THE SON

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A November 11, 2022 release date for THE SON in the USA!


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'The Son' Starring Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern Sets Release Date
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The movie will be released in time for awards season.

With eyes set on the upcoming Awards Season, Sony Pictures Classics has announced a slate of release dates for some of its most anticipated dramas, including Living, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, and The Son. The latter follows Hugh Jackman (Logan) trying to be a better father to his estranged kid. The production company has slated the movie for a November 11 premiere.

The late 2022 release date is a clear signal that Sony Pictures Classics believes in the movie’s potential to draw attention itself, and possibly snagging some awards in early 2023. The star-studded cast certainly won’t harm The Son’s chances to stand out: Aside from Jackman, who is himself an Academy Award nominee and Tony winner, the movie also features two-time Academy winner Anthony Hopkins (Thor: Ragnarok), Academy Award and Emmy winner Laura Dern (Jurassic World Dominion), and Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One).



On top of this hugely talented cast is the direction of acclaimed playwright Florian Zeller. Back in 2020, the French filmmaker made the transition from the stages to the screens by adapting his own play The Father, starring Hopkins and Olivia Colman (Heartstopper). The movie earned international acclaim for its gut-wrenching and extremely creative portrayal of dementia. Also adapted from the theater, The Son is a follow-up to The Father.


For his role in The Father, Hopkins landed the Oscar for Best Actor in 2021; as such, it will be interesting to see the actor team up with the director again. Zeller announced at the time of the actor’s casting that he just “couldn’t make another film without Anthony”. The director also revealed that Hopkins was the first to read The Son’s script because “one of its characters was written especially for him”.


Just like on The Father, The Son’s script is adapted for the big screen by two-time Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton, who has penned some highly acclaimed period dramas such as Atonement, A Dangerous Method, and Dangerous Liaisons. In theater, the stories are part of a trio of plays centered around dire family issues – which might suggest that Zeller and Hampton may soon team up once again in order to bring the acclaimed play The Mother to the big screen.

The Son premieres in theaters on November 11.

You can check out the official synopsis here:

A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart, THE SON centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Emma (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him. While juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington, he loses sight of how to hold onto his son Nicholas in the present.

Check out the trailer for The Father below

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From Deadline.com --

The Son, starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, and Vanessa Kirby, will be released on November 11, 2022 in New York and Los Angeles before expanding to additional markets. A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart, the film centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Emma (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him. While juggling work, his and Beth’s new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington, he loses sight of how to hold onto his son Nicholas in the present. The film is directed by Florian Zeller, who adapted the script from his acclaimed stage play alongside Christopher Hampton.

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Much expectations!

Hope they do happen!

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From another tweet, as translated --

Translated from French by Google

#TheSon by Florian Zeller ( #TheFather ) with Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins, in official competition at the next
@la_Biennale
, will land in US cinemas on November 11th. In France, it is still announced for March 8, 2023...

France, where Florian Zeller is a much celebrated playwright, will see it after the Oscars.

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From other sources --

Sony Pictures Classics has finally set the release date for Florian Zeller’s next drama feature, The Son, based on his award-winning stage play of the same name. Starring Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern, the film has now been slated to arrive in theaters on November 11.

Its current theatrical release date will see the film going up against two high-profile competitors in the form of Marvel Studios’ long-awaited Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Steve Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical drama The Fabelmans.

It will be counterprogramming. THE SON is a dramatic film with a topnotch acting cast. Its appeal will be compared to the highly successful drama THE FATHER as it is coming from the same writer/director team. THE SON, however, boasts of a cast whose acting prowess has earned Oscars or Oscar nominations.

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This is a better image for the movie. It focuses on the main character and his emotional dilemma on how to cope with his son's mental health issue.

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If you're still on Prof Innsdorf's 92NY program mailing list link, you might have gotten an email notice of its forthcoming programs.

Welcome back!

