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Duncan Jones to Direct Source Code Starring Jake Gyllenhaal
9 November 2009 10:16 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
A lot of people still haven't had a chance to see Duncan Jones' Moon, the indie sci-fi film starring Sam Rockwell, but from all the positive reviews [1], it's clear that critics are marking this as the arrival of an exciting and talented new director. The movie hits DVD [2] on January 12th, but in the meantime Jones has started to line up a number of new projects. A WWII submarine thriller called Escape From The Deep, and another science-fiction film called Mute had been previously announced, but now it looks like something else will take priority over both of those projects. Variety [3] reports that Jones has signed on to direct Source Code, a sci-fi thriller about a soldier who wakes up inhabiting the body of a stranger. He must relive a train bombing over and over again until he can find out who is responsible. Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks to star, »
- Sean
Billy Ray Signs On For Gears of War
23 October 2009 9:35 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
On Thursday, Variety shared the news that screenwriter Billy Ray (State of Play) was set to take on the real life story of Captain Richard Phillips, the man who was held captive by Somali pirates for five days earlier this year. As interesting as it would be to see Captain Phillips’ dramatic escape brought to the big screen, there was a line at the bottom of the Variety article that was far more interesting: “He [Ray] is currently writing “Gears of War” for New Line.”
Wait? Gears of War? Last time we heard, that movie was being written by the team of Len Wiseman (Underworld) and Chris Morgan (Wanted, Fast and Furious), with Wiseman as director. What happened? Brendon Connelly over at /Film speculates that Wiseman turned to Billy Ray after the duo worked successfully on the forthcoming film, Motorcade. Motorcade, if you’ll recall from our previous coverage, has been »
- Rob Frappier
Buzz Break: A-Team Comes Together
23 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
· It's the first picture of our new A-Team! From left to right, we've got Bradley Cooper, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, District 9's Sharlto Copley, Liam Neeson, and a cigar. Click for bigger.
· Jude Law and Robert De Niro are not going to be in Thor, though the door is still open for Dominic Cooper.
· Breach director Billy Ray has been picked to steer Columbia Pictures' movie about this year's Somali pirate hostage situation.
· Despite the fact that he's clearly the male lead of An Education, Peter Sarsgaard's planning to campaign for a supporting actor Oscar.
· Instead of asking executives to meet with new actors in person, Fox is casting its pilots through screen tests alone. It's much easier to say, "Too fat, next," when the person isn't actually there. »
Somali Pirates Plan On Boarding A Theater Near You
23 October 2009 12:24 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Is there any more exciting film staple than pirates? Pillaging, raping, kidnapping, cannon-firing, parrot-owning, Sicilian-beating, Keith Richards-loving, one leg missing, singing and dancing pirates! And now we can add real-life pirates to the list thanks to those pesky Somalian rapscallions who've been terrorizing the coast of Africa for the past several years. Per Variety, Columbia Pictures has hired Billy Ray to write a film based on the five-day hostage drama that played out earlier this year. More specifically, the film will center on Captain Richard Phillips whose life story rights as well as the rights to his upcoming book were optioned by Columbia. Phillips was held hostage by pirates before being rescued by Navy Seals. Spoiler alert! Ray's most recent work as screenwriter includes State of Play, Breach, and Flightplan. He also has a Westworld remake and the potential Ryan Reynolds vehicle Motorcade on his plate as well. This project is easily a year or more »
- Rob Hunter
Breach Director Billy Ray Tackles Somali Pirates
23 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The movie of the week business used to be the province of television and cable, but with these tougher economic times, big studios are getting into the game, too. Or trying to. Earlier this year Columbia bought the rights to the story of Richard Phillips, the captain held hostage by Somali Pirates this past May before being rescued by Navy Seals. Now the film finally has a writer. The good thing is, the writer is Billy Ray, and if there's anyone who can make this thing work as something more substantive than a movie of the week that's 18 months too late, it might be him. Shattered Glass was great, and Breach was even better. Ok, some of his writing gigs haven't panned out perfectly -- how about Flightplan and to a lesser extent State of Play -- but it's difficult to say that the work he's credited for is what »
- Russ Fischer
Billy Ray to Draft Modern Day Pirate Film
23 October 2009 6:32 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
I have trained myself to roll my eyes every time I read the words “pirate film” in the headline of an article, but this is different: we’re not dealing with swashbuckling Jack Sparrow or a gaunt Kiera Knightley, but instead real life Somali pirates that have peppered the news for over a year.
Columbia Pictures is gearing up for a film that will center on “captain Richard Phillips, who was held hostage by four Somali pirates and was subsequently rescued by a group of Navy SEALs.” The film will be based on Phillips currently unpublished autobiographical tale “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Five Dangerous Days.”
Here’s how swift and uncompassionate the world of film is: Columbia picked up the rights to Phillips’ story mere weeks after his rescue, which seems slightly absurd.
