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“DEMOLITION” PRODUCERS TALK INDIE FILM STRATEGY, “SICARIO 2” PLANS AND MOVE TO TV

March 31, 2016

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

March 10, 2016

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

March 8, 2016

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’

March 2, 2016

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

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SXSW FESTIVAL LINEUP INCLUDES JAKE GYLLENHAAL’S DEMOLITION

February 5, 2016

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”

February 5, 2016

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

DEADLINE: KEVIN SPACEY JOINS NICHOLAS HOULT IN J.D. SALINGER DRAMA

January 20, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Spacey has been set to star with Nicholas Hoult in Rebel in the Rye, the Black Label Media drama about the formative years of The Catcher In The Rye author J.D. Salinger. Empire exec producer Danny Strong is directing the script he adapted based on the Kenneth Slawenski biography JD Salinger: A Life.... Read More

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OSCAR: SICARIO GETS 3 OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2016

January 20, 2016

Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, is a nominee for Best Cinematography, Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. FBI Agent Kate Macer is recruited by a shadowy government official to join an inter-agency task force to apprehend a Mexican cartel leader. Guided by a consultant with a suspicious agenda and a tendency to use brutal... Read More

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VARIETY: ‘SICARIO’S’ EMILY BLUNT: ‘I’M HAPPY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW WAVE OF KICK ASS ROLES FOR WOMEN’

September 15, 2015

After making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May and premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival just three days prior, Lionsgate’s edge-of-your-seat crime thriller “Sicario” had its New York premiere Monday night at the Museum of Modern Art leaving guests speechless and riveted by the suspense and action sequences. The film currently has a... Read More

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ‘SICARIO’ STARS BENICIO DEL TORO, EMILY BLUNT TALK MEXICAN CARTEL’S BRUTALITY IN DRUG WARS AT TIFF

September 12, 2015

Though much of the headlines are focused on wars overseas, Josh Brolin said, “We don’t really think about what’s in our backyard.” Sicario actor Benicio Del Toro has been entangled in drug wars quite a few times onscreen. “I’ve played the guy who’s addicted to it, I’ve played the guy who’s in charge of it!” he... Read More

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