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The film, starring Michael Fassbender and written by Aaron Sorkin, has been set for a centerpiece screening at the 53rd New York Film Festival on Saturday, October 3rd, six days before it enters a wide release. Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Katherine Waterston and Jeff Daniels also star.
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The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival will open with Jean-Marc Vallée’s
Demolition, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts. Ridley Scott’s
The Martian, starring Matt Damon, and Michael Moore’s
Where to Invade Next were among the world premieres unveiled this morning in the Festival’s first major announcement.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is in talks to work on the comedy, and Oscar-winning composer Bret McKenzie will take a crack at the music. Tom Cruise has been circling the lead since late April, with director Michel Hazanavicius on board to direct the film, which centers on a regular guy who can suddenly hear the inner songs of everyone around him after he gets bonked on the head.
(COL)
Sony is in negotiations with Linklater to helm
The Rosie Project, based on the book by Graham Simison. The book tells the story of professor Don Tillman, a genetics expert on the Asperger’s scale who never seems to be able to land a second date. He starts The Wife Project, working up a questionnaire to find the perfect partner, but is instead entranced by the free-spirited Rosie (Lawrence), who matches none of his criteria but might just be his soul mate.
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Cable net is developing
Untamed, a new Western drama series that explores the outlaw rural frontier. Story follows three mismatched travelers on a journey along the treacherous trek from 1840s Wyoming, across the Rocky Mountains to Utah—a journey where they’ll be forced to embrace some of their most primitive instincts, both good and bad, to survive.” Peter Berg is executive producing and directing, with Mark L Smith writing.
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Project has a a script by David Gleeson and Freeman attached to play one of the leads. It’s a big action film in the vein of
Air Force One. Bruce Cohen and Revelations — Freeman and Lori McCreary’s company — are producing.
(DH)
Based on King's best-seller,
11/22/63 is described as a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Duhamel will play Frank Dunning, the father of Jake's student Harry Dunning. Frank is a ladies' man with an effortless smile that everyone welcomes — except Jake, the only man who knows the full violence of which Frank is capable.
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When transitioning to a fully remote position, you inevitably learn a few lessons the hard way. The digital nomad movement is a burgeoning cultural phenomenon. No two remote work situations are identical, so how do you maximize your experience? Here, some of the most integral tools and suggestions remote workers from all walks of life may find useful.
(MS)
Brian De Palma‘s first
Mission: Impossible film wasn’t packed with action set pieces — there are only three, really, but those three are all top-tier action filmmaking, and one of those three defined the series for years to come. In the two decades since, the series has been tackled by a variety of directors — John Woo, J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird, and now Christopher McQuarrie — each of whom has a slightly different balance of action and espionage.
(SF)
For one thing, the Unemployed Roommate genre is so worn out that even your mom may not be persuaded to watch. Once upon a time, the novelty value of the web series as a form was enough to secure some modest viewership. Now? Not so much. A guide to moving forward.
(IW)
