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Freeman Honoured At Bono's Film Festival

7 hours ago | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman is to be honoured for his career achievements at California's 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

The Million Dollar Baby star will receive the coveted Career Achievement Award for Acting at the festival's award gala on 5 January, at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

The festival was founded in 1990 by the city's then-Mayor, singer-songwriter Sonny Bono, who turned his career toward politics before his 1998 death.

Festival chairman Harold Matzner says, "The Palm Springs International Film Festival is honoured to present Hollywood legend Morgan Freeman with the Career Achievement Award for his large and extraordinary body of work and his many memorable performances throughout the years."

The Awards Gala will kick off the festival, which runs through 18 January. »

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Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter Takes on Death, Adds High Tension Star

10 November 2009 2:36 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Clint Eastwood is less than a month from releasing his next film, Invictus, which stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman in a story about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team. But as we found out last year when Eastwood unleashed Changeling and Gran Torino, he's not satisfied with just one movie per year. He has also begun working on his next film, Hereafter. This new project will also star Matt Damon and will take on the subject of death, and how it affects different people in different ways. According to a report last night from Variety, it will also now star High Tension heroine Cecile de France. As for the exact story, I will leave that to a report from The Guardian: The film tells three parallel stories that eventually intersect – about a French TV journalist, played by Cecile de France, who suffers a near-death experience during the Asian tsunami of 2004; a drug-addicted English single »

- Neil Miller

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Walken, Freeman, and Macy Team Up For The Maiden Heist

10 November 2009 8:46 AM, PST | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

It’s hard to a fault a movie that features Christopher Walken, Morgan Freeman, and William H. Macy in key roles, even if it does look like yet another wacky heist movie featuring actors who are capable of better things. Peter Hewitt’s 2009 crime comedy “The Maiden Heist” certainly has potential, but after watching the trailer, I’m not entirely sold on the idea. I used to be able to trust Morgan Freeman, that is, until I properly investigated both “The Contract” and “The Code,” two films that are the very definition of mediocre. What’s more, it’s from the guy who directed that terrible live-action “Garfield” flick. Yikes. Perhaps “The Maiden Heist” suffers from a lackluster trailer, one that degrades the film’s overall quality. Then again, maybe not. Here’s what it’s all about: A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan »

- Todd

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David Fincher Reuniting with Writer of Seven for The Reincarnation of Peter Proud Remake

9 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

I know a lot of people are still unsure about the fact that David Fincher's next project is a movie about Facebook [1], but if that's not your cup of tea, his follow-up project should put you at ease. For his next movie, it looks like Fincher will be bringing back together the same team that worked on his 1995 thriller Se7en starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, in order to remake the 1975 film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud. According to Heat Vision [2], screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker will adapt the Max Ehrlich novel on which the movie was based, while Fincher will produce along with former New Line president of production Michael De Luca. The story centers on a college professor who begins to have visions of a previous life, and finds himself drawn to a woman and her daughter who are seemingly connected to his past. The original movie starred Michael Sarrazin and Margot Kidder, »

- Sean

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'Se7en' Writer And Director Reteaming

9 November 2009 3:29 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

David Fincher may have already had Alien 3 on his resumé when he directed the runaway hit Se7en but there is no doubt that the Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman starring thriller put him on the map, and so it will come as good news to those who have watched his career patchily develop that he is currently attached to direct an Andrew Kevin Walker adaptation of the 1975 Max Ehrlich novel (and film) The Reincarnation Of Peter Proud.

The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog has it that the adaptation will contemporize the supernatural-thriller about a college professor who starts to have visions and nightmares of a past life.

Fincher, who is just about to start shooting the Aaron Sorkin scripted The Social Network, will produce the remake alongside Se7en producer Michael De Luca reforming a powerful trinity that put together one of the best and most haunting films of the 90s. »

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: November 8, 2009

8 November 2009 10:08 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

This week:

The box office sings A Christmas Carol; Faceman visits Dark Fields; Michael Fassbender fires A Single Shot; High Fidelity guys re-team with Lay The Favorite and Helen Mirren sees Red.

 

Box Office

Christmas came early for Disney with A Christmas Carol. The motion capture Jim Carey film managed to snag around $31 million over the weekend.

Michael Jackson’s This is It banked about $13.4 million over the weekend after dropping less than 42 % from last weekend.

George Clooney’s The Men Who Stare At Goats and Milla Jovovich’s The Fourth Kind were almost neck and neck over the weekend with a weekend take of just under $14 million for each film.

Paranormal Activity just keep knocking at the door marked profit with another $8.5 million.

