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Harry Brown – Martyn’s Review
11 November 2009 3:07 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Michael Caine is Harry Brown. In a long and resplendent career he’s been Jack Carter, Alfie, Harry Palmer, Alfred the Butler and Austin Power’s dad, to name a few. The man is a legend and in his august years, starring in a film set in his home city, in which he kicks arse as a senior citizen dispensing some rough justice to criminal feral youths. Violent lives will meet a violent end. So goes the film’s message.
By coincidence, Daniel Barber’s debut holds a few similarities with Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino. As in Eastwood’s final acting gig, there is something very elegiac about Michael Caine’s performance: all shuffling movements and sad eyes until he finds inner strength through violent means.
Harry Brown is a widowed pensioner living on a council estate descended into social chaos. It is a place where gangs loiter, rob and kill for kicks. »
- Martyn Conterio
Afm '09: Filmax Heads to 'Tranquility Valley'
9 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Bloody Disgusting learned that Filmax is now developing yet another horror/thriller. Tranquility Valley will be directed by Xavi Giménez, Cinematographer on various Filmax productions from Transsiberian to Fragile, The Abandoned and even The Machinist. In the film Richard doesn't know what to do with his sixteen year old son Dave; he's drinking, smoking dope, getting into trouble; sometimes not even coming home at night. Richard is desperate, he has to do something with him, and now! Dave is abruptly awoken by two men gripping him tightly. His father is standing in the room. Dave is dragged outside and off into a waiting car. More.... »
Exclusive photo: The Crazies love Fango!
22 October 2009 11:52 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Makeup FX artist Robert Hall passed on an exclusive new behind-the-scenes pic from Overture Films’ upcoming remake of The Crazies, in which one of the infected folks (played by Chris Carnell, the murderous miner from the 3-D My Bloody Valentine) enjoys his favorite magazine. Check out the photo below!
Directed by Breck Eisner from a script by The MacHinist’s Scott Kosar and Case 39’s Ray Wright, The Crazies updates George A. Romero’s 1973 chiller about a small town overtaken by a biotoxin that turns its residents insane, with the military that created it arriving to violently quarantine the area. Silent Hill’s Radha Mitchell, A Perfect Getaway’s Timothy Olyphant and Friday The 13th’s Daniell Panabaker star; the movie is set for release February 26. Check out its official website here, see the beginning of our exclusive on-set coverage here and watch for it to continue in Fangoria »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
Exorcismus gets rolling in Spain
20 October 2009 12:49 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On Monday, October 5, shooting commenced on Exorcismus, the latest fear film to come out of Spain’s Filmax studios. As with so many Spanish genre productions of the last decade, this one is also directed by a relative newcomer to feature filmmaking, Manuel Carballo (taking over for originally slated Luis de la Madrid). And in common with most of the company's previous horror movies (such as Arachnid, Dagon, Darkness, The MacHinist and Beyond Re-animator), the movie is being filmed with a multinational cast in English, on locations in and around the city of Barcelona.
The cast includes Resident Evil: Apocalypse’s Sophie Vavasseur (pictured), Richard Felix from Filmax’s Fragile, which still has yet to see U.S. release, Hellraiser stalwart Doug Bradley and the first Resident’s Stephen Billington. The movie has already been presold to a dozen countries, including Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Most »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Hodges)
Brad Anderson attached to direct The Living and the Dead
15 October 2009 2:32 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
According to Comics2Film at Mania.com [1], director Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Session 9) is set to direct a feature based on the 128 page epic and terrifying graphic novel by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livngston, the creators of The Black Forest [2] and The Wicked West [3]. Brad Anderson who has become known for his work on edgy thrillers like Session and The Machinist (and more recently directing episodes of Fringe) seems the perfect candidate given its premise. The Living and the Dead which actually began as a screenplay before sold to Speakeasy Comics, takes place in nineteenth century Europe and focuses on a perverse madman who lures his victims to be tortured and killed as part of his twisted performance art. MTV News caught up with Robert Tinnell, who revealed that Victor Frankenstein from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein also plays a major role within the story. "This is about twelve or »
- Ricky
Brad Anderson attached to direct The Living And The Dead
14 October 2009 4:31 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
While news of this coming film has been floating around for a couple of days, I wasn't unterested until Mania reported that one of my favorite filmmakers (albeit for only one film, The Machinist), Brad Anderson, is attached to direct this comic adaptation. The Living and the Dead, created by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston, is a 128 page graphic novel. You can check out more about it on the official website.
