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Battsek Expected to Take Helm at Nat Geo Films

12 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Wrap Staff

Former Miramax president Daniel Battsek reportedly is in talks to take over as president of National Geographic Films.

He would replace Adam Leipzig, who has held the post for six years.

Leipzig is moving over into an executive producer role on two films he had been overseeing for NatGeo: "Undaunted Courage," HBO's planned 10-hour miniseries about explorers Lewis and Clark, executive produced by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton; and writer-director Peter Weir's WWII drama "The Way Back," based on Slavomir Rawicz's memoir. »

- Lisa Horowitz

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Leipzig Out at National Geographic; Battsek in Talks

13 hours ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »

After six years as president of National Geographic Films, Adam Leipzig is moving into an executive producer role on two films he was shepherding at the company, says David Beal, President, National Geographic Entertainment. The first is HBO’s planned ten-hour Lewis & Clark mini-series Undaunted Courage, adapted by Michelle Ashford from the 1996 biography of Meriwether Lewis by Band of Brothers writer Stephen F. Ambrose. The film, set in the early 1800s, is also executive produced by Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. The second is writer-director Peter Weir’s return to the screen, the World War II drama The Way Back, based on the memoir by … »

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Q&A: Viggo Mortensen

1 January 2010 4:10 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

'If I could go back in time, I'd go to the first Viking ship to land in America'

Viggo Mortensen, 51, was born in New York to an American mother and a Danish father. He made his feature film debut in Peter Weir's Witness and went on to appear in Carlito's Way, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, A History Of Violence and Eastern Promises, for which he was Oscar-nominated in 2008. His latest film, The Road, an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy book, opens on Friday. He is divorced with one son, and lives in Idaho.

When were you happiest?

Right now. The past has gone.

What is your greatest fear?

The next thing I ought to do. With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

What is your earliest memory?

Lying in my mother's lap and looking up at her face. I think we were in a car. »

- Rosanna Greenstreet

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