Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: 3:10 to yuma, adaptation, denzel washington, derek haas, Drama, michael brandt, robert ludlum, secret agents, the matarese circle, wanted
Denzel Washington has signed on to star in “The Matarese Circle,” based on the Robert Ludlum novel.
“The project revolves around two secret agents — an American and a Russian — who must work together to fight a mysterious group of killers known as the Matarese. The twist: The agents, Bradley Scofield and Vasili Taleniekov, have been nemeses for years, with each responsible for killing someone close to the other. According to those familiar with the pitch, Washington would play Scofiel,” says The Hollywood Reporter.
Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are writing the screenplay. The two previously worked together on “3:10 to Yuma” and the upcoming Angelina Jolie film “Wanted.”
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: bourne films, bourne supremacy, bourne ultimatum, Drama, green zone, iraq, jason bourne, matt damon, paul greengrass, united 93, war
The Bad and the Ugly has scored some first looks pictures of Matt Damon in the Paul Greengrass film “Green Zone.”
“Green Zone is the story of a pair of CIA agents on the trail of certain Weapons of Mass Destruction and a foreign correspondent following their mission,” states the website.
Paul Greengrass is most famous for his Oscar nominated direction of “United 93″ and the last two Bourne films.
Filed under: Film News, Musical | Tags: 8 1/2, broadway, cabaret, Federico Fellini, Judi Dench, london, Musical, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Rob Marshall
The Hollywood Reporter is stating that Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench are in talks to join Rob Marshall’s upcoming musical feature “Nine,” adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name that was based on Federico Fellini’s “8 1/2.”
A little side note of interest – Judi Dench portrayed Sally Bowles in the original London production of “Cabaret” in 1968. Can we get pictures of this?!
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: billy crudup, christian bale, crime drama, Drama, fbi, j. edgar hoover, john dillinger, johnny depp, marion cotillard, michael mann, public enemies
Billy Crudup has signed on to Michael Mann’s crime drama “Public Enemies” for Universal.
Crudup will portray former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Rounding out the cast are actors Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, Steven Lang, Christian Bale, and Marion Cotillard.
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: big eyes, kate hudson, larry karaszewski, noam murro, scott alexander, sideways, smart people, thomas haden church, walter keane
Oscar winner Thomas Haden Church (“Sideways”) is starring opposite Kate Hudson in Scott Alexander’s and Larry Karaszewski’s film “Big Eyes.”
“Church will play Walter Keane, who became a celebrity in the 1950s and ’60s because of a series of paintings of big-eyed children that became a mass-market phenomenon,” states Variety.
Church will next be seen in theaters on April 11th, in the film “Smart People,” directed by Noam Murro.
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: Drama, giovanna mezzogiorno, historical, ida dalser, italian, love in the time of cholera, mussolini
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (“Love in the Time of Cholera”) has joined Marco Bellocchio’s “Vincere.”
The film is about the illegitimate child of Benito Mussolini, who he fathered with his mistress Ida Dalser (played by Mezzogiorno). The child, along with his mother, was held hiding in asylums by Mussolini until they both died.
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: california, cia, cia coverup, cocaine, crack, dark alliance, Drama, drug movie, drugs, gary webb, kill the messenger, nick schou, peter landesman
Universal Pictures is currently in development on “Kill the Messenger,” the true story of journalist Gary Webb, who wrote for the San Jose Mercury News.
“The San Jose Mercury News reporter committed suicide after being the target of a smear campaign when he linked the CIA to a scheme to arm Contra rebels in Nicaragua and import cocaine into California,” states Variety.
Peter Landesman is adapting the screenplay from two optioned novels, “Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion” by Webb, and “Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb” by Nick Schou.
No info on casting.
Filed under: Comedy, Film News | Tags: Comedy, david koechner, gretchen mol, luke wilson, mike million, tenure, the office
Gretchen Mol is set to star opposite Luke Wilson in the film “Tenure” from writer/director Mike Million.
The film begins principal photography next week in Philadelphia and also stars David Koechner (“The Office”).
“Tenure” follows a young college professor as he competes with a female colleague for a permanent position at the university.
Filed under: Drama, Film News | Tags: adaptation, crime, Drama, ken bruen, london, london boulevard, novel, oscar winner, quentin curtis, the departed, variety, william monahan
Variety reports that Oscar winner William Monahan (The Departed) has acquired the rights to the Ken Bruen novel “London Boulevard” with producer Quentin Curtis.
Monahan is set to make his directorial debut on the crime drama later this year from a his adapted screenplay.
The novel “revolves around a South London criminal who, after release from prison, tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress,” states Variety.
Filed under: Comedy, Film News | Tags: dodgeball, magnum, Matthew McConaughey, p.i., rawson thurber, thomas magnum, tom selleck
EW.com has posted news that a movie version of the ’80’s tv classic Magnum, P.I. The title roll, originally portrayed by Tom Selleck, has reportedly been offered to Matthew McConaughey.
The original series followed Thomas Magnum, a former Navy Seal turned Private Investigator, on humorous and sometimes dangerous adventures in Hawaii.
Script was written by Rawson Marshall Thurber of Dodgeball fame.
