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Martin Phipps: Endgame

3 December 2008 1:01 PM, PST | From Upcoming Film Scores | See recent Upcoming Film Scores news

Composer agency Cool Music Ltd has announced that Martin Phipps, who is best known for his TV scores North and South and The Virgin Queen, has begun work on feature film Endgame, directed by Pete Travis (Vantage Point). The film is about the breakdown of the Apartheid regime in South Africa and stars William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derek Jacobi, Timothy West and Jonny Lee Miller. Phipps' other features include Pierrepoint, The Flying Scotsman and the recent Grow Your Own.

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"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. New clip!

15 November 2008 1:58 PM, PST | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

Want to see a "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" preview? Here's one hosted by Movie Jungle for the "Sarah Connor Chronicles" episode entitled complications. The brilliant Fox series stars Lena Headey ("300," "The Brothers Grimm"), Thomas Dekker ("Laid to Rest") and Summer Glau ("Serenity") and Richard T. Jones ("Vantage Point" and "Cutting Room"). This is a Saturn Award winner (Summer Glau) as well as a multiple Emmy Award nominee for Special Visual Effects as well as Single-Camera Pictutre Editing and Stunt Coordination. Enough said though. See the clip below and make sure you don't miss the all-new episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The series airs on Mondays at 8/7c, only on Fox!

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TV Review: The Sarah Connor Chronicles 2.8 – Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today

11 November 2008 11:22 AM, PST | From FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news

The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fox, Airs Monday 8/7c Episode: “Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today” (Season 2, Episode 8) Synopsis: In the grand style of Vantage Point, The Sarah Connor Chronicles tells this episode’s story from multiple points of view. John (Thomas Dekker) runs off for the weekend with Riley (Leven Rambin) ...

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Edgar Ramirez to play Ilich Ramirez Sanchez

10 November 2008 7:35 AM, PST | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Actor Edgar Ramirez has signed on to star in French director Olivier Assayas’ upcoming “Ilich: Story of Carlos,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The film focuses on the true story of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, a Venezuelan revolutionary who collaborated with radical groups in several countries, including Syria and Iraq.

Known also as Carlos and later Jackal, he became notorious after raiding the Opec headquarters in Vienna in 1975. Sanchez is currently serving a life sentence in a French prison.

The trade says Assayas specifically wanted Ramirez to play the lead character. The actor will explore several languages for the part.

Ramirez’s credits include “Domino,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Vantage Point.” He will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” flicks “The Argentine” and “Guerilla.”

Also, Ramirez recently replaced Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar in Joe Carnahan’s upcoming “Killing Pablo.”

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Five more join ‘Burning Palms’

29 October 2008 11:29 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Dylan McDermott, Zoe Saldana, Lake Bell, Nick Stahl, Paz Vega and Shannen Doherty have signed on to star in Christopher Landon’s upcoming satire” Burning Palms.”

According to THR, the film pokes fun at Angeleno stereotypes as told through five interlacing stories, with each character moving toward a dark and often comic fate.

Also on board are Emily Meade, Rosamund Pike, Colleen Camp, Jamie Chung and Robert Hoffman, among others.

Wow, what a cast.

Landon, who co-wrote “Blood and Chocolate” and D.J. Caruso’s “Disturbia,” is directing his own script.

Some cast members already are established performers. Saldana, who most recently starred in “Vantage Point,” will next be seen in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” reboot. Bell is currently onscreen in “Pride and Glory.”

As for Vega, she will next be seen as Plaster of Paris in “The Spirit.” Meanwhile, Meade recently wrapped filming for Wes Craven’s “25/8.”

