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Last summer, Universal Studios Hollywood revamped its old Jurassic Park water ride into Jurassic World: The Ride, updating it to reflect elements of the modern film trilogy. But Universal Studios Beijing is developing its own Jurassic World ride, and thanks to a batch of new photos, we know it will be using the same ride […]

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Lenny Kravitz has shared a romantic new music video for “Ride,” an album track off his latest LP Raise Vibration.

Directed by Mark Seliger, the clip was filmed in a loft apartment in Paris and around the countryside in Senlis, France. Kravitz travels with a love interest, exploring the sights and writing music together. “I have loved you since the dawn, my love,” Kravitz sings. “Through the storm, my love/We will ride.”

Kravitz says of the visual’s production, “We shot this video months ago in France before we...

"Sometimes when you trust your impulses, incredible things can happen." Rlje Films has released an official trailer for a horror thriller titled Ride, which is indeed a horror movie about ride-sharing apps (like Uber and Lyft). I knew they'd make one of these films one day, and here it is, and it looks as bad as I thought it would. Just so cheesy and unnecessary and an exaggeration of the horror of car services, because why not, let's scare everyone and make them even more paranoid. Ride is described as a "cautionary tale aimed at a technology-obsessed society." Ugh, of course it is. When James, an Uber driver, and his passenger, Jessica, pick up the charismatic but manipulative Bruno, a normal night out in La becomes a psychological war for survival. Starring Jessie T. Usher, Bella Thorne, and Will Brill. This film looks so excruciatingly bad. Here's the first official...

Fire can signify destruction, but it can also mark a rebirth. On Wednesday night at London’s Brixton Academy, flames gave rise to a new beginning for Twenty One Pilots. Branded as “A Complete Diversion,” the one-off show opened with a blaze. As the lights dimmed, drummer Josh Dun emerged from the darkness, clad in a black face mask and hoodie, holding a fiery torch aloft before climbing behind his kit. With a thump of the kick drum singer Tyler Joseph, also in a black mask, joined him, heralded by...

Looks like the Bella Thorne thriller Ride has just snagged itself a distributor. Yes, THR reports the thriller has been picked up by Rlje who plans a theatrical, VOD and digital release this Fall. “With its talented young cast and thrilling plotline, we know audiences are going to be drawn to Ride,” said Mark Ward, […]

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Exclusive: Norman Reedus will be taking the stage at Comic-Con today with his compatriots from The Walking Dead, but the actor will also be taking it to the big screen with STXfilms in the not so distant future.

Reedus and the Adam Fogelson-run division of Stx Entertainment have inked a deal to develop a genre feature for the Ride host to both star in and produce, I’ve learned.

Much like the agreements that STXfilms put together with Jason Statham and Guardians of the Galaxy’s David Bautista earlier this year and late last year respectively, the project will be specifically tailored to play to Reedus’ established and not inconsiderable audience of Twd viewers and beyond.

“Norman has steadily built up a devoted fan following across movies and television with memorable performances,” STXfilms chairman Fogelson told me of the project. “Stx is thrilled to collaborate with Norman on this...

The team behind Netflix and ITV hit “Marcella” have scooped the TV rights to “The Doll Factory,” an eagerly anticipated thriller set in 1850s London. Buccaneer Media will adapt Elizabeth Macneal’s novel for TV, with the drama producer’s founder, Tony Wood, and development executive Anna Burns exec producing.

The book is hot property, with numerous bidders for the publishing rights. Pan Macmillan/Picador ultimately won an auction, beating more than a dozen rivals. Simon & Schuster/Emily Bestler Books has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights in a two-book deal with Macneal. Both will issue “The Doll Factory” in 2019.

The story follows Iris, an aspiring artist who works in a doll-making shop, and Silas, a reclusive collector. They meet by chance in London’s Hyde Park during the construction of The Great Exhibition of 1851, which is the start of Silas’ increasingly dark obsession with Iris.

In addition to Anna Friel-starrer “Marcella,...

