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NarniaWeb Interviews 'The Lion Awakes' Screenwriter
Narnia Web
We recently asked co-screenwriter Darren Scott Jacobs some questions about his upcoming film The Lion Awakes, which is currently scheduled for a 2013 release. The story will center around CS Lewis' early life, and mark the first time JRR Tolkien has ...
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Narnia Web
From 'Slumdog' To 'Salmon Fishing' To 'Hunger Games': Oscar-Winning ...
Deadline.com
The move that would have made sense considering the Oscar pedigree of its director — three-time nominee Lasse Hallstrom (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, My Life As A Dog) – and its Oscar winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, whose own three nominations ...
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Recognized alumnus, screenwriter Sorkin named 2012 commencement speaker
SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
Writer, producer and actor Aaron Sorkin is the 2012 commencement speaker at this year's graduation ceremony, university officials announced Thursday. Sorkin will join the ranks of past commencement speakers such as Vice President Joseph Biden Jr., ...
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HBO's 'Game Change': Fact or fiction?
msnbc.com
MSNBC's Thomas Roberts speaks with screenwriter for "Game Change," actor Danny Strong, about Palin's description of the movie as "historical fiction." >>> in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in america. but it turns out the women of america aren't ...
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How realistic will Danny Boyle's movie about shapeshifting dogs be?
io9
Oscar award winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, who worked with Danny Boyle on 127 Hours and Slumdog Millionaire, gave us an update on their next collaboration: translating Tobey Barlow's lycanthrope book Sharp Teeth into film! Find out which Hollywood ...
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Jason Statham's 'Hummingbird' picked up by Lionsgate
Digital Spy
Eastern Promises screenwriter Steven Knight will make his directorial debut on the film, which is being produced by IM Global. Hummingbird casts Statham as a war veteran haunted by a tragic past, who takes on a new life masquerading as an upper-class ...
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Dad's backing municipals and Obama
Philadelphia Inquirer
The audience laughed, but screenwriter Buck Henry's advice was actually sound. "Municipals," said Hy, confidently but not confidentially. The Munis smaller return is offset by federal tax-free status and their security, said Hy.
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Polley, Delpy bring films to Tribeca Film Festival
Kansas City Star
11, 2011 file photo, director-screenwriter-actress Sarah Polley poses for a portrait to promote her film, "Take this Waltz," during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Polley's "Take This Waltz" starring Michelle Williams ...
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Kansas City Star
Director Lynne Ramsey talks about Kevin
Minnesota Public Radio
Ramsey is the director and screenwriter on "We Need to Talk About Kevin," a deeply disturbing film opening in Minnesota this weekend. Critics have lauded the film, and in particular the performance of Tilda Swinton as Eva, a mother dealing with the ...
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'Game Change' won't change views of Palin
Tucson Citizen
No matter how hard screenwriter Danny Strong and director Jay Roach (previously teamed for Recount) may have tried to be fair to Palin — and reasonable people will disagree over how hard they tried — their work will be filtered through viewers' ...
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'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,' With Ewan McGregor
New York Times
And in his newest feat Mr. Hallstrom and the screenwriter Simon Beaufoy ("The Full Monty") have transformed Paul Torday's absurdist political satire, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," into a whimsical romantic comedy. It is the cinematic equivalent of ...
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Republicans Pan HBO Palin Movie
WLTX.com
Screenwriter Danny Strong calls it "one of the most amazing political stories of our time." Palin supporters see a different motive for devoting the movie to McCain and Palin: Hollywood's antipathy to Republicans. On the website for Palin's PAC, ...
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WLTX.com
Love, Transformation And 'Salmon Fishing' Abroad
NPR
The cheerfully irreverent Yorkshire-bred screenwriter Simon Beaufoy has built a buoyantly exportable career by creating remarkable lives for seemingly unremarkable Everypeople. Beaufoy is drawn to the transforming power of quixotic struggle: In The ...
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Lionsgate Picks Up Jason Statham Thriller Hummingbird
ComingSoon.net
Lionsgate has picked up the distribution rights to Jason Statham's next action-thriller Hummingbird, the directorial debut by Eastern Promises screenwriter Steven Knight, being produced by IM Global. Production is slated to begin on Monday.
