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New York Times’ Moneyball Idiocy; Bruno and the Hetero Gay Guys
10 July 2009 10:26 AM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news
Illustration by Tim Sheaffer. Hey, Brad and Stevie—Pay for it Yourself Bob Hollywood is steamed. Why? Because of how The New York Times is covering this whole Moneyball fiasco. Could the old Paper of Record be more off the mark? For the second time in about a week, its Hollywood business reporter Michael Cieply has harped on this notion that Sony’s reluctance to make the picture is a sign of its lack of artistic cojones. The latest jab comes as part of an article reporting that writer Aaron Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin have been hired by Sony to try to reignite the film project, which is based on the nonfiction bestseller written by my fellow V.F.-er Michael Lewis. Look, this is a movie about baseball. In which the general manager for the Oakland A’s is the hero. Not because his team wins it all,
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Canceled Brad Pitt Movie Could Rise Again
10 July 2009 3:10 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news
Jaws dropped last month when Sony Pictures canceled the $50-million Brad Pitt movie Moneyball only days before it was scheduled to start shooting - but now, apparently, the studio is working to shut those mouths. The West Wing writer and creator Aaron Sorkin has been brought in to do a quick re-write on a script that Sony had ultimately deemed too arty and documentary-like in approach, reports The New York Times. The studio also hopes to add Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin (There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men) to the movie's creative team. Based on Michael Lewis's nonfiction
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Stephen M. Silverman
Top 50 Hottest Young Actresses - Top 30
4 July 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news
Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!
Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.
Here's the updated Top 30 list! The names are getting more
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Top 50 Hottest Young Actresses - Top 30
4 July 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news
Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!
Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.
Here's the updated Top 30 list! The names are getting more
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Top 50 Hottest Young Actresses - Top 30
4 July 2009 12:06 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news
Not only are they capable of lighting up the silver screen, they are also some of today's most talented young actresses, commanding huge fees - in some cases, in the millions. Many have won multiple awards, while others have starred in some of today's biggest box office hits. In short, we're listing down the cream of the crop!
Just like our recent Top 50 hottest young actors, we've narrowed down our list from 88 to 50, and set an age limit. If you miss seeing some of your favorites, so do we - including Maggie Gyllenhaal (31 years old) and Amy Adams (34 years old). Definitely some of the names you'll see on the list are emerging talents - the ones you will see getting the big roles in the near future - and some of them already have, with awards and nominations to boot.
Here's the updated Top 30 list! The names are getting more
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David Fincher to direct movie about Facebook?
25 June 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | From The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news
Variety is reporting that Seven and Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher is considering accepting Columbia Pictures’ friend request to direct their movie about Facebook.
Yes, the Facebook.
The script for the film has been written by Aaron Sorkin, who is known for his work with “The West Wing” and more recently Charlie Wilson’s War. The as of now untitled film will be about the rise of Facebook from its “2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 200 million members.” Sorkin has been doing research on the website, talking to regular Facebook users, asking them questions, and providing his own type of answers in return. You can search for him as “Aaron Sorkin” and you’ll find his page. And he does actually respond to people.
A book coming out in July, entitled “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex,
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Nick Allen
Film News: 24 Minutes of Cameron’s Avatar Screened / Fincher to Direct Facebook Movie? / Antichrist to Open in Time for Halloween
25 June 2009 9:13 AM, PDT | From SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news
24 minutes of James Cameron’s Avatar was screened for the very first time to 1,000 European industry attendees at the Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam. Cameron’s decade long passion project has been touted as the film that will change how we watch movies forever. Now that is one hell of an expectation to live up to. So is that the case? The insider writes for comingsoon.net: “3-D until now has been used as a gimmick.” On the human characters he writes: “It took my breath away. I thought–just like you guys–that I’ve seen it all with Gollum, or The Hulk, but Cameron has done it again. These creatures seem so real, that within minutes you forget you’re watching an enormous and very blue CGI character. Even the eyes are totally convincing. The characters have real personalities and a soul.” … “How the hell is it possible
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Anthony Nicholas
David Fincher to helm "The Social Network"
25 June 2009 | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news
David Fincher is currently in "advanced talks" to helm "The Social Network," an Aaron Sorkin-penned film about the formation of social network giant Facebook. The film is said to focus on the evolution of Facebook from the first time it was created in 2004 on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckenberg to what it is now with more than 200 million members worldwide. Trigger Street Productions' Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti will produce alongside Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca. Fincher's credits include a buffet of genres from sci-fi, thriller and drama - "Alien 3," "Panic Room," "Se7en," "Fight Club" and the more recent...
