'American Gigolo' TV Series Coming To Showtime From Neil LaBute & Jerry Bruckheimer
Jerry Bruckheimer is remaking Paul Schrader's American Gigolo for Showtime, with the help of Neil LaBute. Learn more about the American Gigolo TV series.
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Neil LaBute Making 'Van Helsing' As A TV Show For SyFy
Neil LaBute making a Van Helsing TV series is certainly a surprise. The character doesn't scream "Neil LaBute!" but SyFy has just acquired the show.
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'Some Velvet Morning' Trailer: Stanley Tucci And Alice Eve Spar For Neil LaBute
There are some movie romances which are so swooningly sweet, they can make even the most jaded pragmatist believe in true love. And then there are movie romances so acrid, they can inspire even a happily coupled-up moviegoer to swear off love forever. Some Velvet Morning seems to fall into the latter category, which shouldn't…
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TV Bits: 'Arrested Development', '24', 'Sons Of Anarchy', 'Bad Teacher', 'The Killing', 'The Bridge'
Get ready for Arrested Development's triumphant return this weekend with these four more clips from the new season. Also after the jump: David Fury will return for 24: Live Another Day David Slade will direct Ronald Moore's Helix DirecTV's Full Circle adds Buffy and FNL alums CCH Pounder joins Sons of Anarchy FX's The Bridge…
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Adam Brody Will Also Romance Emily Watson, Zoe Kazan, Jennifer Morrison, And Mia Maestro In 'Some Girls'
Adam Brody's certainly come a long way from his days playing geeky misfit Seth Cohen on The O.C. Earlier this week, news broke that Kristen Bell had signed on to play one of his ex-girlfriends in Jennifer Getzinger's Some Girls, adapted by Neil LaBute from his own play. Now, Brody's gained four more female companions in…
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Casting Bits: Rose Byrne And Anna Faris In 'I Give It A Year', Kristen Bell In 'Some Girls'
All too often, "romantic comedies" wind up being neither romantic nor comedic. But if the recent casting is any indication, I Give It a Year seems to have the latter part down, at least. Rose Byrne and Anna Faris have joined Rafe Spall and Simon Baker in the film, written and directed by Borat scribe…
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Casting Bits: Adam Brody In 'Some Girls' And 'Welcome To The Jungle', Jeffrey Dean Morgan In 'The Rut'
2012 is already shaping up to be the biggest year yet of Adam Brody's post-OC career, as the actor books two more high-profile roles. One is Some Girls, a feature adaptation of Neil LaBute's recent play about an almost-married man who travels across the country to visit his ex-girlfriends. [Update: The Hollywood Reporter writes that…
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Casting Bits: Edward James Olmos In 'Dexter;' Richard Jenkins In 'Liberal Arts;' Matthew Goode And Gabriel Byrne In 'Crooked House'
The latest addition to the cast of Dexter's sixth season is a great one: Edward James Olmos has signed on to play "a brilliant, charismatic professor of religious studies." Colin Hanks and Mos Def are other recent additions to the core cast of the show, which begins shooting on May 25 and will premiere in…
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Neil LaBute Reteams With Aaron Eckhart In 'The Geography Of Hope'
Neil LaBute's career has taken him to some crazy places. He started off with the visceral and brutal In the Company of Men and followed that up with more films sharing the same dark humor, honestly and venom. At some point though, things changed and he became more of a mainstream director with films like…
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Casting Bits: Brendan Fraser In Neil Labute's Next; Kevin James Re-Teams With 'Zookeeper' Director For MMA Film
Years ago, the idea of Brendan Fraser working with Neil LaBute would have been appealing. In 1998 it would have been the guy from Gods & Monsters being directed by the firebrand behind Your Friends and Neighbors. Good stuff. Now, well, it's the guy from Furry Vengeance directed by the guy behind The Wicker Man.…
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2011 Sundance Film Festival Short Films Announced
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is shaping up quite nicely. The films in competition, and out of competition, have already been announced and each has some incredibly exciting entries. Monday brought the announcement of the 81 short films, chosen out of 6,467 entries, that will play in Park City, Utah this January. And while the…
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Neil LaBute Talks To Famous Directors To Promote Sony's Latest PS3 Game
Just about the last person I'd expect to see making a short film to promote a video game is Neil LaBute, the theater director who has made films like In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors and the remake of The Wicker Man. But the team behind Sony's game Heavy Rain hired LaBute…
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The Vicious Kind Movie Trailer And Clip
Here's a little indie starring Adam Scott, J.K. Simmons, and I guess I should continue, Brittany Snow, that a growing number of people are on the lookout for. Entitled The Vicious Kind and executive produced by sometime-gangster Neil LaBute, the film sees the irreverent, dry-witted Scott in a more serious role compared to those in Step…
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Movie Trailer: Chris Rock's Death At A Funeral Remake
Screen Gems has released the first trailer for Chris Rock-produced re-imagining of Frank Oz's 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral. Although Oz's original was well-received by many critics, it didn't get very much traction with theatergoers, drawing only a niche audience. The new film has a primarily African-American cast and focuses on a funeral…
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Neil LaBute Adapting Novel The Burnt Orange Heresy
Neil LaBute will re-team with his Death at a Funeral producer William Horberg to direct an adaptation of Charles Willeford's art world crime novel The Burnt Orange Heresy, according to Variety. This isn't the first time Willeford's work has made it to the screen; he scripted Cockfighter (Monte Hellman! Warren Oates!) from his own novel,…
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Page 2: Naomi Watts Gets Kicked, Amy Poehler Is Tina Fey's Baby Mama, Schneider Messes With Zohan And More
Naomi Watts will star in an adaptation of Amy Sutherland's Kicked, Bitten and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premiere School for Exotic Animal Trainers for First Look Pictures. Todd Louiso (Love Liza) and Jacob Koskoff are scripting it into a romantic comedy. Former SNL Weekend Update duo Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will…
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