Exclusive: The English-language thriller is among several exciting Colombian projects in development revealed to Screendaily at the Bogota Audiovisual Market .
Dog Eat Dog director Moreno’s Black River tells the story of an Englishman who travels to the Amazon in search of his kidnapped father only to discover he was involved in criminal activities.
Diego Ramirez’s Colombian outfit 64-a is co-producing the project with Hugo Heppell of Hugo Films in the UK. “We are looking to shoot the film in the Amazon next year,” said Ramirez, who has several more English-language projects on his slate.
These include the $6m 18th Century-set Half Man (Media Hombre), also written and to be directed by Moreno. The story tells of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, in which the forces of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon engage the Spanish under Admiral Blas de Lezo.
“It will be an epic Ridley Scott-type film, which we’re also...
Dog Eat Dog director Moreno’s Black River tells the story of an Englishman who travels to the Amazon in search of his kidnapped father only to discover he was involved in criminal activities.
Diego Ramirez’s Colombian outfit 64-a is co-producing the project with Hugo Heppell of Hugo Films in the UK. “We are looking to shoot the film in the Amazon next year,” said Ramirez, who has several more English-language projects on his slate.
These include the $6m 18th Century-set Half Man (Media Hombre), also written and to be directed by Moreno. The story tells of the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, in which the forces of Vice-Admiral Edward Vernon engage the Spanish under Admiral Blas de Lezo.
“It will be an epic Ridley Scott-type film, which we’re also...
- 7/15/2015
- by chrisevans78@hotmail.co.uk (Chris Evans)
- ScreenDaily
Chicago – Hot on the heels of the return of the DVD Round-Up, we’re back with its fraternal twin, the Blu-Ray Round-Up, a collection of recently-released HD titles that could easily go ignored while you deal with the heat wave blanketing the country. Get out to the store. Pick one of these up. Come back to your A/C. Enjoy.
The Blu-Ray Round-Up is primarily for informational purposes but two of these recent releases are two of our favorites — “Amelie” and “Brazil.” The latter is depressingly bare-bones, especially when compared to the hard-to-find Criterion DVD release. Criterion, get on this. Get the rights back and release a Blu-ray. Until then, pick up this edition just to own one of Terry Gilliam’s best.
“Wake Wood” was released on July 5th, 2011.
“Brazil” was released on July 12th, 2011.
“Amelie,” “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and “Chocolat” were released on July 19th,...
The Blu-Ray Round-Up is primarily for informational purposes but two of these recent releases are two of our favorites — “Amelie” and “Brazil.” The latter is depressingly bare-bones, especially when compared to the hard-to-find Criterion DVD release. Criterion, get on this. Get the rights back and release a Blu-ray. Until then, pick up this edition just to own one of Terry Gilliam’s best.
“Wake Wood” was released on July 5th, 2011.
“Brazil” was released on July 12th, 2011.
“Amelie,” “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” and “Chocolat” were released on July 19th,...
- 7/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
Amelie (2001)
Synopsis: Bursting with imagination and having seen her share of tragedy and fantasy, Amélie is not like the other girls. When she grows up she becomes a waitress in a Montmartre bar run by a former dancer. Amelie enjoys simple pleasures until she discovers that her goal in life is to help others. To that end, she invents all sorts of tricks that allow her to intervene incognito into other people’s lives, including an imbibing concierge and her hypochondriac neighbor. But Amélie’s most difficult case turns out to be Nino Quicampoix, a lonely sex shop employee who collects photos abandoned at coin-operated photobooths. (blu-ray.com)
Special Features: The Look of Amelie featurette; Fantasies of Audrey Tatou; Q&A with the director and cast; Auditions; Storyboard to screen comparisons; An Intimate Chat With Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
- 7/18/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
(For my full interview with Saoirse Ronan click here, with Eric Bana click here, and with director Joe Wright click here)
Here's more on "Arthur" from Yahoo:
Genres: Comedy, Romance and Remake
In Theaters: April 8th, 2011
MPAA: PG-13 for alcohol use throughout, sexual content and some drug references.
Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach faces his biggest challenge -- choosing between an arranged marriage or an uncertain future with the only woman he has ever loved.
Cast & Crew
Starring:
Russell Brand ................ Arthur Bach
Helen Mirren ................... Hobson
Jennifer Garner .............. Susan Johnson
Greta Gerwig ................. Naomi
Nick Nolte ..................... Burt Johnson
Luis Guzman .................... Bitterman
Directed By: Jason Winer
Here's more in on "Hanna"
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into...
Here's more on "Arthur" from Yahoo:
Genres: Comedy, Romance and Remake
In Theaters: April 8th, 2011
MPAA: PG-13 for alcohol use throughout, sexual content and some drug references.
Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach faces his biggest challenge -- choosing between an arranged marriage or an uncertain future with the only woman he has ever loved.
Cast & Crew
Starring:
Russell Brand ................ Arthur Bach
Helen Mirren ................... Hobson
Jennifer Garner .............. Susan Johnson
Greta Gerwig ................. Naomi
Nick Nolte ..................... Burt Johnson
Luis Guzman .................... Bitterman
Directed By: Jason Winer
Here's more in on "Hanna"
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into...
