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John Grisham's Mitch McDeere Is Back On the Run
John Grisham’s classic legal thriller The Firm is finally getting a sequel, this time on the small screen.
Tom Cruise Confirmed as Reacher and 15 Other Botched Literary Casting Calls
Only so much can be overcome through kinetic camerawork, finely tuned performances, and non-linear storytelling. If an actor has been miscast in a high-profile adaptation, that’s the kind of preexisting condition from which few films ever recover.
Tracy Letts’s August Osage County Gets the Hollywood Treatment
We’re looking at the brand-new trailer for the adaptation of Tracy Letts’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor … the list goes on and on.
Casting Musings as Warner Brothers options William Landay’s ‘Defending Jacob’
Who should play the characters as Landay’s novel starts its journey to the big screen? Word and Film has a few ideas …
Jennifer Connelly and Saoirse Ronan Spice Up Cast Of Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’
We also find tweaks to Ebert’s top ten, accolades for Samuel L. Jackson, and the latest reviews of ‘The Raven’ in our news roundup.
Mark Wahlberg Attached to Produce and Star in John Grisham’s ‘The Partner’
Adaptations of Grisham’s thrillers have, from day one, drawn the talents of the biggest stars in Hollywood so this latest news is no surprise.
Early Kerouac Novel Found: The Sea Is My Brother Published 40 Years After Author’s Death
Today’s dose of lit and movie buzz arrives with a roundup of silly titles, an early glimpse of Disney’s “John Carter,” and the return of Mitch McDeere
John Cusack Steps into Tobey Maguire's Shackles in Lee Daniels' Adaption of The Paperboy
Writer-director Lee Daniels is surging ahead with his adaptation of Pete Dexter’s The Paperboy and announced today that he has cast John Cusack to replace Toby Maguire to play the possibly wrongfully convicted death row inmate, Hillary Van Wetter.
Behind the Candelabra: A Conversation with Richard LaGravenese
Word & Film recently had a chance to talk with Richard LaGravenese, the screenwriter of Behind the Candelabra, about what drew him to the project, Liberace’s legacy, and why audiences in Europe are seeing the film in theaters while Americans can only watch it on HBO.
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