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The Dark Knight

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Robert Davis

on July 18, 2008 2:30 PM | Permalink

Release Date: July 18
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Cinematographer: Wally Pfister
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Studio/Run Time: Warner Bros. Pictures, 142 mins.

Of the recent attempts to reset a moribund Hollywood franchise, Batman Begins (2005) stands as one of two unqualified successes. The series had run out of steam when Christopher Nolan's injection of gritty realism—not to mention complete disregard for any prior film in the series—jerked it back to life. This new Batman was no polished smirker, but rather, a brooding Christian Bale, a loner with a hero complex and too much money. This Gotham City was no expressionistic Oz on a black sound stage, but a clone of Chicago, shown in broad daylight just before it sank into darkness.

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Bridges, Gyllenhaal, Duvall and T-Bone get Crazy

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on July 18, 2008 10:07 AM | Permalink

Be warned: isolated coincidences aside, this is not Walk Hard 2.

No, Crazy Heart, which will begin shooting this August in New Mexico, is a somewhat more serious tale, based on Thomas Cobb's much-hailed novel of the same name.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Collette in Mendes/Eggers film

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Julia Reidy

on May 5, 2008 10:35 AM | Permalink

Question: How do you live up to a legacy like American Beauty?

Answer: Cast as many great actors as possible.

The forthcoming, still-officially-untitled Sam Mendes-directed movie, penned by McSweeney's helmsman Dave Eggers and wife Vendela Vida (co-editor of The Believer), has attracted a new cast member. Maggie Gyllenhaal will play the role originally claimed by actress Toni Collette in the Focus Features film, recently vacated by Collette becuase of scheduling delays, Variety reports.

Filming recently began in Connecticut on the romantic comedy, which will star actors John Krasinski of The Office and Maya Rudolph of SNL fame, and explores a couple's travels around the country looking for somewhere to settle down. Gyllenhaal portrays a college professor, a perfect fit in a career of roles playing brainy women. Other actors signed on include Allison Janney, Cheryl Hines, Carmen Ejogo, Jim Gaffigan, Melanie Synskey, Chris Messina, Kevin J. O'Connor and Paul Schneider. Jeff Daniels and Catherine O'Hara also recently joined the cast.

Although Mendes has a history of exploring the heavy in his filmmaking, this one will be much more lighthearted, reportedly, and is tentatively going by the title Farlanders.

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