The film will be produced by Michael De Luca, Kevin Spacey, Dana Brunetti and Scott Rudin, »
- John Cooper
Billy Ray to write Columbia's real-life pirate tale
23 October 2009 1:38 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Columbia is prepping a big-screen adventure based on the true story of captain Richard Phillips' capture by four Somali pirates earlier this year, and Billy Ray is pretty much set to write the script. Cool!
I say cool because I dig Ray's work. I really enjoyed his last directorial effort "Breach," and I enjoyed "State of Play" and "Flightplan," which he worked on as a screenwriter. He's now rewriting "Motorcade." »
- Franck Tabouring
Billy Ray Writing Columbia Pictures’ Somali Pirate Pic
22 October 2009 10:33 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Do you remember that crazy pirate thing that happened earlier this year? Well, just in case if you forgot about how truly crazy that news story was, Columbia Pictures is now aiming to bring it to the big screen as they’ve hired writer Billy Ray (”Breach”, “State of Play”) to write the screenplay, which will tell the story of Captain Richard Phillips. More after the jump.
In case if you’ve forgotten about what happened back in April, it all started when four Somali pirate hijacked Captain Richard Phillips ship. This hijacking led to Captain Phillips being held hostage, then trying to escape, and some Navy SEALs having to finally go in and rescue him. It was pretty intense and since Billy Ray will be writing the film, I’m now expecting a solid thriller.
Variety tells us that Columbia picked up the Captain’s life rights back in May. »
- Ramses Flores
M. Night Shyamalan forms new production label: ‘Devil’ becomes first project
20 October 2009 2:17 PM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Director M. Night Shyamalan has formed a new production banner called The Night Chronicles. The company will be a vehicle for The Sixth Sense director to formulate ideas and generate stores while appointing directors and the writing staff. He is expected to remain executive producer on all projects and will not direct any features himself.
The first product from The Night Chronicles label will be Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night scribe Brian Nelson’s Devil. The project will be directed by John and Drew Dowdle (Quarantine) and will begin lensing later this month in Toronto.
According to /Film, Devil revolves around a group of people stuck in an elevator in an office building. The group is made up of blue-collar workers and one of them is The Devil.
The horror/thriller will star Chris Messina ( Julia & Julia), Bojana Novakovic (Drag Me to Hell), Bokeem Woodbine (Dead Presidents), Geoffrey Arend »
- Reel Loop News Staff
Al Pacino signs up for HBO film about Dr Jack Kevorkian
28 May 2009 5:08 AM, PDT | The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news »
Dr. Jack Kevorkian of Michigan spent nearly 20 years of his life campaigning for the legal right to help his patients who were committed to suicide to do so pain free via physician-assisted suicide. He claimed to have helped 130 patients commit suicide, but was convicted in 1999 for second-degree murder after recording the assisted suicide of one of his patients and allowing it to be broadcast on TV. He served eight years of a 10-to-25 year sentence in prison before being released in 2007.
Al Pacino is set to star as Kevorkian in the biopic for HBO Films. Adam Mazer (”Breach”, which starred Ryan Phillippe and Gary Cooper) will write the script based on the book ‘Between the Dying and the Dead’, which was written about Kevorkian by Harry Wylie and Neal Nicol.
Barry Levinson (Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man, Wag The Dog) will direct.
No release date is currently set, but we »
- Paul Larn
Pegg and Frost Comedy Boasts Impressive Cast, Pacino to Play Dr. Death, Anchorman 2?
28 May 2009 2:17 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
Hot off the heels of a big critical success with Adventureland, Greg Mattola’s upcoming Simon Pegg and Nick Frost sci-fi comedy Paul has gotten a lot more interesting. Variety reports that a ridiculous quantity of talent has now been added to the project: Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Jane Lynch, Bill Hader, and the glorious Kristen Wiig. Pegg and Frost play a pair of conspiracy theory nerds who find their way into area 51 on a road trip. They meet an escaped alien (the title character and voiced by Rogen) and I’m almost certain that some very British hilarity will ensue. The script is by the comic dynamic duo themselves following 2007’s Hot Fuzz. So my anticipation is growing steadily. Greg Mattola appears to be on quite a streak with comedy, let’s hope us it continues. Fyi: Adventureland will be released on DVD/Blue ray August 25. It’s a must see. »
- Anthony
Al Pacino May Star in Barry Levinson's HBO Biopic About Dr. Kevorkian
27 May 2009 9:39 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
After years of mediocre, sometimes dreadful roles, it's nice to see Al Pacino again interested in something that offers some kind of dramatic promise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Pacino is in talks to portray Dr. Jack Kevorkian in You Don't Know Jack, the upcoming HBO biopic from director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam, The Natural).
Dr. Kevorkian gained notoriety in the '90s for supporting physician-assisted suicide and claiming personal responsibility for more than 150 deaths. He was eventually convicted of second-degree murder and spent eight years in prison before being released on parole in June 2007. The film will reportedly cover events leading to Kevorkian's first assisted suicide and the media blitz that resulted from his legal battles in defense of a patient's right to die.
