Best Motion picture, drama Carol. Mad Max: Fury Road. The Revenant. Room. Spotlight. Best Motion picture, comedy The Big Short. Joy. The Martian. Spy. Trainwreck. Best Foreign language film The Brand New Testament (Belgium / France / Luxembourg). The Club (Chile). The Fencer (Finland / Germany / Estonia). Mustang (France). Son Of Saul (Hungary). Best Director Todd Haynes, Carol. Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight. George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road. Ridley Scott, The Martian. Best Actress in a motion picture, drama Cate Blanchett, Carol. Brie Larson, Room. Rooney Mara, Carol. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl. Best Actress in a motion picture, comedy Jennifer Lawrence, Joy. Melissa McCarthy, Spy. Amy Schumer, Trainwreck. Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van. Lily Tomlin, Grandma. Best Actor in a motion picture, drama Best Bryan Cranston, Trumbo. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl. Will Smith, Concussion.
- 12/11/2015
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Los Angeles – In a crazy land where films like “The Martian” and “The Big Short” can be nominated as a “comedy or musical” means it’s soon time for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes, on January 10th, 2016. The event kicks off awards season with “Spotlight,” “Room” and “Carol” in the drama film category, and “Game of Thrones,” “Transparent” and “Orange is the New Black” among the TV nominees.
‘The Martian’ is a Nominee of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Rounding out the Best Motion Picture, Drama Category is “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury.” The Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical also has “Joy,” “Spy,” and Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck.” The Television categories continue the trend of online series with “Narcos” (Netflix), ‘Casual’ (Hulu), ‘Orange is the New Black’ (Netflix), “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Transparent” (Amazon Prime) joining network and cable nominees “Empire,...
‘The Martian’ is a Nominee of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
Rounding out the Best Motion Picture, Drama Category is “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury.” The Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical also has “Joy,” “Spy,” and Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck.” The Television categories continue the trend of online series with “Narcos” (Netflix), ‘Casual’ (Hulu), ‘Orange is the New Black’ (Netflix), “Mozart in the Jungle” and “Transparent” (Amazon Prime) joining network and cable nominees “Empire,...
- 12/10/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Sneak Peek nominations for the 73rd "Golden Globe Awards", introduced by Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria and announced by America Ferrera, Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz and Dennis Quaid:
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Oscar Isaac, "Show Me a Hero"
David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Patrick Wilson, "Fargo"
Original Score, Motion Picture
Carter Burwell, "Carol"
Alexander Desplat, "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone, "The Hateful Eight"
Daniel Pemberton, "Steve Jobs"
Ryuchi Sakamoto, "The Revanant"
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
"The Brand New Testament"
"The Club"
"The Fencer"
"Mustang"
"Son of Saul"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black"
Joanna Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"
Regina King, "American Crime"
Judith Light,...
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Idris Elba, "Luther"
Oscar Isaac, "Show Me a Hero"
David Oyelowo, "Nightingale"
Mark Rylance, "Wolf Hall"
Patrick Wilson, "Fargo"
Original Score, Motion Picture
Carter Burwell, "Carol"
Alexander Desplat, "The Danish Girl"
Ennio Morricone, "The Hateful Eight"
Daniel Pemberton, "Steve Jobs"
Ryuchi Sakamoto, "The Revanant"
Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language
"The Brand New Testament"
"The Club"
"The Fencer"
"Mustang"
"Son of Saul"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Actress in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Uzo Aduba, "Orange Is the New Black"
Joanna Froggatt, "Downton Abbey"
Regina King, "American Crime"
Judith Light,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
The 73rd annual Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. On the movie side, "Carol" cleaned up, garnering the most nominations (five), while "The Big Short," "The Revenant," and "Steve Jobs" each earned four. Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Lawrence, who got no love in yesterday's SAG award nominations, were nominated, while Toms Hardy and Hanks were shut out again. And while Mark Ruffalo didn't nominated for "Spotlight," he did get one for "Infinitely Polar Bear," a movie few people had even heard of. "American Crime," "Fargo," "Mr. Robot," "Outlander," "Transparent," and "Wolf Hall" had the most individual show nominations, with three each. The major networks were nearly shut out entirely (with the exception of Fox's "Empire" and ABC's "American Crime"), with Netflix (eight), HBO (seven), Starz (six), Amazon (five), and FX (five) leading the nominations. NBC didn't get any, which means Lady Gaga officially got more Golden Globe nominations this year than all of NBC.
- 12/10/2015
- by Sara Morrison
- Hitfix
This year's nominations for the Golden Globes in January have been announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Despite all the slamming the organisation and awards get in the media, they are still the most anticipated awards for film and television outside those two industry's two major ceremonies (Oscars, Emmys).
Leading the film pack this year is "Carol" with five nominations; followed by "Steve Jobs," "The Big Short" and "The Revenant" with four nominations each. Some surprises were in store - Mark Ruffalo nominated for his own "Infinitely Polar Bear" rather than his acclaimed turn in "Spotlight," numerous nods for Starz's popular "Outlander" and welcome nods for Eva Green and Rachel Bloom.
Notable snubs completely shut out include no acting nods for "Spotlight," no Johnny Depp for "Black Mass" or Tom Hardy for "The Revenant," and no recognition for "House of Cards," "Homeland," or "The Affair". Also, and amusingly so,...
Leading the film pack this year is "Carol" with five nominations; followed by "Steve Jobs," "The Big Short" and "The Revenant" with four nominations each. Some surprises were in store - Mark Ruffalo nominated for his own "Infinitely Polar Bear" rather than his acclaimed turn in "Spotlight," numerous nods for Starz's popular "Outlander" and welcome nods for Eva Green and Rachel Bloom.
Notable snubs completely shut out include no acting nods for "Spotlight," no Johnny Depp for "Black Mass" or Tom Hardy for "The Revenant," and no recognition for "House of Cards," "Homeland," or "The Affair". Also, and amusingly so,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The nominations for the 73rd Annual Golden Globes have just been announced, and unlike yesterday’s Screen Actors Guild announcement, there wasn’t really anything in the way of surprises to be found. Todd Haynes’ gorgeous and well-acted drama Carol led the way with five nominations, including Best Picture – Drama, Best Director, two nods for Best Actress – Drama (Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara), and Best Original Score. The Big Short, The Revenant, and Steve Jobs followed with four nominations apiece.