- 4/8/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
I truly mean it when I say, I adore this young actress! Since seeing her in .Atonement,. I.ve always admired Saoirse Ronan.s talent. And she is equally amazing in .Hanna. where she plays the mysterious title character.
So I was very happy to meet Ronan for this interview where we talked about:
* How hard is it to play Hanna . a role that requires physical, mental, and emotional prowess?
* Why did she want to work with her .Atonement. director, Joe Wright, again?
* How she prepared for the strenuous physical requirements of the role?
* Bonding with co-star Jessica Barden through Lady Gaga!
* The moral of the story
Here.s more info on .Hanna. from Yahoo:
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in...
So I was very happy to meet Ronan for this interview where we talked about:
* How hard is it to play Hanna . a role that requires physical, mental, and emotional prowess?
* Why did she want to work with her .Atonement. director, Joe Wright, again?
* How she prepared for the strenuous physical requirements of the role?
* Bonding with co-star Jessica Barden through Lady Gaga!
* The moral of the story
Here.s more info on .Hanna. from Yahoo:
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in...
- 4/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Meeting Eric Bana for a second time was a delight! I interviewed the actor for 2009.s .Star Trek. and now, I.m blessed to sit with him again for .Hanna. where he plays the title character.s father figure. (Check out my interview with Eric Bana for "Star Trek" right here)
In this "Hanna" interview, we talked about:
* Why did he jump on board for the movie?
* What did he think when director Joe Wright told him that the film will be told with a fairy tale structure?
* Working with Saoirse Ronan
* First-time working with fellow Aussie, Cate Blanchett
* Growing up as a moral story of .Hanna. . And I told him I need a daddy like him! :wink
Here.s more info on .Hanna. from Yahoo:
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all...
In this "Hanna" interview, we talked about:
* Why did he jump on board for the movie?
* What did he think when director Joe Wright told him that the film will be told with a fairy tale structure?
* Working with Saoirse Ronan
* First-time working with fellow Aussie, Cate Blanchett
* Growing up as a moral story of .Hanna. . And I told him I need a daddy like him! :wink
Here.s more info on .Hanna. from Yahoo:
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all...
- 4/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Joe Wright received rave reviews with his Academy Award-nominated films such as 2005.s .Pride and Prejudice. and 2007.s .Atonement.. This time, he.s ditching period films to embrace the action genre with .Hanna..
And I looooove the film! Saoirse Ronan, Wright.s muse in .Atonement. reteams with the director in the title role. She.s an assassin, trained by her father (Eric Bana) in order to be able to defend herself from the fast-approaching Marissa (Cate Blanchett).
In this interview, we talked about:
* What made him want to make .Hanna?.
* What informed his choice into shooting and editing the film.s action scenes with almost no cuts?
* The film is told in a fairy tale structure . what inspired him to do that?
* .Hanna. is his homage to women!
* The possibility of so many worlds that .Hanna. can visit!
* Hanna.s persona
* The moral story of the film
Here.s more...
And I looooove the film! Saoirse Ronan, Wright.s muse in .Atonement. reteams with the director in the title role. She.s an assassin, trained by her father (Eric Bana) in order to be able to defend herself from the fast-approaching Marissa (Cate Blanchett).
In this interview, we talked about:
* What made him want to make .Hanna?.
* What informed his choice into shooting and editing the film.s action scenes with almost no cuts?
* The film is told in a fairy tale structure . what inspired him to do that?
* .Hanna. is his homage to women!
* The possibility of so many worlds that .Hanna. can visit!
* Hanna.s persona
* The moral story of the film
Here.s more...
- 4/7/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Today we have 11 new high resolution photos from suspense thriller Hanna.
Check them all out below (click either for a larger version) and don’t forget that Hanna comes out to theaters on on April 8, 2011.
Hanna stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana.
Hanna (Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Ms.
Check them all out below (click either for a larger version) and don’t forget that Hanna comes out to theaters on on April 8, 2011.
Hanna stars Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan, Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana.
Hanna (Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own (Ms.
- 3/16/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
I had the pleasure of seeing Joe Wright’s fourth feature tonight, the action/drama/thriller Hanna starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana. While I’m embargoed from sharing any thoughts, Focus Features shared a new clip and a variety of images from the film. The clip features some of the fantastic The Chemical Brothers score, and a snippet from one of my favorite scenes in the film. Check them out below, followed by production notes from the film. Click for hi-resolution versions.
Synopsis
A teenage girl goes out into the world for the first time – and has to battle for her life. Director Joe Wright weaves elements of dark fairy tales into the adventure thriller Hanna, filmed on location in Europe and Morocco.
Hanna (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan of Atonement, also directed by Joe Wright) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter.
Synopsis
A teenage girl goes out into the world for the first time – and has to battle for her life. Director Joe Wright weaves elements of dark fairy tales into the adventure thriller Hanna, filmed on location in Europe and Morocco.
Hanna (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan of Atonement, also directed by Joe Wright) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter.
- 2/16/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Here's more info on "Hanna" from Yahoo:
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
Logline: A 14-year-old raised by her father to be a cold-hearted killing machine must learn how to be a girl.
