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BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE Featurette

By Virtue Fall Starring Carla Gugino & Eric Bana

James Spader, Carla Gugino, Ryan Phillippe, Treat Williams and Kim Coates have joined the cast of Sheldon Turner's By Virtue Fall . Eric Bana is already attached to play one of the two leads. Turner, who most recently co-wrote the Oscar-nominated Up in the Air screenplay, has been working to pull together his directorial debut for months, with several lead actors, including Colin Farrell and Jeremy Renner , in various talks to take the other lead. While Farrell has moved on to Columbia's Total Recall remake, Renner is still a possibility, though his immediate schedule already contains Paramount's Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Marvel Studios' The Avengers. The Hurt Locker producer Voltage Pictures was once on board to finance By Virtue Fall, but now QED International (District 9, W.) looks to be handling foreign sales and putting up at least part of the money for production. Turner's script tells the story of a pair of ATF agents who end up enemies a

Exclusive Interview With Sebastian Gutierrez Part Two

Today we continue my Exclusive interview with director  Sebastian Gutierrez . Gutierrez has directed ELEKTRA LUXX and Girl Walks Into a Bar . He is also, the screenwriter for such films as The Big Bounce, The Eye, Snakes on a Plane and the above mentioned films. If you missed part one of my interview with the director fear not, you can read it HERE . So let's get it started.. Girls Walk Into a Bar ,(Click link to watch the film)  Touted as the “ First Major Motion Picture Made For The Internet ,” and I asked the director why are we distributing this film on the internet and not seeing it in theaters? The quickest answer is why not? The real answer is the producers approached me and said hey that they have seen ELEKTRA LUXX and you make these movies with an amazing cast and they are very inexpensively and them seem to be structured like Woman In Trouble that was like a 10 part structured film, and would you be interested in doing that for the internet and giving the mo

Exclusive Interview With Sebastian Gutierrez Part One

Last week I had the chance to have an Exclusive interview with Sebastian Gutierrez the director of ELEKTRA LUXX and Girl Walks Into a Bar . Also, the screenwriter for such films as The Big Bounce, The Eye, Snakes on a Plane and the above mentioned films. This is part one of a two part interview with the director. A little of back ground history on Sebastián Gutiérrez, he was born September 10, 1974 and is an award-winning Venezuelan-American film director, screenwriter, film producer and occasional actor. He won the Critics' Award at the Festival du Film Policier de Cognac for his directorial debut Judas Kiss. We talked about the film Elektra Luxx , how the casting process was, the third film in the series and if its going to happen. Make sure to go out and see this film! You can watch the internet exclusive film  Girl Walks Into A Bar ,  now the entire film is streaming on YouTube. Touted as the “First Major Motion Picture Made For The Internet,”  Girl Walks Into A Ba

ELEKTRA LUXX Four New Clips From The Film

I’m pleased to share four new clips from Sebastian Gutierrez's upcoming film, ELEKTRA LUXX . The comedy from Samuel Goldwyn Films and Destination Films will open on Friday in New York, LA, Boston and Seattle. Carla Gugino stars as Elektra Luxx, a woman attempting to transition from adult film star to functioning adult. Try as she might to reinvent her life, her colorful and questionable past constantly gets in the way. ELEKTRA LUXX features an amazing supporting cast, including Joseph Gordon-Levit t (Inception, (500) Days of Summer), Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”), Adrianne Palicki ("Wonder Woman",“Friday Night Lights”), Timothy Olyphant (“Justified"), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”), Marley Shelton (Grindhouse, the upcoming Scream 4), Malin Akerman (Happythankyoumoreplease, Watchmen), and features original music by Robyn Hitchcock . Elektra Answers Everything YouTube Channel : Watch the clips after the Jump... Pillo

ELEKTRA LUXX Trailer & Images

I’m pleased to announce ELEKTRA LUXX , a new comedy from writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez . Carla Gugino stars as Elektra Luxx, a woman attempting to transition from adult film star to functioning adult. Try as she might to reinvent her life, her colorful and questionable past constantly gets in the way. ELEKTRA LUXX features an amazing supporting cast, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, (500) Days of Summer), Emmanuelle Chriqui (“Entourage”), Adrianne Palicki (“Friday Night Lights”), Timothy Olyphant (“Justified"), Justin Kirk (“Weeds”), Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”), Marley Shelton (Grindhouse, the upcoming Scream 4), Malin Akerman (Happythankyoumoreplease, Watchmen), and features original music by Robyn Hitchcock. The film premiered at SXSW last year where it received rave reviews. ” Release Date: March 11, 2011 (In Select Cities). Let's hope that the film gets a warm reception in the select theaters, so it can get a larger release. Watch the