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Coming Of Age In Cannes
25 May 2012 1:23 PM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
Cannes No.64. Côte d’Azur. Film, film, film and more films. As a matter of fact, more films than you can even imagine are made. That was my first impression last year as I popped my cherry at the Palais, bringing my 30-minute short film, The Sea Is All I Know, starring Oscar winner Melissa Leo (above), to the festival. It was overwhelming. How could so many films be made? Where are they seen? Where does the funding come from? How does one sell them? Who were these people selling the films? What are pre-sells? How is that different than distribution? How are deals made? Where did the Weinsteins fit in all this madness or even Killer Films, my heroes, where were they… What did a film commission in a pavilion have to offer me?
Gorgeous gowns and smoking suits with papillon ties walking side by side with kids on skateboards tearing up the Croisette. »
- Jordan Bayne
Rupert Grint Tests His Range With Two New Roles
25 May 2012 12:55 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The boy who portrayed Harry Potter’s pal, Ron Weasley, is now a man, and he is due to appear in the upcoming films, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman and Cbgb, in what will be his first major roles as an adult. The 23 year-old actor, who is undoubtedly eager to to lose the label ‘that ginger one what was in Harry Potter’, will star opposite some heavy hitters, who will test his acting prowess in new and unfamiliar surroundings.
Charlie Countryman focuses on Shia Labeouf’s titular everyman character, who falls for Gabi Banyai; a woman who is, unfortunately, already involved with a mob boss. The film is penned by Matt Drake (Project X), will be directed by debutant, Fredrik Bond, and boasts an impressive supporting cast, including Mads Mikkelsen (Coco Chanel And Igor Stravinsky), and the brilliant Melissa Leo (Treme).
Cbgb (a working title) is the story of »
- Martin Daniel McDonagh
Rupert Grint Lands Roles in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and Cbgb
24 May 2012 12:54 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has landed roles in Fredrik Bond's The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and Randall Miller's Cbgc.
In The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Shia Labeouf stars as Charlie Countryman, who was just a normal guy... until he fell in love with the one girl who will probably get him killed. When Charlie meets the absolutely irresistible Gabi she's already been claimed by Nigel, an insanely violent crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal. Fredrik Bond is directing from a script by Matt Drake.
Cbgc has Alan Rickman playing Cbgc owner Hilly Kristal. The film follows the New York City club's impact on the underground music scene. The actor plays Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys, who played a prominent role during the club's rise.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman comes to theaters in 2012 and stars Shia Labeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, »
- MovieWeb
Rupert Grint joins Cbgb, The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman
23 May 2012 10:08 PM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Rupert Grint has landed two film projects, first joining Shia Labeouf in Fredrik Bond's The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, then with Alan Rickman in Cbgb. In Countryman, Labeouf plays a guy who falls for a woman who's with a violent crime boss. Pic also includes Evan Rachel Wood, Til Schweiger, Mads Mikkelsen, Melissa Leo and James Buckley. Project X scribe Matt Drake scripts the film produced by Craig J. Flores, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger and William Horberg. Cbgb helmed by Randall Miller, who also scripts with Jody Savin, examines the New York City punk-rock scene and the club called Cbgb. Grin would play Cheetah Chrome of The Dead Boys, who played an important part in the club's success. The project reunites Miller with Rickman after the excellent Bottle Shock, which also starred Chris Pine and Bill Pullman. »
Rupert Grint Joins The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman and Cbgb
23 May 2012 6:32 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Though Ron Weasley will always be the defining role of his career, Rupert Grint isn’t short on post-Harry Potter employment. The young Brit has lined up a pair of pretty intriguing projects; first up comes confirmation that he’s climbed aboard Fredrik Bond’s action-comedy-romance The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. While the details of his role are unknown at this point, the film stars Shia Labeouf as a hapless fellow that falls in love with a woman (Evan Rachel Wood) who’s lorded over by an unhinged mob boss (Mads Mikkelsen). Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter) and Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds) are set to play Labeouf’s deceased (but still communicative) mother and a Serbian war criminal respectively. All told, it’s a pretty fantastic assemblage of on-screen talent. More than anything, I’m looking forward to Mads “Le Chiffre” Mikkelsen busting out his “insanely violent” side »