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Universal Picks Up Skyscraper Disaster Movie Pitch

28 October 2008 3:22 AM, PDT | From firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news

Is the big-budget disaster movie trend suddenly on the rise again? Universal has preemptively bought a pitch for a film called Skyscraper that is described as a "modern-day Towering Inferno." The spec script was written by Mike Sobel, a former lawyer turned writer who has just sold his first two big scripts, with Skyscraper being one of them. Neal Moritz (of I Am Legend, Vantage Point, and Made of Honor most recently) is producing the project. The story focuses on a Donald Trump-like developer who sets out to build a mile-high structure in Chicago. When the tower starts to falter, a crew must rescue the city from mayhem. I'm not sure what to think about this yet. The whole concept seems like a sore thumb in the Hollywood line-up for the next five or so years, but I suppose it could be good. For those unaware of the reference,

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Alex Billington

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Atli Örvarsson: The 4th Kind

15 October 2008 9:50 AM, PDT | From Upcoming Film Scores | See recent Upcoming Film Scores news

The next score from the composer of the recent big budget movies Babylon A.D. and Vantage Point is entitled The 4th Kind, according to the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi (The Cavern), the film is a thriller about an unsolved mystery in an Alaskan town, where an unusually big number of unexplained disappearances has taken place. Milla Jojovich, Elias Koteas and Will Patton star in the film, which is produced by Gold Circle Films and scheduled to premiere next year. Atli Örvarsson also recently scored Thick as Thieves for Millennium Films.

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Forest Whitaker to direct and star in Louis Armstrong biopic

13 October 2008 4:26 AM, PDT | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news

Since Forest Whitaker's sensational, Oscar-winning turn as the creepy, charismatic and sometimes-cannibalistic Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, he's starred in a bunch of less-than-stellar efforts like Vantage Point and Street Kings. But it looks like he's found a role that will make good on his potential: Whitaker will direct and star in a biopic of the infamous scat-singing, scratchy-voiced virtuoso Louis Armstrong.

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The Big Picture Interview with Dennis Quaid

9 October 2008 12:16 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

We know the name, of course, but Dennis Quaid has consistently flown under the radar despite a career that would make the overwhelming majority of actors jealous. He's been in a few Best Picture nominees (Breaking Away, The Right Stuff, and Traffic), some big hits (Innerspace, The Rookie, Something to Talk About, and Vantage Point), and he looks like he's had a barrel of fun along the way in a 30-year career filled with memorable lead and supporting roles.

The Express: The Ernie Davis Story is the first of five films for Quaid that will be released within the next 18 months or so. It's the life story of the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner, who not only battled racism on and off the field, but leukemia, as well. In the film, Davis is played by Rob Brown, and Quaid plays Syracuse football coach Ben Schwartzwalder.

The Big Picture: There have

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Colin Boyd

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Quaid Denies Ryan Is Moving For Full Custody Of Son

29 September 2008 9:09 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood actor Dennis Quaid has dismissed rumours ex-wife Meg Ryan is filing for full custody of their teenage son Jack after tabloid reports surfaced questioning his sobriety.

The Vantage Point star split from Ryan in 2000 and their divorce was finalised in 2001.

The couple, who share custody of 16-year-old Jack, has left Hollywood guessing over the details behind their split for the last eight years, but Ryan finally broke her silence last week, when she claimed Quaid had cheated on her.

The revelation prompted sources close to the former couple to leak further information about their divorce, with one insider claiming that their joint custody agreement included a stipulation about Quaid's sobriety, reports the New York Daily News.

The source says, "Meg came to believe he was drinking again and wanted full physical custody of Jack."

But Quaid has refuted the reports, insisting nothing has changed in their care of their son since the settlement was made.

He says, "Meg and I have always had joint custody of Jack without any stipulations whatsoever."

Quaid is now married to Kimberly Buffington, and the couple welcomed twins last year.

A representative for Ryan could not be reached for comment as WENN went to press.

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Quaid Launches Scathing Attack On Ex-wife Ryan

29 September 2008 5:15 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Dennis Quaid has slammed his ex-wife Meg Ryan for revealing all about their 2000 marriage break-up, insisting her allegations of his infidelity will only cause their son Jack more "pain" and "turmoil".

Ryan and Quaid have refused to divulge the details of their split for the past eight years, but the actress once dubbed 'America's sweetheart' recently opened up about the dark days that followed her divorce.

