Dr. Phil and Nancy Grace are teaming up.
Grace, best known from her days hosting primetime shows focused on crime and justice on Court TV and Hln, will lead “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” for a new TV network launching under Merit Street Media, the new media company being developed by Phil McGraw with Trinity Broadcasting.
Her new program will be part of a four-hour block that will include two hours of “Cops” and “Jail,” followed by “True Crime: Dr. Phil,” classic “Dr. Phil,” episodes where McGraw investigated headlining cases. YouTube sensation “The Behavior Panel,” which relies on body language and behavioral experts Mark Bowden, Greg Hartley, Chase Hughes, and Scott Rouse, will air weekly shows on Fridays. The new block begins airing February 26, 2024, the premiere date of the new television network.
“Nancy is an unmatched expert and legend in this field,” said McGraw, in a statement. “She is a...
Grace, best known from her days hosting primetime shows focused on crime and justice on Court TV and Hln, will lead “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace,” for a new TV network launching under Merit Street Media, the new media company being developed by Phil McGraw with Trinity Broadcasting.
Her new program will be part of a four-hour block that will include two hours of “Cops” and “Jail,” followed by “True Crime: Dr. Phil,” classic “Dr. Phil,” episodes where McGraw investigated headlining cases. YouTube sensation “The Behavior Panel,” which relies on body language and behavioral experts Mark Bowden, Greg Hartley, Chase Hughes, and Scott Rouse, will air weekly shows on Fridays. The new block begins airing February 26, 2024, the premiere date of the new television network.
“Nancy is an unmatched expert and legend in this field,” said McGraw, in a statement. “She is a...
- 2/1/2024
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Nearly nine years since Blackhat with one hour-long TV pilot and big novel in-between doesn’t mean Michael Mann’s spent the much-better part of a decade lying dormant. The man(n) develops, develops, and develops, which is plenty effort for a noted perfectionist whose projects of late haven’t been so financially viable. Fingers crossed Ferrari––a solid, expressive bit of work––does business: he’s holding on to some long-stewing projects and hinting at ones we haven’t even heard word of yet.
In a recent interview with Uproxx, Mann reaffirms interest in a Vietnam-set project––likely his semi-recent attempts to adapt Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968, about the war’s turning-point Tet Offensive, though the outlet (I’m guessing incorrectly) refer to it as the “Battle of Wai.” In 2017 it was sketched as a 10-part FX series on which Mann would serve as a multi-episode director, but no...
In a recent interview with Uproxx, Mann reaffirms interest in a Vietnam-set project––likely his semi-recent attempts to adapt Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968, about the war’s turning-point Tet Offensive, though the outlet (I’m guessing incorrectly) refer to it as the “Battle of Wai.” In 2017 it was sketched as a 10-part FX series on which Mann would serve as a multi-episode director, but no...
- 12/18/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Synopsis
Black Hawk Down
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (The Martian) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes the gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie, and the complex reality of war.
Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana. In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.
The Guns Of Navarone
Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued.
Black Hawk Down
From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (The Martian) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes the gripping true story about bravery, camaraderie, and the complex reality of war.
Black Hawk Down stars an exceptional cast including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Eric Bana. In 1993, an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are sent to Somalia on a critical mission to capture a violent warlord whose corrupt regime has led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Somalis. When the mission goes quickly and terribly wrong, the men find themselves outnumbered and literally fighting for their lives.
The Guns Of Navarone
Academy Award®-winners Gregory Peck, David Niven, and Anthony Quinn star as a team of Allied military specialists recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued.
- 9/17/2023
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Clockwise from upper left: Extraction 2 (Netflix), The Woman King (Sony), Fast Five (Universal), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (TriStar Pictures), Rrr (Sarigama Cinemas)Graphic: AVClub
Remember the good ol’ days when you could see all the Christopher Nolan Batman films on Netflix? Well, those days are over. And remember the good...
Remember the good ol’ days when you could see all the Christopher Nolan Batman films on Netflix? Well, those days are over. And remember the good...
- 8/12/2023
- by The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Legendary post-punk drummers Lol Tolhurst (formerly of The Cure) and Budgie (formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees) have joined forces with producer Jacknife Lee for a new collaborative project called Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee. The trio will release their debut album, Los Angeles, on November 3rd through Play It Again Sam.
Across the album’s 13 tracks, the group is joined by a number of high-profile guest contributors, including U2’s The Edge, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Idles’s Mark Bowden, Lonnie Holley, and Mary Lattimore. LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy also pops up on two tracks, including the album’s title track / lead single. Check it out below.
Tolhurst has also announced a new book, Goth: A History, which promises “a fascinating deep dive with stories and anecdotes from Tolhurst’s personal memories as well as the musicians, magicians, and artists...
Across the album’s 13 tracks, the group is joined by a number of high-profile guest contributors, including U2’s The Edge, Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Idles’s Mark Bowden, Lonnie Holley, and Mary Lattimore. LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy also pops up on two tracks, including the album’s title track / lead single. Check it out below.
Tolhurst has also announced a new book, Goth: A History, which promises “a fascinating deep dive with stories and anecdotes from Tolhurst’s personal memories as well as the musicians, magicians, and artists...
- 7/24/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Get on the phone with Ron Bernstein and he’ll happily share his views on who’s up and down at the studios — and inevitably, he’ll talk about his latest deals. On a recent call, he hyped the Redstone family power saga by James Stewart and Rachel Abrams, “Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Hollywood Media Empire”; sure enough, within weeks it sold to producer Steven Paul, who’s developing the juicy Shakespearean drama for television.
Bernstein is Hollywood’s most respected media rights agent. He’s repped the source material for the Coen brothers’ Best Picture winner “No Country for Old Men” (Cormac McCarthy), Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (Doris Kearns Goodwin), Danny Boyle’s “Jobs” (Walter Isaacson), and Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” (Marie Brenner).
Now, he has a new job. After a 23-year run at ICM, which CAA bought in 2022, Bernstein recently joined the Agency for the...
Bernstein is Hollywood’s most respected media rights agent. He’s repped the source material for the Coen brothers’ Best Picture winner “No Country for Old Men” (Cormac McCarthy), Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” (Doris Kearns Goodwin), Danny Boyle’s “Jobs” (Walter Isaacson), and Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” (Marie Brenner).
Now, he has a new job. After a 23-year run at ICM, which CAA bought in 2022, Bernstein recently joined the Agency for the...
- 4/27/2023
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Ron Bernstein, a veteran rights agent who has brokered adaptive deals for modern classics like “No Country for Old Men” and “Blackhawk Down,” has joined the Agency for the Performing Arts.
