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Brad Pitt and James Gray are found in "The Lost City of Z"
FilmWad —
Brad Pitt stars as British soldier and spy Percy Fawcett in the adaptation of "The Lost City of Z." According to Variety Paramount will set James Gray behind the reigns of the David Grann book. The nonfiction book by Grann, a staffer at the New Yorker, will be published in April by Doubleday. Paramount acquired it earlier this year for Pitt to produce through his Par-based Plan B banner.
Mumblecore Goes to Hollywood. Trade Roughage 12/10/08
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Jay and Mark Duplass are abandoning the mumblecore movement for Hollywood. And not only will they work with a bigger budget, they’ve also acquired an Apatow-appropriate cast featuring John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. The untitled comedy (formerly called Safety Man) will have us believe that Tomei actually birthed Hill and still looks as good as she does.
Let the Mamma Mia! copycats come forward: New Line has bought the rights to the Off-Broadway musical Rock of Ages, which features a ton of 1980s rock anthems from bands like Journey, Twisted Sister, Foreigner, REO ...
Morning Deal Report: Brad Pitt Seeks Lost City
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We Own the Night director James Gray is adapting the nonfiction book The Lost City of Z for Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B. Pitt will star as British soldier and spy Percy Fawcett, who “left Victorian society to explore in the Amazon, and he became obsessed by the idea of an advanced civilization he called Z, which he believed existed in the depths of the jungle. Along with his son, Fawcett headed into the jungle in 1925 in search of Z and was never seen again,” Variety reports.
Mumblecore mavens the Duplass Brothers are set to make their studio debut with “an intergenerational comedy” for Fox ...
Brad Doesn't Want to Fight, But Is Ready to Defend Angelina
PopSugar —
The neutral tones make Brad Pitt's blue eyes stand out, along with the mustache of course, on the cover of this week's Rolling Stone. His work in Benjamin Button brings Angelina Jolie nothing but pride, but your pick for hardest working of 2008 already lined up his next project playing a British spy in The Lost City of Z. In the meantime, Brad spoke to the magazine about his dreams for the future, Proposition 8, and his kids. Here's more:
On his children: "They're so beyond me in technology, it's hard to keep up. Our seven-year-old was searching the word ...
Gray to direct Brad Pitt in 'Lost City of Z'
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James Gray, director of "We Own the Night," is set to direct the big-screen adaptation of David Grann's book "The Lost City of Z."
Variety reports Brad Pitt will star in the film, which tells the story of Percy Fawcett, a British soldier who explored the Amazon and was convinced he could find an advanced civilization he called Z. He never returned from his expedition.
"It is a story that will be told with an epic scale, with a main character who is larger than life," Gray told Variety. The book by Grann, who works for the New Yorker, will be released in April.
Gray also directed ...
Brad Pitt Either Finding This Really Great City or Dying
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Paramount has arranged for We Own the Night director James Gray to adapt and direct The Lost City of Z, and more impressively, Brad Pitt will star. Have you heard of this guy? Really popular actor. Here's the story: ...
Brad Pitt Goes Searching For A Lost City
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... Goes Searching For A Lost City In 1925, British soldier/spy Percy Fawcett became so obsessed with finding an advanced civilization he thought existed in the Amazon that he left behind civilization and set out into the jungle, never to be heard from again. Sounds like a pretty good story, doesnt it? Its true, although I have no doubt there will be some dramatic license used as Fawcetts story becomes a movie starring Brad Pitt and directed by We Own the Night director James Gray. Variety announced that Paramount is moving forward with a movie adaptation of The Lost City ...
