Not Even Paul Haggis Thinks 'Crash' Was The Best Film Of 2005
Read Paul Haggis' Crash Best Picture comments. Haggis' race drama beat Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain in one of the biggest upsets in recent Oscar history.
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HBO's 'Show Me A Hero' Trailer: 'The Wire' Creator And Oscar Isaac Go To 1960s New York
The Wire creator David Simon heads to New York with Oscar Isaac leading a new HBO miniseries. See what's in store in the Show Me a Hero trailer right now.
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'Show Me A Hero' Trailer: Oscar Isaac Stars In 'The Wire' Creator's New HBO Miniseries
Watch the Show Me a Hero trailer. Oscar Isaac leads the six-part HBO miniseries by David Simon (The Wire), about the mayor of a mid-sized American city.
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'Third Person' Trailer: More Intersecting Tales From The Director Of 'Crash'
Watch the Third Person trailer. Directed by Paul Haggis (Crash), the drama follows the intersecting tales of three couples in Paris, Rome, and New York.
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Paul Haggis Adds Mila Kunis, James Franco, Casey Affleck To 'Third Person'
Briefly: Paul Haggis is looking to follow his thriller The Next Three Days with a drama called Third Person, and he is assembling an impressive cast for the film. Offers are out to Liam Neeson and Olivia Wilde (both of whom had small roles in The Next Three Days) and now Haggis says the production…
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'Crash' Director Paul Haggis To Direct Canadian Film 'Paris'
Paul Haggis will probably be forever tagged with his divisive Oscar-winning film Crash, despite the fact that he has had a hand in films that were quite well-receieved by most (he was part of the writing team for Casino Royale) and directed two films that are far less likely to create big reactionary emotions, In…
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Denzel Washington May Be 'The Equalizer'
Looks like Paul Haggis and Russell Crowe aren't going to revive '80s TV show The Equalizer, after all. Last year Haggis was in talks to write a big-screen version of the show that starred Edward Woodward as a retired secret agent who tries to atone for his violent past by offering his services, pro bono,…
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Michael Mann Finds 'Gold'
Michael Mann's last feature, Public Enemies, hit theaters almost two years ago. He's got the HBO drama Luck coming up soon, but thanks in part to the demands of that show, has been slow in settling on a new feature project. Possible films have included medieval battle film Agincourt, the gangster film Big Tuna and…
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Paul Haggis To Release His Scientology Story Before Paul Thomas Anderson
When director Paul Thomas Anderson announced that his next film was going to be about Scientology, everyone's ears perked up. We love a good scandal and Scientology is full of them. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like that film is going to happen any time soon. Another major director though, Paul Haggis, has already told his…
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'The Next Three Days' - What Did You Think?
Paul Haggis has directed two theatrical features since 2004: the divisive, Oscar-winning Crash, and the far less-seen In the Valley of Elah. This weekend he returns with The Next Three Days, which stars Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks in a remake of the French thriller Pour elle, aka Anything For Her. When Lara Brennan (Elizabeth…
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Paul Haggis Writing 'Third Person,' Intends To Direct
Briefly: Paul Haggis had been just another go-to TV writer/director until he wrote and directed 2004's Crash, which became the most polarizing Best Picture Oscar winner in years. His work hasn't been as able to rile people up since then. Now he's planning a picture that, based on a brief description, calls up a few…
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Paul Haggis Near Deal To Remake Spanish Film 'Celda 211' For CBS Films
Paul Haggis' latest film The Next Three Days is going to be released soon, but the writer/director still doesn't have a follow-up booked. At least as a director. He's set to write the big screen version of The Equalizer, and has been talked about as a possible director for that film. Now Paul Haggis is…
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Paul Haggis Negotiating To Write 'The Equalizer' Starring Russell Crowe
In June of this year we got word that the long-rumored TV-to-film version of The Equalizer was actually moving forward with Russell Crowe attached to the role originated by the late Edward Woodward. At the time there was no script, and there is still no script, but that could change soon. Paul Haggis, who just…
