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Jamie Bell To Topline AMC Pilot ‘Turn’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 25, 2013 @ 11:30am PSTTags: AMC, Jamie Bell, Turn
Nellie Andreeva

In his first major TV gig, Jamie Bell (The Adventures Of Tintin) is set to star in AMC‘s period drama pilot Turn, written by Craig Silverstein and directed by Rupert Wyatt. Based on Alexander Rose’s book Washington’s Spies, Turn is set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer Abe Woodhull (Bell), who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence. A husband and father to a young son, Abe is a hardworking cabbage farmer intent on paying back any debts. He smuggles his cabbage crop on the black market, where he is captured by Colonials and then pressed into spying for the Patriot cause.

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Hot Trailer: ‘Man On A Ledge’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 2:18pm PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, Asger Leth, Ed Harris, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Man On A Ledge, Movie Trailers, Sam Worthington, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

Summit Entertainment has released a trailer for Man on a Ledge, the drama that stars Sam Worthington as a disgraced ex-cop who climbs out on a ledge on the roof of a Manhattan hotel to protest his innocence. It’s clear from the trailer there is more going on here than … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘The Eagle’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday November 10, 2010 @ 1:54pm PSTTags: Channing Tatum, Focus Features, Jamie Bell, Kevin Macdonald, Movies, The Eagle, Video
Mike Fleming

Focus Features has released a trailer for The Eagle, the Kevin Macdonald-directed historical drama that stars Channing Tatum as a Roman leader who heads off into the wilds of Scotland to discover what happened to his father, who vanished along with the legion he commanded. Jamie Bell plays the slave … Read More »

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Elizabeth Banks Joins ‘Man On A Ledge’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 22, 2010 @ 5:21pm PDTTags: Anthony Mackie, Asger Leth, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Man On A Ledge, Man On A Ledge Casting, Movies, Sam Worthington, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Banks will play the female lead in Man On A Ledge, the Asger Leth-directed Summit Entertainment drama that stars Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell and Anthony Mackie. Banks will play an NYPD crisis negotiator who tries to talk a suicidal detective (Worthington) off a ledge. She has a past relationship with the ex-cop, who was framed for a crime he didn’t commit. Script was written by Pablo Fenjves, with Darkest Hour‘s Chris Gorak doing a rewrite and Red‘s Erich and Jon Hoeber doing a final polish. Read More »

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Jamie Bell Joins Thriller ‘Man On A Ledge’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 2, 2010 @ 6:56pm PDTTags: Asger Leth, Jamie Bell, Man On A Ledge, Man On A Ledge Casting, Movie Casting, Sam Worthington, Summit Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Bell has been set to star in Man On A Ledge, the Summit Entertainment crime drama that will star Sam Worthington. Reports have The Hurt Locker‘s Anthony Mackie also negotiating. The film’s being directed by Asger Leth, best known for his documentary Ghosts of Cite Soleil. He’s gathering a strong cast for his Hollywood debut, a nice rebound after the implosion of Cartel, the La Scorta remake Leth was set to direct until its plug got pulled by Universal last April, seven weeks from shooting with Josh Brolin in the starring role. Read More »

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Jamie Bell Joins British Thriller ‘The Retreat’

By TIM ADLER AND MIKE FLEMING JR. | Thursday August 12, 2010 @ 7:57am PDTTags: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Movie Casting, Thandie Newton, The Retreat

Jamie Bell has signed on to star with Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton in The Retreat, the British thriller that begins production in Wales next month. Produced by Magnet Films, the thriller focuses on a couple vacationing on a remote island as they try to repair their marriage. When they find a soldier washed up on the beach in a biohazard suit, they discover everyone else has been killed by an airborne virus. Carl Tibbets is making his directorial debut on the script he wrote and Magnet’s Gary Sinyor is producing and David Frost is exec producer. Read More »

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Sony Views Screen Tests Of ‘Spider-Man’ Finalists; Decision Expected Shortly

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday June 26, 2010 @ 7:31pm PDTTags: Aaron Johnson, Andrew Garfield, Anton Yelchin, Columbia Pictures, Jamie Bell, Logan Lerman, Sony Pictures Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Casting, Spider-Man Screen Tests, Superhero, Superhero Movie
Mike Fleming

spiderman21EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s Columbia Pictures is getting closer to finding its new Spider-Man. I On Friday, studio decision-makers viewed the screen tests of most of the young actors they are seriously considering to play Peter Parker in the Marc Webb-directed relaunch of Spider-Man.

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