New Movies From Woody Allen And Roman Polanski Having Trouble Getting U.S. Distribution
Two new Roman Polanski and Woody Allen movies are having trouble finding companies willing to distribute them in the United States.
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'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Finds Its Roman Polanski With Polish Actor Rafal Zawierucha
The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood cast has added actor Rafal Zawierucha as its Roman Polanski, joining new cast members Danny Strong & Sydney Sweeney.
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Bill Cosby And Roman Polanski Have Been Expelled From The Academy
Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby have both been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences following new standards of conduct.
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Roman Polanski Will Be A Key Character In Tarantino's Next Movie, Tom Cruise's Role Revealed
History dictates that a controversial figure play a role in Tarantino's next movie. Here's what we know about the Quentin Tarantino Roman Polanski news.
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'Venus In Fur' Trailer: Roman Polanski Adapts The Award-Winning Play
In this Venus in Fur trailer from the UK, we see how director Roman Polanski has adapted the award-winning play about gender power dynamics.
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Christoph Waltz Cast In Reality-Based Euro Thriller 'True Crimes'
I've said it before: if you get a chance to option an article written by David Grann, do it. The guy's got a masterful nose for story, or one hell of an editor at the New Yorker), and his articles are almost universally being used as the basis for films. (Other Grann work in development…
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Directors: Roman Polanski Will Next Make 'D;' David Slade Directing 'Villain,' Nick Cassavetes Making 'Cali'
We've got a few announcements of projects that got new directors today, or of films that are getting off the ground because of the names now attached to make them happen. After the break there's info on: Roman Polanski's new film, based on the Dreyfus Affair David Slade being set to make a thriller called…
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The Best Satanic Movies You Probably Haven't Seen
Well fire and damnation, this week we're all going to hell. Nicolas Cage is riding to your local theater on a motorbike fueled by Satan and there's little anyone can do to stop it. I've seen Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and, quite frankly, it ain't good. That said, if I hadn't seen it yet…
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'Carnage' Trailer - Roman Polanski's Latest With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Take four of the best actors working today, throw them into a room and let the cameras roll. That seems to be the claustrophobic vibe director Roman Polanski is going for in his film adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play Carnage. The film stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly as…
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'Carnage' Trailer: Kate Winslet Loses It, Hilariously
We've been highlighting images from Roman Polanski's upcoming film Carnage for the past few weeks. The film adapts Yasmina Reza's play God of Carnage, with John C. Reilly, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Chrisoph Waltz starring as two NYC couples who meet to discuss the aftermath of an encounter between their kids. For some, that…
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New Poster And Images From Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'
Roman Polanski's new film Carnage, an adaptation of Yasmina Reza's play God of Carnage, will soon premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and then open the New York Film Festival. We know the basics -- Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly play two couples who spend an evening... let's say 'interacting,'…
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2011 Venice Film Festival Lineup Includes 'Carnage,' 'A Dangerous Method,' And 'Dogtooth' Director's Latest
Hot on the heels of the release of a massive batch of films that will appear in the Toronto Film Festival, we've got the main lineup for the 68th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10. We knew that George Clooney's The Ides of March would open the fest (the trailer…
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Release Dates: 'Pacific Rim,' Soderbergh's 'Contagion,' 'The Host,' 'Carnage' And More
We've got a handful of release dates to share, with the biggest possibly being Guillermo del Toro's upcoming Pacific Rim, which, if things go well, will begin shooting late this summer or in early fall. Warner Bros. will distribute the Legendary Pictures production, and has just set July 12, 2013 as the release date. Pacific…
Read MoreSony Classics Grabs Polanski's 'Carnage;' His Follow-Up Could Be 'True Crime'
The past couple years have seen Roman Polanski embroiled once more in decades-old controversy, but he is continuing to do the work of making movies. His most recent project, Carnage, has just been picked up for released by Sony Pictures Classics. And now he is reportedly considering a new film called True Crime, which tells…
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First Look: Roman Polanski's 'Carnage'
Roman Polanski has just finished shooting Carnage, aka his adaptation of the play God of Carnage, in which Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly and Christoph Waltz play two couples who end up tearing into each other after an altercation between their children at a park. About a week ago a bunch of photos…
