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Jake Gyllenhaal to Star in Ubisoft’s ‘The Division’ Movie (Exclusive)
7 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Following record-breaking sales, Ubisoft is already developing a movie based on its video game “Tom Clancy’s the Division,” and now looks to have an A-list star to lead the film.
Sources tell Variety that Jake Gyllenhaal is attached to star in the pic based on the hit video game that has already become Ubisoft’s fastest-selling product.
Gyllenhaal is also attached as a producer, and the studio is currently looking for a writer to pen the adaptation. Ubisoft could not be reached for comment.
Developed and published by Ubisoft, with assistance from Red Storm Entertainment, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the third-person shooter is set in a dystopian New York City in the aftermath of a smallpox pandemic. The player, who is an agent of the Strategic Homeland Division, commonly referred to as simply “The Division,” is tasked with helping to rebuild the Division’s operations in Manhattan, »
- Justin Kroll
Logan’s Run Redo Starts Anew With Colony’s Ryan Condal
14 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Warner Bros is back on track with its long-gestating remake of the pulp sci-fi classic Logan’s Run, and has tapped USA’s Colony co-creator/showrunner Ryan Condal to write a new script. Condal will be basing his screenplay on a treatment by X-Men Apocalypse co-writer Simon Kinberg, who will be producing along with Joel Silver and DC television universe honcho Greg Berlanti. The film would be a fresh take on the 1967 novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton J… »
Tj Miller Joins Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
T.J. Miller is grabbing a game paddle and joining “Ready Player One.” Miller has joined Simon Pegg, Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cook in the beloved Ya adaptation, an individual familiar with the project told TheWrap. Miller was cast as Number Six, a bounty hunter, the insider said. Miller can currently be seen as loudmouth entrepreneur Erlich Bachman on the HBO comedy “Silicon Valley.” Also Read: Simon Pegg Joins Tye Sheridan in Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' Written by Ernest Cline and published in 2011, “Ready Player One” concerns the Oasis, a virtual reality universe that humans in the »
- Matt Donnelly
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Reshoots: The Tone Needs to Be Lightened Up a Bit
16 hours ago | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Yesterday brought the worrisome news that four weeks of extensive and expensive reshoots needed to be completed on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. At the time, there were no reasons given as to why the reshoots needed to be done, and Disney played off the news as just a normal part of production. While […]
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- Ethan Anderton
Amber Tamblyn Climbs to Director’s Chair for ‘Paint’ Job
14 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A third-generation Angeleno, Amber Tamblyn says she has L.A. “deep in her bones.” So it may have been inevitable that when the actress decided to make the jump to directing, she chose an L.A. story.
“Paint it Black,” which Tamblyn adapted from Janet Fitch’s novel about the L.A. punk scene in the 1980s, will have its world premiere at Laff on June 3.
Tamblyn – a published poet – was given the book by friend Amy Poehler a decade ago. She instantly had a visceral reaction: “It [looked] like a movie to me,” says Tamblyn. “I think most people who want to adapt a novel into a film have a similar strong and quick response to the narrative.”
Tamblyn’s been acting for 20 years, starting with a six-year stint on “General Hospital,” but directing was never on her mind. Originally, she had another director signed on who eventually convinced her that »
- Valentina I. Valentini
Thora Birch Joins Adrian Grenier Thriller ‘Public Affairs’
14 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Thora Birch has joined Adrian Grenier and Mimi Rogers in the political thriller Public Affairs, Variety has learned exclusively.
Eric Bross is directing from a script by Tom Cudworth. Producers are School Pictures’ Stephen Israel (“Swimming With Sharks”) and George Voskericyan (“Helicopter Mom”) of American Film Productions. Shooting starts this month in Norfolk, Va.
13 Films has international rights to the project, which was introduced to buyers in Cannes.
“Public Affairs” follows a young campaign aide who sleeps with a presidential candidate’s wife — a mistake that sends him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail. He is left fighting not only for his career, but also his life.
“I’ve long-admired Thora’s raw talent and am thrilled that she has joined the team,” said Israel. “Her honesty and depth will truly complement an already-strong cast.”
Birch’s credits include “Patriot Games,” “American Beauty” and “Ghost World.” She took »
- Dave McNary
‘Hamilton’ Star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Back On At The Weinstein Company
17 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It’s been a pretty good week so far for “Hamilton” creator/star Lin-Manuel Miranda. He landed the co-starring role in Disney‘s upcoming “Mary Poppins Returns,” and now the Broadway show that first put him on the map is (finally) headed to the big screen. The Weinstein Company have picked up the rights to “In The Heights,” the Tony […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ Can’t Escape The Ooze Of Its Cheeseball Tone & Action [Review]
21 minutes ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The rebooted “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise is custom-made for those who found producer Michael Bay’s other toy-centric series, “Transformers,” too mature, complex and understated. And in its second go-round (following 2014’s hit), it embraces juvenilia with a gusto that’s apt to further entice kids hooked on its cacophonous CG-ified spirit, immature humor and alienate just […]
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- Nick Schager
Film Review: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’
22 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
The heroes in a half shell return for more halfhearted fun in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.” Every bit as noisy, brain-numbing and lowbrow as its predecessor, the Michael Bay production never strays from basic blockbuster formula. It’s fast food entertainment destined for a short run atop the box office charts and an even shorter lifespan in the pop culture zeitgeist.
