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Lucas Black Adds ‘Promised Land’ and ‘42’; Terrifying Set Photos From Jackie Robinson Biopic Surface
21 May 2012 11:25 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Before we get to the casting items at hand, just you go ahead and look at that freaking image. No, this isn’t from the set of a horror film about a carnival of half-sized amputees; it’s for the biopic of a sports legend. Over at The Birmingham News, we’ve been able to gander at the production of Brian Helgeland‘s 42, which features newcomer Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, while Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Christopher Meloni, a large supporting cast of notable character actors, and inflatable people are also making onscreen appearances.
Well, no, not really. The nightmare-inducing creatures are actually being utilized for post-production, a time in which they’ll be replaced by digital figures that should, with any luck, seamlessly integrate with actual humans in the crowd. Although that’s obviously the best course of action for 42, I sort of wish they’d stick with these »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Hal Holbrook To Be Honoured For Dedication To Twain
20 May 2012 7:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Into The Wild star Hal Holbrook is to become the first recipient of the Mark Twain Lifetime Achievement Award for his efforts to boost awareness of the literary icon's work.
The actor, who has starred in two major Twain documentaries and often performs as the author onstage in one-man shows, will be honoured by officials at The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal, Missouri in November, when he performs his Mark Twain Tonight! play in the town.
Holbrook, 87, also stars in new Twain film Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey. »
Morgan Freeman Negotiating To Join Michael Douglas & Robert De Niro In Comedy 'Last Vegas'
16 May 2012 1:55 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Given that the two films in the franchise are the number one and number two R-rated comedies of all time, it's no surprise that studios are desperately attempting to recapture the formula of "The Hangover." Whether it's in set-up, like Sundance comedy "Bachelorette", or in spirit, like last summer's "Horrible Bosses", there are all kinds of spiritual successors to Todd Phillips' smash hit in the can or in the works, but they've all been lacking in one obvious thing: old people! Old people doing young people things are always funny! How else do you explain Betty White?
As such, CBS Films comedy "Last Vegas" is likely on to a winner, and the film's been assembling an all-star cast of pensioners for its tale of four elderly friends who head to the Sunset Strip for the bachelor party of the last of them to get hitched. Michael Douglas was the first on board, »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Streaming for Your Pleasure: Comedians Gone Serious
15 May 2012 2:22 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Article by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Welcome to the latest installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. In this series I look at films currently Streaming on Netflix that fit into a specific topic. This week I’m looking at comedic actors that attempt to reinvent themselves as serious actors. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t, but in the end you have to at least respect the attempt of someone trying new things. Listed are films that are successful enough to garner your attention for a watch or two. Feel free to list you thoughts, opinions, or ideas in the comment section below
Directed By: Rodrigo Cortes,
Written By: Chris Sparling
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Jose’ Luis Garcia Perez, and Robert Paterson
Synopsis: While on a job in Iraq, civilian contractor Paul Conroy is attacked and kidnapped, then awakens to find himself buried alive in the middle of »
- Guest
Warner Bros. Go Jurassic; Fox Is ‘Saving Your Kingdom’; Saint Aire Purchase ‘The Noticer’
30 April 2012 5:48 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
If there’s one thing multiplexes don’t have enough of these days, it’s dinosaurs. Really think about this: They’re big, loud, wreak havoc, look cool, and can easily be made into toys. Why did robots take the mantle from them, again?
Fortunately, Deadline reports that Warner Bros. are getting into the pre-historic business with John Clisham, a frequent James Cameron collaborator, who’s directing and co-writing a dino-starring actioner with Mike Bayman. Originally developed as a web series with Break Media, the film revolves around “a rapidly evolving species of dinosaurs who attack modern Los Angeles,” or “a transported version of the ending to The Lost World.” (One that’s [hopefully] less terrible, however.) It’s obviously an inexperienced writing team and director, but a T-Rex eating the Hollywood sign is something you have to work pretty hard to screw up.
