Nick Cassavetes News

May 8, 2012
Nick Cassavetes Is Taking Kristen Stewart to Cali
K-Stew signs on for the "Notebook" director's "gritty action" project. More...

April 10, 2011
Nick Cassavetes Replaces Liam Neeson for Hangover Part II
The ongoing saga of that "Hangover Part II" cameo just got a little stranger. More...

April 16, 2009
Trailer Bulletin: My Sister's Keeper
The Nick Cassavetes-directed adaptation of Jodi Picoult's bestselling novel "My Sister's Keeper" reaches theaters on June 26 -- watch the trailer now. More...

March 24, 2009
Cassavetes Rules New Line's Peaceable Kingdom
Nick Cassavetes has agreed to direct "Peaceable Kingdom," a drama about the life and work of conservationist Dame Daphne Sheldrick. More...

September 23, 2008
Cassavetes Woos Keira Knightley for Damned Period Drama
Keira Knightley is in talks to play Zelda Sayre in "The Beautiful and the Damned," Nick Cassavetes' look at the relationship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and the woman who became his wife. More...

December 21, 2007
The Weekly Ketchup: Dark Knight Trailer, Peter Jackson Back On Hobbit, Terminator 4 Plot Details
In this week's Ketchup, those who missed the Dark Knight intro at the IMAX get a nice consolation prize, Tolkien fans can rest easy as Peter Jackson makes peace with New Line, and Terminator 4 plot details are leaked online. More...

October 25, 2007
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning Teaming Up for My Sister's Keeper
They aren't even in high school yet, but the Fanning sisters are already grizzled Hollywood veterans -- and now they're teaming up onscreen for the first time. More...

January 11, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Can Sony "Stomp" the "Museum?"
Can Ben Stiller and his living artifacts four-peat at the top of the North American box office, or will one of the new releases take the crown over the four-day Dr. Martin Luther King holiday weekend? Ticket buyers will decide. More...

January 11, 2007
Critical Consensus: "Invisibles" Lacks Focus; "Stomp" Comes Up Short; "Curse" Is A Mixed Blessing; "Dog" Has Bite; "Primeval" Not Screened
This week at the movies, we've got a kid who ventures into a magical world ("Arthur and the Invisibles," with voice work from Robert De Niro and Madonna), a frat dance-off ("Stomp the Yard," starring Meagan Good), a lavish tale set during the Tang Dynasty ("The Curse of the Golden Flower," starring Chow Yun-Fat and Gong Li) and a ripped-from-the-headlines teen crime pic ("Alpha Dog," starring Bruce Willis and Justin Timberlake). What do the critics have to say? More...

December 19, 2006
RTIndie: Suit-Seeking Bob Dylan Isn't the Only One Against "Factory Girl"
Much has been made lately of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's demands to screen the Weinstein Co.'s upcoming Oscar hopeful, but it's only the latest in a growing trend of troubling rumors surrounding the Edie Sedgwick biopic. More...

April 26, 2006
"Iron Man" Screenplay = Good Enough?
The movie freaks over at Latino Review (apparently) got a peek at the screenplay for New Line's eventual "Iron Man" flick, as written by genre specialists Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and David Hayter. Since I refuse to ever read a script review, I can't offer much commentary, but the LR guys give the screenplay a grade of B- (or "good enough"), which would make it better than "Fantastic Four," at least. More...

February 22, 2006
Cassavetes Working on Fact-Based "Bomb"
Filmmaker Nick Cassavetes will soon get to work on "Bombing Harvey," a fact-based tale of a Hungarian scientist who tried to plant a bomb in a Lake Tahoe casino in an effort to retrieve the $3,000,000 he lost at the gaming tables. More...

November 4, 2005
"Iron Man" Flees New Line and Heads Back Home to Marvel
For two years an "Iron Man" languished over at New Line, but the rights to the character have recently reverted back to the Marvel-eers, and uber-producer Avi Arad seems pretty excited about getting the adaptation ramped up at home. More...

December 9, 2004
Justin Timberlake as Iron Man Rumor Untrue
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November 30, 2004
Notebook Director to Helm Iron Man
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