We have tried -- Mrs. Tater and I -- over the years to readjust the thinking of everyone we know regarding Christmas. Please don't give us anything, we've urged, nay, implored the relatives. Let's just get together and go out to dinner and spend a couple hours together and laugh and stuff and split the check and wish each other well and merry and go home happy. This would not apply to the young'uns, who still get their money etc., just to the supposed adults.
I say supposed because, despite our many entreaties, we have failed miserably. Which is to say, they have failed us miserably.
Every year we beg, "Please don't get us anything, we don't need anything, please."
Nevertheless, most adult factions of the extended Tater universe insist on plying us with gifts, to the point we have pretty much given up on our vision of our version of Christmas.
I say supposed because, despite our many entreaties, we have failed miserably. Which is to say, they have failed us miserably.
Every year we beg, "Please don't get us anything, we don't need anything, please."
Nevertheless, most adult factions of the extended Tater universe insist on plying us with gifts, to the point we have pretty much given up on our vision of our version of Christmas.
- 1/8/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
Over the past decade or so, D.J. Caruso has built a resume of slick, commercially-successful thrillers, including Disturbia and Eagle Eye. Now he’s reportedly signed on to try his hand at science-fiction with I Am Number Four, based on the upcoming young adult book by James Frey and Joby Hughes.
DreamWorks picked up the film rights to I Am Number Four this past June. At the time, Michael Bay was attached to produce, and it was speculated he might occupy the director’s seat as well. But according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Bay remains on board to produce and Caruso will be helming. The screenplay adaptation is by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.
I Am Number Four revolves around a group of nine aliens who escaped their home planet shortly before it was annihilated by a rival species. While the escapees hide out on Earth,...
DreamWorks picked up the film rights to I Am Number Four this past June. At the time, Michael Bay was attached to produce, and it was speculated he might occupy the director’s seat as well. But according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Bay remains on board to produce and Caruso will be helming. The screenplay adaptation is by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.
I Am Number Four revolves around a group of nine aliens who escaped their home planet shortly before it was annihilated by a rival species. While the escapees hide out on Earth,...
- 1/20/2010
- CinemaSpy
Okay, so we’ve got two straws in one milkshake on this one, but that’s what happens when you get a 1-2 punch in just as many days about one actor. Both stories come to us today courtesy of Variety.
On one side of the coin, Chris Pine is in negotiations to team up with director DJ Caruso on The Art Of Making Money. Based on a true story, Pine would be playing Art Williams, a Chicago man who went from petty theft to the world of counterfeiting. Backed by Paramount Pictures, the film will be based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten. Kersten would later go on to turn his article in a full-fledged novel. Frank Baldwin is writing the screenplay.
Pine is also negotiating with Paramount Pictures to fill the role of CIA analyst (and future president) Jack Ryan. If the proposed Jack Ryan film comes to fruition,...
On one side of the coin, Chris Pine is in negotiations to team up with director DJ Caruso on The Art Of Making Money. Based on a true story, Pine would be playing Art Williams, a Chicago man who went from petty theft to the world of counterfeiting. Backed by Paramount Pictures, the film will be based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten. Kersten would later go on to turn his article in a full-fledged novel. Frank Baldwin is writing the screenplay.
Pine is also negotiating with Paramount Pictures to fill the role of CIA analyst (and future president) Jack Ryan. If the proposed Jack Ryan film comes to fruition,...
- 10/14/2009
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Variety's Mike Fleming is reporting Chris Pine, best known for playing James Kirk in 2009's Star Trek, has begun negotiations to play CIA analyst Jack Ryan in the reboot of the franchise based on the Tom Clancy novels.
In all likelihood this is already a done deal and numbers are just left to be sorted out, which means Pine will be following in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck as Paramount hopes to re-energize the franchise that failed to do so with Affleck in the lead role in 2002's The Sum of All Fears.
Hossein Amini (The Four Feathers) has penned the first draft of the script based on an original concept, which I am assuming means we aren't talking about a strict adaptation of any of Clancy's Ryan novels. To date, along with The Sum of All Fears, you have Baldwin's The Hunt for Red October...
In all likelihood this is already a done deal and numbers are just left to be sorted out, which means Pine will be following in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck as Paramount hopes to re-energize the franchise that failed to do so with Affleck in the lead role in 2002's The Sum of All Fears.
Hossein Amini (The Four Feathers) has penned the first draft of the script based on an original concept, which I am assuming means we aren't talking about a strict adaptation of any of Clancy's Ryan novels. To date, along with The Sum of All Fears, you have Baldwin's The Hunt for Red October...