Cameron Diaz’s The Box opened with a disappointing $7.8 million. This poor opening means that the Richard Kelly film will not be in the financial Darko for a while. »

- Niall Browne

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Trailer Park: Despicable Dragons

7 November 2009 3:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Despicable Me

Second trailer for this 3D animated comedy, and this time it's focusing on arch villain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) trying to break into the headquarters of a rival bad guy. This looks like fun and the bit with the shark had me howling. Check it out on July 9.

Sherlock Holmes

A second trailer for the new Holmes fllck with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role aided by Jude Law as Watson. Pretty sure this will have awesome written all over it. Plan a trip to Baker Street for Christmas day.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

There's some serious spectacle at work here. Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this adaptation of a video game I've never played, but I'm pretty sure that's not necessary. It seems tailor-made to be a summer blockbuster, which is good because it comes out on May 28.

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- Matt Bradshaw

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Helen Mirren joins Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in Red

6 November 2009 7:44 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has joined the cast of Red, the film adaptation of the comic book miniseries written by Warren Ellis and published by Wildstorm.

The movie, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, begins filming on January 11 and is set for release on November 19, 2010, with Robert Schwentke (Flightplan, The Time Traveler's Wife) directing.

Willis will be playing retired CIA agent Paul Moses who is targeted by assassins sent by the new leader of the CIA (Freeman) who wants to dispose of former agents who know too much.

Mirren, 64, whose casting was revealed by ScreenDaily and is now confirmed by Variety, is speculated to be playing the previous CIA boss who has stayed in touch with Moses.

In addition, John C. Reilly (The Aviator, Gangs of New York) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, Angels in America, The West Wing) are in talks to join the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. »

- David Bentley

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Morgan Freeman settles car crash lawsuit

6 November 2009 4:44 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Morgan Freeman has reached a settlement with the woman who was in his car when he crashed in Mississippi last year, reports The AP. The Dark Knight star and passenger Demaris Meyer both sustained injuries in the accident near the actor's home in February. She later alleged that he had been drinking before the crash and accused him of negligence. No charges were filed. An attorney for Freeman reportedly refused to disclose the (more) »

- By Lara Martin

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De Niro to the 7th? (Oscar's Male Hierarchy)

6 November 2009 3:46 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Have you been buying the minor huzz (hype+buzz) 'Robert De Niro's 7th Oscar nomination' for the holiday film Everybody's Fine? My friend txt critic saw it last night and sent the following note by phone...

it's, well, fine. most definitely a drama (despite the trailer) and conceptually a cross between About Schmidt and Four Christmases. nice, sweet and somewhat forgettable.

might, Might be a nomination for DeNiro, but i wouldn't bet on it.I dunno. I wasn't betting on it either but Best Actor sure seems vacant this year with only Colin Firth (A Single Man) and George Clooney (Up in the Air) catching any sort of real fire. As I've been saying for months, Fox Searchlight shouldn't have even hesitated to position Crazy Heart for a 2009 release. Jeff Bridges would have a clear shot at the career trophy given the field (if -- and it's always »

- NATHANIEL R

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Reilly, Parker, and Mirren Join ‘Red’

5 November 2009 4:54 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

John C. Reilly, Mary-Louise Parker (”Weeds”), and Oscar winner Helen Mirren have joined the cast of Red, an espionage thriller at Summit Entertainment.  The three join Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman already on board.

“Red” is a three-issue comic book miniseries centered on a former black ops CIA agent living a quiet life of seclusion.  His only contact with the outside world is with his former government handler and letters to his niece.  When a newly appointed Director of the CIA learns of his existence, he orders an assassination on the retired agent by a team of his best killers.

The Heat Vision Blog reports Reilly will play a retired agent who is paranoid everyone is out to kill him.  The beautiful Parker is Willis’ love interest, a federal pension worker who becomes mixed up in his struggle to stay alive.  Mirren will play an “associate of Willis with a lethal set of skills. »

- Jeff Leins

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John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker Go 'Red'

5 November 2009 4:32 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

When Warren Ellis' Red was first optioned, I wasn't particularly excited. As readers have pointed out, Ellis has many books that would be more exciting to see on the big screen. The initial casting of Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman didn't inspire a lot of excitement, either. (I love both, but Willis as an ex-assassin? Hardly inspired.) But as Robert Schwentke has filled out his cast, things have gotten a lot more interesting. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mary-Louise Parker and John C. Reilly are in talks to join Red alongside Freeman, Willis, and Helen Mirren.

Reilly would play a retired CIA agent who is paranoid that everyone is out to kill him. Willis' predicament will naturally prove him right, and it's the frantic, nervous role that Reilly specializes in. Again, it's not the most inspired casting, but it's exciting to see Reilly finally land a comic book role. »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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Morgan Freeman Settles Car-Wreck Lawsuit

5 November 2009 2:43 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Associated Press

 Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.

