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Oscar nominee and four-time Emmy Award winner Bryan Cranston (“Breaking Bad”) plays an undercover Federal agent who infiltrates the globe’s most powerful cartels and takes down the largest drug and money laundering operation in U.S. history in The Infiltrator. Directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Take), the screenplay is written by Ellen Brown Furman, based on the memoir by Robert Mazur and also stars Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo (“Freak,” Chef), Benjamin Bratt (Traffic, “Law & Order”), Yul Vazquez (Captain Phillips), Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis (Best Supporting Actress, Moonstruck, 1987), Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter franchise) and Oscar nominee Amy Ryan (Best Supporting Actress, Gone Baby Gone, 2007).

The Infiltrator will be released on Digital HD, VOD, Blu-ray & DVD on October 11. Special features on the Blu-ray, DVD and iTunes Extras include Audio Commentary with Director Brad Furman and Bryan Cranston,...

Brad Furman is a competitor. The director of films like the unexpected smash hit “The Lincoln Lawyer” (and, later, the Ben Affleck- and Justin Timberlake-starring disappointment “Runner Runner”) can’t quite pinpoint the source of that motivation — but it’s what’s driven his career since he made his first film, “The Take,” for less than a million dollars way back in 2007.

“I personally feel when somebody tells me I can’t do something, or I’m afraid of something, that’s typically when I dive in,” Furman recently told IndieWire.

The challenges that have pushed Furman haven’t exactly been unique – he’s one of any number of rising directors, mostly male, propelled to big studio features on the strength of one or two smash indie hits – but they have inspired him to do something pretty bold: Return to his indie roots to get films done the...

This is another edition of Short Starts, where we present a weekly short film(s) from the start of a filmmaker or actor’s career. Brad Furman‘s latest movie, Runner Runner, has been getting terrible reviews. Like really, really terrible. I think we at Fsr even just avoided it entirely. That’s a shame because his first two narrative features, The Take and The Lincoln Lawyer, were pretty well received. And prior to that, his shorts were successful, too. His debut is called Fast Forward, and it involves the 1981 shooting of President Reagan. Rather than recreating the incident entirely, Furman takes the familiar TV footage, which millions of us have seen over and over before, and mixes it with peripheral reenactment where necessary for an added fictional component. Using the real material is for good purpose as the point of the film seems to be that the footage — and much of television like it — is confusing...

A few weeks ago, we shared this Tweet/image of John Leguizamo donning prosthetic makeup to transform into Pablo Escobar for a test shoot of the soon-to-enter-production drama King of Cocaine, formerly called Ballad of Pablo Escobar. My #escobar screen test! I killed it!! Its btw me and another dude! pic.twitter.com/18xJwg9cVS. John Leguizamo (@JohnLeguizamo) July 16, 2013 At the time, Leguizamo was facing off against Elysium.s Wagner Moura for the title role in the wake of Inside Llewyn Davis.s Oscar Isaac departure. Deadline now reports Leguizamo has since come out on top, and that the makeup mock up above was a major factor in the filmmakers. decision. Director Brad Furman, best-known for helming the Matthew McConaughey vehicle The Lincoln Lawyer, needed no convincing. He had previously worked with Leguizamo on his feature directorial debut The Take back in 2007. Not only was he impressed by Leguizamo.s...

Proving that he has the financial chutzpah to portray famed Colombian drug magnate Pablo Escobar, John Leguizamo went to great lengths to prove himself to the creative team behind the upcoming King of Cocaine, one of two Escobar-themed films currently in development (the other, Paradise Lost, stars Benicio del Toro).

To what lengths did Leguizamo go? Well, he did what anyone would do in his situation – invested $15,000 of his own money on prosthetics, to prove that he was up to the task. Director Brad Furman (whose previous work The Lincoln Lawyer also starred John Leguizamo) already wanted Leguizamo for the role, but producer and financier Scott Steindorff remained unconvinced that the diminutive actor could convincingly take on the role. In an Escobaresque duplicitous scheme, Furman convinced the disbelieving Stendorff to submit make-up tests to production company Relativity, without attaching Leguizamo’s name, and it worked. Once Relativity saw the results...

