Brian Brooks is managing editor of MovieLine. Cosmopolis launched its run in the U.S. and qualified as a master of the specialty universe – at least this weekend. After a blitz of media coverage worthy of a studio blockbuster, the David Cronenberg-directed, Robert Pattinson-starrer averaged a fairly impressive…

Brian Brooks is managing editor of MovieLine. David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis certainly has the publicity machine running in its favor with star Robert Pattinson getting lots of attention. Although the barrage of coverage has centered on the actor’s personal life, the movie’s distributor eOne said the star has stayed on…

Here’s a trailer for David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis with Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche and Samantha Morton. Based on Don DeLillo’s novel, the Entertainment One release opens August 17th: Watch this video on…

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO – JUNE 7, 2012 – Entertainment One Films US is thrilled to announce the US release date for David Cronenberg's COSMOPOLIS has been set for August 17, 2012. The film had its world premiere at this year's Cannes International Film Festival. COSMOPOLIS will open in New York and Los Angeles before…

Related: Another Pre-Cannes Deal: EOne Closing In On David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis' LOS ANGELES/TORONTO/LONDON – MAY 3, 2012 – Entertainment One ("eOne") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the US and UK distribution rights to COSMOPOLIS in all media, from Paris-based Kinology. As previously announced, eOne…

EXCLUSIVE: Cannes is two weeks away and already the deals are percolating. Yesterday, The Weinstein Company paid upwards of $3 million for the Dustin Hoffman-directed Quartet. Now, I’m told eOne is closing in on a deal to pay $2 million for North American and UK distribution rights to Cosmopolis, the David…

David Cronenberg wrote and directed Cosmopolis based on Don DeLillo’s novel, a study of capitalism in a slightly futuristic metropolis. It stars Robert Pattinson and is a sure bet to be headed for Cannes in May. It is being released first May 23 in France, where it is the first release from Stone Angels, the new…

Jay Baruchel has joined Robert Pattinson in the David Cronenberg-directed Cosmopolis. Pattinson plays a financial wiz kid who puts his life in danger by betting his entire fortune against the yen on a tumultous day in the adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel. Baruchel plays the shy guy who founded the company, and who…

Sarah Gadon has been set to star alongside Rob Pattinson in Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg’s next directorial effort. It’s her second straight film with the director after wrapping A Dangerous Method. Cronenberg, who adapted the Cosmopolis script from the Don DeLillo novel, has cast Gadon as the estranged wife of…

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Pattinson has booked his first major lead for when he completes The Twilight Saga. Pattinson will star in Cosmopolis, the Don DeLillo novel adaptation that David Cronenberg wrote and will direct. Pattinson, who just starred with Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz in Fox 2000’s Francis…