Robert Downey Jr. To Star In 'The Voyage Of Doctor Dolittle'
Robert Downey Jr has signed on to star in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle for Universal. Learn more about the Robert Downey Jr Doctor Dolittle movie.
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'The Division' Movie Lands Oscar-Winner Stephen Gaghan To Direct
The Division director is Oscar-Winner Stephen Gaghan, whose credits include thrillers like Syriana and Traffic.
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Stephen Gaghan's 'Gold' Opening Wide A Month Later Now
Stephen Gaghan's Gold release date has been moved around to give it an awards qualifying run at the end of December, and a wide release in January.
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'Gold' Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Loses His Hair, Finds Riches
Matthew McConaughey is the obvious draw in the Gold trailer, but director Stephen Gaghan and a terrific supporting cast are also pretty exciting.
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Gold Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Strikes It Rich In Scorsese-Style True Story
With Gold, Stephen Gaghan (Syriana) is back to directing feature films. His new drama stars Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez. Watch the Gold trailer.
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'Gold' First Look: Stephen Gaghan's New Film Is Sweaty
Writer Stephen Gaghan is back behind the camera again, with Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez headlining the picture. We now have our Gold first look.
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Disney Plots Charles Darwin Adventure Movie
Stephen Gaghan has sold an idea that will become a Disney Charles Darwin movie, if things continue to movie forward.
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Matthew McConaughey Wanted For 'The Stand' [Updated]
Writer/director Josh Boone is down with the McConaissance, for obvious reasons, and he wants the actor to play a lead role in The Stand. Depending on which of Matthew McConaughey's roles are most prominent in your mind, however, the role choice might surprise you. And the choice is great, so read more below. Update: Sadly,…
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Jason Clarke And Omar Sy Enter Stephen Gaghan's 'Candy Store'
Stephen Gaghan's Candy Store has been linked to several established A-listers in the past year, including Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington. But the first stars to close their deals for the movie are a pair of fast-rising stars. Jason Clarke and Omar Sy have just boarded the ensemble thriller, which follows several different plot threads…
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Stephen Gaghan Wants Christoph Waltz For 'Candy Store,' Plot Details Emerge
Briefly: Yesterday we told you about Candy Store, the crime thriller script that Syriana writer/director Stepen Gaghan is set to make as his next feature. Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington may end up in the film's two lead roles, and now we know that the production wants Christoph Waltz, too. Even better, in the same…
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Stephen Gaghan To Direct 'Candy Store,' With Brad Pitt And Denzel Washington As Possible Leads
Stephen Gaghan, who wrote Traffic and directed Syriana, is now set to direct the thriller Candy Store for LionsGate. The film is a crime thriller for which we have few details, but the names might be all you need to know: Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington have started to circle the two lead roles. THR has…
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Jonathan Levine In Talks To Direct 'Dead Spy Running' For Warner Bros.
Spy films, especially ones that might turn into series, are like crack for studios. Few efforts actually pay off in regular franchises -- if duplicating Bond's success was easy, every studio would have its own Bond -- but that doesn't stop many from trying. In 2008, Warner Bros. bought the rights to Jon Stock's novel…
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'Traffic' And 'Syriana' Writer Stephen Gaghan Rewrote M. Night Shyamalan's 'One Thousand A.E.'
Briefly: M. Night Shyamalan isn't messing around with the preparation for his next film, the sci-fi feature One Thousand A.E. (Or the execs at Sony and Overbrook Entertainment aren't messing around.) The film is set to star Will and Jaden Smith as " a father and son who crash-land on Earth one thousand years after…
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TV Bits: 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Bewitched', 'The Lincoln Lawyer', 'Frankenstein', Leif G.W. Persson, And More
Because it's just before the start of the fall television season and right in the middle of TV pitch season, August tends to be a pretty busy month for TV news. As a result, we've got tons of TV bits for you today. Hit the jump for more on: The season 2 trailer of Boardwalk…
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Lionsgate Buys Stephen Gaghan's Action Crime Thriller
Stephen Gaghan made a splash with his Oscar-winning screenplay for Traffic, then made a notable directorial effort with 2005 with the ambitious political oil drama Syriana. Despite a few deals in development, he's been quiet in the few years since. Now Lionsgate is getting behind his next directorial project, which Gaghan is also co-writing. Variety…
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Speculation: Is Jake Gyllenhaal A Dead Spy Running?
I have a love/hate relationship with "take a meeting" stories. I hate them on one hand because they're so speculative and gossipy. On the other hand, I love rumors and speculation. What is a "take a meeting" story? It is when a two people, usually a director and an actor or a writer and an…
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Stephen Gaghan Adapting Dead Spy Running For McG
The Hollywood Reporter have announced that Stephen Gaghan will write the screenplay for McG's Dead Spy Running. You can guess the salient details: adapted from a novel, first part of proposed trilogy, Bourne comparisons already in place, even a twist of LeCarre alleged. Stephen Gaghan was nominated for an Oscar for his Syriana screenplay, and…
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