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Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload
11 November 2009 2:33 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Instead of doing a cheesy list for Veteran's Day, we here at Fsr decided just to give a run down of all the war-type movies that we've covered over the years (the good, the bad, and the boots on the ground). Some of these you'll be able to pick up at the rental store on your way back home from work, but hopefully your employer was nice enough to give you the day off so you could sit back with a beer, some BBQ and a swelling fervor in remembrance of the monumental jobs done by the bravest members of our society. And since we're overloading here, we went ahead and included just about any flicks that involve soldiers and wartime. We even included some featuring those limey Brits! Look how far we've come since 1776. As an added challenge, why not watch all of them? The General (1927) Battleship Potemkin (1925) The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) To Hell and Back (1955) Operation Petticoat »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
Miss Saigon movie moving ahead
21 October 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Tom Cruise's former business partner Paula Wagner is developing a feature film musical based on Miss Saigon, the West End/Broadway play that dominated the stage scene throughout the 1990s. Lee Daniels (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) is attached to helm the film.
Throughout the 1980s and into the 90s Wagner was Cruise's power agent at CAA, eventually leaving the company to form Cruise/Wagner productions when Tom wanted to get his own action franchise going with Mission: Impossible. Wagner stuck with Cruise when he went to run the new United Artists back in 2006, producing Valkyrie and Lions For Lambs before deciding to strike out as her own boss again. She's now set up her own production company, Chestnut Ridge Productions.
No screenwriter has been hired on the Miss Saigon movie yet but Wagner wants to have the project filming next year for a 2011 release. Also »
- Patrick Sauriol
Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator
16 October 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Robert Redford has assembled quite the cast for his Lincoln drama The Conspirator, a historical look at the year following the President’s assassination and the trial of Mary Surratt in connection with the conspiracy.
Robin Wright Penn will play Surratt and James McAvoy is Col. Frederick Aiken, a war hero attorney who defends her to the public. Tom Wilkinson has also been added as Reverdy Johnson, a U.S. Senator is “the mentor to the young lawyer,” according to Variety. Plus Evan Rachel Wood is set as Anna (Surratt’s daughter), Kevin Kline is Lincoln’s War Secretary Edwin Stanton, and Alexis Bledel is Aiken’s wife Catherine. Toby Kebbell is John Wilkes Booth.
Justin Long has also joined the team, which is a big step up for the guy known for the Mac ads, voicing one of the Chipmunks, and bit comedy roles. That isn’t to say »
- Jeff Leins
First Set Photos from Robert Redford’s The Conspirator; Evan Rachel Wood and Toby Kebbell Join the Cast
15 October 2009 12:02 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Yesterday, we brought you the news that Justin Long would be trying his hand at drama by joining the cast of Robert Redford’s upcoming film “The Conspirator. The film centers on a reluctant attorney (played by James McAvoy) forced to defend Mary Surratt (Robin Wright Penn), an accomplice in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and to really ruin the play for everyone especially Abraham Lincoln. Today, the first set photos from the film have landed online plus the news that Evan Rachel Wood and Toby Kebbell are now in the cast. Hit the jump for more details and to actually break your leg when you go on stage.
The Playlist reports that Evan Rachel Wood will be playing Anna Surratt, Mary’s daughter while Toby Kebbell (”Control”, “RocknRolla”) will play John Wilkes Booth although the latter is a minor role according to those who have read the script. »
- Matt Goldberg
Justin Long Joins Redford's Conspirator
14 October 2009 12:57 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Justin Long – something of a cult hero here at Empire Towers – has joined the cast of Robert Redford’s next film, the period drama, The Conspirator.The movie stars Robin Wright Penn as Mary Surratt, a Confederate accused of involvement in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, and James McAvoy as the army colonel who agrees, reluctantly, to defend her.Long, making something of a detour from his usual forays into comedy and horror, will play McAvoy’s best friend, a war veteran who lost a limb during the conflict.Redford, directing for the first time since 2007’s Lions For Lambs, will call the shots when the movie starts shooting in Georgia this month. »
MGM to Declare Bankruptcy?
24 September 2009 9:09 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
MGM is reportedly on the verge of bankruptcy, which could jeopardize The Hobbit and future 'James Bond' films. According to Deadline Hollywood, the studio is operating with a debt load and interest payment schedule that are currently unsustainable; the question is, what can it do to keep going?
Yesterday, MGM held a lengthy conference call with bondholders to decide the company’s imminent future. On the one hand, if it files for bankruptcy, assets could be sold to cover the debt, which presently stands at $4 billion. The prime assets include the 'Bond' movie franchise as well as rights to Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming 'Hobbit' films, which MGM is co-financing and distributing internationally.
