• Ed Zwick Writing And Directing 'Soul Reviver' Movie

    It's too soon to call it a trend, but between the adaptation of Death Note (which Gus Van Sant was erroneously said to be part of) and now this new adaptation of Soul Reviver, are we about to see more US interest in bringing anime and manga stories to the screen? Regardless, The Last Samurai…

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  • Peter Sarsgaard And Liev Schreiber Join Tobey Maguire In Bobby Fischer Drama 'Pawn Sacrifice'

    Few modern American historical figures are as mysterious and mythical as chess champion Bobby Fischer. The first American, and youngest World Chess Champion, who famously disappeared for several decades, has been the subject of multiple narrative and documentary films. A new effort has recently moved up on the board. It's called Pawn Sacrifice and will…

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  • 'After Earth' Release Moved Up; Will Smith Courts More New Projects

    M. Night Shyamalan's new film and potential comeback After Earth has been moved up one week from June 7 to May 31. It's a good move on Columbia's part, as the Will Smith movie can very likely dominate that late May weekend, which is otherwise occupied by Now You See Me and The Purge. After…

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  • 'Man Of Steel' Henry Cavill Cast In Ed Zwick's 'The Great Wall'

    In 2013, we'll see Henry Cavill jump buildings in a single bound. After that, he'll be building them. The Man of Steel star, who is just about done shooting that film, is busy lining up his next project. Variety reports he'll star in Ed Zwick's The Great Wall, an action epic produced by the new…

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  • Ed Zwick To Direct 'American Assassin'

    There was a point two years ago when CBS Films put into motion the first adaptation of one of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novels. Consent to Kill was going to be the subject of the adaptation, with Antoine Fuqua directing and actors like Matthew Fox, Gerard Butler and Colin Farrell as possible accomplices. That stalled,…

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  • A Discussion With The Best Directors Of 2008

    The Hollywood Reporter recently held a roundtable discussion with the six of this year's Best Director hopefuls: Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon), Gus Van Sant (Milk), Ed Zwick (Definace), Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino). David Fincher and Christopher Nolan apparently weren't available for the sit down. You can watch…

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