What’s rather interesting to note about these nominations is that no film managed to hit every major spot on the list. The expected winner of Best Picture – Drama, Spotlight, also nabbed nominations in Best Director and Best Screenplay, but failed to get a single acting nod. As mentioned, Carol got in for Best Picture – Drama, as well as for Director and Acting, but failed to nab a Screenplay nod,...
What’s rather interesting to note about these nominations is that no film managed to hit every major spot on the list. The expected winner of Best Picture – Drama, Spotlight, also nabbed nominations in Best Director and Best Screenplay, but failed to get a single acting nod. As mentioned, Carol got in for Best Picture – Drama, as well as for Director and Acting, but failed to nab a Screenplay nod,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Angela Bassett, America Ferrera, Chloë Grace Moretz and Dennis Quaid gathered at the Beverly Hilton Hotel this morning to announce the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's nominations for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards.
Below are the nominees…
Best Picture, Drama:
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy:
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Best Director:
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Best Actress, Drama:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Actor, Drama:
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Edide Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino,...
Below are the nominees…
Best Picture, Drama:
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy:
The Big Short
Joy
The Martian
Spy
Trainwreck
Best Director:
Todd Haynes, Carol
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Best Actress, Drama:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Actor, Drama:
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Edide Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Will Smith, Concussion
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Steve Carell, The Big Short
Matt Damon, The Martian
Al Pacino,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Ahead of the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in early January, hosted by Ricky Gervais, the full list of nominations were unveiled early this morning. Carol led the pack with five nominations, while The Big Short, The Revenant, and Steve Jobs each picked up four, followed by The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Martian, Room, and Spotlight each grabbing three. Perhaps the best surprise is Mad Max: Fury Road picking up both Best Picture – Drama and Best Director.
See the full list below, with a hat tip to Toh.
Best Picture (Drama)
“Carol”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant”
“Room”
“Spotlight”
Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
“The Big Short”
“Joy”
“The Martian”
“Spy”
“Trainwreck”
Best Director
Todd Haynes, “Carol”
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
Thomas McCarthy, “Spotlight”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Ridley Scott, “The Martian”
Best Actor (Drama)
Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne,...
See the full list below, with a hat tip to Toh.
Best Picture (Drama)
“Carol”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant”
“Room”
“Spotlight”
Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
“The Big Short”
“Joy”
“The Martian”
“Spy”
“Trainwreck”
Best Director
Todd Haynes, “Carol”
Alejandro González Iñárritu, “The Revenant”
Thomas McCarthy, “Spotlight”
George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Ridley Scott, “The Martian”
Best Actor (Drama)
Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
And we're off! The 2016 awards season just shifted into high gear with the 73rd Golden Globe Award nominations. The TV and film nominees were revealed Thursday, December 10, the day after the Screen Actors Guild nominations. The Golden Globe nods were read off by Angela Bassett, America Ferrera, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Dennis Quaid on behalf of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
The Golden Globes will be awarded in a live broadcast on January 10, 2016, with Ricky Gervais hosting the show for the fourth time. (The Oscar nominations are coming Thursday, January 14, 2016.)
Here's the list of 2016 Golden Globe nominations:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
"Carol"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
"The Big Short"
"Joy"
"The Martian"
"Spy"
"Trainwreck"
Best Director – Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, "Carol"
Alejandro Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott, "The Martian"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,...
The Golden Globes will be awarded in a live broadcast on January 10, 2016, with Ricky Gervais hosting the show for the fourth time. (The Oscar nominations are coming Thursday, January 14, 2016.)
Here's the list of 2016 Golden Globe nominations:
Best Motion Picture, Drama
"Carol"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
"The Big Short"
"Joy"
"The Martian"
"Spy"
"Trainwreck"
Best Director – Motion Picture
Todd Haynes, "Carol"
Alejandro Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Ridley Scott, "The Martian"
Best Actor in a Motion Picture,...
- 12/10/2015
- by Gina Carbone
- Moviefone
Once again, Hollywood Stars will be going to the first awards event of the season — The Hollywood Film Awards®. The ceremony will be hosted by critically and globally acclaimed actor, comedian and late night talk show host, James Corden and will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, on November 1, 2015. The Hollywood Film Awards, the official launch of the awards season®, has recognized excellence in the art of cinema and filmmaking for 18 years, honoring some of the world’s biggest stars. More than one hundred honorees have gone on to garner Oscar nominations and wins. Our confirmed presenters include: Steve Carell, Russell Crowe, Ice Cube, Johnny Depp, Laura Dern, Vin Diesel, Jamie Foxx, Selena Gomez, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dakota Johnson, Armie Hammer, Amber Heard, Mark Ruffalo, David O. Russell, Kurt Russell, Amy Poehler, Quentin Tarantino, and Reese Witherspoon. Our confirmed honorees include:Robert De Niro, Ridley Scott,...
- 10/30/2015
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
At the age of 72, and with an impressive slew of awards on his shelf, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese shows no sign of slowing down, as he renews his development deal with Paramount, and confirms a number of upcoming projects. Those projects continue to reflect his personal interests, including his love of music – which will be the foundation of his now announced Leonard Bernstein biopic.
Leonard Bernstein was a Harvard graduate who became a world-famous composer, conductor, author, and long-time music director of the New York Philharmonic, whose works included On The Town, West Side Story, and the score to On The Waterfront – as well as a series of Young People’s Concerts broadcast on CBS in the 1950s.
During the course of his career, he garnered a multitude of accolades, and saw his compositions become instantly recognizable across the globe. The biopic being developed by Martin Scorsese has long been rumoured,...
Leonard Bernstein was a Harvard graduate who became a world-famous composer, conductor, author, and long-time music director of the New York Philharmonic, whose works included On The Town, West Side Story, and the score to On The Waterfront – as well as a series of Young People’s Concerts broadcast on CBS in the 1950s.
During the course of his career, he garnered a multitude of accolades, and saw his compositions become instantly recognizable across the globe. The biopic being developed by Martin Scorsese has long been rumoured,...
- 10/29/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
eOne has licensed a large swathe of the world on its Catholic Church abuse drama including a multi-territory deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa).
The studio will distribute in Latin America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe excluding former Yugoslavia, as well as Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Israel and India.
Elsewhere eOne closed deals in Italy (Bim), Portugal (Lusomundo), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Baltic States (Estonian Theatrical Distribution), South Africa (Times Media), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Indonesia (Queen), Singapore (Shaw), South Korea (Activers), Taiwan (Caichang), Thailand (Sahamongkol) and Airlines (Eim).
eOne will directly distribute in the UK, Canada, Spain, Benelux and Australia/New Zealand, while Open Road plans a wide Us release.