But as the studio is said to have pointed out, this would be the worst possible action, as depriving MGM of these lucrative franchises would basically kill it. The alternative, which MGM proposed, is »
Cast Set for David Fincher’s Social Network
24 September 2009 7:27 AM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Confirming earlier rumors, it has now been announced that Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield have signed on to star in The Social Network, a story about the founders of the social-networking website Facebook. David Fincher is directing from a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and the film is based on the Ben Mezrich book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal. Eisenberg, star of the upcoming horror-comedy Zombieland, will play Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president; and Garfield (Lions for Lambs) will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg over money. The script focuses on the evolution of Facebook, the online social network created in 2004 on the Harvard campus, and how overnight success and wealth changed the lives of the classmates who created it. Production will »
- James Cook
Facebook Movie The Social Network is Cast
23 September 2009 8:54 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, and Andrew Garfield have been cast in the lead roles in The Social Network, the dramatic retelling of the rise of Facebook. David Fincher's onboard to direct from a script by Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing, Charlie Wilson's War) and with the main cast in place, the film is heading into production next month.
Variety reports Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland) will be playing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pop star/sometimes actor Timberlake has been cast as Napster co-founder/Facebook president Sean Parker, and Garfield's taking on the role of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Most moviegoers recognize Eisenberg's face and know who Timberlake is, but Garfield's not so well known. Garfield's short list of credits include Lions for Lambs and the upcoming Terry Gilliam movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Sorkin's script explores the roots of Facebook, the online social network site that began its climb to »
Eisenberg, Timberlake and Garfield are Friends with Fincher's 'Facebook'
23 September 2009 12:13 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I was just telling someone the other night how I think Justin Timberlake is a solid actor, but of course that is based on very little. I thought he was the best part of Alpha Dog and he did well in Black Snake Moan, outside of Craig Brewer's decision to leave in that entire final scene, but I can hardly blame that on him. So, it comes with very little surprise that Timberlake along with Adventureland's Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield (Boy A, Lions for Lambs) have joined the cast of David Fincher's Facebook feature The Social Network. Mike Fleming at Variety confirms earlier reports saying Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook's founding president, and Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg as the social network became a financial juggernaut. »
- Brad Brevet
Confirmed: Eisenberg, Timberlake and Garfield Cast in David Fincher’s The Social Network
22 September 2009 10:18 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Variety has confirmed a casting rumor report from last month for David Fincher big screen adaptation of The Social Network. Jesse Eisenberg has signed to play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (how perfect is that casting?), Andrew Garfield is set to play Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, and Justin Timberlake will play internet entrepreneur Sean Parker (Napster). Production will begin next month in Boston and later move to Los Angeles. As I have said previously, this is shaping up to be a very solid cast. If you kn ow anything about these characters, I think you'd agree. I don't normally like Timberlake, but anyone who knows the story for the film or has read the book will know he's the perfect person to play Parker. Garfield broke onto the scene with a Award-winning performance in Boy A, and has since appeared in Lions for Lambs, The Other Boleyn Girl, Red Riding, and »
- Peter Sciretta
Penn and McAvoy are Conspirators
15 September 2009 5:15 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Robin Wright Penn and James McAvoy have joined the cast of Robert Redford’s The Conspirator, a period piece following the events that occurred immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
This will be the first film of Redford’s after Lions for Lambs, and will be scripted by television writer James Solomon.
According to Variety:
Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent.
This film will beat Spielberg’ Lincoln project to the punch by starting production in October. »
- John Cooper
James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn to star in Robert Redford’s The Conspirator
15 September 2009 3:54 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Robert Redford is ready to give directing another shot (no pun intended) with a film that revolves around the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Variety reports that James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn have signed on to star in the film.
The Conspirator tells the story of alleged conspirator Mary Surratt (Penn), the lone woman in the group charged with conspiring to kill Lincoln. Surratt’s attorney, Frederick Aiken (McAvoy), reluctantly defends her and eventually grows to believe she’s innocent.
The film will be the first financed by the American Film Co. headed by Joe Ricketts. The company was formed with the goal of creating historically accurate American stories. To help achieve this goal, Lincoln assassination experts Thomas Turner and Us Army regimental historian Col. Fred Borch will be advisers on the project.