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Movie Trailer: 'The Next Three Days', From Director Paul Haggis
Paul Haggis has worked quite a lot since his Best Picture winning film Crash divided critics and audiences into rather strict love/hate camps. He directed the rather good In the Valley of Elah, and worked on scripts for two Bond films, two Clint Eastwood films and other projects. But the spectre of Crash is still…
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Release Dates: Buried, Smurfs, 21 Jump Street And Paul Haggis' The Next Three Days
A bunch of new release dates were announced overnight, including the Ryan Reynolds one-man thriller Buried, the computer animated/live-action hybrid 3D film Smurfs, Jonah Hill's big screen adaptation of the television series 21 Jump Street, and Crash writer/director Paul Haggis' new film The Next Three Days. Details after the jump. Buried Lionsgate announced a release…
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Paul Haggis Hires Three For His Pic The Next Three Days
It's difficult for me to get very excited for a new Paul Haggis directorial project. The stain of Crash stays with me. But The Next Three Days could be interesting. It's a remake of a 2008 French film Pour Elle by Fred Cavaye about a couple that has some problems when the woman is imprisoned…
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Russell Crowe To Star In Paul Haggis's The Next Three Days
We all love Paul Haggis around these parts (and by love, I mean mock and ridicule as much as possible), so we try our best to keep close tabs on his projects just to make sure we don't miss a single thing. It looks like his next film is The Next Three Days, a remake…
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Jonathan Nolan NOT Credited As Screenwriter In Terminator Salvation Marketing
I was looking at the official website for Terminator Salvation, and found myself looking at the credit list on the bottom of the site. Yeah, the PG-13 MPAA logo is there, but we already confirmed the rating to be true. What I noticed was that the official "written by" credits for the film have been…
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"Quantum Of Solace" Almost Featured A James Bond Jr.
New York magazine's Vulture has a piece (via Film Junk) that describes how Paul Haggis, a screenwriter for Quantum of Solace (and the writer/director for the Best Picture-winning Crash), almost created a child subplot for the next Bond film. According to Marc Forster, Solace's director: Haggis had an idea they weren't fond of, and I…
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WTF: Crash - The TV Series Trailer
Is it just me or does the television show adaptation of Paul Haggis' Academy Award winning film Crash look really REALLY bad? [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/crash_trailer.flv 470 352]
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Anton Yelchin As Kyle Reese In Terminator 4
Anton Yelchin (JJ Abrams' Star Trek, Charlie Bartlett) is in negotiations to star as John Connor's father Kyle Reese in director McG's Terminator 4 (which is still untitled... I say they just call it T4: The Future Begins). Yelchin would play a teenage version of Reese, who was played by Michael Biehn in the original…
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In The Valley Of Elah Movie Poster
Warner Independent has released this new poster for Paul Haggis' (Crash) In The Valley of Elah (movie trailer). His new drama is inspired by the true-life case of a retired Army veteran (Tommy Lee Jones) who discovers his son was killed by his own platoon members after they returned stateside but failed to shake battlefield…
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15 New Photos From Paul Haggis' In The Valley Of Elah
Warner Independent has released 15 new photos from Paul Haggis new film In the Valley of Elah (movie trailer). For me Paul Haggis has been off and on. I thought Million Dollar Baby was okay if not overrated, I loved Crash, Casino Royale, and Letters From Iwo Jima. I liked The Last Kiss, and somewhat…
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Paul Haggis' In The Valley Of Elah Movie Trailer
 Warner Independent has released the movie trailer for Paul Haggis new film In the Valley of Elah. For me Paul Haggis has been off and on. I thought Million Dollar Baby was okay if not overrated, I loved Crash, Casino Royale, and Letters From Iwo Jima. I liked The Last Kiss, and hated Flags…
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Marc Forster To Direct James Bond 22
Sony/MGM have hired Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction) to direct the next James Bond film. It should be, but it's not really a shock that Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is not returning. He's publicly said he won't be returning for James Bond 22, which is a shame since he did…
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