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Catherine Keener (Where the Wild Things Are) is in early talks to star opposite Tom Hanks (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close) in Captain Phillips. Based on true events, Captain Phillips centers on Richard Phillips (Hanks), a sea captain who allows himself to be taken hostage by Somali pirates when his ship comes under attack. Kenner is [...]
Hollywood’s next dalliance with pirates will be a very different beast to that of those light-hearted Caribbean escapades. Deadline is reporting that Paul Greengrass (who seems to have spent the last year or so toying with a number of diverse projects) may have finally settled on his next directorial venture. The ‘Bourne’ filmmaker has been [...]
Having elevated the Bourne franchise to its imperious high water mark with Ultimatum, delivered a breath-takingly intelligent and affecting 9/11 drama (United 93) and then delved into Iraq and the non-existent WMD scandal with Green Zone, Paul Greengrass is casting his eye about for another subject to get his teeth into. It has been reported [...]
Following his time in the Green Zone with Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass has been linked to a number of high profile projects, as well as moving in and out of the legacy of the Bourne series now that a fourth film is on the go. Cleopatra, Fantastic Voyage, Treasure Island – all films Greengrass was [...]
We know that despite his involvement in the Bourne franchise producing two of the finest thrillers of recent years, that franchise will, at least for the time being, now continue without him. That of course leaves him with time for other projects, such as Cleopatra, or instead perhaps a thriller about the events leading up [...]
Rumours have been flying around about Sony’s planned 3D Cleopatra extravaganza for a while now. As we reported here, James Cameron was looking at it as a directing gig, with Angelina Jolie on board as the eponymous queen. Although Jolie is still on board, Cameron seems to have moved on to Avatar sequels. Producer Scott [...]
Obviously Jason Bourne and Liberace don’t seem to make obvious bed-fellows and before rumours get started, we are not announcing a Bourne spin-off that segues with a Liberace biopic. Rather, EW recently caught up with Matt Damon while on publicity duties for Clint Eastwood’s latest, Hereafter and he discussed his feelings about the Bourne franchise [...]
Confusion was inevitable. Naming The Bourne Legacy after the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name was destined to provoke assumptions of some relation between the two. While it was reported last week that Tony Gilroy – writer of the first Bourne trilogy who was back behind the keyboard for Bourne 4 – had signed [...]
The studio behind Tales From the Gangster Squad (a much buzzed-about script based on the tales of real-life police Sgt. John O’ Mara’s attempts to bring down gangster Mickey Cohen in 1940s L.A), is currently on the hunt to find a director to helm their flick. While Ben Affleck (riding high on the success of [...]
The story so far… After thrilling the collective pants off us all and becoming hugely influential in doing so, the adaptations of Robert Ludlum’s Bourne series came to what seemed a logical end with 2007′s The Bourne Ultimatum. Then Universal began retracing their steps to that particular well, hoping to again secure the services of [...]
Variety are reporting that more than one month after the UK film council was disbanded by our new coalition government, a proposal is being drawn up for a new plan of action for Britain’s movie business. The abolition sparked controversy both locally and globally, to the extent that Clint Eastwood wrote a letter of protest [...]
MATT DAMON (The Bourne franchise, Invictus, The Informant!) and internationally renowned director PAUL GREENGRASS (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in GREEN ZONE – available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD from 12th July 2010. You can pre-order it here. In the film, U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer [...]
What did we do before Twitter?! For anyone who doesn’t already, you can follow us here. And while you’re there, you should follow one of the world’s greatest movie Producers, Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Hook, The Sixth Sense + a million more!). The man who also producers the Bourne franchise has [...]
April the 1st bought us the news that British director Paul Greengrass was circling the Shane Salerno scripted Fantastic Voyage, a reworking of the 1966 film which miniaturised a team of scientists and injects them into the bloodstream of a defected and dying Soviet. It was heralded as Greengrasses’s first foray into science fiction, and [...]
Yesterday, to coincide with Ridley Scott’s adaptation, starring Russell Crowe and released this week, i looked at the legend of Robin Hood, and why so many movies and TV shows have been based around the popular character. The story of the outlaw that robs from the rich and gives to the poor is certainly compelling, but it got [...]
Last weekend saw Kick-Ass underperform at the box office. Critical reviews of the movie have been great, but the public’s interest in the movie hasn’t drawn. Kick-Ass was one of this year’s most highly anticipated films so far, and hopes for its success were high. We are now about to enter the second third of the [...]
Band of Brothers is rightly regarded as a high point in television drama, and the ten episode mini series is as impressive today (particularly on the blu-ray version) as it was nine years ago. With the series beginning tonight on Sky Movies today is The Pacific Day on HeyUGuys, and we’ve got something very special [...]
Fresh from the critical grilling of the perhaps mis-sold Green Zone, word has broken on what director Paul Greengrass will do next. According to THR Fox are talking to Greengrass about a remake of the 1966 inner-body experience film Fantastic Voyage, about a team of scientists being minaturised and injected into the bloodstream of a [...]
With a deftness of touch much akin to a US government committee on WMDs, the Universal Pictures marketing department set out to convince us that Green Zone was essentially Bourne 4. Much like the controversial reports regarding the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction however, there were those that wanted to believe, those that did believe and [...]
