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News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Chris Messina is a wonderful actor, but he’s switching to directing. His debut as a director is ‘Alex Of Venice‘, and he’s out promoting it. He has talked about Woody Allen and his work on Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Messina […]
Woody Allen’s legendary manager Jack Rollins has turned 100. A very special party was held in his honour, and the Hollywood Reporter has some details. Allen, along with many others, were in attendance. Rollins has been managing Allen’s career pretty much from the beginning, and was later joined by Charles Joffe. Even to this day, […]
Woody Allen is set to roll camera on his 46th film, what we are calling his 2016 Film. New details have emerged that reveal the production will take place in Los Angeles and New York. Twitter seems to be basing this on the latest preview of Production Weekly. The production will take place in Los […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. For some reason, this seems to be the Director’s Edition of News Bits. Gene Saks has passed away, at age 93. The Tony Award winning actor and director was known for his work with Neil Simon, including directing ‘The Odd […]
A wonderful interview with Woody Allen, conducted in 1979, has surfaced online. The interview is taken from a French documentary on Allen called ‘Question de Temps: Une Heure avec Woody Allen‘ – Question Of Time: An Hour with Woody Allen. It’s a far ranging interview, right in the era that most people know Allen for, […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. New York Knicks legend Anthony Mason has died. He was just 48. Mason made a cameo in Woody Allen’s Celebrity, dancing with Charlize Theron and staring down Kenneth Branagh. Allen is, of course, one of the Knicks’ biggest fans as […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Congratulations to ‘Birdman‘ for sweeping the Academy Awards. Woody Allen, of course, did not turn up. However, there was an article this week that tried to connect ‘Birdman‘ with Woody Allen, in particular Bullets Over Broadway. The Independent has pointed […]
One of our favourite scenes in Hannah And Her Sisters is when David (played by Sam Waterston) takes Holly (Dianne Wiest) and April (Carrie Fisher) on an architecture tour of New York City. We’ve been working hard on updating our Locations Map and found that there were a couple of places in this scene we […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Singer/pianist Diana Krall appeared in a Woody Allen film. Thing is, she doesn’t remember which one. She spoke to the Guardian. Talking of New York, you’re a Woody Allen fan. Have you seen him play the clarinet at the Carlyle? […]
They Shoot Pictures Don’t They is one of the best sites on the internet. They collate almost every film list they can find, run some crazy numbers behind it, and provides some of the best Top Film Lists you can ever find. They have just updated for 2015 (their 10th edition), and Woody Allen has […]
Magic In the Moonlight is the last film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone. We have a small update today, with a final box office analysis, one more film festival and some cool production images. ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘ has earned (at least) $36,648,537 global box office. Leading the […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. As usual, when there is big news, it’s a bit quiet in this column. Hayley Atwell has been out promoting her new series ‘Agent Carter’, the latest series from Marvel. She recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and shared a […]
This is totally unexpected and unprecedented. Today, Amazon has announced a deal to produce a TV series written and directed by Woody Allen. It will be Allen’s first real TV series, despite many TV credits in his career. According to the press release, Amazon has ordered a “full season” of a half hour series, currently […]
The new cover artwork for the Blu-Ray release of Woody Allen’s Love And Death has been revealed. It is the first time ‘Love And Death‘ has been released on Blu-Ray, and comes from Twilight Time. The artwork was revealed on the Twilight Time Facebook page. Twilight Time have been releasing many Woody Allen titles. They […]
A very big edition of news bits – our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Mordecai Lawner has passed away. The actor, who played Woody Allen’s father in Annie Hall, was aged 86. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety has a write ups. So we could easily have called this the […]
Our (usually) twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. It’s been a light month so we are wrapping up all of November in one go. Writer/Director Joel Schumacher recently paid tribute to Woody Allen. He was speaking at the London Screenwriter’s Festival and was covered by the blog London, […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. It’s unusually quiet period for Allen, so we’ve been taking a break too. We will be back with our regular programming soon. Geoffrey Holder has passed away. Holder starred in stage and screen, winning Tony Awards for his performance in ‘The Wiz‘ […]
In May this year we lost Gordon Willis, the master cinematographer of ‘The Godfather‘ and many of Woody Allen’s most acclaimed films – that unbeatable run from Annie Hall to The Purple Rose Of Cairo. October’s issue of American Cinematographer features Willis on the cover, and features personal memories from various collaborators and peers. Indiewire […]
A little Annie Hall reunion happened on Monday night. Jeff Goldblum, who had the briefest of cameos in ‘Annie Hall‘, joined Woody Allen and his regular jazz band onstage for a song. Allen, of course, has held his regular Monday night slot at The Carlyle Hotel for decades. His performances with the Eddy Davis New […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. As you’ve no doubt heard, Joan Rivers has passed away. She was a fantastic comedienne and we will miss her. Rivers was a contemporary of the 60s stand up scene where Woody Allen also got her start. She wrote about […]