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2015 offered some terrific films for audiences – The Martian, Creed, Straight Outta Compton, Brooklyn and Star Wars: The Force Awakens to name a few. They were huge crowd-pleasers and very successful at the box office. But not every movie connected with audiences this past year, as much as we wanted them to.

Wamg takes a look at the past 12 months and the movies that we really wanted to love, but just couldn’t. Here we go with our Top 10 list of the Most Disappointing Films of 2015.

Dishonorable Mention: Seventh Son

It’s hard to decipher exactly what Jeff Bridges is saying under his accent that sounds like a cross between Gandalf and Bane from The Dark Knight Rises. And that is only one of the many problems with this film. Seventh Son is nothing but hallow, visual clutter that is cobbled together to form something that struggles to appeal to the...

This is definitely the time of year when film critic types (I’m sure you know who I mean) spend an inordinate amount of time leading up to awards season—and it all leads up to awards season, don’t it?—compiling lists and trying to convince anyone who will listen that it was a shitty year at the movies for anyone who liked something other than what they saw and liked. And ‘tis the season, or at least ‘thas (?) been in the recent past, for that most beloved of academic parlor games, bemoaning the death of cinema, which, if the sackcloth-and-ashes-clad among us are to be believed, is an increasingly detached and irrelevant art form in the process of being smothered under the wet, steaming blanket of American blockbuster-it is. And it’s going all malnourished from the siphoning off of all the talent back to TV, which, as everyone knows,...

'The Peanuts Movie': 2016 Best Original Score Oscar contender along with 111 other titles. Oscar 2016: Best Original Score contenders range from 'Mad Max: Fury Road' to 'The Peanuts Movie' Earlier this month (Dec. '15), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made public the list of 112 film scores eligible for the 2016 Oscar in the Best Original Score category. As found in the Academy's press release, “a Reminder List of works submitted in the Original Score category will be made available with a nominations ballot to all members of the Music Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award.” The release adds that “to be eligible, the original score must be a substantial body of music that serves as original dramatic underscoring, and must...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 112 scores from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Score category for the 88th Academy Awards.

The eligible scores along with their composers are listed below, in alphabetical order by film title:

“Adult Beginners,” Marcelo Zarvos, composer

“The Age of Adaline,” Rob Simonsen, composer

“Altered Minds,” Edmund Choi, composer

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” Mark Mothersbaugh, composer

“Anomalisa,” Carter Burwell, composer

“Ant-Man,” Christophe Beck, composer

“Beasts of No Nation,” Dan Romer, composer

“The Big Short,” Nicholas Britell, composer

“Black Mass,” Tom Holkenborg, composer

“Bridge of Spies,” Thomas Newman, composer

“Brooklyn,” Michael Brook, composer

“Burnt,” Rob Simonsen, composer

“By the Sea,” Gabriel Yared, composer

“Carol,” Carter Burwell, composer

“Cartel Land,” H. Scott Salinas and Jackson Greenberg, composers

“Chi-Raq,” Terence Blanchard, composer

“Cinderella,” Patrick Doyle, composer

“Coming Home,” Qigang Chen, composer

“Concussion,...

On paper, "In the Heart of the Sea" may have looked like a no-brainer: an IMAX-scale adventure epic, made by an A-list director and starring the guy who plays Thor. Plus, it had the weekend all to itself, with no new wide-release competition.

So why did "Sea" sink like a stone at the multiplex? Ron Howard's $100 million film opened in second place, behind the four-week-old "Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2," earning just $11.0 million, according to Sunday estimates. That's at the low end of what was predicted, though few expected it to do better than $15 million anyway.

Looking back, it should have been obvious why the whaling-ship saga would flounder, though there were also some late-breaking problems that the film's producers and distributors might not have anticipated. For instance:

1. The Director

Howard's had an enviable career, filled with critical and commercial smashes. But aside from the two movies he adapted...

Ron Howard's period epic "In the Heart of the Sea" fizzled at the box office this weekend, opening to a mere $11 million in second place behind the fourth weekend of returning champ "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2".

Boasting a $100 million production budget, the seafaring epic can't rely on overseas to save its bacon either as the film opened already in several markets last week and in a further 52 countries this weekend to just $12.6 million - the global total so far being $50.4 million. Demographic breakdowns show that barely anyone under the age of 25 and a lot under the age of 50 had little interest in the film.

