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Hugh Jackman Starring In Antoine Fuqua's Prisoners?
18 December 2009 10:34 AM, PST
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Back in September we told you that Training Day director Antoine Fuqua had his eye on Prisoners, a script about two families coping after their two youngest daughters go missing. Now Coming Soon has picked up on a piece in the local Connecticut paper Valley Independent Sentinel that says Prisoners will be filming in the Derby and Shelton area soon-- and Hugh Jackman may be starring.
The piece is mostly about the city of Derby giving permission for the film to use the town's seal and location, and the Jackman thing comes from the vaguely worded sentence "Local officials said they've been told Hugh Jackman is attached to the movie." Filming starts in February, which leaves plenty of time for official casting announcements to show up. But Hugh Jackman as a protective parents tracking down a kidnapper? He's no Liam Neeson, but I can see it working.
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
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Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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- Garth Franklin
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part One
15 December 2009 7:47 AM, PST
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After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.
Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.
Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.
13
Opens: 2010
Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent
Director: Géla Babluani
Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The
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- Garth Franklin
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2009 Black List Announced
13 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST
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Since 2004, Universal Pictures executive Franklin Leonard has been compiling The Black List. As its website states, The Black List is "an annual list of Hollywood's most liked unproduced screenplays published on the second Friday of December each year." All of the scripts are in some stage of development and two of the top ten scripts are already in production.
Entertainment Weekly got the exclusive on the top 10 (well, really, 11 because there was a tie) and Nikki Finke has posted additional details for the entire list.
You can download the whole list in Pdf from the official website.
Here's an excerpt of some of the top choices (thanks EW!):
1. The Muppet Man
By Christopher Weekes
What it’s about: The life and times of the late Jim Henson (pictured), the man behind Sesame
Street and The Muppets.
What it’s like: The Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, but with puppets.
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2009 Black List: Most Liked Scripts in Hollywood
12 December 2009 2:19 PM, PST
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Since 2004, Franklin Leonard — now an exec at Universal — has compiled a list of the “most liked” scripts in Hollywood. What started as a means to find good reading material for the Christmas holiday has become an annual tradition in December. Players from various Hollywood businesses (this year the number of people grew to 311) select their top 10 favorite scripts and the votes shake out into “The Black List.”
These elite scripts typically get noticed by agencies and studios around town and wind up on the screen or the Academy category for “Best Original/Adapted Screenplay.” In an industry where unoriginality means financial blockbuster, “The Black List” is a reminder that talented screenwriters still exist.
The number one script (out of 97) with 47 mentions is newcomer Christopher Weekes’ The Muppet Man, a biopic about late puppeteer Jim Henson. The Jim Henson Company has purchased the rights and is producing.
The second script is
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- Jeff Leins
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The 2009 Black List Revealed
11 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST
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Since 2004, Franklin Leonard releases The Black List every December. It’s a list of best read scripts that’s complied from the suggestions of agents assistants, managers, film executives, and whoever else he gets to contribute. While last year had 260 people contribute, this year’s had 97 scripts from 311 contributors. Most of the scripts on the list are in some stage of development in the studio system, and it’s been said that a high listing can help move your project forward. What I’m trying to say is, the list is very important in Hollywood and many people try extremely hard to land in the top ten.
So now that you’re curious, hit the jump to check out the top ten on the 2009 Black List:
Of course big thanks to Entertainment Weekly for posting the list. If you can, hit the link to show some appreciation. And for more on The Black List,
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- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
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Exclusive: 'The Black List' -- Top 11 unproduced screenplays of 2009
11 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST
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Last December, we introduced you to Franklin Leonard and The Black List, the list of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Since then, Leonard has been named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top 35 executives under 35 working in Hollywood and his list has gained even more prominence. This year's list consists of 97 scripts with 311 people contributing to the ranking -- up from 260 in 2008. The top 10 (actually, 11, thanks to a tie in 10th place) is filled with mostly up-and-comers, with the exception of Aaron Sorkin and David Scarpa. All of the scripts are in some stage of development around Hollywood,
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- Nicole Sperling
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'Brooklyn's Finest' - Great trailer from the Overture Films crime drama.
11 December 2009 12:58 AM, PST
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See the trailer for Trailer the Overture Films' release starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Ellen Barkin, and Wesley Snipes.
It's good to Snipes back on the big screen once again, away from the buffet of vid rentals. Welcome back Wes. Hits theaters on March 5th next year. I'll be sure to have a look at this one.
In the course of one chaotic week, the lives of three conflicted New York City police officers are dramatically transformed by their involvement in a massive drug operation in Brooklyn’s Finest, a searing new crime drama from acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day).
Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Golden Globe®-winner Richard Gere) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida (Oscar® nominee Ethan Hawke) has discovered there’s no line he won’t cross to provide a better life
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Trailer - Gere, Hawke, Cheadle Are 'Brooklyn's Finest'
8 December 2009 1:53 PM, PST
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At long last, Antoine Fuqua's Brooklyn's Finest will finally hit theaters early next year. It was originally going to be an early fall 2009 release, I believe, but by the time it gets here, it will be nearly two years after the film went into production.