She told America's InStyle magazine, "Dennis was not faithful to me for a very long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that after I was divorced."

But Quaid is furious about her candid comments, and has chastised Ryan for dragging up the past - saying she should think twice about what she airs to the press if she wants to protect their 16-year-old son's feelings.

And he has hinted that Ryan's accusations of infidelity are not completely accurate - although he refuses to be drawn on more details.

He tells the New York Daily News, "It was eight years ago, and I find it unbelievable that Meg continues publicly to rehash and rewrite the story of our relationship.

"Also, I find it regrettable that our son, Jack, has to be reminded in a public way of the turmoil and pain that every child feels in a divorce."

The Vantage Point star is now married to Kimberly Buffington, and the couple welcomed twins last year.

He adds, "I, myself, moved on years ago and am fortunate to have a happy, beautiful family."

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An Exorcism Takes Place in Columbian Jungle

25 September 2008 1:57 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Edgar Ramirez (Vantage Point, "The Bourne Ultimatum) is set to topline a new horror thriller entitled VIENE EL JAGUAR. In the film he'll play a tortured ex-priest trailing an exorcist in the Colombian jungle (now that's interesting!). Carlos Moreno will direct from a screenplay that he co-wrote with Alonso Torres. "Jaguar" is based on the recent revelation that a group of under-age Colombian para-militaries, Los Cruzados, painted their nails black, practiced Satanic rites and ate human flesh to exorcize the spirits of villagers they had killed, Moreno explained at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival on Thursday. Produced by Colombia's Antorcha Films, "Jaguar" reteams the talent behind Sundance-player "Perro come perro" (Dog Eat Dog).

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Clive Owen Shoots 'Em Up in 'The International' Trailer

11 September 2008 7:32 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Remember how Clive Owen showed up in The Bourne Identity as a fellow/rival assassin to Matt Damon's butt-kicking amnesiac? After watching the trailer for his new film, The International, I feel like director Tom Tykwer decided that he wanted to make something like that guy's own movie.

Okay, so maybe it's a bit more generic than that, with Owen playing an Interpol agent teaming up with a partner/potential love interest/possible traitor* (Naomi Watts) to take on some big bad bank with ties to all sorts of global espionage, and probably some ridiculous withdrawal fees to boot.

I'm not so hot on the prospect of the February "dumping ground" release date (see: Jumper, Vantage Point), but it'll be nice to have a more testosterone-fueled offering to counter-program all that other Valentine's Day fare. Besides, if Tykwer (Run Lola Run) decides that a big-budget thriller is worth his while,

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William Goss

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Six more go ‘Bone Deep’

10 September 2008 3:56 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Screen Gems’ crime thriller “Bone Deep” just started shooting, and the cast is still growing. According to Variety, Michael Ealy, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Zoe Saldana and Johnathon Schaech are the latest to jump on board.

Written by John Luessenhop, Gabriel Casseus, Avery Duff and Peter Allen, the plot enters on a gang of criminals who plan a tricky heist at a money depot. Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Chris Brown and rapper T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) co-star.

Walker plays the head of the robbers, while Christensen jumps into the role of a young detective. Dillion stars as the detective who interrupts the criminals' plan.

Ealy‘s acting credits include “Barbershop” and its sequel, “Barbershop 2: Back in Business.” He will next be seen in Spike Lee’s WWII drama “Mircale at St. Anna.” Harris appeared in “Diary of a Mad Black Woman.” His next project is “Quarantine.

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Franck Tabouring

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Review: Traitor

27 August 2008 8:03 AM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Action, Drama, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, Theatrical Reviews

As with most any other genre, pitching a thriller seems to go that much more swimmingly once one finds an ideal blockbuster reference point with which to do half of the leg work. It's 'Die Hard meets this', 'Speed on a that', and, when in doubt, just say the damn thing is 'Hitchcockian'.

