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23 July 2008 2:07 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Director Peter Berg, who most recently steered the ship for Hancock, will be calling the shots on a new version of Hercules. And seriously, I can't be the only one fence-riding over the fact that they're trying another goddamn Hercules movie, right?

Universal will distribute and Berg will "develop to direct" something called Hercules: The Thracian Wars, according to Variety. It's Hercules, all right, but with a new twist. Apparently, there's a new Hercules comic book series that debuted a couple months ago. Steve Moore wrote the series, which is being released through Radical Publishing, and Ryan Condal will base his film script on the comic.

Barry Levine of Radical says that it's not the swordplay that intrigued the studio and Berg. "What resonated for them was that this was character driven, about a character who’s more man than god, with conflicts and redemption." And I can buy that,

Colin Boyd

19 July 2008 4:12 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

You've probably heard the title, Public Enemies, or seen the photos of Johnny Depp on set, but I'm guessing that most of you don't know what the story is about or anything about the production. Public Enemies is filmmaker Michael Mann's latest ambitious project, a 1930's era gangster movie based on true events and individuals in history. The film stars Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis and just finished shooting a few weeks back. I came across an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times where journalist Patrick Goldstein caught up with one of the producer's on the project, Kevin Misher. It's an interesting read for those who aren't familiar with Public Enemies yet but are interested in hearing more or want to know more about how Michael Mann works on set. Let's start with a bit of a background

Alex Billington

8 July 2008 10:35 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Smoking has been banned in the Chicago production of Jersey Boys in order to comply with the city's strict new anti-smoking law, raising the possibility that scenes showing smoking in movies and television shows shot in Chicago will also be barred. Writing in today's (Tuesday) Chicago Tribune, theater critic Chris Jones writes that Michael Mann's Public Enemies, which was filmed in Chicago, is bound to show smoking,. He then remarks facetiously, "Seize the print! Consider this an official complaint." Finally, Jones urges the city's aldermen to write "an exception for artistic purposes. A waiver. An understanding. Whatever. Heck, it doesn't even have to be for tobacco. It just has to allow Chicago's great artists to tell the truth."

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30 June 2008 7:46 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This 4th of July week finds Will Smith's belligerent man of steel sending the rest of the summer tentpole movies running scared, leaving only the indies to offer any alternative.

"Brutal Massacre"

Does the horror genre need its own "This Is Spinal Tap"? Ready or not, here comes "Brutal Massacre," a mockumentary comedy about a once-successful horror director (played by "An American Werewolf in London"'s David Naughton) attempting to make his big comeback film against increasingly insurmountable odds. Be on the lookout for appearances by Gunnar Hansen ("The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"'s Leatherface), Ellen Sandweiss ("The Evil Dead") and other horror movie stalwarts.

Opens in limited release.

"Diminished Capacity"

Terry Kinney made a name for himself as Tim McManus, the idealistic but world-weary warden of Emerald City in the hard-hitting prison drama "Oz." "Diminished Capacity," his debut as a director, also finds Matthew Broderick

Neil Pedley

28 June 2008 12:12 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

There have been a ton of rumors about Tom Cruise somehow or other converting Will Smith into a Scientologist. Frankly, who cares? If it doesn't make his movies suck, it's not terribly relevant. It is undeniable, though, that the two are very good friends, and the subject of a Cruise-Smith screen team has come up.

Instead of talking about Hancock when he sat down with MTV, Smith revealed that while the right project hasn't come along yet, he and Cruise are always on the lookout for a great project on which they could work together.

"We've been looking at it. There's a couple possibilities," admits Smith. "We're keeping it top secret, but we're sniffing around a couple things that I think would just be ridiculous."

Of course, Will Smith is the biggest box office draw in the world over the past few years, and if you go back a few years before that,

Colin Boyd

9 May 2008 3:01 AM, PDT | From MovieMaker.com | See recent Movie Maker news

He’s been a part of some of the most critically acclaimed movies (Saving Private Ryan) and popular television shows (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order”) of the past 30 years. But for Dennis Farina, the notion of making a living as an actor was not the first one that occurred to this son of blue-collar Chicago; his first career was as a beat cop in the City of Broad Shoulders. It was only after meeting director Michael Mann through a mutual friend that the actor best known for his wiseguy roles (Midnight Run, Get Shorty) and the occasional unorthodox ladies’ man (Sidewalks of New York, “Empire Falls”) landed his first role in the 1981 thriller, Thief. While Mann helped launch his career, Farina has gone on to work with a number of other strong auteur directors, including Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight), Guy Ritchie (Snatch) and John Frankenheimer (Reindeer Games).

22 April 2008 10:54 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Johnny Depp has reportedly shipped in crates of his own French wine to the set of his new film.

The 44-year-old actor is filming Michael Mann's Public Enemies in Chicago but isn't happy about the lack of good wine in Illinois.

A source is quoted as saying in the Daily Express: "Johnny's really enjoying filming but the only problem is that Illinois isn't exactly famous for its vineyards and Johnny . . .

Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)

7 articles from 2008