Steven Weber's marriage is taking a dive. The star of TV's Wings, who recently appeared on 2 Broke Girls, and his wife of 17 years, Juliette Lesley Hohnen, are getting a divorce. Hohnen filed the petition Feb. 6 in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing the usual irreconcilable differences. Hohnen, who says the pair separated last October, is seeking joint custody for their sons, ages 12 and 9. She also requests spousal support.This was the second marriage for Weber. The 52-year-old actor was previously married to actress Finn Carter from 1985 to 1992. Weber, who played carefree pilot Brian Michael Hackett on the NBC comedy Wings...
- 3/4/2013
- PEOPLE.com
After being at the helm of the underrated sci-fi film The Adjustment Bureau, director George Nolfi is teaming with the writer behind Arnold Schwarzenegger's big screen comeback The Last Stand for a new sci-fi endeavor. Heat Vision reports Nolfi will direct a currently untitled project from Andrew Knauer, but the plot is currently being kept under wraps. As of now, the plan is for Nolfi to co-write the script with Knauer as well as produce. In case you're wondering how this pairing came together, Nolfi actually did some rewrites on The Last Stand, but was impressed enough with the first draft that he wanted to collaborate. In a weird game of six degrees, Michael Hackett is also producing the film. Hackett produced Paycheck, which was based on a Philip K. Dick's short story, the author who wrote the short story on which The Adjustment Bureau was based. Nolfi...
- 1/21/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
George Nolfi is to direct an original science fiction project for Universal Pictures. The Adjustment Bureau helmer will team up with The Last Stand screenwriter Andrew Knauer on the untitled movie. Plot details for the film are yet to emerge but Nolfi has been confirmed as co-producer alongside Michael Hackett, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Nolfi, who has writing credits on such blockbusters as The Bourne (more)...
- 1/18/2013
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
"Argo" second-unit director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is in talks to direct, while Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum are up for producing the remake of 1976 horror classic "The Town That Dreaded Sundown" at MGM.
Loosely based on a true story, the action follows Texarkana residents terrorized by the "Phantom Killer" during the late 1940s.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures has picked up an untitled sci-fi action project which "The Adjustment Bureau" director George Nolfi and "The Last Stand" scribe Andrew Knauer co-wrote.
The film is being setup as a potential producing and directorial vehicle for Nolfi. Michael Hackett ('Payback') also produces.
Source: Styd & THR...
Loosely based on a true story, the action follows Texarkana residents terrorized by the "Phantom Killer" during the late 1940s.
Meanwhile, Universal Pictures has picked up an untitled sci-fi action project which "The Adjustment Bureau" director George Nolfi and "The Last Stand" scribe Andrew Knauer co-wrote.
The film is being setup as a potential producing and directorial vehicle for Nolfi. Michael Hackett ('Payback') also produces.
Source: Styd & THR...
- 1/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Universal Picks Up Sci-Fi Project from 'Last Stand' Writer, 'Adjustment Bureau' Director (Exclusive)
Universal has picked up an untitled sci-fi action project from George Nolfi, the filmmaker behind The Adjustment Bureau, and Andrew Knauer, the scribe behind Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback vehicle The Last Stand, which opens Friday. Details are being kept close to the vest, but Nolfi and Knauer will co-write the script. Nolfi is eyeing the project as a directorial vehicle and will produce. Film Review: 'The Last Stand' Michael Hackett, a producer on the 2003 John Woo movie Paycheck -- which starred Ben Affleck, who also worked on Adjustment Bureau -- also is producing. Nolfi and Knauer met during the making
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- 1/18/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Nolfi, the director behind The Adjustment Bureau , has made plans for another science fiction project at Universal Pictures, says a story at The Hollywood Reporter . He'll work from an original concept by The Last Stand screenwriter Andrew Knauer. Details on the film's plot are currently unknown but Nolfi and Knauer are expected to collaborate on the screenplay. Nolfi will also produce alongside Michael Hackett. Nolfi, who started his career as a screenwriter, made his directing debut with the 2011 Philip K. Dick adaptation. His other writing credits include The Bourne Ultimatum and Ocean's Twelve . (Photo Credit: Dan Jackman / WENN.com)...
- 1/17/2013
- Comingsoon.net
The trustees of Philip K. Dick's estate have relaunched their legal battle with the producers of Matt Damon thriller The Adjustment Bureau, two months after the initial lawsuit was dropped.
The late author's executors claim the estate is owed money from the 2011 adaptation of the writer's sci-fi story, Adjustment Team, and filed a lawsuit last year targeting director George Nolfi, producer Michael Hackett, Media Rights Capitol and its subsidiaries.
