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25 June 2008 11:18 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

I'm not one of those people who has undying belief in the ability of directors, actors, and writers. Look, nobody in history has been more prolific cranking out hits than Paul McCartney, but he's not writing another "Yesterday" ever again. That ship has sailed. We won't be getting something in five years everyone will compare to Sgt. Pepper.

It's the same principle in movies, and I subscribe to the Missing Persons Theory of filmmaking. Let's say you're a great director, or at least, you've directed a couple of really cool movies. The Missing Persons Theory states that if we haven't heard from the director who makes really cool movies in seven years (by which we mean, if you've made repulsive crap for seven years or more), your career is officially dead. And I think your wife can re-marry.

Who would this affect? Oh, a great many people. De Palma, Coppola,

Colin Boyd

5 June 2008 12:10 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Filmmaker Guy Ritchie has signed on to write and direct a new movie about fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

The Snatch director is said to be planning to take advantage of the super sleuth's experience as a boxer and swordsman by depicting Holmes as more adventurous and less "stuffy" than former film incarnations.

Warner Bros studio plans to release the movie in 2010, reports Empire Online.

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9 May 2008 3:01 AM, PDT | From MovieMaker.com | See recent Movie Maker news

He’s been a part of some of the most critically acclaimed movies (Saving Private Ryan) and popular television shows (“Miami Vice,” “Law & Order”) of the past 30 years. But for Dennis Farina, the notion of making a living as an actor was not the first one that occurred to this son of blue-collar Chicago; his first career was as a beat cop in the City of Broad Shoulders. It was only after meeting director Michael Mann through a mutual friend that the actor best known for his wiseguy roles (Midnight Run, Get Shorty) and the occasional unorthodox ladies’ man (Sidewalks of New York, “Empire Falls”) landed his first role in the 1981 thriller, Thief. While Mann helped launch his career, Farina has gone on to work with a number of other strong auteur directors, including Steven Soderbergh (Out of Sight), Guy Ritchie (Snatch) and John Frankenheimer (Reindeer Games).

7 March 2008 9:29 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Soccer star-turned-movie tough guy Vinnie Jones is the frontrunner to land the lead in Guy Ritchie's movie adaptation of his The Gamekeeper comic book series.

Jeff Parker, the acclaimed writer, who has helped turn the director's strong and silent hunter, Brock, into a comic book hit, is keen for Jones to take the lead in the film Ritchie is making with The Matrix mogul Joel Silver.

Parker says, "Vinnie Jones would be perfect. He has such presence and, in every movie I've seen him in, I can't wait for him to show up."

And the writer also has another Brit in mind to play The Gamekeeper's villain, who leads a gang of assassins, called The Soccer Club.

He adds, "I just keep thinking about Terence Stamp. He'd be perfect."

But Parker admits Ritchie is refusing to reveal anything about the casting of the movie, which went into pre-production last year.

If the writer's casting dreams come true it won't be the first time Jones and Ritchie have teamed up - the Gone In 60 Seconds star had roles in the director's Snatch and Lock, Stock + Two Smoking Barrels.

Jones also shares something else with Ritchie - both stars are country gents with tough images, just like the lead character the director and Jeff Parker have created.

The plot of the film revolves around Brock's efforts to escape his violent and mysterious past as the caretaker of a small Scottish estate of Glen Morgan.

The first series of the Virgin comic book has been a big success and Parker has just completed work on a second series with Star Wars and Star Trek artist Ron Randall.

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4 articles from 2008