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Alan Robert Murray On ‘Sully,’ and Creating Benicio Del Toro’s Gunshot Sound For ‘Sicario’
When Alan Robert Murray took on the job of Supervising Sound Editor for Sicario, it was with Bub Asman–Murray's working partner for some 40 years–and with a wealth of awards and noms between them. The duo won the Oscar last year for American Sniper, and in 2007 for Letters From Iwo Jima. Now Sicario's nom brings them…
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Hot Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal In ‘Enemy’
Jake Gyllenhaal re-teams with his Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve in Enemy, a psychosexual thriller about a self-loathing university lecturer who spots his doppelganger, an actor, in a movie; he tracks down the man and the two engage in a spiraling struggle from which only one will survive. Gyllenhaal plays dual…
‘Prisoners’ Helmer Eyeing Tense Mexican Border Crime Drama ‘Sicario’ For Black Label
EXCLUSIVE: Hot off helming the kidnap thriller Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve is circling Sicario, a Taylor Sheridan-scripted drama that is fast coming together with Black Label financing, and producing with Basil Iwanyk’s Thunder Road. Black Label is the finance/production company formed by Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill…
The Contenders 2013: ‘Prisoners’ Screenwriter Asks “How Did I Become So Warped To Give Birth To This Story?” (Video)
With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, it may also be time to reflect on what is easily one of the most harrowing movies of the year, Prisoners. The film, which starts out at a Thanksgiving day celebration that turns tragic when two young girls from different families are snatched in broad daylight, was a blacklisted…
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‘Prisoners’ Breaks Out For #1 With $21.4M; ‘Battle Of The Year’ #5 For Bleak $4.1M
SUNDAY 1 AM, 4TH UPDATE: With the 65th Emmys broadcasting this weekend, Hollywood is only talking television, television, television. Yes, I'll be interrupting my vacation and live-snarking the small screen awards starting Sunday at 5:00 PM PT. But only because the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was hoping I…
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By Nikki Finke
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‘Prisoners’ Helmer Denis Villeneuve Inks Overall Deal With Alcon
Denis Villeneuve‘s Prisoners broke out big-time on the Oscar-season radar over the weekend in Telluride, where his hostage drama starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal landed a sneak peak slot in the lineup. The Friday screening connected an upper-cut blow to the fest’s audience who reacted with strong applause and…
Telluride: Surprise ‘Prisoners’ Rocks The Fest And Becomes Instant Oscar Contender
Hyperbole at film festivals is to be expected, BUT even with direct competition from Brad Pitt and the Coen brothers, the reaction to the first public screening Friday night anywhere of director Denis Villenueve’s thrilling and penetrating drama Prisoners at the 40th Telluride Film Festival was completely unexpected…
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By Pete Hammond
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Telluride: No ‘Prisoners’ Hugh Jackman Or Jake Gyllenhaal For Special Screening
Also at the Telluride Film Festival picnic I ran into Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve and its producers, Alcon’s Andrew Kosove and Kira Davis. The trio were anxiously awaiting the festival’s reaction to their incredibly tense thriller. I had speculated pic would be a surprise entry here and indeed it as now been…
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By Pete Hammond
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Hot Trailer: ‘Prisoners’
Award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) directs a deep ensemble cast in Prisoners, about two families whose lives are upturned when their young daughters go missing together. Hugh Jackman, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, and Viola Davis play the distraught parents, with Jake Gyllenhaal as a cop trying to…
Hot Trailer: Hugh Jackman’s ‘Prisoners’
The story of Prisoners revolves around a small-town carpenter (Hugh Jackman) whose young daughter and her best friend are abducted. After the cops fail to find them, Jackman’s character takes the law into his own hands, but in the process runs up against a detective (Jake Gyllenhaal), a hot-shot cop with confidence to…
Terrence Howard Joins Illustrious Chain Gang In Alcon’s ‘Prisoners’
EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Entertainment has added Terrence Howard to round out the impressive cast that has mobilized for Prisoners. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Maria Bello and Paul Dano. The cast has responded to the screenplay by Contraband scribe Aaron Guzikowski, and the chance…
Maria Bello Added To ‘Prisoners’ Cast
EXCLUSIVE: Mario Bello has signed on to the kidnapping thriller Prisoners. The Touch actress will play Grace, the wife of Hugh Jackman's Keller character in the movie. Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano and Viola Davis are also in the Denis Villeneuve-directed film. Prisoners follows a small town carpenter…
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