Bella Thorne of “Scream”, Amityville: The Awakening, The Babysitter and Keep Watching stars in the thriller Ride, which has been acquired by Rlj Entertainment, reports THR. Rlj Entertainment Films and the Urban Movie Channel, brands of Rlj Entertainment, plan a Fall 2018 theatrical, VOD and digital release. The film takes place over the course of one night in Los Angeles as […]...

Rlje Films and Urban Movie Channel have acquired all North American rights to the upcoming Unified Pictures thriller “Ride.”

The film stars Bella Thorne (“Famous in Love”), Jessie T. Usher and Will Brill (“The Oa”). “Ride” marks the feature film debut of writer-director Jeremy Ungar. Rlje plans to release the film nationally in theaters, VOD and Digital HD this fall.

“With its talented young cast and thrilling plotline, we know audiences are going to be drawn to Ride,” said chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward for Rlje Films. “The story is incredibly relevant to today’s culture.”

In “Ride,” Usher portrays a rideshare driver and Thorne plays his passenger. When they pick up a charismatic but manipulative passenger (Brill), a night out in L.A. becomes a psychological war for survival.

“In ‘Ride,’ Jeremy created a quintessential millennial thriller wrought with tension and fueled by our darkest fears related to the cultural phenomenon of ride-sharing,...

Rlje Films and Urban Movie Channel (Umc) have acquired the North American rights to Bella Thorne’s thriller “Ride,” both distribution companies announced Tuesday.

The film also stars Jessie T. Usher and Will Brill, and marks the feature film debut of writer/director Jeremy Ungar. “Ride” will hit theaters, VOD and Digital HD this Fall.

“With its talented young cast and thrilling plotline, we know audiences are going to be drawn to ‘Ride,'” said chief acquisitions officer Mark Ward for Rlje Films. “The story is incredibly relevant to today’s culture.”

Also Read: 'Famous in Love' Canceled by Freeform After 2 Seasons

“Ride” follows a rideshare driver named James (Usher) and his passenger Jessica (Thorne), who pick up Bruno (Brill), which turns into a night out in Los Angeles of war for survival.

“In ‘Ride,’ Jeremy created a quintessential millennial thriller wrought with tension and fueled by our...

Rlje Films and Umc have acquired the North American rights to the Jeremy Ungar-directed thriller Ride starring Bella Thorne (Famous in Love), Jessie T. Usher (Shaft), and Will Brill (The Oa).

Ride is the feature debut for Ungar, who also wrote the script. The film is set to open nationwide in theaters and will also be available on VOD as well as Digital HD this fall.

The film from Unified Pictures follows James rideshare driver James (Usher) and passenger Jessica (Thorne). When they pick up a charismatic but manipulative Bruno (Brill), a night out in L.A. becomes a psychological war for survival.

Ride was produced by Unified’s Kjarval, Tyler Jackson (What They Had) and Sefton Fincham (Drone). The film was financed by the Fyzz Facility along with Unified Film Fund II. Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects) and Wayne Marc Godfrey (The Foreigner) will serve...

Blue Fox Entertainment handles international sales.

Rlje Films and Umc (Urban Movie Channel), both under Rlj Entertainment, have acquired North American rights to Ride starring Bella Thorne, star of Sundance hit Assassination Nation.

The thriller from Keith Kjarval’s Unified Pictures centres on a young woman involved in a rideshare that becomes a psychological fight for survival.

Kjarval produced with Tyler Jackson, and Sefton Fincham, with Fyzz Facility and Unified Film Fund II financing. Robert Jones, Wayne Marc Godfrey, David Grace, Mike Rowe, and Levi Sheck and Dean Buchanan served as executive producers.

Jessie T. Usher and Will Brill also...

The Bella Thorne- and Jessie T. Usher-starring thriller Ride has been acquired by Rlj Entertainment for North American rights.

Rlj Entertainment Films and the Urban Movie Channel, brands of Rlj Entertainment, plan a fall 2018 theatrical, VOD and digital release. Ride marks the feature film debut of writer-director Jeremy Ungar, and also stars Will Brill (The Oa).

"With its talented young cast and thrilling plotline, we know audiences are going to be drawn to Ride,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer for Rlje Films, in a statement. Ride follows James (Usher), a ride-share driver, and his passenger, Jessica (Thorne), as ...

