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Roofman (film)
''Roofman'' is an upcoming American Crime film, crime comedy-drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance. The film stars Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang, and Peter Dinklage. ''Roofman'' is scheduled to be released in the United States by Paramount Pictures on October 10, 2025. Premise The film is a biopic of the fugitive Jeffrey Manchester, a former United States Army Reserve officer, known colloquially as Roofman due to his propensity to steal from branches of McDonald's after entering their premises via the roof and evaded capture from police by hiding in the wall of a Toys "R" Us store. Cast * Channing Tatum as Jeffrey Manchester, a former United States Army Reserve officer * Kirsten Dunst as Leigh Wainscott, a single mother and Jeffrey's love interest * Ben Mendelsohn as Ron Smith, a pastor * Peter Dinklage as a Toys-R-Us general manager * Uzo Aduba * Juno Temple as Jeff's frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Cianfrance
Derek M. Cianfrance (; born January 23, 1974) is an American film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for writing and directing the films ''Blue Valentine (film), Blue Valentine'' (2010), ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' (2012) and ''The Light Between Oceans (film), The Light Between Oceans'' (2017) as well as the HBO miniseries ''I Know This Much Is True (miniseries), I Know This Much Is True'' (2020). For his contributions to the story of ''Sound of Metal'' (2020), he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay with its director Darius Marder and Abraham Marder. His cinematic work often combines themes of domestic drama with a broad chronological scope, examining the relationship dynamics of characters across decades. Early life and education Cianfrance grew up in Lakewood, Colorado, and graduated Green Mountain High School, and then attended the University of Colorado Boulder, studying film production under avant-gard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Reserve
The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a Military reserve force, reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the Army element of the reserve components of the United States Armed Forces. History Origins On 23 April 1908 Congress created the Medical Reserve Corps, the official predecessor of the Army Reserve. After World War I, under the National Defense Act of 1920, Congress reorganized the U.S. land forces by authorizing a Regular Army (United States), Regular Army, a National Guard and an Organized Reserve (Officers Reserve Corps and Enlisted Reserve Corps) of unrestricted size, which later became the Army Reserve. This organization provided a peacetime pool of trained Reserve officers and enlisted men for use in war. The Organized Reserve included the Officers Reserve Corps, Enlisted Reserve Corps and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Interwar period and World War II The Organized Reserve infantry di ... [...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] |
35 Mm Movie Film
35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on film, 35 mm is the most commonly used gauge. The name of the gauge is not a direct measurement, and refers to the nominal width of the 35 mm format photographic film, which consists of strips wide. The standard negative pulldown, image exposure length on 35 mm for movies ("single-frame" format) is four film perforations, perforations per Film frame, frame along both edges, which results in 16 frames per foot of film. A variety of largely proprietary gauges were devised for the numerous camera and projection systems being developed independently in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, along with various film feeding systems. This resulted in cameras, projectors, and other equipment having to be calibrated to each gauge. The 35 mm width, originally specified as inches, was introduced around 1890 by William Kennedy Dickson and Thomas Edison, using 120 film st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastonia, North Carolina
Gastonia is the most populous city in and the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. It is the second-largest satellite city of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte area, behind Concord, North Carolina, Concord. The population was 80,411 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 71,741 in 2010. Gastonia is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, 13th-most populous city in North Carolina. It is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC Combined Statistical Area. The city is a historic center for textile manufacturing and was the site of the Loray Mill Strike of 1929, which became a key event in the labor movement. While manufacturing remains important to the local economy, the city also has well-developed healthcare, education, and government sectors. History Gastonia is named for William Gaston, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Principal Photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the actors, director, cinematographer(s) or sound engineer(s) and their respective assistants ( assistant director, camera assistant, boom operator), the unit production manager plays a decisive role in principal photography. They are responsible for the daily implementation of the shoot, managing the daily call sheet, the location barriers, transportation, and catering. Additional typical roles during filming include the script supervisor to record changes to the script and the still photographer to produce images for advertising and documentation. Several reports are prepared each day to track the progress of a film production, including the daily production report, the daily progress report, and the sound report. Process Prepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FilmNation Entertainment