Meanwhile, THR informs us that Fox Animation »
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Promised Land Begins Production in Pennsylvania
24 April 2012 6:07 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Gus Van Sant, a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director, is directing Promised Land, a contemporary drama from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon, based on a story by Dave Eggers. Participant Media is co-financing the movie, for which Focus will hold worldwide rights and commence overseas sales at the Cannes International Film Festival in May. Filming begins this week in Pennsylvania for release next winter. Focus president of production Jeb Brody made the announcement today.
Participant's Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) is executive-producing Promised Land with Mr. Van Sant and Ron Schmidt (Bandslam). Mr. Damon and Mr. Krasinski are producing the movie with Chris Moore. Mr. Moore co-produced Good Will Hunting, which brought its stars and co-writers, Mr. Damon and Ben Affleck, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Mr. Van Sant earned his first Oscar nomination for directing »
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Gus Van Sant off to the 'Promised Land' with Matt Damon, John Krasinki
24 April 2012 4:54 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Gus Van Sant has reunited with his "Good Will Hunting" star and screenwriter Matt Damon for a new film that's slated to begin shooting this week in Pennsylvania. Entitled "Promised Land", the drama will star Damon as a corporate salesman who arrives in a rural town with his business partner (Frances McDormand) to buy up drilling rights from the local residents - only to meet a formidable challenge in the form of a local schoolteacher (Hal Holbrook) and a grassroots organizer (John Krasinski). The "Capra-esque" film, which also stars Rosemarie DeWitt ("Your Sister's Sister", "Rachel Getting Married"), Scoot McNairy ("Monsters", TV's »
- Chris Eggertsen
Production Begins on Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land Starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski
24 April 2012 1:41 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Focus Features announced today that production has commenced on the drama Promised Land. The screenplay was written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski, based on a story by Dave Eggers, and the project was poised to be Damon’s directorial debut before scheduling issues forced him to vacate the director’s chair. Damon’s Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant swooped in and swiftly took over directing duties, and now filming has begun. Focus President Jeb Brody draws some very flattering comparisons when describing the project: “Matt and John’s script is rich in Frank Capra-esque qualities, blending humor and heart while exploring the power of community in this day and age. An actor’s director like Gus will bring forth all the emotions in the story, which is a true passion project for everyone.” In addition to Damon and Krasinski, the cast also includes Frances McDormand, Hal Holbrook, »
- Adam Chitwood
'Promised Land' Officially Starts Production, Oil Drilling Plotline Detailed
24 April 2012 12:22 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
As "Promised Land" has been moving along, gathering up financing, a director and a cast, the actual plot details have been kept mostly under wraps, with only vague allusions to a Capra-esque tale about two rivals in a small town. In the last few weeks, the filmmakers behind the Kickstarter-funded documentary "FrackNation" posited that the film written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski was going to be an anti-fracking movie (fracking is essentially the process by which water and chemicals are blasted to separate rock layers to extract gas and oil). But of course, the documentarians are making a movie that purports to tell the "truth" about the controversial nature of fracking, so they had an agenda of their own to push, and besides their word, there was no indication that "Promised Land" was going to tackle that topic.
But today, Focus Features announced the film was now in production and along with that news, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Production Begins on Gus Van Sant's Promised Land
24 April 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Focus Features has announced that production has officially started on Promised Land . Arriving from two-time Academy Award nominee director Gus Van Sant, the film is a contemporary drama from an original screenplay written by John Krasinski and Matt Damon, based on a story by Dave Eggers. In addition to Damon and Krasinski, the cast of Promised Land includes Rosemarie DeWitt ( Rachel Getting Married ), Academy Award nominee Hal Holbrook ( Into the Wild ), Scoot McNairy ( Monsters ), Titus Welliver ( The Town ), and, in her fourth film for Focus, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand. The movie.s crew includes Linus Sandgren ( Shelter ) as cinematographer, Dan Clancy ( The Dilemma ) as production designer, and Juliet Polcsa ( The Sopranos ) as costume designer. Damon plays »
Character Actor Titus Welliver Heads To Gus Van Sant's 'The Promised Land'
20 April 2012 11:45 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Recognize that face, but don't know his name? Don't worry, this actor is definitely one of those "hey, it's that guy" dudes. A television regular having featured on shows such as "Deadwood," "Sons Of Anarchy" and "Lost," character actor Titus Welliver is someone you would have come across on the small screen, but he's also teamed with the Afflecks on all three of Ben's directorial efforts including the upcoming "Argo." The actor is now set to complete the Boston trifecta, joining Matt Damon in Gus Van Sant's upcoming "Promised Land."