The Bella Thorne- and Jessie T. Usher-starring thriller Ride has been acquired by Rlj Entertainment for North American rights.

Rlj Entertainment Films and the Urban Movie Channel, brands of Rlj Entertainment, plan a fall 2018 theatrical, VOD and digital release. Ride marks the feature film debut of writer-director Jeremy Ungar, and also stars Will Brill (The Oa).

"With its talented young cast and thrilling plotline, we know audiences are going to be drawn to Ride,” said Mark Ward, chief acquisitions officer for Rlje Films, in a statement. Ride follows James (Usher), a ride-share driver, and his passenger, Jessica (Thorne), as ...

Ronan and Robert Burke, the Dublin-born brothers best known for directing the popular crime drama “Red Rock” and Netflix horse-riding series “Free Rein,” have come on board to direct episodes of the time-traveling ballerina series “Find Me in Paris.”

“Find Me in Paris” is being produced by David Michel, Zoé Carrera Allaix and Cecile Lauritano at Cottonwood Media, a division of Federation Entertainment. The company has just kicked off production on season two of the half-hour premium tween series.

Matt Bloom, who helmed the first season, will be back to direct the second order of “Find Me in Paris.” Earlier this year, Bloom earned an international Emmy Award nomination, as well as a BAFTA nom for his critically acclaimed series “Hank Zipzer.” Bloom also directed Disney’s hit series “The Lodge” which sold in over 112 countries.

Leila Smith is exec producing the series.

Federation Kids & Family worldwide will be selling...

I've got a trailer here for you to watch for a great looking indie film called Ride. It co-stars Ludacris and it tells the true story of BMX rider John Buultjens from Glasgow, Scotland.

Buultjens, who is played by Shane Graham, was raised by a white supremacist family and he got into a lot of trouble growing up. He spent a lot of his youth locked away in a juvenile detention center. He eventually came under the care of a foster family, the father of which is African American. As they overcame the challenges of racism, they ended up forming a bond and in the process, John learned how to be one hell of a talented BMX athlete! 

The film tells a powerful story and it looks like it's actually a great film! Ever since I was a kid I've enjoyed the sport of BMX riding and it's cool to...

"I promise not to quit if you don't." Check out this trailer for a little indie film profiling the life of a BMX rider from Glasgow, Scotland. Ride is about BMX pro John Buultjens, played by Shane Graham. Raised by a white supremacist family, John spent most of his youth locked up in a juvenile detention center. He eventually gets introduced to a foster family, only to discover his new father is black, but together they work through to overcome his racism and "form a bond that helps thrust him down the path to BMX glory." The cast includes Ludacris, Sasha Alexander, Blake Sheldon, Jessica Serfaty, Ali Afshar, Nic Luken, Christina Moore, and Zaire Adams. This is premiering at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and should hit theaters later this summer. This looks very good, featuring a sport we don't usually see on the big screen. Here's the first official...

Helen Hunt has left CAA after being repped there for around 25 years and has signed with UTA. The change of representation is a surprise. Hunt has been working both in front of and behind the cameras since winning an Oscar for As Good as It Gets. She writes, produces and directs and works on stage as well as in film and TV.

On the film side, Hunt will next star Netflix’s Candy Jar opposite Christina Hendricks and Uzo Aduba and she currently can be seen in theaters in the drama The Miracle Season. Behind the camera, she directed Then She Found Me which she also co-wrote, produced and starred in opposite Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler. She additionally wrote, directed, produced and starred in the comedy film Ride.

More recently, Hunt has directed episodes of Ryan Murphy’s Feud: Bette and Joan, CBS’ Life In Pieces, NBC’s This Is Us,...

United Talent Agency has signed actress, writer, producer and director Helen Hunt in all areas, the agency announced Thursday.

The Academy Award winner’s signing follows reports that she is seeking to reboot her star-making sitcom “Mad About You,” which is big business on the heels of Roseanne Barr’s resurrection. Hunt was previously repped by CAA for 25 years.

