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Clooney's Rep Shoots Down Cage Loan Reports
27 November 2009 8:16 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
George Clooney's representative is baffled by reports the star is helping cash-strapped Nicolas Cage settle his debts - because he barely knows the National Treasure actor.
Cage filed suit against his former business manager Samuel Levin last month, alleging he had sent the star "down a path of financial ruin" by misleading him and overcharging for his services.
The accusations stem from a $6.26 million (£4.2 million) tax lien Cage has been handed by America's Internal Revenue Service (IRS), alleging he failed to pay income tax on wages dating back to 2007.
Cage is also facing other claims of unpaid tax related to his earnings between 2002 and 2004, while he was accused of defaulting on a $2 million (£1.3 million) loan in October.
American tabloid The National Enquirer falsely claimed Johnny Depp was stepping in to help Cage pay off his bills, before alleging Clooney had offered to take care of the troubled star's money woes.
But Clooney's spokesperson has shot down the reports, insisting the pair has only met once in passing in Italy.
The rep tells GossipCop.com, "George has met Nicolas Cage once in his life, and that was three or four years ago at the Venice Film Festival." »
Weekly Poll Results: Best Nicolas Cage Movie
26 November 2009 6:16 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Plenty of votes were cast in last week's poll, but in the end, The Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona was chosen as Nicolas Cage's finest film to date, followed closely by Spike Jonze's Adaptation. A ways behind those two films, Face/Off was a bit of a surprise at #3, while Leaving Las Vegas and Lord of War rounded out the top 5. All in all, the votes were spread around quite a bit, and various suggestions of additional films like Wild at Heart, Vampire's Kiss and Bringing Out the Dead make it clear that, contrary to popular belief, the man actually has a decent array of respected flicks under his belt. Do you agree with these results? Where would Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans rank in the list? 1. Raising Arizona -- 24% 2. Adaptation -- 21.4% 3. Face/Off -- 10.1% 4. Leaving Las Vegas -- 9.4% 5. Lord of War -- 8.3% 6. The Rock -- 8.1% 7. Matchstick Men »
- Sean
6 Actors That Should Probably Not Watch Their Own Movies
23 November 2009 7:16 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
When I interviewed Bill Nighy last year, three things seemed to stand out about the man. One, he shakes hands with only the front part of three fingers like I have to imagine witches do. Two, he had a greater sense of humor about himself than anyone else I've ever met. Three, he was insanely, effortlessly cool. He continues to exude both coolness and the self-effacing grace that makes him such a charismatic personality (aside from the willingness to star in serious work and movies about werewolves fighting vampires) by claiming that he can't stand the experience of watching movies that he's in. He, like most actors who have thrown out that claim in the past, seems completely put off by seeing himself on screen. Hardly an original claim, but one that rings true for anyone who has ever seen a bad photo of themselves (be they regional theater actors or international film stars). So I decided »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - We speak to Nicolas Cage and Werner Herzog.
23 November 2009 5:25 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Born to be Bad (Together). Nicolas Cage & Werner Herzog on 'Bad Lieutenant.' Being bad, or completely believable at playing bad, gives Nicolas Cage the ability to sit back on a sofa at an all-white interior, ultramodern rooftop bar and command complete silence from the workers preparing for the pending evening shift. Hollywood hits like the "National Treasure" movies have made the 45-year-old Californian famous but the artistic freedom he discusses has more to do with edgier choices, like his latest film, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" (currently in select theaters and expanding nationwide). In the film, something of a remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 indie drama, Cage plays Terence McDonagh, a decorated New Orleans police detective steadily losing his grip on reality to drugs. "Bad Lieutenant" has become a critics' hit at fall film fests in Venice and Toronto (where we recently caught up with the modishly »
Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
22 November 2009 6:27 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Remember Nicolas Cage? He doesn't work very often so the name may not immediately ring a bell, but maybe some of his films might jar your memory... Birdy, Raising Arizona, Wild At Heart, Adaptation? (Not to be confused with Nicholas Z. Kage, an "actor" who sleepwalks through roles and films like Fire Birds, Trapped In Paradise, Snake Eyes, Gone In Sixty Seconds, National Treasure, Ghost Rider, Next, Bangkok Dangerous, and many, many more.) He's an actor who craves odd and interesting characters but manages to shape them into real, fully developed people that sometimes outshine the films they inhabit. Where other actors just present an idiosyncratic caricature he crafts people who are more than simply the sum of their quirks. So as I said earlier, Cage doesn't make a lot of movies. The good news though is that after a multi-year absence from movie screens he's finally returned in Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Detective »
- Rob Hunter
‘The Treasure Hunter’ Featuring Kato from ‘Green Hornet’
19 November 2009 8:37 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
There are few people that are aware of the growing movie market overseas. Thailand is emerging as a serious threat in the marital arts action genre with the help of Tony Jaa (Ong Bak); Russia is proving they can make a slick and entertaining film thanks to studios like Disney (Black Lightning); and, of course, Japan has always been the source for many Hollywood studios’ “inspired” horror remakes (The Ring, The Grudge). One foreign market that tends to be brushed off as only doing kung-fu or martial art films is China.
