (1993)

Valkyrie (2008)

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

Available May 5

Drunk History: Complete Season 5A (Comedy Central)

Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin: Complete Season 1 (Sunrise)

The Longest Week (2014)

Warrior (2011)

Available May 6

I’m Dying Up Here: Season 2 Premiere (*Showtime)

Available May 7

Star vs. The Forces of Evil: Complete Season 3 (Disney Xd)

Available May 8

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: Season 4 Premiere (NBC)

Available May 9

T@gged: Complete Season 2 (AwesomenessTV)

Available May 11

All Night: Complete Season 1 (Hulu Original)

Claws: Complete Season 1 (TNT)

Bleeding Heart (2015)

Into the Fade (2018)

Available May 12

Patrick Melrose: Series Premiere (*Showtime)

Baywatch (2017)

Frank Serpico (2017)

Jane (2017)

Still Mine (2012)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Available May 13

Tonight She Comes (2016)

Available May 15

Animals (2015)

How to be a Latin Lover (2017)

It’s A Disaster (2012)

Periods. (2012)

Soul of a Banquet (2014)

Take Every Wave (2017)

The Other F Word (2011)

The Snapper (1993)

The Strange Ones (2018)

Available May 16

12 Monkeys: Complete Season 3 (Syfy)

The Strain: Complete Season 4 (FX)

Knights of the Damned (2018)

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

Available May 19

Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

Shooters (2002)

Available May 21

American Folk (2017)

Neat (2017)

Available May 23

Half Magic (2018)

Available May 24

Curvature (2017)

Available May 25

Hollywood Game Night: Red Nose Dat Special (NBC)

Mad to be Normal (2017)

Available May 27

The Wedding Plan (2016)

Available May 30

America’s Got Talent: Season 13 Premiere (NBC)

World of Dance: Season 2 Premiere (NBC)

Available May 31

American Ninja Warrior: Season 10 Premiere (NBC)

I, Tonya (2017)

Please Stand By (2018)

Rain Man (1988)

And here’s everything that’s leaving:

May 31

1984 (1985)

The Accused (1988)

A Feast at Midnight (1997)

Antitrust (2001)

The Big Wedding (2013)

Boulevard (2015)

Branded (2012)

Breakdown (1997)

Captivity (2007)

Chaplin (1992)

Diablo (2016)

The Doors (1991)

Earth Girls are Easy (1988)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Finder’s Fee (2003)

Fluke (1995)

Forces of Nature (1999)

Fred: The Movie (2010)

Fred: Night of the Living Fred (2011)

Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012)

The Glass Shield (1994)

Glitter (2001)

Gordy (1995)

Happythankyoumoreplease (2010)

Harriot the Spy (1996)

Hart’s War (2002)

He Named Me Malala (2015)

Hesher (2010)

High School (2010)

Honey (2003)

Honey 2 (2011)

Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Jennifer 8 (1992)

John Q (2002)

Kingpin (1996)

Love Crimes (1992)

Show of Force (1990)

Manhattan (1979)

Manny (2015)

The Million Dollar Hotel (2001)

National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie (2011)

National Lampoon’s Dorm Daze 2: College @ Sea (2006)

No Stranger Than Love (2016)

Outlaws and Angels (2016)

The Pick-up Artist (1987)

Regarding Henry (1991)

The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982)

Southie (1998)

Sprung (1997)

The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Read original story Here’s Everything That’s Coming to and Leaving Hulu in May At TheWrap...

Michael Sheen and Michelle Monaghan have been set to star in The Price Of Admission, from writer-director Peter Glanz (The Longest Week). The project’s foreign rights will be sold by Radiant International at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin. ICM Partners packaged the film and is handling the U.S. rights. The pic, a dramedy/thriller, centers on a middling playwright (Sheen) amidst a mid-life crisis and failing marriage. His wife (Monaghan) is tired of being…...

Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has come on board to commence international sales in Berlin this week.

Peter Glanz will direct for producers John Powers Middleton and Alex Foster of The Middleton Media Group, Neda Armian of Armian Pictures and Adrian Politowski’s Umedia.

Oscar frontrunner Casey is on board as executive producer through his company partnership with Middleton, The Affleck/Middleton Project.

The parties said The Price Of Admission will play like a part dramedy, part existential thriller in the vein of Being John Malkovich and Birdman.

