Once you’ve spent six episodes snarking on the likes of Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, the idea of wringing wry laughter out of a few cult leaders must not seem intimidating.
At the same time, once you’ve spent six episodes snarking on the likes of Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, how much challenge is there in poking fun at colorfully outsize personalities and their devoted followers when they’ve already been the butt of jokes for, in some cases, generations?
Those two statements are, respectively, the principle behind and the primary limitation to Netflix’s new six-episode documentary-comedy How to Become a Cult Leader, a follow-up in tone, style and structure to 2021’s How to Become a Tyrant.
Boasting a common production team led by Jake Laufer, Jonas Bell Pasht and Jonah Bekhor, as well as the invaluable support of narrator and executive producer Peter Dinklage,...
At the same time, once you’ve spent six episodes snarking on the likes of Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, how much challenge is there in poking fun at colorfully outsize personalities and their devoted followers when they’ve already been the butt of jokes for, in some cases, generations?
Those two statements are, respectively, the principle behind and the primary limitation to Netflix’s new six-episode documentary-comedy How to Become a Cult Leader, a follow-up in tone, style and structure to 2021’s How to Become a Tyrant.
Boasting a common production team led by Jake Laufer, Jonas Bell Pasht and Jonah Bekhor, as well as the invaluable support of narrator and executive producer Peter Dinklage,...
- 7/27/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cults are a difficult subject to broach, because there are a lot of factors to take into consideration. Who is at the center of the cult? What type of people does this organization seek out? How is the cultural landscape at the time? It's questions like these that have oversimplified the case of Charles Manson and his followers for decades –- the hard truth is that there is no simple answer to explain how he was able to convince his followers to kill innocent people. It's a combination of class politics, racism, fandom, and perhaps several other factors that we may never know about.
So, how in the world does Angela Lansbury, who recently passed away at 96 years old, fit into this equation? How can someone so nice catch the ire of the infamous cult leader? Well, according to a 2014 interview with The Daily Mail, it was because her children,...
So, how in the world does Angela Lansbury, who recently passed away at 96 years old, fit into this equation? How can someone so nice catch the ire of the infamous cult leader? Well, according to a 2014 interview with The Daily Mail, it was because her children,...
- 10/13/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
On the February 23, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by editor Jacob Hall to talk about what they've been up to at the virtual water cooler.
Opening Banter:
At The Water Cooler:
What we've been Doing:
Jacob is probably moving. His personal podcast also just hit a major milestone.
What we've been Reading:
Ben read Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Jacob read Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller, The Last Gunfight by Jeff Guinn, and Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge.
What we've been...
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Opening Banter:
At The Water Cooler:
What we've been Doing:
Jacob is probably moving. His personal podcast also just hit a major milestone.
What we've been Reading:
Ben read Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Jacob read Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller, The Last Gunfight by Jeff Guinn, and Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge.
What we've been...
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- 2/23/2022
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Until the September 11th attacks, the tragedy in Jonestown on November 18th, 1978 represented the largest number of American civilian casualties in a single non-natural event. It is unfathomable now, as it was then, that more than 900 Americans – members of a San Francisco-based religious group called the Peoples Temple – died after drinking poison at the urging of their leader, the Reverend Jim Jones, in a secluded South American jungle settlement. Photographs taken after the carnage forever document the sheer enormity of the event: the bodies of hundreds of people, including children,...
- 5/30/2020
- by David Chiu
- Rollingstone.com
Chloë Grace Moretz of "Kick-Ass" fame and Jack O’Connell ("Unbroken") will star as moronic, 1930's killers, bank robbers 'Bonnie And Clyde' in director Kiké Maillo's "Love Is A Gun", adapting author Jeff Guinn's novel "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde":
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press...
...positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal 'social media' superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting prison punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the blood-thirsty media and Depression-era public wanting more.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press...
...positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal 'social media' superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting prison punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the blood-thirsty media and Depression-era public wanting more.
- 8/13/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It’s been 50 years since that terrifying night in August 1969, when four members of the Manson Family broke into the house at 10050 Cielo Drive and killed five people: 18-year-old Steven Parent, who wast there to try to sell a clock radio to an acquaintance in the property’s guesthouse; Wojiciech Frykowski, an aspiring screenwriter and friend of director Roman Polanski; Abigail Folger, Frykowski’s girlfriend and the heiress to the Folger coffee fortune; celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring; and actress Sharon Tate, Polanski’s wife, who was eight months pregnant at...
- 8/1/2019
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Chloë Grace Moretz of "Kick-Ass" fame and Jack O’Connell ("Unbroken") will star as moronic, 1930's killers, bank robbers 'Bonnie And Clyde' in director Kiké Maillo's "Love Is A Gun", adapting author Jeff Guinn's novel "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde":
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The dim-witted bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The dim-witted bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
- 5/1/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Existence, a survival story based on a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski who penned the hit thriller The Shallows, will be directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist) and produced by Tucker Tooley Entertainment. The harrowing story was inspired by the 1981 ill-fated shipwreck of a research vessel that became marooned after a typhoon on a remote island — the North Sentinel Island –in the Indian Ocean.
