Paul Greengrass Offered MAERSK ALABAMA Starring Tom Hanks
by Matt Goldberg Posted: June 8th, 2011
Last week, we reported that Paul Greengrass was considering three projects as his next film: the Somali pirate drama Maersk Alabama, the racing biopic Rush, and an unknown third project. Now it looks like Maersk Alabama is the frontrunner as Deadline reports that Sony has offered the film to Greengrass and talks are about to begin between the two parties. Deadline adds that the film won’t be an impediment to Greengrass’ delayed MLK assassination drama Memphis and that Maersk will likely be the director’s next film.
The story is based Captain Richard Phillips’ memoir A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea which recounts his three days as a Somali pirate hostage and the dramatic rescue from a team of Navy SEALs. Tom Hanks is attached to play Phillips; Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, and Kevin Spacey are producing, and Billy Ray (State of Play) wrote the script. Hit the jump for a synopsis of the memoir. http://collider.com/paul-greengrass-maersk-alabama/95365/
Jesse Eisenberg to Star in NOW YOU SEE ME; Jake Gyllenhaal May Co-Star
by Matt Goldberg Posted: June 8th, 2011
Jesse Eisenberg has taken the lead role in Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me. As we reported in February, Edward Ricourt and Boaz Yakin’s spec script is about “a crack FBI squad in a game of cat-and-mouse against a super team of the world’s greatest illusionists, who pull off a series of daring bank heists during their performances and showers the profits on to their audiences.” Eisenberg will lead the magicians. Variety also reports that Jake Gyllenhaal has been offered a role, but his deal is more tentative.
Eisenberg is set to co-star in Woody Allen’s next film and the indie comedy Predisposed. He’s may also reunite with Noah Baumbach for While We’re Young. He’ll next be seen alongside Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride in Ruben Fleischer’s heist comedy (why does Eisenberg love to steal in a humorous fashion?) 30 Minutes or Less. http://collider.com/jesse-eisenberg-now-you-see-me/95359/
First Poster for THE THREE MUSKETEERS and NSFW Poster for THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
by Matt Goldberg Posted: June 8th, 2011
I shouldn’t complain about writing about posters. I have 44 of them in my office (the majority are mini posters, but they still count, dammit!) so I get the appeal. Plus, they can be really fun to mock! For instance, Summit has released the first poster for Paul W.S. Anderson’s The Three Musketeers and it makes me feel so bad for Mads Mikkelsen. I can’t decide what’s worse: that he’s the tiniest main character on the poster or that Matthew Macfayden is shoving his crotch in Mikkelsen’s face. The expression on Mikkelsen’s face suggests the latter.
There’s also a NSFW US poster for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I’m sure that Rooney Mara knew that she would have to bare her breasts for the movie, but I wonder if she knew they would also be part of the marketing campaign. I wonder if the folks in Sony’s advertising department thought to themselves, “I have seen Rooney Mara’s pierced nipples and they are going to boost ticket sales.” Hit the jump to check out the posters. The Three Musketeers opens in 3D on October 14th. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opens December 21st.
