IMDb’s Coverage of 2018 Festival will
Include Original Celebrity Video Interviews Hosted by Kevin Smith
and Presentation of the IMDb STARmeter Award to Bill Skarsgård,
IMDb’s No. 1 Breakout Star of 2017 as Determined by IMDbPro
STARmeter Data
New IMDbPro iPhone App is the Ultimate
Sundance Film Festival Companion for Entertainment Industry
Professionals On the Go
IMDb (www.imdb.com), the world's most popular and authoritative
source for movie, TV and celebrity content, today announced that it
will return to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah for
the fourth year in a row with a full schedule of high-profile
activations and industry events for fans, celebrities, filmmakers
and other industry insiders.
As a Sustaining Sponsor of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, IMDb
will produce four days (January 19-22) of original celebrity video
interviews in The IMDb Studio (#IMDbStudio) on Main Street.
Filmmaker Kevin Smith and the hosts of The IMDb Show will interview
the casts, directors and other creators of the most highly
anticipated films of the Sundance Film Festival and the resulting
original video interviews will be shared with IMDb’s hundreds of
millions of monthly customers worldwide on IMDb.com, IMDb’s leading
mobile apps and IMDb’s social channels. Other highlights include
the presentation of an IMDb STARmeter Award to Bill Skarsgård
(IMDb’s No. 1 Breakout Star of 2017 and No. 5 Top Star of 2017 as
determined by IMDbPro STARmeter data), a private party to celebrate
the launch of The IMDb Show (IMDb’s first-ever weekly original
series), and a private cast party hosted by IMDbPro to celebrate
the world premiere of the film The Miseducation of Cameron Post and
the December 2017 launch of IMDbPro’s iPhone app.
“The IMDb team and our customers all over the world are
passionate about discovering the next generation of new
filmmakers,” said Col Needham, IMDb’s Founder and CEO. “Each year,
we look forward to the Sundance Film Festival because it offers a
first look at the future of filmmaking. We are thrilled to be
amplifying our presence at the Sundance Film Festival this year
with the fourth annual IMDb celebrity video and photography studio,
a ‘Fan Favorite’ IMDb STARmeter Award for Bill Skarsgård (IMDb’s
No. 1 Breakout Star of 2017), and parties to celebrate the launches
of The IMDb Show and IMDbPro’s first-ever mobile app. We want fans
all over the world to feel as if they have a front row seat
throughout the festival, while we explore and celebrate the
achievements of many IMDbPro members who are premiering their new
films at the 2018 Festival.”
“IMDbPro is so proud that the Sundance Film Festival has once
again selected Withoutabox as their exclusive film submission
service, and that as a result of this multi-year relationship, we
have the opportunity to work with the incredibly talented Festival
team to facilitate the discovery of new filmmakers and talent,”
said Matt Kumin, Head of IMDbPro. “IMDbPro prides itself on being
the essential resource for the entertainment industry and our new
iPhone app provides IMDbPro members with on-the-go access to our
unrivaled entertainment industry data and tools to help them
navigate their business dealings in Park City and wherever they go
throughout the year.”
Fans can follow IMDb’s exclusive 2018 Sundance Film Festival
coverage by visiting http://www.imdb.com/sundance, Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/imdb), Instagram
(https://www.instagram.com/imdb/), YouTube (www.youtube.com/imdb),
Snapchat (https://www.snapchat.com/add/imdblive) or checking out
#IMDbStudio on Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/imdb). IMDb’s
original coverage of the 2018 Festival will be accessible by IMDb
users worldwide via IMDb’s website, mobile apps and social media
followers. IMDbPro members can quickly and easily access
information on the go about Sundance Film Festival movies,
filmmakers, cast and crew and detailed contact and representation
data by downloading the new IMDbPro app for iPhone.