The film will tell the tale of a powerful natural gas company that infiltrates a small rural town to tap into subterranean resources, and will follow how that action affects the residents' lives. Welliver plays a resident open to the gas company's presence with his character also noted to be a potential love interest for Frances McDormand's sales »
- Simon Dang
Titus Welliver to join Matt Damon John Krasinski in Gus Van Sant's Promised Land
20 April 2012 4:35 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Promised Land lures Titus Welliver. Pic from Focus Features and Participant Media stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski as rival corporate executives in the story of a powerful natural gas company who infiltrate a small rural town in order to tap into subterranean resources, reports Variety. Co-starring are Frances McDormand who plays Damon's sales partner, while Welliver is in as a local resident open to the presence of the company in the town, as well as her potential love interest, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook. Promised Land is being produced by Chris Moore alongside Damon and Krasinski, who scripted based on Dave Eggers original draft »
Gus Van Sant's The Promised Land Adds Titus Welliver
19 April 2012 10:58 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Gus Van Sant has already managed to find an all-star cast for his upcoming film, The Promised Land. Both Matt Damon and John Krasinski are set to star in the film, but the supporting cast is made up of brilliant names like Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook. Today it has added one more. Variety is reporting that Titus Welliver has signed on for a part in The Promised Land. As recently revealed, the plot has to do with the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, which involves pumping a mixture of sand, water and chemicals into bedrock in order to release natural gas. Krasinski and Damon are set to play rival executives who fight over the right to a small rural town. The first draft of the script was written by Dave Eggers and Krasinski did a rewrite. Welliver will play a man who lives in the town, but »
Scoot McNairy Goes to ‘Promised Land’; Gets ‘Touchy Feely’ With Lynn Shelton and Ellen Page
12 April 2012 11:59 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
The next couple of years should be plenty nice for Scoot McNairy. This fall alone will see the Monsters actor take (what look to be) moderately-sized roles in two promising awards contenders (Ben Affleck‘s Argo and Andrew Dominik‘s Killing Them Softly), but Deadline now reports that he’s just grabbed two more features — both of which could also end strongly in their own right.
The first (and biggest) of these would be Promised Land, Gus Van Sant‘s fracking drama that stars and is co-written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski; in it, he’ll play the leader of “a group of farmers that stand up when Damon’s character tries to drill on their land.” Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Hal Holbrook also star.
He’ll then reunite with DeWitt on Touchy Feely, a new drama from Lynn Shelton (Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister) that also stars Ellen Page. »
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Scoot McNairy Joins New Lynn Shelton Pic 'Touchy Feely' With Ellen Page And Rosemarie DeWitt & Gus Van Sant's 'Promised Land'
12 April 2012 9:17 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
A new Lynn Shelton movie appears to be brewing out of nowhere, while the latest from Gus Van Sant and Matt Damon has added an actor, and at the center of it all is rising "Monsters" star Scoot McNairy.
Ellen Page, Rosemarie DeWitt, Josh Pais and McNairy have joined "Touchy Feely," the next film from writer/director Lynn Shelton whose latest effort, "Your Sister's Sister," heads into theaters this spring. This is pretty much the first we're hearing about this project and it starts rolling very soon. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it will be shot using the same organic approach as her last film. We've also learned that Allison Janney and Ron Livingstone are also in talks for roles.
Meanwhile, McNairy will also join DeWitt along with Damon, John Krasinksi, Frances McDormand and Hal Holbrook in Gus Van Sant's "The Promised Land." Initially birthed from an idea by Dave Eggers, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Plot of Matt Damon-Starrer ‘Promised Land’ Gets Fleshed Out With Political Slant
9 April 2012 1:08 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Matt Damon‘s a political guy, but with the exception of, let’s say, Green Zone, I can’t argue that much of his onscreen work has reflected any liberal leanings. However, Politico (via Vulture and CinemaBlend) picked up some new details on the Gus Van Sant-directed Promised Land — and, thanks to the filmmakers behind a project entitled FrackNation, we now know he was going to make a debut on a water fracking story.
