This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam run down some fall TV show premieres, praise the low-budget Trollhunter, try to make sense of Netflix's recent moves, and hear about some of the best films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from Film.com. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
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Roland Emmerich's new film, the 'who really wrote Shakespeare's plays' conspiracy tale Anonymous, got a little prestige bump when it was programmed as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. But let's face it: as much as we celebrate TIFF, and with very good reason, a festival packed with hundreds of films is going to…
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If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a…
Read MoreHere's yet another stopgap measure to keep Foundation fans happy. Roland Emmerich made his latest film, the Shakespeare conspiracy drama/thriller Anonymous, with Sony, and now there is a report that he has a mysterious new sci-fi project with the working title of Singularity. THR reports that Sony has right of first refusal on the film,…
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Of course someone wants Roland Emmerich to direct a film based (probably very very loosely) on the classic video game Asteroids. Nothing else would make sense. We've known for some time that Atari wanted to make a film using the game license, and two years ago the rights to do so went to Universal. The…
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For his latest film, Anonymous, Roland Emmerich departs from his established world-busting pattern...or does he? While the film doesn't feature scenes of overt global destruction as per 2012 and Independence Day, the movie does seek to drop a bomb on the literary world by taking seriously the conspiracy theory that says the works of William…
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Roland Emmerich holds a position unique among genre filmmakers in that he is the target of constant jibes and disparagement, but still makes films that people see on the promise of pure spectacle alone. He is currently finishing up the Shakespeare conspiracy thriller Anonymous -- not exactly the subject matter you'd expect him to tackle…
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Columbia Pictures have released the first photo from disaster movie director Roland Emmerich's (2012, Independence Day, Day After Tomorrow) Shakespeare dramaAnonymous. Written by John Orloff (Band of Brothers, A Mighty Heart, Legend of the Guardians), the political thriller focuses on "who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare-- Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford-- set…
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Before he gets around to making Foundation, and consequently cutting out the hearts of Isaac Asimov fans with a rusty butter knife, Roland Emmerich is crafting a film called Anonymous. The idea behind the project is the oft-scorned theory that the works of William Shakespeare were actually written by Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl…
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