More details about IMDb’s 2018 Sundance Film Festival activities
are available below:
The IMDb Studio & Private Celebrity Lounge (January
19-22)
IMDb's invitation-only celebrity video and photo studio and
celebrity lounge will be back for the fourth year in a row,
returning to a two-floor venue prominently located at 570 Main
Street. Upstairs, filmmaker and superfan Kevin Smith, whose career
began at the Sundance Film Festival in the 1990s, will host
on-camera interviews with leading actors, writers and directors
that will be the cornerstone of IMDb's Sundance Film Festival
coverage. Downstairs, celebrities and industry VIPs can relax and
unwind in IMDb’s private lounge featuring celebrity gifting and
refreshments. This year, IMDb’s celebrity portrait studio will also
include animated GIFs produced in collaboration with GIPHY, the
first and largest GIF search engine. IMDb’s exclusive GIF
gallery can be viewed at www.giphy.com/IMDb throughout the
Festival. Access to The IMDb Studio is by invitation only. To
learn more about the studio or to explore talent participation,
please email press@imdb.com.
The IMDb Show Goes on Location to Park City (January
19), Culminating with a Private Launch Party (Saturday, January
20)
The IMDb Show, which officially premiered on January 11, 2018,
is IMDb’s first-ever weekly series. Inspired by the insatiable
curiosity of IMDb’s audience of more than 250 million unique
monthly visitors worldwide, this fast-paced, topical digital series
provides fans with IMDb’s unique perspective on the week in
entertainment through the following: in-depth commentary and
updates on the news of the week; proprietary IMDb trending data on
the most popular movies, TV shows and stars derived from IMDbPro’s
STARmeter and MOVIEmeter charts; exclusive interviews with notable
celebrity guests and industry insiders; on-location and
behind-the-scenes reporting from the most-anticipated industry
events; person-on-the-street interviews; fan contributions and much
more. The IMDb Show will be filming from The IMDb Studio and on
location around Park City, culminating with a private cocktail
party on January 20 from 7:30PM to 10PM to celebrate the launch of
the show. Party guests will include Kevin Smith (who is an
Executive Producer of The IMDb show), Tim Kash and Kerri Doherty
(co-hosts of The IMDb Show), Col Needham (IMDb’s Founder and CEO),
and other notable celebrities and industry insiders. Fans can watch
a new episode of The IMDb Show every Thursday at www.imdb.com/show
and on IMDb’s iOS and Android apps. Regular updates and show
content are also available on IMDb’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter,
Snapchat (@imdblive) and Instagram channels.
Bill Skarsgård Receives “Fan Favorite” IMDb STARmeter Award
in The IMDb Studio (Sunday, January 21)
On Sunday, January 21, Col Needham, IMDb’s Founder and CEO, will
present the IMDb STARmeter Award to Bill Skarsgård at The IMDb
Studio. This award recognizes the stars who are fan favorites on
IMDbPro’s STARmeter chart, which is determined by the actual search
behavior of IMDb’s more than 250 million unique monthly visitors
worldwide and is updated weekly throughout the year for IMDbPro
members. 2017 was a notable year for Skarsgård, who portrayed
Pennywise the Clown in the blockbuster It. Skarsgård was recently
named IMDb’s No. 1 Breakout Star and No. 5 Top Star of 2017, and
his film It ranked No. 1 on IMDb’s Top 10 Movies of 2017 list as
determined by IMDbPro STARmeter and MOVIEmeter rankings, which are
based on the actual page views of IMDb’s more than 250 million
monthly unique visitors. Skarsgård stars in Assassination Nation,
which makes its world premiere in the Midnight section of the
Sundance Film Festival that evening. The presentation of the
STARmeter Award to Skarsgård builds on IMDb’s tradition of giving
the STARmeter Award at the Sundance Film Festival to a top
performer on IMDb’s year-end Top 10 lists, which are determined by
the page views of IMDb’s hundreds of millions of visitors
worldwide. The recipient of the IMDb STARmeter Award at the 2017
Sundance Film Festival was Peter Dinklage, star of Game of Thrones,
IMDb’s No. 1 show of 2017 and each of the past five years based on
IMDbPro data. In 2016, the IMDb STARmeter Award was presented to
Bryce Dallas Howard, IMDb's No. 1 Breakout Star of 2015 as
determined by IMDbPro STARmeter data. IMDb most recently presented
STARmeter Awards to Sam Rockwell, Tatiana Maslany and Sverrir
Gudnason at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Other
previous IMDb STARmeter Award recipients include Brie Larson,
Felicity Jones, Olivia Wilde and Miles Teller.
