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Damon's Delight At Informant Role
12 November 2009 11:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Matt Damon was thrilled to land his starring role in The Informant! in 2001 - because he feared his career was over after a string of flop movies.
Damon saw his popularity in Hollywood plunge in the early 2000s, and was convinced 2002 film The Bourne Identity would be a disaster following a series of problems on the shoot.
He tells Britain's Total Film magazine, "I had two movies that had come out that had tanked and Bourne had all the signals of being a disaster, because we shot so many times and it was delayed like a year coming out.
"The phone had stopped ringing completely. And you could really feel it. In Hollywood, by any measure, I was cold - cold as ice."
So the 39 year old was ecstatic when director Steven Soderbergh contacted him in 2001 to star as bipolar whistleblower Mark Whitacre in the thriller - despite production not beginning on the picture until 2008.
He adds, "Steven was coming off his Oscar for Traffic and two of his movies were Best Picture nominees in the same year. By Hollywood standards, he was as hot as you could get.
"He was really excited and he said, 'I've found something for us to do together.' I literally hadn't had a phone call in nine months. I was dumbfounded. I went home and read it (the script) and thought, 'This is one of those great roles that comes along every seven or eight years.'" »
More glacial post apocalypticness in Nicholas Powell's Tundra
11 November 2009 1:08 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Veteran stunt coordinator Nicholas Powell, whose done the likes of Push and The Bourne Identity, is no strange to post apocalyptic film as he also worked on 28 Days Later. And now, he's making his move into the director's chair with Tundra, a futuristic action flick set in an oil-dependent, ice-bound world. Michael Thoma has written the script, and while he doesn't have any major features under his belt, he did write Total Recall: The Series for tv. For more glacial Pa fun, check out Gunslinger.
Synopsis:
In a dangerous, frozen post-apocalyptic world, a remote oil rig serves to power a city representing the last remnants of civilization. Joshua, a charismatic loner at the outpost, stumbles upon a conspiracy that jeopardizes the lives of everyone in this struggling community, including Nina, the mystical woman that is in love with him.
Now a threat to the corrupt leadership of the outpost, Joshua »
J.J. Abrams Producing NBC Pilot Undercovers; May Direct
6 November 2009 12:43 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
“Star Trek” director J.J. Abrams is once again using his producing magic to get another TV series off the ground. Yes, I know that “What About Brian” and “Six Degrees” were both cancelled, but he’s had some success with the last two projects he helped launch, “Lost” and “Fringe”. Now he’s going to try to give NBC a dramatic hit they sorely need in their line-up with “Undercovers”. Hit the jump for details.
THR reports that, schedule permitting, Abrams will make “Undercovers” the first TV pilot he has directed since 2004’s “Lost” opener. According to THR, it was the success of that pilot which helped Abrams get the gigs for “Mission: Impossible III” and later “Star Trek”. This means that no one took much notice of the episodes he directed of “Felicity” and “Alias”. Good thing that “Lost” turned out to be one of the best television series of all-time. »
- Matt Goldberg
J.J. Abrams may go 'Undercovers' as pilot director
6 November 2009 10:41 AM, PST | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
The busy J.J. Abrams may be spreading himself thin on the small screen, but he's apparently paying special attention to his new NBC pilot "Undercovers." According to The Hollywood Reporter, in addition to executive producing the spy pilot, Abrams is also in talk to direct. This would be his first time helming a pilot since a little ABC show called "Lost." "Undercovers," described as being in the vein of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" and "The Bourne Identity," landed at NBC after a bidding war last month. It's one of two new pilot projects for the "Fringe" executive producer, joining... »
- HitFix Staff
Abrams’ TV Spy Show Gets a Title, May Direct
6 November 2009 8:14 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