It's not a good result for either Howard of Chris Hemsworth. Their previous collaboration, the much better received "Rush," opened to just $10 million two years ago but cost a mere $38 million and ended up with $90 million. Outside the Marvel films, Hemsworth can't...

Amal Clooney brought her mother, Baria Alamuddin, to the launch of makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury's new flagship beauty boutique in the Covent Garden district of London on Thursday. The event, called Charlotte's Naughty Christmas Party, also brought out Salma Hayek, Kate Bosworth, Kate Moss's younger sister, Lottie, and Charlotte's own stunning mother, Patsy. Amal showed off her standout style in a metallic crop top with matching pants and posed for photos with her look-alike mom during the soiree. We last got a glimpse of Amal in October when she supported her husband, George, at the premiere of his film Our Brand Is Crisis in La. Not long after their red carpet appearance, news broke that the couple had expanded their family; George and Amal adopted a rescue dog named Millie from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society in California. Keep reading to see photos from Amal's night out, then...

0:00 – Introduction; Dylan turned 3

2:55 – “Our Brand Is Crisis” review

12:30 – “Burnt” review

21:00 – “Truth” review

30:30 – “Bone Tomahawk” review

36:30 – “Room” review (Snider only)

41:15 – Qotw (scariest movie theater moments)

55:50 – Hey, What’d You Watch? (“Grandma,” the Hunger Gameses)

58:55 – Recap and goodbye

Qotw: What comic strip should be made into a movie?

Reviews:

Our Brand Is Crisis: B- 7/10

Burnt: C 7/10

Truth: C+ 7/10

Bone Tomahawk: B 8/10

Room: B+ n/a

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Johnny Depp ("Black Mass") just picked up the support of another of our 17 Oscar Experts and with five votes, he now leads the Best Actor race over last year's champ Eddie Redmayne ("The Danish Girl") with four, and one-time frontrunner Leonardo DiCaprio ("The Revenant") who is down to three. Follow the blue line on the chart above to see the steady rise of Depp, a three-time Best Actor also-ran, who has leading odds of 4/1 to finally prevail. Redmayne and DiCaprio are tied at 9/2 because of where those of us not predicting them to win are ranking them relative to each other.  -Break- Tiff calendar of Oscar contenders: 'I Saw the Light,' 'Our Brand is Crisis,' 'The Martian,' 'Sicario' ... Sasha Stone (Awards Daily) switched from DiCaprio to Depp after seeing "Black Mass" at Telluride. (See how the rest of us are voting below and our predictions in all the top races.

Yesterday, a Trailer dropped for Our Brand is Crisis, the political drama/satire hybrid that I’ve been predicting for Oscar attention all year. With it, we got our first real look at a film that could certainly liven up the impending awards season. David Gordon Green’s movie is getting a premiere shortly at the 2015 Toronto Film Festival, and assuming reviews are strong, this will quickly become more than just a Sandra Bullock vehicle, but a legitimate Academy Award contender as well. We’ll know soon enough, but this very solid Trailer is a hint that this is something to be excited about, especially if you’re looking for another contender to enter the race. Here’s a quick refresher on the movie. Basically, it’s based on the documentary of the same name (Our Brand Is Crisis, of course), which focused on the use of American political campaign strategies in South American elections.

The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, doubling as a launchpad for legit Oscar hopefuls and would-be contenders as well as an acquisitions market for finished films and those in the all-too-delicate packaging stage. After changing its screening policy regarding rival fall festivals such as Venice and Telluride, Tiff is offering an embarrassment of awards-season riches with films such as “The Martian,” “Freeheld,” “Stonewall,” “Trumbo” “Truth” and “Our Brand Is Crisis,” as well as recent festival favorites including “Black Mass,” “Spotlight,” “The Danish Girl,” “Suffragette,” “Beasts of No Nation,” “Brooklyn,” “Sicario” and foreign language contender “Son of Saul.

Here’s your first look at the brand new trailer for director David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis, starring Oscar winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade).

The film will debut this coming weekend at the Toronto International Film Festival and then in theaters on October 30th.

In the film, a Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist “Calamity” Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition.

But as Candy zeroes in on every vulnerability – both on and off the campaign trail – Jane is plunged into a personal crisis...