Genres: Drama and Thriller
Release Date: April 8th, 2011 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language.
Distributors: Focus Features
Cast and Credits
Starring: Saoirse Ronan,...
Raised by her father, an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin. The turning point in her adolescence is a sharp one; sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys stealthily across Europe while eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative with secrets of her own. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected questions about her humanity.
Logline: A 14-year-old raised by her father to be a cold-hearted killing machine must learn how to be a girl.
Genres: Drama and Thriller
Release Date: April 8th, 2011 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language.
Distributors: Focus Features
Cast and Credits
Starring: Saoirse Ronan,...
- 12/21/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Focus Features' "Hanna" makes its trailer debut. The Joe Wright ("Atonement," "Pride and Prejudice") film opens on April 8th next year and stars Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams and Tom Hollander. David Farr, Joe Penhall, Seth Lochhead and Wright write for producers Marty Adelstein, Leslie Holleran and Scott Nemes. The title character of this adventure thriller, filmed in Europe, "Hanna" (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan [“Atonement”]) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana of “Star Trek”), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin...
- 12/21/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Focus Features' "Hanna" makes its trailer debut. The Joe Wright ("Atonement," "Pride and Prejudice") film opens on April 8th next year and stars Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams and Tom Hollander. David Farr, Joe Penhall, Seth Lochhead and Wright write for producers Marty Adelstein, Leslie Holleran and Scott Nemes. The title character of this adventure thriller, filmed in Europe, "Hanna" (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan [“Atonement”]) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a soldier; these come from being raised by her father (Eric Bana of “Star Trek”), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Finland. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to making her the perfect assassin...
- 12/21/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Focus Features decided to basically do all the work of trade news people for them by info dumping all of the relevant information about the films they have slated for a 2011 release so far. So, below you'll find all of that fun information about plots and actors and directors and such. It seems rather inefficient to just retype half of this with snarky comments interspersed, so I've decided to color code it instead. Red text is bad news. Blue text is good news. Black text indicates indifference. If you see other colored text, your drugs are better than mine. (Note: the fact that the ad software renders a bunch of the text in green is patently hilarious. Please assert your own interpretation for that color)
The Eagle of the Ninth
The Eagle of the Ninth will open nationwide on Friday, February 25th, 2011. The Roman epic adventure, currently in post-production, is...
The Eagle of the Ninth
The Eagle of the Ninth will open nationwide on Friday, February 25th, 2011. The Roman epic adventure, currently in post-production, is...
- 5/27/2010
- by Steven Lloyd Wilson
The adventure thriller Hanna, directed by BAFTA Award winner Joe Wright, begins filming in Europe next week. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the movie. Focus CEO James Schamus made the announcement today.
Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (of Focus’ Atonement, also directed by Mr. Wright), Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (soon to be seen in Robin Hood), and Eric Bana (Star Trek) star in Hanna. Joining the cast is Niels Arestrup, who last month won the César Award (France’s Academy Award equivalent) for Best Supporting Actor for A Prophet [Un Prophète].
Hanna (to be played by Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same,...
Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (of Focus’ Atonement, also directed by Mr. Wright), Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (soon to be seen in Robin Hood), and Eric Bana (Star Trek) star in Hanna. Joining the cast is Niels Arestrup, who last month won the César Award (France’s Academy Award equivalent) for Best Supporting Actor for A Prophet [Un Prophète].
Hanna (to be played by Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same,...
- 3/21/2010
- MoviesOnline.ca
As we reported last month, Eric Bana is set to play Saoirse Ronan's dad in the upcoming action thriller "Hanna." Ronan is set to play a teenage assassin for her "Atonement" director Joe Wright.
Now, Focus informed me that Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett has joined the cast and production will begin filming in Europe next week! Also joining the cast is Niels Arestrup who recently won the César Award (France.s Academy Award equivalent) for Best Supporting Actor for "A Prophet" ["Un Prophète"].
Focus also shared the top secret plot:
Hanna (to be played by Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all...
Now, Focus informed me that Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett has joined the cast and production will begin filming in Europe next week! Also joining the cast is Niels Arestrup who recently won the César Award (France.s Academy Award equivalent) for Best Supporting Actor for "A Prophet" ["Un Prophète"].
Focus also shared the top secret plot:
Hanna (to be played by Ms. Ronan) is a teenage girl. Uniquely, she has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these come from being raised by her father (Mr. Bana), an ex-cia man, in the wilds of Sweden. Living a life unlike any other teenager, her upbringing and training have been one and the same, all...
- 3/12/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Eric Bana is in final negotiations to star opposite Saoirse Ronan in Focus Features' teen assassin film "Hanna."Bana will play Ronan.s father in the story of a 14-year-old Eastern European girl raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. After escaping from a CIA camp, she temporarily finds peace with a French family. However, her father tracks her down and she must struggle to break free again. Joe Wright ("Atonement") is directing from a Seth Lochhead script. Shooting begins in Germany in March.According to Variety, Marty Adelstein, Leslie Holleran and Scott Nemes are producing.