Don't pin it on the film itself, however. Brooklyn's Finest was one of several independently produced movies picked up by Senator Distribution. That company didn't last very long, and in fact, the biggest release it had during its very short run was last year's The Informers. It bombed, the company couldn't raise money to market the rest of its 2009 schedule, and just like that, this film and a few others had to start the distribution marathon from scratch. Senator acquired this property at Sundance in January, and by June, it was more or less out of business.
But Overture pulled this one out of the ashes,
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- Colin Boyd
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Rhymes Trouble Brings Problems To Berenger Movie Set
6 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST
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Movie star Tom Berenger's new movie was stalled over legal issues concerning co-star Busta Rhymes.
The Training Day star wasn't shooting scenes with the rapper/actor, but a fight in a New York club involving Rhymes still impacted him on the set of Breaking Point.
Berenger admits he's still unsure about the full facts of what went down but he knows producers had to scrabble locations around to make sure his co-star could film his scenes.
He tells WENN, "There was a whole thing with Busta Rhymes and the New York police on day one when I got there. I shot all my scenes that day in downtown Manhattan but they weren't with him so it didn't really affect me.
"There was something that had happened in a club involving him, where somebody had pulled a gun out or something like that. I really don't recall the details but they were forbidden to shoot because of safety concerns. I never entirely understood it.
"The location department had to whip up a bunch of new locations that involved him."
And Berenger quickly realised who was the biggest star on set when he learned how everything was revolving around Rhymes' schedule: "We had to shoot scenes with him over in Bayonne and Hoboken, New Jersey all in a row because he had to get to a concert in Portugal."
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Richard Gere’s “Brooklyn’s Finest” Trailer
6 December 2009 5:53 AM, PST
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Overture Films has debuted a trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s crime drama “Brooklyn’s Finest.”
Brooklyn’s Finest | Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke
The movie which stars Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Don Cheadle, Jesse Williams, Ellen Barkin, Wesley Snipes, Lili Taylor, Brian F. O’Byrne, Shannon Kane, Will Patton and Vincent D’Onofrio revolves around three unconnected New York cops who find themselves drawn to the same dangerous location.
Plot Summary: Burned out veteran Eddie Dugan (Richard Gere) is just one week away from his pension and a fishing cabin in Connecticut. Narcotics officer Sal Procida (Ethan Hawke) has discovered there’s no line he won’t cross to provide a better life for his long-suffering wife and seven children. And Clarence “Tango” Butler (Don Cheadle) has been undercover so long his loyalties have started to shift from his fellow police officers to his prison buddy Caz (Wesley Snipes), one
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Brooklyn's Finest gets a trailer
4 December 2009 3:44 AM, PST
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The trailer for Antoine Fuqua's new film has hit the web.
Brooklyn's Finest appears to cover similar ground to Fuqua's Training Day, which is no bad thing.
The film follows three New York cops whose loyalties and morals are tested over the space of seven days.
It looks like it could be a return to form for Fuqua after so-so movies Tears of the Sun, King Arthur and Shooter.
Cheesy voiceover-man aside, the trailer shows a lot of promise, and looks like Ethan Hawke could deliver another decent performance for Fuqua.
It might...
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Brooklyn's Finest Trailer Hits Net
4 December 2009 3:19 AM, PST
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The latest film from Training Day director Antoine Fuqua is due out in the spring, but Apple have got the trailer now.
In one of New York's most infamously dangerous police precincts, a clean-up operation sends three officers (Richard Gerebox's veteran who's one week away from retiring, Don Cheadle's detective who's deep undercover and Ethan Hawke's corruptible narc) hurtling to towards the same violent showdown.
Check out the trailer for Brooklyn's Finest over at Apple and let us know what you think.
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Shane Ryan's Warning!!! Pedophile Released and Tom Berenger in Breaking Point
4 December 2009 2:53 AM, PST
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In theatres Friday, on DVD Tuesday
In theatres Friday (Dec 4) from Cinema Epoch and Lionsgate Films is the new film Breaking Point, starring Tom Berenger (Training Day), Busta Rhymes (Narc, Halloween: Resurrection), Kirk "Sticky Fingaz" Jones (Dead Presidents, A Day in the Life) and Armand Assante (Ridley Scott's American Gangster).
Opening at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood, CA, the Laemmle Fallbrook 7 in West Hills, CA and the Culver Plaza Theaters in Culver City, CA.
http://www.laemmle.com/
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On DVD Tuesday (Dec 8) from Cinema Epoch is the new film Warning!!! Pedophile Released. An .ambitious and powerful experimental film. (La Times) from director Shane Ryan starring Kai Lanette (Amateur Porn Star Killer 2), Joanna Angel (Breath of
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Brooklyn's Finest Movie Trailer Released!
