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Directors of the Decade: Darren Aronofsky
5 November 2009 7:19 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Robert here, continuing my series of the directors that shaped the past 10 years. Last week I wrote about a “love him” or “hate him” director that turned out to be mostly loved. So having promised such a man I feel like I let you down. I think I can do better with this week’s subject: Darren Aronofsky
Number of Films: Three.
Modern Masterpieces: Two. Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain (this is called baiting the hook.)
Total Disasters: None.
Better than you remember: Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain if applicable.
Awards: Requiem and The Wrestler receive Oscar Nominations for acting. The Wrestler gets the Spirit Award for Best Picture. The Fountain goes mostly overlooked (because The Academy has no idea what a good movie score sounds like).
Box Office: The Wrestler is tops with over 23 mil. The Fountain tops 10 mil. Requiem in very limited release (thank »
- Robert
The Tournament - Trailer
18 October 2009 4:03 AM, PDT | Latemag.com/film | See recent LateFilmFull news »
The Tournament is a high octane, blood-bathed, British action thriller starring Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ian Sommerhalder, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins and Sebastien Foucan.
Scott Mann directs a screeplay by Jonathan Frank, Nick Rowntree and Gary Young.
Every 7 years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1 (which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag). The Tournament is set up by a group of sick high stake billionaires who watch the mayhem unfold via CCTV and bet on its outcome.
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- Leigh
Top Ten Working American Directors
7 October 2009 2:18 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Top Ten Working American Directors
A list like this is tricky to the point of madness. However, I'm going to save you the trouble by saying it right here, right now: Most of the choices on this list are obvious. There's a reason why certain names continually pop up whenever conversation drifts toward great American films. So there. I said it.
Yet, how do you weigh the likes of Francis Ford Coppola, a genius who delivered some of the all-time greatest films, but fizzled out 25 or so years ago, against a filmmaker like Woody Allen who has worked consistently for decades churning out both brilliant gems and disposable time wasters? How do you compare either of these directors against an auteur such as Spike Jonze who has only opened two films so far, but both are masterpieces?
In the end I just went with my gut. I knew there were »
- David Frank
Hugh Jackman Has 'Real Steel'
1 October 2009 8:45 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I would love to see Hugh Jackman in a boxing movie. It seems like he's long past due for one given his physical prowess, and he'd be a good fit for a Cinderella Man sort of tale. Unfortunately, he's decided to pursue the sport through robots and Shawn Levy, as Variety reports that he's in line for Real Steel.
Based on a story by Richard Matheson, Real Steel is probably best described as Rocky meets Wall-e and The Iron Giant. Jackman plays a professional boxer who has to hang up the gloves, and rearranges his life when human boxers are replaced by 2000 pound robots. Our obsolete fighter tries to go with the flow, and becomes a Robot Boxing promoter, but success constantly eludes him because all he can afford are crappy robot parts. Then one day, he discovers a discarded robot who has a distinct gift for winning. Wouldn't you know it, »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Robert Carlyle is a Dead Man in The Tournament Clip
29 September 2009 3:16 PM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
In “The Tournament”, Robert Carlyle plays a small-town priest who gets unwittingly dragged into a bloody tournament taking place covertly in his town. Okay, it’s not all that covert, there are guys running around with sniper rifles and bazookas trying to off each other. Actually, it’s pretty obvious, which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, but there you have it. Here’s a clip from Scott Mann’s actioner “The Tournament”, featuring Carlyle’s character as he finds himself in the crosshairs of some killer types. Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. Starring Ian Somerhalder, Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Scott Adkins, Liam Cunningham, John Lynch, »
- Nix
Aronofsky Stages a Heist
22 September 2009 5:38 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Darren Aronofsky, the talented director behind Requiem For a Dream, The Fountain, and The Wrestler, may be looking toward the real life story of the Securitas Depot robbery in Tonbridge, a massive heist thought to be the brainchild of former Ufc star “Lightning” Lee Murray.
The details of the heist, which occurred in February of 2006, are being adapted into a screenplay by writer Kerry Williamson, who’s currently adapting Fork in the Road for Alexander Payne.
