'Pop. 1280': 'The Favourite' Director Yorgos Lanthimos Sets His Sights On A Crime Drama
Yorgos Lanthimos, the director of The Favourite and The Lobster, is set to direct a film adaptation of Pop. 1280, Jim Thompson's 1964 novel.
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'The Killer Inside Me' Domestic Movie Trailer And Poster
If you haven't already seen the UK trailer for Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me, go watch that now. Then come back here. Because IFC has released a domestic trailer and poster for the film, which adapts Jim Thompson's daylight noir novel of the same name, but this new trailer isn't nearly as effective as…
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'The Killer Inside Me' Movie Trailer: Looking Like A Perfect Adaptation Of Jim Thompson's Pitch-Black Tale
Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel The Killer Inside Me has long seemed like one of the best bets of 2010. There was the lead casting: Casey Affleck as secretly sociopathic sheriff Lou Ford could be perfect . And then that sales trailer that suggested all the actors, including Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson,…
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Casting Notes: Jamie Foxx In Welcome To The Jungle; Rockwell, Johansson Signed To 'Lost' Kubrick Script; Jamie Kennedy In Scream 4?
So maybe those rumors of Jamie Foxx writing Laverne & Shirley were a little out there, but the guy is all over the place right now. For instance, in addition to working on a new sketch comedy show and having a role in Kane & Lynch, Foxx will produce, score and voice a character in…
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IFC Buys Michael Winterbottom's The Killer Inside Me
Despite a level of violence that has proved controversial within the context of the Sundance Film Festival, IFC Films has purchased Michael Winterbottom's new film The Killer Inside Me, and will distribute the film within the United States. (Check out David's review of the film.) No release date has been set for the film, though…
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Michael Winterbottom Defends The Killer Inside Me
Every film festival should have at least one controversial film. The outcry so far this year is coming in response to Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me, starring Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Comments so far peg the film as incredibly violent, perhaps on par with previous…
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The Killer Inside Me Sales Trailer: Michael Winterbottom Does Sex And Violence And Desperation
I've really been looking forward to footage from Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of the Jim Thompson novel The Killer Inside Me. I'm a massive Thompson fan, and adaptations of his novels have about a .500 average. (I'm the guy that doesn't like The Grifters much; I infinitely prefer a movie like Tavernier's Coup de Torchon.) The…
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First Look: Michael Winterbottom's Take On The Killer Inside Me
[No photo] I'm excited for any new adaptation of the novels of Jim Thompson (who also dabbled in screenwriting, collaborating with Kubrick and Peckinpah) so it stands to reason that I'm excited to see what Michael Winterbottom is doing with his version of The Killer Inside Me. Thompson's book follows small town Texas sheriff Lou…
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