Tag: Robert Redford
Robert Redford Returns to Baseball to Play Branch Rickey in Jackie Robinson Biopic
The Natural star, Robert Redford, finally has signed on to an untitled film by Legendary Pictures – the historical drama about the Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey and one of the most famous real-life baseball players Jackie Robinson.
According to Redford, Mystic River and L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland will scribe and direct the untitled project that will be produced by Legendary Pictures’ Thomas Tull (Inception, The Dark Knight) who has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. They have not yet cast an actor for the Jackie Robinson’s role.
First The Conspirator Trailer
The first trailer for historical drama The Conspirator starring Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline, Danny Huston, Justin Long, Alexis Bledel, Toby Kebbell and Stephen Root has arrived.
Directed by Robert Redford with a script written by James D. Solomon, the film takes place at the end of Abraham Lincoln‘s life, following the trial of the group that planned and carried out the assassination.
Come Together For Sundance Film Festival 2011
With a record six films in this year’s U.S. Dramatic Competition developed through the Sundance Institute Labs, Sundance President and Founder Robert Redford news press conference calling for renewed focus on how the original mission for the Institute still defines the Festival.
We’re always asking, ‘What are we doing, why are we here, what’s the point of all of this?’ The point simply has been to do whatever we can to create opportunities for new artists.”
Redford put into perspective all of the ways that the Institute has grown since its founding thirty years ago, from the Labs growing into a constant support system for filmmakers to the advent of the Sundance Channel, Sundance Theatres, and to developing projects online and beyond. He spoke strongly about the potential of new technology and of the Internet,
as long as we adapt to them and stay focused on the mission of helping filmmakers get their work out.”
Because of that sundance.org/festival: refurbished last August, now offers updates and video interviews so you can see 12 of this year’s short films, plus eight other classic shorts from the past on youtube.com/ytscreeningroom.
James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn In “The Conspirator”
James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn will pair up for Oscar Award winner Robert Redford-directed historical drama “The Conspirator“.
The period drama is based on true events following the assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln. The script for the movie is written by James Solomon.
Wright Penn is due to play Mary Surratt, the only woman who was charged with conspiring to kill the president in April 1865 and McAvoy will take on the role of young way hero Frederick Aiken, an idealistic young war hero who reluctantly defends the woman.
