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Universal Picks Up WWII Book 'Unbroken' For Francis Lawrence To Direct, Scott Cooper May Write

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 4, 2011 6:56 AM
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Say what you will about music video director turned feature filmmaker Francis Lawrence, but when "I Am Legend" destroyed the box office, he quickly vaulted himself into the top tier of big budget filmmakers. That said, he seems to be making some considerable moves away from easily categorized tentpoles. This spring will see the release of the Depression-era circus drama (really) "Water For Elephants" with Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz and it looks for one of his future projects, Lawrence will shift gears dramatically again.
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Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana To Adapt 'The Color Of Lightning' For Ridley Scott

  • By Simon Dang
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  • December 15, 2010 2:02 AM
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Also Penning Comanche Drama 'Empire Of The Summer Moon' For Scott CooperLarry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, the Oscar-winning co-scribes of Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," are set to reunite to adapt two separate period Westerns novels, both being produced under the Scott Free banner with Ridley Scott himself attached to helm one and "Crazy Heart" director Scott Cooper attached to the other.
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More: Films, Actors, Scott Cooper, The Color Of Lightning, Empire Of The Summer Moon, Robert Duvall, Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana

Scott Cooper Attached To Direct Remake Of Pablo Trapero's Argentinian Thriller 'Carancho'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • November 16, 2010 2:40 AM
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Scott Cooper, director of last year's Jeff Bridges-led musical tale of redemption "Crazy Heart," is reportedly attached to direct a remake of Pablo Trapero's 2010 thriller "Carancho," which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year in the Un Certain Regard category and has been submitted as Argentina's representative for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.
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Ruben Fleischer, Jose Padilha & Scott Cooper Latest Linked To 'Tales From The Gangster Squad'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 11, 2010 1:51 AM
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One of the most hotly sought-after directorial jobs going at the moment -- or at least the one that's leaked the widest-ranging wishlist-- is Warner Bros' period action-drama "Tales From The Gangster Squad." Based on a seven-part series of articles in the LA Times, the film's been in the works for a couple of years now, with a script from former cop and current writer on "Castle," Will Beall, and focuses on a special division of the LAPD formed in 1946 to keep east coast mobsters, led by Mickey Cohen, out of the city. (A rather darker take on the material can be seen in "L.A. Confidential")
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