Upon exploring the terrain, the surviving crew encounters multiple terrors not only from the forces of nature but also from a sect of people who have existed in a primal state for about 60,000 years. Widely considered to be the last remaining Pre-Neolithic society on Earth, the North Sentinelese tribesmen have successfully saved themselves from extinction by exercising their right to resist all integration with the outside world – avoiding the catastrophic violence and disease that such contact has historically brought to other indigenous people.
Tooley will produce...
Upon exploring the terrain, the surviving crew encounters multiple terrors not only from the forces of nature but also from a sect of people who have existed in a primal state for about 60,000 years. Widely considered to be the last remaining Pre-Neolithic society on Earth, the North Sentinelese tribesmen have successfully saved themselves from extinction by exercising their right to resist all integration with the outside world – avoiding the catastrophic violence and disease that such contact has historically brought to other indigenous people.
Tooley will produce...
- 2/5/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix announced on Monday that its upcoming film, “The Highwaymen,” starring Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner will debut on the platform on March 29, 2019.
The film directed by John Lee Hancock (“The Blindside”) follows the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde, during a time when outlaws made headlines and lawmen made history.
When the full force of the FBI and the latest forensic technology aren’t enough to capture the nation’s most notorious criminals, two former Texas Rangers (Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson) must rely on their gut instincts and old school skills to get the job done, according to Netflix’s description.
Also Read: Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas Drama 'Midway' Gets 2019 Release Date
The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. From director John Lee Hancock, #TheHighwaymen follows the untold true story of the detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.
The film directed by John Lee Hancock (“The Blindside”) follows the untold true story of the legendary detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde, during a time when outlaws made headlines and lawmen made history.
When the full force of the FBI and the latest forensic technology aren’t enough to capture the nation’s most notorious criminals, two former Texas Rangers (Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson) must rely on their gut instincts and old school skills to get the job done, according to Netflix’s description.
Also Read: Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas Drama 'Midway' Gets 2019 Release Date
The outlaws made headlines. The lawmen made history. From director John Lee Hancock, #TheHighwaymen follows the untold true story of the detectives who brought down Bonnie and Clyde.
- 12/10/2018
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
Tensions at the Peoples Temple camp at Jonestown came to a head with a visit from a concerned congressman. In November 1978, Representative Leo Ryan had flown in with a group of journalists to see just what was going on in the jungle of Guyana, where constituents in Ryan’s home state of California feared their loved ones were trapped in an abusive cult. The morning the delegation was planning to leave, NBC’s Don Harris confronted the leader, Jim Jones, on camera. Someone had passed him a note the night before that said,...
- 11/5/2018
- by Andrea Marks
- Rollingstone.com
Chloë Grace Moretz of "Kick-Ass" fame and Jack O’Connell ("Unbroken") will star as moronic, 1930's killers, bank robbers 'Bonnie And Clyde' in director Kiké Maillo's "Love Is A Gun", adapting author Jeff Guinn's novel "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde", targeting an early 2019 start:
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The dim-witted bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films ("A Private War") are producing with Sean and Bryan Furst ("Daybreakers") for Skybound Entertainment.
The dim-witted bank-robbers killed at least nine police officers and several civilians.
A snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk...
...but a steady stream of photographs kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
- 10/31/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell have been lined up to play the notorious crime bandits and lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in a new version of their misdemeanours in a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ movie.
The film is based on Jeff Guinn’s ‘Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde’ and will look to be a more character driven story on the pair than we have previously seen.
Bonnie and Clyde gained renown during the Great Depression as they committed multiple bank and store robberies from 1931 to 1935. They are believed to have killed at least nine police officers before they were slain in Louisiana.
Also in news – Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson to front action-thriller ‘Waldo’
“We are excited to reintroduce the iconic story of Bonnie and Clyde,” said the producers. “Their story remains ubiquitous in popular culture across the globe, yet few in...
The film is based on Jeff Guinn’s ‘Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde’ and will look to be a more character driven story on the pair than we have previously seen.
Bonnie and Clyde gained renown during the Great Depression as they committed multiple bank and store robberies from 1931 to 1935. They are believed to have killed at least nine police officers before they were slain in Louisiana.
Also in news – Charlie Hunnam and Mel Gibson to front action-thriller ‘Waldo’
“We are excited to reintroduce the iconic story of Bonnie and Clyde,” said the producers. “Their story remains ubiquitous in popular culture across the globe, yet few in...
- 10/31/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There’s a new Bonnie and Clyde film in development called Love is a Gun and the two legendary outlaws will be played by Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken).
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
This movie is is based on a book called Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde from author Jeff Guinn. The script for the movie is being written by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos) and Kiké Maillo (Eva) is directing.
There hasn’t been a Bonnie and Clyde movie made since Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway’s classic 1967 film. I’m kinda surprised it’s taken so long to tell their story on the big screed again.
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were notorious criminals who traveled central U.S. with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and killing when cornered or confronted.
- 10/31/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Tony Sokol Oct 30, 2018
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow turned a depression-era crime spree into an American legend. Love Is A Gun continues the tale.
"I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde," Desmond Dekker and the Aces sang in their 1969 reggae hit "Israelites." Unless it's in the movies. Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, broke the boundaries of stylized violence to expand the gangster movie genre. Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star as the iconic thieving lovers in Love Is A Gun, coming from director Kiké Maillo, according to Variety.