Hunt delivered an iconic performance in James L Brooks’ “Mad About You” and “As Good As It Gets” opposite Jack Nicholson for which she won an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Awards for her role. Additionally, Hunt’s performance in “The Sessions” was nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA Awards and earned her an Independent Spirit Award for “Best Supporting Female.”

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Hunt will next star Netflix’s “Candy Jar” opposite Christina Hendricks and Uzo Aduba. Currently, she can be seen in theaters in the drama “The Miracle Season.”

Additionally, Hunt transitioned behind the camera into directing with the feature “Then She Found Me” which Hunt co-wrote, produced and starred in opposite Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Bette Midler. She additionally wrote, directed, produced and starred in the comedy film “Ride.” More recently, Hunt has directed episodes of Ryan Murphy’s “Feud: Bette and Joan,” CBS’s “Life In Pieces,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” Showtime’s “House Of Lies” and “Californication” as well as ABC’s “Revenge,” “Splitting Up Together” and “For the People.”

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Thorne stars in technology-themed story from writer/director Jeremy Ungar.

Blue Fox Entertainment has come on to handle international sales at the Efm on Unified Pictures’ thriller Ride, starring Bella Thorne of Sundance sensation Assassination Nation.

Jeremy Ungar wrote and directed the feature, which takes place over the course of one night in Los Angeles as a young woman hails a ride on an app unaware that she will be joined by a sociopath.

Will Brill and Jessie T Usher round out the key cast. Blue Fox will show buyers in Berlin a first-look promo from the production, which is in post and has gone through Unified Pictures’ genre fund.

Unified’s Keith Kjarval and Tyler Jackson are producing with Sefton Fincham of Look To The Sky Films. Wayne Marc Godfrey and Robert Jones of The Fyzz Facility serve as executive producers.

Todd Slater brokered the deal on behalf of Blue Fox Entertainment with Us sales agent Endeavor...

The first six episodes were provided prior to broadcast.

Broadcast television is divided between conformity and progression. Stations like CBS and NBC, for instance, largely refuse to move from comfortable original programming, without relevance or (for the most part) originality, while ABC and Fox go out of their way to challenge themselves by developing a social conscious. Shots Fired, Fox’s latest, most timely drama, is not comfortable TV. Instead, it’s urgent, thoughtful, political, poignant, intelligent and filled with relevancy and bleeding sincerity. If only it didn’t digress so readily into melodramatics and convoluted narratives. If there’s a show that desperately needs to ground itself squarely in reality, it’s most definitely this one.

Desperately hoping to discuss topical, serious-minded issues while still heavily catering to the juicy bombast of, say, Empire, Shots Fired is an interesting combination of pointed, pertinent television and sensationalized serialization. The result is,...

Bad boys, bad boys: TBS has picked up 10 episodes of Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks’ new animated comedy “The Cops,” which had previously been set up at FX.

Louis C.K. and Brooks will voice the show’s lead characters, “Lou” and “Al,” two Los Angeles patrolmen “trying their best to protect and serve, sometimes failing at both. Ride with them as they patrol one of the biggest cities in the world, then go home with them and be glad you’re not married to either.”

The show will premiere in 2018; the two will also executive produce along with Greg Daniels, Dino Stamatopoulos, Dave Becky and Howard Klein.

Read More: Louis C.K. & Albert Brooks Co-Writing & Starring In Animated Pilot For FX

FX Productions will continue to produce the show, along with Turner’s Studio T and Louis C.K.’s Pig Newton.

“We have made the bold decision to put Louis C.K.,...

Gordon Hunt, director, acting teacher and father of Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt has died at the age of 87.

“He was a master of reinvention, a journeyman artist,” the actress told The Hollywood Reporter. “He knew and taught that the work doesn’t always find you. You need to create and re-create the work every day.”

Hunt died the night of Dec. 17 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, his daughter confirmed to THR.

Known for his work directing cartoon shows like The Smurfs and sitcoms like Mad About You (which starred Helen), Hunt was a true Hollywood renaissance man.

One of the many reasons fans flock to the “Star Wars” franchise is the galactic world-building each movie provides. And when “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” — the first of the “Star Wars” standalone films — arrives this week, it will offer an even deeper dive into the universe. Here are three in-depth books that will best prepare you for the December 16 release.