Sheen will play a playwright in the throes of a mid-life crisis and failing marriage whose life tumbles into a limbo state between fiction and reality.

International film group Umedia is co-financing the picture and ICM packaged the film and handles Us rights.

Glanz wrote the screenplay and also produces. Known primarily for commercials, he also wrote and directed comedy The Longest Week starring Jason Bateman as well...

In May we will see almost 60 titles leave Netflix, but nearly 60 titles are being added. One of the big warnings I will heed is that you’ve got until May 5 to watch Skyfall, so get on that. The Netflix original Grace & Frankie makes its debut on May 8 and stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston.

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, The Boxtrolls, and Fruitvale Station are just some of the great titles heading your way next month. Check out the full list of new movies and TV shows coming to Netflix.

Available May 1

Beyond Clueless (2014)

Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)

Legally Blonde (2001)

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003)

Longmire: Season 3

No No: A Dockumentary (2014)

Shameless: Series 10

The Last Waltz (1978)

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

Underclassman (2015)

Witnesses: Season 1

Available May 2

Lalaloopsy: Festival of Sugary Sweets (2015)

LeapFrog Letter Factory Adventures: Amazing Word Explorers (2015)

Available May 3

Anita (2013)

D.L. Hughley...

May on Netflix brings more high-profile original series, including "Grace and Frankie," starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two women who bond when their husbands -- Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen -- reveal they're gay and leave their wives to be together. It's from Marta Kauffman, the co-creator of "Friends."

Also new, the sci-fi mystery series "Between," in which a disease has wiped out everyone over 21. Unlike other Netflix series, "Between" will air a new episode every week for six weeks, beginning on May 21. Jennette McCurdy from "iCarly" stars.

And debuting on May 22: A comedy special from Jen Kirkman, best known for her appearances on "Chelsea Lately" and "Drunk History."

Here's a full rundown of what's new on Netflix in May 2015, provided by Netflix. As always, all titles and dates are subject to change. We've also go you covered in terms of what's leaving Netflix in May 2015, in case you were wondering.

Anchor Bay Entertainment (Abe), a leading distributor of independent feature films and home entertainment product, recently announced a new three-year agreement with Gravitas Ventures, a leading distributor of independent cinema.

The output deal gives Abe North American Blu-ray and DVD distribution rights to 36 titles, 12 per year, from Gravitas Ventures through 2017. Among the first releases included in the agreement are acclaimed films "Manny," a Manny Pacquiao documentary, "Always Woodstock," starring Ryan Guzman, Brittany Snow and Katey Sagal, and "Lovesick," starring Matt LeBlanc, Ali Larter and Chevy Chase.

“Gravitas Ventures is an extraordinarily innovative company with an outstanding array of independent content,” said Bill Clark, President of Anchor Bay Entertainment. “This is a very exciting partnership and we are committed to expanding the audience for their films in the home entertainment marketplace.”

“Anchor Bay Entertainment’s first-rate relationships with retailers, as well as their inventive and customized marketing programs make them an ideal partner for us,” said Nolan Gallagher, CEO and Founder of Gravitas Ventures. “We look forward to a long and productive relationship.”

More on Gravitas Ventures

Gravitas Ventures is a leading all rights distributor of independent cinema. Founded in 2006, Gravitas connects independent filmmakers and producers with distribution opportunities across the globe. Recent releases include "Ping Pong Summer" with Susan Sarandon, "The Longest Week" starring Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde, "Felony" starring Joel Edgerton, "Backstreet Boys: Show'Em What You're Made Of" and Spike Lee’s "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus." For more information, please check out www.gravitasventures.com

More on Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment company celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. Anchor Bay acquires and releases a wide array of filmed entertainment in the theatrical and home entertainment markets, including Starz Original series, children's entertainment, fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports and specialty films on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats. The company has long-term distribution agreements in place for select programming with The Weinstein Company, AMC Networks and RADiUS, among others. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment ( www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a full service distributor in the North American market. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a Starz (Nasdaq: Strza, Strzb) business, www.starz.com.