- 2/5/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
Eric Bana is in talks to star with Saoirse Ronan in Focus Features' "Hanna," a story concerning a teen assassin. Joe Wright ("Atonement") helms from the writing by Seth Lochhead and David Farr. Leslie Holleran, Marty Adelstein and Scott Nemes are producing. Story follows a fourteen-year-old Easter European girl saved from a CIA breeding camp and raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killer. She finds some peace with a French family but is then dragged back into her father's world and must fight her way back to a free existence. Bana was last inJudd Apatow’s dramedy “Funny People,” the successful "Star Trek" helmed by J.J. Abrams and the romance "The Time Traveler's Wife" with Rachel McAdams.
- 2/5/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Eric Bana is in talks to star with Saoirse Ronan in Focus Features' "Hanna," a story concerning a teen assassin. Joe Wright ("Atonement") helms from the writing by Seth Lochhead and David Farr. Leslie Holleran, Marty Adelstein and Scott Nemes are producing. Story follows a fourteen-year-old Easter European girl saved from a CIA breeding camp and raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killer. She finds some peace with a French family but is then dragged back into her father's world and must fight her way back to a free existence. Bana was last inJudd Apatow’s dramedy “Funny People,” the successful "Star Trek" helmed by J.J. Abrams and the romance "The Time Traveler's Wife" with Rachel McAdams.
- 2/5/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
“The Lovely Bones” star Saoirse Ronan is in negotiations to star as the title character in Focus’s upcoming “Hanna,” a story about a teenage assassin. The story follows a 14-year-old girl who has been brought up by her father in a CIA prison camp to be a cold-blooded ultimate killing machine. When she connects with a French family and forms a friendship with their teenage daughter, she finally begins to be human and a real teenager, but must fight for her freedom when her former handlers come looking for her. Leslie Holleran, Scott Nemes, and Marty Adelstein are producing the project. Stay tuned for more on “Hanna” right here at Shockya.com. By Costa Koutsoutis [...]...
- 1/8/2010
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Saoirse Ronan ("The Lovely Bones") is in negotiations to reteam with her "Atonement" director Joe Wright in "Hanna" for Focus Features says Heat Vision Blog.
The story follows a 14-year-old Eastern European girl (Ronan) who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. She connects with a French family, forms a friendship with their daughter and goes through the pangs of adolescence.
When the girl is dragged back to her father's world and discovers that she was bred as a killing machine in a CIA prison camp, she must fight her way to a free life.
Seth Lochhead and David Farr penned the script with Leslie Holleran. Marty Adelstein and Scott Nemes are producing.
The story follows a 14-year-old Eastern European girl (Ronan) who has been raised by her father to be a cold-blooded killing machine. She connects with a French family, forms a friendship with their daughter and goes through the pangs of adolescence.
When the girl is dragged back to her father's world and discovers that she was bred as a killing machine in a CIA prison camp, she must fight her way to a free life.
Seth Lochhead and David Farr penned the script with Leslie Holleran. Marty Adelstein and Scott Nemes are producing.
- 1/7/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Saoirse Ronan is in negotiations to reunite with her "Atonement" director Joe Wright as the title character in Focus Films. "Hanna." The story follows a 14-year-old Eastern European girl (Ronan) who has been raised by her father to be a CIA assassin. After experiencing the beginnings of adolescence with a French family and their daughter, she is forced back into her father.s deadly world.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Leslie Holleran, Marty Adelstein and Scott Nemes are producing.Seth Lochhead and David Farr wrote the script.Ronan can be currently seen in Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones."...
- 1/7/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
After spending a little more than a year at CAA, helmer Lasse Hallstrom has returned to UTA for representation. The Oscar-nominated director, whose latest effort, The Hoax, is in theaters, is developing the romantic comedy Sammy for Columbia Pictures. His credits also include The Cider House Rules, The Shipping News and Chocolat. His producing partner Leslie Holleran also will be handled by UTA. Hallstrom is also repped by attorney David Nochimson.
30 Rock star Alec Baldwin also left CAA on Tuesday, the agency confirmed. The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor, whose recent film credits include The Departed and Running With Scissors, recently won a Golden Globe for his role on the NBC comedy 30 Rock. He continues to be managed by N2N Entertainment.
30 Rock star Alec Baldwin also left CAA on Tuesday, the agency confirmed. The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor, whose recent film credits include The Departed and Running With Scissors, recently won a Golden Globe for his role on the NBC comedy 30 Rock. He continues to be managed by N2N Entertainment.
- 4/25/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lasse Hallstrom is attached to direct Columbia Pictures' romantic comedy "Sammy".
Penned by Delia Ephron, the story kicks off when a woman who can sense what animals are thinking meets a man who claims to have the same relationship with dead people.
Laurence Mark is producing through his Sony-based shingle alongside Ephron. Hallstrom's producing partner Leslie Holleran also is set to produce, contingent upon Hallstrom directing.
Matt Tolmach, Amy Baer and Adam Milano are overseeing for the studio.
Hallstrom, whose credits include "The Shipping News", "Chocolat" and "The Cider House Rules", most recently helmed the Heath Ledger starrer "Casanova". The Oscar-nominated director's upcoming film is "The Hoax", starring Richard Gere.
He is repped by CAA and attorney David Nochimson.
