Dan Mecca

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Soderbergh’s Secret Film

A few weeks back Soderbergh took on a play (called "Tot Man") in Sydney (yes, Australia), which he wrote. While down there, he also apparently shot an improvised film using much of the play's cast....
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Sam Mendes In Talks To Direct ‘Bond 23’

Do you remember ( a few hours ago) when we reported that 'Bond 23' was delayed due to MGM being on the fritz/up for sale and all of that? Well, somebody didn't get the memo because director Sam Mendes is in talks to take on the project....
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[Review] The White Ribbon

There is nothing slight about this opus, Haneke’s most recent project: a two-and-a-half hour story of a small German town pre-WWI and the strange occurrences that go on after the town’s doctor gets in a horse accident (one of the opening and most haunting of the entire film)....
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Disney Acquires 10% of POW!

Along with Thursday's stockholder approval of the Mouse's acquisition of Marvel, Disney is expanding its grasp on all things (now and once) Stan Lee, acquiring a 10% stake in POW! Ent., a company run by Lee himself....
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[New Photo] Disney’s Rapunzel

Here's the first image from Disney's upcoming CG film Rapunzel, an updated take on the classic Brothers Grimm tale of the young girl with golden locks trapped in a tower by an evil enchantress only to be saved by a prince and her long, long, long hair....
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[New Photos] The Eagle of the Ninth

Here courtesy of Yahoo!, are 6 new photos from Kevin Macdonald's (State of Play) upcoming sword-and-sandal epic concerning a young Roman soldier (presumably...

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.