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Brody and Whitaker in Remake of German Psychological Thriller The Experiment
Posted on Friday, June 19th, 2009 by Russ Fischer
Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker have joined the cast of The Experiment, which is a remake of Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2001 breakout film Das Experiment. Hirschbiegel’s film was based on the Stanford Prison Experiment, which was was run by Stanford’s Professor Philip Zimbardo in 1971 to evaluate the psychological effects of being a prison guard or inmate. Paul Scheuring, creator of the show Prison Break, has scripted and will direct. Elijah Wood and Cam Gigandet are also in the cast. Read More »
Summit Entertainment has released a new clip from Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom. If you’re already planning to see the film (which I hope is the case), I would recommend saving the experience for the big screen and not watching the video. The two minute-long clip, titled “The Mark”, shows the brothers, played by Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, make their first attempt to trick an unsuspecting victim, played by Rachel Weisz. It gives you a good idea of the tone of comedy to expect. The clip is embedded after the jump.
Summit Entertainment has released a new clip from Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom. The clip shows one of the many wonderful sequences in the film. Rachel Weisz explains to Adrien Brody why she became a shut in, through the help of a magic trick. Any screenwriter knows that exposition is the hardest thing to write in an interesting way. In this sequence, Johnson makes exposition not only entertaining, but cinematic, shooting the whole card trick in one take with the actual actress. Watch the clip embedded after the jump or in High Definition on Apple.
One of the reasons why I love The Brothers Bloom, is because the film cons the audience. The Brothers Bloom is a story about two brothers, disguised as a love story, disguised as a con movie. The perfect con is where everyone involved gets what they wanted. By the time the credits roll, you will be happy to have experienced a film you weren’t expecting.
The Brothers Bloom have been in the con game since they were young children. Now, along with their speechless explosive expert sidekick Bang Bang, have become the best con team in the world. Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) writes his cons “like dead Russians write novels, full of thematic arks and symbolism.” Now in his 30’s, Bloom (Adrien Brody) wants out of the Con game, hoping to live a real story for a change. But he is lured into one last con, to trick an eccentric shut-in rich woman named Penelope Stamp (Rachel Weisz), out of millions of dollars. But when Bloom falls for the mark, the con begins to unravel.
Comically absurd and fantastically fun, The Brothers Bloom is like a film from another era in another dimension. Weisz is wonderfully cute, and Ruffalo tells a story “so well that it becomes real.” The only problem with Rian Johnson’s follow-up to 2005’s critically acclaimed high school noir indie Brick, is that it is hard to resist comparing it to the filmmakers triumphant directorial debut. And it would be extremely unfair to compare the two films.
Johnson will likely draw comparisons to Paul Thomas Anderson and Wes Anderson. For example, the opening narration is done by Ricky Jay, who also provided the incredible bookend narration for PTA’s Magnolia. Johnson’s use of the swish pan, sharply cut montages, the core brother story, and cast of quirky characters is reminiscent of Wes Anderson. If you’re going to be compared to anyone, Anderson and Anderson are certainly good company. Johnson brings to the table absurd comic moments, sharp and stylish dialogue, and a story with more twists and turns than an elaborate card trick. While Weisz is juggling chainsaws on top of a unicycle, you will believe a lie can tell the truth.
/Film Rating: 8 out of 10
Summit Entertainment has provided us with two new exclusive images for Rian Johnson’s Brick follow-up, The Brothers Bloom. We’ll be seeing the film on Thursday at the Toronto Film Festival, and we also will be talking with Johnson during the week. So please check back.
The Brothers Bloom are Bloom (Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust, intrigue and the most complex literary-inspired setups imaginable. Now they’ve decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress named Penelope (Academy Award® winner Rachel Weisz) the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world – from New Jersey to Greece to Russia and Prague –in pursuit of priceless artifacts wanted by some of their most unsavory competitors.An upbeat adventure featuring a renowned cast, this film is a whirlwind of action, intrigue, and romance with such scene-stealing supporting characters as Bang Bang (Academy Award® nominee Rinko Kikuchi) and Diamond Dog (Maximilian Schell).
Over the weekend, Summit Entertainment released a trailer for director Rian Johnson’s follow-up to the 2006 indie high school noir Brick, The Brothers Bloom. Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz and Mark Ruffalo star in a comedy about the best con men team in the world - The Brothers Bloom, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now the brothers have decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world. Brick knocked my socks off, but this looks like just another quirky heist film. And don’t get me wrong, it looks good, but it just doesn’t look great. The cast is great, and the trailer looks like it was cut by the same people responsible for The Coen Brothers’ Burn After Reading. At least it has the same vibe.
The Brothers Bloom is scheduled to hit theaters on October 24th 2008.
First Look: Dario Argento’s Giallo, Stills and Movie Poster
Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson
Over at his official site, director Dario Argento has posted nine first-look stills and the poster for his ‘09 American release, Giallo, starring Adrien Brody.
First impressions: Look at that poster! It’s schlock-tastic, like something you’d find in the storage room of a bodega; In odd contrast, Brody looks like late period Al Pacino in the stills; Vincent Gallo is no doubt scoffing into the wind. Here’s the logline: Giallo centers on an American flight attendant (Emmaunuelle Seigner) who teams with an Italian investigator (Brody) to search for her missing sister who has been abducted by a serial killer known only as Yellow, or ‘Giallo.’ He likes to cut up beautiful women.
More stills from Dario’s site and another poster via Wikipedia after the cliffhanger…
Discuss: How does the Giallo poster make you feel?
Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!
A new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster has shown up on pipocacombo.