Today we have a trailer for a new Asian film which has the odd IMDb genre label of romance/sci-fi called Ci Ling (Treasure Hunter). Why are we at Screen Rant sharing this trailer with you? Because Treasure Hunter stars an actor most English-speaking audiences may not be familiar with yet, but will be next year: Jay Chou. Chou »
- Paul Young
Farber on Film: Introduction, Part 1 (Other Roads, Other Tracks)
18 November 2009 7:42 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
Other Roads, Other Tracks
Criticism is very important, and difficult. I can’t think of a better thing for a person to do.
“One of the most important facts about criticism is obvious,” Manny Farber once advanced in an interview. “It’s based on language and words. The desire is always to pursue: what does the word mean, or the sentence, or the paragraph, and where does it lead? As you follow language out, it becomes more and more webbed, complex. The desire is always to find the end. In any thought you put down, what you’re seeking is truth: what is the most believable fact and where is the end?
“It’s the idea of writing about the film as commensurate with the way the filmmaker’s mind is,” Farber continued. “The work’s qualities should influence the structure of the piece. . . . I don’t think you can be mimetic enough. »
Accountant: Nicolas Cage Was 'Compulsive' Spender
18 November 2009 | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
While Nicholas Cage is claiming that bad money management is behind his financial collapse, the former accountant who worked with the star claims that it's Cage who is to blame for his own ruin. In documents filed in L.A. Superior Court, Samuel J. Levin, Cage's former financial advisor, paints a portrait of the 45-year-old star as an out-of-control and debt ridden spender who bucked any attempt to reign in his over-the-top lifestyle. Cage claims in his filing that "Samuel J. Levin, "lined his [own] pockets with several million dollars in business management fees while sending Cage down a path toward financial ruin. »
- Oliver Jones
Greenpeace: The Film
18 November 2009 | Cineman.ch/en | See recent Cineman.ch/en news »
A film about the birth of environmental group Greenpeace, in the 1970's, will start shooting soon. Two books written by the charity founders will be adapted into a screenplay: "Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists and Visionaries Changed the World" by Rex Weyler, and "Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement" by Bob Hunter. The director in charge of translating the project to the screen is none other than Jon Turteltaub, which may not be for the best: he is responsible for "The Kid" with Bruce Willis, "Instinct" with Anthony Hopkins, "Phenomenon" with John Travolta, as well as "National Treasure" and its sequel "National Treasure 2: The Book of Secrets" with Nicolas Cage, amongst other ge... »
- Constantin Xenakis (Cineman)
Opinion In A Haystack: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 2
18 November 2009 1:59 AM, PST | Quick Stop | See recent Quick Stop news »
Interview: Eric Lichtenfeld Part 2 of 2
This is the second half of my talk with Eric Lichtenfeld, author of Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie. Please don’t forget to check out the first half of this interview or my original review of his book.
Bob Rose: Do you enjoy action film satires such as True Lies, Shoot ’Em Up, or Hot Fuzz?
Eric Lichtenfeld: I like True Lies a lot.
Br: It’s definitely a satire, at least to some degree.
El: Yes, a loving one. It’s one of those films that works both ways. I think Robocop is an even better example than True Lies, but both of them illustrate this well: it’s a satire that works as a movie even if you don’t get the satire. You don’t watch them and think that there is something you’re missing. »
- bobrose
National Treasure director to make Greenpeace film
17 November 2009 8:50 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Jon Turteltaub signs up to direct a film about the birth of the campaigning group, with Jerry 'Naked Gun' Zucker producing
It started in 1971, when a ramshackle fishing vessel with a ragtag crew of anti-war protesters sailed to a remote island north of Alaska in the hope of disrupting Us nuclear weapons tests. Taking its name from the rechristened boat, Greenpeace grew into an environmental movement that is still grabbing the headlines almost four decades on. Now Hollywood plans to put that story on the big screen, with Greenpeace's blessing, and hired the director of National Treasure and the producer of the Airplane and Naked Gun films to do it.
According to Variety, Jon Turteltaub, whose CV also includes Cool Runnings and While You Were Sleeping, has signed to direct, with Jerry and Janet Zucker producing. The trade paper also reports that The West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin has been approached to write the script. »
- Chai Hong Lim
Jon Turteltaub to direct 'Greenpeace' movie
14 November 2009 10:29 AM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Jon Turteltaub, the guy behind "National Treasure," is set to direct an adventure film focusing on the origins of Greenpeace, and Aaron Sorkin ("The Social Network") may end up writing the script.
Variety says the story will be set in the '70s and '80s, following Greenpeace founders Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler as they embark on missions to disrupt whaling ships, nuclear bomb tests and other activities.
The film will pull from the books "Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World" and "Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement." »
- Franck Tabouring
Jon Turteltaub Directing a Greenpeace Film That Aaron Sorkin Might Write
13 November 2009 9:27 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It is time to save the whales. In Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Today, the development of a film treatment detailing the early years of the Greenpeace movement was announced. Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) has been signed to direct the movie which will be produced by Jerry and Janet Zucker in conjunction with Aurelius Films. Perhaps taking a page from the critically-acclaimed The Cove (and its thrilling black-ops filmmaking) Janet Zucker envisions the film as a large-scale, elaborating, “Jon likes to make big adventure movies. And we’ve found that the best way to reach people’s hearts and minds is through entertainment. For details on the project, hit the jump.
