Exclusive: Hilary Swank film Speed Girl has found its writing team.
The feature, which comes from Balcony 9 Productions, will be written by Ford v Ferrari screenwriter Jason Keller and his writing partner Bryan Johnson.
Keller, who will also exec produce, also previously wrote Snow White film Mirror Mirror and Sylvester Stallone’s Escape Plan.
Swank is to play Janet Guthrie, a pilot turned racecar driver who smashed barriers to become the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500, in the film.
Set in the 1970s when the fight for women’s rights was gaining speed, Guthrie made a bid for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 despite relentless opposition from the racing establishment and the men she hoped to race against. Janet qualified for the race in 1978 where she finished in the top ten, destroying many widely-held stereotypes about female drivers. The film will bring Guthrie’s passion and persistence vividly to life,...
The feature, which comes from Balcony 9 Productions, will be written by Ford v Ferrari screenwriter Jason Keller and his writing partner Bryan Johnson.
Keller, who will also exec produce, also previously wrote Snow White film Mirror Mirror and Sylvester Stallone’s Escape Plan.
Swank is to play Janet Guthrie, a pilot turned racecar driver who smashed barriers to become the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500, in the film.
Set in the 1970s when the fight for women’s rights was gaining speed, Guthrie made a bid for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 despite relentless opposition from the racing establishment and the men she hoped to race against. Janet qualified for the race in 1978 where she finished in the top ten, destroying many widely-held stereotypes about female drivers. The film will bring Guthrie’s passion and persistence vividly to life,...
- 5/16/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Max Osswald, Chase Hinton will help company expand operations.
Los Angeles-based Balcony 9 Productions, who recently wrapped The Immaculate Room with Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene and Emile Hirsch, has hired Max Osswald as head of development and EVP of production, and promoted Chase Hinton to development executive.
The executives will oversee development and production on projects across film, television, documentary, documentary series, and podcasts.
Osswald arrives from National Picture Show Entertainment, which he co-founded in 2009 and oversaw development and production on A Deadly Adoption starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, and American Koko, on which he served as executive producer...
Los Angeles-based Balcony 9 Productions, who recently wrapped The Immaculate Room with Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene and Emile Hirsch, has hired Max Osswald as head of development and EVP of production, and promoted Chase Hinton to development executive.
The executives will oversee development and production on projects across film, television, documentary, documentary series, and podcasts.
Osswald arrives from National Picture Show Entertainment, which he co-founded in 2009 and oversaw development and production on A Deadly Adoption starring Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, and American Koko, on which he served as executive producer...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Hilary Swank is revving up her next feature project.
The Away star is set to play Janet Guthrie, a pilot turned racecar driver who smashed barriers to become the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500.
She is attached to star and produce the film, which comes from Joel David Moore and Rishi Bajaj’s Balcony 9 Productions. The two-time Oscar winner – for her performances in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby – is coming off Netflix space drama series Away and Deon Taylor’s feature thriller Fatale.
The feature is based on Stephan Talty’s book Speed Girl.
Set in the 1970s when the fight for women’s rights was gaining speed, Guthrie made a bid for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 despite relentless opposition from the racing establishment and the men she hoped to race against. Janet qualified for the race in 1978 where she finished in the top ten,...
The Away star is set to play Janet Guthrie, a pilot turned racecar driver who smashed barriers to become the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500.
She is attached to star and produce the film, which comes from Joel David Moore and Rishi Bajaj’s Balcony 9 Productions. The two-time Oscar winner – for her performances in Boys Don’t Cry and Million Dollar Baby – is coming off Netflix space drama series Away and Deon Taylor’s feature thriller Fatale.
The feature is based on Stephan Talty’s book Speed Girl.
Set in the 1970s when the fight for women’s rights was gaining speed, Guthrie made a bid for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 despite relentless opposition from the racing establishment and the men she hoped to race against. Janet qualified for the race in 1978 where she finished in the top ten,...
- 5/5/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Diversion Media, a publishing business that has worked with the authors behind the books that became Pitch Perfect, Ford V. Ferrari and The Mauritanian, is aggressively expanding its audio operation as it looks to build more IP that it can develop for film and TV.
This comes as it launches Nazi thriller podcast series Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher, in partnership iHeartMedia, and is teaming up with the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Jonah Hill and Chernobyl producer Sister for more series.
Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher is a twelve-part series from author and journalist Stephan Talty. Part true-crime series, part spy thriller, it is based on his book The Good Assassin, which tells the untold story of the secret mission to hunt down a savage, escaped Nazi, Herbert Cukurs – who was responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 Latvian-Jews.
Led by a brilliant Mossad agent, the hunt for the infamous...
This comes as it launches Nazi thriller podcast series Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher, in partnership iHeartMedia, and is teaming up with the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Jonah Hill and Chernobyl producer Sister for more series.
Good Assassins: Hunting the Butcher is a twelve-part series from author and journalist Stephan Talty. Part true-crime series, part spy thriller, it is based on his book The Good Assassin, which tells the untold story of the secret mission to hunt down a savage, escaped Nazi, Herbert Cukurs – who was responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 Latvian-Jews.
Led by a brilliant Mossad agent, the hunt for the infamous...