As mentioned last month, J.J. Abrams is returning to the TV spy game with a new TV show, but we didn’t know the title of his husband-and-wife spy show then. Now we do: it’s going to be called “Undercovers”, which I suppose is a decent enough title. I guess. Hey, he’s J.J. Abrams, if he thinks that’s a cool title, I guess it is. In any case, the other big news is that Abrams is directing the pilot for NBC. Described as a cross between “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and (of course) “The Bourne Identity” (seriously, someone please make another great action movie so I can stop hearing how this movie or that TV show is “like ‘The Bourne Identity’”), “Undercovers” will be Abrams’ first pilot since 2004’s “Lost” pilot. The show was co-created by Abrams and Josh Reims, and will center on two married spies »
- Nix
Channel Surfing: J.J. Abrams to Direct "Undercovers," Eric Dane and Kate Walsh Up for "Grey's" Crossover, Comedy Central Peels "Onion," and More
6 November 2009 7:22 AM, PST | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Welcome to your Friday morning television briefing. J.J. Abrams is in talks to direct his NBC espionage drama pilot Undercovers for Warner Bros. Television, marking the first time that he has directed a pilot since the series premiere of ABC's Lost. Details of Undercovers, said to be about a husband-and-wife team of spies, have been kept tightly under wraps but several have described it as a cross between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Identity. Project is written by Josh Reims (Felicity, Dirty Sexy Money), who will executive produce with Abrams and Bryan Burk. (Hollywood Reporter) Spoiler! Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Shonda Rhimes' next Grey's Anatomy/Private Practice crossover will revolve around Eric Dane and Kate Walsh. "Mark summons Addison to Seattle Grace to perform a surgery on [a patient] (a.k.a. Leven Rambin)," writes Ausiello. "The storyline spills over into Private when, according exec producer Shonda Rhimes, »
- Jace
Watch the First Trailer For "Salt"
4 November 2009 3:10 PM, PST | Reel Empire | See recent Reel Empire news »
Today, Columbia Pictures released the first trailer for their upcoming spy-thriller "Salt" which stars Angelina Jolie ("Wanted"). The film follows an agent by the name of Salt who finds herself set-up as a Russian spy. She's left out running government officials in an attempt to prove her innocence. Looks like a cross between "Wanted" and "The Bourne Identity". Simply put, it looks awesome! You can check out the official trailer inside. "Salt" is scheduled to hit theaters sometime next Summer!
Read more... »
- Chad Langen
Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
4 November 2009 12:49 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Clive Owen Gets Back
By
Clive Owen is one of those actors that keep surprising you. Just when you think the audience, and the Hollywood establishment, has pegged him as an action hero, a leading man, or a romantic comedy pin-up, Owen pulls an about-face and does something unexpected.
It all started October 3, 1964 in Coventry, England. Owen’s father, a country music singer, abandoned the family when he was just three. His mother later remarried, with Clive and his four brothers raised by his mother and stepfather, who worked for British Rail. Owen has characterized those early years as "rough." A self-described “solidly working class” kid, Owen was bitten by the acting bug at age 13 and followed his dream to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art several years later. Initially cutting his teeth on high-profile British television programs such as “Chancer” and “Sharman,” as well as art house »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Matt Damon Gets Bourne Again in Green Zone Trailer
27 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
When Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass agreed to keep making Bourne movies for Universal, there was an implicit promise that in doing so, the studio would let the two men make a tougher, more uncommercial film like the Iraq war thriller Green Zone. Now, the trailer for Green Zone's been released, and we can see why Universal was so quick to accede to the pair's demands -- with a little trailer-cutting sleight-of-hand, Green Zone can be sold as The Bourne Identity, but with sand. »
Is Matt Damon Bourne Again in Green Zone?
27 October 2009 12:50 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
The first trailer has surfaced for Green Zone, an action-adventure adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City. No, nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. This Emerald City is an award-winning non-fiction account of America's misadventures in Iraq's American-controlled international zone. A darkly comic, often absurdist tale reminiscent of Catch 22, it would seem to lend itself to an interpretation heavy on the irony, perhaps along the lines of The Men Who Stare at Goats.
