Natalie Portman won an Oscar for Black Swan and then disappeared, primarily because she was pregnant and had her first child. Mama is making her first major public appearance since then tonight at the Los Angeles Contemporary Museum of Art, for Jason Reitman‘s staged reading of Billy Wilder‘s 1960 masterpiece, The Apartment. Portman will read the role of Fran, made famous by Shirley McClane. She’ll star alongside JK Simmons as Jeff, the role Fred MacMurray originated, as well as Collette Wolfe, Ken Jeong, Nick Kroll, Jake Johnson in the other roles.
Oh, and the lead role of CC Baxter, originally played by Jack Lemmon, will be played by a little up and coming actor named Steve Carell. Read more after the jump. Read More »
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Posted on Monday, November 14th, 2011 by Angie Han
If you haven’t been lucky enough to catch Paramount’s unannounced screenings of Young Adult in your town, you can still get an early look at the film here in the form of three newly released clips. Jason Reitman‘s latest collaboration with Juno writer Diablo Cody stars Charlize Theron as young adult author Mavis Gary, who returns to her hometown and attempts to win back her now-married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson).
The buzz around the film is that it’s almost uncomfortably dark, with Mavis as an interesting but very unlikeable character — and these clips seem to confirm just how messed-up she is, as she faces off against a hotel worker, fails to remember an ex-classmate played by Patton Oswalt, and schemes to steal her ex-boyfriend from his wife. Watch them after the jump.
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Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman‘s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. As a special bonus, Reitman and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’ famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings.
There have been pop-up screenings in Toronto, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Austin, each with an accompanying poster. (The Austin show featured a Q&A moderated by Patton Oswalt, who led the audience in a ‘no talking’ PSA shoot. That would have been fun.) Tonight’s screening is in San Francisco, and once again attendees get a unique piece of limited edition artwork. For the San Francisco show, Furturtle (aka artist Travis Bone) designed the poster. Check it out in full after the break. Read More »
Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman‘s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. As a special bonus, Reitman and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’ famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings.
There have been pop-up screenings in Toronto, Minneapolis, and Chicago, each with an accompanying poster. Tonight’s screening is in Austin (at the Alamo Drafthouse, naturally), and as at the other previous screenings attendees get a unique piece of limited edition artwork. For the Austin show, Tara McPherson was hired to design the poster. Check it out in full after the break. Read More »
Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman‘s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. As a special bonus, Reitman and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’ famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings.
There have been pop-up screenings in Toronto and Minneapolis, each with an accompanying poster. Tonight’s screening is in Chicago, and as at the two previous screenings attendees get a unique piece of limited edition artwork. For the Chicago show, area artist Anne Benjamin was enlisted to design the poster. Check it out in full after the break.
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As we told you yesterday, Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman‘s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. As a special bonus, Jason and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’s famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings.
I’ve been told there will be more pop up screenings in the coming week or two, although I have no idea where or when. Each screening will have a unique piece of limited edition artwork produced by a different artist. If you’re in a major city I would keep my eyes open for a pop-up screening in your area. Be sure to check back to see more art when we get it!
The first screening took place in Toronto Canada and featured a poster by Lil Tuffy. The second screening took place tonight in Minneapolis, MN with a limited edition print from Aesthetic Apparatus. Check it out after the jump.
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Paramount Pictures is running unannounced pop-up screenings of Jason Reitman‘s new film Young Adult in cities around North America. The first screening took place in Toronto Canada tonight. As a special bonus, Jason and Paramount enlisted the curatorial services of Los Angeles’s famous pop culture art gallery Gallery1988 to pick the artists and produce limited edition pieces of art for the surprise screenings.
The studio has given us an exclusive first look at the poster art that Lil Tuffy produced for the Toronto screening. I’ve been told there will be more pop up screenings in the coming week or two, although I have no idea where or when. Each screening will have a unique piece of limited edition artwork produced by a different artist. Seems like a really cool promotion — if you’re in a major city I would keep my eyes open for a pop-up screening in your area. Be sure to check back to see more art when we get it!
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Posted on Sunday, October 16th, 2011 by David Chen
On Sunday morning, director Rian Johnson sent out a vague tweet, saying that “things have been quiet on the feud front. I have an update. It’s long.” Evidently he was referring to a (nonexistent?) longtime feud with director Jason Reitman, and his attempt to bury the hatchet with him. As with most things that Johnson writes, things don’t exactly go according to plan.
[Update: Commenter Greg points out the following: "The 'feud' was initiated by Johnson last week. He laid out the ground rules first. He wanted to pick a director more talented than himself so that he could be the underdog. And he wanted someone who didn't tweet a lot so it wouldn't be a lot of work for him. Reitman had not tweeted in over a year, but within a day or two of Johnson egging him on, he responded."]
The resulting tweets were multitudinous and spread out over many hours. Taken together, they clearly represent the deranged ramblings of a half-demented, syphilitic mind. I’ve compiled Johnson’s tweets for maximum readability and reprinted them after the jump without his permission. Enjoy.
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