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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Five
23 December 2009 10:10 AM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Opens: 2010
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby
Director: Beeban Kidron
Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.
Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.
Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence »
- Garth Franklin
Afm Coverage: Posters and Synopses for Burke And Hare, Electric Slide, Irishman, Effie, Main St., Cash
22 November 2009 8:28 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, Afm has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films.
Below you’ll find images and synopses for Burke and Hare, Cash, Effie, Main St., The Electric Slide, and The Irishman. Hit the jump to check them all out. Also, all the synopses are copied down directly from the original materials with no editorial alterations. You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 by click on their respective links.
Burke And Hare, directed by John Landis (An American Werewolf in London)
William Burke and William Hare are scratching out a living in 1830s Edinburgh. »
- Matt Goldberg
Blu-ray review: The Punisher Collection (two-film box set)
17 November 2009 2:37 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
There have been three attempts so far at adapting Marvel Comics' ultra-violent vigilante The Punisher on to the big screen.
The first film was in 1989, a direct-to-video release starring Dolph Lundgren which omitted many of the character's hallmarks and has been swept aside as a very early and rather ill-considered effort.
Much later, Marvel pressed the reset button and delivered a 2004 reboot starring Thomas Jane and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, the first directorial role for the screenwriter.
After various deliberations over putting a sequel in motion, Jane and Hensleigh dropped out and the next film, Punisher: War Zone, saw Ray Stevenson take over the lead role and Lexi Alexander directing. It came out in December last year in the USA, and in February in the UK.
Marvel itself was involved in producing the latter two movies, which Lionsgate distributed in the USA and Sony's Columbia Pictures handled overseas.
In June, »
- David Bentley
Coming soon … to a Gas Station Near You - MovieSet on PumpTop TV
8 October 2009 1:29 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
MovieSet issued a press release to announce a new distribution channel for exclusive behind-the-scenes video content. We thought you might be curious so here are a few excerpts:
From Irvine, CA - PumpTop TV, a leading nationwide digital media network located at-the-pump, has made a deal with MovieSet.com, a pioneering movie website, to provide content from movies in various states of production - from green light to distribution.
This is the first time ever that movie fans will be able to witness production location shoots from their favorite big screen titles when they are pumping gas. MovieSet.com allows fans to track a movie’s progress on the web with an interactive social networking environment layered over video showing the actual movie production.
One of the first “production previews” focuses on “The Irishman,” starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken. The movie is directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, »
- Dave
Tim Bradstreet: Exploring the Dark Country
6 October 2009 12:58 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
While most people know illustrator Tim Bradstreet from his disturbing covers for the John Constantine: Hellblazer and Clive Barker books as well as his noir ones on The Punisher, not many know that he runs Raw Studios with actor Thomas Jane. At the first Long Beach Comic Con, Bradstreet talked about his studio and their projects.
The artist also did uncredited work on Jane's directorial debut, Dark Country.
"I designed the look of Dark Country with Tom. The dynamic of how the stars look in the sky, and the mountains behind them on screen," Tim Bradstreet explains. "We kept it film noir. We wanted to give the movie a retro feel, but not stick it in one era necessarily. There's touches of the '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s in the movie. Only rarely do you see its a contemporary film, like when they take out a »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)
Laura Ramsey on set of ‘The Irishman’ playing Ellie O’Hara
1 September 2009 10:16 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
“This guy, he did bad things, but it was sorta his job”
MovieSet.com Exclusive: Next up from the set of ‘The Irishman‘ filming in Detroit is another MovieSet exclusive video featuring actress Laura Ramsey (’The Ruins,’ ‘Lords of Dogtown’) in the role of Ellie O’Hara in this real-life story of an Irish/Italian mafia conflict in Cleveland.
Laura Ramsey as Ellie O'Hara in 'The Irishman'
The graceful blonde actress talks about fleshing out her character Ellie O’Hara, the girlfriend of Danny Greene (note: see Linda Cardellini in the role of Joan Madigan, Danny Greene’s wife).
