Tag: John Logan
Hugo Writer John Logan Taking Musical JERSEY BOYS to the Screen
On stage and screen, John Logan rules — after he has written about ancient Rome (Gladiator), the Empire of Japan during the 1870s (The Last Samurai), and a depression-era 1930s (Hugo), Logan will be focusing his attention to early ’60s New Jersey when the Four Seasons were a favorite band for sure.
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical based on them, which opened on Broadway in 2005 and won four 2006 Tony Awards including Best Musical.
Three New CORIOLANUS Banners
We have added three new banners for the upcoming adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Coriolanus. Directed by first time director, Ralph Fiennes, the film is scripted by adapted by John Logan who has been responsible for the screenplays of Gladiator, Aviator and also the upcoming Bond Skyfall.
Official Poster for Martin Scorsese’s HUGO Revealed
The third poster for Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film Hugo has been revealed, along with the tagline, “
Darren Aronofsky to Direct NOAH for Paramount and New Regency
Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions jointly announced today that Academy Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky will direct the feature film Noah (epically-scaled retelling of the biblical story of Noah, the Ark and the flood), with Academy Award nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) coming aboard to re-write the script by Aronofsky & Ari Handel. Aronofsky and Scott Franklin will produce the movie.
Patti Smith Teams with John Logan to Adapt Her Memoir Just Kids
The ‘Godmother of Punk’, Patti Smith has teamed up with Oscar-winning John Logan to adapt her bestselling memoir Just Kids that won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 2010.
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo – Trailer & Poster
First trailer and poster of Martin Scorsese-directed live action 3D fantasy film “Hugo” have made its way out.
Scorsese’s first 3D film, previously titled Hugo Cabret, based on Brian Selznick’s captivating and imaginative New York Times best-seller The Invention of Hugo Cabret, stars Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfied and Chloe Moretz. It is written by John Logan and produced by Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington and Johnny Depp.
Rango Review
Opening Friday March 4 Rango is Industrial Light and Magic’s first fully animated movie . Written by John Logan, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp.
Like The Fantastic Mr Fox, “Rango” is helmed by a cineaste Gore Verbinski who has worked in live actions, and it takes advantage from his heightened awareness of visual responses to the piece –Verbinski assisted on True Grit’s DP Roger Deakins as a visual consultant, and it shows.
Three New Rango Character Posters
The Photo Gallery has been updated with three new character posters from Paramount Pictures’ Rango.
Rango tells the story a chameleon with an identity crisis, who embarks on a journey of self-discovery taking place in the western town of Dirt.
Johnny Depp voicing the titular Chameleon and he is joined by Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant, Abigail Breslin and Alfred Molina.
Judi Dench Returns as M in Bond 23
When I think about Bond movies, there’s always Judi Dench on my mind.
Don’t know why, maybe because she has already starred in six Bond films with her first appearance in 1995′s Goldeneye? Obviously.
So, it’s quite logical that the legendary actress will return as M, 007′s boss, in the new movie that, at this moment, has the working title Bond 23.
That’s exactly what we heard straight from Judi Dench last night at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards:
“Yes, I can’t tell you anything at all! Nothing… my lips are sealed,” she said, but then added: “You get to work with Daniel Craig. You get to go on location if you are very lucky and you get to wear a few sharp suits.
