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The Paramount movie "The Lost City" will team Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum on an adventure in the vein of the Robert Zemeckis classic romantic adventure-comedy "Romancing the Stone." The movie was formerly titled "The Lost City of D," and it will follow a reclusive romance novelist (Bullock) on a book tour with her cover model (Tatum) who gets caught up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them in the middle of a dangerous jungle. 

"The Lost City" was originally set...

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‘The Harder They Fall’ Cast to Receive Ensemble Tribute at 2021 Gotham Awards

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that the cast of “The Harder They Fall” will receive the Ensemble Tribute during the 2021 Gotham Awards Ceremony, which takes place in person on Nov. 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Nominations for the Gotham Awards will be announced on Oct. 21.

“The Harder They Fall” features an ensemble cast of Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Deon Cole with Regina King and Idris Elba.

The film follows outlaw Nat Love, who discovers his enemy Rufus Black is being released from prison and consequently rounds up his gang to track Black down and seek revenge. The film is directed by Jeymes Samuel, written by Samuel and Boaz Yakin and was produced by Samuel, Shawn Carter, James Lassiter and Lawrence Bender.

Paramount comedy The Lost City will now open wide three weeks earlier than expected, the studio announced today, as its release date moves from April 15 to March 25, 2022.

Pic was previously set to open against Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third installment in Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts franchise, based on the book by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The weekend of the 25th, however, is otherwise unoccupied.

The Paramount feature (formerly titled The Lost City of D) follows a reclusive romance novelist (Sandra Bullock) on a book tour with her cover model (Channing Tatum), watching as the pair get swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them in a cutthroat jungle adventure. It’s said to be in the vein of Robert Zemeckis’ classic Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Aaron and Adam Nee wrote the script, based on a draft by Dana Fox and Oren Uziel,...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is on the move.

Disney on Monday made a number of changes to Marvel’s upcoming slate that, for the most part, sees titles delayed by several months or more.

Those titles include the Black Panther sequel, which moves from July 8, 2022, to Nov. 11, 2022.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness kicks off the reshuffling in relocating from March 25, 2022, to May 6, 2022, a date previously occupied by Thor: Love and Thunder.

Other studios wasted no time in taking advantage of the changes. Paramount quickly announced it will now launch romantic action-adventure The Lost City, starring ...

The actor is the first major talent to appear in-person at this year’s showcase.

Tom Cruise has become the first film talent to appear in-person at CineEurope in Barcelona this year, presenting the first 13 minutes of Top Gun: Maverick as part of Paramount’s showcase.

Having kept his appearance a carefully-guarded secret, Cruise was introduced towards the end of the presentation by Mary Daily, co-president, worldwide marketing & distribution, and Mark Viane, president, international theatrical distribution at Paramount Pictures International.

Cruise’s entrance was met with a standing ovation from the audience of delegates predominantly from the distribution and theatrical exhibition industries.

Following Emma Watts’ departure as President of the Motion Picture Film Group, her Co-Presidents of Production Mike Ireland and Daria Cercek are being elevated to run the film group now as co-heads. Jeremy Kramer will lead Paramount Players.

reporting directly to Brian Robbins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures, effective immediately. Cercek and Ireland will continue to oversee the studio’s motion picture slate from development through release for Paramount Pictures, as well as leading casting, physical production and post-production. Emma Watts, President of Paramount Motion Picture Group, is leaving the organization.

“Daria and Michael each have built tremendous track records in their careers, and their collective experience has already brought so much benefit to Paramount since joining the organization,” said Robbins. “Paramount also benefited greatly from the deep talents of Emma Watts who, among so many accomplishments, helped build a terrific team at the studio, facilitated overall...

In what has been heavily expected in the wake of Jim Gianopulos’ departure from Paramount as CEO and Chairman, the studio’s Motion Picture President Emma Watts is leaving the Melrose lot. Deadline has confirmed the news.

Watts has been in the position since July 20, 2020, and rejoined with her former Fox Boss Gianopulos to rebuild Paramount in the wake of dwindling Transformers’ and Star Trek box office revenues and expensive plays from the Brad Grey and Rob Moore era at the studio. The fruits of her labor will be realized next year on the 2022 release calendar, God willing they all remain on the big screen.

Watts’ departure comes at a time when ViacomCBS is pivoting to putting reportedly putting more of its movies on streaming service, Paramount+. Nickelodeon chief Brian Robbins was put in charge by ViacomCBS Chairman Sheri Redstone to take on Gianopulos’ duties and catapult the media conglom into the Ott age.

