‘Hostiles’ Review: Christian Bale In Dark But Powerful Western With Contemporary Social Impact
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Posts from may2 in thread „New Westerns“
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Found the new Western thread,
Jon Voight's 'J.L. Family Ranch' Premieres on 'Hallmark' Tomorrow
J.L. Family Ranch (aka JL Ranch) is a new cowboy Western movie that highlights rural living on a family ranch in a small town in Texas. It tells the tale of a veteran rancher and a former sheriff who must deal with issues involving an old enemy who tries to challenge their land ownership.
The Hallmark movie was directed byCharles Robert Carner and stars Skyler Shaye, Jon Voight, Teri Polo, James Caan, Melanie Griffith, Steven Bauer,Abby Brammell, and Grant Bowler.Skyler opened up in a recent interview about shooting with Jon, who is her godfather.
“He’s like my second father,” she toldHallmark Channel. “He’s an incredible person, and he’s given me so much life and knowledge in the industry.”
Skyler went on to share how Jon has helped her with her acting skills.“It’s interesting because we travel a lot – my grandparents and my godfather and I,” she said. “We’re all very close. Whenever we would travel, we’d be on the plane, and my godfather would be like, ‘Look, you see that person over there? Watch them, observe them, because those mannerisms would be great for a character.’”
Hallmark has reportedly green lit a sequel for the film already!J.L. Family Ranch will premiere Sunday (August 21) at 9/8c on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel.
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‘The Hateful Eight’ Trailer: First Look At Quentin Tarantino’s Snowbound Western
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I read this book and liked it although it did seem as though it would make a bloody movie.
How Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Revenant' Shoot Became "A Living Hell"
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Josh Stewart & Parker Croft Join ‘Lewis And Clark’ Miniseries On HBO
Josh Stewart (Criminal Minds) and Parker Croft (Once Upon A Time) have been cast opposite Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts in HBO miniseries Lewis And Clark. Based on the book Undaunted Courage, by Stephen E. Ambrose, it tells the story of America’s first contact with the land and native tribes of the country west of the Mississippi River. The miniseries follows the epic journey of the Corps of Discovery and its captains, Meriwether Lewis (Affleck) and William Clark (Schoenaerts), who traverse uncharted territory on a mission to deliver President Jefferson’s message of sovereignty as they search for his fabled all-water route to the Pacific.
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Modern western?
Jeff Bridges To Star In David Mackenzie’s ‘Comancheria'; Chris Pine, Ben Foster Circling
Jeff Bridges has signed to star in David Mackenzie’s Comancheria, with Chris Pine and Ben Foster in talks to board the project. Sidney Kimmel is financing and produces alongside Film 44 and Julie Yorn. The script was penned by actor Taylor Sheridan, who played a cop on Sons of Anarchy.'
Now that the high-profile cast is coming together, the project is being fast-tracked to start production in June. The story follows two brothers, one an ex-con and the other a divorced father of two, facing the foreclosure of their family’s West Texas farm. They team for a bank-robbing spree that puts them on a collision course with a Texas Ranger determined to take them down. Bridges will play the law; Pine and Foster are circling the roles of the brothers.
Mackenzie earned universal critical kudos for his work on gritty prison drama Starred Up, helping to launch Jack O’Connell into the stratosphere with his turn as a troubled youth. Mackenzie is repped by United Agents in the UK and UTA.
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In A Valley of Violence
A revenge Western film set in the 1890s, where a man arrives in a small town seeking vengeance for his murdered friend.
John Travolta (yikes) Ethan Hawkes
Release date December 4, 2015
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The Revenant
The frontiersman, Hugh Glass, who in the 1820s set out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Leonardo DiCaprio directed by Oscar winner Alejandro González Iñárritu due out in 2016.
I read the book. It's quite good and an easy read.
From Publishers Weekly,
Based on a true incident of heroism in the history of the American West, this debut by a Washington, D.C., international trade attorney and former bureaucrat in the Clinton administration is an almost painfully gripping drama. A Philadelphia-born adventurer, frontiersman Hugh Glass goes to sea at age 16 and enjoys a charmed life, including several years under the flag of the pirate Jean Lafitte and almost a year as a prisoner of the Loup Pawnee Indians on the plains between the Platte and the Arkansas rivers. In 1822, at age 36, Glass escapes, finds his way to St. Louis and enters the employ of Capt. Andrew Henry, trapping along tributaries of the Missouri River. After surviving months of hardship and Indian attack, he falls victim to a grizzly bear. His throat nearly ripped out, scalp hanging loose and deep slashing wounds to his back, shoulder and thigh, Glass appears to be mortally wounded. Initially, Captain Henry refuses to abandon him and has him carried along the Grand River. Unfortunately, the terrain soon makes transporting Glass impossible. Even though his death seems certain, Henry details two men, a fugitive mercenary, John Fitzgerald, and young Jim Bridger (who lived to become a frontier hero) to stand watch and bury him. After several days, Fitzgerald sights hostile Indians. Taking Glass's rifle and tossing Bridger his knife, Fitzgerald flees with Bridger, leaving Glass. Enraged at being left alone and defenseless, Glass survives against all odds and embarks on a 3,000-mile-long vengeful pursuit of his ignominious betrayers. Told in simple expository language, this is a spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution.
