Christopher McQuarrie

Paramount eyes three actresses to get ‘One Shot’ against Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is currently prepping One Shot, a Paramount-Skydance adaptation of a 2005 Lee Child crime thriller novel. Valkyrie writer Christopher McQuarrie is attached to direct the film from a script he wrote with Josh Olson, and according to THR, he and Paramount execs were reading at least three actresses for the female lead yesterday: ….

Ghost World screenwriter Terry Zwigoff to receive Maverick Spirit Award at Cinequest 20

Each year Cinequest presents its highest honor, the Maverick Spirit Award to people who stand apart from the crowd, willing to create and innovate from a place of personal yet global vision. This year, Cinequest awards this honor to a man who has done just that by expressing great talent in such diverse worlds as ….

Johnny Depp in talks to play opposite Angelina Jolie in spy thriller The Tourist

Johnny Depp is now in negotiations to star with Angelina Jolie in Sony Pictures’ espionage thriller The Tourist, according to Variety, which Graham King’s GK Films is financing and distributing in association with the studio. Tim Headington, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman are also attached to produce. Depp would play the role of ….

Writer of The Usual Suspects to pen Wolverine sequel script

Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote scripts for Bran Singer’s The Usual Suspects as well as X-Men, has been tapped to write the screenplay for Fox’s sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, according to THR. Hugh Jackman will return as Logan, the mutant with healing powers and an adamantium-dipped endoskeleton. Jackman will again produce the film, along with ….

Valkyrie Blu-ray review

Valkyrie tells the heroic true story of several German military officers that wholly rejected the ideals of Adolf Hitler and, in an effort to end his assault on German culture, attempt to assassinate him for the greater good of their country. They form a secret alliance with the purpose of removing Hitler from power, understanding ….

Tom Cruise is working on a boatload of spy thrillers – Champions, Matarese Circle, Tourist and more

Tom Cruise is circling a series of exciting espionage thrillers and spy adaptations right now. Variety posted a report on Cruise’ many projects in the works and what stands out is that he is developing, actively producing or being courted, for some top-notch projects, that reports say, should put him back on top of the ….