Paramount executives Daria Cercek and Mike Ireland will become the new co-heads of the studio in the wake of the exit of motion group president Emma Watts, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.

Cercek and Ireland have been co-presidents of film since January 2021 and both reported to Watts. The two have been overseeing upcoming installments of the latest Transformers film, Sandra Bullock’s The Lost City, Damien Chazelle’s period drama Babylon, and a sequel to the hit hybrid animation film Sonic the Hedgehog, among other titles.

Their official roles will be that of co-heads of the motion picture group, reporting directly to Brian Robbins, the ...

Daniella Garcia has been cast in the upcoming ABC series “Rebel” in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively.

The series stars as Katey Sagal as Annie “Rebel” Bello, a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s described as a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.

Garcia will star as Maddie, who is eight months pregnant with a complicated pregnancy. She is Helen’s daughter, and is understandably terrified that her mother’s defective heart valve will kill her before the baby is even born.

Garcia was most recently seen in the Gus Van Sant Amazon film “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot.” Her other film roles include “The Lost City,” “At Middleton,” “Free Ride,...

Ryan Reynolds is slowly but surely making his way through the thirteen movies he had on his upcoming slate just a few months ago, but he might have added another one after entering talks to reteam with Sandra Bullock for action-packed romance The Lost City of D.

The Croods: A New Age already hit theaters in November, while Free Guy was given a new release date in May and The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is set for next August. The 44 year-old also recently wrapped Netflix blockbuster Red Notice and is currently hard at work on The Adam Project for the streaming service, while Deadpool 3 finally gained some momentum by hiring a pair of writers in the Molyneux sisters.

Admittedly, that still leaves family fantasy Everyday Parenting Tips, comedy Upstate, the Clue reboot, a musical version of A Christmas Carol and video game adaptation Dragon’s Lair, along with rumored sequels for 6 Underground,...

Sandra Bullock is set to produce and star in a new romantic action movie for Paramount Pictures, and the studio is eyeing Ryan Reynolds for her co-star. Called The Lost City of D, the movie follows "a romance author who discovers that a fictional city she had written about is real, prompting her to embark on a risky journey to find the city."

Filmmaking brothers Adam and Aaron Nee (Band of Robbers) are on board to direct using a screenplay by Dana Fox (Home Before Dark). The concept is based on an idea and treatment by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses). Under her Fortis Films banner, Bullock will also be producing alongside Gordon of Exhibit A and Liza Chasin of 3dot Productions.

While Sandra Bullock is signed on, there's no deal in place yet for Reynolds. His potential casting would serve as a reunion for the two Holllywood stars, as Reynolds...

Chilean producers to track, who will be forming part of the Berlinale’s 2020 Country in Focus dedicated to Chile. Five are well-known, another five on the rise :

Up-and-coming

María José Díaz

Dos Be Producciones

An executive producer and investigative journalist for TV series and doc-features, Diaz is an executive producer at Dos Be Prods. and founder of Galgo Storytelling, a transmedia content producer. Projects in development: Doc “Haganse la Luz,” Ignacia Merino and Isabel Reyes’ debuts, and docu series “Nepen” about Chile’s indigenous Mapuches.

Yeniffer Fasciani

Niebla Producciones

A 2015 Berlinale Talents participant, Fasciani is a partner/co-founder of Niebla Prods. In 2016 she produced TV series “Martin, Man and Legend” for La Santé Films and was executive director of Dci, a Chilean film distributor. Upcoming projects: Carola Quezada’s “Perros sin Cola,” Chilean-Japanese co-production “Green Grass” by Ignacio Ruiz, and pregnant boxer drama “A La Deriva.”

Cynthia García

Cyan Prods

Founder of Cyan Prods.

Francisco Hervé of Panchito Films, Moisés Sepúlveda from Madriguera Films and Daniela Raviola, three of Chile’s most exciting international-minded independent producers, have together launched a new indie production house, Juntos Films.

Hervé has written, directed and produced (María Paz González ‘s “Daughter”) several feature films, documentaries and TV series which have screened at major festivals around the world. He is a member of the Eurodoc producers’ network and teaches at the University of Chile and Catholic University of Chile in Santiago.

“For year’s we’ve been working on our own, like lonely wolves. Collectively though, we find that in creative work the sum is more than the value of the parts,” he told Variety about the merger.

