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Report: Roman Polanski Receiving Medical Treatment

18 October 2009 11:27 PM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Roman Polanski is reportedly undergoing medical treatment, according to Reuters. His lawyer Herve Temime told Reuters, "All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention. I don't know where he is or when he will be returned to prison." Temime visited the film director last week in a Zurich jail. He says Polanski was depressed and tired at the time of the visit. Polanski, director of the acclaimed film 'The Pianist,' was arrested in September in Switzerland for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. He fled the United States following his guilty plea in 1978.

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Roman Polanski Still Directing From Prison

16 October 2009 12:13 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Roman Polanski is putting the finishing touches to latest movie The Ghost, despite being in jail. He wants to ensure it is completed in time for the Berlin film festival in February 2010.

This unusual situation for the movie industry opens up a range of questions. Will the film be as good without this great director being there for the finishing edits? Will some people feel it’s morally wrong for him to be doing this whilst in jail? And finally, will it make people less keen to see the movie, or is all publicity good publicity?

Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature festival, Ghost scribe Robert Harris said Polanski was still able to communicate to the people finishing the movie for him. Polanski has also recently given instructions to the film’s composer, Alexandre Desplat, who scored music for The Queen and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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- Rachael Church

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Polanski said working to finish new movie from jail

14 October 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Director Roman Polanski is finishing work on his latest film from a Swiss jail where he is fighting extradition to the United States on a 1977 sex charge, writer Robert Harris was quoted as saying on Wednesday.Harris, who wrote the screenplay for the movie, "The Ghost," told The Times newspaper in London Polanski wanted to finish the movie in time for its planned premiere at the Berlin film festival in February."He (Polanski) can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate," Harris told The Times."What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself I don't know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity," he added.Polanski, »

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Brody to battle 'Predators'

7 October 2009 3:27 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

In what has to be considered a surprise, Adrien Brody has been cast by 20th Century Fox to play the leader of a group of heroic mercenaries who battle alien hunters in "Predators," the reinvention of the "Predator" franchise that is being creatively overseen by Robert Rodriguez.According to Variety, Brody will star with Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Louiz Ozawa.Nimrod Antal is directing the film, production of which is about to get under way on location in Hawaii and at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas. "Predators" will be released on July 9, 2010.Best known for his Oscar-winning turn in the Roman Polanski-directed "The Pianist," Brody will be playing a character similar to the »

- Adnan Tezer

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"Predators" Announces Its Cast

7 October 2009 3:17 PM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »

Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Alice Braga, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Louiz Ozawa are set as the main cast of Fox's reboot of the "Predator" franchise reports the trades. The story of "Predators" follows a group of elite warrior-types who are being hunted by members of a race of merciless alien trackers. Brody ("The Pianist", "King Kong") inherits the mantle of leader and is a skilled tracker and hunter of men. Grace ("That 70's Show","Traffic") would play an unassuming accountant-type who's actually a dangerous serial killer. Braga ("I Am Legend", "Redbelt") is the tough female killer, while Trejo ("Con Air", "From Dusk Til Dawn") is a hardened warrior with twin uzis strapped to his back. Ali ("The 4400", "Curious Case Of Benjamin... »

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Adrien Brody Reinvents Himself as an Action Hero. Today in Film Bloggery 10/07/09

7 October 2009 2:59 PM, PDT | Spout.com | See recent Spout news »

Movie fans were shocked today with the news that Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is turning action hero to star in the Robert Rodriguez-produced Predator reboot, Predators. At first I thought maybe he's trying to distance himself from the Roman Polanski mess by picking a movie as far from The Pianist as possible. But then I remembered that since winning Best ... »

- Christopher Campbell

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Brody Becomes The Prey In New Predator Movie

7 October 2009 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Slender actor Adrien Brody will be stepping into Arnold Schwarzenegger's musclebound role in the new Predator movie.

Director Robert Rodriguez is rebooting the sci-fi movie franchise, which saw the now California governor battle a killer alien in the 1987 original.

Now, Oscar-winner Brody is set to take on a pack of the dreadlocked extra-terrestrials in the franchise's latest outing, which is set to hit cinemas in July 2010.

The Pianist star will play the leader of a fearless band of warriors, who are being hunted by the bloodthirsty Predators.

The monster has previously featured in a 1990 sequel, starring Danny Glover, as well as two spin-offs from the Alien films, 2004's Alien vs. Predator and 2007's Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. »

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Brody to Join Predators Cast

7 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Adrien Brody:  sci-fi action star?  It seems to be, according to Variety.  20th Century Fox has added Brody, famous for his Oscar-winning role in maligned director Roman Polanski's The Pianist, to the cast of Robert Rodriguez' Predators.  Variety claims that "Brody is playing a character close to (the Schwarzenegger lead) in the 1987 original. He's a mercenary who tries to keep his team alive when its members are hunted by the aliens." 

