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‘Tom of Finland’ Biopic Lands at Kino Lorber Ahead of Tribeca Premiere
9 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Kino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to “Tom of Finland,” Dome Karukoski’s biopic about the life and work of Finnish artist and gay icon Touko Laaksonen.
Best known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, Laaksonen drew thousands of fantasy-filled, homoerotic images of muscular men. The images played a significant role in the transnational gay liberation movement.
“Tom of Finland” will have its North American premiere at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, after world premiering at the Goteborg Film Festival in February. It’s also earned almost $1 million at the Finnish box office.
The deal was negotiated between Vanessa Saal for Protagonist Pictures and Kino Lorber CEO Richard Lorber.
“Touko Laaksonen dared to draw and give life to his most daring and transgressive fantasies, and by doing so, inspired an entire generation of Lgbt people to also live and desire freely,” Lorber said. “Dome Karukoski’s film captures the man, »
- Dave McNary
‘Elian’ Documentary Acquired By Gravitas Ventures Before Tribeca Film Festival Premiere
17 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Prior to its April 21 premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Elian, the documentary about the five-year old boy who became embroiled in a United States-Cuban immigration controversy and custody battle 17 years ago, has been picked up by Gravitas Ventures for U.S. theatrical, digital, and video distribution. Pic will roll out in New York and Los Angeles on May 19. While the pic recounts the remarkable survival story of Elian Gonzalez, directors Ross McDonnell… »
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Illustrator Mauro Borrelli to Direct Action-Thriller 'E-Ghost' (Exclusive)
15 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Mauro Borrelli, an illustrator whose long line of credits include Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Hateful Eight and Captain America: First Avenger and director of films such as the recent R.J. Mitte and Wesley Snipes-starring sci-fi film The Recall, is set to direct the upcoming action thriller E-Ghost.
Based on a story by Borrelli, the film will center around a young genius who uses the dark net to create a superhero using a hologram generated by a futuristic action video game. As the first to crack the game's encryption, he unleashes stunning and terrifying possibilities.
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- Alex Ritman
Marc Platt Boards Film Adaptation of Political Broadway Play 'Oslo' (Exclusive)
15 hours ago | The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News | See recent The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News news »
Marc Platt is bringing Oslo to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
The prolific producer has boarded a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production, which opens tonight at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on Broadway after a hit off-Broadway run.
Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher — who helmed both stagings of Oslo, as well as the musicals Fiddler on the Roof, The King and I, South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza — will direct the onscreen adaptation. It will be his feature directorial debut.
Playwright J.T. Rogers is adapting his script of the tense, highly »
- Ashley Lee
Passion Turns To Heartbreak In the First Nsfw Trailer For Josephine Decker’s ‘Flames’ [Watch]
6 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
When you have an artist like Miranda July co-signing and excited for an up-and-coming filmmaker’s next effort, perhaps that’s ample reason to sit up and take notice if you haven’t already. And you absolutely should. Performance artist, actor, filmmaker Josephine Decker took the indie world by storm in 2014 with her startling one-two-punch effort of “Thou Wast Mild & Lovely” and “Butter On The Latch.” Even before they premiered the movies were the talk of the indie space after both pictures were accepted into the Berlin Film Festival that year which raised Decker’s profile exponentially.
Continue reading Passion Turns To Heartbreak In the First Nsfw Trailer For Josephine Decker’s ‘Flames’ [Watch] at The Playlist. »
- Rodrigo Perez
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