Raviola has produced short films, television, documentaries, animation and served as General Producer of the International Animation Festival Chilemonos and Mai! Animation Market. She worked with Hervé at Panchito where she...

They don’t make ’em like this any more, and the original TV spots for James Gray’s accurate retelling of history almost didn’t know how to sell it. Charlie Hunnam spends his life trying to solve a riddle of the Peruvian rainforest, in between fighting in WW1 and dealing with class prejudice. Yup, one could say the picture was filmed in a ‘classic’ style . . . can a show like that find an audience these days?

The Lost City of Z

Blu-ray

Broadgreen / Amazon Studios

2016 / Color / 2:39 widescreen / 141 min. / Street Date July 11, 2017 / 34.99

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland, Edward Ashley, Angus Macfadyen, Ian McDiarmid, Clive Francis, Murray Melvin.

Cinematography: Darious Khondji

Film Editor:John Axelrad, Lee Haugen

Original Music: Christopher Spelman

From the book by David Grann

Produced by Dede Gardner, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner

Written for the Screen and Directed by James Gray

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Over the last five years, Robert Pattinson has been doing some great projects. From his work with filmmakers like David Cronenberg, David Michôd (The Rover), and Anton Corbijn (Life) to his most his recent film, The Lost City City of Z, Pattinson has been delivering quality performances in some high-quality movies. He has continued to show more and more range lately. Hopefully, we’ll say […]

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Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

Will This April Dump Weekend See Any New Movie Open Over $10 Million?

After the decent opening of last week’s The Fate of the Furious--though not quite as much as I predicted--it’s going to be hard for any new movie to make a mark against its second weekend even if it drops 55% or more this weekend, which is very likely.

Probably the best bet to make money this weekend is the thriller Unforgettable (Warner Bros.), which pits Kathryn Heigl against Rosario Dawson and is the directorial debut by producer Denise Di Novi (Crazy, Stupid, Love). It also stars Geoff Stults as the ex-husband of Heigl’s character Tessa, who becomes engaged to Dawson’s Julia, making her the stepmom to the former’s daughter,...

Read even just a couple of interviews with him and you’ll realize that James Gray — in his humor, candor, self-effacement, knowledge, and general kindness — is better at the process than almost anybody else. So I’d experienced twice over, and now a third time on the occasion of his latest picture, The Lost City of Z. Although I liked the film a whole lot upon seeing it at last year’s Nyff and found it a rich source of questions, our conversation proved too casual and genial to be intruded about with a query about sound mixing — which I, of course, just knew I’d ask before entering a hotel room and sitting at a tiny table, complementary chocolate cake between us, and realizing that my muse then and there was instead a question about Steven Soderbergh’s Twitter account.

It’s not every day you can bring it up,...

“The Lost City of Z” director James Gray has never shot a movie with a digital camera, and he’s not planning on trying it anytime soon. He certainly resisted it for his new film, the epic story of British explorer Percy Fawcett’s search for a lost civilization in the Amazon jungle.

The movie, based on the 2009 bestselling book of the same name by David Grann, stars Charlie Hunnam as Fawcett, Sienna Miller as his wife Nina, and Robert Pattinson as Henry Costin, a British corporal who joins Fawcett on his search for an indigenous society. Tom Holland (“Captain America: Civil War”) plays Fawcett’s son Jack, who also joins his father on the expedition to South America.

Read More: ‘The Lost City Of Z’ Is A Beautifully Old-Fashioned Adventure — Nyff Review

During a press conference at the New York Film Festival on Saturday, Gray explained why — in an...

Just a few minutes ago, news broke that the 54th New York Film Festival will play host to a big time unveiling of a major Academy Award contender. Yes, Nyff will be where Ang Lee’s next movie, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, will have its World Premiere. The 54th installment of this fest has already announced a trio of premieres, opening with The 13th, hitting its midpoint with 20th Century Women, and closing with The Lost City of Z, so this is very much like an added bonus. At the same time, it’s now easily the most high profile flick screening and an Oscar hopeful title worth paying a great deal of attention to. For those wondering, the film is an adaptation of the well regarded novel of the same name by Ben Fountain. Set mostly during Thanksgiving Day, it follows the title character Billy Lynn (newcomer...