Penned by Delia Ephron, the story kicks off when a woman who can sense what animals are thinking meets a man who claims to have the same relationship with dead people.
Laurence Mark is producing through his Sony-based shingle alongside Ephron. Hallstrom's producing partner Leslie Holleran also is set to produce, contingent upon Hallstrom directing.
Matt Tolmach, Amy Baer and Adam Milano are overseeing for the studio.
Hallstrom, whose credits include "The Shipping News", "Chocolat" and "The Cider House Rules", most recently helmed the Heath Ledger starrer "Casanova". The Oscar-nominated director's upcoming film is "The Hoax", starring Richard Gere.
He is repped by CAA and attorney David Nochimson.
Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has landed the lead in Fox's Lasse Hallstrom-directed drama pilot New Amsterdam, to which David Mason has come on board as executive producer/showrunner.
Meanwhile, Alias star Michael Vartan has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, which is being directed by Charles McDougall, and Gabrielle Union is set to star in another ABC drama pilot, the Bryan Singer-directed Football Wives.
Amsterdam, from Regency TV, Scarlet Fire Films, Sarabande Prods. and Laha Films, centers on John Amsterdam (Coster-Waldau), a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York. On the pilot, Mason (FX's Thief) will executive produce alongside Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Hallstrom, Steven Pearl and Leslie Holleran. Coster-Waldau's English-language feature credits include Wimbledon, Black Hawk Down and Firewall. He is repped by Endeavor and Jill Littman at Handprint Entertainment.
The Feldman project, from Warner Bros. TV, revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who are all friends. Vartan will play the new CEO of a large corporation who is described as the moral center of the show.
Meanwhile, Alias star Michael Vartan has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, which is being directed by Charles McDougall, and Gabrielle Union is set to star in another ABC drama pilot, the Bryan Singer-directed Football Wives.
Amsterdam, from Regency TV, Scarlet Fire Films, Sarabande Prods. and Laha Films, centers on John Amsterdam (Coster-Waldau), a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York. On the pilot, Mason (FX's Thief) will executive produce alongside Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Hallstrom, Steven Pearl and Leslie Holleran. Coster-Waldau's English-language feature credits include Wimbledon, Black Hawk Down and Firewall. He is repped by Endeavor and Jill Littman at Handprint Entertainment.
The Feldman project, from Warner Bros. TV, revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who are all friends. Vartan will play the new CEO of a large corporation who is described as the moral center of the show.
- 1/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lasse Hallstrom is making his foray into American television with the Fox drama pilot New Amsterdam.
The Oscar-nominated director is set to helm and executive produce the Regency TV project from writers Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor.
Tentatively titled New Amsterdam, the drama centers on a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York.
Hallstrom is executive producing the pilot with his producing partner Leslie Holleran, Loeb, Taylor and Loeb's producing partner Steven Pearl.
Hallstrom, who worked in television in his native Sweden for 10 years before coming to the U.S. in 1989, said he had been toying with the idea of venturing into U.S. television for years but that his feature schedule never permitted him to do a pilot.
With New Amsterdam, he not only gets to go back to the medium where he started his career but also gets to tackle a new genre -- a detective drama.
"I was really intrigued by the writing," Hallstrom said.
The Oscar-nominated director is set to helm and executive produce the Regency TV project from writers Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor.
Tentatively titled New Amsterdam, the drama centers on a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York.
Hallstrom is executive producing the pilot with his producing partner Leslie Holleran, Loeb, Taylor and Loeb's producing partner Steven Pearl.
Hallstrom, who worked in television in his native Sweden for 10 years before coming to the U.S. in 1989, said he had been toying with the idea of venturing into U.S. television for years but that his feature schedule never permitted him to do a pilot.
With New Amsterdam, he not only gets to go back to the medium where he started his career but also gets to tackle a new genre -- a detective drama.
"I was really intrigued by the writing," Hallstrom said.
RomaCinemaFest
ROME -- Lasse Hallstrom's The Hoax, based on an autobiographical book by Clifford Irving, starts off jauntily but gradually moves into darker emotional and political territory.
The story about a writer (Richard Gere), who fakes an authorized biography of Howard Hughes only to be manipulated by the reclusive genius, is entertaining and piquant. The film does possess some of the bittersweet qualities that usually mark Hallstrom's films, but it's generally a tougher, more incisive work that ranks as one of his best.
The Hoax, which played out of competition at the first edition of the RomaCinemaFest, opens in Italy this month to capitalize on the fest's publicity. The film certainly has enough appeal to cross over to a wider audience in the domestic market where Miramax is releasing it. Gere's portrayal of the dishonest anti-hero is engaging, and the story of corruption, deception and political manipulation has a contemporary ring to it.
The story is set in 1972 and based on fact. Clifford Irving is a writer who is so obsessed with becoming famous, he decides to fabricate an insider's biography of legendary recluse Hughes. This initially seems like an impossible task, but it gets easier when he steals a tell-all manuscript from an addled one-time associate of Hughes.
