Hugo Weaving Confesses ‘Transformers’ Was A Money Job
At the tail end of his talk with Australian newspaper The Age, character actor Hugo Weaving was asked about the depth of his involvement in the Transformers...
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Winding Refn Drops ‘Jekyll’ and ‘Dying of the Light’
The young Danish auteur has been on somewhat of a hot streak news-wise lately, seemingly attached to every single interesting film in the studio system at o...
‘Dune’ Gets New Writer For New, Berg-Less Screenplay
Paramount has hired writer Chase Palmer to further adapt Pierre Morel's forthcoming Dune film. Josh Zetumer's (Quantun of Solace) draft will be tweaked more...
Novelist Dennis Lehane To Write Of ‘Animal Rescue’
Dennis Lehane's mind has been picked thrice for the silver screen: two times successful (Gone, Baby, Gone, Mystic River), the third, Shutter Island, coming ...
Cruise’s Given ‘Mission,’ Chooses To Accept It
Paramount Pictures has signed the deal with Mr. Cruise to star in the fourth installment of the successful spy series. "The intention is to make this Cruise...
Terminator Rights Sold For $29.5 Million
According to the infamous Nikki Finke, the rights to the fledgling franchise sold tonight after a 5-hour bidding session. Lionsgate and Sony dropped out aft...
Wenders Does 3D On The Cheap, Italian Style
I guess it's not as surprising as it should be - just another sign of the times, which is not meant to be read negatively. German auteur Wim Wenders (Paris ...
[Release Date/3D Shifts] Priest, The Roommate, Underworld 4
It's also somewhat of a Sony 3D shuffle. Scott Stewart's Priest is being moved from August 20th, 2009 to January 14th, 2010 for 3D conversion, crime thrille...
McG To Direct Rom-Com, Reese Witherspoon, Bradley Cooper Attached
Call it a shot at financial salvation? After three studio-supported box office near-misses (Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, We Are Marshall, Terminator Sal...
‘Leaves of Grass’ Gets Release Date
This long-awaited, Tim Blake Nelson-directed double dose of Edward Norton is finally on its way to theaters. The exact date? April 2nd. TFS Editor-in-Chief ...
Dan Mecca
Managing Editor
Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.