IFC Films has acquired North American rights to Scott Coffey’s comedy “Adult World,” starring Emma Roberts as an employee at a sex shop.

IFC is planning a day and date release in theaters and on VOD. “Adult World” premiered April 20 at Tribeca.

Evan Peters, John Cusack, Armando Riesco, Cloris Leachman and Shannon Woodward also star. Producers are Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen of Treehouse Pictures with Joy Gorman, Alex Goldstone and Manu Gargi.

Story, penned by Andy Cochran, centers on a young woman living with her parents who’s anxious to get her poetry career off the ground. She begrudgingly accepts a job at Adult World, the local sex shop.

Ronnie Schieb wrote in her review for Variety: “Coffey’s loose, casual style, tilting toward the performance-centric and improvisational — as with his 2005 debut, ‘Ellie Parker,’ starring genius-caliber actress Naomi Watts — cannot fully accommodate the presence of former kidvid starlet Emma Roberts (‘Nancy Drew’), heading an otherwise comfortable, quite excellent cast. Nevertheless, the film’s coyly titillating subject matter and John Cusack’s delicious star turn as a curmudgeonly, once-lionized poet should support a limited run.”

The deal was negotiated by Arianna Bocco for Sundance Selects/IFC Films with CAA on behalf of the filmmakers.

Source: variety.com

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Paul Giamatti, Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, John Cusack, Emma Roberts, Melissa Leo, Julianne Moore, Emile Hirsch and Zac Efron are among the stars in 43 premieres announced Wednesday for the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival.

The fest’s first group of films, comprising World Narrative and Documentary competitions and Viewpoints, were announced on Tuesday. The new announcement comprises the Spotlight, Midnight, Special Screenings and Storyscapes selections.

The festival runs from April 17-28.

The Spotlight section features 33 films — 21 narratives and 12 documentaries.

Highlights include “Adult World,” in which Emma Roberts plays a starving poet forced to work at a sex shop while being mentored by a reclusive writer played by John Cusack. In the buddy comedy “Almost Christmas,” Paul Giamatti and Paul Rudd (above left) play two hapless troublemakers making a quick buck selling Christmas tree in New York City.

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Adult World: Directed by Scott Coffey, written by Andy Cochran; U.S. World Premiere, Narrative. Emma Roberts is forced to work at a sex shop to support her poetry career while under the mentorship of reclusive writer played by John Cusack.

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In year lucky number seven, Gasparilla International Film Festival is looking to separate itself from the 2nd-tier film fest pack and join the elite.

On March 19th, GIFF’s opening night curtain jerker is Empire State. Directed by Dito Montiel (Fighting, The Son of No One) and produced by Randall Emmett (End of Watch), the crime drama features Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a. The Rock), Liam Hemsworth, Emma Roberts, Jerry Ferrara, and Nikki Reed. Montiel, Emmett, and Ferrara are confirmed to attend the flick’s world premiere while the rest of the aforementioned cast has been invited to join the six-day festival that takes place in Tampa, Florida. Emmett, from Miami, will receive the fest’s Florida Producer of the Year honors.

Source: shockya.com

Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) are high school sweethearts who married young and are now at a crossroads at the age of thirty. While Celeste is a success in business, Jesse is unemployed and adrift. Celeste thinks that if they divorce now they could still remain friends. Jesse passively accepts the decision even though he is still in love with her. As reality sets in, Celeste slowly and painfully realizes she has been cavalier about their relationship, but her timing with Jesse is less than fortuitous.

Audio Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

“The Making of ‘Celeste & Jesse Forever’”, Los Angeles Film Festival Red Carpet Premiere and Q&A.

Emma Roberts has had the chance to work with some A-list actors and actresses, but no one could top Jennifer Aniston — at least in her mind.

Roberts, 21, chatted with HuffPost Celebrity about her experience on “We’re The Millers” and why working alongside Aniston was a “dream come true.”

“Jennifer Aniston is a genius. I’ve been such a fan of hers for so long, so to get to work with her was one of those dream come true, check-off-my-list kind of things that I’ve always wanted,” Roberts told HuffPost. “I think we all worked together really well and I think there was a good chemistry between us,” she added of Aniston and Sudeikis. “We became friends outside of work, so it translated well.”

Roberts also discussed starring alongside James Franco in the upcoming movie “Palo Alto,” which is based on his book of the same name.

“It’s a fictitious take on James Franco’s life,” Roberts said of the movie. “It’s all of these stories interwoven about these young kids growing up in Palo Alto. He plays a teacher and I play his student and we have kind of a weird relationship. It’s been a really fun experience working on that.”

As for Franco, Roberts says he’s an incredible guy.

“He’s amazing, we had a lot of fun working together. He’s such a great serious actor, but also a lot funnier than you would think in person.”

Tell us about your upcoming projects.
I have “We’re the Millers” coming out next year with Jennifer Aniston and that’s a really hilarious comedy. I’m really excited for everyone to see that kind of side of me. And then I wrap a movie I’ve been doing called “Palo Alto,” and it’s with James Franco and Gia Coppola is directing it, who’s been a friend of mine for a long time so it’s been a really fun experience working on that.

What about Empire State?
That’s based on a true story about this guy that worked at the Empire State building, played by Liam Hemsworth, who ends up stealing a lot of money from it, like millions and millions of dollars. I play his love interest … I can’t give it away! It’s a really, really cool movie.

Liam Hemsworth, I think, is really talented and it was a cool kind of darker movie than the things that I’ve done. And we got to shoot in New Orleans, which was so much fun. I just had such a great time there. It’s such an amazing place.

I love the cast.
Yes I love Shenae [Grimes], she’s awesome. Dwayne Johnson is so cool, it was such a good cast. We had so much fun together. One of my good friends Nikki Reed is in it, so it was fun to be down there with people you know and get to hang out outside of the set, it was really fun.

Did Miley Cyrus ever come and visit Liam on set?
I don’t know, not when I was there. I only worked a few days, so I wasn’t there like every single day like Liam was working on the movie.

Who would be your dream co-star?
I would really love to work with Rachel McAdams, I love her. I’m obsessed with all the movies she’s been in and I love “The Vow,” so Channing Tatum too. I love both of them, I think they’re so good in that movie. I cried like a baby.

Would you ever do a Nicholas Sparks movie?
I would love to! Im obsessed with Nicholas Sparks. I’ve literally read every single book, because every time I travel, at the airport, I always buy a new Nicholas Sparks book.

Emma Roberts has teamed up with the Coca-Cola Company and (RED) to promote (THRED), a mobile game with a cause to help deliver an AIDS-free generation by 2015. “It’s something I want people to be aware of, so they can help make a difference,” she told HuffPost. “You literally play (THRED), but you’re also donating money to the global fund that is helping to prevent AIDS and HIV, and I think that is so amazing.”

Source: huffingtonpost.com