You would think with the massive success of the 'Bourne' franchise, studios would be falling over themselves to develop anything by Robert Ludlum to the big screen but it has been slow going. Outside that series, the last Ludlum property to get produced was the TV mini series "Covert One: The Hades Factor" in 2006. But the wheels have been turning on "The Osterman Weekend" for a long time now and a new director has taken the film.
TV veteran Brian Kirk ("Game Of Thrones," "Luther") who was tapped to direct "Thor 2" early on before leaving the gig, has now added "The Osterman Weekend" to his growing plate of projects. Penned by Jesse Wigutow ("It Runs In The Family") and Simon Kinberg ("Sherlock Holmes," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") the thriller centers on John Tanner, who is told by a reporter that his friends aren't who they say they are. The reporter then turns up dead,...
TV veteran Brian Kirk ("Game Of Thrones," "Luther") who was tapped to direct "Thor 2" early on before leaving the gig, has now added "The Osterman Weekend" to his growing plate of projects. Penned by Jesse Wigutow ("It Runs In The Family") and Simon Kinberg ("Sherlock Holmes," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith") the thriller centers on John Tanner, who is told by a reporter that his friends aren't who they say they are. The reporter then turns up dead,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Cliché: a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel.
With Hollywood producing so many movies ever year, it is no surprise that they are often full of clichés. Jeff Smith created this montage under the Bottoms Up Productions label for acclaimed movie blog FilmDrunk.com, showing clips of some of the biggest movie clichés from a total of 102 films. The list of films are below the video. Enjoy!
“You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” – A Montage of Cinema’s Worst Writing Cliche from Jeff Smith on Vimeo.
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1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
2. Breaking and Entering (2006)
3. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
4. Annapolis (2006)
5. Daylight (1996)
6. Platoon (1986)
7. The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
8. Tooth Fairy (2010)
9. Hud (1963)
10. The General’s Daughter (1999)
11. Clockers (1995)
12. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
13. I Sell the Dead...
With Hollywood producing so many movies ever year, it is no surprise that they are often full of clichés. Jeff Smith created this montage under the Bottoms Up Productions label for acclaimed movie blog FilmDrunk.com, showing clips of some of the biggest movie clichés from a total of 102 films. The list of films are below the video. Enjoy!
“You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” – A Montage of Cinema’s Worst Writing Cliche from Jeff Smith on Vimeo.
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0:00 – 2:00
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1. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
2. Breaking and Entering (2006)
3. Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
4. Annapolis (2006)
5. Daylight (1996)
6. Platoon (1986)
7. The Invincible Iron Man (2007)
8. Tooth Fairy (2010)
9. Hud (1963)
10. The General’s Daughter (1999)
11. Clockers (1995)
12. The Karate Kid, Part III (1989)
13. I Sell the Dead...
- 6/16/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Colm Meaney is in final negotiations to co-star opposite Jason O'Mara in Life on Mars, David E. Kelley's drama pilot for ABC.
Based on the BBC series, the show centers on Sam (O'Mara), a detective who finds himself transported back to 1972 after his girlfriend is kidnapped.
Meaney will play Detective Hunt, the gruff, funny head of the homicide unit in 1972 who clashes violently with Sam.
Lenny Clarke also was cast in the pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV, David E. Kelley Prods. and Kudos Film & Television.
Kelley is executive producing Life on Mars with Kudos' Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone.
Meaney's credits include the feature Layer Cake and the CBS telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
Based on the BBC series, the show centers on Sam (O'Mara), a detective who finds himself transported back to 1972 after his girlfriend is kidnapped.
Meaney will play Detective Hunt, the gruff, funny head of the homicide unit in 1972 who clashes violently with Sam.
Lenny Clarke also was cast in the pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV, David E. Kelley Prods. and Kudos Film & Television.
Kelley is executive producing Life on Mars with Kudos' Stephen Garrett and Jane Featherstone.
Meaney's credits include the feature Layer Cake and the CBS telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
- 8/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stephen Dorff has teamed with The Sopranos writer-producers Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess for the drama Skip Tracer, which has been picked up to pilot by CBS.