- Matt Currie
Casting Net: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy team for cop comedy. Plus: Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Chloe Moretz, Rupert Everett, Tom Cruise
21 May 2012 6:46 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are joining forces for an untitled comedy about an F.B.I. agent (Bullock) and Boston cop (McCarthy), with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. Parks and Recreation scribe Katie Dippold is penning the script. [Deadline]
• Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo, and James Earl Jones have signed on for The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, about a patient who is erroneously told he has 90 minutes to live. The comedy marks the first film from Field of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson since 2002′s The Sum of All Fears. [Screen International]
• Jessica Biel, Chloe Moretz, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan »
- Adam B. Vary
Robin Williams Is ‘The Angriest Man In Brooklyn’
21 May 2012 2:56 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Robin Williams will lead an all-star cast in upcoming comedy The Angriest Man In Brooklyn. The plot is described as ‘the story of a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live. The medic tries desperately to locate the man after her comments sends him on a contrite tour of the city to right all the wrongs in his life.’
Joining the Mrs. Doubtfire star are Melissa Leo, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage and Darth Vader himself… James Earl Jones. The supporting cast are an A-Team of dramatic and comedic acting talent, giving a glimmer of hope to a new Williams vehicle when so many others have crashed and burned. Field Of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson may be able to return Williams to his former glory, working with a script by Daniel Taplitz.
With Williams’ character believing to have just 90 minutes left to live, it »
- Joe Taylor
Robin Williams is soon to be The Angriest Man In Brooklyn
21 May 2012 2:46 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
If you believe as I believe that Robin Williams is a genius who needs dramatic or cutting comedic material in order to truly show it (Aladdin and Hook excepted), then I think you'll agree with me that The Angriest Man In Brooklyn could be a great opportunity to once again show that genius after shit like Old Dogs and Rv. Joined by a bevy of talent that includes Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, James Earl Jones, Melissa Leo, The Angriest Man In Brooklyn will see Williams in "the »
- Alejandro Stepenberg
Robin Williams Is The Angriest Man
20 May 2012 5:01 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
He said it was likely at the end of last year, but Robin Williams is now confirmed as The Angriest Man In Brooklyn, the English-language remake of the 1998 Israeli hit Mar Baum. This morning's new news is that he'll be joined in the film by Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones. The director is Phil Alden Robinson.Mr Angry is a migraine sufferer provoked by the revelation - mistaken, it turns out - that he's got an aggressive form of cancer and only ninety minutes to live. So really aggressive, then. The thrust of the story is what he chooses to do with his final hour-and-a-half. The stand-in doctor who gave him the bogus information meanwhile embarks on a frantic city-wide search for him, in order to put right her error.The idea of Robin Williams on "a contrite tour of Brooklyn to right all the »
Robin Williams Is The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
19 May 2012 1:24 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn has picked up Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, and Mila Kunis to star in this dramatic comedy from director Phil Alden Robinson.
The screenplay from Daniel Tapitz follows an obnoxious patient who is falsely told he only has 90 minutes to live by a stand-in doctor. The man uses this remaining time to connect with the people he has wronged in his life. Meanwhile, his regular doctor tries to track him down to tell him he's been misdiagnosed.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn begins shooting this September, on location in Brooklyn. None of the actors' roles have been announced.
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis, James Earl Jones, Melissa Leo. The film is directed by Phil Alden Robinson. »
- MovieWeb
Williams & Kunis Are The "Angriest"
19 May 2012 8:04 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage are all set to star in the comedy "The Angriest Man In Brooklyn" at Cargo Entertainment, Landscape Entertainment and Force Majeure says Screen Daily.
