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No Fourth Bourne Film for Paul Greengrass
2 hours ago | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Paul Greengrass who directed The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum and has been set to direct a fourth Bourne film is no longer interested in directing the next installment of the Ludlum series.
The Playlist is reporting that director Paul Greengrass has left the production of the fourth Jason Bourne film, which is currently in development at Universal Pictures.
It was said that there are currently two scripts for the project, one by The Bourne Ultimatum co-writer George Nolfi and another by Josh Zemuter. It seems that no one cares much for Nolfi’s script and Greengrass wasn’t happy when Zemuter was hired without consulting with him first. Greengrass is currently working on post-production of his latest film with star Matt Damon, The Green Zone, which was said to be in a bit of trouble itself with the budget escalating to $150 million, from its original $100 million budget.
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- Kevin Coll
Matt Damon, Actor of the '00s
8 hours ago | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
This feature is part of the Naughts Project.
Quietly and unexpectedly, Matt Damon has become the premier Hollywood actor of the past decade. He's lent his minutely constructed, surprisingly athletic performances to the films of directors Steven Soderbergh, Gus Van Sant, Paul Greengrass, Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, a roster that's not coincidentally produced some of the most vital and successful films of the past ten years.
His remarkable career isn't simply a matter of a good agent. It's all in the manner in which he so carefully adapts his particular skills to the roles.
Damon's commitment is displayed on his body, which he relentlessly crafts to the specifications of each character -- he's almost the anti-movie star in his physical malleability. Take a look at how he changes from "The Bourne Identity" in 2002 to the Farrelly Brothers' "Stuck On You," a year later. In the former, he carved himself down to muscle and bone, »
- R. Emmet Sweeney
Paul Greengrass Quits Bourne 4
9 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I feel bad for Doug Liman. Sure, he directed The Bourne Identity, which set the general tone for the two following movies and reinvented Matt Damon as a quiet badass, but everyone knows the true genius behind the series is Paul Greengrass. Let.s look at the evidence: One of Doug Liman.s follow-up to his Bourne movie was Jumper, one of Greengrass. was United 93. You tell me who has the talent. And if there is any justification to make a fourth Bourne flick, it would have to be that Matt Damon and Greengrass are both involved. Well, it looks like that won.t be the case any longer. According to The Playlist, Greengrass has walked away from the fourth Bourne flick due to ongoing disagreements regarding the script and Universal.s increasing concerns over his budget management skills. Problems first arose when Universal hired Josh Zetumer without Greengrass »
87 Eleven’s Kim Do Nygen on Tron Legacy
22 November 2009 7:15 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
At this weekend’s press junket for Ninja Assassin, I participated in a roundtable interview with 87 Eleven’s Kim Do Nygen. If you’re not familiar with 87 Eleven, they do stunt coordination, fight choreography, action direction and stunt performing in some of Hollywood’s biggest movies. Some of their projects are Iron Man 2, The Expendables, Watchmen, The Bourne Identity and Tron Legacy… just to name a few. Check out their website for the entire list. It’s impressive.
So when we spoke to Kim Do Nygen from 87 Eleven this weekend, we were able to get him to talk briefly about working on Tron Legacy and how their company got involved. If you are anxiously awaiting next years cup of awesome that is Tron Legacy, hit the jump for his brief comments.
Question: How involved were you in Tron Legacy or some of the other projects you guys are working on? »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Brian Cox Considering a Trek to The Lonely Mountain?
16 November 2009 1:03 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
It’s no secret around my neck of the woods that I’m a rabidly-obsessive Middle Earth fanatic. I re-read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings every year (with some Silmarillion usually thrown in for good measure every other year), I saw each of the films five times in the theatre (the first always at midnight, opening day), and I absolutely refuse to watch the standard editions now, much to my wife’s dismay, as I believe the extended editions to be the definitive and only cuts that exist. So, to say that I mildly excited when news about The Hobbit began to drift across the fields of the Shire would be an understatement akin to calling the Sammath Naur nothing more than a pothole. What do we know? We know that Peter Jackson is onboard to produce and that Guillermo Del Toro will be taking over the director’s chair. Unfortunately »
- Paul Sileo
The Hobbit Casting Rumors
15 November 2009 9:39 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
In their most recent edition of AICN-Downunder, Ain’t It Cool News included a small item which could be potentially big news for Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson’s upcoming films based on The Hobbit.
A project that’s been in development for a while and eagerly anticipated by a massive crowd of fans and moviegoers alike, The Hobbit has been engulfed in rumors when it comes to casting. So on that note, we have another possible rumor in the form of actor Brian Cox (X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Identity) being looked at by the producers as one of the thirteen dwarves in the adaptation.
This news comes on the heels of the John Rhys-Davies (Gimli from Lord of the Rings trilogy) interview with Empire where the talented actor flat out said he won’t be back to play the role of another dwarf, possibly Gimli’s father Gloin. »
- Rob Keyes
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!
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- 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
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