A few casting notices: Ellen Page is in negotiations to star as a British spy in the comic book adaptation Queen & Country.  Fox sees franchise potential. John Leguizamo will play drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the biopic King of Cocaine, taking over after Oscar Isaac dropped out. Lea Thompson joins Nicolas Cage, Chad Michael Murray, and Jordin Sparks in Left Behind, an adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic Christian books. Details on each project after the jump. Page has made three movies---Juno, Whip It, The East---with Fox Searchlight and worked with the mothership studio Fox on the X-Men series.  Variety says Fox has long wanted a franchise for Page and believes Queen & Country to be the right opportunity.  The comic book by Greg Rucka follows "a British Intelligence agent who tries to stop an international terrorist plot after her identity is compromised and as her personal demons spiral out of control.

Exclusive: Relativity Media has signed on for King Of Cocaine, and the long-gestating Brad Furman-directed biopic of Medellin Cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar is finally in shape to start production in Colombia in January. In an intriguing development, John Leguizamo has been set to play the lead role. After watching actors from Oscar Isaac to Benecio Del Toro circle this and other Escobar pics, Leguizamo got the job basically because he refused to take no for an answer, a trait that Escobar could probably relate to if he was still alive. Leguizamo, who was born in Colombia, has long felt he was born to play the role of Escobar, who rose from poverty to riches as a notorious drug kingpin until his murderous reign ended in a hail of bullets in 1993. How did Leguizamo get the job? Furman made his first film with Leguizamo, The Take, and he has always...

Recently heralded as showcasing the world’s biggest flash mob in the opening sequence of a movie, Step Up 4: Miami Heat is quintessentially 2012: dub-step, iPads, and a rebellious mob spirit. It also makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, as ferocious choreography binds with bouncing low-riders and optically illusive street art to create an intoxicating mix. The opening sequence is an a clear pace-setter for the movie, which impressively manages to keep up that pace and then some for the duration. Don’t miss it in cinemas next Friday 10th August!

Step Up 4: Miami Heat is the next, must-see instalment in the worldwide smash Step Up franchise,which sets the dancing against the vibrant backdrop of Miami. Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean (Ryan Guzman), a young man who...

Up-and-coming actor Sam Upton stars alongside Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, and Wes Bentley in Gone, and we had an opportunity to chat with him about his experiences making the film and what we can expect from the thriller, which hits theaters today.

In Gone Seyfried plays 20-something Jill Parrish, who comes home from her night shift at work to discover that her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping the year before, is sure that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. Unable to convince local police officials of her suspicions, Jill sets out alone on a heart-pounding chase to find the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister, all while the police, particularly Officer McKay, played by Upton, are hot on her trail so they can find her before she hurts herself or anyone else during her quest to get her sister back.

Russell Peters really has adapted to life in L.A. — he's doing this interview while driving around the city in his convertible.

The stand-up comic and sometime actor (Source Code, The Take) actually splits time between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, two cities that bear very little resemblance to his hometown of Brampton, Ontario.

Although Peters is incredibly proud of being Canadian, and more specifically a Brampton boy ("I'm B-town for life," he says), he never took a shine to Canada's most beloved pastime, hockey.

That's interesting, since he stars in Breakaway, a Canadian movie about a young, hockey-crazy Indo-Canadian named Raj Singh (Vinay Virmani), who goes against his family's traditions and starts an all-Sikh hockey team.

Chicago – It’s easy to forget just how good of an actor Matthew McConaughey can be with the right vehicle. He delivered what may be his best performance to date in Jill Sprecher’s 2001 multi-character drama “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing,” in which he played a slick lawyer whose unbreakable self-esteem is shattered by a sudden crisis of conscience.