The story follows a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live.
The medic tries desperately to locate the man after her comments sends him on a contrite tour of the city to right all the wrongs in his life.
Phil Alden Robinson ("Sneakers," "The Sum Of All Fears") directs from a screenplay by Daniel Taplitz ("Red Dog"). Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones also star and shooting kicks off in September in Brooklyn. »
- Garth Franklin
Robin Williams to Become The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
19 May 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones will star in the comedy The Angriest Man in Brooklyn , reports Screen Daily . The Cargo Entertainment, Landscape Entertainment and Force Majeure project is "the story of a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live. The medic tries desperately to locate the man after her comments sends him on a contrite tour of the city to right all the wrongs in his life." Filming is expected to star in Brooklyn, New York this September. Phil Alden Robinson ( Field of Dreams , Sneakers , The Sum of All Fears ) will direct from a screenplay by Daniel Taplitz. »
Confirmed: Rupert Grint in The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman!
19 May 2012 4:06 AM, PDT | Rupert-Grint.us/ | See recent Rupert Grint - Ice Cream Man news »
May 19th, 2012, 7:08am– Screendaily.com is reporting that Rupert Grint is attached to the film The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. The film will be directed by Fredrik Bond and star names such as Shia Labeouf, Mads Mikkelsen, Melissa Leo, James Buckley, Vincent D’Onofrio and Evan Rachel Wood. The movie will begin filming in Romania on May 21 2012. Collider.com provides a full synopsis: Charlie Countryman (Labeouf) was just a normal guy…until he fell in love with the one girl who will probably get him killed. When Charlie meets the absolutely irresistible Gabi she’s already been claimed by Nigel, an insanely violent crime boss with a gang of thugs at his disposal. Armed with little more than his wit and naïve charm, Charlie endures one bruising beat down after another to woo Gabi and keep her out of harm’s way. Finally his exploits of blind valor »
- Malene
Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage to Star in The Angriest Man In Brooklyn
18 May 2012 5:31 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
You have 90 minutes left to live, what do you do? That's the premise of The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a new screenplay from Daniel Tapitz (Red Dog) to be directed by Phil Alden Robinson (The Sum of All Fears). The picture centers on the fallout after a stand-in doctor mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient that he has an hour-and-a-half left to live. While the patient goes on a tirade in New York City, attempting to right all the wrongs in his life, the doctor tries in vain to track him down. The high concept comedy stars Robin Williams, Mila Kunis and Peter Dinklage, and has also snared Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones. The Angriest Man in Brooklyn is set to start filming this September in Brooklyn. Hit the jump for more. ScreenDaily reports that Williams, Kunis and Dinklage are all attached to star in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, »
- Dave Trumbore
Peter Dinklage, Robin Williams & Others in 'Angriest Man in Brooklyn'
18 May 2012 2:31 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Quick - pick five random actors you never imagined would share the screen in one movie. Got your list? This might be pretty close to it. ScreenDaily reports that Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis, Melissa Leo, and James Earl Jones have all signed on for The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a comedy from Field of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson. The story follows a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells a patient he has 90 minutes to live, and then must track him down as the man goes on a whirlwind tour of the city to atone for the wrongs of his life. Sounds like a zany comedy with some potential. More below! Red Dog writer Daniel Taplitz penned the screenplay, and this will easily be the most high profile thing he's written. I trust Robinson as a director, though, because he's been in the game for over twenty years, directing »
- Ben Pearson
Elizabeth Banks Asks 'What's The Matter With Margie?' With Alan Ball, 'The Angriest Man In Brooklyn' Finds A Few Friends & More
18 May 2012 7:50 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Even though he scripted "American Beauty" for Sam Mendes before his two successful television shows "Six Feet Under" and "True Blood," Alan Ball has only returned to the silver screen for little-seen directorial debut "Towelhead." Last year, though, brought news that Emmy and Oscar winning writer-director (hello Egot?) was lining up a return with a dark comedy for Paramount.