- 4/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: 20th Century Fox has secured the film rights to the war book Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy Seal History by journalist Stephan Talty. Andrew Baldwin, who wrote The Outsider starring Jared Leto as well as the Idris Elba-led film The Take, is attached to adapt the screenplay. Logan producers Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson are producing.
Released October 30 via Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the story is about the rescue mission of Gene Hambleton, an Air Force Navigator who, equipped with classified secrets about advanced rocketry and radar systems, as well as the target cities in the Soviet Union that American missiles were aimed at, is taken down behind enemy lines.
After various attempts by different military branches, Navy Seal Tommy Norris and South Vietnamese commando Nguyen Van Kiet, disguised as Vietnamese fishermen, evaded 30,000 enemy troops and endured a rocket attack before finding the navigator and bringing him back alive.
Released October 30 via Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the story is about the rescue mission of Gene Hambleton, an Air Force Navigator who, equipped with classified secrets about advanced rocketry and radar systems, as well as the target cities in the Soviet Union that American missiles were aimed at, is taken down behind enemy lines.
After various attempts by different military branches, Navy Seal Tommy Norris and South Vietnamese commando Nguyen Van Kiet, disguised as Vietnamese fishermen, evaded 30,000 enemy troops and endured a rocket attack before finding the navigator and bringing him back alive.
- 11/8/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired the life rights of the divers and survivors of summer’s Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand when 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach of the Wild Boar soccer team were trapped 1,000 meters below the surface.
Michael De Luca will produce for his eponymous production company, alongside Dana Brunetti for his newly launched Cavalry Media banner. The duo are reteaming following their successful collaboration on the billion-dollar grossing Fifty Shades of Grey series, as well as their six-Oscar nominee Somali Pirate hijack feature Captain Phillips and three-time Oscar winner The Social Network.
CAA agent Matt DelPiano was instrumental and led a team effort, traveling to Thailand and Australia to secure the life rights for those involved including Wild Boar team Coach Aekkaphol Chantawong, divers Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Craig Challen, and the players on the Wild Boar soccer team.
On June 23, the Wild Boar...
Michael De Luca will produce for his eponymous production company, alongside Dana Brunetti for his newly launched Cavalry Media banner. The duo are reteaming following their successful collaboration on the billion-dollar grossing Fifty Shades of Grey series, as well as their six-Oscar nominee Somali Pirate hijack feature Captain Phillips and three-time Oscar winner The Social Network.
CAA agent Matt DelPiano was instrumental and led a team effort, traveling to Thailand and Australia to secure the life rights for those involved including Wild Boar team Coach Aekkaphol Chantawong, divers Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Craig Challen, and the players on the Wild Boar soccer team.
On June 23, the Wild Boar...
- 9/17/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Few creators hold a candle to the great Stan Lee.
All throughout his decorated career, the Marvel legend has produced a whole host of colorful characters for the comic book outfit, while his later years have paved way for a series of rib-tickling cameos in Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and everything in between.
Even at 94 years young, Lee’s legacy continues to burn bright, and there have now been rumblings the Leonardo DiCaprio (The Joker, potentially?) has expressed an interest in playing the young Stan Lee for a future biopic. And though comic book fans have been left reeling by these allegations, BossLogic wasted no time in producing a rather vintage piece of fan art that paints DiCaprio as the young Lee – aviators and all.
Indeed, it’s been a busy few days for the renown artist, who rendered Priyanka Chopra as Catwoman (Gotham City Sirens) and Christian Bale as...
All throughout his decorated career, the Marvel legend has produced a whole host of colorful characters for the comic book outfit, while his later years have paved way for a series of rib-tickling cameos in Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and everything in between.
Even at 94 years young, Lee’s legacy continues to burn bright, and there have now been rumblings the Leonardo DiCaprio (The Joker, potentially?) has expressed an interest in playing the young Stan Lee for a future biopic. And though comic book fans have been left reeling by these allegations, BossLogic wasted no time in producing a rather vintage piece of fan art that paints DiCaprio as the young Lee – aviators and all.
Indeed, it’s been a busy few days for the renown artist, who rendered Priyanka Chopra as Catwoman (Gotham City Sirens) and Christian Bale as...
- 9/11/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
The Black Hand: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in The Black Hand. Paramount Pictures will hire a writer to adapt the book by Stephan Talty, which follows a New York City police officer in the late 19th century who sought to stop a ruthless criminal enterprise from Italy. The gang kidnapped people and then extorted their families for ransom. [Deadline] Francis & The Godfather: HBO will make Francis & The Godfather, based on the real-life drama behind the scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's famed adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel. Andrew Farotte is revising his own script, which focuses on the creation of the movie, from the hiring of writer/director Coppola to the casting of its stars to dealings with the Mafia in New York City. [Variety] Life...
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- 2/1/2017
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in and produce a crime thriller called The Black Hand, which is based on a book of the same name written by Stephan Talty. The film is based on a true story and is set up at Paramount Pictures. This sounds like an awesome story that would make for a great film.
The story is set in 1903, and DiCaprio will take on the lead role of Joe Petrosino, "a NYPD cop who goes after the ruthless gang (with the calling card black hand) that migrated from Italy to America. The thugs kidnapped people and then extorted money from their families. They were loathed by law-abiding Italian families who were frightened, but nevertheless helped Petrosino behind the scenes."
This seems like it's a great role for DiCaprio to take on, and this wouldn't be the first time he's played a law enforcement officer in a movie.
