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Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden will be honored with the Milestone Award at the 2025 Producers Guild Awards. She will accept the honor at the 36th annual PGA Awards on Feb. 8, 2025, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in L.A.

The PGA’s Milestone Award honors individuals or teams who have made historic contributions to the entertainment industry. Recipients of the Milestone Award include Hollywood legends Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as contemporary innovators Steven Spielberg, Bob Iger, Sherry Lansing, George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Donna Langley and Charles D. King.

“Dana Walden has made incredible contributions to the entertainment industry, overseeing the production and development of many of the most iconic and award-winning shows in history,” said PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line in a joint statement. “Her leadership, first as CEO of Fox Television Group and...

The nominations for the 2024 Producers Guild of America Awards have been unveiled ahead of the annual ceremony, set to take place on February 25.

In the Theatrical Motion Picture category, films like “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Oppenheimer,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things,” and “The Zone of Interest” are the contenders.

Formally known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, the accolade has historically been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar, with 15 of the previous 20 winners going on to win the biggest honors at the Academy Awards.

In the Animated Theatrical Motion Picture category, “The Boy and the Heron,” “Elemental,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” are in the running.

As previously announced, documentaries “American Symphony,” “20 Days in Mariupol,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,...

The Producers Guild of America has revealed nominees in the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories for its upcoming awards. Winners will be announced in Los Angeles and New York at the Guild’s nominee events the week of February 19. Exact dates and location will be announced soon.

The 2024 Producers Guild Awards nominees in the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories are listed below; the PGA says it does vet the individual producers of Sports, Children’s and Short Form Television Programs.

Outstanding Sports Program

“100 Foot Wave” (S2)

“Beckham” (S1)

“Formula 1: Drive to Survive” (S5)

“Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets” (S18)

“Shaun White: The Last Run” (S1)

Outstanding Children’s Program

“Goosebumps” (S1)

“Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai” (S1)

“Sesame Street” (S53)

“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” (S2)

“The Velveteen Rabbit”

Outstanding Short-Form Program

“Carpool Karaoke” (S5C)

“I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson...

The Producers Guild of America has officially announced its first wave of 2024 nominees ahead of the final round of voting for the 35th annual PGA Awards.

Comprised of more than 8,400 producers, the guild first nominated seven documentaries for the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures category at the 35th annual Producers Guild of America Awards on February 25.

“American Symphony,” “20 Days in Mariupol,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” “Beyond Utopia,” “The Mother of All Lies,” “Squaring the Circle,” and “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” are the nominees. “20 Days in Mariupol” and “Beyond Utopia” additionally placed in IndieWire’s critics survey of the best films of the year. Last year, “Navalny” producers Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris were honored with the PGA Award and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

The PGA Award nominees for Sports, Children’s and Short Form Television Programs were then announced,...

Turner networks TNT and TBS have put four projects in development led by a sequel to the 1985 film “D.A.R.Y.L.” that would star Tony Hale.

The TV sequel, like the movie, will come from Paramount, with Jody Lambert and Matt Oberg writing. Hale would star as an older version of Daryl (played by Barret Oliver in the film) a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities.

Additionally, TBS has the sci-fi comedy “Space” from Sony, and TNT has two dramas “The Fall” and “Liar’s Club.” The Hollywood Reporter first reported on the development slate.

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Here’s the info on the new series courtesy of TNT and TBS.

TNT

The Fall

Logline: A captivating paranoid thriller about a woman whose dark secrets start to unravel her seemingly perfect life. Inspired by the Albert Camus tale of the same name.

Ron Howard and comedy site Funny or Die have teamed up on a pitch for the Motion Picture Television Fund.

The six-minute video, which dropped online on Wednesday, is titled “Ron Howard Digs Up a Very Strange Voicemail His Agent Left Him in 1983.” The clip delves into the development of Howard’s comedy “Splash” following the success of “Night Shift,” which starred Michael Keaton, Henry Winkler and Shelley Long.

“If you’re there, please pick up because it cannot wait. Shelley Long has passed on ‘Splash,” the agent tells Howard. “Shelley felt that Lowell and Babaloo’s take was too funny. She wanted the mermaid to be more of the sea monster that she was in the origin story.”