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Fincher hovering over Facebook
24 June 2009 3:32 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news
Columbia Pictures is in advanced talks with David Fincher to direct "The Social Network," the Aaron Sorkin-scripted film for Columbia Pictures about the formation of Facebook.The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 200 million members.According to Variety, Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca are producing with Trigger Street's Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti.The hope is to begin production later this year.
Adnan Tezer
Facebook Movie in the Works, David Fincher May Direct
24 June 2009 3:26 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news
Yesterday, Variety reported that David Fincher (Benjamin Button, Zodiac, Fight Club) is in talks with Columbia to direct The Social Network, an upcoming movie about the creation of Facebook. The movie would be based on a script by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War) and tell the story of Mark Zuckerberg, who created the social networking site in 2004 while a sophomore at Harvard. In the five years since, Facebook has amassed more than 200 million users.
SlashFilm reports that the Sorkin script is actually an adaptation of the Ben Mezrich book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, which is due in stores on July 14. On the Amazon.com page for the book, there's a plug for the movie from none other than Kevin Spacey, one of the project's producers.
You may think you know the story of the Facebook phenomenon,
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Rich Z Zwelling
Facebook Movie Gets a Title and Possible Director
24 June 2009 2:33 AM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Columbia Pictures are in early talks with David Fincher to direct The Social Network, the Arron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson's War) scripted project about the creation of the popular website Facebook. The film will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 60 million members. The company was reportedly valued at $16 billion last year when Microsoft outbid Google to invest $240 million for a 1.6% stake in the company. Along with the events that created the phenomenon, the film will cover how these unimaginable overnight riches changed the lives of Zuckerberg and his Facebook cohorts. The film is apparently based Ben Mezrich’s upcoming book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. You can read a description of the book here. Sorkin, who was also the creator of such television series as The West Wing,
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James Cook
Facebook Movie is An Adaptation of The Accidental Billionaires
24 June 2009 12:30 AM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news
Yesterday it was revealed that David Fincher is in "advanced talks" with Columbia Pictures to direct The Social Network, the story of the creation of Facebook, as written by Aaron Sorkin. But apparently almost everyone (even the hollywood trade newspapers) failed to realize that the film is actually an adaptation of Ben Mezrich's upcoming book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. Some might recognize Mezrich as the author of the bestselling book Bringing Down the House, which was adapted for the screen under the title 21. And those of you who read the story from yesterday might recall that Kevin Spacey is producing this new Facebook movie with Scott Rudin. Connecting the dots: Spacey produced and starred in 21. Yes, it all makes sense now. A lot more information is available after the jump. The 272 page book doesn't hit book store shelves
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Peter Sciretta
"Benjamin Button" Director In Talks To Helm "Facebook" Film
24 June 2009 12:05 AM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" director David Fincher is being tapped to helm the Facebook film. He is in early talks to direct the Sony Pictures project about the creation of the social networking site.
EW reports that producers are hoping to snag the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker for the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama.
The film will revolve around the story behind the Harvard dorm room creation of the popular social networking website by founder Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders and roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes while they are still students at the Ivy League university.
Producers will include Scott Rudin ("No Country for Old Men"), Mike DeLuca ("Ghost Rider") and Kevin Spacey. They hope to start production this year or early next year.
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Facebook Movie Adds David Fincher as a Friend
23 June 2009 7:31 PM, PDT | From newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news
In August 2008, Aaron Sorkin made an announcement on his Facebook page he was writing a film script about the invention of the largest social networking website. The news got stranger when Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men) was on board to produce for Columbia Pictures.
Now the studio has lured top directing talent for the movie, tentatively titled The Social Network. The trades are reporting David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club, and Se7en) is in talks to helm the feature. If he signs the deal, he could be shooting this by the end of the year. Fincher’s addition would mean an Oscar-nominated director working from a script by an Emmy-award winning writer from an Oscar winning producer.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his computer science classmates at Harvard in 2004 and has grown into a network of over 200 million users worldwide. By the way,
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Jeff Leins
Wtf: David Fincher to Direct The Facebook Movie?