Post-2001, the likes of TV's '24' and 'Sleeper Cell', and film's Jason Bourne franchise, have tapped into both our political climate and pop culture zeitgeist, into a globe-trotting, gun-toting fear of the here and there and always now. Jeffrey Nachmanoff's Traitor feels like the first film that has itself been directly spawned in the wake of those successes, as opposed to merely being bolstered by it, and while it may overtake, say, Vantage Point in terms of plausible plotting and worldly knowledge, it remains

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William Goss

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Javier Bardem is out, Edgar Ramirez is Pablo Escobar!

16 August 2008 12:56 AM, PDT | From The Entertainment Zone | See recent The Entertainment Zone news

Javier Bardem is out of “Killing Pablo,” but writer/director Joe Carnahan has already found someone to replace him. Edgar Ramirez is in to play Colombian crime lord Pablo Escobar. Christian Bale will co-star, playing Major Steve Jacoby. Filming to begin in October. Project, based on Mark Bowden's book "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw," details the rise and fall of the ruthless narcotics trafficker. Escobar amassed a $4 billion fortune before being targeted in a massive campaign by U.S. and Colombian governments that culminated in his death in 1993. The "Pablo" project will be the first for Stratus Films, which launched last year with the goal of developing mid-budget pics and signed Mark Gill as president following his departure as Miramax Los Angeles prexy. Company is bankrolled by real estate developer Bob Yari, who is partnered with producer Mark Gordon. Ramirez previously starred in Paul Greengrass’ “The Bourne Ultimatum,

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Edgar Ramirez is the new 'Pablo'

14 August 2008 9:36 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Javier Bardem is out of “Killing Pablo,” but director Joe Carnahan has already found someone to replace him. According to Chud, Edgar Ramirez is in to play Colombian crime lord Pablo Escobar.

Ramirez previously starred in Paul Greengrass’ “The Bourne Ultimatum,” and he recently appeared in Pete Travis’ “Vantage Point.” He will next be seen in Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” flicks “Guerrilla” and “The Argentine.”

“"I spent the last week in Colombia with Edgar Ramirez talking 'Pablo' and he has every intention of portraying Escobar and I couldn't be more fired up by the prospect,” Carnahan told the folks over at Chud in an email.

Carnahan’s credits also include “Narc” and “Smokin’ Aces.” He also collaborated on the screenplay for Gavin O’Connor’s upcoming crime drama “Pride and Glory.”

Sure, Bardem would have made a great Pablo, but Ramirez’s also got the right look. Now he just

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Franck Tabouring

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Fox Fails To Quit Smoking

29 May 2008 4:57 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Lost star Matthew Fox's stressful, jet-setting life has wrecked his efforts to stop smoking.

The puffing actor promised to quit his bad habit at the beginning of the year, but his life has been so hectic that he hasn't been able to put the cigarettes down.

He says, "I went out to promote the movie Vantage Point and ended up travelling to nine countries in three weeks. It was incredibly stressful and I smoked a bit."

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Creepy New Art For 'Last Winter' DVD Release

21 May 2008 4:38 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Discover the horrifying evil frozen beneath the arctic tundra as Genius Products presents the psychological thriller/ environmental message movie The Last Winter on DVD July 22. Starring Ron Perlman (Hellboy), James LeGros (Vantage Point), Connie Britton (NBCs Friday Night Lights), Zach Gilford (NBCs Friday Night Lights) and Kevin Corrigan (Definitely, Maybe), and directed by Larry Fessenden (The Brave One), you can check out full details and new art inside.

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Three More Become 'Obsessed' With Screen Gems Film

3 May 2008 5:32 PM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

We learned this morning that Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill (Vantage Point) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Halloween, April Fool's Day) will join the previously announced Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter and Idris Elba in Sony Screen Gems' Obsessed, which begins lensing May 5 in Los Angeles, Ca. In the film directed by Steven Shill, Elba will play an asset manager who has a knockout wife (Knowles) and thriving career until a temp office worker (Larter) begins stalking him. The screenplay was written by David Loughery.

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