Tag: Million Dollar Baby
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Morgan Freeman to Produce, Star in Peter Greenaway’s ‘Lucca Mortis’ (Exclusive)
Morgan Freeman will produce and star in Peter Greenaway’s drama “Lucca Mortis,” Variety has learned exclusively.Morgan will portray a writer whose last big adventure will very likely be death. Based in New York City’s Little Italy, he takes a sabbatical and travels with his family to Lucca, Italy in order to trace his ancestral roots…
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Emmy-Winning Sound Editor Nicholas V. Korda Dies at 73
Nicholas Korda, an Emmy and Academy Award winner for sound editing, died on Oct. 8 after a nine-year battle with brain cancer, his daughter confirmed. He was 73.Korda received a Primetime Emmy Award for outstanding sound editing for a series for “Airwolf” in 1984. He was part of the team that won an Academy Award…
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Nicolas Cage Joins Thriller ‘Grand Isle’
Nicolas Cage is to star in a crime thriller about a man framed for murder.The Oscar-winning actor has been attached to star in ‘Grand Isle’ and will play a character named Walter, according to sources close to the production.The story centers on a father who is framed for murder and must prove his innocence through…
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Can Paddy Considine’s Journeyman land a knockout blow for British boxing movies?
Despite the sport’s popularity in the UK, Britain has never produced a fight flick anywhere near the likes of Rocky or Raging Bull. Can it ever change?As UK cinemas prepare for the release of Paddy Considine’s new feature Journeyman, it’s a good time to think about the genre that Considine is working in: the boxing…
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Will ‘Three Billboards’ be first female-driven Best Picture Oscar winner since ‘Million Dollar Baby’ 13 years ago?
The past 12 Best Picture Oscar winners all have one thing in common: None starred a woman in the leading role. You have to go all the way back to “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) to find a Best Picture champ told from the perspective of a female character — in that case it was Hilary…