Rodney Ascher took us on a tour of the secluded and ominous Overlook Hotel like never before in Room 237, a documentary about various theories on what hidden messages or themes could exist in Stanley Kubrick's film adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. With The Nightmare, Ascher returns to the big screen with another documentary on a scary subject, one that's all too familiar for some folks: sleep paralysis. Tormented by "shadow people" and other eerie entities while unable to move their bodies, people plagued by sleep paralysis have their stories recreated in Ascher's The Nightmare (showing tonight at the SXSW Film Festival), and North American audiences can see these nighttime terrors brought to life onscreen soon, as Gravitas Ventures has acquired The Nightmare and will release it in theaters and on VOD early this summer:

"El Segundo, CA (March 13, 2015) – The Nightmare, the unique horror documentary from director...

The Georgia Film Critics Association has more or less kept to the standard flow today with a list of nominations led by critical darlings "Birdman," "Boyhood," "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Selma." Each film picked up seven nods, though "Selma" also figured into collective nods for two breakthrough nominees so you'd be on solid turf to say it was out in front. Check out the full list of nominees below. Winners will be announced on Jan. 9. Check out the rest of the madness at The Circuit. Best Picture "Birdman" "Boyhood" "Gone Girl" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "Ida" "A Most Violent Year" "Nightcrawler" "Selma" "Snowpiercer" "Whiplash" Best Director Richard Linklater, "Boyhood" David Fincher, "Gone Girl" Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Ava DuVernay, "Selma" Damien Chazelle, "Whiplash" Best Actor Ralph Fiennes, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Jake Gyllenhaal, "Nightcrawler" Michael Keaton, "Birdman" David Oyelowo, "Selma" Eddie Redmayne, "The Theory of Everything" Best Actress Marion Cotillard,...

The Longest Week Review

As is often the case with new directors, Peter Glanz’ The Longest Week is built from one of his earlier short films, A Relationship in Four Days. It’s a film that is going to divide critics, many of whom will dislike it for all the things that make it great, and is a tricky sell to most audiences. There’s a fine line between a derivative work (or one that is just patently stolen) and an honorific, and watching The Longest Week reminded me of nothing so much as Down with Love. While Down with Love was more directly putting forward the films it nodded to, and was more focused in its subject, it had a difficult time winning fans, and I suspect for similar reasons, even one has far easier entry points than the other.

The Longest Week revolves around Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman...

Looking at Jason Bateman‘s filmography over the past five years, there’s a mix of comedies, ranging in quality and style, but he plays an everyman in just about all of them. It seems as if he hit his stride with Arrested Development, and he’s been cast as the non-threatening, generally handsome but relatable, nice guy about to boil over ever since. It’s a role in which Bateman definitely excels, often bringing subtleties to each similar-feeling character. That isn’t the case in The Longest Week. Bateman stars in Peter Glanz‘s film as Conrad Valmont, an adult child whose affluent, loveless upbringing has turned him into a self-obsessed, womanizing pseudo-intellectual. When he’s kicked out of his family’s Manhattan Hotel, he’s forced to stay with his only friend, Dylan (Billy Crudup), who’s similarly full of himself but more addicted to monogamy. The two have competed through the entirety of their...

To mark the release of The Longest Week on 1st September, we’ve been given 3 copies to give away on DVD.

Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses, The Switch), Olivia Wilde (Rush, Tron: Legacy) and Billy Crudup (Eat Pray Love, Watchmen) star in the fresh new romantic comedy The Longest Week.

Millionaire playboy Conrad (Bateman), has been cut off from his parents’ fortune after a life of leisure spent living in a hotel. Now in his 30s, he suddenly finds himself penniless, homeless and jobless (not that he’s ever had a job) and has to move in with his best friend Dylan (Crudup).

A chance encounter on a subway leads him to meet the enigmatic and beautiful Beatrice Fairbanks (Wilde). She’s absolutely everything he’s ever dreamed of – but for one small problem… she’s already going out with his Dylan! Will Conrad get his girl or will he grow up?...

Sure, post-Labor Day blues have kicked in, Summer Fridays at work came and went, and back-to-school traffic and subway congestion is testing your patience, but there’s some good news! With the upcoming fall season comes some great films, from Oscar contenders to star-studded comedies, and we’ve hand-picked 10 that you should be checking out this month. Which are you most excited to see? “Frontera,” Sept. 5Starring Ed Harris, Michael Peña, and this week’s Backstage cover star Eva Longoria, “Frontera” follows a former Arizona Sheriff (Harris) as he searches for answers regarding his wife’s murder. Though it appears a Mexican man (Peña) crossing into the country illegally is at fault, the facts and answers of the case are more complex. Of the film, Longoria told Backstage, “I read [the script] and thought, Oh my God, this I have to do. I didn’t want to do any kind of...

