Watch: Mads Mikkelsen Is An Assassin In Jake Scott's Short Film 'Le Fantôme'
Director Jake Scott's latest short film, Le Fantôme, stars Mads Mikkelsen as an assassin who fancies the new Ford Focus. Watch the Jake Scott short film.
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Which 2015 Super Bowl Commercials Were Directed By Movie Directors?
Many of the Super Bowl commercials were directed by filmmakers. Find out the 2015 Super Bowl Commercials directors to see which filmmakers did the spots.
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See How Apple And Jake Scott Used iPhones To Shoot A Commercial Around The World In One Day
Apple Computer can lay claim to having bankrolled one of the most famous Super Bowl spots in history. The '1984' ad that launched the original Macintosh is the sort of thing Adweek refers to with phrases like "as good as it gets." This past weekend marked the 30th anniversary of the spot's debut, so naturally…
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Which 2014 Super Bowl Commercials Were Directed By Movie Directors?
The small screen regularly attracts many big screen filmmakers to film 30 and 60 second television commercials, but the Super Bowl is the premiere for many of these new spots. So beyond the commercials for big screen movies and television shows, which of the commercials shown during the big game were directed by movie directors?…
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'Greetings From Tim Buckley' Trailer: Penn Badgley Takes On An Imposing Musical Icon
Jeff Buckley, whose sole album Grace made him a cult favorite singer/songwriter, is not a figure many actors would be eager to play. Blessed with a distinctive voice and followed by a rabid fan base, Buckley, is often seen as a singular figure in the music world. But Penn Badgley accepted the challenge of playing (and singing…
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Casting Bits: Adam Goldberg In 'Inferno', Patricia Arquette In Jeff Buckley Biopic, Matthew Fox In 'Emperor'
Today's Casting Bits all revolve around true stories, though the nature of the tales vary wildly from project to project. After the jump: Adam Goldberg enters final negotiations to play porn star Harry Reems in Matthew Wilder's Inferno Patricia Arquette gets cast as Reeve Carney's mom in Jake Scott's Jeff Buckley biopic Matthew Fox boards…
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Reeve Carney Will Play Jeff Buckley For Director Jake Scott
The second Jeff Buckley biopic just found its leading man. (The first is Greetings From Tim Buckley, which has Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots starring, and will chronicle the late singer's early days, before he rose to minor fame.) This second one is currently untitled, and comes from Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys). It…
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Jake Scott To Direct Biopic Of Musician Jeff Buckley
Jake Scott (Welcome to the Rileys) has just signed on to direct a biopic about Jeff Buckley, from a script by Ryan Jaffe (The Rocker). Buckley, if you're not familiar, was an influential musician from the '90s who died in a tragic accident at the age of 30. You may recognize his biggest hit song, a…
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Movie Trailer: 'Welcome To The Rileys,' Starring Kristen Stewart And James Gandolfini
Jake Scott, son of Ridley, has directed a new feature, Welcome to the Rileys, starring James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo. The film debuted at Sundance, where it did relatively well and was picked up by Apparition. Bit of trouble there, though, as Apparition has been undergoing some restructuring. Just a couple weeks ago…
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Exclusive: Making Of Jake Scott's The Hunt
In April, Philips released their collaboration between five filmmakers from Ridley Scott Associates, called Parallel Lines. Scott's commercial division RSA was asked to create a series of groundbreaking short films in a genre of their choice, using "the same unifying theme." RSA directors submitted forty-five treatments and Philips selected five it believed were most ground-breaking:…
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New Trailer For Parallel Lines, Five Short Films From Carl Erik Rinsch, Jake Scott, Greg Fay, Johnny Hardstaff, And Hi-Sim
A few weeks ago we wrote a piece about an upcoming collaboration between Philips and five filmmakers from Ridley Scott Associates, called Parallel Lines. RSA was asked to create a series of groundbreaking short films in a genre of their choice, using "the same unifying theme." RSA directors submitted forty-five treatments and Philips selected five…
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Teaser Trailer: Five Short Films From RSA's Carl Erik Rinsch, Jake Scott, Greg Fay, Johnny Hardstaff, And Hi-Sim
You might remember Adam Berg’s Dark Knight-Inspired Short Film Carousel which offered an exploration into one single frozen moment of time in a robbery gone wrong in one Hard Boiled-inspired continuous tracking shot. The Philips-funded short won the Film Grand Prix Winner: at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Well Philips is hoping to recreate…
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Jake Scott's Sundance Guest Blog #4: The Dust Settles
Editor's Note: Filmmaker Jake Scott has been blogging his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott yet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays). Chances are, you've…
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Jake Scott's Sundance Guest Blog #3: More News From The Frontier
Editor's Note: Filmmaker Jake Scott has been blogging his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott yet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays). Chances are, you've…
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Jake Scott's Sundance Guest Blog #2: Runaways, Killer Inside Me, Border Town, Video Interview With Joseph Gordon Levitt And Spencer Susser
Editor's Note: Last week we were approached by a filmmaker who wanted to guest blog his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott yet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room…
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Jake Scott's Sundance 2010 Guest Blog #1
Editor's Note: Last week we were approached by a filmmaker who wanted to guest blog his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott yet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room…
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Sundance Photo Preview: Jake Scott's Welcome To The Rileys
You might not know 42-year-old director Jake Scott, but you know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films as Alien, Gladiator, and Blade Runner (Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays). Jake's directorial debut was a 1999 British historical action comedy titled Plunkett & Macleane which chances are you've never seen.…
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