Love Is a Gun is based on Jeff Guinn's bestselling book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. The screenplay was written by Shelton Turner (Up in the Air), wit revisions by Johnny Newman...
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow turned a depression-era crime spree into an American legend. Love Is A Gun continues the tale.
"I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde," Desmond Dekker and the Aces sang in their 1969 reggae hit "Israelites." Unless it's in the movies. Arthur Penn's 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, which starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, broke the boundaries of stylized violence to expand the gangster movie genre. Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star as the iconic thieving lovers in Love Is A Gun, coming from director Kiké Maillo, according to Variety.
Love Is a Gun is based on Jeff Guinn's bestselling book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. The screenplay was written by Shelton Turner (Up in the Air), wit revisions by Johnny Newman...
- 10/31/2018
- Den of Geek
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell will play Bonnie and Clyde in Kike Maillo’s “Love Is a Gun,” Endeavor Content announced on Tuesday.
“Love Is a Gun” is based on “Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by bestselling author Jeff Guinn. Oscar nominee Shelton Turner (“Up in the Air”) wrote the screenplay, while Johnny Newman (“Narcos”) added revisions. “Love Is a Gun” follows the emotional story of two of history’s most famous lovers.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
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“We are excited to reintroduce the iconic story of Bonnie and Clyde. Their story remains ubiquitous in popular culture across the globe, yet few in this generation know the details of their intimate love affair...
“Love Is a Gun” is based on “Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by bestselling author Jeff Guinn. Oscar nominee Shelton Turner (“Up in the Air”) wrote the screenplay, while Johnny Newman (“Narcos”) added revisions. “Love Is a Gun” follows the emotional story of two of history’s most famous lovers.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
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“We are excited to reintroduce the iconic story of Bonnie and Clyde. Their story remains ubiquitous in popular culture across the globe, yet few in this generation know the details of their intimate love affair...
- 10/30/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in the Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow story Love Is a Gun with Spanish helmer Kiké Maillo directing.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment. The project is based on Jeff Guinn’s "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" and written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment. The project is based on Jeff Guinn’s "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" and written by Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman.
- 10/30/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Sean and Bryan Furst (The Matador) among producers.
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in Kiké Maillo’s Bonnie and Clyde drama Love Is A Gun, which Endeavor Content is introducing to Afm buyers this week.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing the gritty love story about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
Production is scheduled to start in early 2019. CAA jointly represents the film in the Us with the producers. Love Is A Gun is based on Sheldon Turner’s...
Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack O’Connell are attached to star in Kiké Maillo’s Bonnie and Clyde drama Love Is A Gun, which Endeavor Content is introducing to Afm buyers this week.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing the gritty love story about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow alongside Sean and Bryan Furst of Skybound Entertainment.
Production is scheduled to start in early 2019. CAA jointly represents the film in the Us with the producers. Love Is A Gun is based on Sheldon Turner’s...
- 10/30/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Chloë Grace Moretz (Greta) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken) are attached to star as iconic outlaws Bonnie and Clyde in Kiké Maillo’s (Eva) Love Is A Gun.
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) of Skybound Entertainment. Endeavor Content is handling international sales and will present the project to buyers at AFM. CAA is co-repping domestic with the producers.
The story is based on author Jeff Guinn’s (Manson: The Life And Times of Charles Manson) book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde and adapted by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos). Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 and the movie is set in the 1930s.
This is an audacious effort, seeing as the iconic couple have not been tackled for the big screen...
Marissa McMahon and Ashley Schlaifer of Kamala Films (A Private War) are producing alongside Sean and Bryan Furst (Daybreakers) of Skybound Entertainment. Endeavor Content is handling international sales and will present the project to buyers at AFM. CAA is co-repping domestic with the producers.
The story is based on author Jeff Guinn’s (Manson: The Life And Times of Charles Manson) book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story Of Bonnie And Clyde and adapted by Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos). Production is scheduled to start in early 2019 and the movie is set in the 1930s.
This is an audacious effort, seeing as the iconic couple have not been tackled for the big screen...
- 10/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
More than 50 years after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned them into cinematic icons, Bonnie and Clyde are heading back to the big screen.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love Is a Gun, which will be directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box-office hit in his native Spain.
Based on best-selling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love ...
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love Is a Gun, which will be directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box-office hit in his native Spain.
Based on best-selling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love ...
- 10/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
More than 50 years after Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway turned them into cinematic icons, Bonnie and Clyde are heading back to the big screen.
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love is a Gun, being directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box office hit in his native Spain.
Based on bestselling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love is ...
Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack O'Connell are teaming up to play the notorious Depression-era criminal duo for Love is a Gun, being directed by Kike Maillo, whose 2016 film Toro became a box office hit in his native Spain.
Based on bestselling author Jeff Guinn’s Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde and written by Oscar-nominee Sheldon Turner (Up In The Air) with revisions by Johnny Newman (Narcos), Love is ...
