As he tells IndieWire, it really does make sense. James Ponsoldt is expecting this question. Why did the guy who made films like “Smashed,” “The Spectacular Now,” and “The End of the ...

It’s hard to think of a movie better timed than “Summering,” which opens with this bit of narration: “In the summer, while it lasts, everything is alive. Anything is possible. At least it ...

That’s the bare minimum anyone can ask for. James Ponsoldt’s “Summering” is a direct descendant of “Stand By Me,” films about youngsters peppered with wispy nostalgia, in which the ...

In Summering, James Ponsoldt‘s return to cinema following several years of episodic television work, four young girls, best friends about to enter different junior high schools, find their final ...

I might be tempted to call writer-director James Ponsoldt‘s new coming-of-age film about four young girls who discover the dead body of a man on the last summer days before starting middle ...

James Ponsoldt is preparing to move from one author to another, as the filmmaker behind the David Foster Wallace movie “The End of the Tour” is in negotiations to direct the F. Scott ...

EXCLUSIVE: James Ponsoldt is in negotiations to direct 3000 Pictures’ Nothing to See Here, based on Kevin Wilson’s New York Times bestselling novel. Ponsoldt will reteam with Scott Neustadter ...

Jason Segel has booked the lead role in a new psychological thriller from his “Shrinking” director James Ponsoldt. Segel will be put through the ringer in “Sponsor,” a nail-biter about a ...

James Ponsoldt, the helmer behind the upcoming Shailene Woodley vehicle, will write and direct the adaptation of Julianna Baggott's popular book. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Pure is set in a ...

“We are so f*****” are the last words to come out of Tom Hanks’s mouth in director James Ponsoldt’s new film, “The Circle.” Audience members should also speak these words as they enter ...

By Tatiana Siegel James Ponsoldt has signed on to write the big-screen adaptation of the musical Pippin for The Weinstein Company. After a recent successful run at Boston’s American Repertory ...