DISTRIBUTION: ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS/LIONSGATE/SABAN FILMS
On this Friday I continue my extensive look at film distributors with pasttrack records at the Telluride Film Festival to suss out clues about what films might play at this year's 42nd edition of the fest. Today I'm looking at the inter-related companies of Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and Saban Films.
Taking each as an individual entity, here are their recent Telluride histories, such as they are:
Roadside Attractions:
2010: Biutiful
2011: Albert Nobbs
2012: Stories We Tell
2013: All is Lost, Gloria
2014: '71, The Homesman, Mommy
Lionsgate
2013: All is Lost
Saban:
2014: The Homesman
As you can see, Roadside has steadily increased its presence in the five year run since it first showed up at The SHOW in 2010. Lionsgate and Saban have been peripherally involved on a couple of projects in that time. So, what do these firms have in their collective quiver that might whet the appetite of T-ride programmers?
From Roadside: "A Hologram for the King", "Miss You Already", "The Sea of Trees", "Stonewall",
From Lionsgate: "A Hologram for the King", "Freeheld", "Miss You Already", "Sicario" "The Sea of Trees", "Genius"
Saban Films doesn't appear to have any film that looks Telluride-y, at least according to their IMDb listing.
It seems to me that Lionsgate actually has the strongest hand in as far as possible Telluride programming is concerned. Probably the safest "bet" is Denis Villeneuve's "Sicario". After that, it's all relatively doubtful for the remainder of the Roadside/Lionsgate/Saban field and even "Sicario" is iffy.
Chances:
"Sicario" 50%
"Freeheld" 40%
"A Hologram for the King" 35%
"Genius" 30%
"Miss You Already" 25%
"The Sea of Trees" 25%
Roadside, after a strong run last year, may be on the outside looking in.
TEN BETS #3
Last week's "Ten Bets" were:
10) "Queen of the Desert"
9) "Mountains May Depart"
8) "Suffragette"
7) "13 Minutes"
6) "I Saw the Light"
5) "Youth"
4) "45 Years"
3) "Carol"
2) "Son of Saul"
1) "Dheepan"
This week's updated "Ten Bets" for TFF #42:
10) "The Club"
9) "Suffragette"
8) "13 Minutes"
7) "Queen of the Desert"
6) "45 Years"
5) "I Saw the Light"
4) "Carol"
3) "Youth"
2) "Son of Saul"
1) "Dheepan"
Pablo Larrain's "The Club" bumps "Mountains May Depart"...but it's close.
THE PLAYLIST'S 50 FILM WISH LIST FOR THE FALL FILM FESTS
The Playlist was up yesterday with their annual "wish list" of films for the upcoming fall film fest. The yearly "wish/prediction" post has come to be a staple for parsing here at MTFB...
So, here's what they "wish/predict" as it pertains to what films they feel might make the lineup for Telluride:
The first film referenced for Telluride is the Bradley Cooper starring, Weinstein Company distributed "Adam Jones". The Playlist says Telluride is a "possibility".
Next is Scott Cooper's "Black Mass" starring Johnny Depp as mob murderer Whitey Bulger. "Black Mass" is from Warners. You may recall that I think Warners will have a film or two at Telluride this year's list. The Playlist suggests that a "sneak preview" is "very possible".
The next Telluride mention is for Guillermo Del Toro's "Crimson Peak". Read my earlier posts that suggest that Del Toro could follow the footsteps of his "three amigos hermanos" Alejandro Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron.
Their next T-ride mention surprised me a bit as they suggest that Tom Hooper's "The Danish Girl" starring last year's Oscar Best Actor winner Eddie Redmayne could play Telluride as Hooper could follow the path that his "The King's Speech" did to Oscar glory with a Telluride appearance in 2010.
"I Saw the Light" from director Marc Abraham ("Flash of Genius" T-ride 2008) is called a "maybe" for TFF #42. It's a biopic about country music legend Hank Williams starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen. I think this film is a real Telluride possibility.
The next film that The Playlist gives a "maybe" is Derek Cianfrance's "The Light Between the Oceans" with Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander. It's distribution is still up for grabs for the U.S.
Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester-by-the -Sea" is suggested as a Telluride possible. The film stars Michelle Williams and Kyle Chandler and is also looking for U.S> distribution.
Joe Nichols' "Midnight Special" starring Michael Shannon is termed a "good bet" and is another of the four Warners films that could make the trip to the San Juans.
The Playlist actually says that Jodie Foster's "Money Monster" starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts could make the Telluride program. That would be cool. Sony Pictures/TriStar are distributing. (See my upcoming 2015 edition of "The Unified Clooney Theory" in a week or so).
David Gordon Green's "Our Brand is Crisis" is the third Warners film that the article says could make it to Telluride. The film stars Sandra Bullock and is produce, in part, by Clooney (see "UCT" note above).
Sarah Gavron's "Suffragette" is said to be "expect(ed)" for Telluride after its announcement as a "European" premiere to open the London Film Fest. The film stars Carey Mulligan and is distributed in the U.S. by Focus Features.
Richard Linklater's follow up to his critical darling "Boyhood" and the "spiritual sequel" to his classic "Dazed and Confused",
"That's What I'm Talking About" is called "very likely" for Telluride or Toronto or New York.
The last film that The Playlist lists Telluride as a possibility is "Truth" from director James Vanderbilt. The post says that the film is "very likely" as it's from Sony Pictures Classics. The film stars Robert Redford as newsman Dan Rather and tells the story of his fall from grace at CBS News.
That's 13 of the 50 films listed in the post mentioning Telluride.
There are 37 other films (plus a bonus set at the end of the article) that The Playlist does not mention Telluride as a possibility. Of those, I actually think that some DO have a shot. For example:
Thomas Vintenberg's "The Commune"
Jean-Marc Vallee's "Demolition"
Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight"
Ron Howard's "In the Heart of the Sea"
Stephen Frears' "The Program"
Billy Ray's "Secret in Their Eyes"
Thomas McCarthy's "Spotlight"
Danny Boyles' "Steve Jobs"
Jay Roach's "Trumbo"
Justin Chadwick's "Tulip Fever"
are among The Playlist's 50 that they don't peg for a Telluride slot but that I think could play.
The only "Honorable Mentions" that they include that I feel have some shot at making Telluride is "Freeheld"
A lot to digest...
The complete post is here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/50-movies-on-our-fall-film-festival-wishlist-20150709
That's all for Friday. Have a great weekend! More on Monday...
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