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A biopic on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, billed by producers as a suspenseful drama "thriller," is heading for the bigscreen.
Josephson Entertainment and Michelle Krumm Prods. have jointly optioned feature rights to Australian reporter Andrew Fowler's upcoming biography "The Most Dangerous Man in the World."
Tome, to be published later this year by Melbourne U. Publishing Ltd., is an in-depth look at Assange from his childhood to the current day with the anti-secrecy Wiki-Leaks "revolution."
Fowler first interviewed Assange last May. Michelle Krumm will produce along with Barry Josephson ("Enchanted," Fox's "Bones"). L.H. Adonis will co-produce.
Assange founded the Wiki-Leaks site in 2006 and has published secret U.S. diplomatic cables about American involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and materials about toxic waste dumping in Africa and Guantanamo Bay procedures plus Church of Scientology manuals.
"As soon as I met Andrew and read a few chapters of his profound book, I knew that -- with his incredibly extensive depth of knowledge -- it would enable us to bring a thought-provoking thriller to the screen," Krumm said.
Josephson said, "Like 'All the President's Men' in its day, 'The Most Dangerous Man in the World' is this generation's suspenseful drama with global impact."
Krumm launched her production banner in 2009 after serving as exec VP and head of acquisitions and co-production at the Weinstein Co.
She exec produced "All Good Things" and "Bobby."
Josephson's other producing credits include "Hide and Seek" and "Life as We Know It."
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030590?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2564A biopic on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, billed by producers as a suspenseful... more
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Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox give the royal treatment to "The King's Speech," the Oscar-baiting film starring Colin Firth as England's King George VI, who must overcome a severe stutter to help rally his nation as World War II looms. Helena Bonham Carter plays George's wife Elizabeth (the mother of the current Queen) while Geoffrey Rush is the unorthodox Australian speech therapist who works with the king. If you somehow need any more reasons to click, this exclusive review also includes a rare (proper) use of "insouciant." How very posh!
Rotten Tomatoes is a recurring segment dedicated to the movies. Join hosts Brett Erlich and Ellen Fox as they judge the freshness of studio blockbusters and independent hits. For more from Rotten Tomatoes: http://rottentomatoesshow.comBrett Erlich and Ellen Fox give the royal treatment to "The King's... more
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David Fincher's The Social Network is a brilliant film about the machinations and fights behind the founding of Facebook, with the action revolving around site creator Mark Zuckerberg, played with enjoyable pissiness by Jesse Eisenberg.
Link : http://www.onlinedegree.net/10-other-tech-geeks-who-deserve-their-own-biopic/David Fincher's The Social Network is a brilliant film about the machinations and... more
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It's a boxer trying to return to glory biopic film time, based on a true story (in movie terms) Mark Wahlberg stars as Mickey Ward in a film about the boxers fighting career and tough relationship with his half brother.
"Eklund once decked Sugar Ray Leonard and went the distance against the boxing legend before forfeiting his career to drugs and crime. He redeemed himself by training Ward through his Rocky-like run to the title."-Trailer AddictIt's a boxer trying to return to glory biopic film time, based on a true story... more
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The epic fund-raising concert from 1985 'Live Aid' is the subject of a new drama for the BBC.
"When Harvey Met Bob" focus on Bob Geldof's collaboration with Harvey Goldsmith to stage the concert set in London and Philadelphia that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Filming has already kicked off in Dublin and it is set to air on BBC Two later this year.
Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/835069-bob-geldof-gets-his-life-turned-into-a-tv-dramaThe epic fund-raising concert from 1985 'Live Aid' is the subject of a new... more
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Liam Gallagher is planning to take up the role of producer for a feature film following the final years of the Beatles. The Guardian says Gallagher will team up with a production company called Revolution.
"Gallagher will announce the production of a film based on a 1972 book by Richard DiLello, charting the behind the scenes machinations at the Beatles' record company, Apple."-The GuardianLiam Gallagher is planning to take up the role of producer for a feature film... more
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One of the most infamous cases of the practice of Yellowface the equivalent of Blackface for Asians in Hollywood is the portrayal of the warlord Gengis Khan by John Wayne in the film, The Conqueror. Five decades later one would think that attitudes would have changed and the practice of casting white actors for historically Asian or ethnic characters would have changed let alone altering them with makeup to fit caricatures of a people but sadly it hasn't. The same story is playing out now as Mickey Rourke has been cast in a retelling of this story. Unlike the John Wayne film Mickey Rourke will be filming in China, Mongolia, and India for the role undoubtedly with people who could claim to be descendants of the Khan's as background roles and arrow fodder while Rourke plays their cultures hero. This is far from Sin City or Iron Man rather this is an iron clad cinematic sin.
