Sandra Bullock appeared at SXSW in Austin, Texas, for the premiere of her new movie “The Lost City”.
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KFC Radio earlier this week for an interview in which he revealed that he pitched “The Departed 2.” The sequel would have potentially also starred screen legends Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt.But alas, Warner Bros. didn’t go for it and the rest is history.
Wahlberg discussed the moment that he and the film’s screenwriter, William “Bill” Monahan, stepped into the studio’s office.“Let’s just say the pitch didn’t go very well,” the Boston native said with a laugh. “[Bill] didn’t really have anything [fleshed] out.”Wahlberg assumed Monahan would have done more of his homework on the concept, he said.“He’s the kind of guy you just trust to go and write something.
And so when we were working on the script for ‘Cocaine Cowboys’ and ‘American Desperado,’ [I] said, ‘Bill, just go write.’ [Warner Bros.] likes to have things well-thought out and planned.”Monahan scored the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2007 for “The Departed,” while Wahlberg, who played police staff sergeant Sean Dignam, earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actor.“It’d be a pretty good one,” he added of Pitt and De Niro’s projected involvement. Pitt was actually on hand to play Matt Damon’s Colin Sullivan role in the crime drama — however, he opted to produce the film instead.Monahan spoke about his trashed sequel in 2011 with /Film.
Sandra Bullock appeared at SXSW in Austin, Texas, for the premiere of her new movie “The Lost City”.
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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired North American rights for Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature “Murina” which won the Golden Camera Award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.Executive produced by Martin Scorsese and lushing lensed by Hélène Louvart (“The Lost Daughter”), “Murina” will be playing on opening night of the First Look Festival at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.“Murina” is a tense and sensual tale about a restless teenager, Julija, whose urge to break free from her oppressive father and isolated existence in coastal Croatia is triggered by the visit of a family friend. Variety‘s Jessica Kiang wrote in her review that “If Patricia Highsmith had ever written a coming-of-age story set on the rocky, clear-watered Croatian coastline, it might have looked a lot like Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s bright, brooding debut.” The movie also boasts a breakthrough performance by Gracija Filipovic, a promising young actor and professional swimmer who was one of this year’s 10 Shooting Stars at the Berlinale.
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Zack Sharf Mark Wahlberg revealed on KFC Radio this week (via Esquire) that he tried and failed to pitch to Warner Bros. a sequel to Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winner “The Departed.” Wahlberg earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actor thanks to his role in “The Departed,” which grossed $291 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards (including best picture and best director). Scorsese’s cast included Wahlberg opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson and Matt Damon.“I went into a meeting with [screenwriter] Bill Monahan at Warner Bros.
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