After Sons Of Anarchy wrapped, Charlie Hunnam went from Prince Hamlet stand-in to King Arthur portrayer for Guy Ritchie. Along with playing that legendary warrior and ruler, Hunnam’s recently wrapped James Gray’s The Lost City Of Z, which is still slated for release later this year. Between replacing Benedict Cumberbatch in The Lost City and helping give King Arthur a flashy makeover, it’s understandable that Hunnam would have very little time to consider a return trip to the Pacific Rim movies, which have had a little trouble becoming a franchise.

But the stop-and-start fraught sequel is now reportedly, finally underway at Legendary, though without Guillermo del Toro at the helm. (“Where’s the fun in that?” we all mutter.) Unfortunately, all his royal and explorer duties have left Hunnam without any time to step back into a Jaeger for more rock ’em, sock ’em action. While promoting...

Patch 3.2 for Final Fantasy Xiv – The Gears Of Change – hit PlayStation 4 and PC earlier today, bringing with it a massive deluge of new content to satisfy the tastes of hardcore raiders, casual players and newcomers alike.

Sony’s PlayStation blog has been updated to celebrate the release, stating that there’s something for everyone, regardless of whether you’ve been out of the game for a while, or a fervent fan.

There’s a lot of new content for players to try out upon logging in. The continuation of the main scenario quest line, two new dungeons, one of which will turn your expectations on their head, an epic new raid within Alexander, a fierce new primal threat that promises to delight old-school Final Fantasy fans, new beast tribe quests, and so much more. After players have had a chance to try all of that out, we’ll be introducing...

Let's get one thing straight before we begin. Bill Murray is the King. There are better actors. There are people who have better filmographies. There are even funnier people, although not many. But Bill Murray is, all things, considered, the King. I've dedicated much of the last 45 years working this out scientifically, and I am prepared to finally share the findings with you, free of charge, right here at HitFix. Ostensibly, we're doing this because of this weekend's release of "Rock The Kasbah," but that's just an excuse. The truth is that it's important that we rank all 55 of Bill Murray's film performances, with a special focus on the top 25. We are not including his television work here. There are films on this list we have not seen, but not many. We decided to leave those films unranked, so here is that list: Unranked "The Hat Act" "Pass The Buck: Expo '74...

Hong Sang-soo's Right Now, Wrong Then.The lineup for the 2015 festival has been revealed, including new films by Hong Sang-soo, Andrzej Zulawski, Chantal Akerman, Athina Rachel Tsangari, and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes dedicated to Sam Peckinpah, Michael Cimino, Bulle Ogier, and much more.Piazza GRANDERicki and the Flash (Jonathan Demme, USA)La belle saison (Catherine Corsini, France)Le dernier passage (Pascal Magontier, France)Der staat gegen Fritz Bauer (Lars Kraume, Germany)Southpaw (Antoine Fuqua, USA)Trainwreck (Judd Apatow, USA)Jack (Elisabeth Scharang, Austria)Floride (Philippe Le Guay, France)The Deer Hunter (Michael Cimino, UK/USA)Erlkönig (Georges Schwizgebel, Switzerland)Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre (Philippe Falardeau, Canada)Bombay Velvet (Anurag Kashyap, India)Pastorale cilentana (Mario Martone, Italy)La vanite (Lionel Baier, Switzerland/France)The Laundryman (Lee Chung, Taiwan)Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, USA) I pugni ni tasca (Marco Bellocchio, Italy)Heliopolis (Sérgio Machado, Brazil)Amnesia (Barbet Schroeder,...

Before Microsoft lifts the curtain on Lara’s next adventure in The Lost City, the publisher is set to reveal what we assume to be a teaser trailer for Crystal Dynamics’ Rise of the Tomb Raider on June 1.

That’s according to the series’ official Twitter feed, which released the following ambiguous message asking fans to save the date.

Something’s coming. Mark your calendars for Monday, June 1: http://t.co/naPa9YM4p3#TombRaider

— Tomb Raider (@tombraider) May 29, 2015

Rise of the Tomb Raider is poised to have a big showcase at this year’s E3 trade show as the anticipated follow-up creeps ever closer to release. No word yet on a specific date, mind you, though we can rest assured that both Crystal Dynamics and Microsoft will have much more to reveal in a couple of weeks.

However, over the last few days it was the latter company...

The month of March is quietly coming to a close in terms of home entertainment choices as there are only just a handful of genre-related titles making their way to Blu-ray and DVD this week. Paramount is releasing Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi epic, Interstellar, onto all formats, Blue Underground is bringing two separate collections of cult classics from both Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci to high definition, and Olive Films has dug up a few overlooked gems to release on March 31st as well.

