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The determined struggles of true-life heroes, whose tales look to resonate loudly this awards season, were at the heart of Focus Features' Contenders NY presentation Saturday at the DGA Theater in New York City. For Harriet writer/director Kasi Lemmons (who helmed both Eve's Bayou and Talk To Me) the task was to offer…

Harsh reality takes center stage in Focus Features' Harriet, the harrowing story of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (Cynthia Erivo), and Dark Waters, the tale of attorney Rob Bilott (portrayed by producer and star Mark Ruffalo) ,the Cincinnati lawyer who took on DuPont, which was dumping toxic materials into the water in…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features is adding Participant Media’s Todd Haynes feature Dark Waters to the late-fall fray with a limited release on November, the Friday before Thanksgiving. The pic, inspired by a true story, follows a tenacious attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of…

Three-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight) will star in Participant Media’s upcoming feature about the lawyer who took on chemical company DuPont, I can reveal. Carol filmmaker Todd Haynes will direct the drama, which will chart the true story of corporate lawyer Robert Bilott, who took on an environmental suit…

Todd Haynes has been tapped to direct Dry Run, a film which plots details are being kept under wraps. The script is by Participant Media is producing the pic with Mark Ruffalo, who is eyeing the lead role. Matthew Carnahan wrote the screenplay. Haynes directed the 2015 film Carol with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara…

The European Film Academy on Friday again called for the immediate release from a Russian prison of Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov who has been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days. France’s Société des Réalisateurs de Films, which organizes the Directors’ Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival, has also…

Oscar-nominated director Todd Haynes announced today that he will team with Polygram Entertainment and Verve Label Group for The Velvet Underground, a feature documentary on about one of the most influential rock bands of all time. Haynes, along with Christine Vachon, announced the news today with a first look video…

Last working with Todd Haynes on Carol, Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ed Lachman found an “intensely cinematic” project in the director’s latest, Wonderstruck—a film that that would take place in two time periods, following two deaf children who experienced the world through visuals, much as Lachman does. Based on…

Working with Todd Haynes since the time of the director’s Mildred Pierce mini-series, Brazilian editor Affonso Gonçalves has long admired the joyous experimentalism Haynes brings to his projects—which is no less present in his latest outing, Wonderstruck. Based on Brian Selznick’s novel of the same name, Haynes’ film…

The Sundance Film Festival has made its final additions for its 2018 edition running from Jan. 18-28 in Park City, Utah. They include a Todd Haynes retrospective and a conversation with the filmmaker; the documentary premiere Akicita:​ ​The​ ​Battle​ ​of​ ​Standing​ ​Rock, which looks back at the 2016 Native American…

A “born and bred New York person,” production designer Mark Friedberg was a natural fit to design Todd Hayne’s latest, Wonderstruck. Having worked with Haynes on Far from Heaven and Mildred Pierce, Friedberg considers it his mission to tell New York stories. “I love the city. It’s in my blood,” the production designer…

Since they first collaborated on 2002's Far From Heaven, Ed Lachman has been an integral part of Todd Haynes' core team, serving as cinematographer on films as complex as the director's experimental 2007 Bob Dylan biography I'm Not There or as straightforward as 2015's Patricia Highsmith adaptation Carol. "He always…