Thomas McCarthy directs the drama from a screenplay by Josh Singer about the Boston Globe investigative team’s reporting into the Catholic Church abuse scandal.
Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci and John Slattery star.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin and Michael Sugar and Rocklin...
The studio will distribute in Latin America, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe excluding former Yugoslavia, as well as Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Israel and India.
Elsewhere eOne closed deals in Italy (Bim), Portugal (Lusomundo), former Yugoslavia (Discovery), Baltic States (Estonian Theatrical Distribution), South Africa (Times Media), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), Indonesia (Queen), Singapore (Shaw), South Korea (Activers), Taiwan (Caichang), Thailand (Sahamongkol) and Airlines (Eim).
eOne will directly distribute in the UK, Canada, Spain, Benelux and Australia/New Zealand, while Open Road plans a wide Us release.
Thomas McCarthy directs the drama from a screenplay by Josh Singer about the Boston Globe investigative team’s reporting into the Catholic Church abuse scandal.
Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Stanley Tucci and John Slattery star.
Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin and Michael Sugar and Rocklin...
- 5/14/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Whiplash director Damien Chazelle is in talks to direct the Neil Armstrong biopic First Man for Universal. Josh Singer will write the script, an adaptation of the biography First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, by James R. Hansen. Hansen had access to Armstrong’s family and to Nasa to write the tome, and at 784 pages, it is thorough.
This project has been kicking around for a decade, and at one point Clint Eastwood was set to direct it for Warner Bros. I think Chazelle is a more interesting choice for the project, though.
For those of you who have been living under a rock/don’t believe in American exceptionalism and therefore have paid zero attention to major world events, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Allegedly. (Just kidding, he really did, don’t believe the conspiracy theories.) He was a fighter pilot,...
This project has been kicking around for a decade, and at one point Clint Eastwood was set to direct it for Warner Bros. I think Chazelle is a more interesting choice for the project, though.
For those of you who have been living under a rock/don’t believe in American exceptionalism and therefore have paid zero attention to major world events, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Allegedly. (Just kidding, he really did, don’t believe the conspiracy theories.) He was a fighter pilot,...
- 9/24/2014
- by Mily Dunbar
- GeekTyrant
With his directorial debut, jazz drumming drama Whiplash scoring critical and festival kudos, Damien Chazelle is currently mulling his follow-up project. He’s already developing a musical film called La La Land for Whiplash’s Miles Teller and Emma Watson, but is also considering a very different pic, entering talks to direct First Man for Universal.The biopic, which Josh Singer is looking to adapt, is based on the book First Man: The Life Of Neil A. Armstrong by James Hansen. Armstrong was, of course, the first man to walk on the surface of the moon. It’ll chronicle his time as a Navy bomber flyer and then test pilot, where he would push planes to the limit and beyond. In the 1960s, he was recruited to work for Nasa, rising up the ranks and ending up leading 1969’s Apollo 11 mission to the moon.First Man has been sitting...
- 9/23/2014
- EmpireOnline
Damien Chazelle, who directed the Sundance sensation Whiplash, is settling on a studio project ahead of his indie darling's October release. The filmmaker is in talks to direct First Man, a biopic set up at Universal that tells the story of Neil Armstrong, the astronaut who became the first man to set foot on the moon. Additionally, Josh Singer is being tapped to pen the script, which adapts the book First Man: A Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James Hansen. Hansen had full access to Armstrong's family as well as Nasa when he wrote the tome. The move brings
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- 9/23/2014
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
• Tony winner Billy Crudup may be taking a step in the Spotlight. The Watchmen star is in talks to join the ensemble drama based on the Catholic Church cover-up of pedophiliac priests in Massachusetts and The Boston Globe investigation that followed. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber and Stanley Tucci will all star in the film from director Tom McCarthy (Win Win) and written by Josh Singer (The Fifth Estate). Crudup would play the lead attorney for the victims, Eric MacLeish. [THR]
• Max Minghella (The Social Network) and Callum Keith Rennie (Californiacation) are going Into the Forest. The two...
• Max Minghella (The Social Network) and Callum Keith Rennie (Californiacation) are going Into the Forest. The two...
- 8/27/2014
- by Jake Perlman
- EW - Inside Movies
The Fifth Estate
Written by Josh Singer
Directed by Bill Condon
UK/Belgium/USA, 2013
“Most good stories start at the beginning,” intones a journalist during The Fifth Estate, a bold statement to make in a film that starts very near the end. The story of how WikiLeaks, and its enigmatic Australian founder Julian Assange, rose to worldwide prominence and notoriety over the last 5 years, is not without merit, but this adaptation fails to reach the same height of earned importance. An esteemed ensemble, led by the seemingly ubiquitous Benedict Cumberbatch (say those three words ten times fast), isn’t able to lift the script above the murk, though; its structure cannot help but bring to mind the excellent and sharply written Aaron Sorkin script for The Social Network. Though aspiring to be a hybrid of that film and something like All The President’s Men is admirable, The Fifth Estate...
Written by Josh Singer
Directed by Bill Condon
UK/Belgium/USA, 2013
“Most good stories start at the beginning,” intones a journalist during The Fifth Estate, a bold statement to make in a film that starts very near the end. The story of how WikiLeaks, and its enigmatic Australian founder Julian Assange, rose to worldwide prominence and notoriety over the last 5 years, is not without merit, but this adaptation fails to reach the same height of earned importance. An esteemed ensemble, led by the seemingly ubiquitous Benedict Cumberbatch (say those three words ten times fast), isn’t able to lift the script above the murk, though; its structure cannot help but bring to mind the excellent and sharply written Aaron Sorkin script for The Social Network. Though aspiring to be a hybrid of that film and something like All The President’s Men is admirable, The Fifth Estate...
- 10/18/2013
- by Josh Spiegel
- SoundOnSight
When The Social Network opened in theatres in October 2010, an Internet craze that had seemed so relevant for a few years was already beginning to fade. Then, there was a newer, more powerful online enterprise getting the attention of hundreds of millions of people around the world: WikiLeaks. Alas, Hollywood now delivers another piece of very current history with The Fifth Estate, which focuses on the relationship between Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberatch), the celebrity champion for freedom of information who launched the controversial site, and his hacker friend, ingenue Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl).
Any film that attempts to cover the rise of WikiLeaks, a dense organization filled with a provocative and ethically grey history, has a lot of information to get through without losing the viewer. A film about the company would also have to bring a rounded portrayal of the hyper-intelligent enigma that is Julian Assange. To that extent,...