Here's a description of the graphic novel:
You are a simple, country doctor in a small village. You have a beautiful wife and a wonderful son - the perfect life. Only they don't know that in your past, you did a very bad thing! People died because of it, and you were forced to flee and live incognito. Now, in an opportunity to redeem yourself, you unwittingly unleash a brutal and perverse murderer, a deviant sociopath hell bent on »
Brad Anderson Adapting Living and the Dead
14 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Todd Livingston and Robert Tinnell's graphic novel "The Living and the Dead" will get new life on the big screen. According to Mania, director Brad Anderson ( Session 9 , The Machinist ) will tackle an adaptation for Solipsist Films. Here's a synopsis that was released in 2005 when Speakeasy first published the story: You are a simple, country doctor in a small village. You have a beautiful wife and a wonderful son . the perfect life. Only they don't know that in your past, you did a very bad thing! People died because of it, and you were forced to flee and live incognito. Now, in an opportunity to redeem yourself, you unwittingly unleash a brutal and perverse murderer, a deviant sociopath hell bent on using innocent people in a Grand Guignol of flesh and blood.a... »
Brad Anderson To Direct 'The Living And The Dead' Adaptation
14 October 2009 5:32 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
Brad Anderson has signed on to direct the film adaptation of “The Living And The Dead,” a graphic novel by writers Todd Livingston & Robert Tinnell and artist Micah Farritor.
Anderson—perhaps best known for his work on “The Machinist” and “Session 9”—has more recently left his mark on TV by directing several episodes of “Fringe.” He is currently directing the horror/thriller “Vanishing on 7th Street” with Hayden Christensen and Thandie Newton.
Mania is reporting that Anderson will direct “The Living And The Dead” for Solipsist Films. Livingston & Tinnell have also written the screenplay adaptation of their graphic novel.
Originally released in 2005 by Speakeasy comics, “The Living And The Dead” takes place in nineteenth century Europe and focuses on a perverse madman who lures his victims to be tortured and killed as part of his twisted “performance art.”
MTV News caught up with “The Living And The Dead” co-writer Robert Tinnell, »
- Blair Marnell
Anderson to Helm The Living and the Dead
8 October 2009 | Horror Asylum | See recent Horror Asylum news »
Helmer Brad Anderson ('The Machinist', 'Session 9') is to take up the directorial duties on an adaptation of popular graphic novel 'The Living and the Dead'. The book, created by, Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston, is about a guy who is involved in 19th-Century 'snuff theatre' and lures innocent victims to 'a Grand Guignol of flesh and blood'. The story was originally intended as a movie with a screenplay being prepared by the writing duo, however, ... »
Brad Anderson adapting The Living And The Dead
8 October 2009 12:35 AM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
Brad Anderson, who directed The Machinist and Transsiberian, has signed up to direct an adaptation of graphic novel The Living And The Dead. Indie production company Solipsist Films is behind the project, which will take Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston's tome as its source. The plot finds a shady character who lures innocent folk into Grand Guignol performances that turn out to be 19th century versions of snuff movies. It sounds like rich territory for the man who starved Christian Bale and made Session 9. "Todd and I are...
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- James White
Brad Anderson to Adapt Graphic Novel The Living And The Dead
7 October 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Brad Anderson (”Session 9″, “The Machinist”) has now signed on to direct the filmed adaptation of the graphic novel “The Living and the Dead”. The graphic novel by Robert Tinnell and Todd Livingston started off as a screenplay before turning into a comic and has now been revisited by the two creators with the news of Anderson coming on board. You can get all of the details when you click on the jump.