The upcoming David Gordon Green film Our Brand Is Crisis wants desperately to have the word “satire” associated with it, but the trailer doesn’t offer us up a satire (in fact or theory), and it hasn’t gone far to offer up something worth watching either.

While I’m no fan of Sandra Bullock, I suspect this is largely a result of a trailer that simply isn’t put together well, an odd note considering the subject of the film, because David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express, Prince Avalanche, Joe) can put together a film, and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Wolf Hall) can certainly write amazing screenplays.

The film’s synopsis describes it as “laced with satire,” which, quite frankly, is a turn of phrase that makes it hard to imagine exactly what you have in mind, and more broadly, the trailer seems to be shooting for a path of least resistance.

The last time Sandra Bullock collaborated with George Clooney, they were up in space for Gravity. For Our Brand Is Crisis, Clooney’s staying behind the camera as a producer, and Bullock starring as a political strategist brought in to help a flailing South American campaign. Check out the first trailer below. Bullock stars as “Calamity” Jane Bodine, a smart, savvy strategist who is nevertheless reeling from a scandal that gave her the nickname and shook her confidence. She’s offered the chance at a comeback by working on the campaign for Bolivian presidential candidate Pedro Gallo (Joaquim de Almeida), who is flagging in the polls, seen as out of touch and elitist. But when Jane arrives in the country, she discovers that her professional nemesis, Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is coaching the opposition. That, though, just gives her the fire to keep going and try to beat him at last.

Oscar winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) offer a glimpse inside the high-powered world of the political campaign trail in the first trailer and poster for Warner Bros.' Our Brand Is Crisis. With an all-star cast, this political thriller from director David Gordon Green arrives in theaters October 30, going up against Relativity's Autobahn and Paramount's Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. This could be an early Oscar contender as well, but we'll have to see how the fans and critics alike respond

A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist "Calamity" Jane Bodine (Sandra Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis,...

Warner Bros.’ political drama Our Brand Is Crisis displayed early signs of its awards aspirations late last year as the A-list names continued to roll in. From its production team – George Clooney and Grant Heslovs’s Smokehouse Pictures – to the balanced ensemble of big-hitters and character actors, the Oscar-friendly evidence began to accumulate. And while you shouldn’t judge a film on its boilerplate, you can make a reasonable assessment based on its trailer: which we now have for you above.

Based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary, Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock as political strategist Jane Bodine, who’s lured away from the Us to aid a struggling candidate in the Bolivian presidential campaign. Having to contend with turning her client into a sympathetic public figure is the least of her worries, as her former nemesis Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is her opposition.

Both leads demonstrate their...

A Bolivian presidential candidate failing badly in the polls enlists the firepower of an elite American management team, led by the deeply damaged but still brilliant strategist “Calamity” Jane Bodine (Bullock). In self-imposed retirement following a scandal that earned her nickname and rocked her to her core, Jane is coaxed back into the game for the chance to beat her professional nemesis, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), now coaching the opposition. But as Candy zeroes in on every vulnerability – both on and off the campaign trail – Jane is plunged into a personal crisis as intense as the one her team exploits nationally to boost their numbers. Dramatic, rapid-fire [ Read More ]

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Based on the 2005 documentary of the same name, Our Brand Is Crisis portrays a fictionalized account of the highly contentious 2002 Bolivian presidential election in which American consulting firm Greenberg Carville Shrum was brought in to apply techniques used stateside to secure the election of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada over socialist candidate Evo Morales. Sandra Bullock stars as ‘Calamity’ Jane Bodine, a consultant who retired after a humiliating professional setback…...

Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Adds New Galas and Special Presentations, Including 'Mr. Right,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Our Brand is Crisis' and 'Equals' In what looks to be a visually stunning and potentially disturbing tale of star crossed lovers, "Black", the second feature from directors Adil El Arbi and Bilal Fillah, is set to play at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. The film will also play at the 42nd Film Festival Gent this October.  The film comes from Caviar, who also produced the indie darling "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," with Bert Hamelinck, Frank Van Passel and Ivy Vanhaecke all producing the feature. The official synopsis reads, "Worlds collide when Mavela, a teenage girl with ties to Brussels' Black Bronx gang, meets Marwan, a member of a rival Moroccan gang, at a police station. Keenly aware of the consequences of...

Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Adds New Galas and Special Presentations, Including 'Mr. Right,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Our Brand is Crisis' and 'Equals' Catherine Hardwicke has spent her post-"Twilight" years experimenting with big-budget fairytales ("Red Riding Hood") and scrappy indie rock dramas ("Plush"), but it looks like the filmmaker's new drama, "Miss You Already," should give the filmmaker her most accessible film yet. With a tearjerker-ready story and what looks to be two infectious lead performances by Drew Barrymore and Toni Colllete, expect the film to make a splash at its Tiff world premiere before opening in theaters November 6. The official synopsis reads: "'Miss You Already' is an honest and powerful story following two best friends, Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew Barrymore), as they navigate life's highs and lows. Inseparable since they were young girls, they can't remember a time they didn't.

While Warner Bros. has "Black Mass," "Our Brand Is Crisis," and "Creed" on their awards season slate, it must be noted that if they haven't been figuring out a game plan for "Mad Max: Fury Road," maybe now is the time. Critics and audiences have been vocal supporters of the picture, but now it has added a film festival laurel to it shelf. George Miller's movie has won the Fipresci Grand Prix award which will be presented to the director at The San Sebastian Film Festival. The wall-to-wall action movie beat out heavy hitters including László Nemes’ "Son Of Saul" which picked up four awards at Cannes, Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Cannes Best Director winner "The Assassin," and Jafar Panahi’s "Taxi." That is not an easy crowd to compete against and it's a rather remarkable achievement. “You could have knocked me over with a feather! It’s lovely...

Read More: Toronto International Film Festival Adds New Galas and Special Presentations, Including 'Mr. Right,' 'I Saw the Light,' 'Our Brand is Crisis' and 'Equals' The Toronto International Film Festival describes Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "Families" (aka "Belles Familles") as a "rollicking and romantic country-house farce," something the exclusive trailer above helps define with an impassioned energy. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Marine Vacth, Gilles Lellouche and Nicole Garcia, the comedy will have its world premiere in the Special Presentations section at Tiff this September. "Families" centers on Jerome (Amalric), who visits Paris on vacation from Shanghai to see his old family home, which is now at the center of a local conflict. Unbeknownst to him, Jerome's trip will forever change his life, thanks to the madcap family entanglements that ensue. Watch the exclusive trailer above. Read More: 10 Rising French Talents...

What starts out as an uneventful night for three Boy Scouts turns into a fight for survival in the first red band trailer and poster for Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. This footage comes on the heels of the first clips released last month, shortly after the zombie comedy changed its title from Scouts Vs Zombies to Scout's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. This age-restricted trailer from Machinima does contain nudity, and shouldn't be watched by anyone over the age of 18.

Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world's most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they'll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead. Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller and newcomer Joey Morgan, who makes his feature film debut, star as these socially-inept Boy Scouts,...

Newly announced films at this year’s festival to include adaptation of Martin Amis’s London Fields, plus Bullock advising Bolivian president in Our Brand is Crisis and Hiddleston as country star Hank Williams in I Saw the Light

London takes centre stage in the final raft of movie programming announcements at this year’s Toronto film festival.

As well as the world premiere of an adaptation of Martin Amis’s London Fields starring Johnny Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, the festival has revealed that its City to City strand this year will highlight work coming out of the UK capital.

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For a while now, I’ve been including Our Brand is Crisis high up in my predictions, perhaps to the confusion of some. I don’t blame anyone who wonders why a film they’ve probably barely heard of warrants the attention that I’ve given it. Well, for me, I like to try and run with my hunches, and one such hunch was that this political dramedy from David Gordon Green that stars Sandra Bullock had a chance as a dark horse or X factor. For a few months, I’d waited to see if it would be a 2015 or 2016 release, but in the past week or two, word has come down from Warner Brothers that not only is it coming out this year, it’s got an Oscar friendly release date as well. As such, I thought it was time to discuss this one a bit. This is...

