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David Koepp To Write Johnny Depp's 'The Thin Man' Remake

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 30, 2011 7:37 AM
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With "The Lone Ranger" not so much riding into the sunset as being shot dead at high noon by the folks over at Disney, Johnny Depp will have to find something else to do and seems to be using the new space in his calendar to get one of the many projects he has in development moving.
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More: Films, The Thin Man, David Koepp

'Jack Ryan' Reboot Film, 'Moscow,' Getting David Koepp Rewrite (How Many Writers Has This Had Now?)

  • By Edward Davis
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  • April 28, 2011 11:41 AM
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  • 3 Comments
Jesus, how many screenwriters does it take to screw in a lightbulb, errr, get a screenplay to a proper place that studio and stars are happy with? In the case of the Jack Ryan reboot -- you remember that franchise, "The Hunt For Red October," "Patriot Games," "Clear and Present Danger," "The Sum Of All Fears," that saw Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and less successfully, Ben Affleck play CIA agent Jack Ryan as written by Tom Clancy -- it evidently takes a lot of writers.
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More: Actors, Films In Development, David Koepp, Untitled Jack Ryan Reboot

'Men In Black 3' Starting To Sound Like A $200 Million Train Wreck

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • March 10, 2011 1:55 AM
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  • 5 Comments
Film Greenlit With Only One Act Of The Script Ready; New Writer David Koepp Refusing To Talk To Producer Walter Parkes Considering how tricky the genre is to pull off, the original "Men in Black" still stands as one of the more successful stabs at the sci-fi comedy. It's no "Galaxy Quest" or anything, and it derails a bit in the third act, but for the most part it was inventive, genuinely funny and starred a central pair with perfect chemistry. 2002's sequel? Not so much; a bloated, unfunny mess that failed to capture pretty much any of what worked in the original. A third film is, belatedly, on the way, but a fascinating look at the behind the scenes shenanigans suggests it's going to land much nearer the second installment than the first.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Barry Sonnenfeld, Men In Black 3, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Emma Thompson, Alice Eve, David Koepp

David Koepp Gets Back On The Merry-Go-Round Of Writers On 'Men In Black 3'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 2, 2011 8:56 AM
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How much messier can the production of "Men In Black 3" get? At this rate, the making of the film is going to be far more interesting than the film itself.
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'Men In Black 3D' Gets One More Writer As Film Moves Towards Production

  • By Edward Davis
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  • November 16, 2010 7:15 AM
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Jeff Nathanson To Do Time-Travel Section Polish On Top Of David Koepp and Etan Cohen; Film's Production Broken Into Two PartsAfter a few delays, "Men In Black 3D" or Men In Black 3," however you want to refer to it, starts production in New York tomorrow and right on time, Columbia Pictures has hired new writer Jeff Nathanson -- credits include "Catch Me If You Can" and "Rush Hour 2" -- to give another polish to the script. Wait how does that work? A film goes into production and you just hire a new writer?
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More: Films, Actors, Men In Black 3, Tommy Lee Jones, Jeff Nathanson, Etan Cohen, David Koepp

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