The agent also tells Howard that Richard Gere and Armand Assante have passed on the male lead and tells him that an actress named Daryl Hannah — “The body of a goddess...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Adaptation (Spike Jonze)

It’s almost depressing to rewatch Adaptation in 2016, because it’s a reminder of how strong an actor Nicolas Cage is when he actually invests himself in good projects. It was soon after this that his career went off the rails, but he’s remarkably impressive here, playing the dual roles of Charlie Kaufman and his fictional twin brother, Donald. As much a mind-fuck as any other Kaufman screenplay,...

The widespread panic that reportedly ensued in response to Orson Welles’ Oct. 30, 1938, Mercury Theater radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds would seem to be promising material for a screen comedy. Unfortunately, director/co-screenwriter Jody Lambert’s Brave New Jersey squanders its inspiration. Depicting the reactions of a group of small-town residents for whom the event becomes a life-altering experience, the film wastes several talented performers with its low-key, rambling humor and one-dimensional characters.

“Everything you’re about to see is true,” we’re informed in tongue-in-cheek style at the beginning of the film set in the fictional small town...

Making the headlines in 1938

What would you do if you thought aliens were landing near your home, your neighbours shared your concerns and you had no convenient means of summoning outside help? On the 30th of October, 1938, that's exactly what some Americans went through due to confusion over Orson Welles' radio adaptation of Hg Wells' science fiction classic War Of The Worlds. Brave New Jersey is a new film from director Jody Lambert which explores the reactions of people in a small town on that strangest of nights.

Although it's played as a comedy, Brave New Jersey never mocks its characters or treats them as stupid. I congratulated Jody on the dignity he managed to give them.

Small town blues

"Yeah, for sure," says Jody. "I mean, we never wanted to make fun of the characters or wink at the story in any way. I think that the night...

Long before Tom Cruise fended off extraterrestrial tripod fighting machines in 2005's War of the Worlds, there was Orson Welles' original radio drama, which was broadcast in 1938 and caused the world to falsely believe there was an impending alien invasion.

Brave New Jersey is about that very night in the small town of Lullaby, and, in this exclusive clip, Pitch Perfect 3 star Anna Camp plays Peg Prickett, a schoolteacher who is ready to stay and fight during an attack from Mars, which does not go over well with her tough-talking fiancé.

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Gravitas Ventures

The comedy is being billed as "the original Fake News story" about an alien invasion where the aliens never show up. It comes from director Jody Lambert (Chris Pine's People Like Us) and co-stars Veep's Tony Hale and Parenthood's Sam Jaeger.

Watch...

Tony Hale tries to maintain control over a chaotic town meeting after hearing the "news" of a local alien attack in The Hollywood Reporter's exclusive clip of Brave New Jersey.

Directed by Jody Lambert from a script co-written with Michael Dowling, the comedy — also starring Anna Camp, Sam Jaeger and Heather Burns — is an adaptation of Orson Welles’ legendary 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast and the consequential panic that ensued across America when millions believed aliens were invading Earth. "Of course they are coming for us, we've got the fourth tallest water tower in three counties," said...

Gravitas Ventures has released the first trailer to the comedy “Brave New Jersey,” a film about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles’ 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast that sent millions of listeners into a panic, believing the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.

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The story follows the town’s mayor clerk (Tony Hale,“Veep”), an unhappy housewife (Heather Burns, “Manchester by the Sea”), a timid schoolteacher (Anna Camp, “Pitch Perfect”), a fearful sheriff (Mel Rodriguez, “The Last Man on Earth”), and an erratic reverend (Dan Bakkedahl, “Life in Pieces”) as they cope with the thought of this being their last night on earth and wonder how they’re going to spend it. With the help of the town’s reclusive war veteran (Raymond J. Barry,...

The first trailer has landed for Brave New Jersey, the cheekily-titled comedy that finds Arrested Development and Veep star Tony Hale as Clark Hill, one of many who experienced the now-legendary day where Orson Welles’ broadcast War of the Worlds over radio waves in 1938 and started a hysteria of massive proportions. Helmed by first time director Jody Lambert (who penned People Like Us), Brave New Jersey seems to be about the lies we believe, and the fun you might end up having along the way.

