By Jess Lomas December 18, 2013 Play It Again is a weekly feature in which our classic-film connoisseurs revisit a revered motion picture from the annals of movie history, to see if it holds up… or if it has aged terribly. And yes, it takes its name from a famously misquoted Casablanca line. (Hey, whatever. […]
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The shipping dudes – Captain Phillips review
October 22, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo October 22, 2013 Chaos reigns in many of Paul Greengrass‘ films, from the harrowing September 11 thriller United 93 to his written-on-the-fly Bourne sequels. Captain Phillips carries over the handheld camera-work and forever-increasing tension of those features, but chaos is not quite the right word to describe its contents. Based on the […]
Continue readingAnother Bourne movie set in motion by Universal
August 5, 2013 0 Comments
Universal have set the wheels in motion for another Bourne movie, Deadline reports. The studio has hired Anthony Peckham (Sherlock Holmes) to start writing a script that will continue the story of Aaron Cross, the chems-loving assassin played by Jeremy Renner in The Bourne Legacy. It is unknown if Matt Damon will finally return to […]
Continue readingPaul Greengrass to direct Aaron Sorkin’s Chicago 7
July 24, 2013 0 Comments
Paul Greengrass is in “final talks” to direct Aaron Sorkin’s script The Trial of the Chicago 7; a project that was once set to be Steven Spielberg’s next big Oscar hope. According to Deadline, DreamWorks has decided to move on from Spielberg – who had been sitting on the screenplay since 2008 – and court […]
Continue readingForest Whitaker in talks to play Martin Luther King Jr. for Paul Greengrass
June 4, 2013 0 Comments
Forest Whitaker is in talks to play Martin Luther King Jr in Paul Greengrass’ gritty upcoming biopic, The Wrap reports. Titled Memphis, the film purportedly follows King’s last days as he organises what turns out to be his last protest march. King’s family, who are developing their own separate biopic, have objected to Greengrass’ film, […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Captain Phillips
May 10, 2013 0 Comments
The trailer for Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips, Tom Hanks’ best Oscar hope in years, has arrived online. Hanks stars as Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship – the Maersk Alabama – was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Though the teaser boasts Greengrass’ credentials as director of The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, the better […]
Continue readingClooney, Greengrass team with Argo screenwriter
November 30, 2012 0 Comments
Argo producer George Clooney is set to reteam with that film’s screenwriter, Chris Terrio, on a new crime thriller. According to Variety, Clooney will star in the flick, which Paul Greengrass is keen to direct. Details are under wraps, but it is supposedly an original tale “set in the world of New York criminal syndicates.” In the […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Bourne Legacy
June 1, 2012 0 Comments
The feature trailer for the Bourne movie without Bourne – The Bourne Legacy – has arrived online. Reminding us that “there was never just one,” the teaser offers us a better, unobstructed glimpse of genetically-modified assassin Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner), who must go on the run when the shady Treadstone agency decides to cleanse their ranks. Though original franchise […]
Continue readingUniversal abandons Martin Luther King assassination flick
April 4, 2011 0 Comments
Universal Pictures has cut financing to the new Paul Greengrass project titled Memphis, Deadline reports. The studio acquired the film last month and planned to push it into production in June for a 2012 release but has instead pulled the plug. The film was to chronicle the last days of Martin Luther King, leading up […]
Continue readingGreengrass to direct Martin Luther King assassination pic
February 24, 2011 0 Comments
When you want to make a film about an intense, horribly tragic moment in history, you call Paul Greengrass. Although the shaky-cam loving director is mostly famous now for helming the last two films of the Bourne saga, he previously directed Bloody Sunday (about the disastrous 1972 march on Derry in Northern Ireland) and United […]
Continue readingThe Bourne Legacy won’t feature Jason Bourne
October 11, 2010 0 Comments
Last week it was revealed that Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton) would direct the fourth instalment of the Jason Bourne saga, entitled The Bourne Legacy. The director has now shared a somewhat surprising piece of information: the film will not feature Jason Bourne (Matt Damon). Gilroy spoke to Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere to clarify the […]
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