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Gary Oldman Leads Human Resistance In ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 28, 2013 @ 3:46pm PSTTags: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Fox, Gary Oldman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Gary Oldman is joining Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, the Matt Reeves-directed sequel to Fox‘s successful ape reboot Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Zero Dark Thirty‘s Jason Clarke and Kodi-Smit McPhee have already been set. I’m told that Oldman will play Dreyfus, leader of the human resistance after the apes have taken power. Fox has set the film for release on May 23, 2014.

Oldman most recently starred in The Dark Knight Rises, and next stars in the Robocop remake for MGM. He’s repped by Douglas Urbanski and APA.

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Hot Clip: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 7:40pm PDTTags: Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Dark Knight Rises

Here’s a new clip from The Dark Knight Rises featuring Gary Oldman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It’s called “About That Night”:

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Julian McMahon Gets ‘Paranoia’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 20, 2012 @ 9:23am PDTTags: Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, Paranoia
Mike Fleming

Nip/Tuck star Julian McMahon is joining the cast of Paranoia, the Robert Luketic-directed adaptation of the Joseph Finder novel, with IM Global controlling international distribution territories and Relativity Media releasing in the U.S. He’ll play the role of Meechum. Already … Read More »

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‘Paranoia’ Hangs Heavy Over Cannes; IM Global Making Offshore Deals, Relativity Media Taking U.S. On Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Liam Hemsworth Thriller

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday May 17, 2012 @ 6:24am PDTTags: Cannes Film Festival, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, Paranoia, Relativity Media
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Robert Luketic-directed thriller Paranoia has emerged as an early hot sales title at Cannes. Relativity Media is negotiating for U.S. distribution rights, and IM Global’s Stuart Ford closing deals in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, … Read More »

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IM Global Sets Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman For ‘Paranoia’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday April 12, 2012 @ 7:13pm PDTTags: Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, Paranoia, Robert Luketic
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In a hot package fast coming together to start production this summer, Robert Luketic will direct Paranoia, a corporate espionage thriller that is set in the world of dueling telecom giants. The Hunger Games‘ Liam Hemsworth is set to … Read More »

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Jake Gyllenhaal In Driver’s Seat For Dark Castle’s ‘Motor City’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 1:35pm PSTTags: Albert Hughes, Gary Oldman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Motor City
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Jake Gyllenhaal is in negotiations to star in Motor City, the Albert Hughes-directed drama for Dark Castle. Gyllenhaal, who most recently completed the David Ayer-directed drama End of Watch, will play an ex-Army Ranger named John … Read More »

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Gary Oldman In The Hunt For First Oscar Nomination With ‘Tinker Tailor’

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday January 3, 2012 @ 3:46pm PSTTags: Focus Features, Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Pete Hammond

From his first appearance on the world stage as the tragic Sid Vicious in Sid And Nancy, Gary Oldman has established himself as an elusive, hard-to-predict character actor. He’s been villainous — Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK, Carnegie in The Book Of Eli or Korshunov in Air Force One — and he’s been heroic, like Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series and Jim Gordon in Christopher Nolan’s Batman films. Often known for his showy acting, Oldman tones it way down for the more ambiguous George Smiley in this year’s awards contender Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Although Tinker Tailor has yet to make much of an impact this awards season, it has turned into a hit in England and a sizable success so far in limited release in the U.S., where it has grossed over $4 million since opening December 16. It will expand to 800 screens on Friday. Oldman is receiving the International Star award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday and will receive a three-day retrospective of his films beginning Monday at the Arclight in Hollywood. Surprisingly, he has never been nominated for an Oscar. Focus Features, which provided Deadline with an exclusive clip of Oldman (see below), is releasing Tinker Tailor in the U.S. and is obviously hoping to change that, backing Oldman with an extensive campaign that has included many Q&A appearances from the star himself. I spoke with him at one of those, and here are some highlights of that conversation that recently appeared in an issue of AwardsLine.