Any film that attempts to cover the rise of WikiLeaks, a dense organization filled with a provocative and ethically grey history, has a lot of information to get through without losing the viewer. A film about the company would also have to bring a rounded portrayal of the hyper-intelligent enigma that is Julian Assange. To that extent,...
- 10/17/2013
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
The Fifth Estate hardly leaves much room for praise outside of credit for Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as the narcissistic Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and a mild applause for Daniel Bruhl as his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. The two give what can be interpreted as solid performances, but inside a movie where the characters have the emotional depth of nameless stooges in television commercials and each scene feels similarly empty. We're constantly bombarded with pixelated text telling us where in the world we are now, followed by the hammering of key strokes accompanied by Carter Burwell's electronic score painting this as some sort of Bourne Identity-esque thriller, but it never feels any more thrilling than a mobile phone advert. There's no argument Julian Assange (Cumberbatch) and his website made an impact on the world over the last several years with their uncovering of illegal activities by Swiss Bank Julius Baer,...
- 10/17/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Benedict Cumberbatch's uncanny portrayal of the WikiLeaks founder aside, the most significant moments result from a few keystrokes on a laptop – as in reality
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Director: Bill Condon
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B+
WikiLeaks, an online organisation publishing secret information, became internationally prominent by the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
Importance
The Fifth Estate begins grandly with a montage of the history of media, from people chipping hieroglyphics on pyramids through the invention of the printing press to the televised announcement of John F Kennedy's assassination. The end result of this great sweep of events, it suggests, was a platinum blond Australian bombshell, Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), leaking stuff on a website. As the film begins in 2012 his former Bff, Daniel Berg (Domscheit-Berg in real life, here played by Daniel Brühl), is trying to send him a message over and over again: "Julian,...
The Fifth Estate (2013)
Director: Bill Condon
Entertainment grade: C
History grade: B+
WikiLeaks, an online organisation publishing secret information, became internationally prominent by the end of the first decade of the 21st century.
Importance
The Fifth Estate begins grandly with a montage of the history of media, from people chipping hieroglyphics on pyramids through the invention of the printing press to the televised announcement of John F Kennedy's assassination. The end result of this great sweep of events, it suggests, was a platinum blond Australian bombshell, Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), leaking stuff on a website. As the film begins in 2012 his former Bff, Daniel Berg (Domscheit-Berg in real life, here played by Daniel Brühl), is trying to send him a message over and over again: "Julian,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
Benedict Cumberbatch is brilliant as Julian Assange in a flashy but essentially hollow account of the rise and fall of WikiLeaks
"He's not a source, he's the head of a huge media empire, accountable to no one. And we put him there." The story of Julian Assange's relationship with the world at large, the media in general and the Guardian in particular was recently told in engrossing detail in Alex Gibney's documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. That film (which provoked an equally detailed response from its subject) concluded that Assange was an information freedom fighter who became overwhelmed by his own ego, descending into recklessness, deviousness and worse.
Now, amid the usual denunciations from the white-haired one, comes Bill Condon's more overtly dramatic but less piercing biopic. Based in part upon Daniel Domscheit-Berg's account of his time as Assange's partner at "the world's...
"He's not a source, he's the head of a huge media empire, accountable to no one. And we put him there." The story of Julian Assange's relationship with the world at large, the media in general and the Guardian in particular was recently told in engrossing detail in Alex Gibney's documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. That film (which provoked an equally detailed response from its subject) concluded that Assange was an information freedom fighter who became overwhelmed by his own ego, descending into recklessness, deviousness and worse.
Now, amid the usual denunciations from the white-haired one, comes Bill Condon's more overtly dramatic but less piercing biopic. Based in part upon Daniel Domscheit-Berg's account of his time as Assange's partner at "the world's...
- 10/12/2013
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Director: Bill Condon; Screenwriter Josh Singer; Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci; Running time: 128 mins; Certificate: 15
It's no surprise that the fatal flaw of The Fifth Estate should be a reach that exceeds its grasp. The origin story of whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks is labyrinthine, the biography of its founder Julian Assange no less so, and the task of bringing their combined rise and fall to the screen brings with it a near-impossible number of angles to consider.
Earlier this year, Alex Gibney's doc We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks was faced with the same challenge, and made the execution look effortless, while Bill Condon's slick fictionalised stab spends more than two hours trying to cover all its bases and still ends up feeling surface-deep.
What really works is the doomed dynamic between Benedict Cumberbatch's abrasive Assange and his loyal...
It's no surprise that the fatal flaw of The Fifth Estate should be a reach that exceeds its grasp. The origin story of whistleblowing organisation WikiLeaks is labyrinthine, the biography of its founder Julian Assange no less so, and the task of bringing their combined rise and fall to the screen brings with it a near-impossible number of angles to consider.
Earlier this year, Alex Gibney's doc We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks was faced with the same challenge, and made the execution look effortless, while Bill Condon's slick fictionalised stab spends more than two hours trying to cover all its bases and still ends up feeling surface-deep.
What really works is the doomed dynamic between Benedict Cumberbatch's abrasive Assange and his loyal...
- 10/11/2013
- Digital Spy
‘The Fifth Estate’ movie review: ‘Tasty’ but ‘opaque’ version of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange (photo: Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg and Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in ‘The Fifth Estate’) Late in the game during The Fifth Estate, Twilight director Bill Condon’s long-awaited return to helming real movies, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) glowers at close confidante Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) and hisses, “How much time you can spend with a person and still have no idea who they are.” If only Condon knew we’d be wondering the same thing about the tasty, if opaque, version of Assange he’s asking us to consider. Condon and screenwriter Josh Singer (who adapted WikiLeaks books by Domscheit-Berg and The Guardian journalists Luke Harding and David Leigh) practically luxuriate in the mysterious and contradictory motives that make Assange such a fascinating character, until we realize all The Fifth Estate has to...
- 10/3/2013
- by Mark Keizer
- Alt Film Guide
Techy people getting irked when movies get this detail or that wrong about them is basically the new fangirl flip-out over the slightest quote changes in book-to-screeners. We saw it with Mark Zuckerberg and "The Social Network," Steve Wozniak and "Jobs" and now Julian Assange and his team at WikiLeaks have got a thing or two to say about "The Fifth Estate," the new flick chronicling the saga of Assange and his organization.
