Friday, March 9, 2012

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Max Landis To Scribe 'Chronicle 2' Screenplay
Science Fiction
The worldwide success of 'Chronicle' to the tune of over $100million has prompted 20 th Century Fox to hire the writer of the original film, Max Landis, to pen the movie's sequel. The movie opened just last month and has exceeded expectations.
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Nantucket Film Festival gearing up for its 17th year
Nantucket Island Inquirer
With the reopening of the Dreamland Theater downtown, organizers are preparing for a big year, and recently announced some news items about the festival: The next deadline for the Screenplay Competition and film submissions is March 12.
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Nantucket Island Inquirer
Monsieur Lazhar wins 6 Genies
CBC.ca
Director Philippe Falardeau took home best director honours and best adapted screenplay for the story of an Algerian immigrant, his own life full of heartbreak, who steps in to teach a middle-school class after their teacher commits suicide.
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CBC.ca
Philippe Falardeau makes up for Oscars loss with best motion picture Genie win
National Post
Falardeau also walked away with the statuettes for Achievement in Direction and Adapted Screenplay. "I wrote a speech two weeks ago and didn't have the chance to say it," he said upon accepting the award for best director. "I'm tempted to recycle the ...
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National Post
Story of Nicolas Cage's stolen Superman comic heading to big screen
The Guardian
As a spec screenplay for a Hollywood movie, it sounds almost as far-fetched as the real-life story that inspired it: studio Lionsgate is to immortalise the tale of Nicolas Cage's stolen first edition Superman comic on the big screen.
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The Guardian
Award-winning writer Aaron Sorkin named Syracuse University's 2012 ...
Syracuse.com
By Geoff Herbert, syracuse.com AP Photo/Matt SaylesAaron Sorkin, who graduated from Syracuse University in 1983, won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for "The Social Network" and multiple Emmys for "The West Wing." He'll be the Commencement Speaker for ...
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Syracuse.com
'Senna' followed by new Formula 1 film
Telegraph.co.uk
Peter Morgan has written a screenplay about the rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Photo: Keystone By David Gritten You wait ages for a motor racing film, then two come along at once. Last year it was the award-winning ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Levy's High Five, March 9 - 15
OregonLive.com (blog)
By Shawn Levy, The Oregonian 1) "A Separation" Asghar Farhadi's gripping movie has been nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film, which is no surprise, but also for Best Original Screenplay, which is, mainly because the Academy so rarely ...
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OregonLive.com (blog)
Genie Award Winners
Broadcaster
Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar won six trophies including Best Motion Picture (Luc Déry, Kim McCraw) as well as best Achievement in Direction and best Adapted Screenplay (Philippe Falardeau). A Dangerous Method garnered five coveted Genie Awards ...
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A Thousand Words
Variety
Screenplay, Steve Koren. The tale of a smooth-talking, self-absorbed book agent forced to turn over a new leaf when he finds that every utterance brings him one step closer to death, "A Thousand Words" springs from the seed of an interesting idea: that ...
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Variety
'Monsieur Lazhar' triumphs at Genies
Calgary Sun
(Craig Robertson/QMI Agency) Quebec filmmaker Ken Scott, left, and co-writer Martin Petit, pose backstage with their Genie for Best Original Screenplay for the film Starbuck, at the 32nd Annual Genie Awards, March 8, 2012. (Craig Robertson/QMI Agency) ...
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Inez and Gil, A Separation
Iranian
Woody Allen won the 2012 Academy award for the best original screenplay for 'Midnight in Paris' – His fourth Oscar. He outshined, among other nominees, Asghar Farhadi who was nominated for 'A Separation.' Storylines in the two movies are however, ...
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Hollywood can be Hell
Spectator.co.uk
Several should have never been typed into screenplays in the first place. A few ended up being better movies than all the fever dreams that preceded them. At least one (the much-blogged-about 'Clint Eastwood was Darren Aronofsky's Batman!
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Sitting down with Jonathan Franzen
Binghamton University Pipe Dream
PD: You've now written a screenplay adaptation of your novel "The Corrections." What is different about writing screenplays? Franzen: Screenplays are fun because they're so much about structure, and the scripts I've been writing — I just wrote 10 of ...
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Binghamton University Pipe Dream
Genie Awards 2012 Winners: 'Monsieur Lazhar' Takes Home Six Trophies [PHOTOS]
International Business Times
The drama, which was nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language category last month, earned director Phillipe Falardeau the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay awards, along with the night's biggest prize, Best Picture.
