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Fox Searchlight Acquire Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’; New Plot Details Revealed
Mar 28th
Screendaily bring word that Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ follow-up, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ and has come on board as co-financier. At this moment in time, the studio is understood to be exploring release dates either in late 2013 or 2014. ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ marks the first time Fox Searchlight has distributed an Anderson film since 2009’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox.’ It also released ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ in 2007. Anderson has said that the story, set 85 years ago in a Hungarian hotel, is partly inspired by the witty films of Billy Wilder and Ernst Lubitsch (The Shop Around the Corner).
The stellar cast for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ includes Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Saoirse Ronan, Tom Wilkinson, Mathieu Amalric, F Murray Abraham, Bob Balaban and Tony Revolori. The new plot details revealed in Screendaily’s report is as follows: “The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.”
George Clooney & Matt Damon Feature In First ‘The Monuments Men’ Set Images
Mar 25th
This first selection of images have arrive online from the Berlin set of ‘The Monuments Men,’ a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney. The action-thriller is written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Clooney and Heslov also produce the film through their Smokehouse Productions. It is their first production since winning the Academy Award for Best Picture for their work on Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo.’ The all-star cast includes Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and John Goodman.
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, ‘The Monuments Men’ focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.
George Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’ Begins Filming – Starring The Likes Of Matt Damon, Bill Murray & Cate Blanchett
Mar 5th
Columbia Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox send word that ‘The Monuments Men,’ a Smokehouse production directed by and starring George Clooney, has started production in Berlin, Germany. The action-thriller is written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter. Clooney and Heslov also produce the film through their Smokehouse Productions. It is their first production since winning the Academy Award for Best Picture for their work on Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo.’ Barbara A. Hall is executive producer. The all-star cast includes Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and John Goodman.
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, ‘The Monuments Men’ focuses on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.
Matt Damon In Talks To Join George Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’
Dec 4th
Deadline bring word that Matt Damon is in talks to join George Clooney’s next directorial effort, ‘The Monuments Men.’ If Damon does sign on the dotted line, he would bolster an already stellar cast in Clooney, Daniel Craig, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Hugh Bonneville and Bob Balaban. ’The Monuments Men’ would re-team Clooney and Damon after working on the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ movies together and ‘Syriana.’ The film starts filming in early 2013.
Scripted by George Clooney and partner Grant Heslov, ’The Monuments Men’ is an adaptation of the 2009 book by Robert Edsel. The story, which focuses on the 11-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, tells the tale of a special force of American and British museum directors, curators and art historians who risked their lives scouring Europe to recover renown works of art that were stolen by Nazis before they are destroyed.
Debut ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’ Trailer – Starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman & Bill Murray
Dec 1st
iTunes Movie Trailers has unleashed this first trailer for Roman Coppola’s fantasy comedy, ‘A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.’ Starring Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Katheryn Winnick, Aubrey Plaza, Patricia Arquette and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the film is set in the 1970′s, where a successful graphic designer and ladies man (Sheen) is dumped by his girlfriend. Subsequently his life is thrown into a tailspin and he doesn’t know whether he loves her or hates her, wants her back, or never wants to see her again. He starts to suffer from nightmares, fever dreams of past relationships and hits rock bottom as he tries to recover from the recent breakup and tries to turn his life around. ’A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III’ arrives in cinemas on Febuary 8th.
Set in a stylized Los Angeles, A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III is a playful comedy of lost love, friendship, revenge fantasies, and Brandy Alexanders. Charles (Charlie Sheen) is a successful graphic designer whose fame, money and charm have provided him with a seemingly perfect life. When his true love, a perplexing beauty named Ivana, suddenly breaks off their relationship, Charles’ life falls apart, and he swirls into a downward spiral of doubt, confusion and reflection. With the support of his loyal intimates—Kirby (Jason Schwartzman), Saul (Bill Murray), and his sister, Izzy (Patricia Arquette)—he begins the hard road of self-evaluation to come to terms with a life without Ivana. The film begs the question: Is it possible to love and hate someone at the same time?
Bill Murray Interview For ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’
Nov 30th
Academy Award nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney star in a historical tale that uniquely explores the all-too-human side of one of history’s iconic leaders. Blending literate wit and drama, ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ is directed by Roger Michell from a screenplay by Richard Nelson. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (played by Mr. Murray) readies to host the King and Queen of England (Samuel West and Olivia Colman) for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York – marking the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America. As Britain faces imminent war with Germany, the royals are desperately looking to FDR for US support.
But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams), mother Sara (Elizabeth Wilson), and secretary Missy (Elizabeth Marvel) will all play a part in making the royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Ms. Linney), Franklin’s neighbor and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between the two nations, but, for Daisy – and through her, for us all – a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship. Look out for ‘Hyde Park on Hudson’ from December 7th in the US and Febuary 1st, 2013 in the UK.
I can imagine playing a historical figure, especially one this eminent, has its own unique set of challenges and responsibilities?
Bill Murray: Yeah. It’s not like Dr. Peter Venkman of the ‘Ghostbusters,’ his history was pretty much a thumbnail sketch. But the history of these people, the Roosevelt’s, it’s deep and well documented. There’s a lot to swallow and a lot to digest. You have a lot of responsibility so you feel like you’ve got to get as much of a picture of them as you can. Roosevelt is the most formidable character I’ve ever been asked to play, and this story that I hadn’t known about showed his personal side. There was a humanity to Richard Nelson’s script. After I read the script, I called up Roger Michell and we had more conversations on the phone. He then said, “I’ll come visit you in America,” and we went to the beach and kept talking about what we could do with this story.
