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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 8, 2009
8 November 2009 10:08 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
This week:
The box office sings A Christmas Carol; Faceman visits Dark Fields; Michael Fassbender fires A Single Shot; High Fidelity guys re-team with Lay The Favorite and Helen Mirren sees Red.
Box Office
Christmas came early for Disney with A Christmas Carol. The motion capture Jim Carey film managed to snag around $31 million over the weekend.
Michael Jackson’s This is It banked about $13.4 million over the weekend after dropping less than 42 % from last weekend.
George Clooney’s The Men Who Stare At Goats and Milla Jovovich’s The Fourth Kind were almost neck and neck over the weekend with a weekend take of just under $14 million for each film.
Paranormal Activity just keep knocking at the door marked profit with another $8.5 million.
Cameron Diaz’s The Box opened with a disappointing $7.8 million. This poor opening means that the Richard Kelly film will not be in the financial Darko for a while. »
- Niall Browne
William H. Macy to Lead Abe Sylvia's 'Dirty Girl'
5 November 2009 9:03 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
According to a report in Variety, William H. Macy will team up with Sally Hawkins in Dirty Girl, a coming of age comedy about friendship and the search for identity set in the 1980s. The film is directed by Broadway performer and choreographer Abe Sylvia, who will be making his feature film directorial debut. The film is currently being shopped at the American Film Market. »
'Dirty Girl' Finds a New Company and a Colorful Cast
5 November 2009 3:02 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
It's time to go back into the memory banks a little bit. Remember when Richard Kelly started Darko Entertainment back in September of 2007? The first movie slated to hit production was Dirty Girl, with this psychological thriller called The Box slated to be movie numero dos. Now we're about to see what Kelly has in store for us with his third film, and Dirty Girl vanished into the ether ... until now.
The Hollywood Reporter posts that the movie is still in the works -- now in the hands Ideal Partners, Killer Films, and Paris Film -- and has got its cast: Juno Temple, Sally Hawkins, William H. Macy, and Lisa Kudrow. Marking Abe Sylvia's feature directorial debut, the film focuses on "a high school tramp who runs away with the school's gay, fat kid in his homophobic dad's stolen car." Got all that? Variety chose to lighten the impact »
- Monika Bartyzel
Hawkins, Macy like a 'Dirty Girl'
5 November 2009 12:33 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy have been cast in Abe Sylvia's feature directorial debut, "Dirty Girl." Sylvia, a Broadway performer and choreographer, will begin shooting from his script in March.According to Variety, the film also stars Lisa Kudrow, Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier.The 1980s-set coming-of-age comedy revolves around a high school slut who befriends a shy and overweight gay teen. Together, they set off to find her real father in California.Rob Paris, Charles Pugliese, Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen are producing. Christine Vachon, Pam Koffler and Michael Lesser are executive producing. »
- Adnan Tezer
Casting Notes: Michael Fassbender Fires A Single Shot; William H. Macy and More in Dirty Girl; Goth Icon Peter Murphy Cameos in Twilight 3
5 November 2009 9:50 AM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
It's casting notes time again! First up, Michael Fassbender, the British film critic lieutenant from Inglourious Basterds, has been cast in the thriller A Single Shot, working under director David Jacobson. He's appearing alongside a great cast: William H. Macy, Thomas Haden Church and a newly slim Forest Whitaker. (Seriously, check out this pic of Whitaker in The Experiment. Give the guy a sandwich!) Fassbender will be a poacher on the run from killers -- we don't yet know the killers, but it's not difficult to speculate that Church and Whitaker might be the guys.[Variety] After the break, more William H. Macy news, with Juno Temple, and an on-the-nose vampiric turn from the guy who reminded us that Bela Lugosi is dead. Macy will also be in Dirty Girl, with a cast that now includes Lisa Kudrow, Sally Hawkins and Juno Temple. First-timer Abe Sylvia is directing the film about »
- Russ Fischer
Sally Hawkins Finally Getting Cast In More Roles
5 November 2009 6:18 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Since she first came to the attention of many moviegoers (like myself) with her completely loony and lovable performance in Happy-Go-Lucky last year, Sally Hawkins has been pretty much missing from the movie scene. She has a tiny, tiny scene in An Education, and will be in Never Let Me Go with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley next year, but thus far hasn't done that post-buzz overexposure-- and thank God for that. In keeping with her tendency to take roles in tiny indies, Hawkins is moving on to Dirty Girl, the directorial debut from Abe Sylvia about two teenagers-- a trampy girl and a overweight gay boy-- who team up to find the girl's real father. Variety writes that Hawkins and William H. Macy have signed on, though it doesn't say how they'll fit into the story. The movie already stars Lisa Kudrow along with Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier, »
Hawkins and H.Macy Raise Juno Temple to be a 'Dirty Girl'
