One of the best things about winning an Oscar is the new-found strategic power a filmmaker has at his disposal when he’s shooting from the hilltop. From that high ground stronghold, Danny Boyle took his certified prestige to leverage an unlikely project that might never have been green-lit without the fortified clout the Academy can confer. The advantage we got with the [Slumdog Millionaire] success we had was that you…
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Rooney Mara will be ‚ÄúThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,‚Äù Columbia Pictures confirmed on Monday. Rooney nabbed the highly covered role of edgy hacker Lisbeth Salander in the American big screen adaptation of Stieg Larsson‚Äôs literary set, The Millenium Trilogy. The actress, who is up next in theaters in ‚ÄúThe Social Network,‚Äù alongside Justin Timberlake (and directed by David Fincher), reportedly beat out a field of contenders that, at one…
The New York Film Fest will open with the Social Network and close with Hereafter, thus putting them front and center in the 2010 Oscar race. Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours will close the London Film Fest, it was recently announced. From Indiewire: ‚ÄúHereafter‚Äù‚Äòs NYC premiere marks Eastwoods‚Äôs fourth visit to the New York Film Festival. Eastwood‚Äôs film, from a script by Peter Morgan (‚ÄúThe Queen‚Äù), tracks the lives of three…
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George Lucas cranked up the cuteness quotient at the end of Return of the Jedi in order to sell more Ewok merchandise, says producer Gary Kurtz in this LATimes interview. “I could see where things were headed,‚Äù Kurtz said. ‚ÄúThe toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It‚Äôs a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films. It‚Äôs natural to make decisions that…
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Ben Affleck and Rachel Weisz will co-star in Terrence Malick’s next movie, scheduled to begin filming in Oklahoma in October. Details are sketchy but The Wrap did some digging: The project was announced at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was described as a “romantic drama” and a “powerful and moving love story.” Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Rachel McAdams and Olga Kurylenko were announced as the initial cast members, but…