Allegedly, Williamson will be working from two original sources: A Sports Illustrated article entitled “Breaking the Bank” and Howard Sounes’ book Heist: The Inside Story of the World’s Biggest Robbery. /Film has the details on what the book contains:
On Wednesday, 22 February 2006, GBP53 million in bank notes was stolen from a cash warehouse belonging to the Securitas company in Tonbridge, Kent — a sum of money so vast that if the notes were stacked »
- John Cooper
Darren Aronofsky Stages A Heist
22 September 2009 12:23 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Darren Aronofsky's next project may be set in exotic Tonbridge, if the trades are to be believed this morning. According to Variety, the director of The Wrestler and The Fountain is planning to follow The Black Swan with an indie drama based on the Securitas depot robbery, which took place in 2006.Armed robbers in latex masks made off with £53m, in a plan that involved kidnapping the wife and daughter of the depot manager. They were forced to leave behind a further £150m because it wouldn't fit in their van! Depot staff were left locked in cages after the hour long ordeal, and apparently one of the thieves flipped a "thankyou for your cooperation" on his way out. Which reminds us: what's happened to Aronofsky's Robocop? Some of the gang were convicted at the start of last year, and the story was widely covered worldwide. And that's where production »
Darren Aronofsky To Make A Gritty Heist Movie
21 September 2009 6:05 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
It looks like writer/director Darren Aronofsky is going to be following up his brilliant 2008 wrestling pic, The Wrestler, with a film based around, “the daring robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge… thought to be masterminded by former mixed martial arts fighter and Ufc star ‘Lightning’ Lee Murray.” The indie thriller is being set up for Aronofsky to both direct and produce.
Screenwriter Kerry Williamson (adapter of the upcoming Alexander Payne film, Fork in the Road) is adapting the script from an underlying rights package which includes two separate sources: an article in Sports Illustrated from April 14th 2008 entitled Breaking the Bank (written by John Wertheim), and from a non-fiction book called Heist: The Inside Story of the World’s Biggest Robbery (by Howard Sounes).
The title of the latter source isn’t for nothing: the real life London heist is valued at around $86 million (or £53 million to use »
- Ross Miller
Darren Aronofsky to Direct Story of Real-Life Robbery
21 September 2009 1:45 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Variety reports that director Darren Aronofsky will direct and produce a movie based on the robbery committed at the Securitas Depot in England three years ago. The crime, which was covered extensively by the BBC, ended up representing the largest amount of currency stolen in a single heist in Britain's history.
This represents yet another intriguing addition to Aronofsky's resume, which already includes a wildly eclectic variety of movies. He started off with sensory shock-flicks Pi and Requiem for a Dream, both of which had a hyperactivity reminiscent of graphic novels. Then there was the pseudo-spiritual weepie The Fountain, which had a more restrained style and a more melodramatic core. And last year, of course, he helmed the intimate character drama The Wrestler, which earned Mickey Rourke an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.
Now, it appears Aronofsky is attracted to the idea of doing a heist flick, so »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Preacher Movie Updates
14 September 2009 7:24 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Perfect timing! I finally finished reading the entire Preacher series last week after having been stuck at the two-thirds mark for months and here we have an update from the director of the film adaptation giving an update on the status of the film.
It sounds like the project is almost there - it’s so close, I can feel it. Preacher has been in development hell for a very long time (a decade now) and you can read my previous posts on the history of Preacher to find out how it was supposed to come at us in the form of an HBO series, which it would do for perfectly during these times.
In talking to Empire, Mendes revealed that he has read a complete draft of the script and he hinted that the movie may not be too far away.
“It’s getting closer… I’ve seen a »
- Rob Keyes
New 'Manhater' trailer
2 September 2009 2:46 PM, PDT | Pretty/Scary | See recent pretty-scary news »
Manhater is a new horror film with with a decidedly female agenda starring Emelle, John F. Henry, Ariel X, Alessandra Assaf, Brendan Connor, and Techiera Roberts.
The trailer shows us a really fun-looking low budget horror movie about an abused woman who gets her revenge on evil ex boyfriends by morphing into a demoness who seeks them out and destroys them. Cliche? A bit, and while we can recognize the universal mythology of 'woman-as-soul-destroyer' once she takes control of her sexuality, we get a cool witch who makes postions to help take the edge off. And also, how can you hate something called 'Manhater'? Watch the trailer...
Official Synopsis: Vonda Madding has a history of bad relationships with men. The last man she married abused her and that was the last straw--she swore all men were scum. But what can she do? Eileen Trost has the answer--a witch's »
- Superheidi
Prepare for The Tournament trailer...
27 August 2009 6:17 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
This is one of those genre-benders that can skate the lines between Action/Horror/Thriller...
A film popped up on our radar called The Tournament, where every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
Fango just snagged a look at the trailer for the film which can be viewed below. The British film stars Ving Rhames, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Hu, Ian Sommerhalder, Liam Cunningham, Scott Adkins and Sebastien Foucan, and was directed by Scott Mann. No word yet on a U.S. or UK release plan, but the film is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in the Scandinavian countries on December 1st via Scanbox Entertainment (Denmark, Finland, Sweden).
For more, visit the film's Facebook Page or Official Site. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)
Lesbian Ballet Dancers
24 August 2009 10:03 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Lets talk about lesbians.
Not just lesbians of course, this is after all a website about film. So lets talk about Darren Aronofsky and then lead up to the subject of lesbians. Black Swan is Mr Aronofsky’s next film.
