It’s Goodfellas meets Casino meets Heat. So if you’re a fan of those great crime movies, get ready: I’m told Al Pacino and Joe Pesci are now circling The Irishman, the mob drama that Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have been working on together based on the exploits of mob hitman Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran as chronicled in the book I Heard You Paint Houses. The pic’s being developed at Paramount by De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Productions.
Pacino has worked with De Niro in the Michael Mann-directed classic Heat, as well as Righteous Kill. Pesci and De Niro of course teamed with Scorsese on Goodfellas, Casino and Raging Bull. Steve Zaillian wrote the script.
Right now, Scorsese’s off directing the 3D Hugh Cabret for GK Films, and this is one of a couple pictures he’s considering next. Others include Silence, based on the Shusako Endo novel. Scorsese and GK Films nearly had the pic together with Benicio Del Toro, Daniel Day-Lewis and Gabriel Garcia Bernal in the Jay Cocks-scripted saga of Jesuits who face danger as they preach Christianity and try to find their mentor in 17th Century Japan. Scorsese will be in New York Wednesday as HBO premieres the pilot he directed for Boardwalk Empire, which is superb.
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Sofia Coppola's 'Somewhere' Wins Venice
BREAKING NEWS: The Sofia Coppola-directed Somewhere has won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The film, which stars Stephen Dorff, Michelle Monaghan, and Benicio Del Toro, won by unanimous decison of a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. Focus Features releases the film in the U.S. Here’s the full list of winners:
WINNERS OF THE 67TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY
GOLDEN LION
Somewhere – Sofia Coppola (U.S.)
SILVER LION
The Last Circus “Balada triste de trompeta” – Alex de la Iglesia (Spain, France)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Essential Killing – Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland)
ACTOR
Vincent Gallo – Essential Killing
ACTRESS
Ariane Labed – Attenberg (Greece)
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI PRIZE FOR YOUNG PERFORMER
Mila Kunis – Black Swan (U.S.)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex de le Iglesia – The Last Circus “Balada triste de trompeta” (Spain, France)
TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION — Best Cinematography
Mikhail Krichman - Silent Souls “Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)
SPECIAL LION (FOR THE OVERALL BODY OF HIS WORK)
Monte Hellman (U.S.)
LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE
Majority – by Seren Yuce (Turkey)
HORIZONS PRIZES
FEATURE FILM
Verano De Goliat – Nicolas Pereda (Mexico, Canada)
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR FEATURE FILMS
The Forgotten Space – Noel Burch, Allan Sekula (The Netherlands, Austria)
SHORT FILM
Coming Attractions – Peter Tscherkassy (Austria)
MEDIUM LENGTH FILM
Out – Roee Rosen (Israel)
SPECIAL MENTION
Jean Gentil – Laura Guzman and Israel Cardenas (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany)
VENICE SHORT NOMINEE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The External World – David O’Reilly (Germany)
CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO
20 Cigarette – Aureliano Amadei (Italy)
L’Oreal Paris Prize
Vittoria Puccini (Italy)
JAEGER–LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD
Mani Ratnam (India)
Persol 3-D Prize for most creative 3D film … Read More
Wanda De Jesus Departs 'Law & Order: LA'
EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: Law & Order: Los Angeles co-star Wanda De Jesus is exiting the upcoming NBC series. De Jesus filmed two episodes of the Law & Order spinoff playing Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales, the cool and authoritative captain of the LAPD Robbery Homicide Division. I hear that after two episodes, the producers on the Wolf Films/UMS procedural decided to take the role in a different direction. (The character already had been tweaked once, having originally been written as a male.) De Jesus’ scenes will be reshot, and meetings are underway with potential replacements. Series regularly do recastings after the pilot. Since LOLA went straight to series, the show’s producers have to make adjustments as they go. NBC is said to be interested in possibly casting De Jesus, who is the significant other of Jimmy Smits, star of NBC’s new fall series Outlaw, in another project. LOLA stars Skeet Ulrich, Corey Stoll, Alfred Molina, Terrence Howard, Megan Boone and Regina Hall.
