'Wicked' Loses Another Director As Stephen Daldry Exits The Universal Adaptation
Universal is looking for a new Wicked director in the wake of Stephen Daldry's exit from the feature film adaptation of the popular musical.
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'The Crown' Trailer: Peter Morgan And Stephen Daldry Reunite For Queen Elizabeth II
Peter Morgan's series, The Crow, begins with the start of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The drama debuts this week on Netflix. Watch The Crown trailer.
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The Crown Trailer: Netflix's Epic Series Provides A Look Behind The Curtain At Queen Elizabeth II
Watch The Crown trailer to get a look at the Netflix series which deals with Queen Elizabeth II's struggles as she became royalty.
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'The Crown' Trailer: What Is The Purpose Of The Crown?
Based on the award-winning play, "The Audience," written by Oscar nominee Peter Morgan, the drama focuses on Queen Elizabeth II. Watch The Crown trailer.
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'Trash' Trailer: Stephen Daldry Embarks An Adventure In The Slums Of Rio
Watch the Trash trailer. Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot) directs an energetic adventure set in the slums of Rio. Rooney Mara and Martin Sheen co-star.
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Stephen Daldry's Trash Trailer
Watch the Brazilian Trash trailer, Stephen Daldry's movie about "three boys in a third world country who get sucked into a terrifying adventure.
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This Week In Trailers: Blood, Populaire, Young And Beautiful (Jeune Et Jolie), National Theater Live: The Audience, Wara No Tate (Shield Of Straw)
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Stephen Daldry Courted To Direct 'Wicked', Jon Favreau In Talks To Helm 'Jersey Boys'
As film after film gets reworked for the Great White Way, two Broadway smash hits are, in turn, inching closer to the big screen. Universal's been trying to put together a movie adaptation of Wicked (itself the stage adaptation of Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)…
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Stephen Daldry Wants To Make 'Kavalier & Clay' Miniseries For HBO
In the decade since producer Scott Rudin snapped up the rights to Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the project's seen Sydney Pollack and Jude Law come and go, and Tobey Maguire, Jamie Bell, Natalie Portman, Andrew Garfield, and Ryan Gosling all floated as potential stars -- but in truth,…
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'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' Trailer #2: Searching For Family In A Scarred City
The first trailer for Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close tried to live in the area between quirky, endearing and sentimental. The balance didn't work for me, especially thanks to the reliance on U2 as the score for the trailer. As a result I think that first look…
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'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close' Trailer
Here's the trailer for Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, based on a script by Eric Roth. The movie has been a curiosity for me for months in part because the book is a piece of post-modernism that doesn't lend itself easily to adaptation, and in part because…
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First Look: Tom Hanks And Thomas Horn In 'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Warner Bros. evidently has high hopes for Stephen Daldry‘s adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, as the studio recently set the film for a December 25 debut. Indeed, the novel, which is a quirky but heartfelt account of a young boy's attempt to uncover some family history in the…
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Warner Bros. Targets Oscar With Release Dates For 'J. Edgar,' 'Gravity' And 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'
Warner Bros. is going for some Oscar gold this year, and not only with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, which the studio is hoping might turn into a Return of the King-style contender. The studio also has a couple of possible prestige pictures in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar and Stephen Daldry's…
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Richard Curtis Adapting Adventure Tale 'Trash' For Director Stephen Daldry
When you see the names Richard Curtis (screenwriter, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, War Horse)and Stephen Daldry (director, The Hours, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) together, you'll might well think that a mannered but quirky award-season film is forthcoming. But in this particular case, they're teaming to adapt Trash, an adventure novel by Andy Mulligan that…
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James Gandolfini Books 'Twylight Zones,' Circles 'Cogan's Trade' And 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'
Don't call it a Sopranos reunion, but James Gandolfini is poised to work with Sopranos creator David Chase once more. The actor has taken a role in Mr Chase's new project Twylight Zones, aka the film previously referred to as the Untitled David Chase Rock and Roll Movie. In addition, Mr. Gandolfini is circling roles…
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John Goodman Cast In 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'
Briefly: 2011 could be a good year for John Goodman and his fans. He'll be seen in Kevin Smith's Red State, and looks to be part of The Artist (with James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Miller) and Thicker (with Alison Pill, Guy Pearce and Christopher Lloyd). And now he's been cast alongside Tom Hanks and…
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Young 'Jeopardy!' Winner Thomas Horn Cast In 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'
If you're a Jeopardy! fiend, the name Thomas Horn is likely familiar; to everyone else some explanation is in order as to how the 12-year old earned his fame, and how that has led to him landing a plum role in Stephen Daldry's adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.…
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Tom Hanks And Sandra Bullock Attached To Stephen Daldry's 'Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close'
Last time we checked in on Stephen Daldry's adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Daldry had just officially signed on, though he'd been working on the project with producer Scott Rudin for some time. Now Warner Bros. and Paramount are close to a deal to co-produce the film, and…
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Danny Boyle And Stephen Daltry Chosen As Creative Directors For London Olympics
A week ago we heard that Danny Boyle was the top choice to direct the opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. It was rumor at the time, but has now been confirmed. And along with Boyle, the committee in charge has tapped film director Stephen Daldry to be the creative producer…
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Stephen Daldry To Adapt Jonathan Safran Foer's Novel Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
The fiction of Jonathan Safran Foer represents a very specific way of looking at the world, and celebrate the ways in which language works and fails. Foer is extremely skilled at creating images that are both fantastic and genuine; his prose can generate such an impression of seeing things unfold that they seem like natural…
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Stephen Daldry Planning Dumbo: The Musical
Disney are reported to have at least 20 stage shows in development at the moment, though it seems unlikely that they'll all see opening night. Of those that do, a number will not be Broadway productions, instead touring or being licensed to regional theatre companies. It's only the select few that will see The Great…
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The Reader Movie Trailer
The Weintein Co has released the first trailer for Stephen Daldry's adaptation of The Reader. The romantic drama is set in a post-World War II Germany, and tells the story of "a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth." The film stars Kate…
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Producer Scott Rudin Leaves The Reader
Scott Rudin has walked away from The Reader, and will no longer be involved in The Weinstein Co's December release. Here is the situation, as I understand it. A couple weeks ago, Nikki Finke made claims that Harvey Weinstein had harassed both Sydney Pollack while on his deathbed and the widow of the late Anthony…
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