Alexander Payne is to reunite with his Sideways drinking buddy Paul Giamatti for his latest slice of melancholic comedy The Holdovers. Deadline reports that the director of Nebraska and The Descendants will reteam with Giamatti for the first time since their Oscar-winning breakout in 2004. The synopsis for The Holdovers finds Giamatti playing a universally […]
Olivia Colman to lead Alexander Payne’s Landscapers
Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite, The Crown) has signed on to lead the cast of HBO and Sky’s Landscapers, a murder mystery limited series from director Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants). Written by Colman’s husband Ed Sinclair, the series is inspired by real events and will tell the story of Susan (Colman) and Christopher Edwards, […]
Alexander Payne in talks to direct The Burial for Amazon
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants) is in talks with Amazon Studios to direct The Burial, a drama based upon the real life exploits of Mississippi personal injury lawyer Willie Gary. A rags to riches, David vs. Goliath story, The Burial will follow Gary as he takes on the case of Jeremiah O’Keefe, the […]
Movie Review – Downsizing (2017)
Downsizing, 2017. Directed by Alexander Payne. Starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis, and Udo Kier. SYNOPSIS: A cash strapped couple discover a way to escape their financial problems – move to a brand new community. All they have to do is undergo an irreversible operation that will shrink them down […]
Movie Review – Downsizing (2017)
Downsizing, 2017. Directed by Alexander Payne. Starring Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Rolf Lassgård, Ingjerd Egeberg, Udo Kier, Søren Pilmark, and Jason Sudeikis. SYNOPSIS: A social satire in which a guy realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself. Downsizing is the second failed social satire […]
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing gets a new trailer
Ahead of its US release next month, Paramount Pictures has debuted a new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Downsizing. Directed by Alexander Payne, the film stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Hing Chau, Laura Dern, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, and Maribeth Monroe; watch it below… Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as […]
Alexander Payne’s Downsizing gets a new trailer
Paramount Pictures has released a new teaser for Alexander Payne’s upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Downsizing which stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Hing Chau, Laura Dern, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, and Maribeth Monroe; take a look below… When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to […]
Watch the first trailer for Alexander Payne’s Downsizing
Following its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Paramount Pictures has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Downsizing. Directed by Alexander Payne, the film stars Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, Hing Chau, Laura Dern, Alec Baldwin, Neil Patrick Harris, and Maribeth Monroe; watch it below… When scientists discover […]
First teaser for Alexander Payne’s Downsizing
With the first full trailer for Downsizing set to arrive in a little under two weeks, Paramount Pictures has released a teaser trailer for director Alexander Payne’s upcoming sci-fi comedy drama Downsizing. The film received its world premiere today at the Venice International Film Festival and features a cast that includes Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Jason Sudeikis, […]
Kristen Wiig replacing Reese Witherspoon in Alexander Payne’s Downsizing
Deadline is reporting that Kristen Wiig (Ghostbusters) is joining the cast of Alexander Payne’s new comedy/drama Downsizing. Wiig is taking over the lead female role in the film, after original star Reese Witherspoon (Wild, Election) had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. She will join her Martian co-star Matt Damon in the film, which […]