Pages tagged “leonardo dicaprio”

Body of Lies

By Jeremy Medina on 2:00 PM on October 15, 2008

Near the beginning of Ridley Scott's topical thriller Body of Lies, CIA bigwig... read more

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Watch the trailer for Revolutionary Road

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 2:32 PM on September 24, 2008

First optioned for film in 1967, Richard Yates’s classic novel Revolutionary Road has had a long run-up to the screen. Published almost contemporary to its action in 1961 and yet starkly modern in thought, the story concerns a husband and wife in suburban Connecticut circa 1955, she deeply discontent with the social prerogatives of the period, he more and more immersed in them.... read more

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Leonardo DiCaprio founding Atari as Nolan Bushnell

By Sean Gandert on 1:28 PM on June 13, 2008

The rise and fall of the Atari empire is one of the fabled stories from the early days of video gaming, before games had elaborate orchestral soundtracks or fancy 3-D graphics. Heck, even before they had scrolling screens and a sound chip that could make more nuanced noises than "blip" or "bloop." As fascinating as this all is from a historical standpoint, it's a bit surprisng that this tale is being turned into a feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio as the star.... read more

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Warner Bros. remaking Akira

By Sean Gandert on 10:57 AM on February 22, 2008

Abiding by the classic philosophy that if something is a success elsewhere in the world it should be adapted and Americanized, Warner Bros. recently announced through The Hollywood Reporter that it will be involved in a remake of Akira. More surprising is that Leonardo DiCaprio and his company Appian Way will be producing the project, leading to speculation about whether he will appear in the work or if he'll do what Brad Pitt did with The Departed and sit out. Akira is one of the seminal works of anime, one of the first features in the form to gain any... read more

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