The case was dropped in February after a judge threw out key parts of the suit, but representatives of the Philip K. Dick Testamentary Trust re-filed papers at Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to reignite the legal battle, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Estate lawyer Justin Goldstein says in a statement, "We had hoped to avoid having to take this step, but are left with no choice because Media Rights Capital continues to ignore its contractual obligations. We are confident that the court will find that Philip K. Dick's heirs are entitled to receive what they were promised in return for the right to use their father's work and name in producing and distributing The Adjustment Bureau."
The thriller, which starred Damon opposite Emily Blunt, made nearly $130 million (£81 million) at the worldwide box office.
Dick died in 1982, and several of his stories have been made into movies - including 1982's Blade Runner, 1990 blockbuster Total Recall and 2002's Minority Report. A remake of Total Recall will be released later this year.
The late author's executors claim the estate is owed money from the 2011 adaptation of the writer's sci-fi story, Adjustment Team, and filed a lawsuit last year targeting director George Nolfi, producer Michael Hackett, Media Rights Capitol and its subsidiaries.
The case was dropped in February after a judge threw out key parts of the suit, but representatives of the Philip K. Dick Testamentary Trust re-filed papers at Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday to reignite the legal battle, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Estate lawyer Justin Goldstein says in a statement, "We had hoped to avoid having to take this step, but are left with no choice because Media Rights Capital continues to ignore its contractual obligations. We are confident that the court will find that Philip K. Dick's heirs are entitled to receive what they were promised in return for the right to use their father's work and name in producing and distributing The Adjustment Bureau."
The thriller, which starred Damon opposite Emily Blunt, made nearly $130 million (£81 million) at the worldwide box office.
Dick died in 1982, and several of his stories have been made into movies - including 1982's Blade Runner, 1990 blockbuster Total Recall and 2002's Minority Report. A remake of Total Recall will be released later this year.
- 4/24/2012
- WENN
The science-fiction romance flick The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt was about two people attempting to escape their own fate. It did decently at the box office and earned some good reviews. Adapted and directed by George Nolfi, it was based on the short story "The Adjustment Team" by Hollywood's favorite Sf author Philip K. Dick. Now, however, Dick's estate has filed suit, claiming that the production is trying to escape paying royalties on the film. The suit, which is detailed over at The Wrap, names writer/director George Nolfi, producer Michael Hackett, Media Rights Capital, and Oaktree Entertainment. Philip K. Dick's trust says the producers are attempting to avoid paying royalties by falsely claiming that the original story had entered the public domain. Nolfi allegedly first paid $75,000 to option the movie rights to the story, with the trust set to receive between $1 and $1.8 million dependent...
- 10/30/2011
- cinemablend.com
Representatives of Philip K. Dick's estate have become embroiled in a legal battle with movie bosses over Matt Damon's film The Adjustment Bureau.
The movie, which also stars Emily Blunt, was loosely based on the late writer's short story Adjustment Team and estate executors have now filed a lawsuit alleging film chiefs reneged on a deal to hand over a share of the profits.
The lawsuit, filed at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, takes aim at director George Nolfi and producer Michael Hackett, claiming they backed out of their agreement over a copyright dispute, according to Variety.
The suit reads, "Motivated solely by greed, defendants seek to establish themselves as a de facto Adjustment Bureau of Hollywood. Using heavy-handed means, they seek to 'adjust' agreements entered into long-ago agreed, 'adjust' determinations made long ago by the U.S. Copyright Office, and even 'adjust' history so as to hoard any and all monies rightfully earned by the estate of the man whose genius inspired what is indisputably a highly successful film."
The lawsuit is demanding compensation for royalties plus interest and attorneys' fees.
The movie, which also stars Emily Blunt, was loosely based on the late writer's short story Adjustment Team and estate executors have now filed a lawsuit alleging film chiefs reneged on a deal to hand over a share of the profits.
The lawsuit, filed at the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, takes aim at director George Nolfi and producer Michael Hackett, claiming they backed out of their agreement over a copyright dispute, according to Variety.
The suit reads, "Motivated solely by greed, defendants seek to establish themselves as a de facto Adjustment Bureau of Hollywood. Using heavy-handed means, they seek to 'adjust' agreements entered into long-ago agreed, 'adjust' determinations made long ago by the U.S. Copyright Office, and even 'adjust' history so as to hoard any and all monies rightfully earned by the estate of the man whose genius inspired what is indisputably a highly successful film."
The lawsuit is demanding compensation for royalties plus interest and attorneys' fees.
- 10/28/2011
- WENN
Two sci-fi cult movies - one an early 90's sci-fi actioneer, the other a well-received romantic 'what if' film from earlier this year - are about to be turned into TV series.
FremantleMedia Enterprises is set to make a small-screen version of Roland Emmerich's 1992 feature "Universal Soldier" which starred Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.
