Trailer Watch: On The Road and ‘Why haven’t you read Cloud Atlas yet?’
On The Road is a classic. Possibly the defining book of the Beat era, Jack Kerouac’s semi-autobiographical novel is an excellent view into what being a young, bohemian writer has stereotypically become for generations of English majors. And Walter Salles (Director Dark Water, Paris je t’aime) has adapted it with arguably one of the most […]
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Hugh Grant to play against type in Cloud Atlas
Whether you like or hate the Wachowskis, you can’t accuse them of not having some serious guts. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, is a huge undertaking and has the potential to be amazing or dreadful. And while they’ve cast some big name actors, they’re taking risks there too, with people playing against type. Empire interviewed […]
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Hugh Grant joining potentially awesome Cloud Atlas
Hugh Grant has been busy lately, mostly with pushing against the phone hacking scandal. But he has picked up one high profile role, and it’s in a film that will be one of the most polarizing of next year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Grant has signed on to the Wachowski’s upcoming adaptation of David […]
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Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer to direct adaptation of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas
One of the most seemingly unfilmable novels of the last few years is coming to the screen with a fair amount of talent behind the camera. According to Entertainment Weekly (via The Playlist), Natalie Portman announced in her recent mostly Black Swan-related interview, that the Wachowskis were teaming up with Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, […]
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