We at the Otaku group recently profiled a series of recent cases at first independently and then with our profile of the racebending group linking what is becoming a disturbingly clear pattern. With the adaptations of Dragonball, The Last Airbender, Prince of Persia, Akira, the Weapon, etc all fictional adaptations whose source material featured Asian heroes and it's Hollywood adaptation replaced them with Caucasian actors. We echo the sentiment of the folks at cinematical who brought this most recent case to our attention, who titled their article you gotta be kidding me!
Hollywood has a checkered past in portrayals of Asians in cinema. There has never been a single instance where a white historical figure has been portrayed by an Asian actor in American cinema while the reverse is playing out in the present as it has in the past. Hollywood has even rewarded this practice. Two Oscars have been awarded to white actresses portraying Asians once in 1937 for the Good Earth a novel based on cultural identity in which that identity was changed to "Eurasian" white rather than Asian, removing the social commentary about racism and the attitudes of the day on mecegination. The second Oscar even came not to a white woman playing an Asian woman and not in the 1930's but playing an Asian man in the 1980's! Awarded to linda Hunt, in the year of living dangerously. It is also worth pointing out that seven films featuring blackface were also nominated for Oscars. The point being it wasn't a fringe practice in Hollywood rather it was the accepted and rewarded status quo that benefited white actors and as the Academy being self selecting and still overwhelmingly white continued to reward white actors regardless of the context of their roles. It didn't end blackface out of it's conscience it rewarded it and found it preferable to hiring black actors for roles as evidenced by the Oscars it handed out to those performances. It ended it because the public refused to pay good money on a bad cinematical practice and we need to send the message that Yellowface to is a practice we won't pay to see.
Arguably the most famous detective novels of their day, Charlie Chan stared an Asian detective and was based on the real life exploits of detectives in Hawaii yet Hollywood cast a caucasian in the role through more than three decades of it's popular portrayal on the silver screen. When Bruce Lee pitched the idea for Kung Fu after the success of the Green Hornet the studio took the idea but cast Keith Karadine instead of lee telling the prominent oscar nominated actor Mako who was helping lee pitch the project that whites would simply turn the tv sets off if they saw an Asian man play a hero. To be clear the studio favored Keith Caradine over an Oscar nominee and the man who went on to have two of the top ten grossing films of the following decade. Indignities like this that Mako saw within Americas acting community on stage, screen, and tv pushed him to create the East West Players to advance Asian American actors and when he was nominated for a Tony he accepted the nomination by saying he would refuse the award until conditions for Asian actors improved. Among Mako's last work was the role of Iroh in the animated version of Avatar the Last Airbender. The film adaptation now features three white leads in the place of originally Asian roles and spits in the face of his legacy.
This casting then comes in a long context that removes any ambiguity from this most recent decision. It is a brazen and at this point blatantly racist move where we shall again see that only the identity of the lead character shall be changed from the Asian persuasion. The message couldn't be more clear. With historical (Mickey Rourke as Gengis Kahn) mythical (White lead the Forbidden Kingdom) fictional (The Weapon, White Lead.The Last Airbender, Three White Leads. Dragonball, Two White Leads. Akira, All White Leads.) or contemporary (21 and Extraordinary Measures both are true stories with the people they are based on still living and still Asian while cast white.) The message is, ASIANS NEED NOT APPLY IN HOLLYWOODOne of the most infamous cases of the practice of Yellowface the equivalent of... more
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YOU GUYS! DID YOU HEAR ABOUT ANNE HATHEWAY IS GOING TO MAYBE BE IN SPIDER-MAN 4 AND AS A STRONG BLACK WOMAN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO HYDRATE. Oh, I'm no good at this. Let's read some news.
