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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Nick Cassavetes’ Yellow

An indie addiction drama from the director who gave us My Sister’s Keeper, The Notebook and John Q? Yup – the Cassavetes name can now be re-associated with independent film. Alpha Dog (the first time where I really took notice of Ben Foster) was Nick Cassavetes’ more significant film of his filmography, and my thinking is with a rather large ensemble pitching in and a reunion with Foster for this to generate plenty of buzz.

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#61. Yellow

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writer(s): Cassavetes and Heather Wahlquist
Producers: Jordan Gertner, Chris Hanley, David Hillary, Timothy Wayne Peternel
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: This is about a young woman whose drug habit isn’t the worst of her problems.….(more)

Cast: Ben Foster, Lucy Punch, Sienna Miller, Luke Wilson, Hank Azaria, David Morse, Daveigh Chase, Elizabeth Daily, Melanie Griffith, Gena Rowlands, Max Thieriot, Riley Keough, Heather Wahlquist

List Worthy Reasons…An indie addiction drama from the director who gave us My Sister’s Keeper, The Notebook and John Q? Yup – the Cassavetes name can now be re-associated with independent film. Alpha Dog (the first time where I really took notice of Ben Foster) was Nick Cassavetes’ more significant film of his filmography, and my thinking is with a rather large ensemble pitching in and a reunion with Foster for this to generate plenty of buzz.

Release Date/Status?: In the final stages of production, this will definitely be ready for the fall festival season.

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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