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Al Pacino and Barry Levinson Reteaming To Adapt Philip Roth Novel 'The Humbling'

By Oliver Lyttelton
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June 11, 2011 2:00 AM
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Levinson Talks Prospect Of Helming Mob Epic 'Gotti: Three Generations'For someone who's almost incontestably one of the greatest living American novelists (there will always be naysayers...) Philip Roth has never fared well on the big screen. "Goodbye, Columbus is mostly forgotten, but fairly decent, but "Portnoy's Complaint," "The Human Stain" and "Elegy" (an adaptation of "The Dying Animal") were all disasters of varying degrees, despite excellent source material. But Hollywood ain't done with Roth yet, with news breaking that a veteran director and star, fresh off a recent success together, are joining forces again to adapt a recent work from the author.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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May 2, 2011 9:27 AM
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With Nick Cassavetes vacating the director's chair, a chill went through Hollywood as everybody from studio executives to janitors wondered who would come to man the ship on the gangster story that must be told. Well, everyone will sleep easier tonight as a replacement has been found.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 3, 2011 3:16 AM
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You gotta give up it up for Barry Levinson. While the track record has been mixed, it's certainly been interesting, as the famed director has mixed it up quite a bit with his last few films, moving from comedy in "Man Of The Year" to pointed satire in "What Just Happened," tossing in a documentary with the political flick "Poliwood" and last year, his true story pic "You Don't Know Jack" scored a staggering fifteen Emmy nominations, with Al Pacino pocketing a win. Not too bad. Now the director is set to shift gears again, for another true life tale on a much grander scale.