“Catalyst (Star Wars): A Rogue One Novel” by James Luceno

Penned by bestselling “Star Wars” author James Luceno, this novel sets the stage for the events of “Rogue One” by detailing the galaxy war between the Republic and Separatists.

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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” by Alexander Freed

Go beyond the film with this novel, which provides new, more detailed scenes and expanded material about Jyn Erso’s search for vengeance.

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“Star Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide” by Pablo Hidalgo...

It looks like big name actress is coming to This Is Us, but not as a guest star.

According to star Sterling K. Brown, Oscar winner Helen Hunt has joined the cast and crew behind the camera to direct the show's upcoming Christmas episode.

Et caught up with Brown at the Good+ Foundation's first-ever Halloween bash at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood on Sunday, where he shared the big news after being asked which upcoming This Is Us episode contained the hardest, most emotional scene to shoot.

Watch: Sterling K. Brown Talks Emotional Storylines on 'This is Us': 'It's Been Strangely Therapeutic'

"We're in the middle of shooting our Christmas episode right now and I had a scene on Friday night that started at 5pm and we didn't finish till around three in the morning and it was just one scene," Brown recounted.

"Helen Hunt is directing it. And it was...

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too.

Last night on late night, Martin Short and Cher horsed around with Dave, Anna Wintour put Seth Meyers to work, Conan talked with Nick Swardson and Helen Hunt, Dana Carvey showed up on The Late Late Show, and Kimmel got the Adam Levine treatment.

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show continues its streak of amazing shows as Dave officially puts in his “two week notice”. Martin Short, one of Letterman’s best and most frequent quests, tells amazing stories. This one, about having to follow Tony Bennett as a young “boy singer” in 1974, is absolutely hilarious.

Late Show posts highlights from the monologue, which is nice, as most shows don’t. Dave...

TV Rewind: We love Helen Hunt. The athletic actress stopped by CBS’ The Talk and chewed the fat with the hosts, plus Sheryl Underwood’s Sneak Peek Appearance on ‘The Price Is Right’ is below. Helen Hunt on New Film “Ride”Oscar winner Helen Hunt discuss her new independent movie “Ride” about a mother who learns to surf as a way to connect with her son.Helen Hunt on New Film “Ride”Sheryl Underwood’s ‘The Price is Right’ Sneak Peek“The Talk” hosts share a sneak peek of Sheryl Underwood making a special appearance on “The Price is Right” airing tomorrow on CBS!Sheryl Underwood’s ‘The […]...

Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and/or own this week via various Digital HD providers such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods Black or White (race drama; Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer; rated PG-13) Selma (historical drama about Martin Luther King Jr.; David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Jim France; rated PG-13) Fifty Shades of Grey (kinky romantic drama; Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan; includes behind-the-scenes extras; available 5/8; unrated) Ride (comedy-drama; Helen Hunt, Luke Wilson; rated R) Blackhat (thriller; Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis; rated R) Lost...

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For me one of the real discoveries of the 2015 movie year to date is the heartfelt independent Ride written and directed by Helen Hunt. She also stars as an overprotective mother (with reasons slowly revealed from her past) who follows her son (Brenton Thwaites) from New York City to the beaches of Southern California (where his father lives) when he secretly drops out of school and decides to try his hand at surfing. After stalking him in a hired limo, they finally…...

Furious 7‘s month-long reign at the box office came to an end this weekend at the hands of another franchise entry, as Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron entered the Us release market with a vengeance, earning $187.6 million to rise to the top of the box office. The total, in addition to displacing the aforementioned James Wan film as the biggest opening weekend gross of 2015, already puts the newest entry in the McU in the top three highest grossing films of the year, ahead of the total gross of Fifty Shades of Grey, and just $6 million behind that of Cinderella.

The box office total of the first place winner caused a noticeable drop in the rest of the charts, as Age of Adaline finished in a distant second with $6.3 million. Furious 7 rounded out the top three with a $6.1 million gross, while Dreamworks’ Home completed its sixth straight...