- 10/14/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
After working with Shia Labeouf for a couple of films, D.J. Caruso could be set to helm a new film starring another young Hollywood hot shot, Chris Pine. Variety [1] reports that Paramount Pictures is trying to round the two of them up to begin production early next year on The Art of Making Money. It's the story of a fellow named Art Williams who was a small time thief who became an expert counterfeiter. The film is based on a true story and can be found in the pages of the book titled The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter by Jason Kersten. Pine, who is currently starring with Denzel Washington in Tony Scott's Unstoppable, would play Art Williams. Caruso most recently directed Eagle Eye and Disturbia. [1] http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009855.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
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- 10/14/2009
- by Greg
- FilmJunk
James Tiberius Kirk already cheated his way to victory in the Kobayashi Maru test, and now he's putting his fast-thinking talents towards making money — well, his real life persona is, at least.
According to Variety, "Star Trek" actor Chris Pine is teaming up with "Eagle Eye" director D.J. Caruso for "The Art of Making Money," an adaptation of reporter Jason Kersten's fact-based novel "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin — no apparent relation to Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen — is writing the script.
The title refers not just to the creative component of moneymaking, but also to the story's central figure of Art Williams Jr., presumably played by Pine. The novel focuses on the real-life counterfeiter who conjured millions of dollars in false bills thanks to his amazing attention to artistic detail.
"While it was the world of counterfeiting that originally attracted me to Art's story,...
According to Variety, "Star Trek" actor Chris Pine is teaming up with "Eagle Eye" director D.J. Caruso for "The Art of Making Money," an adaptation of reporter Jason Kersten's fact-based novel "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin — no apparent relation to Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen — is writing the script.
The title refers not just to the creative component of moneymaking, but also to the story's central figure of Art Williams Jr., presumably played by Pine. The novel focuses on the real-life counterfeiter who conjured millions of dollars in false bills thanks to his amazing attention to artistic detail.
"While it was the world of counterfeiting that originally attracted me to Art's story,...
- 10/13/2009
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with Chris Pine to star in and D.J. Caruso to direct the fact-based drama "The Art of Making Money."According to Variety, Paramount is hoping to begin production early next year.Brian Robbins is producing with Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston. Frank Baldwin wrote the script.Pine will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from small theft to become an infamous master counterfeiter.Paramount acquired the project based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, who turned his article into the book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter," which was published last summer by Gotham.
- 10/13/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
First up, that James Mangold action-comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, that originally went under the title of “Wichita”? It’s now got a firm title: “Knight & Day”. Sounds silly, but not if you consider the film’s premise, which has Cruise playing some kind of spy and Diaz the girl who accidentally ends up dating him, and something about a super duper battery that can blow up the sun or some such. Remember, now, it’s supposed to be an action-comedy. From “The truth is stranger than fiction” department … Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso (”Eagle Eye”) will be teaming up for the real-life drama “The Art of Making Money” for Paramount Pictures. This will be Pine’s second big movie after breaking through with “Star Trek”; he has “Unstoppable” with Denzel Washington coming out soon. “Making Money” will be based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten,...
- 10/13/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
“Star Trek” star Chris Pine is apparently in talks with Paramount to play the lead Art Williams in “The Art of Making Money,” a drama based on true events about a Chicago thief who evolved into a master counterfeiter. According to Variety, director D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye,” “Disturbia”) is also in negotiations, to helm the effort. It will be produced by Brian Robbins, Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston. The script was penned by Frank Baldwin. The film is based on the book “The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter” by Jason Kersten, who turned his 2005 article...
- 10/13/2009
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Chris Pine's pre-Star Trek film Carriers may have been dumped into a few theatres post-Star Trek, but hopefully his real post-Trek stuff will be more interesting and fare better with studio marketing departments. He's already got Unstoppable in production, and now he's part of a deal to fast-track a counterfeiting film called The Art of Making Money at Paramount. Variety reports that Pine and DJ Caruso are both in talks to get the film, based on a script by Frank Baldwin, in production early next year. Caruso would direct Pine as Art Williams, "a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter." The story is based on a factual 2005 Rolling Stone article which author Jason Kersten turned into a book called The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter. The Publisher's Weekly description of the book expands on the logline about Art Williams,...
- 10/13/2009
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
His captain's chair on the Enterprise secure, Chris Pine has been eager to find roles in this time space continuum to help define him as something other than James T. Kirk. He nearly saw his first post-Trek feature Unstoppable go off the rails, but he's proving to be unstoppable himself as he has already lined up another project. Variety reports that Pine will be returning to Paramount for The Art of Making Money. D.J. Caruso is in talks to direct. (Will it be the start of another beautiful Caruso friendship like he enjoyed with Shia Labeouf?)
