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SSN AWARDS ORIGINALS
BELOW THE LINE: ‘THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL’
For his latest film, Wes Anderson set his quirky caper almost entirely in the hotel of a fictional European town, in a story that spans several decades. The film bears his signature style including a storybook aesthetic, a handmade quality, quick cuts and bright colors.
(SSN)
Once a popular sub-genre, biblical epics had fallen out of favor, until studios started bringing them back as of late, with
The Passion of the Christ,
Noah, and
Son of God, to name a few.
(SSN)
TODAY’S HEADLINES
Outgoing House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Rogers (R-Mich) says,“I would argue, as a former FBI guy, that when a nation state says that this group who doesn’t know who we are but did this on behalf of the North Korean people … and we appreciate it…As we would say in the FBI, ‘That is a clue.’”
(DH)
The writer of the
Jobs project that was at the center of a heated email exchange between Pascal and producer Scott Rudin has come forward to voice support for the embattled studio chief.
(THR)
FX Networks has given a pilot order to
Atlanta, a half-hour that Glover has been developing since 2013. He will EP and also star as one half of the central duo: two cousins, with wildly different takes on life, navigating the Atlanta rap scene.
(TLF)
Names like Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, Lizzy Caplan, Amy Schumer and Rebel Wilson have been discussed, as well as Melissa McCarthy and Gillian Anderson, who has said she definitely would like to suit up for Feig’s comedy.
(TP)
The director of
A League Of Their Own is taking on helming duties for
Effa, a biopic of Effa Manley, the first woman to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s Marshall’s first film in 13 years.
(WAH)
A new series of collectible trading cards have revealed the names of several characters in the film, including those played by Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, as well as BB-8, that rolling droid.
(TFS)
The 65th Berlin International Film Festival, which runs February 5th through the 15th, released a list of its Generation 2015 films. It includes five feature-length films and two shorter ones “spanning many distinct genres and styles.”
(TOH)
The first trailer from comedy sequel features stars Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry and Adam Scott. Steve Pink directs the film, which hits theaters February 20th, 2015
(EMP)
