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Weitz digs 'Gardener'
Weitz digs 'Gardener'
‘New Moon' director plants next pic at Summit As "New Moon" soared toward a $258 million opening weekend worldwide, director Chris Weitz was in discussions with Summit Entertainment for his follow-up. Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on "The Gardener," with deals in the ...
'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz Reveals DVD Details
'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz Reveals DVD Details
mtv.com — Weitz plans to include at least 20 minutes of deleted material from the blockbuster. By Larry Carroll... Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" Photo: Kimberley French/Summit Entertainment BEVERLY ... 'New Moon' Director Chris Weitz Reveals DVD Details
'New Moon': Five Things You Might Have Missed
'New Moon': Five Things You Might Have Missed
mtv.com — From Edward's car to Bella's grandma, we give you the rundown on what you might have missed... on your first (or ninth) viewing. By Larry Carroll Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in "New Moon" Photo: Summit Entertainment  ... 'New Moon': Five Things You Might Have Missed
Chris Weitz Blames New Line For 'The Golden Compass' -- Do You?
Chris Weitz Blames New Line For 'The Golden Compass' -- Do You?
cinematical.com — Now rolling in New Moon millions, Chris Weitz is being more open about his troubles with New... Line and The Golden Compass , a film that sank one studio and sent him into a tailspin. Rumors abounded as to what went wrong on that film, and as recently ... Chris Weitz Blames New Line For 'The Golden Compass' -- ...
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New Moon Director to Helm Gardener
ComingSoon.net - 30 most recent stories — ... director Chris Weitz is reteaming with Summit Entertainment for his next project, titled The Gardener , written by Eric Eason. The film is about a hard-working Mexican gardener who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Production will begin in March or April. In the Variety interview where he revealed this project, he also addressed the rumors that he was quitting directing and talked about what happened to ...

Weitz wants to be a Gardener
KillerFilm — Chris Weitz has been one of the more popular people in the Tinseltown circuit within the past week. The most obvious reason being that he helmed the record breaking sequel called Twilight Saga: New Moon, but the other towards the end of the last week was his rumor mill. It was spinning about over murmurs of the director jumping ship on his job after the release of this film entirely, but Summit Entertainment seem to be persistent to keep Weitz under their wing and working. Weitz is in the middle of negotiations to helm The Gardener with Eric Eason penning the script. The picture is about a hard-working immigrant who ...

New Moon's Chris Weitz Gets A New Project
Cinema Blend News — ... New Project It’s insane how the tables can turn for a director in Hollywood in the blink of a wolf’s eye. After a monstrous opening weekend for Chris Weitz’s The Twilight Saga New Moon , the former American Pie all-star has gone from being the dude whose Golden Compass franchise flopped like a fatty in a pool to the dude who doubled the return of an already insanely popular series. Of course, Summit Entertainment is smart enough to keep their new talent happy and according to Variety , have already signed Weitz up for a new picture. It’s called The Gardener , and it ...

NEW MOON Director Chris Weitz is Hiring THE GARDENER
Collider» - Collider.com — Right on the heels of rumors of his retirement, New Moon director Chris Weitz has announced he will be teaming up with Summit Entertainment again to make The Gardener. The film is about a Los Angeles immigrant trying to protect his son, and it begins production early next year. More ...

Chris Weitz's NEW MOON Reward: He Gets To Remake BICYCLE THIEVES?
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — Beaks here... First off, please join me in congratulating director Chris Weitz for guiding TWILIGHT: NEW MOON to an extraordinary $1 kalillion dollar opening this weekend. I've always heard he's a decent guy, so "Huzzah!" to a seemingly decent guy finding success in an industry populated by Rothman-wannabes. Now that Weitz has done Summit Entertainment a solid, it looks like they're gonna do him one right back by financing THE GARDENER, a smallish father-son drama which he claims will be his homage to Vittorio De Sica's BICYCLE THIEVES. According to Variety , the film is about "a hard-working [Mexican] immigrant who lives in Los Angeles" and ...

Weitz Follows "New Moon" With "Gardener"
Dark Horizons - General Feed — Chris Weitz has announced that his first film post-"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will be "The Gardener" for Summit Entertainment reports Variety. Eric Eason's script follows a hard-working Mexican gardener who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Filming kicks off in March or April. Weitz also dispels recent rumors of his early retirement, saying the quote was lifted from an interview he did after "The Golden Compass" on which he got a rough treatment from the studio. He says however he's been reinvigorated by the work on "New Moon".

Chris Weitz Blames New Line For 'The Golden Compass' -- Do You?
Cinematical — Now rolling in New Moon millions, Chris Weitz is being more open about his troubles with New Line and The Golden Compass, a film that sank one studio and sent him into a tailspin. Rumors abounded as to what went wrong on that film, and as recently as last week, New York's Page Six was claiming that residual stress was causing him to leave the industry. Weitz denied any such thing to Variety, and announced he was leaving the world of the supernatural behind with his next film, The Gardener. The film centers around a hard working Mexican gardener and his efforts to protect ...

Chris Weitz Not Giving Up On Directing
Twilight Lexicon — Looks like rumors that surfaced this weekend that Chris Weitz would direct one more film and then give up the business were blown out of proportion. According to Variety: “Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on “The Gardener,” with deals in the works for Weitz and Eric Eason (”Manito”), who wrote the screenplay. The picture is about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz said he will begin production in March or April. “There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles,” Weitz said. ...

Chris Weitz will not retire from diretcing
TwilightMOMS — Chris Weitz will not retire from diretcing Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by JulieAndJasper in News [image] Variety is reporting that Chris Weitz will continue his relationship with Summit “right away” by directing The Gardener. The movie has, “no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles,” according to Weitz. Weitz also addressed rumors that he would stop directing after his next project as was reported on New York Post’s Page Six late last week. The report intimated that Weitz would quit directing due to the treatment he received during production on The Golden Compass , but according to Weitz, working on New ...

Chris Weitz will not retire from directing
TwilightMOMS — Chris Weitz will not retire from directing Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by JulieAndJasper in News [image] Variety is reporting that Chris Weitz will continue his relationship with Summit “right away” by directing The Gardener. The movie has, “no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles,” according to Weitz. Weitz also addressed rumors that he would stop directing after his next project as was reported on New York Post’s Page Six late last week. The report intimated that Weitz would quit directing due to the treatment he received during production on The Golden Compass , but according to Weitz, working on New ...

'New Moon' Director Signs Up for 'The Gardener'
Get The Big Picture — ... is going right back to work for Summit on his follow-up, The Gardener. "There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles," Weitz told Variety, thereby stripping a cozy $120 million away from his opening weekend. ...

Chris Weitz Not Giving Up On Directing
Twilight News — [image] Looks like rumors that surfaced this weekend that Chris Weitz [image] would direct one more film and then give up the business were blown out of proportion. According to Variety: “Weitz said he plans to go to work for Summit right away on “The Gardener,” with deals in the works for Weitz and Eric Eason (”Manito”), who wrote the screenplay. The picture is about a hard-working immigrant who lives in Los Angeles and his efforts to protect his son. Weitz said he will begin production in March or April. “There are no werewolves or vampires, just a Mexican gardener in Los Angeles,” Weitz said. Weitz also dispelled reports that he would stop ...

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