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“What Just Happened?” Trailer
Barry Levinson’s “What Just Happened?” is based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer.
Rober De Niro plays a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made.
Sean Penn and Bruce Willis play themselves.
The other famous faces take part in a comedy the filmmakers hope will do for moviemaking what Wag The Dog did for politics. Continue Reading…
”What Just Happened?” – New Red Band Clip
Barry Levinson‘s ”What Just Happened?” is based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer.
Rober De Niro will play a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made. Sean Penn and Bruce Willis play themselves.
This red band clip introduces Bruce Willis, who plays himself in ”What Just Happened?”
”What Just Happened?” will hit theaters on October 3, 2008
watch the clip after the jump
‘What Just Happened?’ – 2 Clips – Cannes 2008
“What Just Happened?”, Barry Levinson’s tale of an embattled Hollywood producer, will be the Cannes Film Festival‘s closing night attraction.
The movie, written by Art Linson and based on his memoir about his experiences as a producer, stars Robert De Niro as Ben, whose professional and personal life comes undone during one turbulent week.
In What Just Happened?, De Niro plays a quality producer in crisis mode, handling temperamental co-workers (including Bruce Willis as himself) and demanding higher-ups (including Catherine Keener as a studio boss) while struggling to make sense of his personal life. Robin Wright Penn plays his most recent ex-wife, Sean Penn plays the star of a movie-within-the-movie.
Hollywood and Cannes Film Festival
Clint Eastwood‘s film “The Changeling“, starring Angelina Jolie as a woman searching for her missing son in 1920s Los Angeles and “Synechdoche, New York,” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut.joins a competition list.
Steven Soderbergh, who took the top Cannes award in 1989 for “Sex, Lies and Videotape“, won a race against time to complete his four-hour epic “Che“, on the life of the revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara in time for the festival.
Steven Soderbergh’s inclusion looks like a last-minute decision. He competes with two pic ”Che” bio – “The Argentine” and “Guerrilla”
As predicted, Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” world preems down on the Croisette, possibly on Sunday May 18. It promises this fest’s must-attend, highest-glam event.
Thierry Fremaux, the festival’s head said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, which will premiere outside the main competition, would ensure “a magnificent red carpet”.
Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and George Lucas are expected to join Spielberg on the steps outside the Palais des Festivals, guaranteeing the kinds of flashing cameras that add essential glamour to the festival’s arthouse fare.
Jessica Chastain to star opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life’
Jessica Chastain will play the female lead opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life‘, a film that story concerns the loss of innocence as seen through the eyes of the son of the characters portrayed by Pitt and Chastain.
Sean Penn appears in a supporting role.
Heath Ledger was originally slated to star in the film, but Pitt replaced him prior to the late actor’s death.
Jessica Chastain will next be seen in the Al Pacino starrer ‘Salomaybe?’.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Writer/Director: Terrence Malick
61st Cannes Film Festival – Sean Penn Is President Of The Jury
Sean Penn, American actor and director, is named President of the Jury of the 61st Festival de Cannes, due to take place from May 14 – 25, 2008.
“In the last few years it seems there has been a rejuvenation of cinema building worldwide; increasingly thoughtful, provocative, moving, and imaginative films by talented filmmakers: that a new generation of filmmaking may have begun.”
”The Cannes Film Festival has long been the epicenter in the discovery of those new waves of filmmakers from all over the world. I very much look forward to participating in this year’s festival as President of the jury” Penn said.
Brad Pitt Lead Role In ‘Tree of Life’
There’s been no official announcement as yet, but it’s been reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been sighted in Smithville, Texas where Terrence Malick may be setting up for a location shoot.
Heath Ledger had been previously linked to the lead role.
According to previous reports, Sean Penn is attached to star in ‘Tree of Life’ as well.
The story, which the elusive filmmaker has apparently been quietly crafting for decades, has been called a ‘complex drama’.
In the summer of 1978, Malick had begun work on this film, which was his most ambitious project. It was called ‘Q’ at the time, but now it has returned with the title ‘Tree of Life’.
‘What Just Happened’ – new movie
‘What Just Happened’ is new movie based on Art Linson’s memoir (book and screenplay) about his experiences as a Hollywood producer. De Niro will play a Linson-like producer who is going through two weeks of hell as he tries to get a picture made. Sean Penn and Bruce Willis are expected to play themselves, and other famous faces are slated to take part in a comedy the filmmakers hope will do for moviemaking what Wag The Dog did for politics.De Niro, Bruce Willis and Sean Penn are enough right there.
‘Into the Wild’ leads Critics’ Choice nominations
Sean Penn’s adventure tale “Into the Wild” garnered the most Critics’ Choice award nominations on Tuesday, including best picture, best actor for Emile Hirsch and best director for Penn.
With seven nominations, “Into the Wild,” directed by Penn, edged out “Juno,” the offbeat comedy about a pregnant teenager played by Ellen Page that received six nods, including best picture and best actress for Page.
Five films snagged five nominations apiece: “Atonement,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Hairspray.”
Joining “Into the Wild” and “Juno” with best picture nods were: “American Gangster,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” “The Kite Runner,” “Michael Clayton,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Sweeney Todd,” and “There Will Be Blood.”
Besides Hirsch, best actor nominations went to George Clooney for “Michael Clayton,” Daniel Day-Lewis for “There Will Be Blood,” Johnny Depp for “Sweeney Todd,” Ryan Gosling for “Lars and the Real Girl,” and Viggo Mortensen for “Eastern Promises.”
Along with Page, others getting best actress nods were Amy Adams for “Enchanted,” Cate Blanchett for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age,” Julie Christie for “Away From Her,” Marion Cotillard for “La Vie en Rose,” and Angelina Jolie for “A Mighty Heart.”
