TIFFReviews has the trailer for David Schwimmer‘s next directorial effort, Trust. The drama stars Clive Owen, Catherine Keener and Viola Davis. Judging from the trailer, although its a got a cliche plot (online predator!) it looks much more promising than the disappointing Run, Fatboy, Run. I always love Owen and Keener so I definitely can’t wait to see this. Check out the trailer below and let us know what you think. Read the full story

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HBO has finally given the green light to James Gandolfini‘s much-talked-about Ernest Hemingway project Hemingway & Gellhorn, which was meant to be a feature film starring Gandolfini at one point. [Deadline Hollywood]

Now HBO will make it their own, with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman starring as authors Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, to be directed by Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, The Unbearable Lightness of Being). Gellhorn, considered one of the greatest war correspondents of all time, met Hemingway in 1936, and the two traveled to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War shortly after.

Their romance began shortly after that, and the two had an affair, on and off, until 1940, when they were married. The marriage only lasted 5 years and was just as troubled as the affair that preceded it.

The slew of potential Hemingway projects is exciting. He’s a celebrated life with a full life of adventure and tragedy – the stuff that could make a great novel itself and did, in fact, more than once (see A Moveable Feast).

And, besides that, Kaufman needs a good movie under his belt. It’s been a long, long time since Unbearable Lightness.

What do you think of Owen as Hemingway? He and Kidman’s chemistry?

Universal is pushing for The Bourne Legacy to be released in 2012 no matter what. I know what you are thinking. How the hell could they pull it off without Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass?! I’m with you, but here at TFS we want to consider the possibilities of this franchise. Here are twenty choices that wouldn’t (completely) screw up the franchise. Read the full story

First Showing has reported that Robert De Niro and Yvonne Strahovski have joined an already impressive cast for Gary McKendry‘s upcoming thriller The Killer Elite. The film, which will mark the debut of writer-director McKendry, will also star Clive Owen, Jason Statham, and Dominic Purcell. Read the full story

One of my favorite actors, Clive Owen will be teaming up with action aficionado Jason Statham in the thriller The Killer Elite, Variety reports. This will mark the feature length debut for Irish director Gary McKendry. Read the full story

Last I knew 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was tapped to direct the bigscreen adaptation of Bioshock, but it looks like a another project has come his way. THR is reporting
Clive Owen (Inside Man, Children of Men) and Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) will star in the horror thriller Intruders. The story follows a “11-year old girl forced to confront childhood demons.” Owen “will play the girl’s father.”

The film is for Universal, which Owen with whom has previously done Inside Man, Children of Men Duplicity and for. He is easily one of my favorite actors and Fresnadillo has a very nice style, so I’m looking forward to this.

Production is set to begin in London and Madrid this June.

Are you looking forward to Intruders?

Though this action film seems to be a long way off, the two leads announced as of yet are worth noting: Jason Statham and Clive Owen.

The name of the film’s The Killer Elite, based on the novel The Feathermen by Ranulph Fiennes.

Here’s the synopsis:

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Clive Owen started off last year with the disappointing International, but then went on to follow it up with two underrated films, Duplicity and The Boys Are Back. This year he has David Schwimmer‘s Trust and supposedly Spike Lee‘s Inside Man 2 is happening, but now we have a new project he has been attached to star in. Production Weekly reports that Owen will lead in Patrick Alessandrin‘s Protection, an action thriller with a script debut by Brandon Noonan. Last May Screendaily reported that Paul Walker was set to star with Simon West to direct, but it looks like that fell apart. If that synopsis is right, the film is about “a disgraced former Special Forces soldier who takes on Mexican gangs in an attempt to rescue a judge’s daughter.” Noonan was previously attached to a script to be directed by Neil Labute, but that was way back in 2005. You may know Alessandrin from his directing work on District B13: Ultimatum (check out our review here).

I’d love to see Owen return to something in the vein of Shoot ‘Em Up and with this looking like something out of the Luc Besson mindframe, I couldn’t be more excited.

What do you think about the project? Are you a fan of Clive Owen?

For his next directorial project David Schwimmer is straying away from comedy and heading into dark territory with Trust.  Clive Owen and Catherine Keener will play parent’s of a 14-year old girl who “discover she has been victimized by an adult who gained her trust posing as a teenager on a chat room.” Variety reports Liana Liberato will play the daughter in the film that is more about the effects of such an event.

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News of a  remake is circulating at Variety and AICN of the 1981 Sean Connery science fiction movie Outland, to be directed by Shoot ‘Em Up director Michael Davis and scripted by Chad St. John, who, according to IMDb, has no previous writing credits, but according to FilmJunk, wrote a script entitled The Days Before which is in development to be released in 2012.  The movie is being distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Hollywood Gang Productions.

The original Outland was about a police officer (Sean Connery) stationed on a remote mining colony on Jupiter’s moon of Io, who discovers a drug trade conspiracy, and is soon targeted to be killed.  The original film was directed by Peter Hyams, who also did sci-fi films Capricorn One and 2010 (aka the sequel to Kubrick’s 2001).  Hyams also scripted the original movie.

I really don’t know if I have much of a reaction to this story other than disinterest.  I’ve never seen the original Outland, and I don’t know if that many places that consider it to be an “essential” movie.  With a remake on the way, however, I may give that movie a shot and see how it holds up to today, including it’s own remake.  As for who would take the lead role, Quint at AICN suggested Clive Owen, whom Davis previously worked with on Shoot ‘Em Up. To me, that sounds like an interesting choice to replace Sean Connery, and such a casting would definitely pique my interest.  What’s interesting is many people pointed out that the original movie is essentially a science fiction remake of High Noon, the western starring Gary Cooper, so this could be considered a remake-of-a-remake-of-a-remake.  It’s like going down a rabbit hole of unoriginality!

What do you think of the prospect of an Outland remake, and who would you want to see in the lead?