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Black Swan Has Buyer In The Form Of A Searchlight

Fox Searchlight to be exact, this as reported by Slash Film. And the project is Darren Aronofsky's sci-fi/psychological ballet drama starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. It's been floating around for a while now, and it's sensible that Searchlight would buy Aronofsky's next project after The Wrestler...
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Fox Buys Pitch For Untitled Apocalypse Project

And Len Wiseman, director of the first two Underworld films and Live Free or Die Hard, is set to direct and produce. "The project is based on an original idea about a group of people who survive the end of the world and the mystery surrounding how they got to that position" [THR]....
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James Marsh To Exorcise Vatican

Director James Marsh, the man behind the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire, is set to direct The Vatican Tapes, to be produced by Lionsgate Films and Lakeshore Entertainment....
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Gyllenhaal To Source Code With Duncan Jones

That's Jake Gyllenhaal, the younger of the talented two, to star in Moon helmer Duncan Jones' next movie - which will not be Mute, unfortunately - but rather Source Code. Here's the plot of the film: "The project centers on a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter and must solve the mystery of a train explosion." [THR]....
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127 Hours To Have Hour Of No Dialogue

It feels almost wrong to write words in reporting this news, because the news itself proclaims its wordlessness. Well, so be it. /Film reports that Danny Boyle's intends to shoot the first hour of his new project, 127 Hours, based on the incredible true story of Aron Ralston, who had to amputate an arm to survive a hiking accident, with no dialogue....
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[Review] The Men Who Stare At Goats

They do stare at goats, in case you're wondering. But, like most scenes in this strangely square, oddly disengaging film about one of the more interesting military tales to be told in some time, the "goat" scene comes and goes and leaves the viewer cold, like after an emotionless night of sex. This is what the whole film feels like - a good, fun time that will be an engaging story to tell to your friends, but you'll end up feeling there wasn't much to be gained from the experience as a whole....
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Tom Hardy In Talks To Be Mad Max

The rumors appear to true, plus one Charlize Theron.This according to THR, who reports Theron and Hardy are in talks to star in Fury Road, the 4th film in the Mad Max series....
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Sin City 2 Actually On The Way?

It seems to be the case, according to Mania. According to producer Stephen L'Heureux, Sin City 2 will go into production at the end of 2010, and that Frank ...
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What’s in a Biopic?

It's a question with no precise answer and no particular set of rules attached to it. Loosely, a biopic tells the story of life, usually one [...]...

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.