Director Richard Kelly Is Playing The Long Game – Here's What He's Working On Now [Interview]
What's the status of the next Richard Kelly movie? We spoke to the director of Donnie Darko and Southland Tales about what he's working on now.
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'Southland Tales' Director Richard Kelly Revisits His Infamous Cult Curiosity [Interview]
Filmmaker Richard Kelly's second film was considered a major swing, and also a major flop. This is Southland Tales revisited, with Kelly himself.
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Director Richard Kelly Wants To Revisit 'The Box' One Day With A Director's Cut
Are you interested in a The Box director's cut that restores lots of cut footage? Director Richard Kelly wants to make it happen.
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'Southland Tales' Prequel In The Works From Richard Kelly, Would Utilize Both Live-Action And Animation
Writer/director Richard Kelly seems to be inching closer to making his Southland Tales prequel, which has been in the works for a decade.
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'Donnie Darko' Director Richard Kelly Plotting A Comeback With A Rod Serling Biopic
After being away from filmmaking for about a decade, Donne Darko director Richard Kelly is taking helm of a Rod Serling biopic.
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'Donnie Darko' Director Richard Kelly Wants To Make A "Bigger And More Ambitious" Sequel
Director Richard Kelly is thinking about a big and ambitious Donnie Darko sequel. He wants to tell another story set in that world with the right recourses.
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This Week In Trailers: Donnie Darko, A Fat Wreck, Banking On Bitcoin, Figures Of Speech, Liberation Day
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Kevin Smith Has An Ambitious Shortlist Of Directors For MGM's 'Buckaroo Bonzai' TV Series
After working on The Flash for the show's previous season, MGM has Kevin Smith working on a Buckaroo Bonzai TV series, and he already has directors in mind.
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Jordan Peele To Write And Direct Horror Movie 'Get Out'
Key & Peele star Jordan Peele will write and direct Get Out, a horror movie produced by Richard Kelly's Darko Entertainment.
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'Donnie Darko' Director Richard Kelly Reviews David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'
Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly talks David Fincher's new film Gone Girl. Read the whole Richard Kelly Gone Girl review, comparing to Eyes Wide Shut.
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Richard Kelly's Next Movie Is The Incredible True Story 'Amicus' Starring Nicolas Cage
With one movie, 2001's Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly immediately announced himself as a filmmaker to watch. Since then he's only directed two films, neither of which managed to reach the heights of his debut, but each are almost unfathomably ambitious. His next film was thought to be Corpus Christi but it seems that's now hit the back…
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'Carlos' Star Édgar Ramírez Cast In Richard Kelly's 'Corpus Christi'
I was excited last year when it looked for a moment like Édgar Ramírez might be cast in the sequel to Star Trek. After seeing Ramírez dominate the excellent mini-series Carlos, I'm hoping for him to break into greater public awareness than his supporting roles in films like The Bourne Ultimatum and Domino have offered.…
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'Donnie Darko' Helmer Richard Kelly To Write & Direct Thriller 'Corpus Christi'
Richard Kelly's ambition and zealous attention to detail served him well with Donnie Darko, but he hasn't been so lucky with his subsequent outings. After his exceptional directorial debut, he's tried twice over to replicate what made that film such a frenzied fan favorite, and the results -- Southland Tales and The Box -- were…
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Early Buzz: Richard Kelly On Kevin Smith's 'Red State'
Donnie Darko/The Box director Richard Kelly has seen Kevin Smith's upcoming indie horror film Red State, and spoke briefly about the film while appearing at Smith's Smodcastle screening of Southland Tales. What did Richard think? Hit the jump! "I have never seen a filmmaker reinvent himself the way you just have. I won't say anything…
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Richard Kelly Has Written An Animated Screenplay Adaptation Prequel To 'Southland Tales'
Richard Kelly recently appeared at Kevin Smith's Smodcastle in Hollywood California to present a screening of Southland Tales. Before the screening, Smith recorded a one and a half hour conversation with Kelly which begins with his childhood and spans his filmmaking career. It's a very interesting conversation and definitely worth checking out (you can listen…
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The Best /Filmcast Moments From 2009
On the /Film podcast, we produce a lot of audio content on a weekly basis. On a given week, about 3.5 hours of audio gets sent through the /Filmcast feed (occasionally, some of it is even good!). With the sheer volume being what it is, it's entirely possible that you might have missed some of…