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MPAA grants "Perks of Being a Wallflower" PG-13 rating
Chicago Tribune
Erik Feig, president of production at Lionsgate Motion Picture Group and Stephen Chbosky, the director, screenwriter and author of the novel on which the movie was based, appeared before the board to make their case for the lower rating.
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James Deen: The Tom Cruise of porn
The Guardian
Earlier this week, Bret Easton Ellis announced his intention to cast a male porn star as the lead in The Canyons, a new film noir to be directed by Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo.
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The Guardian
Saultites receive Northern Ontario Music and Film Award nominations
SooToday.com
Marie, writer, filmmaker, and Confederation College film production professor Lee Chambers (pictured) has been nominated as Screenwriter of the Year for his Make It Short film project Hugh Jackman Saves the World. Of the film, Chambers told ...
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SooToday.com
'In Darkness' (R)
MiamiHerald.com
Adapted from Robert Marshall's book In the Sewers of Lvov by screenwriter David F. Shamoon, In Darkness is a punishing but hopeful drama that argues human nature is, at its core, is good — easily corruptible by greed and power and fear, but noble and ...
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MiamiHerald.com
Sandra Bernhard, Second City bring edgy acts to the Playhouse
La Jolla Light
A comedian, actress, screenwriter, author, singer and producer of her one-woman shows, Bernhard has entertained, shocked, amused, and angered audiences across the country. La Jolla Playhouse patrons will get to experience Bernhard's muse when she ...
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'Hummingbird' lands at Lionsgate
Variety
IM Global announced during the American Film Market that it was fully financing the project, marking the directorial debut of "Easter Promises" screenwriter Steven Knight. Paul Webster is producing with Chris Menges on board as cinematographer.
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The English Patient (Blu-ray)
Flix 66
Audio Commentary with Screenwriter/Director Anthony Minghella (02:41:52) An epic film receives the all-star treatment with this incredible commentary. I take issue only with the fact that Minghella's voice can be a bit monotonous (and thus, ...
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Sarah Palin: The big loser in 'Game Change'
MarketWatch
Screenwriter Danny Strong and director Jay Roach merely reinforce our hardened impression of Palin (whom actress Julianne Moore does a terrific job of portraying). The movie went too easy on McCain and Schmidt (Woody Harrelson, who steals the movie).
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Steve Martin to Compose Music for Shakespeare in the Park's As You Like It ...
Broadway.com
Actor, comedian, author, screenwriter, playwright and banjo player Steve Martin will soon be an off-Broadway composer as well. According to the New York Times, Martin will compose original music for the upcoming Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park ...
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Broadway.com
Which movies to see this weekend, March 9
San Francisco Chronicle
Joshua Kosman Children of Paradise: Screenwriter Jacques Prevert and director Marcel Carne combined their talents to create this much-loved 1945 film, regarded by many (not me, but many) as the best French film ever made - an epic, 191-minute work, ...
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Silent House Exclusive: Chris Kentis and Laura Lau Talk Psychological Fear
Movie Fanatic
Silent House director Chris Kentis and screenwriter Laura Lau have partnered to create a downright scary film. The duo phoned Movie Fanatic for an exclusive interview to discuss what inspired the project, their thoughts on the astounding turn by their ...
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Fear and Self-Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Slate Magazine
By Troy Patterson|Posted Thursday, March 8, 2012, at 3:28 PM ET Danny Strong—the screenwriter of Game Change (HBO, Saturday at 9 pm ET), a brisk film extracted from the campaign-trail saga of that title—has delivered to Julianne Moore the meatiest ...
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Slate Magazine
Emily Blunt & Ewan McGregor Go "Salmon Fishing" in NYC
The Gossip Girls
The good-looking co-stars were accompanied by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, with the trio posing for pictures inside the Crosby Street Hotel venue while garnering a little last-minute press ahead of tomorrow's release of their motion picture.
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Julianne Moore At 'Game Change' Premiere (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Stars Julianne Moore and Sarah Paulson, director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong walked the red carpet at the premiere, where they spoke to HuffPost about the relationship between politics and acting, as well as what they might say to the ...