That film followed two soldiers who killed each other in Vietnam but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with a large group of other previously dead soldiers.
The series spawned two direct-to-video movies and two theatrical sequels. Van Damme and Lundgren could make guest appearances in the show which "Stargate" and "Sanctuary" scribe Damian Kindler will write.
Meanwhile Syfy is planning to turn George Nolfi's "The Adjustment Bureau", the Matt Damon-led film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick’s short story, into its own TV series which Mrc will produce reports Deadline.
FremantleMedia Enterprises is set to make a small-screen version of Roland Emmerich's 1992 feature "Universal Soldier" which starred Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren.
That film followed two soldiers who killed each other in Vietnam but are reanimated in a secret Army project along with a large group of other previously dead soldiers.
The series spawned two direct-to-video movies and two theatrical sequels. Van Damme and Lundgren could make guest appearances in the show which "Stargate" and "Sanctuary" scribe Damian Kindler will write.
Meanwhile Syfy is planning to turn George Nolfi's "The Adjustment Bureau", the Matt Damon-led film adaptation of the Philip K. Dick’s short story, into its own TV series which Mrc will produce reports Deadline.
- 10/3/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Syfy is developing a TV series based on this year’s Mrc/Universal Pictures movie The Adjustment Bureau, which was written, directed and produced by George Nolfi and starred Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. Former Smallville executive producers Darren Swimmer and Todd Slavkin are writing the TV adaptation, which is being produced by Mrc. Nolfi is executive producing with Swimmer and Slavkin, with Michael Hackett, a producer on the feature, serving as co-executive producer. The 2011 sci-fi thriller, based on Philip K. Dick’s short story Adjustment Team centered on a rising politician (Damon) whose budding romance with a dancer (Blunt) is intercepted by the Adjustment Bureau, a secret organization with special powers, which uses them to ensure that people’s lives follow the chairman of the Bureau’s plan for them. Mrc doesn’t normally do traditional network development, but the deal for The Adjustment Bureau stems from the...
- 10/3/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
By Christopher Stipp
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Monogamy - DVD Review
Color me surprised at how much I liked this film.
At first glance you could see a movie about a photographer who takes clandestine pictures of clients who pay to be shot in the wild, an odd subset of humans who need to see what it’s like to be shown in their natural territory, as something Hitchcock would cook up when one of the clients takes it up a notch and gets a little freaky deekey, having a penchant for voyeurism.
Purposely antagonizing the guy, the sexualized client and photog share in a relationship that isn’t so much physical as it is cerebral. As, you see, the guy is getting married to Rashida Jones, a woman...
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Monogamy - DVD Review
Color me surprised at how much I liked this film.
At first glance you could see a movie about a photographer who takes clandestine pictures of clients who pay to be shot in the wild, an odd subset of humans who need to see what it’s like to be shown in their natural territory, as something Hitchcock would cook up when one of the clients takes it up a notch and gets a little freaky deekey, having a penchant for voyeurism.
Purposely antagonizing the guy, the sexualized client and photog share in a relationship that isn’t so much physical as it is cerebral. As, you see, the guy is getting married to Rashida Jones, a woman...
- 6/18/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
The acclaimed science-fiction romance The Adjustment Bureau, starring Matt Damon (Green Zone) and Emily Blunt (The Wolfman), will be on DVD and Blu-ray on June 21 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
This is one film we’re excited about. Based on the short story “Adjustment Team” by great sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report), the movie considers the question of whether we can control our own destiny. Damon plays David Norris, a rising politician who falls for Elise Sellas, a promising ballet dancer (Blunt). As David tries to pursue a relationship with Elise, the Adjustment Bureau steps in to keep them apart explaining that their job is to keep people on track. Now David has to make a choice between love and fate.
Written by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum) and his directorial debut, the PG-13 film also stars Terence Stamp (Valkyrie), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), John Slattery...
This is one film we’re excited about. Based on the short story “Adjustment Team” by great sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report), the movie considers the question of whether we can control our own destiny. Damon plays David Norris, a rising politician who falls for Elise Sellas, a promising ballet dancer (Blunt). As David tries to pursue a relationship with Elise, the Adjustment Bureau steps in to keep them apart explaining that their job is to keep people on track. Now David has to make a choice between love and fate.
Written by George Nolfi (The Bourne Ultimatum) and his directorial debut, the PG-13 film also stars Terence Stamp (Valkyrie), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), John Slattery...
- 4/19/2011
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Universal Home Entertainment has set a June 21st release date for the Blu-ray and DVD release of The Adjustment Bureau (re-read the review here). Based on a Philip K. Dick story, the film stars Matt Damon and Emily Blunt.