“IMDbPro’s STARmeter charts have a proven history of accurately
predicting emerging stars who are about to break through, including
previous No. 1 Breakout Stars of the year Millie Bobby Brown
(2016), Bryce Dallas Howard (2015) and Margot Robbie (2014),” said
Matt Kumin, Head of IMDbPro. “Our STARmeter Awards, weekly
STARmeter rankings, year-end lists and other tools that are
available to IMDbPro members inform and empower them with the
information they need to make smart business decisions.”
IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com/) is a membership-based service
that includes comprehensive information and tools designed to help
entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all
stages of their career. The new IMDbPro app enables members to
conveniently access the entertainment industry’s leading
information resource on the go while attending real world events
that are critical to their business, including the Sundance Film
Festival. The app is exclusively available for use by IMDbPro
members and can be downloaded for free in the App Store. To become
a member today, visit http://www.imdbpro.com/.
The IMDbPro Party to Celebrate the Premiere of The
Miseducation of Cameron Post and Launch of IMDbPro’s New iPhone App
(Monday, January 22)
On Monday, January 22, IMDbPro will celebrate the launch of its
first-ever mobile app, for iPhone, by hosting the invitation-only
premiere party for The Miseducation of Cameron Post from 10PM to
1AM in the Chase Sapphire Lounge. Expected guests include the
following: the film’s cast (Chloë Grace Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest
Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr. and Jennifer Ehle); Desiree Akhavan
(Director, The Miseducation of Cameron Post); Col Needham (IMDb’s
Founder and CEO); Matt Kumin (Head of IMDbPro); and other notable
celebrities and industry insiders. Party guests will enjoy
cocktails, appetizers and music following the film’s world premiere
in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film
Festival. The IMDbPro app for iPhone enables members to
conveniently access the entertainment industry’s leading
information resource on the go while attending real world events
that are critical to their business, including the Sundance Film
Festival. The IMDbPro app empowers members with a convenient way to
search the profiles of more than 4 million people, access the
latest industry news, get contact and representation details for
more than 300,000 industry professionals and tap through to call or
email directly from an iPhone. The app leverages other IMDbPro
member-only benefits, including the ability to explore more than
25,000 in-development titles for film and TV and gain exclusive
insights into which professionals and titles are trending via
IMDbPro’s STARmeter and MOVIEmeter data. The IMDbPro app is
exclusively available for use by IMDbPro members and can be
downloaded for free in the App Store. To become a member today,
visit http://www.imdbpro.com/.
In The Miseducation of Cameron Post, after being caught having
sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion
therapy center in 1993. The film is based on Emily Danforth's
acclaimed and controversial coming-of-age novel and directed by
Desiree Akhavan. Screenwriters are Desiree Akhavan and Cecilia
Frugiuele and producers are Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare,
Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtletaub. The cast includes Chloë Grace
Moretz, Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr. and
Jennifer Ehle.
IMDbPro and Canon Portrait Studio (January 19-22)
IMDbPro members, Sundance Film Festival filmmakers and other
invited entertainment industry professionals visiting the Canon
Creative Studio (592 Main St.) will have the opportunity to get a
new professional headshot taken and IMDbPro members can immediately
upload it to their IMDbPro profile page, which reaches
entertainment industry decision-makers and hundreds of millions of
fans worldwide on IMDb, IMDbPro and Amazon Video. IMDbPro member
benefits include the ability to customize how they showcase
themselves on IMDb, IMDbPro and Amazon Video by selecting their
primary images, the credits they are best “known for” and more.
