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16 articles from 2009
Harvey Keitel is Now Part of the 'Focker' Franchise
12 November 2009 2:52 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
One of the most annoying things about throwing yourself knee deep into movies a little later in life is all the catching up involved. It's endlessly frustrating to know I have seen all but one of Paul Weitz's films and still haven't seen everything from Spielberg or even Scorsese. What's even more frustrating is I am expecting to receive About a Boy from Netflix in the next couple of days, which will complete my viewing of the Paul Weitz-directed filmography. Of course, that's my fault for not renting The Sugarland Express or Bringing Out the Dead, but after seeing the lame Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant and American Dreamz before that, I needed to see why so many people kept telling me to see About a Boy just so I can mark it off my list and be done with Weitz. That is until he unleashes the »
- Brad Brevet
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (review)
22 October 2009 8:20 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
John C. Reilly as a vampire? I thought: How can that not be funny? And it is funny, in a gentler, more unassuming way than you might expect from a movie by screenwriters Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland, who’ve collectively given us dark and brooding (Helgeland’s The Order and Mystic River) or sharp and satirical (Weitz’s American Dreamz and About a Boy) but never anything so modest in scope and ambition as this inoffensive and subsequently bland fantasy. Bland fantasy? That’s just sad. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Exclusive: 'Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant' Poster Premiere!
4 August 2009 11:30 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Cinematical has just received the dark new poster for Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, an adaptation of a young adult book series by Darren Shan. The film version stars John C. Reilly as a vampire -- which is enough to sell me on the movie right there!
But, for those who must know more, the official synopsis says in part that the movie is "a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares." Chris Massoglia plays a 16-year-old boy who becomes the assistant of a vampire named Larten Crepsley (Reilly). Among the assistant's new friends are Salma Hayek as a bearded lady (?!) and Ken Watanabe as a "gigantic barker. »
- Peter Martin
Shohreh: Smart, Stunning, Sexy, Sophisticated
2 August 2009 7:11 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
This is Rc from StrangeCultureBlog.
It's no secret that actresses, particularly middle-aged actresses, have a challenge finding great roles in our current movie system. Stories tend to be male heavy, and even younger females seem to have better odds at a gig with teen films, horror flick, and chatty rom-coms.
But where is the dramatic meat for a woman? Some years predicting supporting actress nominations takes heavy devotion to even try to figure out what films have viable roles for supporting actresses.
But end of rant, let's turn to praise, for an actress I consistently enjoy, who not only is a middle-aged woman (57 years old) but also is Iranian.
Who do I speak of, but the lovely and talented Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Aghdashloo's name is probably most known for her Oscar nomination for the foreclosure meets cultural challenge film The House of Sand and Fog, where Shohreh was deservedly nominated for »
- RC
Julianne Moore Is Not Hillary Clinton
8 July 2009 6:59 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
They’re dropping like flies over at The Special Relationship, the BBC/HBO film that tracks the Tony Blair/Bill Clinton partnership.A couple of weeks ago, Peter Morgan – who had been set to make his directorial debut from his own script – departed the project to be replaced by Richard Loncraine, and now Julianne Moore has had to pull out of playing Hillary Clinton, due to a prior commitment.As with Morgan, a replacement has been found quickly, with the ever-excellent Hope Davis joining Michael Sheen, playing Blair for the third time, Dennis Quaid, playing Clinton for the second time if you count American Dreamz (and not many people do), and Helen McCrory, playing Cherie Blair for the first time.As much as we admire Moore, we can’t help but feel that Davis may be a better physical fit for the role – and, really, there’s a cigarette paper »
Shohreh Aghdashloo: The Hollywood Interview
26 June 2009 12:43 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo
Shohreh Aghdashloo Casts No Stones
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Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo made history as the first Middle Eastern woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, when she received a Best Supporting Actress nod for her work in House of Sand and Fog (2003), opposite Ben Kingsley. Born in Tehran in 1952 to an upper middle class family of intellectuals, Shohreh spent her youth performing with various avant-garde theater companies during the country’s period of social and artistic freedom under the rule of Iran’s Shah. Most prominent among these groups was the renowned Drama Workshop of Tehran. Based upon her work with the latter group, Shohreh was cast by the two leaders of Iran’s New Wave filmmakers—Abbas Kiarostami and Ali Hatami—to play starring roles in Gozaresh and Sute-Delan, two seminal films of the period, both released in 1977.
The following year, 1978, changed everything with »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Exclusive: Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow Talk ‘The Hurt Locker’
7 May 2009 8:34 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The Iraq War - or The Second Persian Gulf War if you need to be specific - was launched on March 20, 2003. In the years that followed, 16 films were created that deal with that war either directly or tangentially. These range from American Dreamz to Stop-Loss, and almost all of them could be considered commercial and artistic failures. The reason for their failure is up for debate (certainly quality has something to do with it), but the best guess involves an interesting cultural quirk. The films have all been made and released while the war is still going on (something that should hurt them), but the war itself is barely in the day-to-day thoughts of the average American (which should negate the previous effect). Whichever the case, gone are the days where creative minds wait out the grace period on wars in order to create distance between their subject and their work. With »
- Cole Abaius
Noureen DeWulf joins "The Back-Up Plan"
29 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. She recently completed "The Strip," directed and written by Jameel Khan and can be seen in "The Goods, Sell Hard" with Will Ferrell, Jeremy Piven, Josh Brolin, Ving Rhames and Ed Helms. »
Noureen DeWulf joins "The Back-Up Plan"
29 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner... »
Noureen DeWulf joins "The Back-Up Plan"
29 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Actress Noureen DeWulf has joined "The Back-Up Plan," an Escape Artists' produced comedy for CBS Films. She joins Jennifer Lopez and Alex O'Laughlin in the story which tells of a single woman who wishes to have a baby through artificial insemination. Things get complicated when she meets the man of her dreams. The film is also known as "Plan B." DeWulf, known for roles in films including "American Dreamz," "Americanizing Shelley" and the upcoming "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner... »
Moore Keen To Shed 'Wallflower' Image
7 April 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Singer/actress Mandy Moore is desperate to break away from her girl-next-door image - because she's struggling to land decent movie roles.