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International Business Times
Genies 2012: Monsieur Lazhar top of the class
Toronto.com
The golden haul included Best Picture, plus wins for director (Philippe Falardeau), actor (Mohamed Fellag), supporting actress (Sophie Nélisse), adapted screenplay (Falardeau) and editing (Stéphane Lafleur). The Genie wins capped a long season of glory ...
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Toronto.com
Wes Anderson's MOONRISE KINGDOM to Open Cannes Film Festival
Collider.com
Directed by Wes Anderson who co-wrote the screenplay with Roman Coppola, the film will be released in French cinemas on the same day as its screening in Cannes and on May 25 in the US. Cannes Film Festival president Gilles Jacobs commented: "With Wes ...
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Collider.com
ReThink Interview: Paul Weitz, Director of Being Flynn
Huffington Post
The screenplay was adapted by writer/director Paul Weitz and tells the true story of when Nick (played by Paul Dano) was an aspiring writer in his late twenties and began working in a Boston homeless shelter. Struggling with addiction as well as the ...
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Payback Season
Variety
Screenplay, Donnelly, Jenny Fitzpatrick. With: Adam Deacon, Nichola Burley, David Ajala, Leo Gregory, Bronson Webb, Ike Hamilton, Arnold Oceng, Billy Seymour, Liam Donnelly, Alex Esmail, Geoff Hurst, Anna Popplewell. Prolific British actor Adam Deacon ...
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Tony Montana returns to the big screen
Buenos Aires Herald
Since its release in 1972, this epic (which was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Marlon Brando, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola) has set the standards to ...
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'Prophets Of Science Fiction: George Lucas' – Recap
Science Fiction
This week's prophet strays from the traditional format that we've seen in the last 7 episodes in that this forecaster in science fiction didn't write novels but wrote screenplays instead. George Lucas, the man behind one of the biggest and ...
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Monsieur Lazhar wins big at Canada's Genie Awards
Screen International
It won for best motion picture, direction and adapted screenplay. A Dangerous Method followed closely with five awards, including best supporting actor for Viggo Mortensen. Starbuck, which won the previously announced Cineplex Golden Reel Award, ...
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'Let the Bullets Fly': Chinese actioner is a propulsive blast
The Seattle Times
Directed by Jiang, from a screenplay by Jiang, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao, Li Bukong, Shu Ping and Zhu Sujin. 132 minutes. Not rated; for mature audiences (contains violence, language). In Mandarin and Cantonese, with English subtitles.
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MONSIEUR LAZHAR Tops Genie Awards
Alt Film Guide (blog)
... won a total of six Genie Awards — the Canadian Oscars — including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Fellag), Best Supporting Actress (Sophie Nélisse), and Best Adapted Screenplay (also Falardeau, from Evelyne de la Chenelière's play).
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Alt Film Guide (blog)
'Lazhar' tops Canada's Genie Awards
Variety
"Monsieur Lazhar" won six Genies, including best picture, director and adapted screenplay (also Falardeau). Algerian thesp and stand-up comic Fellag won best actor for his role as a teacher while 11-year-old Sophie Nelisse, who plays a grade-school kid ...
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Variety
Holocaust drama 'In Darkness': An unlikely hero rises from sewers
The Seattle Times
Directed by Agnieszka Holland, from a screenplay by David F. Shamoon. 145 minutes. Rated R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality, nudity and language. In Polish, German, Yiddish and Ukrainian, with English subtitles. Seven Gables.
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Of course, the Genies
NOW Magazine
Philippe Falardeau's Monsieur Lazhar was the night's big winner, taking Genies for Picture, Actor (for star Fellag), Director, Adapted Screenplay and Editing, as well as a surprise Supporting Actress win for 11-year-old Sophie Nélisse, ...
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Genies love Monsieur Lazhar
Victoria Times Colonist
Falardeau also walked away with the statuettes for achievement in direction and adapted screenplay. In the end, Monsieur Lazhar captured six of the nine awards it was nominated for. Fellag's performance as the titular teacher earned him best actor, ...
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Writer 'Recounts' Palin's Rise to Fame
The Emory Wheel
When actor Danny Strong's ("Mad Men") first major screenplay "Recount" went into production under the supervision of director Jay Roach ("Dinner for Schmucks") back in late 2007, it was a bold move — a retelling of the events surrounding the 2000 ...
