In one of the most painful ‘Would You Rather’ scenarios of recent memory, directors Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) and Todd Field (In the Bedroom) are racing to get competing movies to the screen, with only one likely to cross the finish line. According to Deadline, Bigelow and her frequent collaborator Mark Boal are planning a […]
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Threat level midnight – Zero Dark Thirty review
January 21, 2013 
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Zero Dark Thirty – Starring Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, and Jennifer Ehle. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. This thing is an embarrassment of riches; the jewel in director Kathryn Bigelow‘s crown. The most accomplished procedural since David Fincher‘s superb Zodiac, gifted with an esteemed, oddball ensemble cast anchored by a career-best […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Zero Dark Thirty
August 8, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser trailer for Kathryn Bigelow‘s ‘Hunt for Bin Laden’ movie Zero Dark Thirty has arrived online. Though we don’t get to see much of the cast – which includes (deep breath) Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Mark Duplass, Jennifer Ehle, and Edgar Ramirez – the flick’s motives are made clear: we’re going to see the real story […]
Continue readingKyle Chandler to hunt Bin Laden
February 20, 2012 0 Comments
Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights) is the latest actor to join Kathryn Bigelow‘s dramatisation of the hunt for Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. According to Deadline, Chandler will play a CIA agent in the untitled picture. The project was originally called Kill Bin Laden, but that was before Navy SEAL Team 6 actually killed Bin Laden. Mark Boal’s […]
Continue readingJason Clarke in, Joel Edgerton out of Kill Bin Laden
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
Aussie Jason Clarke is the first actor cast in Kathryn Bigelow‘s upcoming flick Kill Bin Laden, Deadline reports. Joel Edgerton was previously announced as one of the film’s Osama-hunters, but it now seems his busy shooting schedule (which includes the 300 spin-off Battle of Artemisia) has forced him to abandon the project. Tom Hardy, Jennifer Ehle, Idris Elba, Rooney […]
Continue readingKathryn Bigelow’s Kill Bin Laden kicking off White House investigation?
August 11, 2011 1 Comment
Kathryn Bigelow‘s Kill Bin Laden project is generating a fair amount of controversy. Although this was expected for a picture about such a hot-button issue, it looks like it may have ramifications for the Obama administration. It was reported by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times that Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) […]
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