Tim Blake Nelson News

Focus Features has debuted the trailer for director Michael Cuesta's thriller, KILLER THE MESSENGER.

Tim Blake Nelson, whose 2009 Off-Broadway production of EYE OF GOD was produced by THEATRE EAST, joins David Chase, creator of The Sopranos and Graham Russell of Air Supply in honoring Dominic Chianese (The Sopranos) with the LAURETTE TAYLOR AWARD on Monday, May 19, at Trinity Place, 115 B'way (between B'way and Trinity Place) in lower Manhattan. The benefit begins with a VIP Cocktail Hour at 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm begins the dinner, program and music. Musical guests also include acoustic duo OF EDEN, in their first New York area performance and a sneak preview of songs from the upcoming family musical TREASURE ISLAND, performed by Josh Freilich Musical Friends, featuring Kimberly Hirst, Rebecca Kuznick, Brandon Beynon, Michael Kushner, Natasha Edwards, Sammi Kramer and Eric Stockton (SOUL DOCTOR) on guitar.

THEATRE EAST will present Dominic Chianese, best known for his role as Corrado "Junior" Soprano on the HBO TV series The Sopranos, with its 2014 LAURETTE TAYLOR AWARD on Monday, May 19, at Trinity Place, 115 B'way (between B'way and Trinity Place) in lower Manhattan. The benefit begins with a VIP Cocktail Hour at 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm begins the dinner, program and music. David Chase, who created the hit award-winning television series, will host the event. Also participating will be Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Lincoln), and Graham Russell (Air Supply) for cocktails, dinner, and music. Other special guests to be announced.

The first international trailer for Tommy Lee Jones' THE HOMESMAN, starring Hilary Swank, Miranda Otto,James Spader, Tim Blake Nelson, Meryl Streep, and Hailee Steinfeld has been released. Check it out below!

Off-Broadway's Soho Repertory Theatre was forced to evacuate and cancel its Spring 2014 gala last night, March 31, after a support beam of the second floor balcony at the Angel Orensanz Center cracked around 7:15 p.m. According to New York Magazine, the floor began to sag on the left side of the balcony at the Lower East Side synagogue.

Hosted by Gretchen Mol and Tim Blake Nelson, Spring Fete, Soho Rep.'s Spring 2014 Gala, will honor Jon Dembrow, Soho Rep. Board Chair since 1999, at the Angel Orensanz Foundation on March 31. The event will feature presentations by two-time Academy award-winner Sally Field, Academy award-winner Marisa Tomei, Emmy award-winner Bobby Cannavale, comedian Richard Lewis, and Tony nominated actress Marin Ireland along with performances by three-time Grammy award-winner Steve Earle, Tony award-winner Bill Irwin, composer Todd Almond (Tempest), playwright and OBIE award-winning actress Eisa Davis (Passing Strange) and actress Amber Gray (Natasha Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812).

Focus Features announced today that KILL THE MESSENGER, starring Jeremy Renner (Marvel's The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy), will be released on October 10, 2014 in limited theaters

Deadline reports that Glenn Close, Sam Waterston, Gretchen Mol, Michael K. Williams, Corey Stoll, Jessica Hect, Gloria Reuben have signed on to the cast of Tim Blake Nelson's 'Anesthesia'.

Oxford Film Festival has announced a one-night only theatrical Mississippi premiere of James Franco's 'As I Lay Dying' with special guests' producer Lee Caplin and executive producer Heidi Jo Markel this Monday, Oct. 21 at the historic Lyric Theatre on the Square in Oxford.

ORLANDO, FL - Red Giant Entertainment Inc. (OTCQB: REDG), an innovative Intellectual Property company specializing in high quality characters and content for use in a variety of media and entertainment, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to develop a graphic novel based on the independent feature film Blue Caprice. The anthology series, Public Enemies, will act as a companion to the film Blue Caprice, exploring the tangled motivations of the killers and the legacy of their violence.

Deadline has debuted the first teaser trailer for James Franco's upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's CHILD OF GOD, premiering this week at the Venice International Film Festival. Check it out below!

The NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announces three new At Large Board Members: Mark Bly, Gary Heisserer, and Manny Strauss will join the thirty-two member Board of Directors effective immediately.

The official theatrical trailer for BLUE CAPRICE, starring Isaiah Washington and inspired by the Beltway sniper attacks, has just been released. Check it out below.

NewFilmmakers LA Film Festival offers an eclectic program suitable for a wide variety of cinema enthusiasts.

MCC THEATER today announced that James Badge Dale (World War Z, HBO's The Pacific), James Ransone (HBO's 'The Wire') will replace Jon Bernthal and Christopher Fitzgerald in the New York Premiere of John Pollono's celebrated Small Engine Repair. Keegan Allen ('Pretty Little Liars') has also joined the cast. Small Engine Repair is the comic thriller that premiered to rave reviews and sold-out audiences at L.A.'s Rogue Machine Theatre, where it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Playwriting, among many other honors. The New York production of Small Engine Repair will be directed by longtime MCC collaborator Jo Bonney (MCC's The Break of Noon, Some Girl(s), Fat Pig) and begins at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC) on October 30, 2013. An official opening night is set for November 18, 2013.

Theatre East presents the last installment in the 2012-2013 season of NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES - 'Lilies' by Michael Marc Bouchard, upstairs at O'Lunney's, 145 West 45th Street (bet. Broadway & 6th Ave.), Tonight - Monday, June 24th: 6:00 pm is a Mixer with the reading at 7:00 pm. Featured in the reading are: Todd Eric Hawkins, Neil Arthur James, John Kevin Jones, Judson Jones, James LaRosa, Marc Palmieri, Nick Piacente, Jay Rogers, David Schuller, and Ryan Trout. It is directed by Ian Bjoklund.

MCC Theater has announced the line-up for their Spring 2013 PlayLab readings of new plays by three members of the company's Playwrights' Coalition: Adam Szymkowicz, Ed Napier, and Ashlin Halfnight to be held respectively at 7PM tonight, June 3, June 10 and June 23, 2013 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). The series offers a rare look into the development process of new plays by some of New York's most exciting playwrights. Audience members will also be invited to meet and greet the artists at receptions directly following the readings.

MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) is pleased to announce that the world premiere of MCC Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute's new play, Reasons to Be Happy, also directed by LaBute, will now extend throughSaturday, June 29th. It was previously scheduled through June 23rd.

Theatre East presents the next installment in its NEIGHBORHOOD READING SERIES upstairs at O'Lunney's, 145 West 45th Street (bet. Broadway & 6th Ave.), tonight, May 30th: 6:00 pm is a Mixer with the reading at 7:00 pm. Dominic Chianese of THE SOPRANOS and BOARDWALK EMPIRE stars in PRODIGAL. From the same writer and producers that premiered Harvest (Smith and Kraus Best New Play of 2008, BackStage Critics Pick), comes a reimagining of the age old story of loss, forgiveness, and ultimately coming home. Directed by Judson Jones.

MCC THEATER has announced the line-up for their Spring 2013 PlayLab readings of new plays by three members of the company's Playwrights' Coalition: Adam Szymkowicz, Ed Napier, and Ashlin Halfnight to be held respectively at 7PM on June 3, June 10 and June 23, 2013 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). The series offers a rare look into the development process of new plays by some of New York's most exciting playwrights. Audience members will also be invited to meet and greet the artists at receptions directly following the readings.