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The adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s critically acclaimed 2001 novel, The Corrections, has long been in the making, and has recently transitioned from its initial expected film adaptation to be turned into a series for HBO. We heard late last year that the brilliant Ewan McGregor had signed on to join Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest [...]
One of the handful of British talents well known and loved on beyond our shores, and in my opinion one of the finest actors working at the moment, Ewan McGregor is now set to join Oscar-nominated writer-director Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed novel, The Corrections, Deadline report. The adaptation has been set up [...]
It would appear that Noah Baumbach clicked creatively with the star of his previous feature, Ben Stiller (so good as the whiney misanthrope Greenberg in the director’s film of the same name). The two are already in the process of putting together a new project. Vulture is reporting that the two are working on a [...]
Who better than Carla Gugino to partner Jim Carrey in the big screen adaptation of the classic kids book I’ve never heard of, Mr Popper’s Penguins? Not so long ago we reported that Carrey had pipped Owen Wilson and Jack Black to the post of Mr Popper who, according to Variety, …is a high-powered, New [...]
We reported in February that Ben Stiller was being lined up to front a heist movie for Universal, now it appears several changes have been made to the project, with a new director lined up. Deadline have today confirmed that Universal have green lit the project, now titled Tower Heist. Ben Stiller has inked a [...]
Jim Carrey has officially been cast in the kids film, Mr. Poppers Penguins, Deadline are reporting. Carrey beat out other contenders, including Jack Black and Owen Wilson, to nab the lead role in a film that was originally set to be a collaboration between director Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller. Mr. Poppers Penguins centres on a modest [...]
In their mocking of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s, the CEO of Dreamworks Animation, Deadline overlooked an intriguing snippet of information regarding the studio’s Madagascar 3. In a memo from Katzenberg, who appears to have in turn missed another memo describing the death of txt tlk, he explains “Met with Mad3 team to review 60pgs of rewrite done by [...]
Before the world descends into football fever why not catch up with all the latest film chatter with your weekly edition of the Mouth Off podcast? Bit of a special one tonight as we have an exclusive interview with the director of the forthcoming film Death and Cremation, Justin Steele, whose generosity and candour was [...]
Greenberg is a clever, cautious and ultimately beautiful film which benefits from the twin talents of Ben Stiller and Greta Grewig under Noah Baumbach’s assured direction. Fans of the director will find his new film replete with understated performances and a naturalistic tone, rendered here wonderfully. Equally, detractors won’t be converted, but this is not [...]
Noah Baumbach’s triumphant return to the cinema sees Ben Stiller give an amazing performance as Roger Greenberg, a reclusive, introverted failed musician searching for a guiding light, whom he finds in the painfully shy Florence (Greta Gerwig). Greenberg is their story, and is out in UK cinemas on the 11th of June, and to celebrate [...]
Here’s the new trailer for Ben Stiller’s latest movie, Greenberg which is directed by Noah Baumbach. The movie also stars Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Juno Temple and is directed by Noah Baumback. Greenberg seems to have moved away from Stiller’s usual style of comedy and has become somewhat [...]
