Latest News On Jon Avnet
October 03, 2008
UK Critics Consensus: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People Does Just That; Whilst Brideshead Revisited Is Resisted
In the UK cinemas this week we have two literary adaptations with Simon Pegg as an irksome hack in How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, and Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited is given the big screen treatment, 27 years after the seminal ITV... More...
September 04, 2007
De Niro, Pacino Get Company in Righteous Kill
Film fans had to wait decades to see Robert De Niro and Al Pacino share scenes in 1995's Heat. Their second act -- next year's Righteous Kill -- is coming together much more quickly than the first, and ComingSoon has news on new additions to the... More...
May 18, 2007
De Niro and Pacino ... Back Together Again!
Fans of "The Godfather Part 2" and "Heat" may want to read this: Looks like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are about to reunite to make another crime thriller. And soon, too! More...
December 08, 2006
The Weekly Ketchup: "Spider-Man 3" Teasers, "Pirates 3" Pics And Rumors, "Transformers" Images, And More!
In this week's Ketchup, we just can't get enough of those tidbits from the upcoming third installments of "Spider-Man" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" and the live-action "Transformers." More...
August 02, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Al Pacino in "88 Minutes"
Al Pacino's latest is a fairly slick-looking thriller called "88 Minutes" that, for some reason or another, has been sitting on a shelf at Universal for quite some time. Pacino plays a forensic psychiatrist who's told he only has 88... More...
March 09, 2006
Avnet Set to Visit "Second World"
Veteran filmmaker Jon Avnet has signed on to direct an action thriller called "Second World," which he promises will be a "ride from beginning to end." The concept sounds solid, Jon, so we're holding you to that promise. More...
October 10, 2005
Trio Signs on for Pacino's "88 Minutes"
The Hollywood Reporter informs us that Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski and Neal McDonough have signed on to star opposite Al Pacino in Jon Avnet's crime drama "88 Minutes," which begins principal photography Saturday in Vancouver. More...
July 19, 2005
Pacino to Hang Around for Precisely "88 Minutes"
Legendary actor Al Pacino ("Dog Day Afternoon") will team up with director Jon Avnet ("Fried Green Tomatoes") to deliver "88 Minutes," which Variety describes as a thriller that "focuses on a college professor... More...


