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Rian Johnson to Receive 2025 Austin Film Festival's Bill Wittliff Screenwriting Award
The ceremony will coincide with the Texas premiere of Johnson's 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' The Austin Film Festival will bestow the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting to writer/director Rian Johnson, as part of this year's Writers Conference, happening Oct. 23 – 26. The festival will also screen Johnson's 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,' the third installment in the filmmaker's whodunnit series after 'Knives Out' and 'Glass Onion.' Both screenplays were nominated for Academy Awards. 'Wake Up Dead Man' sees Daniel Craig return as private detective Benoit Blanc, investigating a new murder and interrogating a new set of quirky suspects. The typically star-studded cast includes Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September before being released on Netflix on Dec. 12. More from TheWrap Rian Johnson to Receive 2025 Austin Film Festival's Bill Wittliff Screenwriting Award | Exclusive Liam Neeson Admits He Used a Butt Double in 'The Naked Gun': 'It's in the Contract' | Video How Will 'Bad Guys 2' and 'Naked Gun' Fare Against 'Fantastic Four' at the Box Office? How 'KPop Demon Hunters' Became Netflix's 'Frozen' | Exclusive The award is named after Bill Wittliff, the Austin-born screenwriter of 'Lonesome Dove,' 'Legends of the Fall' and 'The Perfect Storm' (among many others). He died in 2019 at the age of 79. 'We are thrilled to welcome Rian Johnson back to Austin Film Festival as this year's recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting,' Barbara Morgan, AFF's co-founder and executive director, said in a statement. 'Rian is an incredibly gifted screenwriter and visionary filmmaker whose body of work and generosity to the next generation of storytellers exemplifies this award. His latest installment in the Knives Out Mystery canon, 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,' solidifies his singular talent for combining intricate plotting, sharp comedic sense and character-driven emotional impact to deliver an always unexpected, wildly entertaining story. Our audience will be delighted to experience this twisting, turning, captivating caper on the silver screen this October.' Johnson will be recognized at AFF's Awards Luncheon alongside producing awardee Christine Vachon and television writer awardee Yvette Lee Bowser. The Awards Luncheon takes place on Saturday, Oct. 25 and features awardees honored for their career achievements, AFF's script and film competition winners and the recipients of industry-sponsored fellowships. 'I'm honored to be receiving the Bill Wittliff award from the Austin Film Festival,' Johnson said in a statement. 'I love the AFF and its support of established and emerging writers, and attending will be both a pleasure and a welcomed excuse to procrastinate on my own writing.' Austin Film Festival's Writers Conference will again present over 150 panels on the art, craft and business of storytelling, featuring a slate of prominent industry professionals working in film, television, and new media. Badges and Passes are available now. The post Rian Johnson to Receive 2025 Austin Film Festival's Bill Wittliff Screenwriting Award | Exclusive appeared first on TheWrap.
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Jason Momoa shaves beard for 1st time in 6 years for 'Dune 3'
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Cause of death revealed for two girls killed in sailboat crash near Miami Beach
The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department released Thursday the cause of death for two girls killed in Monday's sailboat crash off Miami Beach. According to the medical examiner's report, 7-year-old Mila Yankelevich and 13-year-old Erin Ko Han died from accidental drowning. The two girls were among five campers and a camp counselor who were on the sailboat when it was struck by a barge in Biscayne Bay, between Hibiscus Island and Monument Island, authorities said. The sailboat was dragged under the barge which had a crane on top and what appeared to be pilings for a dock. The U.S. Coast Guard said the barge had been supporting construction work in the Miami Beach area prior to the accident. An 8-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl injured in the crash remain at Jackson Memorial Hospital. A 12-year-old girl and a 19-year old woman were evaluated after the crash but were not taken to a hospital. Their names have not been released. The children were part of a summer sailing camp operated by the Miami Yacht Club and affiliated with the Miami Youth Sailing Foundation. Ko Han, who was from Chile, moved with her family to the United States in 2024. That's according to her former school, Colegio San Pedro Nolasco Vitacura in Santiago, which posted her obituary on Facebook. "Erin left a mark that's indelible. It's indelible. So that's very important for us to pass that on. While she was here, she was a light for us, for our school," elementary school director Francisca Aburto said. "For me, I also taught Erin before taking over as principal. I was her teacher in fifth grade, and in sixth grade. It was a wonderful experience." Ko Han's former homeroom teacher Paula Escobar said: "She was a beautiful, happy, healthy girl who had her whole life ahead of her." Yankelevich was the youngest daughter of television producer and director Tomas Yankelevich and actress Sofia Reca. Her grandparents are Cris Morena and Gustavo Yankelevich, two prominent Argentine media producers. They flew to Miami on Wednesday to be with family. Marcelo Tinelli, a friend of the family and popular Argentine television host, posted on X that he was "devastated" by Mila's death. "I can't believe it," he wrote. "My immense love to the entire family, who are part of my life." Mila, who lived in both Surfside and Argentina with her family, is remembered as a joyful child who loved dancing, singing and dressing up in costumes. The Coast Guard, which is the lead agency in the crash investigation, said Tuesday it will be thorough. "Know that we grieve with you. We will not take this lightly and we will not forget. We owe you answers and we are committed to finding them," Coast Guard Miami Sector Commander Frank Florio said. Coast Guard officials said all of the children were wearing life jackets at the time of the collision. Florio said they have interviewed the captain of the tugboat that was piloting the barge. "We did do alcohol testing and we have conducted the chemical testing as well," he said. Those test results are pending. The Coast Guard has asked the public for any information they may have on the crash. They said they are casting a wide net hoping to get as much information as possible for investigators. Ted Scouten and Mauricio Maldonado contributed to this report.