The story is set in 1903, and DiCaprio will take on the lead role of Joe Petrosino, "a NYPD cop who goes after the ruthless gang (with the calling card black hand) that migrated from Italy to America. The thugs kidnapped people and then extorted money from their families. They were loathed by law-abiding Italian families who were frightened, but nevertheless helped Petrosino behind the scenes."
This seems like it's a great role for DiCaprio to take on, and this wouldn't be the first time he's played a law enforcement officer in a movie.
- 2/1/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Black Hand: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in The Black Hand. Paramount Pictures will hire a writer to adapt the book by Stephan Talty, which follows a New York City police officer in the late 19th century who sought to stop a ruthless criminal enterprise from Italy. The gang kidnapped people and then extorted their families for ransom. [Deadline] Francis & The Godfather: HBO will make Francis & The Godfather, based on the real-life drama behind the scenes of Francis...
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- 2/1/2017
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Now that he's finally won his Oscar, Leonardo DiCaprio can pretty much do whatever the hell he wants, such as setting up a big-screen version of Captain Planet or starring as Joseph Petrosino in an adaptation of Stephan Talty's upcoming true-crime novel "The Black Hand". Dubbed the "Italian Sherlock Holmes," Petrosino was an NYPD cop who went above and... Read More...
- 2/1/2017
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
It looks like Leonardo DiCaprio has found his next film, as Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has acquired The Black Hand, which the actor will both star in and produce through his Appian Way banner. A search for a writer is now underway and Ashley Brucks and Gabby Canton will oversee the project for the studio.
For those unfamiliar with the source material, Stephan Talty’s novel of the same name follows an NYPD officer named Joe Petrosino, who “unflinchingly went after a ruthless gang that came out of Italy and into America (whose calling card was a black hand) which kidnapped people and then extorted money from their families. They were loathed by law-abiding Italian families who were frightened but nevertheless helped the cop behind the scenes when they could as the viciousness of the gang of thugs knew no boundaries.”
DiCaprio will step into the role of...
For those unfamiliar with the source material, Stephan Talty’s novel of the same name follows an NYPD officer named Joe Petrosino, who “unflinchingly went after a ruthless gang that came out of Italy and into America (whose calling card was a black hand) which kidnapped people and then extorted money from their families. They were loathed by law-abiding Italian families who were frightened but nevertheless helped the cop behind the scenes when they could as the viciousness of the gang of thugs knew no boundaries.”
DiCaprio will step into the role of...
- 2/1/2017
- by Mark Cassidy
- We Got This Covered
According to Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in and produce an adaptation of Stephan Talty’s book The Black Hand. The story is set in the early 1900s, with the Italian Mafia first making headway in the United States by kidnapping people and leaving ominous ransom notes for their families attributed to “the Black Hand.”
DiCaprio will play NYPD officer Joe Petrosino, a man apparently nicknamed “the Italian Sherlock Holmes,” as he works to expose the dirty dealings of the mob. Unfortunately, at the risk of spoiling history, Petrosino does eventually get killed by so-called Black Hand thugs. So that makes this a crime drama, a period piece, and a thriller where the main character will probably die at the end, all of which are basically DiCaprio’s favorite things to have in a movie.
As Deadline also points out, Talty is the ghostwriter behind A Captain’s...
DiCaprio will play NYPD officer Joe Petrosino, a man apparently nicknamed “the Italian Sherlock Holmes,” as he works to expose the dirty dealings of the mob. Unfortunately, at the risk of spoiling history, Petrosino does eventually get killed by so-called Black Hand thugs. So that makes this a crime drama, a period piece, and a thriller where the main character will probably die at the end, all of which are basically DiCaprio’s favorite things to have in a movie.
As Deadline also points out, Talty is the ghostwriter behind A Captain’s...
- 1/31/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Tony Sokol Feb 1, 2017
The Black Hand is set to be the new Leonardo DiCaprio project...
Leonardo Dicapio, who played a street tough in Martin Scorsese’s early New York City crime drama Gangs Of New York, will again clean up those city streets in the upcoming The Black Hand. DiCaprio will produce and star in an adaptation of the book by Stephan Talty for Paramount.
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between A Brilliant Detective And The Deadliest Secret Society In American History will be published in April. The story is set in New York City in crime wave of the summer of 1903. A group of new immigrant criminals was preying on lower Manhattan and leaving a calling card with the figure of a Black Hand at crime scenes. DiCaprio will play Detective Joseph Petrosino, who was called 'Italian Sherlock Holmes', who took the fight against crime from New York to Sicily.
The Black Hand is set to be the new Leonardo DiCaprio project...
Leonardo Dicapio, who played a street tough in Martin Scorsese’s early New York City crime drama Gangs Of New York, will again clean up those city streets in the upcoming The Black Hand. DiCaprio will produce and star in an adaptation of the book by Stephan Talty for Paramount.
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between A Brilliant Detective And The Deadliest Secret Society In American History will be published in April. The story is set in New York City in crime wave of the summer of 1903. A group of new immigrant criminals was preying on lower Manhattan and leaving a calling card with the figure of a Black Hand at crime scenes. DiCaprio will play Detective Joseph Petrosino, who was called 'Italian Sherlock Holmes', who took the fight against crime from New York to Sicily.