Here’s the list of extras:
· Deleted And Extended Scenes
· Leaping Through New York – An inside look at how the production team filmed David Norris’ (Matt Damon) race to the courthouse, featuring interviews with Damon, director George Nolfi, special effects coordinator Mark Russell and producers Michael Hackett and Chris Moore.
· Destined To Be – The Adjustment Bureau provided Matt Damon with his first opportunity to play a true romantic lead in a feature film. Co-star Emily Blunt, director George Nolfi and Damon himself reflect on this new role for the star and the relationship between David Norris and Blunt’s character, Elise Sellas.
· Becoming Elise – A look at Emily Blunt’s dance...
Here’s the list of extras:
· Deleted And Extended Scenes
· Leaping Through New York – An inside look at how the production team filmed David Norris’ (Matt Damon) race to the courthouse, featuring interviews with Damon, director George Nolfi, special effects coordinator Mark Russell and producers Michael Hackett and Chris Moore.
· Destined To Be – The Adjustment Bureau provided Matt Damon with his first opportunity to play a true romantic lead in a feature film. Co-star Emily Blunt, director George Nolfi and Damon himself reflect on this new role for the star and the relationship between David Norris and Blunt’s character, Elise Sellas.
· Becoming Elise – A look at Emily Blunt’s dance...
- 4/18/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier now has his next two projects lined up. Three days ago the filmmaker agreed to direct Now You See Me, a thriller about a team of illusionists that are also bank robbers. Now he's agreed to direct another film, a big budget science fiction disaster film called simply G.
The idea germinated from producer Guymon Casady (an executive producer on The Expendables), and it's believed to revolve around the gravitational constant of the universe, a force that tells science how much gravity there will be when enough mass is present. Without knowing how the premise is used, we can speculate and imagine a storyline where the gravitational constant on the Earth shifts in different places, perhaps increasing significantly and in other spots being reduced to nothing. Now imagine what kind of havoc that would create for the world's oceans, crops and civilization.
Universal Pictures...
The idea germinated from producer Guymon Casady (an executive producer on The Expendables), and it's believed to revolve around the gravitational constant of the universe, a force that tells science how much gravity there will be when enough mass is present. Without knowing how the premise is used, we can speculate and imagine a storyline where the gravitational constant on the Earth shifts in different places, perhaps increasing significantly and in other spots being reduced to nothing. Now imagine what kind of havoc that would create for the world's oceans, crops and civilization.
Universal Pictures...
- 2/23/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Filmmaker Louis Leterrier ("Clash of the Titans," "The Incredible Hulk") has signed on to direct and produce sci-fi disaster epic "G" for Universal Pictures says Heat Vision.
Described as containing shades of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Taken", specific plot details are being kept under wraps. Writers are currently being sought.
Guymon Casady, Mark Gordon, George Nolfi and Michael Hackett will produce. This news comes just a week after Leterrier signed on to direct the heist movie "Now You See Me" at Summit Entertainment. "G" is expected to go into production once 'See' is wrapped.
Described as containing shades of "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Taken", specific plot details are being kept under wraps. Writers are currently being sought.
Guymon Casady, Mark Gordon, George Nolfi and Michael Hackett will produce. This news comes just a week after Leterrier signed on to direct the heist movie "Now You See Me" at Summit Entertainment. "G" is expected to go into production once 'See' is wrapped.
- 2/23/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans) will direct and produce G for Universal Pictures. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but is apparently a sci-fi disaster with shades of The Day After Tomorrow and Taken. The project is based on an original idea from Management 360's Guymon Casady, who will serve as a producer with MG360's Mark Gordon and George Nolfi and Michael Hackett of Gambit Pictures. Leterrier’s production Rabbit Hole Pictures, will also be actively involved in G. This is going out to screenwriters now...
- 2/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans) will direct and produce G for Universal Pictures. The plot is being kept under wraps for now, but is apparently a sci-fi disaster with shades of The Day After Tomorrow and Taken. The project is based on an original idea from Management 360's Guymon Casady, who will serve as a producer with MG360's Mark Gordon and George Nolfi and Michael Hackett of Gambit Pictures. Leterrier’s production Rabbit Hole Pictures, will also be actively involved in G. This is going out to screenwriters now...
- 2/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
About a week after Summit Entertainment announced that Louis Leterrier will direct its thriller "Now You See Me," the director has signed on to produce and helm Universal's upcoming event action movie "G," TheWrap confirmed Tuesday. Leterrier's manager, Guymon Casady, of Management 360, came up with the idea for the movie, but Universal is not saying what the film is about. Casady will produce the movie with Mark Gordon through MG360 -- a film production partnership between Gordon and Management 360. George Nolfi and Michael Hackett's Gambit Pictures also will produce, and...
