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Peter Sarsgaard: The Hollywood Interview

21 December 2009 9:12 AM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

(Peter Sarsgaard in An Education, above.)

by Terry Keefe

(Currently appearing in this month's Venice Magazine.)

Like a seal of approval, it’s always a good sign of a film’s merit to see Peter Sarsgaard in the opening credits, because he chooses his projects well, whether it has been in a leading or supporting role. For a few years now, he has been in a strong enough career position that he could opt only to play leads, even if those were in smaller films, but from his film choices, he has also clearly been more interested in the quality of role, and not necessarily the size of the part, or the paycheck. As Mark, the uniquely resourceful slacker best friend of Zach Braff in Garden State, and as Clyde Martin, the protégé in Kinsey, and in his portrayal of real-life New Republic editor Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, and »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—18 December 2009

18 December 2009 8:51 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »

Your Avatar: The journalist and opinion columnist Charles Lane has been getting a lot of smack from various progressive political blogs and bloggers for his criticism of some rhetorical flourishes made by Ezra Klein in wake of Joe Lieberman's...well, we're not really interested in all that at the moment. Anyway, he was recently awarded Atrios' coveted Wanker of the Day award by the influential lefty blogger Atrios, and if you are interested, that blog post will take you where you need to go. Anyway. With all this talk about Lane I got to thinking the same thing I did when I first saw Shattered Glass, and the below photos, I think, competently illuminate my question: "Was there ever a real life figure done more of a favor in his motion picture depiction than Charles Lane?"

So the question here, I suppose, should be two-fold: What are your favorite »

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2009 Black List Announced

13 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST | AMC - Script to Screen | See recent AMC - Script to Screen news »

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. »

- Christina Warren

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The 2009 Black List Revealed

11 December 2009 10:04 AM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

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, »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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Exclusive: 'The Black List' -- Top 11 unproduced screenplays of 2009

11 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

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, »

- Nicole Sperling

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'The Birds. Remake Gets Helmer

3 December 2009 9:35 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

How do you make an interesting movie out of killer birds? That’s what the executives at Platinum Dunes have been trying to figure out.

But since it’s ostensibly a remake of The Birds, the Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic, perhaps one way is hiring a director experienced with rehashes?

According to Coventry Telegraph’s The Geek Files, the production company run by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form has hired Dennis Iliadis, director of the recent remake of The Last House on the Left. Iliadis is expected to deliver an R-rated horror film at a budget of approximately $60 million.

Screenwriter Scott Derrickson has already turned in a script, which like the Hitchcock classic, is based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novella about birds that gather and attack in a California town. Billy Ray and Peter Craig are reportedly doing rewrites on it—and maybe that’s a good thing, »

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Birds Remake Up In The Air

3 December 2009 8:47 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »

Hollywood proves yet again the words: sacred and classic translate as: old and remake needed. The man who revitalised the Bond franchise twice (sounds like one of its title) – Martin Campbell – has jumped ship on this re-do of Alfred Hitchcock’s avian horror, The Birds.

Word on the grapevine (according to Pajiba) is that Last House on the Left’s Dennis lliades is circling the project (I will try and get as many bird-related puns in here as possible). Does this Greek filmmaker have a penchant for remakes? Or is it the only work he can get at present. There was a rumour that Naomi Watts was looking at this, but that hardly seems likely now. It gets even worse: Michael Bay is on producing duties.

Hitchcock’s 1963 chiller nested in the pop cultural conscience despite it not being the auteur’s best. Indeed, the first half of the film, »

- Martyn Conterio

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Breach Director Billy Ray Tackles Somali Pirates

23 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

The movie of the week business used to be the province of television and cable, but with these tougher economic times, big studios are getting into the game, too. Or trying to. Earlier this year Columbia bought the rights to the story of Richard Phillips, the captain held hostage by Somali Pirates this past May before being rescued by Navy Seals. Now the film finally has a writer. The good thing is, the writer is Billy Ray, and if there's anyone who can make this thing work as something more substantive than a movie of the week that's 18 months too late, it might be him. Shattered Glass was great, and Breach was even better. Ok, some of his writing gigs haven't panned out perfectly -- how about Flightplan and to a lesser extent State of Play -- but it's difficult to say that the work he's credited for is what »

- Russ Fischer

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Billy Ray Writing Columbia Pictures’ Somali Pirate Pic

22 October 2009 10:33 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Do you remember that crazy pirate thing that happened earlier this year? Well, just in case if you forgot about how truly crazy that news story was, Columbia Pictures is now aiming to bring it to the big screen as they’ve hired writer Billy Ray (”Breach”, “State of Play”) to write the screenplay, which will tell the story of Captain Richard Phillips.  More after the jump.

