J.J. Abrams, forever setting up intriguing projects, has recruited Oscar-winning scribe Dustin Lance Black (Milk) to write a new disaster film by the name of Earthquake. According to Deadline, this Universal production is not a remake of the 1974 flick of the same name. As with most Abrams joints, details are scarce. Still, the title […]
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Edgar of darkness – J. Edgar review
January 25, 2012 
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J. Edgar – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer and Naomi Watts. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. Although his standing as one of cinema’s great icons will never be challenged, Clint Eastwood has surely evolved into one of the drabbest, stagiest, and most emotionally disconnected directors in Hollywood. Like Hereafter before it, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: J. Edgar
September 20, 2011 1 Comment
Old age make-up. Tricky accent. Leonardo DiCaprio has his work cut out for him in Clint Eastwood‘s J. Edgar, a biopic on the life of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Although shooting began a mere seven months ago, the notoriously fast-moving Eastwood already has a trailer for us to enjoy. As well he should – […]
Continue readingRon Howard moves from Dark Tower to murderous Mormons
July 20, 2011 1 Comment
It was only announced yesterday that Ron Howard‘s ambitious plans to adapt Stephen King’s seven-book series The Dark Tower had been nixed by Universal, yet the Oscar winning director already has another project in production. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Howard and producer Brian Grazer are set to bring Jon Krakauer’s novel Under the Banner […]
Continue readingGreen Day’s American Idiot heading to big screen
April 14, 2011 0 Comments
First it was an album, and then a Broadway musical. Now it looks as if Green Day’s American Idiot will be turned into a feature film for Universal Pictures. According to Deadline, Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black is adapting the stage show into a movie. The Broadway musical translated the tracks from Green Day’s […]
Continue readingEastwood denies Phoenix’s casting in Hoover
October 12, 2010 0 Comments
Well, so much for a comeback. Clint Eastwood has denied reports that Joaquin Phoenix will star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in an upcoming J. Edger Hoover biopic. It emerged in September that performance artist extraordinaire Phoenix was set to star as Hoover’s lover in the Dustin Lance Black-penned film. Eastwood has since told Reuters that he […]
Continue readingPhoenix to return to acting as DiCaprio’s lover?
September 23, 2010 0 Comments
Clint Eastwood reportedly wants Joaquin Phoenix to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Hoover, his upcoming biopic of the legendary FBI director. According to Vulture, sources close to the project claim Eastwood wants Phoenix to star as the FBI’s associate director (and Hoover’s lover) Clyde Tolson. DiCaprio has long been attached to star as J. Edgar […]
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