- 10/30/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The history and aftermath of the Jonestown commune is still difficult to comprehend, whether you’re talking about it or trying to show the kind of devotion that would drive so many followers to lose their lives. Yet the new docuseries “Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle” will look to dissect as much of the tragic saga as possible in four parts, airing next month on SundanceTV.
The series follows eventual Jonestown leader Jim Jones from his origins as a civil rights-oriented preacher to the creation of Peoples Temple and through the group’s move to Guyana. It was there that over 900 of Jones’ followers died. Through archival footage and recently declassified federal intel, “Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle” outlines the deaths that happened both voluntarily and by force.
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The series follows eventual Jonestown leader Jim Jones from his origins as a civil rights-oriented preacher to the creation of Peoples Temple and through the group’s move to Guyana. It was there that over 900 of Jones’ followers died. Through archival footage and recently declassified federal intel, “Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle” outlines the deaths that happened both voluntarily and by force.
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- 10/19/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Sundance TV and its direct-to-consumer Svod service, Sundance Now, revealed highlights of their fall lineups today at the Television Critics Assn. press tour.
Sundance TV Highlights:
Deutschland 86 (Season 2 premiere; 10 episodes)
Thursday, October 25th at 12a Et / 11p C
Created by Anna Winger and Jörg Winger, Deutschland 86 follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), his Aunt Lenora (Maria Schrader) and their colleagues at the East German foreign intelligence agency (Hva). Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is called back into the field. Dark deals and a dangerous mission lead him to South Africa, Angola, Libya, Paris, West Berlin, and finally back to East Berlin, where he must make a decision.
The first season of the series (Deutschland 83) won an International Emmy, a Peabody Award, an Adolf Grimme Award and a Golden Camera award in Germany. Jonas Nay was honored with the 2016 Golden Nymph for Best Actor at the Festival de Television in Monte Carlo,...
Sundance TV Highlights:
Deutschland 86 (Season 2 premiere; 10 episodes)
Thursday, October 25th at 12a Et / 11p C
Created by Anna Winger and Jörg Winger, Deutschland 86 follows Martin Rauch (Jonas Nay), his Aunt Lenora (Maria Schrader) and their colleagues at the East German foreign intelligence agency (Hva). Long banished to Africa for his sins in 1983, Martin Rauch is called back into the field. Dark deals and a dangerous mission lead him to South Africa, Angola, Libya, Paris, West Berlin, and finally back to East Berlin, where he must make a decision.
The first season of the series (Deutschland 83) won an International Emmy, a Peabody Award, an Adolf Grimme Award and a Golden Camera award in Germany. Jonas Nay was honored with the 2016 Golden Nymph for Best Actor at the Festival de Television in Monte Carlo,...
- 7/28/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Why would someone want to be related to Charles Manson?
Jason Freeman is likely accustomed to that question. A 41-year-old oil rig worker and father of three from Florida, Freeman has long believed he is the mass murderer’s grandson, born in 1976 to Charles Manson, Jr.
Freeman tells People he first learned about his purported infamous family history as a teen. In recent years, before Manson’s death Sunday at 83, he had pushed to have a relationship with the one of the most reviled figures in United States history.
Freeman says he has talked to Manson by phone from prison for years,...
Jason Freeman is likely accustomed to that question. A 41-year-old oil rig worker and father of three from Florida, Freeman has long believed he is the mass murderer’s grandson, born in 1976 to Charles Manson, Jr.
Freeman tells People he first learned about his purported infamous family history as a teen. In recent years, before Manson’s death Sunday at 83, he had pushed to have a relationship with the one of the most reviled figures in United States history.
Freeman says he has talked to Manson by phone from prison for years,...
- 11/23/2017
- by Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Before Charles Manson — who died on Sunday at age 83 — and his murderous “family” of followers embarked on a plan to kill famous people in the ’60s, the group sought out celebrities as friends, roommates and professional connections.
Manson was drawn to the famous and glamorous, biographer Jeff Guinn explains to People: “Manson fully intended to become the most famous rock ’n’ roll star in history” — and he worked to connect with those who he believed could aid his career.
The time period is also important, Guinn says: From the mid- to late-‘60s, many celebrities embraced an egalitarian idea that...
Manson was drawn to the famous and glamorous, biographer Jeff Guinn explains to People: “Manson fully intended to become the most famous rock ’n’ roll star in history” — and he worked to connect with those who he believed could aid his career.
The time period is also important, Guinn says: From the mid- to late-‘60s, many celebrities embraced an egalitarian idea that...
- 11/20/2017
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
In the summer of 1969, a group of young people led by Charles Manson sent a wave of terror through the hills of the Los Angeles area, leaving a trail of bodies behind them.
Nearly 50 years later, here’s what you need to know about the cult’s violence, its victims and where the killers are now.
The ‘Family’ Forms
Manson began attracting followers after he was released from prison in March 1967. But before he and his murderous group embarked on a plan to kill famous people, they sought out celebrities as friends, roommates and professional connections.
As Dianne Lake, the...
Nearly 50 years later, here’s what you need to know about the cult’s violence, its victims and where the killers are now.
The ‘Family’ Forms
Manson began attracting followers after he was released from prison in March 1967. But before he and his murderous group embarked on a plan to kill famous people, they sought out celebrities as friends, roommates and professional connections.