Not so much, from the look of this trailer for Green Zone, which seems headed off more in the direction of The Bourne Identity and its progeny. With Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum director Paul Greengrass at the helm and Matt Damon headlining, I suppose this should come as no big surprise. What we know about the plot so far is that Damon plays a U.S. agent sifting though lies and deception in search of weapons of mass destruction. »
- Bill Stouffer
New J.J. Abrams Pilot Goes 'Undercovers'
26 October 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
J.J. Abrams has the Midas touch these days, it seems. With Lost set to enter its final season next year, and Fringe chugging along over at Fox, you might think the director of last year's wildly successful Star Trek feature would have bigger fish to fry in the feature film world, with television taking a back seat (we know he's already hovering around another Mission Impossible sequel; with a Trek sequel currently in discussion).
Not entirely. Abrams and his team are currently preparing a new pilot for NBC, presently titled Undercovers. While details are sketchy thus far, what CinemaSpy has learned is that — in broad terms — the series will be a blend of Mr. and Mrs. Smith (the 2005 actioner starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie) and The Bourne Identity.
Set to film in La, the skein concerns a married undercover couple who own a catering company as their cover. According to our sources, »
Review: Ong Bak: The Beginning - brutal and brilliant
21 October 2009 4:45 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
It seems that martial arts actor/director Tony Jaa is out to try and rectify all that is wrong with action cinema in the West, and with Ong Bak: The Beginning he has produced something that is not so much a movie, more a showcase of his prodigious fighting talents. Although this is supposed to be a prequel of kinds to the 2003 hit, there are few tenuous links. Ob: TB is set a couple of centuries before the original or something, and Tony Jaa plays the son of a nobleman who sees his parents and tribe murdered by an evil warlord. The plot is really just a distraction from the action, a loose framework through which various fights can be strung together. One of the most glaring examples of the inconsistencies of the world of the film comes right at the end. There is no suggestion until the last five »
- Joe West
Clooney's Revenge On Damon
17 October 2009 7:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
George Clooney has followed through on his pledge to take revenge on pal Matt Damon following a public gay joke - he convinced the actor he was gaining weight when he was on a strict diet.
The Bourne Identity star recently admitted he fuelled gossip Clooney was secretly in love with another man, by telling a reporter that the couple planned to marry.
Clooney vowed to get his own back on the 39 year old for the prank - and he was given the perfect opportunity when the Damon family visited his Italian villa over the summer.
Damon was attempting to get back in shape after he piled on 30 pounds (13.6 kilograms) for his role in The Informant!, and was eating nothing but salad and working out daily in the gym.
But Clooney had secretly employed a woman to take in the waistband of all Damon's trousers every day by an eighth of an inch - convincing him that his hard work was all in vain.
He says, "He couldn't understand how he seemed to be gaining weight while he was trying so hard to lose it." »
Chris Pine Rumored to Be the Next Jack Ryan
13 October 2009 6:56 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
I'll tell you why I like this rumor: If you can reinvent Captain James T. Kirk and not just get away with it but succeed beyond the biggest expectations, I'm pretty sure you can handle Jack Ryan just fine.
That's the situation Chris Pine might be finding himself in. The break-out star from Star Trek is the leading candidate for the Tom Clancy reboot currently in development at Paramount. Variety says that the studio has big plans for Pine, including more Trek movies and D.J. Caruso's upcoming drama The Art of Making Money, which will go into production next year.
The impulse to bring back Jack Ryan is part of an industry-wide fascination with hip espionage movies, and this all goes back to The Bourne Identity. That franchise led to the revamped 007 movies with Daniel Craig, and Paramount is separately developing the Matt Helm novels for a new franchise. »
- Colin Boyd
The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #1
7 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | SCOREcastOnline.com | See recent SCOREcastOnline.com news »
#1 - Gladiator
(Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard)
There has been much heated discussion this week about whether Hans Zimmer can really be called an "influential" composer, but the proof seems to be in the pudding: Zimmer's output from 1999 until now is impressive, and includes first class film scores for thirteen of the highest grossing films of the past decade. It only seems fitting that he would take our #1 spot, and that SCOREcast readers would vote his score, co-written with Lisa Gerrard, to Ridley Scott's epic masterpiece Gladiator as the number one most influential score of the past decade.
