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First Trailer For Jack The Giant Killer
17 December 2011 9:02 AM, PST | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
First Trailer For Jack The Giant Killer
The first trailer has released for Jack The Giant Killer, the upcoming film adaptation of the classic children's fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk directed by Bryan Singer. Nicholas Hoult (About A Boy, X:Men - First Class) stars as Jack, and the supporting cast includes Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ian McShane, and Bill Nighy.
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- Emily Estep
Focus Features Confirms 2012 Release Dates for Being Flynn, Moonrise Kingdom and more
17 December 2011 8:00 AM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Focus Features confirmed release dates in 2012 for three films: Paul Weitz’s Being Flynn, Steve Carrell and Keira Knightley’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. Keep reading for all of the details.
Here is the official press release:
Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from writer/director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Adapted from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir "Another Bulls—t Night in Suck City," the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood) portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn (Robert De Niro) has long defined himself as a great writer, »
- Tiberius
Focus Features Unveils Release Dates for Wes Anderson, Paul Weitz Films
16 December 2011 12:54 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Focus Features has firmed up release dates for new pictures from Wes Anderson ("Rushmore") and Paul Weitz ("About a Boy"), as well as a Steve Carell and Keira Knightley comedy. The biggest name of the bunch is Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," which reunites the auteur with previous collaborators Bill Murray and Jason Schwartzman. The film also stars Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton and Frances McDormand and is set in a small town off the coast of New England in the 1960s. It centers on a pair of young lovers who run away together. »
- Brent Lang
Focus Features Announces Release Dates For First Half Of 2012
16 December 2011 11:58 AM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Being Flynn, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World,
Moonrise Kingdom Openings Set
Three previously announced Focus Features movies for 2012 release have been assigned confirmed domestic opening dates for the first half of the year. The company made the announcement today.
Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). Adapted from Nick Flynn.s 2004 memoir Another Bulls.t Night in Suck City, the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood) portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn (two-time Academy Award winner Robert De Niro) has long »
- Michelle McCue
'Jack the Giant Killer' Trailer & Poster Arrive
16 December 2011 7:19 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Before former X-Men director Bryan Singer brings Battlestar Galactica to the big screen, he'll reintroduce the movie world to the fairy tale "Jack and the Bean Stalk", sort of. Singer's next film Jack the Giant Killer starring Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci and Ewan McGregor released its first trailer and poster today.
Hoult (X-Men: First Class, About a Boy) plays Jack in this dark, modern fantasy tale, a young farmer who must break the long time truce between men and giants in order to rescue a kidnapped princess from atop a massive bean stalk. »
- Get The Big Picture
Focus Features Sets Early 2012 Release Dates
16 December 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Three previously announced Focus Features movies for 2012 release have been assigned confirmed domestic opening dates for the first half of the year. The company made the announcement today. Being Flynn is the new dramatic feature from writer/director Paul Weitz ( About a Boy ). Adapted from Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir "Another Bulls.t Night in Suck City," the movie explores bonds both unbreakable and fragile between parent and child. Paul Dano ( Little Miss Sunshine and There Will Be Blood ) portrays Nick Flynn, a young writer seeking to define himself. He misses his late mother, Jody (Julianne Moore), and her loving nature. But his father, Jonathan, is not even a memory, as Nick has not seen the man in 18 years. Jonathan Flynn (Robert De Niro) has long defined himself »
Robert Pattinson's Hot 'Fun Sex' With Natalia Tena
7 December 2011 10:52 AM, PST | TheImproper.com | See recent TheImproper.com news »
Robert Pattinson and actress Natalia Tena share more than a few things in common. Both are British and both had parts in the Harry Potter series. And, they had sex… onscreen that is. Natalia tells all. Tena, 27, landed her first film role in 2002 comedy “About a Boy,” with Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz and Nicholas Hoult. Rob, 25, plays Georges Duroy, a down-on-his-luck soldier who becomes a ruthless social climber in Paris in "Bel Ami." Natalia plays Rachel, a bawdy prostitute who finds her way into Georges’ arms for some hot sex. »
- kgirard@theimproper.com (Keith Girard)
From Goofy Kids To Hollywood Hunks
2 December 2011 6:06 AM, PST | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
Hollywood can be a tough place to navigate the transition from youth to adulthood. Child actors are usually dorky, awkward little ragamuffins. But to be an adult actor, they need you to look like you were sculpted by Michelangelo.
