Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Film News: Exec to report to StudioCanal boss -- Jan-Pelgrom de Haas has been named managing director of Kinowelt, replacing Bertil le Claire, who ankled his post in May. De Haas begins immediately and reports directly to Olivier Courson, CEO of parent group StudioCanal.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
"I'll be honest, it's all about selling," Lerner told me at lunch the other day, explaining the art of foreign sales as clearly as I've ever heard it explained. "If I have Werner Herzog and Nic Cage and Eva Mendes, I can go to market and say, 'Hey, Mr. German Guy, I know this is a dark movie, but you get Nic Cage and Werner Herzog and all I need from you is $2 million. When the German guy says yes--because...
Binside TV (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
Rapper Snoop Dogg's wife was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. We know that Snoop Dogg is always under the influence of his favorite substance. Snoop was named...
FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
“Antoine’s the best. I couldn’t think of anybody better to direct this movie than Antoine Fuqua. He’s got a great sense of the characters. He’s not from New York, but he got out here and just wanted to be around everything Brooklyn, soak it up.” That’s first-time screenwriter Michael Martin, in the midst of telling me his amazing Cinderella story, which begins with a tollbooth clerk from East New...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Filed under: It's All Reel Black Voices Blogs : Jesse Williams, who will make his film debut in Sanaa Hamri's The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants 2, has just signed on to Antoine Fuqua's 'Brooklyn's Finest,' alongside Richard Gere. The Hollywood Reporter states that he will play Eddie Quinlan, a... Read more
Filmmaker Magazine: Blog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Michael Fleming and Dave McNary have a piece in Variety on SAG's granting of waivers to independent productions allowing them to proceed with their shoots undeterred by the possible upcoming strike. From the piece: The stars and studios are nonetheless gearing up for the worst possible scenario. The current number of waivers is triple what SAG had signed three months ago -- and an indication
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Steven Boone wanted a $20 phone card. He got an afternoon on the Brooklyn set of Antoine Fuqua's next film.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Rent It The Movie This is a new DVD release of a TV movie called Sharpshooter. It is the pretty clich d story of a US Black Ops sniper who wants to retire but is convinced to perform just one more job. To answer your questions: no, this is not the Antoine Fuqua film called Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg, and yes, this is like a poor man's Shooter. The DVD contains nothing but the film, so you'll have...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
At one point, depending on age, you may have found yourself in the back of a bus singing along with the chorus to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise." The song was infectious, emotional, had an awesome video directed by Antoine Fuqua and is based on Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise." The song is one of the biggest worldwide hip hop singles of all-time, hitting the top of the charts in thirteen countries...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
MTV has gotten links to a fishload of posters for movies that I’ve never heard of, movies that I’ve just heard of, movies that I’ve heard of a while ago, movies that look fantastic, movies that like alright, movies that look whatevskies, and movies that look like excuses for movies. But I’m being judgmental. These are just posters, but thanks to the promotional flurry going down at Cannes, there’s...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
The Cannes Film Festival is more than a chance to snag a crepes with Harrison Ford, it's also a great opportunity to catch early editions of movie posters in the various trade mags handed out on-scene. Below, check out posters from Nicolas Cage’s recently announced “Bad Lieutenant” remake, the very interesting “Brooklyn's Finest” from Training [...]
Global Features (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The Los Angeles Independent Media Center is proud to present the film, . The film explores the creation of two of Los Angeles's most notorious gangs, the Crips and the Bloods, from the perspective of the Los Angeles community. The documentary features interviews with gang members; historian Mike Davis, whose book inspired the film's title; former FBI agent Wes Swearingen; and Black Panther, Geronimo...
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
By Steven Zeitchik The construction crews and tourists are already starting to fill up the Croisette, which means that the tuxedos, the flashbulbs and the Blackberries won't be far behind. One of the nice things about arriving at Cannes early...
Market Wire - Investment Opinion (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
WESTON, FL (MARKET WIRE) TheSUBWAY.com: Names the following stocks to its Stock Watch List: Public Media Works, Inc. (OTCBB: PUBM), Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT), E*TRADE FINANCIAL Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC), Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX).
Market Wire - Media and Entertainment: Music and Radio (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
VAN NUYS, CA (MARKET WIRE) Public Media Works, Inc. (OTCBB: PUBM), a film, music and television entertainment and digital media company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with stylized film director Antoine Fuqua's, Fuqua Films, Inc., to option the life story of Jerry Speziale 'Without a Badge.'