Demaris Meyer filed a federal lawsuit against the Academy Award-winning actor in February, claiming Freeman had been drinking the night of the accident last summer and was negligent when the car ran off the side of a rural highway near his Mississippi Delta home.

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- Josh Dickey

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Freeman Settles Car Crash Dispute

5 November 2009 2:06 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Morgan Freeman's legal woes regarding a 2008 car accident are over - the actor has reportedly settled a lawsuit against him.

The Shawshank Redemption star, who broke his arm and shoulder in the crash, was facing a court date with his passenger Demaris Meyer next year, but he has chosen to settle instead.

Meyer filed a lawsuit in February, alleging the actor had been drinking alcohol in the hours leading up to the crash, which happened in Mississippi last August.

She claimed she sustained a broken wrist, a torn labrum in her shoulder and various other bruises and lacerations.

Meyer, who owned the crashed vehicle Freeman was driving, sued for damages to cover medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering.

The settlement details have not been released. »

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Morgan Freeman All Square with Crash Victim

5 November 2009 1:15 PM, PST | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »

The beef between Morgan Freeman and the woman who sued him over a 2008 car crash is officially over. Court records show a settlement was reached between Freeman and Demaris Meyer -- the lady who was riding with Freeman when she says he lost control of the vehicle and crashed it on a Mississippi highway. Meyer also claimed Freeman had been drinking before he got behind the wheel.The car flipped multiple times during the accident »

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Morgan's a Free Man After Settling Crash Suit

5 November 2009 12:55 PM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

Morgan Freeman's crash suit has come to the end of the road. The Oscar winner has settled the negligence suit filed against him in the wake of last summer's rollover car crash in the Mississippi Delta. According to the state's Clarion-Ledger, the short-on-details court records were filed today, though do not disclose the amount or nature of the settlement. The suit was filed in February, with passenger Demaris Meyers claiming that Freeman's precrash drinking was to blame for the accident, which left them both seriously injured. Earlier this summer, Freeman, 71, roundly denied the allegations, and vowed to prove that Meyers was "comparatively negligent." A trial date to... »

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Morgan Freeman Settles Car Accident Suit

5 November 2009 12:46 PM, PST | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Morgan Freeman has reportedly settled a lawsuit regarding a 2008 car accident that left the star injured. The Associated Press reports that the actor, who was sued by Demaris Meyer back in February, has settled the suit. "We're all glad it's over with," Freeman's attorney Jack Hayes Jr. told the AP. Meyer had claimed that the Oscar winner was being negligent at the time of the accident, which resulted in the car running off a Mississippi highway and flipping over several times, says the AP. Meyer, who was also injured in the accident, owned the 1997 Nissan Maxima but Freeman was driving. Settlement details were not listed in the court documents, according to the AP.

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Mirren Seeing Red

5 November 2009 11:21 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Dame Helen Mirren has joined Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in a movie adaptation of popular comic series Red.

The Queen actress is part of an all-star cast for the film, which will be based on the three graphic novels about a retired CIA agent who is targeted by a hitman.

The movie is expected to be released in November next year, reports trade paper Daily Variety. »

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Casting Tidbits: Alan Cumming, Zach Galifianakis & Many More

5 November 2009 9:36 AM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Casting Tidbits Activate! First up, THR reports that Zach Galifianakis is continuing his hot hiring streak, but this time only his voice will be needed as he's entered negotiations to provide the voice for Humpty Dumpty in the Shrek spin-off Puss in Boots at DreamWorks Animation. He joins Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in a story about the events leading up to the feline assassin's first meeting with Shrek in the second installment of the DreamWorks franchise. Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) will be directing from Tom Wheeler's script, but I'm hoping that there's still some remnants of Brian Lynch's earlier draft of the script. Red Just yesterday Helen Mirren joined up with Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis in the Robert Schwentke directed espionage thriller, and today THR's Heat Vision reports John C. Reilly (Step Brothers) and Mary-Louise Parker (of Showtime's "Weeds") are also set to join them. »

- Ethan Anderton

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John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker See ‘Red’

5 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

According to THR’s Heat Vision Blog, John C. Reilly and Mary-Louise Parker are now in negotiations to join the cast of Red, Summit Entertainment’s adaptation of the Wildstorm/DC Comics miniseries written by Jon and Erich Hoeber and being directed by Robert Schwentke. If they do end up signing up for the film, they will join a cast that already includes Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.

Originally published in 2003 and 2004, Red was co-created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hammer. It centers on a former black-ops agent Paul Moses (Bruce Willis), now in retirement, who has to contend with younger, more high-tech assassins who want to kill him and keep his former exploits from going public. Naturally, the first hit squad fails and alerts Moses that he’s being targeted. So, he goes on the offensive in order to stay alive.

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- Joe Gillis

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