CBS also has given a pilot order to Viva Laughlin! -- a musical from Huff creator Bob Lowry and Hugh Jackman based on the BBC miniseries Viva Blackpool! -- and CW has picked up a pilot based on a British series, ITV's Wild at Heart.
Tracer, from CBS Paramount Network TV, stars Dorff as a charming rogue with a heart of gold who works as a skip tracer -- a go-to guy for locating missing persons -- among the colorful characters in Los Angeles' underbelly.
Emmy winners Green and Burgess penned the script and are executive producing with Dorff and Dorff's producing partner Tucker Tooley of Media Talent Group.
Dorff developed Tracer through his deal with CBS, as part of which he also starred in the network's telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
Under his pact with CBS, Dorff developed three other projects, to which he is not attached to star: one with producers Ridley and Tony Scott and writer Doug Richardson, another with director Simon West and writer Robert Port and the third with writers Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohen.
CBS also has given a pilot order to Viva Laughlin! -- a musical from Huff creator Bob Lowry and Hugh Jackman based on the BBC miniseries Viva Blackpool! -- and CW has picked up a pilot based on a British series, ITV's Wild at Heart.
Tracer, from CBS Paramount Network TV, stars Dorff as a charming rogue with a heart of gold who works as a skip tracer -- a go-to guy for locating missing persons -- among the colorful characters in Los Angeles' underbelly.
Emmy winners Green and Burgess penned the script and are executive producing with Dorff and Dorff's producing partner Tucker Tooley of Media Talent Group.
Dorff developed Tracer through his deal with CBS, as part of which he also starred in the network's telefilm Covert One: The Hades Factor.
Under his pact with CBS, Dorff developed three other projects, to which he is not attached to star: one with producers Ridley and Tony Scott and writer Doug Richardson, another with director Simon West and writer Robert Port and the third with writers Jeremy Miller and Dan Cohen.
Anjelica Huston is headed back to the director's chair for Give Us a Kiss, an adaptation of a Daniel Woodrell novel for Focus Features. Junebug writer Angus MacLachlan is writing the script, which will be produced by Paul L. Sandberg via his company, Ostensible Prods.
The story follows a struggling crime writer named Doyle who travels to his Ozarks hometown to track down his older brother Smoke, who is on the run from the law. There, he falls for Smoke's beautiful stepdaughter before helping Smoke in a criminal enterprise to pay off the law, while keeping a rival neighboring family at arm's length.
Woodrell is known for his "country noir" novels, with Kiss having been described as a white trash Pulp Fiction. One of his novels, Woe to Live On, was the basis for Ang Lee's Ride With the Devil.
Huston and Sandberg first worked together on this year's four-hour CBS miniseries Covert One: The Hades Factor. Huston played the U.S. president in the miniseries, which Sandberg executive produced.
The story follows a struggling crime writer named Doyle who travels to his Ozarks hometown to track down his older brother Smoke, who is on the run from the law. There, he falls for Smoke's beautiful stepdaughter before helping Smoke in a criminal enterprise to pay off the law, while keeping a rival neighboring family at arm's length.
Woodrell is known for his "country noir" novels, with Kiss having been described as a white trash Pulp Fiction. One of his novels, Woe to Live On, was the basis for Ang Lee's Ride With the Devil.
Huston and Sandberg first worked together on this year's four-hour CBS miniseries Covert One: The Hades Factor. Huston played the U.S. president in the miniseries, which Sandberg executive produced.
- 11/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Mira Sorvino was terrified while filming her latest action movie, because she found out she was pregnant during the shoot. The Mighty Aphrodite star was filming the mini-series adaptation of Robert Ludlum's Covert One: The Hades Factor in Canada when she found out she was expecting. Sorvino says, "There was a bit of anxiety about it because it's a very tough, violent secret agent film. Everyone was very accommodating and thoughtful. I did all of my own running, and most of my own stunts." The actress, who is expecting her second child with husband Christopher Backus this summer, is looking forward to a much-needed break. She adds, "I'm not going to work until after the baby is born. I felt like I worked a little too much last year."...
- 4/7/2006
- WENN
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