Okay, I'll say it.  This seems like the biggest case of miscasting since Kate Bosworth inhabited the role of Lois Lane and trampled it.  Brody has played edgy roles in Summer Of Sam and The Jacket, but he doesn't seem lively enough to pull off a role that requires this much charisma.  And let's face it:  physically, he's way too small (he roughly weighs as much as Arnold's left calf).  Hopefully I'm wrong about this one, »

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Brody Becomes an Action Hero in Predator Reboot

7 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

Remember Adrien Brody? He’s the chap who played Wladyslaw Szpilman in the Pianist for which he won an Oscar. The Pianist is up there as one of my all-time favourite movies. He has also appeared in The Village and King Kong. This news today has surprised me a bit since it’s so different to the roles he normally plays.

Variety are reporting that Brody wants to reinvent himself as an action hero and has signed up for the lead role in ‘Predators’, the prequel to the movie made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987.

Variety: Brody and his Paradigm reps lobbied hard for the role. Fox has high hopes to spring a new franchise, and Brody has signed options to return for future installments, sources said.

I have no doubt he’ll do well in the role as every other film I’ve seen him in, he’s excelled in. »

- David Sztypuljak

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Famous action star Adrien Brody enlists in ‘Predators’

7 October 2009 8:25 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »

In the odder side of movie news, Adrien Brody (The Pianist) has signed on to Nimrod Antal’s Predators for 20th Century Fox. The Oscar-winning actor will join Danny Trejo (Machete), Topher Grace, Alice Braga, made-up actor Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Oleg Taktarov for the reboot of the famed ’80s action-sci-fi feature.

“When I looked at the news from The Hollywood Reporter, I just couldn’t believe my eyes. I’m a huge Adrien Brody fan. I simply adored him in The Brothers Bloom,” said Jon Mintez of the Predator Spectators Society (Psc). “In fact, if I didn’t start a Predators club, I would start a Brody club. I wish I could suckle his nostrils.” After the call I learned that the Psc had nothing to do with the line of Predator action films…

Predators will begin shooting in November in lush forests of Hawaii and at Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Texas. »

- Erik Buckman

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Adrien Brody Leading Predators

7 October 2009 4:26 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Fox has announced that Adrien Brody will star in the upcoming Nimrod Antal reboot of the Predator franchise, with Robert Rodriguez leading the project as producer. Brody will play the heroic soldier of fortune who battles with alien hunters in the reboot, called Predators. A hunter who ends up hunted, he is charged with leading a group of fellow mercenaries after they become the aliens' targets.

The role, originally made famous by former Mr. Universe and now Governator of California Arnie Schwarzenegger, will give Brody a chance to reinvent himself as an all-out action star. Best known for his Oscar-winning performance as Wladyslaw Szpillman in Roman Polanski's The Pianist, you'd be forgiven for thinking someone like Dwayne Johnson would be more of a fitting choice than Brody to be chasing aliens in the jungle, but all those involved must feel confident about the move, because Brody has signed the »

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Adrien Brody To Play The New "Predator"

7 October 2009 4:09 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

"The Pianist" is the new "Predator." Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody has been tapped to play Arnold Schwarzenegger's iconic role in the new adaptation of the 1987 sci-fi cult classic.

According to Variety, Brody will play a heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in the reinvention of the film franchise, a role similar to Schwarzenegger's character, Dutch, in the original film.

Nimrod Antal will direct the film; Robert Rodriguez will produce and write the film.

Production is set to commence in Hawaii and in Austin for a July 9, 2010 release date.

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Adrien Brody to Star in Predators

7 October 2009 3:18 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

I didn't see this one coming... Oscar-winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist) is preparing to take over the Predator franchise, taking on a role similar to Arnold Schwarzenegger's in the original franchise. I appreciate Brody's acting ability, but I've never pictured him as an action hero.

Variety says Brody is joining Alice Braga and Danny Trejo in the action movie which is set to begin filming soon in Hawaii. This new Predators will also be shot at Robert Rodriguez' Troublemaker Studios in Texas. Rodriguez is producing the project and helped shape the script.

20th Century Fox is looking to revive the alien franchise and, according to Variety, Brody's deal is for multiple films. The last time the dreadlock-sporting alien appeared onscreen was in the under-performing 2007 film, Avpr, directed by the Strause brothers (their first feature film as directors after years in visual effects work). This new take marks a »

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Brody, Grace to Join 'Predators'

7 October 2009 12:30 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Robert Rodriguez’s Predators has added two new cast members. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Adrien Brody and Topher Grace have signed on to star in Fox’s reboot of the sci-fi/action franchise.

Brody will play a man who ends up leading a group of elite warriors from Earth, all of whom have been kidnapped by the Predators, a race of alien hunters armed with high-tech weaponry. In an early draft of the screenplay written by Rodriguez, Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, the character is named Royce, and is described as "a Steve McQueen type." After being ejected from the Predators' spaceship, he finds himself in a jungle environment playing the universe’s most dangerous game.

