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Roland Joffé To Direct ‘The Legitimate Wiseguy’ About Chicago Outfit Mobster Tony Spilotro And The Kid He Mentored
He was one of the most ruthless, feared and notorious criminals ever to come out of the Chicago Outfit: Anthony ‘Tony the Ant’ Spilotro. Now, Roland Joffé and Chicagoan Nicholas Celozzi, who is the grand nephew of the late mob boss Sam Giancana and thought of Spilotro as his second father, are bringing Celozzi’s…
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‘Undressed’ Series Reboot In Works At MTV Studios With Creator Roland Joffé As Network Extends Ratings Growth Streak
EXCLUSIVE: The recently launched MTV Studios is planning to bring back another classic MTV series, Undressed, which explored the complicated dynamics of young adult relationships. Roland Joffé, the two-time Oscar nominated director who created and executive produced the influential scripted series, which aired 200…
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Director Roland Joffé Inks With Gersh
EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed award-winning director Roland Joffé, who recently co-wrote and directed the South African drama, The Forgiven, starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana.
Based on the Michael Ashton play The Archbishop and The Antichrist, the story follows Archbishop Desmond Tutu's (Whitaker) work as President…
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Saban Films Sets Spring Release For Roland Joffe’s ‘The Forgiven’ Starring Forest Whitaker, Eric Bana – Update
UPDATED with release date: Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Roland Joffé's dramatic film The Forgiven which is based on the Michael Asthon play The Archbishop and The Antichrist and stars Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. The film will hit theaters on March 9, followed by a VOD and digital…
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Eric Bana To Star Opposite Forest Whitaker In Desmond Tutu Pic ‘The Forgiven’
EXCLUSIVE: Eric Bana has just signed on to The Forgiven, the adaptation of Michael Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist about Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Forest Whitaker is already aboard to play Tutu, with Roland Joffé directing the script he co-wrote with Ashton.
The drama centers on Tutu’s work as president…
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Forest Whitaker & Vince Vaughn To Star In ‘The Archbishop And The Antichrist’ Adaptation From Roland Joffé – AFM
Forest Whitaker and Vince Vaughn have been set to star in The Archbishop And The Antichrist, a drama to be directed by Roland Joffé. The script, co-written by Joffé and Michael Ashton and based on Ashton’s play, follows a fictionalized account of meetings between Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Whitaker) and brutal murderer…
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‘Texas Rising’ “F*cking Awesome”, Says History GM
History’s eight-hour 2015 tentpole series Texas Rising was modestly described this morning by its EP Leslie Greif as a “saga about a period of nine months when people of all ethnicities were trying to find a little place of freedom, called Texas.”
Kicking off a Q&A for that series, what he described as "another major…
Fremantle, Roland Joffé Team For ‘Ugly’; Series Project Based On Hugo’s ‘Hunchback’
FremantleMedia International and Oscar-nominated director Roland Joffé are putting a new spin on Victor Hugo’s classic The Hunchback Of Notre Dame. Under a co-development partnership, Joffé (The Killing Fields, The Mission) will write a retelling of the story to be titled Ugly. The planned TV series will trace the…
Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires 'There Be Dragons'
Samuel Goldwyn Films bought U.S. rights on the Roland Joffe-directed There Be Dragons, a Spain-set drama that stars Wes Bentley, Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Derek Jacobi and Dougray Scott. The film will be released May 6. Scott plays a journalist who tries to unravel a mystery that links his father to the founder of…
Hot Trailer: Roland Joffe's 'There Be Dragons'
Roland Joffe is back the volatile political terrain he covered in films like The Mission and The Killing Fields. It’s There Be Dragons. Producer Ignacio Sancha said the film takes place during the Spanish Civil War. A journalist who looks back on the volatile conflict uncovers his father’s violent role. Joffe helped…
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