Over the past decade, McConaughey has chosen projects that seem designed to ignore the promise he sported in his earlier work. An assortment of forgettable romantic comedies have required him to do little more than fulfill the role of charismatic eye candy. What’s striking about McConaughey’s triumphant comeback effort, “The Lincoln Lawyer,” is the fact that it casts him as a lawyer not unlike the one he played in “Thirteen Conversations,” or for that matter, 1996’s “A Time to Kill.” Perhaps it’s the tension of a courtroom that...

The Lincoln Lawyer

Directed by Brad Furman

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Frances Fisher, Michael Pena, Josh Lucas

Release date: March 18, 2011

Los Angeles is an incomparable environment when we are talking about the innocent and the sinful; the beautiful and the damned; the honorable and the deceitful. The California hotspot has been glorified by films’ exposing of corruption that is at the city’s core. The steamy nights, palm trees lining the most dangerous sidewalks, and homes of all sizes overlooking the inestimable amount of glittering lights. These are touchstone characteristics of modern day film noirs (Mulholland Dr.) and classic noirs (Mildred Pierce). It is such a city that is ripe for extravagance, tragedy, merciless characters, beauty, and horrific doings. And people are still attracted to it. But maybe the most honored characteristic of noirs and L.A. is a hero who signifies...

For a director, picking your second film can be the hardest decision, especially when there are many expectations after your first movie. While Brad Furman's The Take didn't really make too many waves, his second movie The Lincoln Lawyer is a lot more high profile, not only because it's based on the best-selling 2005 novel by Michael Connelly, but also because it stars Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey plays Connelly's character Mick Haller, a defense lawyer doing business from the back of his Lincoln town car who's been hired to defend a wealthy realtor (Ryan Phillipe) accused of raping and beating a prostitute. At first, the case seems pretty straightforward until Haller starts noticing parallels to a previous case years earlier of a murdered prostitute where the wrong man may...

Director Brad Furman has found himself a follow-up gig as the independent film Intricate.

Scott Franklin is set to produce the project. Previous reports on the Internet have mistakenly stated that Darren Aronofsky and his Protozoa Pictures will be involved with the project. Aronofsky denied that he would be producing Intricate.

The film will have the 1990s New York City setting when there was a violent drug trade economy and strong connections to the rap industry and is inspired by a true story about a highly touted college basketball recruit who ended up in the drug underworld after his basketball career did not go as planned.

The movie is about where this man begins and where he ends, with New York City as an important character,”

said Furman to the Los Angeles Times’ 24 Frames.

Brad Furman is a director, writer and producer best known for his gritty, provocative, delicate style.

Director Brad Furman has chosen his next project as the independent film “Intricate.” The film is inspired by a true story about a highly touted college basketball recruit who ended up in the drug underworld after his basketball career did not go as planned. “The movie is about where this man begins and where he ends, with New York City as an important character,” said Furman to the Los Angeles Times’ 24 Frames blog. Scott Franklin (“Black Swan”) is set to produce the project. Earlier reports on the Internet incorrectly stated that Darren Aronofsky and Protozoa Pictures will be involved with the project. Aronofsky will not be producing “Intricate.” The film will have the 1990s New York City setting when there was a violent drug trade economy and strong connections to the rap industry. Furman has previously directed the 2007 “The Take,” starred John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson and Rosie Perez. His upcoming...

Lionsgate has released a preview clip from director Brad Furman's (The Take) new legal drama, The Lincoln Lawyer. Written by John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe), The Lincoln Lawyer is based on the book of the same name by prolific crime novelist Michael Connelly and stars Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Haller, an L.A.-based criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car. Haller realizes he may be in over his head when he takes the case of a Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillippe) accused of rape and attempted murder and discovers that his client may, in fact, be guilty. John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, William H. Macy and Academy Award-winner Marisa Tomei also star.