Our new 92NY Recanati-Kaplan Talks season is here — and we couldn't be more thrilled to share the lineup with you! There is nothing like the experience of being inside the hall with the people who are moving culture forward: celebrated actors and icons from the world of entertainment; new writers who are striving for change; the journalists and analysts who help us make sense of the world; the people you know — and the people you should know!

Our Kaufmann Concert Hall will be packed with excitement, storied names and fresh talent this fall. Hugh Jackman with Annette Insdorf about The Son;

Following it through - you will find details on:


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Check article link for how to get tickets to the advance screening and for the online talk.

Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf: The Son: Advance Screening and Conversation with Hugh Jackman and writer-director Florian Zeller (In-Person)

Sun, Oct 23, 2022, 6:15 pm ET

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Hugh Jackman and Annette Insdorf

Online tickets are for the Talk only. They do not include the screening. Talk begins at 8:30 pm ET.

Moderator Annette Insdorf will interview Hugh Jackman and Florian Zeller after a preview screening of The Son, a highly anticipated drama that co-stars Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath.

Hugh Jackman’s movies include The Front Runner, Les Miserables, The Greatest Showman, Prisoners, The Prestige and—as Wolverine—X-Men films including Logan. Among his acclaimed stage performances are The Boy from Oz (for which he received a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical) and The Music Man, currently on Broadway.

In The Son, he plays Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their troubled teenage son (McGrath). The screenplay was adapted by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller from the 2018 play by Zeller, whose theatrical work has been staged in more than 45 countries. His directorial debut was The Father (2020), winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins (who appears in The Son).

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October 23, 2022 is a Sunday. There is a scheduled matinee of The Music Man at 3:00 pm. Presumably, Hugh Jackman will join the Online Talk after the matinee at 8:30 pm (D-EST)?


Btw, did you join in during the time when Prof Innsdorf first interviewed Hugh in her program? I think that was in 2020 and timed with the release of Bad Education? It was a fine session and some of us got their questions answered.

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Did anyone get tickets for the screening?

Did anyone get access to the online interview post-screening?

Good luck!

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THE SON will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival ( La Biennale di Venezia- Cinema)

on SEPTEMBER 7, 2022!

www.getrevue.co/profile/fyc_oscar/issues/venezia-79-todas-las-peliculas-de-la-seccion-oficial-1305536?via=twitter-card&client=DesktopWeb&element=issue-card

5. THE SON (UK) de Florian Zeller



Hugh Jackman padre atribulado en The Son


En su segundo trabajo como director Florian Zeller vuelve a partir de un material propio, en este caso la obra teatral The Son, para ahondar en las relaciones paterno-filiales como ya hiciera en The Father. Si en ésta abordaba la relación entre un padre con demencia y su hija, ahora pone el foco en la adolescencia y las tensiones que afloran cuando el hijo de una antigua relación irrumpe en la vida de la nueva familia que ha formado el padre. Hugh Grant, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath y Anthony Hopkins en un pequeño rol conforman el espectacular reparto de la apuesta más fuerte de Sony para los Oscars. Cristopher Hampton se encarga de adaptar el libreto original junto a Zeller, como ya hicieran en The Father con la que ganaron el Oscar al Mejor Guion Adaptado. La música es de Hans Zimmer.

Estreno en Venecia: 7 de septiembre. Estreno en cines el 11 de noviembre.

Translated by GOOGLE --

Hugh Jackman troubled father in The Son


In his second work as director Florian Zeller returns from his own material, in this case the play The Son, to delve into father-son relationships as he did in The Father. If in this one he addressed the relationship between a father with dementia and his daughter, now he focuses on adolescence and the tensions that arise when the son of an old relationship bursts into the life of the new family that the father has formed . Hugh Grant, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins in a small role make up the spectacular cast of Sony's strongest bet for the Oscars. Cristopher Hampton is in charge of adapting the original script together with Zeller, as they did in The Father with which they won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The music is by Hans Zimmer.

Premiere in Venice: September 7. Theatrical release on November 11.

The Music Man will go dark again for the week September 5 to 12, 2022!