Allan Quatermain & The Lost City of Gold (Olive Films, Blu-ray & DVD)

Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone are back for more exciting adventures in the action packed Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold. Allan (Richard Chamberlain, Shogun) and Jesse Huston (Sharon Stone, Basic Instinct) are newly engaged and preparing to leave for America where they’ll be married. Or so they think.

"Did you know that Bill Murray doesn't have an agent? He just has an 800 number and answering machine." I remember exactly where I was when I heard about how Murray manages his career, just like some people remember when they first heard about Keith Richards snorting his dead dad's ashes. It's one of the best pieces of Bill Murray folklore, right up there with how he's always crashing house parties. But it hasn't helped his work much. Just look at his recent filmography. If you forget about his work with Wes Anderson and flukes like Get Low and Zombieland, it's been a pretty dire stretch since 2005's Broken Flowers — The Lost City, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, City of Ember, The Limits of Control, Passion Play, Hyde Park on the Hudson, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, The Monuments Men, and his latest, the treacly dramedy St. Vincent,...

If you like your composition titles full of puns, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the movie soundtrack for you.

Composer Michael Giacchino decided to have some fun when naming his compositions for the upcoming sequel, and we're almost groaning at how badly brilliant they are.

'Caesar No Evil, Hear No Evil' and 'Close Encounters of the Furred Kind' are just two of 19 creatively-named pieces, with 'Gibbon Take' and 'Planet of the End Credits' also appearing.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

1. 'Level Plaguing Field'

2. 'Look Who's Stalking'

3. 'The Great Ape Processional'

4. 'Past Their Primates'

5. 'Close Encounters of the Furred Kind'

6. 'Monkey to the City'

7. 'The Lost City of Chimpanzee'

8. 'Along Simian Lines'

9. 'Caesar No Evil, Hear No Evil'

10. 'Monkey See, Monkey Coup'

11. 'Gorilla Warfare'

12. 'The Apes of Wrath'

13. 'Gibbon Take'

14. 'Aped Crusaders'

15. 'How Bonobo Can You Go'

16. 'Enough Monkeying Around'

17. 'Primates for Life'...

Andy Garcia Finds Love At Middleton

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Alex Simon

Since making a splash as crack shot George Stone in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables, Andy Garcia has become one of the cinema’s most prolific and diverse actors. The Cuban-born Garcia boasts over 100 credits on his resume, with roles ranging from actor, director, producer and musical performer. At Middleton, which arrived on DVD and Blu-ray April 1 from Anchor Bay Entertainment, features Garcia as a slightly befuddled doctor who finds an unexpected love connection with another parent (Vera Farmiga) while accompanying their kids on a tour of a tony East Coast college. Andy Garcia spoke with us recently about this and other career highlights. Here’s what transpired:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen you play a guy who’s not cool, so it was a pleasant surprise to see you in At Middleton, which marks a change of pace.

This Week:

Brie Larson may join The Gambler; Gravity writer Jonas Cuaron is headed to Atlantis; David Oyelowo and Kate Mara sign on for Captive; the Vince Vaughn film Term Life gets cancelled; and the voice cast is revealed for Book of Life.

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Short Term 12 star Brie Larson is in talks to join Mark Wahlberg for The Gambler.

A remake of the 1974 film, The Gambler has been in production for a few years now, with a script from The Departed screenwriter William Monahan ready to go. In fact, the project was all set to be a Departed reunion a few years back, ...

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Alfonso Cuaron and his son Jonas are still basking in the warm glow of Gravity's success, but Hollywood is a fickle town -- and if you don't start lining up new projects while you're hot, you could easily become yesterday's news. As such, we've got the latest inside scoop on the father-son duo's upcoming projects.   Variety reports that Jonas Cuaron is now attached to Warner Bros.' The Lost City. We don't know much about the plot details of the film, but it is set in the lost underwater city of Atlantis. Warner Bros. is reportedly excited to reteam with the younger Cuaron on this feature, as are we. Warners has high hopes for this feature, and had even reportedly approached Peter Jackson about directing at one point. Whether the older Cuaron...

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With the the success of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, comes the announcement that its screenwriter- and Cuaron’s son- has been tapped to write The Lost City. Jonas Cuaron has long been the frontrunner for the gig, but Warner Bros is fast-tracking the project based on the commercial and critical success of Gravity. While plot details are currently under wraps, its said that the film will take place in the mythical underwater kingdom of Atlantis.