As Dianne Lake, the...
- 10/20/2017
- by Elaine Aradillas
- PEOPLE.com
Limitless director Neil Burger – who is currently lined up to direct the videogame vehicle Uncharted -- is in talks to lead an adaptation of Jeff Guinn's non-fiction tale, Go Down Together, about Great Depression gangsters Bonnie and Clyde. Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner is writing the screen chronicle of America's criminal couple. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway transformed Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker's real-life story into iconic characters for Arthur Penn's 1967 film. With Guinn's book being based in gritty reality -- removing the romantic and folkloric touches that Hollywood has always treated the tale to -- it will be interesting to see what Burger and company do with the origin story. Bonnie and Clyde terrorized the Midwest by robbing banks...
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- 7/26/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
Limitless director Neil Burger – who is currently lined up to direct the videogame vehicle Uncharted -- is in talks to lead an adaptation of Jeff Guinn's non-fiction tale, Go Down Together, about Great Depression gangsters Bonnie and Clyde. Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner is writing the screen chronicle of America's criminal couple. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway transformed Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker's real-life story into iconic characters for Arthur Penn's 1967 film. With Guinn's book being based in gritty reality -- removing the romantic and folkloric touches that Hollywood has always treated the tale to -- it will be interesting to see what Burger and company do with the origin story. Bonnie and Clyde terrorized the Midwest by robbing banks...
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- 7/26/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
It looks like "Limitless" director Neil Burger currently has a lot on his plate. On top of recently taking over the video game adaptation of "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" for Columbia, Deadline is reporting that the director will be teaming up with screenwriter Sheldon Turner in an attempt to bring the infamous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde back to life.
This new film will be based on the biography by author Jeff Guinn entitled "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde", which provides a less romanticized view of the couple than the 1967 Arthur Penn film.
Yet, before you get all excited about an even darker film about this iconic couple, it should be noted that the film is being produced by Marissa McMahon. She is the wife of Shane McMahon, the son of the pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon. While I hope this isn't the case, don't be too...
This new film will be based on the biography by author Jeff Guinn entitled "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde", which provides a less romanticized view of the couple than the 1967 Arthur Penn film.
Yet, before you get all excited about an even darker film about this iconic couple, it should be noted that the film is being produced by Marissa McMahon. She is the wife of Shane McMahon, the son of the pro-wrestling mogul Vince McMahon. While I hope this isn't the case, don't be too...
- 7/26/2011
- by Reid Volk
- screeninglog.com
Limitless director Neil Burger is in talks to call the shots on Sheldon Tuner’s new Bonnie and Clyde script. Busy Burger is also on to direct the upcoming Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune game adaptation, while Turner is to make his directing debut with By Virtue Fall, after completing this script. Sheldon Turner, co-writer of 2009’s Oscar nominated Up in the Air is adapting the script from ‘Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde’ by Jeff Guinn, a non-fiction account of the...
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- 7/26/2011
- by Total Film
- TotalFilm
A new version of the classic rebels, Bonnie and Clyde, is in the works. Neil Burger (Limitless) is looking at directing Go Down Together, based on Jeff Guinn’s best-selling novel.
Bestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Go Down Together has it all—true romance, rebellion against authority, bullets flying, cars crashing, and, in the end, a dramatic death at the hands of a celebrity lawman.
This is the real story of Bonnie and Clyde and their troubled times, delivered with cinematic sweep by a masterful storyteller.
Up in the Air‘s screenwriter Sheldon Turner is writing it. Go Down Together could be Burger’s follow-up to Uncharted, which he is in pre-production now on.
Bestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Go Down Together has it all—true romance, rebellion against authority, bullets flying, cars crashing, and, in the end, a dramatic death at the hands of a celebrity lawman.
This is the real story of Bonnie and Clyde and their troubled times, delivered with cinematic sweep by a masterful storyteller.
Up in the Air‘s screenwriter Sheldon Turner is writing it. Go Down Together could be Burger’s follow-up to Uncharted, which he is in pre-production now on.
- 7/26/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
Get ready for another Bonnie and Clyde movie. It's being reported that Neil Burger, director of such films as The Illusionist (the Edward Norton one) and more recently Limitless, is now in talks to adapt a book entitled Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Oscar-winning Up in the Air screenwriter Sheldon Turner is also in talks to write the screenplay. Written by Jeff Guinn and published last year by Simon & Schuster, the book is said to tell a far less romanticized version of the famous outlaw tale than the one portrayed in Arthur Penn's 1967 masterpiece. Details highlighted include the fact that Clyde's first murder was of his sexually abusive prison cell mate and that Bonnie was a prostitute...
- 7/26/2011
- Screen Anarchy
It seems the sky is the er, limit for Neil Burger; after achieving success with psychological thriller Limitless, the director has signed on for a reboot of Bonnie and Clyde.
The crime caper remake will be penned by Up in the Air scriptwriter Sheldon Turner from Jeff Guinn’s We Both Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
The remake faces some hefty pressure from its predecessor, the 1967 Arthur Penn film, starring Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, which won 2 Academy Awards in 1968.
Since then there have been several versions of the heisting duo, some more iconic than others.