- 1/31/2017
- Den of Geek
Leonardo DiCaprio will star in and produce an adaptation of The Black Hand, a book by Stephan Talty.
Paramount has acquired the rights to the book, and DiCaprio will produce through his Appian Way banner along with The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell. Jennifer Davisson also is producing with Nathaniel Posey.
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History, which will hit shelves in April, is set in New York City in the summer of 1903 when a crime wave hit the city. The perpetrators left a calling...
Paramount has acquired the rights to the book, and DiCaprio will produce through his Appian Way banner along with The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jeremy Bell. Jennifer Davisson also is producing with Nathaniel Posey.
The Black Hand: The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History, which will hit shelves in April, is set in New York City in the summer of 1903 when a crime wave hit the city. The perpetrators left a calling...
- 1/31/2017
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has acquired the Stephan Talty book The Black Hand for Leonardo DiCaprio to star in which will be produced through The Gotham Group and the actors’ Appian Way production banner. They are in the process of hiring a writer to adapt the book. The story follows Joe Petrosino, a courageous NYPD cop who unflinchingly went after the ruthless gang that came out of Italy and into America (whose calling card was a black hand) which kidnapped people and…...
- 1/31/2017
- Deadline
New Line and producer Beau Flynn ("San Andreas") are developing a film adaptation of Jonathan Stokes' upcoming book series "The Thrifty Time Traveler's Guide".
The story follows a future time-travel agency which puts together affordable vacation packages to history's biggest events. The first books will span Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and WWII.
Meanwhile, Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off Broadway musical-comedy "Zombie Prom". Vince Marcello and Mark Landry will pen and Marcello will helm the feature film adaptation.
The musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie.
Next up, Fuego Films is teaming with Emmy-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez and have hired...
The story follows a future time-travel agency which puts together affordable vacation packages to history's biggest events. The first books will span Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and WWII.
Meanwhile, Michael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired feature film and TV rights to the Off Broadway musical-comedy "Zombie Prom". Vince Marcello and Mark Landry will pen and Marcello will helm the feature film adaptation.
The musical-comedy homage to the musicals and films of the 1950s tells the story of a forbidden romance between the rebellious bad boy Jonny and the good girl Toffee. After falling into a nuclear reactor, Jonny returns to his love as a zombie.
Next up, Fuego Films is teaming with Emmy-winning journalist Giselle Fernandez and have hired...
- 6/9/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Mad Riot Entertainment, the production company of 300 producer Mark Canton and Lawrence Smith, has acquired rights to Operation Cowboy, the based-on-a-true-story book from Stephan Talty, whose book with Richard Phillips became the basis of the Columbia Pictures hit Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks. Paul Russell Smith has penned the adaptation of Talty’s Operation Cowboy, which takes place during the final days of World War II. With the Russian Army marching…...
- 6/9/2015
- Deadline
Her, Stories We Tell and Captain Phillips took home top honors on Saturday night as the big winners of the 2014 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen. Television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing were also recognized at simultaneous ceremonies at the Jw Marriott L.A. Live in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. It’s the final precursor guild award leading up to the Oscars.
Below is a complete list of the winners.
Screen Winners
Original Screenplay (matched up with the Academy Awards nominations)
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.
Nominees included American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, Her and Nebraska.
Adapted Screenplay (3 for 5 Oscar nominations)
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
In addition to Captain Phillips,...
Below is a complete list of the winners.
Screen Winners
Original Screenplay (matched up with the Academy Awards nominations)
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.
Nominees included American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, Her and Nebraska.
Adapted Screenplay (3 for 5 Oscar nominations)
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
In addition to Captain Phillips,...
- 2/2/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Spike Jonze and his script for techno-romance Her got a real boost in their awards chances this weekend, as the film scored the Writers Guild Award for Original Screenplay, beating the likes of American Hustle, Blue Jasmine and Dallas Buyers Club.Captain Phillips, adapted by Billy Ray from the titular sailor’s book (co-written with Stephan Talty), took home the Adapted Screenplay prize, while Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell scored a welcome gong for Documentary Screenplay.There was little surprise at the Drama Series winner, as Breaking Bad easily took home both the main category and the Episodic Drama award, which went to Gennifer Hutchison for the episode Confessions. Veep took Comedy Series, while 30 Rock’s Hogcock! (written by Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock) got the Episodic Comedy prize. The Colbert Report was the big winner at Comedy/Variety and Netflix’s House Of Cards won New Series. The Last Of Us,...
- 2/2/2014
- EmpireOnline
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) handed out their annual awards tonight and it was Spike Jonze winning for his original screenplay, Her, while Billy Ray took the adaptation top prize for Captain Phillips, based on the book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea". Both screenplays are nominated for Oscars this year and, in fact, the Original Screenplay nominations match up exactly, but in the Adapted category John Ridley's screenplay for 12 Years a Slave was one of many deemed ineligible due to WGA qualifying rules. So if you think this makes for an "open and shut" case at the Oscars, that's definitely something to consider. That said, the win for Jonze I see as a very big deal in a tough field of competitors. I have Her at the top of my predictions in the Original Screenplay category and this only solidifies my opinion further,...
- 2/2/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Tonight, the Writers Guild of America presented their awards for excellence in film and television for 2013. All eyes were on their top two categories, Original Screenplay and Adapted Screenplay, and while the former went to Spike Jonze’s incredible Her as expected, the latter went to Billy Ray’s Captain Phillips, which was completely out of the blue.
