By Mike Lee •
December 16, 2011 •
This year J.C. Chandor debuted a little film called Margin Call at the Sundance Film Festivial. Actually the film was anything but little, because its large ensemble cast. Now Chandor is setting himself up for a new movie titled All is Lost, and he already has Robert Redford in talks to star.
The report from…[ more ]
By Mike Lee •
October 11, 2011 •
Robert Redford’s adaptation of Neil Gordon’s novel The Company You Keep already has a very exciting cast that consists of Shia LaBeouf, Susan Sarandon, Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Stanley Tucci and Chris Cooper, but Variety is reporting that it is about to get even more ecliptic with the additions of Anna Kendrick, Brendan Gleeson, Sam…[ more ]
By Mike Lee •
April 6, 2011 •
Sure one man can break barriers on his own merit, but it doesn’t hurt to have someone help you, and that is what Robert Redford wants everyone to know. Jackie Robinson may have been the pioneer in breaking the color barrier in major league baseball, but he did have some help. Branch Rickey, a Caucasian,…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
January 26, 2011 •
Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination film, The Conspirator, is finally getting a first look and here it is, courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. The film will hit theaters April 15, 2011. I have been waiting to see this movie and it looks really good. I am a sucker for period films and American history ones to boot….[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
April 28, 2010 •
The USA Today got a chance to talk to Robert Redford who is directing the first of a few Abraham Lincoln centered films to hit theater audiences soon. His film, The Conspirator, follows the turbulent backdrop of post-Civil War Washington with the film centered on the plot to assassinate then President of the US, Abraham…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
November 5, 2009 •
Sundance here we come! or rather Ann Arbor, MI (Michigan Theater), Brookline, MA (Coolidge Corner Theatre), Brooklyn, NY (BAM), Chicago, IL (Music Box Theatre), Los Angeles, CA (Downtown Independent), Madison, WI (Sundance Cinemas Madison), Nashville, TN (The Belcourt Theatre) or San Francisco, CA (Sundance Kabuki Cinemas).
For one night during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the event…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
October 16, 2009 •
The Playlist has revealed a new image of James McAvoy on the set of Robert Redford’s Lincoln film, The Conspirator. The site revealed that Evan Rachel Wood and Toby Kebbell have also joined the cast. Wood will portray Anna Surrat, daughter of Robin Wright Penn’s Mary Surratt in the film which deals with the aftermath of the assassination…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
September 15, 2009 •
Yesterday it was announced that Robert Redford would be directing a Lincoln film called The Conspirator, which will start shooting next month with independent financing and a cast headed by James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
However, for several years Steven Spielberg has wanted to bring a biopic of the famous American President to the big screen…[ more ]