He will serve as senior vice president of media rights, a mantle he will take up after a 23-year run at ICM Partners. Bernstein joins APA partners Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble Hill in the publishing and media rights group. APA president Jim Osbourne announced Bernstein’s hire, effective Thursday. The addition is another big score for APA as the representation business continues to shift amid consolidation.
Over a long and enviable career, Bernstein has represented some of the most acclaimed novelists, authors and journalists in the marketplace and sold the rights to countless feature films, limited series and shows to major buyers.
Clients expected to join Bernstein at APA include Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Mark Bowden, John Burdett,...
He will serve as senior vice president of media rights, a mantle he will take up after a 23-year run at ICM Partners. Bernstein joins APA partners Steve Fisher and Debbie Deuble Hill in the publishing and media rights group. APA president Jim Osbourne announced Bernstein’s hire, effective Thursday. The addition is another big score for APA as the representation business continues to shift amid consolidation.
Over a long and enviable career, Bernstein has represented some of the most acclaimed novelists, authors and journalists in the marketplace and sold the rights to countless feature films, limited series and shows to major buyers.
Clients expected to join Bernstein at APA include Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Mark Bowden, John Burdett,...
- 4/13/2023
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The scenario was unfathomable. The details traumatized an entire region. On March 25, 1975, 12-year-old Sheila Lyon and her little sister, 10-year old Katherine, walked half a mile from their home to a shopping mall in Wheaton, Maryland, and were never seen again. Who Killed the Lyon Sisters?, will detail the cold-case investigation will premiere Saturday, Nov. 28 at 9 p.m. Et.
“The tragic disappearance of these two young women is every parent’s worst nightmare, and completely shifted the dynamics of parenting back in 1975,” Investigation Discovery’s Henry Schleiff said in a statement.
Investigation Discovery’s two-hour special features the findings which came from the reporting of bestselling author Mark Bowden. Bowden followed the case from the beginning. “When news of their disappearance broke, a community was rocked to its core,” reads the press statement. “Residents wondered if someone within their community was responsible, and parents who once felt safe letting their...
“The tragic disappearance of these two young women is every parent’s worst nightmare, and completely shifted the dynamics of parenting back in 1975,” Investigation Discovery’s Henry Schleiff said in a statement.
Investigation Discovery’s two-hour special features the findings which came from the reporting of bestselling author Mark Bowden. Bowden followed the case from the beginning. “When news of their disappearance broke, a community was rocked to its core,” reads the press statement. “Residents wondered if someone within their community was responsible, and parents who once felt safe letting their...
- 10/20/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
In today’s roundup, USA releases the trailer for the second season of “The Purge” and Amazon drops the final trailer before “The Boys” launches.
Renewals
Viceland has renewed the pro wrestling docu-series “Dark Side of the Ring” for a second season. The upcoming season will feature 10 hour-long episodes chronicling the lives of wrestlers inside and outside of the ring.
Dates
“Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” will hit Netflix on Aug. 13. Haddish executive produces and hosts the special, which will showcase half-hour sets from the comedian’s friends including Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams.
Lifetime has revealed that its new movie “Patsy & Loretta,” which explores the friendship of musicians Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, will air on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.
NBC has announced that “The 2020 Miss America Competition” will air live on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. Fifty-one candidates...
Renewals
Viceland has renewed the pro wrestling docu-series “Dark Side of the Ring” for a second season. The upcoming season will feature 10 hour-long episodes chronicling the lives of wrestlers inside and outside of the ring.
Dates
“Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready” will hit Netflix on Aug. 13. Haddish executive produces and hosts the special, which will showcase half-hour sets from the comedian’s friends including Chaunté Wayans, April Macie, Tracey Ashley, Aida Rodriguez, Flame Monroe, and Marlo Williams.
Lifetime has revealed that its new movie “Patsy & Loretta,” which explores the friendship of musicians Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, will air on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.
NBC has announced that “The 2020 Miss America Competition” will air live on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. Fifty-one candidates...
- 7/23/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
National Geographic has optioned Mark Bowden’s best-selling Iran hostage crisis novel, “Guests of the Ayatollah,” to be adapted into a limited series by “Genius” showrunner Ken Biller, the cable channel said Tuesday during the Television Critic’s Association press tour.
Here’s the description of the 2006 nonfiction novel, courtesy of Nat Geo:
“Guests of the Ayatollah” takes a global, 360-degree view of the events that unfolded on and after Nov. 4, 1979, when a group of radical Islamist students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Motivated by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, the radicals held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, releasing them at the exact moment President Ronald Reagan was sworn in. “Guests of the Ayatollah” reexamines this gut-wrenching saga from the point of view of the hostages, the special forces units sent to free them, the diplomats working to end the crisis and the radical captors. Time magazine said of the book,...
Here’s the description of the 2006 nonfiction novel, courtesy of Nat Geo:
“Guests of the Ayatollah” takes a global, 360-degree view of the events that unfolded on and after Nov. 4, 1979, when a group of radical Islamist students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. Motivated by the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, the radicals held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days, releasing them at the exact moment President Ronald Reagan was sworn in. “Guests of the Ayatollah” reexamines this gut-wrenching saga from the point of view of the hostages, the special forces units sent to free them, the diplomats working to end the crisis and the radical captors. Time magazine said of the book,...
- 7/23/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Nat Geo is developing a scripted series based on Mark Bowden’s book Guests of the Ayatollah, which tells the story of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, with Genius showrunner Ken Biller.
The Disney-backed broadcaster has optioned the novel and will adapt as a limited series. Biller, who is showrunner and exec producer of Nat Geo’s Genius will exec produce and write the adaptation.
It is Nat Geo’s latest book adaptation; its version of The Hot Zone, based on Richard Preston’s 1994 bestseller, launched in May with Julianna Margulies and production started this month on its remake of Annie Proulx’s Barkskins about French settlers in North America in the 17th Century and Tom Wolfe’s 1979 space classic The Right Stuff.
Landscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper brought the book to the network and will serve as a non-writing exec producer alongside Head of Television Tom Lerner. Fox 21 Television Studios...
The Disney-backed broadcaster has optioned the novel and will adapt as a limited series. Biller, who is showrunner and exec producer of Nat Geo’s Genius will exec produce and write the adaptation.
It is Nat Geo’s latest book adaptation; its version of The Hot Zone, based on Richard Preston’s 1994 bestseller, launched in May with Julianna Margulies and production started this month on its remake of Annie Proulx’s Barkskins about French settlers in North America in the 17th Century and Tom Wolfe’s 1979 space classic The Right Stuff.
Landscape Entertainment’s Bob Cooper brought the book to the network and will serve as a non-writing exec producer alongside Head of Television Tom Lerner. Fox 21 Television Studios...
