Skateboarder Danny Way takes the starring moment in Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Waiting for Lightning. Featuring interviews with Travis Pastrana, Laird Hamilton, Rodney Mullen, Mat Hoffman, Ken Block, Rob Dyrdek and Tony Hawk, the story focuses on “how much abuse the body can sustain, how deep you have to dig to survive the challenges life presents, and how high and far dreams can fly.”
Official log line:
Waiting for Lightning is the inspirational story of visionary skateboarder Danny Way. The film follows the journey of a young boy from a broken home in Vista, CA, whose passion for skateboarding would one day bring him fame and a lifetime of accomplishments. Way’s drive has no limits as exemplified by his creation captured on screen, a ramp of prodigious and dangerous proportions, across many cultural and ideological boundaries to attempt the impossible: jump China’s Great Wall on a skateboard. It’s a film about how much abuse the body can sustain, how deep you have to dig to survive the challenges life presents, and how high and far dreams can fly. Danny Way has not only proven himself to be an incredibly talented skateboarder but also the sport’s greatest innovator. In his quest for greatness, Way continues to shape the very sport which helped save his own life.
From the producers of Act of Valor, Step Into Liquid and Dust to Glory comes Waiting for Lightning, a Bandito Brothers production in association with DC Shoes, directed by Jacob Rosenberg, written by Bret Anthony Johnston, edited by Carol Martori and produced by Max Leitman, Darryl Franklin, Jacob Rosenberg and Hana Ripperger-Suhler. The film features interviews with Travis Pastrana, Laird Hamilton, Rodney Mullen, Mat Hoffman, Ken Block, Rob Dyrdek and Tony Hawk.
Waiting For Lightning heads to theaters and…
Full Story »
In Thursday’s round up of news briefs, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch made it official that his media empire will be divided into two companies. Also this morning, skateboarding doc Waiting for Lightning headed for distribution, The Amazing Spider-Man gets a big release in one giant Asian country and the Men In Black brand readies for transformation.
Waiting for Lightning Heads to Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up U.S. rights to the Bandito Brothers’ Waiting for Lightning. The SXSW Film Festival documentary follows skateboarding legend and action sports pioneer Danny Way on his journey to jump China’s Great Wall. Goldwyn plans a fall 2012 release.
Around the ‘net…
News Corp Officially Splits
The company will separate its publishing and entertainment assets. Rupert Murdoch will be the chairman of both companies. Chase Carey will be president and COO of the media and entertainment entity, which includes Fox and other brands. The separation will take about a year, Deadline reports.
Comic-Con: Fanboys in for Marathon Saturday Panel Sessions
Tentpoles including Man of Steel, >The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Pacific Rim and Iron Man 3 will all take place July 14th at the San Diego Convention Center’s Hall H, which seats 6,000, Variety reports.
The Amazing Spider-Man to Get Widest-Ever India Release
The film will be released Friday, ahead of its U.S. launch and it will be the widest release for a Hollywood film ever in the country. Indian actor Irrfan Khan (Slumdog Millionaire) makes a cameo as Dr. Rajit Ratha in the pic, THR reports.
Men In Black Franchise Will Broaden
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Starlight Runner Entertainment are heading toward an evolution of the Men In Black brand to transmedia. The brand will extend its story into a number of possible properties, Variety reports.
· Still not convinced that Jason Sudeikis, Tyler Labine and the cast members of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy will go all the way in their Labor Day sex comedy? Doubt no more! Samuel Goldwyn Films has just released a video that proves Orgy’s cast will swing in all directions including shirtless bro on bro. Watch Sudeikis and Labine make good on their movie’s title and then stick around for Buzz Break.
Your assignment is to now use the phrase “kiss chickened you” once by Friday.
[via Vulture]
· Check out the first photos from American Psycho director Mary Harron’s The Moth Diaries. The all-girl boarding school vampire thriller (say that ten times fast) will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. It stars Lily Cole, Sarah Gadon, Sarah Bolger and Scott Speedman. [indieWire]
· Seth MacFarlane will host Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen on September 10. Mark your calendars for September 19 though — the night that the event airs on Comedy Central and coincidentally the night that Two and a Half Men returns to kill off Sheen’s character. [Deadline]
· You may not be excited about Final Destination 5 but do you know who really is? Devon Sawa, star of the original FD! Said the actor via Twitter, “Just saw Final Destination 5…….. Awesome. See it. its got a real smart ending. […] Still kind of amazed with Final Destination 5… it has my favorite death scene. So much fun. The director killed it. […] Go see Final Destination 5.” [@devonesawa]
· Finally, everything’s coming up Viola Davis! The Help’s brilliant lead (and the soon-to-be mother) turns 46 today. Happy birthday and best wishes for another Oscar nomination.
Full Story »Last year at this time, a low quality trailer for the Rachel Weisz thriller The Whistleblower found its way online. Since then, the film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films, who have finally released the official trailer. Based on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska police officer who ends up uncovering child sex slavery and human-trafficking in post-war Bosnia, the thriller co-stars Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn and Monica Bellucci. Anti-sex slavery PSA impresario Ashton Kutcher, you’re going to want to pre-order tickets for this one.
The Whistleblower reaches theaters in limited release on Aug. 5. Head over to Apple to watch in HD.
Full Story »
