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Displaying all articles tagged:
Focus Features
sequential art
Dec. 13, 2016
Focus Buys Rights to Daniel Clowes Graphic Novel
Patience
He’s the cartoonist behind
Ghost World
and
Wilson
.
By
Abraham Riesman
Aug. 22, 2016
Natalie Portman on Her Toughest Scene to Direct
She still nailed it.
By
Adam Banicki
Aug. 17, 2016
Natalie Portman Had to Learn How to Be Assertive
Just one of many challenges she faced as a first-time filmmaker.
By
Adam Banicki
Dec. 23, 2014
McConaughey, Mara Join
Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo and the Two Strings.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
movies
Oct. 20, 2013
What Do Focus Features Changes Mean for Indies?
The films he backed somehow stick with you long after the credits roll and the Oscar wins are tallied.
By
Frank DiGiacomo
auctions
Mar. 26, 2012
Who Won the Movie Rights to
50 Shades of Grey
?
The erotic book trilogy has found a studio home.
By
Kyle Buchanan
exclusive
Feb. 11, 2011
Bruce Willis in Talks for
Lay the Favorite
; Interviews Directors for
Die Hard 5
Bruce Willis is now in negotiations to star opposite Rebecca Hall in Stephen Frears’s ‘Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog.’
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
exclusive
Jan. 12, 2011
Paul Greengrass Readies
MLK
Assassination Thriller
Memphis
Insiders tell us that producer Scott Rudin is in discussions about possibly making the project with Greengrass at Focus Features.
By
Claude Brodesser-Akner
the industry
Dec. 10, 2010
Is Universal Going to Sell Off Focus Features?
The studio is supposedly in talks to unload its specialty film division.
By
Kyle Buchanan
the industry
Jan. 6, 2010
James Franco to Saw Off Arm With a Dull Knife
Plus: ‘Zombieland’ writers take on ‘Deadpool’!
By
Adam K. Raymond
the industry
May 2, 2008
Demetri Martin Will Make Love, Not War for Ang Lee
Plus: Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Toni Collette in Sam Mendes’s Eggers-penned relationship comedy.
the industry
Apr. 23, 2008
Jeremy Piven to Hug It Out Onstage
Plus: Ang Lee goes to ‘Woodstock,’ David O. Russell runs off James Caan, and Judd Apatow blah blah next big comedy hit.
news reel
Mar. 3, 2008
James Schamus: It’s George Bush’s Fault We Can’t Shoot Overseas Anymore
The Focus Features CEO on the high cost of a London shoot.
the industry
Jan. 23, 2008
The New Savior of Sundance Is … Steve Coogan?
Plus industry news on Kirsten Dunst, Selma Blair, and Blind Melon. Yes, Blind Melon. Yes, that Blind Melon.
the industry
Dec. 5, 2007
Johnny Depp, Public Enemy No. 1
Plus the Breeders, John Brolin, and John Turturro in a garbage can.