- 2/23/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Watch new movie clips as well as interview clips and behind-the-scenes clips from The Adjustment Bureau! See 7 clips in high definition as well as interviews with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terrence Stamp, director and screenwriter George Nolfi and producers Michael Hackett, Bill Carraro and Chris Moore. The Adjustment Bureau is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report and Blade Runner) and opens via Universal Pictures on March 4th! Check out the featured clip from Adjustment Bureau below. (See it in high definition!). Under that, see all of the 28 videos from the movie as well as movie posters and images...
- 2/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch new movie clips as well as interview clips and behind-the-scenes clips from The Adjustment Bureau! See 7 clips in high definition as well as interviews with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Terrence Stamp, director and screenwriter George Nolfi and producers Michael Hackett, Bill Carraro and Chris Moore. The Adjustment Bureau is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report and Blade Runner) and opens via Universal Pictures on March 4th! Check out the featured clip from Adjustment Bureau below. (See it in high definition!). Under that, see all of the 28 videos from the movie as well as movie posters and images...
- 2/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the first trailer for Universal Pictures' "The Adjustment Bureau" with Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, Terence Stamp, Daniel Dae Kim, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly, Liam Ferguson, Anthony Ruivivar and David Alan Basche. George Nolfi directs as well as adapting the screenplay based on the short story "The Adjustment Team" written by Philip K. Dick. Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he's ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York. Produced by Nolfi, Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro, the film opens on September 17th.
- 5/13/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Another photo from "The Adjustment Bureau" has surfaced online. Posted on Celebutopia, the new image still exposes Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. The lead actor, who will struggle for his love, is seen holding the actress' hand while running on the street.
"The Adjustment Bureau" focuses on Damon as ambitious politician David Norris who meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas, played by Blunt, while he is on the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men from The Adjustment Bureau conspire to keep the two apart.
The group will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, David must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
Beside writing and directing the movie,...
"The Adjustment Bureau" focuses on Damon as ambitious politician David Norris who meets beautiful contemporary ballet dancer Elise Sellas, played by Blunt, while he is on the brink of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate. But just as he realizes he's falling for her, mysterious men from The Adjustment Bureau conspire to keep the two apart.
The group will do everything in their considerable power to prevent David and Elise from being together. In the face of overwhelming odds, David must either let her go and accept a predetermined path...or risk everything to defy Fate and be with her.
Beside writing and directing the movie,...
- 5/3/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Anthony Mackie (”The Hurt Locker”) has joined the cast of Mrc/Universal’s “The Adjustment Bureau,” alongside Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. George Nolfi is directing from his own script, and is producing along with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro. “The Adjustment Bureau” is adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick, and follow a smooth-talking congressman (Damon) whose political future is thrown in doubt by meeting a mysterious ballerina (Blunt), and the discovery that the world around him is not nearly what it seems. Stay tuned right here at Shockya.com for more on “The Adjustment Bureau”. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com)...
- 8/19/2009
- by Costa Koutsoutis
- ShockYa
Anthony Mackie ("The Hurt Locker") has been cast in "The Adjustment Bureau," Mrc's sci-fi thriller for Universal with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt starring, and George Nolfi directing from his own script. According to Variety, Nolfi also will produce alongside Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro."The Adjustment Bureau," adapted from Philip K. Dick's short story, centers on a smooth-talking congressman whose political future is thrown in doubt by the arrival of a mysterious ballerina in his life.
- 8/18/2009
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
With a cast that includes Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, and its genesis in a Philip K. Dick short story, The Adjustment Bureau is already looking like one of the more intriguing science-fiction movies of 2010/11. And it just got even more intriguing with news that Anthony Mackie has signed on the dotted line.Mackie, who's soon to slam onto our screens as a bomb disposal specialist in the visceral, Oscar-baiting The Hurt Locker, adds another slug of charisma to the sci-fi thriller. The Adjustment Bureau sees an ambitious congressman (Damon) find his life turned upside down by the appearance of a mysterious ballerina (Blunt).The Adjustment Bureau is the debut feature of George Nolfi, who is also scripting and shares a producer credit with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro. Shooting starts in New York in late summer, once Mackie has finished treading the boards in a production of The Bacchae.
- 8/18/2009
- EmpireOnline
Emily Blunt will star opposite Matt Damon in "The Adjustment Bureau," a sci-fi love story George Nolfi is directing Universal and Media Rights Capital.
The story, which Nolfi adapted from a Philip K. Dick short story, follows a congressman (Damon), on the rise in politics, who meets a beautiful ballet dancer only to discover strange circumstances keep them apart.
Blunt is playing the dancer.
Nolfi is producing with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro.
Blunt, repped by CAA, did "The Wolf Man" for Universal. The movie is being released Nov. 6. She is shooting Fox's "Gulliver's Travels" with Jack Black in the U.K.
