Kristopher Tapley

Exclusive: The making of Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominee 'Kon-Tiki'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:13 pm · May 10th, 2013

Lengthy feature tells the story behind the story of a legend.

WB picks up Ryan Gosling's 'How to Catch a Monster' with Christina Hendricks

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:37 am · May 10th, 2013

The Cannes market has landed its first sale before anyone has even arrived in the south of France as Ryan Gosling’s “How to Catch a Monster,” which is currently filming, has been acquired by Warner Bros. for domestic release.

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Tell us what you thought of 'The Great Gatsby'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:32 am · May 10th, 2013

F. Scott Fitzgerald hits theaters this weekend…in 3D.

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'August: Osage County' trailer puts Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts front and center

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:19 am · May 10th, 2013

The Weinstein Company has released the first extended look at John Wells’ adaptation of the successful Tracy Letts play.

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Ed Harris heads back to mission control for Alfonso Cuarón's 'Gravity'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:42 am · May 9th, 2013

A source confides that Ed Harris is featured in the role of a mission control voice in Alfonso Cuaron’s new film. It might seem like just a nice bit of casting with a recognizable voice, but it’s also a lovely ode to one of the actor’s Oscar-nominated performances.

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Will 'The Great Gatsby' find any room in a new Oscar season?

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:39 am · May 6th, 2013

Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby” is hitting theaters this week in advance of opening the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 15. If you’ll recall, the film was all set to open last December amid the awards season glut as part of an already packed Warner Bros. slate. But it was shuffled on to a summer 2013 release to allow more time for post-production and, surely, to have a fighting chance at making some money.

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The Academy opens up all 24 categories to the entire voting membership

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:33 pm · May 4th, 2013

There’s really only one thing to report out of today’s big AMPAS conclave: the entire membership of the Academy will now be able to vote for all 24 categories at the Oscars.

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'Out of the Furnace' director Scott Cooper on the road after 'Crazy Heart'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:47 pm · May 3rd, 2013

Scott Cooper’s slate of upcoming projects is about as impressive and varied as fellow Cooper Bradley’s as of late. Three years removed from his debut film, “Crazy Heart” (which earned Jeff Bridges an Oscar for Best Actor), the filmmaker is set to traverse the nation, from the streets of New York to Depression Era Central California, the Tidewater of Virginia to the blast furnaces of Pittsburgh.

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The Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' gets a release date in the thick of awards season

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:04 pm · May 3rd, 2013

How will ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ figure into the awards scheme later this year? We’ll know in due time, but for the distributor’s part, eyes are clearly on the circuit as it has just been announced the film will receive a December 6 limited release with plans to expand wider on December 20. That puts it right in the thick of it.

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Check out this massive 'Pacific Rim' banner

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:09 am · May 3rd, 2013

It’s understandable, then, that Warner Bros. would cook up a bit of promotion that attempts to match the scale of Guillermo Del Toro’s latest.

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Tell us what you thought of 'Iron Man 3'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:00 pm · May 2nd, 2013

Tony Stark is back for more this weekend.

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'August: Osage County' director John Wells saddles up to 'Chef' with Bradley Cooper

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:31 pm · May 2nd, 2013

Bradley Cooper has been moving right along with his post-“Silver Linings” playbook. He’s currently shooting David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” and smartly backed away from the on-going circus that is “Jane Got a Gun” this week. Earlier today it was announced that Steven Spielberg will be tackling “American Sniper” with Cooper in the lead role as the most lethal sniper in US military history, while he attached himself to the Steven Knight-scripted “Chef” not too long ago.

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Justin Timberlake and 'Dreamgirls' producer team for music biopic 'Spinning Gold'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:03 am · May 2nd, 2013

Justin Timberlake has worked with filmmakers like David Fincher, Clint Eastwood and the Coens as of late, but now he’s poised to take on a big leading role in a biopic of 1970s record icon Neil Bogart.

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LA film fest announces 2013 line-up: 'Fruitvale Station,' 'Only God Forgives,' 'Way, Way Back'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · May 1st, 2013

Film Independent has revealed the line-up for this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, cherry-picking this and that from Sundance and Cannes with a few other things thrown in here and there.

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Tom Hanks lands a Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in 'Lucky Guy'

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:58 am · April 30th, 2013

I kind of feel like I can’t let a year lived in New York go without some commentary on the Tony Awards, which we rarely really get into around here. Alas, looking across the nominees, I see I’ve missed a great many of the top players so far. But I’ll get to them. At least I have a bit of a cheat sheet now.

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Woody Allen heads back to France with Colin Firth and Emma Stone

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:17 am · April 30th, 2013

The last time Woody Allen went to France, the result wasn’t too bad. 2011’s “Midnight in Paris” scored a number of Oscar nominations, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and even a surprise bid for Best Production Design (formerly Best Art Direction). Allen himself won his third writing Oscar to date, and his fourth overall, for penning the script, beating out stiff competition from Best Picture winner “The Artist.” Well it seems he’s heading back for his next film, which will go into production this year.

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