Fresh from huge success with The Wrestler his next film would have been greatly anticipated no matter what the subject matter.
It just so happens that Black Swan is about a New York City ballerina who is tormented by a supernatural rival who may or may not be real. So is our heroine losing her marbles or is she really being targeted by a dangerous enemy? We all know Aronofsky can do dark. Requiem For A Dream proved that and an early report on the script seems to suggest that this is right up his street.
As it turns out there happens to be a pretty hefty lesbian sex scene involving the two main characters. »
- Alex Wagner
Good News, Pervs! 'Black Swan' Has a Portman-Kunis Sex Scene!
20 August 2009 3:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Darren Aronofsky's films -- Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The Fountain, The Wrestler -- have certainly not lacked strangeness or controversy, and it appears his next one, Black Swan, due in 2010, is no different. In a review of the screenplay, Carson Reeves at ScriptShadow reveals that the story includes a sex scene between the film's stars, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. And as you may know, Portman and Kunis are both female lady girl women persons!! Obviously, this automatically means the scene is hawt.
Reeves' script review has some significant spoilers, and not just the Internet crybaby "Oh no, you revealed a character's name!" kind, so proceed with caution over there. But the movie's premise is that Portman plays a sweet, innocent ballerina taking the lead in Swan Lake, and Kunis plays another ballerina who looks a lot like Portman but is much more reckless and "dark." How or »
- Eric D. Snider
tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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tMF Oscarwatch: Best Actress Losers - Ellen Burstyn ( Requiem for a Dream)
11 August 2009 12:09 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
If there is one particular actress that filmmaker Darren Oronofsky likes to cast, then it has to be Ellen Burstyn. In The Fountain, the director himself wrote into the script a role for the acclaimed actress. In Requiem for a Dream, Burstyn was nominated for a Best Actress award, and it was very unfortunate she did not win- her performance is way up there with the greats.
In the movie, Burstyn portrays Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow who became addicted with weight-loss amphetamine pills, was hospitalized against her will, undergoes painful electro-convulsive therapy, and later on was confined at a mental asylum. For her performance, she won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Lead Female and more than 8 major critics' association awards for Best Actress. She also received nominations for Best Actress from the Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and the Oscars.
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Brad Pitt Will Narrate Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time Doc
8 August 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The Playlist has been great about uncovering info about the two upcoming Terrence Malick films, The Tree of Life and Voyage of Time. The Tree of Life is the feature starring Sean Penn and Brad Pitt in a father/son tale about the loss of innocence. Voyage of Time is an IMAX documentary about, essentially, the birth and death of the universe. Both films feature work by Peter Parks, the macro photography guru who created amazingly beautiful (and affordable) effects images for Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain. Last night, via a Pdf that has since been pulled down (more on that in a second), the site found that Brad Pitt is evidently narrating Voyage of Time, which only strengthens impressions we've had that the two films are closely related. Both films seem to have grown out of a project called Q that was discussed in a Los Angeles Magazine article »
- Russ Fischer
Malick's 'Tree of Life' to be Released by Apparition, Not Summit
6 August 2009 12:32 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
We already knew Bill Pohlad and Bob Berney were putting together a new motion picture distribution company after they acquired the distribution rights to Jane Campion's Bright Star, we just didn't know the name of the company, which has today been revealed to be Apparition. In a press release just sent out, it is said the goal of the company is to be a fiercely independent, artist friendly distributor, one that champions the highest quality films and markets them with unmatched passion and commitment. However, beyond what was already pretty much known, the press release also says Apparition will be handling distribution of The Tree of Life, written and directed by Terrence Malick, starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. The news comes as a bit of a surprise to me since I had only heard about it being released by Summit Entertainment, even as recently as May, ScreenDaily said »
- Brad Brevet
Mila Kunis Joins Natalie Portman for Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan
27 July 2009 7:34 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Empire Online reports that Mila Kunis (That '70s Show, Family Guy) has signed on for Black Swan, the next movie from director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream).
The "supernatural thriller" will star Natalie Portman as a veteran ballerina who develops a rivalry with Kunis' character, a dancer who may or may not be a product of the veteran's imagination. The movie is being produced by Phoenix Pictures and Aronfosky's own Protozoa Pictures.
John MacLaughlin wrote the original script, which was later revised by Protozoa's Mark Heyman. The movie will likely begin shooting this year, although there's no official word.
Aronofsky also planned a remake of Paul Verhoeven's 1987 sci-fi action hit RoboCop, but the future of that project is in doubt now that Black Swan is moving forward.
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Natalie Portman | Mila Kunis | Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan »
- Rich Z Zwelling
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