With his co-writer, played by a fraught Alfred Molina, Irving talks up the story into a million dollar book deal. Hughes finds out about the book and instead of stopping it, he lets it go ahead on the strange condition that it include some dirt about Richard Nixon accepting bribes from Hughes. Irving's plan unravels when it transpires that he's been manipulated by Hughes into giving Nixon a hefty slap on the wrist for not playing ball with his business requests.
The story is very well plotted and contains many historical references. But it's actually the characterization that makes it engaging. Gere portrays Irving as a natural born liar. It's interesting to watch him spin a web of deceit that ultimately only traps himself as Gere funnels his usual onscreen charm into a seamy and duplicitous character. At the same time, he manages to be playful and energetic. The result is a classic anti-hero -- someone who we are interested in even though we don't sympathize with him.
To compensate for Irving's failings, Molina -- as his worried researcher and co-writer -- acts as the films moral compass. He's drawn toward honesty in the same way that Gere's Irving is drawn to corruption. And he gets all the funny lines.
Interior scenes have a '70s corporate look, and the office milieu recalls All the President's Men. Cinematography by Hallstrom regular Oliver Stapleton uses diffused lighting, and the color is a bit washed out as with films from that era. Early scenes are jaunty and play like Catch Me If You Can, but as the film progresses it takes on the paranoid atmosphere of '70s conspiracy dramas. In spite of these references, Hallstrom keeps attitudes contemporary, so it never feels like a period piece. As with Good Night, and Good Luck, real newsreel footage of events and TV broadcasts is used, in which the reclusive Hughes, of course, never appears.
Although The Hoax makes no direct comparisons to today's national affairs, it can't help but fit the mood of the times. The story of government coverups, businessmen buying political influence in the White House and an overall mood of deceit and deception make it a surprisingly relevant film.
The HOAX
Miramax Films
Mutual Film Co./Stratus Film Co./City Entertainment/Yari Film Group
Credits:
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Screenwriter: William Wheeler
Based on the book by: Clifford Irving
Producers: Mark Gordon, Leslie Holleran, Joshua D. Maurer, Betsy Beers, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Anthony Katagas, Gary Levinsohn
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production designer: Mark Ricker
Music: Carter Burwell
Co-producers: Erin Eggers, Suzanne Patmore Gibbs
Costume designer: Davi Robinson
Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Cast:
Clifford Irving: Richard Gere
David Susskind: Alfred Molina
Edith Irving: Marcia Gay Harden
Andrea Tate: Hope Davis
Nina Van Pallandt: Julie Delpy
Noah Dietrich: Eli Wallach
Shelton Fisher: Stanley Tucci
Running time -- 116 minutes
No MPAA rating...
ROME -- Lasse Hallstrom's The Hoax, based on an autobiographical book by Clifford Irving, starts off jauntily but gradually moves into darker emotional and political territory.
The story about a writer (Richard Gere), who fakes an authorized biography of Howard Hughes only to be manipulated by the reclusive genius, is entertaining and piquant. The film does possess some of the bittersweet qualities that usually mark Hallstrom's films, but it's generally a tougher, more incisive work that ranks as one of his best.
The Hoax, which played out of competition at the first edition of the RomaCinemaFest, opens in Italy this month to capitalize on the fest's publicity. The film certainly has enough appeal to cross over to a wider audience in the domestic market where Miramax is releasing it. Gere's portrayal of the dishonest anti-hero is engaging, and the story of corruption, deception and political manipulation has a contemporary ring to it.
The story is set in 1972 and based on fact. Clifford Irving is a writer who is so obsessed with becoming famous, he decides to fabricate an insider's biography of legendary recluse Hughes. This initially seems like an impossible task, but it gets easier when he steals a tell-all manuscript from an addled one-time associate of Hughes.
With his co-writer, played by a fraught Alfred Molina, Irving talks up the story into a million dollar book deal. Hughes finds out about the book and instead of stopping it, he lets it go ahead on the strange condition that it include some dirt about Richard Nixon accepting bribes from Hughes. Irving's plan unravels when it transpires that he's been manipulated by Hughes into giving Nixon a hefty slap on the wrist for not playing ball with his business requests.
The story is very well plotted and contains many historical references. But it's actually the characterization that makes it engaging. Gere portrays Irving as a natural born liar. It's interesting to watch him spin a web of deceit that ultimately only traps himself as Gere funnels his usual onscreen charm into a seamy and duplicitous character. At the same time, he manages to be playful and energetic. The result is a classic anti-hero -- someone who we are interested in even though we don't sympathize with him.
To compensate for Irving's failings, Molina -- as his worried researcher and co-writer -- acts as the films moral compass. He's drawn toward honesty in the same way that Gere's Irving is drawn to corruption. And he gets all the funny lines.
Interior scenes have a '70s corporate look, and the office milieu recalls All the President's Men. Cinematography by Hallstrom regular Oliver Stapleton uses diffused lighting, and the color is a bit washed out as with films from that era. Early scenes are jaunty and play like Catch Me If You Can, but as the film progresses it takes on the paranoid atmosphere of '70s conspiracy dramas. In spite of these references, Hallstrom keeps attitudes contemporary, so it never feels like a period piece. As with Good Night, and Good Luck, real newsreel footage of events and TV broadcasts is used, in which the reclusive Hughes, of course, never appears.