She points out that, “When I first arrived, John (Writer/Director Jonathan Hensleigh) and I had a meeting and discussed who this girl really was, they don’t really know about her much at all.”
This discussion evolved into her character’s relationship with Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) about »
- Dave
Linda Cardellini on set of ‘The Irishman’ playing Joan Madigan
25 August 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
“Joan was someone who loved someone very much” MovieSet.com Exclusive: Next up from the set of ‘The Irishman‘ filming in Detroit is another MovieSet exclusive video featuring actress Linda Cardellini (’Scooby Doo,’ ‘Grandma’s Boy,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ TV’s ‘ER’) in the role of Joan Madigan in this real-life story of an Irish/Italian mafia conflict in Cleveland.
In a visit with Linda Cardellini on set of ‘The Irishman,’ she discussses playing Joan Madigan, the wife of lead character Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) and mother to his children.
Ms. Cardellini (looking like the perfect housewife in costume), says, “For me playing the character, Joan was someone who loved someone very much and saw a lot of potential in him and that potential could go to greatness and that greatness could lead to something positive or something negative and I think he chose the negative road and I think thats the story of her disappointment. »
- Dave
Vinnie Jones in ‘The Irishman’ - Interview about acting as a Union Thug
10 August 2009 3:43 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
“Working in the Garbage” MovieSet.com Exclusive: Next up from the set of ‘The Irishman‘ filming in Detroit is another MovieSet exclusive video featuring actor Vinnie Jones who plays character Keith Ritson in this real-life story of an Irish/Italian mafia conflict in Cleveland. You might recognize the (thuggish looking) UK-born actor from his roles of ‘Big Chris’ in’Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ or the Manchester United freak-fan ‘Mad Maynard’ in ‘EuroTrip’.
In between takes with actors Christopher Walken, Vincent D’Onofrio and Ray Stevenson, Jones talks about his enthusiasm over the film’s script, the dynamic between the Director Jonathan Hensleigh and the rest of the cast plus points out Ray Stevenson’s presence in the lead role and their rapport in developing their roles. He also describes his character’s plot situation as a union guy who helped Danny Greene bring the 200+ garbage companies in Ohio under one organization, »
- Dave
Casting bites: Colin Firth, Kevin Spacey
19 May 2009 11:38 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Here's your dose of casting updates for May 20, 2009:
• Colin Firth and Kevin Spacey are in talks to star in Hugh Hudson's big-screen adaptation of "Catalonia" by George Orwell. The story follows Orwell's journey to Barcelona, where he joined the Anarchist brigade to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Bob Ellis wrote the script. (Variety)
• Camilla Belle ("Push") and Tom Wilkinson have joined the English remake of Susanne Bier's "Efter brylluppet" (After the Wedding). Michael Caton-Jones ("Shooting Dogs") will direct the flick, which centers on a social worker who works in a Mumbai orphanage and receives a mysterious but huge donation from a businessman. (Variety)
• Chris Pontius, whose credits include "Wildboyz" and "Jackass," is set to star in Sofia Coppola's upcoming "Somewhere," about an actor who lives an extravagant lifestyle at the Chateau Marmont until he gets an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter. Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning co-star. »
- Franck Tabouring
The Irishman Cast Gets Rounded Out
18 May 2009 7:38 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
A slew of actors have just joined director Jonathan Hensleigh's new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Steve Schirripa, Linda Cardellini and Bob Gunton have all joined the cast of Hensleigh's The Irishman.
They join the already-announced cast of Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer. Hensleigh will direct from a script he co-wrote with Jeremy Walters, an adaptation of "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porrello, which tells the tale of real-life gangster Danny Greene.
