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According to Deadline Writer-director Michael Mann , long one of the most literate translators of words to the screen, has made a deal to launch Michael Mann Books. The imprint will generate a series of novels with a stable of writers and the properties will simultaneously be developed for film and television. Mann will look through his own long list of credits for ideas, and a big piece of news here is that high on the priority list is a prequel novel dealing with the principal characters of Heat, Mann’s seminal crime thriller. The prequel novel will cover the formative years of homicide detective Vincent Hanna ( Al Pacino ), Neil McCauley ( Robert De Niro ), Chris Shihirles ( Val Kilmer ), McCauley’s accomplice Nate ( Jon Voight ), and other characters so brilliantly layered in the 1995 film. Mann based that film on stories of a lot of real criminals and cops, and references to past experiences are peppered throughout the picture. It’s a bit of reverse engineering, since so man

BEYOND FEST ANNOUNCES ITS FULL SLATE FOR THE RETURN OF LA'S BIGGEST GENRE FILM FESTIVAL LEGEND, THE ASSASSIN, BONE TOMAHAWK, YAKUZA APOCALYPSE, THE INVITATION, THE MIND'S EYE , and SOUTHBOUND join Bruce Campbell, Edgar Wright, Al Pacino, Brett Ratner, Henry Rollins, Shepard Fairey, Fabio Frizzi , Die Antwoord's Ninja and The Meltdown's Jonah & Kumai l for a slate featuring 16 West Coast Premieres, iconic repertory titles, and live musical performances! Beyond Fest, the highest attended genre film festival in the US, is excited to announce its full slate of 2015 programming featuring 25 events of mind-bending, movie madness. Presented by Shudder, Beyond Fest returns to Hollywood's famed Egyptian Theatre for 11 days of movies, music and mayhem spanning Thursday, October 1st - Monday, October 12th to generate funds for co-presenter, the nonprofit American Cinematheque. With a diverse slate that includes films from all corners of the globe Beyond Fest is

MANGLEHORN WILL BE RELEASED IN LOS ANGELES ON FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH AT THE SUNDANCE SUNSET CINEMA. Reclusive small town locksmith A.J. Manglehorn (Academy Award® winner Al Pacino ) has never quite recovered from losing the love of his life, Clara. Fixated on her memory, he feels closer to his beloved cat than the people around him and prefers to find comfort in his work and daily routine. Still, he forges on with his tenuous human connections, maintaining intermittent contact with his son ( Chris Messina ), taking misplaced pride in a former protégé gone astray (filmmaker Harmony Korine), and establishing a cautious friendship with a kindhearted woman from the local bank (Academy Award® winner Holly Hunter ). As this solitary man approaches the possibility of new love, he finds himself at a crossroads between staying mired in the past and embracing the present. Instilled with director David Gordon Green's unique brand of eccentricity and anchored by a remarkably rich, understat

Say hello to my little friend — again. According to THR , Universal is moving forward with its Scarface remake and has tapped Straight Outta Compton writer Jonathan Herman to do the rewrite. Paul Attanasio and David Ayer wrote previous drafts of the film, which will be a new and original take on the immigrant story, which spawned films in 1932 and 1983. The 1983 version, which was released by Universal, tells the story of Cuban refugee Tony Montana ( Al Pacino ) who arrives in 1980s Miami with nothing and rises up to become a powerful drug kingpin. That film made the expression, "Say hello to my little friend," one of the most iconic lines in cinema. The new film will be set in Los Angeles and explore an immigrant's rise in the criminal underworld. Herman has become a go-to writer at Universal, having penned the Straight Outta Compton draft that received the green light from the studio. He is currently in development on The Demonologist and The Birds remake at

Bleecker Street has announced it will release I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS on Friday, May 15, 2015 and PAWN SACRIFICE on Friday, September 18, 2015 (San Francisco/Bay Area/Sacramento dates for both of these films are still TBD). UPCOMING “ DANNY COLLINS ” TO OPEN IN SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA ON FRIDAY, MARCH 27. DANNY COLLINS will open in the San Francisco/Bay Area on Friday, March 27, 2015. Sacramento opening date is either April 3 or April 10, 2015 I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS , directed by Brett Haley, had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival where it received a standing ovation for its star, Blythe Danner. The film stars Ms. Danner as a widow who’s settled into her life and her age, until a series of events propel her into a renewed engagement with the people and the world around her. The film also stars Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman, and Mary Kay Plac e. The film was written by Brett Haley and Marc Basch and produced by Reb

The Humbling is an uneven, meandering affair that proves VOD is more dumping ground than viable alternative. Review by Matt Cummings In Director Barry Levinson's The Humbling , Al Pacino plays Simon Axler, a once famous stage actor who, after literally falling off stage, seeks to evaluate his life before father time takes it from him. He soon meets the daughter of his closest friend (Great Gerwig), a lesbian who's left a trail of pathetic exes in her wake, and the two strike up a relationship. Unfortunately, Simon isn't prepared for the chaos Pegeen will bring, as his dementia forces him to re-evaluate everything he knows. Based on the Phillip Roth novel, The Humbling can't decide if its a stinging satire or skit comedy. It starts off self-assured with several comedic skits that keep our attention, including Nina Ariana, a fellow nuthouse resident who wants to kill her husband for molesting their daughter. But the tide turns when Gerwig enters the pictu

