Barry Levinson to Supervise “The Humbling” of Al Pacino

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Barry Levinson (Sphere, Sleepers, Rain Man) recently directed Al Pacino to Emmy-winning glory as Jack Kevorkian in HBO’s “You Don’t Know Jack”. They are already looking to unite again for “Gotti: Three Generations, but before that they look to be squeezing in another collaboration, The Humbling. The Humbling is an adaptation of the Philip Roth [...]

Al Pacino to Play Record Producer Phil Spector

Fresh from winning an Emmy Award for his portrayal of euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian in HBO movie You Don’t Know Jack, Al Pacino is set to star in another film for the channel. The New York Times bring news that the Hollywood godfather will play eccentric record producer Phil Spector in an (as yet) untitled [...]

Barry Levinson Going to “The Bay” – Eco-Horror Film Next Project

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Barry Levinson has been pretty quiet lately (at least as a director), although he has some genuine masterpieces in his back catalogue (no, not “Sphere”, we’re talking Rain Man, Good Morning Vietnam). Although they were both some time ago, any new project of his should still engage our attention, even if it is unusually (for him) [...]

Barry Levinson Goes Sci-Fi With Isopod

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Production Weekly has tweeted that American screenwriter, actor and director Barry Levinson is set to direct indie sci-fi thriller Isopod. Little is known about the project, other than it is due to enter production next month in the Carolinas. Having been linked to numerous features including Brother Jack, (an adaptation of his own novel Sixty-Six [...]

Bruckheimer Hires Scriptwriters for Apaches

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Back in 1997, my favourite producer, Mr Jerry Bruckheimer bought the film rights to Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book, ‘Apaches’. Carcaterra has previously brought us the novel ‘Sleepers’ which was then turned into an amazing movie by director Barry Levinson. Bruckheimer has had a few different screenwriters give the novel a going over to see if they [...]