Levinson is also executive producing the project, which once had Ben Kingsley in the role of Kevorkian. Screenwriter Adam Mazer (Breach »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Kevorkian (aka Dr. Death)
27 May 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in "You Don't Know Jack," an HBO Films biopic about Dr Jack Kevorkian that Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog) will direct. Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan. The film will trace his rise as he builds his infamous "Mercy Machine," conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die. Adam Mazer (Breach) wrote the script, which is loosely based on "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and »
Al Pacino To Play Right-To-Die Doctor
27 May 2009 12:19 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Al Pacino will star in a biopic about Dr Jack Kevorkian, the right-to-die doctor who made headlines around the world during his near-20 year campaign to assist patients determined to commit suicide. And before you complain that this is a TV rather than a cinema story, allow us to assure you that it's not TV; it's HBO.The film's set to be directed by Barry Levinson and will tell the story of Dr Kevorkian's growing conviction that dying patients should be allowed to commit suicide, and the construction of his "Mercy Machine". He claims to have helped over a hundred patients commit suicide during the 1990s, but was convicted in 1999 of second-degree murder after taping the assisted suicide of one of his patients and allowing it to be broadcast on TV. He served eight years in prison.Adam Mazer, who wrote Chris Cooper / Ryan Phillippe spy thriller Breach, is writing the script, »
Dr. Al Pacino Will Help You Die
26 May 2009 11:43 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I watched eight minutes of 88 Minutes and automatically wondered how anybody else got through the other 80. So here's to hoping that Al Pacino can bring more than that to the role of Dr. Kevorkian in a biopic about the controversial doctor titled You Don't Know Jack. THR is reporting that Pacino is in talks to star in the HBO movie, which has been in production for several years now. The movie will follow Kevorkian through his formative years as a "doctor of death," including his invention of the Mercitron (mercy machine) and his first assisted suicide. The film is set to be written by Adam Mazer, a co-writer of Breach, which was one of the rare high quality based on a true story movies made as of late. HBO movies can be ridiculously good when they want to be (see: Something the Lord Made and Recount), and with director Barry »
Pacino Negotiating Dr. Death Biopic
26 May 2009 11:15 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The Hollywood Reporter reports Al Pacino is in negotiations to join a biopic centering on the life of Dr. Jack Kevorkian with Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog) set to direct for HBO Films. Adam Mazer, whose only previous screenplay was co-writing Breach, wrote the script, which is loosely based on "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia" by Neal Nicol. As I am sure most of you already know, Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to "60 Minutes." He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan. The mistake I think this film is making »
- Brad Brevet
Pacino and Levinson Team for Kevorkian Biopic
26 May 2009 9:16 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Al Pacino and director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog) are joining forces for You Don’t Know Jack, an HBO telefilm about the life of about Dr. Jack Kevorkian. The film is loosely based on the book "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia" by Neal Nicol. Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to 60 Minutes. He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999. He was released from prison in 2007. The film will trace his rise as he builds his infamous "Mercy Machine," conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die. »
- James Cook
Pacino May Topline 'You Don't Know Jack'
26 May 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in You Don't Know Jack, according to The Hollywood Reporter, an HBO Films biopic about Dr. Jack Kevorkian that Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog) is set to direct.
Kevorkian, also known as Dr. Death, assisted in more than 150 cases of suicide and had beaten the state court system in Michigan numerous times, but was finally convicted after he willingly sent a videotape of himself euthanizing a terminally ill man to 60 Minutes. He was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 and is serving his sentence in a maximum-security prison in Michigan.
The film will trace his rise as he builds his infamous "Mercy Machine," conducts his first assisted suicide, and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die.
Adam Mazer (Breach) wrote the script, which is loosely based on "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. »
Al Pacino Eyes Up Jack Kevorkian Biopic
26 May 2009 12:12 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
It seems that a biopic of a controversial 1990s figure might be getting a big-name star. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in You Don't Know Jack, a biopic on controversial doctor, Jack Kevorkian.
Barry Levinson is set to direct the film, from a script by Adam Mazer (Breach), which is loosely based off the book, "Between the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the Assisted Suicide Machine and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia" by Neal Nicol.
The film will follow his rise to infamy with his first assisted suicide and the constant legal battles and media hype that ensued. No production schedule was given for the film. »
Tom Cruise Still Weighing Future Projects
21 April 2009 11:04 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Four months after the release of Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie, Tom Cruise is still organizing his future. The actor has a number of potential projects lined up, which seem to be at the top of the list for many studios. According to the trades, studios have spent millions of dollars in rewrite fees to custom-tailor projects for the star. The frontrunners for his next film appear to be the DreamWorks drama Motorcade, to be directed by Len Wiseman, followed by the Spyglass remake The Tourist (with Charlize Theron), to be helmed by Bharat Nalluri, and the Fox action comedy Wichita (with Cameron Diaz), which James Mangold will direct. Also still in the mix is MGM's The Matarese Circle, which potentially matches Cruise with Denzel Washington and director David Cronenberg. Motorcade, which was written by Billy Ray (Breach), centers on a group of terrorists attacking the president's motorcade as it traverses through Los Angeles. »
- James Cook
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