But before we get into the analysis of why Gladiator took the top spot on our countdown, let's recap how we got to this point, starting with the beginning of the Top 10 list (click on any title to read SCOREcast analysis from each score, and comments from the SCOREcast readership): »
- noreply@blogger.com (SCOREcast Admin)
Another Comic Book You’ve Never Heard of Gets Optioned
5 October 2009 8:12 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
That’s “Cla$$war”, with two dollar signs instead of an “s”. It’s a little-known comic book from 2002 by publisher Com.x, and revolves around a superhero called The American who realizes that his government is rotten and has to fight back, which means going up against other superheroes that used to be his buds. It’s all very Warren Ellis/Garth Ennis-ish, where the American Government is the bad guy and responsible for all the world’s ills cause, gosh darn it, they’re just evil that way. It’s like “The Bourne Identity” with tights. And flying people. The comic book has been optioned by Mandeville Films, the same people who recently picked up Top Cow’s “Alibi”. Mandeville also recently released the Bruce Willis starrer “Surrogates”, which was also based on a comic book. That film has been a disaster for the company at the box office. »
- Nix
The Top 10 Most Influential Scores of the Past Decade: #3
5 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | SCOREcastOnline.com | See recent SCOREcastOnline.com news »
#3 - The Bourne Identity
Film music is a highly subjective artform. What really makes something musical in relation to a film has been changing since the days of the first "talkies", and the evolution of the medium is never standing still. Who would have ever thought that Hitch's Psycho shower scene would require nothing more from Herrmann than screaming violins – or that Williams would get away with a two-note theme in Jaws?
In 2002, when John Powell's The Bourne Identity music hit the 5.1 decoder in theaters, most people wondered "How could a guy score a film using mainly pulse percussion, techno synth patterns, and flourishes of orchestral staccato?" In fact, Powell's music for this entire franchise is oddly served up: He never really commits to a main theme (the "Identity" theme from Tbi is the most memorable of the three films) and he never really commits to a particular previously-established style. »
- noreply@blogger.com (SCOREcast Admin)
Adam Fogelson Is Tapped to Be Chairman of Universal Pictures
4 October 2009 6:52 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Adam Fogelson has been named Chairman, Universal Pictures.
In addition, Donna Langley, has been named Co-Chairman, Universal Pictures. Rick Finkelstein, already the Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Pictures will work closely with both as a key strategic advisor. The announcements, which are effective immediately, were made today by Ron Meyer, President and COO, Universal Studios.
Fogelson, who will report to Meyer, will be responsible for Universal's worldwide Motion Picture Group. He will oversee all aspects of the company's global theatrical operations, home entertainment, partnerships and licensing, finance, Hr and communications.
"Adam is a natural leader with a unique ability to anticipate our audience, understand our business and collaborate with our filmmakers to give us a competitive advantage. He is well-respected within our community, deservedly so, and together with this team, I believe we are strategically poised for our future," said Meyer.
Langley will report to Fogelson, and will »
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
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- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
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# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
10 Awesome Foreign Actresses in Movies You Must See!
25 September 2009 6:29 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
They're young, beautiful and talented, but some of them maybe quite unfamiliar to some of you. In our latest List of 10, tMF compilled 10 Foreign (if you like, Non-American) actresses and the must-see movies that made them 'hot properties' locally. Some of them joined Hollywood already - but have you seen them at their Best?
- - -
- - - It's a pity many of the roles given to them in Hollywood are not what you can call 'prestige' roles. Most of them are given the usual run-of-the-mill characters. Why not take a good look at their previous works and find out why we think they're awesome!
- - -
# 10 - Maria Valverde (Spain) - Maria Valverde was born in Madrid and says she always wanted to become an actress. She finally fulfilled her dream at the age of 16 with a leading role in Manuel Martín Cuenca movie, La flaqueza del bolchevique. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
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