Oh, and, in keeping with their info-spreading-like-it-or-not M.O., they've also decided to go ahead and leak the script for the film, too, because obviously.
On their website, WikiLeaks posted a copy of the "Fifth Estate" screenplay, which is said to be very close to what director Bill Condon and his cast (including Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange) used during production, and they added in a little something from their own private stash as well: an "internal talking...
Oh, and, in keeping with their info-spreading-like-it-or-not M.O., they've also decided to go ahead and leak the script for the film, too, because obviously.
On their website, WikiLeaks posted a copy of the "Fifth Estate" screenplay, which is said to be very close to what director Bill Condon and his cast (including Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange) used during production, and they added in a little something from their own private stash as well: an "internal talking...
- 9/20/2013
- by Amanda Bell
- NextMovie
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
The Internet. Crazy, isn’t it? All that free flowing information, instantaneously available at the tip of anyone’s fingers who knows how to search for it. And it really democratizes the world, right? I mean, it gives power to the people, you know, man.
This is the clichéd, armchair philosopher’s understanding of the internet, and though it is not necessarily inaccurate, unless you have been living in cave or an Amish community for the last decade, it isn’t all that profound either. Nevertheless, this is more or less the attitude of The Fifth Estate, the first fictional feature film to tackle the life of hactivist Julian Assange, the founder of the famous (or infamous depending on who you are) Wikileaks.
The film at the outset is seemingly about the relationship between Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Daniel Berg (Daniel Bruhl), his carefully chosen...
The Internet. Crazy, isn’t it? All that free flowing information, instantaneously available at the tip of anyone’s fingers who knows how to search for it. And it really democratizes the world, right? I mean, it gives power to the people, you know, man.
This is the clichéd, armchair philosopher’s understanding of the internet, and though it is not necessarily inaccurate, unless you have been living in cave or an Amish community for the last decade, it isn’t all that profound either. Nevertheless, this is more or less the attitude of The Fifth Estate, the first fictional feature film to tackle the life of hactivist Julian Assange, the founder of the famous (or infamous depending on who you are) Wikileaks.
The film at the outset is seemingly about the relationship between Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Daniel Berg (Daniel Bruhl), his carefully chosen...
- 9/8/2013
- by Christopher Lominac
- Obsessed with Film
Hollywood has been attempting to make sense of computers and their effect on the world for decades. Most of the time, these films entail cartoonish portrayals of tech nerds, making them all out to be skateboard-riding, trenchcoat-wearing hackers who stare into the abyss of their laptop screens (aka "cyberspace") as they look to fight the powers that be. Also, there's usually techno music involved.
But, even in 2013, with our feet now firmly planted in the era of Web 2.0, Hollywood still hasn't learned its lesson. Take, for example, "The Fifth Estate," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. The film tells the true story of Wikileaks -- an organization that publishes classified material from anonymous sources -- and its founder, Julian Assange.
The movie earnestly attempts to tackle the current state of journalism. Is it a watered-down tool used to spout opinion rather than fact? Is it an...
But, even in 2013, with our feet now firmly planted in the era of Web 2.0, Hollywood still hasn't learned its lesson. Take, for example, "The Fifth Estate," which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week. The film tells the true story of Wikileaks -- an organization that publishes classified material from anonymous sources -- and its founder, Julian Assange.
The movie earnestly attempts to tackle the current state of journalism. Is it a watered-down tool used to spout opinion rather than fact? Is it an...
- 9/7/2013
- by Alex Suskind
- Moviefone
While most critics were underwhelmed by the Toronto International Film Festival's opening night selection, Bill Condon's WikiLeaks thriller "The Firth Estate," they all sang praises of the film's lead star Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the DreamWorks release.While Condon and writer Josh Singer’s account of the WikiLeaks controversy in the form of a dramatic thriller has been called "unfocused" and "familiar," Cumberbatch’s performance has been placed in the limelight for its depth and detail in displaying "a jittery intensity comparable to Jessie Eisenberg's similarly passionate techie in David Fincher's 'The Social Network.'"Check out what critics have to say about "The Fifth Estate"'s Cumberbatch-Assange portrayal: Eric Kohn, Indiewire: With rising star Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role, buried under long blond hair and a thick Australian accent, "The Fifth Estate" gets one thing right: The actor looks and...
- 9/6/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
The Fifth Estate hardly leaves much room for praise outside of credit for Benedict Cumberbatch's performance as the narcissistic Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and a mild applause for Daniel Bruhl as his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. The two give what can be interpreted as solid performances, but inside a movie where the characters have the emotional depth of nameless stooges in television commercials and each scene feels similarly empty. We're constantly bombarded with pixelated text telling us where in the world we are now, followed by the hammering of key strokes accompanied by Carter Burwell's electronic score painting this as some sort of Bourne Identity-esque thriller, but it never feels any more thrilling than a mobile phone advert. There's no argument Julian Assange (Cumberbatch) and his website made an impact on the world over the last several years with their uncovering of illegal activities by Swiss Bank Julius Baer,...
- 9/6/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Director: Bill Condon; Screenwriter: Josh Singer; Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, David Thewlis; Running time: 124 mins
There are several existing and in development films about WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing site founded by Julian Assange, but few may live up to the odd spectacle of director Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate. The film is a trendy adaptation of Daniel Berg's Inside WikiLeaks, an autobiographical portrait of the German technology activist's time at the controversial organisation, as a programmer, a spokesperson, and right-hand man to its founder.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Assange as a white haired genius who in 2007 recruits Berg (Daniel Brühl) to help him run his underground whistleblower site with the goal of revealing the truth, by any means necessary. Spanning five years, the movie gives context to the stories we all know. Focusing on some of the most explosive leaks from the website, starting with...
There are several existing and in development films about WikiLeaks, the whistleblowing site founded by Julian Assange, but few may live up to the odd spectacle of director Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate. The film is a trendy adaptation of Daniel Berg's Inside WikiLeaks, an autobiographical portrait of the German technology activist's time at the controversial organisation, as a programmer, a spokesperson, and right-hand man to its founder.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays Assange as a white haired genius who in 2007 recruits Berg (Daniel Brühl) to help him run his underground whistleblower site with the goal of revealing the truth, by any means necessary. Spanning five years, the movie gives context to the stories we all know. Focusing on some of the most explosive leaks from the website, starting with...