Playing Against Type:

You’re at the mercy of the imagination of the people out there who are casting you; they see you and you do get into a little bit of a groove and you get typecast. I applaud people like Christopher Nolan and Tomas Alfredson for seeing something else there. It was a great opportunity to play a character like this. I think it was [legendary acting teacher Sanford] Meisner who said, “An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.” Read More »

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Gary Oldman Honored By Palm Springs Fest

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday December 16, 2011 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: Gary Oldman, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Palm Springs, CA (December 16, 2011) — The 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Gary Oldman with the International Star Award. The International Star Award recognizes an actor or actress who has achieved both critical

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SF Critics: ‘Tree Of Life’ Best Pic, Director; Gary Oldman, Tilda Swinton Best Actors

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday December 11, 2011 @ 7:07pm PSTTags: Gary Oldman, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life, Tilda Swinton

The Tree Of Life took honors for best picture and best director Terrence Malick when the San Franscisco Film Critics Circle announced their awards for 2011 on Sunday. Two actors who’ve generated a lot of buzz but have been largely overlooked, Gary Oldman and Tilda Swinton, were honored for best … Read More »

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Hammond: From ‘Tinker Tailor’ To Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt, Oscar Talk Is Everywhere

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday December 9, 2011 @ 5:09pm PSTTags: Albert Brooks, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Gary Oldman, Michael Moore, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Pete Hammond

‘Tis the season. Studios and distributors are pulling out all the stops to bring attention to their big awards contenders. The drumbeat has been so loud since Thanksgiving that it’s not uncommon to be invited to 4 or 5 sceenings, parties, events, and Q&As … 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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Gotham Awards Career Tributes To Charlize Theron, David Cronenberg, Gary Oldman

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 2:09pm PDTTags: Charlize Theron, David Cronenberg, Gary Oldman, Jason Reitman, Tom Rothman
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Career tributes will be awarded to Charlize Theron, director David Cronenberg and Gary Oldman at the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards  on Nov. 28. That trio will join Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman/CEO Tom Rothman, who was previously announced by … Read More »

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HAMMOND: Can Indies Steal Oscars Again?

By PETE HAMMOND | Friday August 26, 2011 @ 5:14pm PDTTags: Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Glenn Close, Jodie Foster, Madonna, Matt Damon, Meryl Streep, Roman Polanski, Ryan Gosling
Pete Hammond

Previously in Pete Hammond’s 3-part series:
Woody Allen, Brad Pitt, ‘The Help’ Among Early 2011 Oscar Contenders
Clooney, Clint, And Spielberg Put Major Studios Back Into Oscar Race

After looking last week at the potential awards landscape for the first eight months of 2011, and then at what Oscar-pedigreed films the major studios have in store for fall and holiday slots, it’s time to turn to the independent world, which has become such a key force in the season. For the majors, Oscars are nice but not vital. For the indies, award strategies are key and could mean the difference between a hit film or a miss. With little-pictures-that-could Best Picture triumphs in recent years like Crash, The Hurt Locker and last year’s The King’s Speech, indies have proven that with less money to spend, a savvy campaign and a little luck, the right film at the right time can grab the gold. Ever since the advent of screeners evened the playing field to some extent, it’s been a different ballgame. And the indies use the fall festival circuit (starting next week at Venice, followed by Telluride and Toronto) to start up the awards buzz. Already this year, indies like Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Terrence Malick’s Cannes Film Festival winner The Tree of Life are seriously in the hunt for those prized Best Picture slots and, as detailed by the soon-to-be-released contenders from the companies below, they might not be alone among upstart pictures this year.

Here’s a look at what possible award contenders from the indie sector will be coming our way in the last four — and most crucial — months of the year.

The Weinstein Company

With The King’s Speech last year, the Weinsteins scored their first Best Picture triumph since the heady days of Miramax. Can they do it two years in a row with another British bio, The Iron Lady? Just about everyone agrees Meryl Streep’s still-unseen portrait of Margaret Thatcher in this Dec. 16 release will put her in strong contention to finally win that third Oscar, but can the movie score, too? Time will tell, although it would seem to be a better shot in the Actress category.

Harvey Weinstein had a big Cannes triumph with the crowd-pleasing black-and-white French-produced silent picture The Artist (Nov. 23), and it could have the same effect on the Academy audience that it did with the French, thereby leading to one of those Best Picture slots, even though the movie might not have enough “gravitas” to sneak in. The Weinsteins will get a good idea when the film launches in the English-speaking world next week on the fest circuit. Certainly Cannes Best Actor Jean Dujardin is a great bet for a nomination no matter what.

With a busy fall, the company is hoping Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh — who play Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in My Week With Marilyn (Nov. 4) — will land acting kudos along with Ralph Fiennes (who also directed) in the title role of the contemporary Shakespeare adaptation Coriolanus (Dec. 2). As his mother, Vanessa Redgrave is extraordinary in a beefy supporting turn. She should start getting the gowns for the awards circuit ready now.