Variety reports that production will begin as soon as Cuaron finishes his next directing assignment, Desierto, which stars Gael Garcia Bernal in a Manhunter-style plot set along the Mexican border.

Peter Jackson was once approached to direct The Lost City, which goes to show you how highly WB considers this project. Akiva Goldsman will produce through his Weed Road Pictures shingle, alongside Torry Tunnell and Joby Harold at Safehouse Pictures.

Production on The Lost City...

Gravity writer Jonas Cuaron has been hired by Warner Bros. to write a new film based on the legend of Atlantis called The Lost City. There are really no plot details to share with you yet, but according to Variety, the film would be a new take on the mythical underwater kingdom. There's no word on who will direct the film yet, but the studio wants to start production on it next year. Cuaron is a very talented writer, and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this production.

After the success of the smash-hit space thriller, Jonás Cuarón moves on to writing movie about the legendary lost kingdom

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Gravity co-scriptwriter Jonás Cuarón, the son of the film's director Alfonso, has been taken on as the writer of The Lost City, a fantasy adventure set in the mythical land of Atlantis, according to Variety.

Few details have been made available for The Lost City, but it is likely to be considered by producing studio Warner Bros as a potential big budget tentpole film as Peter Jackson was set to be involved at one point.

Jonás Cuarón is currently in production on his own directorial project, a Spanish-language thriller called Desierto starring Gael Garcia Bernal, which follows illegal immigrants battling border-area vigilantes as they try to make it into the Us. Cuarón's father apparently admired the script...

Jonas Cuarón, co-writer of this fall’s out-of-this-world success story Gravity, has inked a deal with Warner Brothers to pen the script for their long-in-development Atlantis property, The Lost City. Rumored to once have Peter Jackson circling the project, The Lost City has become a priority project for the studio now that Cuarón is on board to provide the screenplay for this decidedly earth-bound (albeit underwater) tale.

Produced by Akiva Goldsman (along with Torry Tunnell and Joby Harold from Safehouse Pictures), the storyline for The Lost City is being kept under wraps, with the studio stating simply that the film will be “a new take on the mythical underwater kingdom.”

After seeing what a stellar job Cuarón did on Gravity, his attachment to this project must inject it with instant fanboy credibility and bode well for its success. It also practically guarantees that the film will be infused with both grace and unrelenting thrills,...

After enjoying massive critical and commercial success with his screenplay about people lost in outer space, Jonas Cuaron—who co-wrote Gravity with his father, Alfonso—will draft another movie for Warner Bros. about people lost in the ocean, known in scientific circles as “the outer space of water.” Cuaron has been brought aboard The Lost City, a project Variety describes as a “new take on the mythical underwater kingdom” of Atlantis that’s been explored in movies nearly since the advent of cinema, but probably never with two beautiful movie stars just sort of floating through it. While producer Akiva ...

Can Jonas Cuarón do for the sea what he did for space? That's what Warner Bros. is hoping as they've tapped the "Gravity" co-writer for an equally ambitious project. Cuarón will take his pen to "The Lost City," a project that will be "a new take on the mythical underwater kingdom" of Atlantis. That has been a hot property around the WB lot, with Peter Jackson apparently eyeing it at one point, and it seems Cuarón is the guy they trust to get it moving. He'll have to work out a few things as he starts directing "Desierto" with Gael García Bernal next year, but it looks like Cuarón and WB are figuring out a way to make everyone happy. [Variety] If you've been reading the news for the past week or so, you might've heard about Silk Road, the online marketplace for illegal drugs that was recently shut down by the Feds,...

Warner Bros. is teaming up with Gravity screenwriter Jon&#225s Cuar&#243n for The Lost City, which centers on the mythical city of Atlantis.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is said to approach the fabled underwater city from a completely different angle. The writer was always the studio's top choice to draft the screenplay, although scheduling issues had to be worked out with his directorial debut, Desierto, which stars Gael Garc&#237a Bernal and starts shooting next year.

No director has been attached yet, but the project is such a high priority at the studio that Peter Jackson considered taking on the project, although that scenario never came to fruition.

Akiva Goldsman is producing through his Weed Road Productions company, alongside Safehouse Pictures' Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold.