So making the transition from child actor to adult can be nearly impossible for some to whom nature was not so kind. Some actors, like Josh Saviano (Paul from Wonder Years) simply get out of the business. But some persevere and, with a little help from good genes and a personal trainer, become successful actors as adults.
Seeing the picture of Jonathan Lipnicki that Ae recently posted had me thinking about how some boys we remember as looking like this:
Can miraculously turn into guyslike this:
So I thought it would be fun to look at some of the other young actors who have grown up rather nicely. Keep in mind, »
- Tiger Cub
Colin Firth is Rachel Weisz's 'Railway Man'
28 November 2011 7:44 AM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Rachel Weisz has a knack for finding herself in the right place at the right time, particularly when the right place involves a hunky British actor.
The altar where blond Bond Daniel Craig happened to be standing in a suit, waiting to get married? Check. The set of "About a Boy," where Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult were gearing up to sing "Killing Me Softly"? You betcha.
Weisz is using her heat-seeking talent once again in the upcoming film "The Railway Man," based on the Eric Lomax book of the same name, which has her starring alongside Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth.
The movie, helmed by "Better Than Sex" director Jonathan Teplitzky, tells the story of Lomax's imprisonment and torture in a Japanese Pow camp during World War II. "War Horse" star Jeremy Irvine will play Lomax as a young man and Firth will play him as an adult. Weisz will star as Lomax's wife, »
- Sarah Crow
Being Flynn movie trailer
28 November 2011 3:36 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Trailer for Paul Weitz's Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby and Julianne Moore Helmed by Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy), who also wrote the script, based on the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Mermoir by Nick Flynn. Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. »
Being Flynn movie trailer
28 November 2011 3:36 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Trailer for Paul Weitz's Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby and Julianne Moore Helmed by Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy), who also wrote the script, based on the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Mermoir by Nick Flynn. Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. »
Being Flynn movie trailer
28 November 2011 3:36 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Trailer for Paul Weitz's Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby and Julianne Moore Helmed by Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy), who also wrote the script, based on the memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Mermoir by Nick Flynn. Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano) who is shocked to have his eccentric and long-absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro) reach out to him unexpectedly. Still feeling the loss of his mother (played in flashbacks by Julianne Moore) in the midst of starting a new relationship with Denise (Olivia Thirlby), the last person Nick wants to see is his father. But you can’t outrun fate and slowly Nick comes to realize he has been given the chance to make a real future not only for himself, but for his struggling father too. »
Movies Worth Listening To: 10 Great Soundtracks
23 November 2011 4:13 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
There’s a particular joy that comes from an excellent soundtrack accompanying an excellent movie. When the music matches the moment, from The Full Monty to Pulp Fiction to Cool Runnings, we experience a moment of aesthetic contentment.
But what about when the soundtrack is infinitely superior to the film? Buying soundtracks is often a great musical choice, because you get songs from a variety of artists – but what if the film they accompany was mediocre? Or worse still, one you’d never consider (or admit to) watching in a million years?
Here are a few that deserve to be placed in brown paper covers, or filed in itunes under a different name:
The ok-movie-Kickass soundtracks:
10 – About a Boy is a feelgood romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant (how very surprising, I hear you gasp), with a lovely script. It’s one of those films you enjoy, but can’t really remember. »
- Karen Jeynes
First Look: Robert De Niro and Paul Dano in Being Flynn
18 November 2011 8:00 AM, PST | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »
Acclaimed About A Boy writer/director Paul Weitz has partnered with Focus Features and Tribeca Productions to bring another much beloved book to the silver screen. Based on Nick Flynn's bestselling 2004 memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Being Flynn chronicles the journey of writer Nick (Paul Dano) as he endeavors to reunite with his estranged father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro). The films exposes Nick's poignant childhood, where his single mother (Julianne Moore) raised him in his father's absence. Now a young adult living in Boston after the untimely death of his mother, Nick yearns to connect with Jonathan, an everyman writer who holds himself in very high esteem - as a literary icon on par with Mark Twain and J.D. Salinger, no less. But in truth, Jonathan is a struggling alcoholic, whom social worker Nick tracks down at a homeless shelter. While the memoir's title refers to Jonathan's »
Robert De Niro is a Bad Father in Trailer for 'Being Flynn'
15 November 2011 3:42 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
I've always been a sucker for a good father and son drama, and the new film Being Flynn starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano fits the bill. This possible tear jerker comes from writer/director Paul Weitz, who made another film I really enjoyed years ago called About a Boy.
