• Peter Sarsgaard And Liev Schreiber Join Tobey Maguire In Bobby Fischer Drama 'Pawn Sacrifice'

    Few modern American historical figures are as mysterious and mythical as chess champion Bobby Fischer. The first American, and youngest World Chess Champion, who famously disappeared for several decades, has been the subject of multiple narrative and documentary films. A new effort has recently moved up on the board. It's called Pawn Sacrifice and will…

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  • David Cronenberg And Viggo Mortensen To Reteam For Eastern Promises 2

    The ever-fruitful and edgy creative partnership between director David Cronenberg and actor Viggo Mortensen continues, with today's announcement of a sequel to their captivating 2007 Russian mob film Eastern Promises. The pic above perfectly conveys our expectations. Deadline reports that producer Paul Webster is overseeing the project, which now has a completed script by Steve Knight,…

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  • Who Needs Spider-Man? Tobey Maguire Eyeing Role As Chess Master Bobby Fischer

    Hopefully you've read a bit of sarcasm into the title of this piece, because I truly expect that Tobey Maguire is quite likely happy to set aside the Spider-Man costume. There's a very specific challenge to making big superhero films, but after three of them I'd expect that the challenge of playing something like his…

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