Kimberly Peirce To Direct Holocaust Drama 'Man's Search For Meaning'
The Kimberly Peirce Man's Search for Meaning movie could shoot next year. It's an adaptation of Viktor Frankl's Holocaust memoir.
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Sequel Bits: 'Jurassic World', 'Naked Gun', 'A Haunted House 2', 'The Purge 2', 'Tekken'
When we first reported on the Naked Gun reboot, we wrote that star Ed Helms was "the new Leslie Nielsen." As it turns out, that's not quite accurate. Hit the jump to find out the relation between Helms' character and Nielsen's. Also: The Tekken prequel gets a title and a star Brad Fuller offers plot details…
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'Carrie' Trailer: Kimberly Peirce Gives Chloë Grace Moretz The Prom From Hell
A couple generations after Brian de Palma first brought it to the big screen, Stephen King's Carrie is getting a new cinematic interpretation this fall by director Kimberly Peirce. The first teaser trailer hit all the way back last year, and we've had plenty of blood-soaked posters since then, but now we finally have a…
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Remake Bits: Frank Capra's 'State Of The Union' Getting A Remake, 'Evil Dead' And 'Carrie' Reveal New Pics
Remakes of decades-old films are a common sight at the multiplex these days, but even by those standards Identity Films and Flat Penny Films are reaching pretty far back. The two companies have just acquired the rights to Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse's Pulitzer Prize-winning play State of the Union, which was adapted into a…
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'Carrie' Teaser Trailer: Burn, Bullies, Burn!
MGM and Screen Gems just debuted footage from Kimberly Peirce's new film version of Stephen King's debut novel Carrie at the New York Comic Con over this past weekend, but isn't wasting any time getting something online. While fans often have to wait months (or more) before seeing trailers that play at the San Diego…
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Remake First Looks: Poster And Teaser Recaps For 'Evil Dead' And 'Carrie' Hit The Web, 'Robocop' Bike Revealed
Just because we've already seen and loved the original Carrie, Robocop, and Evil Dead doesn't mean we can't be curious about the remakes. Today we have teaser posters and footage descriptions for Fede Alvarez's Evil Dead and Kimberly Peirce's Carrie, thanks to the Sony panel at New York Comic-Con, and a peek at Alex Murphy's…
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Remake Bits: Nate Parker Joins 'Oldboy', 'Carrie' And 'The Evil Dead' Get Synopses, José Padilha Responds To 'Robocop' Rumors
Spike Lee is turning to some familiar faces to help round out the cast of his Oldboy remake. After adding his Do the Right Thing star Samuel L. Jackson a few weeks back, Lee is turning to his Red Hook Summer actor Nate Parker for another supporting role. The up-and-comer's other credits include Arbitrage, Red Tails and…
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Crazy In Blood: First Official Photos Of Chloë Grace Moretz And Julianne Moore In 'Carrie'
Part of the narrative surrounding the creation of Kimberly Peirce's new adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel Carrie is that the film will hew closer to the novel than did Brian De Palma's classic version, and therefore differ substantially from it. That may end up being true, and yet the first two official photos from…
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Kimberly Peirce Now Set To Remake French Thriller 'With A Friend Like Harry'
I think the film With a Friend Like Harry (aka Harry, He's Here to Help), a French thriller originally released in 2000, probably has a higher profile in France and Europe than it does here, which makes it good fodder for a US-based remake. The movie follows a young middle-class couple who run into Harry,…
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First Look And Official Synopsis: Kimberly Peirce's 'Carrie' Starring Chloë Moretz
Given that Brian De Palma's 1976 Carrie is revered as a classic of horror cinema, it's tough to avoid thinking of Kimberly Peirce's new version of Carrie as a remake. But strictly speaking, it's not a rehash of De Palma's version but rather a fresh interpretation of Stephen King's original 1974 novel. And Peirce and…
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Chloe Moretz Says 'Carrie' Remake "Messes With Your Mind;" Portia Doubleday And Judy Greer Added To Cast
With a few exceptions, the idea of remaking a classic horror film has proven to be one that faces many pitfalls. And when the original in question is Brian De Palma's version of the Stephen King story Carrie, a film crafted with impressive style and quite a lot of moxie, there might be more pitfalls…
