• George Clooney is attached to star in and produce an untitled crime film written by Argo scribe Chris Terrio. Filmmaker Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy) is attached to direct and produce, along with Clooney’s producing partner Grant Heslov. And that’s all we got for this one, folks — the details of the script remain top secret. Probably not a sci-fi adventure set in the Persian desert, though. [Variety]
• Inglourious Basterds’ Daniel Brühl is logging onto the untitled Wikileaks movie as Daniel Domscheit-Berg (gesundheit!), the man who helped Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch – i.e. Benny Batch) build his site for clandestine government secrets.
• Inglourious Basterds’ Daniel Brühl is logging onto the untitled Wikileaks movie as Daniel Domscheit-Berg (gesundheit!), the man who helped Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch – i.e. Benny Batch) build his site for clandestine government secrets.
- 11/29/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
A new Aussie drama Violet Town, directed by Mark Joffe (Spotswood) is an adaptation of Steven Carroll’s novel ‘The Art Of The Engine Driver.’
The Lawless thesp Guy Pearce and the former Bond Girl Rosamund Pike will reportedly play in a 1957-set tale about a couple who attend a neighbor’s New Year’s Eve party where buried secrets are revealed.
Penned by Matt Cameron, Bryan Brown (Cocktail) also stars, probably as another guest at the party.
Here’s the book synopsis:
There they are, still as a photograph, listening for the distant thud of the sun as it prepares to drop from the sky …On a hot summer’s night, a family of three are off to a party in their bristling suburbia. But nothing is as it seems and soon we are walking with them through the past lives of a bully, a drunk and a disaffected youth.
The Lawless thesp Guy Pearce and the former Bond Girl Rosamund Pike will reportedly play in a 1957-set tale about a couple who attend a neighbor’s New Year’s Eve party where buried secrets are revealed.
Penned by Matt Cameron, Bryan Brown (Cocktail) also stars, probably as another guest at the party.
Here’s the book synopsis:
There they are, still as a photograph, listening for the distant thud of the sun as it prepares to drop from the sky …On a hot summer’s night, a family of three are off to a party in their bristling suburbia. But nothing is as it seems and soon we are walking with them through the past lives of a bully, a drunk and a disaffected youth.
- 11/28/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Guy Pearce appeared in an eclectic batch of films this year, and 2013 promises more from him. But he’s also locked in a job for later in the year, signing on to co-star with Rosamund Pike in Mark Joffe’s Violet Town.Matt Cameron wrote the script, based on Steven Carroll’s 2001 novel The Art Of The Engine Driver. Set in 1957, the book’s plot sees a couple attending a neighbour’s New Year’s party, but discovering more than just boozy friends and long countdowns to midnight – buried secrets are unearthed, putting their relationship in jeopardy.Bryan Brown is attached to co-star, and Joffe plans to have the cameras whirring by the end of summer next year.Pike’s next appearance will be in Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise, and she’s also part of the cast for Nick Hornby adaptation A Long Way Down. She’s most recently...
- 11/28/2012
- EmpireOnline
Whatever Guy Pearce does, we're going to sit up and pay attention. Over the past year and a half or so, the actor has played a charming cad in Todd Haynes' breathtaking "Mildred Pierce," tried on his action hero pants for "Lockout," popped up in "Prometheus" and sneered his way through "Lawless." He's got a number of interesting movies on the way with an equally diverse slate, with everything from "Iron Man 3" to "Like Crazy" director Drake Doremus' next effort on his plate. And now another intriguing movie is being added to his schedule. Pearce is joining the lovely Rosamund Pike and Bryan Brown for "Violet Town." Based on Steven Carroll’s novel "The Art of the Engine Driver," the 1957-set story follows a couple that attend a neighbor's New Year's Eve party that results in some life altering revelations. Mark Joffe ("Spotswood") is at the helm for this one.
- 11/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The beautiful English ingénue Rosamund Pike first drew notice Stateside in 2005's Pride and Prejudice, where she played the loving Jane Bennet opposite the Oscar-nominated Keira Knightley. Though roles followed in the Anthony Hopkins/Ryan Gosling vehicle Fracture and the Oscar-nominated biopic An Education, Pike hasn't yet blown up. Coming up she'll appear in supporting parts in Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher and Simon Pegg's Hector and the Search for Happiness, but thankfully a leading role is in her future, thanks to a forthcoming drama out of Australia. In their first joint venture Mushroom Pictures and Morrissey Molloy Entertainment are producing an adaptation of Steven Carroll.s novel The Art Of The Engine Driver penned by Matt Cameron. The film, rechristened Violet Town, centers on a married couple attending a New Years Eve Party in 1957 Melbourne. But what should be a night of joy and frivolity turns dramatic when...
- 11/28/2012
- cinemablend.com
Guy Pearce, Rosamund Pike and Bryan Brown are set to star in Mark Joffe's "Violet Town" at Essential Media and Entertainment, Mushroom Pictures and Morrissey Molloy Entertainment.
Based on Steven Carroll’s 2001 novel "The Art Of The Engine Driver," the 1957-set tale follows various characters who're attending a neighbor’s New Year’s Eve party where secrets are revealed.
Amongst the characters there's a bully, a drunk, a restless girl and a young boy forced to grow up before he is ready.
Matt Cameron adapted the script, Ian Collie is producing, and shooting kicks off in the third quarter of next year.
Source: Screen Daily...
Based on Steven Carroll’s 2001 novel "The Art Of The Engine Driver," the 1957-set tale follows various characters who're attending a neighbor’s New Year’s Eve party where secrets are revealed.
Amongst the characters there's a bully, a drunk, a restless girl and a young boy forced to grow up before he is ready.
Matt Cameron adapted the script, Ian Collie is producing, and shooting kicks off in the third quarter of next year.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 11/28/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. Violet Town is directed by Mark Joffe and is an adaptation of Steven Carroll’s novel The Art Of The Engine Driver, a 1957-set tale about a couple who attend a neighbor’s New Year’s Eve party where buried secrets are revealed. Guy Pearce and Rosamund Pike will play the couple in the pic, which is due to begin shooting in third-quarter 2013. Bryan Brown is also attached to the Matt Cameron script, which is co-produced by Essential Media and Entertainment’s Ian Collie. The feature is the first from an Aussie film and TV production co-venture between Mushroom Pictures and Morrissey Molloy Entertainment. Formed in 2011, the partnership also is co-producing The Road To Freedom Peak, a feature-length documentary that follows former child soldier Jonathan Okwir and journalist Corrin Varady as they ride bicycles across three East African countries. Varady’s...
- 11/28/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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