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The Salvation
The mighty Mads Mikkelsen unleashes a maelstrom of bloodshed in the Wild West in this white-knuckle tale of revenge. When he lays waste to the scoundrels who killed his wife and son, a Danish ex-soldier (Mikkelsen) incurs the wrath of a sadistic gang leader (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) hell-bent on hunting him down. Exploding with eye-popping action, dazzlingly dramatic frontier landscapes, and a smoldering performance by Eva Green, The Salvation is a rip-roaring, blood-spattered saga of sin and redemption.
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Sundance Review: ‘Slow West’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee & Ben Mendelsohn
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History’s ‘Texas Rising’ Gets ‘Hatfield & McCoys’ Memorial Day Premiere Date
With a similar 19th Century setting, the same production company, Thinkfactory Media, and the same star, Bill Paxton, History’s Texas Rising miniseries was clearly groomed as a follow-up to the network’s hugely successful Hatfields & McCoys miniseries. Now the network continues to use the Hatfields & McCoys template in its release plans for Texas Rising, which will premiere on Memorial Day 2015, exactly three years after Hatfields & McCoys debuted on the same May holiday. There is one difference: Hatfields & McCoys was six-hour and aired over three consecutive nights. Texas Rising is eight-hour, but asking viewers to tune in for four consecutive nights may be too big of a commitment. Probably that’s why History only announced the premiere date today, with the air pattern for the other three parts TBD.
In Texas Rising, about the Texas Revolution and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers, Paxton doesn’t have his Hatfields & McCoys co-star Kevin Costner next to him but the mini assembled a formidable cast that includes Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez, Thomas Jane, Rhys Coiro, Robert Knepper, Rob Morrow and Kris Kristofferson.
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Robert Duvall has made a western, A Night in Old Mexico.
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Tommy Lee Jones has a western he directed in competition at Cannes.
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History Greenlights Texas Rangers Mini From ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Producer; Bill Paxton & Brendan Fraser Lead Star Cast
History has given the green light to its next big-scope miniseries, the eight-hour Texas Rising (working title), for a 2015 premiere. The project, which had been in the works at the cable network for a year and a half, comes from Leslie Greif, the producer of History’s first miniseries, mega hit Hatfields & McCoys. It will feature a big-name cast led by Hatfield & McCoys star Bill Paxton, who earned an Emmy nomination for his role as Randall McCoy. The project will detail the Texas Revolution against Mexico and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers.
Paxton will play Sam Houston, the father of Texas. He is joined by Brendan Fraser as Billy Anderson, a Texas Ranger with Comanche Indian ties; Ray Liotta as Lorca, an Alamo survivor seeking brutal revenge; history_channel_logoJeffrey Dean Morgan as “Deaf” Smith, a deaf and grizzled veteran Texas Ranger with an advanced case of consumption; Thomas Jane as James Wykoff, a homesteader who finds himself living in the middle of hostile Indian territory; Olivier Martinez as President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the tyrant dictator of Mexico; Chad Michael Murray as Mirabeau Lamar, a spirited Texas soldier who helps win the battle of San Jacinto; Michael Rapaport as Sgt. Ephraim Knowles, a would-be deserter and coward turned hero; and Max Thieriot as Jack Hays, a volunteer freedom fighter who becomes the youngest Texas Ranger.
Roland Joffé is is directing the mini, from A+E Studios and ITV Studios America, produced by Thinkfactory Media with Greif serving as executive producer. Greif also co-wrote the script for all four two-hour installments with Hatfields & McCoys producer Darrell Fetty; Hatfields co-writer Ted Mann co-wrote Night 1 with them. “From Hatfields & McCoys to The Bible to Vikings, History has made a major commitment to high-quality scripted historical dramas,” said the network’s EVP Dirk Hoogstra, “The Texas Revolution is one of the most gut-wrenching and inspirational events in our history. Doing the story justice will be a massive undertaking and we’re excited to begin production with one of the best teams in the business.”
In 1836, if west of the Mississippi was considered the Wild West then Texas was hell on earth. Crushed from the outside by Mexican armadas and attacked from within by ferocious Comanche tribes, no one was safe. But this was a time of bravery, a time to die for what you believed in and a time to stand tall against the cruel rule of the Mexican General Santa Anna. From General Sam Houston to rag tag Rangers to the legendary “Yellow Rose of Texas” — this is a story of the human spirit rising in the face of insurmountable odds and claiming a piece of history for all eternity. “It’s exciting to be back working with History and Bill Paxton, a team that made television history with Hatfields & McCoys,” said Greif. “The battle for Texas independence was epic and really the battle for the future of America.”
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Alaska is in the west.
Discovery's 'Klondike' taps into the scripted miniseries market
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I think this is a modern day Western.
Magnolia Acquires Border Drama ‘Frontera’ At Baja Int’l Film Fest
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. and Canada rights to Frontera, starring Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, and Michael Peña. The drama directed by Michael Berry from his script with Luis Moulinet III follows hard-working father and devoted husband Miguel (Peña), who crosses the border illegally and is wrongfully accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff (Harris). Miguel’s pregnant wife (Longoria) lands in the hands of corrupt coyotes as she tries to help her husband, while the ex-lawman investigates his wife’s death and unearths disturbing evidence that could destroy one family’s future. Magnolia is plotting a 2014 theatrical release. Ocean Blue Entertainment produced the pic, with Eric Austin Williams exec producing. The deal went down in Los Cabos, Mexico during the second annual Baja International Film Festival, marking the neophyte but swanky fest’s first major U.S. film sale. Magnolia’s John Von Thaden inked the deal with CAA repping the filmmakers. Myriad Pictures is handling international sales.
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History’s ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Sued By Actor Thrown From Horse On Set
