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Tony Sokol Sep 15, 2016

Jessica Chastain takes the lead in new political thriller Miss Sloane. And here's the new trailer..

Political lobbying is about foresight, anticipating your opponents’ moves and advising counter-measures, Jessica Chastain explains in the trailer for the upcoming thriller Miss Sloane. She left out prying guns from cold, dead hands.

The trailer shows Chastain’s lobbyist going into the lion’s den with co-stars Mark Strong, Sam Waterston and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

Miss Sloane was directed by John Madden. The screenplay was written by by Jonny Perera. The film also stars Michael Stulbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, and John Lithgow. It was produced by Ben Browning, Kris Thykier and Ariel Zeitoun.

Here's the trailer...

And here's the official synopsis...

Miss Sloane is the story a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk.

EuropaCorp and FilmNation announced today that Miss Sloane will be released on December 9. The film is directed by Oscar-nominated John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare In Love) and is based on the original screenplay by Jonathan Perera.

Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar) stars in the title role of Elizabeth Sloane. The film is produced by FilmNation’s Ben Browning and Archery Pictures’ Kris Thykier along with EuropaCorp’s Ariel Zeitoun, FilmNation’s Patrick Chu and Aaron Ryder serves as the executive producers.

Also starring in the film are Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond The Lights, Belle), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Jake Lacy (Carol), Oscar-nominated actor Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, Law & Order), and Oscar-nominated John Lithgow (Interstellar, Dexter).

Miss Sloane is the story a ruthless lobbyist (Jessica Chastain) who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for April 2016, including "Taken", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "XXX 3" and a whole lot more:

American Gods

TV Series

Fremantle /Starz Network

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller,

Michael Green, Neil Gaiman

Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16

American Gothic

TV Series

Amblin /CBS Studios

Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber

Feb 29 - Jul 1/16

Cardinal

Mini Series

Sienna Films Inc.

Prod: Jessica Daniel

Exec. Prod.: Jennifer Kawaja,

Julia Sereny

Co Producers: Elise Cousineau, Andrea Glinski

Feb 11 - Apr 21/16

Dark Matter Season 2

TV Series

Prod: Norman Denver

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,

Vanessa Piazza, Joseph Mallozzi

Dec 9/15 - May 9/16

Designated Survivor

TV Pilot

Designated 1 Ltd.

Prod.: Amy Harris, David Guggenheim

Exec. Prod.: Amy Harris, David Guggenheim

Mar. 7 - Oct. 21/16

Downsizing

Feature

Paramount /

Mega Omaha Films Inc.

Prods.: Mark Johnson, James Burk, James Taylor

Exec. Prod.: Diana Pokorny

Apr. 12 - Jul 11/16

Eyewitness...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2016, including "American Gods", "American Gothic", "Transylvania" and a whole lot more:

American Gods

TV Series

Fremantle /Starz Network

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman

Mar. 14 – Sep 30 /16

American Gothic

TV Series

Amblin /CBS Studios

Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber

Feb 29 - Jul 1/16

Between Season 2

TV Series

Rogers / Netflix

Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,

Rick Bota

Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16

Cardinal

Mini Series

Sienna Films Inc.

Prod: Jessica Daniel

Feb 11 - Apr 21/16

Conviction

TV Pilot

Warm Bodies Ltd.

Prod.:Sean Ryerson

Mar 12 - Mar 24/16

Dark Matter Season 2

TV Series

Fireworks

Prod: Norman Denver

Dec 9/15 - May 9/16

Dearly Depotted

TV Movie

Hallmark

Prod.: David Anselmo

Feb 22 - Mar 11/16

Designated Survivor

TV Pilot

Designated 1 Ltd.

Producer Amy Harris, David Guggenheim

Mar. 7 - Oct. 21/16

Downsizing

Feature

Paramount Pictures /

Mega Omaha Films Inc.

Prods.: Mark Johnson,...

Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for February 2016, including "American Gods", "The Strain", "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a whole lot more:

American Gods

TV Series

Fremantle /Starz Network

Exec. Prod.: Bryan Fuller, Michael Green, Neil Gaiman

Mar. 14 – Sep /16

American Gothic

TV Series

Amblin /CBS Studios

Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber

Feb 29 - Jul 1/16

Arq

Feature

Nine Time Productions Inc.

