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'Page Eight,' 'Alps,' 'Violet & Daisy,' 'Wuthering Heights,' Machine Gun Preacher' & More Go To TIFF

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 16, 2011 2:58 AM
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Massive Slate Of Final Additions Includes 'Your Sister's Sister,' 'Hysteria,' 'Damsels In Distress,' 'Sleeping Beauty,' 'Miss Bala' & Many, Many MoreTIFF has just dropped the final batch of films slated to hit Toronto next month, and you might want to pack some Red Bull before heading up north. The number of additions is staggering, so let's get right to it shall we?
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More: Films, Foreign Films, Violet & Daisy, Trespass, Wuthering Heights, Damsels In Distress, Machine Gun Preacher, The Killer Elite, Alps, Sleeping Beauty, Miss Bala, Page 8

First Look At Gerard Butler In Marc Forster's 'Machine Gun Preacher'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • July 25, 2011 2:04 AM
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Is that what an Oscar nominated role played by Gerard Butler looks like? For the filmmakers involved, they certainly hope so.
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More: Films, Actors, Machine Gun Preacher, Gerard Butler

Marc Forster's 'Machine Gun Preacher' Starring Gerard Butler Set For September 23rd Release

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • July 7, 2011 5:45 AM
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  • 6 Comments
It was only a couple of weeks ago when it was announced that Marc Forster's "Machine Gun Preacher," a potential Oscar vehicle for Gerard Butler, was moving from Lionsgate to Relativity who planned to give the film the full awards season treatment. And it looks like they are going to get this one out of the gate pretty damn early.
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Relativity Buys 'Machine Gun Preacher' From Lionsgate In Hopes Of Getting Gerard Butler An Oscar Nom

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • June 15, 2011 1:19 AM
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Considering his run of recent performances... actually, let's strike that and start again. Considering almost every performance he's ever given, ever, perhaps bar a decent vocal turn in "How To Train Your Dragon," the idea of Gerard Butler as a potential Oscar nominee is a bizarre one: this is, after all, the man who, in films like "Law Abiding Citizen," "The Ugly Truth" and "The Bounty Hunter" has give some of the most wretched bits of acting in recent memory, and whose signature role is still King Shouty in "300." But before the just-starting-to-gear-up awards season kicks off, it's something that we could possibly end up seeing.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Marc Forster, Machine Gun Preacher, Michael Shannon, Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan

The Escapist & Potentially Entertaining Films Of 2011 - Part 2

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 7, 2011 11:09 AM
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We won't lie. This is a mish-mash of leftover films. Not least anticipated, not fervently most anticipated. They are The Escapist (and umm, other films) that didn't quite fit in our other previous lists. They're a mix of indies that we're hoping to have quality performances in them and more traditional action-y, popcorn flicks that could be quality because of the directors or talent involved. You'll just have to read a little deeper to see how we feel about each. In case you missed it, here's part one.“The Cold Light of Day" - Summit - dir. Mabrouk El MechriSynopsis: A cocky young Wall Street trader is thrust into a government conspiracy when his family is kidnapped on vacation in Spain.What You Need To Know: With a script by Scott Wipter ("The Wire") and John Petro, the film will mark the American debut of French-Tunisian helmer Mabrouk El Mechri, who has the interesting and entertaining Jean Claude Van Damme crime-comedy “JCVD” on his resume (a film that both Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino both loved). This latest film has a solid leading trio of stars in Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver, but more interestingly, will see Weaver play a villainess (originally written for a male actor) who takes on the father-son duo of Cavill and Willis.Release Date: TBD
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More: Films, Genre Films, Goon, Animated Films, Red Lights, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Son Of No One, Machine Gun Preacher, Spy Kids 4, Winnie The Pooh, Hop, Gnomeo & Juliet

Carter Burwell Returning To 'Twilight' Franchise To Score 'Breaking Dawn'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • January 7, 2011 2:39 AM
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Oscar Winning Joe Wright Regular Dario Marianelli To Score 'Jane Eyre'; Asche & Spencer Work Again With Marc Forster On 'Machine Gun Preacher'Coen Brothers and Spike Jonze regular collaborator Carter Burwell is set to return to the 'Twilight' since working on the first film to perform scoring duties for the final installment of the series, the two parter "Twilight: Breaking Dawn."
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More: Films, Composers, Bill Condon, Cary Fukunaga, Marc Forster, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Jane Eyre (2011), Machine Gun Preacher, Carter Burwell, Dario Marianelli, Asche & Spencer

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