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Chris Pine goes after 'The Art of Making Money'
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Chris Pine is in talks to star in and D.J. Caruso is in negotiations to direct Paramount Pictures' "The Art of Making Money," a drama based on true events with production set to kick off next year.
The film is based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article that later turned into Jason Kersten's book "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin wrote the screenplay.
Variety says Chris Pine would play Art Williams, an alias for a Chicago guy who became a master counterfeiter. Pine most recently delivered a very solid performance in "Star Trek."
Tom Cruise's 'Witchita' Becomes 'Knight & Day,' 'Toy Story 3' Adds Voice Cast Members, 'Parnassus' Character Posters
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Tom Cruise's action comedy, "Witchita," directed by James Mangold and co-starring Cameron Diaz has changed its title to "Knight & Day." It's a 20th Century Fox picture and currently shooting. It will arrive July 2, 2010. Universal has released synopses for "Green Zone," "MacGruber," "Get Him To The Greek," Ridley Scott's still untitled, "Robin Hood," project and "Your ...
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Oh No They Didn't! —
Paramount sets sights on 'Money' men: Studio in negotiations with Chris Pine, D.J. Caruso Paramount Pictures is in negotiations with thesp Chris Pine and director D.J. Caruso to put fact-based drama "The Art of Making Money" on a fast track to begin production early next year. Brian Robbins is producing with Sharla Sumpter and Brad Weston. Frank Baldwin wrote the script. If the deals are made, Pine will play Art Williams, the alias for a Chicago man who rose from petty theft to become a master counterfeiter. Paramount acquired the project based on a 2005 Rolling Stone article by Jason Kersten, ...
Chris Pine Now Just Printing His Own Money
Vulture —
Faking It: Chris Pine will star in, and D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) will direct The Art of Making Money, a drama adapted from Jason Kersten’s 2005 Rolling Stone article turned book. Pine will play Art Williams, a Chicago criminal who graduated from small-stakes theft to large-scale counterfeiting. Sounds cool, but since Caruso is untested as a director of films not starring Shia LaBeouf, he might want to learn to counterfeit box-office receipts. [Variety]
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Chris Pine Knows 'The Art of Making Money'
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His captain's chair on the Enterprise secure, Chris Pine has been eager to find roles in this time space continuum to help define him as something other than James T. Kirk. He nearly saw his first post-Trek feature Unstoppable go off the rails, but he's proving to be unstoppable himself as he has already lined up another project. Variety reports that Pine will be returning to Paramount for The Art of Making Money. D.J. Caruso is in talks to direct. (Will it be the start of another beautiful Caruso friendship like he enjoyed with Shia LaBeouf?)
Money is based on a 2005 Rolling ...
D.J. Caruso And Chris Pine Start Printing Their Own Money
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... after two Transformers movies, the fourth Indiana Jones movie and two D.J. Caruso vehicles, people are starting to get sick of. Chris Pine is a rising action star who, after proving he can be more than eye candy in Star Trek , people are ready to see more of. It's obvious logic, and one that D.J. Caruso himself is taking to heart-- he's cast Chris Pine in The Art of Making Money , a true story drama about a Chicago counterfeiter going by the name of Art Williams. According to Variety the production is being fast-tracked to start early next year, meaning we'll likely ...
Chris Pine in Talks to Learn the Art of Making Money
BuzzSugar —
Chris Pine can thank Star Trek for a beamed-up career: the new Captain Kirk is in talks to star in The Art of Making Money.
The film is based on the true story of Art Williams, who went from petty thievery to master counterfeiter. Pine would play Williams, and there's also a possibility that DJ Caruso (who helmed Eagle ...
Chris Pine Starring In 'The Art Of Making Money' For Director D.J. Caruso
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James Tiberius Kirk already cheated his way to victory in the Kobayashi Maru test, and now he's putting his fast-thinking talents towards making money — well, his real life persona is, at least.
According to Variety, "Star Trek" actor Chris Pine is teaming up with "Eagle Eye" director D.J. Caruso for "The Art of Making Money," an adaptation of reporter Jason Kersten's fact-based novel "The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter." Frank Baldwin — no apparent relation to Alec, Daniel, William and Stephen — is writing the script.
The title refers not just to the creative ...
Today’s secret word is “$”
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On an otherwise slow movie news day, Variety’s Michael Fleming is on a small role, and the theme is filthy lucre.
* Writers Aline Brosh McKenna and Simon Kinberg have obtained $2 million from Paramount on the basis of a pitch for an unnamed upcoming project to be produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot. Especially in this climate, it’s a surprisingly tidy sum. It sort of brings back to mind the Hollywood of a couple of decades back when the studios were handing out sometimes surprisingly generous money for options to even relatively unknown writers on the basis of a pitch — though McKenna and Kinberg are far from ...
Chris Pine and D.J. Caruso To Counterfeit Money.
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[image] After working with Shia LaBeouf for a couple of films, D.J. Caruso could be set to helm a new film starring another young Hollywood hot shot, Chris Pine. Variety reports that Paramount Pictures is trying to round the two of them up to begin production early next year on The Art of Making Money . It’s the story of a fellow named Art Williams who was a small time thief who became an expert counterfeiter. The film is based on a true story and can be found in the pages of the book titled The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter by Jason Kersten. Pine, who is currently starring with Denzel Washington in Tony Scott’s ...
MD News Desk: Butler Does It
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Keep up to date with all the latest from the entertainment world with the MD News Desk: Cinematic Crushes: - No problem here: Gerard Butler likes to get naked. - Casting About: Josh Duhamel in the Disney comedy What's He Got?, Ben Foster in the remake of The Mechanic, Matthew McConaughey in the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer, Clive Owen in the sex predator thriller Trust, Ryan Reynolds in an untitled "dude-in-drag" rom com, and Chris Pine in the fact-based drama ...
