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Stephen Daldry Wants Kavalier & Clay To Be HBO Miniseries

It’s been over a decade since Michael Chabon released his Pulitzer Prize winning book _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay_, and for almost as many years, a film adaptation has been in the works. Now, director Stephen Daldry has expressed interest in the live adaptation, but it’s a bit different that the film version that was expected.  read more

Update: Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry to Direct London Olympics, Promise Zombie-Free Ceremonies

Choose London. Choose a fancy sports complex in the eastern part of the city. Choose Mick f***ing Jagger for the opening ceremonies. Choose two top-notch British filmmakers to direct the thing....  read more

Oscar nominees announced: Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and Benjamin Button amongst highlights

Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button took their anointed places and talk of a populist uprising was silenced with The Dark Knight largely snubbed as the Oscar nominations were announced this morning. ...  read more

The Reader

Stephen Daldry's adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's The Reader is a somber, desolate and profound film...  read more

Oscar bait The Reader gets Dec. 12 release date

Studio mogul Harvey Weinstein's decision to release his company's World War II prestige drama The Reader  on Dec. 12 could spell trouble for Kate Winslet's Oscar hopes. The British actress, long hailed as one of the best of her generation (if not the best), has been an Oscar bridesmaid on five separate occasions. With The Reader arriving this calendar year, she will be competing against her other prestigious literary adaptation, Revolutionary Road, due out a mere two weeks later on Dec. 26....  read more