AFI Fest posted the lineup for the 2009 edition (Oct. 30 – Nov. 7, Los Angeles) and The Road is one of the films that will be screened at the event.
THE ROAD (Gala, US Premiere) Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Molly Parker DIR: John Hillcoat PROD: Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, Nick Wechsler EXEC PROD: Marc Butan, Mark Cuban, Rudd Simmons, Todd Wagner USA [AFI Fest]
The Hollywood Reporter has an article about Oliver Sherman.
Molly Parker and Garret Dillahunt are reuniting on the indie drama “Oliver Sherman” from Canadian producer the Film Works.
Parker (“Swingtown”) and Dillahunt earlier worked together on HBO’s “Deadwood” and next on the upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” set for theatrical release on Nov. 25.
In “Oliver Sherman,” Dillahunt plays a disconnected war veteran who goes in search of a soldier, played by Donal Logue, who saved his life during the war and is now quietly living in a rural town with a wife (Parker) and two children.
The project, to shoot in northern Ontario, marks the first feature from writer-director Ryan Redford. Antonio Calvache is DOP, while Paul Stephens and Eric Jordan of the Films Works share producer credits.
Mongrel Media will release the indie picture in Canada. [THR]
The new Fox Monday teaser — for House 6×06, “Brave Heart” and Lie to Me 2×04, “Honey” — showed up on YouTube today.
Here it is without House:
Other news, Neal Baer posted another bubbletweet from SVU 11×05 “Hardwired,” this time with Mariska Hargitay and Stephanie March.
Sobini Films has released new poster artwork for Burning Bright (below). The film will be screened at the American Film Market in Santa Monica next month (Nov. 4 and 6). Bloody Disgusting says that Lionsgate is (still) looking to release it “in the near future.”
Nugget.ca has a new article about Oliver Sherman, which starts filming tomorrow (or later today, depending on where you are).
(^ That’s the set decorator on Twitter.)
From the article:
Oliver Sherman, produced by The Film Works, is a psychological thriller staring Garret Dillahunt as the title character, who goes in search of the man who saved him during a war. The film is set in modern times but doesn’t specify which war or where it happened. Sherman eventually finds the man, who has moved on with his life, starting a family in a small town.
The family takes Sherman as a harmless, disconnected man, but soon realize he is angry and unstable.
“We looked all over Northern Ontario for locations that worked,” said producer Paul Stephens.
“A lot of the action takes place in and around the farm house so we wanted a small town look.”
(…)
Stephens said they have been in town for the past six weeks preparing for the production and training local people who are anxious to learn the specialized skills of the film industry. (…)
“The most challenging part is getting the trust of the community and working with local people to train them in very specialized jobs,” he said. [Nugget.ca]