Tag: Contagion
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‘Contagion’ Director Steven Soderbergh is Leading the Committee to Safely Resume Film Production
With the exception of late night talk shows and animated projects that are being worked on remotely, Hollywood has otherwise shut down feature film and television production. But hopefully sometime soon, Tinseltown will be back at work. However, whenever the ball starts rolling again, it won’t be business as usual, because the entertainment industry will…
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Steven Soderbergh to head DGA back-to-work taskforce
Filmmaker to liaise with epidemiologists, sister guilds.Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh will head a Directors Guild Of America (DGA) taskforce to ascertain when it is safe to return to work.The filmmaker, whose 2011 thriller Contagion became one of the most requested films on demand during the early stages of the coronavirus lockdown in the Us, will lead…
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Steven Soderbergh to Head DGA Committee on How to Resume Production Safely
He directed “Contagion,” and now director Steven Soderbergh will help lead Hollywood’s recovery from the unprecedented global coronavirus crisis. The indie auteur has been selected by the Directors Guild of America to lead a committee to help determine when productions can resume once the pandemic begins to subside.The DGA announced that the Soderbergh-led committee will…
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‘Contagion’ Director Steven Soderbergh Leads DGA Committee on Resuming Production
The Directors Guild of America has selected “Contagion” director Steven Soderbergh to head a committee to explore resuming production when the coronavirus pandemic abates.DGA President Thomas Schlamme and National Executive Director Russell Hollander made the announcement late Thursday afternoon.“A major concern we’re hearing most right now is about when we’ll be returning to work, and…
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Charlton Heston Makes a Comeback in This Week’s Catalog VOD Rentals
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I’ve never seen … Rear Window
For a housebound James Stewart, staring out at the neighbours becomes an all-consuming obsession. Luckily he has Grace Kelly to help sort truth from fantasySee the other classic missed films in this seriesSome turned to Contagion, but the film I decided to watch in the first week of the lockdown was Rear Window, which turns…
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How to Watch Film, TV, and Other Entertainment Happenings With Friends During the Coronavirus
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has forced many entertainment venues to shutter their doors nationwide and Americans are beginning to hole up indoors as local and state governments enact precautionary measures to halt the spread of the virus. But the show must go on.While going out to movie theaters, concert venues, and restaurants is no longer…
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Elliott Gould Texted Steven Soderbergh About Making the Sequel to ‘The Long Goodbye’
Robert Altman’s freewheeling La-set mystery “The Long Goodbye” arrived in 1973 like a cigarette in the eye of detective-story conventions. Based on Raymond Chandler’s pulp novel, the film also announced the leading-man status of the idiosyncratic Elliott Gould, who plays world-weary, boozy, chain-smoking gumshoe Philip Marlowe. Gould previously starred in Robert Altman’s 1970 Palme d’Or…
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Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Michael C. Hall Join ‘The Torture Report’
Tim Blake Nelson, Ted Levine, Michael C. Hall, Ben McKenzie, and Matthew Rhys have joined the independent CIA drama “The Torture Report.”Previously announced cast include Annette Bening, Adam Driver, and Jon Hamm. Imr International is launching foreign sales at the Cannes Film Festival. Production began last week in New York.Scott Z. Burns is directing from…
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Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm in Talks for CIA Drama ‘Torture Report’
Annette Bening, Adam Driver, Jon Hamm, and Jennifer Morrison are in negotiations to star in CIA drama “The Torture Report.”Scott Z. Burns is directing from his own script. Vice Studios is producing and financing for the project, which centers on the CIA’s extreme interrogation program on detainees following the 9/11 attacks.Along with Burns, producers are…