Although The Hoax makes no direct comparisons to today's national affairs, it can't help but fit the mood of the times. The story of government coverups, businessmen buying political influence in the White House and an overall mood of deceit and deception make it a surprisingly relevant film.
The HOAX
Miramax Films
Mutual Film Co./Stratus Film Co./City Entertainment/Yari Film Group
Credits:
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Screenwriter: William Wheeler
Based on the book by: Clifford Irving
Producers: Mark Gordon, Leslie Holleran, Joshua D. Maurer, Betsy Beers, Bob Yari
Executive producers: Anthony Katagas, Gary Levinsohn
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production designer: Mark Ricker
Music: Carter Burwell
Co-producers: Erin Eggers, Suzanne Patmore Gibbs
Costume designer: Davi Robinson
Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Cast:
Clifford Irving: Richard Gere
David Susskind: Alfred Molina
Edith Irving: Marcia Gay Harden
Andrea Tate: Hope Davis
Nina Van Pallandt: Julie Delpy
Noah Dietrich: Eli Wallach
Shelton Fisher: Stanley Tucci
Running time -- 116 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 10/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Despite solid, albeit constrained, performances from Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman and adolescent newcomer Becca Gardner, "An Unfinished Life" all too accurately lives up to its title. The film never realizes its dramatic potential, choosing to take predictable story paths with obvious characters. Indeed, the characters all but wear signs that sum up their essence: Bitter Old Cowboy, Abused Woman, Noble Wise Friend, Neglected Child. The story, for all its good intentions, never digs deep into their souls.
"An Unfinished Life", made by the usually reliable Lasse Hallstrom two years ago, is among many films caught up in Miramax's unfortunate change-of-business sale as the one-time indie darling is clearing its shelves in a troubling manner. The cast should mean a solid opening weekend, but without an enthusiastic marketing campaign, the film is not likely to dwell long in theaters.
In the end, even enthusiastic marketing probably won't save the stale story. For one thing, a traffic accident is a hard thing on which to hang a drama about nearly a lifetime's worth of regret, recrimination and sorrow. Lopez's Jean Gilkyson was driving a car that flipped over and killed her young husband many years earlier. Her father-in-law, Redford's Einar Gilkyson, still blames and detests her as if she were guilty of premeditated murder. Now the two are forced back together against their wishes.
Fleeing an abusive relationship with her boyfriend (a surly, two-dimensional Damian Lewis), Jean has little money and nowhere to go. So she shows up at Einar's gone-to-seed Wyoming ranch with his granddaughter, Griff (Gardner). The kicker is, she never told Einar he had a granddaughter.
The only person glad to see the two is Freeman's Mitch Bradley, Einar's hired hand and best friend for 40 years. He now needs a daily shot of morphine to keep going after being mauled by a grizzly bear. He is virtually the only person left in Einar's life following Einar's battle with the bottle.
The bear (Bart the Bear II) also shows up at the ranch, but Sheriff Crane Curtis (Josh Lucas) captures it before Einar can kill it. Strangely, Mitch insists that Einar feed the captive animal and later asks him to free it. So you get it? One forgives, the other doesn't. And boy, does that grizzly become one lumbering symbolic bear before the movie is done.
All plot developments are predictable. The granddaughter softens up the irascible cowboy. Jean hooks up with the handsome sheriff, but her daughter disapproves. Her boyfriend tracks her down and issues threats. Granddad gets to demonstrate that this young punk is no match for his aging macho. (He warms up by beating up a couple of drunks who harass Camryn Manheim's Nina in a coffee shop.)
The movie's best moments come in the older actors' interaction with young Gardner. The actors seem to genuinely relax in their scenes with her. Otherwise, the roles hem everyone in, forcing each to hit the same notes again and again.
Redford mumbles under his breath much of the time, playing the grumpy, mean old man to the hilt without ever suggesting what kind of a man he once was. On the other hand, Lopez could have used a dose of true grit as she looks too glamorous for her surroundings. Freeman, we now know, used this role to prepare for Scrap-Iron Dupris in "Million Dollar Baby". (At times, the Redford-Freeman old-codger quarrels echo those between Freeman and Clint Eastwood in "Baby".)
British Columbia substitutes nicely for Wyoming, as Oliver Stapleton's appreciative cinematography, David Gropman's Western design and Christopher Young's spare musical score luxuriate in those wide-open spaces.
AN UNFINISHED LIFE
Miramax Films
Miramax and Revolution Studios present in association with Initial Entertainment Group a Ladd Co. production
Credits:
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Screenwriters: Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
Producers: Leslie Holleran, Kellian Ladd, Alan Ladd Jr.
Executive producers: Joe Roth
Graham King, Mark Rydell, Matthew Rhodes, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Michelle Raimo, Meryl Poster
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production designer: David Gropman
Music: Deborah Lurie
Costumes: Tish Monaghan
Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Cast:
Einar Gilkyson: Robert Redford
Jean: Jennifer Lopez
Mitch Bradley: Morgan Freeman
Crane: Josh Lucas
Nina: Camryn Manheim
Gary: Damian Lewis
Griff: Becca Gardner
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 108 minutes...
