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A24’s Tony Expands Indie Box Office with $5 Million
entertainment5 days ago

A24’s Tony Expands Indie Box Office with $5 Million

A24’s Tony, a biopic of Anthony Bourdain, expanded to 1,652 theaters and grossed $5 million this weekend, landing seventh at the box office; the film has grossed about $6.6 million since its debut, with a budget pegged under $15 million. Dominic Sessa stars as Bourdain, with Emilia Jones, Dagmara Domińczyk, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas, in a release that opened in six theaters on Aug. 7 before expanding to 37 venues, aided by strong reviews and fan affection for the chef.

via IndieWire|
#a24#anthony-bourdain#box-office
Felicia Day Crowdfunds The Guild Movie, Aiming to Break Kickstarter Records
entertainment10 days ago

Felicia Day Crowdfunds The Guild Movie, Aiming to Break Kickstarter Records

Felicia Day launches The Guild: Ren Faire’d on Kickstarter to fund a Ren Faire–set feature reuniting The Guild cast; the project is pursuing a sub-$10 million budget and sits among Kickstarter’s top-funded narrative films with roughly $5.2 million raised, aiming to top Veronica Mars' $5.7 million mark. The campaign includes merch, an RPG and a dating-sim to boost pledges, and faces typical film-production hurdles like insurance, union contracts and tax credits, underscoring Day’s belief in IP ownership and the potential of web-native storytelling.

via indiewire.com|
#crowdfunding#entertainment#felicia-day
McConaughey's Indie Comeback: A Honey-Fueled Oklahoma Tale
entertainment18 days ago

McConaughey's Indie Comeback: A Honey-Fueled Oklahoma Tale

The Hollywood Reporter profiles The Rivals of Amziah King, an ambitious 2023-shot indie from Andrew Patterson that marks Matthew McConaughey's return to acting after a five-year pause. After premiering at SXSW 2025 and facing a slow, indie-friendly release via Black Bear, the film unfolds a honey-business saga set in rural Oklahoma, starring McConaughey as Amziah King opposite Angelina LookingGlass's Kateri. Patterson describes a project born from limited resources that grew into a big, multi-character effort with a bold narrative pivot and a post-production path marked by creative differences. McConaughey explains his attraction to the story and his desire to support underdogs, while the cast and crew discuss the film's independent DNA, the effort to find authentic Native American casting, and the sense that this film embodies a renaissance of small, risky cinema.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#andrew-patterson#entertainment#indie-film
Boyhood’s Ellar Coltrane trades Hollywood for a quiet Texas life
entertainment22 days ago

Boyhood’s Ellar Coltrane trades Hollywood for a quiet Texas life

Ellar Coltrane, the child star from Boyhood, now lives in rural Texas, far from Hollywood. He works manual labor and volunteers as a firefighter while pursuing an EMT license, and has appeared in a few independent projects. He says he has moved on from a big screen career, misses collaborating on sets, and prefers passion projects; he attended a Boyhood 12-year reunion in Austin and has integrated with the Texas indie film scene in Austin and El Paso.

via foxnews.com|
#boyhood#ellar-coltrane#entertainment
Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man: Crafting a Ryan-Style Carnage on an Indie Schedule
film25 days ago

Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man: Crafting a Ryan-Style Carnage on an Indie Schedule

Eli Roth explains that Ice Cream Man was designed as the “Saving Private Ryan” of splatter, building the brutal mass-kill sequence one gag at a time and planning it with on-site, location-specific thinking. The centerpiece school massacre was choreographed across a single, memorable take and shot in a tight window within 19 days in an elementary school, using FrameForge storyboards to map camera positions. He involved parents beforehand, kept the child cast engaged with horror-fan sensibilities, and pursued an independent, unrated release under its own distribution label, emphasizing an ultra-indie, director-driven approach rather than studio control.

via IndieWire|
#eli-roth#film#horror
Indie Trailblazer Gregg Araki Reflects on Tenacity, Mysterious Skin Revival, and Olivia Wilde
entertainment29 days ago

Indie Trailblazer Gregg Araki Reflects on Tenacity, Mysterious Skin Revival, and Olivia Wilde

