• /Film Interview: Director Roland Emmerich On The Set Of 'White House Down'

    Everyone thought Roland Emmerich's next movie was going to be Singularity. But there we were, last year, on the Montreal set of White House Down, where even Emmerich himself is surprised. What happened? It's a simple story of Hollywood going a little old school. A studio buys what they feel is a great script, and executives…

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  • Roland Emmerich's 'White House Down' Invades Theaters Next Year

    Sony has set a November 1, 2013 release date for their Roland Emmerich-directed action film, White House Down. Written by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, Zodiac) it's about a "paramilitary take over of the White House," basically Die Hard meets Air Force One. Emmerich had previously reserved that date for his sci-fi film Singularity, but…

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  • Sony Suspends Roland Emmerich's 'Singularity', Brings Ray Kurzweil On Board To Help With Script

    Perhaps working on Anonymous, a film about the "real" writer behind William Shakespeare's works, has inspired a renewed respect for language in director Roland Emmerich. Or, more likely, maybe that picture's poor box office performance has given Emmerich and his studio a case of nerves. Whatever the case, Sony has put the brakes on Singularity, the $175…

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  • Roland Emmerich Passed On 'Asteroids,' Making 'Singularity' Next

    Good news: Roland Emmerich passed on a big sci-fi project. But there's no news here about the director deciding not to do an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi novel series Foundation, alas. Instead he has passed on the sci-fi film for which is is exceptionally well-suited: a big-screen story inspired by Atari's game Asteroids.…

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  • Roland Emmerich Sci-Fi Project 'Singularity' Lands At Sony [Updated]

    Here's yet another stopgap measure to keep Foundation fans happy. Roland Emmerich made his latest film, the Shakespeare conspiracy drama/thriller Anonymous, with Sony, and now there is a report that he has a mysterious new sci-fi project with the working title of Singularity. THR reports that Sony has right of first refusal on the film,…

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