CHRIS HEMSWORTH & MICHAEL SHANNON SADDLE UP FOR BLACK LABEL MEDIA’S ‘HORSE SOLDIERS’
11:39AM PDT 9/30/16 by Diana Lodderhose and Mike Fleming Jr. DEADLINE EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon are set to star in the Nicolai Fuglsig-directed Horse Soldiers, the tense true story of a U.S. Special Forces team and their untested captain sent to a rugged, mountainous region of Afghanistan in the weeks after 9/11. They... Read More
‘LA LA LAND’ REVIEW: VENICE REVIEW
1:45 AM PDT 8/31/2016 by Todd McCarthy Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to ‘Whiplash’ is an L.A.-set musical starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as a couple of Hollywood strivers who fall in love. If you’re going to fall hard for Damien Chazelle’s daring and beautiful La La Land, it will probably be at first sight. There’s... Read More
RYAN GOSLING SERENADES EMMA STONE IN FIRST TRAILER FOR “LA LA LAND”
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are falling in crazy, stupid love all over again in the first trailer for “La La Land.” In the film, from director Damien Chazelle, Stone plays Mia, an aspiring actress who serves coffee while she waits for her big break. Gosling is a jazz musician who scrapes by playing in... Read More
FOR LOVE AND MONEY
“Art people are the good rich people”… That’s something my brother said to me whenever we bemoaned the state of things. In a world where The Donald is poised to manage this country like a giant hotel/casino development opportunity, it’s not hard to toy with the idea of giving up all worldly possessions and getting... Read More
“DEMOLITION” PRODUCERS TALK INDIE FILM STRATEGY, “SICARIO 2” PLANS AND MOVE TO TV
Molly Smith, co-founder of Black Label Media, and her twin partners Trent and Thad Luckinbill are making waves in the mid-budget film space. As the major studios have all but abandoned midbudget, adult-skewing dramas, upstarts like Black Label Media gladly are stepping in to fill the void. Launched in 2013 by Molly Smith — daughter... Read More
ZOEY DEUTCH BOOKS KEY ROLE IN REBEL IN THE RYE
Zoey Deutch has landed the sought-after role of Oona O’Neill in Danny Strong’s Rebel In The Rye, the biopic that follows author J.D. Salinger as he prepares to write his classic novel Catcher In The Rye. Nicholas Hoult stars as Salinger and Kevin Spacey is already aboard as are Laura Dern, Brian D’Arcy James and... Read More
BLACK LABEL MEDIA BOARDS ‘LA LA LAND’ AS CO-FINANCIER; RYAN GOSLING-EMMA STONE MUSICAL HEADS TO DECEMBER
Damien Chazelle’s Emma Stone-Ryan Gosling musical “La La Land” is moving out of its summer July 15 date to December 2. Billed as a musical love letter for the holidays, the film will open in limited release before going wide on December 16. Lionsgate also announced that it is collaborating with Black Label Media as... Read More
JOSH BROLIN AND MILES TELLER TO STAR IN FIREFIGHTER ACTION MOVIE ‘NO EXIT’
Josh Brolin and Miles Teller are set to star in the firefighter action movie “No Exit,” sources tell Variety. “Tron: Legacy” helmer Joseph Kosinski is directing the pic, which tells the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters that faced one of the deadliest wildfires in history in order to save... Read More
SXSW FESTIVAL LINEUP INCLUDES JAKE GYLLENHAAL’S DEMOLITION
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST Austin’s annual South by Southwest Festival (SXSW for short) has announced this year’s lineup of films, which includes movies like Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition, comedian Mike Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice, and Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead. “SXSW prides itself on presenting an eclectic mix of emerging and established talent in a... Read More
JOSEPH KOSINSKI TO DIRECT KEN NOLAN’S FIREFIGHTER PIC “NO EXIT”
Black Label Media, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Conde Nast Entertainment and producer Mike Menchel have tapped Joseph Kosinski to direct the Ken Nolan-scripted No Exit. The pic tells the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters that faced one of the deadliest wildfires in history in order to save an Arizona town,... Read More