"Gravity" scribe Jonas Cuaron has been brought in to pen the Atlantis-set sci-fi epic "The Lost City" for Warner Bros. Pictures, Weed Road Pictures and Safehouse Pictures.

All that's said of the plot is that it will be a new take on the mythical underwater kingdom.

The film is reportedly a big deal, at one point it was being considered by Peter Jackson. Akiva Goldsman, Torry Tunnell and Joby Harold will produce.

Source: Variety...

It’s probably safe to say that after Gravity, Jonás Cuarón can do whatever he wants. And apparently, what he wants to do next is travel to the lost city of Atlantis and do a little filmmaking with the undersea set. The Gravity screenwriter will be writing The Lost City for Warner Bros., which will be (according to Variety, who broke the story) a “new take” on the fabled sunken city. Those two words are the only plot details we have for now, so The Lost City could essentially be anything, so long as it’s at least marginally related to people who live under the sea. Cuarón’s got a busy slate for now – he’s directing Desierto next, a thriller starring Gael García Bernal about two illegal immigrants who cross paths with a violent and unstable American vigilante who’s taken it upon himself to patrol the border. Seems...

Gravity continues to blaze its way through the box office around the world, setting all kinds of records and notching a very well-deserved hit for director Alfonso Cuaron. But credit also goes to his son Jonas, who co-wrote the screenplay with his father and is now moving on to a bright film career of his own. According to Variety Jonas has been brought back into the Warner Bros. fold for The Lost City, a new take on the story of the lost city of Atlantis. Cuaron will write the screenplay for The Lost City, with details being kept largely under wraps for now, but is also prepping for his feature directing debut Desierto, a film starring Gael Garcia Bernal and described as Manhunter-type thriller set on the Mexican border. That movie will basically be a family reunion-- Bernal starred for the elder Cuaron in Y Tu Mama Tambien, and both...

Though much of the success of Gravity is deservingly credited to director/co-writer Alfonso Cuaron, the inception of the project actually began with Cuarón’s son Jonás. Alfonso was looking for a new film to do after a smaller project had fallen apart, and he decided to team up with his son to craft a story of adversity set in outer space. Jonás Cuarón co-wrote the script for Gravity with his father and also directed a companion short film called Aningaaq that will be on the Blu-ray, and now Warner Bros. is keen on staying in business with the burgeoning filmmaker. Variety reports that Warner Bros. has set Jonás Cuarón to pen the script for a tentpole film set in Atlantis called The Lost City. The studio had been eyeing Cuarón for the pic for some time, but first had to work out his schedule with his feature directorial debut Desierto,...

Jonas Cuaron turned quite a few heads with his script work on Gravity (co-written with and directed by his father, Alfonso Cuaron) and, today, Variety reports that he's lined up another major project at Warner Bros. Pictures. Instead of going into outer space, however, Cuaron will head under the sea, drafting the studio's Atlantis project, The Lost City . Although plot details are not yet available, it is suggested that The Lost City will take place largely within the legendary sunken continent. No director is currently attached, but the trade notes that Warner Bros. has previously eyed both the elder Cuaron and Peter Jackson. Akiva Goldsman will produce The Lost Kingdom through his Weed Road Pictures while Joby Harold and Torry Tunnell are producing through Safehouse....

Jonas Cuarón who wrote Gravity with his father Alfonso Cuarón, is set to reteam with Warner Bros. for The Lost City, reports The Hollywood Reporter. There are no plot details at this time except for the fact that it may be a new take on the mythical underwater kingdom of Atlantis. Akiva Goldsman produces via his Weed Road Pictures with Safehouse Pictures' Torry Tunnell and Joby Harold. With the success of Gravity, now number one at the box office for two consecutive weekends, and passing over $200 million at the worldwide box office, it's no surprise Cuaron was snapped up for a follow-up project.

Andy Garcia is one of those quiet actors you don't read about in the scandal tabloids. He just works. The Cuban born and Miami raised thespian is one of the best looking character actors out there, turning out great performances in The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman. More recently, he has starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and The Lost City among many films and television projects. So it was fitting that Martell brand selected Garcia to be the face, creative muse and brand ambassador of their newest smooth operator, Martell® Cognac's new baby, Martell Caractere. Martell was founded in 1715, and still...

Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises The Dark Knight Rises will have more IMAX footage than any other Hollywood movie in history. As per a Wall Street Journal report, Christopher Nolan’s third and last installment in his Batman trilogy will offer more than one hour of scenes filmed with those cumbersome IMAX cameras. For comparison’s sake, The Dark Knight, the biggest 2008 blockbuster at the domestic box office, had 40 minutes of IMAX footage. But what’s the big IMAX deal? After all, movies such as Tim Burton / Johnny Depp / Mia Wasikowska’s Alice in Wonderland, James Cameron / Sam Worthington’s Avatar, Gary Ross / Jennifer Lawrence / Josh Hutcherson’s The Hunger Games, and Bill Condon / Robert Pattinson / Kristen Stewart’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 were all shown on IMAX screens. And upcoming IMAX releases include Joss Whedon / Chris Evans / Chris Hemsworth’s The Avengers, Ridley Scott / Noomi Rapace / Michael Fassbender’s Prometheus,...

Chicago – The year was 1959, and the film was “The Diary of Anne Frank,” based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning stage play, which in turn was adapted from the famous diaries of a young girl hiding from Nazi occupiers in WWII Holland. Two actresses, Millie Perkins (Anne) and Diane Baker (her sister Margot), made their movie debuts in this renowned film.

The director of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the celebrated George Stevens, led a nationwide search for the lead teenage actress to portray Anne, after Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Susan Strasberg (Anne in the original play) passed on the role. The film won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, and was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director.

Millie Perkins and Diane Baker were participating in the “Hollywood Celebrities and Memorabilia Show” in September when they talked to HollywoodChicago.com.

Moonstone Books' "Kolchak: The Night Stalker- The Lost City", available February 2012, continues the "Night Stalker" TV series (starring actor Darren McGavin), written by novelist Cj Henderson with a cover by Doug Klabua :

"...after getting a killer to confess, 'Kolchak' is offered an international assignment with massive coverage around the world. With fame and fortune finally within reach, Kolchak is ready to cover the story, when he's confronted by a mysterious monk who warns him that "the seventy-two must always be." What this means is not explained. But, before he knows it, Kolchak's dreams are invaded by unexplainable images that let him know every step he takes toward this story is bringing him closer to death..."

Click the image to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Night Stalker"...

To celebrate the DVD release of City Island, starring Andy Garcia, we are giving 3 lucky winners a copy of the family drama on DVD plus a City Island poster signed by Andy Garcia! You can read Dave’s review of the movie right here.

City Island stars Andy Garcia (Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen), Julianna Margulies (“The Good Wife”), Steven Strait (10,000 BC), Dominik García-Lorido (The Lost City), Ezra Miller (“Californication”), Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Emily Mortimer (Shutter Island).

Winner of the Audience Award at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, City Island spins a web of misrepresentations, misinterpretations and misunderstandings into a smart and charming comedy about a family that stops at nothing to avoid the truth.

City Island is available on DVD from March 28th, pre-order a copy today on Amazon.

To be in with a chance of winning a poster and a copy of City Island, just...

By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith

hollywoodnews.com: While the “White Collar” team is busy creating episodes of their sophisticated crime dramedy, off-camera their set is becoming something of a romper room. At least, that’s the feeling one gets listening to Tiffani Thiessen, whose six-month-old daughter, Harper, is the latest addition to the tiny visitor contingent.

“There are a lot of people on our show who have kids. She’s definitely the newest one. I think they love having her energy around the set. It’s fun. I think we’re going to have a little playroom/nursery when we go back into production,” says the actress, who plays the smart wife of an FBI man (Tim DeKay) on the popular series that also stars Matt Bomer as a reformed, debonair thief. They’ll resume work in March for the show’s third season. “White Collar” returns to...

"Uncharted 3" and David O. Russell's film are the big headline-grabbing projects for Sony and Naughty Dog's franchise right now, but they don't want everyone to forget that their most recently released critically-acclaimed sequel is still out on the market for the PlayStation 3. Thusly, they've announced an end of the year holiday bonus for multiplayer users in the form of extra in-game cash.

Naughty Dog's "The Lab" will be putting a sort of greatest hits list of multiplayer modes from 2010 into rotation through the morning of January 3, and while it's cycling 4x muliplayer cash will be in effect, according to an update on the studio's official blog.

Here's what "The Lab" will be making available:

"Best of…" Gametype Variations:

• Shotguns Only

• Plunder Pistols Only

• No Power Weapons

• Desert-5 Shootout

• Deathmatch – No Boosters

And the maps in use will include:

• The Lost City

• The Plaza

• The Sanctuary

• The Temple

Officially, all...