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Catherine Hardwicke Tapped For Big Screen Adaptation Of Sci-Fi Bestseller 'Age Of Miracles'

By Drew Taylor
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April 3, 2013 6:26 PM
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After kicking off the "Twilight" franchise and promptly being replaced by an array of different (and, it should be noted, male) directors, director Catherine Hardwicke has been somewhat adrift. She did a decidedly "Twilight"-ish take on "Red Riding Hood" for Warner Bros. before the fairy tale craze really bloomed, and just completed a contemporary thriller called "Plush" that she co-wrote. But now she's headed back to the bestseller list, with an adaptation of Karen Thompson Walker's buzzy debut novel "The Age of Miracles" for River Road Entertainment. The adaptation was written by "Hanna" scribe Seth Lochhead and will be produced by River Road's founder Bill Pohlad.

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Emily Browning To Star In Catherine Hardwicke's Thriller 'Plush'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 25, 2012 5:38 PM
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We're sure Catherine Hardwicke and Evan Rachel Wood are still pals, but sometimes scheduling or a variety of other reasons keep two people from working together. Earlier this year it looked like the "Thirteen" star and director were going to reunite on "Plush," but alas, things don't seem to have worked out. But another capable star is looking to come off the bench and sub in.

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Catherine Hardwicke To Direct '60s Brit Gangster Pic 'Diamond'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 22, 2012 9:40 AM
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After taking a sharp swing towards the mainstream with "Twilight" and "Red Riding Hood," it seems that director Catherine Hardwicke is determined to get back to the indie grit with which she made her name, with films like "Thirteen" and "Lords Of Dogtown." Over the past year she's aligned herself with a handful of projects including the provocatively named book adaptation "The Bitch Posse"; a boxing biopic with Noomi Rapace attached; and the erotic thriller "Plush" with Evan Rachel Wood. And now another project has landed on her slate that has nothing to do with vampires or werewolves.

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Catherine Hardwicke To Reunite With Evan Rachel Wood For Erotic, L.A.-Set Thriller 'Plush'

By Simon Dang
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February 5, 2012 8:34 AM
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Seems like Catherine Hardwicke ("Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown") is trying to hone in on a grittier return behind the camera. After "Twilight" and "Red Riding Hood," the helmer was linked to an adaptation of the potentially franchise-spawning "The Maze Runner," but soon focused her attentions on troubled-teen tale "The Bitch Posse" and a biopic of Swedish boxer Bo "Bosse" Högberg starring former partners Noomi and Bo Rapace.

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Catherine Hardwicke To Direct Noomi Rapace In Swedish Boxing Biopic Opposite Ex-Husband

By Kevin Jagernauth
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June 29, 2011 10:07 AM
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It was just a couple of weeks ago when director Catherine Hardwicke hinted at her next movie saying, “I have another project that looks like it’s going to go first. It’s in Sweden and Germany, and it’s really wild. I can’t quite talk about it, but we’ll probably do the announcement in a couple of weeks." Well, right on schedule, that news has arrived.

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Catherine Hardwicke Plotting Wild European, 'Thirteen'-Esque Project Based On A True Story

By Simon Dang
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June 13, 2011 1:37 AM
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After impressing early in her career with "Thirteen" and "Lords Of Dogtown," Catherine Hardwicke hasn't exactly lived up to her promise in recent times, getting behind the first installment of the 'Twilight' franchise and delivering the tepid "Red Riding Hood" earlier this year.

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Catherine Hardwicke To Direct 'The Bitch Posse'

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 6, 2011 5:07 AM
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For a moment there, we thought we lost director Catherine Hardwicke to the tentpole world. She made a smash success out of vampire/human romance with "Twilight," teamed up with Warner Bros. for the egregious "Red Riding Hood" (which this writer already places on the Worst Of The Year list) and late last year, she signed on for another tween blockbuster, "The Maze Runner." But it looks like she's ready to get her hands dirty again.

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Review: 'Red Riding Hood' A Brooding Tweenage Fairy Tale

By Drew Taylor
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March 10, 2011 4:13 AM
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Catherine Hardwicke, for better or worse, has largely defined what we have experienced, cinematically, for the past couple of years. Her influence might get lost in the shuffle, since every subsequent film has been helmed by a different director, but with the look and feel of the first "Twilight"' movie, she set the stage for a whole bunch of copycats and wannabes, which makes it all the more startling that she's returning to remarkably similar (hallowed) ground, with a revisionist take on "Red Riding Hood."

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Watch: New 'Red Riding Hood' Trailer Is Basically 'Twilight' In Olden Times

By Kevin Jagernauth
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January 20, 2011 7:34 AM
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We're beginning to lose faith in you Catherine Hardwicke. You came on the scene with a one-two punch with "Thirteen" and "Lords of Dogtown," took a paycheck gig directing "Twilight" and yes, we understand that your musical "Hamlet" with Emile Hirsch didn't come together, but surely you can do more than retreat to another tween tentpole? Anyway, the latest trailer for "Red Riding Hood" has arrived and it will speak to the 13-year-old girl inside of you.

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'Jackie' Scribe Noah Oppenheim To Write 'The Maze Runner' For Catherine Hardwicke

By Oliver Lyttelton
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January 5, 2011 2:32 AM
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There's nothing quite like momentum. You struggle for years, working miserable day jobs and writing desperately at night to no avail, but as soon as you land your first gig, you've suddenly got more offers than you know what to do with. Fast-rising screenwriter Noah Oppenheim didn't quite have the same experience as most scribes, parking cars and waiting tables -- he spent years working in TV, as a Senior Producer on both NBC's "Today" show, and "Hardball" on CNBC, as well as co-creating "Mad Money" with Jim Cramer, for which someone should probably give him a slap.

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