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Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events, special guests and film programming...
Celebrating its 10th anniversary,
Fantastic Fest is excited to announce the second wave of events,
special guests and film programming. Fantastic Fest 2014 takes place
September 18-25th in Austin, Texas at the newly reopened Alamo South
Lamar and Highball.
Get
ready to be blown away by Lionsgate's latest action-packed thriller,
JOHN WICK starring Keanu Reeves, with a red carpet gala
screening with Reeves and directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski
in attendance. JOHN WICK is the story of a former ex-hitman who comes
out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything
from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, JOHN
WICK (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the "assassin
genre." Also starring in JOHN WICK are Willem Dafoe and Adrianne
Palicki.
We
are also excited to announce that we are closing the festival with
the red carpet US premiere of Dan Gilroy’s highly anticipated
NIGHTCRAWLER, a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal
underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Written and directed by Dan
Gilroy, who will be in attendance at the festival, NIGHTCRAWLER stars
Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work
who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Also
starring in NIGHTCRAWLER are Bill Paxton, Rene Russo and Riz Ahmed.
For
its 10th anniversary, Fantastic Fest is also going all out
with celebratory events and special programming, including:
Fantastic
Debates will pack a serious punch this year. Fantastic Fest’s
long-running showcase of verbal/physical combat is being amped up by
a call to battle from Matt Mason Chief Content Officer for
BitTorrent, Inc. Mason is placing an open call to all fighters to
tackle the debate of whether BitTorrent.com is a valuable tool for
creative artists or a playground for theft. In addition to the
torrent debate, there will be a full undercard settling a range of
topics with right hooks and sharp tongues alike. Check
out Matt Mason’s pre-fight video HERE
and if you would like to fight Matt in the Debates, you can submit
your challenge to fantasticfest.com/fight
for more info.
"This
is the first Fantastic Debate in which we have a debater / fighter
issuing an open challenge to anyone willing to step into the ring.
It's a bold move and one I'm happy not to take on: Matt Mason can
fight," said Tim League, CEO / Founder of Alamo Drafthouse &
Fantastic Fest. "On the film front, we're really excited to
bring Keanu back and welcome Dan Gilroy to Fantastic Fest for the
first time with his stunning directorial debut."
Fantastic
Fest also marks an important milestone for the Alamo Drafthouse
theater chain with the grand reopening of its flagship destination at
South Lamar and the all-new Highball. Under construction for the past
two years, the new theaters boast three new screens (9 total), and
completely rebuilt Highball bar, and 7 custom-designed karaoke rooms
that are sure to melt the mind.
