December 28, 2007
David Benioff Promises Fun Wolverine
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Gavin Hood may be trying to justify directing Wolverine with his explanations of its existential metaphors, but screenwriter David Benioff just wanted to write a fun movie.
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December 13, 2007
David Benioff on The Kite Runner: The RT Interview
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Adapting a book into a feature film can be a daunting task, especially when it is one of the best selling books in recent history. But David Benioff, the screenwriter of The Kite Runner -- opening on December 14th -- bravely decided to tackle this challenge. And just for kicks, the majority of The Kite Runner is in Dari rather than English, requiring Benioff to spend countless hours working with translators to make sure each line was perfect.
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December 5, 2007
Author Khaled Hosseini on The Kite Runner: The RT Interview
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Medical doctor-turned-author Khaled Hosseini has published two bestselling novels and has a major motion picture, The Kite Runner, opening on December 14th. We talked to him about consulting with the filmmakers on a regular basis in adapting his novel to the screen.
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October 19, 2007
Smells Like a Cobain Biopic
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Nearly fifteen years after he ended it, Kurt Cobain's life is beginning its journey to theaters.
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October 18, 2007
Wolverine Gets Official Title, Release Date
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Cue the chorus of claw jokes, everyone: Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has settled on May 1, 2009 for the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
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September 19, 2007
Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal are Brothers?
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All those rumors about Jake Gyllenhaal replacing Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man don't seem to have caused a rift between the two actors -- in fact, Variety is reporting that they're negotiating to star in a remake of Susanne Bier's Brothers.
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September 10, 2007
Wolverine Set to Start Filming
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It's got a script, a director, and a star -- and now, reports TheXverse, the X-Men spinoff Wolverine is prepping for production.
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August 7, 2007
More Wolverine News Than You Can Shake a Claw At!
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In the mood for a little dish on the forthcoming Wolverine movie? How about a lot? Today's your lucky day -- Wizard has posted a fat pantsload of information, speculation, and other assorted -ations, and we're here to break it down and point you in the right direction for all the Wolvie news that's fit to print.
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August 6, 2007
Exclusive: Paramount Unveils Kite Runner Poster
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Literature is adapted into pedigree films for awards season all the time, though few are coming with more anticipation this autumn than The Kite Runner. Paramount Vantage has just given us an exclusive look at the poster to the film, based on the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini.
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July 20, 2007
Wolverine Has a Director!
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Fox has (finally) signed a director for their upcoming "Wolverine" spin-off, and the lucky helmer is ... Gavin Hood, whom you might know from the South African film "Tsotsi."
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June 7, 2007
Has Fox Chosen a "Wolverine" Director?
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According to one source, the studio has the "Wolverine" director's job down to a lead candidate ... and a backup choice.
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April 30, 2007
Has Casting Begun on "Wolverine"?
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No, we don't have any names just yet, but the fact that there's presently a casting call for the "Wolverine" movie tells us that pre-production is officially underway on the "X-Men" spinoff.
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April 27, 2007
David Goyer to Direct "Magneto"
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He's had his hand in a whole bunch of superhero flicks, and you can now add another one on to the filmography of writer/director David S. Goyer. He'll be directing and (re-)writing the "Magneto" flick for Fox.
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April 19, 2007
What's Up with the "Ender's Game" Movie?
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Anyone who's read Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" will undoubtedly want to know when someone's going to make a darn movie out of it already. The property's been bouncing around Hollywood for years now, but Warner Bros. recently dropped the project into turnaround...
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November 18, 2006
"X-Men" Producer Gives More Word on "Wolverine" Directors and "Young Magneto"
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Hugh Jackman has given as much "Wolverine" info as he could give lately, teasing the David Benioff script and announcing the search for a director. Now it's up to producer Lauren Shuler Donner to make it happen, but she's got a few other X-ideas on her plate.
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November 12, 2006
Hugh Jackman Reports "Wolverine" Offer Out to Directors
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On his press rounds for "The Prestige" and "Flushed Away" last month, Hugh Jackman promised reporters to have news on a director for the "Wolverine" film come the time of the "Fountain" junket. Unfortunately, he hasn't locked one in yet.
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October 31, 2006
Hugh Jackman Psyched for "Wolverine," Loves the Screenplay, Too
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Versatile actor Hugh Jackman is most definitely best known for his portrayal of Wolverine in the "X-Men" trilogy, and by now you're well aware that the guy's getting his very own spinoff flick. And based on what Jackman has to say about the burgeoning project, it sounds like we're in for one heck of a superhero adventure.
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August 15, 2006
"X-Men 4" Still Definitely Not Happening, Maybe
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Remember all that talk about "Nope, no fourth X-Men movie, seriously"? Well, it's only been about a month, which means that the new sequel chit-chat from the X-producers is now arriving exactly on schedule.
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May 16, 2006
Hugh Jackman Talks "Wolverine" & "Fountain"
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ComingSoon.net got Hugh Jackman to skip over the "X-Men: The Last Stand" chatter for just a few minutes, and the guy had a few fairly intriguing things to say about his upcoming "Wolverine" spin-off...
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August 11, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Stay
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Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ryan Gosling star in the psycho-thriller entitled "Stay," and iFilm.com is where you can catch the all-new trailer for the film.
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June 10, 2005
Fox & Jackman Sign a Deal: "Wolverine" is the Result
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Looks like we'll have just a little bit more of "Wolverine" to kick around once "X-Men 3" comes and goes. Variety reports of a freshly-inked deal between Fox and Hugh Jackman's Seed Productions that will bring the actor a variety of new projects and different characters.
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December 7, 2004
Wolverine Spinoff Has a Screenwriter...and Maybe a Director
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