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We take time for granted and it’s odd how a year can completely change your life. Ben Affleck was struggling to get his acting career off the ground with only bit parts in relatively ignored films bar, in what would become a recurring role with Kevin Smith, Mallrats and Chasing Amy. It has been said [...]
Screenwriter Aaron Stockard is two for two so far. Back in 2007, he co-wrote Ben Affleck’s Oscar-nominated directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, which was an exceptional debut for both Affleck in the director’s chair and Stockard in the writer’s. Three years later, the pair re-teamed for Affleck’s second film, The Town, which went straight to [...]
Ben Affleck competes for the title of Hollywood’s most in demand director with two big gigs in the works, one featuring his old Good Will Hunting buddy, and another which marks quite a departure from his previous work. Collider are reporting that the duo may reteam (it hasn’t been officially announced as yet) in a [...]
After circling a number of projects following the box office and critical success of last year’s The Town, Ben Affleck may have found his next directorial outing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Affleck is in early talks to direct a political thriller called Argo for producer’s George Clooney and Grant Heslov. An adaptation of a [...]
The Town is the latest venture for Ben Affleck as both director and actor working on a script which came originally from the book, Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan. According to the info on the movie, over 300 bank robberies take place in Boston every year which makes this the perfect place for The [...]
The Ben Affleck directed movie, The Town hits DVD and Blu-ray on the 31st January and if you’ve not seen it, it’s absolutely worth checking out. Jon, Gary and I all saw it during it’s theatrical run and really enjoyed it and you can read gary’s review here. Affleck also starred in the movie alongside [...]
Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck (“Good Will Hunting,” “Gone Baby Gone”) directs and stars in THE TOWN, available to own on DVD and an action-packed Blu-ray Triple Play (loaded with extended cut and extra features), on Jan 31st. Can’t wait that long… Then you can pre-order yourself a copy here or rent a copy here. [...]
Gemma Arterton (recently seen as Tamara Drewe) has been cast as the female lead in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, TheWrap have confirmed. Arterton will star opposite Jeremy Renner (The Town) in Paramount Pictures’ dark action thriller. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters follows the siblings from the famous fairy tale as adult bounty hunters bent [...]
The Producers Guild of America announced the nominations for the 2011 Producers Guild Awards. Highly acclaimed films The Social Network, True Grit, 127 Hours and Black Swan are all nominated in the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures category, with Toy Story 3, Despicable Me and How to Train Your Dragon competing for the Outstanding [...]
The nominees for the 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were revealed earlier today. Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech and David O. Russell’s The Fighter lead this year’s film nominees, while Modern Family leads the television section. The 17th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will take place om January 30, 2011 and air on TNT/TBS [...]
The nominees for the 68th Golden Globe awards have just been announced at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk was joined by Katie Holmes, Josh Duhamel and Blair Underwood to reveal the list of nominees. The 68th annual Golden Globe Awards, hosted by comedian Ricky Gervais, will [...]
Black Swan, the forthcoming psychological ballet thriller from acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky, picked up an unprecedented twelve nominations at the annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The King’s Speech and True Grit follow closely with eleven nominations each, while The Social Network and Inception each accumulated nine. The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will take place on [...]
Ben Affleck’s second directorial effort The Town has now hit cinemas to considerable critical acclaim (you can read our wholly positive review here) and it’s doing pretty well at the box office as well, scooping up around $60m worldwide so far. Warner Bros seem thoroughly pleased and are looking for the next project with which [...]
Oliver Stone’s belated sequel to 1987’s Wall Street has gone straight to the top of the US box office this weekend. Michael Douglas (reprising his role as deviant, underhanded broker Gordon Gekko) is joined by Shia LaBeouf and it-girl of the moment Carey Mulligan (playing Gekko’s estranged daughter) in this follow-up (entitled Money Never Sleeps), [...]
The Town is released in UK cinemas today and to celebrate Warner Bros. have sent us two brand new clips from the new movie. The Town is directed by/stars Ben Affleck with a supporting cast which includes Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper. We’ve had rather a lot of coverage [...]
Our friends from Upbeat went along to the UK Premiere of The Town last night and got to speak with actor / director, Ben Affleck and his co-star, Rebecca Hall for the movie. Our review of The Town went up earlier along with a Q&A that Em attended a couple of days ago with Affleck [...]
On Sunday night HeyUGuys had a big night out at The Town – Ben Affleck’s Town to be precise. London’s Odeon Leicester Square hosted a very special screening of the US box office smash followed by a Q&A with the talented director/lead and his beautiful co-star Rebecca Hall. You may read Gary’s thoughts on the [...]
The Town is the second stint in the director’s chair for Ben Affleck and on the strength of the excellent trailer (see it here) it was one of my most anticipated movies of 2010. The Town is set in a Boston suburb called Charlestown which in real life has produced more bank robbers and armored [...]