The story, which Nolfi adapted from a Philip K. Dick short story, follows a congressman (Damon), on the rise in politics, who meets a beautiful ballet dancer only to discover strange circumstances keep them apart.
Blunt is playing the dancer.
Nolfi is producing with Chris Moore, Michael Hackett and Bill Carraro.
Blunt, repped by CAA, did "The Wolf Man" for Universal. The movie is being released Nov. 6. She is shooting Fox's "Gulliver's Travels" with Jack Black in the U.K.
- 7/14/2009
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Matt Damon reunites with "Ocean's Twelve" writer George Nolfi in a new sci-fi thriller for Universal, "The Adjustment Bureau."
Nolfi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for "The Bourne Ultimatum," will make his directorial debut on the film, budgeted at to million. He also wrote the script and will produce along with Chris Moore, Bill Carraro and Michael Hackett.
As per the Hollywood Reporter, the plot will be laced with romance, sci-fi and action. It will center on a politician (Damon) who falls for a ballerina only to find mysterious forces keeping them apart.
The story is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story.
Nolfi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for "The Bourne Ultimatum," will make his directorial debut on the film, budgeted at to million. He also wrote the script and will produce along with Chris Moore, Bill Carraro and Michael Hackett.
As per the Hollywood Reporter, the plot will be laced with romance, sci-fi and action. It will center on a politician (Damon) who falls for a ballerina only to find mysterious forces keeping them apart.
The story is loosely based on a Philip K. Dick short story.
- 3/6/2009
- icelebz.com
Universal Pictures is finalizing a deal with Media Rights Capital for The Adjustment Bureau, a contemporary love story with sci-fi overtones that was written and will be directed by George Nolfi, his directorial debut. Matt Damon is attached to star and the project was shopped around to potential studios last week. In Bureau, Damon will play David Norris, a charismatic congressman who seems destined for national political stardom. He meets a beautiful ballet dancer named Elise Sellas, only to find strange circumstances keeping their sparks from catching fire. Norris discovers forces are at work to keep them apart, and he peels the layers to find out why. The action takes place all over Manhattan. Nolfi, whose screenwriting credits include Timeline, Ocean’s Twelve and The Sentinel, will produce with Chris Moore (Good Will Hunting) and Michael Hackett (Paycheck). Production will begin in September. Damon will star in The Adjustment Bureau...
- 3/5/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
Opens
Thursday, Dec. 25
"Paycheck" is a nifty science-fiction twist on the old amnesia plot where a guy spends most of a movie trying to remember what he did and why everyone is after him. Only in this case, the character played by Ben Affleck isn't trying to remember the past but the future.
Working from a story by Philip K. Dick -- aren't the best science-fiction movies usually based on stories by Dick? -- writer Dean Georgaris and director John Woo propel a viewer through shoot-outs, chases and suspense sequences that break enough new ground to feel fresh. There are moments when you know you're watching a John Woo film but many more where he seems to want to flex new muscles without drifting too far from the action genre. The moral issues that are central to Dick's science fiction are touched upon only briefly, yet they do reverberate through the film. While opening against stiff competition at Christmas, Paramount and DreamWorks nevertheless should find yuletide cheer in this "Paycheck".
Affleck plays scientific genius Michael Jennings, a "reverse engineer" who can take a piece of high-tech equipment, disassemble it so he sees how it ticks, then improve and reassemble the device into a more advanced piece of equipment in a few weeks. He is also a scientific whore, agreeing to perform his reverse engineering for a conglomerate run by his old buddy, billionaire entrepreneur Jimmy Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart), in exchange for a whopping paycheck and -- this is the kicker -- his willingness to allow his quirky pal Shorty (Paul Giamatti) to erase his memory of those work weeks so he cannot disclose company secrets to anyone else.
Jimmy's latest project for Michael breaks the pattern. Not only does the job require three years -- a lot of one's life to give up -- but when he finishes and all memory is erased, Michael is mystified to discover that he agreed to forfeit his $90 million paycheck in exchange for an envelope filled with random objects. What's more, both the FBI and Jimmy's thugs are hunting for him.
When two of these seemingly innocent objects allow Michael to miraculously escape FBI custody, he quickly realizes that each of the objects not only provides a clue to his erased past but is vital to his survival -- worth more, in other words, than $90 million. The movie gradually lets the viewer in on Jimmy's dirty little secret: In the past three years, Michael perfected a lens powerful enough to see past the curvature of time into the future. So everything that happens to Michael he has already foreseen using his own super lens and has taken the precaution to supply himself with everyday objects that will allow him to change that future.
Now for readers who hate Logic Nazis, who delight in pointing out fatal plot holes in movies, this is fair warning: One enormous plot hole is about to be revealed, so you might want to skip to the next paragraph. Once Michael changes his fate and escapes the FBI and his foretold destiny, he is in a new future where he cannot possibly have foreseen anything that happens to him. The rest of the movie cannot be the future he saw with his super lens but a new series of events that directly result from his altering the future.
