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In The Press: Channing Tatum's First Major Cover...August 2009 Issue of GQ Magazine!!!

15 July 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | From Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news

You all may or may not recall some photos I posted in the gallery that showed Channing Tatum jogging through West Hollywood last May.

That little jaunt through the streets of Los Angeles was one piece of Chan's grueling workout schedule and strict diet to get in shape for his very first major magazine cover.

In what I call the "Return of the Six Pack" photo shoot, famed photographer Mario Testino allowed Chan to show off many of his assets and all of his hard work with the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, California as a backdrop, to the delight of fans far and wide.

I've actually known about this particular piece of news for a really long time, and it was killing me because I couldn't say anything until GQ made the official announcement.

One thing you won't learn in the interview below is that, soon after finishing the shoot,

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Tobey Maguire adds Further 'Details' to Delayed Estes' Indie Pic

8 July 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- It appears that Jacob Estes' production woes for his latest film The Details were of the momentary glitch kind. The production according to Variety has been salvaged and will be set for a re-start next month as they have found a last minute replacement for James McAvoy in Tobey Maguire. We had reported that production had stalled and were clueless as to why.  Almost the same fit, mold and age, producers on The Details might have taken a look at the recently released trailer for Jim Sheridan's The Brothers (see trailer here) to get a sense on what kind of dramatic range the thesp could offer. I imagine to a certain extent, that the Spidey roles can typecast an actor. Estes mentioned, "Maguire's character is an everyman in the sense that he is composed of a morally ambiguous core". The news piece also mentions that the supporting cast

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Lemon of the Week: The Death of Serious, Politically-minded Studio Movies?

5 July 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- I noticed small changes occurring her and there. Che received no love during it's theatrical release. Participant Media taking on more mainstream ideas. Kevin Macdonald's State of Play having so-so box office results, and just this week, George Clooney moving Smokehouse Pictures outside the Warner Bros. lot and bringing it to Sony's Amy Pascal who just passed on Soderbergh's baseball film docu-elements. With studios cutting costs, the future for socially/politically-minded films such as The Insider, Breach, Syriana, Good Night, and Good Luck., Michel Clayton and to an extent, films from Demme, Oliver Stone and Coen bros. are in danger of finding being squeezed out from studio support. I'm not sure who to give the Lemon of the Week to? Does it go to adult public who fail to support such films or for having changed their taste buds? Does it go to the studios who blame the

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State of Play Engages on DVD and Blu-ray September 1st

30 June 2009 6:42 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

You can bring home a new political thriller with its ensemble cast on DVD and Blu-ray this September. State of Play will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1. The standard DVD will be priced at $29.98 Srp and the Blu-ray will be priced at $39.98 and you can take a look at the cover art images below. The film stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman and Robin Wright-Penn

Oscar winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the nation's most promising political and corporate figures. Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the future of his political party: an

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News Flash: Channing Tatum's 'Eagle of the Ninth' Will Be Based at Glasgow's Film City

28 June 2009 7:28 PM, PDT | From Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news

Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, and Kevin MacDonald from 'The Eagle of the Ninth'

Channing Tatum fan Suuded from Germany sent me a quick news byte on Chan's upcoming Roman epic, 'The Eagle of the Ninth'.

As I already reported, the movie will be directed by Kevin MacDonald, will also star Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland, and is going to be based in Glasgow, Scotland.

More specifically, Suuded confirmed that this August the production (which held an extras casting call earlier this month) will be based at Film City Glasgow. In addition to providing production office space, the facililty boasts the country's first Dolby theatre, a new filming studio, rehearsal space, and state of the art sound and picture editing suites. It's Scotland's new campus for the independent film and media industry and is located within Glasgow's historic Govan Town Hall.

'The Eagle of the Ninth' is based on the best-selling,

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Daniel Craig Dreams of His Next, Non-Bond Role

24 June 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Daniel Craig may have his own limited edition popsicle, but he's having a tough time choosing his next film role. After branching away from Bond with Defiance (a lot less 007 than most people give it credit for) and Munich, his next effort at ducking typecasting might be Jim Sheridan's Dream House. Might.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Craig is in early talks to star in Sheridan's psychological thriller, which would steer him clear of "Whatever, all he plays are vigilantes" talk. House centers on a family man who moves the wife and kids to an idyllic small town, and obviously the perfect house of the film's title. But you know what happens when you move to those dreamy small towns and those perfect Victorian houses ... they're haunted! Our hapless hero finds himself contending with the former occupants of the house, who hang around thanks to being brutally murdered.

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Daniel Craig in talks for haunted house thriller

24 June 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | From The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news

James Bond star Daniel Craig is in talks to star in psychological thriller Dream House, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Jim Sheridan is in line to direct the project for American film studio Morgan Creek. Sheridan's previous credits include In the Name of the Father (1993), The Boxer (1997), In America (2002) and Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005).

In the screenplay by David Loucka (who penned the 1996 Whoopi Goldberg comedy Eddie and 2002's thriller Borderline), Craig would play a man who moves his family to an idyllic small town, only to find his house haunted by its former inhabitants who were murdered there.

