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New Detroit Trailer – John Boyega stars in Kathryn Bigelow’s look at the 1967 riots

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Following her looks at contemporary warfare with The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, director Kathryn Bigelow is heading back into the past to look at a different kind of battle – the riots that ripped through Detroit in 1967.

Although many outsiders saw Detroit as leading the way in desegregation in the 1960s, this covered up massive racial and social inequalities, and efforts to deal with some of these problems led to growing tension. That boiled over in July 1967 following a police raid on an unlicensed bar, leading to five days of riots that left 43 dead, 1189 injured and over 2000 buildings destroyed.

In the movie, John Boyega plays a security guard facing the issues with the police force, which has been desegregated but is still rife with bigotry and institutional racism. He then gets caught up in the events that overtake the city.

Take a look at the trailer below. The movie is due in cinemas in August. [Read more…]

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Detroit Trailer – John Boyega stars in Kathryn Bigelow’s look at the 1967 riots

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Following her looks at contemporary warfare with The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, director Kathryn Bigelow is heading back into the past to look at a different kind of battle – the riots that ripped through Detroit in 1967.

Although many outsiders saw Detroit as leading the way in desegregation in the 1960s, this covered up massive racial and social inequalities, and efforts to deal with some of these problems led to growing tension. That boiled over in July 1967 following a police raid on an unlicensed bar, leading to five days of riots that left 43 dead, 1189 injured and over 2000 buildings destroyed.

In the movie, John Boyega plays a security guard facing the issues with the police force, which has been desegregated but is still rife with bigotry and institutional racism. He then gets caught up in the events that overtake the city.

Take a look at the trailer below. The movie is due in cinemas in August. [Read more…]

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Kathryn Bigelow & Todd Field Plan Rival Bowe Bergdahl Films

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kathryn-bigelowIt’s perhaps not surprising that Bowe Bergdahl is intriguing a lot of filmmakers – his story brings up a lot of issues about the War On Terror, not least the controversy over his release and whether he went AWOL before his capture by the Taliban or not.

Now Deadline reports that Zero Dark Thirty director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are re-teaming up for a film about Bergdahl, while Little Children’s Todd Field and Fox Searchlight have set a rival film in motion. The latter movie will be based on a 2012 Rolling Stone article entitled America’s Last Prisoner of War, written by Michael Hastings.

The film will explore the story of the solider who in 2009, was captured by the Taliban and spent five years in captivity after reportedly wandering off his base, with suggestions that he was upset about the incompetence of others around him and the bureaucracy surrounding the war.

He was eventually released on May 31, 2014, in exchange for five Taliban prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. While some were ready to welcome Bowe back as a hero, other said President Obama had given up too much for a man who may be a deserter (and the Army hasn’t ruled out charging him over that).

Both are currently in the early stages of development, so it’s impossible to tell which one will get off the ground first. There’s also the fact this is still an unfolding story, and subsequent revelations could affect both movie.

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Tom Hardy Takes On The True American With Kathryn Bigelow Directing

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tom-hardy-slideHurt Locker & Zero Dark Thirty’s Kathryn Bigelow is leaving war zones behind but she’s sticking with the War On Terror, but this time looking at one of the effects on American soil with The True American.

And now TheWrap reports that Tom Hardy has signed up to star.

The movie is based on the non-fiction book by the New York Times’s Anand Giridharadas, about self-styled ‘Arab Slayer’ Mark Stroman. The Texas born Stroman killed two middle-eastern immigrants in the wakes of 9/11.

He also attempted to kill another man by shooting him in the head while he was working at a Dallas convenience store. However the Muslim immigrant – who was a veteran of the Bangladesh Air Force – survived and ended up trying to let his attacker get spared from the death penalty.

Kathryn Bigelow is directing and producing the film, although it’s not clear when it will shoot.

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New Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – Fresh look at Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed film

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There may have been a bit of controversy over scenes of torture in Zero Dark Thirty (with people saying the film supports it), but Kathryn Bigelow’s movie about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden has emerged as one of the front-runners at the Oscars. Now a new trailer has arrived to give us a fresh look at the film.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working in secret across the globe, devoted themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty reunites the Oscar winning team of director-producer Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) for the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man.’

The film reaches UK cinemas on January 25th.

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Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – Kathryn Bigelow’s look at the hunt for Osama gets a full trailer

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Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow-up, Zero Dark Thirty, has already proven controversial due to the supposedly priviledged access President Obama gave the filmmakers to the operation to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Now a new trailer for the movie is here. The film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Mark Strong star.

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Zero Dark Thirty Trailer – First look at Kathryn Bigelow’s seeking Osama movie

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Kathryn Bigelow’s Hurt Locker follow-up, Zero Dark Thirty, has already proven controversial due to the supposedly priviledged access President Obama gave the filmmakers to the operation to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. Now the first trailer for the movie is here. The film focuses on the black ops mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, which culminated in his death during a high-stakes raid on his compound in Pakistan. Kyle Chandler, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton and Mark Strong star.

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Chris Pratt In Talks For Bigelow’s Bin Laden Film

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Parks and Recreation and Moneyball star Chris Pratt, best known for his comedic skills, is taking on a more serious role in the Kathryn Bigelow untitled thriller that looks at how an elite Navy SEAL squad killed Osama Bin Laden. However it isn’t known exactly what part he’ll play.

Chris Pratt – who does have rather solidery looks, it has to be said – is in early talks to star alongside Jason Clarke in the film. There have been accusations aimed at the project, claiming that President Barack Obama’s administration has been feeding the filmmakers information about the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden in order to advance their own politic agenda, although much of that does appear to be part of the insane anti-Obama loathing of many US conservatives.

That said, the start date has been pushed back on this project, insuring that it will be released after the next US Presidential election. Director Kathryn Bigelow hopes to begin shooting in February. (Source: Twitch)

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Jason Clarke Joins Bigelow’s Bin Laden Pic

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It’s taken Kathryn Bigelow quite a while to get her follow-up to The Hurt Locker rolling, but now it appears her movie about the guys who hunted down Osama Bin Laden is gearing towards a shoot. Jason Clarke (The Chicago Code, Texas Killing Fields) has become the first actor to sign on for Bigelow’s currently untitled project, which is set up at Sony Pictures.

Clarke will play one of the elite soldiers assigned by the US government to hunt down terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Deadline also says that actors such as Tom Hardy, Jennifer Ehle, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Rooney Mara, and Nina Arianda are in contention for other roles, although no offers have been made yet. There’s no mention of Joel Edgerton, who was once attached to the film, but seems to have stepped away after delays pushed filming back.

Kathryn Bigelow is directing from a screenplay by Mark Boal, who also wrote the script for The Hurt Locker. Production is scheduled to start sometime early next year, with an October 12, 2012 US release date already set.

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