Fox Searchlight is rendezvousing with State Street Pictures at Stephon’s Corner, an vigilante thriller written by Pat Gilfillan. George Tillman Jr. will be serve as both director and producer, along with partner Bob Teitel, Rene Rigal, and Kathy Lingg producing alongside.
First graphic novels were being turned into films (Sin City), then memoirs (Running With Scissors), and now in a new genre all its own - the graphic memoir will have its place in the limelight. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Cate Blanchett is attached to star in Cancer Vixen: A True Story based on the book by Marisa Acocella Marchetto.
For fans of the 2002 release Cidade De Deus (City of God) this is a very exciting week. Miramax Films has announced their purchase of the rights for the 2007 follow-up, City of Men.
Every Saturday we feature a collection of works from some of our favorite filmmakers - the kind of works that you sometimes catch on the tube, on the net or when wasting away in front of MTV. IONCINEMA.com's Eye Candy of the week are ...
Right up there with “how did it feel to win the Oscar?” is the ever annoying question “so whatcha gonna do next?”. For the longest time, the standard Paul Haggis answer would have been Against All Enemies, but it now appears that 9/11 question will be replaced by a war drama set in Baghdad.