Money is based on a 2005 Rolling Stones article by Jason Kersten (which was then turned into a book) which followed the rise and fall of counterfeiter Art Williams. According to a nifty little bio by NPR, Williams grew up on the south side of Chicago, and turned to counterfeiting bills after being introduced to...
Money is based on a 2005 Rolling Stones article by Jason Kersten (which was then turned into a book) which followed the rise and fall of counterfeiter Art Williams. According to a nifty little bio by NPR, Williams grew up on the south side of Chicago, and turned to counterfeiting bills after being introduced to...
- 10/13/2009
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
Chris Pine fans, listen up! The actor is in negotiations with Paramount Pictures and Eagle Eye director D.J. Caruso to sign on for the production of The Art of Making Money. According to Variety, Pine would play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter. The movie is based on the 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, who turned his reporting into the book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Caruso has recently worked with Shia Labeouf on box office hits Eagle Eye and Disturbia. Guess he's over...
- 10/13/2009
- by Celebuzz
- Celebuzz.com
Paramount Picture has put fact-based crime drama, The Art Of Money Making, on a fast track to begin production early next year. The studio is currently negotiating a deal for Chris Pine to star and D.J. Caruso to direct.
If all goes well, Pine will end up playing Art Williams, the alias of a petty Chicago thief who rose to become one of the world's most successful counterfeiters. Paramount acquired the rights to The Art Of Money Making: The Story Of A Master Counterfeiter, a Jason Kersten book, based on an article he wrote for Rolling Stone in 2005.
Frank Baldwin penned the script and Brian Robbins is producing along with Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston.
The Salton Sea director, Caruso, who recently worked with Shia Labeouf in Eagle Eye and Disturbia has several offers on the table at the moment, but it is believed that he and Pine will make the deal soon.
If all goes well, Pine will end up playing Art Williams, the alias of a petty Chicago thief who rose to become one of the world's most successful counterfeiters. Paramount acquired the rights to The Art Of Money Making: The Story Of A Master Counterfeiter, a Jason Kersten book, based on an article he wrote for Rolling Stone in 2005.
Frank Baldwin penned the script and Brian Robbins is producing along with Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston.
The Salton Sea director, Caruso, who recently worked with Shia Labeouf in Eagle Eye and Disturbia has several offers on the table at the moment, but it is believed that he and Pine will make the deal soon.
- 10/13/2009
- Screenrush
Chris Pine ("Star Trek") is in talks to star in Paramount Pictures' "The Art of Making Money." "Disturbia" helmer D.J. Caruso is in negotiations to direct the fact-based drama which begins production early 2010. Brian Robbins is producing alongside Brad Weston and Sharla Sumpter. Frank Baldwin wrote the screeplay. Pine would star as Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to master counterfeiter. The project is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article written by Jason Kersten who wrote the book...
- 10/13/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Paramount is trying to lock in a deal for Eagle Eye director DJ Caruso to helm The Art Of Making Money next. The based-on-fact drama boasts a script by Frank Baldwin that takes as its source Jason Kersten's 2005 Rolling Stone article and his book of the same title about a man named Art Williams. Using that (fake) name, the bloke rose from the Chicago streets, trading petty theft for a career as a master counterfeiter. Star Trek's Chris Pine is negotiating to star and if the studio gets them both, it plans to start shooting early next...
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- 10/13/2009
- by James White
- TotalFilm
After starring in Star Trek, I would hope that Chris Pine has some idea on how to make money. Paramount at least seems to think so, as they are looking to the actor to star in D.J. Caruso's The Art of Making Money.
Chris Pine Negotiating The Art of Making Money
D.J. Caruso is directing the fact-based drama that came into being after a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten; who later went on to write an entire book.
If Pine signs on, he will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter. While I can't say anymore, the film does sound like it would fall into the same genre as Catch Me if You Can.
Chris Pine Negotiating The Art of Making Money
D.J. Caruso is directing the fact-based drama that came into being after a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten; who later went on to write an entire book.
If Pine signs on, he will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter. While I can't say anymore, the film does sound like it would fall into the same genre as Catch Me if You Can.
- 10/13/2009
- www.canmag.com
After paying $2 million dollars for an untitled pitch, Paramount certainly knows the art of spending money, but now they'll be getting into The Art of Making Money as Variety reports the studio is fast-tracking the new fact-based drama for production early next year. D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) will direct Chris Pine (Star Trek) in the leading role of "Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter." The screenplay is based on the Jason Kersten book The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter which spawned from his own article in Rolling Stone. "Born in 1972 and abandoned by his father to poverty, the gritty gangs of Chicago and a mentally ill mother, Art Williams slid into an underworld of theft and violence before a bohemian money crafter introduced him to counterfeiting. With swagger, ingenuity and a ...