We said in our review, “Part of the pleasure is the film’s superb production design by Chloe Arbiture and art direction by Jonathan Bell, who have crafted an authentic and clean pre-World War II look that is a simple yet gorgeous. Depicting the last night of these characters’ lives, or so they think, Brave New Jersey is an elegant work of Americana with a...

It was the original Fake News story.

In a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles’s legendary 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast, the hoax that terrified millions into believing Martians were invading America, citizens face what they think is their last night on Earth.

Here’s a look at the upcoming film Brave New Jersey where the aliens never show up.

The over-worked town’s mayor Clark (Tony Hale, “Veep”) will take a chance on love. The neglected housewife, Lorraine (Heather Burns, “Manchester By The Sea”) will break free from her big-cheese husband (Sam Jaeger, “Parenthood”). The demure schoolteacher Peg (Anna Camp, “Pitch Perfect”) will become a warrior. The aimless reverend (Dan Bakkedahl, “Life in Pieces”) will rediscover his faith. The scared Sheriff (Mel Rodriguez, “The Last Man on Earth”) will find his courage. And the reclusive war veteran (Raymond J. Barry, “Training Day”) will...

"So, what are we supposed to do now?" Gravitas Ventures has released the trailer for an indie comedy titled Brave New Jersey, from filmmaker Jody Lambert. The film tells the true story of a small town in New Jersey that freaked out during Orson Welles' legendary 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, believing it was real. They decided to make this a comedy, which may work better in the end since playing this serious would be a whole other thing. Brave New Jersey features an ensemble cast including Tony Hale, Heather Burns, Anna Camp, Sam Jaeger, Raymond J. Barry, Dan Bakkedahl, Mel Rodriguez, Grace Kaufman, Matt Oberg, and Erika Alexander. This looks totally goofy but still heartfelt and fun. Enjoy. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Jody Lambert's Brave New Jersey, direct from YouTube: "An alien invasion comedy where the aliens never show up." Brave New Jersey is...

Welcome to Lullaby, NJ, population 506, the fictional town at the center of Jody Lambert’s delightful comedy Brave New Jersey “where strangers are friends and no one is a stranger.” Home of the Rotolactor, a robotic milking machine, the central New Jersey town is only a few hours from Grover’s Mills, the “epicenter” of the great October 1938 martian invasion chronicled in Orson Welles’ legendary War of the Worlds broadcast. Depicting this evening of misconstrued alien invasion, Lambert’s comedy is far more modest affair than the Tom Cruise film as Lullaby comes together for the biggest night in its history.

Reluctantly led by mayor Clark Hill (a restrained Tony Hale) who cautions against panic, he’s overruled by old Captain Collins (Raymond J. Barry), who is quick to formulate a plan based on his time in War War I. The do-or-die night also gives characters a chance at reflecting on their own lives,...

Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.

Openers, Closers and Other Additions

– The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the films that will play in the Special Screenings section of AFI Fest 2016 presented by Audi, which includes three World Premieres and four additional highly anticipated films.

The World Premiere of the CG-animated film “Moana” will play in the Special Screenings section, along with “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds” and “Toni Erdmann.” Also bowing as Special Screenings will be the World Premieres of “Miss Sloane” and, as previously announced, “The Comedian.”

AFI Fest has also added Pablo Larrain’s lauded “Jackie,” starring Natalie Portman, as a Centerpiece Gala.

– The Edinburgh International Film Festival has announced that “American Pastoral,” the directorial debut of Perthshire-born Ewan McGregor will have a special Edinburgh International Film Festival Gala at the Filmhouse,...

Exclusive: Tony Hale, Heather Burns, Anna Camp and Raymond J. Barry are set to star in Brave New Jersey, an indie comedy that tells the story of a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' famed 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians. Jody Lambert (People Like Us) is helming a script he penned with Michael Dowling. Production is already underway in Tennessee. Dan Bakkedahl, Sam…...

Nikki Finke has long been Hollywood’s greatest enigma: a mysterious blogger who, via her Deadline Hollywood website, breaks insider news and spews vitriolic opinions about the town’s power players, all from the comfort of her secret Los Angeles home. (Finke doesn’t do lunches and few people have seen what she looks like today. The one photo that floats around the Internet is at least 20 years old.) But in the past month she and her boss, Jay Penske, who bought Deadline in 2009 and broadened the site from a one-woman operation into a trade publication, ended their business relationship...