Her was widely expected to win due to its immense popularity throughout awards season, taking 20 screenplay wins from groups such as the HFPA and Bfca. However, Captain Phillips was a complete surprise given that it had not managed to win a single screenplay award prior to tonight, but as I’ve said before, it was going to be hard to tell which nominee was the favorite given the fact that the disqualified 12 Years a Slave has been the clear frontrunner throughout the season. However, it’s still quite shocking that Before Midnight...
Her was widely expected to win due to its immense popularity throughout awards season, taking 20 screenplay wins from groups such as the HFPA and Bfca. However, Captain Phillips was a complete surprise given that it had not managed to win a single screenplay award prior to tonight, but as I’ve said before, it was going to be hard to tell which nominee was the favorite given the fact that the disqualified 12 Years a Slave has been the clear frontrunner throughout the season. However, it’s still quite shocking that Before Midnight...
- 2/2/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Writers Guild Of America announced its winners in simultaneous bicoastal shows on February 1 and in the process shed some light on the two of the more inscrutable races of the season. Separately, animation and cinematography came under the spotlight in stand-alone shows.
Spike Jonze’s script for Her won original screenplay, while Billy Ray prevailed in the adapted category for Captain Phillips.
Ray adapted his script from the book Richard Phillips wrote with Stephan Talty, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, And Dangerous Days At Sea.
Her won the Golden Globe and has scooped other awards this season, while this marks the first victory for Ray’s Captain Phillips script.
Both screenplays are in contention for Academy Awards in their respective original and adapted categories.
Sarah Polley won best documentary screenplay for Stories We Tell.
For the full list of winners including TV visit the official WGA site.
Frozen won five...
Spike Jonze’s script for Her won original screenplay, while Billy Ray prevailed in the adapted category for Captain Phillips.
Ray adapted his script from the book Richard Phillips wrote with Stephan Talty, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, And Dangerous Days At Sea.
Her won the Golden Globe and has scooped other awards this season, while this marks the first victory for Ray’s Captain Phillips script.
Both screenplays are in contention for Academy Awards in their respective original and adapted categories.
Sarah Polley won best documentary screenplay for Stories We Tell.
For the full list of winners including TV visit the official WGA site.
Frozen won five...
- 2/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Writers Guild Of America announced its winners in simultaneous bicoastal shows on February 1 and in the process shed some light on the two of the more inscrutable races of the season.
Spike Jonze’s script for Her won original screenplay, while Billy Ray prevailed in the adapted category for Captain Phillips.
Ray adapted his script from the book Richard Phillips wrote with Stephan Talty, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, And Dangerous Days At Sea.
Her won the Golden Globe and has scooped other awards this season, while this marks the first victory for Ray’s Captain Phillips script.
Both screenplays are in contention for Academy Awards in their respective original and adapted categories.
Sarah Polley won best documentary screenplay for Stories We Tell.
For the full list of winners including TV visit the official WGA site.
Spike Jonze’s script for Her won original screenplay, while Billy Ray prevailed in the adapted category for Captain Phillips.
Ray adapted his script from the book Richard Phillips wrote with Stephan Talty, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, And Dangerous Days At Sea.
Her won the Golden Globe and has scooped other awards this season, while this marks the first victory for Ray’s Captain Phillips script.
Both screenplays are in contention for Academy Awards in their respective original and adapted categories.
Sarah Polley won best documentary screenplay for Stories We Tell.
For the full list of winners including TV visit the official WGA site.
- 2/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The 66th annual edition of the Writers Guild of America Awards took place on both coasts simultaneously Saturday. A slew of prizes were handed out in categories that span film, television, radio and new media. Film Original Screenplay "American Hustle," Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell "Blue Jasmine," Woody Allen "Dallas Buyers Club," Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack X - "Her," Spike Jonze "Nebraska," Bob Nelson Adapted Screenplay "August: Osage County," screenplay by Tracy Letts based on his play "Before Midnight," by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan X - "Captain Phillips," by Billy Ray; based on the book "A Captain’s Duty" by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty "Lone Survivor," by Peter Berg; based on the boo...
- 1/31/2014
- Gold Derby
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass has been selected by the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Editors (Ace) to be honored with the organization’s prestigious Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award.
The award will be presented at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2014 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, it was announced today by the Ace Board of Directors.
“Paul Greengrass is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in cinema today,” stated the Ace Board of Directors. “A Greengrass film simply has its own signature – from the magnificent hand-held camera work, to his ability to engage audiences with riveting storytelling, his canon of work is bold and iconic. His latest film, Captain Phillips, is a masterwork yielding some of the finest filmmaking of the year that has already been honored with four Golden Globe® nominations including Best Director,...
The award will be presented at the 64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2014 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, it was announced today by the Ace Board of Directors.
“Paul Greengrass is one of the most exciting filmmakers working in cinema today,” stated the Ace Board of Directors. “A Greengrass film simply has its own signature – from the magnificent hand-held camera work, to his ability to engage audiences with riveting storytelling, his canon of work is bold and iconic. His latest film, Captain Phillips, is a masterwork yielding some of the finest filmmaking of the year that has already been honored with four Golden Globe® nominations including Best Director,...