Next Showing: The Lincoln Lawyer opens March 18

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Lionsgate just released the latest movie trailer for the upcoming drama “The Lincoln Lawyer” by director Brad Furman (The Take, Buried Alive in the Blues) and starring Brad Furman (Eastbound & Down, Tropic Thunder, We Are Marshall), Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, What Women Want, Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride), Ryan Phillippe (Flags of Our Fathers, Cruel Intentions) and William H. Macy (Keep Coming Back, The Tale of Despereaux, He Was a Quiet Man). Synopsis: A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and more from “The Lincoln Lawyer”.

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Check out the second trailer for the upcoming drama, The Lincoln Lawyer.

Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

The supporting cast includes Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Wrestler), William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig.

Brad Furman (The Take) will direct from the adapted screenplay by John Romano (Night in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty).

From Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment, The Lincoln Lawyer will be in theaters on March 18, 2011.

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[1] Lionsgate Films have released a second movie trailer for The Take director Brad Furman's big screen adaptation of author Michael Connelly's novel The Lincoln Lawyer. The film stars Matthew McConaughey as a lawyer who "conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills." The movie co-stars Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Bryan Cranston, Josh Lucas, Trace Adkin and John Leguizamo. Watch the movie trailer now embedded after the jump. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Watch the trailer in high definition on Apple [2]. Official Synopsis: Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder.

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, an adaptation of the best selling novel by Michael Connelly.  Matthew McConaughey stars as Mickey Haller, "a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan."  Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, and Bryan Cranston also star.  Brad Furman (The Take) directs from a script by John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe).  Check out the new trailer after the jump. I must say that I like the conceit of the movie, and McConaughey's particular brand of charm seems well-suited for the role.  Throw in a pretty great supporting cast -- with special mention to "William H. Macy's haircut" -- and The Lincoln Lawyer has the potential to be a solid legal drama when it hits theaters on March 18, 2011.  Here's hoping the script and direction live up to that potential.

Lionsgate has sent over a brand new teaser poster for the upcoming drama, The Lincoln Lawyer.

Mickey Haller is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet, a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

Brad Furman (The Take) will direct from the adapted screenplay by John Romano (Night in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty).

Based on the best-selling novel by Michael Connelly and with an all-star cast including Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Academy Award nominee William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Josh Lucas and Michael Peña, The Lincoln Lawyer will be in theaters nationwide on March 18, 2011.

The Lincoln Lawyer Poster...

The first trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, an upcoming drama film based on Michael Connelly’s novel of the same name, has arrived.

Matthew McConaughey (How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Fool’s Gold, Tropic Thunder) and Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Wrestler) star. The supporting cast includes Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig.

Brad Furman (The Take) will direct from the adapted screenplay by John Romano (Night in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty).

Mickey Haller (McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops...

Even if you read movie news regularly you may not have heard of The Lincoln Lawyer, an upcoming legal drama/thriller starring Matthew McConaughey. The film has flown under the radar for the most part, with our last report on it being way back in October 2009.

We reported then that Tommy Lee Jones was attached to direct and star in the film, but evidently that didn’t work out. He apparently left the project late last year over “creative differences on the script.”

The Lincoln Lawyer was instead directed by Brad Furman (The Take) and stars McConaughey as a lawyer who, in rather unorthodox fashion, represents his clients out of the back of his limo. One day he snags the case of a lifetime: to represent a high-profile Hollywood playboy who has…

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The first trailer has been released for director Brad Furman's The Lincoln Lawyer, which is not about Abraham Lincoln's early days before becoming President of the United States, but instead is an adaptation of Michael Connelly's book about a smooth-talking defense attorney who conducts his business from a Lincoln Town Car and lands the case of his career defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder. Tommy Lee Jones was originally set to be director and star in the movie, with Matthew McConaughey as the lawyer and Jones as the playboy (as amazing as that sounds), but left over "creative differences" with the John Romano-scripted movie. Ryan Phillippe stepped into the role of the playboy, while Furman (The Take) took over the directing duties.