Will the real Nikki Finke please stand up? You know you've arrived when people are making fun of your mysterious identity. Friday Funny or Die shot a Finke spoof starring Jean Smart and Christina Applegate, among others. Directed by Jody Lambert and written by Lambert and Matt Oberg, who pitched the who-is-Nikki Finke concept to Funny Or Die, the video's producers are Fod's Betsy Koch and Rachel Goldenberg. ...

The Movie Pool meets the People Like Us Blu-ray!

The Set-up

An estranged son (Chris Pine) returns home for his father's funeral, only to learn he has a secret half-sister (Elizabeth Banks). Also starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

Directed by: Alex Kurtzman

The Delivery

It was in and out of theaters in a flash, but People Like Us is a nice little dramedy from an unlikely duo: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. The pair have brought us some of the biggest of the big-budget Hollywood offerings, incuding films like the Transformers series, Star Trek, Cowboys and Aliens, and TV shows Fringe, Hawaii 5-0, and Alias.

For People Like Us, Kurtman (serving as producer, writer, and director) and Orci (who wrote and produced) bring us a very personal tale, based partly on their real-life experiences. It tells the story of Sam (Pine), who finds his busy life complicated when he returns home after his estranged father dies.

Alex Kurtzman, one half of the writing duo behind such blockbusters as Star Trek, Transformers, and Cowboys & Aliens, makes his directorial debut with People Like Us.

Led by an all-star cast, starring Chris Pine (Star Trek), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), and Olivia Wilde (House), the film was released in the Us over the summer, and though it initially looked like we might have to wait for a home entertainment release, it’s now secured distribution here in the UK, and we have the new UK trailer to prove it.

“From DreamWorks Pictures, the studio that brought you The Help, comes the smart and witty drama People Like Us, featuring an all-star cast, including Chris Pine (Star Trek), Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games), Olivia Wilde and the award-winning Michelle Pfeiffer. Sam (Pine) is a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman whose latest deal collapses the day he learns his father has suddenly died.

Chicago – The companies behind Alex Kurtzman’s “People Like Us” had no idea what to do with their crowd-pleasing melodrama, arguably releasing it at the worst possible time of the year for a tiny movie to not get swept away by bigger blockbusters. The result was a dud in theaters but should get strong word-of-mouth on the home market, helped amply by a stellar Blu-ray/DVD release.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

“People Like Us” is an old-fashioned crowd pleaser. It’s the kind of melodramatic adult movie that just gets buried in the summer season but could have found a decent audience in the Spring or Fall and will almost certainly get solid word-of-mouth on the home market. It features the best work of Chris Pine’s career along with a solid turn from Michelle Pfeiffer, an actress who never gets enough attention. Is it cheesy? Sure. But if you’re looking for...

See deleted scenes, bloopers and more bonus feature videos from People Like Us on DVD/Blu-ray. The cast of the film helmed by Alex Kurtzman from the script by Roberto Orci, Jody Lambert and Kurtzman, includes Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. The DreamWorks and Kurtzman Orci Paper Productionsproduction found release in theaters June 29th, and starts its home entertainment run on October 2nd via Disney. Pine stars as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret...

See deleted scenes, bloopers and more bonus feature videos from People Like Us on DVD/Blu-ray. The cast of the film helmed by Alex Kurtzman from the script by Roberto Orci, Jody Lambert and Kurtzman, includes Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D'Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. The DreamWorks and Kurtzman Orci Paper Productionsproduction found release in theaters June 29th, and starts its home entertainment run on October 2nd via Disney. Pine stars as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret...

Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Release Date: Oct. 2, 2012

Price: DVD $29.99, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.99, High-Definition Digital $19.50, Standard-Definition Digital $15.50

Studio: DreamWorks/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Inspired by true events, People Like Us stars Chris Pine in a story about a man’s journey of self-discovery as he tries to connect to a family he barely knows.

Pine plays Sam in the movie, a salesman who fails to close his latest deal the same day his father dies. Against his wishes, he’s called home to put his dad’s estate in order. As he reconnects with his estranged family, he discovers a secret that turns his world upside down — he has an older sister (Elizabeth Banks, The Hunger Games) he didn’t know existed.