5 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- I may one day eat my words on this one, but I think Juno Temple will pan out to be a better Brit find than Carey Mulligan - she was a bright spot in the ordinary Mr. Nobody and I'm looking forward in American lingo garb in Gregg Araki's Kaboom and Noah Baumbach's Greenbern). According to the trades, Temple, Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy will join Abe Sylvia on his feature length directorial debut titled Dirty Girl. According to Screen Daily, the supporting cast is comprised of newcomer Jeremy Dozier and the already cast Lisa Kudrow. The film is being produced by Paris Film's Rob Paris, Charles Pugliese, Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen while Killer Films' Vachon, Pam Koffler and Michael Lesser are exec producing. A commercials director, Sylvia penned the screenplay about the search for identity and the redemptive power of unexpected friendship. Danielle »
A Single Shot to the Arm for David Jacobson with Fassbender Onboard
5 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- I'll always wonder how much of an impact a negative box office result can have on a burgeoning career of an indie filmmaker. Profit margins is obviously not a tool to evaluate talent, and while we have ample proof of what a breakout hit can do, I'm guessing that bad B.O can surely put a hamper on future projects. David Jacobson will surely leave a larger imprint than he did with Down in the Valley, with the project he'll be shooting in the new year. Screen Daily reports that Jacobson will be working with the not too shabby foursome of Michael Fassbender, Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church this January on A Single Shot. Being packaged and sold at the Afm by HanWay Films, the thriller (which will shoot in the minus weather on tough, Canadian turf) is based on a screenplay written by Matthew »
Sally Hawkins, William H. Macy in Dirty Girl.
5 November 2009 4:33 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy have joined "Dirty Girl," a 1980s-set coming-of-age comedy that marks the feature directorial debut of Abe Sylvia. "Dirty Girl" is being financed by Ideal Partners. Rob Paris' Paris Films and Christine Vachon's Killer Films produce. Sylvia will begin directing from his script in March next year. The story tells of a high school tramp who joins up with a shy, overweight gay teen in order to find her real father in California. Also in as producers are Charles Pugliese, Jana Edelbaum and Rachel Cohen. »
Michael Fassbender Takes A Single Shot
5 November 2009 3:29 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Michael Fassbender has signed on to star in the upcoming David Jacobson pic, A Single Shot. Fassbender joins Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church and will play a poacher on the lam from a pair of killers.
Fassbender recently starred as Lt. Archie Hicox in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and in the critically acclaimed Fish Tank. His magnanimous portrayal of Bobby Sands in Steve McQueen's Hunger proved that actors, unlike Orson Welles - bless him for trying in The Lady From Shanghai - don't have to be Irish to do an Irish accent.
So it would seem Fassbender is set to dive into mainstream stardom. The brilliant actor is on George Miller's shortlist to star in Mad Max IV: Fury Road. Although not entirely bankable as an action star at this point, he seems to be testing the water with the lead in Neil Marshall »
A Single Shot For Michael Fassbender
5 November 2009 12:10 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Michael Fassbender – who really should be a much, much bigger star than he is – has signed on to play the lead in the thriller, A Single Shot.Fassbender – so good this year in the hugely contrasting Inglourious Basterds and Fish Tank - will play a poacher on the run from a pair of killers in the film, which will be directed by David Jacobson.Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church round out the cast, although we’re not yet entirely sure who’s playing the killers.Fassbender is close to making the breakthrough to genuine stardom – word is that he was one of the shortlisted stars on George Miller’s Max Max list for Fury Road – but so far he seems to be targeting leads in lower-budget films, like this and Neil Marshall’s eagerly-awaited Roman flick, Centurion, perhaps as a way of proving that he can carry action films. »
Hawkins And Macy Join Dirty Girl
4 November 2009 11:52 PM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Busy day for William H. Macy. Not only has he signed on to the Michael Fassbender thriller, A Single Shot, but he’s somehow found the time to join the cast of Dirty Girl, an 80s-set coming-of-age road movie from debutante director, Abe Sylvia.Happy-Go-Lucky star Sally Hawkins has also signed on to the movie, marking her first foray into American films, albeit on a Mike Leigh-esque budget level.She’s not the only Brit either, for fast-rising actress, Year One and Cracks star Juno Temple, will ostensibly play the lead. She’s the dirty girl of the title, a sluttish high school student who teams up with an overweight gay teen (Jeremy Dozier) to go on a road trip across California, in the hopes of finding her real father.Lisa Kudrow is also on board the flick, which Sylvia – a Broadway veteran – will direct from his own script. »
Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy Join the Cast of Dirty Girl
4 November 2009 4:35 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
According to Variety, Sally Hawkins and William H. Macy have joined the cast of Abe Sylvia's directorial debut, Dirty Girl.
