{"id":1217,"date":"2018-08-06T22:12:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T22:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2018-08-24T22:13:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T22:13:52","slug":"nick-hamms-john-delorean-biopic-driven-to-close-venice-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/nick-hamms-john-delorean-biopic-driven-to-close-venice-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Hamm\u2019s John DeLorean Biopic \u2018Driven\u2019 To Close Venice Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/refresh\/new\/\/\/\/\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o-300x39.png\" alt=\"deadline-hollywood-logo-o\" width=\"300\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/deadline-hollywood-logo-o.png 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Driven, the John DeLorean biopic directed by Killing Bono\u2019s Nick Hamm, is set to close the 75th Venice International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which stars Jason Sudeikis, House of Cards\u2019 Corey Stoll, Guardians of the Galaxy\u2019s Lee Pace and Ant-Man\u2019s Judy Greer, will close the festival on Saturday, September 8 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema at the Lido di Venezia following the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Hamm\u2019s film, inspired by true events is a \u201cwickedly comedic look at a bromance gone bad.\u201d Set in early 1980s California, the story follows the rise of John DeLorean, and his iconic DeLorean Motor Company, through his friendship with charming ex-con turned FBI informant Jim Hoffman. Pace plays DeLorean, Sudeikis plays Hoffman, while Greer stars as Hoffman\u2019s wife and Stoll plays ambitious FBI agent Benedict Tissa.<\/p>\n<p>The film was written by Colin Bateman (The Journey) and financed by Romulus Entertainment. It is produced by Piers Tempest of Tempo Productions, Luillo Ruiz of The Pimienta Film Company and Brad Feinstein of Romulus Entertainment. Embankment Films handles International Sales and WME represents North America.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the full line-up of the festival, which runs August 29 to September 8 and is directed by Alberto Barbera, was released last week. Headline films include the Coen Brothers\u2019 The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs landing in competition, alongside Alfonso Cuaron\u2019s Roma and Paul Greengrass\u2019 22 July about the 2011 terrorist attack in Norway. Orson Welles\u2019 previously unfinished film The Other Side Of The Wind will run as a Special Event.<\/p>\n<p>Hamm said, \u201cVenice is an inspiring festival with an incredible audience. I am both honored and delighted to be invited back to share this crazy, untold story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>View this article at <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2018\/08\/nick-hamms-john-delorean-biopic-driven-to-close-venice-film-festival-1202440629\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driven, the John DeLorean biopic directed by Killing Bono\u2019s Nick Hamm, is set to close the 75th Venice International Film Festival. The film, which stars Jason Sudeikis, House of Cards\u2019 Corey Stoll, Guardians of the Galaxy\u2019s Lee Pace and Ant-Man\u2019s Judy Greer, will close the festival on Saturday, September 8 in the Sala Grande of<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/nick-hamms-john-delorean-biopic-driven-to-close-venice-film-festival\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deadline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ramolawpc.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}