Arrested Development: Glanz’s Debut an Affluent Vacuum

For the most part, it’s an ingenious trick to fabricate an aura of empathy around a pool of pretentious piranhas endlessly floundering about in the upper echelons of privilege and oblivion. To extend an invitation to witness purported romance amongst elitists garnished with nothing more than an immeasurable trust fund and the preened hue of an Ivy League education would seem nearly impossible to enjoy, and, thus, Peter Glanz’s directorial debut, The Longest Weekend is a generous case in point.

Despite a nicely chosen cast and a handful of flourishes borrowed from the works of cinematic masters, there’s little carbonation to this stale elixir that too often depends on cliché. Overreaching and stifled by its own unnegotiable parameters, this is a highly artificial portrait of all that it attempts to convey.

Now entering his fourth decade of life,...

The Longest Week really wants you to know how smart it is. From its opening frames (analyst’s office, stuttered Allen-esque musings on Freud) the whole affair practically oozes snoot. You tread a fine line with these kind of films, running the extreme risk of completely alienating your audience with every achingly spacious apartment and pompous musing on theatre. Frasier and The Royal Tenenbaums did it right, most recently Mutual Friends did it wrong.

The line between charm and bemusement is fine, yet The Longest Week manages to dance all over it, then traipse it out into the parking lot and back again. Its smorgasbord of influences never really goes anywhere, alternately charming and irritating on its meandering way to nowhere in particular.

The titular week kicks off as Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman) – a privileged manchild used to the finer things in life – is gently hurled out onto the street.

The Longest Week, from writer-director Peter Glanz, is a romantic dramedy that echoes its main characters: beautiful on the outside, bereft of purpose inside. Stylistically, Glanz channels Wes Anderson, from his symmetrical framing to his reliance on voice-over narration. The references are so excessive that the film hints at satire but ultimately fails to rise above mimicry.

Childish would-be novelist Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman) is the wealthy heir to Valmont Hotels. When he is unexpectedly cut off from his family funds, Conrad moves in with his friend/rival Dylan Tate (Billy Crudup). Along the way, he falls in love with a model, Beatrice Fairbanks (Olivia Wilde), who he later discovers is Dylan's new girlfriend. It's a shame that the cast's considerable charms...

Plot: Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman) . the affluent son of a prominent New York family . finds himself out on the street when his family decides to stop funding his opulent lifestyle. He moves in with his best friend Dylan (Billy Crudup) and promptly steals his girlfriend, Beatrice (Olivia Wilde). Review: Right from the get-go it.s pretty obvious that The Longest Week is going to be a bit of an endurance test. Starting off with a title card reading .prologue. as our neurotic hero pours...

As we look in the rearview mirror of the summer blockbusters, September heralds the start of the fall movie season. Filled with Hollywood heavyweights and A-listers, here’s our Big list of the most anticipated movies coming to cinemas this autumn and during the holidays.

Our exhaustive list includes films that are playing at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival as well the ones that already have a theatrical release date. With the awards season on the horizon, we also added a few bonus films at the end to keep your eye out for in the months ahead.

Pull up a chair, grab a pen and paper and get ready for Wamg’s Guide to the 100+ Films This Fall And Holiday Season.

We kick it off with what’s showing in Toronto at the film festival that runs September 4 – 14.

Maps To The Stars – September 2014 – Toronto International Film Festival; UK & Ireland September...

Woody Allen’s back catalogue casts a long shadow across contemporary romantic comedy. His tropes and trademarks are as ingrained into the collective sense memory as mother’s perfume. At the first tremble of a clarinet, mutter about mortality or meander across a Manhattan neighbourhood, we inhale the nostalgia like Bisto kids. And arguably we’d never have met Harry and Sally, walked the Sidewalks of New York or dined alongside Friends with Money without his influence.

The Longest Week is peppered with Woody base notes. Over the course of seven days, Conrad (Jason Bateman) has been stripped of the safety net of his wealth and the cushion of his ego, moved in with his cynical best friend (Billy Crudup) and accidentally fallen in love with his girl (Olivia Wilde). His eventual dilemma – to be or not to be a better man – is as timeless as Annie Hall.

Now, to coincide with its DVD release,...