OO-LA-LA: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers To Star In French Love Story Belle Du Seigner
EXCLUSIVE: The Tudors star will play a Jewish diplomat who gets into a passionate affair with a married Swiss woman, played by Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova (Clash of the Titans), on the eve of the Second World War. Marianne Faithfull also appears. First-time director Glenio Bonder starts filming October 25 on location in Geneva, Switzerland and then in Italy. James Dearden (Fatal Attraction) and Vincenzo Cerami (Life Is Beautiful) have written the script, based on Albert Cohen’
Clint Eastwood Sets 'Hereafter' For NY Fest
Clint Eastwood will unveil his Peter Morgan-scripted Matt Damon-starrer Hereafter as the closing night film of the New York Film Festival. The fest previously set the David Fincher-directed Facebook film The Social Network to open the festival and Julie Taymor’s The Tempest to be its centerpiece. All three figure to be players in the Oscar race this year.
Here is the rest of the NYFF program:
ANOTHER YEAR
Mike Leigh, 2010, UK
AURORA
Cristi Puiu, 2010, Romania
BLACK VENUS (Venus noire)
Abdellatif Kechiche, France
CARLOS
Olivier Assayas, 2010, France
CERTIFIED COPY (Copie conformé)
Abbas Kiarostami, 2010, France/Italy
FILM SOCIALISME
Jean-Luc Godard, 2010, Switzerland
INSIDE JOB
Charles Ferguson, 2010, USA
LE QUATTRO VOLTE
Michelangelo Frammartino, 2010, Italy
LENNON NYC, Michael Epstein, 2010, USA
MEEK’S CUTOFF
Kelly Reichardt, 2010, USA
MY JOY (Schastye moe)
Sergei Loznitsa, 2010, Ukraine/Germany
MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Misterios de Lisboa)
Raul Ruiz, Portugal/France
OF GODS AND MEN (Des homes et des dieux)
Xavier Beauvois, 2010 France
OKI’S MOVIE (Ok hui ui yeonghwa)
Hong Sang-soo, 2010, South Korea
OLD CATS (Gatos viejos), Sebastian Silva, 2010, Chile
POETRY (Shi)
Lee Chang-dong 2010, South Korea
POST MORTEM
Pablo Larrain, 2010, Chile/Mexico/Germany
REVOLUCION
Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Embecke, Amat Escalante, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo Garcia, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas,
Patricia Riggen, 2010, Mexico
THE ROBBER (Der Räuber)
Benjamin Heisenberg, Austria/Germany
ROBINSON IN RUINS
Patrick Keiller, 2010, UK
SILENT SOULS (Ovsyanki)
Alexei Fedorchenko, Russia
THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (O estranho caso de Angélica)
Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal
TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS (Marti, dupa craciun)
Radu Muntean, Romania
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL PAST LIVES (Lung Boonmee raluek chat)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2010, UK/Thailand
WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Somos lo que hay)
Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico
Eva Mendes looked really Botoxy at The Other Guys premiere
These are some new photos of Eva Mendes at The Other Guys premiere last night. I’
Will Jonathan Demme 'Honeymoon' With Robert De Niro And Bradley Cooper?
EXCLUSIVE: The Paul Haggis-scripted Honeymoon With Harry might make it to the altar after six years of broken engagements. Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper two weeks ago read the lead roles in a run-through organized by New Line at De Niro’
Rebecca De Mornays Still Got It
Can you believe it was over TWENTY years ago (27, to be exact) since Rebecca De Mornay, um, introduced Tom Cruise into manhood, shall we say, in Risky Business?
Here’s Rebecca De Mornay at the premiere of her new movie, Flipped. More importantly, Check Out That Body.
Hot damn! This chick’s still got it, from the tits [...]
Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz Stop At The Tour De France To Promote Knight and Day
Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have been on the endless publicity tour promoting their new film Knight and Day, which by the way people are absolutely loving. But now they’ve stopped to share some of the spotlight with Tour de France race leader Albert …read full story
Jesus Luz Shirtless On The Beach [Just Because]
With Madonna filming her movie in London, Jesus Luz was photographed with some friends taking a dip in the sea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 20, 2010… …read full story
Endemol Shareholders May Be Forced To Inject Fresh Equity Before August Deadline
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Kate Moss looked smoky sexy at the Mario Testino: Kate Who? – Private View with Phillips de Pury & Company at 29 Grosvenor Street in London this week.
Photo by London Features/BuzzFoto.com
Newspaper Tycoon Tipped To Win Five
Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers, is seen as a frontrunner to buy UK terrestrial channel Five. Other bidders include John De Mol, founder of TV producer Endemol (Big Brother), and Endemol itself, which De Mol’
Warner Bros and De Line Pictures Win Book Auction For 'Ready Player One'
In a high six-figure upfront deal, Warner Bros and De Line Pictures won a heated auction for screen rights to Ready Player One, the debut novel by Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline. The movie auction occurred hours a day after the book scored a mid six-figure publishing deal from Random House for North American rights. Cline will write the script.
Donald De Line will produce with Dan Farah, who orchestrated the screen sale along with Foundry Literary. De Line worked the negotiations from New Orleans, where he is shooting Green Lantern with Ryan Reynolds and director Martin Campbell. The book had Paramount [...]
J-Woww & Snooki Celebrate Cinco De Mayo
More of the Jersey Shore chicks, Snooki and J-Woww.
Now they’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo. I didn’t know they even celebrated Cinco de Mayo in Miami. Isn’t that a Mexican holiday?
Well, hey, any excuse to party (and flash those racks) works for me!
I’ve seen so much of these chicks lately that, hell, I’m getting curious about [...]
J Woww & Snooki Drinking While Wearing Sombreros: Ay Dios Mio!!! [Miu Says]
Jennifer “JWoww” Farley and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi are seen passing a lime using only their mouths after doing a shot of tequila for Cinco de Mayo in Miami Beach, Florida…. …read full story
ESPN Film Sets De Niro As Vince Lombardi
In a role that might finally give Robert De Niro a chance to summon his inner Raging Bull, the actor has signed on to play Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi. Lombardi will be written by Eric Roth, who wrote the De Niro-directed The Good Shepherd. De Niro and his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal will produce alongside ESPN Films, the National Football League and Andell Entertainment. It’s De Niro’s 2nd intriguing deal in the past few days, after Tribeca came on to produce a Midnight Run sequel that will allow De Niro to reprise as Jack Crawford, the [...]
De Niro Back For Another 'Midnight Run'
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Universal has started the wheels moving on a sequel to the 1988 classic comedy Midnight Run.
The studio has hired Tim Dowling to write the comedy, with Robert De Niro reprising his role as Los Angeles-based bounty hunter Jack Walsh, the former Chicago cop who hunts the turncoat mob accountant played by Charles Grodin in time to collect a $100,000 fee.
The film is being produced by De Niro and his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal. It first came up when Deadline Hollywood revealed that the sequel was one of the films that WME had booked for De Niro before he returned [...]
Jesus weeps in Rio, Madge buys him a recording contract
There are two slightly funny stories about Jesus Luz in the Murdoch-owned papers today. The first is a little piece from Page Six about Jesus being a weeper. Apparently, when Jesus was deejaying in Rio de Janeiro, someone heckled Jesus to his face. Jesus then cried like a little girl! Chuckle.
Jesus [...]
Robert De Niro and Jeff Bridges get AARP awards
(HMG) – Robert De Niro and Jeff Bridges were given awards at AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards for 2010. De Niro, 66, cheerfully cuddled up with Bridges, 60, at the Beverly Wilshire, photo right. Bridges was named best actor over 50, presented by his “Crazy Heart” costar Maggie Gyllenhaal, while De Niro got [...]