First Anne Thompson, then Michael Fleming and now lead critic Todd McCarthy have been kicked off the sinking Variety ship. Actually, I forget. Was Fleming kicked or did he just grab the last life preserver and jump for himself? It doesn’t matter. The once must-read trade paper has lost three of the main reasons anyone [...]
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There was a time when you measured the interval between Terrence Malick projects in decades. Now however, with work still being completed on Tree of Life starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn (due this Christmas), the leisurely director will apparently be shopping around his next picture at the Electronic Film Market in Berlin.
All that’s known [...]
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Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of TRUE GRIT starring Jeff Bridges has been announced for Christmas 2010
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Last fall rumors made the rounds that The Lives of Others director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was off the Johnny Depp/Angelina Jolie thriller The Tourist. Von Donnersmarck denied the rumors a few days later and tonight Variety is reporting that he’s officially back on board.
Got all that?
The Tourist is a remake of the 2005 French [...]
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Highlights include Dog Day Afternoon, Jezebel, The Muppet Movie, Once Upon a Time in the West and Pillow Talk.
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Reports of Paul Greengrass jumping ship on Bourne 4 bounced around the internet yesterday, and today BFDealMemo has Greengrass’ official non-statement/statement via Universal:
You won’t find a more devoted supporter of the Bourne franchise than me. I will always be grateful to have been the caretaker to Jason Bourne over the course of The Bourne Supremacy [...]
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IFC Entertainment and online rental service Netflix announced a partnership yesterday to offer 53 IFC titles for streaming online. This is good news and bad news.
The good news is it that it makes some of IFC’s great titles easier for people to see. Older stuff like John Sayles’ The Brother From Another Planet and Return [...]
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Sad new to pass along this evening as THR reports that Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is canceling all travel plans to begin treatment.
There’s no word on the prognosis or if this has anything to do with his hospitalization earlier this month.
Best wishes to Goon, Dave Hastings, Billy, Moon, Kansas, Tom [...]
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Young stars of Slumdog Millionaire in danger of losing their trust fund.
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News of sequels to Rambo and Bad Boys plus Disney buying Marvel fill me with ennui.
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