'Phoenix Wilder: And The Great Elephant Adventure' Offers All-Ages Entertainment While Focusing on Conservation, Debuting in U.S. Cinemas April 16 Only

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Moviegoers can take a ride through the African plains with two unexpected friends when "Phoenix Wilder: And The Great Elephant Adventure" comes to U.S. cinemas for one night this April. This family-friendly event from Emmy-nominated producer, director and writer Richard Boddington ("The Dogfather," "Against The Wild," "Against The Wild 2") follows a young orphaned boy and his elephant friend on their fight against poaching. Through this remarkable experience, he learns that one person can make a world of difference.

On worldwide Save the Elephant Day, Monday, April 16, Fathom Events will present "Phoenix Wilder: And The Great Elephant Adventure" in movie theaters nationwide at 6:00 p.m. local time. In addition to the feature content, audiences will enjoy two exclusive interviews featuring star Elizabeth Hurley ("Austin Powers," "Bedazzled") and renowned elephant conservationist Richard Leakey. 

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Phoenix Wilder, a 13-year-old newly orphaned American boy, receives word that he is to live with his only surviving relative (Elizabeth Hurley) in Africa. While he quickly falls in love with his new surroundings, Phoenix becomes lost on safari, and must learn to survive in the African bush. 

As the search for Phoenix continues, the boy becomes fast friends with a giant bull elephant he frees from a trap. As they begin to bond, Phoenix learns of the threat his new friend faces in the wild. 

The brave young teenager then ends up taking on a band of poachers who are preying on African elephants.

"I first became aware of the severity of the elephant poaching crisis while on a trip to South Africa in 2014," said Boddington. "I then got the idea to make a movie about a boy and his elephant who team up to take down the poachers. I believe that cinema can be used to both entertain and make the world's public aware of serious environmental issues."

"Fathom Events is pleased to bring this inspiring story to the big screen," Fathom Events VP of Programming Kymberli Frueh said. "Nowhere else will audiences be able to experience such compelling content and stunning videography addressing the real impact of poaching and the importance of elephant conservation."

Sam with baby and parents (Credit: Patrick Toselli)

⏩ Tickets for "Phoenix Wilder: And The Great Elephant Adventure" can be purchased online by visiting FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. 

Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in more than 700 select movie theaters through Fathom's Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). 

For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

SOURCE: Fathom Events

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getTV Is Calling All Sci-Fi Geeks And Night Owls To "Get Lost In TV" This March With 1977 Series "The Fantastic Journey"

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Attention, sci-fi adventure geeks and night owls of all ages!  This March, getTV has a retro treat for you: a 10-episode series from 1977, "The Fantastic Journey." 

A precursor to the more recent hit show "Lost," the series focuses on a scientific expedition in the Atlantic Ocean that gets lost in the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on an uncharted island. There, the scientists meet up with travelers from other times, planets and dimensions who, like them, are looking for a way off the island and back to their homes.

getTV will air all 10 episodes of "The Fantastic Journey" as part of its weekly "Get Lost in TV" programming over two successive Sunday nights with five episodes each night, beginning March 12 at 12 midnight ET/11pm CT and concluding March 19.  So for those of you who aren't night owls, DVR alert!

The Fantastic Journey" stars Jared Martin (Dusty Martin on "Dallas"), Carl Franklin ("The A-Team," now a prolific film and TV director), Ike Eisenmann ("Escape from Witch Mountain") and Roddy McDowall (the original "Planet of the Apes" films), with appearances by such guest stars as Joan Collins ("Dynasty"), Cheryl Ladd ("Charlie's Angels"), Ian McShane ("Deadwood"), Gerald McRaney ("Simon and Simon"), Susan Howard ("Dallas"), Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music"), Lew Ayres (Oscar nominee for "Johnny Belinda"), Richard Jaeckel (Oscar nominee for "Sometimes a Great Notion"), Gary Collins("Hour Magazine"), Mary Ann Mobley (Miss America 1959), Mel Ferrer ("Lili"), John Saxon ("Enter the Dragon") and Mary Frann ("Newhart").

The show's producer was Leonard Katzman ("Dallas"), executive producer was Bruce Lansbury ("Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" and yes, Angela's brother) and associate producer was William Cairncross(TV's "Logan's Run").

