London-based Rattling Stick has signed director Jim Gilchrist for representation in the U.K. spanning commercials and branded content. Gilchrist has been part of several leading film companies over the past 20 years. He started on the agency side, working with some of the best creative teams in the business, shooting in-house and producing. He clearly found his forté once he started directing, turning out widely recognized and celebrated films for major brands and agencies alike. His work over the years has won top awards at Cannes Lions, British Arrows, D&AD, Kinsale Sharks and beyond….
Darren Aronofsky, a Best Directing Oscar nominee for Black Swan, is helming Postcard from Earth, an immersive production debuting at Sphere in Las Vegas this October. Postcard from Earth will fully maximize Sphere’s 22nd century technologies–including what’s billed as the world’s highest resolution LED screen, the world’s most advanced concert audio system, and atmospheric elements such as wind and scent–to transport audiences to places both real and imagined. Postcard from Earth will feature captivating scenes from every continent and take audiences on an extraordinary journey to unexpected places around the planet without ever leaving their seats in Las Vegas. Aronofsky, creator, director and producer of Postcard from Earth, said, “Every day we’ve taken out the camera we’ve gotten better at getting the best possible shots. It’s a learning process because the technology is new. And it’s the same with post. Delivering a half-petabyte movie–that’s 500,000 gigabytes–that utilizes more than 160,000 speakers is mind boggling. But honestly, every film is always a learning experience. You are always in a process discovering the language of the film and unearthing the story using the tools you’ve got at hand. Here it’s about how to make the beauty and fragility of our planet feel as potent as possible. The tools might be a little different on this film, but the task is the same”…
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