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Jonathan Demme Turns Dave Eggers Hurricane Katrina Story Into Animated Film

By Emily Riemer on 10:56 AM on November 2, 2009

Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married, Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs) acquired the rights to the book Zeitoun, which he plans to make into an animated film....  read more

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Jonathan Demme plans fiction film after new docs

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 9:30 AM on March 23, 2009

Like Paste and most of Twitter, Jonathan Demme was at SXSW last week, in his case to screen portions of his new Neil Young doc, Neil Young Trunk Show. In the meantime, the veteran director (Rachel Getting Married) revealed to MTV that after he completes his latest documentaries (he also has a Bob Marley flick on the way), he will return to fiction to write and direct an adaptation of Michel Faber’s The Courage Consort....  read more

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Sam Raimi and Jonathan Demme plan SXSW screenings

By Matt Goodlett on 9:15 AM on March 11, 2009

You may remember our coverage about the screening of Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell in L.A. The movie is his return to directing horror movies. At that time the film was still incomplete, and apparently Raimi will offer another sneak peak of the project in its still-unfinished form at this year's SXSW. Also on the incomplete front, a screening of Jonathan Demme's not-quite-complete documentary about Neil Young will go down as well....  read more

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Rachel Getting Married

By Robert Davis on 3:45 PM on October 3, 2008

Jonathan Demme's unexpected foray into low-budget...  read more

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Toronto International Film Festival 2008

By Robert Davis on 5:06 PM on September 16, 2008

The Toronto International Film Festival, which wrapped up its 10-day run this past weekend, is arguably the most important film festival in North America. But to the average moviegoer it's not as well known as Sundance, in part because TIFF samples the most promising new film from around the world while Sundance emphasizes home-grown movies, for better or worse. But TIFF showcases its share of English-language films, too -- often with star-studded red-carpet premieres -- and this year some of the festival's best movies were among them:Rachel Getting MarriedI'll have to admit that the new film from Jonathan Demme (Silence...  read more

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TV on the Radio's Adebimpe starring in Demme film

By David Marek on 7:00 AM on August 12, 2008

Three things happen like clockwork every year in the film industry. A juvenile, insert-genre-name-here satire makes...  read more

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Jonathan Demme replaces Scorcese for Marley biopic

By Nikki KIng on 1:58 PM on May 22, 2008

When considering the Bob Marley biopic, it seems a lot more is up in the air than just the title. Now, Jonathan Demme will replace Martin Scorsese in directing the piece. Scorsese cites scheduling conflicts as the cause of his pulling out. This is significant, as the Marley family has hopes of...  read more

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