-Steven Soderbergh's ode to Spaulding Gray will open Slamdance. [Variety]
-Jason Shawman has 101 films from the last decade worth seeing. [Interface 2037]
-Let's get to dissecting the biopic. [Indie Eye]
-Morgan Freeman denounces things, Matt Damon looks like he'll crack UP. [MTV Splash Page]
-I was sold at "Signed David Hasselhoff Movie Poster Generator." [Movieline]
-Yes, Virginia. Yes, Virginia is a thing. [Variety]
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Along with a bevy of webcammers, critics and comedians, Brett and Ellen sit down to review Amelia.
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Along with a bevy of webcammers, critics and comedians, Brett and Ellen sit down... more
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The real poster for New Moon is in fact worse than the fan-made ones. Shock. [No link. It's easy to find.]
A Robocop suit "possibly" used in filming. Currently at $2,250. [Current via Ebay]
The 5 Influences Directors Should Stop Citing. [Twitch]
Dreamworks Acquires Rights for a Martin Luther King biopic. Announces it via press release. [LatinoReview via PR]
...that's it? God, Today is going to be awful.
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Here's the official synopsis:
In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian (aka Dr. Death) astonished the world as he took the end of life debate head on with his "Mercy Machine" and performed his first assisted suicide. Starring Oscar® winner Al Pacino (Emmy® winner for HBO's "Angels in America") in a film by Oscar® winner Barry Levinson ("Rain Man"), HBO Films' You Don't Know Jack follows Kevorkian as he builds his infamous Mercitron and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient's right to die. The film's additional cast includes: Oscar® winner Susan Sarandon (Emmy® nominated for HBO's "Bernard and Doris"), John Goodman (Emmy® winner for "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip"), Danny Huston (HBO's "John Adams"), Brenda Vaccaro (Emmy® winner for "The Shape of Things") is scheduled to debut on HBO in spring 2010.
The film, directed by Barry Levinson, will premiere on HBO on April 24th.
http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/03/you-dont-know-jack-trailer-stars-al.htmlHere's the official synopsis:
In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian (aka Dr. Death)... more
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The John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy, is set for DVD release later this year. The film, which chronicles Lennon’s early childhood and teenage life, was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and is set for release May 10.The John Lennon biopic, Nowhere Boy, is set for DVD release later this year. The film,... more
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The official trailer for the forthcoming biopic about 70′ rock band The Runaways has been released. The film, which tells the story about the groundbreaking band which originally comprised of Joan Jett, and Cherie Currie, stars Twilight’s Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning and is set for release March 19. Watch the trailer by following the link.The official trailer for the forthcoming biopic about 70′ rock band The Runaways... more
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Nikki Finke is reporting that Matt Damon is going to star in a biopic of Robert F Kennedy for New Regency. Directed by Gary Ross, and written by Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises scribe Steven Knight. The film will be adapted from the Evan Thomas-penned biography His Life, published in 2000.
Read more: Matt Damon To Star in Robert F Kennedy Biopic His Life | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/23/matt-damon-to-star-in-robert-f-kennedy-biopic-his-life/#ixzz0gT2OcIdnNikki Finke is reporting that Matt Damon is going to star in a biopic of Robert F... more
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BBC are planning a 90 minute docu-drama depicting the life of Culture Club singer, Boy George titled "Worried About The Boy".
Mathew Horne, from 'Gavin & Stacey', will be playing the drummer Jon Moss who had a relationship with the singer, which is played by newcomer Douglas Booth. Marc Warren and Mark Gatiss are also starring.
Filming begins later in February.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8500917.stmBBC are planning a 90 minute docu-drama depicting the life of Culture Club singer, Boy... more
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HBO and Sex and the City creator Darren Star are working on a biopic about anti-gay rights activist Anita Bryant. Fans of Gus Van Sant’s Milk will remember Bryant as the Florida Citrus Commission spokeswoman, from archive footage, pushing for a California initiative that called for the firing of all homosexual school teachers. Before this, however, Bryant was a Miss America runner up, a Christian pop star, and a bestselling author. Later in life, Bryant lost her Florida citrus endorsement, declined in book and record sales, and had to file for bankruptcy.
http://www.collider.com/2010/02/02/hbo-to-develop-a-biopic-about-anti-gay-activist-anita-bryant/HBO and Sex and the City creator Darren Star are working on a biopic about anti-gay... more
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