New York and Paris-based production company Cadence Films has secured Salon Reps, the independent representation firm founded by head of sales Lisa Houck, to handle the West Coast. The new representation comes at a busy time for Cadence Films, which recently signed director Damien Krisl whose work spans such brands as Alfa Romeo, Lexus, BMW and Lancôme. Cadence Films’ director Dimitru Basil wrapped a surreal music video for Kings of Leon’s “Waste A Moment” while Barnaby Roper helmed a just launched Nike ACG film. Headed by founder Neil Cooper and executive producer Lorenzo Ragionieri, Cadence continues to be repped by Diane Patrone of The Family on the East Coast. Along with Cadence Films, Salon represents Raucous Content, Believe Media, Pet Gorilla, LOBO, Royal Budapest, and Squeak E Clean….
Dattner Dispoto and Associates (DDA) has signed cinematographers Jac Fitzgerald for commercials, theatrical feature films and television, and Suzie Lavelle for feature motion pictures and TV. Additionally DDA has booked editor David Leonard on the Danny Abeckaser-directed feature Zealous, and costume designer Paco Delgado on A Wrinkle In Time, directed by Ava DuVernay…..
ICM Partners is now representing cinematographer Ben Seresin for commercials/branded content and theatrical feature films exclusively…..Cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd, production designer Anne Ross, and costume designer Stacey Battat have wrapped principal photography on the Sofia Coppola-directed Beguiled and are now available for commercials/branded content and theatrical feature films exclusively through ICM Partners. Beguiled has a cast which includes Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman….
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More