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Raul Ruiz's Widow Takes Over His Film 'The Lines Of Wellington' Starring John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve & Isabelle Huppert

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 2:37 PM
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Last summer, the cinema world lost the great, prolific and distinctive filmmaker Raul Ruiz. Probably best known to contemporary audiences for "The Mysteries Of Lisbon," the Cannes winner has in the middle of preparations for his next film, "The Lines Of Wellington," which was set to center around the Battle Of Bussaco in 1810 and the French invasion of Portugal. Well, fans will be relieved to know the movie is still happening.
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More: John Malkovich, Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, The Lines Of Wellington

Will Ferrell Loves Brew: Scorpion Beer Ad For 'Casa De Mi Padre' & Super Bowl Spot For Old Milwaukee

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 1:50 PM
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As he proved in "Old School," no one knows his way around beer better than Will Ferrell. And in less than 24 hours, we've been graced with two alochol fueled spots from the comic actor.
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Annapurna Pictures To Finance John Hillcoat's Cop Drama 'Triple Nine'; Could It Be His Next Film?

  • By Edward Davis
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  • February 6, 2012 1:39 PM
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Last week, one of our eagle-eyed writers noticed that the generally secretive Annapurna Pictures website had listed Spike Jonze’s latest film as “in production.” Intrigued, we immediately shot off emails to Annapurna reps (the company itself does not answer questions about its production by phone). We heard nothing back until the next day when Deadline reported that Spike Jonze’s latest project, an self-penned, untitled quirky romance picture, was looking to cast Joaquin Phoenix, Carey Mulligan, Amy Adams and Samantha Morton. Coincidence? Possibly, but we’re not sitting around waiting for this one to slip through either.
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More: John Hillcoat, Triple Nine, Annapurna Pictures

Watch: Pedro Almodovar Models For Missoni & Features In Bizarre Video Ad Campaign

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 1:12 PM
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After making his leading ladies look gorgeous in film after film, it looks like someone decided that director Pedro Almodovar should get the model treatment.
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Roland Joffe's 'Singularity' With Josh Hartnett Runs Into Legal & Financial Woes, May Not Be Completed

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 12:24 PM
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We'll be totally honest, we kind of completely forgot this movie existed or was even happening, although with this latest bit of news, perhaps it's no surprise. But let's recap a bit, shall we? In the works since '90s, and originally set to star Brendan Fraser and Aishwarya Rai, filming finally got underway on Roland Joffe's "Singularity" in late 2010 with Josh Hartnett, Bipashu Basu and Neve Campbell. The film boasts an ambitious story, first taking place in 2020, centering on a modern day marine biologist Jay Fennel (Hartnett) who undertakes a near-fatal dive to save his wife Laura (Campbell) while exploring an 18th Century merchant ship wreckage. He winds up in a Boston hospital in a dream-like coma, where he envisions India in 1778 where British captain James Stewart (Hartnett, again) is about to embark on a dangerous mission and falls in love with a Marathi warrior named Tulaja Naik (Basu). But it seems from day one, there were problems.
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More: Singularity, Roland Joffé, Josh Hartnett, Neve Campbell

Abel Ferrara Reaffirms His Dominque Strauss-Kahn Pic With Gerard Depardieu Will Shoot In June (Producers Are Not So Certain)

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 11:40 AM
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Abel Ferrara continues to insist disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be the inspiration for an upcoming film. First revealed at the tail end of last year, reports surfaced that the director was looking at Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani to star in a movie that will use the Strasse-Kahn affair, and incidents involving Bill Clinton and Silvio Berlusconi and more to tell a fictionalized tale about sexual scandals. Production company Wild Bunch were quick to downplay any connection to DSK saying the film would only have "a little bit" of influence from his highly publicized incident in New York City. While, we'll have to see how it all plays out, Ferrara is quickly moving on the project.
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More: Abel Ferrara, Gérard Depardieu, Isabelle Adjani

Al Pacino Get Animated, Replaces Javier Bardem As Villain Of 'Despicable Me 2'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • February 6, 2012 11:22 AM
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At this point, it's easier to name the actors who haven't lent their voices to a big CGI animated film than it is to name the ones who have. Ever since Robin Williams played the genie in "Aladdin" back in 1992, stars have been a key part of bringing audiences into big-screen cartoons, while Pixar have given rare lead roles to character actors like Craig T Nelson and Patton Oswalt in their admirable policy of going with the right person for the voice first, and a name second. As such, there's only a few holdouts, A-list or otherwise, to hit the recording booth, and their ranks just got a little smaller, as a man who's been a star for forty years is about to make his animation debut.
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More: Al Pacino, Despicable Me 2

Watch: Super Bowl Ads From Bobby Farrelly, Craig Gillespie, Noam Murro, Jake Scott & More

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 10:48 AM
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Ah, the Super Bowl. Where nobody cares who really won, but instead the post-game chatter is about M.I.A.'s middle finger (snore), Madonna's halftime show (double snore) and of course, the ads. In case you missed it, all the movie spots are rounded up right here, but guess what? There's even more. /Film has done a good job collection the numerous spots from some filmmakers you might have heard of, who earned some extra coin taking on these directing gigs. So let's take a look.
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More: Bobby Farrelly, Jake Scott, Noam Murro, Craig Gillespie, Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.

Watch: 9 Minute Preview & 3 Clips Of Chris Pine, Tom Hardy & Reese Witherspoon In McG's 'This Means War'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • February 6, 2012 10:17 AM
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Picking a Valentine's Day movie is always a tricky thing: do you pander to marketing and go with something love-themed, or do you just pick something you both want to see? The correct answer is always "find somewhere playing 'Casablanca,' " but in lieu of that, the studios have lined up a wealth of options -- Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams in "The Vow" for the more romantically-minded, or Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in action mode in "Safe House," both of which open this Friday, just in time for Valentine's Day.
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More: McG, This Means War, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon

Eli Roth To Star, Selena Gomez To Cameo In Earthquake Thriller 'Aftershock'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 6, 2012 9:57 AM
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It was well over a year ago that word first arrived that Eli Roth was lending his producing powers to a couple of genre flicks: "Clown" based on a fake movie trailer from commercial directors Jon Watts and Christopher D. Ford and "Aftershock," a high-octane horror-thriller set during the aftermath of the February 27, 2010 Chilean earthquake. And then, not much else was heard of since. Well, with buyers now headed to Germany for the Berlin Film Festival, one title already has several interested suitors fighting each other to snag the rights.
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More: Aftershock, Eli Roth, Selena Gomez

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