A couple years ago John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) stared the process of adapting Matt Bondurant's novel The Wettest County in the World. The film stars Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain and many more in the story of a bootlegging family. The title was soon shortened down to The Wettest County. But now,…
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A year ago, we thought we'd see John Hillcoat's The Wettest County by the end of 2011. By the end of last year, we had a new release date: April 20. Now it seems we'll have to wait even longer, as The Weinstein Co. has pushed the opening back again, this time to August 31.…
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There was a point earlier this year when it looked like we might see John Hillcoat's The Wettest County by the end of the year. The Weinstein Company picked up the film, originally called The Wettest County in the World, at Cannes, and it seemed reasonable to assume that a bootlegging tale from the director…
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FilmDistrict, the company spun off from Graham King's GK FIlms, has been very busy at Cannes. The company has picked up distribution rights to the 3D version of Arabian Nights that we reported on a while back, starring Liam Hemsworth, as well as the Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel romcom Playing the Field. And now…
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The Georgia shoot for John Hillcoat's The Wettest County in the World has wrapped, and just in time to commemorate that milestone, producer Cassian Elwes has revealed a few new low-res looks at the film. The primary photo he sent out shows Jason Clarke, Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf as the three lead characters, the…
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One of the films I'm most excited about right now is John Hillcoat's adaptation of the Prohibition-era novel The Wettest County in the World. The film had been picking up steam a year ago, then died, and now is coming back to life. Scratch that: it is alive! The film is shooting right now, and…
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The cast of John Hillcoat's The Wettest County in the World keeps getting more wonderful. Revived from limbo a few months ago, the film was already set to star Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf as the core members of the bootlegging Bondurant family and Jessica Chastain as a close associate. Jason Clarke signed on not long…
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Orlando Bloom continues his return to the screen after being absent for most of the past four years. He shot a role in Paul WS Anderson's The Three Musketeers and will reprise his career-originating role of Legolas in The Hobbit. But before he gets back into breeches and latex ear appliances he'll play poet Robert…
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John Hillcoat's revived project The Wettest County in the World has Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy set to appear when the film shoots later this year, and there is word that Mia Wasikowska might grab the main female role if her schedule permits. While we wait for that to be sorted out, here's word that…
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I can't quite express how happy I am that The Wettest County in the World is really moving forward. The film was in development for months last year before seemingly being killed off just as the calendar turned. Now it is happening again, with John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) still directing Shia LaBeouf from…
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Late last year, it looked like John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition) would direct an adaptation of the Matt Bondurant book The Wettest County in the World, possibly with Shia LaBeouf and Ryan Gosling in the lead roles. The name of the film was changed to The Promised Land when it appeared at the 2009…
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I've been keenly eyeing news on John Hillcoat's potential adaptation of The Wettest County in the World, scripted by Nick Cave based on the novel by Matt Bondurant. There's been significant maybe/hopefully casting news for the film so far, but not much more. Hillcoat seems to have Shia LaBeouf and Ryan Gosling interested and/or attached,…
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John Hillcoat is the director of The Road, which has had a publicly difficult path from page to screen. But that hasn't stopped him from lining up a few potential follow-ups. We've talked about these more than once over the last months, but now that Hillcoat is doing domestic publicity for The Road a few…
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John Hillcoat's adaptation of the Matt Bondurant novel The Wettest County in the World isn't happening yet. It was set up at Columbia for some time, but put into turnaround by the studio. Now producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher (who did Jarhead and Memoirs of a Geisha and are working on Nicolas Winding Refn's…
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