4 December 2009 12:39 AM, PST
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Cop movies usually come in a set flavour. You've got your grizzled veteran a week away from retiring. Your otherwise honorable plod who has to go crooked to provide for his family. And the undercover type who gets in a little too deep. But with Brooklyn's Finest, you get them all blended together like a street-flavoured policeshake!
The trailer for Antoine Fuqua's latest is now online at Apple and does indeed feature every one of the archetypes listed above. Richard Gere's the burned-out lifetimer counting the minutes until he can start fishing, Ethan Hawke's the man trying to keep his big family happy and Don Cheadle is the cop whose loyalties are shifting from his comrades to former prison buddy/drug kingpin Wesley Snipes.
The three officers all find themselves caught up with the NYPD's attempt to clean up a notorious housing project and, over seven days,
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Brooklyn’s Finest Trailer #1: Three of the Eight Million Stories from the Naked City
4 December 2009 12:35 AM, PST
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Antoine Fuqua reunites with his Training Day star Ethan Hawke for another cop tale, this time set in Brooklyn, NY. (Did the title give it away?) Hawke is joined by Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes in this three-part story that premiered at Sundance this year. Now there's a trailer, after the break.
Apple has the trailer, which you can see there in HD if the YouTube embed isn't good enough. The film tells three stories: Gere is a cop with seven days left in his career, who is saddled with a young recruit in his last week. Hawke is a financially troubled married father with more kids on the way, who considers stealing some drug money to ease his troubles. Cheadle is a deep undercover cop assigned to set up and take down a thug (Snipes) with whom he has a history. The three stories eventually collide in
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Up in the Air Very Likable
4 December 2009 12:25 AM, PST
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I probably got the wrong message from Up in the Air. You.re probably supposed to think that this is an unfulfilling life and should be considered tragic. I thought it was about how you can make something positive out of it. Even if you.re on the go, self-sustaining and work in a negative field, you can do a little good. So that maybe wrong, but I still liked Up in the Air.
Review: Up in the Air
It.s got a Thank You For Smoking vibe in the way it explains Ryan Bingham (George Clooney).s job. The editing is high energy covering all the disgruntled possibilities of people Bingham has to fire, his suitcase prep routine and his efficient airport security process.
I.m always fascinated by the secret industries we don.t know about. Firing people is a real industry that needs rules and sustaining systems,
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Trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s Upcoming Film Brooklyn’S Finest Starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, and Ethan Hawke
3 December 2009 7:19 PM, PST
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The trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s new film Brooklyn’s Finest has just come online and I don’t believe what I’m seeing. By returning to the setting of his breakthrough film Training Day, has Fuqua made his first good movie since that film? And now with Ethan Hawke playing the dirty cop role, is he going to hold his own along side Richard Gere and Don Cheadle? It all looks that way because Brooklyn’s Finest, which garnered a positive response at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, seems like a pretty damn good movie.
Click over to check out the trailer and hit the jump to read a synopsis. Brooklyn’s Finest hits theaters on March 5, 2010.
Click over to Apple to see the trailer in HD.
For those just tuning in, here’s the official synopsis:
In the course of one chaotic week, the lives of three
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Brooklyn's Finest Trailer Arrives
3 December 2009 6:17 PM, PST
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Cop movies usually come in a set flavour. You've got your grizzled veteran a week away from retiring. Your otherwise honorable plod who has to go crooked to provide for his family. And the undercover type who gets in a little too deep. But with Brooklyn's Finest, you get them all blended together like a street-flavoured policeshake!The trailer for Antoine Fuqua's latest is now online at Apple and does indeed feature every one of the archetypes listed above. Richard Gere's the burned-out lifetimer counting the minutes until he can start fishing, Ethan Hawke's the man trying to keep his big family happy and Don Cheadle is the cop whose loyalties are shifting from his comrades to former prison buddy/drug kingpin Wesley Snipes.The three officers all find themselves caught up with the NYPD's attempt to clean up a notorious housing project and, over seven days,
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Brooklyn's Finest Trailer: Richard Gere Is Ready For Retirement
3 December 2009 3:03 PM, PST
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The new trailer for Brooklyn.s Finest makes it look like a gritty, subtle cop movie in the vein of The Departed but I.m here to tell you not to buy it. It.s the latest from director Antoine Fuqua who gained respect for Training Day and has been spinning his wheels trying to duplicate that success ever since. But it.s becoming increasingly clear that Fuqua.s success was kind of a fluke and even though he.s returned to the genre that made his name in the first place, Brooklyn.s Finest is another failure.
There.s nothing subtle or smart about it. It.s clumsy and hamfisted, an obvious movie about ridiculous cop and criminal stereotypes caught up in a dead-end, ill-conceived plot. You won.t, however, see any of that in the movie.s first trailer. The trailer is actually kind of good and does
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