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Zach Braff Done With 'Scrubs' and Woo Goes Comic
Published 7/17/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... Robert Duvall have signed on to star in the music-based drama Crazy Heart for CMT Films and Informant Media. Scott Cooper wrote and will helm the film, which is based on the debut novel by Thomas Cobb. Story centers on a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer (Bridges) who is able to get his life and career back on track through his relationship and experiences with a female reporter (Gyllenhaal). Shooting is scheduled to start next month in and around Santa Fe, N.M. [ Variety ]

Bridges, Gyllenhaal, Duvall sign on for "Crazy Heart"
Published 7/17/2008 at FilmWad
Via: Variety "Crazy Heart" centers on a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer (Jeff Bridges) who is able to get his life and career back on track through his relationship and experiences with a female reporter (Maggie Gyllenhaal). Scott Cooper wrote and will helm the film, which is based on the debut novel by Thomas Cobb. Composer and producer T Bone Burnett will produce original music for the film and soundtrack, and Bridges will perform original songs in "Crazy Heart."

Dark Knight to Make Money. Trade Roughage 7/17/08
Published 7/17/2008 by Christopher Campbell at SpoutBlog
A little film called The Dark Knight opens tomorrow tonight, and it’s so highly anticipated and it has received so much positive buzz that one expert is predicting it could gross anywhere between $100-150 million. I’m going to to do him one better and broaden that gap further to $100-900 million. Good thing this isn’t The Price is Right. Will Ferrell will play a racist who develops a split personality in Two Face (no relation to the character in The Dark Knight), scripted by Vince Gilligan, the guy who gave us that recent drunk, ...

The Many Faces of Will Ferrell
Published 7/17/2008 at Vulture
... Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Robert Duvall will star in the music drama Crazy Heart for CMT Films, based on the book by Thomas Cobb about an alcoholic country singer who gets his life and career back on track with the support of a female reporter. Yawn — in the head-to-head battle of country music movies, we'll take Toby Keith's Beer for My Horses because it's got Ted Nugent killing people. [Variety] Woo's 22 Caliber: John Woo will ...

Bridges, Gyllenhaal, and Duvall Get a Little Bit Country
Published 7/17/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
A blockbuster superhero movie can certainly get the casting directors interested: Both Jeff Bridges (Iron Man) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) will have won over critics and audiences alike come Summer's end, and now they've added another project to their schedules. Along with Robert Duvall, the two will star in a "music-based drama" based on a book by Thomas Cobb titled Crazy Heart. The good news. . . That cast! Love Bridges, love me some Maggie and of course Duvall is a class act, so there you go. Also, the story sounds a little generic, but I'm still curious about it. Variety ...

Dept. of Former Blog Darlings
Published 7/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Simon Crowe) at Mostly Movies
... I used to post an awful lot about Maggie Gyllenhaal (second only to a certain Shins-loving activist Oscar nominee), stopping only because she slowed up on the movies and started up a family. Hey, MG is in a little movie called The Dark Knight this weekend and just signed on for a "music-based drama" with Jeff Bridges and Robert Duvall. Since T-Bone Burnett is involved look for one heck of a soundtrack album. (Variety)