James Franco wants Jon Hamm to star in his adaptation of William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury

Posted 13 years ago

THE SOUND AND THE FURY is not an easy book to read. Told from alternating character points of view, it took until last year for a color-coded edition to be released to aid the reader in deciphering the narrative. Faulkner’s...

Cool Videos: See Nicolas Cage’s lost audition for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln!

Posted 13 years ago

All right, all right, so it’s not the REAL Nicolas Cage auditioning for LINCOLN, but it’s a pretty damn funny rendition of what it might have been like, as performed by Big Bang Theory’s Simon Helberg. The actual role was...

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas foresee an “implosion” and radical shift in the film industry

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When Steven Spielberg and George Lucas talk, Hollywood listens. The two friends also represent some very different things: Spielberg is the ultimate studio director who has been able to get practically any film made while Lucas has become one of...

Trailer for James Franco’s adaptation of William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying has a lot of yelling and weird narration

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The career chameleon James Franco has delivered the trailer for his next feature, AS I LAY DYING, which is based on the 1930's novel by William Faulkner. Franco plays the lead in the period piece and is joined by co-stars...

Cool Videos: Watch President Obama play Daniel Day-Lewis for Steven Spielberg

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The annual White House Correspondents Dinner was on Saturday night and it was chock full of actors, athletes, celebrities and oh yeah, politicians. In recent years the event has been criticized for being too much about the famous faces (Lindsay...

Tim Blake Nelson cast in the directorial efforts of both James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones

Posted 13 years ago

Tim Blake Nelson is one of those “Hey it’s that guy” actors. You take a look at his face and you think, “There’s probably ten films I can list with him in it, and another ten I’d completely forget.” These...

A new 20 minute featurette on Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, plus changes to the film for international release

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Despite garnering 12 Academy Award nominations and grossing over $150 million in the US, LINCOLN is far from a sure bet for Best Picture at the Oscars. In fact, despite critical acclaim, the movie may not have as much success...

Lincoln leads the nominations for the 85th Academy Awards; directors Affleck, Tarantino, and Bigelow snubbed

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The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards were announced today, with a few notable snubs.  We expected movies like LINCOLN, LES MISERABLES, ARGO, and ZERO DARK THIRTY to take a lot of nominations, but to leave out the directors for...

Steven Spielberg shares Daniel Day-Lewis’ Lincoln rejection letter

Posted 13 years ago

It took a few tries before Steven Spielberg got Daniel Day-Lewis for LINCOLN. The first time he was asked– he passed. The second time they wrote an entirely new script, which was sent to the actor– he passed. The third...

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