Peter Berg to Direct Damon Lindelof's New HBO Show
TV fans, prepare for a Friday Night Lights/Lost crossover. Well, not really, but still cool nonetheless. read more
Found in: TV, NewsParamount Sets Date for Hercules with Dwayne Johnson
According to a report by Deadline, Paramount has officially set a date for its planned Hercules movie.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe 15 Greatest Actors-Turned-Directors
This has been a huge year for actors taking their chances on the other side of the camera with Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Paddy Constantine all releasing films. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySecond Friday Night Lights Movie a Possibility?
Going from book to movie to TV series, Friday Night Lights has enjoyed quite a ride. Rumors are circulating that Hollywood may not be ready to let go of the high school football franchise just yet, and a big screen continuation of the TV series may be in the works. Grantland editor-in-chief Bill Simmons tweeted that FNL mastermind Peter Berg said he “wants to do an FNL movie with Chandler/Britton off the final episode.” However, East Dillon fans shouldn’t get too excited just yet. While Berg has expressed his interest to multiple sources, the project is still not a... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCatching Up With… ESPN Films’ Connor Schell
One of the most audacious documentary projects of 2010 was ESPN’s 30 For 30 series, in which the series found 30 of the best documentarians working today and commissioned a film from each of them on a sports-related event from the last 30 years. Volume 1 of the DVD set came out last month, and Connor Schell, executive producer of both ESPN Films and the 30 for 30 series, spoke with Paste about the series. You can hear the complete interview in the January 6 edition of the Indie Minded Film Podcast on Paste Culture Club.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesCatching up with... Richmond Riedel
Richmond Riedel has worked the editing bay with directorial greats like Michael Mann, Peter Berg, and many others. He’s also a prolific screenwriter, having had quite a few scripts optioned and purchased over the years. One of those scripts eventually became Charades (1998), starring Erica Eleniak and Karen Black. This year Riedel finally took the leap into becoming a feature film director himself, and after a great festival run his film Target Practice hits DVD this week. Riedel took some time to talk to Paste about Friday Night Lights (the film and the TV show), editing with Berg and Mann,... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesHancock
Perhaps the oddest take on superheroes that film has offered yet, Hancock... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Kingdom's Peter Berg takes on Dune
Up until a couple of days ago, Very Bad Things and Friday Night Lights had very little in common with Frank Herbert’s legendary novel Dune. But now, they will have a strong bond, as the director of the dark comedy and dark sports drama, respectively, takes his first stab at science fiction (or his second stab, if you consider Jeremy Piven playing a diplomat in The Kingdom to be a truly otherworldly occurrence). That’s right, Peter Berg will direct a feature adaptation of Dune. Although no script or actors are yet in place, Berg already has quite a lot to... read more
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