Olivia Wilde (The Change-Up), Mark Duplass (Safety Not Guaranteed) and Michelle Pfeiffer (New Year’s Eve) also star in the drama, which is the first feature film directed by...

Audiences usually turn their head at big budget, tentpole, sci-fi projects from writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci like Star Trek, Transformers and Cowboys & Aliens. But film buffs get a little more interested when a duo like this decides to tackle a character based family drama like People Like Us, the feature directorial debut from Kurtzman which he wrote with longtime writing partner Orci and first-time writer Jody Lambert. The grounded story is a welcome departure from robots, aliens and explosions and results in a tale that is melodramatic and a bit cheesy at times, but captivating and even a little touching. Chris Pine plays Sam, a somewhat shady businessman (or facilitator as he describes it), who, through the convincing of his concerned girlfriend (Olivia Wilde), gets caught up in the complications of his deceased father's estate which has dictated that he hand over $150,000 to Frankie, a sister he ...

A character-driven drama is not something many would assume to place in writer Alex Kurtzman‘s wheelhouse. Kurtzman and his writing partner, Roberto Orci, usually churn out rather artificial, set piece-driven, basic-minded blockbusters. As fun as many of them are - The Island, Stark Trek and Mission: Impossible III - there’s a lack of humanity in nearly all of them. It’s refreshing, then, that Kurtzman’s foray into directing, the not-so-subtlely titled People Like Us, contains much of the humanity missing in many of his previous works.

When Sam’s (Chris Pine) distant father dies, he discovers the other life and family another life his father abandoned. In debt and at the risk of losing his job, Sam is asked to deliver $100,000 to the sister he never knew, a barmaid and mother named Frankie (Elizabeth Banks). As he starts to get to know his sister, Sam isn’t...

Alex Kurtzman has an imposing list of writing and producing credits, mostly with his partner Roberto Orci, including such commercial hits as the Transformers movies, the reboot of Star Trek, and Mission: Impossible III… but for his directing debut (written with Orci and Jody Lambert) he has chosen an intimate story about a uniquely dysfunctional family, inspired by incidents in his own life. It’s the kind of anti-blockbuster I would love to champion, if it were only better. Chris Pine plays a guy who lives on the edge in his business dealings, and has a loyal girlfriend in Olivia Wilde. Then he learns that his father has died, and grudgingly boards a plane for Los Angeles...

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In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni directed his first English-language film, “Blow-Up,” in which a fashion photographer believes he may have unwittingly captured a murder on film. The film was hailed for its innovative use of cinematography and color composition, techniques Antonioni used to place his audience within his protagonist’s mind, to bring the photographer’s intangible feelings of confusion and uncertainty to the realm of physical depiction. This technical conceit was memorably mirrored – using sound recording rather than visuals – eight years later, in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation,” then again in Brian de Palma’s “Blow Out,” in 1981. The three films were alike in their genre and premise as well, each a crime thriller centered on a character’s discovery of something hidden within the materials associated with his line of work. Alex Kurtzman’s new film, “People Like Us,” shares the technical prowess of these films, employing supreme sound...

New York — "People Like Us" is that increasingly rare kind of film: an adult drama. The filmmakers seem so nervous about this prospect that they fill the movie with action-film editing and a camera that moves so restlessly through domestic life that you'd think it lost its keys.

At one point, I was sure the dramatic opening of a door was going to reveal a Klingon, not complicated memories of a deceased parent.

That's not a coincidence: "People Like Us" is directed by Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote the script with Roberto Orci (along with Jody Lambert). Kurtzman and Orci are the same duo that wrote the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot, as well as the blockbusters "Mission: Impossible III" and "Transformers," and the TV series "Alias" and "Fringe."

If, in their knack for suspense, they imbue "People Like Us" with impatience, they also keep it entertaining, rendering a familiar, heart-rending melodrama as...

Alex Kurtzman continued to promote his directing debut, the family melodrama People Like Us, which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert. While People Like Us (the film opens Friday from DreamWorks) featured standout performances from Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurtzman’s many genre fans used the opportunity to ask him details about his script for the upcoming Star Trek sequel with Pine returning as Capt. Kirk. “I think audiences are really smart, and I think if they feel like they’re being set up for a sequel with a lot of intentionality, they don’t like it,” Kurtzman told The Hollywood Reporter.

