Kathryn Bigelow
-
The Playlist3 commentslike13tweet5
Little Known British Actor Ricky Sekhon To Play Osama Bin Laden In Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'
In case you wondering if we'll see Osama Bin Laden as a character in Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," this pretty much confirms that we will with little known British actor Ricky Sekhon, who barely even has a presence on IMDB, landing the role of the infamous Saudi-born A...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood4 commentslike10tweet8
Oscar Winner Kathryn Bigelow Nears Completion of Filming Zero Dark Thirty
So the first female best director winner has now completed filming her follow-up film. That alone is news. The film which is now called Zero Dark Thirty tells the story of the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden. What is interesting is while this will clearly be a thriller with ...
Read More » -
The Playlist9 commentslike5tweet5
Kathryn Bigelow & Writer Mark Boal Did Get Their Hands On Classified Info After All For 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Remember last year when allegations flew that director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal had gained access to some classified or, at the very least top level intelligence about the raid that would end up killing Osama Bin Laden for their film "Zero Dark Thirty"? Well, it looks like they did. Ruh ...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood13 commentslike60tweet21
Sign the Petition! Where Are the Women Directors?
It's been very interesting to watch the opening of the Cannes Film Festival. In light of the fact that there are no women directors in competition and the great work of La Barbe, at the opening press conference the jury as well as the directors of the festival were confronted with a barrag...
Read More » -
The Playlist4 commentslike0tweet8
'Warrior' Star Frank Grillo Joins The Cast Of Kathryn Bigelow's Bin Laden Movie
At this point, we're beginning to suspect that in order to cast her still-untitled film about the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden, Kathryn Bigelow incepted us, found out all our favorite actors and actresses, and put them in her movie. First, she cast Australian actor Jason Clarke from "Bro...
Read More » -
Women and Hollywood6 commentslike12tweet6
Hey Nina Jacobson - How About Picking a Woman for Catching Fire!
According to reports in EW, the Playlist and the Hollywood Reporter, the search for a director for Catching Fire is down to two dudes -- Bennett Miller and Francis Lawrence. Now I think that Miller is a great director. I loved Moneyball and Capote. But to pick him to direct Catchin...
Read More » -
The Playlist0 commentslike0tweet3
Guy Pearce Talks Doing His Own Stunts In 'Lockout' & Hints At The Mysteries of 'Prometheus'
Audiences have a strong awareness of Guy Pearce, but are they ready to see him as an action hero? In “Lockout,” Pearce plays disgraced special agent Snow, forced on a suicide mission to rescue the President’s daughter from a riot happening outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, in the middle of a danger...
Read More » -
The Playlist1 commentlike13tweet1
Aussie Actor Callan Mulvey Books Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' & '300: Battle Of Artemisia'
After years on Australian television, actor Callan Mulvey is making a move into the American film market. The actor has come into his own over the last few years, starring in the small-screen police-actioner "Rush" and it seems like the weekly exhibition of his action chops must have caugh...
Read More » -
The Playlist2 commentslike9tweet3
Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' Casts Little Known Israeli Actor Yoav Levy As Bin Laden's Third In Command
While lensing on the Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal reunion for the newly-titled "Zero Dark Thirty" has already began, the duo look to be casting on-the-fly with little known Israeli theater actor Yoav Levy now joining the project as Osama Bin Laden's reported third-in-command, Abu...
Read More » -
The Playlist7 commentslike3tweet5
Kathryn Bigelow's 'Kill Bin Laden' Now Titled 'Zero Dark Thirty'; Production Greeted By Protests In India
Well, the cameras are now rolling on Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming film in India, and the picture is already gaining controversy. Of course, there is still that ongoing (and pointless) Pentagon investigation about whether or not Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal were leaked classified documents, b...
Read More »
fresh from the blogs
-
Guys, 'Fast & Furious' is Now the Densest, Most Complicated ...Criticwire
-
Cannes Review: Emmanuelle Seigner A Raucous Revelation ...The Playlist
-
Holiday Weekend Treat: Will & Jaden Smith Rap, Jazzy ...Shadow and Act
-
Cannes Deal: Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up Jarmusch's ...Thompson on Hollywood
-
Weekly Update May 24: Women Centric, Directed and Written ...Women and Hollywood
-
CANNES 2013: James Gray's THE IMMIGRANTPress Play
-
Good Night, Lost Boy(s)The Lost Boys
-
The Hangover Part IIILeonard Maltin
on 