ALCHEMY , THE NEW BRAND NAME OF THE FORMERLY TITLED MILLENNIUM ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY. Rebrand Encompasses New Direction and Focus of Leading Independent Distributor of Film and Television Content CEO Bill Lee announced today that Alchemy is the new brand name of the company formerly known as Millennium Entertainment . The rebrand comes five months after a management team led by Lee and private investment firm Virgo Investment Group LLC partnered to acquire the Millennium Entertainment catalog assets and distribution platform from a consortium of investors. "Our new brand name encapsulates our culture, our ambitious mission, and our dedication as a company to working with leading filmmakers and producers to create and deliver the finest content," said Lee. " Alchemy is a seemingly magical process of creation and transformation through combination. The name embodies our goals of uniting storytellers and their audiences in one dynamic community. We believ

The Humbling is an erotic comedy film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Buck Henry and Michal Zebede, based on the 2009 novel, The Humbling, written by Philip Roth. The film stars Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Dianne Wiest, Charles Grodin and Mandy Patinkin . Simon Axler, an aged and addled actor has his world turned upside down after he embarks upon an affair with a lesbian. See all the images after the Jump... Please Leave A Comment-

Official trailer for THE HUMBLING starring Al Pacino , In theaters and On Demand January 23, 2015: Starring Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Kyra Sedgwick, Dianne Wiest, Dylan Baker, Charles Grodin and Nina Arianda . Based on Phillip Roth’s final novel, The Humbling tells the story of over-the-hill stage actor Simon Axler ( Al Pacino ) and his struggle to find his passion for life again. Near his breaking point, he finds motivation in the form of a young and lustful lesbian Pegeen Stapleford ( Greta Gerwig ), but as their relationship heats up Simon has a hard time keeping up with the youthful Pegeen. The Humbling is directed by Barry Levinson and also stars Dianne Wiest, Kyra Sedgwick, Dylan Baker, Charles Grodin and Nina Arianda . Millennium Entertainment will release THE HUMBLING in theaters and On Demand/iTunes January 23, 2014. Please Leave A Comment-

In a pre-Cannes move, Jennifer Garner and Michael Caine have joined Al Pacino, Annette Bening and Bobby Cannavale in Dan Fogelman’s “Imagine.” Denise DiNovi, Jessie Nelson and Nimitt Mankand are producing. Project had been set up at Warner Bros. but will be independently financed by Inimitable Pictures’ Nimitt Mankad and Shivani Rawat through a film fund backed by Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5 Hour Energy. Script by Fogelman centers on a rocker ( played by Pacino ) who decides to change his life after discovering a letter written to him by John Lennon — prompting him to track down his biological son, whom he’s never met. Fogelman, whose writing credits include “Tangled,” “Crazy Stupid Love” and “My Mother’s Curse,” will make his directorial debut on “ Imagine .” Caine will portray the longtime manager of Pacino’s character and Garner will play his daughter in law. Garrrett told Variety that the project will tap into the expanding demo of aging moviegoers. “There’s a

Here is Universal Pictures 2013 SPRING/SUMMER PREVIEW for you to enjoy. FAST & FURIOUS 6 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson lead the returning cast of all-stars as the global blockbuster franchise built on speed races to its next continent in Fast & Furious 6 . Reuniting for their most high-stakes adventure yet, fan favorites Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Elsa Pataky are joined by badass series newcomers Luke Evans and Gina Carano . Since Dom ( Diesel ) and Brian's ( Walker ) Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs ( Johnson ) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind ( Evans ) is aided by a ruthless se

Win your tickets to see an advance screening for STAND UP GUYS ! The screening is on Wednesday, January 23, 7pm at Landmark Embarcadero in San Francisco. STAND UP GUYS  is a crime-comedy film directed by Fisher Stevens and starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin . The film is scheduled for North American release on January 11, 2013. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for the song " Not Running Anymore " from Jon Bon Jovi . STAND UP GUYS stars Academy Award® winners Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in a tough but touching action comedy as retired gangsters who reunite for one epic last night. VAL ( Al Pacino ) is released from prison after serving twenty-eight years for refusing to give up one of his close criminal associates. His best friend DOC ( Christopher Walken ) is there to pick him up, and the two soon reteam with another old pal, HIRSCH ( Alan Arkin ). Their bond is as strong as ev

In what will be one of the hot packages at the upcoming AFM, Inimitable Pictures and Mister Smith Entertainment are teaming for Imagine. Dan Fogelman will direct his script and Al Pacino, Jeremy Renner and Julianne Moore will star. Denise DiNovi, who teamed with Fogelman on Crazy, Stupid, Love , will produce alongside Jessie Nelson and Nimitt Mankad, and Shivani Rawat exec producing. This is the script that Fogelman originally sold for $3 million to Warner Bros with Steve Carell attached. It will instead be funded independently by Inimitable Pictures’ Mankad and Rawat through a film fund backed by Manoj Bhargava, founder of the 5 Hour Energy drink. Principal photography will commence late April/early May 2013. Pacino will play an aging 1970s rock star who is still packing arenas and living a decadent life with a girlfriend way too young for him. On his 64th birthday, he discovers an undelivered letter written to his 19-year-old self from his hero John Lennon. He decides to str