23 June 2009 3:51 PM, PDT | From /Film | See recent /Film news
We were baffled last Summer when Golden Globe nominated screenwriter/producer Aaron Sorkin had joined Facebook and announced that he was writing a Facebook movie for mega-producer Scott Rudin. Today Variety offers an unbelievable follow-up, filmmaker David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en, Benjamin Button) is in "advanced talks" with Columbia Pictures to direct the film, which has been titled The Social Network. The movie will tell the story of how Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook with his dorm roommates, and how the social networking revolution grew to over 200 million members. Mike DeLuca and Kevin Spacey are also producing, and hope to have the film in production by the end of the year, if not early next. Not knowing a lot about Zuckerberg's story, I'm wondering if the creation of Facebook is enough to warrant a big screen film, nevermind one with David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's involvement. On the surface,
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Peter Sciretta
Fincher To Join ‘The Social Network’
23 June 2009 3:34 PM, PDT | From The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news
David Fincher, director of such diverse and entertaining films as Fight Club, Seven, Zodiac and the recent The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is apparently about to add yet another film to his diverse roster of credits. According to Variety, Fincher is in what the showbiz folks refer to as “advanced talks” to take on the directing chores of Arron Sorkin’s latest writing project The Social Network.
The film, which will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 200 million members, is being produced by Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Trigger Street. Columbia Pictures is the studio. According to the article, the studio hopes to start production later this year.
If this turns out to be Fincher’s next film, I gotta say I’m now way more interested in the story of Facebook than I was before.
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Chris Ullrich
David Fincher Might Direct Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Movie?!
23 June 2009 3:23 PM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news
Whoa, wait just a minute, David Fincher doing a Facebook movie? This just can't be right, can it? So here's the backstory. Late last year it was announced that "The West Wing" and Charlie Wilson's War screenwriter Aaron Sorkin was working on a project about Facebook called The Social Network. The story will focus on the evolution of Facebook from its 2004 creation on the Harvard campus by sophomore Mark Zuckerberg to a juggernaut with more than 60 million members. Entertainment Weekly breaks the news that Oscar nominated director David Fincher is in early talks to direct this as his next movie. As I was writing this up, Variety also confirmed the news, meaning it's pretty much official and not just a rumor. "The hope is to begin production later this year," they say. Scott Rudin and Michael De Luca and Trigger Street are producing for Columbia Pictures. Sorkin is a ...
Alex Billington
David Fincher in Talks to Direct Aaron Sorkin's Facebook Movie?
23 June 2009 11:29 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
David Fincher may be updating his status on social networking in the near future. According to Entertainment Weekly, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button director David Fincher is in early discussions to direct Aaron Sorkin's untitled Facebook film.
The site is reporting that Sony holds Fincher in high regard and want him on board to direct the film, which Aaron Sorkin is scripting. The film will center on the Harvard dorm where Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates created the immensely-popular social-networking website.
It was said that producers Scott Rudin, Mike DeLuca and Kevin Spacey are aiming to start production in early 2010. We'll certainly keep you posted on any updates regarding this new untitled film.
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Cal Of The Wild For Goldstein & Daly
10 June 2009 12:23 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
DreamWorks’ neat-sounding comedy, Cal Of The Wild, has bagged two writers.Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have been brought on board to write the film, about a fraudulent host of a Survivor-style TV show, who is ditched in the jungle along with his glamorous assistant, and forced to fend for himself for real.Sounds like it has plenty of potential and could make a good star vehicle for an A-list comedy star. Certainly Goldstein and Daley have good records with comedies – they’ve sold two spec scripts thus far, Burt Wonderstone and The $40,000 Man, and have just finished rewrites on the Scott Rudin-produced board game comedy, Hours Of Fun.Of course, we haven’t actually seen anything they’ve done so far, but we’re willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, based on their popularity with Hollywood types. After all, movie studios wouldn’t employ bad writers now,
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Todd Field Scripting Creed Adaptation
1 June 2009 9:41 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
Universal has signed Todd Field to adapt The Creed of Violence, the Boston Teran novel that the studio acquired last fall in a significant pre-emptive deal made when the book was being shopped to publishers. Michael De Luca (21, Ghost Rider) has signed on to produce the Western epic, which takes place in 1910, as two men -- a desperado and a government agent with a secret connection to him -- try to thwart an arms smuggling ring. Field has committed only to write at this point, but he is selective about assignments and rarely scripts projects he doesn't direct. His most recent writing efforts were Little Children and In the Bedroom, and he is also booked to write and direct an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian for producer Scott Rudin. Creed of Violence is the second novel by Teran, the secretive writer who penned the cult-favorite novel God Is a Bullet.
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James Cook
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