- 1/16/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Columbia Pictures is re-releasing Captain Phillips into about 1,000 theaters nationwide today, January 15th. The Paul Greengrass-directed film, which was originally released on October 10, 2013, has earned an impressive $213 million worldwide. Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film is based on the book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea," by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro and...
- 1/15/2014
- Comingsoon.net
I was worried that "Spectacular Now," the fantastic coming-of-age dramedy from director James Ponsoldt would be totally forgotten this awards season (well, like "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" last year, this film was just relegated to minor kudos) but leave it to the USC librarians for giving it love!
Nominations for the 26th Annual USC Scripter Awards, given to the best adapted screenplay by the USC Libraries and chosen by various critics, academians, and scriptwriters, have been revealed and "Spectacular Now" was deemed one of the best!
We'll see if the script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will win (but I have a sneaky feeling that "12 Years a Slave" will grab the award) when the winner is revealed on Feb. 8.
Here's the complete nominations list of the 26th Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award:
Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty, authors of .A Captain.s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs,...
Nominations for the 26th Annual USC Scripter Awards, given to the best adapted screenplay by the USC Libraries and chosen by various critics, academians, and scriptwriters, have been revealed and "Spectacular Now" was deemed one of the best!
We'll see if the script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will win (but I have a sneaky feeling that "12 Years a Slave" will grab the award) when the winner is revealed on Feb. 8.
Here's the complete nominations list of the 26th Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award:
Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty, authors of .A Captain.s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs,...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Captain Phillips, 12 Years a Slave and The Spectacular Now are among the nominees for the 26th annual USC Libraries Scripter Award. Philomena and What Maisie Knew round out the list for the award, established in 1988, which honors the screenwriter(s) and original authors of what a 33-member selection committee believes is the year's most accomplished cinematic adaptation. Photos: 18 Breakthrough Stars of 2013: Lorde, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tatiana Maslany and More The 2014 finalists are, in alphabetical order by film title: 12 Years A Slave (author Solomon Northup and screenwriter John Ridley); Captain Phillips (Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty,
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- 1/9/2014
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Both the Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and East (Wgae) have announced nominations for the Writers Guild Awards. The biggest omission? Oscar front-runner "12 Years A Slave!" According to IndieWire, "12 Years A Slave, Fruitvale Station, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, God Loves Uganda, 20 Feet From Stardom, and The Square are indeed ineligible for a WGA nomination because they were not written under the guild's jurisdiction."
Whatever that means! If you're wondering what happened, read the Writers Guild's rules:
Feature films eligible for a Writers Guild Award were exhibited theatrically for at least one week in Los Angeles during 2013 and were written under the WGA.s Minimum Basic Agreement (Mba) or under a bona fide collective bargaining agreement of the Writers Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Great Britain, Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild, or the New Zealand Writers Guild. Theatrical screenplays produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or an affiliate...
Whatever that means! If you're wondering what happened, read the Writers Guild's rules:
Feature films eligible for a Writers Guild Award were exhibited theatrically for at least one week in Los Angeles during 2013 and were written under the WGA.s Minimum Basic Agreement (Mba) or under a bona fide collective bargaining agreement of the Writers Guild of Canada, Writers Guild of Great Britain, Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild, or the New Zealand Writers Guild. Theatrical screenplays produced under the jurisdiction of the WGA or an affiliate...
- 1/4/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
WGA Awards 2014 nominations: Woody Allen, ‘American Hustle’ in; ’12 Years a Slave,’ ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ ineligible (photo: Cate Blanchett and Woody Allen on the ‘Blue Jasmine’ set) The Writers Guild of America has announced the nominees for the 2014 WGA Awards. The lists — adapted and original screenplay, documentary screenplay — mostly feature the expected titles, in addition to a handful of surprises chiefly because several of this year’s top contenders for screenplay awards have failed to meet the WGA’s strict eligibility rules. Among the out-of-contention screenplays for the 2014 WGA Awards were John Ridley’s 12 Years a Slave, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope’s Philomena, Asghar Farhadi’s The Past, Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix’s Blue Is the Warmest Color, William Nicholson’s Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Peter Morgan’s Rush, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12, and Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station. The winners of the...
- 1/4/2014
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Earlier today saw the announcement of the Writers Guild of America‘s nominations for Best Original, Adapted, and Documentary Screenplay for 2013. Of the major guilds (Producers Guild, Directors Guild, etc.), these are usually the awards taken the least seriously due to their silly rules that exclude several of the top contenders each year. This year, major casualties of their rules included 12 Years a Slave (which is on the fast-track to winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar), Philomena, and Fruitvale Station. However, this wouldn’t be the first time a disqualified screenplay has gone on to win an Oscar, as we’ve seen previously with Django Unchained and The King’s Speech.
The exclusion of some of these nominees has led to a bit of randomness in their selections, particularly in the Adapted Screenplay category, where we find surprises like August: Osage County and Lone Survivor, two films that were of pretty poor quality.
The exclusion of some of these nominees has led to a bit of randomness in their selections, particularly in the Adapted Screenplay category, where we find surprises like August: Osage County and Lone Survivor, two films that were of pretty poor quality.
- 1/3/2014
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2013. Winners will be honored at the 2014 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
Screen Nominees
Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack; Focus Features http://focusguilds2013.com/dbcscreenplay/
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures
Original Screenplay
August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Classics
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the...
