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11 items from 2012
Why Does ‘Oceans Eleven’ Get All of the Heist Movie Hype While ‘The Ladykillers’ Is Left Out in the Cold?
22 May 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Though Steven Soderbergh has had a lengthy career full of acclaimed projects, he’s perhaps best known for his remake of Ocean’s 11, a successful compiling of some of the biggest names in Hollywood for a good, old-fashioned heist movie that was so successful it spawned two sequels. Despite the fact that he was better known for artier fare when Ocean’s Eleven was released, audiences responded well to this fairly simple robbery tale, and the slight modern spin that Soderbergh put on the film’s largely vintage aesthetic got pretty universal praise. If there are any filmmakers working today who have a heftier resume of acclaimed works than Steven Soderbergh, then they’re definitely named Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coen brothers have been making artsy, weird movies ever since the mid-80s, and though it’s taken them a while to achieve any real financial success, they’ve always enjoyed an ever-increasing amount of critical »
- Nathan Adams
Nurse Jackie Sneak Peeks: Jackie Heads to a Divorce Lawyer
18 May 2012 1:08 PM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Nurse Jackie Sneak Peeks: Jackie Heads to a Divorce Lawyer
An interesting thing about the recent run of Nurse Jackie episodes is that Jackie, really, isn't mad at Kevin. She doesn't want to lose her children nor does she condone his snooping at the hospital, but he's a good father and, in her mind, understandably angry at her. Jackie could have very easily used the custody fight as fuel to relapse, but it seems that the time she's been sober has offered her a new perspective.
Of course, she's lawyering up, since Kevin doesn't want to give her any custody over Grace and Fiona, but it's less out of aggression and more out of preservation. Pre-sobriety Jackie would have gotten a pitbull of a lawyer and attacked Kevin without much thought, but post-sobriety Jackie seems skittish even trying to gather evidence for her case. The break-up with Kevin was a good thing for both parties, »
- Shilo Adams
‘The Cove’ Producer Fisher Stevens to Direct ‘American Pastoral’
17 May 2012 11:59 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
As he’s currently shooting the Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken buddy comedy Stand Up Guys, a press release announces that Fisher Stevens — who, just a few years back, won an Oscar for producing the acclaimed documentary The Cove — will next helm an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral, which Lakeshore and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are producing.
Originally written by Philip Roth — and adapted by John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer) — the ’60s-set story follows Seymour “the Swede” Levov, an idealistic American do-gooder whose family is torn apart when his daughter, a rebellious girl, is arrested for illegal acts in protest of the Vietnam War. The moral quandaries created here sound right in line with Stevens‘ documentary, Crazy Love, or first narrative, Just a Kiss — and it’s in a period I’m wholly fascinated with, to boot. Let’s hope this one comes together with the right team. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
American Pastoral Get Director Fisher Stevens
17 May 2012 9:56 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Academy Award-winner Fisher Stevens will direct American Pastoral for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske). The project is based on Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Screenwriter John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer, Intolerable Cruelty) adapted the screenplay.
American Pastoral is a pivotal story depicting the destruction of the American dream. Protagonist Seymour "Swede" Levov, a legendary high school athlete, grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father's business. Swede's seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a savage act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War.
The book is the first novel in Philip Roth's American postwar trilogy that also includes I Married a Communist and The Human Stain. This will mark Lakeshore Entertainment's third project with Roth-The Human Stain was released in 2003 and Elegy (based on The Dying Animal »
- MovieWeb
Fisher Stevens Plans American Pastoral
17 May 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Fisher Stevens ( The Cove ) is set to direct the big screen adaptation of Philip Roth's American Pastoral , Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment announced today. Screenwriter John Romano ( The Lincoln Lawyer , Intolerable Cruelty ) will adapt the Pulitzer Prize winning novel for the screen. The book is described as "a pivotal story depicting the destruction of the American dream" in which protagonist Seymour .Swede. Levov, a legendary high school athlete, grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father.s business. Swede.s seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a savage act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War. The book is the first novel in Roth.s American postwar »
Directors: Inferno, Franky, Pastoral, Bridesmaid
17 May 2012 4:57 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
The Green Inferno
Eli Roth is set to direct the horror-thriller "The Green Inferno" which Worldview Entertainment will finance and produce. Shooting aims to kick off later this year in Peru and Chile.
Roth wrote the script with Guillermo Amoedo, but the storyline is being kept under wraps. The project marks Roth's first time back at the helm since 2007's "Hostel: Part II". [Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Franky
"Rust and Bone" star Matthias Schoenaerts will make his directorial debut on the feature-length documentary "Franky" for Savage Film.
