Insights from the Cinematic World: Movie Production Insights

50/50

Inspired by personal experiences, 50/50 is an original story about friendship, love, survival and finding humor in unlikely places. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star as best friends whose lives are changed by a cancer diagnosis. Rogen also serves as producer, along with Evan Goldberg and Ben Karlin.

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Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn’t know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty’s Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos.

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Anonymous

Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature

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A Better Life

From Chris Weitz, director of About a Boy and producer of A Single Man and In Good Company, comes A Better Life – a poignant, multi-generational story about a father’s love and everything a parent will sacrifice to build a better life for his child. The movie stars Demian Bichir and José Julián and was written by Roger L. Simon.

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Warrior Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Warrior

Warrior is an action drama film about mixed martial arts set to be released on September 9, 2011 by Lionsgate. It will star Nick Nolte, Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Justin Berg, Jennifer Morrison and Pro Wrestler Kurt Angle.

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Honey 2

Honey 2 is a dance film set to follow the 2003 film Honey (starring Jessica Alba and featuring Mekhi Phifer and Romeo,). It stars Katerina Graham, Randy Wayne, Melissa Molinaro, Lonette McKee (reprising her role from Honey) and Audrina Patridge.

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Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish.

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Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits is an American romantic comedy film directed by Will Gluck, starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. The film features an ensemble cast which includes Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Patricia Clarkson. Screen Gems was given clearance to move forward with the title Friends with Benefits;

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Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses is a black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon and starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Jason Sudeikis, and Kevin Spacey, and funded by Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), FFF Bayern, and Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC).

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30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less is an American/Canadian/German adventure comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, and Nick Swardson. It is produced by Columbia Pictures and funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and based loosely upon the Collar bomb case

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