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The Buzz: Filmmakers React To Avatar
James Cameron's Avatar has been unleashed upon this world. We've run reviews from half of the /Film staff: David Chen, Brendon Connelly, Russ Fischer, and Hunter Stephenson. You might have even added your own mini-review. But you might be wondering, with all the talk of game-changing advances in the tech side of filmmaking, what do the…
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/Filmcast Ep. 75 - The Box (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC News)
This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley wonder whether or not Avatar will actually be profitable, express bafflement at the inclusion of aliens in Peter Berg's Battleship film, and ponder whether Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia constitutes brownface. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from the IFC News podcast. You can always e-mail…
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The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 74 - Interpreting Donnie Darko, Responding To S. Darko, And The Southland Tales Saga (GUEST: Richard Kelly, Director Of The Box)
In this special episode of the /Filmcast: After Dark, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley chat with writer/director Richard Kelly about his reaction to S. Darko, and about the necessity of reading the graphic novel prequel to Southland Tales. They also discuss everything you ever wanted to know about Donnie Darko but were afraid…
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/Filmcast Ep. 74 - A Serious Man (GUEST: Richard Kelly, Director Of The Box, Southland Tales, And Donnie Darko)
This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley assess the state of Avatar's marketing, discuss their thoughts on the Men in Black series, and lament the imminent death of Miramax. Writer/director Richard Kelly joins us for this episode. Richard Kelly's newest film, The Box, is out in theaters on Friday, November 6th. You can…
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New Clip From The Box Features The Strangest Car Ride Ever
Like many, I'm eagerly awaiting Richard Kelly's upcoming sci-fi thriller The Box. I've loved pretty much everything I've seen promoting the film, and the clip below has ramped up my excitement even further. It comes courtesy of MTV Movie blog, where Kelly also details how he went about convincing Win Butler and Regine Chassagne (of…
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Richard Kelly Talks Box Release Shift And Soundtrack
Last week Warner Bros made a few scheduling shifts, delaying Richard Kelly's sci-fi thriller The Box, once again. This time the film was only pushed back one week, from October 30th to a November 6th release. This film has been delayed so many times that I won't believe it is out until I see it…
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Comic-Con: Much New Footage Shown From Richard Kelly's The Box
During the Warner Bros. panel this morning in Hall H, Richard Kelly took the stage, alongside stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, to show off four minutes from his upcoming film The Box. This footage gave a much better indication than the first trailer of the scope of the film, and also was the public…
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Writer/Director Richard Kelly's Next Script Is Set In Future Manhattan, Features Motion Capture
[Updated to include exact quote from Kelly] I spoke with Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) this morning about his third film, The Box, which will be out in theaters in October 30. But while I was there, I couldn’t resist asking him about a cryptic Twitter message he sent out last week, saying that he’d completed…
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Movie Posters: The Box And Kick-Ass
Richard Kelly has posted on Twitter the final poster for his upcoming sci-fi thriller The Box. And AICN has a first look at a Comic-Con exclusive poster for Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, drawn by series artist John Romita, Jr. Vaughn, Romita and some of the cast will apparently be on hand from 3:15-4:00pm fto sign the…
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Richard Kelly's The Box Movie Trailer
The first trailer for Richard Kelly's new film The Box has appeared, and it appropriately tries to push a few buttons. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a couple with an increasingly desperate need for money. A box mysteriously appears on their doorstep, followed by Frank Langella, who presents an offer: push…
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Mystery Team, Richard Kelly, Ninjas And More Invade Comic-Con 2009
As Comic Con approaches, we'll be learning more and more about what we can expect at this year's geek fest. First up, I've learned that Derrick Comedy's Mystery Team will not only have a booth on the convention floor, but will be holding a panel and a special sneak preview screening at the con. No…
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