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Preceding "The Fantastic Journey" on March 12 at 11PM ET/10C is an episode of "The Merv Griffin Show"from 1980 featuring a very early appearance of the new wave band Devo, singing their hit "Whip It."  On March 19, getTV's evening movie at 8:40PM ET/7:40C is the 2000 sci-fi thriller "The 6th Day" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, followed at 11PM ET/10C by a 1982 "Merv Griffin" episode with the cast of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

SOURCE: getTV

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McClelland & Stewart Announces the Publication of Richard Wagamese's Final Novel, Starlight

Starlight is the final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk. (CNW Group/Penguin Random House Canada Limited)

McClelland & Stewart is honoured to announce the forthcoming publication of a final novel by the late Richard Wagamese, the beloved, bestselling author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk. 

This posthumously published novel, entitled Starlight, will be released on August 14, 2018, in hardcover and as an ebook and audiobook. The deal was arranged by John Pearce of Westwood Creative Artists in association with Chris Casuccio, on behalf of Richard Wagamese's Estate.

Set in the B.C. Interior in 1980, Starlight tells the story of an abused woman on the run with her young child—and what happens once they find refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own. Frank Starlight has long settled into a quiet life working his remote farm, but his contemplative existence comes to an abrupt end with the arrival of Emmy, who has committed a desperate act so she and her child can escape a harrowing life of violence. Starlight takes in Emmy and her daughter to help them get back on their feet, and this accidental family eventually grows into a real one. But Emmy's abusive ex isn't content to just let her go. He wants revenge and is determined to hunt her down.

Sadly, Starlight was unfinished at the time of Wagamese's death, yet it is a rapturous and profoundly moving story of love, compassion, mercy, and the consolations to be found in the natural world. There are clear indications of Wagamese's intentions for the remainder of the book, based on the recollections of trusted intimates with whom he periodically shared his ideas about his novel-in-progress. 

The Note on the Text that appears at the end of the book summarizes these ideas and includes a scene that Wagamese intended to adapt for the final scene of Starlight. 

The book will also include a previously unpublished essay by Wagamese, entitled "Finding Father." The themes and images in this deeply personal essay resonate beautifully with those in the novel, allowing for the larger narrative circle to be closed by Richard Wagamese himself.

McClelland & Stewart Senior Editor Anita Chong said: "When Richard Wagamese died in March 2017, we lost one of our great writers. While it is tragic that Richard did not have the chance to complete what was clearly his masterpiece, what he accomplished in the pages of Starlight is deserving of celebration. And we can't imagine a more fitting tribute to Richard Wagamese, a man who believed in the healing power of story, than to share his majestic last novel with readers."

Celebrated Canadian novelist, Richard Wagamese (CNW Group/Penguin Random House Canada Limited)

Richard Wagamese was one of Canada's foremost writers. 

His celebrated, bestselling novels included Keeper'n Me; Indian Horse, which was a Canada Reads finalist, winner of the inaugural Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature, and made into a feature film; and Medicine Walk. 

He was also the author of acclaimed memoirs, including For Joshua; One Native Life; and One Story, One Song, which won the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature; as well as a collection of personal reflections, Embers, which received the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. 

He won numerous awards and recognition for his writing, including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Media and Communications, the Molson Prize for the Arts, the Canada Reads People's Choice Award, and the Writers' Trust of Canada's Matt Cohen Award. 

Wagamese died on March 10, 2017, in Kamloops, B.C.

SOURCE: Penguin Random House Canada Limited

Men's Liberation: What Today's #MeToo Sceptics Can Learn From Their 1970s Brothers

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The ubiquity of sexism and sexual abuse is finally becoming part of the mainstream conversation about patriarchal culture as a result of #MeToo and the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Male privilege has been so tightly laced into the fabric of daily life for so long that many people – men and women alike – have developed a blind spot for it.

Responses among men to the recent outpouring of accusations have been mixed. Some have declared their support for the women (and, occasionally, men). Others feel victimised. Of course, the desired outcome of all this is not to break men’s spirits through endless criticism, but to acknowledge that they can play a vital role in establishing a new consensus. If men don’t do their share of the work, then equality will only ever be a distant dream.

This discussion has a history – one that reveals an achingly slow pace of change. Its origins lie in the 1970s, when small groups of progressively minded men began to look beyond the reductive gender roles that they had been conditioned into.

