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Saoirse Ronan Signs On to Be Joe Wright's Teenage Assassin

Saiorse Ronan ruined her sister’s life in her breakout role as a young Briony Tallis in 2007’s Atonement, and her next project will see the angel-faced actress cast as a cold-blooded teenage assassin. Ronan (her first name is pronounced SEER-shuh) is in negotiations to star in Hanna according the Hollywood Reporter, which would reunite her with Atonement director Joe Wright. The movie tells the story of the titular character, a 14-year-old eastern European girl raised by her father to be a killing machine. When Hanna meets a French family who introduces her to a world beyond bullets and blood, she...  read more

Joe Wright Eyes a Thriller

Joe Wright is king of the epic, sweeping, often-period dramas that sometimes receive Oscar buzz. His filmography ranges from the acclaimed (Atonement) to the middling (The Soloist) to the D.O.A. (Indian Summer)....  read more

Cate Blanchett's Indian Summer Gets Shelved

Cate Blanchett’s latest film project, Indian Summer, has been fighting an uphill battle. Now it appears that the movie has been shelved for the forseeable future by the struggling Universal....  read more

The Soloist debuts with powerful trailer and Oscar buzz

It has finally arrived...the trailer for the much anticipated Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) film The Soloist, that is. And before you ask, no, it doesn't star Keira Knightley. ...  read more