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Ninety-five members of the Writers Guild of America have signed a letter sent to the guild’s board of directors urging that it divest from gun companies and any companies that support the NRA.

The letter, sent to the Board Tuesday, warns “Gun violence enabled by the ready availability of military grade weapons, has become one of the biggest threats to the safety and security of the American people.” The letter continues, “We urge the WGA and the WGA Pension Plan to divest of all stocks of any gun or ammunition manufacturer, and any company that provides material support to the gun industry lobbying organization called The National Rifle Association, whether through donations, deductions or other means (e.g. Federal Express), until such time as sensible national gun reform legislation is passed.”

It is signed by 95 members of both WGA West and WGA East.

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Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe - The Nice Guys Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2 writer and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 director, Shane Black, sees Farewell, My Lovely, directed by Dick Richards, starring Robert Mitchum and Charlotte Rampling, Arthur Penn's Night Moves with Gene Hackman and Alan J. Pakula's Klute, starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland, as inspiration for his Nice Guys, Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe dressed by Kym Barrett. Crowe finds Stanley Kubrick's The Killing "still works today" and remarks how Quentin Tarantino uses its "fractured timeline" so well. Gosling grew up with Arthur Lubin's Hold That Ghost and Charles Barton's Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein and deems Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad, co-written by Black, worth quoting.

Ryan Gosling: "I grew up on Abbott and Costello movies." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Producer Joel Silver,...

"White Collar" and "The Normal Heart" star Matt Bomer is set to play hunky 1950s actor Montgomery Clift in an HBO TV movie.

Set after he broke through to stardom in the John Wayne western "Red River" the story centers on the complicated life of Clift (Bomer) as he becomes deeply involved with a young Elizabeth Taylor following the filming of "A Place in the Sun".

The closeted Clift went on to an iconic role in "From Here to Eternity" in 1953, but was caught up in a car crash in 1956 (at the age of 35). He survived, but was partly paralysed and he became an addict. Ultimately he died of a heart attack at 45.

"Love is Strange" duo Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias are set to pen a re-write of a script by Christopher Lovick, but no director is attached as yet. Tony Lipp, Alix Madigan, Michael Din and Larry Moss will executive produce.

Matt Bomer's long-rumoured Montgomery Clift biopic has been picked up by HBO.

The movie will mark Bomer's latest collaboration with the pay channel following his Emmy-nominated performance in The Normal Heart.

Bomer had been attached to star as Hollywood legend Clift dating back to when the project started as a possible independent film.

Monty Clift will be directed by Larry Moss (The Syringa Tree) from a script by Christopher Lovick, reports Deadline.

Love Is Strange duo Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias have been brought in to re-work Lovick's screenplay.

Clift became one of Hollywood's brightest stars in the 1950s through critically-lauded performances in A Place in the Sun, From Here to Eternity and The Young Lions.

The actor's career spiralled as his descent into substance abuse worsened in the wake of a 1956 car crash that caused partial facial paralysis.

Clift tragically died from a heart attack at the age...

Matt Bomer will make his return to HBO, starring in the biopic “Monty Clift,” a network representative told TheWrap.

The developing film will follow the complicated life of actor Montgomery Clift who was in love with a young Elizabeth Taylor.

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Bomer recently won praise for his work on HBO’s “The Normal Heart,” chronicling the rise of AIDS in New York. The USA Network’s “White Collar” actor earned a Critics Choice Award and Emmy nomination for his role in the HBO film. He’s also set to reprise his role on the upcoming sequel,...

Matt Bomer confirmed to take lead in Monty Clift, while candidates canvassed to play Jd Salinger in new film about the author

Magic Mike star Matt Bomer is to play Hollywood icon Montgomery Clift, his representatives have confirmed.

Clift was one of the Us film industry's biggest stars in the late 1940s and 50s. The recipient of four Academy Award nominations, Clift was an acclaimed method actor and a sex symbol whose later career was plagued by misfortune and ill-health.

The new film is currently titled simply Monty Clift. Newcomer Larry Moss will direct a script by actor-turned-screenwriter Christopher Lovick, aiming to shoot next year for a 2015 release date.

Clift starred in classics such as 1951's A Place in the Sun and 1953's From Here to Eternity, but also turned down roles in Sunset Boulevard and East of Eden, which brought fame to William Holden and James Dean respectively. His...

Celebrity biopics are difficult to do right – they have to have the right casting, the right director; they have to avoid the usual cliches of rise, fall and redemption. They typically either represent their subjects as brilliant and luminous, or dark and desperate, but rarely do they manage to capture the complexity of a real human being. We can hope that the upcoming biopic of Montgomery Clift, entitled Monty Clift according to IMDb, will do justice to its difficult subject. Matt Bomer of White Collar fame has agreed to take on the role of the tragic star.

Monty Clift will not tell the full story about the actor, but rather focus on his burgeoning relationship with Elizabeth Taylor after they met on the set of A Place In The Sun. Clift and Taylor would remain close friends until his death at the age of 45, working on two more films together: Suddenly,...