- 9/6/2013
- Digital Spy
Why wasn’t the trailer for The Fifth Estate leaked? Seems like DreamWorks missed a great opportunity there, but they definitely didn’t miss the opportunity to capitalize on a world-altering event with a really bad haircut. With Bill Condon at the helm, Benedict Cumberbatch is playing Julian Assange in a story that focuses on his relationship with early supporter Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) and the rise of Wikileaks as a thorn in the side of governments everywhere. The trailer feels a lot like The Social Network, and there’s a lot of prestige opportunity here, but at the very least it’ll make a great double feature with We Steal Secrets. Check out the trailer for yourself: Solid footing. Plus a million points to Cumberbatch for rocking an authentic Aussie accent. It’s important to point out that while Condon has already earned an Oscar, the script comes from first-time feature writer Josh Singer (adapting from...
- 7/17/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The first trailer for the hotly anticipated WikiLeaks thriller stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, and Daniel Bruhl as his former compadre Daniel Domscheit-Berg
It has been condemned by Julian Assange himself as a "massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff", yet the first trailer for The Fifth Estate suggests an even-handed political thriller which sits halfway between indictment and eulogy.
Featuring Britain's Benedict Cumberbatch as a floppy-fringed, youthful Assange with the air of an Aussie Bond villain, Bill Condon's film also stars Goodbye Lenin's Daniel Bruhl as former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It has been adapted by The West Wing's Josh Singer from Domscheit-Berg's book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website, as well as Guardian writers David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy.
The trailer offers up a blitzkrieg...
It has been condemned by Julian Assange himself as a "massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff", yet the first trailer for The Fifth Estate suggests an even-handed political thriller which sits halfway between indictment and eulogy.
Featuring Britain's Benedict Cumberbatch as a floppy-fringed, youthful Assange with the air of an Aussie Bond villain, Bill Condon's film also stars Goodbye Lenin's Daniel Bruhl as former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg. It has been adapted by The West Wing's Josh Singer from Domscheit-Berg's book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous Website, as well as Guardian writers David Leigh and Luke Harding's WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy.
The trailer offers up a blitzkrieg...
- 7/17/2013
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
"He's not a journalist - he's a threat to national security!" Cumberbatch as Assange. Disney (yep) has just released the first trailer for Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, the glossy Hollywood version of the Wikileaks story about Julian Assange, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Yea they whipped this up pretty quick. We already have an excellent Wikileaks doc out this year, We Steal Secrets, but this version of the story is much more cinematic, much more The Social Network meets Argo, because why not reference that film. This looks really cheesy, but I love the Wikileaks story and Cumberbatch is a great actor, so I say bring it on. Here's the first full trailer for Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, in high def on YouTube: Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey, Twilight: Breaking Dawn) is directing The Fifth Estate from a screenplay by Josh Singer ("The West Wing" and "Fringe") and...
- 7/17/2013
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Benedict Cumberbatch is continuing his rise as a big screen star in 2013, as DreamWorks Pictures has released the first trailer for director Bill Condon's upcoming Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate. Scripted by Josh Singer (a writer on The West Wing, Lie To Me and Fringe) and based on three separate books about Assange written by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Luke Harding and David Leigh, the new film centers on the relationship between the WikiLeaks founder (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl), an early supporter and colleague. As the website grows and sends shockwaves around the world, the bond between the two men is stretched to its limits. Watching the trailer and thinking about the plot, I can't help but make comparisons to David Fincher's The Social Network. The big difference, of course, is that the website at the center of one plot allows users to update their...
- 7/17/2013
- cinemablend.com
Benedict Cumberbatch is continuing his rise as a big screen star in 2013, as DreamWorks Pictures has released the first trailer for director Bill Condon's upcoming Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate. Scripted by Josh Singer (a writer on The West Wing, Lie To Me and Fringe) and based on three separate books about Assange written by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Luke Harding and David Leigh, the new film centers on the relationship between the WikiLeaks founder (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl), an early supporter and colleague. As the website grows and sends shockwaves around the world, the bond between the two men is stretched to its limits. Watching the trailer and thinking about the plot, I can't help but make comparisons to David Fincher's The Social Network. The big difference, of course, is that the website at the center of one plot allows users to update their...
- 7/17/2013
- cinemablend.com
Benedict Cumberbatch is continuing his rise as a big screen star in 2013, as DreamWorks Pictures has released the first trailer for director Bill Condon's upcoming Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate. Scripted by Josh Singer (a writer on The West Wing, Lie To Me and Fringe) and based on three separate books about Assange written by Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Luke Harding and David Leigh, the new film centers on the relationship between the WikiLeaks founder (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) and Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl), an early supporter and colleague. As the website grows and sends shockwaves around the world, the bond between the two men is stretched to its limits. Watching the trailer and thinking about the plot, I can't help but make comparisons to David Fincher's The Social Network. The big difference, of course, is that the website at the center of one plot allows users to update their...
- 7/17/2013
- cinemablend.com
DreamWorks has acquired the film rights to a story by the Boston Globe that investigated the Catholic Church's decades-long cover-up of its pedophile priests in Massachusetts. Tom McCarthy (The Visitor) will direct and co-write the script. Boston Globe's team of reporters spent a year interviewing victims and reviewing thousands of pages of documents and discovered years of cover-up by Church leadership. Their reporting eventually led to the resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law, who had hidden years of serial abuse by other priests and opened the floodgates to other revelations of molestation and cover-ups around the world that still reverberate today. "The Boston Globe's coverage of the Catholic priest scandal opened the door to a bigger story that had worldwide ramifications," said DreamWorks. "The story of how this team of editors and reporters came to uncover the truth will make a dramatic and compelling film, especially with the talents of our...
- 4/3/2013
- WorstPreviews.com
Breaking: DreamWorks Studios and Participant Media have acquired feature film rights to the story of the Catholic Church’s decades-long cover-up of its pedophile priests in Massachusetts. The scandal was uncovered by a year-long investigation by the Boston Globe. Tom McCarthy has signed on to direct and co-write the script with Josh Singer. Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar and Steve Golin and Rocklin/Faust’s Nicole Rocklin and Blye Faust will produce. David Mizner, who originally brought the project to the producers, will serve as a consultant and associate producer. King and Jeff Skoll will serve as executive producers. Life rights have been acquired to the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight Team” of reporters and editors, including then-Globe editor Marty Baron, special projects editor Ben Bradlee Jr., Spotlight Team editor Walter “Robby” Robinson and reporters Michael Rezendes, Sacha Pfeiffer, and Matt Carroll. The team spent a year interviewing victims and reviewing...
