The road to the Oscars have begun, and weekends are now starting to fill up with critically-acclaimed titles that are hoping for Academy Award glory this year. Of course, it was only a matter of time before nominations from various bodies to start pouring in, and this year it.s the Independent Spirit Awards that have come out the gate early and revealed the candidates for all of their big prizes. it.s the Independent Spirit Awards that have come out the gate early and revealed the candidates for all of their big prizes. The Independent Spirit Awards. official website has unveiled all of the films and talented individuals that will be vying for trophies this year, and there are a lot of expected titles and names on the list. Alejandro G. Inarritu leads the pack with a total of six nominations, but Richard Linklater.s Boyhood, Dan Gilroy.s...
- 11/26/2014
- cinemablend.com
Indie Spirit Noms Preview Likely Oscar Contenders, But What’s Up With That ‘Imitation Game’ Shutout?
With this morning’s release of the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations, one more piece of the eventual Oscar puzzle is in place, and, as expected, Birdman, Boyhood, Selma and increasingly Whiplash — which all landed Best Feature and Directing noms — seem to be headed toward the same trajectory at the Academy Awards. And although the Indie Spirits announcement is one of the earliest of the season, the actual awards themselves are one of the latest, taking place February 21, the day before the Oscars. There generally is a lot of bleed-over from one to the other, even though Oscar nominations won’t be out for a couple of months and — unlike the Indie Spirits, which supposedly limit eligibility to only films made for $20 million and under — the Academy has everything to consider and more time to do it.
For instance, Sony Pictures Classics had a very good day with a whopping 15 nominations,...
For instance, Sony Pictures Classics had a very good day with a whopping 15 nominations,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline
We laid out a few of the films that weren't eligible for today's Independent Spirit Awards announcement yesterday. Movies like "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "Foxcatcher," etc., as well as a number of foreign players, were not going to be in the mix. But of those that were, the real shocker today is that "The Imitation Game" turned up a goose egg. According to The Weinstein Company, it was eligible. That's not getting off to a great start for Harvey Weinstein's thoroughbred this season. Looking across the nominees, as we surmised, it's the "Birdman" and "Boyhood" show with six and five nominations apiece. But Open Road also came out swinging with five nominations for Dan Gilroy's "Nightcrawler," while the biggest boost of the announcement has to be for Ava DuVernay's "Selma." The Paramount release was screened for the committees but due to how late in the game the film wrapped up editing,...
- 11/25/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
We earlier told you that Haider produced by Utv Motion Pictures and Vb Pictures won the ‘People’s Choice Award’ in the Mondo Genre
(World Genre) at the Rome Film Festival. Now we have more about win and quotes from Shahid and director Vishal Bhardwaj.
The Mondo Genre had a selection of feature films of young or already successful directors this year and the festival gave priority to films that are world premieres. The movies selected were from countries like Italy, USA, Brazil and France. Out of the seven films that featured under this genre, Haider was the only Asian film selected across the globe.
“Haider is a classic Shakespearean tale retold with Kashmir in India as its backdrop, it’s a story that we would like to take to the world and to get this award now is a proud moment for the entire team of Haider,” says Director Vishal Bhardwaj.
(World Genre) at the Rome Film Festival. Now we have more about win and quotes from Shahid and director Vishal Bhardwaj.
The Mondo Genre had a selection of feature films of young or already successful directors this year and the festival gave priority to films that are world premieres. The movies selected were from countries like Italy, USA, Brazil and France. Out of the seven films that featured under this genre, Haider was the only Asian film selected across the globe.
“Haider is a classic Shakespearean tale retold with Kashmir in India as its backdrop, it’s a story that we would like to take to the world and to get this award now is a proud moment for the entire team of Haider,” says Director Vishal Bhardwaj.
- 10/26/2014
- by Stacey Yount
- Bollyspice
By now many of you are well aware, filmmaker Jon Schnepp is currently working on his Kickstarter-funded documentary, "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?", which focuses on Tim Burton's Superman movie that was close to being made in the '90s that would've starred Nicolas Cage ("Left Behind"). When the project first began, even before Tim Burton ("Big Eyes") was involved, Kevin Smith ("Clerks") wrote the first draft, but when Burton signed on he ditched it. During the long process of making Superman Lives Burton brought in screenwriter Wesley Strick to write his vision and then later on Warner Bros. hired screenwriter Dan Gilroy to rework the script so that the budget could be more manageable. Movies.com recently chatted with Gilroy about that film. Movies.com: Is there a favorite script of yours that never came to be? Gilroy: I had some pretty high-profile ones. You know,...