CBS’ Good Wife is hooking up with some Stand Up Guys . Julianna Margulies , the Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG-winning star of CBS’ legal drama The Good Wife , has joined Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin in Stand Up Guys , an action dramedy feature, which is being directed by Fisher Stevens, Oscar-wining producer of The Cove. The project centers on two aging hitmen who have one last night of wildness before one has to murder the other. In the film, written on spec by Noah Haidle, Margulies will play Arkin’s daughter Lila who works as a nurse in the hospital and takes care of Al Pacino when he OD’s on Viagra. Playing a nurse a familiar territory for Margulies who shot to stardom with her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on NBC’s long-running medical drama ER. She will film Stand Up Guys during her hiatus from The Good Wife, which is expected to return for a fourth season next fall. Filming is scheduled to begin next month in Los Angeles. Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is producing

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin will star in Stand Up Guys , an action comedy being directed by Fisher Stevens, who won an Oscar for producing The Cove . An April shoot in Los Angeles is being scheduled. The project, which was formerly known as Old Timers , centers on two aging criminals, one of whom has been hired to kill his friend. They decide to enjoy one last night of debauchery in which they hit up a brothel, steal some cars and evade police but also face the choices they made in their lives. The project began life as a spec script by Noah Haidle. The film is being made by Lakeshore in conjunction with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, with Lionsgate distributing domestically. Lakeshore International with Sierra Pictures is handling international sales. Sidney Kimmel, Gary Lucchessi, Tom Rosenberg and SKE’s Jim Tauber are producing. Matt Berenson and the late Bingham Ray are credited as executive producers. Pacino and Walken both appeared in Gigli , though t

We have your access to JACK AND JILL . Columbia Pictures has provide me with Exclusive code for the fans to get access to the screening in Sacramento,Ca . Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down. JACK AND JILL  is an upcoming comedy film starring Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Dana Carvey, Shaquille O'Neal and Eugenio Derbez . JACK AND JILL screening will take place on November 9, 2011 on 7:00 PM at Century Downtown Plaza 7. Make sure to Like SandwichJohnFilms on Facebook and why not come and follow me on Twitter also. For information on how to get tickets will be found after the Jump... All you have to do is go to this site and enter the code below. Log on to gofobo.com/rsvp and enter the code t

We got our hands on the trailer for THE SON OF NO ONE . One of those films that no one has heard of until now. The film stars Channing Tatum, Al Pacino, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes and Tracy Morgan . Once you watch the trailer I have a feeling your interest will peak. A young cop ( Tatum ) is assigned to a precinct in the Queens neighborhood where he grew up. To provide for his wife and ailing daughter, he works hard to keep his life on track. But this life is threatened when a dark secret bubbles to the surface. An anonymous source reveals new information about the unsolved murder of two boys and a possible police cover-up, setting off a chain of events that rattles the neighborhood. Please Leave A Comment-

Ben Foster has been cast as John Gotti Jr. in Barry Levinson’s Gotti: In The Shadow of my Father , starring John Travolta, Al Pacino and Kelly Preston . Levinson begins shooting the independent film, scripted by James Toback and produced by Fiore Films, in New York in January. The project has the blessing of Gotti Jr., and delves into his relationship with his father, John Gotti Sr., the head of the Gambino crime family. Gotti Sr. will be played by Travolta. Foster’s film credits include The Mechanic, 3:10 to Yuma and X-Men: The Last Stand . His television credits include HBO’s Six Feet Under. Levinson, the writer and director of Diner, Tin Men and Avalon, took over the project after director Nick Cassavetes bowed out in May over scheduling conflicts. Levinson has some mob film experience -- he directed Bugsy, for which Toback wrote the screenplay. Toback has been brought in to rework the original Gotti script. Please Leave A Comment- Source- THR

Before Al Pacino and director Barry Levinson re-team for Gotti: Three Generations , the duo will first reunite on an adaptation of the Philip Roth novel The Humbling , which has been set for a fall start and will be financed by Avi Lerner's Millennium Films/Nu Image. It is just the latest in a period of extreme productivity for Levinson, some of it directly attributable to the acclaim he got for directing Pacino's Emmy-winning turn as Jack Kevorkian in HBO's You Don't Know Jack. The Humbling revolves around Simon Axler ( Pacino ), a famous stage actor in decline who is revived when he retires to his upstate New York farmhouse and takes up with a much younger woman. It has a script by Buck Henry, Michal Zebede and Levinson. Levinson will be looking to quickly cast the young female lead, the actor's agent, and several other eccentric characters you would expect in a Roth novel. Levinson committed to this movie after completing production on the low-budget eco-horr