A former executive director of a Surrey-based Metis family support group will be on the national sex offender registry for life. The Ontario Superior Court also sentenced Bill Lee to five and a half years in prison, leaving him with two years left to serve, a year probation, a decade weapon prohibition, and he must submit his DNA. Lee pleaded … [Read more...]
Director News: McCarthy, Pink, Becker
February 8, 2013 by
Tammy Melissa McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone have been hired to direct the comedy "Tammy" for New Line. The pair also penned the script. McCarthy plays a woman who, after losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful, hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother. [Source: Variety] Shore Leave DreamWorks has … [Read more...]
“Impossible” Director Tackles Sci-Fi
January 28, 2013 by
Juan Antonio Bayona ("The Impossible," "The Orphanage") has signed on to direct an untitled science fiction project at Warner Bros. Pictures. Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump") penned the script, but plot details are being kept under wraps other than it being a space-set feature. Kevin McCormick is producing. Source: Variety Dark Horizons - News … [Read more...]
BCCLA hires new executive director
December 9, 2012 by
The BC Civil Liberties Association has hired a new executive director. Josh Paterson is a lawyer with a background in first nations and environmental issues. While he says that likely factored into his hiring, pushing police accountability will continue to be a priority for the BCCLA. "There has been an improvement in the way things are going on … [Read more...]
“Bullhead” Director Enters The “Kingdom”
November 12, 2012 by
"Bullhead" director Michael R. Roskam has entered negotiations to helm the crime drama "Animal Rescue" at Fox Searchlight and Chernin Entertainment. The story follows a lonely Boston bartender who rescues a puppy from a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog's abusive and mentally unstable former owner. At the same time he becomes caught … [Read more...]
“Arbitrage” Director Opts For “Fuel”
October 15, 2012 by
"Arbitrage" filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki has setup his next project, the L.A.-set steampunk-esque detective tale "Fuel" reports Variety. Described as a hi-tech noir, the story is set in a futuristic world of entirely electric vehicles and powered by alternative energy. The action follows a young man working surveillance who gets in over his head. … [Read more...]
“Southern Wild” Director Begins Follow-Up
September 26, 2012 by
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" director Benh Zeitlin is heading back to Louisiana to work on his next project following in the wake of the success of that award winner at Sundance earlier this year. The AFP reports that Zeitlin is aiming to use the same production team and cast in the new and currently untitled project. The story is being … [Read more...]
‘Thrones’ Director Helms “Jar City” Remake
September 22, 2012 by
Brian Kirk is in negotiations to direct the American remake of the well reviewed 2006 Icelandic crime drama "Jar City" reports The Los Angeles Times. The story follows a detective investigating a fresh murder he believes is linked to an unsolved rape from the decades ago. Original director Baltasar Kormakur is on board to produce. Kirk has … [Read more...]
Director Kicked From Keanu’s “47 Ronin”?
September 21, 2012 by
This is not good. Universal Pictures has taken the editing of its troubled 3D Japanese outcast samurai epic "47 Ronin" out of the hands of its first-time feature director Carl Rinsch says The Wrap. The drastic move is reportedly in response to the project's budget ballooning past the $ 225 million mark, though the studio is still claiming the … [Read more...]
“Uncharted” Loses Director, Gains Scribes
August 25, 2012 by
"National Treasure" film series scribes Marianne and Cormac Wibberley have been set to rewrite the script for the big-budget video game series adaptation "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" at Sony Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Arad Productions says Variety. Based on the first game in Naughty Dog's acclaimed and popular Playstation game series, the … [Read more...]