- 4/2/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Here is my complete 2014 Oscar Preview in one complete list, with all 40 Oscar Contenders and my thoughts on each over the course of a massive 13-page spread and over 8,500 words. Trust me, I don't blame you if you take your time, but I think it may serve as a helpful list to look back at throughout the year. And, if you missed Parts 1-4 in which I featured each of these films, ten per installment, and just because it's fun to see them all in one place, here's a list of all 40 films included in this preview: The Great Gatsby, 12 Years a Slave, A Most Wanted Man, The Place Beyond the Pines, August: Osage County, Before Midnight, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Diana, Elysium, The Fifth Estate, Foxcatcher, Frozen, Fruitvale, Grace of Monaco, Gravity, The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, Inside Llewyn Davis, Labor Day, Lowlife, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom,...
- 3/8/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Yesterday kicked off my 2014 Oscar Preview with the first ten films in a look at 40 potential contenders to be on the lookout over the course of the next ten months, today we take a look at ten more and among them I have included the only animated contender I'm listing as well as the only blockbuster feature. Today's installment includes the dramatization of the Wikileaks story in The Fifth Estate, Bennett Miller (Moneyball) returns with Foxcatcher starring Channing Tatumand Mark Ruffalo, Disney's animated feature Frozen, the Sundance standout Fruitvale starring Michael B. Jordan, Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly, the long-awaited Alfonso Cuaron feature Gravity with Oscar winners George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, the question mark that is Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, another question mark in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, the black-and-white Coen brother feature Inside Llewyn Davis and Jason Reitman...
- 3/5/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Julian Assange has launched a scathing attack on The Fifth Estate, the Benedict Cumberbatch-led film about the founding of his whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. Speaking to Oxford University students via a video linked from his asylum at London's Ecuadorian embassy, Assange dubbed the movie a "massive propaganda attack" and questioned the accuracy of West Wing writer Josh Singer's script. Assange referenced specific scenes from the script, notably an early sequence inside an Iranian military compound that clearly displays nuclear symbols, reports The Guardian. "How does this have anything to do with us? It is a lie upon lie," he said. "The movie is a massive propaganda attack on WikiLeaks and the character of my staff." Assange added that The Fifth Estate was "fanning the flames" of war and contained (more)...
- 1/24/2013
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Filming has started on the WikiLeaks movie "The Fifth Estate," and with it comes the first picture of Benedict Cumberbatch playing the site's founder, Julian Assange.
Cumberbatch cuts a less suave figure as Assange than he does on "Sherlock," but he gets the look of the guy down pretty good. That's co-star Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds"), who plays Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a supporter and later colleague of Assange's, in the picture with Cumberbatch.
The cast for "The Fifth Estate" (previously known as "The Man Who Sold the World") also includes Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten.
Bill Condon ("Twilight: Breaking Dawn," "Dreamgirls") is directing the movie, which follows the early days of WikiLeaks and its first headline-making release of privileged information. The description makes the film sound a little bit like "The Social Network," swapping Cumberbatch for Jesse Eisenberg.
Josh Singer ("Fringe,...
Cumberbatch cuts a less suave figure as Assange than he does on "Sherlock," but he gets the look of the guy down pretty good. That's co-star Daniel Bruhl ("Inglourious Basterds"), who plays Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a supporter and later colleague of Assange's, in the picture with Cumberbatch.
The cast for "The Fifth Estate" (previously known as "The Man Who Sold the World") also includes Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten.
Bill Condon ("Twilight: Breaking Dawn," "Dreamgirls") is directing the movie, which follows the early days of WikiLeaks and its first headline-making release of privileged information. The description makes the film sound a little bit like "The Social Network," swapping Cumberbatch for Jesse Eisenberg.
Josh Singer ("Fringe,...
- 1/23/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Production has started on The Fifth Estate WikiLeaks movie and Disney's sent along a first look image of Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Brühl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Participant Media has boarded the project which opens in theaters on November 15th, 2013. Also in the very-talented cast are Laura Linney, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis, Peter Capaldi, Dan Stevens, Alicia Vikander and Carice van Houten. Touchstone Pictures will distribute the film on N. American soil. Following Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Brühl), an early supporter and eventual colleague of Julian Assange (Cumberbatch), The Fifth Estate traces the heady, early days of WikiLeaks, culminating in the release of a series of controversial and history changing information leaks. The website’s overnight success brought instant fame to its principal architects and transformed the flow of information to news media and the world at large. Bill Condon (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 and 2) directs the...
- 1/23/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
In case you missed the news, Benedict Cumberbatch is playing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a DreamWorks film that has now been titled The Fifth Estate. The story follows Assange, the founder of the site that had the world on edge as it exposed dozens of secret government documents, as WikiLeaks rises to headline making fame. Told from the perspective of Assange's right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl), the film will portray Assange first as a noble crusader and then a man becomes "drunk with power as he grows increasingly paranoid and obsessed with winning the war of information." And now a first look photo of Cumberbatch (bleached blond and all) and Brühl in the film has surfaced. Look below! Here's the first photo from Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate via EW: Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey, Twilight: Breaking Dawn) is directing The Fifth Estate from a screenplay by Josh Singer...
- 1/22/2013
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Update, 10:40 Am: DreamWorks has confirmed my story, and they’ve got a title for the WikiLeaks feature – The Fifth Estate. (At right is also a first photo from the production featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange and Daniel Bruhl as Berg.) I’m putting the press release after the original scoop. Previous Exclusive, 9:44 Am: Participant Media is closing a deal to become DreamWorks‘ partner on the untitled feature film that Bill Condon is directing about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The studio has Benedict Cumberbatch playing Assange, with Daniel Bruhl playing Daniel Domscheit-Berg, whose book, Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World’s Most Dangerous Website, was one of two books that were the primary source material for the script written by Josh Singer. Steve Golin and Michael Sugar are producing. This becomes the fifth film partnership between DreamWorks and Participant, where Jeff Skoll and Jim Berk...
- 1/22/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Game of Thrones star Carice van Houten has a role in Bill Condon‘s untitled Wikileaks movie about Julian Assange at DreamWorks.
Dutch actress Van Houten plays Birgitta Jonsdottir who has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups, such as Wikileaks. Besides, a former WikiLeaks volunteer Jonsdottir is a real-life member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.
Van Houten joins British star Benedict Cumberbatch, Spanish-born German thesp Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) and Swedish starlet Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) .
