All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
Irrational Man, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is now out in cinemas across the US. Now in its fourth week, we have a box office update, and updates on film festival appearances. ‘Irrational Man‘ has now earned $2,678,860 in the US. It was the 17th highest earning film in the US […]
Irrational Man is the 45th film written and directed by Woody Allen. It opened this past weekend in selected cinemas in New York and Los Angeles. It had a strong opening weekend at the box office. ‘Irrational Man‘ opened in 5 theatres and earned $188,115. It’s per theatre average sits at $37,623. It is the highest […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. The film world were saddened to hear about the passing of Christopher Lee, and so were we. He appeared in dozens of films we loved – from ‘Lord Of the Rings‘, ‘Hugo‘ and, our personal fave, ‘The Wicker Man‘. Despite […]
Woody Allen’s 2015 film is Irrational Man, but he is already prepping his 2016 film. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart and Bruce Willis, we now have specific filming dates. According to Production Weekly, the film (known as Woody Allen Summer Project 2015) will begin shooting 17th August in LA. It will take until […]
Irrational Man is the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen. It will be his 45th full-length feature as writer/director. We now have the first poster for Irrational Man (all others so far have been fakes). Here it is below. IMDB had the exclusive. Click on the image to embiggen. There’s definitely similarities to […]
Irrational Man is the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, and yesterday it had its worldwide premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. We have videos and photos of the stars walking the red carpet, as well as video of the full press conference. Following the press screening and press in the morning, the […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Michael Rapaport appears in the latest series of ‘Louie‘, the show created, written, directed and starring Louis CK (who worked with Allen on Blue Jasmine). Rappaport worked with Allen on two films (Mighty Aphrodite and Small Time Crooks), and he […]
Kristen Stewart has been announced to star in the 2016 Film written and directed by Woody Allen, alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Bruce Willis. In a new interview with Indiewire, she discusses her audition for the Allen film for the first time. The interview covers a lot of ground, but here’s the bit about Allen: So, […]
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 […]
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? […]
Irrational Man is the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. We now know exactly how upcoming as we have the US release date. We also now know the Spanish distributor. The US release date for ‘Irrational Man‘ is 24th July 2015. It will make it Allen’s […]
Music Of Woody Allen Films – a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen’s films sing. Blue Moon Composed by Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics) in 1934 Used in Blue Jasmine Blue Moon was written by the team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, at the height […]
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 […]
Magic In the Moonlight, the latest film written and directed by Woody Allen, is just hitting home markets, but it won’t open for a couple of months yet in Japan. As is custom, the Japanese distributor has launched an official Japanese website. You can find the website at http://www.magicinmoonlight.jp/ There’s very little information, but the […]
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 […]
A new DVD set of Woody Allen films is released this month in the US. The five disc set from Sony Pictures Classics is called ‘The Woody Allen Collection‘ and features some of his most recent films. Five films are included in the new set – Whatever Works, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, […]
Woody Allen turns 79 today! Yes, next year is a much nicer looking number, but we still wish him all the very best on this day. Allen’s 79th year was a dramatic one. His year started with Blue Jasmine and Cate Blanchett winning all the awards she could. He followed it up with his 44th […]
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, […]
News bits! Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Don Keefer has died. Keefer had a long career on stage and in film, including the original production of ‘Death Of A Salesman‘. He appeared in one Allen film – as Dr Tryon in Sleeper. Allen and Keefer in that […]