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The Weinstein Co. has finally offered up a few of their scripts including Paul Thomas Anderson‘s screenplay for The Master, David O. Russell‘s screenplay for Silver Linings Playbook and Ronald Harwood‘s perfectly sweet, if not pedestrian, adaptation of his own play with Quartet. On top of that, Columbia Pictures and TriStar have woken up and realized Rian Johnson‘s screenplay for Looper may have a shot…

Directors Guild of America President Michael Apted today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2007. The nominees are as follows: The DGA likes to boast about how only six times since the DGA Awards began in 1949 has the winner not gone on to win…

We learned, at the end of March, Paramount was bringing on Akiva Goldsman (Jonah Hex, Batman & Robin) to help Transformers franchise director Michael Bay, exec producer Steven Spielberg and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura organize a “writer’s room” to create a Transformers universe, a la Marvel’s Avengers universe, so as to open up opportunities for more Transformers-releated sequels and possible spin-offs. Now Hasbro has reiterated the point as the company’s CEO Brian…

We’ll begin with the report from The Wrap that says Selma director Ava DuVernay is being courted to direct one of Marvel’s upcoming movies and it stands to reason the obvious contenders would be Black Panther (7/6/18) and Captain Marvel (11/2/18). The site reports insiders suggesting Black Panther is the most likely prospect and that there is mutual interest on the part of both parties, though it…

Joe Wright (Atonement, Hanna) recently premiered a six minute clip from Anna Karenina, his upcoming adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel of the same name. In introducing the clip on Film 4, Wright discusses the fascinating approach he took to the feature: “Just as the Russian aristocracy of the 19th century could be described as living upon a stage,…

Men in Black 3 had a rocky shoot as it was delayed for several weeks as the script was finished and enjoyed a variety of miscellaneous stumbling blocks along the way. Now the film is preparing to make its way to theaters on May 25, 2012 and that path begins with the first trailer which debuted this morning. Bringing back Will…

Universal has premiered the following three first look images from the set of Angelina Jolie‘s sophomore directorial effort, Unbroken, based on The New York Times bestselling book “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand following the incredible life story of Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini (Jack O’Connell) who, along with two…

Steven Tyler is an icon in the entertainment world, having established himself as a rock legend, setting styles and defying trends. Tyler is the lead singer for one of the most successful rock bands in history – Aerosmith – and is establishing himself as a film presence after having already starred in an array of…

I have to admit, I’m a little surprised to see the R rating for Guillermo del Toro‘s Crimson Peak, not due to del Toro, but because I didn’t think a major studio would allow for an R-rated fantasy feature, as PG-13 seemed to be the highest bar they’d allow. Kudos to them for allowing del Toro to…

As far as I’m concerned there are always multiple reasons to be excited for a new Joe Wright feature. Of course, both times he’s teamed with Keira Knightley for a period piece he’s knocked it out of the park — Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. Then there are the tracking shots, such as the opening to Pride and Prejudice, introducing us to the…