He next directed Juno in 2007 for which he earned his first Oscar nomination, followed by Up in the Air in 2009, which was recognized with six Academy Award nominations and earned Reitman a Golden Globe and the WGA Award for Best Screenplay. American Sniper, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything each gathered a handful of votes from The Numbers readers, and Selma and Whiplash are given virtually no chance at all. His work also encompasses television where he has created the quirky and stylized pilots for "Suburgatory" and "Raising Hope" plus the gritty dramas "Men of a Certain Age" and "Medical Investigation". Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue At BOLD, Lancaster oversaw the cult sensation DRIVE, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (Best Director award at Cannes), which was released by FILMDISTRICT and grossed over $80 million worldwide. He currently is a member of the Academy, is on the Sundance Institute's Director's Advisory Group and serves on the Board of Directors of the New Group Theater in New York City. In 2014, he co-stars in film projects including WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller; BEHAVING BADLY opposite Selena Gomez; and DOLPHIN TALE 2, the sequel to Warner Bros' 2011 hit film. A short film's budget breaks down into: Pre-production. Aspiring directors use this medium to create a proof of concept on a small budget that can go on to w Andrew invites Nicole to the performance but finds out she is in a new relationship. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Taylor first met Chazelle when producer Jason Blum introduced them on the short-film version of Whiplash. For March 2015 THE COUP, which stars Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan, and Lake Bell will be released by The Weinstein Company. Chazelle and Blumhouse first made "Whiplash" as an 18-minute short film and when that earned raves at Sundance . [16][15] Chazelle was involved in a serious car accident in the third week of shooting and was hospitalized with possible concussion, but he returned to set the next day to finish the film on time. The film, which marks Gosling's debut as writer and director, stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. This winter, JK will start shooting NBC's new comedy "Growing Up Fisher" opposite Jenna Elfman. Determined to impress Fletcher, Andrew intensifies his drum practicing. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey. If I predicted a different film, those are in Italics. Her diverse body of work includes commercials for companies like Disney, Toshiba, and Capital One as well as art directing for Annie Leibovitz's Vanity Fair magazine photoshoots, featuring Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars. STOWELL was most recently seen in Steven Soderbergh's BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, the award-winning HBO film based on the life of celebrated pianist Liberace, played by Michael Douglas. Post-production. Like gunfire INT. Birdman led the way with 3 wins, but it wasn't the only film to come away with more than one award. [6] He based the conductor, Terence Fletcher, on his former band instructor (who died in 2003) but "pushed it further", adding elements of Buddy Rich and other band leaders known for their harsh treatment. 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Chazelle recently completed the feature version of Whiplash, produced by Jason Reitman's Right of Way Films, Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions, and Bold Films. Jason Reitman and Blumhouse are producing. Its success led to Bold Films financing and producing the feature length film and Taylor once again teamed up with Blum, Jason Reitman (Executive Producer) and Chazelle to cast the movie. Reitman made his feature film debut with the 2006 hit Thank You For Smoking. Fletcher discovers Andrew and transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, forever changing the young mans life. Haunted by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew is determined to rise to the top of the country's most elite music conservatory. She's Beautiful When She's Angry just managed to earn a spot in the $10,000 club with $10,505 in one theater. Initially angered, Fletcher resumes conducting. Last year, Taylor cast the critically acclaimed Hitchcock, directed by Sasha Gervasi. With 93% of the Best Picture vote going to Birdman and Boyhood, the remaining nominees were left to split the other 7% of the vote. He is known for playing the character J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider Man trilogy. He most recently finished shooting the independent film WHIPLASH opposite Miles Teller and JK Simmons. And. Other motion picture credits include Hidalgo, The Ladykillers, The Mexican, Off the Map, For Love of the Game, The Gift, Thank You for Smoking, Rendition, Burn After Reading and, memorably, his portrayal of the off-beat but not deadbeat father, Mac McGuff, in the hit comedy Juno. This list is going to be a little shorter than I wanted a lot shorter actually. Like the intensely single-minded drummer Miles Teller plays in " Whiplash ," its writer-director, Damien . At this point, the film has already earned some measure of mainstream success, while it still has room to grow. Like the Best Supporting Actress category, Best Supporting Actor isn't even close and one of the five nominees is absolutely running away with things. After their first set at a jazz competition, Andrew misplaces Tanner's sheet music. New releases earned the top three spots on the DVD sales chart this week. Walters continues his role serves as Executive Producer on all of Bold's pictures, including current feature films WHIPLASH, the Sundance 2014 Audience and Drama Jury Awards winner which will be released on October 10, 2014 by Sony Pictures Classics; NIGHTCRAWLER, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, which will be released by Open Road Films on October 17; THE COUP, starring Owen Wilson, Pierce Brosnan and Lake Bell which will be released by THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY on March 16, 2015; and LOST RIVER, Bold's third production with Ryan Gosling which marks his debut as writer and director and stars Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn and Eva