Shooting is scheduled to start next week in Detroit. »
Ray Stevenson to Play 'The Irishman'
18 May 2009 6:28 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Northern Ireland born actor Ray Stevenson (King Arthur, Rome) is to star in a new film 'The Irishman', based on the Irish American gangster Danny Greene. The film will be directed by Jonathan Hensleigh (The Punisher) with Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) and Val Kilmer (Heat) also set to star. 'The Irishman' was inspired by Rick Porrello's book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia, which tells the story of mobster Greene (Stevenson), who competed with the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and provoked a war that crippled the mafia. »
D'Onofrio, Sorvino and Jones Join 'The Irishman'
17 May 2009 11:48 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
It appears I was most likely wrong in thinking Lightening Entertainment's The Irishman would be a direct-to-dvd title as the production house is out pre-selling the film at the Cannes Film Festival and Screen Daily has additional names to add to the cast. Already cast in the film, which will be directed by Jonathan Hensleigh from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jeremy Walters, are Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Ray Stevenson and Screen Daily announces Vincent D'Onofrio, Paul Sorvino and Vinnie Jones have also joined the cast. The film was inspired by Rick Porrello's "To Kill The Irishman: The War That Crippled The Mafia" and tells the story based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who lorded over Cleveland's criminal underworld during the late 1970s. Walken is onboard to play infamous loan-sharking nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will portray a Cleveland cop who befriends Greene. Steve Schirripa, »
- Brad Brevet
Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: May 10, 2009
10 May 2009 4:50 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
In the Wrap Up this week:
The Box Office boldly goes where no Star Trek film has gone before; Joel Silver sees an Apparition; Keanu Reeves Hydes Jekyll; James McAvoy and Elizabeth Banks have The Details;Val Kilmer, Ray Stevenson and Christopher Walken know The Irishman and Nick Fury is a Pirate.
Box Office
J.J Abrams’ Star Trek reboot’s Spock-tacular $76 million opening ensures that the franchise will live long and prosper. The opening (which includes $7 million from Thursday) took almost as much as most films in the long running series banked in their entire run- unadjusted of course. Look for the film to “engage” with non-Trek fans and expect a sequel to go into production at warp speed. Can (Khan) the film have legs in future weeks? Word of mouth will probably override the initial geek stereotype.
Last week’s box office champion Wolverine felt the wrath of »
- Niall Browne
Stevenson, Walken, Kilmer to be 'Irishman'
8 May 2009 5:41 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Jonathan Hensleigh ("The Punisher") will direct Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in Code Entertainment's mob drama "The Irishman." Hensleigh also wrote the screenplay which was inspired by Rick Porrello's book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia."The story is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who reigned over Cleveland.s vicious underworld during the late 1970s. Walken will play nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will play a Cleveland police officer who becomes friends with Greene.Code Entertainment.s Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt and Eugene Musso will handle producing duties along with Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and actress Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Shooting begins May 19 in Detroit. »
- Adnan Tezer
Stevenson, Kilmer and Walken prepare to take on an Irishman
7 May 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Collider.com has today reported that Ray Stevenson, Val Kilmer and the legendary Christopher Walken are jumping on the potato wagon to star in Jonathan Hensleigh's "The Irishman".
The upcoming film is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene whose story inspired the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porello.
According to article, Greene was a violent Irish-American gangster who competed with the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and ended up provoking a countrywide turf war that crippled the mafia. Walken will play the loan shark and nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer is a Cleveland police detective who befriends Greene. Harvey Pekar is set to cameo in an as yet unannounced role. Release date of this feature is still Tba.
As always this writer hopes that we won't be subjected to a repeat of many an awful Irish accent such »
- noreply@blogger.com (Donal Ferris)
Christopher Walken, Ray Stevenson, and Val Kilmer Fling Car Bombs with 'The Irishman'
7 May 2009 8:03 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
If you crossed him, Shondor would kill you. If you didn't, he would charm you.