In case if you’ve forgotten about what happened back in April, it all started when four Somali pirate hijacked Captain Richard Phillips ship.  This hijacking led to Captain Phillips being held hostage, then trying to escape, and some Navy SEALs having to finally go in and rescue him.  It was pretty intense and since Billy Ray will be writing the film, I’m now expecting a solid thriller.

Variety tells us that Columbia picked up the Captain’s life rights back in May. »

- Ramses Flores

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Viral Loop iPhone App Predictions Game

19 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »

First there was the book, then the Facebook widget, and now the Viral Loop iPhone app, which went officially live today. It just goes to show that marketing a book ain't what it used to be.

While the Facebook application tells you what you're worth in dollars to Facebook based on your level of engagement, your friends' activity level and your "influence"--defined, in part, by how well you spread the app--the Viral Loop iPhone app is a predictions market--the first to earn its own iPhone app. Simply put, users who download the Viral Loop Predictions Market from Apple's app store or iTunes get $10,000 in play money to bet on the future. (If a user runs out of money, there are ways to raise more capital, like, well, buying the book.)

Along with StudioE9, which created both applications, I partnered with InTrade to handle the back end. Initially I'd planned to handle things--creating the predictions, »

- Adam Penenberg

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10 Most Overrated Young Actors

13 October 2009 7:18 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

We've listed down our top 50 hottest young actors and would be coming up with the latest updates very soon. Yesterday, we discussed  about actors we believed to be quite underrated. How about the young actors we consider overrated? That's what this article is for...

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Who qualifies as overrated? Guys who seem to be getting lots of buzz, but has no real talent at all, or perhaps just a small amount of it. I have no issue if an actor gets the cover of GQ or Details or L'Uomo Vogue every month. They can even strut their stuff on the catwalks of Milan and Paris and gain additional media mileage. But to be considered the hottest actor on the planet with nothing to show yet? That is something totally absurd.

Anyway, here's our list of ten just after the jump!

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- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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An Education Movie Review

9 October 2009 2:25 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

I love when I get excited about a film solely for the actors involved. It doesn’t matter what the film is about, as long as actors I like are on screen, I can enjoy it. An Education started out that way, but by the time the credits scrolled upwards, I loved the film as a whole. Peter Sarsgaard (Shattered Glass, Jarhead) and Carey Mulligan (Pride Prejudice, Public Enemies) were the actors I was excited to see. Oh yea, and Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, and Sally Hawkins were thrown in there too. With all that fire power, and a script by Nick Hornby (High Fidelity), who wouldn’t want to see this film?

An Education is a period piece in London, 1962 (post-war, pre-Beatles). It’s rare I make a note during the screening to mention the opening credits in my review, but they were really great in this one! Jenny »

- RyanBoy

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Blu-Ray Review: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck in Thriller ‘State of Play’

3 September 2009 8:23 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – I had some issues with “State of Play” in theaters, but it’s an intelligent thriller that is bound to find an audience on DVD and Blu-Ray and the Universal-produced Blu-Ray of the Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck film is an excellent one, the kind of release that can polish a good film and make it nearly great.

Blu-Ray Rating: 3.5/5.0 The American “State of Play” is a truncated version of the far-superior BBC mini-series that starred Bill Nighy, David Morrissey, John Simm, Kelly Macdonald, and James MacAvoy. Directed by Kevin Macdonald and starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Jason Bateman, and Robin Wright Penn, this version of “State of Play” stands pretty well on its own merits, especially on Blu-Ray, but it’s merely a shadow of its amazing source material.

State of Play was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 1st, 2009.

Photo credit: Universal Home Video »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Christensen's Brother Arrested For Assault

2 September 2009 9:02 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actor Hayden Christensen's producer brother Tove Christensen has been arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon.

Christensen, 36, was arrested early on Wednesday morning after reportedly dragging his girlfriend 30 feet (9.14 metres) as she clung to the side of his car after a heated argument, according to TMZ.com.

Witnesses allege the Shattered Glass producer was behind the wheel when the unidentified woman reached into the vehicle to grab her purse, and Christensen hit the accelerator.

The woman reportedly suffered visible marks on her arm but did not sustain serious injuries.