Screen Nominees
Original Screenplay
American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack; Focus Features http://focusguilds2013.com/dbcscreenplay/
Her, Written by Spike Jonze; Warner Bros.
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures
Original Screenplay
August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play; The Weinstein Company
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Classics
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the...
- 1/3/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Writers Guild of America award nominations are out, but don’t expect to learn much about the Oscar race from these shortlists.
Too many major screenplays are ineligible for the guild prize, since the organization only honors writers who are union members or films that were made under the auspices of a guild agreement — excluding many foreign and independent movies.
Among those disqualified this year: John Ridley’s script for 12 Years a Slave — considered a frontrunner for the adapted screenplay Oscar — and Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope’s Philomena — another strong contender for that Academy Award. In the original screenplay category,...
Too many major screenplays are ineligible for the guild prize, since the organization only honors writers who are union members or films that were made under the auspices of a guild agreement — excluding many foreign and independent movies.
Among those disqualified this year: John Ridley’s script for 12 Years a Slave — considered a frontrunner for the adapted screenplay Oscar — and Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope’s Philomena — another strong contender for that Academy Award. In the original screenplay category,...
- 1/3/2014
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the nominees for the 2014 WGA Awards and, as always, there will be Oscar contending screenplays that weren't eligible due to WGA qualifying rules. This year some of the ineligible scripts include 12 Years a Slave, Rush, Fruitvale Station and Philomena (via HitFix). The absence of such titles make the Oscar race a little more interesting, but if you think Lone Survivor is going to get a nomination (as much as I like seeing it recognized) over 12 Years a Slave guess again. In fact, looking at the nominations compared to my current Oscar predictions for Adapted and Original Screenplay you're going to find few differences. In the Original category the biggest difference is yet another snub for Inside Llewyn Davis, which was looked over yesterday by the Producers Guild and again today by the WGA, and once again, in its place we find Dallas Buyers Club,...
- 1/3/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
’Captain Phillips’: ’Incomplete’ and ’less than completely satisfying’ (photo: Mahat M. Ali, Tom Hanks, Faysal Ahmed in ’Captain Phillips’) In Paul Greengrass’ thriller starring Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips, the titular Captain is a merchant ship’s skipper whose cargo vessel, the Mv Maersk Alabama, was hijacked by Somali pirates in March 2009. The event became worldwide news in nearly real time after the Captain was taken hostage by the pirates, who fled the merchant vessel in one of its lifeboats. In short order, the four pirates, with Captain Phillips under armed duress, found themselves pursued and surrounded by several American naval war vessels intent on preventing the Captain from being taken to Somalia — the inference being quite clear to all. Mostly adapted from the Captain’s memoir — a book with the unwieldy title A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea — Captain Phillips is conversely...
- 10/14/2013
- by Tim Cogshell
- Alt Film Guide
Warner Bros. Pictures' senstational sci-fi thriller drama Gravity starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney has topped the box office for a second weekend over Sony's debuting Somali pirate actioner Captain Phillips with a big $44.5 million sophomore run. That's very impressive, showing just 21% change compared to its debut weekend gross of $55.7 million. That brings the film scripted by Alfonso Cuaron and Jonas Cuaron's, (helmed by Alfonso) total to over $123.3 million, already covering its $100 million production budget. This is undoubtedly one of the best films of the year, and could land Bullock her third Academy Award. Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips grossed an estimated $26 million on its debut weekend. The Paul Greengrass film which has also received excellent reviews, , averaged $8,609 per theater and is scripted by Billy Ray based on the book "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea" by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Barkhad Abdi,...
- 10/13/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Tom Hanks’ ‘Captain Phillips’ weekend box office: One of Hanks’ biggest domestic openings in the past decade Starring two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the title role — though you wouldn’t know it by looking at the film’s poster — Paul Greengrass’ inspired-by-real-life-events Captain Phillips grossed an estimated $8.5 million from 3,020 venues on Friday, October 11, 2013, including $600,000 from Thursday night showings, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Captain Phillips chronicles the adventures of the titular captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. (Photo: Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips.) Budgeted at $55 million — not including marketing and distribution expenses — Captain Phillips should collect anywhere between $23-25 million by Sunday evening. A major Saturday surge and a strong Sunday hold could lead to even higher results, but for now that’s mere speculation. Either way, Captain Phillips has absolutely no chance of topping this weekend’s domestic box office chart,...
- 10/13/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
‘Captain Phillips’: Tom Hanks’ Somali pirates movie likely to trail ‘Gravity’ by a wide margin Starring Tom Hanks in the title role, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips grossed an estimated $600,000 from showings on Thursday night, October 10, 2013. The film follows the titular real-life captain of an American cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009 — reportedly the first such hijacking in two centuries. (Photo: Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips.) Seven years ago, Paul Greengrass came up with another film inspired by real-life events pitting heroic Americans vs. Muslim evildoers: the well-received domestic box office disappointment United 93, about the one September 11, 2001, flight in which the passengers rebelled against the Muslim terrorists. Distributor Sony Pictures is obviously expecting much better business for the less traumatic movie-fied events found in the $55 million-budgeted Captain Phillips, which, even factoring in inflation, has a price tag more than three times higher than that of United 93. In fact,...