The first films selected for the 2015 Toronto Film Festival have been announced in the Gala and Special Presentation selections as well as the opening night film, which just so happens to be Jean-Marc Vallee's Demolitian starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts, which Fox Searchlight recently dated for an April 8, 2016 release date. Have they reconsideredc Are they planning on gauging the reception at Toronto to see if it's worth opening this year in hopes of Oscarsc Might it have had something to do with the tepid response to the release of Southpawc As for the films announced today, and there are many more announcements to come, I'll begin with the Special Presentations, which include several highly anticipated titles as well as many that played to acclaim earlier this year, either in Sundance or at Cannes. New to the festival circuit include Cary Fukunaga's Beasts of No Nation starring Idris Elba,...

Warner Bros has staked out a Halloween weekend release date for Our Brand Is Crisis, the political comedy-drama starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. David Gordon Green’s film is based on the likewise-titled 2005 documentary by Rachel Boynton that focuses on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences. Bullock stars in the feature as "Calamity" Jane Bodine, a retired political consultant brought in to help an unpopular Bolivian president…...

Before 50 Shades of Grey was made fashionable by mainstream auds, Secretary was a sizzler cubicle space title that made Steven Shainberg a sought after indie helmer. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Rupture will be his comeback of sorts, as he hasn’t lensed a film in almost a decade. To be fair, he did produced some projects, including Our Brand is Crisis for his docu-filmmaker wife Rachel Boynton, but his highly imaginative Fur was completely maimed during its theatrical run. Producer Andrew Lazar who broke out with 1996′s Bound (worthy pair in his filmography include Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and the underrated 2009 comedy, I Love You Phillip Morris) and recently broke the bank with American Sniper is producing the project along with Christina Weiss Lurie (frequent Sundance accepted docu-producer), Ambi’s Andrea Iervolino and Lady Monika Bacardi (The Humbling, James Franco’s currently being filmed In Dubious Battle...

Quietly turning in two back-to-back Texas gems in the form of “Joe” and “Manglehorn” (the latter of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and hits theatres soon via IFC Films), director David Gordon Green seems to have struck gold with a home turf advantage —during production of “Manglehorn,” he could ride his bike to nearly every location. But he’s set a challenge for himself with follow-up “Our Brand is Crisis,” a political comedy-drama starring Sandra Bullock, Scoot McNairy and Billy Bob Thornton. “Bolivia, Puerto Rico, New Orleans, Colorado, and Los Angeles,” Green told us at SXSW of his globetrotting filming locations, going on to hint further at what the film has in store. Based on the 2005 documentary of the same name by Rachel Boynton, Green’s film focuses on questionable political strategies used by U.S. consultancy company Greenberg Carville Shrum during on the 2002 Bolivian political elections.

Warner Bros.’ comedy-drama Our Brand Is Crisis has added two new stars to its line-up. The remake of the 2005 documentary continues to attract a wealth of talent, and today we’ve got news of its latest additions. Climbing aboard the political expose are Joaquim De Almeida (Fast Five) and Zoe Kazan (What If, Ruby Sparks).

Based on filmmaker Rachel Boynton’s documentary, the film will further explore what sounds to be a fascinating tale of political ideals gone awry. The story will be based around the exploits of two of President Clinton’s former political advisors, James Carville and Stan Greenberg, and their involvement in the re-election of a Bolivian president.

The casting announcements so far have addressed who’ll be playing a great deal of the main characters. Except, that is, for the Bolivian president himself. Thanks to The Wrap, we now know that role will be portrayed by De Almeida,...

David Gordon Green has commenced production on the documentary adaptation starring Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton. Separately, Lionsgate has begun shooting on The Choice.

The film centres on a group of Us consultants who hire a notorious political advisor to secure the re-election of an unpopular Bolivian president. Peter Straughan of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy fame wrote the screenplay.

The cast includes Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, Ann Dowd, Reynaldo Pacheco, Dominic Flores, Louis Arcella, Octavio Gómez Berríos and Joaquim de Almeida.

Rachel Boynton’s documentary Our Brand Is Crisis came out in 2005.

Smokehouse Pictures’ principals George Clooney and Grant Heslov produce and the executive producers are Bullock, Participant Media’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King and Stuart Besser.

Participant Media is a co-financier on the film with Warner Bros, who will distribute.

Principal photography has begun on Nicholas Sparks Productions’ The Choice. Lionsgate will distribute. Ross Katz directs and the cast includes Benjamin Walker, [link...