Read More: Screen Media Acquires Helen Hunt's 2nd Directorial Feature 'Ride' [Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick, "Ride," is available now On Demand.] Oscar and Emmy award winning actress Helen Hunt ("As Good As It Gets," "Mad About You," "Cast Away") has been a household name in Hollywood for years, and her career, which has expanded to including directing and writing in addition to acting, is still going strong. Her new film, "Ride," follows Jackie, a New York City mother who chases her son to Los Angeles when he drops out of college to surf. Hunt wrote, directed and starred in the film and participated in a discussion about her filmmaking process in a 92Y Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf talk. Watch the full conversation above and check out a few highlights below. Hunt wanted to change up the traditional mother/son...

Helen Hunt join Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show” Friday and started the Cinco de Mayo celebration early with a game of beer pong and tequila shots. Fallon explained that first to sink two balls in their opponent’s cup was the winner. “There’s a twist,” he said. “This was Helen’s idea, by the way. The loser does a shot of tequila.” The actress, stopping by to promote her new film “Ride,” and Fallon took their places on opposite sides of the ping pong table and began the game. Fallon started off strong, sinking his first shot with ease.

Fifty-one and totally fabulous! Helen Hunt is proving that she just gets better with age, and in her new movie, Ride, the actress shows off the way she's stayed so fit and toned over the years: surfing. Chatting with HuffPost Live April 30, Ride's writer, director, and star explained that she's surfed for 10 years, and even rode the waves while "100 months" pregnant in 2004. "I always wanted to," said Hunt, who grew up in Los Angeles and splits her time between L.A. and New York. [...]...

Helen Hunt returns as both filmmaker and star in her latest project, Ride, co-starring Brenton Thwaites and Luke Wilson. The Screen Media Films surf comedy will open in L.A. and New York, both locales where the film shot, before going to well over a dozen theaters. The late Albert Maysles’ second-to-last film, Iris, begins its theatrical run via Magnolia Pictures. It follows flamboyant fashion guru Iris Apfel. Sean Bean, Kate Walsh, Eva Longoria, Shane Black and Tom…...

Ride of Passage: Hunt’s Belated Sophomore Effort Crests Waves of Cliché

Perhaps the most surprising element of note in Helen Hunt’s Ride is the fact that this is her sophomore directorial effort following the 2007 debut Then She Found Me. While the previous film was adapted from a celebrated novel by Elinor Lipman, Hunt concocts her own original scenario here, serving as director, screenwriter, star, and producer. Painfully pedestrian and awkwardly rendered, Hunt’s film devolves into a nagging, ho-hum situational dramedy that spends entirely too much time focused on its anal-retentive protagonist’s break from an elitist shell of pretension rather than the central relationship upon which the narrative’s flaky emotional core is hinged.

Jackie (Hunt), a single, overly determined mother that works as an editor at The New Yorker, is about to see her 18 year old son Angelo (Brenton Thwaites) off to college. But upon going...

As an actress, Helen Hunt has thrived in the entertainment industry for over four decades. She’s won an Oscar, Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmys. She has succeeded on a large scale as both a film and a television actress, which is no small feat considering that, until recently, film and television actors have been largely kept in distinct and relatively immutable categories. Hunt has been directing for years, too, from episodes of Mad About You to her first feature film in 2007, Then She Found Me. But not until her latest effort, Ride, has she taken it upon herself […]...

As an actress, Helen Hunt has thrived in the entertainment industry for over four decades. She’s won an Oscar, Golden Globe Awards and Primetime Emmys. She has succeeded on a large scale as both a film and a television actress, which is no small feat considering that, until recently, film and television actors have been largely kept in distinct and relatively immutable categories. Hunt has been directing for years, too, from episodes of Mad About You to her first feature film in 2007, Then She Found Me. But not until her latest effort, Ride, has she taken it upon herself […]...

There's a bit too much going on in Helen Hunt's Ride, perhaps because Hunt is doing a bit too much in it: In addition to directing, Hunt also wrote and stars, and unless you're Orson Welles — even sometimes when you are Orson Welles — it's a good idea to have someone around to tell you which lines don't work or which scenes don't quite fit. But there's a wry sweetness to this picture, about an overbearing New York editor and single mom, Hunt's Jackie, who follows her college-age son (Brenton Thwaites, Prince Phillip from Maleficent) to Los Angeles, where he aspires to become a surf bum and writer, probably in just about that order. As you can guess, Jackie has to learn what to hang onto and when to let go, and there's lots of let...