- 7/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The film Black Hawk Down is back in the spotlight with Sony Home Entertainment’s lavish new retrospective and the first 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of the Ridley Scott war film that reached theaters a few short months after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Emotionally wrenching, politically volatile, and technically sublime, Black Hawk Down ushered in a new era of combat filmmaking as it detailed the infamous downing of two U.S. Uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu and the protracted efforts to rescue their crewmen – efforts that escalated into the most intense close combat involving U.S. forces since the Vietnam War.
The film was based on Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Signet Books), the 1999 non-fiction bestseller by journalist Mark Bowden and based on his reportage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bowden recently spoke with Deadline about the ongoing echoes of the films, which featured a...
The film was based on Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (Signet Books), the 1999 non-fiction bestseller by journalist Mark Bowden and based on his reportage for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Bowden recently spoke with Deadline about the ongoing echoes of the films, which featured a...
- 5/21/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
It was 18 years ago that Ridley Scott went off to war. It was in March 2001, less than a month after Scott’s Hannibal opened in theaters, when the acclaimed filmmaker jetted off to northern Morocco to begin principal photography on Black Hawk Down, a new type of war movie and an endeavor that courted controversy from Day One. Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s intention to make a combat film about the gruesomely ill-fated U.S. military raid in 1993 in Mogadishu, Somalia, promised to be an emotionally combustible and politically incendiary project – the cinematic equivalent of a Molotov cocktail – but even they weren’t prepared for an unexpected intrusion by national calamity. Halfway between the final day of principal photography in June and the film’s release at Christmastime, the suicide attacks of September 11 changed the context of any and every military and geo-political conversation involving American forces.
While Sept.
While Sept.
- 5/15/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
The new Ant-Man epic is a big hit, again raising the question what is the box office magic embedded in Marvel’s superhero (or super-insect) movies? How long will it sustain?
The “magic” is a relatively new phenomenon: Thirty years ago this summer, in fact, Peter Guber ran into a brick wall trying to persuade Warner Bros to finance a superhero movie. The creative types at the studio didn’t buy either the genre or the title – Batman. Not ones to be rebuffed, Guber and his then-partner Jon Peters went to work on the studio’s merchandising and foreign sales teams to rally support.
Not only did the movie ultimately get made (Tim Burton directed), but superhero movies have held the keys to the kingdom ever since — Ant-Man and the Wasp is Marvel’s 20th. Seven of last year’s 11 top-grossing movies were proud (?) representatives of this genre. “Hollywood’s...
The “magic” is a relatively new phenomenon: Thirty years ago this summer, in fact, Peter Guber ran into a brick wall trying to persuade Warner Bros to finance a superhero movie. The creative types at the studio didn’t buy either the genre or the title – Batman. Not ones to be rebuffed, Guber and his then-partner Jon Peters went to work on the studio’s merchandising and foreign sales teams to rally support.
Not only did the movie ultimately get made (Tim Burton directed), but superhero movies have held the keys to the kingdom ever since — Ant-Man and the Wasp is Marvel’s 20th. Seven of last year’s 11 top-grossing movies were proud (?) representatives of this genre. “Hollywood’s...
- 7/12/2018
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Ron Perlman would have us believe that war never changes, but the movies about it certainly have. The last 15 years have brought no shortage of films about the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (for obvious reasons), but World War II continues to fascinate filmmakers most of all. That includes Christopher Nolan, whose recent hit “Dunkirk” manages to bring something new to a genre that constantly feels at risk of becoming old hat.
Read More‘Dunkirk’ Is Too Loud For Some Viewers, But Christopher Nolan Says That’s the Way He Likes It
And while those two conflicts have dominated the genre of late, everything from the Civil War to the Battle of Red Cliffs has found powerful expression onscreen. Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” tells us that “war is a drug,” and the films below suggest that movies about war are just as addictive — maybe even more so.
Read More‘Dunkirk’ Is Too Loud For Some Viewers, But Christopher Nolan Says That’s the Way He Likes It
And while those two conflicts have dominated the genre of late, everything from the Civil War to the Battle of Red Cliffs has found powerful expression onscreen. Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” tells us that “war is a drug,” and the films below suggest that movies about war are just as addictive — maybe even more so.
- 7/28/2017
- by Michael Nordine and Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Rob Leane Jul 7, 2017
Michael Mann will return to TV for Hue 1968, a Vietnam War drama on FX....
Michael Mann is heading back to TV. Way back in his early days as a writer/producer, he worked on episodes of Starsky And Hutch and Miami Vice. Of course, he went on direct massive movies such as Heat, The Last Of The Mohicans, Ali and Collateral.
See related Preacher renewed for longer second season Preacher episode 10 review: Call And Response
And now, with the golden age of 'peak TV' continuing, FX has snapped up Mann to helm a new war drama. The show will adapt Hue 1968, Mark Bowden's bestseller, all about American involvement in the conflict. (You might recognise Bowden's name - he also wrote the book that became Black Hawk Down.)
Mann will direct multiple episodes, including the first one. There are expected to be 8-10 episodes in total,...
Michael Mann will return to TV for Hue 1968, a Vietnam War drama on FX....
Michael Mann is heading back to TV. Way back in his early days as a writer/producer, he worked on episodes of Starsky And Hutch and Miami Vice. Of course, he went on direct massive movies such as Heat, The Last Of The Mohicans, Ali and Collateral.
See related Preacher renewed for longer second season Preacher episode 10 review: Call And Response
And now, with the golden age of 'peak TV' continuing, FX has snapped up Mann to helm a new war drama. The show will adapt Hue 1968, Mark Bowden's bestseller, all about American involvement in the conflict. (You might recognise Bowden's name - he also wrote the book that became Black Hawk Down.)
Mann will direct multiple episodes, including the first one. There are expected to be 8-10 episodes in total,...
- 7/7/2017
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, FX has landed the rights to turn the Mark Bowden bestseller Hue 1968 into a limited event series that will span eight-10 hours. Michael Mann and Michael De Luca will creatively quarterback the adaptation of Bowden's kaleidoscopic account of the bloody siege that became the turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Mann plans to direct multiple installments of the series, including the opener, and he will produce…...
- 7/6/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, FX has landed the rights to turn the Mark Bowden bestseller Hue 1968 into a limited event series that will span eight-10 hours. Michael Mann and Michael De Luca will creatively quarterback the adaptation of Bowden's kaleidoscopic account of the bloody siege that became the turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Mann plans to direct multiple installments of the series, including the opener, and he will produce…...
- 7/6/2017
- Deadline
Premium cable network to adapt Vietnam War book into limited series.