- 10/24/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as a sleazy freelance TV reporter determined to go to any length in search of crime footage in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler could get him “recognized as one of the most daring actors working in Hollywood today” and has been called some of the “best work of his career.” With this type of praise, award contention usually follows, but historically speaking, “genre films” don’t fare well at the Oscars. It’s not impossible for films that deviate from the Oscar norm — biopics, period pieces or dramas — to secure Oscar nominations for the actors involved, but looking back through the years, from 2000 to the present, shows that these films constitute a lower percentage of overall nominees.
Musicals are a type of “genre film” that actors have managed to score Oscar nominations for, though they have had more difficulty doing so since the late 60s.
Managing Editor
Jake Gyllenhaal’s performance as a sleazy freelance TV reporter determined to go to any length in search of crime footage in Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler could get him “recognized as one of the most daring actors working in Hollywood today” and has been called some of the “best work of his career.” With this type of praise, award contention usually follows, but historically speaking, “genre films” don’t fare well at the Oscars. It’s not impossible for films that deviate from the Oscar norm — biopics, period pieces or dramas — to secure Oscar nominations for the actors involved, but looking back through the years, from 2000 to the present, shows that these films constitute a lower percentage of overall nominees.
Musicals are a type of “genre film” that actors have managed to score Oscar nominations for, though they have had more difficulty doing so since the late 60s.
- 9/24/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
If Telluride carried over the Cannes buzz for Steve Carell and Timothy Spall while extending the Venice pop for Michael Keaton and announcing the arrival of Benedict Cumberbatch to the hugely competitive 2014 Best Actor race, Toronto has brought a new wave of serious contenders in the ever-expanding field. Eddie Redmayne, Bill Murray and Jake Gyllenhaal: welcome to the party. From my perch here in La, I must admit I wasn't quite as taken with James Marsh's Stephen Hawking biopic "The Theory of Everything" as festival goers north of the border were, but I did respect its point of view. Less "greatest hits" (though certainly leaning on the usual tropes), it's a delicate, elegantly propulsive love story gorgeously rendered. Benoit Delhomme's photography (I must disagree with our Greg Ellwood) has that soft-light "Inside Llewyn Davis" luster that makes for more than a few pretty pictures, and indeed, Jóhann Jóhannsson...
- 9/11/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
By Anjelica Oswald
Managing Editor
The Toronto International Film Festival is known for showing some of the best films each year. Some of my personal favorite films have come out of Tiff, including Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
Trying to narrow down a list of films I am most excited to see from this year’s Tiff is a difficult process. After all, there are 393 films being shown. Based on plot summaries, entertaining trailers and actors I admire, I’ve managed to pick 10 films I am hoping to catch once they are publicly released.
The Judge // Tiff Premiere: Sept. 4
Dir. David Dobkin
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga & Billy Bob Thornton
The film follows Hank (Downey), a Chicago lawyer, who returns to his small, Indiana town in the wake of his mother’s death to find his estranged father (Duvall) accused of murder.
Managing Editor
The Toronto International Film Festival is known for showing some of the best films each year. Some of my personal favorite films have come out of Tiff, including Dallas Buyers Club (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012).
Trying to narrow down a list of films I am most excited to see from this year’s Tiff is a difficult process. After all, there are 393 films being shown. Based on plot summaries, entertaining trailers and actors I admire, I’ve managed to pick 10 films I am hoping to catch once they are publicly released.
The Judge // Tiff Premiere: Sept. 4
Dir. David Dobkin
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga & Billy Bob Thornton
The film follows Hank (Downey), a Chicago lawyer, who returns to his small, Indiana town in the wake of his mother’s death to find his estranged father (Duvall) accused of murder.
- 9/4/2014
- by Anjelica Oswald
- Scott Feinberg
The line-up at this year's Toronto Film Festival has a much different feel than year's past and coming up with a list of most anticipated films isn't nearly as easy as previous years. Not because there's any lack of possible greatness, but in fact perhaps because the possibility is even greater, though in corners we may not expect. This year's fest is without what I would call a "big" film. David Dobkin's The Judge is opening the festival but at 141 minutes and with a trailer that does very little to convince me of its quality I have a hard time expecting much from it. Reese Witherspoon's Wild from director Jean-Marc Vallee is certainly one I will be seeing, but the anticipation level isn't entirely there and the somewhat muted Telluride response of respect with caveats has lessened my anticipation ever so slightly, the same could be said for Jon Stewart's Rosewater,...
