As I watched David Cronenberg's new film Cosmopolis, I thought a lot about The Dark Knight Rises, and that led me to thinking about eXistenZ and The Matrix. Those last two movies came out within weeks of each other in 1999, and while The Matrix went on to be the mega-successful take on living in…
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David Cronenberg's new film Cosmopolis played to pretty good reactions at Cannes; there were those who didn't find it compelling, but that's actually reassuring, as a Cronenberg movie seems like it shouldn't be for everyone. Now we know when the US will get a chance to see the film. eOne picked up Cosmopolis prior to…
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A bunch of huge movies have been showing at Cannes this year and the latest is David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis starring everyone's favorite sparkling vampire, Robert Pattinson. Based on a novella by Don Delillo, the film centers on a 28-year-old billionaire's 24 hour trip across Manhattan to get a haircut as his entire fortune crumbles with…
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David Cronenberg's new movie Cosmopolis premieres tomorrow at Cannes, and barring some terrible reviews or other similar misfortune, it looks like it won't be the director's only film with star Robert Pattinson. The actor now says that, in addition to the slate of other films he has lined up (more on those below) he's going…
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Now that Twilight is almost over, Robert Pattinson is on the verge of being able to move on to the next phase of his career -- presumably one in which he won't be tied to a franchise he evidently despises. David Cronenberg's new film Cosmopolis could end up being the anti-Twilight, and Pattinson is embracing…
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One of the pleasures of any new David Cronenberg film is the new work from Howard Shore that traditionally accompanies it. Cronenberg and Shore have worked together on almost every one of the director's features since The Brood in 1979. (Michael Kamen did the score for The Dead Zone in 1983.) And while not every…
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David Cronenberg makes strange movies. I don't mean that he makes movies about things that are strange, though he does that, too. What I mean is that his films depict a reality that is very specifically different from our own, no matter how closely his imagined spaces may resemble the real. In fact, when his…
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The first teaser trailer for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis was a delirious ode to the filmmaker's middle period -- a chapter in his career that we'd begun to think was closed for good. But in that teaser for the adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel about a young billionaire who pulls strings from within a high-tech limo,…
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The primary lineup for the competition slate at the 2012 Cannes has been unveilend, and it is a very strong list of films. There are quite a few expected entries: David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, Lee Daniels' The Paperboy, John Hillcoat's Lawless (formerly The Wettest County), and Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly (formerly Cogan's Trade), and we…
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Well, hello, David Cronenberg! In 2012 the director is going to unleash his second film in two years, and for those who thought A Dangerous Method was too dry, it looks like Cosmopolis might be for you. A teaser has just landed for the film, and it looks nuts. The film stars Robert Pattinson in…
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Most of us haven't yet had a chance to see David Cronenberg's new movie A Dangerous Method, but the director is already wrapping up yet another film: an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis. Robert Pattinson stars in the film as a young billionaire whose journey across Manhattan over the course of a day…
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David Cronenberg has been a forward-thinking guy at many points in his career, but the overall tone of his films tends more towards the classic than the contemporary. He has relied upon Howard Shore to score his films for over thirty years. While some of those scores have been as unusual as the films they…
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He began his career in comedy, but Kevin Durand is becoming a good, reliable tough guy character actor. He did well as The Blob in Wolverine, and made a good impression as Martin Keamy in Lost and as Little John in Robin Hood. He's got a role in the upcoming Real Steel, and now he's…
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The latest addition to the cast roster of The Three Stooges is Modern Family's Sofia Vergara, who is now in talks to play a femme fatale. (THR describes her as "a devious woman who pretends to be the wife of a dying man and tells the Stooges she'll pay them a handsome sum if they…
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David Cronenberg has his cast pretty much set for his adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis. Robert Pattinson plays the lead role, and we've been waiting for the final word on an actress to play his character's estranged wife. Marion Cotillard was originally set to play the part, but dropped out due to her pregnancy.…
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The casting for David Cronenberg's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis has been an up and down affair, with original talents Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard dropping out. Robert Pattinson is now the male lead -- he plays a young billionaire who deals with quite a few problems as he spends a day crossing…
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Here's a very good turn of events for David Cronenberg's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis, which is now scheduled to shoot in late May. The film stars Robert Pattinson as a young billionaire, who during the course of one day traveling across Manhattan in his limo, manages to cheat on his wife, deal…
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There's been a lot of jumping the gun lately when it comes to casting announcements, and, surprisingly, most of it has been from directors and producers rather than press. So here's an attempt to quickly set the story straight on several diverse projects: David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel Snuff, and Beat…
Read MoreWith his appearance in Win Win getting great reviews out of Sundance, Paul Giamatti is all over the place this week. It's always good to see the excellent actor getting attention, but his interviews this week have been more than good exposure. They're the source of info about upcoming films including David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis and…
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David Cronenberg's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis seems to be undergoing some big changes. Originally announced with Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard as the primary cast members, we recently saw the first change when Mr. Farrell signed on for a remake of Total Recall instead. His replacement in Cosmopolis is Robert Pattinson. That…
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Let's look at the different career paths of the two major male stars from Twilight. Taylor Lautner is doing what seems to be boilerplate action/tentpole stuff: Abduction and possibly Stretch bloody Armstrong. Robert Pattinson, meanwhile, is going a little more high-minded, co-starring with Cristoph Waltz in Water For Elephants and now taking over for Colin…
Read MoreWhat's better than having one new David Cronenberg film to look forward to? (The Dangerous Method, now in post-production.) How about another David Cronenberg film that seems to be coming together fast? We've known that the director had lined up Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard for an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis. Now he…
Read MoreIn July we saw the first photos of Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender in makeup and costume as Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung for David Cronenberg's new film A Dangerous Method. Turns out that during the same period some TV press was also allowed onto the set, and we've got a pair of short video…
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A few days back it was announced at Cannes that David Cronenberg has cast Colin Farrell and Marion Cotillard for his upcoming adaptation of Cosmopolis. While making my morning rounds at the Cannes Film Festival this morning, I came across an early promo teaser poster for Cronenberg's film. See the full art, after the jump.…
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Last summer as Comic Con was in full swing, David Cronenberg announced that he'd direct an adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis. At the time he'd been trying to get The Matarese Circle made at MGM with Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington. But Cruise bailed and Matarese was left belly up. Cosmopolis got put…
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Note: With The Matarese Circle, once a potential vehicle for Tom Cruise, seemingly on the back burner, might this be David Cronenberg's next film? The director also has the previously announced Don DeLillo adaptation and "limo drama," Cosmopolis, in development. Predictable news this evening with a double-take twist. David Cronenberg is said to be developing…
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I like this! I think. THR reported over the weekend (sorry, we were knee-deep in Comic Con) that David Cronenberg had signed to direct a film adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis. The trade story lacks a few really key details, like the name of the screenwriter. Cronenberg often scripts his own material, or…
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