Participant Media has come aboard as co-financier on Our Brand Is Crisis, the political comedy-drama now filming in New Orleans under director David Gordon Green. Sandra Bullock stars in the adaptation of Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary as “Calamity” Jane Bodine, a retired political consultant brought in to help an unpopular Bolivian president get re-elected. Things get personal when Jane’s nemesis, Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton), arrives to lead the opposition’s campaign. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy scribe Peter Straughan penned the screenplay, and Smokehouse Pictures’ George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing. Participant’s Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King have come on as executive producers alongside Bullock and Stuart Besser. Anthony Mackie, Scoot McNairy, Zoe Kazan, Ann Dowd, Reynaldo Pacheco, Dominic Flores, Louis Arcella, Octavio Gómez Berríos, and Joaquim de Almeida also star. Warner Bros will distribute.

Filming is underway in New Orleans on director David Gordon Green’s (“Pineapple Express,” “George Washington”) feature adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2005 documentary Our Brand Is Crisis, starring Oscar winners Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) and Billy Bob Thornton (“Sling Blade”).

When a group of American consultants accept the challenge of getting an unpopular Bolivian president re-elected, they realize they need help. Tracking down retired maverick political consultant Jane Bodine (Bullock) to her cabin in the woods, they persuade her to lead the team—a decision they quickly come to regret, as “Calamity” Jane begins to live up to her nickname, unleashing her very own brand of chaos on the campaign.

Just as all seems lost, the loathsome Pat Candy (Thornton), Jane’s worst enemy, arrives in town to work for the opposition. Suddenly things become personal and as the battle begins the consultants get to see Jane the legend in action.

• Joaquim de Almeida (Fast Five) has signed on to play the male lead opposite Sandra Bullock in David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis. Zoe Kazan (What If) has also signed on for the political dramedy. In addition to Bullock, they’re joining Scoot McNairy, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, and Ann Dowd. The film is based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary of the same name, which explored American political campaign strategies in Bolivia. Green’s film stars Bullock as “Calamity” Jane Bodine, a retired American political consultant, with de Almeida as Castillo, the former president of Bolivia who is running for office again.

“Fast Five” star Joaquim de Almeida is set to play the male lead opposite Sandra Bullock in David Gordon Green's political dramedy “Our Brand Is Crisis,” which has also added “What If” star Zoe Kazan to its strong ensemble cast, TheWrap has learned. Smokehouse partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing the Warner Bros. movie, which will co-star their “Argo” actor Scoot McNairy, as well as Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie and Ann Dowd. The movie will be executive produced by Bullock. Also read: ‘What If’ Review: Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan Jolt Life Back into the Rom-Com...

The status of Warner Bros.’ upcoming political comedy-drama, Our Brand Is Crisis, is heating up. Developed in conjunction with Smokehouse Pictures, the feature has been building up momentum in recent weeks. It was nearly a year ago that Sandra Bullock became attached to star, with Prince Avalanche director David Gordon Green on board to direct. Who else is in the running for this cunning political expose? The Drop actress Ann Dowd, that’s who.

After rounding out the first season of HBO’s brilliant post-apocalyptic drama, The Leftovers, and a turn on Showtime’s Masters Of Sex, Dowd has signed on to join what’s becoming one of Hollywood’s hottest properties. Earlier this week, Anthony Mackie (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) stepped up to play an as-yet undisclosed role, and Billy Bob Thornton’s name has been tossed into the rumour ring as well. The report from Variety also...

After spending several months in development, political drama-comedy blend Our Brand Is Crisis is now gearing up at top speed. David Gordon Green will call the shots with a cast that already includes Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton, and Anthony Mackie is now set to join them.Produced by Argo duo George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Crisis is adapted from Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary, which saw President Clinton’s former advisors James Carville and Stan Greenberg applying what they had learned in the trenches of American politics to a campaign in Bolivia, and the effects it has on the process.Thornton’s role is still being kept under wraps, but we do now know that Bullock will be “Calamity” Jane Bodine, a charismatic retired American political consultant known for quoting famous people when she’s making points. Peter Straughan wrote the script and Green will kick off shooting shortly.

Anthony Mackie has signed up to co-star alongside Sandra Bullock in David Gordon Green's political dramedy "Our Brand is Crisis," which is currently set up at Warner Bros. Based on Rachel Boynton's award-winning 2005 documentary of the same name, the story centers on American political campaign marketing tactics and their consequences. George Clooney’s production company, Smokehouse, picked up feature film remake rights to the documentary, which is currently being scripted by Peter Straughan. No word yet on what role exactly Mackie has signed up to play, but production is set to begin this fall. Mackie most appeared Marvel's "Captain America: The...