Although the franchise has remained active in animation and video games through the years, the heroic quartet named after famed Renaissance painters — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — went dormant in live action films for two decades, until 2014’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” resurrected the phenomenon. At the time, some longtime fans took issue with reinventing the turtles as motion capture-animated heroes, especially in the context of a sleek, soulless, steel-crushing action extravaganza à la Bay’s “Transformers” productions. But worldwide audiences didn’t seem to mind one bit, »
- Geoff Berkshire
'Toni Erdmann' to open Munich festival
22 minutes ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
The event will host 19 world premieres in its New German Cinema strand.
This year’s Filmfest München (June 23 - July 2) will open with Maren Ade’s Cannes competition title Toni Erdmann.
The event will also stage a retrospective of films by German director Christian Petzold.
Titles by Dani Levy, Sven Taddicken, Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu and Oliver Rihs are among 19 world premieres being presented in the festival’s New German Cinema sidebar.
Swiss-born director Levy will be coming to Munich with Wunderlich’s World, starring Katharina Schüttler, Hannelore Elsner and Toni Erdmann’s Peter Simonischek, while Taddicken’s adaptation of A.L. Kennedy’s novel Original Bliss will be shown in the Bavarian capital before having its international premiere in Karlovy Vary’s official competition a week later.
This year’s line-up also includes a number of co-productions such as Moldovan filmmaker Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu’s Anishoara, a second collaboration with Germany’s Wiedemann Bros., Romanian-born [link=nm »
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
Alexandre Aja Directing Romance Drama ‘The Marquis’
54 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Alexandre Aja (“Horns” ) will direct romance drama “The Marquis,” a 17th-century-set movie based on the true story of the Marquis de Montespan.
French mini-major Gaumont is producing with Paris-based Lgm Cinema. “The Marquis” will shoot in English with a budget in the $25-million range and shooting starting in Europe in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2017.
The film, inspired by Jean Teulé’s bestselling novel “Le Montespan” and scripted by Aja, will depict the doomed and passionate relationship between the Marquis Louis Henri de Montespan and his wife Athénaïs — a beautiful and
ambitious woman who became the mistress of Louis Xiv.
The Marquis, who was passionately in love with his wife, refused all privileges and vowed to get his wife back at all costs, even if it meant defying the authority of the Sun King and facing imprisonment and death threats. He was one of »
- Dave McNary
Us Briefs: Bleecker Street sets 'Denial' release date
3 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Plus: Awesomeness Films acquires Spontaneous; and more…
Bleecker Street has set a September 30 awards season release date for Denial, the Rachel Weisz starrer based on Deborah E. Lipstadt’s book History On Trial: My Day In Court With A Holocaust Denier.
The story of Lipstadt’s legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving stars Timothy Spall as the latter, as well as Tom Wilkinson and Andrew Scott.
Mick Jackson directs from David Hare’s adapted screenplay. Producing Denial are Gary Foster and Russ Krasnoff, while Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King, BBC Films’ Christine Langan and Joe Oppenheimer, Bleecker Street’s Andrew Karpen, and Shoebox Films Guy Heeley serve as executive producers.
Awesomeness Films has acquired rights to Ya novel Spontaneous and set Brian Duffield to adapt. Duffield and Nicki Cortese will produce under their Jurassic Party’s first-look deal with Awesomeness. AwesomenessTV head Brian Robbins and Awesomeness Films head Matt Kaplan will produce »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Watch: Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold
3 hours ago | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »
He’s taken on cave paintings, Siberian fur trappers, and an ill-fated bear enthusiast. Now, with his latest film, Werner Herzog tackles the internet. “The explosion of information technology on the internet has led to some of its greatest glories,” intones Werner Herzog in his signature Werner Herzog voiceover in the trailer for Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (above). The film, which premiered earlier this year at The Sundance Film Festival, examines the past, present and evolving future of the internet by interviewing cyberspace pioneers and prophets such as PayPal and Tesla co-founder Elon Musk, Internet protocol inventor Bob Kahn, […] »
- Paula Bernstein
Why Doc Savage Needs To Be A Period Piece, According To Shane Black
3 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
When adapting a character as iconic as Lester Dent's Doc Savage, the temptation is always present to update said hero for a more modern age. But, like any true fan worth their salt, co-writer/director Shane Black knows that Clark Savage Jr. isn't one of those characters you bring into a more modern context. The reason is simply because he was one of the first of his kind, and truly a product of his time. Black addressed the matter during a recent interview with IGN, as The Nice Guys director and co-writer drew his big and bold line in the sand for his involvement with the Dwayne Johnson franchise started. Shane Black's explanation dictates the following terms: It has to be. I.m not going to do it otherwise. And if it doesn.t happen for that reason it doesn.t happen. People say .Well, we have all »
Wme: We’re Not Doing Trump’s Convention Film
4 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
A spokesman for Wme Entertainment said that the agency had no plans to work on a film for the Republican National Convention, after Donald Trump suggested in an interview that agency chieftan Ari Emanuel had offered to take charge of the project.
