Amelia Earhart may have had quite a presence in the second Night at the Museum movie earlier this summer, where she was played by a spunky Amy Adams, but she’s also getting her own biopic called Amelia, starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor. The first trailer has debuted at Yahoo, and it’s pretty standard biopic stuff. Which is too bad, because if there was ever a great adventurous biopic meant for young girls, this would be it. See the footage from the Mira Nair-directed film after the jump. Read More »
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This morning I screened Training Day director Antoine Fuqua‘s new film Brooklyn’s Finest. The film tells the story of three unconnected Brooklyn cops who struggle with the rules that define how they conduct themselves in and off the job. After a vastly different series of events, the three cops collide in one location in the film’s tragic climax.
Richard Gere plays Eddie Dugan, a cop with seven days left before his pension is released and he retires from duty. Dugan, who just wants to get through his final days and refuses to go beyond the call of duty, finds himself assigned to a new recruit. Ethan Hawke plays Sal, a married father with a handful of kids and twins on the way. His NYPD salary isn’t enough to get them into a bigger house, which his family so desperately needs. Sal finds himself rationalizing the idea of stealing drug money in an on the job drug bust. Don Cheadle is Tango, an undercover cop who longs for a desk job and is assigned to set up a thug named Caz (played by Wesley Snipes) who saved his life in prison.
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Filmz.ru has a first look at the first batch of photos from Mira Nair’s Amelia, the Amelia Earhart biopic which is currently in production. Hilary Swank stars as the legendary American pilot who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world. Richard Gere plays publisher and promoter George Putnam, who Earhart eventually married. The movie also stars Ewan McGregor as Gene Vidal, and Virginia Madsen as Dorothy Binney Putnam.
The Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia is currently shooting in Toronto and Empire Movies and BadandUgly have the first photos of Hilary Swank as the legendary American pilot who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world. Richard Gere plays publisher and promoter George Putnam, who Earhart eventually married. Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake) is directing for Fox Searchlight.
The first three minutes of The Hunting Party are now online for your viewing pleasure. I had the chance to see this movie a month ago, and I can highly recommend it. The movie was released a couple weeks back in limited distribution, but has still failed to make over $175k in the United States. I feel that Richard Gere tends to scare people from my generation off, and film has been poorly marketed. So check out the first three minutes after the jump, and if it sucks you in – go buy a ticket!
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I’ve never been a fan of Richard Gere. Something about him always skeeved me out. But I very much dugg The Hoax (which you should all check out when it hits DVD). Check out the trailer for his new movie The Flock, which immediately sucked me in. The film also stars Claire Danes (who always makes interesting choices). I would say it looks good, but I’m not exactly sure what I just watched. But you can be sure that it will probably be good considering Wai Keung Lau, the man behind the popular Infernal Affairs series (which was remade into a little American film called The Departed – ever hear of it?) is behind it.
What is it about? According to IMDb, the film tells the story of hyper-vigilant federal agent (Gere) who, while training his young female replacement (Danes), must track down a missing girl whom he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he’s investigating. Working against the clock they unravel the twisted details to track the potential killer. Oh yeah, and Avril Lavigne plays the young girl who gets kidnapped. I know I’m going to get crap for saying this, but, I actually don’t mind Avril’s music. That said, her cinematic efforts so far have been poor at best. And you can;t say she didn’t have good direction as Richard Linklater directed her in Fast Food Nation. But fear not, I’m betting that Avril’s contribution to the film is minimal.
Check out the trailer (via: MAM) after the jump.
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