Disney Announced a New Animated Film for 2016: Moana

Posted on October 20, 2014 at 1:59 pm

Copyright Disney Studios 2014
Copyright Disney Studios 2014
Entertainment Weekly reports that Disney has announced a new animated feature to be released in 2016: “Moana,” with a Polynesian heroine in search of a fabled island. With Disney greats Ron Clements and John Musker (“The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin”) in charge, this is sure to be spectacular.

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Just Announced: Redford as Rather and Another Biblical Epic from Ridley Scott

Posted on July 12, 2014 at 8:00 am

Two intriguing new announcements about upcoming films:

As the first trailer for his Moses epic is released, starring Christian Bale (and a lot of other actors who are not of Middle Eastern ethnicity), Ridley Scott has announced that he will also be making another Biblical epic, this one about David.

And Robert Redford will play CBS newsman Dan Rather in “Truth,” the story of the disastrous presentation of a story about President Bush’s military service that turned out to be based on falsified documents.  Cate Blanchett has been cast as Rather’s producer, Mary Mapes.

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Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segal in a New Film About David Foster Wallace

Posted on February 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm

David Foster Wallace was the brilliant writer who struggled with depression and committed suicide in 2008 at age 46.  Jason Segal will play Wallace in an upcoming film called “The End of the Tour,” with Jesse Eisenberg as a Rolling Stone reporter accompanying Wallace on a 1996 book tour.  The script is based on Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky and the film will be directed by “The Spectacular Now’s” James Ponsoldt.

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