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James Gray and Brad Pitt take off for the ‘Lost City’
I wonder how Gray who works so well (at least in terms of aesthetics) in contemporary, concentrate jungles will adjust to working in the real deal “jungles” of the Amazon? The filmmaker is set to direct the Paramount Pictures mystery/adventure film which has officially confirmed that Brad Pitt will not only produce the Lost City of Z but in fact, take the lead.
L.A Critics promote ‘Still Life’ and honor ‘Wall-E’
Does Pixar stand a chance at receiving an Academy Award Best Picture nomination this year? Kudos go to the Los Angeles Critics Assn. for picking Wall-E as the best film of the year and for backing Zhang-Ke Jia's Still Life – a picture that received a limited release in January and is being honored as Best Foreign and Best Cinematography by the group.
Milk and Benjamin Button lead Broadcast Film Critics Association Noms
Gus Van Sant and David Fincher’s respective films grabbed eight nominations each in the 14th Broadcast Film Critics Association’s Critics Choice Awards (a group which is an amalgamation of 235 film reviewers in TV, radio or web outlets.
Miramax sets Affleck in ‘Arizona’
Way before Russia’s newspaper reporters started dwindling in numbers, there is the story of one Don Bolles who made enemies with people sitting in positions of power. Miramax is looking to set the director in Ben Affleck to a storyline set circa 1976, when Bolles was a reporter for the Arizona Republic looking into political corruption and the convergence of New York, Chicago and Detroit mobsters in Phoenix.
The Next Generation: Sundance announces 96 Short Film Slate
5,632 submissions were submitted this year with 96 short films making the cut including the impressive Next Floor from Denis Villeneuve (see pic).