The 1970s was a transitional decade, when critiques of sexism became progressively louder and confrontational. And yet, the persistent unwillingness of mainstream culture to acknowledge male vulnerability showed how profoundly ill at ease society still was with these sorts of changes. It was the straitjacket definition of masculinity that the “men’s liberation” movement (not to be confused with the more recent, reactionary “men’s rights” movement) wanted to challenge.

Although hardly mainstream, writers such as Andrew Tolson, Jack Nichols and Arthur Brittain formed part of a loose network of men in Britain and America who sought to respond positively to second-wave feminism.

They were committed to freeing men (and the women who had to live with them) from narrow definitions of masculinity that left little space for emotions other than anger. Through books, workshops and underground magazines such as Achilles Heel, these writers and activists adopted the language and aims of the women’s movement. Part gender theory, part advice literature, the work they produced was a gentle call to arms.

Masculinist mystique
In his 1975 book Men’s Liberation: A New Definition of Masculinity, American writer Nichols criticised the myths that constructed men as naturally dominant, aggressive and emotionally detached. Using the phrase “masculinist mystique”,’ Nichols consciously echoed the American feminist Betty Friedan who, in 1963, had coined the term “feminine mystique” to describe the deep sense of emptiness that could afflict suburban housewives.

The inflated aggression and chauvinism that men were encouraged to cultivate, Nichols asserted, put up barriers between them. It was a force keeping them in an endless cycle of competition and one-upmanship. In fostering a sense of community amongst progressively minded men, Nichols attempted to break down the barriers that prevented them from being emotionally honest, vulnerable and authentic with each other.

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Similarly, in his books and workshops, British writer Tolson explored the seemingly invisible structures that reinforced men’s often negative sense of entitlement. The front that many men projected, he believed, was often profoundly at odds with their real feelings. This undermined their mental health and ability to connect with others. Tolson’s main interest was the way that social settings shaped and reinforced toxic masculinity. A man might “cultivate, even fabricate his masculine presence,” through stories exaggerating his romantic and economic prowess. By presenting a version of masculinity to the world which was “increasingly under attack” from feminist and gay rights campaigners, he maintained, men were falling prey to self-limiting behaviour.

Tolson encouraged men to become comfortable expressing their emotions and talking honestly about themselves. In his discussion groups, men talked about relationships, body image and their attitudes to women. Tolson urged them to curb their desire to dominate in relationships, which the 70s fashion for promiscuity, polygamy and communal living didn’t do enough to challenge. In fact, even in potentially progressive relationship set-ups, men could hold on to old attitudes:

To be inside a … couple, however open … is to be part of a mutual negotiation. And one of the more insidious tendencies of the middle-class male is a liberalism which conceals, but in the end reproduces, his traditional power.

This is the reality that we are now having to confront, more than 40 years on, as we try to understand how so many apparently liberal men can abuse their power with such impunity. Tolson’s point that deeply buried male privilege can conceal itself within an otherwise spotless set of progressive values is one we are still grappling with. The brief flowering of men’s liberation may not have achieved much mainstream success, but it was a meaningful moment of cooperation in a decade fraught with factionalism. In an era that celebrated Miss World as mainstream family entertainment, recognising that men could overcome their conditioning to become human beings was a good place to start.

About Today's Contributor:
Emily Priscott, Doctoral Researcher in Contemporary British History, University of Sussex

This article was originally published on The Conversation. 

The Maker of Brawny Launches "Who's Your 'Shero?'" Campaign and Asks People to Post Stories of Strong and Courageous Women

#StrengthHasNoGender - Who's Your 'Shero?

Sheroes are everywhere among us, they just don't always get the attention they deserve. In recognition of Women's History Month, Georgia-Pacific's Brawny paper towels brand is asking "Who's your Shero?," encouraging people to share an inspiring story on social media about a female hero who exhibits strength and resilience with the courage to help others—because there isn't a shortage of sheroes, only a shortage of their stories.

As part of the third year of its #StrengthHasNoGender campaign, Brawny will support the initiative with original content and a partnership with the nonprofit organization, Girls Inc. Brawny will also commemorate the campaign by releasing limited-edition product featuring a replacement of the Brawny Man with three different women on Brawny packages at retailers nationwide during Women's History Month.

