Stephen Gaghan News

February 20, 2009
Stephen Gaghan Chases Dead Spy Running
Warner Bros. has hired Stephen Gaghan to write the screenplay for its McG-directed adaptation of John Stock's "Dead Spy Running," a thriller that "aims to reinvent the spy genre by telling the origin story of a newly trained spy in a tone that mixes the grittiness of 'The Bourne Identity' with the wittiness of John Le Carre's oeuvre." More...

September 15, 2006
James Bond Loves Heineken Beer (and a new poster!)
Not too long ago we shared with you the astonishingly fascinating news that James Bond prefers Smirnoff Vodka over all the other brands. But if you're not a vodka person and you'd still like to be just like 007, feel free to order a Heineken. More...

January 31, 2006
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted that "Walk the Line" would get nominated over "Capote" for Best Picture, and I picked Croneberg for director over Benett Miller.) Anyhow, here are the nominations for us to rant and rave about for the next five weeks... More...

January 5, 2006
Writers' & Producers' Guilds Deliver Their '05 Noms
As usual we rely on Movie City News to bring us the "best of 2005" picks from the critics, and now come the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). More...

December 12, 2005
The Lion, the Witch, and the Very Impressive Weekend
Disney & Walden's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" had a pretty fantastic opening weekend at the box office, pulling in just over $67 million from 3,600 theaters. "Narnia" became the #3 biggest opening of the year, behind only "Star Wars Episode 3" and "Harry Potter Episode 4." More...

November 21, 2005
"Syriana" Photo Gallery Update
Want a sneak peek at the new George Clooney-Matt Damon blood-for-oil flick? 43 new photos from the political thriller "Syriana" are now available for viewing, here. More...

October 6, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Syriana
Yahoo! Movies has the first look at the rather intense and intriguing trailer for Stephen Gaghan's political thriller "Syriana," which boasts and all-star cast and a rather topical plot. More...