Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
If anyone has a copy of The Descendants, the Nat Faxon-Jim Rash screenplay that Alexander Payne will begin directing early next year with George Clooney in the lead role, please send along. This Hawaiian-based adaptation of the '07 Kaui Hart Hemmings novel will be released in 2011 by Fox Searchlight. (l. to r.) Alexander Payne, cover of The Descendants, Kaui Hart Hemmings, George Clooney. The plot...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Picture the scene: two bachelors decide to take a road trip round Californian vineyards to celebrate an impending marriage. One is a down-and-out writer, unlucky in love and a tad self-conscious; the other is a swaggering lothario, ignorant about wine but great with the ladies. The first wants to bond over Merlot; his affianced friend wants to hit Las Vegas.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This strange and interesting story should have been told without exclamation marks and other wackiness, says Peter Bradshaw An exclamation mark on the end of a title is a worrying sign. Lionel Bart doubled the pain with two, for his 1965 Robin Hood stage musical Twang!! (The critical consensus in favour of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge! has incidentally meant that movie writers tend tactfully...
Runs like a gay (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
When I last caught up with the news two weeks ago, I was utterly humbled by the sheer scale of the data available. In the end I had to make difficult decisons about what to run with - effectively excluding all casting news on the basis we already had the basics of the story. In a complete reversal over the last fortnight there have been just 3 stories that I have any interest in, and two of those are...
Brooklyn Heights Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Alexander Payne’s 2004 opus Sideways which was a breakout role for Brooklyn Heights resident Paul Giamatti has been remade in Japanese. Director Cellin Gluck has unleashed his version of the film with Giamatti’s character Miles transforming into the less edgy Michio played by Fumiyo Kohinata. The venue of the film is changed from Santa Barbra to the [...]
Movie-Moron (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
It looks like George Clooney’s next project will be a collaboration with the man behind Sideways and Election , Alexander Payne, called The Descendants . The movie will be based on a novel of the same name by author Kaui Hart Hemmings and has…
FilmoFilia (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
George Clooney is in discussions to head the cast of Alexander Payne’s comedy-drama “The Descendants.” The movie marks Payne’s first movie since 2004’s Oscar winner “Sideways” and the first collaboration between Clooney and the director. The movie centers on a wealthy revolves around a wealthy father who takes his two daughters on a trip to find his [...]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Film News: Duo join Helms, Heche in Fox Searchlight film -- Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat are joining Ed Helms and Anne Heche in "Cedar Rapids," the Fox Searchlight comedy to be directed by Miguel Arteta. Shooting has begun.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
George Clooney is currently flying around the world, promoting his three new movies that will hit theaters in the next two months. Yet, that still hasn't stopped him from finding even more work...
Today on ReelzChannel - Videos (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
George Clooney and Alexander Payne pair up, Terminator for sale, and mixed reviews on A Christmas Carol Hollywood Dailies
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
George Clooney is about to go from staring at goats to looking up his relatives in "The Descendants," a new family dramedy from Fox Searchlight. Variety reports that Clooney is in talks to headline "The Descendants" for director Alexander Payne, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed "Sideways" and "Election." The screenplay, penned by Nat Faxon and [...]...
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
George Clooney is certainly finishing strong this year with a trio of releases hitting theaters over the next two months. Clooney will next be seen in The Men Who Stare at Goats (opening November 6th) followed by Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox also this month and Up in the Air later in December. But despite his busy schedule promoting these films and shooting the Anton Corbijn directed thriller The...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
George Clooney is in talks to lead the cast of Alexander Payne comedy-drama The Descendants.
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
While he's one of the main men of superstardom, George Clooney also keeps one foot firmly in the world of quirk and strangeness. He may be Mr. Ocean, but he's also the dude who was in Return of the Killer Tomatoes and The Men Who Stare at Goats . Clooney knows how to be ridiculous, and now he's jumping into a whole new world of quirk. Variety reports that the actor is in talks to star in the new Alexander...
Frankly My Dear... (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The great maverick filmmaker Alexander Payne has worked with some great ones -- launching Reese Witherspoon with Election, bouncing Giamatti, Sandra Oh (the then Mrs. Payne) and Thomas Haden Church with Sideways, making Jack Nicholson do a lot more than...
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