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First Look at George Clooney in Spy Thriller ‘The American’

9 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

More updates are coming down the pipe from the American Film Market in Santa Monica, with our friends at Collider uncovering a first look at George Clooney in Control director Anton Corbijn's The American. In the film, Clooney will play "an artful assassin with a lengthy track record, constantly on the move and always watching his back.  When an assignment goes wrong and a lover ends up dead, he vows that the next job will be his last.  This final obligation takes him to a picturesque town nestled amongst lush Italian hills, its historical piazzas bursting with life.  But to Jack, every location is a trap and every person a potential threat.  Still, he surprises himself, enjoying confessional conversations over Armagnac with an insightful priest and slipping into an affair with a local beauty.  But by letting his guard down, Jack may be tempting fate.  A dangerous shadow-dweller shows every sign of closing in, and »

- Neil Miller

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The Men Who Stare At Goats Review

5 November 2009 11:14 PM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The Men Who Stare At Goats Directed by: Grant Heslov Written by: Peter Straughan (screenplay), Jon Ronson (book) Starring: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges Since the dawn of modern warfare, people have fantasized about the concept of super soldiers, enhanced human beings that could defend their homeland and give them the edge over their enemies. At this point, we're not just talking about fictional characters like Captain America, either; today's soldiers really are trained to push their body beyond its physical and mental limits, and outfitted with bleeding edge technological advancements. Military interests drive scientific research like few other fields, leading to all kinds of wacky pills and biological experiments. But would it surprise you to learn that U.S. military has delved into even stranger realms in the past, and may still be doing so today? In his 2004 book, The Men Who Stare At Goats, Welsh »

- Sean

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The Men Who Stare At Goats (Review)

4 November 2009 7:47 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

The Men Who Stare at Goats Directed by Grant Heslov According to Jon Ronson's book The Men Who Stare At Goats, the U.S. government has experimented with various extra-sensory ‘abilities,’ such as remote-viewing and mind control, since the 1950s. These highly classified sub-divisions of the Army were developed in the hopes of creating a different kind of warrior, one who could harness mental abilities to destroy his adversary. Although many of these divisions were kept under wraps, journalist Ronson (known as Bob Wilton in the film) got wind of a low-profile Army project after having met Jim Channon, the former colonel who wrote a manual for the creation of the ‘First Earth Battalion,’ an army unit to based upon New Age principals. The book, which inspired the film, charts the absurd journey that began with this chance encounter. It contains a wild, often questionable, but ultimately fascinating story of introspection and destiny. »

- Myles Dolphin

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Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney: Who'd make the best Frank Sinatra?

28 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Back in May, we heard about the Frank Sinatra biopic that Martin Scorsese will be directing with Universal producing. Now mega-stars Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney are rumored (courtesy of UK newspaper The Guardian) to be in contention for the role of Old Blue Eyes. It's probably important to note here that Clooney's rep, Stan Rosenfeld, told EW, "I wouldn't believe anything I read in British papers" -- which isn't exactly a denial -- while a Universal rep said the studio had no comment. (Reps for DiCaprio and Depp were not immediately available for comment.) Fact or fiction, »

- Archana Ram

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IFC Brings “Cairo” to the U.S.

22 October 2009 1:05 PM, PDT | IndieWIRE | See recent indieWIRE news »

U.S. rights to writer/director Ruba Nadda’s romantic drama, “Cairo Time” have been picked up by IFC Films, the company said Thursday. The film, starring Oscar-nominee Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig (“Syriana”) screened at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival where it won Best Canadian Feature, and will screen at the inaugural Tribeca Doha Film Festival next week. IFC Films acquired the rights to the film from E1 Entertainment International, the film’s … »

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Clooney reveals weight-gain secrets

17 October 2009 4:42 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

George Clooney turned to Renée Zellweger for help in piling on the pounds for a film role. The Daily Express reported the actor found he needed advice when it came to gaining weight for the character of a CIA agent in Syriana. Clooney said: "When I found out I had to pile on the pounds - no way was I going to wear a fat suit, that would have looked so (more) »

- By Rebecca Routledge

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Oscar Watch: George Clooney, The Coen Brothers And More

2 October 2009 3:03 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

What movies will be taking home little gold statuettes this awards season? We give you some of our predictions.

By Larry Carroll

George Clooney in "Up in the Air"

Photo: Dale Robinette/ Paramount

As the calendar page turns to October and the last of the summer blockbusters fade into the distance, it is time to cleanse our palate. That's right, folks, awards season is here once again, and this weekend's release of "A Serious Man" indicates that it's time to put away remakes, roman numerals and TV adaptations and instead expect movies that are — gasp! — smart.

Naturally, we here at MTV will be all over the 2009 awards season, right up to our annual coverage backstage at the Oscars. But who will be the next "Slumdog," "Brokeback" or "Little Miss Sunshine"? Below you'll find a list of 10 films we'll be watching closely between now and Oscar night.