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What You Should Know About 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' From Ewan McGregor ...
Film Equals
Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt along with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy and director Lasse Hallstrom, recently took some time to talk with reporters during a press day about the film. Film Equals was there and is happy to bring you some of the highlights.
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Film Equals
Stripped of Boston accent, 'Flynn' flops
Boston Herald
What we are left with is an offbeat Oedipal struggle from director/screenwriter Paul Weitz ("Little Fockers") shot in New York City. The struggling son is aspiring writer and ne'er-do-well Nick (a reliably recessive Paul Dano) and his ...
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The Best Charles Bronson Movie You've Never Seen: Walter Hill's <i>Hard Times ...
Nashville Scene (blog)
But before he solidified into an impassive lug in schlock like Murphy's Law and Death Wish 5, he had one of his best post-Death Wish roles in Hard Times, the 1975 directorial debut of screenwriter Walter Hill. It's a hard-boiled yarn set in ...
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A Scene from "Friends With Kids."
WorstPreviews.com
... alter relationships to the strain of dedicating the bulk of one's every waking minute to another, is at the center of "Friends with Kids," the attentive directorial debut of screenwriter-actress Jennifer Westfeldt (2002's "Kissing Jessica Stein").
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WorstPreviews.com
The Hot List: Pedal Powered Talk Show, 'Stealing Roses,' Bobbi Brown, A&E Live ...
OregonLive.com
For this filming before a live audience, host Boaz Frankel welcomes guests including Jon Raymond (co-screenwriter of "Mildred Pierce"); artists/authors Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, whose latest project is "Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of ...
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OregonLive.com
Dimension Films to Remake Won Bin's "The Man from Nowhere"
Soompi
According to a press release, the screenwriter Shawn Christensen who wrote the script for the 2011 film "Abduction" (Starring Taylor Lautner) will be a part of the adaptation. CJ Entertainment stated, "Dimension Films bought the rights to remake 'The ...
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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor at New York screening
Daily Mail
The genetically blessed co-stars were accompanied by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy. The threesome posed for pictures inside the Crosby Street Hotel venue and chatted about their film. The Lasse Hallström directed movie, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is the ...
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Daily Mail
That you have the nerve to laugh at my jokes truly takes the biscuit
Hong Kong Standard
I can't count the number of movies I've been to where I've laughed out loud at the tragic death of the hero - only to discover that I'm sitting next to the screenwriter. But I'm no longer alone. These days, the majority of readers seem to have it.
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Hong Kong Standard
Win 1 of 3 Doctor Who long-lost adventure CDs
Film News
Written by acclaimed Doctor Who novelist and screenwriter Gareth Roberts, it is based on Douglas Adams' original scripts and read by Lalla Ward (who played the Doctor's companion Romana). John Leeson, the original K9, returns as the voice of the ...
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Film News
Friday Link-A-Mania
SFX
Although a screenwriter is yet to be hired it sounds as though it will be an action-packed adventure. [via ComingSoon] • Following from Wednesday's post it's been revealed that director Brad Peyton and writers Brian and Mark Gunn have signed up for the ...
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SFX
Film review: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Examiner.com
Adapted from the beloved novel by Paul Torday, the director of 'Chocolat' and the screenwriter of 'Slumdog Millionaire' bring us "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" the story of a visionary sheik (Amr Waked) who believes his passion for the peaceful pastime ...
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'Game' over, unchanged: No Palin revelations in HBO film
Washington Times
Director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong offer a mostly respectful summary and recitation of a string of pivotal moments from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, but little insight. Viewers will learn nothing that's genuinely new and will ...
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Washington Times
'Salmon Fishing In The Yemen' Movie Review – Take a Leap of Faith
Film Equals
And fun fact, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy explained during a press event that they weren't able to find a better name for the movie anyway. And so Salmon Fishing in the Yemen it is. The film focuses on Fred (McGregor) a leading fisheries expert who gets ...
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Film Equals
Dimension To Remake Korean Hit 'The Man From Nowhere'
WhatCulture!
... Dimension films are now getting in on the action with an announcement that they have just secured the rights for the English language remake of Korean smash 'The Man from Nowhere', securing screenwriter Shawn Christensen for writing duties.
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