Wednesday May 16, 2012
Isabelle Fuhrman, currently onscreen playing 'Clove' in The Hunger Games, has landed a starring role in David Gordon Green's horror film, Suspiria. Fuhrman joins a cast that includes Isabelle Huppert, Janet McTeer, Michael Nyqvist, and Antje Traue. Green, whose directing credits include The Sitter, Your Highness, and Pineapple Express, co-wrote the script with Chris Gebert and will direct.
Crime Scene Pictures' Adam Ripp and Rob Paris will produce along with Luca Guadagino's First Sun and Francesco Melzi d'Eril's Memo Films. Rizal Risjad, Silvia Fendi and Philip Elway are executive producing.
The official synopsis: "Based on Dario Argento's 1977 film of the same name, Suspiria centers on Suzie (Isabelle Fuhrman), a bright and ambitious American student who travels to Europe to attend a world renowned school. After a fellow student is brutally murdered and several other cruel and strange homicides disrupt the once quiet life on campus, Suzie realizes that the academy may be a front for a more menacing organization."
Filming will begin in September.
In addition to The Hunger Games, Fuhrman's resume includes Salvation Boulevard, Orphan, and Hounddog.
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
It's Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin vs Ashton Kutcher in the 'who can put out the best film about Steve Jobs' competition. Kutcher recently became attached to play Steve Jobs in the independent film, Jobs, which traces the extraordinary path of the Apple visionary. And now Sony has announced Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) will adapt Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography, Steve Jobs, for the big screen.
According to Sony, Isaacson's book on Jobs was the biggest seller on Amazon in 2011.
Making the announcement of Sorkin's attachment to the film, Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, stated: "Steve Jobs' story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time. There is no writer working in Hollywood today who is more capable of capturing such an extraordinary life for the screen than Aaron Sorkin; in his hands, we're confident that the film will be everything that Jobs himself was: captivating, entertaining, and polarizing."
Sony hasn't announced who will direct or who's in the running to play the late Steve Jobs.
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
Universal has picked up "select international rights" for Kathryn Bigelow's currently untitled Osama bin Laden film. Sony has the domestic release rights and has set a December 19th release in the US for Bigelow's film that's based on true events.
Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton (and his brother, Nash), Jason Clarke, Mark Strong, Edgar Ramirez, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle and Harold Perrineau Jr. star in the bin Laden film, which was written by Mark Boal. Boal and Bigelow, who also serve as producers, previously worked together on the Oscar-winning film, The Hurt Locker.
The fact-based drama follows the team that tracked down and killed bin Laden.
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Tuesday May 15, 2012
The Avengers continues its record-breaking ways in theaters, but can any of this weekend's new releases do what Dark Shadows failed to do last weekend and knock the superhero-filled action film out of first place on the box office chart? This week, Hollywood's serving up a sci-fi action film loosely inspired by a board game, a romantic comedy-ish ensemble piece based on a bestselling book, and Sacha Baron Cohen as a dictator. And speaking of Cohen's new comedy, unfortunately The Dictator isn't screening for the press in my area (why? I don't know), which is weird since they screened Borat and Bruno - so you're on your own this time around.
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