David O. Russell and Christian Bale to join Mark Wahlberg’s The Fighter
Director David O. Russell and Christian Bale are negotiating to join the long-in-development boxing flick The Fighter, which already has Mark Wahlberg attached, according to a report by Variety. The Fighter tells the story of Boston fighter Irish Mickey Ward and how he was trained to the world lightweight championship by half-brother Dicky Eklund, who ….
New footage from Inglourious Basterds
Last night on FOX’s American Idol, Quentin Tarantino made a special guest mentor appearance and debuted a sneak preview of never-seen-before footage from his upcoming war epic, Inglourious Basterds. Below is the entire clip that was too hot to air on primetime tv during the show.
Vintage-looking photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
CanMag has posted some promotional photos from the set of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, featuring the cast, crew and a lot of Brad Pitt. Pitt plays Lieutenant Aldo Raine, who’s in charge of the ‘Basterds’, who’s only mission is to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis during World War ….
FilmFetish is giving away two copies of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on DVD
A thrilling adventure and captivating story of one man’s unusual and enchanted life, director David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button debuts as a two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray on May 5, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. To celebrate the release, I’m giving away two copies of the DVD edition to ….
Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman grab Important Artifacts
Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman are attached to star in a Paramount Pictures film based on a new Leanne Shapton book titled Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry, according to Variety. The book looks like a Sotheby’s estate auction catalog, with ….
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Blu-ray and DVD on May 5th 2009
A thrilling adventure and captivating story of one man’s unusual and enchanted life, director David Fincher’s Academy Award-winning film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button debuts as a two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray on May 5, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. The film was called “a monumental achievement” that “must be experienced” (Rex Reed, New ….
Sean Penn in talks to star in Bourne Identity director’s next thriller
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman is officially attached to the thriller Fair Game, which chronicles the outing of former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, who will be portrayed by Naomi Watts, according to Variety. According to the report, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn – who nabbed Best Actor honors last night at the Academy Awards, is ….
And here’s Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds trailer
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds trailer is now online. It features Brad Pitt giving a “pep talk” to his new recruits. At one point he proclaims…
The Inglorious Bastards film trailer
Soderbergh and Pitt grab the Moneyball
Steven Soderbergh is negotiating to helm the film Moneyball, based on a book by Michael Lewis titled Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, according to Variety. The book tells the story of Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s who used a sophisticated computer analysis system to piece together a team that ….
First photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds surface
JoBlo has posted two of the first stills from Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming war epic Inglourious Basterds. The attached pic features Pitt sporting a nifty little moustache, playing Lt. Aldo Raine, who leads the “Basterds”. He’s a Jew from the mountains of Tennessee, that is known to the German army as Aldo the Apache. The “Basterds” ….
Brad Pitt and James Gray looking for adventure in Lost City of Z
James Gray, director of We Own the Night, has been tapped by Paramount to helm an adaptation of the adventure novel The Lost City of Z, written by David Grann. The Lost City of Z will be published in April, and tells the nonfiction epic tale of renowned British soldier, explorer and spy, Col. Percy ….
Universal to adapt 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 Ultimatum, has signed on to ….
Road Warrior director and Brad Pitt team up for Odyssey
Brad Pitt turned Homer’s epic poem The Iliad into the 2004 film Troy. Now Warner Bros. is hoping to team Pitt up with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet’s other masterwork, The Odyssey. Their intention is to transfer the tale to a futuristic setting in outer space, if you can believe that. Both Homer poems ….
Three new Burn After Reading film clips online
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 CIA official’s (Malkovich) memoir. Actually, it’s a ….