Photographer Michael Ori will return to the Canon Portrait Studio
for the second year in a row to take photographs with the Canon EOS
5D Mark IV, the latest in Canon’s EOS DSLR camera series. Canon
will send guests home with an 8x10 copy of their portrait, printed
on-site with the Canon PIXMA PRO-1000 Professional Inkjet Printer.
The IMDbPro station at the Canon Portrait Studio will be open
January 19-22 from 11AM to 5PM daily. IMDbPro
(http://www.imdbpro.com/) is a membership-based service that
includes comprehensive information and tools designed to help
entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all
stages of their career. The new IMDbPro app enables members to
conveniently access the entertainment industry’s leading
information resource on the go while attending real world events
that are critical to their business, including the Sundance Film
Festival. The app is exclusively available for use by IMDbPro
members and can be downloaded for free in the App Store. To become
a member today, visit http://www.imdbpro.com/.
IMDbPro at Sundance Film Festival Industry Office (Thursday,
January 18 – Monday, January 22)
IMDbPro, the leading resource for entertainment industry
professionals, will be the official sponsor of the 2018 Sundance
Film Festival Industry Office at Festival Headquarters. Industry
attendees accredited by the Festival will receive free tote bags
from IMDbPro, have access to complimentary coffee and other
refreshments in the Industry Office Thursday, January 18 through
Monday, January 22 and get the opportunity to learn more about
IMDbPro and experience its new iPhone app. IMDbPro staffers will be
on hand to answer questions about IMDbPro tools and trusted data
that empower members to easily navigate the entertainment industry
and showcase their work to decision-makers and fans worldwide.
IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com/) is a membership-based service
that includes comprehensive information and tools designed to help
entertainment industry professionals achieve success throughout all
stages of their career. IMDbPro offers members the following:
detailed contact and representation information; tools to manage
and showcase their IMDb profile, including the ability to select
their primary images and the credits they are best “known for”;
exclusive STARmeter rankings determined by page views on IMDb; a
casting service to post breakdowns and apply to roles; the new
IMDbPro app for iPhone and more. The IMDbPro app enables members to
conveniently access the entertainment industry’s leading
information resource on the go while attending real world events
that are critical to their business, including the Sundance Film
Festival. The app is exclusively available for use by IMDbPro
members and can be downloaded for free in the App Store. To become
a member today, visit http://www.imdbpro.com/.
SHOWTIME® and Amazon Channels present THE CHI Party in
The IMDb Studio (Friday, January 19)
On Friday, January 19, SHOWTIME and Amazon Channels will host an
exclusive party to celebrate the new series THE CHI, executive
produced by Emmy Award winner Lena Waithe and Academy Award winner
Common. THE CHI, about life on the South Side of Chicago, airs on
SHOWTIME every Sunday at 10 pm ET/PT. Join special guests Waithe
and Common at the IMDB Studio on Main Street, featuring music by DJ
R-Tistic. The private industry event is accessible by invitation
only and will take place from 9PM to 12AM.
About Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith first came to attention at the Sundance Film
Festival in 1994 as the writer/director of a film called Clerks.
It's been all downhill ever since.
About IMDb
IMDb is the world’s most popular and authoritative source for
movie, TV and celebrity content. The IMDb consumer site
(www.imdb.com) is the #1 movie website in the world with a combined
web and mobile audience of more than 250 million unique monthly
visitors. IMDb offers a searchable database of more than 250
million data items including more than 4 million movies, TV and
entertainment programs and more than 8 million cast and crew
members. Consumers rely on the information IMDb provides --
including local movie showtimes, ticketing, trailers, critic and
user reviews, personalized recommendations, photo galleries,
entertainment news, quotes, trivia, box-office data, editorial
feature sections and a universal Watchlist – when deciding what to
watch and where to watch it. IMDb’s portfolio of leading
entertainment apps (http://www.imdb.com/apps/) includes its popular
“Movies & TV” app for iPhone, iPad, Kindle Fire, Android
phones, Android tablets and its mobile-optimized website. To date,
there have been more than 115 million downloads of IMDb’s mobile
apps worldwide. IMDb's X-Ray for Movies & TV Shows
(www.imdb.com/x-ray) is a feature that revolutionizes the viewing
experience by bringing the power of IMDb directly to Kindle Fire
HD, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. IMDb’s Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/imdb) and official Twitter account
(https://twitter.com/imdb) are followed by more than 12 million
passionate entertainment fans. IMDbPro (http://www.imdbpro.com) is
the essential resource for entertainment industry professionals.
