Mission Impossible III goes to Tribeca, as does Film School Rejects

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on April 14, 2006

I am told that the original intent for the Tribeca Film Festival was to attract people back to lower Manhattan prior to the trauma of 9/11. From day one, Festival founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal made it their solemn goal to bring the best of Independent Film back to New York and shed some spotlight on the very cultured Tribeca area. Now a few years later, they can sit back and enjoy the successful uber-show into which their little festival has grown.

It was announced yesterday that Paramount’s latest big dollar premiere Mission Impossible III, the third installment in the very popular series, will premiere on May 3rd at Tribeca. Combine this news with the fact that the Festival will open on April 25th with the very controversial 9/11 film United 93, which portrays the real time events that occurred on the doomed flight that crashed in Pennsylvania on its way toward Washington, plus the fact that Warner Bros. will bring the premiere of it’s summer giant Poseidon to the table on May 6, and you have yourself a setting for what will quickly become one of the most anticipated film festivals in recent years. It is all a true testament to the abilities of De Niro and Rosenthal to get the biggest powers in Hollywood to bring their best to the table for such an underdog event. Quite impressive, really.

It all has everyone in the business very excited, most especially those of us here at Film School Rejects. Why is that, you ask? Because we have been graced with a Press Accreditation for the Festival and our very own Tara Settembre will be covering the Festival for us. Yes, you heard it right, Film School Rejects will be listed on the Official Media List for the Tribeca Film Festival. For me personally, this completes one of my long time ambitions of being within 6 degrees of Robert De Niro; and for you, our readers, this means that you will get all the excitement, all the reviews and all of the fun from Tribeca delivered to you right here at Film School Rejects! So stay tuned for later this month for coverage from the lovely Tara.

And you thought that Tribeca couldn’t get any more exciting…

Tags: Tribeca Film Festival, New York, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Film Festival, 9/11, United 9/11, Film, Cinema, Entertainment

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