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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
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Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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- Garth Franklin
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
| Dark Horizons
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
13
Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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- Garth Franklin
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Chris Brown Tells '20/20' He's Focusing On Giving Fans 'All Of Me Back'
5 December 2009 9:11 AM, PST
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Brown also claims he played his apology song, 'Changed Man,' for Rihanna, despite her saying she hasn't heard it.
By Jayson Rodriguez
Chris Brown appears on ABC's 20/20 on Friday
Photo: ABC
Less than a month after Rihanna appeared on "20/20," her former boyfriend, Chris Brown, followed suit Friday night (December 4) to discuss his assault against her, how he plans to move forward from it and his hopes to win his fans over again.
"I really just try to focus on what I can do, as far as my talent," Brown told ABC News correspondent Robin Roberts. "Really just show people what they fell in love with me for. Try to give them all of me back."
Brown was apologetic throughout the interview as Roberts and he sat and watched multiple clips of Rihanna's November interview with Diane Sawyer. The singer was solemn when Rihanna described Brown's appearance during the attack,
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Steven Spielberg to Complete Crichton’s Last Work on Film
27 August 2009 6:08 AM, PDT
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Steven Spielberg has a rare form of Hollywood sway, with the ability to develop pretty much any project he’d like to see come to the screen. It’s the sway that comes with a career of absolute blockbusters with failures few and far between. Sometimes, as in the case of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, he uses it to fulfill the wishes of his friends like Stanley Kubrick, finishing a project from beyond the grave.
Now, he’s working on development for author Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Timeline), a film version of his posthumously released novel Pirate Latitudes. The script will be written by David Koepp (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), while the actual novel will be available on November 24th.
Spielberg is producing the film, and may also direct.
The description of the book is actually a very detailed glimpse into what we’ll be seeing on screen:
“The Caribbean,
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- John Cooper
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Donald Sutherland and His Son Team Up for 'Love Child'
4 May 2009 12:03 PM, PDT
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So you might have heard of a little project on the pike called The Love Child of Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono. Back in March, word hit that Rebecca Romijn and Donald Sutherland were starring in the film, and no, it wasn't going to be another wackily cast film like I'm Not There. It would tell the story of a man on parole 5 years after a heist gone wrong. Rather than moving forward on the straight and narrow, he is sucked back in by his former boss to make up for the botched heist. In his spare time, he makes these scrap sculptures that set the art world on fire, and he's caught between the crime and the art glory. In other words -- it has very little to link it to Andy and Yoko.
Now the confusing Warhol/Ono title has been dropped (it's now called The Love Child
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- Monika Bartyzel
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Winstone, Thewlis and Friel Join London Boulevard
12 April 2009 10:09 PM, PDT
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Ray Winstone (Beowulf), David Thewlis (Timeline) and Anna Friel (Land of the Lost) are set to join Keira Knightley and Colin Farrell in London Boulevard, report the trades. The film marks the directorial debut of Departed screenwriter William Monahan. The film is based on the Ken Bruen novel of the same name.
The story revolves around a South London criminal (Farrell) who, after release from prison, tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress (Knightley). Winstone will play a former crime boss. Thewlis will play the reclusive actress' agoraphobic business manager, while Friel will portray the criminal's sister.
Along with The Departed, which earned him an Academy Award, Monahan wrote Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven and Body of Lies. He also penned the upcoming crime-drama Edge of Darkness, which stars Mel Gibson and hits theaters this fall.
Graham King (Blood Diamond
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- James Cook
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Easter Bunny brings Twilight fans a present: a new cast member for New Moon
11 April 2009 8:31 PM, PDT
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon is picking up speed with its casting lately. Joining the likes of returnees Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Michael Welch, Christian Serratos, Anna Kendrick, Justin Chon, Edi Gathegi, Rachelle Lefevre, and Gil Birmingham, will be Michael Sheen, reports say.
First we saw the addition of Dakota Fanning . Then, the wolfpack and Heidi were announced (actors Bronson Pelletier, Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon & Tyson Housman and Noot Sear), then we got wind that Sweeney Todd star Jamie Campbell-Bower would become Caius. Now, add Michael Sheen to the list.
Michael Sheen, British star in the up-coming Alice in Wonderland & Underworld: Rise of the Lycans & (previously) hit films Frost/Nixon, The Queen, Blood Diamond, Kingdom of Heaven, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, & Timeline ....
