It’s been a slightly slower week for spec sales, but hey, people are too busy snatching up indie movies. Still, there’s been some activity this week. And for a look at the pitch sales of 2011, including combined pitch and spec numbers for a look at the entire original material marketplace, check out the latest [...]
Read MoreUniversal picked up PROSTHESIS based on a a presentation by Arvind Palep. The Gotham Group and WME repped the sale.
Read MoreIt’s our last installment of The Sundance Project 2012, ItsontheGrid’s filmmaker fireside chat series. And what better way to close this series than with the writer/director of MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Ava Duvernay. Ava talked to Jason Scoggins about her film, her transition from publicist to director, and her distribution company AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing [...]
Read MoreWe sat down with the one of the most dynamic and down to earth filmmaking teams at this year’s Sundance – Youssef Delara (director), Gina Rodriguez (actress), and Ben Kufrin (director of photography) of FILLY BROWN. They talk about working on a film with two directors (Delara directing with Michael Olmos), Gina’s new “It Girl” [...]
Read MoreWillem Dafoe stars in THE HUNTER, a man vs. nature drama about a man hired to hunt the reportedly extinct Tasmanian Tiger. The trailer does its best to amp up excitement with thriller-eqsue music and tags like “Some mysteries should never be solved” but we’re unconvinced. Sure, Dafoe is great, the scenery is beautiful, and [...]
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