Billy Bob Thornton has entered talks for Our Brand Is Crisis.

He is in line to join Sandra Bullock in David Gordon Green's political comedy drama, reports The Wrap.

George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing the Warner Bros film, with Bullock executive producing.

Scoot McNairy will also star in the film, based on Rachel Boynton's 2005 documentary.

It concerns the American political campaign strategies used by President Clinton's former consultants James Carville and Stan Greenberg in Bolivia.

Bullock will play 'Calamity' Jane Bodine, a retired American political consultant with a penchant for quoting famous people. Thornton's potential role has not been revealed.

The actor was recently seen in The Judge and will feature in the upcoming Entourage movie. He has also starred in the Fargo television show.

Our Brand Is Crisis will begin filming later in September.

• Billy Bob Thornton is in talks for Our Brand Is Crisis. The Warner Bros. political dramedy is being directed by David Gordon Green and already stars Sandra Bullock and Scoot McNairy. Smokehouse partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov will produce. Bullock will executive produce. Our Brand Is Crisis is based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary of the same name, which explored the use of American political campaign strategies in Bolivia by James Carville and Stan Greenberg, former consultants to President Clinton. Bullock will play a retired American political consultant, “Calamity” Jane Bodine. Details regarding Thornton’s potential role are unknown at this time.

With Sandra Bullock attached to star and David Gordon Green on board to direct, political comedy / drama Our Brand Is Crisis is taking beautiful shape at Warner Bros. According to The Wrap, Billy Bob Thornton is now in talks to co-star.Crisis is adapted from Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary, which saw President Clinton’s former advisors James Carville and Stan Greenberg applying what they had learned in the trenches of American politics to a campaign in Bolivia, and the effects it has on the process.Thornton’s role is still being kept under wraps (though we could certainly see him as a Carville-alike), but we do now know that Bullock will be “Calamity” Jane Bodine, a charismatic retired American political consultant known for quoting famous people when she’s making points.Peter Straughan wrote the script, and Green should be shooting this autumn. Thornton, who recently scored an Emmy nomination...

Billy Bob Thornton is in negotiations to join Sandra Bullock and Scoot McNairy in the Warner Bros. dramatic comedy Our Brand Is Crisis.

The project is based on Rachel Boynton's documentary of the same name, which followed James Carville and Stan Greenberg, former consultants to U.S. President Bill Clinton, who used American political campaign strategies during an election in Bolivia. No details were given for Billy Bob Thornton's role, although The Wrap reports Sandra Bullock is playing a character named "Calamity" Jane Bodine, a retired political consultant who often utilizes famous quotes to accentuate her talking points.

David Gordon Green (Joe) is directing from a screenplay by Peter Straughan (Frank, The Debt). Smokehouse Productions' partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing, with Sandra Bullock serving as an executive producer. Shooting is slated to begin sometime this fall.

Billy Bob Thornton is coming off his Emmy-nominated performance in FX's Fargo,...

Fresh off an Emmy nomination for his riveting turn as the villainous Lorne Malvo on FX's “Fargo,” Billy Bob Thornton is in talks to join Sandra Bullock in David Gordon Green's political dramedy “Our Brand Is Crisis,” an individual familiar with the Warner Bros. project has told TheWrap. Smokehouse partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing the film, which will co-star their “Argo” actor Scoot McNairy. The movie will be executive produced by Bullock. A representative for Warner Bros. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Our Brand Is Crisis” is based on Rachel Boynton's 2005 documentary,...

Just a few weeks after Sandra Bullock was cast as the lead in Our Brand Is Crisis, Scoot McNairy has joined the cast. No details have been released for the characters Sandra Bullock and Scoot McNairy are playing.

The project is based on the 2006 documentary of the same name, which explores how American political campaign techniques are being used in South America. The documentary, directed by Rachel Boynton, centered on U.S. campaign strategists who helped elect the president of Bolivia, and the aftermath that followed.