Fortunately, while caught up in the gripping tension of Michael's race against time to destroy his own machine and to recall his life with Rachel (Uma Thurman), the woman he has loved for the past three years but cannot remember, you don't think about plot holes. The payoffs from each of these everyday objects -- a matchbook, a coin, a crossword puzzle -- are fun. And when both Jimmy and the FBI realize what's going on and scheme how best to thwart a man who has seen the future but cannot remember, these strategies keep the movie intriguing down to the last moment.
Affleck gives his scientific genius enough of a blue-collar attitude to make the character believable. Although underutilized until the picture is almost half-over, Thurman gives Rachel a determined strength of character. But after the gymnastics of "Kill Bill", her fans can only see this outing as a comedown.
Woo and his crew make good use of Vancouver, where they stage a chase through heavy traffic with Affleck and Thurman on a motorcycle and another down in a subway tunnel with a train is about to wipe out the hero. Jeffrey L. Kimball's cool, crisp photography seamlessly integrates the visual effects and stunts into a very real-looking environment. Similarly, William Sandell's futuristic sets don't unduly call attention to themselves as is often the case with science-fiction movies.
PAYCHECK
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures
Credits:
Director: John Woo
Screenwriter: Dean Georgaris
Based on a story by: Philip K. Dick
Producers: John Davis, Michael Hackett, John Woo, Terence Chang
Executive producers: Stratton Leopold, David Solomon
Director of photography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Production designer: William Sandell
Music: John Powell
Co-producers: Caroline Macaulay, Arthur Anderson
Costume designer: Erica Edell Phillips
Editors: Kevin Stitt, Christopher Rouse
Cast:
Jennings: Ben Affleck
Rethrick: Aaron Eckhart
Rachel: Uma Thurman
Shorty: Paul Giamatti
Wolf: Colm Feore
Agent Dodge: Joe Morton
Agent Klein Michael C. Hall
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Thursday, Dec. 25
"Paycheck" is a nifty science-fiction twist on the old amnesia plot where a guy spends most of a movie trying to remember what he did and why everyone is after him. Only in this case, the character played by Ben Affleck isn't trying to remember the past but the future.
Working from a story by Philip K. Dick -- aren't the best science-fiction movies usually based on stories by Dick? -- writer Dean Georgaris and director John Woo propel a viewer through shoot-outs, chases and suspense sequences that break enough new ground to feel fresh. There are moments when you know you're watching a John Woo film but many more where he seems to want to flex new muscles without drifting too far from the action genre. The moral issues that are central to Dick's science fiction are touched upon only briefly, yet they do reverberate through the film. While opening against stiff competition at Christmas, Paramount and DreamWorks nevertheless should find yuletide cheer in this "Paycheck".
Affleck plays scientific genius Michael Jennings, a "reverse engineer" who can take a piece of high-tech equipment, disassemble it so he sees how it ticks, then improve and reassemble the device into a more advanced piece of equipment in a few weeks. He is also a scientific whore, agreeing to perform his reverse engineering for a conglomerate run by his old buddy, billionaire entrepreneur Jimmy Rethrick (Aaron Eckhart), in exchange for a whopping paycheck and -- this is the kicker -- his willingness to allow his quirky pal Shorty (Paul Giamatti) to erase his memory of those work weeks so he cannot disclose company secrets to anyone else.
Jimmy's latest project for Michael breaks the pattern. Not only does the job require three years -- a lot of one's life to give up -- but when he finishes and all memory is erased, Michael is mystified to discover that he agreed to forfeit his $90 million paycheck in exchange for an envelope filled with random objects. What's more, both the FBI and Jimmy's thugs are hunting for him.
When two of these seemingly innocent objects allow Michael to miraculously escape FBI custody, he quickly realizes that each of the objects not only provides a clue to his erased past but is vital to his survival -- worth more, in other words, than $90 million. The movie gradually lets the viewer in on Jimmy's dirty little secret: In the past three years, Michael perfected a lens powerful enough to see past the curvature of time into the future. So everything that happens to Michael he has already foreseen using his own super lens and has taken the precaution to supply himself with everyday objects that will allow him to change that future.
Now for readers who hate Logic Nazis, who delight in pointing out fatal plot holes in movies, this is fair warning: One enormous plot hole is about to be revealed, so you might want to skip to the next paragraph. Once Michael changes his fate and escapes the FBI and his foretold destiny, he is in a new future where he cannot possibly have foreseen anything that happens to him. The rest of the movie cannot be the future he saw with his super lens but a new series of events that directly result from his altering the future.