Also, the Toronto International Film Festival will be held from September 8 to 18, 2022.

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The Prologue to the above article, as translated by GOOGLE --

On the verge of turning eighty, the Venice International Film Festival recovers its pulse and stands up to Cannes with a program that includes some of the most anticipated titles of the season. In its effort to be the launching pad for those films that want to have a leading role in the Oscar race, Venice is not shy about giving them space in its Official Selection at the cost of sacrificing a greater variety of proposals and nationalities and why not say it, something of credibility.

Of the 23 titles that make up the Official Section, five are directed by women, ten are in English and only eight countries are represented (some of them co-produced). Venice relegates to parallel sections and out of competition the riskiest proposals and rolls out its red carpet to those authors, stars, studios and platforms that ensure the media spotlight.

A focus that will be disputed with Telluride, which starts in the Rockies just three days after the Italian festival, and Toronto, which will do so on October 8, shortly before Venice announces the winner of the Golden Lion. A Golden Lion that in This 79th edition will deliver a jury chaired by the American actress Julianne Moore and completed by the authors Audrey Diwan, Leonardo Di Costanzo, Mario Cohen and the Spanish Rodrigo Sorogoyen, the actress Leila Hatami and the screenwriter and writer Kazuo Ishiguro.

With the programming in hand, we review as a brief guide all the titles that will be played for the Golden Lion.
The 10 most anticipated movies

Up to four feature films in competition have been able to place Netflix in the Official Selection of Venice, which continues for another year, benefiting from the Cannes veto for films without traditional commercial screening. In addition, new works by Joanna Hogg, Alejandro González-Iñárritu, Frederick Wiseman and Darren Aronofsky can be seen at the Lido.

1. THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER (UK, US) by Joanna Hogg

2. THE WHALE (US) by Darren Aronofsky

3. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (UK/US) by Martin McDonagh

4. TÁR (US) by Todd Field

5. THE SON (UK) de Florian Zeller

6. BARDO (FALSA CRÓNICA DE UNAS CUANTAS VOCES) (MX) de Alejandro González-Iñárritu

7. WHITE NOISE (US) de Noah Baumbach

8. BLONDE (US) de Andrew Dominik

9. L'IMMENSITÀ (IT) de Emanuele Crialese

10 y 11. ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED (US) de Laura Poitras y A COUPLE (US/FR) de Frederick Wiseman

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They must be anticipating fairly strong interest at La Biennale di Venezia for the movie because several screenings have already been scheduled in addition to the premiere.

www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022/venezia-79-competition/son


SALA GRANDE where the premiere will he held on September 7, 2022 :


www.labiennale.org/en/venues/sala-grande

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I responded to the above tweet --

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MSN is featuring the story of how Hugh Jackman pitched for the role in THE SON ( basically quoting from the Conde Nast/Vogue interview) --

www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/hugh-jackman-pitched-himself-for-lead-role-in-the-son/ar-AA10Tga5

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Hugh Jackman pitched himself for lead role in The Son
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Hugh Jackman pitched himself hard for the lead role in Florian Zeller's upcoming movie The Son.

Hugh Jackman
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In the movie adaptation of Zeller's play of the same name, The Greatest Showman actor portrays Peter, whose troubled 17-year-old son Nicholas comes to live with him and his new partner Beth because he doesn't want to live with his mother Kate anymore.

When he read the script for the film, the Australian star and his agent felt compelled to aggressively pursue the role.

"All I can tell you is I read the script, and I knew there were other actors being talked about," he said during a discussion at the Condé Nast offices in New York, reports Vogue.com. "This is one of those great stories where you know you have a great agent… There were two or three names being bandied about, and there were questions about their availability. She read the script and said, 'No, no, this is Hugh's movie.'"


Jackman explained that he wanted to be involved in the film because he believes its depiction of mental health issues in young people is very important.