Trump is a former agency client and talks to Emanuel, the spokesman said. Wme/Img also purchased the Miss Universe Pageant from the Trump Organization last year.
In an interview with Michael Wolff in the Hollywood Reporter, Trump said that Emanuel was a “very good friend of mine” and that he had offered to take on the convention project.
But Emanuel is a longtime Democrat, and has given to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. His brother, Rahm, is the mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff to President Obama.
It’s fairly typical for presidential nominees to enlist Hollywood figures for their biographical convention films. Davis Guggenheim »
- Ted Johnson
‘Sicario’ Sequel ‘Soldado’ Lines Up Director, Emily Blunt Will Not Be Returning
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Since last fall, news that a sequel to Denis Villeneuve‘s terrific “Sicario” was in the works has gone from being met with disbelief, to acceptance that it’s actually happening. This spring brought word that Benicio del Toro, Emily Blunt, and Josh Brolin would all be reprising their roles, with Taylor Sheridan returning to write the script […]
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Jake Gyllenhaal Just Joined Another Video Game Adaptation, Get The Details
5 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
It's been six years since Jake Gyllenhaal lit up screens worldwide in his portrayal of the titular character in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. But seeing as that film's reception was, at best, lukewarm, one can't blame him if he never set foot on the set of a video game adaptation again. Yet here we are, almost a decade later, and Gyllenhaal is ready to take the lead in the film version of Tom Clancy's The Division. The news broke in a hot item this evening, courtesy of Variety, which saw Gyllenhaal not only named as the star of the film adaptation of one of this year's best selling video games, but also as a producer. This is Ubisoft's third would-be film franchise based on one of their products, as Michael Fassbender's Assassin's Creed is set to be released this December, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell »
Mike Ovitz, Ron Meyer To Square Off Sept 7 For ‘Powerhouse’ Book Launch
5 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
September 7 will be the night that CAA co-founders Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer take the stage to compare their stories about the formation of that storied talent agency, along with author James Andrew Miller as he launches Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency. Deadline’s Peter Bart revealed recently that the former partners, who rarely speak, would take the stage to kick off the publication of the new book. The event will take place at the… »
How The Director Who Slammed Keira Knightley Is Trying To Make Things Right
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A couple of days ago, John Carney, the director of Sing Street and Begin Again, happened to make some choice remarks about how he basically didn't want to work with Keira Knightly ever again. We were as surprised as you were, frankly, and the only thing that's even more surprising is the whip fast turnaround between the disparaging remarks and Carney's apology. You can read said apology, courtesy of a tweet from the director, below. From a director who feels like a complete idiot. pic.twitter.com/vfO8m4U2Hl. John Carney (@jayceefactory) June 1, 2016 This apology comes from only a couple of hours ago, on John Carney's Twitter feed, but the response itself looks like it's the result of quite a bit of thought. In his statement, Carney blamed his words on the fact that in picking apart his own work, he pointed the finger in a direction »
‘Under the Gun’ Director: ‘I Stand By’ Controversial Edit
6 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Director Stephanie Soechtig is sticking up for her documentary “Under the Gun” after executive producer Katie Couric apologized for a controversial scene in the film.
Couric, who also narrates and appears in the movie, expressed regret Monday for a moment in the film in which she asks members of a gun-rights group called the Virginia Citizens Defense League a question about background checks for felons and suspected terrorists. The group members are shown sitting silently for eight seconds before finally answering. Couric and the movie, which premiered May 14 on Epix, became targets for gun-rights advocates last week after unedited audio revealed that the silence had been added into the documentary — the Vcdl members had responded immediately to Couric’s question. In her statement Monday, Couric said, “I regret that those eight seconds were misleading,” and claimed that she raised concerns about the edit to Soechtig during the filmmaking process.
Speaking to Variety Wednesday, »
- Daniel Holloway
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