Sundance Update: 50 Gay Marriage Lawyers to Attend Prop 8 Doc; First Sales; THR's Breakout Stars Video; Opening Night Reviews

If you are unable to see the message below click here to view it in a browser. Sundance: 50 Gay Marriage Lawyers to Attend Prop 8 Documentary Premiere Bush v. Gore attorneys David Boies and Ted Olson have assembled a group including Rob Reiner, producer Bruce Cohen and TIme Warner's top lawyer to attend the premiere of "The Case Against 8." | Read More Sundance: Elijah Wood to Reveal the Rise of a Serial Killer With 'The Boy' Wood is producing the horror story with SpectreVision partners Daniel Noah and Josh C. Waller. | Read More Sundance: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquires International Rights to 'Whiplash' The film premiered at Eccles Theatre on Jan. 16. | Read More Sundance: Lionsgate, CNN Films Team for Doc 'Dinosaur 13' The documentary, which sources say sold for nearly $1 million, was first screened at Eccles Theatre on Jan. 16. | Read More 5 Breakout Stars at this Year's Sundance Film Festival Bill Hader ("The Skeleton Twins"), director Charlie McDowell ("The One I Love"), actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey ("I Origins"), co-director Ben Cotner ("The Case Against 8"), director Desiree Akhavan ("Appropriate ... | Read More Sundance: 7 Ways to Get High in Park City From soaring peaks to top-floor suites, A-listers find all the right ways to reap high-demand amenities and activities in the award-winning, celebrity-studded ski destination. | Read More Whiplash: Sundance Review Miles Teller stars as an aspiring musician in director Damien Chazelle's festival-opening drama. | Read More Dinosaur 13: Sundance Review Todd Douglas Miller tells the bittersweet tale of the team that discovered the world's most complete T. rex remains. | Read More Lilting: Sundance Review Ben Whishaw and veteran Chinese martial arts star Pei-Pei Cheng play unlikely acquaintances struggling to overcome their differences and share their loss in Sundance's World Cinema Dramatic Competition opener. | Read More RECOMMENDED FOR YOU Sundance: Opening Film 'Whiplash' Drums Up Warm Reception PARK CITY -- The 30th annual Sundance Film Festival started out with a bang -- a banging drum, that is. Whiplash, a drama about an aspiring drummer (Miles Teller) who is berated by his art college professor (J.K. Simmons), received one of the warmest receptions for an opening film in recent memory. Joining the attendees in their praise were several domestic buyers, with sources telling THR that the film is a strong candidate for a splashy deal but will just need the right marketing campaign to succeed. | Read More Cambodia Celebrates First Oscar Nomination While his friends and colleagues huddled around a TV watching the Oscar nominations unfurl live on CNN yesterday morning, Cambodian director Rithy Panh says the anticipation became too much for him. "I just fled my office to go for a walk on the streets here in Phnom Penh," he told THR by phone from Cambodia Friday. "A few minutes later everyone started [texting] me with the good news." | Read More You are currently subscribed to The Hollywood Reporter Festivals newsletter as zakakl9000.worldmovies@blogger.com Unsubscribe | Newsletter Preferences | Forward To A Friend | Follow on Twitter or Facebook ©2014 The Hollywood Reporter. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036 All rights reserved. | Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy