North American rights to Little Athens were purchased by
ThinkFilm, and Little Athens was
released in the United States on DVD on November 21, 2006. |
|
Multiple offers have been received by producer representative
ICM
for both domestic and international distribution of
Little Athens, and
are currently being weighed. |
|
Following its screenings at
the
Toronto International Film Festival
and
AFI Fest,
Little Athens continues to receive official invitations to
film festivals around the world, including so far: the
CineVegas Film Festival, the Milan International Film Festival
in Milan, Italy, the Denver International Film Festival, the
Newport Beach Film Festival, the Puerto Vallarta Film Festival
in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the Deep Ellum Film Festival, the
Pune International Film Festival in Pune, India, the Cinequest
Film Festival, the Delray Beach Film Festival, the
Philadelphia International Film Festival, the Memphis
International Film Festival, the Omaha Film Festival, the
Carolina Film & Video Festival, the Napa Sonoma Wine
Country Film Festival, the Tiburon International Film Festival, the Palm
Beach International Film Festival, the Santa Cruz Film
Festival, the Trenton Film Festival, the FAIF International
Film Festival, the Solstice Film Festival, the Indianapolis
International Film Festival, and the Rhode Island
International Film Festival. |
|
|
Little Athens'
Michael Peña
continued wielding his Midas touch at the 78th edition of the
Oscars when
Crash took home the Best
Picture Oscar.
Peña's
starring role, as Mexican locksmith Daniel, marked the second
straight year that he played in the Best Picture Oscar
winner, having previously been part of the Oscar winning cast
of Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. |
|
Little Athens'
received an official invitation to the 2005
AFI Fest. Run by the American Film Institute, AFI
Fest is among the world’s premiere film festivals. AFI
took place in Los Angeles from Nov. 3 - Nov. 13, 2005. |
|
Little Athens'
Leonardo Nam booked a starring role in the 3rd
installment of the The Fast and
the Furious series - The
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, to be directed
by Justin Lin (Better Luck
Tomorrow). |
|
Little Athens'
Jasmine
Anthony has been cast as the first daughter in the
upcoming drama Commander-in-Chief starring Geena Davis. The ABC series premiered as America's
top rated show on Tuesday, September 27th. |
|
|
Little Athens'
Jorge Garcia's hit
show LOST won
the Emmy for Outstanding
Drama Series for its first season. |
|
Little Athens’
co-writer/director Tom Zuber was 1 of 10 directors
selected to participate in the My Next Project forum,
held annually by the Toronto International Film Festival
to introduce the festival’s most up-and-coming directing
talent to key industry executives. |
|
Little Athens received
an official invitation to the 2005
Toronto International Film Festival, taking
place Sept. 8 - Sept. 17, 2005. For
Little Athens'
festival screening information
click here. Toronto is widely regarded as the
most prestigious film festival in North America, rivaled
in the world in importance only by the Cannes festival. “Although Cannes is still larger, Toronto is more useful
and more important...” - Roger Ebert,
National Post. |
|
Little Athens'
DJ Qualls joined the
cast of ABC's
LOST
starting with the Season II kick-off on September 22nd. |
|
Little Athens'
Shawn Hatosy
stars opposite Al Pacino in the Los Angeles presentation
of "Orphans," opening on September 13th. The three character play
will be work shopped at the Greenway Court for an
eighteen performance run. |
|
|
Little Athens'
Jill Ritchie is currently
shooting the science fiction thriller Southland Tales for Warner
Independent Pictures opposite The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Seann
William Scott. |
|
Little Athens'
Tory Kittles is
currently on location starring in Get Rich or Die
Tryin'. The movie follows the early inner-city
struggles of real life rap star 50 Cent. Multiple-Oscar
nominee Jim Sheridan (In America, My Left Foot) directs the
tale of a drug
dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion,
rap music. |
|
Little Athens' Rachel Miner
recently
wrapped
The Black Dahlia
for director Brian De Palma opposite Josh Hartnett,
Scarlett Johansson, and Hillary Swank. |
|
Little Athens’
Michael Pena
wrapped the lead role in the Edward James
Olmos-directed HBO
pic
Walkout. |
|
Little Athens'
DJ Quall's recent film, the 2005 Sundance Film Festival
smash-hit Hustle & Flow,
was released into theaters on July 22, 2005 to widespread
critical and audience acclaim. |
|
|
|
|
Little Athens' John Patrick Amedori's busy year
continues with two more starring roles currently
filming. Love is the Drug (from the
screenwriter of Cape Fear) has John caught up in
a deadly love triangle between recent high school
graduates. Love is the Drug also stars
Daryl Hannah and Mean Girls' Lizzy Caplan. The second feature is the Walt Disney/Touchtone Pictures release Stick
It which follows the trials and tribulations of a
young competitive gymnastics team coached by Jeff
Bridges. |
|
The May 2005 issue of American Cinematographer (Nicole
Kidman, cover) is on newsstands featuring an in
depth article (pages 20-26) on the cinematography and
production of Little Athens. |
|
|