"An Unfinished Life", made by the usually reliable Lasse Hallstrom two years ago, is among many films caught up in Miramax's unfortunate change-of-business sale as the one-time indie darling is clearing its shelves in a troubling manner. The cast should mean a solid opening weekend, but without an enthusiastic marketing campaign, the film is not likely to dwell long in theaters.
In the end, even enthusiastic marketing probably won't save the stale story. For one thing, a traffic accident is a hard thing on which to hang a drama about nearly a lifetime's worth of regret, recrimination and sorrow. Lopez's Jean Gilkyson was driving a car that flipped over and killed her young husband many years earlier. Her father-in-law, Redford's Einar Gilkyson, still blames and detests her as if she were guilty of premeditated murder. Now the two are forced back together against their wishes.
Fleeing an abusive relationship with her boyfriend (a surly, two-dimensional Damian Lewis), Jean has little money and nowhere to go. So she shows up at Einar's gone-to-seed Wyoming ranch with his granddaughter, Griff (Gardner). The kicker is, she never told Einar he had a granddaughter.
The only person glad to see the two is Freeman's Mitch Bradley, Einar's hired hand and best friend for 40 years. He now needs a daily shot of morphine to keep going after being mauled by a grizzly bear. He is virtually the only person left in Einar's life following Einar's battle with the bottle.
The bear (Bart the Bear II) also shows up at the ranch, but Sheriff Crane Curtis (Josh Lucas) captures it before Einar can kill it. Strangely, Mitch insists that Einar feed the captive animal and later asks him to free it. So you get it? One forgives, the other doesn't. And boy, does that grizzly become one lumbering symbolic bear before the movie is done.
All plot developments are predictable. The granddaughter softens up the irascible cowboy. Jean hooks up with the handsome sheriff, but her daughter disapproves. Her boyfriend tracks her down and issues threats. Granddad gets to demonstrate that this young punk is no match for his aging macho. (He warms up by beating up a couple of drunks who harass Camryn Manheim's Nina in a coffee shop.)
The movie's best moments come in the older actors' interaction with young Gardner. The actors seem to genuinely relax in their scenes with her. Otherwise, the roles hem everyone in, forcing each to hit the same notes again and again.
Redford mumbles under his breath much of the time, playing the grumpy, mean old man to the hilt without ever suggesting what kind of a man he once was. On the other hand, Lopez could have used a dose of true grit as she looks too glamorous for her surroundings. Freeman, we now know, used this role to prepare for Scrap-Iron Dupris in "Million Dollar Baby". (At times, the Redford-Freeman old-codger quarrels echo those between Freeman and Clint Eastwood in "Baby".)
British Columbia substitutes nicely for Wyoming, as Oliver Stapleton's appreciative cinematography, David Gropman's Western design and Christopher Young's spare musical score luxuriate in those wide-open spaces.
AN UNFINISHED LIFE
Miramax Films
Miramax and Revolution Studios present in association with Initial Entertainment Group a Ladd Co. production
Credits:
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Screenwriters: Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
Producers: Leslie Holleran, Kellian Ladd, Alan Ladd Jr.
Executive producers: Joe Roth
Graham King, Mark Rydell, Matthew Rhodes, Harvey Weinstein, Bob Weinstein, Michelle Raimo, Meryl Poster
Director of photography: Oliver Stapleton
Production designer: David Gropman
Music: Deborah Lurie
Costumes: Tish Monaghan
Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Cast:
Einar Gilkyson: Robert Redford
Jean: Jennifer Lopez
Mitch Bradley: Morgan Freeman
Crane: Josh Lucas
Nina: Camryn Manheim
Gary: Damian Lewis
Griff: Becca Gardner
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 108 minutes...
- 9/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Julie Delpy and Hope Davis are joining the ensemble cast of director Lasse Hallstrom's upcoming drama Hoax. Richard Gere will star in the biopic about Clifford Irving, the man who wrote and sold a bogus biography of Howard Hughes to McGraw-Hill. Alfred Molina and Marcia Gay Harden also will co-star. Delpy will play Irving's mistress. Davis will play Andrea Tate, an employee at McGraw-Hill. The film, which is being penned by Bill Wheeler, will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios. Mark Gordon and Leslie Holleran are producing along with Joshua Maurer, Betsy Beers and Bob Yari. Gary Levinsohn is the executive producer.
Lasse Hallstrom is in negotiations to helm the Fine Line Features drama Harry & Caresse. The film, based on a script by Andrea Berloff, is inspired by the true lives of Harry and Caresse Crosby, who influenced the Paris literary scene in the 1920s. The project follows the couple's relationship through drugs, sex and endless parties all in the name of creating art. Hallstrom will also produce along with Leslie Holleran, his partner in LaHa Films. Michelle Weiss, Jonna Smith and Swanna MacNair are overseeing the project for the studio along with Fine Line president Mark Ordesky. Hallstrom, who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on The Cider House Rules, most recently directed the 2001 Miramax drama The Shipping News. He also helmed the upcoming Miramax drama An Unfinished Life, which stars Jennifer Lopez and Robert Redford and is slated for release next year. Hallstrom is repped by UTA.
- 12/10/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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