While Ball has now stepped away from the director's chair for "True Blood" protégé and television vet Daniel Minahan (who came close to landing the job directing "Thor 2,") he's now found his leading lady for film in the form of the versatile Elizabeth Banks. The actress will play a stepped-on office-worker who after years of abuse snaps and resorts to murderous revenge. Lensing will begin early next year in L.A. soon after Banks team with Charlie Kaufman for his highly anticipated film industry musical satire, "Frank Or Francis." [ThompsonOnHollywood]
- Simon Dang
First Look: Shia Labeouf In 'The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman'
16 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Now that he's exited the "Transformers" franchise, Shia Labeouf is trying to carve out a new reputation as a respectable, adult lead. He's had hits outside the toy-based series with films like "Disturbia," but the actor's clearly after a little more respect, and he's been making some smart choices of late, with John Hillcoat's "Lawless," which premieres this weekend at Cannes, and Robert Redford's "The Company You Keep" among his upcoming projects.
And the film he's shooting at the moment seems to be another pitch at more grown-up fare: "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman." The actor's been attached to the project, which is being directed by commercials veteran Frederik Bond, for some time, although he departed for a little while in favor of Zac Efron. The dark crime picture finally got going this year with a Berlin shoot now under way, and backers Voltage Pictures have debuted »
- Oliver Lyttelton
James Badge Dale to play Eric Savin (a.k.a Coldblood) in Iron Man 3
16 May 2012 6:14 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Shane Black's Iron Man 3 casts James Badge Dale as Eric Savin turned Coldblood The star of Liam Neeson-frontlined The Grey, has joined the Shane Black film as Eric Savin who, in the Marvel comicbooks was a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel in charge of Project Ultra. However, when he steps on a land mine, he's given cybernetic surgery and becomes Coldblood. Iron Man 3 is scripted by Black and Drew Pearce, and goes into production some time this month. Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley and Rebecca Hall star in the film which opens May 3rd next year. For the plot, Black borrowed from the multi-issue story Iron Man: Extremis from Warren Ellis, looking at a spread of a virus via nanotechnology. Badge Dale's up next in the Robert Zemeckis-directed and John Gatins (Real Steel, Dreamer, Coach Carter)-scripted Flight from Paramount, »
Thomas Gibson Speaks on Criminal Minds Finale, Socks, Season 8
15 May 2012 12:21 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
TV Fanatic is as excited for tomorrow night's two-part Criminal Minds season finale as you all are, trust us. So when we got the opportunity to chat up Thomas Gibson recently - yes, Ssa Aaron Hotchner himself - we jumped at the chance.
We made sure to get some season finale scoop, but also dug deep for the really hard-hitting questions, like... why does everyone have a fetish with Matthew Gray Gubler's socks? And who would make the best real life FBI agent?
Whether you're sad to see Prentiss go, or just want to find out what makes Hotch tick, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy hearing from Gibson as much as I did. He is every bit as awesome as you'd want him to be.
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TV Fanatic: What can you tell us about what we can expect from the season finale?
Tg: You can expect a very suspenseful »
- ra3480@yahoo.com (Renata Sellitti)
On The Rise 2012: 10 Directors Who Look To Be Bright Sparks Of The Future
15 May 2012 11:33 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Like it or not, filmmaking is undeniably a director's medium. It wasn't always like that, of course: it was only the coming of the auteur theory in the 1950s and 1960s that popularized the idea of the director as the person responsible for all that was great and terrible about a picture. And while anyone who's worked in film knows that it's a collaborative medium, there's still no better way of seeing where the form might be going in the next few years than by looking at the directors who've been making splashes of late.
So, hot on the heels of our On The Rise pieces focusing on actors, actresses and screenwriters, we've picked out ten directors who've arrived in a big way in the last year or so, and look set for even greater things in the near future. Any tips of your own? Let us know in the comments section below. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
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