Boy George Biopic On The Way From 'Anvil: The Story Of Anvil' Director
Following the success of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, MGM has announced they're working on a Boy George movie as the next rock biopic.
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Newcomer Travis Tope Could Lead Jason Reitman's 'Men, Women And Children'
Jason Reitman has worked with some pretty big names over the course of his career, including, most recently, Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin. His next film, however, could star a near-total unknown. The filmmaker has reportedly offered a big role in Men, Women and Children to newcomer Travis Tope. Though the 22-year-old has just one completed feature on…
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'Hitchcock' International Trailer: The Trials And Travails Of 'Psycho'
Anvil! director Sacha Gervasi has roped in quite a cast for Hitchcock, a film which dramatizes the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho in high style. Previous trailers have shown us Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren as Hitch and his wife Alma, and Scarlett Johanssen as Psycho's first-act star, Janet Leigh. Now, a…
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Watch Anthony Hopkins As 'Hitchcock' Warn Audiences Away From Cell Phone Use In Theaters
Alfred Hitchcock was a consumate showman who had pretty specific ideas about how films should be viewed, at least when it came to using the theater experience as a promotional tool. At a time when multi-film programs were common, Hitch was the face of a marketing campaign for his film Psycho as he stipulated that…
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'Hitchcock' Trailer: Just A Man Obsessed With Murder
Here's the trailer for Hitchcock, which stars Anthony Hopkins as the Master of Suspense, caught during the period in which he made Psycho. This is our first taste of Hopkins' Hitchcockian affectation, and we can still hear quite a lot of the actor's signature tone in there. It's rather like Hitch by way of Hannibal…
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'Hitchcock' Teaser Poster Shows Another Side Of Anthony Hopkins As The Master Of Suspense; Film Hits November 2012
We've seen a good bit of footage for one of the Alfred Hitchcock movies that are in post-production right now: The Girl, which will air on HBO with Toby Jones playing Hitch during the making of The Birds. The other film is Hitchcock, from Anvil! director Sacha Gervasi, and it features Anthony Hopkins as the…
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Danny Elfman Scoring Sacha Gervasi's 'Hitchcock,' And 'Promised Land' From Gus Van Sant
Danny Elfman often seems to be everywhere, and this year in particular he's omnipresent with several films under his belt in 2012 already. (Tim Burton's Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie; Men in Black III; and Silver Linings Playbook.) And while he's already set for some films that hit in the next few months, like Sam Raimi's Oz: The…
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Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg And Michael Wincott Also Set For 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho'
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, that other Alfred Hitchcock sorta-biopic that doesn't star Toby Jones as the rotund Master of Suspense, is pulling its cast together quickly now. Anthony Hopkins has been attached to play Hitch for some time, with Scarlett Johansson set to play Janet Leigh and James D'Arcy set for the…
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Casting Bits: Jessica Biel In 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho', Anthony Head In 'Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters'
While it remains to be seen whether Anthony Hopkins in Sacha Gervasi's Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho does any better at capturing the Hitchcock resemblance than Toby Jones does in Julian Jarrold's The Girl, what's clear is that the former will be surrounded by quite a high profile cast. Jessica Biel has just beat out several other…
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Scarlett Johansson & James D'Arcy To Star In 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho'
Say the name "Alfred Hitchcock" to people and the first thing they think of is Psycho. Everything about the 1960 thriller has become iconic: the actors, the shots, the plot twists. More than any of the director's other films, it's the most often referenced and talked about. Which is why Fox Searchlight is moving ahead…
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Mark Wahlberg Wants To Star In Sacha Gervasi's English-Language 'Headhunters' Remake
Though last month's Contraband was Mark Wahlberg's first film to hit theaters since 2010's The Fighter, the star is now busier than ever. He's got Ted, from Seth McFarlane, due out this summer, plus Broken City, 2 Guns, and Pain and Gain all scheduled to land sometime next year. Now Wahlberg has yet another new project…
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Hitchcock Biopics Collide: Sienna Miller And Toby Jones Join 'The Girl;' Helen Mirren Eyes 'Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho'
After years of development projects trying to get a movie about Alfred Hitchcock on the screen, two are coming close to fruition. The first is Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, based on Stephen Rebello's book of the same title. (Rebello co-scripted with Black Swan writer John McLaughlin.) The film has had Anthony Hopkins…
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Dominic Cooper Joins Peter Dinklage In 'Anvil!' Director's 'My Dinner With Hervé'
Sacha Gervasi is looking to follow up his hit documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil with an intriguing sorta-biopic called My Dinner With Hervé. The film will follow the final days of Fantasy Island TV star Hervé Villechaize, based in part on the interviews that Sacha Gervasi actually did with the actor just before his…
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Anthony Hopkins In Talks To Play Alfred Hitchcock For Director Sacha Gervasi
Just yesterday we told you that Anvil! The Story of Anvil director Sacha Gervasi is in talks to write and direct a film based on Stephen Rebello's book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. In the source article for that piece there was a mention that Anthony Hopkins was one of the actors mentioned…
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'Anvil!' Director In Talks To Write And Direct 'Psycho' Era Hitchcock Biopic
We've seen minor portrayals of Alfred Hitchcock on screen in the past, but we've never had a chance to see -- or had to endure, depending upon your perspective -- a full-length biopic about one of cinema's most influential directors. Not for lack of trying. At various times there have been Hitchcock biopics in development,…
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'Henry's Crime' Trailer, With Keanu Reeves And Vera Farmiga
Henry's Crime, starring Keanu Reeves, James Caan and Vera Farmiga, premiered at TIFF back in September '10, but we're just getting a trailer for the film now. Malcolm Venville (44 Inch Chest) directs from a script by Sacha Gervasi (Anvil!: The Story of Anvil). The film opens in the UK next week, and the trailer…
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Sacha Gervasi Gives Details Of Anvil's Appearance In Green Hornet
Some thought the idea of Seth Rogen playing The Green Hornet was weird enough, and then we heard about Michel Gondry's plans for timewarping action sequences. Then after that we heard that the band Anvil were being recruited to play themselves in the film and I think it was about then that the room really…
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Casting Notes: Farmiga And Caan Go To Buffalo; New Gigs For Anne Heche And Jessica Biel
Some decent casting notes cropped up in the trade breaks last night, and because I'm just this sort of nice guy I'm about to round up the best for you. First involves James Caan and Vera Farmiga, who've just joined Keanu Reeves in Henry's Crime. The film, you may remember, is written by Anvil! director…
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Keanu Reeves To Star In And Produce Henry's Crime
Months ago, The Playlist mentioned that Sacha Gervasi, producer and director of Anvil! The Story of Anvil had written a film called Henry's Crime, and that Keanu Reeves was attached to star. (Reeves is evidently a big fan of Gervasi's rock doc.) Now the trades have finally confirmed the deal, and Reeves will start work…
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