Gregg Araki talks indie-film grit—from a confrontational USC moment that fueled his drive to a new 4K restoration of Mysterious Skin and the long-awaited I Want Your Sex with Olivia Wilde. He explains how Now Apocalypse sharpened his TV directing, why he flipped the gender dynamics post-#MeToo, and how Almodóvar and Wong Kar-wai shaped his vision, while also sharing personal notes on family, dogs, and the ongoing push to bend cinematic boundaries.

via Harper's BAZAAR|
#entertainment#gregg-araki#indie-film
Pamela Anderson Bets on Bold Indie Roles and Second Chances in Rosebush Pruning
entertainment1 month ago

Pamela Anderson Bets on Bold Indie Roles and Second Chances in Rosebush Pruning

Pamela Anderson discusses her career reinvention from Baywatch-era stardom to indie work, praising the satirical drama Rosebush Pruning, detailing how recent projects like The Last Showgirl and Netflix’s Pamela, a Love Story have reintroduced her to audiences, and saying she’s pursuing bold, varied roles with a second chance mindset, while noting she has no plans for a Baywatch return but is open to theater and other surprises as she lines up new projects including Place to Be and Alma.

via Deadline|
#baywatch#entertainment#indie-film
Gen Z Turns Tiny Horror Into Theatrical Gold
entertainment2 months ago

Gen Z Turns Tiny Horror Into Theatrical Gold

Two ultra-budget Gen Z-driven horror films, Obsession and Backrooms, have upended Hollywood norms: Obsession grossed hundreds of millions on a sub-$1 million budget, while Backrooms became a record-breaking A24 release in 10 days, proving young audiences will turn out when films feel like events created outside the big studio system. The movies leverage online discourse, creator origins on YouTube, and meme-driven engagement to fuel theater-going, signaling Hollywood may need a new playbook that favors low-cost, creator-driven projects that resonate with Gen Z.

via The New York Times|
#a24#box-office#entertainment
Gen-Z Horror Rising: Are Backrooms and Obsession Fueling a New Wave
entertainment-movies2 months ago

Gen-Z Horror Rising: Are Backrooms and Obsession Fueling a New Wave

Two modest-budget horror films by under-30 filmmakers—Backrooms (A24) and Obsession (Focus Features)—are delivering outsized box-office results and fueling a debate about whether we’re witnessing a Gen-Z horror renaissance or a passing trend, driven by online fanbases and creator-led pipelines that bypass traditional IP-heavy blockbusters, with figures like Kane Parsons and Curry Barker helping push the conversation.

via Rolling Stone|
#box-office#entertainment-movies#gen-z
Viral YouTube Short Open Door Set for Feature Film in Six-Figure Deal
film2 months ago

Viral YouTube Short Open Door Set for Feature Film in Six-Figure Deal

The viral YouTube short Open Door, created by Kevin Cate and The Workmans, is being developed into a feature film under a six-figure development deal. Cate will co-write the screenplay with IO’s Charles Spano, with Sean Anthony Baker and Mia Matthews set to reprise their roles. The project is in development with Clinging Vine Films and executive producer Rick Kearney, and directors Dylan Clark and Sam Evenson are tapped to helm future installments. The original three-minute short, which follows a surreal elevator ride from hell, has drawn tens of millions of views across YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram, reflecting the industry’s push to turn successful online content creators into feature films.

via Variety|
#film#film-adaptation#indie-film
From YouTube Fame to Theaters: The Next Wave of Horror Directors
entertainment2 months ago

From YouTube Fame to Theaters: The Next Wave of Horror Directors

The Hollywood Reporter spotlights a new crop of horror directors who built audiences on YouTube and social media and are now breaking into feature films, with Obsession and Backrooms surpassing $100 million domestically and others like the Philippou brothers and David Sandberg paving the way. The piece flags rising talents such as Dylan Clark (Portrait of God, attached to a Blair Witch reboot), Nicolas Curcio (Play House), Sam Evenson (Mora at Neon), Spencer Lackey, Caleb Phillips (Imposters), and Heidi Wong as the next potential box‑office draws, as studios continue to chase low-budget, high-concept horror and the YouTube-to-Hollywood pipeline grows.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#box-office#entertainment#film-industry