Mendes. She produced of the World Festival of Sacred Music documentaries, which were inspired and hosted by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Best Director is a clearer contest, but still close, and still a bout between Boyhood and Birdman. In 2012, Brill joined Blumhouse Productions as Head of Production. [3], In August 2013, Miles Teller signed on to star in the role originated by Johnny Simmons; J. K. Simmons remained attached to his original role. Paul Reiser (Jim) is a seasoned actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian and continues to add to his list of accomplishments. Writing and directing a short is a potential passageway to creating a full-length feature film. Like with the Independent Spirit Awards, Birdman led the way this time earning four nominations from six categories, while Boyhood, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything had three nods each. This means both will have 2014 as the year. Also upcoming is Ryan Gosling's directorial debut LOST RIVER, starring Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Eva Mendes, which debuted at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Compare this performance with other movies. in Visual Arts from SUNY Purchase in 1993 and cut his teeth in commercial editing in NYC. For a family film, it is hard to comprehend. All three are worth owning, but Big Hero 6 is the Pick of the Week. In addition to co-creating and starring in the critically acclaimed NBC series, "Mad About You," which garnered him multiple Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Reiser this year starred opposite Matt Damon and Michael Douglas in the Steven Soderbergh-directed HBO movie "Behind The Candelabra", a film that won eleven primetime Emmy's. He was most recently seen in Relativity's 21 And Over, Todd Phillips Project X, The Spectacular Now with Shailene Woodley and recently wrapped production on Get A Job opposite Bryan Cranston and Anna Kendrick, Two Night Stand with Analeigh Tipton and Kid Cudi and That Awkward Moment with Zac Efron and Michael B. Jordan. Blumhouse's franchises include James Wan's Insidious which had a budget of $1.5m and grossed close to $100m worldwide and Sinister, directed and co-written by Scott Derrickson and starring Ethan Hawke for Lionsgate/Summit which has grossed over $87 million worldwide on a $3 million budget. While at Bold, he oversaw the Golden Globe Best Picture Nominated RFK drama BOBBY; produced the Joe Dante directed suspense thriller THE HOLE 3D; the Toronto Film Festival Selection MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, starring Susan Sarandon and Anton Yelchin; and the 2010 apocalyptic thriller LEGION, starring Paul Bettany and Dennis Quaid which scored a 40MM domestic cume from Sony's Screen Gems. The final film in the $10,000 club was Awake: The Life of Yogananda with an opening of $18,885 in one theater. Whiplash marks the sixth film Taylor has cast for Blumhouse Films. These great short films, and many others would NOT have fit into the viral mold. While Big Hero 6 wasn't the only new release on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, it might as well have been. The movie garnered much attention and praise for its ensemble cast of Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johanson, Jessica Beal and Toni Collette. Cross then collaborated with director Damien Chazelle on the short film, WHIPLASH, which won the Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Gary Michael Walters (Executive Producer) is the Chief Executive Officer of Bold Films and is actively involved in all aspects of the company including production, development, distribution and finance. This single act changes the young man's life forever. Melanie Paizis-Jones (Production Designer) is a Los Angeles based production designer and art director. Litvak continues to broaden and elevate the company's lineup by producing and financing feature projects NIGHTCRAWLER, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, THE COUP starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan, and WHIPLASH from emerging writer-director Damien Chazelle. Ironically Miles was cast once again as Willard, but this time in the new Paramount film Footloose, which was released in October 2011. Jason Reitman (Executive Producer) premiered his first short film, Operation, at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998. Justin Hurwitz (music) graduated from Harvard University in 2008, where he studied music. [7], Right of Way Films and Blumhouse Productions helped Chazelle turn 15 pages of his original screenplay into a short film starring Johnny Simmons as Neiman and J. K. Simmons (no relation)[8] as Fletcher. This bodes well for its wide expansion in January. This will make it easier for readers to find later on. Couper Samuleson (Executive Producer) is the executive vice president of Blumhouse Productions, the low-budget production company behind original horror franchises like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge. The 18-minute short debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013 to considerable acclaim and after Chazelle secured his $3.3 million (2.2 million) budget, his feature-length Whiplash. are available through our research services. Currently, Melanie's work can be seen in The Purge starring Ethan Hawke, which opened number one at the box office. Granted, Birdman and The Theory of Everything were tied for second place with ten each, but it is still strange to see a comedy leading the way. Walters served as Executive Producer on BLACK BOX. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead is a horror film, which is one strike against it, while it is also playing on Video on Demand. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) Stephen Whitty, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 20:06. A journey that can be seen alternately as a descent into madness or an ascent to greatness comes to a crescendo on the biggest platform for Andrew's talents the unforgiving stage of Carnegie Hall. Blumhouse also produced the phenomenally successful sequels Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3 and Paranormal Activity 4. The company's most recent film Insidious: Chapter 2 from FilmDistrict, grossed over $40 million on its opening weekend of September 13th with just a $5m budget. After a sports injury sidelined him, he agreed to perform in a local theater production and it was there that he discovered a passion for acting. [18][19], The soundtrack album was released on October 7, 2014, via Varse Sarabande label. Blumhouse executive produced 'The River' for ABC, 'Stranded' for SyFy, 'The Normal Heart' directed by Ryan Murphy for HBO and 'Eye Candy' starring Victoria Justice for MTV. Whiplash was close behind with an average of $22,565 in six theaters. theaters, 9.6 weeks average run per theater, Sound Re-recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor. Richard Linklater is favorite to win Best Director, perhaps in part because hes more due for the award than Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. But at the band's next competition, in an act of either serendipity or sabotage, the core drummer's sheet music is misplaced. His pal got the lead and Miles was cast as 'Willard,' the best friend. Benoist beat out 900 other girls nationwide to land the new female leading role of "Marley" on FOX's hit show "Glee.". Whiplash (2014) Summary News Box Office International Video Sales Full Financials Cast & Crew Trailer Synopsis Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. His feature-length script for Whiplash was finished, it was good, and it was making its way through the Hollywood producer circuit to the tunes of positive buzz. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival and went on to receive 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. With a dedication to making commercial films with artistic vision, Litvak has diversified the company's slate by developing films in a wide variety of genres that include dramas, thrillers, sci-fi and independent festival favorites. "[34] In The New Yorker, Richard Brody said,"Whiplash honors neither jazz nor cinema. 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Birdman picked up the biggest prize, but there were six different winners in the six categories. Unfortunately, two of these films will likely not do well in theaters. ", "Provocative and emotionally intense. The feature film was done on a very small (for a Hollywood movie) budget of about $3.3 million. It's difficult to give Damien Chazelle's short film Whiplash, a seventeen minute long scene that is created almost verbatim in the feature-length film with a much more sophisticated production and a larger budget, a fair assessment, given the obvious limitations and the lack of polish. He later got the funding and made his original film. After directing the super low budget "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench" in 2009, . He is currently filming EYE IN THE SKY with Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Barkhad Abdi, and Alan Rickman, directed by Gavin Hood in Cape Town, South Africa. "[33] Henry Barnes of The Guardian gave the film a positive review, calling it a rare film "about music that professes its love for the music and its characters equally. [2] Critical response [ edit] Director Damien Chazelle at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Likewise, The Theory of Everything expanded to 41 theaters earning an average of $17,937. Since graduating from AFI, Sharone has established himself as a distinctly unique cinematographer, shooting a remarkable variety of projects, including the award-winning indie drama MEAN CREEK, the dark and disturbing LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, the sports drama COACH CARTER and the period musical DARK STREETS. This would be stunning for a visually intensive action film aimed at Fanboys. The overall box office champ, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, earned an average of $14,122, which is lower than anticipated, but still pretty good. The Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. [9] Although the Writers Guild of America categorized the screenplay as original, AMPAS classed it as an adaptation of the 2013 short version. Yes. [31], Amber Wilkinson of The Daily Telegraph praised the direction and editing, writing: "Chazelle's film has a sharp and gripping rhythm, with shots beautifully edited by Tom Cross often cutting to the crash of Andrew's drums. J.K. Simmons (Fletcher) has appeared in diverse projects spanning motion pictures, television and the stage on and off Broadway. Finally there's Whiplash, which could lead the way on the Per Theater Chart. And. The film explores concepts of perfectionism, dedication, and success and deconstructs the concept of ambition. At first, Andrew is an "alternate," confined to turning the pages of the "core" drummer. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News. Growing up in Connecticut, STOWELL was a competitive athlete. The project is written and directed by Damien Chazelle who also wrote and directed Nate in the 2013 Sundance Jury Prize Award winning short film by the same name. In 2016, Sundance received 9000 short film submissions (compared to 4000 feature films) and only about 60 were selected to screen. He has had guest starring roles on NBC's "Parks and Recreation," and a recurring role on TBS' new hit comedy "Men at Work. The best new release of the week was Wild with an average of $28,896 in 21 theaters. Not only did it crush the competition for the week, it is already the best selling Blu-ray of 2015 by a massive margin. It also reached its first major milestone over the weekend and will earn more in the future. The overall number one film, Dumb and Dumber To, was next with an average of $11,450, while The Homesman was right behind with an average of $11,358 in four theaters. Since taking that post, she co-produced Dimension Films' Dark Skies in addition to Film District's upcoming Insidious: Chapter 2, among others. Sharone has also photographed commercials all around the world and enjoyed shooting music videos for such diverse artists as Joe Cocker, Pink, Nas and The All-American Rejects. The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits. In the past two years, Blumhouse, a director driven company that helps filmmakers like James DeMonaco, Scott Derrickson and James Wan tell genre stories that they are passionate about, has produced eight movies that far out-grossed their budgets on opening weekend.
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