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Matthew McConaughey | Ryan Phillippe | Tommy Lee Jones | Brad Furman | Michael Connelly | The Lincoln Lawyer...

Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, an upcoming drama film based on Michael Connelly’s novel of the same name.

Directed by Brad Furman (The Take) from a script by John Romano, The Lincoln Lawyer stars Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillipe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas and Michael Peña.

The Lincoln Lawyer will be released in the UK on March 11, 2011.

A lawyer (McConaughey) conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

Collider reported this.

Michael Connelly’s bestselling novel The Lincoln Lawyer has gotten the movie treatment thanks to director Brad Furman (The Take). Matthew McConaughey is our lead alongside Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, and Michael Peña. The film was originally to be directed and starring Tommy Lee Jones. I’m sure tone would have been much different as this looks like simply over-stylized, schlocky fun. Check out the trailer below via Yahoo.

Synopsis: Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

The Lincoln Lawyer hits theaters March 18th,...

The Lionsgate Films' new release "The Lincoln Lawyer" will boast a star-studded cast but the big spotlight is on Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Phillippe, a lawyer and his accused-murderer client. A low-level criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller finds himself representing a wealthy client with ties to a previous murder case Haller handled.

The first trailer of the drama thriller introduces not only the dilemma that Haller faces but also the characters tangled in the same web. Trace Adkins stars as one of the bikers seen in the beginning of the video. The country star recalled the experience, "There are a couple of scenes where we come up beside (McConaughey's) car, 10 or 25 bikes around his car, and force him to pull over."

He continued, "That was interesting to shoot that... I had two stunt men flanking me, but the rest of the guys were real biker guys. They asked me, 'Are you comfortable doing this?...

More Lincoln news! Okay, not really. This one involves the towncar. Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Michael Connelly. The film stars Matthew McConaughey giving off a bit of an A Time to Kill vibe, along with Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, John Leguizamo, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas, and Michael Peña. The plot revolves around a successful criminal defense attorney who does business from the back of a Lincoln Towncar. He gets involved with a high profile case concerning a wealthy realtor from Beverly Hills (Phillippe). Tommy Lee Jones was previously attached to direct and star in the film but dropped out over creative differences. Brad Furman (The Take) now directs from a script by John Romano (Nights in Rodanthe). The Lincoln Lawyer will be released on March 18th, 2011. Hit the jump to check out the trailer.

Photo: Lionsgate Man, as if the trailer for Source Code wasn't enough Yahoo has to go and debut the trailer for the Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Phillippe feature The Lincoln Lawyer tonight.

The Lincoln Lawyer hits theaters on March 18 from Lionsgate and centers on Mickey Haller (McConaughey), a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller. "The Lincoln Lawyer" is based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novel of the same name.

Along with McConaughey and Phillippe the film co-stars Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena and Trace Adkins with The Take helmer, Brad Furman, behind the camera. Check out the trailer directly below.

Lionsgate has acquired the rights to produce a big-screen adaptation of the Michael Connelly novel “The Lincoln Lawyer”, from Lakeshore and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment. Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei are set to star alongside Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig. Brad Furman (”The Take”) is directing based on Johnn Romano’s script. The film is about cut-rate La criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller (McConaughey), who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. When he suddenly upgrades from getting parole violators and small-time crooks off to defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder, suddenly the game gets a whole lot [...]...

Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to the upcoming legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer, based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novel of the same name. Lakeshore Entertainment is handling international distribution. The announcement was jointly made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President, Tom Rosenberg, Lakeshore Entertainment Chairman and CEO, and Sidney Kimmel, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske) CEO.

Matthew McConaughey (How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Fool’s Gold, Tropic Thunder) and Marisa Tomei (In the Bedroom, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Wrestler) star. The supporting cast includes Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig. Brad Furman (The Take) will direct from the adapted screenplay by John Romano (Night in Rodanthe, Intolerable Cruelty). Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi,...

Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy and John Leguizamo have joined the cast of the legal thriller "The Lincoln Lawyer" which Lionsgate has just acquired U.S. distribution rights for from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

Based on the 2005 Michael Connolly best-seller, the story follows low-level criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) who ends up representing a Beverly Hills playboy with ties to a previous murder case he handled.

Marisa Tomei will play Haller's ex-wife and the case's prosecuting attorney Maggie McPherson. Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig also star.

Brad Furman ("The Take") will direct from a screenplay by John Romano ("Nights in Rodanthe," "Intolerable Cruelty"). Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Sidney Kimmel will produce. Filming kicks off July 6th in Los Angeles.

After a year of silence, The Lincoln Lawyer is picking up clients left, right and center. Last week we reported that Marisa Tomei would be joining Matthew McConaughey in the adaptation of Michael Connelly's bestselling thriller. Now it transpires they'll be joined by Ryan Philippe, William H Macy and Michael Pena.In the director's chair is Brad Furman, who previously brought us the La heist drama The Take. Lionsgate have picked the film up for distribution.Tommy Lee Jones had been earmarked at one point as director and co-star, but left after not very long due to the usual "creative differences". Macy will take the role he would have played, according to Variety, although we still don't know what that role actually is. McConaughey is shabby detective Micky Haller, whose office if the Lincoln town car of the title. Tomei is his ex-wife, prosecuting attorney Maggie McPherson. We assume...

More casting news has been revealed on The Lincoln Lawyer, and it’s looking like shaping into a pretty solid ensemble. Following hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that Marisa Tomei is on board comes the news that Ryan Phillippe and William H Macy have also signed on for the courtroom drama. Filling out the rest of the supporting cast will be John Leguizamo and Michael Pena, whilst The Take’s Brad Furman will occupy the director’s chair previously vacated by Tommy Lee Jones. Furman will be...

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More casting news has been revealed on The Lincoln Lawyer, and it’s looking like shaping into a pretty solid ensemble. Following hot on the heels of last week’s announcement that Marisa Tomei is on board comes the news that Ryan Phillippe and William H Macy have also signed on for the courtroom drama. Filling out the rest of the supporting cast will be John Leguizamo and Michael Pena, whilst The Take’s Brad Furman will occupy the director’s chair previously vacated by Tommy Lee Jones. Furman will be...

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Lionsgate has picked up domestic distribution rights to "The Lincoln Lawyer" starring Matthew McConaughey. The legal thriller is based on Michael Connelly's best-selling book which tells of semi-successful criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller who works out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car. Brad Furman ("The Take") helms from the screenplay by John Romano ("Nights in Rodanthe," "Intolerable Cruelty"). Filming starts this July. McConaughey has been attached for a while with recent cast additions like Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy coming in. Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are producing with Stone Village Pictures.

Back in October, we heard that Tommy Lee Jones and Matthew McConaughey were teaming up for an adaptation of the Michael Connelly novel The Lincoln Lawyer, with Jones set to direct. Sadly, Jones bowed out a month later (those darn “creative differences”), but the cast is shaping up nicely regardless. According to Variety, Lionsgate just picked up the domestic distribution rights for Lawyer after the flick recently recruited Marissa Tomei, William H. Macy, and Ryan Phillippe to co-star alongside McConaughey.

Brad Furman (The Take) will replace Jones in the director’s chair for the July production. The adapted script from John Romano (Intolerable Cruelty) outlines a legal thriller centered around a defense attorney whose Lincoln Town Car doubles as an office. You’ll find a full plot synopsis for Connelly’s novel after the break.

Here’s the plot synopsis for The Lincoln Lawyer’s literary source:

Los Angeles criminal...

Lionsgate has acquired North American distribution rights to "The Lincoln Lawyer", based on author Michael Connelly's best-selling novel, starring Matthew "I Chew a Toothbrush All Day" McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe and William H. Macy.