The story chronicles the life of Schoenaerts' one-legged friend over the course of two years, exploring the themes of loss, courage, friendship and social injustice. [Source: Variety]
Fisher Stevens ("The Cove") is set to direct the big screen adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "American Pastoral" for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
John Romano ("The Lincoln Lawyer," "Intolerable Cruelty") will adapt the story »
- Garth Franklin
Fisher Stevens To Direct American Pastoral For Lakeshore Entertainment And Sidney Kimmel Entertainment; First Photo of Stand Up Guys
16 May 2012 6:01 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Academy Award-winner Fisher Stevens will direct American Pastoral for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. The project is based on Philip Roth.s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Screenwriter John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer, Intolerable Cruelty) adapted the screenplay.
American Pastoral is a pivotal story depicting the destruction of the American dream. Protagonist Seymour .Swede. Levov, a legendary high school athlete, grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father.s business. Swede.s seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a savage act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War.
The book is the first novel in Roth.s American postwar trilogy that also includes I Married a Communist and The Human Stain. This will mark Lakeshore Entertainment.s third project with Roth.The Human Stain was released in 2003 and Elegy (based on The Dying Animal »
- Michelle McCue
Lakeshore Sets Fisher Stevens To Helm Philip Roth’s ‘American Pastoral’
16 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 2012— Academy Award-winner Fisher Stevens will direct American Pastoral for Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske). The project is based on Philip Roth’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel of the same name. Screenwriter John Romano (The Lincoln Lawyer, Intolerable Cruelty) adapted the screenplay. American Pastoral is a pivotal story depicting the destruction of the American dream. Protagonist Seymour “Swede” Levov, a legendary high school athlete, grows up to marry a former beauty queen and inherits his father’s business. Swede’s seemingly perfect life shatters when his daughter rebels by becoming a revolutionary and commits a savage act of political terrorism during the Vietnam War. The book is the first novel in Roth’s American postwar trilogy that also includes I Married a Communist and The Human Stain. This will mark Lakeshore Entertainment’s third project with Roth—The Human Stain was released in 2003 and Elegy »
- MIKE FLEMING
Swearing in a Rom-Com Ain't The Problem
13 May 2012 6:26 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Commenting on the critics with Simon Columb...
Betsy Sharkey writes for the La Times about foul language in mainstram cinema:
"Now, we head into summer, the prime time for big, bruising action flicks and lots of racy comic outrage and a grand opportunity for filmmakers to cross boundaries of taste on the language front. I'm bracing for what could well become a raging torrent of moviegoer disgust and distress, because despite what anyone claims about the modern acceptance of and appetite for language of the roughest, rawest, most graphic sort, the truth is that a huge contingent of the paying crowd objects to it still."
Read the full article here.
The recent controversy involving Bully portrays an unclear approach to ratings regarding language. Though a documentary about bullying, for children who are bullied, it cannot depict the reality of bullying on the basis that swearing too much is simply not »
- flickeringmyth
The Criminal Complex Line: What Are The Odds That Inside Llewyn Davis Will Turn Out To Be A Crime Movie?
8 April 2012 6:12 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
Though largely regarded as humorists, directors Joel and Ethan Coen have produced some of the finest crime movies ever committed to film. Blood Simple, Miller’s Crossing, and their adaptation of No Country for Old Men are straight-ahead crime movies enriched with the Coens’ visual style and lip-smacking dialogue. Even Fargo, though the thick Minnesota dialect draws huge laughs, couldn’t be more of a crime movie.
The Coens, though, have diverted from their crime path here and there, not that you’re going to hear me complaining. But lighter comedies like their remake of The Ladykillers or their more darkly comical A Serious Man hover around the crime genre like eyewitnesses. However, their current effort, which began shooting this past February, Inside Llewyn Davis, is an examination of the folk music scene in 1960s Greenwich Village. This subject matter itself would severely test my enthusiasm if it was anyone but the Coens making it. »
- Jimmy Callaway
Will Smith,Jada Pinkett Divorce On The Horizon As Jada Visited A Divorce Lawyer
4 January 2012 1:11 PM, PST | OnTheFlix | See recent OnTheFlix news »
Will Smith,Jada Pinkett divorce on the horizon as Jada visited a divorce lawyer. According to a new report from Hollywood Life, mega star, couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett could be quite close to getting a divorce. A source for In Touch magazine told them that Jada has,indeed,sought out high-power divorce attorney Laura Wassner and went on to say, "she has finally begun to take steps to dissolve their marriage." Wassner has served as divorce attorney for very high profile celebrities like: Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Angelina Jolie,and Maris Shriver. So, it looks like this could be quite serious. Another source also added more flame to this possible divorce news by revealing, Jada recently turned down a major movie role in a Keanu Reeves-directed film because she wanted to be with her kids Jaden and Willow "during this difficult time." Stay tuned.
- Andre
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