Archive for August 26th, 2009

Susan Sarandon

Actress Susan Sarandon is in final talks with 20^th Century Fox to be in Oliver Stone’s next film Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to his 1987 film Wall Street. Her role will reportedly be to play the mother of young Wall Street executive Jacob, played by Shia LaBeouf. Michael Douglas will also reprise his role of Gordon Gekko. Production is scheduled to begin next month in New York City.

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is scheduled to release on April 23^rd, 2010.

Source: Variety

Das weiße Band / The White Ribbon

German director  Michael Haneke’s film The White Ribbon is being submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to be considered for nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was selected by an independent jury part of German Films, the country’s promotion organization.  Sony Pictures has bought the U.S. distribution rights, and is scheduled to release the film nationwide come February.

Oscar consideration is possible because, although the U.S. release date is in February, they beat the October 1st deadline for submission to the Academy.

“The drama recounts a series of disturbing events and examines the malevolence of human nature.” –Variety

The Academy will release its list of the final five nominees for Best Foreign Language film on February 2^nd. The Academy Awards will air March 7^th.

Source: Variety

Director: Kathryn Bigelow (Mission Zero, K-19: The Widowmaker)

Screenwriters: Mark Boal (In the Valley of Elah)

Cast: Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 28 Weeks Later), Anthony Mackie (Eagle Eye, We Are Marshall), Brian Geraghty (I Know Who Killed Me, We Are Marshall)

Length: 2h 11m

Synopsis: Staff Sergeant William James is a cavalier bomb specialist who seems to live for defusing bombs in Afghanistan.  During his thirty-nine-day tour in Bravo Company, he clashes with his fellow soldiers, but also grows closer to them as time goes on.

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