"Up in the Air"

Over the last few years, »

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Strong, Purefoy and Church Fly to Mars

30 September 2009 11:28 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Pixar’s first foray into live-action film (unless you count brief snippets in Wall-e), an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough’s John Carter of Mars by director Andrew Stanton, has gained three fantastic cast members: Mark Strong (Syriana, Kick-Ass), James Purefoy (Resident Evil, Solomon Kane) and Thomas Haden Church (Spiderman 3, Sideways).

Church will play “Tal Hajus, an ambitious and vicious Thark warrior who is biding his time to be a ruler,” while Strong will play “Matai Shang, the ruler of the Thems with godlike status.” Purefoy plays Kantos Kan, a captain of a huge warship called the Xavarian.

This is all Greek to me, but it sounds freaking fantastic. They’re joining the already cast Taylor Kitsch (Wolverine) as John Carter, a Civil War veteran displaced to the landscape of Mars. Filming will begin early next year. All the pieces are in place for this film to be another grand slam from Stanton and Disney. »

- John Cooper

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Fantastic Fest 2009, Day 2 - Hard Revenge Milly, Antichrist, The Men Who Stare At Goats

29 September 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Today’s festival titles I doubt could have been any different from one another.  I had a gruesome revenge thriller, goat staring, and something that demands all kinds of adjectives and discussions. Click the jump for Fantastic Fest Day 2, where you can read my reviews for “Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle”, “Antichrist”, and “The Men Who Stare at Goats”. And keep checking back for more coverage of the Austin, TX genre festival.

Hard Revenge Milly / Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle

This was a double-feature of films that appear to be a continuing series of stories about a woman exacting revenge on the people responsible for killing her family, in the most violent of ways.

There’s not much to this.  A woman is roaming a futuristic, post-apocalyptic landscape initially in search of the men who cut her up, and killed her husband and child.  She’s armed with a retracting, »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Pre-order The 'New Moon' Score

29 September 2009 6:44 PM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

We have some great news for all of you wondering when you can get your hands on the Twilight Saga New Moon score! Now that we have an official date and list for the soundtrack it only seems fitting that we finally get word on the score. According to Amazon.com the score for New Moon will be released on November 24th. The New Moon score will be composed by Alexandre Desplat who also has the song New Moon The Meadow on the New Moon soundtrack. You can preorder the score at Amazon right now for 14.99 here.Alexandre Desplat is a French composer who has scored more than 100 films and TV shows since 1985. Hes best known for his Golden Globenominated score to Girl with a Pearl Earring as well as contemplative soundtracks to Hostage Syriana The Painted Veil and The Queen which earned his first Oscar nomination. You can check out Alexandres official website here. »

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Lionsgate acquires worldwide rights to Stephen Gaghan's film

25 September 2009 3:33 AM, PDT | BusinessofCinema | See recent BusinessofCinema news »

Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the latest film by Academy Award-winning writer and director Stephen Gaghan. This is Gaghan's first film since Oscar-winning Syriana. Gaghan will direct and produce the film, a character-driven action thriller that he is co-writing with Shannon Burke. Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson are executive producers. Lionsgate president of motion picture production Alli Shearmur said, "We are very excited to be in business with Stephen Gaghan, a master storyteller who has raised the bar for character-driven suspense ... »

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A 'Highlander' Remake For The 'Fast & Furious' Director And 'The Wrestler' Director Finds His Next Project In Today's Dailies

22 September 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

-- Darren Aronofsky may be busy with "Black Swan" -- which sounds a lot like "Fight Club" with ballerinas to me -- but he's going to need something more grounded as a follow-up to 2008's Oscar-nominated "The Wrestler." And here it is. The filmmaker has partnered with Time Inc. Studios and Xyz Films to direct/produce an "indie heist thriller" based on the 2006 robbery of the Securitas Depot in Tonbridge, England, in which thieves made off with roughly $85 million. (Variety)

-- Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to Lucy Prebble's stage play "Enron," which chronicles the high-profile fall of the Texas energy concern. Prebble will adapt her script for film and Laura Ziskin will produce, though no additional cast or crew players have yet been revealed. (Variety)

-- Racehorse Secretariat wasn't the last to win the illustrious Triple Crown -- awarded for finishing first at the Belmont Stakes, »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Lionsgate Buys Stephen Gaghan’s Action Crime Thriller

22 September 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Stephen Gaghan made a splash with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Traffic, then made a notable directorial effort with 2005 with the ambitious political oil drama Syriana. Despite a few deals in development, he's been quiet in the few years since. Now Lionsgate is getting behind his next directorial project, which Gaghan is also co-writing. Variety reports that the studio has bought "an untitled action-thriller" that Gaghan is co-writing with Shannon Burke. The logline sounds more standard than I'd expect, but I suppose you could also write really dull, one-note loglines for Traffic and Syriana as well. This film's protagonist "is an elite deep cover operative whose attempt to take down a global organization costs him everything. He resurfaces as a beat cop in Brooklyn, only to discover that the bad guys he was fighting are also operating in his new backyard." This could be contrived, goofy crime stuff, or ... »

- Russ Fischer

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Gaghan Film Goes Under Cover at Lionsgate

22 September 2009 11:55 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Amy Kaufman

Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the latest film by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, the studio announced Tuesday. 