In a nod to Penn’s original crime couple, 1994’s Pulp Fiction sees Pumpkin and Honey Bunny rob a diner in the opening moments of the film.
While Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde will be amongst the lesser known and remembered Bonnie and Clyde inspired movies.
The crime caper remake will be penned by Up in the Air scriptwriter Sheldon Turner from Jeff Guinn’s We Both Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
The remake faces some hefty pressure from its predecessor, the 1967 Arthur Penn film, starring Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, which won 2 Academy Awards in 1968.
Since then there have been several versions of the heisting duo, some more iconic than others.
In a nod to Penn’s original crime couple, 1994’s Pulp Fiction sees Pumpkin and Honey Bunny rob a diner in the opening moments of the film.
While Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde will be amongst the lesser known and remembered Bonnie and Clyde inspired movies.
- 7/26/2011
- by jennifer.trevorrow@lovefilm.com (Jennifer Trevorrow)
- LOVEFiLM
Neil Burger ("Limitless") is in talks to direct a new take on classic Depression Era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde for Kamala Films reports Deadline.
The film will be based on Jeff Guinn's 2010 book "Go Down Together" which gives us a less romanticized version of the duo than seen in the classic 1967 film with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
Such potential details include Bonnie Parker's life as a prostitute before meeting Clyde, and Clyde's first victim - a cell mate who had raped him repeatedly.
Sheldon Turner is penning the script while Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon will produce. Burger is not yet set and is scheduled to shoot the "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" adaptation as his next project.
The film will be based on Jeff Guinn's 2010 book "Go Down Together" which gives us a less romanticized version of the duo than seen in the classic 1967 film with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
Such potential details include Bonnie Parker's life as a prostitute before meeting Clyde, and Clyde's first victim - a cell mate who had raped him repeatedly.
Sheldon Turner is penning the script while Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon will produce. Burger is not yet set and is scheduled to shoot the "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" adaptation as his next project.
- 7/26/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Previous books and films, including the 1967 movie starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, have pointed out the presumed glamour of America’s most notorious criminal duo. The new old story of the lovebird outlaws, the Depression-era lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who thrived in the 1930s will be worked up for a big-screen as the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum.
The source material for a script is 2009 book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn. Limitless director Neil Burger is in talks to helm the project. Oscar-nominated penner Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) will be writing the adaptation.
Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon will bring another version of Bonnie and Clyde to the silver screen that promises to be shocking in its own way.
According to the book, Clyde was sexually abused in prison and Bonnie was a prostitute.
The source material for a script is 2009 book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn. Limitless director Neil Burger is in talks to helm the project. Oscar-nominated penner Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) will be writing the adaptation.
Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon will bring another version of Bonnie and Clyde to the silver screen that promises to be shocking in its own way.
According to the book, Clyde was sexually abused in prison and Bonnie was a prostitute.
- 7/26/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Neil Burger will bring a new version of "Bonnie and Clyde" story to the big screen. The "Limitless" director is in talks to helm "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde", which will see him joining forces with "Up in the Air" scribe Sheldon Turner.
Aside from this film project, Burger, the man behind "The Illusionist", has also been tapped to direct video game adaptation "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune". Turner, meanwhile, is set to make his directorial debut in an upcoming thriller "By Virtue Fall". He will write the script for "Bonnie and Clyde" before that.
"The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" itself was a book written by Jeff Guinn and published by Simon & Schuster in 2009. It tells the story of two America's legendary outlaws in the Great Depression era, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who were shot to dead after killing seven people.
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Aside from this film project, Burger, the man behind "The Illusionist", has also been tapped to direct video game adaptation "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune". Turner, meanwhile, is set to make his directorial debut in an upcoming thriller "By Virtue Fall". He will write the script for "Bonnie and Clyde" before that.
"The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" itself was a book written by Jeff Guinn and published by Simon & Schuster in 2009. It tells the story of two America's legendary outlaws in the Great Depression era, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, who were shot to dead after killing seven people.
The...
- 7/26/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
"Limitless" director Neil Burger has been in talks to direct a big screen version of the "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" video game. And is now in talks for a new Bonnie and Clyde movie. The story is based on Jeff Guinn's "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde" book. It is being adapted by Sheldon Turner (X-Men: First Class, Up in the Air). The book paints a less romanticized version than the 1967 film that starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. It tells the story of 22-year-old outlaws who were gunned down by a former Texas Ranger after they killed seven people. The first person Clyde Barrow killed was the cell mate who had sexually abused him repeatedly. Barrow had a strong code of honor: when a lifer in the prison took the rap for the killing, Barrow and his gang broke him out. The book also...
- 7/26/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
Limitless director Neil Burger will make a new movie based on the Bonnie and Clyde story. Burger's project, to be written by Up in the Air's Sheldon Turner, will reportedly be a less romanticised interpretation of the Depression Era outlaws than the 1967 film that starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The first person Clyde Barrow murdered was a cellmate who sexually abused him, while Bonnie Parker was allegedly a prostitute before embarking on a crime spree with Barrow. Both were gunned down in 1934 after an ambush in Louisiana. Jeff Guinn's book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie (more)...
- 7/26/2011
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Director Neil Burger ("Limitless) is now attached to a new take on 1930's killers 'Bonnie Parker' and 'Clyde Barrow', based on the novel "Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde", by author Jeff Guinn.
