Indiewire Browse the indiewire network

The Playlist

The obsessives' guide to contemporary cinema via film discussion, news, reviews, features, nostalgia, movie music, soundtracks, DVDs and more.

Interviews

Actors

Directors

Archives

The Playlist

Casting: Neil LaBute Enlists Ethan Hawke, Vera Farmiga For New Thriller; Logan Lerman Joins Brad Pitt For ‘Fury’

  • By Edward Davis
  • |
  • May 6, 2013 7:06 PM
  • |
  • 4 Comments
News
Logan Lerman might be known for the forgettable “Percy Jackson” films (a sequel arrives this summer), but he almost scored the coveted lead in “The Amazing Spider-Man” a few years ago and he impressed with his acting chops in “The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.” Casting directors and filmmakers have noticed. He’s getting called up into the big leagues and will join Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf in the WWII tank thriller “Fury” that “End of Watch” filmmaker David Ayer is writing and directing for Sony Pictures. The movie is already set for a Fall 2014 release and it’s an interesting one because it will be Ayer’s first non police-centered movie. Let’s hope unlike the almost great “End Of Watch,” the visual material doesn’t stand in the way of a good story and strong dynamic.
Read More »
More: Ethan Hawke, Julia Vera, Neil LaBute, Logan Lerman, Brad Pitt, Fury, David Ayer, The Spoils of Babylon, Minions, Despicable Me 2, Into The Woods

David Ayer Taps Into His 'Fury' To Direct WWII Pic

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
  • |
  • February 14, 2013 10:15 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
News
Until now, David Ayer has pretty much been known for one thing: cop flicks. "Training Day," "Dark Blue," "S.W.A.T.," "Harsh Times" and "End Of Watch" all bear his name as writer and/or director, but Ayer is taking a sharp left turn for his next effort, and kicking things up a notch.
Read More »
More: David Ayer, Fury

TIFF Review: Chest-Beating LAPD Cop Drama 'End Of Watch' Is Clichéd & Monotonous

  • By Simon Abrams
  • |
  • September 8, 2012 10:46 PM
  • |
  • 5 Comments
News
Like "Harsh Times" before it, police drama "End of Watch" conflates realism with sensationalism. In fact, writer/director David Ayer sustains an abrasive tone throughout "End of Watch" in a number of ways. Firstly, Ayer gives his buddy cop drama a cheap kind of immediacy by having his macho, Alpha male Los Angeles cop protagonists film their lives as police officers. Button-sized cameras and hand-held digital cameras aren’t however just used by the police: both the local Mexican drug cartel members and the black gang-bangers that the 13th district cops have to keep an eye out for use cameras to document and valorize their activities too.
Read More »
More: End of Watch, David Ayer, TIFF, Review, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña

Joe Manganiello Joins 'Breacher' With Arnold Schwarzenegger & Sam Worthington

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
  • |
  • August 7, 2012 10:40 AM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
News
It's likely just a matter of time before Joe Manganiello becomes a big deal on the big screen. The "True Blood" star was in the final batch of contenders to lead Zack Snyder's "Man Of Steel," and this summer he showed that his big physique was just as capable of delivering laughs in Steven Soderbergh's "Magic Mike." Now it looks like Manganiello's imposing bod will get another shot at proving he's multiplex muscle as the actor is gearing up to join a fast-moving cop thriller.
Read More »
More: Joe Manganiello, Breacher, David Ayer

5 Directors Who Could Replace David Slade On The 'Daredevil' Reboot

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
  • |
  • July 12, 2012 2:55 PM
  • |
  • 4 Comments
Features
There's a job vacancy going at 20th Century Fox. And one that needs to be filled pretty urgently. Late last night, it was announced that David Slade, director of "Hard Candy," "30 Days Of Night and "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," who'd won the job of helming a reboot of Marvel superhero "Daredevil" for the studio, had left the project, citing a commitment to the pilot of NBC series "Hannibal." Directors leave projects all the time, but what makes this a bit of a problem for Fox is that the clock is ticking on their option on the character, and if a film isn't before cameras before the end of the year, the rights are likely to revert back to Marvel, cutting off a potential cash cow. And so a new director is needed, and needed fast.
Read More »
More: Features, Daredevil, Joe Carnahan, David Ayer, Pete Travis, Boaz Yakin, Olivier Megaton

Posters For Robert Zemeckis' 'Flight,' Cate Shortland's 'Lore' & David Ayer's 'End Of Watch'

  • By Simon Dang
  • |
  • June 8, 2012 11:39 AM
  • |
  • 2 Comments
News
Here's a trio of posters from three very different helmers: one from a seasoned pro returning to live action after a stint in mo-cap, one following up a superb directorial debut with a foreign-language novel adaptation and the last a genre specialist tackling what he knows best.
Read More »
More: Robert Zemeckis, Denzel Washington, Cate Shortland, Lore, David Ayer, End of Watch, Flight

Arnold Schwarzenegger & David Ayer Team For Thriller 'Ten'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
  • |
  • May 7, 2012 3:25 PM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
News
Well, he's back and Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to pile on the movie projects while old dudes blowing stuff up continues to be make money. He's got "The Expendables 2" coming this summer, "The Last Stand" and "The Tomb" looking set for 2013 and now he's tossing another movie on the slate.
Read More »
More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Ayer, Ten, Open Road Films

Watch The Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Peña Star In Gritty Cop Thriller 'End Of Watch'

  • By Edward Davis
  • |
  • May 3, 2012 2:07 PM
  • |
  • 3 Comments
News
A found footage cop movie? OK, not quite, but David Ayer's "End of Watch," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as two cops in the LAPD, definitely has that visceral, super intimate, shot on digital-cameras look to it. Or as Ayer once described it: an "in your face” POV style, and that's definitely the case.
Read More »
More: End of Watch, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Ayer, Michael Peña

Open Road Films Picks Up David Ayer's Cop-Drama 'End Of Watch' Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Pena

  • By Simon Dang
  • |
  • February 24, 2012 11:43 AM
  • |
  • 1 Comment
News
After the box office success of Joe Carnahan's "The Grey" starring Liam Neeson, it looks like distribution shingle Open Road Films has a bit of cash to splash now reportedly in final negotiations to acquire David Ayer's third directorial effort in cop-drama "End Of Watch."
Read More »
More: David Ayer, Michael Peña, Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch, Open Road Films

'Training Day' Scribe David Ayer Developing HBO Show; J.J. Abrams Sets Up Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Show At NBC & More

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
  • |
  • February 6, 2012 10:38 AM
  • |
  • 0 Comments
Television
With Michael Mann and David Milch's HBO show "Luck," which features filmic talent like Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Michael Gambon and Joan Allen, among others, being picked up for a second season only days after the first episode aired, the spate of cinematic types dipping their toe into television shows no sign of letting up, particularly as it's currently the time of year where networks are comissioning pilots. And as such, there's a brace of TV news from the last few days featuring names best known for their big-screen work.
Read More »
More: David Ayer, J. J. Abrams, Phillip Noyce, Bryan Singer

Follow Us

Email Updates

What's Poppin'

Recent Comments

Blog Roll

Around The Network

the network

indiewire

categories