- 10/13/2009
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
While Star Trek leading man Chris Pine is now making a thriller with Denzel Washington called Unstoppable (and the Trek sequel is probably one year away from starting to film), Pine's agent is busy making a deal for his client's next paycheck. If things work out that job will be for Trek home studio Paramount Pictures and for a drama called The Art of Making Money.
The movie is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten who eventually turned it into a book called The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter. As adapted by screenwriter Frank Baldwin, Pine would play a thief named Art Williams. We would get to see Art as he starts off as a lowly criminal and develops into a master counterfeiter.
D.J. Caruso, who lost Jack the Giant Killer to Bryan Singer and whose Y: The Last Man comic book adaptation has stalled,...
The movie is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten who eventually turned it into a book called The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter. As adapted by screenwriter Frank Baldwin, Pine would play a thief named Art Williams. We would get to see Art as he starts off as a lowly criminal and develops into a master counterfeiter.
D.J. Caruso, who lost Jack the Giant Killer to Bryan Singer and whose Y: The Last Man comic book adaptation has stalled,...
- 10/13/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Chris Pine is in talks to star in and D.J. Caruso is in negotiations to direct Paramount Pictures' "The Art of Making Money," a drama based on true events with production set to kick off next year.
The film is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article that later turned into Jason Kersten's book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin wrote the screenplay.
Variety says Chris Pine would play Art Williams, an alias for a Chicago guy who became a master counterfeiter. Pine most recently delivered a very solid performance in "Star Trek."...
The film is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article that later turned into Jason Kersten's book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin wrote the screenplay.
Variety says Chris Pine would play Art Williams, an alias for a Chicago guy who became a master counterfeiter. Pine most recently delivered a very solid performance in "Star Trek."...
- 10/13/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
According to Variety, Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with actor Chris Pine (Star Trek) and director DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) to put the fact-based drama The Art of Making Money on a fast track to begin production early next year.
Paramount acquired the project based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, who turned his reporting into the book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter," which was published last summer.
If the deals end up being made, Pine will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter.
Frank Baldwin wrote the script.
Pine's choices should help the young actor cement his thespian talents outside the role of Star Trek's Captain Kirk. We applaud his recent choices, which also include the thriller Unstoppable, alongside Denzel Washington, but perhaps even more excitingly, new...
Paramount acquired the project based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, who turned his reporting into the book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter," which was published last summer.
If the deals end up being made, Pine will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter.
Frank Baldwin wrote the script.
Pine's choices should help the young actor cement his thespian talents outside the role of Star Trek's Captain Kirk. We applaud his recent choices, which also include the thriller Unstoppable, alongside Denzel Washington, but perhaps even more excitingly, new...
- 10/13/2009
- CinemaSpy
While Chris Pine takes a breather from rebooting the Star Trek franchise, he's getting his printing press rolling and cranking out some spare cash. Pine is considering The Art Of Making Money, a fact-based thriller from director D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Disturbia). The story is based on the life of counterfieter Art Williams, whose Catch Me If You Can style of criminal activity was documented in Jason Kersten's book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfieter."...
- 10/12/2009
- by Dave Davis
- JoBlo.com
Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with director D.J. Caruso ( Eagle Eye , Disturbia ) and actor Chris Pine ( Star Trek ) to make The Art of Making Money early next year, says Variety . Brian Robbins is producing with Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston. Frank Baldwin wrote the script. Pine would play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter. Paramount acquired the project based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, who turned his reporting into the book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter.
- 10/12/2009
- Comingsoon.net
- Maybe it's just because people are intrigued by the crime life, but director Phillip Noyce is in talks with DreamWorks Pictures to direct The Art of Making Money. While Noyce is eyeing many projects, he hasn't been as busy as Art Williams, the subject of "The Art of Making Money". Williams (a bogus name) got into the bill-counterfeiting business like many other kids - through their families. Williams' stepfather, "Da Vinci" used an offset printer to counterfeit bills and taught Williams his methods. Williams' operation grew until the introduction of the 1996 $100 bill. Now constrained by the new anti-counterfeiting security features, Williams made it his mission to crack the bill's tough façade. It was a Sisyphean effort. A Rolling Stone article written by Jason Kersten in 2005 chronicles Williams' techniques and compelling story. In it, Williams prizes his methods, many are quite ingenious and cutting-edge, and remains one of the last
- 4/29/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
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