Rod Lurie News

July 1, 2010
Rod Lurie Discusses His Straw Dogs Remake
He says the release date is still "hazy," but Rod Lurie has been hard at work on his "Straw Dogs" remake, and here's what you can expect when it reaches theaters. More...

July 16, 2009
Bosworth and Skarsgard are Straw Dogs
Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard have signed on for Rod Lurie's remake of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," joining a cast that already included James Marsden. More...

May 1, 2009
Rod Lurie Tells Nothing But the Truth
With two movies headed to theaters last fall, it looked like 2008 was going to be a banner year for Rod Lurie -- but everything can change in the blink of a studio bankruptcy, as the director discusses in a new interview. More...

April 23, 2009
James Marsden Joins Straw Dogs
James Marsden has been cast as the male lead in Rod Lurie's reimagining of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs." More...

December 19, 2008
Five Favorite Films with Director Rod Lurie
Nothing But the Truth director Rod Lurie (The Contender) took a circuitous route to Hollywood -- he was an army officer and an entertainment reporter before perching himself in the director s chair. He's also an engaging conversationalist, full of insight on the key issues of the day, especially where the worlds of film, politics, and journalism collide. More...

December 10, 2008
Rod Lurie: Why Film Critics Matter
Even before our economic malaise started evaporating jobs by the thousands, 2008 was a bad year to be a professional film critic -- and Rod Lurie, in his latest column for the Huffington Post, reminds us why we should all be concerned. More...

November 21, 2008
Rod Lurie Talks Straw Dogs Remake
Want to know what in the world would possess Rod Lurie to remake "Straw Dogs"? So did CHUD's Devin Faraci, and in a recent interview with Lurie, he had the chance to get the answer. More...

July 19, 2007
Kate Beckinsale to Topline Lurie's Valerie Plame Pic
Film critic turned film maker Rod Lurie will write and direct "Nothing But the Truth" for the Yari Film Group. Semi-based on actual events, it'll be about a newspaper report who "outs" a CIA agent and refuses to divulge her sources. More...

June 23, 2006
"Indiana Jones 4" Script Near Done; Spielberg Always Busy
Master filmmaker Steven Spielberg has averaged a movie a year since the year 2000, so we understand if the guy needs to take a few months vacation, but (as usual) the guy's back burner is absolutely stuffed with alluring projects ... not the least of which is the ravenously anticipated "Indiana Jones 4." More...