Here's your best indicator yet as to what the crop of nominations for the Best Picture Oscar is likely to be. The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced its nominations for 2011 awards, which will be doled out on January 21. The ten films nominated for the PGA's top honor include expected pictures such…
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Gerard Butler, Woody Harrelson, Rashida Jones, and Sofia Vergara got up extra early this morning to announce the nominations for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 69th Golden Globes Awards, which will be televised on January 15, 2012. Returning host Ricky Gervais (called a "naughty, naughty schoolboy" this morning by Aida Takla-O’ Reilly, the president of…
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The trailer for George Clooney's fourth film, the political drama The Ides of March, suggested that the film might turn out to be a good character piece that has appeal beyond the limits of a political drama that is locked in a four-year old contest. (The source material is Beau Willimon's play Farragut North, which…
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Hot on the heels of the release of a massive batch of films that will appear in the Toronto Film Festival, we've got the main lineup for the 68th Venice Film Festival, which runs from August 31 to September 10. We knew that George Clooney's The Ides of March would open the fest (the trailer…
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I'll say this for the trailer for George Clooney's new political drama The Ides of March: by the end I had no sense that I knew exactly where the movie is going. That's a very good thing. Adapted from Beau Willimon's play Farragut North, the film features Ryan Gosling as a young but influential press…
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If you're more interested in the typical fall slate of festival entrees than summer's glut of tentpole action fare, this is a great week. The Toronto International Film Festival announced the first wave of films that will play the fest in September. This is a batch of about 50 titles, which makes up only a…
Read MoreOne of the great many films that seems like a strong 2011 festival prospect is George Clooney's The Ides of March, which adapts Beau Williams' play Farragut North. Now the film has been tabbed as the opening selection for the Venice Film Festival, and will therefore premiere on August 31. That'll probably be in time…
Read More[No photo] George Clooney is directing his fourth film, The Ides of March, right now. It's a political satire based on Beau Williamson's play Farragut North, which in turn was based on Beau Williamson's time working with the Howard Dean primary campaign in 2004. Clooney has a supporting role as a presidential candidate whose young,…
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Your asked for it, you got it. After Resident Evil: Afterlife outgrossed every single other film in the franchise, including a huge $200 million plus overseas, Sony just announced they'll be releasing a fifth installment in their Resident Evil film series on September 14, 2012. They also gave an official release date to the currently…
Read More[No photo] Manned with one of the most impressive casts in recent memory, including Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella and Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney's The Ides of March is currently shooting aimed at a late 2011 release. Clooney stars, co-wrote and is directing the film, based on the play…
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George Clooney's The Ides of March, based on the play Farragut North, is gathering steam. It quickly found funding, then was picked up for US distribution by Sony well before a frame of film had even been shot. (Cameras roll, or record to hard disk - whatever - next year.) Now the film has two…
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As we've talked about The Ides of March, which George Clooney will soon direct based on the play Farragut North by Beau Williamson, the lingering question has been: who will distribute? Now the film has a studio backer, as Sony has bought North American distribution rights to the film. The studio will release The Ides…
Read MoreThere's a whole bunch of news for George Clooney's fourth film as director. The Ides of March is a much more imposing title for the film formerly called Farragut North, which is based on a play with the same title. Along with the title change is news of new funding for the movie, as well…
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