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Robert Towne got his dog an Oscar nomination out of spite

Posted 2 years ago

Robert Towne held such a grudge against 1984’s Greystoke that he made sure his dog’s name ended up on the credits.

Movie News

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, has died at 89

Posted 2 years ago

Robert Towne, who wrote the Academy Award-winning screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown, has died at the age of 89.

TV News

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 6 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 6 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...

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