The Fighter

And now The Fighter director David O. Russell may direct a biopic about boob-lover Russ Meyer

Posted 15 years ago

Even before THE FIGHTER started gathering accolades and statues, director David O. Russell’s name was getting linked to different new projects at an alarming rate, including a Will Smith biblical movie, a sequel to THE FIGHTER, the comic adaptation 2...

Mark Wahlberg trying to rally the troops for The Fighter 2

Posted 15 years ago

Mark Wahlberg is bound and determined to get THE FIGHTER into the elite class of Oscar-caliber movies that actually spawned Oscar-caliber sequels. Speaking to EW, he revealed that he wants to take one more shot at Mickey Ward, something that...

David O. Russell and Spike Jonze talk about The Fighter

Posted 16 years ago

For those of you who have a little downtime at work, you might want to check this out. During the reopening of The Museum of the Moving Image, a special screening of THE FIGHTER was shown. Afterwards, David O. Russell...

The Fighter director adapting comic 2 Guns for Vince Vaughn

Posted 16 years ago

Usually I save the “Extra Tidbits” for that little section at the bottom of this article. But today I’m leading off with my Extra Tidbit: 3 of the 5 nominees for the Director’s Guild Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in...

Cool Videos: Christian Bale sings Powerpuff Girls, Mark Wahlberg sings The Touch

Posted 16 years ago

We’ve seen and heard plenty of the intense Christian Bale for a good while, so it’s nice to see the Jesus-y looking actor show his lighter side… by belting out the theme song for “Powerpuff Girls”, of all things. (And...

Review: The Fighter

Posted 16 years ago

PLOT: The true story of boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg), who at age thirty-one, became an unlikely champ under the tutelage of his brother, Dickie (Christian Bale), a former contender-turned-crack addict. REVIEW: Who doesn’t love a great film about...

Ice Cube is a trigger-happy cop for director David O. Russell

Posted 16 years ago

Ice Cube went from hardcore gangsta rapper to significantly less serious work (ARE WE THERE YET?, etc.), but now it sounds like he’s coming back to put that scowl to good use. Cube will reunite with his THREE KINGS director...

Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale put on the gloves in the trailer for The Fighter

Posted 16 years ago

The Boston boxing drama THE FIGHTER has itself been fighting its way to the screen. Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and director Darren Aronofsky were all once involved, but eventually threw in the towel. Now the movie has Christian Bale, Amy...

BTS Fighter video

Posted 17 years ago

I was personally a little more interested in THE FIGHTER when Darren Aronosfky was set to direct Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg but that’s not to say I’m not at all interested to see what David O. Russell was able...

Fighter pics and vid

Posted 17 years ago

Sadly, there hasn’t been a lot on David O’Russell’s biopic THE FIGHTER. The movie is based on the early years of boxer Micky Ward (Mark Walhberg) and half brother Dickie Eklund (Christian Bale) who helped him train before he got...