Though no writer has been officially selected, Variety is reporting that Aaron Sorkin has been approached. The film will likely take place during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the period in which Greenpeace transitioned from a local, grassroots organization in Vancouver, »
- David Corbin
Turteltaub believes in Greenpeace
13 November 2009 6:26 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
"National Treasure" director Jon Turteltaub will direct a film detailing the roots of the Greenpeace movement. Jerry and Janet Zucker will produce.The story will be set in the late 1970s and early 1980s and told through the eyes of the organization's founding members, Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler. According to Variety, Aurelius Films is financing development of the project, and the company's Matthew Joynes and Jesse Kennedy are also producers. Joynes, has secured the organization's official cooperation, and has also acquired the rights to two books that will form the story: Weyler's "Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World" and Hunter's "Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement."The producers have been in »
- Adnan Tezer
Turteltaub Lines Up Greenpeace Movie
13 November 2009 9:31 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Variety
"National Treasure" helmer Jon Turteltaub is on board to direct a bigscreen project chronicling the origin of the Greenpeace movement, with Jerry and Janet Zucker producing.Set primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s, story will be told through the eyes of the controversial organization's charismatic founding members, Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler.
Read more at Variety. »
- Brent Lang
Greenpeace: Origins: The Movie
13 November 2009 9:03 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
I always thought that Captain Kirk and Spock were the greatest environmentalists around, but apparently they are nothing compared to Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler, founders of Greenpeace. Now Jon Turteltaub of National Treasure fame is directing a movie based on the origins of their movement, with Jerry and Janet Zucker producing. Variety has some details: Set primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s, story will be told through the eyes of the controversial organization’s charismatic founding members, Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler. The duo led an eccentric group of pacifists, ecologists, musicians, teachers, sailors, and scientists as they attempted — often successfully — to disrupt American and French nuclear bomb tests, Japanese and Russian whaling ships and Norwegian infant harp seal hunters. In the process, they inadvertently started a movement that is still going strong nearly four decades later. The film will primarily be based on two books, Weyler »
- Jacob
Jon Turteltaub Giving Greenpeace The National Treasure Treatment
13 November 2009 7:20 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
He found a treasure map on the back of the Declaration of Independence and made us all believe John Travolta had special powers, and now Jon Turteltaub is going to make something out of those hippies who run around on boats trying to save whales. That's right: he's giving Greenpeace the National Treasure treatment. According to Variety, the film will be set in the late 70s and early 80s, when the organization was just getting started thanks to charismatic founding members Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler. It sounds like the take will be something along the lines of an ecological Ocean's Eleven, with a ragtag group teaming up to stop things like infant harp seal hunting and nuclear bomb tests. Greenpeace will be cooperating on the project, which means we probably won't be seeing too many dirty hippie jokes or comments about exactly how relevant Greenpeace is these days. But »
Director Jon Turteltaub On Board for Greenpeace Origin Film
13 November 2009 6:38 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
It looks like former Vice President Al Gore isn't the only one pushing green films as Variety reports National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub is next set to direct a film chronicling the birth of Greenpeace, the organization fighting for the protection and conservation of the environment. The yet-to-be titled film will be told through the eyes of the controversial organization's charismatic founding members: Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler as recounted in their respective books Warriors of the Rainbow: A Chronicle of the Greenpeace Movement and Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World. The books (and the feature film to follow) chronicle a group of pacifists, ecologists, musicians, teachers, sailors, and scientists, primarily in the late 1970's and early 1980's, as they set out to disrupt American and French nuclear bomb tests, Japanese and Russian whaling ships and Norwegian infant harp seal hunters. In their frequent »
- Ethan Anderton
National Treasure Director Goes For Greenpeace
13 November 2009 6:29 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Jon Turteltaub, the director behind the National Treasure films as well as the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, is in talks to direct a film based on the origins of the Greenpeace movement in the 1970s and 1980s — specifically, its founders, Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler.
I’m actually a little surprised that no one has attempted to put this story on film before, because the rise of this organization was quite an impressive feat from an unlikely alliance of teachers, pacifists and ecologists, who “attempted — often successfully — to disrupt American and French nuclear bomb tests, Japanese and Russian whaling ships and Norwegian infant harp seal hunters. In the process, they inadvertently started a movement that is still going strong nearly four decades later.”
The film will draw source material from two books: Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists and Visionaries Changed the World (written by Weyler) and Bob Hunter »
- John Cooper
Turteltaub to direct Greenpeace movie
13 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
National Treasure helmer Jon Turteltaub will direct a movie about the formation of the Greenpeace movement, reports Variety. The story will centre on Bob Hunter and Rex Weyler, the founders of the environmental organisation, as they assemble an eclectic group of ecologists, musicians and teachers to protest American and French nuclear tests, Japanese and Russian whaling ships and Norwegian seal hunters. Aurelius Films has picked up the screen rights to two books - Weyler's (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
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