'Trust' Teaser: Donald Sutherland Is J. Paul Getty
The Trust teaser gives us a look at Donald Sutherland as ruthless oil-tycoon J. Paul Getty, who refused to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson.
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'Battle Of The Sexes' Clips And Featurette: Putting The Show In Chauvinism
Check out a couple Battle of the Sexes clips showing off the Oscar-hopeful performances from Emma Stone and Steve Carell in this new sports drama.
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TV Bits: 'Powerless' And 'Into The Badlands' Promos, 'Girl Meets World' Seeks New Home, 'Portlandia' Renewed
The TV news keeps on coming, thanks to the TCAs. After the jump: Portlandia has been renewed for one final season. AMC and BBC are teaming up for a new John le Carré miniseries. TV Land officially orders Heathers to series. Louis C.K. and Albert Brooks' Cops gets a series from TBS. Pierce Brosnan tries on a Texan…
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Danny Boyle Heads To FX With Getty Family Drama 'Trust'
There's a new Danny Boyle FX drama in the works. The series has given a 10-episode order to Trust, a drama about the Getty family.
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Emma Stone And Steve Carell Will Engage In 'Battle Of The Sexes' For Producer Danny Boyle
Read about the Emma Stone Battle of the Sexes casting. Stone and Steve Carell play Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs for the Danny Boyle-produced film.
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Ang Lee Will Direct Iraq War Novel Adaptation 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, Catching Fire) has scripted an adaption of Ben Fountain's novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, which has been called the “Catch-22 of the Iraq War,” and was nominated for the 2012 National Book Award. Now Ang Lee, whose last feature was the Oscar-winning Life of Pi, is a likely director prospect for the film.…
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Danny Boyle Re-Teaming With 'Slumdog Millionaire' Scribe For Bille Jean King Biopic
Danny Boyle's next move could be a sports film. The British filmmaker is reportedly working on a biopic of tennis icon Billie Jean King, specifically her legendary "Battle of the Sexes" match against Bobby Riggs in 1973. That sounds pretty interesting as it is, but what makes this project even more intriguing is that it…
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Francis Lawrence Offered 'Hunger Games' Sequel 'Catching Fire'
After narrowing down the field to two possible contenders earlier this week, Lionsgate has finally settled on a new director to replace Gary Ross for its Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire. Francis Lawrence has just received the offer to helm the sequel, beating out fellow finalist Bennett Miller (Moneyball). Though Lawrence and Lionsgate have yet…
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/Film Interview: Gary Ross, The Director Of 'The Hunger Games'
After almost a decade away from the director's chair, Gary Ross is back with a bang. He's directed the highly-anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games and he's done it with the kind of vision and passion only a true fan could have accomplished. The film, which opens March 23 and stars Jennifer Lawrence,…
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Simon Beaufoy At Work On 'Hunger Games' Sequel Script
Lionsgate may have purchased Summit and consequently got its grubby little hands on the rights to Twilight, but before the lion can further exploit Stephenie Meyer's sparkly vampires, the company will be releasing the first film based on Suzanne Collins' novel series The Hunger Games. Last time we checked in on development of the sequel,…
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'Salmon Fishing In The Yemen' Trailer: Ewan McGregor And Emily Blunt Do Exactly That
A trailer for the new Lasse Hallström film, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, has just been released. We know, it's a terrible title. Is it a metaphor for some kind of life experience? Actually, no. It's quite literal. The film, starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt is about the act of trying…
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Lionsgate Wants 'Slumdog Millionaire' Writer To Script 'Hunger Games' Sequel
Is this an indication that Lionsgate was happy with the reception given the trailer for The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross? The first film based on Suzanne Collins' teen-oriented Battle Royale-revamp novel trilogy won't be released until March 2012, and a sequel based on the second novel, Catching Fire, is yet to get the…
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Danny Boyle And Simon Beaufoy May Reteam For 'Sharp Teeth', About Shape-Shifting Werewolves In Gangland LA
Thus far, the pairing of Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy has proven to be unstoppable. The writing/directing team already scored Academy Awards for their work on Slumdog Millionaire -- for Best Picture, Best Directing and Best Adapted Screenplay, among others -- and they're currently in the running for a whole new batch of Oscars (Best…
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One-Hour Discussion With Oscar Writing Contenders Aaron Sorkin, Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt, And More
The Hollywood Reporter has posted their one hour long discussion between 2010 Oscar contenders Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network), Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours), Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3), John Wells (The Company Men), Todd Phillips (Due Date) and David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole). Wait a second, is Due Date really an Awards contender? I guess maybe…
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Lasse Hallström Takes Over Bill Condon's Salmon Fishing In The Yemen; McGregor And Blunt Starring
Early last year, Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wrote an adaptation of Paul Torday's novel Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. The script was well-received, making the 2009 Brit List of unproduced screenplays. Some time after that, Bill Condon came aboard the project to direct. But his new responsibilities on Breaking Dawn preclude making the picture.…
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Leap Year Movie Trailer
Universal Pictures has released the first movie trailer for Leap Year, which is a romantic comedy about a woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day. Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman’s determined quest to get married to the…
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Danny Boyle's Next Confirmed To Be Tale Of Mountain Climber Aron Ralston; Film Is Now Titled 127 Hours
Not long ago, informed speculation pegged Danny Boyle's next movie with Fox Searchlight as the story of Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who amputated his own arm to free himself from being trapped by a boulder. Now we know that is in fact his upcoming picture. The film even has a name: 127 Hours. What…
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Danny Boyle Reteams With Slumdog Scribe Simon Beaufoy For Maximum City
Last week it was revealed that Danny Boyle had purchased the screen rights to Suketu Mehta's 2004 book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found. The Telegraph has learned that Academy Award-winning Slumdog Millionaire scribe Simon Beaufoy has been hired to pen the screenplay adaptation. The screenwriter says that adapting a non fictional tale for the…
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DreamWorks Animation Announces 2009-2012 Releases
DreamWorks Animation has announced plans to release five feature films every two years, up from their previous two films a year schedule. The company cites their "three very successful franchises" as one of the reasons to produce an extra film every other year. Apparently the plan is to release one or two sequels a year,…
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BBC Announce Huge Slate Of Feature Film Projects
Excuse me if this story reads like little more than a really long list of future films but there are so many new movies on the BBC's slate, and so many of them sound so good, that I want to give them all a quick shout out. There's going to be something for everyone (well,…
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Simon Beaufoy Was Approached For Wolverine 2, Writing DreamWorks Animation's Truckers - We Have The Story Details!
Earlier this week we reported that Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy had mentioned during an appearance at the Bradford International Film Festival that he had been offered and accepted an offer to write a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hours later our friends at FirstShowing heard back from 20th Century Fox who claimed that "the…
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Is The Screenwriter Of Slumdog Millionaire Writing Wolverine 2?
Update: Alex from FirstShowing contacted Fox, and the studio claims the story isn't true. I received an interesting e-mail yesterday from a /Film reader named Adam B claiming that Wolverine 2 was in development, and Slumdog Millionaire screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was penning the script. alright guys, im currently working at the bradford international film festival…
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Slumdog Scribe To Write Leap Year
Simon Beaufoy, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Slumdog Millionaire, has been hired to write Leap Year for Spyglass Entertainment. Shopgirl director Anand Tucker is set to helm the romantic comedy which stars Amy Adams as a woman who comes up with an idea to travel to Dublin to propose to a man on February 29th,…
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