- 9/1/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Man, I am out-of-control jazzed for Dan Gilroy's "Nightcrawler." In the space of a week, it's gone from a minor curiosity (I've been intrigued by the premise all along) to one of my most anticipated films of the fall. And on the heels of that clever viral video that went out last weekend, the trailer for the Toronto-bound Jake Gyllenhaal film has brought me right up to the brink: I want to see this Now. Gyllenhaal stars in the thriller as Louis Bloom, a driven young man who stumbles upon the underground world of freelance crime journalism in Los Angeles. Off the bat, it obviously looks like a fantastic showcase for Gyllenhaal, who has poured a ton of commitment into the role by dropping a bunch of weight and diving into it with intensity. But it also looks like it could be a great "L.A. film," using the...
- 7/23/2014
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
The 33
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writers: Mikko Alanne, Michael John Bell, Craig Borten, Jose Rivera
Producers: Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Rodrigo Santoro, Antonio Banderas, Cote de Pablo, James Brolin, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Naomi Scott, Bob Gunton, Kate del Castillo
The gamble with depicting true-event miraculous survival stories is that it either becomes an ensemble, survival film (here we’re thinking a la Frank Marshall’s Alive replacing snow with cramped spaces or it abides to bold visceral and atmospheric choices a la 127 Hours. Coming off a major flop with Girl in Progress, Patricia Riggen is likely not stuck with a Hollywoodize the Chilean event mandate, and if Juliette Binoche onboard with a breathing a sign of relief.
Gist: Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Release Date:...
Director: Patricia Riggen
Writers: Mikko Alanne, Michael John Bell, Craig Borten, Jose Rivera
Producers: Robert Katz, Edward McGurn, Mike Medavoy
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Rodrigo Santoro, Antonio Banderas, Cote de Pablo, James Brolin, Juliette Binoche, Gabriel Byrne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Naomi Scott, Bob Gunton, Kate del Castillo
The gamble with depicting true-event miraculous survival stories is that it either becomes an ensemble, survival film (here we’re thinking a la Frank Marshall’s Alive replacing snow with cramped spaces or it abides to bold visceral and atmospheric choices a la 127 Hours. Coming off a major flop with Girl in Progress, Patricia Riggen is likely not stuck with a Hollywoodize the Chilean event mandate, and if Juliette Binoche onboard with a breathing a sign of relief.
Gist: Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Release Date:...
- 2/6/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Studio turns to comic book doyen who co-created Spider-Man, Hulk and Iron Man as it seeks to expand superhero roster
• Will it be Superman vs Batman vs Wonder Woman in Man of Steel 2?
• Is Ben Affleck bulking up for Batman too soon?
Comic book legend Stan Lee is teaming up with Hollywood studio Sony, makers of the Spider-Man movies, to bring a completely new superhero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Lee will work with producer Avi Arad, who has overseen four films about the masked crimefighter otherwise known as Peter Parker. Few details are available, but Arad is in no doubt that the 90-year-old co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Hulk still has plenty of superhero magic at his fingertips. "He's as sharp as a Japanese cooking knife," said Arad. "His mind is as young as it used to be."
The nurturing of new...
• Will it be Superman vs Batman vs Wonder Woman in Man of Steel 2?
• Is Ben Affleck bulking up for Batman too soon?
Comic book legend Stan Lee is teaming up with Hollywood studio Sony, makers of the Spider-Man movies, to bring a completely new superhero to the big screen, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Lee will work with producer Avi Arad, who has overseen four films about the masked crimefighter otherwise known as Peter Parker. Few details are available, but Arad is in no doubt that the 90-year-old co-creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Hulk still has plenty of superhero magic at his fingertips. "He's as sharp as a Japanese cooking knife," said Arad. "His mind is as young as it used to be."
The nurturing of new...
