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Alex McAulay
Alex McAulay (born January 20, 1977) is an American film director and novelist. McAulay is best known for writing and directing the thriller films ''Don't Tell a Soul (film), Don't Tell a Soul'' and ''A House on the Bayou''. Career McAulay directed, wrote and co-produced the thriller ''Don't Tell a Soul (film), Don't Tell a Soul'', starring Rainn Wilson, Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead and Mena Suvari which was a selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and premiered at the Deauville American Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival in 2020. The movie was theatrically released by Saban Films and Lionsgate Films in January 2021. McAulay also wrote, directed, and co-executive produced the Blumhouse horror film ''A House on the Bayou'', starring Paul Schneider (actor), Paul Schneider, Angela Sarafyan, Jacob Lofland and Lia McHugh, which was released on November 19, 2021, by Blumhouse Productions, Blumhouse Television, Epix/MGM+ and Paramount Home Entertainment. In addition, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Schneider (actor)
Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dick Liddil in the epic western film '' The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (2007) and his lead role as Mark Brendanawicz on the first and second seasons of the NBC political satirical sitcom '' Parks and Recreation'' (2009–10). He also appeared in lead roles in the romantic drama film '' All the Real Girls'' (2003) and the comedy film '' The Babymakers'' (2012), the former of which he co-wrote with David Gordon Green and was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer. He has since appeared in supporting roles in films such as '' Elizabethtown'' (2005), '' Lars and the Real Girl'' (2007), '' Away We Go'' (2009), ''Water for Elephants'' (2011), '' Hello Carter'' (2013), '' Rules Don't Apply'' (2016), '' Brothers by Blood'' (2020), and '' American Murderer'' (2022). For his portrayal of Charles Armitage Brown in the biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Directorial Debuts
This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release. Many filmmakers have directed works which were not commercially released, for example early works by Orson Welles such as his filming of his stage production of ''Twelfth Night (1933 film), Twelfth Night'' in 1933 or his experimental short film ''The Hearts of Age'' in 1934. Often, these early works were not intended for commercial release by intent, such as film school projects or inability to find distribution. Subsequently, many directors learned their trade in the medium of television as it became popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Notable directors who did their first directorial work in this medium include Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Alfonso Cuarón. As commercial television advertising became more cinematic in the 1960s and 1970s, many directors early work was in this medium, including directors such as Alan Parker and Ridle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster is considered one of the Big Five (publishers), 'Big Five' English language publishers. , Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in the United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different Imprint (trade name), imprints. History Early years In 1924, Richard L. Simon, Richard Simon's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of ''New York World'' crossword puzzles, which were popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity.Frederick Lewis Allen, ''Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s'', p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoey Deutch
Zoey Francis Chaya Thompson Deutch ( ; born November 10, 1994) is an American actress and producer. The younger daughter of director Howard Deutch and actress-director Lea Thompson, Deutch made her acting debut in television during the early 2010s, with roles on Disney Channel's ''The Suite Life on Deck'' (2010–2011) and CW's '' Ringer'' (2011–2012). Making her film debut in 2012, Deutch received recognition for her leading roles in the films '' Everybody Wants Some!!'' (2016), '' Before I Fall'' (2017), ''Flower'' (2017), ''Set It Up'' (2018), and '' Buffaloed'' (2019). She also played supporting roles in the comedy horror '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019), the historical thriller '' The Outfit'' (2022), and the legal thriller '' Juror No. 2'' (2024). After headlining the streaming projects '' The Politician'' (20192020), '' Not Okay'', and '' Something from Tiffany's'' (both 2022), she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the Thorton Wilder play ''Our Town'' (2024) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Scott (actor)
Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ben Wyatt (Parks and Recreation), Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom ''Parks and Recreation'' (2010–2015), for which he was twice nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as Mark Scout in the Apple TV+ thriller series ''Severance (TV series), Severance'' (since 2022), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Scott has also appeared in the films ''The Aviator (2004 film), The Aviator'' (2004) and ''Step Brothers (film), Step Brothers'' (2008), as well as the Starz sitcom ''Party Down'' (2009–2010; 2023), the HBO drama series ''Big Little Lies (TV series), Big Little Lies'' (2017–2019), and the NBC comedy series ''The Good Place'' (2016–2018). Early life and education Adam Paul Scott was born on April 3, 1973, son of Dougald Scott. His parents, who were both teachers, divorced when he was a child. His father is of Scottish people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flower (film)
''Flower'' is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Max Winkler, from a screenplay by Alex McAulay, Winkler, and Matt Spicer. It stars Zoey Deutch, Kathryn Hahn, Tim Heidecker, Adam Scott, Joey Morgan, and Dylan Gelula. Sexually curious teen Erica forms an unlikely bond with her mentally delicate stepbrother Luke. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 20, 2017, and was released theatrically on March 16, 2018, by The Orchard. Plot Seventeen-year-old Erica Vandross gives a police officer oral sex in his patrol car, after which two of her friends sneak up and record them. They extort $400 from the cop as Erica is underage. Erica and her friends are vigilantes who frequently entrap pedophiles. Erica is saving up to bail her father out of jail, where he is awaiting trial for trying to rob a casino. Erica's mother Laurie is not bothered by Erica's promiscuity, but is disappointed Erica does not like her new boyfriend Bob. His son Luke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, originally Paramount Home Video, and operating as the namesake film studio since 2022) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures. The division oversees Paramount Global's home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, CBS, Paramount Media Networks ( Showtime, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., VH1, BET, and Comedy Central), Paramount+, and applicable licensing and servicing of certain pre-2010 DreamWorks Pictures titles, Miramax, pre-2005 Dimension Films titles, and as well as select IFC Films titles and Saban Films titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MGM+
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American Pay television, premium cable television, cable and satellite television, satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary of Amazon MGM Studios. The network's programming consists of recent and older Film, theatrically released motion pictures, Original series, original television program, television series, documentary film, documentaries, and music and stand-up comedy, comedy television special, specials. The service was originally launched in the United States in October 2009 by a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate Studios, Lionsgate, and Paramount Pictures, Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's co-founders in late 2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon (company), Amazon, Epix was rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epix
MGM+ (formerly known as Epix; pronounced ''epics'' and stylized as eᴘix), is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by the MGMPlus Entertainment subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), which is itself a subsidiary of Amazon MGM Studios. The network's programming consists of recent and older theatrically released motion pictures, original television series, documentaries, and music and comedy specials. The service was originally launched in the United States in October 2009 by a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate, and Paramount. After MGM acquired the stakes of the service's co-founders in late 2017, and following the March 2022 acquisition of MGM itself by Amazon, Epix was rebranded as MGM+ in January 2023. It was the culmination of a gradual transition by the network to utilize the imaging of MGM following the buyout, as well as Amazon repositioning it as a sister service to Prime Video and Freevee. MGM+ is currently led by Michael Wright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blumhouse Productions
Blumhouse Productions, LLC, doing business as Blumhouse (; also known as BH Productions or simply BH), is an American independent film and television production company founded in 2000 by Jason Blum and Amy Israel. Blumhouse is known mainly for producing horror films, such as the ''Paranormal Activity'' franchise, the ''Insidious'' franchise, '' Sinister'', ''The Purge'' franchise, ''Split'', ''Get Out'', ''Happy Death Day'' as well as its sequel '' Happy Death Day 2U'', the ''Halloween'' franchise (2018–2022), '' Freaky,'' ''The Invisible Man'' (2020), ''The Black Phone'', '' M3GAN'', ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' and '' Speak No Evil''. It has also produced drama films, such as '' Whiplash'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'', which both earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ''Get Out'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'' won Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. It has worked with directors such as Leigh Whannell, Jordan Peel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
