There's A Tom Hanks Movie In Theaters And You Didn't Even Know About It
Tom Tykwer's A Hologram for the King recently opened in theaters, but the new Tom Hanks movie has yet to connect with a mass audience, which is unfortunate.
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'A Hologram For The King' Trailer: Tom Hanks Finds Himself In Saudi Arabia
Watch the A Hologram for the King trailer starring Tom Hanks as an American businessman in Saudi Arabia. Tom Tykwer directs the Dave Eggers adaptation.
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'A Hologram For The King' German Trailer: Tom Hanks Gets A Second Chance In The Desert
We haven't heard much about Tom Tykwer's A Hologram for the King, but we now have another look at the film. Watch A Hologram for the King German trailer.
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First Look: Tom Hanks In 'A Hologram For The King' From Tom Tykwer
Here's the first look at Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King, which has been released as the Tom Tykwer movie makes its debut in the Cannes market.
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Tom Hanks And Tom Tykwer Reunite To Adapt Dave Eggers Novel 'A Hologram For The King'
Some of the Cloud Atlas team is coming back together for another literary adaptation. Tom Hanks and Tom Tykwer are teaming up to adapt A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers. Hanks and his company Playtone will produce, and Hanks will star, while Tykwer will produce and direct. (Presumably he could do the film's…
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The Alamo Drafthouse Picks The Top 10 Films Of 2012
The Alamo Drafthouse brand is beloved among moviegoers for their plush theaters, but it's revered for their impeccable taste in movies. Whether programming a film festival or picking up indies for distribution, they've demonstrated an eye for films that aren't just good, but unique. With 2012 on its way out, the company has just released its list…
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/Film Interview: 'Cloud Atlas' Co-Directors And Writers Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowksi And Tom Tykwer
Here's my full interview with the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowksi and Tom Tykwer. Last week, we broke up this long interview into four parts to make it both more digestible and to keep in spirit with the film, which comprises six radically different, but related, stories. The film jumps from story…
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Fifteen Things You Didn't Know About 'Cloud Atlas:' Korean Rappers, Cut Characters, The Ending, And Cameos
With six stories spanning nearly three hours, told by an ensemble cast and three directors, the sheer amount of information presented by and discussions one can have about Cloud Atlas is staggering. Co-writers and directors Tom Tykwer, Andy and Lana Wachowski took David Mitchell's novel, which nests six stories within each other, and broke it down…
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The Filmmakers Respond: Is 'Cloud Atlas' Too Difficult For General Audiences?
Editor's Note: This is the third of a four part series breaking down /Film's interview with Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas. Look for a new part each day leading up to the film's release October 26. Read part one here and part two here. When Cloud Atlas opens this Friday,…
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Is 'Cloud Atlas' A Love Letter To The Arts? Part Two In Our Interview With The Film's Directors
Editor's Note: This is the second of a four part series breaking down /Film's interview with Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas. Look for a new part each day leading up to the film's release October 26. Read part one here. With six stories, three directors and actors playing…
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The Wachowskis And Tom Tykwer On The Complexities Of Organizing Multiple Directors And Units To Make 'Cloud Atlas'
Editor's Note: This is the first of a four part series in /Film's interview with Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas. Look for a new part each day leading up to the film's release October 26. Film fans would be hard-pressed to find two more perfect late nineties movies…
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DGA Had Difficulty With Director Credits For 'Cloud Atlas'
Given the often contentious relationship between creators and the work they make, unions such as the Directors Guild of America serve a useful purpose. But sometimes rules just get in the way, which seemed for a moment like it would present a problem for Cloud Atlas, written by Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski…
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'Cloud Atlas' Getting IMAX Release; First TV Spot Highlights Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, And Futuristic Chase Scenes
Given the sprawling scope and staggering ambition of the Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's Cloud Atlas, it seems only appropriate that the movie open on some of the largest screens in the world. IMAX has announced that the epic saga will hit their super-sized screens next month, on the same day as Cloud…
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Laremy's 'Cloud Atlas' Review: Tom Tykwer And The Wachowskis Bring Another Massive Thinker To The Big Screen [TIFF 2012]
The themes of Cloud Atlas are legion, and the 160 minutes the film spans are epic. Six or seven plots are considered, depending how you define your storylines, and the time period ranges from 1849 to somewhere 400 years into the distant future. What I’m getting at here is the grandness of the scope, the giantess of the spectacle,…
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'Cloud Atlas' Theatrical Trailer