At a later point in Helen Hunt‘s “Ride,” when her hard-charging New Yorker is getting surf lessons from Californian Luke Wilson, Wilson pauses to explain the mechanics of waves for the benefit of the novice surfer: The crests and breaks you see on the top are one thing, but what truly shapes the wave is the changes in the ocean floor and seabed, far below the shimmering surface and hidden in the darkness. It’s good surfing advice; it’s also not a bad metaphor for Hunt’s film, where she’s writer, director and lead actor, telling a story whose early broad brightness.

Ride, which Helen Hunt wrote, directed, produced and stars in, begins beautifully. A woman (Hunt) sits against a door in a hallway at night, rising hastily and tiptoeing out of sight when her half-asleep toddler son emerges to go to the bathroom. Once he returns to bed, she resumes her position. Following a dissolve, a young man of about 18 (Brenton Thwaites) comes out from behind the same door — it’s the boy all grown up — and pleads angrily with his mother (still Hunt, now with a bob cut) as she types on her Macbook. He’s writing a

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Academy Award winner Helen Hunt and The Giver's Brenton Thwaites play mother and son in the new drama Ride.

Hunt wrote, directed and stars in Ride as a mother who travels from New York to California to convince her son not to drop out of school.

Jackie (Hunt) tries to conquer surfing when her son reveals his ambition to become a professional surfer, and soon finds romance with a charming instructor (The Skeleton Twins star Luke Wilson).

Ride is Hunt's directorial follow-up to her 2007 feature film debut Then She Found Me.

The movie includes a supporting role for Richard Kind, who starred with Hunt on the 1990s NBC sitcom Mad About You.

Ride opens later in the year in the Us.

Since Helen Hunt hasn't been super busy in front of the camera, the star of The Sessions, Pay It Forward and As Good As It Gets has decided to get back behind the camera for a new comedy called Ride. The actress also stars in the film she wrote about a woman who follows her college dropout son (Brenton Thwaites of The Giver and The Signal) to Los Angeles as he pursues a life of surfing. Of course, this ends up being a life-changing experience for her as well. It seems like it's trying too hard to be a typical indie story self-discovery, but kudos to Hunt for taking the initiative to write and direct a film for herself to star. Here's the first trailer for Helen Hunt's Ride from PopcornFlix: Ride is written and directed by Helen Hunt (director of Then She Found Me, star of The Sessions...

Helen Hunt is undergoing a major exploration of self-discovery in the newly released trailer, poster and stills from her upcoming comedy, ‘Ride.’ The film’s assets have been released by the comedy’s distribution company, Screen Media Films, in anticipation of its release on May 1 in theaters and on VOD. ‘Ride’ marks the second feature film the Academy Award-winning actress has written and directed, after the 2007 romantic comedy-drama, ‘Then She Found Me.’ She also stars in her writing and directorial follow-up movie, which also features Luke Wilson, Brenton Thwaites, and David Zayas. The following synopsis for ‘Ride’ has been released by Screen Media Films: In ‘Ride,’ when an editor from [ Read More ]

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Yeah, I didn't know Helen Hunt had written and directed a new movie either, and a surf comedy no less, but indeed she has. It's a sophomore feature effort, though she has helmed a handful of television episodes too, and the first trailer has arrived for "Ride" promising a movie so breezy it might just float away. Hunt stars in the movie along with Brenton Thwaites, Luke Wilson, and that cop from "Dexter," in a story about a stuck up New York woman who has to grapple with her son's shocking decision to drop out of college and surf. She doesn't understand the allure until she hits the water herself, meets a hunky guy, and learns to let her son fly from the nest. Sure, the premise is a bit wonky, but it seems to have a decent amount of heart at the core. "Ride" arrives on May 1st. Watch below.

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to Paul Bettany’s directorial debut “Shelter,” which stars Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie, TheWrap has learned.