Craig, the new 007 in Casino Royale and last year's Quantum of Solace, had previously been in Layer Cake and Munich and was more recently in The Golden Compass and Defiance. He is set to return for the as-yet-untitled Bond 23.

He recently signed for the Broadway drama A Steady Rain

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State of Play Gets Politically Tense on DVD and Blu-ray on August 11th

11 June 2009 10:25 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

A new ensemble political thriller can be enjoyed in your home on DVD and high definition this August. State of Play will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on August 11. We have no cover art or pricing details as of yet, but we'll be sure to update this story as soon as we have more information. The film stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Helen Mirren.

Oscar winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in a case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McAffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the nation's most promising political and corporate figures in "State of Play," from acclaimed director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland).

Special Features:

- Deleted Scenes

- The Making

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Fresh Release: State of Play

1 June 2009 4:07 AM, PDT | From Daily Film Music Blog | See recent Daily Film Music Blog news

Based on a popular 2003 mini-series by the BBC, Kevin Macdonald's State of Play is fast becoming one of the most popular thrillers of the last few years. Reviewers never fail to point out that while most thrillers resort to red herrings and impossible plot twists to keep up the tension, State of Play has a tighter script which manages to keep the suspense without resorting to cheap gimmicks.

The music is courtesy of Alex Heffes, the regular composer partner of Macdonald who've been scoring the director's movies since the humble beginnings of doing documentaries. Their feature films didn't stray too far away either: Touching the Void told the story of a dangerous mountain expedition while The Last King of Scotland was based around the character of Uganda's fearsome dictator Idi Amin (although this latter film contained fictionalized elements as well).

In the following interview Alex talks about working with Kevin,

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El Dorado (Centennial Collection) - DVD Review

27 May 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Director Howard Hawks liked his own Rio Bravo so much that his final two projects would bear a striking resemblance to it. El Dorado would be his second to last film and would feature both John Wayne and Robert Mitchum in the cast. Gunslinger Cole Thornton (John Wayne) has been hired by rancher Bart Jason (Ed Asner) who is in a land war with the MacDonald family. Cole is on his way to Jason.s ranch when he stops in to see old friend Sheriff J.P. Harrah (Robert Mitchum) in El Dorado. Harrah sets him straight on some things that Jason left out of the situation and Cole decides not the take the job. Kevin MacDonald (R.G. Armstrong)

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News Flash: Channing Tatum's 'Eagle of the Ninth' Excels at 2009 Cannes Film Festival

25 May 2009 7:40 AM, PDT | From Channing Tatum Unwrapped | See recent Channing Tatum Unwrapped news

Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, and Kevin MacDonald from 'The Eagle of the Ninth'

Good news is coming out of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for one of Channing Tatum's upcoming films.

Although some have reported slow film sales at Cannes, 'The Eagle of the Ninth', which is being sold by Focus Features International, has currently been acquired by buyers in every major territory worldwide with the exception of Japan. This means that the $23 million epic that stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, and Donald Sutherland has now lined up distributors all over the world and is one step closer to being created.

Some of the bigger deals inked include France's Metropolitan, Germany's Telemunchen and Bim in Italy. The film will be distributed by Focus Features domestically and Universal in the U.K., Spain, Australia and Latin America. Rights have also gone to Scandinavia (Nordisk); Benelux (Rcv); South Korea: (Ssamzie); Greece

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Cannes 2009 Producer's Patch: Focus Features International

14 May 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- Focus Features International must be hiding something. Perhaps a result of a sluggish economy, Focus have practically have no titles listed at Cannes – I'll assume that they have other projects in the works but don't want to divulge what is behind the doors number one, two and so on. Focus currently have three films that carry enough weight to make everyone take notice without much effort. Ang Lee and Pedro Almodovar are part of the official competition while Alejandro Amenabar's Agora receives a non- competition slot. Behind closed doors they'll be selling Kevin MacDonald's Eagle of the Ninth and Noam Baumbach's Greenberg. Agora  by Alejandro AMENÁBAR – Completed Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)  by Pedro Almodovar - Completed Eagle Of The Ninth  by Kevin MacDonald - Pre-Production Greenberg  by Noah Baumbach – Production Taking Woodstock  by Ang Lee - Completed...

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Kapadia in Driver's Seat for Senna Documentary

1 May 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- I've lost sight of what Asif Kapadia is up to ever since Miramax gave up on his immaculately well-designed 2001 film The Warrior. He has since took on the frigid Arctic (Far North) and done a horror film remake (The Return), but his next project is bound to finally give this talented filmmaker some well-deserved attention. I'm not sure how I missed the headline, but THR reports that Kapadia will direct a life-sized documentary film on perhaps the greatest F1 pilot in history. Working Title Films' Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Kevin Macdonald and Midfield Films' James Gay-Rees will produce the project temporarily referred to as the Untitled Ayrton Senna Documentary. For anyone who loves F1 car racing, the name Senna is synonymous with the greats of the sport. Along with Pele, in Brazil, the name is synonymous with God. I had the chance to watch the driver several