 

The film -- an action thriller about a deep-cover operative who loses everything and disappears into Brooklyn to start over -- will be both directed and produced by the "Traffic" screenwriter and "Syriana" director. The script is being co-written by Gaghan and Shannon Burke and the project is being executive produced by Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson.

 

“We are very excited to be in bus... »

- Amy Kaufman

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Lionsgate Picks Up Stephen Gaghan's Next

22 September 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »

Lionsgate announced today that it has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the latest film by Academy Award®-winning writer and director Stephen Gaghan ( Traffic , Syriana ). Gaghan will direct and produce the film, a character-driven action thriller that he is co-writing with Shannon Burke. Allyn Stewart and Kipp Nelson are executive producers. The announcement was jointly made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Co-Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President, and Alli Shearmur, Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production. The film is described as follows: All global activities are local somewhere... an elite, highly trained, deep cover operative loses everything, ultimately disappearing into Brooklyn, where he must start over. He washes up as a beat cop, only... »

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New Moon Monday: Here Are The Artists For 'New Moon'!

21 September 2009 8:59 PM, PDT | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Welcome to the 32nd and final edition of New Moon Monday. Yes this is it for our feature on New Moon the speculation is over as the official track list for New Moon was released this morning. Dont worry well be looking for ideas for the Eclipse soundtrack before you know it. But today were bringing you links to check out all of the bands and their previous work as we wait for the official New Moon soundtrack release on October 20th nbspDeath Cab For Cutie Meet Me On The Equinox you can hear the full version here and you can check out their Myspace here.Band of Skulls Friends. This White StripesbywayofRadiohead English trio formed in 2008 and released the bluesrocking Baby Darling Doll Face Honey in March. They played at this summers Lollapalooza festival and feature the alternating vocals of bassist Emma Richardson and guitarist Russell Mardsen. You can »

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George Clooney Makes the Case for Matt Damon in Hamdan Vs. Rumsfeld

21 September 2009 1:17 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Want to know why I trust George Clooney with a movie like “Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld” which is a courtroom drama about the U.S. case against Osama Bin Laden’s former chauffeur Salim Ahmed Hamdan?  He made “Good Night, and Good Luck.”  Because he’s not trying to make it a political film but clearly tells a good story first and lets the political aspect speak for itself.  Now with the news that he’s casting his friend Matt Damon as the lead means they’re crafting a powerhouse of movie.  Find out why this film will be one of my most-anticipated if it comes together.

/Film [via FemaleFirst] reports that Clooney has brought Matt Damon to star as Hamdan’s lawyer as the film tracks Hamdan’s capture to his incarceration in Guantanamo Bay as his case moves through the system and eventually reaches the Supreme Court.

Clooney and Damon previously »

- Matt Goldberg

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Samson Films' 'Cairo Time' Wins at Toronto Film Festival

21 September 2009 7:24 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Best Canadian Feature Film honours at the Toronto Film Festival went to Ruba Nadda's 'Cairo Time'. Produced by David Collins of Samson Films and Daniel Iron of Foundry Films, the feature, set in Egypt, stars Patricia Clarkson (Married Life), Tom McCamus (Killshot) and Alexander Siddig (Syriana) and examines a brief, unexpected love affair. Irish creative talent involved in the production of 'Cairo Time' included composer Niall Byrne (The Honeymooners) and production designer Tamara Conboy (Once). The winners were announced on Saturday the 19th of September. »

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'New Moon' Soundtrack: A Quick Guide To Its Lesser-Known Artists

21 September 2009 2:10 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Acts like Lykke Li, Hurricane Bells, Sea Wolf and Band of Skulls are featured on album.

By Gil Kaufman

Lykke Li

Photo: Getty Images/ Mark Allan

Anyone who knows anything about "Twilight" scribe Stephenie Meyer knows that the vampire-spawning writer has eclectic taste in music. Earlier this year, she blogged about what she did all summer, which included listening to bands you may or may not know like Meese and White Rabbits, as well as some you might, like Muse, Animal Collective and Silversun Pickups.

She's posted suggested playlists for fans of her book series that includes everything from Placebo, Blue October and Armor for Sleep to Elbow, Coldplay, Patrick Wolf, Simon and Garfunkel, Korn, Incubus, Nine Inch Nails and Right Said Fred.

On Monday, the track listing for the upcoming soundtrack to "New Moon" was revealed and it has the same mix of the popular and somewhat-obscure that fans »

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Clooney wants to direct Matt Damon

19 September 2009 2:31 PM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Oscar winning actor George Clooney wants to direct Matt Damon in a new movie called 'Hamdan v Rumsfeld', about Osama bin Laden's former chauffeur.The actor has singled out Matt, with whom he previously starred in 'Syriana', to star in the film, reports femalefirst.co.uk.'It's about the so called 'War On Terror', but set in a courtroom,' said Clooney.The film will follow the plight of the chauffeur, who was captured in Afghanistan and shipped to the notorious Us detention centre Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.Matt will play his lawyer, who eventually manages to take his case as far as the Us Supreme Court. »

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