June 16, 1959. The glamour of Tinseltown permanently fades for actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel on TV's Adventures of Superman, as the actor dies in his Hollywood Hills home. Felled by a single gunshot wound, Reeves (Affleck) leaves behind a fiancée - aspiring starlet Leonore Lemmon (Tunney) - and millions of fans who are shocked by his death. But it is his grieving mother, Helen Bessolo (Lois Smith), who will not let the questionable circumstances surrounding his demise go unaddressed. Helen seeks justice, or at least answers. The Los Angeles Police Department closes the case, but Helen hires - for $50 a day - private detective Louis Simo (Brody). Simo soon ascertains that the torrid affair Reeves had with Toni Mannix (Lane), the wife of MGM studio executive Eddie Mannix (Hoskins), might hold the key to the truth.
But truth and justice are not so easily found in Hollywood. Simo pursues dangerous and elusive leads in both high and low places and, in trying to turn up the heat, risks getting burned. The detective also uncovers unexpected connections to his own life as the case turns more personal and he learns more about Reeves himself. Behind the icon was a complex man who gave his life to Hollywood in more ways than one.
September 9, 2006: Ben Affleck=best actor:
Yes,
Ben Affleck had turned into a punchline of sorts over the past few
years (" Yeah, that'll happen as soon as Ben Affleck wins an
award for best actor "), but according to the peeps at the
Venice...
September 8, 2006: INT: Hollywoodland:
More
than half a century before Brandon Routh donned the signature red
and blue tights in SUPERMAN RETURNS, it was George Reeves who first
made the Man of Steel an on-screen icon. His untimely...
August 29, 2006: Choke gets writer:
An adaptation of Chuck Palahnuik's "Choke" has been in the works for as long as Joan Rivers has been a mummified, silicone and botox-enhanced cyborg version of
herself (i.e. a long time). All signs pointed to the adaptation simmering in production hell...
August 17, 2006: H'woodland poster:
Focus recently sent us this official poster for their upcoming drama HOLLYWOODLAND . The film stars Adrien Brody as a detective looking into the suicide of TV Superman George Reeves (played by Ben Affleck) and
finding that there was a lot more to Reeve's...
August 3, 2006: H'woodland posters:
Focus Features was nice enough to send over these three new character posters for the drama HOLLYWOODLAND . In it, Adrien Brody stars as a detective investigating the mysterious death of TV Superman George Reeves (Ben Affleck) and the
tangled web of...
July 6, 2006: Ex-Supes/Super Ex trailers:
UPDATE: the international trailer for MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND is now up on YouTube . Thanks to Brian .
Yahoo is hosting the new full-length trailer to HOLLYWOODLAND , the drama about a detective investigating the mysterious death of TV Superman George...
June 26, 2006: H'woodland poster:
Thanks to Martin , here's a poster for the George Reeves biopic HOLLYWOODLAND (formerly known as TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY - which seemed like a better title as HOLLYWOODLAND
sounds more self-referential comedy and less noir crime drama)....
