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Shia To Get Smart In Dark Fields
Cinema Blend News — Shia To Get Smart In Dark Fields Looks like busy boy Shia LaBeouf is getting another title to add to his resume. According to ComingSoon.net , Shia will be teaming up with director Neil Burger ( The Illusionist ) for the film Dark Fields to be shot in New York City sometime this winter. The movie is based on the 2002 novel “The Dark Fields” written by Alan Glynn. It’s the story of a young man who gets a hold of a top-secret pill with the ability to make a person smarter. The beauties of the pill begin to overshadow its negative side effects, which include terrible headaches and a phenomenon called “trip-switching” during which ...

Shia to Spend Winter in Dark Fields
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — Shia LaBeouf ponders his career. Or something. ComingSoon reports that the inexplicably busy Shia LaBeouf will film Dark Fields this winter for director Neil Burger. CS got the story while interviewing Burger about his soon-to-be-released film The Lucky Ones. (btw, I say “inexplicably busy” because I just haven’t been able to buy in to the charms of Mr. LaBeouf. He’s a competent actor, but not a particularly interesting one; he doesn’t have a lot of presence, meanning he doesn’t pop off the screen like a real star; he’s okay looking but ...

Stalked: Burger and LaBeouf, McGregor and Clooney
Filmstalker — Neil Burger and Shia LaBeouf team up on The Dark Fields... Ewan McGregor and George Clooney team up on The Men Who Stare at Goats... Sam Riley will lead Géla Babluani's remake of his own film, 13 Tzameti... Neil Burger ...

LaBeouf Swallows Another Big Pill Of Scifi [Dark Fields]
io9 — Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) next big film is the thriller Dark Fields, and he's already cast scifi staple Shia LaBeouf, according to Coming Soon. The movie, based on Alan Glynn's novel, is about a futuristic pill that when swallowed makes you whip-crack smart. Alas, the side effects are nasty. Burger told Coming Soon: "It's more like if there's viagra or steroids, why isn't there something that increases your synaptic connections and makes you think smarter and faster, but it's not without side effects and consequences." These side effects including sometimes seeing ...

Shia LaBeouf’s Next Film to Be Dark Fields For Director Neil Burger
/Film — Director Neil Burger (The Illusionist) has confirmed to Coming Soon that he’ll being shooting Dark Fields in NYC with Shia LaBeouf this winter, making it the next film for the actor after Transformers 2. The project sounds pretty cool and seems to be flying under the radar, so if you’re curious, let us to point you to our report from April, in which we referred to it as Adderall: The Movie. Based on Alan Glynn’s 2002 book of the same name, LaBeouf will play a young man who ascends the ...

MAKING WAVES: Shia LaBeouf In Upcoming New Film 'Dark Fields'
Home — tMF recently posted the Top 10 young actors with the most anticipated roles, and Shia Labeouf is one of the top ten. Now here's more confirmation about his role in Dark Fields, one of the two films we mentioned that he's currently working on... Coming Soon reported that Shia LaBeouf signed on to be in the upcoming thriller film called Dark Fields about a loser (LaBeouf) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical smart pill but soon discovers that it has lethal and lasting side effects.The project is said to be in the vein of Fight Club and The Game. It's directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist) which will ...

Film Junk Weekend Wrap-Up: Sept. 21, 2008
Film Junk — [image] This week on Film Junk, Diablo Cody’s recent rant about the Diablo Cody backlash sparked plenty of discussion, as did Adam’s article on Top 10 Movie Douchebags. Speaking of douchebags, Brett Ratner somehow found himself in the news once again, as he is apparently under consideration to direct the upcoming Conan movie (what we didn’t know, however, is that he’s only one of a handful of names being considered). Vin Diesel signed on for a third xXx movie, while Jude Law is reportedly close to signing on to play Dr. Watson. Also, the new Bond theme song leaked online this week, and hey guess what… they might do a sequel to Watchmen ...

Late, Links for 9/19!
We Are Movie Geeks — Sorry for the delay, but I threw in all of todays quick hits as well!  Enjoy!   -Doubt looks pretty much fantastic. -The King of Kong director Seth Gordon’s next is a Christmas movie, we will see how that goes.  At least if it sucks, he still has King of Kong! -Please let Aronofsky make a Noah’s Ark film! -The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has a video sneak peek. -Ben Affleck has a new writing, directing, and acting vehicle. -Toby McGuire is getting 50 million plus box office percentages to reprise Spiderman; good ...