Posts tagged George Clooney
George Clooney Lines Up His Next Directional Effort With ‘The Monuments Men’
Jan 9th
Following the success of directing, co-writing, co-producing and co-starring in ‘The Ides of March,’ George Clooney has lined up the World War II story ’The Monuments Men,’ an adaptation of the 2009 book by Robert Edsel, as his next project. George Clooney will produce the film with his frequent writing and producing partner Grant Helsov for Sony Pictures. Talking about the project to 24 Frames, Clooney had the following to say: “It’s an amazing story, and Grant and I are already thinking about how great the casting can be. “And there’s also a great love story.” The synopsis for Robert M. Edsel’s book “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History” is below. Expect more details soon.
At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: “degenerate” works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momuments Men, risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destruction of thousands of years of culture. Focusing on the eleven-month period between D-Day and V-E Day, this fascinating account follows six Monuments Men and their impossible mission to save the world’s great art from the Nazis.
Sandra Bullock Talks Alfonso Cuaron‘s ‘Gravity’ – Reveals Her & George Clooney Won’t Be Wearing Make-Up
Jan 4th
In a recent interview with USA Today, Sandra Bullock spoke briefly on Alfonso Cuaron‘s (Children Of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) forthcoming outer-space survival thriller ‘Gravity.’ The actress revealed that both her and her co-star, George Clooney, won’t be wearing make-up: “God help us all when my face comes rushing at you with no makeup on. I’m going to apologize now, but Alfonso, in a brilliant move, said, ‘No makeup.’”
“Our vain little heads are going to be some massive 17-foot image. You are going to see details because it’s shot on this digital film that shows everything. It’s so scary. There are scenes where you say, ‘This is where you have to let go and let God.’ And, thank God, there are no nude scenes.”
Details on the film had been few and far between up until to this point. In a recent interview George Clooney had the following to say about ‘Gravity’: “A satellite blows up and space junk causes damage. We go out in space suits, and she and I are tethered together, floating through space.” It’s a two-hander with only two actors in the whole film. It is a very odd film, really. Two people in space. No monsters. It’s more like ’2001′ than an action film. Sandy is the lead. And she is beautiful in it. We have known each for way over 20 years. It’s fun to work with her.”
‘Gravity‘ is without doubt one of my most anticipated projects currently in production. Cuaron’s ‘Children Of Men’ was riveting, he really pushed the envelope with that film both visually and technically – I would even go on to say that it’s one of my favourite films of the last decade. The initial pairing for the project was to have been Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr. Then came a protracted series of reversals that saw Jolie leave and come back, and actresses Marion Cotillard, Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively and Natalie Portman involved with the movie to varying degrees. ‘Gravity’ is set for release November 21st, 2012.
In-Depth Interview With George Clooney For ‘The Descendants’
Nov 17th
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning ‘Sideways,’ set in Hawaii, ‘The Descendants’ is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Alongside George Clooney, the film stars Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, Shailene Woodley, Mary Birdsong, Nick Krause and Amara Miller. ‘The Descendants’ is out now in the US, and is set for release January 20th in the UK.
You’ve had two films out in cinemas the last few months, one of which you also directed in ‘The Ides of March,‘ which character was more challenging for you?
George Clooney: The character in ‘The Descendants’ was a lot more challenging to do as an actor. When you are directing yourself, you are really only just doing a part that you know exactly what needs to be done in it, I’m sort of just filling a gap that I need in the film – which is I needed that Candidate, I knew what he needed to be and I felt I fit the bill so I knew how to do that. This is a character that you are in a very uncomfortable zone, but with very comfortable people, it’s a tricky role to play. This was a more difficult part, but I had a much better director so I was very lucky in those terms (laughs).
George Clooney Talks About Alfonso Cuaron‘s ‘Gravity’
Nov 2nd
In a recent interview with USA Today, George Clooney talked briefly about Alfonso Cuaron‘s (Children Of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) forthcoming outer-space survival thriller ‘Gravity,’ which stars Sandra Bullock and Clooney.
