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Ben Stiller in talks to replace Spielberg on Chicago 7
Explain this one to us: Ben Stiller may fill in for Steven Spielberg as director of The Trial of the Chicago 7.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSteven Spielberg-Diablo Cody's Tara set for Jan.
In the flood of announcements that followed Diablo Cody’s overnight overexposure, perhaps the most persistent was the bond between the Oscar-adorned Juno screenwriter and Steven Spielberg. If we’re to believe the Hollywood lore, he even considered directing Juno at one point, and before long he had Cody attached as a writer on several of his fledgling projects.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDreamWorks and Paramount have a messy breakup
For quite a while now, DreamWorks has been due for some change. Its relationship with distributor Paramount had gone from shaky, to rocky, to in dire need of a life raft. Due to this tension, it was no surprise that as its contract with Paramount ended the company looked elsewhere to produce its films. Reliance, a company based mostly out of India, is helping to fund a stand-alone production company for DreamWorks.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSpielberg's Disturbia accused of stealing Rear Window plot
Director M. Night Shyamalan has been accused of pilfering plotlines several times in his career: Signs supposedly stole from a script for Lord of the Barrens: The Jersey Devil and The Village followed a shockingly close track to Margaret Peteson Haddix's children's novel Running Out Of Time.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPaul Greengrass taking over for Spielberg on Chicago Seven
In January, we reported that Sacha Baron Cohen, best known for his characters Borat and Ali G, had been cast in Steven Spielberg's upcoming feature The Trial of the Chicago Seven. And while it still looks like Cohen's involved in the film, Spielberg is bowing out due to his commitments to about five other projects. Film School Rejects noticed that Production Weekly added Paul Greengrass to the film's listing, and though no official confirmation has been announced, suspicions that Spielberg would postpone the project have been around for months.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDiablo Cody to collaborate with Steven Spielberg (again)
Diablo Cody has come a long way since the days when she was merely the proprietor of the Pussy Ranch . The woman born Brook Busey—and self-described "unlikely stripper " turned Academy Award laureate—was recently pegged by Steven Spielberg to write a script for an as-yet-untitled Dreamworks comedy, based on an original concept by Spielberg. That's literally all we know at this point. Apparently the project is under wraps to the point that there's not even a producer attached to the film yet.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsShowtime snags Steven Spielberg and Diablo Cody's Tara
Showtime has picked up the Diablo Cody-penned sitcom The United States of Tara for 12 half-hour episodes, including pilot. As previously reported, Steven Spielberg is producing the endeavor that now will begin filming this summer. Showtime president Robert Greenblatt said he hopes to launch the show early next year, though there is no definite air date yet.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsNew details arise about Spielberg's creepy new website
TechCrunch has revealed that Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming paranormal social networking site will be called either “Rising” or “The Rising,” which may confuse some Bruce Springsteen fans looking for song lyrics rather than explicit alien abduction narratives. No word yet on what—if any—connection the site will have to a specific film project, though “original video” is among the domain’s planned features. Otherwise, The Rising will be a place for friends-who-have-had-close-encounters, making it much simpler to realize when a whole slew of people are constructing the same future UFO landing spot out of side dishes.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSteven Spielberg tackles America's bloodiest war in next film
Hot off of the set of the fourth Indiana Jones film, Steven Spielberg refuses to relax. Now that he's tackled the latest adventures of Jones and company (that sadly but unsurprisingly does not include Sean Connery), Spielberg promises to finally focus on a biopic of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, a project that has been on the director's back-burner for nearly seven years. It's possible that the movie may begin shooting as soon as 2009, since the script has already been written by Tony Kushner. Liam Neeson is said to be on board to take on the formidable role... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSteven Spielberg to launch paranormal social-network site?
We haven't heard a good ghost story since Nickelodeon retired Are You Afraid of the Dark?, but that might change very soon. Rumor has it that producer Steven Spielberg—who has a bit of extraterrestrial experience under his belt (Casper, Men in Black and War of the Worlds, to name a handful)—is in the midst of developing a social networking site called Ghost Town. The site will be for people to share their paranormal experiences with others who can relate. As one Paste staffer put it, the man who made E.T. is making a site...(dramatic pause)...for people who have encountered E.T.... read more
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