FX has landed the rights to turn Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden’s book Huế, 1968 into a limited event series that will range from eight-10 hours.
Michael Mann and Michael De Luca acquired the rights to the book in late April.
The Vietnam War adaption will focus on lives on all sides during pivotal the Tet Offensive by Vietnamese forces. Characters include a seemingly innocent Vietnamese schoolgirl turned hardened revolutionary; a Marine captain from Pennsylvania who becomes a war hero; a Hanoi teacher who fights as an infantryman for the North Vietnamese army; and Us president Lyndon B. Johnson.
Mann, the Oscar-winning director of Collateral, The Insider, and Heat, plans to direct several episodes and will produce alongside De Luca and FX Productions.
The network is reportedly planning to begin filming on the series at the end of this year in Asia.
When Screen...
FX has landed the rights to turn Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden’s book Huế, 1968 into a limited event series that will range from eight-10 hours.
Michael Mann and Michael De Luca acquired the rights to the book in late April.
The Vietnam War adaption will focus on lives on all sides during pivotal the Tet Offensive by Vietnamese forces. Characters include a seemingly innocent Vietnamese schoolgirl turned hardened revolutionary; a Marine captain from Pennsylvania who becomes a war hero; a Hanoi teacher who fights as an infantryman for the North Vietnamese army; and Us president Lyndon B. Johnson.
Mann, the Oscar-winning director of Collateral, The Insider, and Heat, plans to direct several episodes and will produce alongside De Luca and FX Productions.
The network is reportedly planning to begin filming on the series at the end of this year in Asia.
When Screen...
- 7/6/2017
- ScreenDaily
Michael Mann is feeling literary these days. Earlier this week it was announced that he and producer Michael De Luca had acquired the rights to Mark Bowden’s “Hue 1968,” and now Deadline is reporting that Mann is partnering with Reed Farrel Coleman to co-write the prequel novel to “Heat.”
Read More: Michael Mann to Adapt ‘Black Hawk Down’ Author’s ‘Hue 1968’ as a Miniseries
A poet and crime-fiction author, Coleman recently published “What You Break” and is up for an Edgar Award (his fourth nomination) for “Where It Hurts.” “Heat,” which stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a cop and criminal, respectively, was released to great acclaim in 1995 and remains one of the most celebrated action flicks of all time. Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman and Ashley Judd round out the ensemble cast.
Read More: Hugh Jackman and Noomi Rapace to Star in...
Read More: Michael Mann to Adapt ‘Black Hawk Down’ Author’s ‘Hue 1968’ as a Miniseries
A poet and crime-fiction author, Coleman recently published “What You Break” and is up for an Edgar Award (his fourth nomination) for “Where It Hurts.” “Heat,” which stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a cop and criminal, respectively, was released to great acclaim in 1995 and remains one of the most celebrated action flicks of all time. Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman and Ashley Judd round out the ensemble cast.
Read More: Hugh Jackman and Noomi Rapace to Star in...
- 4/27/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Filmmaker Michael Mann is now working on an eight-to-10 hour long miniseries based on Mark Bowden‘s (Black Hawk Down) upcoming non-fiction novel, “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam,” due out this June. Bowden, who spent five years writing his new book, recounts the Tet Offensive. Michael De Luca (The Social Network) is producing […]
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- 4/25/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Now here’s a piping hot package that’s beginning to coalesce at a brisk clip. According to Deadline, writer-director Michael Mann and Michael De Luca are joining forces for an eight-to-ten-hour miniseries based on Hue 1968: The Turning Point in the American War in Vietnam, the soon-to-be-published novel from scribe Mark Bowden.
If that name sounds familiar, it should; Bowden is also the creative mind behind wartime drama Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War – the same Black Hawk Down that Ridley Scott engineered into a taut, nail-biting thriller back in ’01. Set to release on June 6th, Hue 1968 takes place during the height of the Vietnam War, when napalm was the weapon of choice and Creedence Clearwater Revival blared out over the speakers.
Perhaps most intriguing of all, though, is the fact that Mark Bowden’s novel will present a no-holds-barred account of the Vietnam War, including...
If that name sounds familiar, it should; Bowden is also the creative mind behind wartime drama Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War – the same Black Hawk Down that Ridley Scott engineered into a taut, nail-biting thriller back in ’01. Set to release on June 6th, Hue 1968 takes place during the height of the Vietnam War, when napalm was the weapon of choice and Creedence Clearwater Revival blared out over the speakers.
Perhaps most intriguing of all, though, is the fact that Mark Bowden’s novel will present a no-holds-barred account of the Vietnam War, including...
- 4/25/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
With the respected directors making their way to television, the medium is now luring Michael Mann back into its warming embrace. The Heat director, who cut his teeth on TV shows like Starsky and Hutch, Police Story, and Miami Vice, has, along with producer Michael De Luca, snapped up the rights to Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam.
Deadline reports that Mann and De Luca will shape Bowden’s book into an an eight-to ten-hour miniseries event, with Mann directing “numerous episodes.” Hue 1968 focuses on the Tet Offensive that became a major turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War, and one can see the Amazon synopsis below.
By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces,...
Deadline reports that Mann and De Luca will shape Bowden’s book into an an eight-to ten-hour miniseries event, with Mann directing “numerous episodes.” Hue 1968 focuses on the Tet Offensive that became a major turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War, and one can see the Amazon synopsis below.
By January 1968, despite an influx of half a million American troops, the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces,...
- 4/24/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Vietnam War adaption will focus on lives on all sides during pivotal Tet Offensive.
Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have acquired rights to Mark Bowden’s upcoming book Hue 1968, which they will develop into an eight-to-10-hour miniseries.
Mann, the Oscar-winning director of Collateral, The Insider, and Heat, will direct multiple episodes and produce alongside De Luca, the Fifty Shades Darker producer who recently co-produced the Oscar telecast.
Hue 1968 took Bowden, the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down, five years to write and focuses on lives on all sides of the conflict during the pivotal Tet Offensive. Grove Atlantic will publish the book on June 6.
Characters include a seemingly innocent Vietnamese schoolgirl turned hardened revolutionary; a Marine captain from Pennsylvania who becomes a war hero; a Hanoi teacher who fights as an infantryman for the North Vietnamese army; and Us president Lyndon B. Johnson.
“Mark Bowden’s written a masterpiece of intensely dramatic non-fiction,” Mann said. “Bowden...
Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have acquired rights to Mark Bowden’s upcoming book Hue 1968, which they will develop into an eight-to-10-hour miniseries.
Mann, the Oscar-winning director of Collateral, The Insider, and Heat, will direct multiple episodes and produce alongside De Luca, the Fifty Shades Darker producer who recently co-produced the Oscar telecast.