Alex Kurtzman continued to promote his directing debut, the family melodrama People Like Us, which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert. While People Like Us (the film opens Friday from DreamWorks) featured standout performances from Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurtzman’s many genre fans used the opportunity to ask him details about his script for the upcoming Star Trek sequel with Pine returning as Capt. Kirk. “I think audiences are really smart, and I think if they feel like they’re being set up for a sequel with a lot of intentionality, they don’t like it,” Kurtzman told The Hollywood Reporter.

Watch a new clip from People Like Us called The Rules, starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer. This adds to our recent interview videos from the Alex Kurtzman-directed dramedy, also starring Mark Duplass, Michael Hall D’Addario, co-writer and producer Roberto Orci, co-writer Jody Lambert and producer Bobby Cohen. After watching this clip, I think this could almost come out of a Cameron Crowe film like Jerry Maguire or the more recent We Bought a Zoo. Thoughts? DreamWorks' People Like Us is about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes...

Watch a new clip from People Like Us called The Rules, starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer. This adds to our recent interview videos from the Alex Kurtzman-directed dramedy, also starring Mark Duplass, Michael Hall D’Addario, co-writer and producer Roberto Orci, co-writer Jody Lambert and producer Bobby Cohen. After watching this clip, I think this could almost come out of a Cameron Crowe film like Jerry Maguire or the more recent We Bought a Zoo. Thoughts? DreamWorks' People Like Us is about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes...

In a story inspired by true events, Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, is tasked with fulfilling his estranged father’s last wishes.delivering an inheritance to a sister he never knew he had.

From DreamWorks Pictures comes People Like Us, a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) as Sam, a twenty-something, fast talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father’s last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about this...

Friday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, blockbuster screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci finally stepped out from behind the gigantic shadows of directors Michael Bay, J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg to show moviegoers what they could do on their own. Their first low-budget drama, “People Like Us” (more distinctive original title: “Welcome to People”), had its world premiere at the Regal Cinemas downtown at L.A. Live, and the duo seemed both relieved and exhilarated by the moment. “This is the end of a nine-year journey for us,” said Kurtzman, who both co-wrote the script with Orci and Jody Lambert and directed for the first time. “I feel really proud of the work everybody did. Everybody brought 100% of themselves. It’s been the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done creatively and one of the most deeply satisfying personally. It’s very rare that your work and your...

In 1966, Michelangelo Antonioni directed his first English-language film, “Blow-Up,” in which a fashion photographer believes he may have unwittingly captured a murder on film. The film was hailed for its innovative use of cinematography and color composition, techniques Antonioni used to place his audience within his protagonist’s mind, to bring the photographer’s intangible feelings of confusion and uncertainty to the realm of physical depiction. This technical conceit was memorably mirrored – using sound recording rather than visuals – eight years later, in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation,” then again in Brian de Palma’s “Blow Out,” in 1981. The three films were alike in their genre and premise as well, each a crime thriller centered on a character’s discovery of something hidden within the materials associated with his line of work. Alex Kurtzman’s new film, “People Like Us,” shares the technical prowess of these films, employing supreme sound...

Watch interviews with the cast and filmmakers of People Like Us, including Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer and director Alex Kurtzman, as well as Mark Duplass, Michael Hall D’Addario, co-writer and producer Roberto Orci, co-writer Jody Lambert and producer Bobby Cohen. The DreamWorks' film opens June 29th. People Like Us is a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is...

Watch interviews with the cast and filmmakers of People Like Us, including Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer and director Alex Kurtzman, as well as Mark Duplass, Michael Hall D’Addario, co-writer and producer Roberto Orci, co-writer Jody Lambert and producer Bobby Cohen. The DreamWorks' film opens June 29th. People Like Us is a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is...

See new "People Like Us" clips from the Alex Kurtzman-directed film starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde. Also in the cast are Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. Alex Kurtzman, Jody Lambert and Roberto Orci wrote the script for the film which opens on June 29th, 2012 and is also known as "Welcome to People." Chris Pine stars as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie.

See new "People Like Us" clips from the Alex Kurtzman-directed film starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Olivia Wilde. Also in the cast are Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. Alex Kurtzman, Jody Lambert and Roberto Orci wrote the script for the film which opens on June 29th, 2012 and is also known as "Welcome to People." Chris Pine stars as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie.

