Insights from the Cinematic World: Movie Production Insights

The Dilemma, directed by Ron Howard, tells a story about a man discovers that his best friend's wife is having an affair.

The Dilemma

The Dilemma is a comedy film written by Allan Loeb and directed by Ron Howard. The film is Howard’s first comedy film since 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It stars Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, and Queen Latifah.

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The Rite is based on Matt Baglio‘s nonfiction book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, and Toby Jones

The Rite

The Rite is an exorcism drama horror film directed by Mikael Håfström and written by Matt Baglio and Michael Petroni. It stars Anthony Hopkins as Father Lucas. Inspired by true events, “The Rite” follows skeptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican.

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The Fighter is a look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s

The Fighter

The Fighter is a 2010 biographical sports film directed by David O. Russell, and starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. The film centers on the life of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale).

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Gulliver's Travels features Jack Black alongside stars such as Catherine Tate, Emily Blunt and Jason Segel

Gulliver’s Travels

Gulliver’s Travels is a live-action family-comedy adventure film directed by Rob Letterman and based on the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift, though the film takes place in the modern era. The film will star Jack Black as the title character Lemuel Gulliver with Catherine Tate as Queen of Lilliput

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A remake of a 1960 film, Im Sang-soo's The Housemaid is an erotic revenge thriller where a man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to dark consequences.

The Housemaid

The Housemaid is a 2010 South Korean erotic thriller film directed by Im Sang-soo. The story focuses on Eun-yi, played by Jeon Do-yeon, who becomes involved in a destructive love triangle while working as a housemaid for an upper-class family.

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Barney's Version is the picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Barney’s Version

From producer Robert Lantos, Barney’s Version is a film based on Mordecai Richler’s prize-winning comic novel with Paul Giamatti in the title role. Filming took place in Montreal, the Laurentians, Rome and New York. Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti) is a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney’s candid confessional spans four decades and two continents, and includes three wives (Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre), one outrageous father (Dustin Hoffman) and a charmingly dissolute best friend (Scott Speedman).

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Blue Valentine centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is a romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance that premiered in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. It is co-written by Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne and stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The film was scored by Brooklyn band Grizzly Bear.

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Black Swan: A New York City ballet company is producing Swan Lake, and director Thomas Leroy (Cassel) decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Ryder) with ballerina Nina (Portman). Nina lives with Erica (Hershey), her overbearing mother and a former ballerina. Nina finds competition in new dancer Lily (Kunis).

Black Swan

Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The film stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as ballet dancers in a New York City production of Swan Lake. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan.

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In Waste Land, acclaimed filmmaker Lucy Walker (Blindsight, Countdown to Zero) travels with cutting-edge Brazilian artist Vik Muniz deep into the world’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio to create a large-scale art project using garbage as his material and the spirited trash pickers as his muses.

Waste Land

Filmed over nearly three years, WASTE LAND follows renowned artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home base in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

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En Mai 2010, Sam Rockwell rejoint l'équipe de Cowboys and Aliens. Le réalisateur Jon Favreau avait déjà travaillé avec lui sur le film Iron Man 2

Cowboys & Aliens

Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 science fiction Western film based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Noah Ringer, Paul Dano, Adam Beach, Ana de la Reguera and Clancy Brown. It is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.

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GOOD HAIR shows Chris Rock engaging in frank, funny conversations with hair-care professionals, beauty shop and barbershop patrons, and celebrities including Ice-T, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Dr. Maya Angelou, Salt-N-Pepa, Eve and Reverend Al Sharpton

Good Hair

Good Hair is a 2009 American documentary comedy film produced by Chris Rock Productions and HBO Films, starring and narrated by comedian Chris Rock. . The film focuses on African American women’s hair, including the styling industry surrounding it.

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Ra.One

Ra.One (also called Ra.1) is a Bollywood science-fiction superhero film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film, which features Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, will be produced under Khan’s production company, Red Chillies Entertainment. The film is scheduled to be released in early 2011.

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