- 11/26/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Tony Gilroy, writer of all four "Bourne" movies and director of the most recent one in addition to "Duplicity" and "Michael Clayton," is venturing into television, according to Deadline. With his brother Dan Gilroy, the "State of Play" scripter has created and written "Monsieur de Paris," a drama set in 1931 Paris and focused on France's keeper of the guillotine, a man who comes from six generations of executioners and who balances his professional life as a government-sanctioned killer with a domestic one as a husband and family man. "We've waited a long time to find the right moment, the right idea, and the right place to have a long-form adventure," Tony Gilroy, who will also direct the project, told Deadline. "Everyone knows the most imaginative, electric storytelling is happening on the second screen these days and we're terribly excited about being part of it." "Monsieur de Paris" is being produced by Gaumont International Television,...
- 9/25/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Gaumont International Television, the U.S.-based TV production arm of French film studio Gaumont, is paying homage to its roots with a new drama project from feature duo Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy. Monsieur De Paris, which marks Oscar-nominated fillmmaker Tony Gilroy’s first foray into television, will be shopped at the upcoming Mipcom TV market. Created and written by the Gilroy brothers and to be directed by Tony Gilroy, Monsieur De Paris is set in the world of Paris 1931. It tells the story of the official executioner of France, keeper of the guillotine and caretaker of a medieval ritual transposed into a modern world. Born into a profession passed down through six generations, he has ceased attempting to run from his chosen calling but still refuses to let it define him. He is a man who lives two lives — husband and family man, and sanctioned killer of the republic.
- 9/25/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chinese singer-songwriter Wang Leehom has been linked with the lead role in Annihilator, an Asian superhero project based on a concept created by Stan Lee.
The musician is in talks to play the titular superhero in the Magic Storm Entertainment-produced movie, according to Variety.
"He not only adds value to the character, but also appeals to a global audience and he has great passion for this particular role and film," Magic Storm CEO Eric Mika said in statement.
Annihilator's story is reminiscent of Captain America's, telling the tale of a young Chinese expatriate named Ming who survives a Us military super-soldier programme thanks to his martial arts training.
TV producer Barry Josephson will oversee the project's development, and National Film Capital will provide financial backing.
Bourne Legacy writer Dan Gilroy has penned a screenplay based on the character that Lee created for the Chinese market.
The musician is in talks to play the titular superhero in the Magic Storm Entertainment-produced movie, according to Variety.
"He not only adds value to the character, but also appeals to a global audience and he has great passion for this particular role and film," Magic Storm CEO Eric Mika said in statement.
Annihilator's story is reminiscent of Captain America's, telling the tale of a young Chinese expatriate named Ming who survives a Us military super-soldier programme thanks to his martial arts training.
TV producer Barry Josephson will oversee the project's development, and National Film Capital will provide financial backing.
Bourne Legacy writer Dan Gilroy has penned a screenplay based on the character that Lee created for the Chinese market.
- 8/1/2013
- Digital Spy
Another sci-fi action adventure is coming, so you better get ready for Annihilator! Yep, we’re talking about a character created by Stan Lee, and we’ve just learned that singer (and actor) Wang Leehom is set to play the male lead in Magic Storm Entertainment’s upcoming adaptation. Leehom will play a hero who is forced not only to face his personal demons, but also to defeat the villain who will destroy everything that he knows and loves. Sounds promising… So, at this moment we know that Dan Gilroy stands behind the script which revolves around a young Chinese expatriate named Ming, who must choose between remaining...
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- 8/1/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Variety is reporting that singer/songwriter Wang Leehom will star as the titular hero in Magic Storm Entertainment's upcoming film Annihilator , based on the character created by Stan Lee. Barry Josephson has signed on to produce the film from a script by Real Steal scribe Dan Gilroy. Annihilator tells the story of a young Chinese expatriate, Ming, who must choose between remaining in prison or enlist in a secret Us super soldier program. The program uses targeted genetic enhancements from various animal species. Ming chooses to undergo this nearly fatal procedure and through his extreme resolve, gained as a result of his family.s tradition of practicing Qijong and martial arts, he survives. Now, armed with remarkable abilities, he must confront...
- 7/31/2013
- Comingsoon.net
• French director Luc Besson, who introduced the world to Natalie Portman in The Professional, has cast Scarlett Johansson as his lead in his newest film, Lucy. In the film, Lucy is forced to be a drug mule. But, when the drug gets into her system, she turns into a super-being with telekinesis abilities, martial arts skills, and the helpful bonus of being immune to pain. Johansson is certainly finding a new life as an action star ever since she took on the role of Natasha Romanoff for the Marvel universe. She also stars in Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut (and festival favorite) Don Jon,...
