Culver City, Calif., May 2011 . Columbia Pictures has acquired United States distribution rights to the forthcoming motion picture from Oscar®-winners Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, director and screenwriter, respectively, of the Best Picturewinning film The Hurt Locker, it was announced this week by Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The untitled film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death earlier this month during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film.
Boal and Bigelow will produce the project, along with Annapurna Picture.s Megan Ellison, and executive producer, Greg Shapiro, with production slated to commence in the late summer of 2011. The film will be released in the United States in the 4th quarter of 2012.
Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said,...
The untitled film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death earlier this month during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film.
Boal and Bigelow will produce the project, along with Annapurna Picture.s Megan Ellison, and executive producer, Greg Shapiro, with production slated to commence in the late summer of 2011. The film will be released in the United States in the 4th quarter of 2012.
Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said,...
- 5/27/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: Columbia Pictures has acquired United States distribution rights to the forthcoming motion picture from Oscar®-winners Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal, director and screenwriter, respectively, of the Best Picture-winning film The Hurt Locker, it was announced today by Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The untitled film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death earlier this month during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film.
Boal and Bigelow will produce the project, along with Annapurna Picture’s Megan Ellison, and executive producer, Greg Shapiro, with production slated to commence in the late summer of 2011. The film will be released in the United States in the 4th quarter of 2012.
Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said, “With the death of Osama bin Laden,...
The untitled film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death earlier this month during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film.
Boal and Bigelow will produce the project, along with Annapurna Picture’s Megan Ellison, and executive producer, Greg Shapiro, with production slated to commence in the late summer of 2011. The film will be released in the United States in the 4th quarter of 2012.
Commenting on the announcement, Pascal said, “With the death of Osama bin Laden,...
- 5/25/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
One of these things is not like the others...
Ifta (Independent Film and Television Alliance) has placidly posted their top 30 independent films of the last thirty years, and their rankings have the blogosphere riled.
The films (which will be screened in the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood) are listed as they appear on Ifta’s site below.
” The Most Significant Independent Films from each of the past three decades follows:
1981-1990: Amadeus, Blue Velvet, Dances With Wolves, Das Boot (The Boat), Gandhi, My Left Foot, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Platoon, Sex, Lies and Videotape, The Terminator (Honorary mentions: The Killing Fields, The Last Emperor, The Toxic Avenger)
1991-2000: Braveheart, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Fargo, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Life is Beautiful, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Where the Day Takes You (Honorary mentions: Basic Instinct, Good Will Hunting, Trainspotting)
20001-2010: Brokeback Mountain,...
Ifta (Independent Film and Television Alliance) has placidly posted their top 30 independent films of the last thirty years, and their rankings have the blogosphere riled.
The films (which will be screened in the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood) are listed as they appear on Ifta’s site below.
” The Most Significant Independent Films from each of the past three decades follows:
1981-1990: Amadeus, Blue Velvet, Dances With Wolves, Das Boot (The Boat), Gandhi, My Left Foot, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Platoon, Sex, Lies and Videotape, The Terminator (Honorary mentions: The Killing Fields, The Last Emperor, The Toxic Avenger)
1991-2000: Braveheart, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Fargo, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Life is Beautiful, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Silence of the Lambs, The Usual Suspects, Where the Day Takes You (Honorary mentions: Basic Instinct, Good Will Hunting, Trainspotting)
20001-2010: Brokeback Mountain,...
- 9/9/2010
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
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