We spoke to Frances Ha star Greta Gerwig recently, and the conversation inevitably turned to the film’s memorable music selections. As a co-writer, she was responsible for selecting Frances’ anthems with director Noah Baumbach. So why did she choose David Bowie’s Modern Love as the coming-of-age flick’s theme? “[Noah and I] kind of feel that […]
Continue readingSydney Film Festival – Frances Ha review
By Simon Miraudo June 15, 2013 I’ll enjoy Greta Gerwig in quite anything – even that Arthur remake – and I’m discovering that the same goes for Adam Driver, of Girls (and one particularly uncomfortable sex scene) fame. So, director Noah Baumbach wasn’t fighting an uphill battle with this particular viewer of Frances Ha. His previous efforts […]
Continue readingAmanda Seyfried joins Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young
Amanda Seyfried has signed on for Noah Baumbach’s next directorial offering While We’re Young, The Wrap reports. While Baumbach’s latest Indie, Frances Ha, continues to do well on the festival circuit and in limited theatrical release overseas, he’s already focused on his next project, which has Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver (Girls) attached. […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Frances Ha
The trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha has been released and proposes an honest portrayal of a twenty-something woman trying to find her place in life. Greta Gerwig (who co-wrote the film with Baumbach) stars as Frances, a New York resident struggling to define what she does, where she lives, or who her friends are. […]
Continue readingEwan McGregor cast in Noah Baumbach’s The Corrections
Ewan McGregor will join Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest in Noah Baumbach‘s HBO pilot The Corrections. It was announced in September that Baumbach and producer Scott Rudin would bring Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed tome to the small screen as a HBO series. The book tells the story of the repressed Lambert family; parents Alfred (Cooper) and […]
Continue readingNoah Baumbach bringing Franzen’s The Corrections to TV
Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) is rumoured to be adapting Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed tome The Corrections for HBO. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Baumbach is developing the 568-page novel for executive producer Scott Rudin. The book tells the story of the repressed Lambert family; parents Alfred and Enid, and their ruined children […]
Continue readingJoel and Ethan Coen get folksy with follow-up
Back in February, Joel and Ethan Coen (jokingly?) suggested they might follow-up True Grit with a “full-on horror” movie, starring Frances McDormand as the monster. As fun as that sounds, much more believable details about their next project have emerged. According to The L.A. Times, the brothers are working on a script focusing on the […]
Continue readingWes Anderson preps next film
Wes Anderson is gearing up to shoot his next film in 2011. Although little is known about the project, Production Weekly have tweeted that it will be called Moonrise Kingdom. According to The Playlist, Anderson is looking for a boy and a girl (aged 12) for the lead roles. It is unknown if this is […]
Continue readingNoah Baumbach worked on Madagascar 3 script
Film studios have been reaching out to unexpected screenwriters to work on their animated films lately, with solid results. Pixar recruited Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor) and Oscar-winner Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) to work on Up and Toy Story 3 respectively. Dreamworks have hired writers even further out of the box, calling upon Charlie Kaufman […]
Continue readingBaumbach and Stiller team up for Greenberg
source: traileraddict.com The trailer for Noah Baumbach‘s latest film Greenberg has landed online. It looks like another uncomfortably offbeat dramedy from the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is experiencing something of a mid-life crisis. He decides to house sit his brother’s home, where he meets an aspiring singer (Mumblecore maven Greta Gerwig). The two […]
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