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Robert Towne says all Chinatown prequel episodes are written… So where is it?

Posted 2 years ago

Original Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne confirmed that every episode of the planned prequel series has been written.

Ben Affleck to helm The Big Goodbye chronicling the making of Chinatown

Posted 6 years ago

Ben Affleck is ready to step behind the camera for the first time since 2016's LIVE BY NIGHT as Deadline reports that he's signed on to direct THE BIG GOODBYE for Paramount. Affleck is also set to pen the script...

Thandie Newton on why she wasn’t a Charlie’s Angel & M:I-2 challenges

Posted 6 years ago

Thandie Newton recently did a very wide-ranging interview for "Vulture" where she discusses a variety of topics about her impressive career which has seen its share of challenges. I had no clue that she was attached to 2000's CHARLIE'S ANGELS...

Cast This: Jake Gittes (Netflix’s Chinatown prequel series)

Posted 7 years ago

Kevin Everything old is new again. We've seen plenty of classic films and TV shows brought back in some form in recent years, either as a reboot, revival, or long-delayed sequel/prequel. It seems that Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN will be the...

David Fincher & Robert Towne developing Chinatown prequel series for Netflix

Posted 7 years ago

David Fincher seems to be quite happy with his relationship with Netflix as Deadline has reported that he's closed a deal with the streaming service to write a pilot script for a prequel to CHINATOWN alongside Robert Towne, who won...

Free Solo subject breaks down climbing scenes from M:I 2, Cliffhanger & more

Posted 7 years ago

The recent MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE movies have featured tons of death-defying, jaw-dropping stunts with Tom Cruise proving, again and again, he is unkillable. But even so far back as the first movies, he was pulling off some crazy stuff, and that...

Exclusive: Movie CliffsNotes – Mission: Impossible

Posted 11 years ago

Truth be told, the first MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE confused the hell out of a lot of people when it first came out, but that didn't stop them from loving the shit out of it anyway. The plot goes from some crazy...

Awfully Good: Mission: Impossible II + Spy Kids 3D: Game Over (Video)

Posted 11 years ago

Jason Seeing Tom Cruise on a motorcycle in the previews for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION reminds me of one thing…   Mission: Impossible II (2000)   Director: John Woo Stars: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton   Ethan Hunt must...

Iron Man 3 screenwriter Drew Pearce to script Mission: Impossible 5

Posted 13 years ago

Screenwriter Drew Pearce is basking in the sweet glow of success with IRON MAN 3, which he wrote with Shane Black, and is now stepping even further into the limelight with another franchise. Paramount has tapped Pearce to write the...

Tom Cruise officially signs on for Mission: Impossible 5; director still to be announced

Posted 13 years ago

IMF Agent Ethan Hunt is set to get back in action as Tom Cruise has inked a deal to reprise his franchise role, following on the heels of the last film, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL, the most successful film...

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