“A satellite blows up and space junk causes damage. We go out in space suits, and she and I are tethered together, floating through space.” It’s a two-hander with only two actors in the whole film. It is a very odd film, really. Two people in space. No monsters. It’s more like ’2001′ than an action film. Sandy is the lead. And she is beautiful in it. We have known each for way over 20 years. It’s fun to work with her.”
I’ve been so amped for ‘Gravity‘, it’s without doubt one of my most anticipated projects currently in production. Cuaron’s previous film, ‘Children Of Men,’ was riveting, he really pushed the envelope with that film both visually and technically – I would even go on to say that it’s one of my favourite films of the last decade. The initial pairing for the project was to have been Angelina Jolie and Robert Downey Jr. Then came a protracted series of reversals that saw Jolie leave and come back, and actresses Marion Cotillard, Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively and Natalie Portman involved with the movie to varying degrees. ‘Gravity’ is set for release November 21st 2012.
George Clooney Interview For Alexander Payne’s ‘The Descendants’
Oct 22nd
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning ‘Sideways,’ set in Hawaii, ‘The Descendants’ is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family’s land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. Alongside George Clooney, the film stars Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, Shailene Woodley, Mary Birdsong, Nick Krause and Amara Miller. ‘The Descendants’ is released in cinemas November 18th in the US, and January 20th in the UK.
This is very human performance, mixing emotion with humour, there’s a lot of depth to it. How hard is it to get that right balance?
George Clooney: First you have to have a really good script, that does all of those things for you, and then you have one of the best directors in the business handling that. Then you just kind of put yourself in his hands and say, “Too much? 15% less existential realism?” He really takes care of all of that. I found it challenging only in the sense that I wanted to serve the material very well. It’s a tricky piece, the movie basically starts with the death of your wife. It’s like a coming of age film, unfortunately the person who’s coming of age is a 50 year old man (laughs). Whenever the script is really good the work is a lot easier.
George Clooney Interview For His Engaging Thriller ‘The Ides of March’
Oct 20th
Directed and starring George Clooney, ‘The Ides of March’ takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, where an up-and-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate’s shot at the presidency.
In the film, George Clooney plays Governor Morris, a candidate running in the presidential primary race for the Democratic Party ticket. Ryan Gosling plays his press spokesman, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays his campaign manager, Paul Giamatti plays a rival campaign manager, Marisa Tomei plays a reporter for the New York Times, Evan Rachel Wood plays an intern for the Morris campaign, Jeffrey Wright plays a key senator, and Max Minghella plays Ben Harper, a campaign worker for Morris. ‘The Ides Of March’ is out now in the US, it hits UK cinemas October 28th. The movie will be Clooney’s fourth film as director after ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,’ ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ and ‘Leatherheads.’
Beau Williamson’s play ‘Farragut North’ was the basis for ‘The Ides of March,’ what was it about the play that interested you in telling this story?
George Clooney: We read the play itself, Grant Heslov and I, who’s my writing and producing partner, we had been working on a morality tale, more on the lines of Wall Street – strangely, funnily enough (laughs). We thought there was a way to tie those two together, I liked the idea of the questions the play was raising. My character isn’t in the play at all, he’s spoken about but he’s not actually in it. I thought it would be a fun world to talk about morality and ask questions.
This story of morality, you can pretty much put it in any situation, placing it in a political scenario must heighten the stakes though?
George Clooney: Oh yeah, I don’t really think of this as a political film, you could put this story in Wall Street, you could pretty much put it anywhere. It’s all the same issues, issues of morality, issues of whether or not your willing to trade your soul for an outcome. I never thought of it as a political film, I liked some of the things that these characters had to do, and politics certainly raises the stakes. These power games, I don’t think they’re anything new, they’ve been going on since Julius Caesar. I just think the fact that we continue to repeat them is our own definition of insanity.