Sounds like Christopher Walken, doesn't it? Or, at least, his well-honed movie persona as charismatic tough guy. In a bit of pitch-perfect casting, The Hollywood Reporter posts that Walken, Ray Stevenson, and Val Kilmer have signed onto Jonathan Hensleigh's The Irishman -- an adaptation of Rick Porrello's book, To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia.
Walken will play Shondor Birns, a Jewish-American mobster who was once Public Enemy No. 1 in Cleveland, who hired a young Irish-American dude named Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) back in the '60s. As time went on, Greene wanted a bigger chunk of the biz and wealth, which led to bad blood and ultimately, a rather nasty car bomb that killed Birns. Greene, meanwhile, was a little bit of everything -- FBI informant, instigator of a country-wide turf war, »
- Monika Bartyzel
Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer Befriend The Irishman -- Offer him whiskey, potatoes, and other gifts relating to his stereotype
7 May 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Written by Matt Goldberg Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer have come on board to Jonathan Hensleigh's "The Irishman". While I would hope for a whimsical comedy in the vein of "Waking Ned Devine", it's more in the vein of "State of Grace". The film is based off real story of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson) which inspired the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia". After that war, the Mafia walked with a limp. On the plus side, the Mafia got all the good parking spaces from there on out. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Greene was a violent Irish-American gangster who competed with the Italian mob in 1970s Cleveland and ended up provoking a countrywide turf war that crippled the mafia. Walken will play the loan shark and nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer is a Cleveland »
Ray Stevenson Is The Irishman
7 May 2009 2:42 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Ray Stevenson finished work in Rome and suddenly found himself a star, heading up The Punisher: War Zone and landing roles in The Book of Eli and Cirque du Freak. Now he's added a lead role in The Irishman to that roster, where he'll star alongside Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer.Despite the title, the film doesn't actually take place in the land of 40 shades of green, but in Cleveland, Ohio where mobster Danny Greene ruled the underworld in the 1970s. Stevenson will play Greene, Walken an infamous loan shark and nightclub owner called Shondor Birns and Kilmer a city cop who befriends Greene (who, funnily enough, was obsessed with the colour green). Cue attempted car bombs, successful car bombs and conflict with the Mafia.The whole thing is based on Rick Porrello's book To Kill The Irishman: The War That Cripped The Mafia, with director Jonathan Hensleigh (who, »
Punisher and Iceman Meet 'The Irishman'
7 May 2009 12:38 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
It's strange to think a film that will star Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer and Ray Stevenson is one that will likely to go to DVD before it ever sees theaters, but that is exactly the impression I get from The Irishman, which was just announced by Variety. The mob drama is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who lorded over Cleveland's criminal underworld during the late 1970s. Walken is onboard to play infamous loan-sharking nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will portray a Cleveland cop who befriends Greene. The film will be directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, who also wrote the script, which was inspired by Rick Porrello's book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia." Hensleigh also wrote and directed the Thomas Jane Punisher in 2004. As interesting as this one sounds, for some reason I have this sneaking suspicion we will be looking »
- Brad Brevet
Stevenson, Walken, and Kilmer Join the Cast of The Irishman
6 May 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Even though Punisher: War Zone wasn't a hit, it's definitely getting Ray Stevenson plenty of jobs. He's joining the cast of the mob drama The Irishman alongside of Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer (who were last seen together in True Romance). Filmmaker Jonathan Hensleigh, who previously directed 2004's The Punisher, will be directing this. Hensleigh also wrote the script, which is based on the life of mobster Danny Greene (Stevenson), who ran Cleveland's criminal underworld during the late 1970s. Walken will play infamous loan-sharking nightclub owner Shondor Birns, and Kilmer will play a Cleveland cop. The story was inspired by Rick Porrello's true life book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" (check it out on Amazon). Code Entertainment is developing the indie production, and Lightning Entertainment will be selling the distribution rights. Shooting starts mid-May in Detroit, so this is moving into production right away. »
- Alex Billington
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