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In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week: the works Nick Cave and John Hillcoat made together. John Hillcoat has made a lot of music videos, for artists as stylistically diverse as Elvis Costello (for the award-winning video for Veronica), Depeche Mode, Siouxsee and the Banshees, Muse and... Maroon 5. But his most fruitful collaboration has been with Nick Cave. Nick Cave showed up in Hillcoat's debut feature, prison drama Ghosts...of the Civil Dead, which was also co-written by the singer. Cave would also later pen the great historical crimes The Proposition and Lawless for the director. Hillcoat in return directed many music videos for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Cave-side project...

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Almost 25 years after making his screen debut as the lead in John Hillcoat's intense prison thriller Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead, Australian actor David Field has returned to prison for the setting of his second feature as director, Convict.Field co-directs this time with George Basha, who wrote the script for both this and Field's debut feature The Combination. Both Field and Basha also act in Convict. Here's the synopsis: Ray (George Basha) finds himself serving two years for manslaughter by the same government he served and fought for. He is sent to a prison built by the original convicts. From the day that he arrives he is given special attention. He is pushed mentally and physically. He has to learn how to navigate his way...

Shia Labeouf knows from personal experience that the outlaw legend of the Bondurant Brothers - violent hillbilly gangsters who ran a lucrative moonshine operation in Prohibition era Virginia - is alive and well.

Shia Labeouf with Mia Wasikowska in Lawless

In fact, he says, the myth surrounding the extraordinary exploits of the close knit family provokes a fierce pride in many of the locals in their home state, as the actor discovered when he was on location in Virginia with director John Hillcoat's stylish gangster saga, Lawless.

"The Bondurants have mythic status in Virginia," he says. "In Virginia people have Bondurant tattoos on them. They are still remembered by the community there. In fact, it's almost like they are still there - you can feel them and their legacy.

"Everyone there knew about them. People would come up to the set and say, 'what are you saying here? Oh,...

John Hillcoat and Nick Cave have been joined at the hip ever since the director's first film "Ghosts... of the Civil Dead" (which also starred the Bad Seed) but with "The Wettest County" it looks like the musician--who is again taking on writing and scoring duties--will be getting some help on the soundtrack. Cmt reveals that 84 year-old bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley has recorded three songs for the upcoming film. It seems that Hillcoat is going for some musical authenticity in the Prohibition-era tale led by Tom Hardy, Shia Laboeuf and Jason Clarke as the Bondurant brothers who run a…...

Earlier this year, director Stephen Norrington said that his remake of "The Crow" would begin filming this summer. And while a lead actor has still not been announced, another screenwriter has potentially come on board the project.

According to The Wrap, "The Crow" producer Ed Pressman has indicated that Australian musician Nick Cave has been signed to rewrite the film. Cave has previously written the scripts for "Ghosts... of the Civil Dead" and "The Proposition," in addition to writing an unproduced "Gladiator" sequel at the behest of Russell Crowe and "The Promised Land," which is based upon the Matt Bondurant novel, "The Wettest County in the World."

Back in June, Pressman told MTV News that Norrington's screenplay for "The Crow" was both finished and "terrific." He also indicated that film was in the casting stage.

"[We've got an offer out] to a major actor and things are moving ahead very aggressively, with the aim of doing the film this year,...

Musician and screenwriter Nick Cave has been hired to rewrite director Stephen Norrington's reboot of The Crow. According to The Wrap, producer Ed Pressman has recruited Cave to rework Norrington's script before the comic book adaptation goes in front of cameras later this year. A "major actor" was reportedly offered the lead role in The Crow last month. Cave penned two films for fellow Australian filmmaker John Hillcoat, Ghosts... Of The Civil Dead (more)...