John Krasinski, who not only co-stars in the touching new dramedy The Hollars but also expertly directs it, has said he wanted to make a Terms Of Endearment for a new generation. If the balance of hearty laughs and earned tears is any indication, he has succeeded. This is a roaringly funny movie filled with heart and…

Roadside and Miramax's fairly wide opener Southside With You had a mostly solid start in the final weekend of August. The Sundance 2016 debut grossed over $3 million in 813 theaters – many more locations than other newcomers – making it by far the biggest grosser among the new Specialty releases Friday to Sunday…

One of the summer's widest Specialty releases — oxymoron acknowledged — is today's bow of Roadside Attractions/Miramax's Southside With You. Directed by first-timer Richard Tanne and starring Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers, the Sundance feature will open in eight hundred theaters. Southside With You headlines a pack…

After breaking in as prototypical nice guy Jim Halpert on The Office, John Krasinski is evolving into a Hollywood leading man after bulking up for soldier roles in Aloha and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi. That has led him to the iconic CIA analyst character Jack Ryan in a 10-hour series that Michael Bay’s…

John Krasinski, whose movie The Hollars opens tomorrow, stopped by James Corden’s The Late Late Show so the two men could reveal they’ve been acting together in movies since 1939. That’s when they were cast in the lead roles in Gone With the Wind. As luck would have it, they were fired from GWTW – or, Gone With Three H…

Sony Pictures Classics’ founders and presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have a longstanding reputation for making smart buys at key festivals, pick-ups that pay off both at the B.O. and during awards season. Two years ago they acquired Whiplash for an estimated $2.5M, a title that yielded $13.1M at the domestic…

EXCLUSIVE: John Krasinski’s The Hollars has sold in a splashy deal to Sony Pictures Classics, the latest deal in what is turning out to be a prolific Sundance Film Festival. Krasinski, who made his directorial debut with Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, has made a deal with SPC to acquire all rights in the US and…

“It’s an idea you think you’ve heard of — a guy who comes back to his hometown to see his family — but it’s just so well written,” said John Krasinski about his sophomore directorial effort The Hollars at the Sundance Film Festival today. “I thought the script was a great universal story,” added costar Josh Groban…

This year Deadline is holding its Sundance Film Festival studio at the Samsung Studio off Main Street in Park City, Utah, opening its doors to this year’s most riveting and groundbreaking filmmakers. Talent from such features as Goat, Defrost, Manchester by the Sea, Swiss Army Man, Trash Fire and The Hollars as well…

The Office alum John Krasinski has lined up The Hollars as his next directing effort after helming his first feature, 2009’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men — and he has enlisted Anna Kendrick, Richard Jenkins, and Margo Martindale to join him. Krasinski also will star in the lead as John Hollar, an aspiring NYC…