Fortunately, while caught up in the gripping tension of Michael's race against time to destroy his own machine and to recall his life with Rachel (Uma Thurman), the woman he has loved for the past three years but cannot remember, you don't think about plot holes. The payoffs from each of these everyday objects -- a matchbook, a coin, a crossword puzzle -- are fun. And when both Jimmy and the FBI realize what's going on and scheme how best to thwart a man who has seen the future but cannot remember, these strategies keep the movie intriguing down to the last moment.
Affleck gives his scientific genius enough of a blue-collar attitude to make the character believable. Although underutilized until the picture is almost half-over, Thurman gives Rachel a determined strength of character. But after the gymnastics of "Kill Bill", her fans can only see this outing as a comedown.
Woo and his crew make good use of Vancouver, where they stage a chase through heavy traffic with Affleck and Thurman on a motorcycle and another down in a subway tunnel with a train is about to wipe out the hero. Jeffrey L. Kimball's cool, crisp photography seamlessly integrates the visual effects and stunts into a very real-looking environment. Similarly, William Sandell's futuristic sets don't unduly call attention to themselves as is often the case with science-fiction movies.
PAYCHECK
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures
Credits:
Director: John Woo
Screenwriter: Dean Georgaris
Based on a story by: Philip K. Dick
Producers: John Davis, Michael Hackett, John Woo, Terence Chang
Executive producers: Stratton Leopold, David Solomon
Director of photography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Production designer: William Sandell
Music: John Powell
Co-producers: Caroline Macaulay, Arthur Anderson
Costume designer: Erica Edell Phillips
Editors: Kevin Stitt, Christopher Rouse
Cast:
Jennings: Ben Affleck
Rethrick: Aaron Eckhart
Rachel: Uma Thurman
Shorty: Paul Giamatti
Wolf: Colm Feore
Agent Dodge: Joe Morton
Agent Klein Michael C. Hall
Running time -- 119 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
- 1/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kathryn Morris has nabbed a role in Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures' Paycheck for helmer John Woo. Shooting is under way in Vancouver. Morris (Minority Report) joins Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart and Michael C. Hall in the Dean Georgaris-penned project. Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, Paycheck is a futuristic tale centering on a man (Affleck) who has part of his memory erased by his employer and begins to find clues to his whereabouts for the past two years. Morris is set to play Rita Dunne, a co-worker of Affleck's character. John Davis, Michael Hackett and David Solomon are producing Paycheck. The project reteams Morris with Woo, who directed her in his BMW Films short Hostage. The actress, who next appears in the Dimension thriller Mindhunters opposite Val Kilmer, Christian Slater and LL Cool J, is repped by Endeavor, Mosaic Media Group's Dave Fleming and attorney Jason Sloan. She also recently filmed the lead role in Jerry Bruckheimer and Meredith Stiehm's drama pilot The Unsolved for CBS from Warner Bros. Television, Jerry Bruckheimer TV and CBS Prods.
- 4/29/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Six Feet Under star Michael C. Hall will star opposite Ben Affleck in Paramount Pictures' Paycheck for director John Woo and producers John Davis and Michael Hackett. The project aims to go into production next month. Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, Paycheck is a futuristic tale centering on Jennings (Affleck), a man who has part of his memory erased by his employer and begins to find clues to his whereabouts for the past two years. Hall will play the lead FBI agent who is spearheading the investigation on Jennings' memory. Aaron Eckhart also stars as Rethrick, the man who persuades Jennings to give up two years of his life, thus setting in motion a whirlwind of chaos. Dean Georgaris adapted the screenplay. Hall is repped by Innovative Artists, MJ Management and attorney Jodie Peikoff. Since landing the role of a gay funeral home director on HBO's Six Feet Under, Hall has garnered Emmy, Golden Globe and American Film Institute nominations for the role. The actor began his career on Broadway, having most recently performed in the musical Chicago.
- 3/19/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Woo is in negotiations to direct Paramount Pictures' Paycheck for producers John Davis and Michael Hackett. The project is aimed to go into production in February. Paycheck reunites Woo with Paramount, for which he directed the blockbuster feature Mission: Impossible 2, starring Tom Cruise, and Face/Off, a co-production with Buena Vista Pictures that starred Nicolas Cage and John Travolta. Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, Paycheck is a futuristic tale of a man who has part of his memory erased and begins to find clues to his whereabouts for the past two years. Dean Georgaris adapted the screenplay, which saw Brett Ratner attached to direct. However, Ratner departed the project last month to direct Warner Bros. Pictures' Superman (HR 9/25). Woo, repped by Endeavor, most recently directed MGM's costly flop Windtalkers, starring Cage. Davis is in production on Revolution Studios' Daddy Day Care, starring Eddie Murphy and Anjelica Huston.
- 10/22/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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