James Ponsoldt

Emma Watson’s every move is watched in this trailer for The Circle

Posted 9 years ago

THE CIRCLE follows tech worker Mae Holland as she takes a job at a powerful internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks and soon finds herself in a perilous situation that involves privacy, surveillance and freedom. Starring Emma Watson,...

Tom Hanks and Emma Watson star in the trailer for The Circle

Posted 10 years ago

Based on the Dave Eggers novel of the same name, THE CIRCLE follows tech worker Mae Holland as she takes a job at a powerful internet corporation, quickly rises up the company’s ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous...

James Ponsoldt is bringing Disney into Wild City

Posted 10 years ago

After making his mark on the film industry with a few smaller but incredibly well-received feature films (SMASHED, THE SPECTACULAR NOW and THE END OF THE TOUR), James Ponsoldt is moving up to make a big studio picture, developing a CG-live-action hybrid...

Spectacular Now’s James Ponsoldt to direct I Want My MTV adaptation

Posted 10 years ago

A24 has announced that they've picked up the rights to Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks' critically-acclaimed 2011 book I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, and that they have hired THE SPECTACULAR NOW and SMASHED...

Guardians of the Galaxy’s Karen Gillan joins James Ponsoldt’s The Circle

Posted 11 years ago

Deadline has learned that Doctor Who and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY actress Karen Gillan is set to co-star alongside Tom Hanks, Emma Watson and John Boyega in THE CIRCLE, director James Ponsoldt's (THE END OF THE TOUR) movie adaptation of...

John Boyega joins Tom Hanks & Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt’s The Circle

Posted 11 years ago

According to Deadline, STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS and ATTACK THE BLOCK star John Boyega has landed a lead role in THE CIRCLE, joining the previously cast Tom Hanks and Emma Watson. The upcoming techno thriller from director James Ponsoldt...

Jesse Eisenberg interviews Jason Segel in The End of the Tour trailer

Posted 11 years ago

THE END OF THE TOUR follows Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) during his five-day interview with novelist David Foster Wallace, right after the 1996 release of his novel "Infinite Jest". The film itself is based on the memoir...

Casting Round-Up with Dwayne Johnson, Liam Neeson & Alicia Vikander

Posted 11 years ago

DreamWorks has reportedly won a bidding war for a pitch from Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer titled ALPHA SQUAD SEVEN, and Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in the project. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the planned...

Tom Hanks eyes another Dave Eggers novel adaptation with The Circle

Posted 11 years ago

Looking to sink his teeth into another David Eggers novel adaptation, Tom Hanks could be lining himself up to produce and star in THE CIRCLE. Hanks is already starring in the upcoming A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING adaptation where he...

First Look: Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour

Posted 12 years ago

I wonder what author David Foster Wallace would have thought about Jason Segel playing him in a movie. Likely he would have been baffled at the idea of a movie even being made about him. He’d definitely feel uneasy about...

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