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Where have you been, Alfonso Cuarón? You direct Children of Men, one of the best movies of the 00′s, and then you up and disappear for seven years? That’s just cruel.
But now he’s back! In outer space! With Sandra Bullock and George Clooney! As astronauts who are completely stranded after an explosion aboard the space station. You might note something: this is the scariest scenario that a human being can possibly be in. | Full Story
Hugh Laurie is currently in negotiations to play the main antagonist opposite George Clooney in the highly anticipated yet vaguely known about science-fiction film Tomorrowland, according to a recent report from The Guardian.
Back in November, George Clooney landed a role in a mysterious film called 1952, the only details known being that Brad Bird would direct and that Damon Lindelof, with Jeff Jensen, had penned the script. | Full Story
Yes, as in the Disneyland theme park’s Tomorrowland, home to Space Mountain, Star Tours, and Pizza Port blasters game. Following in the footsteps of the 2003 flop Haunted Manion and the mega franchise Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney is using part of their theme park as the basis for a brand new action movie, starring none other than George Clooney.
Our friends at Entertainment Weekly have reported the flick was initially called 1952 but the films creators recently revealed the name change to Tomorrowland. Who are the mysterious masterminds behind Tomorrowland you ask? | Full Story
Until now, Brad Bird’s upcoming live-action feature carried the nondescript title of 1952. Details about the plot have been kept tightly under wraps by Disney. The company has only just taken on J.J. Abrams as the director of the new Star Wars, but it’s already been using his ridiculous “mystery box” word-of-mouth strategy. They don’t really gain anything by withholding all this information, but the public will oft mistake what they don’t know as something worth knowing. | Full Story
The unmistakable George Clooney is rumored to be the star attached to an upcoming Disney sci-fi flick known only as 1952, according to a recent article published by Variety.
Although the project isn’t officially under the green light, Brad Bird has been named as the director. Bird is most famous for directing animated features such as The Incredibles, Ratatouille and The Iron Giant, but showed his worth in live action features – if you’d like to call it that – with this year’s Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. | Full Story
A recently published article from Deadline has claimed George Clooney is assembling quite the cast for his upcoming film The Monuments Men.
George Clooney will be getting back in the director’s chair come the beginning of March next year, to direct the likes of Daniel Craig, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett, just to name a few. Last year’s Oscar winner for Best Actor, Jean Dujardin, will also be among his ranks, as will the always versatile and employable John Goodman. | Full Story
It’s safe to say Katy Perry is a registered Democrat.
The Huffington Post reported that Barack Obama, and 10,000 other viewers, listened to pop princess Katy Perry proudly sing her praises for the incumbent POTUS last night in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Katy began her performance wearing a power suit straight out of the 1980′s. Her dancers removed thequestionably shoulder padded piece to reveal a skin tight latex dress (that was much more her style) and modeled after a voting ballot. | Full Story
George Clooney will host an upcoming fundraiser for President Barack Obama. The Oscar award-winner has invited 150 guests to his co-hosted President’s re-election campaign, which will be held at his Los Angeles home.
The tickets for the affair will run the invitees $40,000 apiece, which will benefit the Obama Victory Fund. The OVF is a joint fundraising committee of the Democratic National Committee, Obama for America, and several state Democratic parties. | Full Story
Movie star, actor, and activist George Clooney uses his own money to fund a hi-tech project that is tracking troops in Sudan and warning civilians of attacks.
Nathaniel Raymond, a Massachusetts native and an employee of the film star, explained his job while sitting in front of a map of the Sudanese region of South Kordofan at a daily meeting with his team members. “I count tanks from space for George Clooney.”
Raymond is director of the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), which its objective is to use advanced satellite technology to monitor potential human rights abuses in Sudan. | Full Story
George Clooney was arrested Friday after participating in a protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C. The Hollywood actor was cuffed with zip-ties and taken away in a Secret Service van while protesting against Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir.
The actor claims Bashir’s policy of blocking critical humanitarian aide to Sudan will bring about the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. He expected to get arrested at the Friday protest in order to bring attention to his cause. | Full Story
Movies have enriched Dan Schindel's life so much that he decided
the best way to give back was to become a critic. In addition to Who Got the
Role?, he writes for ScreenPicks, We Are Movie Geeks, Off to
See the Elephant, and several other sites. He spent a year watching and
reviewing a documentary every day for his blog, Days of Docs, so now he
knows everything.
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