The first trailer has come out for the David Lowery-directed drama Ain't Them Bodies Saints. The film, which IFC picked up at Sundance this year, stars Casey Affleck as a man who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. Rooney Mara, Ben Foster…

EXCLUSIVE: I didn’t see this one coming. After directing one of the most talked-about films at Sundance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, David Lowery has hired on with writing partner Toby Halbrooks to script Pete’s Dragon for Disney and producer Jim Whitaker. I’m told they will reinvent the core story of a venerable Disney…

If the Sundance Film Festival is about anything, it's about the directors. Careers are made in Park City with the right combination of talent, content, context and reception. Look at what happened in 2012 with Beasts Of The Southern Wild. Benh Zeitlin's feature directorial debut seemed to come out of nowhere to win…

WME has signed a trio of aspiring directors who emerged from the Sundance Labs program last January. All of them will be shooting features this year. David Lowery, who wrote/directed Pioneers, a short that won the Grand Jury Award at SXSW will shoot Aint Them Bodies Saints, the film that shoots this summer with Rooney…

BREAKING: David Lowery has written and will direct Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, a contemporary story in the vein of Bonnie And Clyde, with Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Casey Affleck attached to star. Lowery wrote and directed the short Pioneers, which won the Grand Jury Award at the 2011 Grand Jury Award at 2011 SXSW…