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Woody Allen has been writing since being a teenager, but it has taken him 70 years to get around to a novel. His debut novel is called What’s With Baum and will be released on 23 September. The new book comes off the back of his long awaited memoir, Apropos of Nothing, and his last […]
Play It Again, Sam, the 1972 that starred Woody Allen and was based on his script, is being released on blu-ray for the first time. The release comes from Kino Lorber, who announced that the release will come early next year. Play It Again, Sam started as a play in 1969. It was in that […]
Woody Allen has a new play which is set to premiere later this year. The world premiere will take place in Budapest, Hungary in October. The play is called Brooklyn Story, and was written by Allen during the pandemic. It tells the story of a gangster and his family as they come into possession of […]
Woody Allen’s longest collaborator is set to be honoured with an Oscar called the Governor’s Award. Juliet Taylor worked on 43 of Allen’s films as casting director. She was responsible for finding the amazing array of stars who have been in Woody Allen’s films since the seventies. Deadline and many others have the story. Taylor […]
Woody Allen has confirmed an upcoming film role will be as a narrator. He’s lending his voice to a new animated short film. Variety has the story. The short film is called Mr Fischer’s Chair. The Mr Fischer in the title is the American chess legend Bobby Fischer. Fischer’s most legendary chess match was with […]
Woody Allen’s 50th film is now out in the US. Called Coup de Chance, it’s a thriller set in Paris, that is his first feature that doesn’t feature English at all. Coup de Chance is the biggest US release of an Allen film in several years. The film opens with a limited release in certain […]
Woody Allen’s latest film, Coup de Chance, has secured a US release. Allen’s 50th film will hit cinemas on 5 April 2024, followed by a digital release 12 April. The Hollywood Reporter has the story. The release comes from MPI Media Group, who released Allen’s last two films in the US – A Rainy Day […]
Everyone Says I Love You is the Woody Allen musical film. But it comes in the mid 90s and the mid 90s was a good time for Woody Allen. He was in love, about to marry and was making big, sprawling, crowd pleasing New York films. But it also sees Allen return to Europe, shooting […]
Woody Allen has released a new short story. The piece, called Breakfast Special, has been published by the New Criterion. It is Allen’s first original short story for a publication in over a decade. Over the years, Allen has often written short stories for publications like The New Yorker. They have been collected into books, […]
Coup de Chance is Woody Allen’s latest film, and his first fully in a foreign language. His 50th feature is rolling out across the world. There’s now dates set for Blu-Ray and DVD, and more countries to come. The blu-ray and DVD for Coup de Chance is set for its first release in France, the […]
Woody Allen’s 50th film Coup de Chance has had its world premier at the Venice Film Festival. Which means the first reviews have started to roll in. The film was greeted with a five minute standing ovation. There’s video of the ovation at a website called The News. The film has so far gotten some […]
Woody Allen has arrived at the Venice Film Festival in the lead up to the premiere of his 50th film, Coup de Chance. In a planned press conference and various interviews with select press, Allen talked about a range of topics. Also at the press conference were the film’s stars Lou de Laâge and Valerie […]
Coup de Chance, Woody Allen’s 50th film, is set to hit the world next month. It is Allen’s first film fully in French, and we previously had the French trailer. Now Woody Allen’s official channels have delivered the trailer with English subtitles. This comes as Russia and Australia have announced release dates. Here’s the official […]
After months of speculation, Woody Allen’s latest film has been officially announced as premiering at the Venice Film Festival. The 80th edition of the world’s oldest film festival will premiere Coup de Chance on 2 September 2023. As is standard with Allen, his film will play out of competition. The line-up for Venice looks incredible, […]
Woody Allen’s 50th film is set to be released in just a couple of months. Called Coup de Chance, the film was shot in Paris last year. Along with a previously announced release date in France, we now have a release date for the film in Spain. In Spanish, the film is called Golpe de […]
Woody Allen’s jazz band is hitting the road this September. It’s their first ever performances since the COVID pandemic hit. Tour dates have already been announced for Spain, Portugal others. Now new dates have been announced for Paris and Rome. 16 September 2023 – Rome The Rome date is part of the Villa Ada Festival. […]
Woody Allen’s finally getting the band back together. The band, like the world, stopped their engagements with COVID, but they have now announced their first series of dates since the pandemic. Their return begins with a run of shows in Europe. The dates announced so far are in France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. 6&7 September […]
It’s happening. Coup de Chance, the 50th film written and directed by Woody Allen, has a new trailer, poster and release date. The film is set to premiere in France on 27 September 2023. Heres the trailer. And here’s the poster. Of course, the trailer is in French and currently has no English translation. We […]
Huge news today as we have the name for Woody Allen’s 50th film. The title is Coup de Chance, which is French for stroke of luck. The French title reflects the films French setting and all French cast. The news comes with the announcement that the films has been picked up for sales and came […]
Douglas McGrath, who frequently collaborated with Woody Allen and was an acclaimed writer, has died. He was 64. The news was broken by the accounts for Everything Is Fine, a play on Broadway that McGrath wrote and starred in, directed by John Lithgow. McGrath’s career really started when he wrote for Saturday Night Live in […]