The bank-robbers are believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders.
A playful snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. But a steady stream of sassy photographs supplied by Bonnie kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
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The bank-robbers are believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders.
A playful snapshot of the couple found at an abandoned hide-out, with pistol-toting Bonnie smoking a cigar, was subsequently distributed to the press, positioning the unmarried outlaws on the national media scene, launching their brief careers as 'fun-loving' criminal superstars.
Without Bonnie, the media outside Texas might have dismissed Clyde as a gun-toting punk, if it ever considered him at all. But a steady stream of sassy photographs supplied by Bonnie kept the media and the Depression-era public wanting more.
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- 7/26/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
In the wake of the success of Limitless, Neil Burger has already signed to make Sony's video game adaptation Uncharted. But a new draft of that script is in the works, and even though he's also writing, one expects there is no small amount of dealing with Sony to get that screenplay crafted, especially after the time spent with David O. Russell's now-aborted Uncharted script. In other words: that one might take a minute to come together. So Mr. Burger has set up a parallel development project. He's attached to direct a new version of the Bonnie and Clyde story, with Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) scripting based on the book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde. Variety [1] reports the important details and says that the Jeff Guinn book chronicles the crime tale that became among the first New Hollywood classics under the...
- 7/26/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were forever immortalized in Arthur Penn‘s classic 1967 film starring Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, and any subsequent portrayal of them has to live in that film’s shadow. This is a challenge that Limitless and future Uncharted director Neil Burger might take, because Variety tells us that he’s in talks to direct a film about the murdering bank robbers.
Based on Jeff Guinn‘s book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, the script is being written by Oscar-nominated Up in the Air co-writer Sheldon Turner. He’s a screenwriter who seems to be getting into the gangster business a bit; he’ll also write Michael Mann‘s Tuna, another true story, which focuses on Chicago mobster Tony Accardo and his successor, Sam Giancana. Produced by Sean & Bryan Furst, as well as financier Marissa McMahon (of Kamala Films), the...
Based on Jeff Guinn‘s book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, the script is being written by Oscar-nominated Up in the Air co-writer Sheldon Turner. He’s a screenwriter who seems to be getting into the gangster business a bit; he’ll also write Michael Mann‘s Tuna, another true story, which focuses on Chicago mobster Tony Accardo and his successor, Sam Giancana. Produced by Sean & Bryan Furst, as well as financier Marissa McMahon (of Kamala Films), the...
- 7/26/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
I am sorry for the rather lackluster news day today. I have been working on putting together my Toronto International Film Festival hub and prepping some Blu-ray reviews for tomorrow, so hopefully things will turn around soon. For now, here are some minor news stories to keep you occupied.
We'll begin with non-casting news and start with Bryan Cranston (Drive) who was set to star in Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad, but apparently a scheduling conflict with Ben Affleck's Argo will prevent him from participating. During press rounds for 30 Minutes or Less Fleischer said, "[We] were hoping he would be able to do Argo and then do our film, but it doesn't look that way. Everybody wants a piece of Bryan now. He's the belle of the ball." [Blackbook via Slashfilm]
Rhys Ifans who will play the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man was recently rumored to have secured a role in James Bond 23,...
We'll begin with non-casting news and start with Bryan Cranston (Drive) who was set to star in Ruben Fleischer's Gangster Squad, but apparently a scheduling conflict with Ben Affleck's Argo will prevent him from participating. During press rounds for 30 Minutes or Less Fleischer said, "[We] were hoping he would be able to do Argo and then do our film, but it doesn't look that way. Everybody wants a piece of Bryan now. He's the belle of the ball." [Blackbook via Slashfilm]
Rhys Ifans who will play the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man was recently rumored to have secured a role in James Bond 23,...
- 7/26/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
“Limitless” director Neil Burger is currently in talks to direct another Hollywood version of notorious Depression era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde for producers Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon. Burger hasn’t committed yet, and he’s already on the hook to direct “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune” for Sony Pictures, so even if he ends up signing on the dotted line, it’ll be a while yet before he can get to work on this. The latest version of the Tommy Gun-wielding outlaws, which will be based on the novel “Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde” by Jeff Guinn, will take a more authentic/true approach, with the outlaws presented as the 22-year olds they were in real life (19 when they first met) instead of, well, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, who were, ahem, nowhere near close to being 22 when they played the roles in Arthur Penn’s 1967 movie.
- 7/26/2011
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Off the back of the success of Limitless, director Neil Burger seems to be lining a batch of new projects. He’s already in negotiations to take on video game adaptation Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for Sony and now he’s attached to a new version of the story of legendary outlaws Bonnie and Clyde.Up in the Air scriptwriter Sheldon Turner will pen the screenplay, working from Jeff Guinn’s book We Both Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde.While you could argue that the 1967 Arthur Penn film, which saw Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow and Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker, remains the seminal treatment of the thieving, tragic, twosome, it was a more romanticised version of their real-life story (yes, even with them dying in a hail of hot lead.)Burger and Turner appear to be developing a much darker take on the tale,...
