While walking out of The American, a fellow critic pointed out something that couldn’t be close to the truth: this is the anti-Bond film. With the Bond movies, the audience is filled with envy. You wanna be that man. Here, it’s difficult to imagine anyone wanting to be George Clooney’s unnamed assassin. Read the full story

When I first saw the headline that George Clooney would be playing legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra, I thought to myself “Wow, Scorsese casted that role pretty quick!”. But, it turns out, this is for another film, and one which will also feature a famous actress playing another legendary celebrity of that time period. Read the full story

I can’t believe its less than a month away. We usually only posts TV spots for films we are really looking forward to and Anton Corbijn’s The American would fall under that category. It also gives me another chance to show off that badass poster below. The film stars George Clooney, Bruce Altman, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido. Check out the quick spot below. Read the full story

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After the premiere of the excellent poster (previewed above) earlier this week, IMDb (via Latino Review) now has a brand new trailer for Anton Corbijn’s The American. The film stars George Clooney, Bruce Altman, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido. Check out the short trailer below. Read the full story

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Apple has premiered the first poster for Anton Corbijn’s The American. The film stars George Clooney, Bruce Altman, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido. Check out the simply awesome poster and previously released trailer below. Read the full story

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The first trailer from Anton Corbijn‘s The American has been released. The film stars George Clooney, Bruce Altman, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli and Violante Placido. I loved his last film, Control. This looks just as good, one of my most anticipated films of the year. Check it out below or over at Yahoo in HD. Read the full story

/Film has alerted us to a new production photo (above, featuring George Clooney) for Anton Corbijn‘s upcoming thriller The American. The photo was released via the film’s official facebook page which can be found by clicking here.

This new photo comes recently after Corbijn revealed that his film was going to be making a round of test screenings. Well, the director has updated his blog over at Focus Features, saying that the test screenings are going pretty well so far and that they’ve even convinced him to take another look at the film’s ending. Don’t worry, he makes sure to keep it spoiler-free:

Survived the test screening in New Jersey, just about. We only had 4 walkouts which is not bad. If i had shown CONTROL there i think there would have been a lot more people heading for the door.  As it is, i will continue editing, starting again today, Easter monday.

Wish it was raining, makes it so much easier to go into the darkness of the edit suite. I’m going to look at the ending of the film and make sure it is understood by more people. No way i’m going to let you in on the actual ending so you will have to wait and see. Or wait longer and go and see the sequel, in 3D of course.

That’s all for now, but this film has really peaked my interest, and I’ll be sure to keep my eye on it. The American will be released on September 1st.

What do you think of the new photo?

The Playlist is reporting that Anton Corbijn has put the finishing touches on his upcoming thriller The American, and that the film is ready to make a round of test screenings. However, Corbijn has expressed some extreme (and understandable) condescension towards the whole “test screening” idea:

What the hell is a ‘test screening’ exactly? No idea. I didn’t do one for CONTROL but it is very common in the States so there we go.

This formality is most likely due to the fact that Corbijn is more widely known as a photographer than a director. Even though he has only directed one feature film to date (2007′s acclaimed Control), I have to side with the director in terms of being bewildered by the necessity of this film to be tested, especially considering the fact that it stars George Clooney, perhaps the most iconic and likeable leading man of his generation.

Clooney will star as Jack, as an assassin hiding out in Italy (much of the film was shot on location there) in preparation for his final job, for which he must disguise himself as a painter. None of the other cast members are very widely known, but some might recognize Thekla Reuten from playing Marie in In Bruges. The other actors include Bruce Altman, Paolo Bonacelli, and Violante Placido.

Focus Features will distribute the film for a currently-scheduled release date of September 1st.

Do you think this film will live up to expectations?

As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, director Alexander Payne has just added Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forester to the cast of his film The Descendants. The new additions join topliner George Clooney, along with Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause and Mary Birdsong in this Fox Searchlight production, which began filming in Hawaii this past week. Read the full story

The release of Martin Scorsese‘s Shutter Island marks Leonardo DiCaprio and the renowned director’s fourth film together after The Aviator, Gangs of New York, and The Departed. In honor of the duo, here are my top ten Director/Actor collaborations over the years of cinema. Read the full story