Hue 1968 took Bowden, the best-selling author of Black Hawk Down, five years to write and focuses on lives on all sides of the conflict during the pivotal Tet Offensive. Grove Atlantic will publish the book on June 6.
Characters include a seemingly innocent Vietnamese schoolgirl turned hardened revolutionary; a Marine captain from Pennsylvania who becomes a war hero; a Hanoi teacher who fights as an infantryman for the North Vietnamese army; and Us president Lyndon B. Johnson.
“Mark Bowden’s written a masterpiece of intensely dramatic non-fiction,” Mann said. “Bowden...
- 4/24/2017
- ScreenDaily
Prepare for a Manniseries. Deadline reports that Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have purchased the rights to Mark Bowden’s forthcoming “Hue 1968: The Turning Point in the American War in Vietnam,” which they intend to adapt as an eight-to-10-hour miniseries.
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Mann has called “Hue 1968” “a masterpiece of intensely dramatic non-fiction” whose achievement “is in making ‘them’ into us.” Bowden is also the author of “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War,” whose 2001 film adaptation was directed by Ridley Scott.
“We are them. There are no background people; people abstracted into statistics, body counts,” said Mann. “There is the sense that everybody is somebody, as each is in the reality of his or her own life. The brilliance of Bowden’s narrative, the achievement of interviewing hundreds of people on all...
Read More: Hugh Jackman and Noomi Rapace to Star in Michael Mann’s Ferrari Biopic
Mann has called “Hue 1968” “a masterpiece of intensely dramatic non-fiction” whose achievement “is in making ‘them’ into us.” Bowden is also the author of “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War,” whose 2001 film adaptation was directed by Ridley Scott.
“We are them. There are no background people; people abstracted into statistics, body counts,” said Mann. “There is the sense that everybody is somebody, as each is in the reality of his or her own life. The brilliance of Bowden’s narrative, the achievement of interviewing hundreds of people on all...
- 4/24/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have acquired rights to Hue 1968, and they will shape as an event eight- to 10-hour miniseries Mark Bowden’s kaleidoscopic account of the Tet Offensive that became the turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Bowden’s books have been catnip for Hollywood, and his Black Hawk Down was turned into the memorable Ridley Scott-directed 2001 thriller. Bowden worked five years on Hue 1968, which will be published June 6…...
- 4/24/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have acquired rights to Hue 1968, and they will shape as an event 8-to 10 hour miniseries Mark Bowden’s kaleidoscopic account of the Tet Offensive that became the turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Bowden’s books have been catnip for Hollywood and his Black Hawk Down was turned into the memorable Ridley Scott-directed 2001 thriller. Bowden worked five years on Hue 1968, which will be published June 6 by…...
- 4/24/2017
- Deadline
They worked so well together on Edge Of Tomorrow that Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman quickly reconvened (well, after the star had shot Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) for another collaboration, drug drama Mena. The pair has their eye on a third project, digging out a sci-fi tale that has long been sitting on Liman’s To-Do list. Now seemingly titled Luna Park, the film initially blipped news radars back in 2007, when Liman first set it up at Paramount and bagged Jake Gyllenhaal to star. Paramount got the project in its divorce from DreamWorks, but despite script passes from the likes of Simon Kinberg, Mark Bowden and Ken Nolan, nothing came of it. Jump in a wormhole to 2011, and it’s back looking likely, with Paramount and Skydance Pictures entering an agreement to co-finance and such names as Andrew Garfield, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde bandied about as possible leads.
- 9/10/2015
- EmpireOnline
While Tom Cruise may have been talking pretty big about a potential sequel to "Edge Of Tomorrow," there is still a long way to go. However, it looks like he's ready to work with Doug Liman once again, helping the director get a long-developing sci-fi project off the ground. Variety reports that Cruise will develop "Luna Park" alongside the director, with an eye to star in the movie for Paramount. In the works for years, with Jake Gyllenhaal, Andrew Garfield, and Chris Evans toying with starring roles at various points, the plot revolves around an expedition to the moon to steal an energy source. Read More: Point/Counterpoint Review: 'Edge Of Tomorrow' Starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt And Bill Paxton The project has seen a number of writers associated over the years —John Hamburg ("I Love You, Man"), Mark Bowden (the "Black Hawk Down" novel), Dan Mazeau ("Bruno"), Simon Kinberg ("X-Men:.
- 9/9/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Top brass at the 26th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) will host one-day event The Power Of Words: Book To Screen on January 8.
Barbara Keller and Susan Rosser curate the event, which will kick off with a morning keynote by Chaz Ebert and end with a conversation with Still Alice author Lisa Genova and producer Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns.
The day will comprise four sessions with expected participants such as Low Down author Amy Albany, Low Down and Brokeback Mountain producer Albert Berger, Black Hawk Down: A Story Of Modern War author Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan and The Descendants (pictured) author Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Event sponsors include Spencer’s, Lulu California Bistro, Hilton Palm Springs and Barnes & Noble. For additional information click here.
The Psiff will take place from January 2-12.
Barbara Keller and Susan Rosser curate the event, which will kick off with a morning keynote by Chaz Ebert and end with a conversation with Still Alice author Lisa Genova and producer Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns.
The day will comprise four sessions with expected participants such as Low Down author Amy Albany, Low Down and Brokeback Mountain producer Albert Berger, Black Hawk Down: A Story Of Modern War author Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down screenwriter Ken Nolan and The Descendants (pictured) author Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Event sponsors include Spencer’s, Lulu California Bistro, Hilton Palm Springs and Barnes & Noble. For additional information click here.
The Psiff will take place from January 2-12.
- 11/12/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
I promise – it wasn’t my plan to have seven of the ten films on this portion of the list focus on World War II. But, if we look back at the biggest international conflicts of all time, World War II is the one that provides the most opportunity. It’s a chance for a number of different countries to look at the same war from different perspectives. In this portion alone, there’s a French film, a German film, a Hungarian film, a couple British/American films, and a few American films – all about varied aspects of World War II.
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40. The Killing Fields (1984)
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Conflict: Cambodian Civil War
For all the films made about World War II and larger scale conflicts, the few that depict smaller, more concentrated ones are sometimes more effective. Roland Joffé’s 1984 drama The Killing Fields hones in on Cambodia,...
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40. The Killing Fields (1984)
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Conflict: Cambodian Civil War
For all the films made about World War II and larger scale conflicts, the few that depict smaller, more concentrated ones are sometimes more effective. Roland Joffé’s 1984 drama The Killing Fields hones in on Cambodia,...
