The last time we saw footage from Texas Killing Fields, we were looking at a trailer dubbed into Italian. Now we've got a somewhat different trailer in English, which will give you a much better idea of what to expect from the film. Item number one: Sam Worthington's pretty dodgy Texas accent. Next: a tone…
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Texas Killing Fields (also referred to as The Fields) has been in development for some time, once with Danny Boyle, who called the script "almost too dark to get made," set to direct. The script passed into new hands, and the film finally shot under the direction of Michael Mann's daughter Ani Canaan Mann, with…
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Madonna is lining up some impressive talent for her sophomore directorial effort. W.E. already features Vera Farmiga and Abbie Cornish, and has now added Ewan McGregor. The film features parallel narratives. In one, McGregor will play King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne in 1936 to marry the American woman Wallis Simpson, played by Farmiga.…
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen, The Losers) will star alongside Sam Worthington in The Fields (formerly titled Texas Killing Fields), to be directed by Michael Mann's daughter Ami Canaan Mann from a screenplay by Donald F. Ferrarone. Morgan will play a detective "transplanted from New York." Previously: Worthington will play Jake, a "tough-minded misanthropic Texan, who…
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Last year we reported that Danny Boyle's abandoned project The Texas Killing Fields had got a new lease on life and a couple of attached stars: Sam Worthington and Bradley Cooper. While Cooper's relationship to the film is currently uncertain, multiple sources are now confirming Worthington's involvement. Michael Mann will produce the film for his…
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