In their exclusive report, Comics2film at Mania.com reports that the 2005 graphic novel focuses on a monstrous character who “engages in the nineteenth-century version of snuff theater, luring innocent people in a Grand Guignol of flesh and blood.” In all fairness, they didn’t have reality TV in the 19th century. The story sounds pretty pulpy, Gothic, and Hammeresque to me and knowing that Anderson is going to be behind the camera makes me think that this could be pretty great. »
- Ramses Flores
DVD Review: ‘Fear Itself’ Has a Few Highlights, But More Lowlights
28 September 2009 3:02 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – I am an unabashed junkie of anthology horror shows and will gladly debate with you why “The Twilight Zone” is the best show of all time before we get to discussing “The Outer Limits,” “Amazing Stories,” and “Tales From the Crypt.” Naturally, I was a big fan of Showtime’s “Masters of Horror” and was intrigued when a lot of that series’ major players jumped to NBC for “Fear Itself”. The show was a ratings failure and got very little buzz and the first season DVD makes it clear why. Even for an anthology show fan, this is a tough sell.
DVD Rating: 2.0/5.0 “Fear Itself” features thirteen episodes that aired on NBC during the summer of 2008. Like “Masters of Horror” (both shows were produced by the legendary Mick Garris), each episode was directed by a different horror writer and director. And like “Moh” the quality jumps wildly from episode »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Discuss: Does Going Nude Help Actresses' Careers?
26 September 2009 7:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Actors and actresses make big sacrifices for their movies all the time. Christian Bale dropped down to a frail 120 lbs for "The Machinist," Natalie Portman shaved her head for "V for Vendetta," and Jamie Foxx chipped his teeth for "The Soloist." But getting nude onscreen still seems to be the ultimate move an actor or actress can make. Demi Moore (Striptease), Elizabeth Berkley (Showgirls) and Jessica Biel (Powder Blue) have done it, but it has hardly made an impact on their careers since the films were so terrible. But Halle Berry's famous "Monster's Ball" sex scene (and her "acting") won her an Oscar and Viggo Mortensen's nude fight sequence earned him a nomination. Filmmakers claim that occasional nudity can be important to a movie's plot and the character's development, but there is no doubt that they know that it also helps box office numbers and can generate enormous buzz for their projects. »
Latest Casting for Brad Anderson's "Vanishing On 7th Street"
5 September 2009 6:55 AM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Hayden Christensen will be joining John Leguizamo and Thandie Newton in Brad Anderson's ("Session 9", "The MacHinist") next thriller, "Vanishing On 7th Street", which begins lensing in Detroit, Mi on October 12th. Written by Anthony Jaswinski, here's the plotline for the psychological thriller: In an instant, Mankind disappears and in a matter of hours four remaining survivors are drawn together to try to figure a way out of the apparent apocalypse happening around them.... »
Leo’s Crash Diet For Inception!
28 August 2009 4:29 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Leonardo DiCaprio has reportedly embarked on a new crash diet and exercise regime in order to lose an incredible 30lbs for his new film, Inception.
The actor wants to get in shape for a fight sequence in Inception, a futuristic film about a CEO-type crook involved in a blackmail scandal.
Inception is due for cinema release next summer. Directed by Chris Nolan, it also stars Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine and Cillian Murphy. The first trailer has just been released, and gives little, if anything away about the actual plot of the movie. Looks like Nolan is trying to keep this one well under wraps. Despite the supposed plot leaks earlier this week, it’s officially being described simply as a ‘contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind.’
