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Cannes: Garrett Hedlund Heads To ‘Mojave’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 16, 2013 @ 9:46am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Garrett Hedlund, Mojave, Oscar Isaac

Garrett Hedlund will star alongside Oscar Isaac in the William Monahan thriller Mojave. The pic, from Monahan’s original script, is a classical two-hander about a near-suicidal artist (Hedlund) who escapes into the desert to take an existential crisis head-on, only to encounter a doppelganger-like antagonist in the form of a brilliant, homicidal drifter (Isaac). Atlas Independent is behind it. Relativity International will handle international sales at Cannes while CAA is co-repping domestic with WME.

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‘World War Z’ Scribe Makes Directorial Debut With Garrett Hedlund

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday May 13, 2013 @ 6:32pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, CAA, Garrett Hedlund, Margot Robbie, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Violent Talent, WME

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Llewyn Davis‘ Garrett Hedlund is on board to play the lead in screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan’s directorial debut Violent Talent. The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Margot Robbie as well as RocknRolla’s Toby Kebbell and Four Lions’ Riz Ahmed will join Hedlund in the drama. Carnahan is directing Violent Talent from an original script he wrote. The film focuses on Eamon (Hedlund) as he and his two oldest friends Angel and Quan (Kebbell and Ahmed) try to build a criminal empire in a contemporary Chicago where he feels crime might be the most honest job around. Robbie’s character is known as Riley. Violent Talent will be produced by Tracy Falco through her Defender Entertainment Banner. Carnahan and Falco previously produced the Robert Redford-directed Lions For Lambs together. Carnahan wrote the script for the 2007 film. Nate Winslow of Defender will serve as an associate producer on Violent Talent. WME Global and CAA will represent the movie’s domestic distribution rights. Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘On The Road’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 15, 2012 @ 3:23pm PSTTags: Garrett Hedlund, On The Road, Sam Riley

A new trailer went up today for the Walter Salles picture On The Road. Adapted by José Rivera from the Jack Kerouac novel, it stars Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart plus Amy Adams, Tom Sturridge, Danny Morgan, Alice Braga, Elisabeth Moss and Viggo Mortensen. The IFC Films … Read More »

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Hot International Trailer: ‘On The Road’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 6, 2012 @ 5:43pm PDTTags: Garrett Hedlund, Jose Rivera, Kristen Stewart, On The Road, Sam Riley, Walter Salles

Here’s an international trailer for director Walter Salles’ take on Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. With a screenplay by Jose Rivera, the movie staring Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley and Garrett Hedlund had its world premiere at Cannes this year. IFC and Sundance Selects are distributing in … Read More »

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Cannes Podcast: Pete Hammond On ‘Lawless’, ‘Rust And Bone’ And More

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday May 25, 2012 @ 8:57pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Brad Pitt, Cannes Film Festival, Garrett Hedlund, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman

Deadline’s Pete Hammond talks about hot festival movies such as (clockwise from top left) the superb Prohibition-era shoot-’em-up Lawless with Tom Hardy and Shia LeBeouf; Rust And Bone, with an awards-worthy star turn by Marion Cotillard, … Read More »

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On The Road To Awards Season? Kerouac Book Finally Makes It To The Screen After 55 Years – Cannes

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 7:22pm PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Garrett Hedlund, Jack Kerouac, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, On The Road, Walter Salles
Pete Hammond

Critics may have been mixed after this morning’s press screening,  but the World Premiere audience at Wednesday night’s Cannes gala of director Walter Salles’ long-gestating film  On The Road was highly enthusiastic giving the film about the Beat Generation a 10 minute standing ovation. … Read More »

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Garrett Hedlund, Jessica Brown Findlay, Amy Adams Among ‘Lullaby’ Ensemble

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Saturday May 19, 2012 @ 9:05am PDTTags: Amy Adams, Garrett Hedlund, Jennifer Hudson

Fine artist Andrew Levitas will make his feature directing debut with Lullaby, the ensemble drama that’s now cast Garrett Hedlund, Richard Jenkins, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Hudson, Terrence Howard and Amy Adams. Andrea Stone-Brokaw of Ananta Productions and Cary Brokaw … Read More »

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Kristen Stewart In Talks For Role Of Kei In Jaume Collet-Serra’s ‘Akira’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 15, 2011 @ 5:47pm PSTTags: Akira, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, Jaume Collet-Serra, Katsuhiro Otomo, Kristen Stewart, Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros

Kristen Stewart is in advanced talks for the female lead Kei in director Jaume Collet-Serra’s epic Akira, based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume graphic novel. Twitchfilm reported midday Tuesday that Stewart had been offered the part. She would join Garrett Hedlund, … Read More »

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Gary Oldman Coveted By Warner Bros For ‘Akira’ And ‘Arthur & Lancelot’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 3, 2011 @ 4:13pm PDTTags: David Dobkin, Garrett Hedlund, Gary Oldman, Jaume Collet-Serra, Joel Kinnaman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The advance accolades for Gary Oldman’s work in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has put the actor in high demand. He’s Warner Bros’ choice not only to play the role of The Colonel in Akira (Garrett Hedlund will star in … Read More »

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Albert Hughes Exiting ‘Akira’ At Warner Bros

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 26, 2011 @ 12:19pm PDTTags: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Andrew Garfield, Chris Pine, Garrett Hedlund, James McAvoy, Jeff Robinov, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Joaquin Phoenix, Justin Timberlake, Katsuhiro Otomo, Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Robert Pattinson, Steve Kloves
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The twists and turns on the Warner Bros adaptation of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo’s graphic novel Akira continue. Director Albert Hughes is exiting the movie, I’m told. Insiders say that it is an amicable creative differences  parting of the ways. Warner Bros will try to put him on another movie right away (Hughes and his brother Allen directed the hit The Book of Eli, and WB topper Jeff Robinov is their former agent and is very close with them). Hughes is coming to Hollywood next week to take meetings with his WME reps and look at scripts, hoping to find his next movie at Warner Bros.

As for Akira, the intention of the studio is to keep the picture on a fast track, which means they will find a director quickly. The studio has been wrestling with the approach on the film for the past year. Read More »

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CANNES: Weinstein Company Near Deal For ‘Wettest County’ While Distribs Fret Over Buying Pics Sight-Unseen

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 16, 2011 @ 3:28am PDTTags: Amy Adams, CAA, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Cassian Elwes, Charlie Hunnam, Eric Bana, Garrett Hedlund, Jack Kerouac, Joe Carnahan, Kirsten Dunst, Kristen Stewart, Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Ryan Kavanaugh, The Wettest County in the World, Viggo Mortensen, Walter Salles
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company, already on a Cannes acquisition spree, has emerged as the clear frontrunner for  domestic distribution rights on The Wettest County in the World, after another all-night bargaining session between Harvey Weinstein’s acquisition team and CAA. I’m … Read More »

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‘Bourne Legacy’ Update: Who’ll Test?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 24, 2011 @ 2:16pm PDTTags: Dominic Cooper, Garrett Hedlund, Joel Edgerton, Logan Marshall-Green, Luke Evans, Shia LaBeouf, Taylor Kitsch, The Bourne Legacy, Tony Gilroy
Mike Fleming

The young male Role To Die For at the moment is the lead in The Bourne Legacy, the Bourne Identity spinoff film that will be directed for Universal by … Read More »

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‘Akira’ Focuses On Short List Of Actors After Getting Steve Kloves Rewrite

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 21, 2011 @ 8:04pm PDTTags: Akira, Albert Hughes, Andrew Garfield, Appian Way, Chris Pine, Garrett Hedlund, James McAvoy, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Joaquin Phoenix, Justin Timberlake, Katsuhiro Otomo, Legendary Pictures, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender, Robert Pattinson, Steve Kloves, Warner Bros
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The script for the Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures live action adaptation of anime artist Katsuhiro Otomo’s 6-volume graphic novel Akira has been sent to a short list of actors. The picture is finally taking shape for an August start, … Read More »

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Tony Gilroy Casts Net For ‘Bourne’ Spinoff

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 24, 2011 @ 7:48pm PSTTags: Alex Pettyfer, Benjamin Walker, Chris Evans, Garrett Hedlund, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joel Edgerton, Josh Hartnett, Justin Timberlake, Luke Evans, Michael Fassbender, Michael Pitt, Oscar Isaac, Paul Dano, Shia LaBeouf, Taylor Kitsch, Tobey Maguire, Tony Gilroy
Mike Fleming

The hot role for young actors right now is the lead in The Bourne Identity spinoff that will start production this fall with Tony Gilroy directing his script for Universal. Here are the names I’ve heard have met with Gilroy or are  otherwise in the mix: Joel Edgerton, Josh Hartnett, … Read More »

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