Interview: Wayne Blair (The Sapphires). By Simon Miraudo. Wayne Blair‘s adaptation of Tony Briggs’ stage-play The Sapphires is one of the most highly-anticipated Australian releases of the year, and it earned that designation even before debuting to rapturous acclaim at Cannes, where notorious super-producer Harvey Weinstein suggested it would follow in the footsteps of The Artist. […]
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Trailer Debut: The Sapphires
May 24, 2012 
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The trailer for potential break-out Aussie hit The Sapphires has arrived online, following the film’s rapturous reception out of competition at Cannes. The flick stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell as members of a 1960s Aboriginal girl group who head to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Chris O’Dowd‘s plays their lovable but uncouth manager. U.S. distributor Harvey […]
Continue readingThe Weinsteins pick up The Sapphires
May 16, 2012 2 Comments
The Weinstein Company has purchased U.S. distribution rights for Wayne Blair’s Aussie musical The Sapphires. According to Variety, the sale occurred at Cannes one day before the festival’s opening, and ahead of the film’s May 19 debut on the Croisette. It is playing out of competition. Based on a true story, the pic stars Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, […]
Continue reading>Michael Moore sues the Weinsteins
February 9, 2011 1 Comment
>So it seems everybody’s “favourite”, “independent”, “documentary” filmmaker is suing producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. According to Deadline, Michael Moore, who has built something of a healthy career off of exposé documentary films and his intrusive “search for the truth” style of investigative journalism, is now suing the Weinsteins for breach of contract, breach of […]
Continue reading>The King’s Speech awarded by DGA
January 31, 2011 0 Comments
>Holster those scissors, Harvey! You may not need to censor The King’s Speech to ensure its Oscar victory. The Directors Guild of America have awarded TKS director Tom Hooper their top prize. In the past decade, eight of the ten winners of the DGA award have gone on to claim Best Director at the Oscars. […]
Continue reading>The King’s Speech to be censored for Oscar push?
January 27, 2011 1 Comment
>Will Harvey Scissorhands ever be happy with a film? That is indeed the question as he considers releasing a censored cut of The King’s Speech after it has received a pack-leading 12 Oscar nominations. The story so far… Back in November, the MPAA slapped The King’s Speech with an R-rating, meaning that those under the […]
Continue readingPoster Debut: Blue Valentine
November 11, 2010 0 Comments
A few weeks ago we featured the excellent trailer for Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine, a big Oscar contender unfortunately embroiled in a ratings controversy over in the U.S. Today we get our first glimpse at its gorgeous new poster (courtesy of Yahoo). Blue Valentine stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a young couple struggling […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Blue Valentine
October 11, 2010 0 Comments
Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine – starring the wildly talented Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as a young couple struggling to keep their marriage alive – was one of the big hits of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and received some very nice notices after screening at Cannes a few months back. The trailer for the […]
Continue readingFraggle Rock director angry with Weinsteins
June 16, 2010 0 Comments
Forget 3D. The new trend sweeping Hollywood is voicing one’s complete and utter disappointment with their films, as well as the studios that make them. The entire crew of Transformers 2 agreed their film was terrible; the director of the new Saw film pretty much admitted that he hates working on Saw films; and now […]
Continue readingKevin Smith’s Red State gets green light
March 24, 2010 0 Comments
Kevin Smith‘s long-gestating horror film Red State has finally been given the green light. The director confirmed the development on his Twitter feed. “I talk about lots of stuff I wanna do that either happens years later or never happens at all. Happy to report RED STATE is not the latter. First draft was dated […]
Continue readingKevin Smith pulls Seann William Scott off the bench for Hit Somebody
February 22, 2010 0 Comments
source: nhl.com Kevin Smith has revealed that Seann William Scott will star in his next project, the ice hockey comedy Hit Somebody. The screenplay is based on Warren Zevon’s song of the same name, with lyrics by Mitch Albom, about a hockey enforcer named Buddy who wishes to score just one goal in a game. […]
Continue readingR.I.P. Miramax
January 29, 2010 0 Comments
source: variety.com The inevitable has come to pass. Miramax Films is no more. The specialty label’s New York and Los Angeles offices have closed their doors for good, leaving 80 staff members jobless and six films in distribution limbo. Walt Disney Studios, who acquired the company in 1993, claim that Miramax will now consolidate its […]
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