Being Flynn is based on the memoirs of writer Nick Flynn, and tells the story of a young man (Dano) who just happens to come across his estranged father (De Niro) a few times, while working in various homeless shelters in Boston. »
- Get The Big Picture
Trailer for Being Flynn Starring Robert De Niro
15 November 2011 2:27 PM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
The first trailer for Robert De Niro's new movie, Being Flynn, is now online. It's based on poet and playwright Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, in which he chronicles his unexpected reunion with his estranged alcoholic father at a homeless shelter in Boston.
Being Flynn marks a return to more dramatic material for writer-director Paul Weitz, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his 2002 dramedy adaptation About a Boy, but then subsequently strayed into parody (American Dreamz), fantasy (Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant), and comedy (Little Fockers, also with De Niro). The movie does not yet have a release date, but it is aimed at a Spring 2012 opening.
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- BrentJS Sprecher
‘Being Flynn’ Trailer: Robert De Niro Is A Homeless Crazy Man
15 November 2011 1:39 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Paul Weitz started his directorial career off well with films like American Pie and About a Boy, but thereafter experienced diminishing critical/financial returns from titles such as In Good Company, American Dreamz, and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant… that is, until he hit a new box office high (but critical low) with Little Fockers in 2010.
Now P. Weitz is trying his hand at writing and directing another literary adaptation: Being Flynn, a cinematic treatment of Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir, “Another Bulls**t Night in Suck City”. The project was (at one point) going under the truncated title Another Night.
Being Flynn stars Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) as Nick, an aspiring writer who has long been troubled by the memory of his absent father, Jonathan (Robert De Niro). Sheer coincidence rears its ...
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- Sandy Schaefer
Trailer for 'Being Flynn' starring Robert De Niro & Paul Dano
15 November 2011 12:20 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
We have added the first trailer for "About a Boy" director Paul Weitz' upcoming drama, "Being Flynn." The film, a true story, is based on the memoirs of American writer and poet Nick Flynn.Being Flynn's impressive cast includes Paul Dano, Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, Olivia Thirlby, Dale Dickey, Lili Taylor, Victor Rasuk, Billy Wirth, Greg Paul, Katherine Waterston and Joe Urban.Watch the trailer for "Being Flynn" below;"Being Flynn" is expected for release in Spring of 2012.Academy Award-nominated writer-director Paul Weitz (About A Boy) turns his hand to this moving portrait of fathers and sons. Based on a true story, Being Flynn follows Nick Flynn (Paul Dano of Little Miss Sunshine, There Will Be Blood) who is shocked to have »
- Anthony Pearson
‘Being Flynn’ Trailer – Robert De Niro and Paul Dano Deal With Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City
15 November 2011 7:00 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
[1] After a promising start that included sweet, gentle About a Boy, Paul Weitz's career hasn't been doing so well these past few years. His more recent work include American Dreamz, Cirque du Freak, and Little Fockers, none of which are exactly creative smashes. But if the moving trailer for his next project, Being Flynn, is any indication, Weitz could be on his way up again. Based on Nick Flynn's acclaimed memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Being Flynn centers around the relationship between a young writer (Paul Dano) and his absentee father (De Niro). The two cross paths one night at a homeless shelter, where the son works and the dad is seeking a room. Watch the trailer after the jump. [via The Playlist [2]] It's here that I'll admit my opinion of the trailer is probably colored by the very effective use of both "Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes and »
- Angie Han
Robert De Niro's Being Flynn Trailer
14 November 2011 5:07 PM, PST | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Focus Features has unveiled the trailer for "Being Flynn," which is based on Nick Flynn's 2004 memoir "Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City," and stars Robert De Niro and Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood). Check it out below. Plot: The story of a young writer, Nick (Dano), who takes a job at a homeless shelter - where one night he discovers his long-absent father Jonathan (De Niro) seeking a bed. Julianne Moore portrays the writer's mother Jody; and Olivia Thirlby portrays Denise, a worker at the shelter. The new movie is directed by Paul Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie) and is tentatively set to hit theaters in Spring of 2012. Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here. »
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