- 10/12/2013
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Catch two new clips from Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks. The Paul Greengrass film from Sony is scripted by Bill Ray based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. This is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The cast includes Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vázquez, David Warshofsky and Catherine Keener.
- 10/1/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is — through director Paul Greengrass’ distinctive lens — simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award®-winner Tom Hanks), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.
The film is directed by Academy Award® nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea,...
The film is directed by Academy Award® nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea,...
- 9/30/2013
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Columbia Pictures premiered a sneak preview of director Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips during the series finale of "Breaking Bad" last night and you can now watch it below. The thriller stars Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro and Angus MacInnes. Opening in theaters on October 11, the film tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Captain Phillips is and based upon the book, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea," by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
- 9/30/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Fresh from its official bow at the Nyff over the weekend, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips is just a few weeks out from landing in cinemas, and all the early signs point to this being a big awards contender and an adrenaline-fuelled blockbuster for Sony.
Dave was fortunate to see the film early – you can read our five-star review here – cementing the faith that this is going to be something that has everyone talking in the coming weeks and months. And as if it wasn’t on everyone’s radar already, Sony screened a new trailer / two-minute preview of the film during last night’s Breaking Bad finale.
Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Dave was fortunate to see the film early – you can read our five-star review here – cementing the faith that this is going to be something that has everyone talking in the coming weeks and months. And as if it wasn’t on everyone’s radar already, Sony screened a new trailer / two-minute preview of the film during last night’s Breaking Bad finale.
Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
- 9/30/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Strap yourselves in for some intense storytelling, involving Somali pirates, the steadfastness of an American captain, and gritty hijacking: two new video spots for “Captain Phillips” have just arrived Friday (September 27).
Starring Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips” is and based upon the book, “A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea,” by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
Per the synopsis: “The film tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.”
Set for release on October 11, 2013, don’t miss this true-to-life action flick, and stay linked to GossipCenter for more news!
Starring Tom Hanks, “Captain Phillips” is and based upon the book, “A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea,” by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
Per the synopsis: “The film tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.”
Set for release on October 11, 2013, don’t miss this true-to-life action flick, and stay linked to GossipCenter for more news!
- 9/28/2013
- GossipCenter
Directed by Oscar® nominee Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Billy Ray and based upon the book, 'A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea' by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty, Captain Phillips is scheduled for release this October. Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass's multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass's distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi). Set on an...
- 9/28/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Our series continues with a look at Paul Greengrass' salty take on the real-life story of a cargo ship captain (played by Tom Hanks) taken hostage by pirates
This year's …
Argo, in that it is about an American misadventure in unstable foreign climes. Possibly also this year's Cast Away, in that it features an unshaven, imperiled Tom Hanks adrift in open water.
What's it all about?
In April 2009 the Maersk Alabama, a Us cargo ship, was seized by Somali pirates in the ocean south-east of the port city of Eyl. Spoiler alert: the ship was later freed by a the Us Navy. Captain Phillips is the fact-based account of the hijacking and rescue, adapted from Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty's book A Captain's Duty.
How did it happen?
British director Paul Greengrass showed his prowess with the resonant, true-life American crisis on his 2006 film United 93 and his...
This year's …
Argo, in that it is about an American misadventure in unstable foreign climes. Possibly also this year's Cast Away, in that it features an unshaven, imperiled Tom Hanks adrift in open water.
What's it all about?
In April 2009 the Maersk Alabama, a Us cargo ship, was seized by Somali pirates in the ocean south-east of the port city of Eyl. Spoiler alert: the ship was later freed by a the Us Navy. Captain Phillips is the fact-based account of the hijacking and rescue, adapted from Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty's book A Captain's Duty.
How did it happen?
British director Paul Greengrass showed his prowess with the resonant, true-life American crisis on his 2006 film United 93 and his...
- 9/27/2013
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Columbia Pictures has released two new TV spots for Captain Phillips , directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro and Angus MacInnes. Opening in theaters on October 11, the film tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Captain Phillips is and based upon the book, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea," by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
- 9/27/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Directed by Oscar® nominee Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Billy Ray and based upon the book, 'A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea' by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty, Captain Phillips is scheduled for release this October. Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass's multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass's distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award® winner Tom Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi). Set on an...
- 9/23/2013
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips might be getting its official world premiere this time next week at the New York Film Festival, but Dave has already been privy to an early screening, and our five-star review would definitely suggest that the film’s going to be an Oscar heavyweight in the months to come.
Based on real events, Tom Hanks takes centre stage in the action/drama as the eponymous Captain Phillips, whose ship was hijacked back in 2009 by Somali pirates. The latest trailer landed just over a month ago, and with just a few more weeks before it touches down in Us cinemas, Sony has released a new TV spot.
Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Based on real events, Tom Hanks takes centre stage in the action/drama as the eponymous Captain Phillips, whose ship was hijacked back in 2009 by Somali pirates. The latest trailer landed just over a month ago, and with just a few more weeks before it touches down in Us cinemas, Sony has released a new TV spot.
Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
- 9/19/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Check out the new poster for Paul Greengrass' Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson, Max Martini, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vázquez, David Warshofsky and Catherine Keener. The action thriller from Columbia Pictures stars Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the Us-flagged Mv Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Captain Phillips is directed by Oscar® nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray and based upon the book, "A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea," by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.
- 9/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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