Throughout March, Brawny will curate shero stories shared on social media using the hashtag #StrengthHasNoGender in celebration of females who inspire, who demonstrate courage and selflessness, and who have broken barriers and shattered stereotypes. The brand is also asking people to tag friends to do the same. Additionally, with the help of more than a dozen female comic artists and animators, shero stories will be brought to life through illustrations on Brawny digital channels.

Reinforcing the sheroic theme of this year's campaign, the Brawny brand has created a series of short, original films featuring the stories of three inspiring sheroes, available at Brawny.com/StrengthHasNoGender.

The three women featured in the films include:

• Vanessa Casillas – a bricklayer, a Chicago Women in the Trades (CWIT) graduate in the top of her class and a CWIT Board of Directors member who overcame harassment and sexism in a male-dominated field
• Sarah Herron – Business owner that empowers girls with physical differences to build confidence and self-acceptance through outdoor adventure sports. She was also the first contestant from ABC's The Bachelor with a physical disability.
• Rachael Wilson – a Marine Corps veteran discharged after a knee injury, with a background in equine assisted therapy, who helps her fellow veterans heal from trauma and overcome internal struggles post-service

"The goal of the Brawny #StrengthHasNoGender campaign is to promote female empowerment in ways that will surprise, inspire, and move you," said Nicole Cook, Brand Building Leader at Georgia-Pacific. "There are countless numbers of shero stories that need to be told, and we want to provide the platforms to recognize these women who deserve the spotlight."

The Brawny brand continues to partner with Girls Inc. and will contribute $100,000 in support of its many different programs which inspire young girls to carry out the organization's mission of being strong, smart, and bold.

"We are proud to work with Girls Inc. again this year to provide support for their programs and extend the reach of the organization's positive impact on young girls' potential," added Cook.

The #StrengthHasNoGender initiative is an extension of the Brawny Stay Giant campaign, which encourages and honors Americans who face adversity with strength and resilience. 

SOURCE: Georgia-Pacific

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The Economist: Autonomous Vehicles Will Change The World The Future Will Be About Selling Rides, Not Cars

AV success depends on whether policymakers can learn the lessons of the horseless carriage and apply them to the driverless car

Autonomous vehicles are expected to develop and spread quickly in the coming years. Some are already on the road. This report considers the implications of fully self-driving cars for personal mobility, car ownership and the future of transport, on the assumption that the remaining technological hurdles will be overcome. It also looks more broadly at the wider economic, social and cultural effects of AVs.

The author of "Reinventing wheels," a special report published in today's edition of The Economist, is Tom Standage, the newspaper's deputy editor and head of digital strategy. He notes that AVs are not yet ready to operate entirely without human supervision, but have made rapid progress in recent years. Tech giants (notably Google's sister company Waymo), startups, carmakers and academic researchers are all working on AVs or developing related technology, including laser scanning, computer vision and machine learning. Waymo expects to launch a driverless "robotaxi" service this year, serving a limited part of the city of Phoenix, Arizona; GM, America's biggest carmaker, hopes to follow suit next year.

Because AVs sit at the intersection of the technology and automotive industries, a furious battle is under way to dominate this emerging industry. The result has been a flurry of deals and alliances between carmakers, software and hardware companies and ride-hailing firms. The report predicts that at least initially, and possibly even in the long term, a large proportion of self-driving cars will be taxis of some sort. The future will be about selling rides, not cars.

"Reinventing wheels" examines four main themes:

• Technology: AV technology is making rapid progress but still needs further work for a wide rollout. A fully autonomous car needs to master three tasks: perceiving its environment, predicting the actions of those around it and responding accordingly. The first two of these tasks pose the greatest technical challenges.
• Impact on industry: carmakers, tech companies and ride-hailing firms are all competing and often co-operating in this new field. AVs could undermine the case for car ownership, but there is a big opportunity for carmakers to reinvent themselves as mobility providers, selling miles rather than metal boxes.
• Urban planning: AVs present an opportunity to rethink cities. They could reduce traffic and reduce transport costs. But whether they increase urban density or encourage sprawl will depend on planners' and policymakers' choices.
• Society: AVs could greatly reduce crashes, emissions and congestion, but could also have unintended consequences. By recording riders' every move, they raise privacy concerns. And uneven provision could cause new forms of segregation.

