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Law Joins Ledger Scholarship Panel
9 December 2009 4:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Jude Law has joined a panel of Hollywood stars to judge the winner of an Australian film scholarship which was created as a tribute to late actor Heath Ledger .
The inaugural Australians in Film Scholarship was set up by Ledger's ex-fiancee Michelle Williams, and is supported by the Ledger family, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Baz Luhrmann.
Actress Rachel Griffiths and moviemaker Gregor Jordan fronted this year's panel, which saw Australian performer Oliver Ackland pick up the $10,000 (£6,250) bursary in January.
And Law, who was one of three stars to replace Ledger in his film The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, is happy to have been given the chance to pay tribute to the late actor, who died last year.
He says, "I am delighted and honoured to do what I can to keep Heath's legacy alive. He was a brilliant actor and a wonderful man and it is only fitting that this scholarship has been developed in his name."
The winner of the next scholarship will be announced in February. »
Madness or Genius? : The New Vampire Revival
20 August 2009 7:43 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Ever since Bram Stoker went on the most successful writers retreat of all time and penned Dracula, the vampire story has molded and helped evolve not only the horror genre as we know it today but, really, film as a whole. Watching Max Schreck walk out of the shadows in 1922's Nosferatu is still kinda unsettling and is surely an image we've seen as much as we have Bogart smoking, Eastwood with a smoking gun or Brando looking smoking cool. The count has been remade a countless number of times and to date there are nearly 200 feature film versions of Stoker's fanged one alone. So with the help of this years staggering, pitch perfect Let The Right One In, HBO's new series True Blood doing all kinds of things all over the world, Chan Wook Park's hopefully masterful Thirst on the horizon and some small time franchise thing called The »
- Neil Innes
Cannes 2009 Producer's Patch: Kimmel International
13 May 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- They championed such cinematic wonders as Synecdoche, New York and Lars and the Real Girl, but the truth is: the market has changed and we might see the company being more selective and that is why Sidney Kimmel Entertainment's Kimmel International can get behind more fair by aligning their troupes with other indie producers. Kimmel are coming to Cannes loaded with several items that I'll be on the look out for 2009/10 such as the new Natalie Portman indie film Hesher, Mark Ruffalo's Sympathy for Delicious and the New York shot Paper Man from directors Michele and Kieran Mulroney (starring Lisa Kudrow, Jeff Daniels and Ryan Reynolds). All's Faire In Love by Scott Marshall - Completed Don't Look Up by Fruit Chan - Post-Production Hesher by Spencer Susser - Pre-Production Invisible Sign, An by Marilyn Agrelo - Post-Production Motherhood by Katherine Dieckmann - Completed Paper Man by Michele & Kieran Mulroney »
5 80s Literary Adaptations Worse Than The Informers
24 April 2009 9:55 AM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »
Although published in 1994, Bret Easton Ellis’ The Informers is surely a product of the 1980s, reconstructing the decades’ tireless myths via a collection of terse, loosely interconnected short stories that the author wrote while still a Bennington debutante. I doubt I’ll ever get to see the early version of Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of The Informers that Ellis referred to a »
- Brandon Harris
Movie Review - 'The Informers'
24 April 2009 1:15 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Billy Bob Thorntpn, Kim Basinger, and Mickey Rourke
Directed by Gregor Jordan
Rated R
The new film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel The Informers might be the first movie in which you know more about the characters before it begins than after it ends. That's particularly ironic given the title. I felt decidedly uninformed by the whole thing.
Featuring a confusing plot that somehow also manages to go nowhere, The Informers is strikingly reminiscent of Ellis' Less Than Zero, at least at its core: It's a meditation on life among young, petulant rich kids in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
The period touches are all there – the distinctive synth-pop soundtrack, the shame-inducing clothes, the silly hairstyles – and director Gregor Jordan manages to weave them into the surroundings with little effort. Unfortunately, the fact that this looks like it was made in 1983 is the only thing The Informers does right. »
- Colin Boyd
Sex, Drugs & Tedium
23 April 2009 9:53 PM, PDT | NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news »
If anything can kill America's long-running love affair with the '80s, it may be Gregor Jordan's "The Informers," a tedious and tawdry adaptation from that decade's self-proclaimed poet laureate, Bret Easton Ellis ("Less Than Zero").
Sort of a brain-dead "Short Cuts," this risible film follows an interchangeable collection of empty-headed blonds (of both sexes) who hop from bed to bed and from drug to drug.