- 6/10/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
If you don't have plans for Memorial Day weekend, it will be a great time to tune in to Reelz. The weekend will feature not only a Bomb Girls marathon and the premiere of the Reelz original movie Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy, we'll also be airing the National Memorial Day Parade on Monday at 2p Et/ 11a Pt. Of course if you need even more ways to commemorate the sacrifices of our nation’s veterans, it's a great weekend to watch some movies about real-life war heroes. Throw some popcorn in the microwave, turn on the A/C and check out our list of movies about real heroes making real sacrifices in defense of our nation’s freedom.
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Sergeant York (1941)
Alvin York (Gary Cooper) was a simple man from Tennessee who hoped to avoid action in World War I because of his religious beliefs.
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Sergeant York (1941)
Alvin York (Gary Cooper) was a simple man from Tennessee who hoped to avoid action in World War I because of his religious beliefs.
- 5/20/2014
- by BJSprecher Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
In recent years they have been trying to attempt to bring Pablo Escobar to the big screen, Antoine Fuqua, Joe Carnahan have all tried to tell the story of the wealthy Colombian drug lord and elusive cocaine trafficker but they fell through. Sure there have been documentaries on Escobar but never a biopic.
The notorious drug kingpin has been played by Cliff Curtis (Non-Latino, he’s from New Zealand) in “Blow,” which starred Johnny Depp but the film centered on Depp’s character George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.
The same thing will be seen soon in Andrea Di Stefano’s debut feature “Paradise Lost.” The film is not exactly an Escobar biopic, its more a romantic thriller, which centers on a young couple (Josh Hutcherson and Claudia Traisac) who fall madly in love with each other until he meets her uncle, one...
The notorious drug kingpin has been played by Cliff Curtis (Non-Latino, he’s from New Zealand) in “Blow,” which starred Johnny Depp but the film centered on Depp’s character George Jung, the man who established the American cocaine market in the 1970s.
The same thing will be seen soon in Andrea Di Stefano’s debut feature “Paradise Lost.” The film is not exactly an Escobar biopic, its more a romantic thriller, which centers on a young couple (Josh Hutcherson and Claudia Traisac) who fall madly in love with each other until he meets her uncle, one...
- 8/12/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Joe Carnahan has entered talks to direct Sugar Bandits.
The Grey director is in line to adapt Chuck Hogan's novel Devils in Exile for Universal Pictures.
The film centres around Iraq War veteran Neal Maven, who is facing a life of menial jobs in Boston.
He teams up with some other soldiers to break up a gang of local drug dealers and steal their money.
Hogan wrote The Town - on which Ben Affleck's 2010 film was based on - as well as teaming up with Guillermo del Toro on vampire tale The Strain.
Carnahan was most recently attached to 20th Century Fox's abandoned Daredevil reboot and a failed attempt to remake Death Wish.
He is also developing movies based on vampire comic Undying Love, Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo and Mark Millar's Nemesis.
Marc Shmuger and Tom McNulty will produce Sugar Bandits through Global Produce.
Watch The Grey...
The Grey director is in line to adapt Chuck Hogan's novel Devils in Exile for Universal Pictures.
The film centres around Iraq War veteran Neal Maven, who is facing a life of menial jobs in Boston.
He teams up with some other soldiers to break up a gang of local drug dealers and steal their money.
Hogan wrote The Town - on which Ben Affleck's 2010 film was based on - as well as teaming up with Guillermo del Toro on vampire tale The Strain.
Carnahan was most recently attached to 20th Century Fox's abandoned Daredevil reboot and a failed attempt to remake Death Wish.
He is also developing movies based on vampire comic Undying Love, Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo and Mark Millar's Nemesis.
Marc Shmuger and Tom McNulty will produce Sugar Bandits through Global Produce.
Watch The Grey...
- 4/30/2013
- Digital Spy
What did you think of The Grey?
Me, I liked it a fair bit, even if the wolf stuff was really kind of nonsense. Liam Neeson brought the grizzled angst, though, that cannot be denied. Aside from providing some real survivalist thrills, the best thing to come out of the success of The Grey has to be the increase in writer/director Joe Carnahan’s Hollywood stroke.
Carnahan burst onto the scene writing and directing the universally-loved Narc (2002) starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, a low-key, downbeat crime thriller that’s well worth your time if you’ve never seen it, worth it for Patric’s sweet handlebar moustache alone (it’s really more of a Fu Manchu–ed.). Smokin’ Aces followed, a film that, despite some great performances all round, ultimately proved more style than substance. 2010’s The A-Team was up next, a film that I still haven’t...
Me, I liked it a fair bit, even if the wolf stuff was really kind of nonsense. Liam Neeson brought the grizzled angst, though, that cannot be denied. Aside from providing some real survivalist thrills, the best thing to come out of the success of The Grey has to be the increase in writer/director Joe Carnahan’s Hollywood stroke.
Carnahan burst onto the scene writing and directing the universally-loved Narc (2002) starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, a low-key, downbeat crime thriller that’s well worth your time if you’ve never seen it, worth it for Patric’s sweet handlebar moustache alone (it’s really more of a Fu Manchu–ed.). Smokin’ Aces followed, a film that, despite some great performances all round, ultimately proved more style than substance. 2010’s The A-Team was up next, a film that I still haven’t...
- 5/31/2012
- by Cameron Ashley
- Boomtron
Article by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Well it’s that time again, time for another installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. With Memorial Day weekend upon us America is about to officially start the summer. Barbeques, beers, and beaches will surely take up much of our time this weekend, however let us not forget the purpose behind this day as we celebrate the glory that is a three day weekend. In all seriousness it is a time to honor our Veterans and current soldiers for the remarkable sacrifices they make. No matter what political stance you may take I feel that is one thing we can all get behind. With that in mind I dedicated this installment to all things military as I look at military centric films currently available on Netflix Streaming.
The Longest Day
Directed By: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, and Darryl F. Zanuck
Written...
Well it’s that time again, time for another installment of Streaming for Your Pleasure. With Memorial Day weekend upon us America is about to officially start the summer. Barbeques, beers, and beaches will surely take up much of our time this weekend, however let us not forget the purpose behind this day as we celebrate the glory that is a three day weekend. In all seriousness it is a time to honor our Veterans and current soldiers for the remarkable sacrifices they make. No matter what political stance you may take I feel that is one thing we can all get behind. With that in mind I dedicated this installment to all things military as I look at military centric films currently available on Netflix Streaming.
The Longest Day
Directed By: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, and Darryl F. Zanuck
Written...