The London-based international sales firm the Salt Co. is presently representing foreign rights, while Wme is handling domestic. Also starring in the film are Lisa Kudrow, Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier.
The film will begin shooting March.
Set in the 1980s, Dirty Girl centers around a high school tramp who becomes pals with a shy and overweight gay teen. They team up to find her real father in California.
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Michael Fassbender Takes A Single Shot
4 November 2009 6:35 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
It seems that one of this summer's popular basterds is taking on another project. According to Variety, Inglourious Basterds star Michael Fassbender will star in A Single Shot.
Fassbender joins the star-powered cast of Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church, for director David Jacobson. Fassbender will portray a poacher who is on the lam from a group of brutal killers.
The film is said to start production in Ontario this coming January. Fassbender starred as Lt. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds this summer and also stars in the heralded indie film Fish Tank.
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Michael Fassbender to star in A Single Shot
4 November 2009 3:50 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Michael Fassbender has jumped on board "A Single Shot" which David Jacobson is helming. He joins Forest Whitaker, William H. Macy and Thomas Haden Church in the thriller which starts filming in Ontario in January next year. Apparently, Fassbender will play a poacher who finds himself on the run from a gang of hardened killers. Chris Coen produces for London-based company Unanimous Pictures. Also producing is Brad Arseneau. Serving as executive producer is Kevin Hicks for Northern United Film and Media, which is financing the pic. »
More on that Owen Wilson Marmaduke casting
4 November 2009 1:21 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Owen Wilson is set to play the voice of a dog in canine comedy 'Marmaduke'.
The star whose recent dog-themed movie 'Marley and Me', in which he starred in alongside Jennifer Aniston, grossed $240 million dollars at the box office - is going one step further with his next film, and playing the dog.
The movie, based on a popular comic strip, will follow Marmaduke's owners as they relocate to Florida with their Great Dane.
Other dog voices will be provided by Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, comedian Steve Coogan and the Wayans brothers, whilst humans are played by Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy.
40-year-old Owen has already done some voice work in the upcoming animated Wes Anderson film 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
'Marmaduke' is set for a June 2010 release.
George Clooney has also been linked to another Fox Searchlight movie this week, »
- Paul
Owen Wilson Voicing Marmaduke
3 November 2009 11:16 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Owen Wilson has signed on to voice the rascally Great Dane “Marmaduke” for Fox’s adaptation of the long-running newspaper comic strip. The film will follow a family named the Winslows who move from Kansas to Orange County, and their giant slobbering dog Marmaduke, who causes chaos wherever he goes. The strip was created in 1954 by Brad Anderson about a giant Great Dane dog and his misadventures causing trouble throughout the neighborhood. Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy are cast in the film as humans, while Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans will be supplying [...] »
- Costa Koutsoutis
Owen Wilson joins Marmaduke comic strip adaptation
3 November 2009 9:50 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Owen Wilson has joine 20th Century Fox's adaptation of the comic strip "Marmaduke." He joins Judy Greer, Lee Pace, William H. Macy who play the humans and Fergie, Emma Stone, George Lopez, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, Damon Wayans and Marlon Wayans who voice characters. Follows a man and his family named the Winslows who make a move from Kansas to Orange County with their pooch Marmaduke, a slobbery dog who manages to create chaos wherever he may be. Tom Dey helms, John Davis produces and the family comedy enters theatres on June 2010. »
Owen Wilson to Voice ‘Marmaduke’
3 November 2009 4:30 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Owen Wilson has signed to voice the title pet in Marmaduke, the Great Dane of the long-running comic strip in an adaptation for Fox and New Regency. It will be live-action combined with CGI animals.
Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy are playing humans, and the rest of the animals will sound like Fergie (”The Black Eyed Peas”), Emma Stone, George Lopez (let me guess, a chihuahua?), Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Steve Coogan, and Damon and Marlon Wayans. Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon, Showtime) is directing.
Did no one see Garfield? Even Bill Murray regret that. (Side note: this is much better.)
The plot will be based on the Brad Anderson comic strip created in 1954, so they’ll have 55 years of canine humor to mine gold from. It must be nice to have a job where you can scrawl out a year’s worth of awful dog jokes and sit around the rest of the 364 days. »
- Jeff Leins
Wilson To Woof It Up As Marmaduke
3 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Owen Wilson is back in the doghouse after scoring a Christmas 2008 hit with Marley & Me - he has signed on to be the voice of cartoon mutt Marmaduke in a new film.
The actor will join William H. Macy, Fergie, Steve Coogan and Wayans brothers Damon and Marlon in Fox’s CGI/live-action movie adaptation of the 55-year-old comic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It won't be the first time Wilson's voice has been the star of a movie - he played Lightning McQueen in hit 2006 animated movie Cars and he portrays Coach Skip in pal Wes Anderson's upcoming animated tale Fantastic Mr. Fox. »
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