• Rachel Weisz, Barry Pepper, More Cut From Terrence Malick's 'To The Wonder'

    Every film director does some of the most important work of creating a movie in the editing room, but Terrence Malick is more famous for his editing process than most. Malick is known for re-writing films during the editing stage, and for being fearless when it comes to cutting scenes, and even whole characters. The…

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  • Terrence Malick's New Film 'The Burial' Now Called 'To The Wonder'

    After he finished The Tree of Life, director Terrence Malick shot a film that was referred to for quite some time as The Burial. The romance features Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem, Rachel Weisz, Barry Pepper, Michael Sheen, Amanda Peet, and Jessica Chastain, and has been the subject of much speculation, as…

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  • First Look: Johnny Depp And Armie Hammer In 'The Lone Ranger'

    For The Lone Ranger, Disney is working with tactics that are almost exactly opposite to what Warner Bros. did with its own new Johnny Depp vehicle, Dark Shadows. The Lone Ranger just started shooting, and we've already got the first image of Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer (The Social Network, J. Edgar) as the…

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  • Casting Bits: Marion Cotillard Offered 'Arthur & Lancelot', Kyle Chandler Lands 'Broken City', Nikki Reed, Stephen Lang, And More In 'Pawn'

    Things are indeed shaping up quickly for David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot, which Warner Bros. fast-tracked over the summer at the cost of Bryan Singer's Excalibur remake and Guy Ritchie's King Arthur film. Last month saw the casting of Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington and The Killing star Joel Kinnaman in the two title…

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  • Disney Ready To Let 'Lone Ranger' Back On The Range

    Are you tired of the back and forth, 'maybe they will, maybe they won't' non-action on Disney's Lone Ranger? If so, you might be in luck, at least if the idea of the movie happening still seems like a good idea. The studio looks like it is ready to re-commit to the project with Jerry…

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  • Helena Bonham Carter, Dwight Yoakam And Barry Pepper In Talks For 'Lone Ranger'

    Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer and Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy director Gore Verbinski are really, truly making a new Lone Ranger, in which Johnny Depp will star as a sort of revisionist Tonto, with Armie Hammer (The Social Network, J. Edgar) playing the titular ranger. Now two Western veterans, Dwight Yoakam and Barry Pepper, are in…

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  • Movie Trailer #2: Kevin Spacey In 'Casino Jack'

    When we first saw a trailer for Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced 'super lobbyist' Jack Abramoff, the film was called Bagman and the trailer was miserable. Tonally the clip was all over the place, the voice over was laughable, and it committed a serious sin by trying to pretend that Rolling Stones songs…

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  • Movie Trailer: Bagman, Featuring Kevin Spacey As Lobbyist Jack Abramoff

    There are two films about disgraced 'super-lobbyist' Jack Abramoff. The documentary Casino Jack & The United States of Money is in theaters now. The other, a feature once called Casino Jack and now titled Bagman, is directed by George Hickenlooper and stars Kevin Spacey as Abramoff. A promising combination, to be sure, but if this…

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  • Casting Notes: Sarah Silverman In Take This Waltz; Greg Kinnear And Katie Holmes In The Kennedys; Richard Gere And Topher Grace In The Double

    Sarah Polley is putting together a film she'll direct as a follow-up to the sad and terrific Away From Her, and she's just landed Sarah Silverman to appear alongside Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams. Take This Waltz is about "a young woman (Williams) whose struggles with infidelity leads her to the realization that she may…

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  • Casting Bits: Barry Pepper In True Grit, Ryan Reynolds And Jason Batemen In The Change-Up, And Three Join A Horrible Way To Die

    A.J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, and Joe Swanberg have been cast in Adam Wingard's thriller A Horrible Way to Die. Written by Simon Barrett (Dead Birds), the story follows an escaped murderer (Bowen) in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend (Seimetz), who has fled to start a new life in a small town. Swanberg plays the ex-girlfriend's new…

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