- 4/26/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Since 1987's "Superman IV: The Quest For Peace," there have been four Spider-Mans ("Spider-Man," "Spider-Man 2," "Spider-Man 3" and "The Amazing Spider-Man") and seven Batmans ("Batman," "Batman Returns," "Batman Forever," "Batman & Robin," "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises"), but just two Superman movies: 2006's "Superman Returns" and the upcoming Superman reboot, "Man of Steel." How did one of the most iconic comic book characters of all-time fall between the cracks during the last 25 years, when movies starring the likes of Thor became global blockbusters? It all started with "Superman Lives."
"If 'Superman Lives' had come out, I think it would have been a giant hit," filmmaker Jon Schnepp told HuffPost Entertainment. "This movie would have been a departure and completely different from what we're used to from Superman and superhero lore."
"Superman Lives" was supposed to hit theaters in the summer of 1998 with Nicolas Cage playing...
"If 'Superman Lives' had come out, I think it would have been a giant hit," filmmaker Jon Schnepp told HuffPost Entertainment. "This movie would have been a departure and completely different from what we're used to from Superman and superhero lore."
"Superman Lives" was supposed to hit theaters in the summer of 1998 with Nicolas Cage playing...
- 2/28/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
Stan Lee's Annihilator has been optioned for cinema by Magic Storm Entertainment.
Bourne Legacy writer Dan Gilroy will pen a screenplay based on the character that Lee created for the Chinese market, The Wrap reports.
Annihilator's story is reminiscent of Captain America's, telling of a young Chinese expatriate named Ming who survives a Us military super-soldier programme thanks to his martial arts training.
TV producer Barry Josephson will oversee the project's development and National Film Capital will provide financial backing.
Lee previously teamed up with Liquid Comics to created a superhero property for the Indian market called Chakra - The Invincible.
Annihilator is yet to appoint a cast and director.
Bourne Legacy writer Dan Gilroy will pen a screenplay based on the character that Lee created for the Chinese market, The Wrap reports.
Annihilator's story is reminiscent of Captain America's, telling of a young Chinese expatriate named Ming who survives a Us military super-soldier programme thanks to his martial arts training.
TV producer Barry Josephson will oversee the project's development and National Film Capital will provide financial backing.
Lee previously teamed up with Liquid Comics to created a superhero property for the Indian market called Chakra - The Invincible.
Annihilator is yet to appoint a cast and director.
- 2/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Prior to its cancellation, the script for the Superman Lives project had undergone several rewrites, with Wesley Strick (Doom, 2010's A Nightmare on Elm Street) being the writer chosen to completely rewrite Kevin Smith's version of the screenplay, following Tim Burton's involvement in the project. However, Strick was ultimately discharged from the now-aborted project, due to the script he wrote said to be going over the budget, allowing writer Dan Gilroy to take over the position. Now, despite being deemed as one of the rarest scripts of the project to ever be publicized, the folks over at Superman Homepage have recently gotten their hands on the script, which features a spider-legged Brainiac as the main villain. Click on the image below to check it out for yourself... So, did Warner Bros. make the right decision by turning down the script, or does it accord to your image of...
- 1/30/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Written in 2000, this article is being presented now in the form it was written then. Written by and Copyright Edward Gross Tim Burton's joining Superman Lives pretty much knocked screenwriter Kevin Smith out of the creative process. Although actor Nicolas Cage was still signed for the lead role, the eccentric director had his own ideas for screenwriter. He chose Wesley Strick (who at that time had most recently penned the big-screen version of The Saint, starring Val Kilmer). Although nothing is really known about the Strick draft, his version had apparently gone over budget and some of his ideas were...well, different. Strick was discharged and Warner Bros.unwilling to allow this hoped-to-be-born-again franchise fade into oblivion and desperately clinging to the death of Superman storyline turned to writer Dan Gilroy. For his part, Gilroy turned out two drafts, until he, too, was let go. Next on the list...
- 1/29/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
Ryan Reynolds will star in the Jon Favreau-directed Battle For Bonneville - an upcoming film about racing brothers Art and Walt Arfons – assuming New Regency’s final negotiations are successful.
Deadline hints that Favreau will likely precede Battle For Bonneville with Jersey Boys, which has a release date of December 2013, pushing Battle into 2014 at the earliest. As for Reynolds, the actor has a pretty full slate of big-budget films coming up, including Highlander and Deadpool.