David Gordon Green (Joe) is directing from a screenplay by Peter Straughan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Frank). George Clooney and Grant Heslov are producing through their Smokehouse Pictures company, with Sandra Bullock serving as an executive producer. Shooting is slated to begin sometime this fall.

Scoot McNairy can currently be seen in the indie comedy Frank, and he reunites with Argo star/director Ben Affleck...

Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock, who will also executive produce, with the Warner Bros project produced by Smokehouse.

David Gordon Green, whose Manglehorn plays tonight [Sept 6] in Toronto, is gearing up to start shooting his next film Our Brand Is Crisis in three weeks.

Sandra Bullock will star and executive produce. George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse is producing the Warner Bros project.

The film will shoot in October and November before breaking for December and resuming in January.

“It’s about American political consultants in Bolivia. I just got back from doing some research in Bolivia. It will shoot in New Orleans, Puerto Rico and Bolivia,” Green told Screen. The film will be partially Spanish language.

The film is based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary Our Brand In Crisis.

“I loved it when this came up, it’s a challenging studio movie, I’m up for those kind of efforts. Sandy’s really...

Sandra Bullock has committed to star in the political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis for Warner Bros. and director David Gordon Green.

The actress has been circling the project since awards season, but she has been weighing other options as well. Variety reports that she was convinced to join the project after meeting with David Gordon Green, based on the strength of his vision.

Based on the 2006 documentary of the same name by Rachel Boynton, the plot centers on American political campaign tactics being used in South America. The documentary followed American strategists who helped elect the president of Bolivia, and the aftermath of the election that followed.

Peter Straughan wrote the screenplay, with Sandra Bullock also attached to produce alongside her Gravity co-star George Clooney and his producing partner Grant Heslov.

Sandra Bullock recently signed on to star in Tupperware Unsealed, playing Tupperware marketing executive Brownie Wise, who invented...

Sandra Bullock is set to star in David Gordon Green’s Our Brand Is Crisis, sources have confirmed. The film, written by Peter Straughan, is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name. The doc followed American political campaign marketing tactics in the 2002 Bolivian presidential election, which saw Evo Morales lose to Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada.

According to Variety, which first reported the news, Bullock has been in talks for the political dramedy for months now. Bullock will also serve as an executive producer on the film alongside George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures.

Following big success with Gravity last year, plans for Sandra Bullock to return to Warner Bros. are solidifying as the studio has just given a greenlight the political dramedy Our Brand is Crisis. The project has been in development for years at George Clooney's Smokehouse Pictures, and Bullock began circling the project late last year during awards season. Now it seems to be coming together as Variety has learned Pineapple Express and Prince Avalanche director David Gordon Green is set to direct the film based on Rachel Boynton's 2005 documentary of the same name about American political strategies used in Bolivia. The documentary followed real-life consultants James Carville and Stan Greenberg, but it sounds this film will follow fictional political consultants instead. The film is described as a satirical comedy about American spin doctors competing in the same Presidential election in the South American nation. As previously Bullock would play “Calamity” Jane Bodine,...

Both David Gordon Green and Sandra Bullock are in the good books of moviegoers again. The director of Joe and Prince Avalanche has redeemed himself after a few big-budget comedy misfires (do I even need to mention Your Highness?), and Bullock has turned into a quality actor who can also bring in big crowds. Three of her last four films – The Blind Side, The Heat and Gravity – were resounding box office successes, and landed her two Oscar nominations and one win. With that in mind, the indie director is now attached to Our Brand Is Crisis, a political dramedy that Bullock is set to star in.

Our Brand in Crisis comes from Smokehouse Pictures producers Grant Heslov and George Clooney and was recently greenlit by Warner Bros., the studio behind Argo, another true-story political drama from Smokehouse. Green’s film is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name, which...

Last December, we reported that Sandra Bullock was in early talks to star in the political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis. The story is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name from Rachel Boynton, and revolves around the use of American political campaign strategies in Bolivia to help elect Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada as president. According to Variety, Bullock has now signed on to star with David Gordon Green set to direct. Bullock, who will also serve as an executive producer, agreed to lead the project after meeting with Green "who has been in the mix for the directing job for some time," and "the actress was convinced to join the project on the strength of his vision." George Clooney and Grant Heslov are still executive producing from a script by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Bullock is also attached to star in Tate Taylor's Tupperware Unsealed,...