Brad Furman ("The Take") will direct the feature from a screenplay by John Romano ("Nights in Rodanthe").

Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment are producing with Stone Village Pictures, looking at a July start.

"The Lincoln Lawyer" follows criminal defense attorney 'Mickey Haller', who holds court out of the backseat of a Lincoln Town Car, before getting involved in a criminal case that will change his life forever.

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Lionsgate announced on Monday that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights from Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment to the upcoming legal thriller The Lincoln Lawyer , based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novel of the same name. Lakeshore Entertainment is handling international distribution. The announcement was jointly made today by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President, Tom Rosenberg, Lakeshore Entertainment Chairman and CEO, and Sidney Kimmel, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Ske) CEO. Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei star. The supporting cast includes Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, John Leguizamo, Michael Pena, Trace Adkins, and Katherine Moennig. Brad Furman ( The Take ) will direct from the adapted...

Myriad Pictures' untitled thriller penned by "American Psycho" scribe Bret Easton Ellis is being shopped at the American Film Market under the moniker Bait . The film is still a directing vehicle for Brad Furman ( The Take , the forthcoming Valet ) and is said to be in pre-production. The complete synopsis is below - what you'll read sounds like pretty standard revenge fare...with sharks. Cole is a quiet young man, unassuming, who works as waiter at a posh beach club. But underneath his polite demeanor is a suppressed rage at hte wealth and bounty that surrounds him and is out of his reach. The arrogance and dismissive nature of the rich fuels his anger at the unfairness of the world, and he is a ticking time bomb just waiting to explode. One night, a group of...

Screen Daily reports Myriad Pictures and Rko Pictures' genre division The Roseblood Movie Company are co-financing and producing a film based on an original screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis. The film is currently untitled, but Brad Furman (The Take) is directing with shooting set to begin in late summer. The script tells the story of an awkward social outcast who, after being humiliated by a group of peers, takes revenge by taking them hostage. Sounds to me a lot like Stephen King's novella "Rage" if you ask me. For those that don't know, Bret Easton Ellis' novels have served as the inspiration for such films as 1987's Less Than Zero, the Christian Bale starrer American Psycho and Roger Avary's The Rules of Attraction. However, his most recent adaptation didn't exactly sit well with critics, so much so I skipped the screening based on the consistent barrage of...

For my money, anything that Bret Easton Ellis (author of American Psycho) does is worth taking note of. So, it’s especially cool to hear the author has written an as of yet untitled script that genre fans might find interesting.

According to Variety, the Ellis screenplay will be produced by Myriad Pictures and The Roseblood Movie Co and will focus on an awkward social outcast who, after being humiliated by a group of peers, exacts revenge by taking them hostage, with dire consequences.

While the premise isn’t exactly a trailblazer, you can certainly expect some substance with the involvement of Ellis. Director Brad Furman (The Take) is attached to the project, and casting has yet to commence. Keep watching this spot for more info.

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American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis has completed an original screenplay for Myriad Pictures and Rko Pictures' Roseblood genre arm.

According to Variety, the "story centers on an awkward social outcast who, after being humiliated by a group of peers, exacts revenge by taking them hostage, with dire consequences."

Brad Furman (The Take) is set to direct.

Look for more details here on Fangoria.com as they develop.

The Roseblood Movie Co. is getting into the Bret Easton Ellis business.

The genre label, a joint venture of Myriad Pictures and Rko Pictures, will co-finance and produce an untitled original screenplay written by Ellis, whose novels have led to the films "Less Than Zero," "American Psycho" and "The Informers." Brad Furman ("The Take") is set to direct.

Producing are Ted Hartley, chairman and CEO of Rko Pictures; Kirk D'Amico, president and CEO of Myriad Pictures; and Braxton Pope of Ithaka Films. Zanne Devine and Michael Helfant will executive produce.

The project is scheduled to being shooting in late summer.

Ellis' story line involves an awkward social outcast who takes hostage a group of peers who humiliated him, with grim results.

