William Sadler News

A stage adaptation of the film The Shawshank Redemption is now playing in China! The production opened in Shenzhen on January 4, and will head to Shanghai and Beijing next. 

Luminaries such as JULES cast Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley, Tony Award-Winner Harriet Sansom Harris, Succession star Zoe Winters, and Jade Quon and special guests Karen Allen (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Academy Award®-winning producer David Dinerstein (“Summer of Soul”), and more.

The SOHO International Film Festival (SIFFNYC), ​presented by SOHO Film Forum, ​is back live in person and ​will run from October 6th thru the 13th, 2022 ​at the Village East Cinema in New York City, ​with films in competition and exhibition from all over the world.

We had the opportunity to attend a screening of “Life After You” and recommend the film highly.  It is a poignant drama that will truly make a difference in the lives of its viewers. 

1091 Pictures is thrilled to announce that ALICE FADES AWAY, written and directed by Ryan Bliss and starring Ashley Shelton, William Sadler, Paxton Singleton and Blanche Baker, will be available to purchase or rent in the USA and Canada starting on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021.

The Long Island International Film Expo is the premiere filmmaker community on Long Island, and one of the most respected festivals of its kind in the world; showing almost 200 short and feature-length films in many different genres each year.

Orion Pictures is offering a special chance at the ultimate Bill & Ted giveaway - a 'Be Excellent' Sweepstakes!

No way! Orion Pictures' BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC is available now to watch on demand and in theaters! Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have shared a heartfelt video message for the Bill & Ted fans who made the third installment possible.

Orion Pictures and BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC, with the help of the film's most excellent fans, have successfully set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title for 'Most People Playing Air Guitar Online Simultaneously,' bringing the most bodacious air guitarists from around the world together to celebrate the film.

Orion Pictures has released a most excellent new clip from BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC! Watch Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) reunite with their old friend and bandmate Death (William Sadler). Only, despite their good intentions, Death isn't so happy to see the Wyld Stallyns this time.

Orion Pictures has released a new clip from BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC. When Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are visited by an emissary from the future, Kelly (Kristen Schaal), they don't know what to expect - and neither do their daughters (Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine). Whoa!

Orion Pictures' BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC and Weezer have released a most excellent music video for Weezer's new original song, 'Beginning Of The End (Wyld Stallyns Edit)'.

Orion Pictures has released a most triumphant new featurette in support on BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC. The video celebrates the hilarious and heartfelt bond between Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter and the new generation of friendship between Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine.

The SHOWTIME animated series OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT will continue its third season on Sunday, September 13 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Orion Pictures has released the official trailer for BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC. The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William 'Bill' S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore 'Ted' Logan (Keanu Reeves).

SHOWTIME has announced that the new limited series THE COMEY RULE, starring Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) as former FBI Director James Comey and Brendan Gleeson (Mr. Mercedes) as President Donald J. Trump, will premiere on back-to-back nights in late November.

The release date for Bill & Ted Face the Music has been moved up to August 14, the date that Wonder Woman 1984 was previously set for. The latter has now been moved to October 2.

Orion Pictures has released the trailer for Bill and Ted Face the Music, starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter!

RLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has picked up select rights to THE FURIES from Shudder, AMC Networks' streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural. THE FURIES will be released on VOD, Digital HD, DVD and Blu-ray on March 3, 2020. Written and directed by Tony D'Aquino (Alpha Male), the horror stars Airlie Dodds (Killing Ground), Linda Ngo (“Top of the Lake”), Taylor Ferguson (“Glitch”), Ebony Vagulans (“My Life Is Murder”) with Danielle Horvat (“House Husbands”) and Tom O'Sullivan (A Man on the Edge). RLJE Films will release THE FURIES on DVD for $27.97 and on Blu-ray for $15.95.

SHOWTIME has released the key art and trailer for the upcoming third season of OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT, premiering on Sunday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. Executive produced by multiple Emmy® winner Stephen Colbert, showrunner R.J. Fried and Late Show executive producer Chris Licht, OUR CARTOON PRESIDENT kicks open the doors of the White House for a satirical look at President Trump, his family and the power players in Washington, D.C. and beyond.