OH:Happy NBA Cup day! The in-season tournament kicks off tonight on ESPN for… whoever cares about this.
PLUS: The NY Comedy Festival kicks off, through Nov. 12.
AND: A thanks to the folks at FOCUS for the invite to check out The Holdoverslast night in NYC, including a Q&A with directorAlexander Payne & writer David Hemingson.
Really enjoyed this one! The script rides a very fine line… just right, always character-based, and Giamatti does what he does best, with a strong cast all around.
NEON picked up NORTH AMERICA rights to Aurora from Sean Baker (Red Rocket). Mads Mikkelson stars in this story of… I have no idea, no details avail, nor an acquisition price. FILM NATION is repping the rights globally. /THR
Always good to keep it on trend with the town at large (to note, they didn’t use that exact phrase… but it certainly was the tone of its Q3 earnings call - and even the cautious part was light).
BASICALLY: It’s amazing what “returning to basics” can do - like no longer wildly…
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