FilmNation Entertainment, LLC is an American entertainment company focused on film production, financing, and distribution. History 2008–2012: Founding FilmNation Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company co-founded in 2008 by Glen Basner and Steven Samuels. Initially, the company was a foreign sales firm, selling distribution right in various international markets. 2012–2018: Early growth In 2012, FilmNation produced its first film, '' Mud'', which competed at the Cannes Film Festival. On November 6, 2013, FilmNation Entertainment became part of the American Film Market for the first time. In December 2014, Village Roadshow invested $18 million for 33% stake in the company to make film production a regular part of operations. With growing success, the Los Angeles Times labeled FilmNation as "the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of." 2018–present: Expansion In April 2018, FilmNation agreed to a $120 million revolving mul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roofman
Jeffrey Allen Manchester (born 1971) is an American convicted spree-robber and former United States Army Reserve soldier known as the 'Rooftop Robber' or simply 'Roofman' due to his ''modus operandi'' of breaking into his targets (most commonly McDonald's locations) by drilling through their roofs. Before being apprehended for the second time in 2005 in Charlotte, North Carolina, Manchester used the alias John Zorn from June 2004 to January 2005. Early life Manchester attended high school in Rancho Cordova, California, before enlisting in the US Army. He served in the 82nd Airborne Division, where he learned rappelling, weapons handling, and other skills he would use during his robberies. He married at age 20, but divorced in 1999 while serving at Concord Naval Weapons Station. Crime spree Beginning in November 1998, Manchester began robbing chiefly McDonald's locations across the United States. His ''modus operandi'' consisted of meticulous planning and observation before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Revolori
Anthony Revolori ( Quiñonez; born April 28, 1996) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his collaborations with Wes Anderson starring in ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), ''The French Dispatch'' (2021), and ''Asteroid City'' (2023) and for portraying Flash Thompson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019), and '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021). Early life Revolori was born and raised in Anaheim, California. His parents, Sonia and Mario Quiñónez, are from Jutiapa, Guatemala. His father was an actor during his earlier years in Guatemala. Revolori's brother, Mario Quiñónez, better known as Mario Revolori, is also an actor. Born Anthony Quiñónez, he adopted "Revolori", the surname of his paternal grandmother. Career Revolori began his career as a child actor, getting his first role at age two, in a baby food commercial. His first major role was as the young Zero Moustafa in Wes Ande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Price
Molly Price is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Faith Yokas in the NBC drama series ''Third Watch'' (1999–2005). Price has also appeared in recurring and guest-starring roles in many other television dramas and co-starred in a number of films, including ''Sweet and Lowdown'' (1999), '' Chasing Sleep'' (2000), and '' Not Fade Away'' (2012). Early life and education Price was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey, and graduated from North Plainfield High School in 1984. She is a graduate of Rutgers University. Career Price made her television debut appearing in a 1991 episode of the NBC drama ''Law & Order''. She later had three more guest roles in ''Law & Order'', playing different characters. From 1995 to 1996, she was a regular cast member in the short-lived CBS sitcom '' Bless This House'', starring Andrew Dice Clay and Cathy Moriarty. In film, she had supporting roles in '' Jersey Girl'' (1992) starring Jami Gertz and Dylan McDermott, ''Kiss Me, Guido' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emory Cohen
Emory Isaac Cohen (born March 13, 1990) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in ''Afterschool'' (2008). He is best known for his roles as AJ Cross in Derek Cianfrance's film ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' (2012), Tony Fiorello in John Crowley's film ''Brooklyn'' (2015), and Homer in the Netflix series '' The OA'' (2016). Early life Cohen was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, the only child of Donna (née Ackerman), a director of a preschool, and Noel Cohen, a music teacher. He is Jewish and is a fourth generation New Yorker whose ancestors immigrated from Russia. Cohen made his stage debut as Mr. Peachum in a school production of ''The Threepenny Opera'' at the Robert F. Wagner Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology, under the direction of Alma Whitney and Oskar Sarasky. He graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School in 2008 and received a full scholarship to study acting at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He trained at UA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