- 7/26/2011
- EmpireOnline
At the beginning of 2009 there was news about a new take on the story of outlaws Bonnie and Clyde with Hilary Duff and Kevin Zegers taking on the titular roles made famous by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Arthur Penn's 1967 film. However, we've yet to hear anything new on that project in over two years. But now Deadline has word on another project about the criminal duo as Limitless director Neil Burger will work with Up in the Air writer Sheldon Turner for an adaptation of Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, a book telling a much less romanticized version of the story. Read on! The Jeff Guinn written book really hones in on the tragedy of the story as Bonnie and Clyde eventually found themselves gunned down by a Texas Ranger when they were just 22-years old. By then they had already...
- 7/25/2011
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Limitless director Neil Burger will be developing a new film based on the true life depression era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. He is teaming up with screenwriter Sheldon Turner to tell the tale of the famous outlaws.
The movie will be an adaptation of the Jeff Guinn novel Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, which is a much different take on these people than what was portrayed in the Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway 1967 film. According to Deadline, " the outlaws were just 22 when they were gunned down by a former Texas Ranger after they'd killed seven people. The first person Clyde Barrow killed was the cell mate who had sexually abused him repeatedly. Barrow had a strong code of honor: when a lifer in the prison took the rap for the killing, Barrow and his gang broke him out. The book also suggests that Bonnie Parker...
The movie will be an adaptation of the Jeff Guinn novel Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, which is a much different take on these people than what was portrayed in the Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway 1967 film. According to Deadline, " the outlaws were just 22 when they were gunned down by a former Texas Ranger after they'd killed seven people. The first person Clyde Barrow killed was the cell mate who had sexually abused him repeatedly. Barrow had a strong code of honor: when a lifer in the prison took the rap for the killing, Barrow and his gang broke him out. The book also suggests that Bonnie Parker...
- 7/25/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
While that headline might sound odd, this story is not about a modern day retelling of the story of Bonnie and Clyde, the notorious outlaws who thrived in the 1930s. Neil Burger will be working up a script with Up In the Air scribe Sheldon Turner for a new, more accurate look at the pair as they enjoyed their illustrious criminal careers during the Great Depression, until being taken down in a famous hail of gunfire. According to Deadline, the film will be based on a book released in 2009 called Go Down Together: The True Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Jeff Guinn in which accounts of the pair and their Barrow gang are .de-romanticized., telling truths conveniently left out of other accounts, such as the 1968 Warren Beatty representation. The pair were very young when they were killed; Clyde Barrow was a poor boy who stole chickens before upgrading...
- 7/25/2011
- cinemablend.com
Exclusive: Limitless helmer Neil Burger is in talks to team up with screenwriter Sheldon Turner and producers Sean and Bryan Furst and Marissa McMahon to bring to the screen a new version of the Depression Era outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. Rights have been acquired by financier McMahon and her Kamala Films banner on Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde, a book by Jeff Guinn published last year by Simon & Schuster. The book paints a less romanticized version than the 1967 Arthur Penn-directed film that starred Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. For one thing, the outlaws were just 22 when they were gunned down by a former Texas Ranger after they'd killed seven people. The first person Clyde Barrow killed was the cell mate who had sexually abused him repeatedly. Barrow had a strong code of honor: when a lifer in the prison took the rap for the killing,...
- 7/25/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Filed under: Movie News
Nearly eighty years after they were gunned down, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are back with a big-screen film and a new musical.
The Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway 'Bonnie and Clyde' set a new bar for cinematic violence back in 1967, with the duo dying in an agonizing hail of bullets that shocked and scandalized audiences.
Neil Burger ('Limitless') has just agreed to direct a version that promises to be shocking in its own way.
The new film will be based on 'Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde' by Jeff Guinn, who claims that before hooking up with Barrow, Bonnie Parker was a prostitute and that Clyde's first murder was the cell mate who had repeatedly sexually abused him.
Those were details that didn't emerge in the 1967 Arthur Penn version, although Clyde's impotence was cited as a motivation for his hair-trigger temper.
Nearly eighty years after they were gunned down, outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are back with a big-screen film and a new musical.
The Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway 'Bonnie and Clyde' set a new bar for cinematic violence back in 1967, with the duo dying in an agonizing hail of bullets that shocked and scandalized audiences.
Neil Burger ('Limitless') has just agreed to direct a version that promises to be shocking in its own way.
The new film will be based on 'Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde' by Jeff Guinn, who claims that before hooking up with Barrow, Bonnie Parker was a prostitute and that Clyde's first murder was the cell mate who had repeatedly sexually abused him.
Those were details that didn't emerge in the 1967 Arthur Penn version, although Clyde's impotence was cited as a motivation for his hair-trigger temper.
- 7/25/2011
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Neil Burger appears to have some interest in boarding an upcoming feature film version of the book Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde , Deadline reports. Written by Jeff Guinn, the factual account of the world's most famous outlaw couple was released in 2009 and is described as follows: Bestselling author Jeff Guinn combines exhaustive research with surprising, newly discovered material to tell the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more important, fame. Go Down Together has it all.true romance, rebellion against authority, bullets flying, cars crashing, and, in the end, a dramatic death at the hands of a celebrity lawman. This is the real...
- 7/25/2011
- Comingsoon.net
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