The upcoming film, scribed by Josh Singer, stars Cumberbatch as Assange who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began antagonizing world governments by leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets; Bruhl plays his now-estranged right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and Vikander appears as Domscheit-Berg’s co-worked and girlfriend.
Domscheit-Berg’s book ‘Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website’ will serve as the basis...
Dutch actress Van Houten plays Birgitta Jonsdottir who has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups, such as Wikileaks. Besides, a former WikiLeaks volunteer Jonsdottir is a real-life member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament.
Van Houten joins British star Benedict Cumberbatch, Spanish-born German thesp Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds) and Swedish starlet Alicia Vikander (Anna Karenina) .
The upcoming film, scribed by Josh Singer, stars Cumberbatch as Assange who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began antagonizing world governments by leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets; Bruhl plays his now-estranged right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and Vikander appears as Domscheit-Berg’s co-worked and girlfriend.
Domscheit-Berg’s book ‘Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website’ will serve as the basis...
- 1/19/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
"Game of Thrones" star Carice van Houten has joined Bill Condon's untitled Wikileaks movie at DreamWorks.
Josh Singer scripted the project about Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began antagonizing world governments by leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets.
Van Houten will play Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic journalist who becomes the default spokesperson for Assange. She is now a member of Iceland's parliament.
Daniel Bruhl and Alicia Vikander also star. Steve Golin, Michael Sugar and Bard Dorros are producing.
Source: Variety...
Josh Singer scripted the project about Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) who launched the whistleblowing site in 2006 and began antagonizing world governments by leaking embarrassing diplomatic cables and other state secrets.
Van Houten will play Birgitta Jonsdottir, an Icelandic journalist who becomes the default spokesperson for Assange. She is now a member of Iceland's parliament.
Daniel Bruhl and Alicia Vikander also star. Steve Golin, Michael Sugar and Bard Dorros are producing.
Source: Variety...
- 1/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
'Game Of Thrones' Star Carice Van Houten Joins Benedict Cumberbatch In Bill Condon's Wikileaks Movie
The star of Paul Verhoeven's undervalued "Black Book," Carice Van Houten, was tipped for big things after that film bowed in 2006. The actress picked up Hollywood roles in "Valkyrie" and "Repo Men" but neither role was particularly rewarding, and she had a quiet few years after. But the Dutch star (who has a side career in the music industry) picked up a prominent role as sorceress Melisandre in HBO's "Game Of Thrones" (she'll be returning to the show for the third season when it debuts in March), and now she's landed a role in another big Hollywood picture. According to Variety, Van Houten has signed on to join the untitled Wikileaks movie that's gearing up over at DreamWorks, to be directed by "Gods and Monsters" and "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" director Bill Condon. The film, penned by Josh Singer, stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, Daniel Bruhl as his now-estranged right-hand man Daniel.
- 1/18/2013
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Lovely Alicia Vikander, who stars as Princess Kitty in Joe Wright‘s Anna Karenina, has joined the cast of the upcoming (and yet) untitled Julian Assange biopic. She will join previously announced Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Bruhl in a DreamWorks’ project which comes from director Bill Condon and will center on the Wikileaks founder (quite popular guy in Hollywood these days by the way!)
As we previously reported, Condon’s movie is based on Daniel Domscheit-Berg‘s book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World’s Most Dangerous Website and WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War On Secrecy which comes from British jorunalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.
Josh Singer is behind the script.
So, pretty soon we’ll soon have a chance to watch the rise and fall of Julian Assange and his controversial website. In other words – Daniel Bruhl stars as WikiLeaks founder, Benedict Cumberbatch...
As we previously reported, Condon’s movie is based on Daniel Domscheit-Berg‘s book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange At The World’s Most Dangerous Website and WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War On Secrecy which comes from British jorunalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.
Josh Singer is behind the script.
So, pretty soon we’ll soon have a chance to watch the rise and fall of Julian Assange and his controversial website. In other words – Daniel Bruhl stars as WikiLeaks founder, Benedict Cumberbatch...
- 12/15/2012
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
"Inglourious Basterds" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" star Daniel Bruhl has finalized a deal to replace James McAvoy in the upcoming Bill Condon-directed Wikileaks movie at Dreamworks Pictures.
McAvoy had been in negotiations for the role but talks broke down due to scheduling issues with the actor's commitment to Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past" at Fox.
Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock") remains attached to play Julian Assange, Wikileaks' founder, with Bruhl as his right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German tech activist who became the organization’s spokesman.
His split with Assange was credited as being one of the events leading to the massive diplomatic cable leak in September 2011 and Assange’s eventual downfall.
Despite reports, Laura Linney is not in negotiations nor has an offer to join the cast although there is interest in her playing a CIA intelligence officer.
Josh Singer wrote the script while Steve Golin, Michael Sugar...
McAvoy had been in negotiations for the role but talks broke down due to scheduling issues with the actor's commitment to Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past" at Fox.
Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock") remains attached to play Julian Assange, Wikileaks' founder, with Bruhl as his right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German tech activist who became the organization’s spokesman.
His split with Assange was credited as being one of the events leading to the massive diplomatic cable leak in September 2011 and Assange’s eventual downfall.
Despite reports, Laura Linney is not in negotiations nor has an offer to join the cast although there is interest in her playing a CIA intelligence officer.
Josh Singer wrote the script while Steve Golin, Michael Sugar...
- 11/29/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Triple-Oscar-nominee Laura Linney is apparently exploring a reunion with her Kinsey director Bill Condon, who is on board to helm the as-yet-untitled Julian Assange/Wikileaks Project. Though currently unclear as to the precise role, her customary level-headed passion will lend certain power to the proceedings, regardless of which side of the controversy she’ll argue (and you know she’ll argue, it’s what she does best!).
An intriguing companion to the likes of The Social Network, the film centers around the relationship – or perhaps better said, the demise of the relationship – between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and his former right-hand man, Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Evidently hell hath no fury like a colleague scorned, and the effects of their falling out are largely attributed to the Great Wikileaks Controversy of 2010.
Screenwriter Josh Singer will underpin the script with Domscheit-Berg ‘s own book, Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website,...
An intriguing companion to the likes of The Social Network, the film centers around the relationship – or perhaps better said, the demise of the relationship – between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and his former right-hand man, Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Evidently hell hath no fury like a colleague scorned, and the effects of their falling out are largely attributed to the Great Wikileaks Controversy of 2010.
Screenwriter Josh Singer will underpin the script with Domscheit-Berg ‘s own book, Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World’s Most Dangerous Website,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Lisa Elin
- We Got This Covered
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