Oliver Lyttelton, Author at The Playlist

The 5 Lost David Fincher Projects We’d Still Love To See One Day

October 1, 2010 6:06 pm

For the bulk of his career, David Fincher wasn't exactly prolific. After his debut with "Alien³" in 1995, like Steven Spielberg and Ridley Scott, he's attached himself to dozens of projects over the years, ofte...

Does This Mean We Have To Rent The Goddamn Thing? Ciaran Hinds To Play Villain In ‘Ghost Rider 2’

Oliver Lyttelton

October 1, 2010 1:08 pm

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We mentioned last week the Luis Guzman Memorial Club that we're building in Hollywood for the unsung heroes of the character actor world, and somehow, we failed to mention Ciaran Hinds. The Irish-born actor cam...

Baz Luhrmann Trying To Choose Between ‘The Great Gatsby’ & New York Musical Film; DiCaprio, Maguire & Seyfried Circling ‘Gatsby’?

Oliver Lyttelton

October 1, 2010 12:45 pm

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Despite "Australia" being something of a misfire, we're always keen to see what Baz Luhrmann is cooking up -- we may not be unconditionally in love with all his films, but few directors working in big-scale cin...

Anthony Hopkins Joins Rachel Weisz In Fernando Meirelles’ ‘360’: Frances McDormand & Eminem In Talks

Oliver Lyttelton

September 30, 2010 12:52 pm

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After his semi-autobiographical acting debut in "8 Mile" proved to feature both a pretty solid performance, and a pretty decent movie, many expected hip-hop star Eminem to carve out a profitable side-career in ...

R.I.P. Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Oliver Lyttelton

September 30, 2010 12:26 pm

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In the latest sadness in what's already been fairly miserable week in film, with the deaths of Sally Menke and Arthur Penn, this morning brought the news that the great Tony Curtis passed away overnight. A rep ...

Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley To Write Dennis Lambert Biopic For Steve Carell

Oliver Lyttelton

September 29, 2010 1:32 pm

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With Steve Carell's stint as the Scranton regional manager on "The Office" coming to an end, the actor, who managed to find time to fit in two or three movies a year in his TV schedule anyway (he appeared three...

George Lucas Doesn’t Have Enough Money: Milking Star Wars Dry With 3D Re-Releases Starting In 2012

Oliver Lyttelton

September 29, 2010 1:18 pm

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George Lucas is worth, roughly, $3 billion. Between the takings of the original trilogy, and its 1997 re-release, the three prequels, the TV-spin offs, the video games, the novels, the comic books, the toys, th...

Ophelia Lovibond Joins Jim Carrey In ‘Mr Popper’s Penguins’; Is The Film The First Of A Trilogy?

Oliver Lyttelton

September 28, 2010 1:37 pm

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While the Noah Baumbach-helmed version remains one of the more intriguing what-could-have-beens of this year, we've still got hopes that the upcoming adaptation of picturebook classic "Mr. Popper's Penguins" co...

Ben Affleck Was In The Running To Direct ‘Superman’; Natalie Portman For Lois Lane?

Oliver Lyttelton

September 28, 2010 1:07 pm

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The latest picture to be driving the rumor mill that keeps sites like ours busy is clearly the Christopher Nolan-produced "Superman;" after months of inactivity, the project sprung into life last week with Tony...

Will Russell Brand Crop Up In ‘Sherlock Holmes 2?’

Oliver Lyttelton

September 28, 2010 12:44 pm

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One of the more pleasant surprises of last year was when Guy Ritchie's take on "Sherlock Holmes," a film we were actively dreading, turned out to be very good indeed: respectful of the character and history, bu...

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