Mike Nichols News

August 17, 2009
Mike Nichols Gets Into Deep Water
Patricia Highsmith's 1957 novel "Deep Water" will get the feature film treatment courtesy of Fox 2000, where Mike Nichols is set up to direct from a Joe Penhall script. More...

October 29, 2008
Mike Nichols Directing Kurosawa Remake
How's this for a confluence of behind-the-scenes talent: Mike Nichols is set to direct a David Mamet-scripted remake of Akira Kurosawa's "High and Low" for Miramax, with Scott Rudin (and possibly Martin Scorsese) producing. More...

October 11, 2007
DiCaprio, Clooney Eye Farragut North Adaptation
It's yet to begin its Broadway run, but Beau Willimon's Farragut North is already being adapted for the screen -- with Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney attached. More...

July 13, 2007
Spielberg and Sorkin Pair Up For '60s Protest Flick
When one of the most celebrated writers in Hollywood teams up with one of the greatest directors who ever lived -- I bet a few good movies might be the result. More...

December 27, 2006
New Cast Members Join Jessica Simpson's "Blonde Ambition"
Did you know that Jessica Simpson will soon be starring in a (semi-)remake of Mike Nichols' "Working Girl"? Yep, she'll be co-starring with a bunch of interesting folks, too. Scott Marshall ("Keeping Up with the Steins") is directing. More...

June 19, 2006
Hoffman to Star with Hanks and Then Face the "Devil"
Fresh off his Best Actor Oscar for "Capote," Philip Seymour Hoffman now has a pair of high-profile projects underway. In the first one he'll co-star with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts -- and the second is with legendary director Sidney Lumet. More...

January 11, 2006
Julia Roberts to Make Her Return in "War" Movie
Variety reports that Ms. Julia Roberts, who hasn't been in a flick since 2004's "Ocean's Twelve," is planning to co-star with Tom Hanks in Mike Nichols' and Universal's "Charlie Wilson's War." More...

November 29, 2004
Closer With Mike Nichols
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