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Hammond On Cannes: Weinstein Brings Out Stars For 2013 Oscar Contenders

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday May 17, 2013 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, Cannes Film Festival, Grace Of Monaco, Harvey Weinstein, Nicole Kidman, The Weinstein Company
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Following a relatively new tradition they started a few years ago, The Weinstein Company on Friday night brought together a group of buyers, partners and press to preview its 2013 slate and meet filmmakers and stars. Although Harvey Weinstein never once mentioned the word “Oscar”, you can tell that’s definitely what he is thinking with a diverse mix of prestige projects that should give the awards-happy company lots of campaign fodder for 2013. He said after a rocky start the company has had a very good last four years and for 2012 made more than they ever did at Miramax. He also made a plea to the international audience gathered for the presentation at the Majestic Hotel for the continued independence of European filmmaking, especially in light of problems with the European Cultural Initiative. “We can’t let Europe be the same like the United States. What’s great about European movies is they are different and as long as they reflect their culture there will always be special movies like Amour, which we didn’t release last year, and so many movies like that. So keep your eye on the newspaper when this stuff comes up for votes or things we can do to influence it,  I think it’s very important,” he said.

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After the 40-minute reel led by the August 16th release The Butler and ending with the long-gestating Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, Weinstein told me, “It’s a very eclectic, hard-hitting lineup that I am really proud of. What am I going to say? I feel very confident about this year”. Though he may not have been directly making an Oscar-season pitch (thankfully that’s still many months off even for Harvey — well, maybe not), he did make an overt plea for his official competition entries Only God Forgives and The Immigrant when introducing Cannes jury member Nicole Kidman, star of the December 27th release Grace Of Monaco. “We have a member of the jury with us tonight and she has to go for a jury meeting to hopefully decide which movie of mine wins the Palme d’Or. I have certainly given Steven (jury president Spielberg) enough money over the years,” he said to big laughs. READ MORE »

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Hot Trailer: ‘August: Osage County’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 10, 2013 @ 12:28pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, The Weinstein Company

The cheery first trailer for The Weinstein Company‘s Oscar-season dark family comedy August: Osage County, based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play, has dropped. The monster cast includes Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper and Dermot Mulroney among others. John Wells … Read More »

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Ewan McGregor To Star In Aussie Crime Thriller ‘Son Of A Gun’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday October 12, 2012 @ 3:34am PDTTags: August: Osage County, Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor Joins Julius Avery's 'Son Of A Gun'Ewan McGregor, currently working with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, will shoot heist pic Son Of A Gun in Australia early next year. The film centers … Read More »

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‘August: Osage County’ Adds Julianne Nicholson

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday October 3, 2012 @ 4:59pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, Movie Casting, The Weinstein Company

EXCLUSIVE: The former Law And Order: Criminal Intent star has joined the John Wells-directed film. In August: Osage County Julianne Nicholson will play Ivy Weston, one of the sisters to Julia Robert’s Barbara in the adaptation of … Read More »

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Ewan McGregor Joins ‘August: Osage County’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday September 12, 2012 @ 11:10am PDTTags: August: Osage County, Ewan McGregor, The Weinstein Company

Ewan McGregor August: Osage CountyEwan McGregor has been cast alongside Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in August: Osage County, the movie adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer- and Tony-winning play that … Read More »

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‘August: Osage County’ Signs Up Dermot Mulroney

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday August 14, 2012 @ 12:18pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, Dermot Mulroney, Movie Casting

EXCLUSIVE: Dermot Mulroney is heading to Oklahoma. Joining the cast of August: Osage County, the actor will be going to the state this fall to start filming on the John Wells-directed film. Mulroney will play … Read More »

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‘August: Osage County’ Adds Margo Martindale

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday August 1, 2012 @ 11:14am PDTTags: August: Osage County, Big Deals Film, Margo Martindale, Movie Casting

EXCLUSIVE:  Margo Martindale has joined the cast of August: Osage County. The Emmy winner will play the jaded sister of Meryl Streep in the feature adaptation of Tracy Letts’ family clan play. Martindale’s character is Mattie … Read More »

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Abigail Breslin Heading To ‘August: Osage County’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday July 19, 2012 @ 4:04pm PDTTags: Abigail Breslin, August: Osage County, Julia Roberts, Movie Casting, The Weinstein Co

EXCLUSIVE: Abigail Breslin is set to be Julia Roberts’ daughter in August: Osage County. The Oscar nominee will play Jean Fordham, the 14-year old angry and acerbic pot smoking child of Roberts’ Barbara character in the … Read More »

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Juliette Lewis In Talks For ‘August: Osage County’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday July 17, 2012 @ 1:41pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, George Clooney, Juliette Lewis, The Weinstein Co

Juliette Lewis August Osage CountyEXCLUSIVE: Juliette Lewis is in negotiations to join August: Osage County. The actress would play the role of Karen, the self-deluding youngest daughter, in the dark family comedy … Read More »

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Smokehouse’s George Clooney And Grant Heslov Producing ‘August: Osage County’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 18, 2012 @ 3:51pm PDTTags: August: Osage County, George Clooney, John Wells, The Weinstein Company
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My, the cast of characters that have aligned to the feature adaptation of Tracey Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County continues to get more impressive. Back in September, 2010, Deadline broke the story about the movie and that Harvey Weinstein had assembled a package where John Wells would direct Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts as the mother and daughter in the play. Now, Weinstein has signed Smokehouse Productions partners George Clooney and Grant Heslov to become producers. Here’s the announcement:

NEW YORK – June 18, 2012 – The Weinstein Company (TWC) announced today that George Clooney, Academy Award®-winning actor (SYRIANA) and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker (GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK., THE IDES OF MARCH), and Academy Award®-nominated producer/screenwriter Grant Heslov (GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK., THE IDES OF MARCH) have signed on as producers of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, the upcoming screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play by Tracy Letts. Academy Award winners Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts star as mother and daughter in the film, directed by John Wells from Letts’ screen adaptation. Clooney and Heslov join Jean Doumanian Productions and Steve Traxler as producers. Claire Rudnick Polstein is the executive producer. The announcement was made by TWC Co-Chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein.

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