August 12th update at StevenSoderbergh.net
good night. and, good luck. poster & stills
In the September issue of Premiere magazine (Matt Damon cover), there's an advert from Warner Independent Pictures advertising their upcoming film releases this fall. One of the posters in the magazine is the good night. and, good luck. poster and I've added a scan of it here. It seems that as well as the punctuation, we also have to remember to use lower case letters for the title *g* Slightly reminiscent of sex, lies, and videotape :) The tagline for the film is "In a nation terrorized by it's own government one man dared to tell the truth". Lots more stills from the film have also been added to the photo gallery.
Syriana still
A new still from Syriana has been added to the photo gallery.
Rumor Has It poster, trailer and stills
The poster for the Section Eight film Rumor Has It is up at DarkHorizons.com. The official site for the film is now online but, at the moment, there's only the trailer there. Two mores stills from the film have been added to the photo gallery.
Unscripted DVD
Unscripted will be released on DVD on October 18th! According to TVShowsonDVD.com, the only extras listed are episode previews and episode recaps. You can see the DVD cover art here.
Bubble music info
Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) has recorded music for Bubble. From Billboard.com: First up on Sept. 27 will be the EP "Music for 'Bubble'" via Pollard's Fading Captain label. According to the artist's official Web site, Pollard was approached by director Steven Soderbergh to record music for his upcoming film "Bubble," which arrives this fall in U.S. theaters. The EP sports four full-band tracks and two instrumentals.
Steven introduces Guided By Voices book
From the same article as above, there's news that Steven has written an introduction to a book called 'Guided By Voices: A Brief History' which will be released late October / early November time. You can read the article about the book at the official Robert Pollard website.
Upcoming film festivals: 'Bubble' & 'good night. and, good luck.' screenings
'Bubble' and the Section Eight film 'good night. and, good luck.' will screen at a few upcoming film festivals. First up is the Venice Film festival (August 31st - September 10th) which will host the world premiere of good night. and, good luck. The film is one of 19 films that will be in competition, the full line up of films in competition is available here. Bubble will also screen at Venice, although will not be in competition at the festival. The full line up of films being shown outside of competition is up here.
The Toronto International Film Festival (September 8th - 17th) will host the North American premiere of 'Bubble' when the film is screened as part of the Special Presentations showcase. An article about the festival had this write-up of the film:
Other deliciously off-beat entries include the basically actor-less Bubble from Steven Soderbergh, a bizarre love triangle set in a doll factory in a down-on-its-luck town. Soderbergh (who alternatively likes to cater to the main- and not-so-mainstream crowd with films as diverse as Ocean's Twelve and Sex, Lies and Videotape) employs a cast of non-professional actors from Ohio for this picture.
good night. and, good luck. will open the New York Film Festival which begins on September 22nd. There's an interesting write up of the film at Backstage.com.
More on the 2929 Entertainment deal
From Backstage.com: In September, Steven Soderbergh, who has partnered on several projects with 2929 Films, will deliver "The Bubble," the first of a planned six low-cost digital movies to go day-and-date theatrically on HDNet and DVD. Wagner is still negotiating the DVD deals but figures copies will sell in theater lobbies as well as retail stores.
"We want to give consumers more choice, increase revenue and decrease costs," he says. "We can promote things across different platforms -- you don't wait four months to buy a CD after you hear a song on the radio. Fact is, consumers want to be in charge. We want to give filmmakers more of a chance to have their movies seen."