Meanwhile, Grace appears to be in line to play Edwin, an accountant-type whose unassuming manner hides one of the FBI’s most wanted serial killers. The rest of »

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Adrien Brody Joins Predators

7 October 2009 12:11 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Well nobody saw this coming. The star of Nimrod Antal's Predators is not a Rock or a Vin or an undiscovered new Arnie. It's the willowy Adrien Brody. Who would've thunk it?We have, of course, seen Brody hacking through the jungle before, as Jack Driscoll in Peter Jackson's King Kong. But he's still best known for dramatic roles in films like Polanski's The Pianist, or quirky indie fare like Hollywoodland and The Darjeeling Ltd.He's clearly looking to add some more mainstream strings to his bow however, since Brody and his agents apparently lobbied hard to get the role of "a heroic mercenary who battles to keep his team alive when its members are hunted by the aliens". Is "heroic mercenary" an oxymoron? Discuss.That team also includes Danny Trejo, Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Walton Goggins (Detective Vendrell from The Shield), Ultimate Fighter Oleg Taktarov, and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, »

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Adrien Brody, Topher Grace Sign Up to Fight ‘Predators’

6 October 2009 11:34 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are unleashing a serious amount of news about the upcoming Robert Rodriguez-produced Predators film, which is set to start shooting here in Austin and in Hawaii in the very near future. According to reports, the film will be headlined by Oscar-winning actor Adrian Brody (The Pianist). He will play Royce, a mercenary who ends up inheriting the mantle of leader and is known as a hunter of men. Topher Grace (Spider-Man 3) is also in talks to star in the film, according to THR's Heat Vision blog. Grace would play an accountant-type whose unassuming facade masks a dangerous serial killer. The rest of the cast will include Danny Trejo and Walton Goggins from "The Shield" as well as Alice Braga (I Am Legend), Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ("The 4400"), and Louiz Ozawa. Braga is the tough female killer. Ali is a man not afraid to die, Goggins »

- Neil Miller

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Casting News – Predators Team Announced

6 October 2009 11:24 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

With the recent script review and news that Walton Goggins has joined the cast, this morning brings a slew of new names to the table for sci-fi/horror threequel, Predators.

According to Variety, “The Pianist” and “Splice” actor, Adrien Brody has been cast as the lead in the film, which sees a group of human warriors abducted by the Predators and transported to their own ‘big game reserve’ to be hunted for sport. According to the site, Brody has expressed a wish to take on more action roles, and Predators has given the actor a chance to reinvent himself as an action hero, whether you believe that or not is entirely up to you.

Also cast in the motley crew are Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, and Louiz Ozawa. The film is being directed by Nimrod Antal and produced by Robert Rodriguez.

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- Craig Sharp

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Adrien Brody: From Pianist To Predators

6 October 2009 10:52 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Actor Adrien "The Pianist" Brody has been signed by 20th Century Fox to play a heroic mercenary who battles aliens in Predators, a reboot of the Predator sci fi/horror franchise, produced by Robert "Planet Terror" Rodriguez and directed by Nimrod "Kontroll" Antal. Also cast are actors Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali and Louiz Ozawa. Lensing of the new feature will be in Hawaii and Austin, Texas, set for a July 9, 2010 wide release. Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the original trailer from the first 1987 Predator feature, directed by John McTiernan... »

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Adrien Brody, Of All People, to Hunt 'Predators'

6 October 2009 10:22 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

I didn't know Adrien Brody played baseball, but with this news, he's proven he's a big time left fielder: The Oscar winner known for The Pianist and a parade of indie darlings has scored the lead role in Predators, the Fox reboot produced and based on a script by Robert Rodriguez.

Schwarzenegger he ain't, and I don't know if that had anything to do with the decision, but...wow. Others in the cast include Danny Trejo, Alice Braga, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Louiz Ozawa, and (deep breath) Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. In case you've only been partial information on this, Rodriguez is not directing Predators. That would be Nimrod Antal, whose biggest release to date is Vacancy.

Variety says Brody and his reps actively pursued the role, which should point out that he's serious about getting a bigger piece of the pie. There's nothing wrong with that; I don't know anyone who considers him a lightweight, »

- Colin Boyd

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Update #2: Major 'Predators' Casting Announcement Made!

6 October 2009 6:54 PM, PDT | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »

Update: Bloody Disgusting also exclusively confirmed that Derek Mears will also be taking on a role. Are you ready for a whopper, the controversy of the week? In a surprise development, Oscar winner Adrien Brody (King Kong, The Pianist, The Village, Splice) has been cast by 20th Century Fox to play the heroic mercenary who battles alien hunters in Predators, their a reboot/sequel of the Predator franchise that is being creatively spearheaded by Robert Rodriguez and his Troublemaker Studios. Who else is cast? Read on to find out then talk about all of the names below. How do you feel about Brody taking on the lead role? In addition, Brody will star alongside Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Walt Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, and Louiz Ozawa. Nimrod Antal is directing a film that is about to get underway on location in Hawaii and at Rodriguezs Troublemaker Studios in Austin, »

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