Christensen, who was arrested at his Los Angeles home, is being held on $30,000 (£20,000) bail. »

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Hayden Christensen Going Back To Playing A Journalist

27 August 2009 7:11 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

The one time in his life Hayden Christensen played a role that was remotely critically acclaimed, it was as disgraced journalist Stephen Glass in Shattered Glass. Perhaps realizing it might be best to just start over again, Christensen is returning to that journalism well, signing on to play a reporter in the supernatural thriller Vanishing in Seventh Street. He's joined in the film by Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo, and all three will play survivors of mysterious shadowy forms that cause people to suddenly disappear. According to THR they'll be filming in Detroit, a brilliant move for a movie set in a once-thriving, now demolished city. The film is directed by Brad Anderson, who made last year's thriller Transsiberian and has directed a handful of Fringe episodes. It seems daring for anyone to film a movie in Detroit, but we'll see if the story can hold up against that one »

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DVD Review: The Last Days of Disco (Criterion Collection)

25 August 2009 12:58 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

I had no idea what to expect from The Last Days of Disco. My experience with Kate Beckinsale began with Pearl Harbor and only goes back as far as Brokedown Palace (a film I don't even remember her in). Chloe Sevigny I didn't really know until 2003's Shattered Glass and have hardly gotten to know her since, outside of her role in Zodiac. On top of all that I had not seen a Whit Stillman feature. So to say I was approaching this one cold is an understatement. Actually, it was as if I was seeing Beckinsale and Sevigny for the very first time as they don't even resemble the actresses they have become, especially Beckinsale. Taking place in the early 1980s, The Last Days of Disco centers on Charlotte (Beckinsale) and Alice (Sevigny), two recent Ivy League college grads working in book publishing and spending their evenings in Manhattan's Studio 54-esque night club. »

- Brad Brevet

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CBS Films Drawn To Gunsmoke

5 August 2009 5:53 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

CBS Films is developing a new feature based on the TV series Gunsmoke with Gregory .National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Poirier drafting a screenplay for producer Craig "Shattered Glass" Baumgarten. The film will focus on the origins of gunfighter 'Marshal Matt Dillon', serving as a prequel to the series, set in the lawless American West. The Gunsmoke TV series, holds the title of the longest-running primetime scripted drama, starring actor James "The Thing" Arness as Dillon, Marshall of 'Dodge'. Other main characters included 'Galen .Doc. Adams' and 'Miss Kitty Russell', owner of the Long Branch Saloon. Originally conceived as a CBS radio serial, Gunsmoke developed into a TV series in 1955, holding top spot in the Nielsen ratings for a record number of years, before signing off in 1975 after a 20-season run.... Sneak Peek the classic TV western Gunsmoke »

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Tom Hanks A No-Go For 'Harvey' And Rain A Maybe For 'Enter The Dragon' In Today's Dailies -- 8/5/09

5 August 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Lots of variety from Variety today. See what I did there? Yeah? Long day. Almost over. Enjoy the Dailies.

-- "School of Rock" writer Mike White sold the script for his "Babe in the Woods," an action-comedy in which a new student at Yale University somehow becomes the target of the New Jersey mob. I envision this as a cross between "Pcu" and "The Sopranos." (Variety)

-- The announcement that Steven Spielberg's next project would be an adaptation of the Jimmy Stewart classic "Harvey" led many to speculate that Spielberg pal Tom Hanks would step into -- or at least be approached for -- the Stewart role. Fox hasn't exactly put those possibilities to rest, but they did issue a statement saying that the actor "has not read the script and speculation about him and this project has been inaccurate." So there you have it. (Variety)

-- Thomas Pynchon's new novel (or novella, »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Some Scary Talk with Peter Sarsgaard

21 July 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Peter Sarsgaard made his big-screen debut in 1995's Dead Man Walking as the murder victim Walter Delacroix, but his breakthrough performance was in 1999's Boys Don't Cry as John Lotter, one of the killers of transgendered man Brandon Teena. Since then, he's become famous for his nuanced performances in a wide variety of films like Shattered Glass, Kinsey, Jarhead, and the upcoming An Education.

If you have missed the ubiquitous and creepy posters for his new movie with Vera Farmiga, Orphan, let me give you a quick synopsis. After Kate Coleman (Farmiga) has a stillborn baby, she and her husband John (Sarsgaard) decide to adopt Esther, a deadly serious Russian orphan who wears ribbons around her neck and wrists and old-fashioned ruffly dresses played by Isabelle Fuhrman. But things keep going wrong when Esther's around... hence the tagline in those ubiquitous and creepy posters with the tagline "There's something wrong with Esther. »

- Jenni Miller

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An Education's Staccato Buzz

17 July 2009 7:04 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Oscar buzz is a funny customized thing. For some films it simmers continually, sauteeing the film until it's golden. Other films ride choppy waves feeling alternately like very big deals, empty threats or troubled half successes. More often than not, especially for the small film without marquee names, the buzz tends to be intermittent, giving off staccato sparks fueled only by those traditional pit stops on the road to Oscar: festival premiere, early reviews, trailer, actual release, precursor trophies. It's this track that An Education, the story of a teenage girl eager to begin her adult life in 60s London, will obviously be working since its star, Carey Mulligan, is currently "unknown" in the larger sense (but probably won't be by the end of the year).

One gets the sense that people will keep forgetting about this movie, or shoving it to the minor buzz side as each of the »

- NATHANIEL R

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