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Jodie Foster Says Her Role In Neill Blomkamp's 'Elysium' Isn't Yet Locked
Jodie Foster is working for Roman Polanski right now, acting in his new film God of Carnage, and it has been widely assumed that she'll be one of the primary stars of Neill Blomkamp's second feature, Elysium, alongside Matt Damon and Sharlto Copley. But now the actress says that the deal isn't quite set, which…
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Awards Roundup: 'The Ghost Writer' Scores At European Film Awards; 'The King's Speech' Takes British Independent Film Awards
It's that time of the year when there will be one film awards ceremony and/or critical poll after another, and we've got the results of three to kick off this week. The European Film Awards took place in Estonia over the weekend, and Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer scored six awards, including Best Film, Best…
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John C. Reilly Joins Roman Polanski's 'God Of Carnage'
The last time we checked in on God of Carnage, the adaptation of Yasmina Reza's award-winning play to be directed by Roman Polanski, there were new cast additions and one minor casting mystery. The additions were Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz, who were all set to play three of the play's four major…
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Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz And Matt Dillon Cast In Roman Polanski's 'God Of Carnage'
UPDATE: Without any explanation, Deadline's story no longer mentions Matt Dillon, but does say the other male role is not yet cast. More info as we get it. Original article follows. Over the past year we've known that Roman Polanski was prepping an adaptation of Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning play God of Carnage. And once free…
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Roman Polanski Preps 'God Of Carnage' To Shoot Next Year
I imagine we'll never again be able to post a Roman Polanski-related story without setting off a comment discussion about whether or not the end of his 2009-2010 arrest represents a strange miscarriage of justice. That's appropriate, but this story isn't about Polanski being set free by the Swiss, but of him going back to…
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Roman Polanski Set Free After Swiss Refuse To Extradite Him
Well, that was anti-climactic. Various news sources (including the NYTimes) are reporting that after being under house arrest in Switzerland for the past seven months, Roman Polanski is now free to go. The Swiss government has decided not to extradite him, a decision that came after the Washington refused to release confidential testimony given in…
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Ridley Scott Producing Pompeii Mini-Series, Formerly Developed As A Feature By Roman Polanski
A few years back, Roman Polanski and Robert Harris spent a lot of time developing Pompeii, which would have seen Polanski directing a script by both men based on Harris' historical novel about the days leading to the ancient volcanic disaster. That film fell apart when the Screen Actors Guild threatened to strike -- either…
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Movie Review: Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer Is Terrible (This Review Includes An Exclusive Note From Alfred Hitchcock's Ghost)
There will be critics who call The Ghost Writer "a refreshing throwback to the taut political-conspiracy thrillers of the '70s" and "an enjoyable treat that offers smart flashes of Roman Polanski in his prime," and this praise, genuinely expressed or not, is unfortunate. Watching the film, I was convinced that had a "blind" screening been…
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Roman Polanski Planning Next Picture, Adapted From Yasmina Reza's God Of Carnage
Despite being under house arrest in Switzerland, Roman Polanski is planning to segue directly from completing The Ghost Writer to mounting a big screen version of God of Carnage. Yasmina Reza's black comedy won the best play gong at the Tony Awards last year. The show relates the heated arguments of two pairs of parents,…
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Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer Movie Trailer
Boy-oh-boy is the trailer for Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer melodramatic. This is some seriously loud filmmaking. It's embedded beyond the break, but I suspect you can already feel it rumbling from up here. The film is an adaptation of Robert Harris' thriller novel about a British Prime Minister based quite closely upon Tony Blair,…
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Cool Stuff: Retro Whale's Favorite Directors Portrait Series
Retro Whale has created a series of art based on the favorite filmmakers of film geeks. She has created quirky little portraits of 20 great filmmakers, which you can purchase as art prints, magnets, or 4x4 clapboard coasters (which are wall mountable). [gallery order="DESC" columns="2" orderby="ID"] The set includes: Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen,…
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The Ghost Writer German Trailer: Footage From Polanski's Return, Dubbed Auf Deutsch
Ask and ye shall receive. Just a couple of hours ago I wrote about the US release date for Roman Polanski's new film The Ghost Writer, starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. Given that Summit set February 19 as the date, I assumed that we'd see a trailer any day now. In fact, there's one…
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