Nov 12
Martin Campbell on the set of Casino Royale
Feature film production in Hollywood has slowed down dramatically in recent months, amid uncertainty over a potential SAG strike, and the slowing economy. But according to a report on Variety, movie studios are hedging against a strike and moving ahead with more than 40 high profile films in……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: action films, action thrillers, comedy films, espionage films, George Clooney, Greg Mottola, James Cameron, Martin Campbell, Nanette Burstein, Naomi Watts, Nick Frost, Rod Taylor, Simon Pegg, Tippi Hedren
Nov 03
Screenshot from the Army of Two game
Electronic Arts recently announced that the company has closed a deal with Universal to bring top-selling videogame Army of Two, to the big screen.
Scott Stuber, through his Stuber Productions shingle, will produce the film along with EA, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns, who recently co-wrote the blockbuster The Bourne……. »
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\\ tags: Aaron Eckhart, action films, adventure films, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Benicio Del Toro, Brad Pitt, Brandon Camp, David Wain, Emily Blunt, Forest Whitaker, gaming, George Clooney, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Joe Johnston, John Davis, John Favreau, Jude Law, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Martin Sheen, Matt Damon, Miguel Sapochnik, Peter Billingsley, Scott Stuber, Scott Z. Burns, Steven Soderbergh, Vince Vaughn, war films
Aug 15
Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading
Speaking of dark comedies, there’s three new clips from Joel and Ethan Coen’s follow-up to No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, which stars George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins.
Burn After Reading revolves around the hunt for ousted an……. »
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\\ tags: Brad Pitt, comedy films, espionage films, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Richard Jenkins, thrillers, Tilda Swinton
Aug 13
Tom Cruise is in talks to headline another espionage film, this time for Spyglass Entertainment’s remake of French spy thriller The Tourist, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The paper reports the project will most likely be his next film.
Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) has been tapped to helm the movie, which follows an……. »
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\\ tags: Bharat Nalluri, espionage films, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Lisa Bonet, Michael Imperioli, Tom Cruise
Aug 13
Book cover for The Challenge by Jonathan Mahler
Variety reports that George Clooney has purchased film rights to Jonathan Mahler’s legal thriller The Challenge, about the long campaign waged by U.S. Navy lawyer Charles Swift and Georgetown law professor Neal Katyal to ensure a fair trial for Salim Hamdan, the bodyguard and driver of Osama bin Laden…….. »
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\\ tags: courtroom drama, George Clooney, Jonathan Mahler, thriller
Jun 17
Ethan and Joel Coen are back to making comedies again, with Burn After Reading. The film features and ensemble cast of stars, including Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich, J.K. Simmons, Frances McDormand, and Richard Jenkins, in a story that focuses on a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent, that ends……. »
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\\ tags: comedy films, drama, espionage, Ethan and Joel Coen, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, J.K. Simmons, John Malkovich, rad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, trailer