How 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Editor Cross-Cut Real Riot Footage With Tense Courtroom Drama Scenes

On this episode of the Deep Focus Podcast, my guest is writer/director Aaron Sorkin known for writing “The Social Network,” “Moneyball,” “A Few Good Men,” “The West Wing,” and dozens of more screenwriting classics. The legendary screenwriter has shifted his focus to directing and returns with his second feature-length film following “Molly’s Game,” the politically charged and now-hyper-relevant “The Trial of The Chicago 7,” which is now on Netflix.

Sacha Baron Cohen told Deadline this week that he chased the role of Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago 7 for over a decade before the project came together under Aaron Sorkin’s direction. That perseverance paid off.

On Tuesday, Johns Hopkins University revealed that Covid-19 had infected more than 100 million people globally. That milestone comes a little over one year since the first case was confirmed in the United States. The U.S. now accounts for over one-quarter of those 100 million cases, even though it has only 4% of the world’s population.

EXCLUSIVE: The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors said Tuesday that The Trial of the Chicago 7 writer-director Aaron Sorkin, Bird Box director Susanne Bier, Black-ish co-star Marsai Martin and executive producer Vin Di Bona will receive awards at the group’s 38th annual Caucus Awards Gala.

Netflix leads the list of for the American Film Institute’s  AFI Movies Of The Year with four films, a record haul for them or any streamer in this annual prestigious list which often mirrors the lions share of future Oscar Best Picture nominees.  Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods,  David Fincher’s Mank,  George C.

Jamie Dornan (“Wild Mountain Thyme”) and Eddie Redmayne (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety‘s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios.

If there is one film this season that seems to be increasingly relevant by the day it is Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, and that became abundantly clear after a conversation with writer-director Aaron Sorkin and some of his superb ensemble cast at Deadline’s Contenders Film awards-season event.

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefIn “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” Sacha Baron Cohen set aside his bag of improv tricks to portray “Flower Power” activist Abbie Hoffman. The drama, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, unravels almost like a play, following the real-life story of the seven defendants charged with federal offenses for supposedly inciting protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

There’s a theory spreading around social media that Casey Affleck was the person who threw out the cardboard cut-out of Ana de Armas, but it’s not true.

A Chicago-area man accused of storming the Capitol last week allegedly told agents who showed up to arrest him: "Wow, you’re pretty good," court papers show. Kevin James Lyons was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building without authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds for allegedly taking part in Jan.

direct to your inboxA safety scheme could be put in place on a road where three teenage girls were injured in a crash.Two 16-year-old girls were taken to hospital with serious injuries – including a head injury – following the smash in Failsworth on Monday, January 4.The girls, along with a third girl, 16, who suffered minor injuries, were passengers in a car involved in a collision on Propps Hall Drive at around 6.30pm.The road was closed from the junctions with Greaves Avenue to Marlborough

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are in talks to secure roles in the upcoming Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz flick, "Being the Ricardos," according to reports.  Kidman, 53, will portray Ball while Bardem, 51, will tackle Arnaz.

We’ve been closely following writer/director Aaron Sorkin‘s new project “Being The Ricardos,” which has been bubbling behind the scenes for months at Amazon. In fact, we spoke to Sorkin recently about “The Trial Of The Chicago 7” (interview soon), and the writer/director played mum on all our questions, but promised news was coming soon.

This month marks the 25th anniversary of “12 Monkeys,” one of the best time-travel movies ever made, and one of Bruce Willis‘s best performances in a film, but things could have gone very differently. In a new oral history on the making of “12 Monkeys,” director Terry Gilliam reveals we could have a very different actor instead of Willis.

Sen.Ted Cruz on Thursday defended his decision to challenge the Electoral College certification process, pushing back against some of his colleagues who have accused him of inciting Wednesday's deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol by casting doubt on the 2020 election.

the Scottish motors retailer said the decision to part company was mutual as industry changes meant they were heading in different directions – but that they would work closely to ensure Vauxhall customers continued to be well looked after.

We were today years old when we learned that Kim Kardashian’s divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, inspired Laura Dern’s character in 2019’s Marriage Story.

Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed and increasingly relevant political drama The Trial of the Chicago 7, which revolves around the raucous trial of a group of protesters accused of disrupting the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, took a leading four awards including Best Picture at the just concluded 25th annual Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival. If past winners at this Italian fest are any indication, the victories should give the Netflix film a boost stateside during Oscar season.