"It is, I think, an incredibly important movie, particularly as we are finding out how many people, particularly young people, are dealing with mental health issues," he shared. "The movie tackles really, really difficult issues: suicide, depression, mental health. I think even more importantly, on a meta scale for me, it examines the trauma that is passed down through generations."

The Son also stars Laura Dern as Kate and Vanessa Kirby as Beth, while Anthony Hopkins - who won an Oscar for Zeller's previous movie The Father - has a small role.

The film will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month.

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deadline.com/2022/08/spin-me-round-specialty-preview-three-minutes-the-lengthening-1235096468/#comments

Excerpts --

“People are catching up on films,” is how one arthouse executive described the current moment in specialty, which echoes the slowdown in studio wide releases.

August can be slow ahead of a trio of festivals – Venice, Toronto, New York – and a ramp up to awards season. It can also offer an less obstructed runway for specialty films to cross over (Gwyneth Paltrow in Emma). This summer has been slow, but strong word of mouth has boosted select films. Warner Bros.’ Elvis for one, is at $143 million, pushing five times what it made opening weekend. Focus Features’ Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris opened at $2 million but will cross $10 million. RRR is a phenomenon, passing $11M. Greg Laemmle said he’s bringing the blockbuster from India back on August 26. Laemmle is also holding an event screening for Neon documentary Fire Of Love next Wed. and hopes that will keep other runs going.


“We are waiting for a strong fall lineup,” he said, noting Triangle Of Sadness, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Silent Twins, Tár, and The Son among others. “And we’ve got Searchlight Pictures back.” The Disney-owned distributor’s first theatrical film in months, See How They Run, comes out in Sept., Banshees in Oct.)

The broader box office awaits Black Adam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Avatar: The Way Of Water. But it’s one ecosystem. “I am a ‘rising tide lifts all boats’ kind of guy. When there are big movies out there, people are talking about movies and going to movies. And when people aren’t, the conversation can shift, and people will continue to beat the drum about the death of exhibition,” Laemmle said.

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I submitted a comment to the above Deadline article --

Applause
on August 21, 2022 4:43 pm
The problem with specialty/arthouse movies is a lack of access for international audiences, except for a few countries. Entertainment in these countries now seek other platforms ( streaming, but even here there is a limit on access) and other types of entertainment (live concerts). International audiences are equally interested in seeing excellent movies ( and specialty/arthouse usually provides many of these awards-tempting offerings).

I am looking forward to seeing a movie like THE SON with its topnotch cast and a touted original source – but unless I can travel to NYC or LA, I am not sure I can see it soon. Maybe they should also expedite the release of home videos?

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If you happen to be in Venice in the second week of September --

Ticket Page has now been put up for THE SON!


biennalecinema.vivaticket.it/en/event/the-son-di-florian-zeller/187534#where_to_buy


And the schedule of exhibitions at the Sala Grande!


biennalecinema.vivaticket.it/en/location/sala-grande/25700

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BWWorld publicizes the advance screentalk and the online talk at Y2N --

THE SON: ADVANCE SCREENING AND CONVERSATION WITH HUGH JACKMAN AND WRITER-DIRECTOR FLORIAN ZELLER

Sun, Oct 23, 6:15 pm, from $30 (NOTE: Online tickets are for the talk only and do not include the screening. The talk begins at 8:30 pm)


Moderator Annette Insdorf will interview Hugh Jackman and Florian Zeller after a preview screening of The Son, a highly anticipated drama that co-stars Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby and Zen McGrath. Hugh Jackman's movies include The Front Runner, Les Miserables, The Greatest Showman, Prisoners, The Prestige and-as Wolverine-X-Men films including Logan. Among his acclaimed stage performances are The Boy from Oz (for which he received a Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical) and The Music Man, currently on Broadway. In The Son , he plays Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their troubled teenage son (McGrath). The screenplay was adapted by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller from the 2018 play by Zeller, whose theatrical work has been staged in more than 45 countries. His directorial debut was The Father (2020), winner of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins (who appears in The Son).

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I've added some info on the movie to the BWW twitter announcement.

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