- 5/30/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
One of the perks of being a film fan is there's always something to look forward to. We wait and wait for a project to come together and, once the credits roll, we're immediately looking forward to the next thing. Sometimes it's what's coming out next week, other times it's a sequel and in the case of our favorite directors, it's whatever they choose to do next. Two directors who fit into that category, who've both recently finished films, have just dropped significant hints of which projects they plan to tackle next. David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo came out last month and talk almost immediately began about the sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire, being greenlit. And while that's likely the case [1], it's looking less and less likely that Fincher will return. Reports are that he'll finally make a movie he's been attached to [2] and developing for some time,...
- 1/13/2012
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
The buzz for director Joe Carnahan‘s (Smokin’ Aces, Narc) latest film, the Alaska-based man vs. wilderness thriller The Grey, has been building steadily for some time now (and we just posted our review). Add to that Carnahan’s track record of dropping in and out of projects, and it should come as no surprise that questions are already being asked regarding Carnahan’s future projects.
Now it seems answers to those questions are coming via an interview Carnahan gave to The Playlist. According to Carnahan, his next two projects will most likely be Killing Pablo and White Jazz, two films both based on books, and both dealing with the violence and crime – two themes which Carnahan is intimately familiar with. Both are also projects that Carnahan has been rumored to be involved with before, though as Umbra and Mission: Impossible III have proven, Carnahan‘s connection to any film is often tenuous.
Now it seems answers to those questions are coming via an interview Carnahan gave to The Playlist. According to Carnahan, his next two projects will most likely be Killing Pablo and White Jazz, two films both based on books, and both dealing with the violence and crime – two themes which Carnahan is intimately familiar with. Both are also projects that Carnahan has been rumored to be involved with before, though as Umbra and Mission: Impossible III have proven, Carnahan‘s connection to any film is often tenuous.
- 1/10/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey are set to star together in a new action film. THR reports that the trio will star in the all CG 3D film titled Thunder Runfor Freedom Films. Simon West will direct the adaptation of the novel Thunder Run - The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent David Zucchino and Mark Bowden. The script was co-written by Robert Port and Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down).
Thunder Road will retell the story of "the capture of Baghdad by American forces at the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The three-day assault was referred as a “lightning strike” or “thunder run.” The producers want to paint “the harrowing picture of the soldiers on the front lines and the realities of modern warfare.”
Proprietary facial-capture and motion capture technology will be used for the film from the Graphic Film Company. They used the...
Thunder Road will retell the story of "the capture of Baghdad by American forces at the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The three-day assault was referred as a “lightning strike” or “thunder run.” The producers want to paint “the harrowing picture of the soldiers on the front lines and the realities of modern warfare.”
Proprietary facial-capture and motion capture technology will be used for the film from the Graphic Film Company. They used the...
- 10/27/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
While James Cameron has led the way in live-action uses for a blend of real actors and CGI, other filmmakers are now starting to embrace the idea, albeit with mixed results. The latest group hopping on the bandwagon is Freedom Film, which has engaged the services of Matthew McConaughey, Sam Worthington and Gerard Butler for Thunder Run.Simon West, who knows his way around an action film (and is right now shooting Sly Stallone and co on the Expendables sequel), has been hired to direct. But the new movie will primarily be using a mixture of recorded voice-over and some green screen work to bring a 3D CG world to life. West has some experience of that too, having just made the primarily animated Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D.Thunder Run will adapt Pulitzer Prize winner David Zucchino and Black Hawk Down book writer Mark Bowden’s book,...
- 10/27/2011
- EmpireOnline
Brad Furman ("The Lincoln Lawyer") has signed on to direct an untitled biopic about Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar for Stone Village Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter.
Described as a Latino Godfather, the story explores the man's rise to become the head of the largest criminal organization in the world. Matthew Aldrich will pen the screenplay while Scott Steindorff will produce.
Various attempts have been made to adapt his story before, most notably both an Oliver Stone-directed biopic and an adaptation of Mark Bowden's novel "Killing Pablo".
Described as a Latino Godfather, the story explores the man's rise to become the head of the largest criminal organization in the world. Matthew Aldrich will pen the screenplay while Scott Steindorff will produce.
Various attempts have been made to adapt his story before, most notably both an Oliver Stone-directed biopic and an adaptation of Mark Bowden's novel "Killing Pablo".
- 8/1/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Separate attempts to bring the life of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar to the screen have defeated both Joe Carnahan and Antoine Fuqua in recent years, but that hasn't deterred Hollywood from attempting another Escobar biopic, courtesy of Lincoln Lawyer director Brad Furman.The new film is neither Escobar, the Fuqua version which Oliver Stone was producing, or Killing Pablo, which was Joe Carnahan's adaptation of Mark Bowden's bestselling book. Rather, Furman's will be a new take on the rich material, with an original screenplay by Matt Aldrich. He says he's "excited to write what could be an epic story." His epic seven-figure payday is probably part of that.Escobar, known as one of the most successful and elusive cocaine traffickers of all time, had an estimated personal fortune of $25bn at one point, with which he offered to pay off Colombia's entire national debt. That Robin Hood...
- 8/1/2011
- EmpireOnline
"The Lincoln Lawyer" director Brad Furman is in talks to direct an untitled film about the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Matt Aldrich (Cleaner) is writing the script. In recent years there were two competing projects: "Escobar," which Oliver Stone was developing, and "Killing Pablo," based on a Mark Bowden book, with Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) attached to direct. Both movies have since been put on hold. Producer Scott Steindorff (The Lincoln Lawyer) says the project will be a cross between "The Godfather" and a war movie, capturing the complexity of the man while showing the violent lifestyle. "This is the Latino Godfather," he said. "We're showing the story of his family, the structure of his enterprise, his rise . the man had the largest criminal organization in the world. In the end, it was a war between Colombia and one man." Steindorff added: "He was intriguing in many ways. It's...
- 7/30/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
The Lincoln Lawyer director Brad Furman is currently in negotiations to direct a new feature film based on the ruthless drug lord Pablo Escobar. The film will be shot from a script written by Matt Aldrich who wrote a spec script for a film I've never heard of before called Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses.
This new untitled Pablo Escobar movie is the third project based on the drug lord that has gone into development in recent years. Oliver Stone was trying to get a film off the ground called Escobar, and Joe Carnahan was attached to direct a movie called Killing Pablo which was supposed to be based on the book written by Mark Bowden. Both of these film have been stalled, and there's no telling when or if they will get rolling again.
The film is set to be produced by Scott Steindorff...
This new untitled Pablo Escobar movie is the third project based on the drug lord that has gone into development in recent years. Oliver Stone was trying to get a film off the ground called Escobar, and Joe Carnahan was attached to direct a movie called Killing Pablo which was supposed to be based on the book written by Mark Bowden. Both of these film have been stalled, and there's no telling when or if they will get rolling again.
