Stockholm-based animation house FilmTecknarna has garnered new spot and music video representation in the U.K.
Stockholm-based animation house FilmTecknarna has garnered new spot and music video representation in the U.K. for several of its directors via HSI London. HSI will handle all FilmTecknarna directors except for Jonas Odell and Johanna Andersson who continue to be repped in England by Nexus Productions, London….Amy Zale of bicoastal/international @radical.media has been promoted to East Coast sales agent for the company….Foundation Post, Chicago, has secured independent firm Hilly Reps, Chicago, to handle the Midwest…..Musikvergnuegen, the Hollywood-based music production/audio branding house, has brought account exec Andria Ellis on board. She will be active in marketing, PR and handle West Coast sales both for Musikvergnuegen and its production music library division Beyond….MassiveMusic, New York and Amsterdam, has signed Ezra Burke as its West Coast rep….Jeff Lewis of Encino, Calif.-based TDN Artists has signed DP Jamie Rosenberg for feature and spot representation. Rosenberg just wrapped a shoot for MJZ director Marcus Nispel….Production designer José E. Montaño has joined The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation….Having wrapped his first feature–Cleaner directed by Renny Harlin–production designer Richard Berg is again available for spots and music videos through Orlando Management, Sherman Oaks, Calif…..
Damien Chazelle, Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons On The Return Of “Whiplash” To Theaters After 10 Years
Ten years after " Whiplash " took the film world by storm, Damien Chazelle's breakthrough feature is returning to theaters nationwide Friday.
In 2014, "Whiplash" was the ultimate indie movie Cinderella story — a Sundance discovery made by a 20-something that that would go on to become both a box office hit and an awards darling: It won three Oscars, including for J.K. Simmons ' portrayal of a semi-sadistic and ever quotable jazz ensemble instructor; launched Chazelle's directing career into the A-list stratosphere; and established Miles Teller as a next generation movie star. Now, audiences will get another chance to experience it on the big screen.
Chazelle, Teller and Simmons spoke recently about the re-release, their memories of the 20-day shoot (including when Teller accidentally broke his co-star's rib) and making something with staying power. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.
Q: What has it been like watching "Whiplash" settle into the culture in the past decade?
CHAZELLE: It's very cool, a little surreal. It doesn't feel like 10 years. It's fun to have a moment like this to relive it a little bit.
SIMMONS: It's sobering to know that I'm 10 years older. It's kind of shocking and kind of awesome that the movie actually holds up. I just saw it a few days ago in Toronto: That's a good piece of cinema.
TELLER: This is the first time I've ever had a movie re-released. I'm still fairly young into my career, but it's an incredible movie. The one thing that's frustrating for me is that people just yell out at me all the time, " not my tempo." So that's stuck around well.
SIMMONS: Maybe if you get the tempo... Read More