We’re playing catch-up here on Nerdly – after a busy 2 weeks prepping for and then attending this years Frightfest there’s a number of weekly-release reviews to bring you up to speed on. So here they are, reviews of The Cabin, Blood Orgy of the She Devils and The Longest Week.

The Cabin

Another one of those straight to DVD films that make up 99% of the horror films on sale at supermarkets, with the same generic cover art and shiny slipcase, The Cabin is destined to get mixed up with all the other cabin/lodge/house movies on the market when, in fact, it doesn’t deserve to – this film has little to do with the titular abode and more to do with the main characters bloodline (the original title of the movie) and his relationship with his faith.

The film tells the story of seminary student Brett Ethos (Matt Thompson...

Hopefully, you've had a few minutes to play around with our Fall Entertainment Generator. But if you're looking for straight and simple lists of things to look out for by medium, we'll be breaking them out separately. Here's a look at fall movies. September 9/5 Frontera Michael Peña is a Mexican ­immigrant who didn’t kill Ed Harris’s wife but pays the price anyway. The Longest Week Jason ­Bateman stars as a trust-fund brat disinherited by his parents who manages to make Olivia Wilde fall for him anyway. 9/12 Dolphin Tale 2 The follow-up to the 2011 family hit about a dolphin with a prosthetic tail. No Good Deed Idris Elba is a handsome-but-evil home-invader dropping in on Taraji P. Henson. Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt? The trilogy concludes, with cameo appearances from Ron Paul, Glenn Beck, and Grover Norquist. The Drop The late James Gandolfini stars in a Brooklyn-based...

Jason Bateman is having ‘The Longest Week,’ as Gravitas Ventures is set to release the comedy-drama in theaters on September 5. The film, which also stars Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup and Jenny Slate, was written and directed by first-time feature film sribe and helmer, Peter Glanz. Gravitas Ventures has released the following synopsis for ‘The Longest Week’: As he eases into adulthood at the age of forty, Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman), the over-educated, under-employed heir to the Valmont Hotel fortune, is cut off from his allowance following his parents abrupt divorce and tossed out into the unforgiving streets of the Upper West Side. Luckily, he is taken in by his [ Read More ]

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Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Elisabeth Moss and Natasha Lyonne have been cast in Meadowland.

The four will star in the psychological drama which marks award-winning cinematographer Reed Morano's directorial debut.

Bron Studios is producing the story about couple Sarah (Wilde) and David (Wilson), whose son goes missing.

While New York City policeman David finds himself losing his moral compass, Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations in an attempt to deal with her loss.

Lyonne is best known for her role as Nicky in Orange Is the New Black and will feature in Girls season four.

Wilde will next be seen with Jason Bateman and Billy Crudup in The Longest Week.

Mad Men's Moss will star in the upcoming The One I Love.

Wilson reunites with Morano following The Skeleton Twins.

Meadowland will enter production in New York City in mid-August.

Jason Bateman is almost 40 and still getting a weekly allowance from his millionaire parents in the new comedy The Longest Week. But what if one day they decide to cut him off? Apparently he goes to live with his also millionaire, overprivileged, almost 40, longtime friend played by Billy Crudup. Conrad Valmont (Jason Bateman) […]

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Today we have a trailer for the upcoming "The Longest Week" romantic comedy, starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup and Jenny Slate. Check it out below. Plot: The story follows Conrad Valmont (Bateman), a man easing into adulthood at the age of 40. The over-educated, under-employed heir to the Valmont Hotel fortune, Conrad is cut off from his allowance following his parents' abrupt divorce and tossed out into the unforgiving streets of the Upper West Side. Luckily, he is taken in by his old friend Dylan (Crudup) and returns the favor by immediately falling for Dylan's girlfriend, Beatrice (Wilde). As Conrad attempts to woo Beatrice while keeping both their relationship and his bank balance secret, Dylan tries to set him up with Jocelyn (Slate). Ever committed to the charade that he eventually finds difficult to maintain, Conrad quickly realizes his charm can only extend so far. The new movie directed...

Jason Bateman finally gets cut off at the tender age of 40 in the trailer for “The Longest Week.” He plays a spoiled rich kid who's never had to take responsibility for his own life who suddenly finds himself on his own after his parents decide enough is enough. He moves in with his best friend, played by Billy Crudup, and everything seems like it might just work out. That is, until Olivia Wilde‘s character shows up. Also read: Jason Bateman to Direct, Star in FBI Wedding Comedy for Universal Crudup had met Wilde and was enamored with her, but she and Bateman.

