After Sean Penn announced he was backing out of the Farrelly brothers’ modern take on “The Three Stooges,” (citing “personal reasons”) the online film community was sent into a tizzy of speculation about who would replace him. Well, it turns out that Paul Giamatti may just be up to the task. The Boston Globe is [...]
Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood and Macha Grenon have boarded the indie drama “Barney’s Version” and will star alongside Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, and Minnie Driver. Variety reports that shooting will begin in Rome on Aug. 17 on the Richard J. Lewis-directed, Michael Konyves screenplay. The script is based on the novel by Mordecai Richler. Robert [...]
Is your soul weighing you down? Paul Giamatti has found a solution! In the surreal comedy Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti plays an actor named… Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker about a high-tech company that extracts, deep-freezes and stores people’s souls, Paul very well might have found the key to happiness [...]
Dustin Hoffman will star opposite Paul Giamatti in the indie drama “Barney’s Version,” based on the final novel of Mordecai Richler’s, reports Variety. Robert Lantos and his Serendipity Point banner will produce. Michael Konyves’ adaptation of the seminal work will be directed by Richard J. Lewis with shooting set to begin Aug. 17 in Rome. [...]
Writer/Director Tony Gilroy’s followup to 2007′s law thriller, “Michael Clayton,” has all the style and flash of that picture, but none of its potency or efficacy. Maybe that’s the idea, but the film loses itself in its own labyrinth of uncertainty. Clive Owen (“Children of Men”) and Julia Roberts (“Erin Brockovich”) star opposite each other [...]
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