A century ago the advent of the car brought more personal autonomy, freedom of choice and mobility, but at the cost of pollution, congestion and road deaths. Autonomous vehicles will prove similarly revolutionary. AVs offer policymakers an extraordinarily flexible tool with which to shape urban and transport environments—but that also means that they offer authoritarian governments a powerful means of social control. Whether they are a success will depend on whether policymakers can learn the lessons of the horseless carriage and apply them to the driverless car.

⏩ To read the full report, please click here... 

SOURCE: The Economist

Investigating The Unsolved Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. in True Crimes TV Series

Actor Josh Duhamel stars in "Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G." premiering on Feb. 27, 2018 at 10 p.m. (EST) on the USA Network. (CNW Group/Core Magazines

Who shot Biggie and Tupac? 

This question has been asked again and again over the years since the world lost two of its most legendary yet controversial musicians. Despite many conspiracy theories and high-profile investigations into their deaths their murders remain unsolved after decades. Will we finally get some answers?

Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. is a scripted, true-crime series which chronicles the investigation of real-life detectives Greg Kading (played by Josh Duhamel) and Russell Poole (Jimmi Simpson) into the murders of two of the rap industry's most legendary players. 

The role of Tupac Shakur is played by newcomer Marcc Rose and The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls) by Wavyy Jonez.

The 10-episode TV series explores the complicated friendship between Biggie and Tupac in the 1990s, the era that the East Coast v. West Coast rivalry in the rap music industry was said to be at its greatest divide. The series delves into the culture that defined the two artists, was defined by them, and was forever changed in the wake of their untimely deaths.

Emmy-award winning producer Anthony Hemingway (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Red Tails, Underground) is the director and executive producer of the Unsolved series about Tupac and Biggie with Mark Taylor through their Hemingway | Taylor production company. Kyle Long (Suits) wrote the pilot and is an executive producer on the show. Former LAPD detective Kading, from the 2006 case and author of the book Murder Rap: The Untold Story of Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations also serves as co-executive producer on this limited series from Universal Cable Productions. Lyah Beth LeFlore is a co-producer and music supervisor.

There have been many investigations over the years, to figure out what happened in those two cases and as to how and if they're connected. Another question that people always seem to ask is, How can a case this famous, with personalities so prominent still be unsolved? Hopefully this series will give us some clear answers.

⏩ Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. - part one of 10 starts on Feb. 27, 2018 at 10 p.m. (EST) on the USA Network

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The actors who play Biggie, Tupac and the detectives who try to solve their murders:

"Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G." premiers Feb. 27, 2018 at 10 p.m. (EST) on the USA Network (CNW Group/Core Magazines)

⏩ Marcc Rose will star in his second role in Unsolved. His other role was also as Shakur, in Straight Outta Compton, his debut acting role. I suppose they chose him for the part not only for his acting ability but also because of the uncanny resemblance to Shakur. It will certainly add to Rose's believability in the role.

Here is something about him you may not know. Before Rose got into the industry he was in the fashion business as creator and designer of the urban clothing line called Controversial Treatment.

⏩ Wavyy Jonez is the mirror image of Wallace (Biggie), a Brooklyn honour student who became a small-time drug dealer before becoming known as the face of East Coast rap. He was shot and killed in Los Angeles six months after Shakur.

This is Jonez's very first acting role. He was discovered among thousands of hopefuls who auditioned in a nationwide open casting call for the role of Notorious B.I.G. in Unsolved. His video audition captured the attention of casting directors and the show's director, Anthony Hemingway. Jonez is a rapper with a metaphorical style reminiscent of New York artists of the 1990s. His first mixtape was called R.E.D. D.O.P.E. (Real Everyday Drama Doing Over People's Expectation).

⏩ Josh Duhamel plays Det. Greg Kading, who headed a multi-agency task-force to find out who was responsible for Wallace's murder.

Duhamel has had numerous roles in film and television, appearing in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Lasse Hallstrom's Safe Haven, George C. Wolfe's You're Not You and Garry Marshall's New Year's Eve opposite Hilary Swank and Emmy Rossum; as well as Life as We Know It with Katherine Heigl, When in Rome, Lost in the Sun, Bravetown, and The Romantics. Known for playing Danny McCoy on the NBC crime drama Las Vegas, he recently appeared in 11.22.63, Misconduct, and Spaceman. Duhamel is a three-time Emmy-nominated actor for his role on the soap opera All My Children.