This membership-based service includes comprehensive information
and tools that are designed to help entertainment industry
professionals achieve success throughout all stages of their
career. IMDbPro offers members the following: detailed contact and
representation information; IMDb profile management tools;
exclusive STARmeter rankings that are determined by user searches
on IMDb; a casting service to post breakdowns and apply to roles, a
mobile optimized website and more. Additionally, IMDb owns and
operates Withoutabox (http://www.withoutabox.com), the premier
submission service for film festivals and filmmakers, and Box
Office Mojo (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the leading online
box-office reporting service. IMDb.com is operated by IMDb.com,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)
(http://www.amazon.com). To learn more, go to:
http://www.imdb.com/press.
About GIPHY
GIPHY is GIFs. The first and largest GIF search engine, GIPHY is
where thousands of artists, brands, and pop culture moments make
today’s expression, entertainment, and info a little more moving.
GIPHY serves more than 2.5BN GIFs per day, seen by more than
300M daily active users who watch more than 4M hours of
GIFs every day.
Whether you're sharing GIFs on social media or in a messaging
app, simply enjoying a chuckle to yourself, or actually creating
GIFs; it's an experience powered by GIPHY.
More than just a format, the GIF is a new medium to GIPHY. They
collaborate with mainstream creators like SNL, Lady Gaga, and
MTV as well as creating space and opportunity for artists exploring
the boundaries of the GIF medium. www.giphy.com
About SHOWTIME
SHOWTIME® is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS
and telco providers, and as a stand-alone streaming service through
Apple®, Roku®, Amazon, Google, Xbox One and Samsung. Consumers can
also subscribe to SHOWTIME via Hulu, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DirecTV
Now, Sony PlayStation® Vue and Amazon Channels. For more
information, visit www.sho.com.
About Bill Skarsgård
Bill Skarsgård was born on August 9, 1990 in Vällingby, Sweden.
He is an actor, known for It (2017), Allegiant (2016) and Atomic
Blonde (2017).
About Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation, from director and screenwriter Sam
Levinson and producers David S. Goyer, Anita Gou, Kevin Turen,
Aaron L. Gilbert and Matthew J. Malek, is a one-thousand-percent
true story about how the quiet, all-American town of Salem,
absolutely lost its mind. The cast includes Odessa Young, Suki
Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Bill Skårsgard and Bella Thorne. The
film makes its world premiere on Sunday, January 21 in the Midnight
section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
About The Miseducation of Cameron Post
In The Miseducation of Cameron Post, from director Desiree
Akhavan, after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl
is forced into a gay conversion therapy center in 1993. The film is
based on Emily Danforth's acclaimed and controversial coming-of-age
novel. Screenwriters are Desiree Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, and
producers are Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare, Michael B.
Clark and Alex Turtletaub. The cast includes Chloë Grace Moretz,
Sasha Lane, Forrest Goodluck, John Gallagher Jr. and Jennifer Ehle.
The film makes its world premiere on Monday, January 22 in the U.S.
Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. IMDbPro
will celebrate the premiere of The Miseducation of Cameron Post as
well as the launch of IMDbPro’s first-ever mobile app, for iPhone,
with an invitation-only party on Monday, January 22 from 10PM to
1AM in the Chase Sapphire Lounge.
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