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Julianne Moore May Be The Domineering, Fundamentalist Mom In 'Carrie' [Updated]
One of the great pleasures of Brian De Palma's original film adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie is the ravenous scenery chewing by Piper Laurie as the sex-fearing, fundamentalist mother of young telekinetic Carrie White. Sissy Spacek played Carrie in the original, and Chloe Grace Moretz will incarnate the character in a new film version…
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Kimberly Peirce's 'Carrie' Remake To Drop In Spring 2013
Whether or not you think Stephen King's Carrie needs to be remade yet again, the latest incarnation of the ultimate outcast revenge tale continues chugging along. At least the project's attracting some solid talent: Boys Don't Cry helmer Kimberly Peirce is lined up to direct, with rising star Chloe Grace Moretz in the lead role.…
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Chloë Moretz And Haley Bennett In Contention To Be The New 'Carrie' [Updated]
Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry) is putting together a new film based on Stephen King's debut novel Carrie. Brian De Palma's movie starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta remains one of De Palma's most entertaining films, packed as it is with over-the-top characterization and De Palma's trademark love of split-screen imagery. So my first reaction…
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'Boys Don't Cry' Director Kimberly Peirce To Remake Stephen King's 'Carrie'
Kimberly Peirce has been hired to direct a remake Stephen King's Carrie. Peirce made her name with the 1999 indie film Boys Don't Cry which featured an Oscar-winning performance from Hilary Swank. Peirce was voted one of Hollywood's upcoming best new talents, but the filmmaker has yet to deliver a worthy follow-up, helming the 2008…
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Page 2: The Wolverine, Moby, The Exorcist, Jaleel White, The Shining, Rich Ross, Pulp Fiction, Michael Emerson, Day & Night, Black Swan
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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Page 2: Harry Potter, Sundance, 47 Ronin, Banksy, Kung-Fu Panda 2, Natalie Portman, The Hobbit, Clint Mansell, The Wolverine And More
What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 (!?!) different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.…
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Judd Apatow Producing Kimberly Peirce And John Carney
ComingSoon has learned that Judd Apatow is developing a romantic sex comedy project with Kimberly Peirce, the indie film director responsible for Boys Don't Cry and Stop-Loss. Apatow also revealed that he's developing a comedy project with John Carney, the director of the 2007 Sundance micro-budget musical Once. While no further details have been revealed…
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SXSW Movie Review: Stop-Loss
Directed and co-written by Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don't Cry, The Last Good Breath), Stop Loss dramatizes the U.S. military's "stop-loss" policy that allows the military to postpone the honorable discharge of U.S. soldiers and send them back to Iraq and Afghanistan for another tour of duty (usually a year to eighteen months). Alas, Stop Loss…
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Stop-Loss Movie Poster
MTV's Movie Blog has posted the official one sheet for their satellite film branch's Iraq War drama Stop-Loss. Starring Ryan Phillipe, Timothy Olyphant and Abbie Cornish, the film is also notable for lead roles played by Brick's Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum. One wonders if the movie will end up being remembered more for starring…
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Stop-Loss Movie Trailer
MTV has the trailer premiere for Kimberly Peirce's Stop-Loss. Ryan Phillippe returns to Texas after a tour in Iraq, but when he is ordered to return for another tour of duty, he refuses. The film co-stars Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Timothy Olyphant and Abbie Cornish. While the America seems to be getting sick of the…
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What Happened To All The Post-Tarantino Directors?
Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Baz Luhrmann and Mark Romanek were supposed to be the next generation of filmmakers. What happened? Sharon Waxman of the New York Times has a great article titled "The Mystery of the Missing Moviemakers". "Is it a sign of timidity, or laziness, or some…
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