After previously adding 2 new clips from the film, now we've added yet another 2 clips from People Like Us! Update! Disney's sent 2 new videos, found at the bottom of this page under the previously added clips this morning. Enjoy! Also known as Welcome to People, the Alex Kurtzman-directed film opens via Touchstone Pictures on June 29th. Kurtzman also scripts alongside frequent collaborator Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert, with a cast also including Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. The dama/comedy about family is inspired by true events, starring Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers...

After previously adding 2 new clips from the film, now we've added yet another 2 clips from People Like Us! Update! Disney's sent 2 new videos, found at the bottom of this page under the previously added clips this morning. Enjoy! Also known as Welcome to People, the Alex Kurtzman-directed film opens via Touchstone Pictures on June 29th. Kurtzman also scripts alongside frequent collaborator Roberto Orci and Jody Lambert, with a cast also including Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall, Mark Duplass and Michelle Pfeiffer. The dama/comedy about family is inspired by true events, starring Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father's last wishes, Sam uncovers...

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From DreamWorks Pictures comes .People Like Us,. a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine (.Star Trek.) as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father’s estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling his father’s last wishes, Sam uncovers a startling secret that turns his entire world upside down: He has a 30-year-old sister Frankie whom he never knew about (Elizabeth Banks). As their relationship develops, Sam is forced to rethink everything he thought he knew about his family.and re-examine his own life choices in the process.

The film also stars Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D.Addario, Philip Baker Hall,...

New clip from People Like Us, starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer DreamWorks Distribution's comedy drama opens June 29, and is helmed by Alex Kurtzman, who also scripts alongside frequent collaborator Roberto Orci (Star Trek) as well as Jody Lambert. The strong cast of the touching film also features names like Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall and Mark Duplass. The story is about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling...

New clip from People Like Us, starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer DreamWorks Distribution's comedy drama opens June 29, and is helmed by Alex Kurtzman, who also scripts alongside frequent collaborator Roberto Orci (Star Trek) as well as Jody Lambert. The strong cast of the touching film also features names like Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall and Mark Duplass. The story is about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect with his estranged family. In the course of fulfilling...

Chris Pine and Elizabeth Banks play brother and sister in "People Like Us," only she doesn't know they're brother and sister. That's at least part of the drama in the new film -- co-written by Jody Lambert and popular screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci ("Star Trek," "Transformers"), and directed by Kurtzman -- which focuses on Sam (Pine), a man who finds out about the half-sister he never knew (Banks) after the death of their father.

The story holds a lot of personal history for Kurtzman: he met his own half-sister and half-brother at age 30.

“[M]eeting my half-sister was a life-changing experience,” he told the New York Times. “It continues to be.”

In honor of Visit Your Relative Day, Disney and DreamWorks have released a new clip from the drama exclusively to HuffPost Entertainment. Above, watch Pine, Banks and newcomer Michael D’Addario enjoy crabs, digital cameras and Bob Dylan.

Check out new Alex Kurtzman's images from People Like Us (a.k.a. Welcome to People), starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer. The DreamWorks Distribution release opens June 29th, produced by Kurtzman Orci Paper Products' Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, as well as Bobby Cohen. Director Kurtzman also scripts alongside his usual collaborator Orci and Jody Lambert, with a cast which also includes Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall and Mark Duplass. People Like Us Synopsis: From DreamWorks Pictures comes “People Like Us,” a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect...

Check out new Alex Kurtzman's images from People Like Us (a.k.a. Welcome to People), starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer. The DreamWorks Distribution release opens June 29th, produced by Kurtzman Orci Paper Products' Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, as well as Bobby Cohen. Director Kurtzman also scripts alongside his usual collaborator Orci and Jody Lambert, with a cast which also includes Olivia Wilde, Michael Hall D’Addario, Philip Baker Hall and Mark Duplass. People Like Us Synopsis: From DreamWorks Pictures comes “People Like Us,” a drama/comedy about family, inspired by true events, starring Chris Pine (“Star Trek”) as Sam, a twenty-something, fast-talking salesman, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. Against his wishes, Sam is called home, where he must put his father's estate in order and reconnect...