Tag: The Poison Rose
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Film Review: ‘The Poison Rose’
It is 1978 in the City of Angels and the hard-drinking washed-up sleuth Carson Phillips is having another boozy day through its atmospheric streets. There is a hint of innate coolness and self-deprecation in his elongated voiceover intro — you might even briefly mistake Carson, played by a one-note John Travolta, for a Philip Marlowe…
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Film News Roundup: ‘Captain Marvel’ Writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet to Pen ‘Artemis’ Movie
In today’s film news roundup, “Artemis” get a screenwriter, Mark Rylance comes on board “Waiting for the Barbarians” and John Travolta’s “The Poison Rose” wraps.Screenwriter HiredFox and New Regency have hired Geneva Robertson-Dworet to adapt its movie version of Andy Weir’s science-fiction novel “Artemis.”Phil Lord and Chris Miller are directing. Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood…
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Morgan Freeman, Forest Whitaker in Talks to Join John Travolta’s ‘Poison Rose’
Morgan Freeman and Forest Whitaker are in talks to join John Travolta in the action-thriller “The Poison Rose.”George Gallo will direct from a script he wrote with Richard Salvatore, based on Salvatore’s novel of the same name. Salvatore will produce through his March on Productions with Jeff Elliott (“Imperium”), Oscar Generale (“Speed Kills”), and David…