Redford’s last directing project Lions for Lambs was a flop, even with big names »
- David Pohl
McAvoy and Wright Penn to Kill President Lincoln
14 September 2009 12:36 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
After almost 150 years, it's about time they finally solved this damned case. You'd think that with as high a profile as President Lincoln had they would have captures his killers by now, but it appears as if they've finally uncovered that it was James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn all along. As punishment, the two actors (whoever heard of an actor killing anybody?) will be starring in The Conspirator, a movie being directed by Robert Redford about the events following the assassination in Ford's Theater. According to Variety, Wright Penn will be playing Mary Surratt, the famous figure who aided in the assassination plot by handing off pistols and field glasses for the conspirators to pick up after the shooting as they made their way into hiding. She was, as you remember from your history class, the first woman ever executed by the federal government. McAvoy will be playing Bilbo Baggins Frederick Aiken, the »
- Dr. Cole Abaius
McAvoy, Penn ready to be a 'Conspirator'
14 September 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will star in the Robert Redford-directed "The Conspirator," the period drama based on true events following the assassination of President Lincoln.According to Variety, Redford will produce with Wildwood Enterprises' Greg Shapiro and Bill Holderman and American Film Company executives Robert Stone, Webster Stone and Brian Falk.James Solomon wrote the script. Redford last directed "Lions for Lambs."Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, a Civil War hero who reluctantly defends Surratt and in the process comes to believe she is innocent.The American Film Company has hired Pulitzer Prize winner James McPherson, Lincoln assassination expert Thomas Turner and U.S. »
- Adnan Tezer
James McAvoy And Robin Wright Penn Join Robert Redford's 'The Conspirator'
14 September 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Steven Spielberg has long planned an Abraham Lincoln-centric biopic, but it looks like actor-director Robert Redford is going to beat the "Indiana Jones" filmmaker to the punch. However, where Spielberg's vision purported to tell of Lincoln's life, Redford is instead focusing squarely on the slavery abolishing president's death.
Variety reports that Robert Redford will direct actors James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn in "The Conspirator," the American Film Company-produced period piece that focuses on the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination.
In the movie, McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who comes to the defense of Mary Surratt (Wright Penn), the lone female member of a group accused of conspiring to kill the president. Skeptical of Surratt at first, Aiken eventually becomes convinced of the woman's innocence.
The Redford-directed film is based on a true story, which American Film Company's Joe Rickets described to »
- Josh Wigler
McAvoy And Penn Cast In Redford’s ‘The Conspirator’
14 September 2009 9:59 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Last month we reported on the fact that Lions for Lambs director, Robert Redfrod, is going to be making a movie called The Conspirator about Mary Surratt, the alleged co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, the man responsible for President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. And today we learn that two of the primary cast members have been found: James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
McAvoy was already said to be at the top of the list of actors for one of the lead roles, and Variety is today confirming his casting. Penn will play (what is presumably) the lead role of Mary Surratt, the woman who in real life was tried and hanged (the first woman ever to be executed by the United States federal government, Fyi) for her alleged role in the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, a young war hero who reluctantly defends Surratt »
- Ross Miller
McAvoy Joins Redford's Conspiracy
13 September 2009 11:12 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
James McAvoy has signed on for The Conspirator; Robert Redford's true-life historical drama about the events following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Robin Wright Penn will be co-starring.The script is by James Solomon, who also wrote Redford's Lions For Lambs. McAvoy will play Frederick Aiken, the lawyer defending Penn's Mary Surratt in the wake of the assassination. Surratt was the only woman charged among the conspirators, and was the first woman to be executed by the United States Federal Government, in 1865. Her trial was somewhat irregular as she was a civilian convicted by miltary tribunal. There's a school of thought that her major "crime" was to be the mother of the conspirator John Surratt, and that her arrest was designed to flush him out of hiding.Variety reports that this is the first film to come under the banner of entrepreneur Joe Ricketts' American Film Co: formed »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 2) - Spotlight on Films from the UK
5 September 2009 9:38 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
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- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera? »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 2) - Spotlight on Films from the UK
5 September 2009 9:38 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
- - -
- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera? »
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 2) - Spotlight on Films from the UK
5 September 2009 9:38 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
In Part 2 of tMF's 50 Essential Foreign Films, we're listing down our UK Top 10. This means the list is not limited to English films and include movies which essentially are either about the whole United Kingdom or predominantly so or about someone from London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast or from any other places in the UK.
- - -
- - - Taking note of how to define what is a British Film. Aside from the British Film Institute, there are a lot of lists that feature British cinema's best. There is one particular issue that The Guardian pointed out, which at some point, was an important consideration in our own list of 10. A few days ago, The Observer published the Best British Films poll, to which it was pointed out:
... how to define a British film. Did it need to be shot here? Funded here? Feature predominantly British talent, in front and behind the camera? »
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