A pointless accidental death launches the aimless narrative, which is specifically set in 1984. We »
- By LOU LUMENICK
Film: Review: The Informers
23 April 2009 12:02 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ short-story collection The Informers arrived at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year surrounded by a cloud of bad buzz, and throughout the fest, journalists lined up to tee off on the film, calling it vapid, tedious, and pointless. But though The Informers is by no means great—nor wholly true to the vision of Ellis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Jarecki—moments sprinkled throughout the film capture Ellis’ particular mix of flip yuppie satire and lived-in paranoia better than any big-screen version of his work to date. Anyone who spent »
'The Informers' Goes to L.A. for Premiere
17 April 2009 2:41 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Senator Entertainment's drama thriller "The Informers" has got a red carpet treatment on Thursday, April 16 for its Los Angeles premiere. Taking place at ArcLight Theater, the special screening event was attended by two of its prominent stars, Academy Award-nominated actor Mickey Rourke and award-winning actress Kim Basinger.
In addition to both of them, cast members, Austin Nichols, Jon Foster, Jessica Stroup, Lou Taylor Pucci and Rhys Ifans, as well as director Gregor Jordan were also present for the special occasion. Meanwhile, the celebrity guests spotted on the evening included "Step Up 2 the Streets" beauty Briana Evigan, music composer Christopher Young, TV personality Katie Price and Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat.
Based on Bret Easton Ellis' book of short stories published in 1994, "The Informers" is set in Los Angeles in 1983. It revolves around seven interconnected stories of movie executives, rock stars and other morally challenged characters as they mix and mingle »
- AceShowbiz.com
"The Informers" - See the trailer in High Def and download for your iPod! We have clips!
2 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A stunning cast is formed in the Gregor Jordan ("Ned Kelly") drama "The Informers." This includes Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols and Lou Taylor Pucci. Bret Easton Ellis adapts his novel alongside Nicholas Jarecki. The film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival and can be seen in limited areas on April 24th. Australian director Jordan is also responsible for "Buffalo Soldiers" starring the once great actor Joaquin Phoenix. In such works as “Less Than Zero” and “American Psycho” Brett Easton Ellis brilliantly dissects contemporary American society, a culture in which too much is never enough. Now, adapting his own acclaimed novel for the screen, he returns to the Los Angeles of the early 1980’s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances a vast array of characters who represent both the top of the heap (a Hollywood dream merchant, »
"The Informers" - See the trailer in High Def and download for your iPod! We have clips!
2 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A stunning cast is formed in the Gregor Jordan ("Ned Kelly") drama "The Informers." This includes Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols and Lou Taylor Pucci. Bret Easton Ellis adapts his novel alongside Nicholas Jarecki. The film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival and can be seen in limited areas on April 24th. Australian director Jordan is also responsible for "Buffalo Soldiers" starring the once great actor Joaquin Phoenix. In such works as “Less Than Zero” and “American Psycho” Brett Easton Ellis brilliantly dissects contemporary American society, a culture in which too much is never enough. Now, adapting his own acclaimed novel for the screen, he returns to the Los Angeles of the early 1980’s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances »
"The Informers" - See the trailer in High Def and download for your iPod! We have clips!
2 April 2009 12:32 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A stunning cast is formed in the Gregor Jordan ("Ned Kelly") drama "The Informers." This includes Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Jon Foster, Amber Heard, Rhys Ifans, Chris Isaak, Austin Nichols and Lou Taylor Pucci. Bret Easton Ellis adapts his novel alongside Nicholas Jarecki. The film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival and can be seen in limited areas on April 24th. Australian director Jordan is also responsible for "Buffalo Soldiers" starring the once great actor Joaquin Phoenix. In such works as “Less Than Zero” and “American Psycho” Brett Easton Ellis brilliantly dissects contemporary American society, a culture in which too much is never enough. Now, adapting his own acclaimed novel for the screen, he returns to the Los Angeles of the early 1980’s with a multi-strand narrative that deftly balances »
Brandon Routh Cut Out of The Informers
29 March 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
FoxNews is reporting that "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh was cut out of the upcoming "The Informers" film, along with his entire storyline. And don't expect for any of the stars to show up for publicity events or press junkets. The reason is that Brett Easton Ellis, the author whose book the film is based on, and screenwriter Nick Jarecki are pretty unhappy about the way the movie turned out. The main actors are said to be in agreement. "The Informers" that they all started to make, they've told friends, is quite different from the finished product. The trouble was generated when Gregor Jordan replaced Jarecki as director after Jarecki and Ellis did about three years worth of prep work adapting Ellis's novel. "It was going to be like Boogie Nights, and now it's turned into some terrible, dark meditation," an insider revealed. And the old scirpt was cut from 150 to 94 pages. »
The Tripods Are Back - Exclusive Movie News
22 March 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Rumours of a movie version of John Christopher's celebrated Tripods novels have been persistent for several years now, with various directors attached and then detached from the project. Disney-owned Touchstone Pictures nabbed the rights in the late '90s, but the whole enterprise languished in development hell until Variety reported in early 2005 that Ned Kelly director Gregor Jordan was slated to mastermind the big screen resurrection of the three-legged alien invaders. It wasn't to be. As news dried up, the frustration was felt most by fans of the classic mid-'80s BBC version of The Tripods, which was cruelly axed after two mostly fantastic seasons with the last book in the trilogy unfilmed. A nation of children who feared cappings, Black Guards and dreamt of the White Mountains were left without a visual resolution to the ambitious tale. However, (more) »
