New special titles this weekend seduced moviegoers beyond the hoards heading en masse to Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Alchemy had a surprisingly robust start with Kristen Wiig starrer Welcome To Me, which has the highest per theater average among limited releases while Fox Searchlight’s debut Far From The Madding Crowd…
There is no question Kristen Wiig is one of the most talented comic talents out there. With several Emmy nominations for Saturday Night Live and an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids which she co-wrote and starred in, she has conquered both TV and movies. But as I say in my video review above, it seems of late she has…
Helen Hunt returns as both filmmaker and star in her latest project, Ride, co-starring Brenton Thwaites and Luke Wilson. The Screen Media Films surf comedy will open in L.A. and New York, both locales where the film shot, before going to well over a dozen theaters. The late Albert Maysles’ second-to-last film, Iris…
Welcome To Me stars Kristen Wiig as Alice, a fame-obsessed woman with borderline personality disorder who after winning $86 million in the lottery, decides to spend the money on a TV show about herself. Eventually she must decide whether celebrity and recognition really brings happiness. James Marsden, Tim Robbins…
Millennium Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Welcome To Me, the Toronto Film Festival dark comedy starring Kristen Wiig. A 2015 release is planned by Millennium, which is ramping up its distribution slate after recently splitting off from a group of investors including Avi Lerner’s Nu Image.
Shira…
LOS ANGELES, JULY 29, 2013– Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, James Marsden and Alan Tudyk have joined the cast of WELCOME TO ME starring Kristen Wiig and produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios, it was announced today. Directing is Shira Piven (Fully Loaded), from a screenplay by Eliot Laurence. The dramatic…
Will Ferrell-Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios today set casting for Welcome To Me to be directed by Shira Piven (Fully Loaded) from a screenplay by Eliot Laurence. The dramatic comedy will star Kristen Wiig as Alice who suffers from dissociative personality disorder and wins the lottery only to…