Anyone who's really eager to see the Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's Cloud Atlas has likely already pored over that six-minute trailer released over the summer, but for the rest of the moviegoing public there's now a more traditional two-minute theatrical version. Whichever camp you fall into, the new cut is worth checking…
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The New Yorker Profiles The Wachowskis With New Personal And Professional Details Including 'Cloud Atlas,' 'The Matrix' And 'Cobalt Neural 9'
One of my all-time favorite Comic-Con memories was walking the floor, glimpsing over to a small booth in the 4000s and seeing Larry and Andy Wachowski. The writers and directors of Bound and The Matrix were just sitting there. No line, no nothing. That's what happens when you make one of the most influential and revered…
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Early Buzz: 'Cloud Atlas' Test Screening Reactions
The same breathtaking ambition that makes Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer's David Mitchell adaptation Cloud Atlas so intriguing also gives it the potential to flop, hard. Weaving together six interlocking stories that cut across time, space, and genre is difficult enough to do within the confines of a novel, to say nothing of…
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VOTD: Tom Tykwer And Andy And Lana Wachowski Introduce And Explain 'Cloud Atlas'
The biggest conversation piece online yesterday was the long trailer for Cloud Atlas, the adaptation of David Mitchell's novel co-written and co-directed by an unlikely trio: Tom Tykwer, and Andy and Lana Wachowski. Along with the trailer came something we linked yesterday, but which is worth highlighting in its own right: a video introduction from…
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'Cloud Atlas' Six Minute Trailer: A Quick Guide To The Genre-Hopping Epic From Tom Tykwer And The Wachowskis
We've finally got a chance to see footage from Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski's genre-hopping and centuries-spanning epic Cloud Atlas. If you just want to watch the footage, hit the jump now. But once you've seen that, I expect those who haven't read the book might be wondering just what the hell is…
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First Images: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry And More In Tykwer/Wachowski Epic 'Cloud Atlas' [Updated]
With Cloud Atlas set to play TIFF, we knew that images and new info would be arriving soon, and now we've got the first official pics of Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, and Ben Whishaw as they appear in two of the film's six stories. Written and directed by Tom Tykwer (directing one unit)…
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Tom Tykwer And The Wachowskis' 'Cloud Atlas' To Fly Into Theaters This October
Andy and Lana Wachowski suffered a big stumble in 2008 with their candy-colored misfire Speed Racer, but the Matrix directors are back with a new project that could be their most intriguing yet. Co-directed by the siblings and Tom Tykwer and based on the acclaimed book by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas features a star-studded cast -- including Tom Hanks,…
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'Cloud Atlas' Screened At Cannes, Runs Nearly Three Hours, December Date Announced For US Release
There's a lot going on at Cannes right now, but one of the most exciting activities is the deal-making for Cloud Atlas. The ambitious film from Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski adapts David Mitchell's novel, which is comprised of six nested stories that span genres and centuries. I've been madly curious about the…
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Hugh Grant Says He Plays Six "Incredibly Evil" Characters In 'Cloud Atlas'
And this is part of why I positioned Cloud Atlas, written and directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, as my second most-anticipated film of 2012. Let's run through the basics again, for those who are just joining in: One film. Two parallel film units with three directors shooting six interconnected stories. Most…
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Russ Fischer's 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2012
Enough about 2011; let's look ahead to 2012. This past year was good about offering a diverse set of films that catered to many tastes, especially crowds that wanted something out of the range of standard multiplex fare. But 2012 looks like a much stronger year. We can almost always look ahead to a new…
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'Cloud Atlas' Concept Art Shows The Corporate-Run Future Version Of Korea
We've talked a lot about Cloud Atlas, which sees Tom Tykwer teaming up with Andy and Lana Wachowski to head up parallel film units each shooting three tales adapted from David Mitchell's novel. The cast is great (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Bae Doona) and…
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Behind The Scenes 'Cloud Atlas' Photo Gives Production Design Hints And Rare Look At The Wachowskis
I've gone on and on about Cloud Atlas, the film that Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski are directing based on the novel by David Mitchell. You'll have to excuse my interest and enthusiasm -- the film is a genre-hopping collection of six stories, with Tykwer and the Wachowskis directing parallel film units that…
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More Details About The Wachowski/Tykwer Film 'Cloud Atlas,' Which Could Become A New Model For Funding Ambitious Movies
From the very beginning, the Andy and Lana Wachowski & Tom Tykwer adaptation of the David Mitchell novel Cloud Atlas has sounded pretty crazy. There's the simple fact that the book is built out of six stories, each of which follows a different set of characters and is based on a different genre of storytelling.…
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