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Opening This Week: This year's '60s music biopic, Ron Howard's Oscar bid and one last superhero movie

2 December 2008 11:23 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

By Neil Pedley

Providing the requisite stopgap between showy Thanksgiving distractions and award season stragglers, female directors and assorted indie debutantes are making a strong showing this week.

"The Black Balloon"

'What's Eating Elissa Down?' is the question to ask as the award-winning director of Aussie shorts makes the jump to features with this semi-autobiographical tale of a frustrated adolescent on the verge of manhood weighed down by his responsibilities to his autistic younger brother. Daytime soap star Rhys Wakefield takes the role of the Gilbert Grape-esque Thomas, a burdened army brat charged with his brother's care while his parents drag the two up and down the country until he meets Jackie, a free spirit who teaches him how to shed his bitterness. The always impressive Toni Collette anchors this teenage ensemble as the boy's mother, Maggie. Luke Ford and Gemma Ward co-star.

Opens in New York and Los Angeles. »

- Neil Pedley

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Caan, Macht, Stormare, and Taylor Sign Up for Internet Porn

7 October 2008 5:33 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Filed under: Comedy, Casting

If you think back to the warmer days of summer, you might remember that Jessica posted about an upcoming Internet porn flick called Middle Men. Set to be a comedy, the film was said to follow some normal dude who ends up in the center of that biz we call adult entertainment during the early days of Internet porn (mid-90s, I guess?).

And now we have our men of porn. Variety reports that James Caan, Gabriel Macht, Peter Stormare, and Rachael Taylor have signed on for the film, which will star Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi -- all in yet-to-be-disclosed parts. The film is also sounding a wee bit different these days. Yes, it's still about some regular guy -- a "straight-and-narrow businessman who builds the first online billing company dealing exclusively with adult entertainment." But then there's a bit of an insane twist. He »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Four more board ‘Middle Men’

5 October 2008 9:58 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

James Caan, Gabriel Macht, Peter Stormare and Rachael Taylor are the latest to join Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi in George Gallo’s upcoming indie drama “Middle Men,” according to Variety.

Written by Gallo and Andy Weiss, the film centers on a businessman who builds an online billing company and is consequently pulled into chaotic mess involving conmen, federal agents and terrorists.

The film, which heads into production this month, is further described as a chronicle of the birth of the Internet porn industry.

Caan recently appeared in “Get Smart,” and he will next be seen in “New York, I Love You.” Macht is toplining Frank Miller’s “The Spirit,” due in theaters Dec. 25.

Stormare was last seen on the big screen in “Witless Protection,” while Taylor recently starred in “Bottle Shock” and “Shutter.” »

- Franck Tabouring

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Wilson, Ribisi to explore online porn in ‘Men’

19 September 2008 9:40 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi have signed on to star in George Gallo’s “Middle Men,” an indie comedy about the origins of the Internet porn business.

Variety says the film centers on a businessman who builds an online billing company and is consequently pulled into chaotic mess involving conmen, federal agents and terrorists.

Gallo, whose credits include “Bad Boys” and “Code Name: The Cleaner,” co-wrote the script with Andy Weiss. Oxymoron Entertainment is financing the project.

Wilson is currently onscreen in “Henry Poole is Here.” He is also filming Mile Million’s comedy “Tenure.”

As for Ribisi, it’s been a while since we last saw him on the big screen. He recently wrapped filming for Michael Mann’s upcoming crime drama “Public Enemies.” »

- Franck Tabouring

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Wilson and Ribisi are 'Middle Men' to Internet porn

19 September 2008 9:24 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

Luke Wilson and Giovanni Ribisi will both star in MIDDLE MEN, a film which revolves around the birth of the Internet porn industry.

Variety reports that the 'film centers on a straight-and-narrow businessman who builds the first online billing company dealing exclusively with adult entertainment and finds himself in the middle of a whirlwind filled with starlets, conmen, Russian mobsters, federal agents and international terrorists -- all while trying to hold on to his marriage and family.'

George Gallo (who has BAD BOYS and MIDNIGHT RUN among his scripting credits) will direct the film from a script he wrote with Andy Weiss.

Shooting will kicks off in shooting in Phoenix in October, according to the trade. »

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George Gallo to helm porn comedy ‘Middle Men’

24 June 2008 1:58 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Ever wanted to know how the porn industry ended up taking over the Web? According to Variety, George Gallo is set to direct “Middle Men,” a comedy about the origins of the Internet porn business.

The film is the first project to be developed by Oxymoron Entertainment and will focus on a businessman who’s thrust into the world of online porn. That’s all we know about the plot at this stage.

Gallo is directing a script he co-wrote with Andy Weiss.

Looking back at Gallo’s credits as a writer, I’m not so sure this film is such a brilliant idea. After all, Gallo is partly responsible for Les Mayfield’s disastrous comedy “Code Name: The Cleaner.” Then again, he also came up with the story of “Bad Boys. »

- Franck Tabouring

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