Here's the trailer for incoming comedy The Longest Week, starring Jason Bateman, Billy Crudup and Olivia Wilde...

Jason Bateman scored some of the best movie reviews of his career for his directorial debut, Bad Words, earlier this year. It's a movie that's still not made it to the UK though, and his next, The Longest Week, is getting a simultaneous VOD and cinema outing.

The film stars Bateman as a 40-year old who suddenly gets his allowance cut off by his parents. This once rich man moves in with his friend, but the two become distracted by wooing a character played by Olivia Wilde. By the looks of things, you can probably fill in the blanks from there.

We've got the trailer for the film here, which gives you a taste of what to expect. The movie gets a release in the Us in September.

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Here's a trailer for The Longest Week, starring Jason Bateman as a wealthy, aimless heir named Conrad Valmont who is forced to move in with his equally wealthy best friend Dylan (Billy Crudup) after his parents cut him off. They do fancy best-friend stuff like play squash and wear bow ties, until Conrad decides to mess it all up by falling in love with Dylan's girlfriend (Olivia Wilde). We know that matters of the heart are painful no matter how many vintage convertibles you own, but it's still pretty hard to feel bad for either of these dudes (as Jenny Slate's character puts it: "How am I supposed to care about a group of overprivileged affluent types who go gallivanting around without any sort of a moral compass?"). Still, we'll give it the benefit of the doubt, mainly because Jenny Slate is in it. She's delightful!

A new trailer has been released for The Longest Week.

The film stars Jason Bateman and Billy Crudup as two friends who fight for the affection of Olivia Wilde's character.

Conrad (Bateman) is an aspiring novelist who has been cut off from his wealthy parents.

His best friend Dylan (Crudup) introduces him to a woman called Beatrice (Wilde), who he is interested in - little does he know, Conrad already has her number and is interested in her too.

Jenny Slate co-stars in the Gravitas Ventures movie, which is written and directed by Peter Glanz.

The Longest Week opens to limited Us theaters and VOD on September 5. No UK cinema date has been announced.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trailer so brutally knee-cap the movie it’s marketing as quickly as the first preview for rom-com The Longest Week, which hit the web today, just has. On paper, the premise sounds fun – Jason Bateman and Billy Crudup play affluent New Yorkers who compete for the affections of a beautiful woman (Olivia Wilde). But mid-way through the trailer, the luminescent Jenny Slate comes in, presumably playing the would-be publisher of Bateman’s character’s inchoate novel, to deliver this cringeworthy piece of cynicism: “How I am supposed to care about a group of overprivileged, affluent types who go galavanting around without any sort of a moral compass?”

However, instead of answering Slate’s extremely fair question, which is one this potential viewer now also has on his mind, The Longest Week‘s trailer just goes back to its cutesy/pretentious indie...

Unleashing a lovable look at its new flick, Gravitas Ventures premiered the trailer for “The Longest Week” on Tuesday afternoon (July 29).

Starring Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate and Billy Crudup, this light-hearted comedy follows a man “easing into adulthood at the age of 40.”

The movie written and directed by Peter Glanz is filled with plenty of ups and downs exploring Bateman’s character’s, Conrad Valmont, struggles after his parents cut him off of funding.

It hits theaters and On Demand on September 5. Check out the trailer in the player above!

The Bachelorette contestants can’t keep it in their pants, and after re-watching the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer, neither can we. Here’s more pop culture news to get you hot and bothered on your way home.

Mr. Grey is more than ready for you. The Fifty Shades trailer is already the most viewed trailer of 2014. [Cosmopolitan] Are Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray on the rocks after Andi admitted to “making love” with Bachelorette runner-up Nick Viall? [E!] Kendall Jenner gets cozy with Dallas Maverick Chandler Parsons. That family has a thing for athletes. [People] A certain member of the Kardashian clan who has mysteriously been Mia was spotted in Malibu. [Naughty But Nice Rob] The Change-Up stars Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde reunite in The Longest Week trailer. [EW] Ballroom hottie Maksim Chmerkovskiy says he’s done with Dancing with the Stars. [The Wrap] Kiefer Sutherland responds to Freddie Prinze, Jr.‘s major diss. [ABC] Scarlett Johansson takes on yet another transformation.

