EXCLUSIVE: I hear that Oscar winner Brie Larson, who is next up toplining Captain Marvel, is finalizing a deal to star I'm Thinking of Ending Things, the new film adapted and directed by Charlie Kaufman for Netflix. Based on Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, the plot centers on Jake, who is on a road trip to meet his parents on…

BREAKING: Oscar-winner Charlie Kaufman is attached to pen and direct Netflix’s film adaptation of Iain Reid's debut novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things from Likely Story. The story follows Jake on a road trip to meet his parents on their secluded farm with his girlfriend who is thinking of ending things. When Jake…

In its 14 years of existence, Oscar’s feature animated category has largely been dominated by kid fare when it comes to wins. And if Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s stop motion lonely adult story Anomalisa takes it this year, it will be a true game-changer, making it the first R-rated title to win in the category…

Coming from a background in fine arts and design work, John Joyce made a seamless transition into the world of production design, creating the world of Anomalisa in his first stop-motion feature alongside designer Huy Vu. Joyce became inspired to work in animation after spending time designing kids' books, adding the…

Entering into the world of animation production after starting on Adult Swim’s adult stop-motion comedy Robot Chicken, Rosa Tran quickly worked her way up from puppet supervisor to producer, and was instrumental in the making of Anomalisa, one of the more unusual entries in the Best Animated Feature category this…

A University of Wisconsin film school grad with a knack for crafts and sculpting, Caroline Kastelic was a good fit for the role of puppet supervisor on Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's adult stop-motion film, Anomalisa. Though Kastelic found out about the project from Starbuns Industries’ Johnson and Dino…

In what might be the most unexpected major studio release of the year, is also the last major studio release of 2015. Charlie Kaufman’s existential trip into the world of Stop Motion animation and the mind of mundanity, Anomalisa is unlike anything else I have seen in a while. Kaufman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Ete…

Unlikely everyday heroes, unlikeable main characters, biopics that aren't really biopics and some animated heavyweights dot the landscape of this year's diverse group of writing contenders in both the Adapted and Original Screenplay categories. Standing out in the always-competitive Adapted category are a number of…

Anomalisa has been blowing minds right and left this year, debuting at Telluride and soon after in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the grand jury prize. Now the rest of us can get a look at the ripped-from-Charlie Kaufman’s brain stop-motion animated story about an isolated writer who pens…

In a deal that sources peg at north of $5 million, Paramount Pictures has made its second major acquisition of an otherwise dull Toronto Film Festival. The studio that just made a $10 million U.S. rights pre-buy deal based on promo footage of the Meryl Streep-Hugh Grant comedy Florence Foster Jenkins, has closed a…

Venice lesson learned today: While Charlie Kaufman will talk about a lot of things, the meaning of his movies is not one of them. Anomalisa, the stop-motion animated brainteaser he directed with Duke Johnson that received raves just a few days ago in Telluride, debuted here in Competition tonight. At the press…

In 2003, Josh Schwartz at age 26 became the youngest series creator when Fox, then run by entertainment president Gail Berman, picked up his first pilot, The O.C. (That’s the two of them at The O.C. kickoff party in July 2003.) Twelve years later, Schwartz and Berman have reunited for another drama project at Fox…