The clean-living star is known for family-friendly films like 2007's Because I Said So and 2006's American Dreamz.
She has taken a break from her acting career to focus on her music, but admits she has not starred in a movie since 2007's License to Wed because she keeps being offered the same boring roles.
And Moore is calling on casting directors to give her a chance to prove she can take on edgier projects, insisting she'd "work (her) a** off" to get it right.
She tells Marie Claire magazine, "That won't cut it anymore. I don't want to be a wallflower. I don't want to be shy. Give me the opportunity to get in the room and have a conversation as to why I know I can do this.
"It's Ok that you see me as this person, but I'm an actress, and I'll work my a** off to play the part."
But that doesn't mean Moore will take on just any role: "It has to be right. I've had the opportunity to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, for what reason? Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark?
"I don't want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait until we find the right stuff." »
Paul Weitz directing Little Fockers?
5 April 2009 9:48 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Just when it looked like Peter Segal would be the man to bring Little Fockers to the screen, Universal seems to be leaning towards Paul Weitz. One half of the team who made the first American Pie movie and then went on to bring us In Good Company and American Dreamz, Weitz is putting the finishing touches to vampire drama Cirque Du Freak, though it won’t be out until 2010. Now it appears that Weitz is the man that Universal wants to make the third Fockers film, which would reunite the likes of Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri...
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- jwhite
Paul Weitz to direct Universal's 'Little Fockers'?
4 April 2009 9:44 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Could Universal Pictures possibly have found a director for its upcoming sequel "Little Fockers"? Maybe.
According to Variety, Paul Weitz is currently in talks to direct the third installment in the popular series, which will already head into prodcution in July.
Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner are expected to star in the sequel to "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers." John Hamburg recently rewrote an original script by Larry Stuckey.
Peter Segal, whose credits include "Get Smart," "The Longest Yard" and "50 First Dates," has been rumored to direct the film for a while, but I guess Weitz is now the front-runner.
Jay Roach, who helmed the first two films, will not return to direct because he's currently focusing on "Dinner for Schmucks" instead.
Weitz's credits include "American Dreamz," "In Good Company" and "About a Boy." He most recently directed "Cirque du Freak, »
- Franck Tabouring
Paul Weitz is Directing Little Fockers, Not Pete Segal
3 April 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Woops, some reported some news a little too early. A few weeks ago we reported that Get Smart's Pete Segal was in talks to direct Little Fockers, the third installment of the Meet the Parents series, but it turns out he didn't actually get the job. Variety is now reporting that Paul Weitz, of About a Boy, In Good Company, and American Dreamz previously, is in talks to direct the sequel for Universal. The studio has been searching for a suitable replacement for Jay Roach, the director of the first two, and it looks like Weitz is the one they wanted for the job. Let's hope he does a good job, because the series needs to be refreshed. As I said originally, I liked Peter Segal for Little Fockers because I was hoping to see a fresh new face take over this franchise, and I think Segal is a »
- Alex Billington
Paul Weitz in talks to helm "Little Fockers" for Universal.
3 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Paul Weitz is in talks to helm the Universal Pictures' comedy "Little Fockers," the third installment following the hits "Meet the Parents" and "Meet the Fockers." Jay Roach helmed the first two films and the distributor was in search of a new helmer. It appeared that Pete Segal may have helmed this one. The story focuses on the arrival of the first bouncing baby Focker, eagerly anticipated by both the laid back Focker family as well as the more serious Byrnes group. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Willson, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner have already signed on. Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand have not been cast yet. John Hamburg, writer of the recent successful opener "I Love You, Man," pens the screenplay alongside newbie Larry Stuckey. Weitz directed 2002's "About a Boy" starring Hugh Grant, 2004's Dennis Quaid starrer "In Good Company" and 2006's critically acclaimed "American Dreamz »
Paul Weitz Looking to Direct 'Little Fockers'
3 April 2009 2:14 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Paul Weitz, director of such films as American Pie and About a Boy, is now expected to direct the third film in the Focker comedy franchise, Little Fockers for Universal Pictures reports Variety. Production is expected to begin in July with John Hamburg (I Love You, Man) rewriting a script originated by Larry Stuckey. Already lined up to return are Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner in a film that is expected to revolve around the children of Greg and Pam Focker (Stiller and Polo). I would not be surprised if news soon hit that Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand would also return as Greg's parents Bernie and Rozalin Focker, but that is just speculation on my part for now. I have only seen Meet the Parents and have no interest in seeing the sequel or this film for that matter, but the combined »
- Brad Brevet
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
16 articles from 2009
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