- By Ben Rawson-Jones
Christopher Young: Unthinkable
11 March 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »
Director Gregor Jordan, producer Marco Weber and composer Christopher Young team up again for a new film, following the acclaimed thriller The Informers, which is awaiting its theatrical release on April 24. The new film is called Unthinkable, and it's also a psychological thriller which will feature Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen, Brandon Routh, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan and Carrie-Anne Moss. With a script that reflects USA's recent war on terrorism, the story is about an American Muslim man who claims to have nuclear bombs planted in three U.S. cities. Marco Weber has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that Christopher Young is doing the score for the film. His other upcoming projects include Jon Amiel's Creation and Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell. »
- noreply@blogger.com (Mikael Carlsson)
Four Clips from the Bret Easton Ellis Adaptation 'The Informers'
2 March 2009 3:32 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Gregor Jordan's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's The Informers got savaged at Sundance as the four reviews I quoted couldn't find anything good to say about the film, but that isn't stopping Senator Entertainment from moving forward with the film as it currently stands to be released on April 24 in New York. Senator is also ramping up the online promotions as I have just added four new clips and the official trailer from the film featuring the likes of Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Amber Heard and the late Brad Renfro. I have included the Rourke and Renfro clip below and you can click here to tour the other three as well as the red band trailer. Just know, I have labeled the clip below "Clip #2" so when you watch the rest just know you have already watched "Clip #2". »
- Brad Brevet
Five clips and the official trailer added for "The Informers." All in one player.
2 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A new trailer and new clips are in from Senator Entertainment's "The Informers," starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols, Jon Foster and Lou Taylor Pucci. We have a total of five clips from the Gregor Jordan film. The drama first first release at this year's Sundance Film Festival and will see theatrical release in limited areas on April 29th. Jordan has had the privilege of working with Heath Ledger when helming the 2003 release "Ned Kelly." Additionally, another star he's worked with is Joaquion Phoenix in "Buffalo Soldiers." The actor has become the topic of many conversations these days after his contribution to the David Letterman show. Sex, drugs, and new wave... Los Angeles in the early 1980s: a time of excess and decadence, and nobody captures it better than Bret Easton Ellis as he coadapts his own acclaimed novel for the screen. »
Five clips and the official trailer added for "The Informers." All in one player.
1 March 2009 11:32 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A new trailer and new clips are in from Senator Entertainment's "The Informers," starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols, Jon Foster and Lou Taylor Pucci. We have a total of five clips from the Gregor Jordan film. The drama first first release at this year's Sundance Film Festival and will see theatrical release in limited areas on April 29th. Jordan has had the privilege of working with Heath Ledger when helming the 2003 release "Ned Kelly." Additionally, another star he's worked with is Joaquion Phoenix in "Buffalo Soldiers." »
Five clips and the official trailer added for "The Informers." All in one player.
1 March 2009 11:32 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
A new trailer and new clips are in from Senator Entertainment's "The Informers," starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Brandon Routh, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols, Jon Foster and Lou Taylor Pucci. We have a total of five clips from the Gregor Jordan film. The drama first first release at this year's Sundance Film Festival and will see theatrical release in limited areas on April 29th. Jordan has had the privilege of working with Heath Ledger when helming the 2003 release "Ned Kelly." Additionally, another star he's worked with is Joaquion Phoenix in "Buffalo Soldiers." »
Hollywood Hopeful Wins First-Ever Heath Ledger Scholarship
20 February 2009 7:00 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The tragic death of Heath Ledger has, thanks to the actor's friends, turned into stroke of luck for one Australian actor. On Thursday night, Oliver Ackland of Sydney became the inaugural recipient of a scholarship created in Ledger's name with support from friends like Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Ledger's former girlfriend, Michelle Williams. "[Ackland is] a great actor and he's really likeable," Ledger's good friend and Ned Kelly director Gregor Jordan, a judge on the panel, told People at the Australians in Film Academy Award Celebration in Los Angeles. "He's got [a sort of] Jude Law look. Maybe he's an Aussie Jude Law, who knows? »
- Sara Hammel
Hollywood Hopeful Wins First-Ever Heath Ledger Scholarship
20 February 2009 7:00 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The tragic death of Heath Ledger has, thanks to the actor's friends, turned into stroke of luck for one Australian actor. On Thursday night, Oliver Ackland of Sydney became the inaugural recipient of a scholarship created in Ledger's name with support from friends like Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Ledger's former girlfriend, Michelle Williams. "[Ackland is] a great actor and he's really likeable," Ledger's good friend and Ned Kelly director Gregor Jordan, a judge on the panel, told People at the Australians in Film Academy Award Celebration in Los Angeles. "He's got [a sort of] Jude Law look. Maybe he's an Aussie Jude Law, who knows? »
- Sara Hammel
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