The film is set to be produced by Scott Steindorff...
- 7/30/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
After directing this year’s The Lincoln Lawyer, which opened to positive reviews, Brad Furman has been getting projects thrown his way over the last few months. One of those is the drug drama Intricate, which has Darren Aronofsky behind it as one of the producers, and him taking an interest in you is basically never a bad sign. He was even about to helm Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s return to acting with Cry Macho, but those plans have since been cast into doubt.
In what could possibly make up for that one going wrong, THR has learned that he’s currently in talks to direct a biopic of Colombia drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The screenplay is being written by Matt Aldrich, who recently had his spec script Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses spark a bidding war in Hollywood, which was eventually won by Matt Damon...
In what could possibly make up for that one going wrong, THR has learned that he’s currently in talks to direct a biopic of Colombia drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. The screenplay is being written by Matt Aldrich, who recently had his spec script Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses spark a bidding war in Hollywood, which was eventually won by Matt Damon...
- 7/30/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
We figured Doug Liman’s untitled and highly ambitious science fiction thriller set on the Moon had been scrapped a while back as it’s being so long since an update (around two years) but The Hollywood Reporter claims today that Paramount brass are looking at securing a tentpole star, perhaps to get the long-gestated film into orbit this year.
Previously attached star Jake Gyllenhaal is said to have long left the project (we figured as much, Source Code is the sci-fi blockbuster he did instead) and now Liman has turned to and met with Andrew Garfield, Chris Pine and Emile Hirsch for the lead role. Yup, it’s the usual suspects again as only yesterday we reported that Garfield and Pine were already being courted by Hollywood to star in Akira.
If Hollywood producers each had their way, half a dozen actors would rotate the biggest films year in and year out…...
Previously attached star Jake Gyllenhaal is said to have long left the project (we figured as much, Source Code is the sci-fi blockbuster he did instead) and now Liman has turned to and met with Andrew Garfield, Chris Pine and Emile Hirsch for the lead role. Yup, it’s the usual suspects again as only yesterday we reported that Garfield and Pine were already being courted by Hollywood to star in Akira.
If Hollywood producers each had their way, half a dozen actors would rotate the biggest films year in and year out…...
- 3/23/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
The pitch for Battle: Los Angeles must have sounded great: Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day, an alien invasion told from a grunt’s-eye view. Here again, elite soldiers off swarms of insurgent warriors, but not on the streets of Mogadishu: in the familiar pockets of L.A. sprawl, which are rendered like the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Call Of Duty. But Black Hawk Down had the advantage of drawing on a real event, meticulously recounted in Mark Bowden’s book, and it earns the gravitas imbued on the fighters and their core values. By contrast, Battle: Los Angeles draws ...
- 3/10/2011
- avclub.com
Andrea Berloff, who wrote Oliver Stone's true-life movie "World Trade Center," is tackling the story of seminal rap group N.W.A.
Berloff is writing "Straight Outta Compton," the story of the rise and fall of the Compton, Calif.-based group, whose initials read Niggas With Attitude. The members included drug dealer turned label founder Easy E, young disc jockey Dr. Dre and the politically bent Ice Cube, plus Mc Ren and DJ Yella.
Another member, Arabian Prince, left N.W.A. before the group released the ground-breaking "Straight Outta Compton" album in 1988. The album, which featured the title track as well as "Fuck tha Police," introduced gangsta rap to the world and triggered sales of 9 million units.
As the group rose, however, egos and jealousies surfaced.
Cube left in 1990 over royalty disputes, went solo and warred with the group via songs. All grappled with violence, charges of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia, and even more infighting,...
Berloff is writing "Straight Outta Compton," the story of the rise and fall of the Compton, Calif.-based group, whose initials read Niggas With Attitude. The members included drug dealer turned label founder Easy E, young disc jockey Dr. Dre and the politically bent Ice Cube, plus Mc Ren and DJ Yella.
Another member, Arabian Prince, left N.W.A. before the group released the ground-breaking "Straight Outta Compton" album in 1988. The album, which featured the title track as well as "Fuck tha Police," introduced gangsta rap to the world and triggered sales of 9 million units.
As the group rose, however, egos and jealousies surfaced.
Cube left in 1990 over royalty disputes, went solo and warred with the group via songs. All grappled with violence, charges of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia, and even more infighting,...
- 5/2/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Despite the lackluster critical and box office performance of Smokin' Aces, director Joe Carnahan lined up at least two sweet gigs following that movie's premiere in 2006: an adaptation of James Ellroy's White Jazz and an adaptation of Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo. However, once the then-relatively-unknown Chris Pine chose to boldly go where no man has gone before, Jazz ended up in development hell, and Pablo has been treading water for a couple years. Now, Carnahan seems to have lined up something else next as Cinematical reports he wants to do The Grey, a film he describes as an "existentialist kind of drama" he wrote himself. The story is a classic match-up of man vs. nature in the bitter cold wilderness of Alaska. Carnahan explains: "[The Grey] is about a group of pipeline workers in Alaska flying back into civilization after being remote for a number of months. The 737 they're...
- 1/19/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Today's 18th Annual Baltimore Writers' Conference will feature Mark Wheatley writer-artist of Lone Justice, Frankenstein Mobster and Ez Street, as well as Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down and The Best Game Ever: Giants vs. Colts, 1958 and others.
Now in its 18th year, the one-day conference at Towson University in Towson, Maryland will bring together aspiring writers from around the mid-Atlantic to learn about writing from published authors, agents and editors. Panel sessions will cover a variety of topics including screenplays, poetry, creative nonfiction, blogging, children's books, thrillers and travel writing.
The conference is sponsored by Towson University’s Graduate Program in Professional Writing, Tu's College of Liberal Arts, Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Writing, and the City Lit Project.
Registration includes all panels, lunch and the closing wine-and-cheese reception. Admission for the general public is $95, and for students (with identification) the price is $50.
For more information, visit the Baltimore Writer's Conference online,...
Now in its 18th year, the one-day conference at Towson University in Towson, Maryland will bring together aspiring writers from around the mid-Atlantic to learn about writing from published authors, agents and editors. Panel sessions will cover a variety of topics including screenplays, poetry, creative nonfiction, blogging, children's books, thrillers and travel writing.
The conference is sponsored by Towson University’s Graduate Program in Professional Writing, Tu's College of Liberal Arts, Johns Hopkins Master of Arts in Writing, and the City Lit Project.
Registration includes all panels, lunch and the closing wine-and-cheese reception. Admission for the general public is $95, and for students (with identification) the price is $50.
For more information, visit the Baltimore Writer's Conference online,...
- 11/14/2009
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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