Screen Media president Suzanne Blech will give the movie a day-and-date release in theaters and VOD this year before the film becomes available on Netflix.

“Shelter,” which debuted at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, was written by Bettany and financed by Daniel Wagner of BiFrost Pictures with an assist from The Bridge Finance Company.

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We reported on Halloween that Brenton Thwaites was among a handful of heartthrobs Disney was courting for the role of British soldier Henry in the fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean romp. Now the studio in is final negotiations with the young Aussie, who played Prince Philip in the studio’s Maleficent this year. The studio has set a July 7, 2017, release date for the next installment of the multibillion-dollar franchise starring Johnny Depp.

Thwaites has had a busy year, starring opposite Ewan McGregor in the crime thriller Son Of A Gun and with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep in The Giver. He also starred in sci-fi thriller The Signal and Ride, the indie comedy from writer-director-star Helen Hunt in that bowed at Afm. Thwaites also is set to topline Alex Proyas’ Gods Of Egypt with Gerald Butler and Geoffrey Rush, which Lionsgate will release in February 2016. He is managed by Industry Entertainment.

Two-time Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, Milk) has wrapped principal photography on "The Sea of Trees", which filmed on location in Japan and Massachusetts, starring Oscar winner Mathew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club, Interstellar, Mud, The Wolf of Wall Street), Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai) and two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts (The Impossible, 21 Grams, King Kong, Mulholland Drive).  The cast also includes actors Katie Aselton (star of FX's The League) and Jordan Gavaris (Orphan Black).   Arthur Brennan (McConaughey) treks into Aokigahara, known as the The Sea of Trees, a mysterious dense forest at the base of Japan's Mount Fuji where people go to contemplate life and death.  Having found the perfect place to die, Arthur encounters Takumi Nakamura (Watanabe), a Japanese man who has also lost his way. The two men begin a journey of reflection and survival, which affirms...

Two acquisitions reportedly in the works have closed, with EuropaCorp taking Us rights to Jalmari Helander’s Big Game and Millennium Entertainment boarding Madame Bovary.

Big Game stars Samuel L Jackson as the President of the United States stranded in nature after a terrorist attack with only a youngster as his guide.

EuropaCorp brokered the deal with Wme Global and Altitude Film Entertainment for the filmmakers and plans a 2015 wide release through RelativityEuropaCorpDistribution LLC under the EuropaCorp label.

Millennium Entertainment has finally closed its Madame Bovary deal, taking Us rights to Occupant Films and Aden Film’s period piece by Sophie Barthes starring Mia Wasikowska. Wme Global represented Us rights and Radiant Films International sells outside the Us.

Video Services Corp has picked up Canadian rights to Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do In The Shadows. Elle Driver handles international sales and CAA represents the Us.

Screen Media Films has cut a deal with...

Screen Media announced on Tuesday that it was going for a “Ride” with Oscar-winning actress and filmmaker Helen Hunt. The independent distributor has acquired her second movie as a director, which is a follow-up to 2007's “Then She Found Me.” See also: Aaron Paul, Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton Fight Breast Cancer in ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ Trailer (Video) The film is about “an editor from The New Yorker magazine (Helen Hunt) follows her son (Brenton Thwaites) to La after he drops out of college to surf and find himself, she ends up being the one thrust into a sea change of self-discovery.

For how many years has Hollywood endured the Ya novel onslaught? Five? Ten? When was Twilight? It’s strange to think of The Giver as merely the latest in a string of adapted young adult fiction given that its source material, Lois Lowry’s 1993 bestseller, precedes the publication dates of Divergent, City of Bones, and the Twilight saga. Like most of its cinematic contemporaries, The Giver squeezes its story into an angsty, dull, and poorly acted template, sapping any chance of inspiration out of its low-key science fiction concept.

Having not read Lowry’s novel, I can only presume she uses her social structure — a utopian future in which emotions are outlawed — to latch “forbidden” teen angst and romance onto the awkward feelings puberty brings with it. On the verge of graduation, three teenagers join the adult ranks of The Community, envisioned here as a Levittown straight out of Starship Troopers,...