Prods.: Mason Novick, John Finemore, Mary Anne Waterhouse

Feb 1 – Feb 26/16

Backstabbing For Beginners

Feature

Scythia Films

Prods.: Lars Knudsen, Aaron Barnett

Jan 26 - Mar 11/16

Between Season 2

TV Series

Rogers / Netflix

Prod.: Don Carmody, David Cormican, Michael McGowan,

Rick Bota

Jan. 13 - Mar 11/16

Bookaboo Season 4

TV Series

Sinking Ship Entertainment

Prod: Carla De Jong, Lucy Goodman

Sept. 5/15 – Mar. 1/16

Cardinal

Mini Series

Sienna Films Inc.

Prod: Jessica Daniel

Feb 11 - Apr 21/16

Dark Matter Season 2

TV Series

Prod: Norman Denver

Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone,...

Catherine Deneuve: César Award Besst Actress Record-Tier (photo: Catherine Deneuve in 'In the Courtyard / Dans la cour') (See previous post: "Kristen Stewart and Catherine Deneuve Make César Award History.") Catherine Deneuve has received 12 Best Actress César nominations to date. Deneuve's nods were for the following movies (year of film's release): Pierre Salvadori's In the Courtyard / Dans la Cour (2014). Emmanuelle Bercot's On My Way / Elle s'en va (2013). François Ozon's Potiche (2010). Nicole Garcia's Place Vendôme (1998). André Téchiné's Thieves / Les voleurs (1996). André Téchiné's My Favorite Season / Ma saison préférée (1993). Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992). François Dupeyron's Strange Place for an Encounter / Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988). Jean-Pierre Mocky's Agent trouble (1987). André Téchiné's Hotel America / Hôtel des Amériques (1981). François Truffaut's The Last Metro / Le dernier métro (1980). Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Le sauvage (1975). Additionally, Catherine Deneuve was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category...

Exclusive: New films by David Cronenberg, Quentin Dupieux and Lone Scherfig are among the titles acquired by German distributors at this year’s Afm.

Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ has picked up David Cronenberg’s Maps To The Stars, starring Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore and John Cusack, and Tobias Lindholm’s thriller A Hijacking (Kapringen), about a Danish cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates.

Mfa+ has also picked up producer/actor Vincent Grashaw’s feature debut Coldwater, which premiered at this year’s SXSW festival and won the audience award for best feature at Prague’s Fresh Film Festival.

Munich-based Tiberius Film came back from Santa Monica with another three titles in its luggage along with the films it had picked up at the beginning of the market.

New pick-ups included cult director Quentin Dupieux’s latest feature Wrong Cops, starring shock rocker Marylin Manson, Twin Peaks’ Grace Zabriskie alongside Steve Little, Eric Judor and [link...

German distributor Tiberius Film has acquired German distribution rights to Ryan Gosling’s feature directorial debut How To Catch A Monster, sold by Nick Meyer’s Sierra/Affinity.

Tiberius also released Gosling-starrer Only God Forgives earlier this year.

The thriller is set in a vanishing city where a single mother is drawn into a dark underworld, while her son discovers a secret underwater town.

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Christina Hendricks, Eva Mendes and Matt Smith, the film is now in post for delivery in early 2014.

Marc Platt and Adam Siegel produce on behalf of Marc Platt Productions, along with Gosling via his Phantasma Films banner, and Michel Litvak and David Lancaster via Bold Films.

Tiberius has also announced, just ahead of the Afm, that it has taken on Angelique sold by EuropaCorp.

Ariel Zeitoun’s period romantic drama stars Nora Arnezeder, Gérard Lanvin, Tomer Sisley and David Kross.

Tiberius MD Wolfgang Carl said: “Angelique is a timeless and suspenseful...

Michael Vartan will star in the action thriller "Colombiana," opposite Zoe Saldana.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film is being produced and co-written by Luc Besson with Olivier Megaton ("Transporter 3") directing.Besson wrote the script with Robert Mark Kamen; the two have collaborated on "Taken," "The Transporter" and "The Fifth Element."Besson is producing with Pierre-Ange Le Pogam and Ariel Zeitoun.The film centers on a woman (Saldana) who witnessed her parents' murder in Bogota as a child. She grows up to become an assassin by day and seeks out the mobster responsible for the deaths of her parents by night.Vartan will play Saldana's artist boyfriend, who is in the dark as to what she does for a living.Production will begin later...