Patrick Swayze will be asked back to reprise the role of ‘Bodhi’ in the recently announced Point Break 2. [Moviehole]
Three new American character banners for Hellboy II: The Golden Party have appeared online. [Empire]
Katie Holmes will make her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s play, All My Sons. [justjared]
LOST star Matthew Fox has been sworn to secrecy as he’s the only castmember who knows how the series will end. [CinemaBlend]
Shock has a first look at photos from Dario Argento’s latest horror-thriller Giallo starring Adrien Brody and Emmanuelle Seigner.
Comic book legend Stan Lee enters anime and manga market with new superhero stories written for Japanese audience. [japantimes]
The Boston Globe is reporting that film score composer John Williams is working on “soundtracks for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Jurassic Park IV,” and “Superman: Man of Steel” all scheduled for his touch.”
JoBlo has a photo of the Transporter 3 billboard at Cannes.
Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Jean Smart and M. Emmet Walsh have joined Michael Cera in “Youth in Revolt,” the Miguel Arteta-directed comedy for Dimension Films. [Variety]
PocketGamer.co.uk boasts the first shots of the upcoming mobile edition of the WALL-E video game.
Rejects counts down the Ten Most Memorable Indiana Jones Moments.
Danny Dyer and Mischa Barton are set to star in a deranged spin on Alice in Wonderland entitled Malice in Wonderland. [shock]
Phoenix Pictures has picked up the movie rights to John Grisham’s best-selling novel Playing for Pizza, about a washed-up NFL quarterback who finds a new perspective on life and a love for all things Italian when his agent lands him a deal to play with a semi-professional team in Parma, Italy. [THR]
Watch 5 minutes of footage from the Ghostbusters video game on Kotaku.
Someone is selling the truck from Star Trek IV for $5,595. [trekmovie]
A reader sent over a NSFW photoshop of the WALL-E poster. Click here to see it.
Cinematical takes a look back at the Foreign movie posters of Indiana Jones.
The Weinstein Company will produce Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist in a big-budget adaptation directed by Hollywood star Laurence Fishburne. [reuters]
Guillermo del Toro was forced to drop a three-headed dog from Hellboy II: The Golden Army. The photo above shows the concept. [io9]
YouTube has a a new behind the scenes promo for Heroes: Season 3.
Indiana Jones is now on Twitter.
Adrien Brody to Star in Dario Argento’s Giallo, Vincent Gallo and Ray Liotta No Longer Attached
Posted on Sunday, April 13th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson
When I first heard that Adrien Brody had hopped on Dario Argento’s signature serial killer flick Giallo, I pictured him playing the stylish murderer. Vincent Gallo had been typically outspoken about his loathing to play the part due to the involvement of his former fiance and Argento spawn, Asia Argento. Unsurprisingly, Gallo is no longer attached (and neither is Asia). Alas Brody, the Oscar winner who kinda slayed in the underrated The Darjeeling Limited, will apparently play the role of an Italian detective, a role previously rumored for Ray Liotta. No offense to Brody, but Liotta versus Gallo with knife wielding would have been wild, man, wild.
This casting bit arrives with a new log line for the exploitation thriller: “Giallo revolves around an American flight attendant who teams with an Italian investigator to search for her missing sister who has been abducted by a serial killer known only as Yellow.” Argento tackling flight attendants equals awesome. And it’s all the rage to say this right now on the Web, so here ya go: giallo means yellow in Italian. Celebrate this “newfound” morsel of information with a 10-foot party sub.
Discuss: So, is the Brody for Liotta/Gallo trade-out a good one? There’s a lot of “he’s too good for this film, not a good career move” blah blahing going on, but what’s wrong with the buzzing indie direction Brody is going in?
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Star Trek Casting Rumors: Mike Vogel, Paul McGillion and Adrien Brody
Posted on Thursday, September 27th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
There are a lot of new casting rumors for JJ Abrams’s Star Trek circulating the web this week. Let’s take a look:
IESB has learned that Mike Vogel (Poseidon, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Cloverfield) is the frontrunner to play James T Kirk. TrekMovie is reporting that former Stargate Atlantis regular Paul McGillion has auditioned for the role of Scotty. And Adrien Brody confirmed to MTV that he spoke to JJ Abrams about playing Spock, but ultimately didn’t get the part.
I’m certainly not disappointed by the two names mentioned above, and both of them make sense, BUT, I was hoping for some bigger name actors. Remember when the rumors had Matt Damon as Kirk? Now we’re all of a sudden talking about the guy from Supercross? What happened?!
Must Watch: Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited Movie Trailer
Posted on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
We warned you last week, and now here it is - the movie trailer for Wes Anderson’s new movie The Darjeeling Limited. The film is “An emotional comedy about three brothers re-forging family bonds. The eldest, played by Wilson, hopes to reconnect with his two younger siblings by taking them on a train trip across the vibrant and sensual landscape of India.”
Darjeeling seems to be everything I imagined it would be. I’m happy that Anderson decided to use his regular music selections and not some Indian tunes. The soundtracks for Anderson’s other films are just so wonderful, usually consisting of a certain type of rock music which most of the time sounds like it came from a short period 30 years ago. And an all Indian soundtrack would have been disappointing for most fans. Check out the new trailer after the jump.
The Darjeeling Limited Movie Poster, Movie Trailer Premiere
Posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
The theatrical movie poster for Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson’s next film The Darjeeling Limited was released online tonight. The film’s trailer will debut this weekend in front of Fox Searchlight’s Sunshine and Once. I’m sure the trailer will show up online next week. We posted some photos from the film last month (click here to see them). You can also click on the poster image to the right to enlarge.
According to the web description (derived from a leaked script draft), the story follows three brothers who trek through India to find an albino tiger that’s actually their reincarnated father. Although Anderson insists that they are not searching for a tiger. The estranged trio consists of Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson. The Darjeeling Limited is set to hit theaters on December 29th 2007.