⏩ Officer Daryn Dupree was a key member of Kading's task force and someone who had extensive knowledge of both Los Angeles gangs and the rap industry. Dupree is played by Harlem-native Bokeem Woodbine (Ray, Life, Devil, The Host, and Riddick).

Woodbine's first role was a lead in Forrest Whitaker's directorial debut, Strapped. Since then he has appeared in films of all genres. He recently appeared in Underground, directed by Hemingway, and in Spider-Man: Homecoming. His credits on television include Saving Grace and The Billionaire Boys Club. Most recently, he starred in the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning series Fargo, in which he was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Mike Milligan.

⏩ Russell Poole investigated Notorious B.I.G.'s murder in 1997. He became convinced that the LAPD was covering up something. His findings eventually led Biggie's mother Voletta Wallace to file a massive lawsuit against the city. She used the $400 million she received from the claim to help open a second investigation into her son's death.

Poole is played by Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, House of Cards), a SAG Award-nominated actor. Simpson (Herbie: Fully Loaded, White House Down) who made his feature film debut in the teen comedy Loser, directed by Amy Heckerling, has acted in Under the Silver Lake and an upcoming Errol Morris miniseries. 

He has also appeared in multiple series such as Hap and Leonard, The Newsroom, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, USA Network's Psych and NBC's This Is Us.

⏩ These actors have joined the cast; Jamie McShane (Bloodline) as Det. Fred Miller, Brent Sexton (The Killing) as Det. Brian Tyndall, Luke James (Black Nativity) as Sean "Puffy" Combs, Aisha Hinds(Underground) as Biggie's mother Voletta Wallace, and Letoya Luckett (Rosewood) as Suge Knight'sestranged wife Sharitha Golden.

by Cherryl Bird – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Twitter @ladycbird | Instagram @cherrylbird

SOURCE: Core Magazines

'Best F(r)iends' Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero Reunite On Screen This Spring for the First Time Since 'The Room'

“When we unveiled the ‘Best F(r)iends’ trailer at our cinema screenings of ‘Tommy Wiseau’s The Room’ in January, fan response was overwhelming,” said Fathom Events VP of Programming 

"Best F(r)iends," starring cult-movie heroes Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero ("The Room"), debuts in movie theaters nationwide this spring. The new Wiseau-Sestero dark comedy thriller is written by Sestero, the New York Times best-selling author of "The Disaster Artist," which was adapted into an Oscar nominated Hollywood film. 

Inspired by a road trip made by Sestero and Wiseau after the production of "The Room" in April 2003, "Best F(r)iends" will be released in two volumes, for two nights each. "Best F(r)iends" comes to cinemas nationwide on Friday, March 30 and Monday, April 2, with "Best F(r)iends: Volume Two" following on Friday, June 1 and Monday, June 4, all at 8:00 p.m. local time. 

In addition to viewing the feature content, attendees will also see exclusive behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes.

Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero (via FathomEvents.com)

⏩ Tickets for "Best F(r)iends" can be purchased online by visiting FathomEvents.com or at participating theater box offices. Fans throughout the U.S. will be able to enjoy the event in nearly 600 select movie theaters. 

A complete list of theater locations is available on the Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero (via FathomEvents.com)

When a drifter (Sestero) is taken in by a peculiar mortician (Wiseau), the two hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the mortician's old habits. But greed, hatred and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing the drifter to run off with the spoils and leaving the mortician adrift. An expedition across the Southwest introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.

"When we unveiled the 'Best F(r)iends' trailer at our cinema screenings of 'Tommy Wiseau's The Room' in January, fan response was overwhelming," said Fathom Events VP of Programming Kymberli Frueh. "This spring, we are excited to bring this reunion of friends to fans of Wiseau and 'The Room' everywhere."

Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero (via FathomEvents.com)

"Best F(r)iends" also stars Paul Scheer ("the League," "Human Giant," "Veep") and features a musical score created by Daniel Platzman of Imagine Dragons.

SOURCE: Fathom Events

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