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‘State of Play’ Director to Explore Asimov’s ‘End of Eternity’

27 April 2009 10:39 AM, PDT | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

While I can't say I was the world' biggest fan of State of Play (in fact I may have given it the lowest grade it got), I am a fan of Kevin Macdonald, especially when he's giving us compelling characters in tense situations. Touching the Void is fantastic, and there's few who would disagree that The Last King of Scotland wasn't brilliant from start to finish. Now, it looks like Macdonald will get another chance to create something brilliant even though he'll be playing with fire. According to Variety, the director will work with New Regency to direct an adaptation of one of Isaac Asimov's best works - "The End of Eternity." Stepping away from robots for a bit, Asimov wrote the sci-fi mystery revolving around an organization called Eternity - a group that stood outside of time and had the option of moving between time and space to change history. It

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Multiple Personality Disorder Report

24 April 2009 10:40 AM, PDT | From QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news

[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are news blasts to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]

#1: Paramount to finally release Carriers!

Àlex Pastor and David Pastor's Carriers is finally getting a theatrical release by Paramount Vantage on September 4, 2009. The great looking plague flick stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp. No doubt their decision to hold the film back has something to do with capitalizing on the Chris Pine buzz that will be around from Star Trek. Smart really. [via: Bloody-Disgusting]

#2: Kevin Macdonald takes on Romans and Asimov's "Eternity"

Kevin Macdonald has made a deal with New Regency to develop and direct "The End of Eternity" by Isaac Asimov. The "futuristic tale concerns a ruling class called Eternity whose members can manipulate time and alter history."

The State of Play director is also making "Eagle of the Ninth," a Roman military drama for Focus Features. [via: Variety]

#3: Statham ain't no Bronson but he will be The Mechanic

The 1972 hitman flick is a

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Exclusive: State of Play - Director's Commentary

24 April 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | From Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news

As State of Play readies for release in the UK, director Kevin Macdonald takes us through a gallery of behind-the-scenes stills from the production... "I was sent the script through the end of 2006 and I was somewhat dubious about the idea of turning such a good TV series into a film. Brad Pitt was attached at that time and I went to go and see him to talk about the possibility of doing it and we spent an afternoon chatting about it. What we both agreed on was that to set a film in the world of journalism was...

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Isaac Asimov's End of Eternity Hires Director

23 April 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news

Kevin Macdonald has made a deal with New Regency to develop and direct "The End of Eternity," the 1955 Isaac Asimov novel. The studio acquired "Eternity" late in the fall. The novel is a futuristic tale and concerns a ruling class called Eternity whose members can manipulate time and alter history. Macdonald previously won an Oscar for his 1999 documentary "One Day in September," about Palestinian terrorists holding Israeli athletes hostage at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich. He went on to helm "The Last King of Scotland" and "State of Play."

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Kevin Macdonald to Direct Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity

23 April 2009 9:16 AM, PDT | From FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news

Looks like another one of Isaac Asimov's books is headed to the big screen, and thankfully Roland Emmerich is not involved (see previous announcement [1] about Foundation). This time it is Kevin Macdonald (Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play) who has signed on to direct Asimov's 1955 novel The End of Eternity for New Regency. In the book, a group of elite humans called the Eternals have been recruited from different parts of history to oversee the development of humanity by traveling back and forth through time. However, one of these Eternals eventually falls in love with a non-Eternal woman, which throws everything into disarray. It sounds like the story has a very intriguing yet complicated way of looking at time travel, and I am guessing it will likely have to be dumbed down somewhat for the big screen. Fortunately Kevin Macdonald does have a knack

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State Of Play Director Will Time Travel

23 April 2009 9:07 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

There was all kinds of panicking and hand-waving on Monday morning, when State of Play failed to overtake 17 Again at the box office-- even though there was absolutely no way that was going to happen. But I'm glad to see that State of Play director Kevin MacDonald isn't being blamed for the fact that adults found better things to do that weekend, and he's been given another directing job that might appeal to more than just grown-ups with love for newspapers. According to Variety, Macdonald will be adapting Isaac Asimov's novel The End of Eternity, about a futuristic organization staffed by people who travel throughout time in order to minimize human suffering. Macdonald will make the film with New Regency production company.

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Kevin Macdonald Here For 'Eternity'

23 April 2009 | From ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news

- With Hollywood fresh out of ideas for tentpole films in the sci-fi genre (the franchise re-boot of Star Trek is a see case in point) the people that run the Isaac Asimov estate seeing plenty of golden ops to bring the grandfather of sci-fi writing into the feature film realm. After former new line execs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne winning bid for Foundation, now New Regency is looking to manipulate the future by bringing helmer Kevin MacDonald on board after he completes his next project (Eagle of the Ninth) for Focus Features. The rights for The End of Eternity were floating around Hollywood a bit earlier in the decade, and it would suit a 20th Century Fox as a summer pic down the line. The Asimov novel is a futuristic tale in which humanity is controlled by a ruling class called Eternity, member of which can manipulate time

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