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The upcoming Natalie Portman western Jane Got A Gun just can’t seem to get it together.
Originally, Portman was to star opposite Michael Fassbender — but he abruptly exited the project in early March reportedly because of scheduling conflicts with X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Jude Law, stoked to work with director Lynne Ramsay, was recruited to replace Fassbender – but when Ramsay quit the production on the first day of filming, Law quickly abandoned his role. | Full Story
After considerable set backs, the indie film Jane got A Gun moved back into the production phase after Bradley Cooper agreed to join the cast. Cooper is replacing Jude Law, who abandoned the film after original director Lynne Ramsay dropped out of the project due to creative differences.
Jane Got A Gun follows a woman who asks an ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang, which is out to kill him. | Full Story
It seems as though the new Natalie Portman western, Jane Got A Gun might just be jinxed.
It all started yesterday when director Lynne Ramsay decided not to show up at work. Rather than cite creative differences or even bother to tell the crew, it seems as though she figured her absence would explain it all. Natalie Portman and her fellow producers scrambled to replace Ramsay and were able to land Gavin O’Connor in less than 24 hours. | Full Story
The upcoming Western Jane Got A Gun, starring Natalie Portman, has seen some major shake ups in male casting.
Michael Fassbender was initially slated to play the cowboy hero, however was forced to exit the film due to X-Men: Days of Future Past scheduling conflicts. Joe Edgerton then moved from playing the villain into the now vacant hero role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jude Law then swooped in to save the day, well more like ruin it, and assume the role of the bad guy. | Full Story
The new psychological thriller from Steven Soderbergh, Side Effects, stars Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The film follows Emily Taylor (Mara) as she copes with anxiety surrounding her husband’s (Tatum) release from prison. Her psychiatrist (Law) prescribes a new anti-depressant, only to discover it has horrifying and dangerous side effects. Based on the trailer it seems like something more disturbing is afoot than just a wonky new drug.
This is Rooney Mara‘s first big movie since she signed on to play Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy. | Full Story
While DreamWork’s Rise of the Guardians certainly didn’t rise to the occassion in terms of box office numbers, the 3D animated flick didn’t disappoint based on its high Rotten Tomatoes rating. As Deadline.com told us, for whatever reason, Rise of the Guardian’s didn’t appeal to the mass numbers of movie go-ers this Thanksgiving weekend. Perhaps parents didn’t want to reinforce the existence of Santa or the Easter Bunny only to have the rug tragically pulled out from under their children later in life, or perhaps those families were Jewish. | Full Story
Steven Soderbergh‘s upcoming film Side Effects released its first trailer today, promising audiences an all-too-familiar thriller involving pharmaceuticals, sex and scandal.
The famed director has been wowing audiences left and right for the past 15 years, gifting filmgoers with such titles as Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, and Contagion. Sure, there have been the occasional mistakes (The Informant!), the quirky films made for elitists (The Good German), and the just plain bad (The Girlfriend Experience), but Soderbergh has always found a charming way to earn back the trust of his fans (Magic Mike). | Full Story
A new trailer for 360 has been released. The dramatic thriller that weaves together a number of characters that unknowingly have intersecting lives is a product of City of God director Fernando Meirelles.
Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s classic “La Ronde”, 360 combines the lives of several characters from different cities and countries into a suspenseful, provocative and modern globetrotting love story. The narrative weaves through Vienna, then Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix, culminating into a single captivating narrative.
The film features a top notch cast of Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Ben Foster, and Rachell Weisz. This should boost the chances that 360 will not be as disappointing as Meirelles’ Blindness, even though the plot has been done before, most notably in Traffic and Crash. | Full Story
Jude Law is being courted to star in the upcoming Mary Picgford biopic. Law will play Douglas Fairbanks, one of Pickford’s three husbands who matched her fame and success. Pigford was one of the first female movie stars to become a certified mogul.
Pickford teamed up with Fairbanks to start a studio named “United Artists”. It was a company designed to put the power of film distribution and production into the hands of the actors and directors who created them. | Full Story
Dreamworks looks like they have a holiday hit on their hands. The debut trailer to the epic magical adventure Rise Of The Guardians hits the internet today.
Based upon William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series, Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost and the Sandman all team up to protect the hopes, dreams and imagination of the children of the world.
But when their plan is threatened by a mystical evil army, the group of sworn protectors unveil their extraordinary abilities to defend children everywhere. | 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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