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Robert Schwentke Will Cook Up Nazi History In 'The Poison Kitchen'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 9, 2011 3:36 AM
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Late last summer, director Robert Schwentke found himself in a very enviable position in Hollywood. Word on his elderly action pic "Red" was very strong and he had a few potential projects on his plate including the U-boat drama "Shadow Divers," the Robert Ludlum adaptation "The Osterman Weekend" and of course, "R.I.P.D." which now has Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Bacon set to star and should be shooting later this year. But things are moving fast and if all goes according to plan, Schwentke will have another project to shoot next year and one that will be quite different from his last couple of efforts.
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Jodie Foster Courted To Join Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges In 'R.I.P.D.'?

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • June 27, 2011 1:45 AM
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After many years of worthy, middlebrow would-be-Oscar pictures and my-daughter-is-in-peril films, it finally seems like Jodie Foster is ready to have fun again. Playing a character described as "a magnificent c**t" in Spike Lee's "Inside Man" seems to have loosened the Oscar-winning actress up a bit, with subsequent roles including kids' flick "Nim's Island," voicing Maggie Simpson, and trading barbs in Roman Polanski's upcoming "Carnage."
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