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Rian Johnson is no stranger to ambition. His first feature, Brick, was made for under $500,000 and featured the sort of dialogue you’d expect from a know-it-all trying to ape Dashiell Hammett, and that’s precisely what it was, but it was really quite good. He then followed that up with The Brothers Bloom, an ambitious [...]
Rian Johnson, director of upcoming science-fiction thriller Looper, has given fans a New Year’s present of a picture of himself sat inside a pod-like structure, leaving fans speculating what part of the film’s set this mechanism could be. Looper takes place in the future and follows a killer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who works for the mob, [...]
Following Brick with The Brothers Bloom cemented director Rian Johnson’s reputation as a master storyteller. There were a few dissenting voices who didn’t enjoy the conman capers of Stephen and Bloom but I loved it, and found myself intrigued as word of Johnson’s follow up reached us, and now we’ve got a first look at [...]
The Judd Apatow produced comedy Five Year Engagement has been on the cards for three years already, with a 2008 Variety article announcing the plan for the Forgetting Sarah Marshall co-writers and director and star Nicholas Stoller and Jason Segel to develop the ‘bawdy, couples comedy, about an eventful five year – well, you know [...]
A number of set photos have appeared online from Endgame Entertainment’s currently-in-production sci-fi thriller Looper. Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick), Looper stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Xu Qing, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels and Piper Perabo. A killer who works for the mob of the future recognizes one of his targets as his future self. [...]
Some more names have been added to the already impressive cast of Rian Johnson’s third feature, the intriguing sci-fi feature, Looper. Variety has confirmed that the always-reliable Jeff Daniels has joined Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt and Paul Dano for the tale of a group of killers who send their victim’s bodies back in [...]
Indie favourite Paul Dano has joined the cast of Rian Johnson’s time travelling thriller, Looper. The Little Miss Sunshine star will play opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt (who headlined Johnson’s debut feature, Brick), Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt in Johnson’s intriguing sci-fi film. The film is set in a near future and involves a group of contract [...]
Vulture are reporting that Emily Blunt will soon be offered the lead female role in a new relationship comedy from Universal, tentatively titled Five-Year Engagement. Five-Year Engagement will be directed by Nicholas Stoller and Blunt will star opposite Jason Segel, who also wrote the screenplay. It follows a couple [that] gets engaged very enthusiastically, and [...]
A representative for Emily Blunt has confirmed to TheWrap that the actress will star alongside Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon Levitt in upcoming time-travel yarn Looper, after Blunt’s name was dropped in a Production Weekly tweet. The film revolves around a group of killers who send their victim’s bodies back in time to cover up [...]
According to Production Weekly, Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada) is interested in joining Rian Johnson’s (The Brothers Bloom) forthcoming sci-fi thriller Looper. Blunt would star opposite Bruce Willis (Red) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception). Johnson’s description of Looper is as follows: Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where time travel [...]
In following up his outstanding debut Brick, Rian Johnson has crafted a playful and engaging comedy blessed with great lead performances, Johnson’s sharp direction and a tight script which leads you around the world in the company of the two of the greatest con artists who ever lived. The titular siblings plot and scheme, and [...]
Rian Johnson’s ambitious sci-fi thriller, Looper, is slated to begin production next January, The Playlist are reporting. Looper will re-unite Johnson with his Brick lead, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, while Bruce Willis will also be involved. A brief synopsis of the film is detailed below: Looper is a time travel movie, set in a near future where [...]
Both Rian Johnson’s Brick and Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World have very unique styles but what would happen if the fictional worlds of these two films collided. Well ponder this question no longer as the members of the Rian Johnson forum have begun using the Scott Pilgrim Avatar creator to turn the characters [...]
The Brothers Bloom is the second feature from writer/director Rian Johnson and stars Adrien Brody (Bloom), Mark Ruffalo (Stephen) and Rachel Weisz (Penelope). Stephen and Bloom are con men who decide to carry out an intricate con on the beautiful, wealthy and eccentric Penelope. Following the success of Rian Johnson’s debut feature, Brick, at Sundance [...]
Over at the Rian Johnson forums there is a really interesting post by ‘sarahalyse’ which collects a variety of posters for The Brothers Bloom from around the world. You can visit the forum and see the post here. This is particularly interesting as the original US poster for The Brothers Bloom was pretty poor and [...]
Having trotted through time in Terry Gilliam’s sublime Twelve Monkeys, Bruce Willis will be on familiar ground when he steps into Rian Johnson’s next film, Looper. Johnson’s third feature already has Joseph Gordon-Levitt on board for this film, which revolves around a team of hitmen whose victims are sent back from the future and killed [...]
Jon and Craig got to see The Brothers Bloom a couple of weeks ago and came out of the cinema raving about it. If you know nothing about the movie, you can check out the trailer here. The movie is Rian Johnson’s follow up to his rather quirky but excellent movie, Brick, and has been [...]
There’s much expectation for Rian Johnson’s next film, Looper, which will reunite the director with his Brick lead, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. At the time of the casting news above there was only a few details known about the plot, its time travel with hitmen concept was interesting but now there’s a little more meat on the [...]
Heat Vision have the news that (500) Days of Summer star Joseph Gordon-Levitt is currently in talks to star in a couple of new action films. One is the David Koepp directed chase thriller Premium Rush, which sounds fine, if a little by the numbers – Koepp’s previous films include Stir of Echoes, Secret Window [...]
Rian Johnson’s follow up to his critically lauded film Brick has been out in the States long enough to make many people’s top 10 lists last year, indeed it’s out to buy on DVD right now, luckily us Brits have the pleasure of meeting with The Brothers Bloom on the 4th of June 2010. A [...]
