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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg to sign on to direct new Ten Commandments movie
Hindustan TimesDaily Mail - Jan 27, 2012
By Mike Larkin But it looks like even Charlton Heston's The Ten Commandments is not beyond the current trend of Hollywood remakes, with Steven Spielberg close to agreeing with Warner Bros to direct. According to Deadline.com however, the ET film-maker ...
Lars von Trier
The Academy Has Spoken: Lars Von Trier Shut Out of Oscar Race,...
WordandFilm.com - Jan 24, 2012
Despite being recognized as one of the year's best films by … pretty much everyone, Lars Von Trier's “Melancholia” earned zero nominations, not even for Kirsten Dunst's bravura performance as a clinically depressed newlywed with a penchant for global ...
James Cameron
James Cameron is sued AGAIN over 'Avatar' by a screenwriter
Hollywood ReporterNew York Daily News - Jan 25, 2012
By Ethan Sacks / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The characters and story of 'Avatar,' above, have spurred claims by screenwriters who say their work was unfairly used by the blockbuster film's writer and director, James Cameron. The California court system is ...
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino: 'Django Unchained' Santa Clarita Ranch Set Is 'A Blast'
Holy Moly!Moviefone - Jan 25, 2012
Precious little is known about Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Django Unchained" beyond its absurd cast (Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kerry Washington and more), ...
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam presents The Wholly Family at the Guardian
The GuardianThe Guardian - Jan 23, 2012
Terry Gilliam will be at the Guardian's offices from 7pm tonight for the online premiere of his new short, The Wholly Family. Sponsored by the Italian pasta manufacturer Garofalo, Gilliam's film sees a young boy dream of a nightmare-ish dinner after ...
Spike Lee
Spike Lee's 'Red Hook Summer' Screened At Sundance Offers A Nuanced Overview ...
BETHuffington Post - Jan 26, 2012
By Dick Staub The only real reason I saw Spike Lee's new film at the Sundance Film Festival here is because it is set in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, where my oldest daughter started her career in an elementary school with Teach for America.
Joel Schumacher
Demi Moore's Hospital Deja Vu, Decades After 'St. Elmo's Fire'
ABC News (blog)ABC News (blog) - Jan 25, 2012
People magazine reported in 1996 that Moore's alleged dependence on substances got so dire that Joel Schumacher, who directed Moore in “St. Elmo's Fire” and made her a star, threatened to fire her if she didn't get clean. “Moore promptly entered a ...
Brian de Palma
Miss Bala | Film review
Time Out ChicagoTime Out Chicago - Jan 26, 2012
By Joshua Rothkopf Stepping up in a big way, Mex-Generation director Gerardo Naranjo has clearly been hiding an inner Brian De Palma. Miss Bala starts as a lonely-girl story about a beauty-pageant hopeful trying her luck. But the camera lurks sinuously ...
Ang Lee
Matchmaker Ang Lee Introduces Rhythm & Hues to Taiwan
DatacenterDynamicsReuters - Jan 5, 2012
By Dan Bloom at TheWrap TAIPEI -- Film director Ang Lee lives in America but still has strong roots in his native Taiwan, where much of his current project "Life of Pi" was shot on location outdoors and in a giant indoor studio "ocean.
Oliver Stone
First Look At Oliver Stone's Savages
Collider.comEmpire Online - Jan 27, 2012
Universal Studio's Argentine arm has tweeted a new still from Oliver Stone's Savages, a first look at a film that we're plenty intrigued about. It's a crime drama that will hopefully mark a return to form for a director who, even his greatest fans ...