'The Descendants' Director Alexander Payne Puts A 'Babette's Feast' Remake On The Menu
Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways) has lined up his next movie: a Babette's Feast remake that reimagines the 1987 Danish Oscar-winning film.
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Alexander Payne's New Movie With Mads Mikkelsen Canceled After Sudden Rights Issue
We have word on the new Alexander Payne movie canceled at Netflix after a sudden rights issue stopped the movie one week before production was set to begin.
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Mads Mikkelsen To Star In Father-Daughter Road Trip Netflix Movie From Alexander Payne
Mads Mikkelsen is set to star in the yet-untitled Alexander Payne Netflix movie cast as the father in a father-daughter road trip story.
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Win A 'Downsizing' Prize Pack, Including A 4K Blu-Ray
We're running a Downsizing contest, giving away copies of the Alexander Payne film on 4K Blu-ray, along with several other promotional items.
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Alexander Payne In Talks To Direct Legal Drama 'The Burial' For Amazon Studios
The Burial, based on the true legal exploits of Willie Gary, is a legal drama from Amazon Studios that Downsizing director Alexander Payne is in negotiations to direct.
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'Downsizing' Trailer: Matt Damon Goes On A Shrunken Journey Of Self-Discovery
The newest Downsizing trailer paints a much different picture of this film than what we've seen thus far.
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'Downsizing' Trailer: Honey, Alexander Payne Shrunk Matt Damon And Kristen Wiig
Watch the Downsizing trailer, teasing Alexander Payne's quirky sci-fi comedy/drama about a society where people are shrunk to a fraction of their size.
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'Downsizing' Early Buzz: Another Compassionate Comedy From Alexander Payne
The director of Sideways and Nebraska might've made more characters to love with his high-concept, sci-fi comedy. Check out the Downsizing early buzz.
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'Downsizing' Teaser Introduces The Cast Of Alexander Payne's Shrunken Society
A Downsizing teaser has arrived to promote the full theatrical trailer arriving in December for Alexander Payne's upcoming sci-fi drama. Watch it!
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'Downsizing' First Look: Matt Damon Shrinks Himself For Director Alexander Payne
Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig star in the new Alexander Payne film, Downsizing, about a future filled with five-inch people. See the Downsizing first look.
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Alexander Payne Returns To The Road To Direct Karl Ove Knausgård's 'My Saga'
Get details on the new Alexander Payne My Saga project. Payne (Sideways, Nebraska) will direct a road trip movie based on Karl Ove Knausgård's NYT articles.
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Sam Mendes Interviews Your Favorite Directors And They Respond With Gold
Director Sam Mendes interviews many of your favorite directors, including Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Alfonso Cuaron, and Edgar Wright.
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Alexander Payne's Bizarre Comedy 'Downsizing' Lands At Paramount
Read about the Downsizing Paramount acquisition, which teams director Alexander Payne's new sci-fi comedy, starring Matt Damon, with a major movie studio.
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Alexander Payne Considers Betting On 'Septillion To One'
Learn about the possible Alexander Payne Septillion to One movie. The Sideways director is eyeing a fact-based romcom about a four-time lottery winner.
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Reese Witherspoon Reuniting With Alexander Payne For 'Downsizing'
Learn all about the Reese Witherspoon Downsizing casting. The satire will reunite Witherspoon with Alexander Payne, who directed her in 1999's Election.
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Matt Damon Will Be 'Downsizing' For Alexander Payne
Read all about the new Matt Damon Alexander Payne project, a social satire called Downsizing. Payne and his Sideways co-writer Jim Taylor penned the script.
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Despite Alexander Payne's Wishes, 'Nebraska' Will Be Broadcast In Color On Epix
We don't see many new films produced in black and white, and even fewer that get major studio distribution. And even then, there's often a color version kept in reserve for use in certain markets. Such was the case with Alexander Payne's Nebraska, released last winter. Payne had to cut the budget of the film…
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/Film Interview: Will Forte Drives Deep Into New Territory In 'Nebraska'
You've never seen Will Forte as you'll see him in Nebraska, directed by Alexander Payne. The actor has cemented himself as a favorite comic talent who can play surprisingly intense guys with a vulnerable core, but he has never been at the center of a dramatic movie, much less something like this laconic black and white…
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/Film Interview: 'Nebraska' Star Bruce Dern Explains The Challenges And Risks Of His Lead Performance
Bruce Dern has seen it all in Hollywood. His TV work in the early '60s positioned him to be right in the middle of the New Hollywood explosion that happened late in the decade. He's in a mind-boggling array of great films, from Hang 'Em High to They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, to The King…
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New Projects: Doug Liman Circles 'Narco Sub', Alexander Payne Takes 'The Judge's Will'
Fox's Narco Sub is almost ready to get moving again. Doug Liman is in early talks to direct the thriller, which was set up with Tony Scott before his passing. The studio been trying to find a replacement for some time, and Joe Carnahan was reportedly circling at one point. The title Narco Sub refers…
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'Nebraska' Trailer: Will Forte Guides And Protects Bruce Dern
Sideways and The Descendants director Alexander Payne returns with Nebraska, a road trip movie about family and fantasy, starring Will Forte and Bruce Dern. The elder actor plays a man who thinks he's won a million bucks, and is journeying from Montana to Nebraska to collect. Forte is his son, who ends up along for the…
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Trivia: 'Election' Easter Egg Advertises Alexander Payne's Debut 'Citizen Ruth'
Alexander Payne's Election is one of my favorite movies of all time. I've seen it too many times to count, but even I never noticed this awesome easter egg that Payne had his property department create for the film. During a sequence near the end of the movie, a newspaper flashes on screen with the headline…
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First Official Look At Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska'
Alexander Payne's new film Nebraska stars Bruce Dern as an aging alcoholic who believes he has won a huge prize, and road trips from Billings, Montana to Nebraska in an attempt to collect. His son, played by Will Forte, tags along to keep the old man on course, but the two end up detouring to…
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Paramount Sets Release Dates For Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska' And Platinum Dunes' 'Almanac'
Briefly: One highly anticipated awards contender and another highly anticipated genre film have just been given release dates by Paramount Pictures. The awards contender is Alexander Payne's follow-up to The Descendants, Nebraska. Starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte as a father and son on a road trip, it'll be released November 22. The Michael Bay produced,…
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Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska' Eyeing Late 2013 Release; Will Forte And Bruce Dern Run Around Billings, MT In First Set Photos
Alexander Payne doesn't have a horse in this year's Oscar race, but look for him to get back in the game next year. Producer Albert Berger revealed that Payne's Nebraska is eyeing a November or December 2013 release date, because "You know his films do well at the Academy Awards." We won't have to wait…
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Buzz McCallister From 'Home Alone' Joins Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska'
Alexander Payne's never been one to just hire the biggest star he could get. Even George Clooney in The Descendants seemed like he'd been selected because he was the right fit for the role, not (just) because Payne was dazzled by Clooney's A-list wattage, and Clooney was surrounded by an eclectic mix of comedians, newcomers,…
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Will Forte And Bruce Dern Confirmed For Alexander Payne's 'Nebraska'
Paramount has finally given the go-ahead to Alexander Payne to shoot Nebraska, the father/son road trip movie he has been working to cast and get into production since the release of The Descendants. While his last film was a relatively audience-friendly affair -- for Payne at least -- that had obvious appeal thanks to the presence…
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