Posted on Friday, May 14th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
After a year of wrangling and new talent, I’m still going to be surprised when the cameras start to roll on Moneyball. Director Bennett Miller and Sony seem determined to give me that surprise, however. They’re in talks now with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright to bolster the cast, which still includes Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
In August of last year, we heard that Robert Redford was going to, in some measure, beat Steven Spielberg to the punch with a film about Lincoln. But Redford’s film, The Conspirator, isn’t quite about Lincoln himself — it is about Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), one of the accused members of a conspiracy to assassinate the President and, in the wake of the case, the first woman executed by the US government.
The film was shot last fall in Savannah, GA, and Redford is now talking about the picture, giving us some more information, and a few photos. Read More »
Posted on Monday, April 12th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Back in January we brought you the first still from Ari Folman‘s upcoming The Congress, which adapts (and makes significant changes to) Stanislaw Lem‘s story The Futurological Congress. Now we’ve got the first bit of footage, and it looks wonderful. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Just over a year ago it was announced that Ari Folman, director of the exceptional Waltz With Bashir, would next oversee an adaptation of Stanislaw Lem‘s story The Futurological Congress. The short story, which is only partially being used for the film, is about Ijon Tichy, a man “who is propelled into a world where hallucinogenic drugs have replaced reality.” Now we’ve got the first still from the film, which stars Robin Wright and is called simply The Congress. A few more details after the break. Read More »