The film is based on the true story of the legendary drag-racing half-brothers, who have a complicated history. Here’s an excerpt from Hemming Muscle Machines via /Film, which describes their relationship:
Walt and Art Arfons were, at one point, closer than just family. Though technically half-brothers and far apart in age–Walt was born in 1920, while Art came along six years later–both served in the Navy during World War II and both...
Deadline hints that Favreau will likely precede Battle For Bonneville with Jersey Boys, which has a release date of December 2013, pushing Battle into 2014 at the earliest. As for Reynolds, the actor has a pretty full slate of big-budget films coming up, including Highlander and Deadpool.
The film is based on the true story of the legendary drag-racing half-brothers, who have a complicated history. Here’s an excerpt from Hemming Muscle Machines via /Film, which describes their relationship:
Walt and Art Arfons were, at one point, closer than just family. Though technically half-brothers and far apart in age–Walt was born in 1920, while Art came along six years later–both served in the Navy during World War II and both...
- 10/14/2012
- by Emily Estep
- We Got This Covered
Ryan Reynolds and Jon Favreau are close to signing a deal with New Regency for Battle for Bonneville, a true story based on half-brothers, rivals and land speed record holders, Art and Walt Arfons.
Reynolds (Green Lantern) is attached to star, with Favreau (Cowboys & Aliens) to direct.
Dan Gilroy (Bourne Legacy) penned the screenplay, which sounds loosely similar to Ron Howard’s racing drama Rush and chronicles the half brothers throughout their racing careers as bitter rivals who eventually work together to beat the land speed record, all the while attempting to one up each other for the top spot.
‘Bonneville Speedway’ is an extensive region of salt flats in northwestern Utah where land speed records are made to be broken.
Favreau will be reportedly doing Jersey Boys next and then will likely move on from there to do Battle for Bonneville – Ryan Reynolds is attached to star as one of the Arfons brothers.
Reynolds (Green Lantern) is attached to star, with Favreau (Cowboys & Aliens) to direct.
Dan Gilroy (Bourne Legacy) penned the screenplay, which sounds loosely similar to Ron Howard’s racing drama Rush and chronicles the half brothers throughout their racing careers as bitter rivals who eventually work together to beat the land speed record, all the while attempting to one up each other for the top spot.
‘Bonneville Speedway’ is an extensive region of salt flats in northwestern Utah where land speed records are made to be broken.
Favreau will be reportedly doing Jersey Boys next and then will likely move on from there to do Battle for Bonneville – Ryan Reynolds is attached to star as one of the Arfons brothers.
- 10/13/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Director Jon Favreau may not be helming Iron Man movies anymore, but his filmmaking career isn't slowing down at all. He's already set to helm an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and has signed a deal with Disney to direct their upcoming Magic Kingdom project, and now it would seem that a third film has fallen on to his plate. Favreau is reportedly attached to direct the new drama Battle For Bonneville and already has Ryan Reynolds attached to star, according to Deadline. New Regency is currently in talks to acquire the rights to the film, which tells the true story of Art and Walt Arfons, a pair of half-brothers and former drag racers who teamed up to create a jet-powered car that they eventually used to break the world land speed record three times. Dan Gilroy, who most recently worked on the script for the action-thriller The...
- 10/12/2012
- cinemablend.com
Hollywood is obsessed with franchise building, often disregarding logic and narrative coherence in an effort to keep squeezing cash out of a property long after any natural storytelling momentum has disappeared. The longer the series wears on, the less the "Bourne" films have anything to do with Robert Ludlum's original novel. That's fine, of course. The filmmakers are under no obligation to do straight adaptations, and at this point, it feels like they've created something that stands alone, inspired by Ludlum's ideas but only loosely connected to the world he built. At this point, Tony and Dan Gilroy are the primary...
- 8/8/2012
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Screenwriter Dan Gilroy has signed on to pen The Annihilator (working title) for Magic Storm Entertainment. CEO nm2749311 autoEric Mika[/link] has announced that Gilroy would introduce a new Stan Lee superhero of Chinese heritage to global audiences with the company's first film project. Based on an original Stan Lee's Pow! Entertainment treatment acquired by Magic Storm Entertainment, the story chronicles a young man who is given a second chance as an international superhero and returns home to mete out justice. "Words can't express how excited I am about this project. It's based on the most incredibly original and unique superhero I've created in a long time," said Stan Lee. "Best of all, we're excited to be working with a writer as talented as Dan Gilroy to helm the script. I expect...
- 12/7/2011
- Comingsoon.net
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