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Oh what Edward Albee hath wrought! His seminal play and film Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? may not be the direct inspiration for writer-director Oren Moverman’s intense new film The Dinner, but it is close enough — at least in concept. Two disparate couples come together for what is supposed to be a nice evening (or…

By my count it has been almost a decade since Richard Gere last toplined a conventional major studio film — 2008’s Nicholas Sparks romantic drama Nights In Rodanthe from Warner Bros. His last huge hit was 2002’s Oscar-winning musical Chicago, which brought him a Golden Globe but failed to put him in the Best Actor…

The Orchard has released to new trailer to its upcoming film The Dinner, a dark psychological thriller family drama film written and directed by Oren Moverman, based on Herman Koch's novel. In theaters May 5, the pic stars Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Rebecca Hall in a fierce showdown between two…

Richard Gere, Steve Coogan and Laura Linney are here today at the Berlin Film Festival for the competition world premiere of Oren Moverman’s The Dinner. Gere plays a politician in the four-hander thriller that’s based on the Herman Koch novel. Inevitably this morning, the press conference conversation turned to…

The Berlin Film Festival has revealed its first 14 films selected for the Competition and Berlinale Special sections for the 67th edition of the fest next year. Ten productions and co-productions have so far been selected to get a chance of winning a Golden or Silver Bear in February, and nine of them are world…

The Orchard has picked up North American rights to Oscar nominee Oren Moverman's forthcoming film The Dinner and is planing a fall release. Moverman is in post on the film. He adapted the screenplay from Herman Koch’s novel. The Dinner tells the tale of two families struggling to make the hardest decisions of their…

Protagonist Pictures enjoyed its best ever EFM in Berlin with a slew of sales on its slate, most notably for Oren Moverman’s The Dinner. The multi-character drama, starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall, virtually sold out with deals with Videa (Italy), Dea Planeta (Spain), Phantom Film…

EXCLUSIVE: Adepero Oduye has joined the starry cast of Oren Moverman’s The Dinner opposite Richard Gere, Rebecca Hall and Chloe Sevigny. Oduye most recently played Steve Carell's boss Kathy in The Big Short. Her credits include Pariah and 12 Years A Slave. She is repped by ICM Partners and Washington Square Films. The…

Laura Linney is in negotiations to star in The Dinner, a psychological thriller based on the 2009 Herman Koch novel that explores just how far some parents might go to protect their children. The Messenger‘s Oren Moverman wrote the adaptation and will direct. Linney, who has been getting rave reviews for starring…