It’s not that unusual for celebs to embark on strict diet regimes for movies. »
- Rachael Church
Casting Notes: Christina Hendricks and Hayden Christensen Join New Projects
27 August 2009 11:34 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Here are two quick casting notes that, in a busier week, might normally just make Page 2. But hell, any excuse to post a photo of Christina Hendricks is a good one, so I'm going to run with this. Also, news on Brad Anderson's (Session 9, The Machinist) new project, which just got Hayden Christensen in the lead. First up, Hendricks has been cast opposite Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel in the romantic drama (not even a romantic comedy, it seems) called Life as We Know It. The film, to be directed by Greg Berlanti (Everwood, Dirty Sexy Money and Green Lantern producer) follows "two unattached adults whose worlds are turned upside down when their mutual best friends die in an accident and name them as caregivers of their orphaned daughter." Hendricks is the best friend of the two leads, so does that mean she's the one that dies? Why »
- Russ Fischer
Christensen Is Vanishing On Seventh St
27 August 2009 12:45 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Hayden Christensen – last seen pimping some sort of aftershave; an act which would have Yoda shaking his head in dismay – has signed on to do some proper acting in the supernatural thriller, Vanishing On Seventh Street.The once and former Anakin Skywalker would play a reporter, one of five survivors trying to stay alive in a city where shadowy forms have mysteriously abducted the rest of the population.Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo are in talks to join the movie, which will be directed by the impressive Brad Anderson. Newton would play a nurse, Leguizamo a subway operator.Anderson, of course, directed the enormously creepy and atmospheric horrors, The Machinist and Session 9, and can manipulate mood with the best of them. So we expect Vanishing On Seventh Street to be plenty unsettling.It’s going to be interesting to see how far removed it is from its obvious antecedent, »
Christensen, Newton, Leguizamo in Vanishing on Seventh Street
26 August 2009 11:50 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
The Machinist and Transsiberian director Brad Anderson will start shooting his next feature in October called Vanishing on Seventh Street. The screenplay, co-written by Anderson and Anthony Jaswinski (Killing Time), is set in a once-thriving city where shadowy forms cause residents to inexplicably disappear. Five survivors fight to stay alive while grappling with the meaning of existence. Hayden Christensen has signed on to star and Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo are in negotiations to star in the thriller, which is being produced independently. Shooting will take place in the "once-thriving" city of Detroit. I really like the concept for this. It kind of reminds me of Dark City or The Langoliers (in a distant way). But I'm worried it'll turn out a bit more like Fernando Meirelles' Blindness (as a bleak apocalyptic film) and not as sci-fi as I'm hoping, but it's really too early to tell. It's being »
- Alex Billington
Cast for Brad Anderson’s Latest Revealed
26 August 2009 9:36 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo have all signed on to star in Vanishing on Seventh Street, an indie thriller from director Brad Anderson. Written by Anderson and Anthony Jaswinski, the story is set in a once-thriving city where shadowy forms cause residents to inexplicably disappear. Five survivors fight to stay alive while grappling with the meaning of existence. Christensen is playing a reporter. Newton will play a desperate nurse and Leguizamo a subway operator. Anderson’s previous directing credits include Transsiberian, The Machinist, Session 9 and Next Stop Wonderland. He’s also directed episodes of Fringe, The Shield, Masters of Horror, The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street. Christensen most recently appeared on the big screen in Jumper and next stars opposite Matt Dillon and Zoe Saldana in the thriller Takers, which Screen Gems releases in February. Newton next appears in Roland Emmerich’s 2012. Leguizamo will next »
- James Cook
Wahlberg Parties as Bale Goes Awol on Fighter Set
18 August 2009 10:10 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Christian Bale's setting off all kinds of alarms again. Filming of The Fighter is underway in Massachusetts, and we have a super spy on the set giving us some dee-lish deets. Seems the big three (Bale, Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams) were all on location at the retro-hip Olympia Restaurant, a frequent hang for past real-life fighters like Mickey Ward. You remember that perfectionist Bale likes to do things as realistically as possible, right? He's slimmed down dangerously for parts before (like The Machinist), and now the emaciated actor's doing it again. "[Christian] has lost almost as much weight as he did for The Machinist. He is so gaunt," blab our eyes, standing right next to the... »
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