Chris Weitz, director
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Two New Michael Crichton Novels Found
7 April 2009 12:30 PM, PDT
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HarperCollins is getting ready to publish two new novels written by the late author Michael Crichton, who died of cancer last year at 66. He was known for such hits as "Jurassic Park" and "ER." The action adventure "Pirate Latitudes" is set in Jamaica in 1665 and revolves around plans by a notorious pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica to raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure. The novel was written before Crichton's death and was discovered in his files by an assistant. HarperCollins plans a first printing of 1 million copies, with the novel set to hit stores on November 24th. The other book is a yet-to-be-titled technological thriller that was left unfinished by Crichton. It will be completed based on the writer's notes and released late next year. An author has not yet been hired to finish the work. Creative Artists Agency is handling the film and TV rights of the books.
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Hollywood Circling Two New Michael Crichton Books
6 April 2009 9:05 PM, PDT
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Michael Crichton may be gone, but his work is still very much with us. The enduring author of such mega-hits as "The Andromeda Strain" and "Jurassic Park" has two pending properties that Hollywood is currently set to bid on.
According to Variety, HarperCollins is readying for publication two new novels written by the late author. The action adventure "Pirate Latitudes", set in Jamaica in 1665, hits store shelves Nov. 24, while a yet-to-be-titled technological thriller will bow late next year.
"Pirate Latitudes" was written before Crichton's death last year and discovered in his files by an assistant, while the untitled book will be completed based on the writer's notes.
"Latitudes" revolves around plans by a notorious pirate named Hunter and the governor of Jamaica to raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure.
Hollywood has long been invested in the late author's work. His novels "The Andromeda Strain", "Congo", "Disclosure", "Rising Sun", "Sphere
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Inside The Business: Temp Scores (Part 1)
25 March 2009 6:49 AM, PDT
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The temporary score (a collection of pre-existing music utilized during the editing) is a controversial creative aid which was first utalized by the editors to keep some rhythm to their works. Today the job of producing and editing temporary track is a whole job onto itself. In the following article you'll hear a lot more about this job from two of Hollywood's top temp editors: Scott Stambler is a frequent collaborator of Rob Reiner and served as a temp editor on such features as Forrest Gump, The Kingdom and most recently on Tropic Thunder. Mark "Vordo" Wlodarkiewicz does a variety of music editing jobs which naturally includes temp editing: his most recent credits include Eragon, The Simpsons Movie and yes, he worked on Tropic Thunder as well.
First the bad news: many composers criticize the temp track as a way to stop creativity. True, many directors and producers ofter force
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Fresh Release: Egon Riedel and Das Jesus Video
7 March 2009 2:00 AM, PST
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If you live in a country where cable television is not a foreign concept, than chances are you might have bumped into the German television movie Das Jesus Video... or The Hunt for the Hidden Relic... or Ancient Relic... or Hunt for the Jesus Video... There are several titles by which you can find this picture, which was based on the popular novel of Andreas Eschnbach, which mixes the time traveling ideas of Michael Crichton's Timeline with the religious conspiracies of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. In this novel (and movie), a young archeologist finds the skeleton of a time traveler in Israel. Apparently somebody went back in time to make a video recording of Jesus Christ and then hid the casette at a secret location. The German secret service and the Vatican are both interested in the recording and the archeologist ends up in a hi-tech
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The Adjustment Bureau Picked Up By Universal
6 March 2009 11:00 PM, PST
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The Hollywood Reporter says that Universal Pictures has signed on to produce The Adjustment Bureau, which has Matt Damon attached to the lead role.
The Bourne Ultimatum writer George Nolfi has written the script for The Adjustment Bureau and will also make his directorial debut with the film.
The sci-fi action movie stars Damon as a politician who falls for a ballerina, only to find that mysterious forces are keeping the two apart. The Adjustment Bureau is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story.
Aside from The Bourne Ultimatum, Damon and Nolfi have worked together before on Ocean’s Twelve, as actor and writer, respectively. He previously wrote the scripts for Timeline [...]
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Universal Acquires The Adjustment Bureau
5 March 2009 12:46 PM, PST
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Universal Pictures is finalizing a deal with Media Rights Capital for The Adjustment Bureau, a contemporary love story with sci-fi overtones that was written and will be directed by George Nolfi, his directorial debut. Matt Damon is attached to star and the project was shopped around to potential studios last week.
In Bureau, Damon will play David Norris, a charismatic congressman who seems destined for national political stardom. He meets a beautiful ballet dancer named Elise Sellas, only to find strange circumstances keeping their sparks from catching fire. Norris discovers forces are at work to keep them apart, and he peels the layers to find out why. The action takes place all over Manhattan.
Nolfi, whose screenwriting credits include Timeline, Ocean’s Twelve and The Sentinel, will produce with Chris Moore (Good Will Hunting) and Michael Hackett (Paycheck). Production will begin in September.
Damon will star in The Adjustment Bureau
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