"This is a joyously scary film, typical of the best of the genre and an exciting addition to the Roseblood slate," Hartley said.

"We really support Brad's vision of the film,...

Brett Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho," completed an original screeplay for Myriad Pictures and Roseblood Movie Co. The thriller, currently untitled, follows a social outcast's plans to exact revenge on those who have humiliated him. According to Variety, director Brad Furman ( The Take ) is looking to begin principal photography this summer. Myriad Pictures and Rko Pictures' genre division, the Roseblood Movie Co., are teaming to co-finance and produce a film based on an original screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis. Furman is also set to direct Valet which concerns a parking attendant who becomes obsessed with a female client.

Fox Searchlight's "The Wrestler" was named best feature at the 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Awards. It also scored trophies for actor Mickey Rourke and cinematograper Maryse Alberti.

"The thing I love about the Spirit Awards is every film here is a passion piece; we all bled to get to this room," director-producer Darren Aronofksy said as he accepted the award with fellow producer Scott Franklin at the free-wheeling ceremony held Saturday in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

"I realized while doing special effects on a space movie that I really loved working with actors more than anything else," Aronofsky said about his decision to make a movie about a washed-up wrestler trying to reclaim his life.

In the weekend's first showdown between Rourke and "Milk's" Sean Penn, it was Rourke who triumphed as best male lead.

In a raucous acceptance speech, in which he freely lobbed...

IESB sat down exclusively with the cast of Nothing Like The Holidays out from Overture Films December 12th.

{sidebar id=1}Stars John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Elizabeth Pena, Luis Guzman and more talked about the film and the Latino family culture that drives these characters.

If there's one thing everyone can agree on, it's that family time isn't always a walk in the park. In "Nothing Like the Holidays," two of today's most talented actors, John Leguizamo ("The Happening," "The Take") and Freddy Rodriguez ("Six Feet Under," "Bobby"), join Debra Messing ("Will & Grace," "The Starter Wife"), Alfred Molina ("The Da Vinci Code," "Spider-Man 2"), and director Alfredo de Villa (the award-winning "Washington Heights") to tell the humorous and heartwarming story of one unforgettable family holiday.

It's Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents' home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in Read...

To mark the release of Overture Films' "Nothing like the Holidays" comedy, we've thrown together a list films we remember the leading cast members the most by. Have your own list? Add it for others see below. “Nothing Like the Holidays” stars Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Peña, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Freddy Rodriguez, Jay Hernandez, Melonie Diaz, Vanessa Ferlito and Luis Guzman. Release is set for December 12. For those unfamiliar with the story, read below, otherwise, please feel free skip past to the list. What’s it about? If there’s one thing everyone can agree on, it’s that family time isn’t always a walk in the park. In Nothing Like the Holidays, two of today’s most talented actors, John Leguizamo (The Happening, The Take) and Freddy Rodriguez (“Six Feet Under,” Bobby), join Debra Messing (“Will & Grace,” “The Starter Wife”), Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code, Spider-Man 2...

Family drama "Rachel Getting Married", border-smuggling saga "Frozen River" and struggling mother tale "Ballast" have shown their domination on the run for the 2009 Spirit Awards. Upon the announcement of the awards' nominees on Tuesday, December 2, it has been revealed that those three films have collected six counts each.

From all of the nominations "Rachel", "Frozen" and "Ballast" received, the three will have to go head-to-head for best feature title along with "Wendy and Lucy" and "The Wrestler". Their directors, Jonathan Demme, Courtney Hunt and Lance Hammer, will also compete for the best director prize which also lists Ramin Bahrani of "Chop Shop" and Tom McCarthy of "The Visitor" as the competitors.

On the performer categories, it is uncovered that Javier Bardem of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", Sean Penn of "Milk" and Mickey Rourke of "The Wrestler" are among the contenders for best male lead. Additionally, Anne Hathaway and Michelle Williams have...