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'Men In Black III' Writer Etan Cohen To Direct Black List Flick 'Boy Scouts vs ...
Geeks of Doom
The Black List is a special list of the best screenplays that weren't turned into movies each year. On the 2010 list, a screenplay by writers Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki titled Boy Scouts vs. Zombies was selected, and now it's finally making its way ...
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Geeks of Doom
What's the Big Deal?: Patton (1970)
Film.com
The praise: Patton was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won seven of them, including Best Picture, actor, director, and original screenplay. Its director, editor, writers, and sound designer won the top awards from their respective guilds.
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Film.com
Blue Hawaii: How Old-Time Religion is Sinking Paradise on Earth
Huffington Post
Those lines, as spoken by actor nonpareil George Clooney, helped my fellow Nebraskan Alexander Payne collect another Oscar this year, for the screenplay of his film "The Descendants." Clooney's character, Matt King, goes on to list the everyday ills ...
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A Separation more than merits Oscar
TheChronicleHerald.ca
... Farhadi's emotionally gripping family feud A Separation felt it deserved more than its slot in the best foreign language feature category and its original screenplay nod; it should have taken its rightful place among the best picture contenders.
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TheChronicleHerald.ca
UTV & Salman Khan's CHILLAR PARTY wins 3 National Awards
GlamSham
Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari won in the category for Best Original Screenplay and the nine child actors - Irfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Nama Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandransuh, Vedant Desai and Divij Handa shared the Best ...
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GlamSham
Syracuse U. grad Sorkin to speak at commencement
Sacramento Bee
The 50-year-old Sorkin won six Emmys for creating and writing television's "The West Wing" and won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay in 2010 for "The Social Network." His other screenwriting credits include "Moneyball," "A Few Good Men" and "Charlie ...
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Monsieur Lazhar wins best picture, best director at Genies
Macleans.ca
His film Monsieur Lazhar was the most honoured movie at the Genie Awards, taking home six trophies, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay. The movie, inspired by a play called Bashir Lazhar, is the story of a grieving man ...
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Wes Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom' to open Cannes
AFP
Anderson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Roman Coppola, also directed movies including "The Royal Tenenbaums" (2001), "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (2004) and "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009). "Moonrise Kingdom", filmed on an island in New England, ...
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AFP
Film review: 'Friends With Kids' starts bold then reels it in
Las Vegas Weekly
Westfeldt, who wrote the screenplay and makes her directorial debut, plays single New Yorker Julie, unlucky in love and distracted by the the loud ticking of her biological clock. Julie's best friend Jason (Adam Scott) is also eager to be a parent, ...
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Simon Beaufoy - Simon Beaufoy Nervous And Excited About The Hunger Games Challenge
Contactmusic.com
Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy is beginning to feel the pressure after signing on to adapt the second Hunger Games book into a screenplay. The Brit, who won gold at the Academy Awards for his Slumdog Millionaire script, took on the project ...
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New DVDs due for release March 13
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay. (R; language, sexual references) *** 1/2 THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Paramount) An intrepid reporter gets caught up in adventure and intrigue after acquiring a model of a doomed ship. Produced by Peter Jackson ...
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Face of Business: Nick Maniatis mixes low-key style with can-do attitude
New Mexico Business Weekly
He wasn'ta good actor, and the screenplay he wrote is gathering dust in his closet. But his self-deprecating humor belies a certain chutzpah. Years ago, Maniatis, 46, was the emcee at a rehearsal dinner for a cousin's wedding. He introduced his future ...
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'John Carter' wanders through overwrought terrain
Cincinnati.com
The screenplay is credited to Stanton, Mark Andrews and the great novelist Michael Chabon, of all people. It feels like a mishmash of styles and other films -- a little "Avatar" here (OK, a lot), a little Ray Harryhausen there. It's too much, really, ...
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In Pictures: The 32nd Genie Awards
Globe and Mail
Jean-Marc Vallée, nominee for original screenplay and best motion picture for Café de Flore. Director Philippe Falardeau, left, of the film Monsieur Lazhar and actor Viggo Mortensen of the film A Dangerous Method hold their Genie awards behind a ...
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Globe and Mail
Bruce Willis-Starring 'Moonrise Kingdom' To Open Cannes Film Festival
Contactmusic.com
There are big things expected of the forthcoming movie, with Wes Anderson directing in addition to the stellar cast assembled; Anderson also co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola's son Roman. The BBC reports that the film has ...
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