Despite some early development on The Fracking Stage (yeah, terrible joke), here we have a topic I can’t consider myself well versed in; Politico, thankfully, nicely summarized it as “the controversial practice of pumping a mixture of sand, water and chemicals into a well to break up rock and help extract natural gas.” (Josh Fox‘s documentary, Gasland, covered similar ground.) You can more or less figure out why this is potentially harmful to »
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Extras Wanted To Frack Matt Damon
9 April 2012 7:20 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
If you've got an interesting face, Matt Damon wants to frack it.
To be precise, he and director Gus Van Sant were seeking paid extras with "great character faces" over the weekend in Philadelphia for "Promised Land", their upcoming anti-fracking film says The Associated Press.
Fracking (hydraulic fracturing) is a controversial process by which high-pressure injections of fluid are used to blast through rock to release oil and gas trapped inside. It's a process however that's generated controversy over the environmental concerns - most notably contamination of ground water.
The casting agents for the film were looking for "great character faces, farmer looks, senior citizens, baseball players, upscale men and women with formal wear, teens and kids".
The film itself follows a businessman who experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town. Damon co-wrote the story with John Krasinski ("The Office") and both star alongside Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook. »
- Garth Franklin
Matt Damon Making Promised Land Anti-Fracking Movie
9 April 2012 12:55 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Matt Damon loves to get behind causes. Unfortunately, when he brings them to the big screen, movie-goers don't follow. His Iraq/Wmd film "Green Zone" cost $100 million to make, but ended up grossing only $35 million domestically. Even with international grosses, it couldn't earn back its budget. Now comes word that Damon is at it again. He co-wrote a script with John Krasinski ("The Office") for "Promised Land," an anti-fracking film that focuses on the controversial practice of breaking up rock in order to extract natural gas. Story details are being kept a secret, but according to IMDb, it revolves around a salesman who experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town. Damon and Krasinski will star, along with Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Hal Holbrook. Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) will direct and will begin shooting later this month. Meanwhile, director of "FrackNation," an upcoming pro-fracking movie, posted a comment. »
Matt Damon Stirs Fracking Controversy With New Film
6 April 2012 3:12 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Environmentalists are giddy over the news that Matt Damon is starring in an anti-fracking film.
Damon's agency confirmed to Politico that the actor is slated to star in "The Promised Land," an "anti-fracking movie" that he co-wrote with actor John Krasinski ("The Office"), based on a draft by Dave Eggers ("Where The Wild Things Are").
According to Variety, Damon and Krasinski will star "as rival corporate executives, with the former thesp playing a character whose life is thrown into disarray after he arrives in a small town."
The film will also feature Frances McDormand "who prefers to follow the rules as opposed to breaking protocol," Rosemarie DeWitt as "a schoolteacher caught between Damon's and Krasinski's character" and possibly Hal Holbrook who "will play an engineer who lives in the town and opposes a corporate takeover being led by Damon." The movie will be directed by Gus Van Sant ("Good Will Hunting »
- Joanna Zelman
Hal Holbrook Eyes Gus Van Sant’s Drama ‘Promised Land,’ Starring Matt Damon and John Krasinksi
29 March 2012 4:29 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Although he’s just wrapped Steven Stpielberg‘s Lincoln and is very, very old, Hal Holbrook has set his sights on an upcoming Gus Van Sant drama as his next project. Variety has reported that the seasoned actor is in negotiations to join Promised Land, which is written by Matt Damon and John Krasinski.
Originally, this project was meant to be Damon‘s directorial debut, but has since stepped down to the starring role, being that of a rival corporate executive to Krasinski‘s character, “whose life is thrown into disarray after he arrives in a small town.” Frances McDormand is also set to star as Damon‘s sales partner, “who prefers to follow the rules as opposed to breaking protocol.” Rosemarie DeWitt will also play “a schoolteacher caught between Damon and Krasinski‘s characters.”
Holbrook would join them as “an engineer who lives in the town and opposes a »
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