The Bachelorette contestants can’t keep it in their pants, and after re-watching the Fifty Shades of Grey trailer, neither can we. Here’s more pop culture news to get you hot and bothered on your way home.

Mr. Grey is more than ready for you. The Fifty Shades trailer is already the most viewed trailer of 2014. [Cosmopolitan] Are Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray on the rocks after Andi admitted to “making love” with Bachelorette runner-up Nick Viall? [E!] Kendall Jenner gets cozy with Dallas Maverick Chandler Parsons. That family has a thing for athletes. [People] A certain member of the Kardashian clan who has mysteriously been Mia was spotted in Malibu. [Naughty But Nice Rob] The Change-Up stars Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde reunite in The Longest Week trailer. [EW] Ballroom hottie Maksim Chmerkovskiy says he’s done with Dancing with the Stars. [The Wrap] Kiefer Sutherland responds to Freddie Prinze, Jr.‘s major diss. [ABC] Scarlett Johansson takes on yet another transformation.

Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde fall in love and move in together during a whirlwind seven-day span in rom-com The Longest Week.  Photos Inside THR's Comedy Actress Roundtable With Taylor Schilling, Zooey Deschanel, Mindy Kaling Bateman plays aspiring novelist Conrad, who is still mooching off his wealthy parents' dime until they cut him off. Conrad's brother introduces him to Beatrice (Wilde), leading to a competition between the two brothers for Beatrice's affections.  In a memorable scene, Conrad regrettably decides to choose a rooftop setting to tell his brother that he's sleeping with Beatrice, and a physical altercation

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Just recently we got our first look at Jason Bateman reuniting with Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis in Horrible Bosses 2, but before that film arrives in the fall, the "Arrested Development" star will be chasing after Olivia Wilde, much to the chagrin of his best friend Billy Crudup, in The Longest Week. As Conrad Valmont (Bateman) is cut off from his family's fortune, he is forced to move in with his old friend Dylan (Crudup), only to use his charm's in an attempt to steal his girlfriend (Wilde). It looks pretty bland, and the story feels more than a little weak, trying to make an interesting story out of rich white people problems, but maybe the cast can make this a little more appealing than it seems in the trailer? Watch! Here's the first trailer for Peter Glanz's The Longest Week, originally form Vlicious: The Longest Week is...

Love is complicated, especially when you haven’t really grown up yet. In The Longest Week, Jason Bateman plays 40-year-old Conrad Valmont, who lives at home and is heir to a vast fortune. When he’s cut off from said fortune, he moves in with his best friend Dylan (Billy Crudup) and promptly decides to romance Dylan’s girlfriend Beatrice (Olivia Wilde) on the sly.

The trailer seems to hint that the film may be fully aware of just how “first world problems” its premise is. Meanwhile, Jason Bateman plays yet another affably self-interested jerk—one might say that his...

The first trailer has debuted for Peter Glanz‘s comedy-drama “The Longest Week” starring Jason Bateman, Billy Crudup, Olivia Wilde, and Jenny Slate. The film — which marks Glanz’s feature directorial debut — follows the middle-aged Conrad Valmont (Bateman), the heir to the Valmont Hotel fortune, who is suddenly cut off from his family’s allowance as a result of his parents’ divorce. He is taken in by his friend Dylan (Crudup), only to end up betraying him by falling for Dylan’s girlfriend, Beatrice (Wilde). Oh, the problems of the privileged. However, based on the trailer, it seems that Jenny Slate’s Jocelyn [...]

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While we appreciate the mid-trailer appearance by Jenny Slate to make a self-aware point about "The Longest Week" centering on rich people with petty problems, thus far at least, it's not enough to save the first impression that this upcoming comedy is well, about rich people with petty problems. Jason Bateman, Billy Crudup and Olivia Wilde star in this one about Conrad Valmont, heir to a vast fortune who has been doing not much of anything, living on a handsome weekly allowance. But suddenly he gets cuts cut off—oh no!—and has to move in with his best bud, Dylan. The problem? Conrad immediately falls for his Dylan's girlfriend Beatrice. Fast forward a bit and complications ensue and beautiful people wearing expensive clothes have sorta existential problems about trying to be decent human beings. Hilarious! "The Longest Week" opens on September 5th. Watch below. [Vlicious]...