Awards prospects are anybody’s guess for Madonna’s latest directorial stab, W.E. (Dec. 9), which with its storyline involving Wallis Simpson is certainly different for the pop star. And I hear there is the possibility of a late-season qualifying run for the Jennifer Garner film Butter that has been described as a Capra-esque comedy/drama set in the cutthroat world of competitive butter carving. Fest auds will see this first, and their reaction will probably weigh heavily in Weinstein’s decision to enter that other cutthroat competition. Read More »

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Focus Features In Talks With Jeb Brody For Production Prexy Post As John Lyons Exits

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 15, 2011 @ 1:17pm PDTTags: Andrew Karpen, Colin Firth, Dee Rees, Ewan McGregor, Focus Features, Gary Oldman, James Schamus, Jeb Brody, John Lyons, Mike Mills, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: As John Lyons prepares to leave his production president post to focus on philanthropy, Focus Features top executives James Schamus and Andrew Karpen are in talks with Jeb Brody to replace him. Brody, who is currently president of production for producer/financer Vendome Pictures, is well regarded in the indie sphere. He was a producer of Sunshine Cleaning and was the executive producer of Little Miss Sunshine while he worked at Big Beach. Brody exec produced Vencome’s first two film productions, Source Code and Larry Crowne. Lyons made public his plan right after the Cannes Film Festival.

Lyons is leaving to devote more time to his pet project, the Edible Schoolyard/NYC. He is the founder and board chairman of the charity, which mixes his passion for the environment and growing food at the schools. He will oversee an expansion of the program to schools in the five New York boroughs, and he’ll also continue his work on the board of Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Foundation, which is the national program for the Edible Schoolyard initative. He’s also on the board of GrowNYC, a non-profit that promotes environmental awareness and runs the city’s Greenmarket programs. Read More »

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Hot Teaser Trailer: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday July 18, 2011 @ 11:22am PDTTags: Anne Hathaway, Chris Nolan, Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, The Dark Knight Rises, Tom Hardy
Mike Fleming

Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have released a teaser for The Dark Knight Rises, Chris Nolan’s third and possibly final installment of the Batman franchise. Pic stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and Marion Cotillard, with Nolan bringing back a lot … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday June 30, 2011 @ 7:06am PDTTags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciaran Hinds, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, Movie Trailer, Soldier, Spy, Tailor, Tinker, Tom Hardy
Mike Fleming

There’s a new trailer up for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the Tomas Alfredson-directed adaptation of the John Le Carre espionage novel. The film stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciaran Hinds. Oldman unbelievably has managed to exist as one of the most consistently great … Read More »

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‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ Gets Release Date, But Was Not Dropped By Universal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 1, 2011 @ 4:23pm PDTTags: Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, Soldier, Spy, Tailor, Tinker, Tom Hardy, Tomas Alfredson
Mike Fleming

Reports about Universal’s dating of the John Le Carre adaptation Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy on November 18 have blown out of proportion about what occurred. Reports make it sound like the movie changed hands. It hasn’t, at all. Universal-owned Focus Features will put the picture out, something that was a … Read More »

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CANNES: FilmDistrict Acquires U.S. Rights To Joe Gordon-Levitt/Bruce Willis Sci-Fi Action Film ‘Looper’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday May 14, 2011 @ 2:41pm PDTTags: Amy Pascal, Bruce Willis, CAA, Cannes, Emily Blunt, Gary Oldman, James Stern, Jeff Daniels, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Megan Ellison, Michael Benaroya, Paul Dano, Peter Schlessel, Piper Perabo, Rian Johnson, Shia la Beouf, Tom Hardy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: A frenzied Saturday auction on the Croisette has ended with FilmDistrict in final negotiations for U.S. distribution rights to Looper, the Rian Johnson-directed science fiction film that stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt and Bruce Willis. There were at least six bidders spanning major studios and independents, and it sounds like some serious upfront money was paid. But the intriguing part is that the deal orchestrated between CAA and FilmDistrict’s Peter Schlessel will likely end in FilmDistrict using an option with Sony Pictures, which would release and market the film through the TriStar label. That replicates the distribution structure of District 9, which Schlessel acquired while he was at Sony. The picture has a similarly brainy construct and is also reminiscent of the first Terminator.

Johnson wrote the script, about a contract killer who works for the mob of the future, and who kills victims  that are sent back in time 30 years, so there is no trace of the crime in the future. It’s a great gig, until the killer (Gordon-Levitt) recognizes that one of his targets (Willis) is a futuristic version of himself. Piper Perabo, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels also star. The film was financed by Endgame’s James Stern, who produced with Johnson’s partner Ram Bergman.

CAA still has to paper the deal, but that likely gives Sony and Amy Pascal its second release schedule addition in the last 24 hours. As Deadline revealed early Saturday, the studio acquired the David Frankel-directed Great Hope Springs with Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell starring. Read More »

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