Orion Classics has acquired North American and Latin American rights to Unlovable, the musical dramatic comedy that had its world premiere this year at SXSW. The pic, directed by Suzi Yoonessi based on co-writer and star Charlene deGuzman's real-life experiences with sex and love addiction, will hit U.S. theaters…

Films don’t get much more personal than Suzi Yoonessi’s Unlovable, a musical comedy premiering at South by Southwest yesterday. Written by star Charlene DeGuzman, Mark Duplass and Sarah Adina Smith, the film is based on DeGuzman’s life story, following a young woman coming to terms with her sex and love addiction…

John Hawkes, Jon Bernthal, Thomas Haden Church, and hip hop artist Yelawolf have been added to the cast of Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s upcoming adventure film The Peanut Butter Falcon for Armory Films. Zachary Gottsagen, who is the inspiration behind the film, stars along with Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, and…

John Hawkes, Logan Lerman and Sarah Bolger are set to star in End of Sentence, the feature debut from director Elfar Adalsteins. Story, which is written by Beautiful Boy's Michael Armbruster, follows a father and son reluctantly embarking on an eventful and emotionally fraught road-trip to Ireland, honoring the…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated for his chilly turn in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, John Hawkes will vie for Oscar gold once again in 2017—but this time, in a different category entirely. Contributing the original song “Down With Mary” to Dennis Hauck’s indie drama, Too Late, Hawkes now finds himself competing with 90 other…

John Hawkes (Lost, Eastbound & Down) is in negotiations to play the lead in half-hour Amazon comedy pilot The Legend of Master Legend, directed by The Spectacular Now helmer James Ponsoldt. Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster based on Joshuah Bearman's Rolling Stone article about real-life superheroes, the…

I’m not going to suggest that writer-director Dennis Hauck’s neo-noir Too Late is particularly throwing shade at 2015 Oscar-winner Birdman, but it’s impossible not to compare the two films. Where Birdman used studio trickery to simulate one long uninterrupted take, Too Late is the real deal. Comprised of 5 acts, each…

Following in the spiritual footsteps of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, the crime thriller Too Late, starring John Hawkes as a troubled private investigator hired to find a missing woman with whom he has a messy relationship, is getting a special 35mm-only theatrical release this spring nationwide. No DCP…

Former House executive producer Katie Jacobs is taking the indie route with another medical drama project, Dr. Del, which she is producing with Nick Wechsler. John Hawkes is set to star in the pilot, developed and to be filmed without the backing of a studio. Inspired by Peter Hessler’s New Yorker piece “Dr. Don” (you…

Monterey Media has acquired U.S. and Canada rights to The Pardon, which follows the true story of Toni Jo Henry (Jaime King), a woman tried three times and executed in 1942 Louisiana.  After her dashing boxer husband Cowboy Henry (Jason Lewis) is sent to prison, Toni Jo embarks on an ill-fated mission with Cowboy’s…

Oscilloscope Laboratories has taken North American rights to the Elle Fanning–John Hawkes starrer Low Down. Pic tracks the life of jazz pianist Joe Albany as seen through the eyes of his daughter Amy-Jo, who watched as her father struggled with heroin addiction in the 1960s and 1970s. Helmed by longtime DP Jeff Preiss…

After lengthy negotiations, John Hawkes and Michael Cera have signed on to topline How And Why, FX Networks‘ half-hour comedy pilot from Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. How And Why tells the story of Goodman Hesselman (Hawkes), who can explain how and why a nuclear reactor works but is clueless about life…