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Cassian Elwes Preps Herzog’s ‘Queen Of The Desert’; Weinstein Selling ‘Bodies’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Saturday May 19, 2012 @ 10:51am PDTTags: Cassian Elwes, Naomi Watts, Rooney Mara, Werner Herzog

EXCLUSIVE: Wind and rain have been sweeping the Croisette but Cassian Elwes says, “I feel like I’m on fire.” The former WMA head of independent film who’s now producing and packaging indies has skin in the game in Cannes with Lawless, which he exec produced and which screens tonight in competition And, he produced Lee Daniels’ much-buzzed The Cassian ElwesPaperboy which premieres next week. Elwes will screen it for select buyers on Tuesday. Elwes also tells me foreign sales are starting on Ain’t Them Bodies Saints via The Weinstein Co. David Lowery is writing and directing the contemporary Bonnie And Clyde-esque picture with Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Casey Affleck attached. James Johnston, Toby Halbrooks, Amy Kaufman, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy and Elwes are producing.

Working with Werner Herzog for the first time, Elwes is also prepping Queen Of The Desert. The picture, he says, is like Lawrence Of Arabia but with a woman. It’s based on Gertrude Bell, the English writer, archaeologist and cartographer who mapped Iraq and Jordan in the early 1900s. Naomi Watts is attached. Shooting on Queen Of The Desert is expected to begin in the fall. Elwes is producing with Nick Raslan. Elwes, who recently teamed with Evolution Entertainment principal Mark Burg to launch Evolution Independent, made 7 movies last year. He expects to do 8 this year. “I’m totally driven,” he says, “I’m moving as fast as I can.”

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Rooney Mara, Ben Foster, Casey Affleck Circling ‘Aint Them Bodies Saints’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday April 27, 2012 @ 4:41pm PDTTags: Ben Foster, Casey Affleck, David Lowery, Rooney Mara
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: David Lowery has written and will direct Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, a contemporary story in the vein of Bonnie And Clyde, with Rooney Mara, Ben Foster and Casey Affleck attached to star. Lowery wrote … Read More »

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Rooney Mara Attached To ‘Brooklyn’ From ‘An Education’ Producers Dwyer & Posey

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday April 26, 2012 @ 9:00am PDTTags: Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara BrooklynAn Education producers Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey have attached Rooney Mara to their upcoming adaptation of Colm Toibin’s novel Brooklyn. Nick Hornby has penned the script about a girl from a small Irish town who must … Read More »

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Open Road Sets Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Bitter Pill’ For February 8, 2013 Release

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 16, 2012 @ 11:09am PDTTags: Bitter Pill, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Steven Soderbergh
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Open Road is setting a February 8, 2013 release date for Bitter Pill, the film that Steven Soderbergh began shooting in New York. The film stars Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw. Lorenzo di … Read More »

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Oscars Q&A: Rooney Mara On The Girl Who Would Be Lisbeth Salander

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 12, 2012 @ 9:11am PSTTags: Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Lisbeth Salander, misanthropic Watson to Mikael Blomkvist’s investigative journalist Sherlock Holmes in Stieg Larsson’s novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, is by nature a rule-breaker. Look no further than her day job as a hacker; a means of assaulting … Read More »

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Rooney Mara Takes Lead In Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday January 30, 2012 @ 5:54am PSTTags: Rooney Mara, Side Effects, Steven Soderbergh, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: In her first lead role since her Oscar-nominated turn in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara has just committed to starring in Side Effects, the Steven Soderbergh-directed thriller. Mara will replace Blake Lively in a film that … Read More »

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Golden Globes Fashion: Who Wore What?

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday January 15, 2012 @ 9:21pm PSTTags: Angelina Jolie, Fashion, Golden Globes, Red Carpet, Rooney Mara

Monica Corcoran is contributing to Deadline’s Golden Globe coverage.

It wasn’t the best of dresses or the worst of dresses. Rather, this year’s red carpet at the Golden Globes felt more like a Baltimore debutante ball than a ribald Hollywood awards show. Updos didn’t crest like tsunamis, diamonds seemed to be hibernating, and the only cleavage worth ogling came compliments of Sofia Vergara and Salma Hayek.

Diane Lane, Golden GlobesIf nothing else, a nude dress contrasts well with the red carpet. But a bevy of blush gowns hardly induces fashion envy. Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Wiig and Kate Beckinsale all chose the tame epidermis hue, though Jolie’s slash of crimson at the neckline of her Atelier Versace gown — like a gash to her clavicle — certainly added Shakespearean drama. Purple, too, made a popular showing among nominees like Octavia Spencer, Shailene Woodley, Julianna Margulies and Emma Stone. (The royal color has been heralded as the “it” shade for spring.) Metallics, an awards-show favorite and a shortcut to glamour, turned up on Diane Lane (pictured right), Madonna, Lea Michele and Nicole Richie. Lane’s gilded Reem Acra aced best dress; Michele’s risque molten silver Marchesa didn’t work because the young actress tried to outshine it. Shades of blue — from navy to cerulean — also proved a popular choice. Jodie Foster, bedecked in a beaded teal Giorgio Armani gown with a strapless corset and a cinched waist, looked feminine and unflappable.

Madonna, Golden GlobesAs for skin, there were few plunging necklines. Sigh. Jolie, Jessica Biel and Viola Davis relied on center or side-slits to bare a bit of gam, and it was much appreciated. Rooney Mara’s tough-girl-next-door black Nina Ricci offered glimpses of her skim milk torso, with its bondage-like chiffon cut outs. Glee’s Dianna Agron and Michele competed for squint-worthy exhibitionism with their laser-cut gowns, but neither quickened my pulse. When it came to jewels, oversized earrings stole the show. FYI: If the unemployment rate hovers at 8.5%, stars tend to wisely eschew the quail egg-sized diamonds and blinding ruby chokers. Then, there’s Madonna. The best original song in a motion picture winner wore $2.5 million worth of Neil Lane gems, including half a dozen diamond and platinum cuff bracelets. Material girl, indeed.

In the end, I say, “all hail Tilda Swinton.” The statuesque fashion-forward icon — with the arm span of a yeti — didn’t disappoint in an ice blue Haider Ackerman skirt suit with strong, sharp shoulders. The red carpet always seems to part for Swinton and she deserves it.

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HAMMOND: Red Hot Best Actress Oscar Race Heats Up Even More As Meryl Streep’s ‘Iron Lady’ Screened

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday November 17, 2011 @ 6:19pm PSTTags: Albert Nobbs, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, The Iron Lady, Viola Davis, Young Adult
Pete Hammond

One of the last pieces of this year’s increasingly hot Best Actress race puzzle fell into place this week as The Weinstein Company unveiled Meryl Streep’s The Iron Lady at an exclusive media screening Tuesday night at the Warner Bros … Read More »

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Jason Clarke Lands Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden Film; Elite Cast Circling Other Roles

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 10, 2011 @ 12:54pm PSTTags: Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison, Osama Bin Laden, Rooney Mara, Tom Hardy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Clarke is the first actor set for the Kathryn Bigelow-directed drama about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden for Sony Pictures and Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures. An elite group of actors is being courted for the ensemble. I’m … Read More »

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AFM: FilmNation Unveils Back To Back Terrence Malick Films ‘Lawless’ And ‘Knight Of Cups,’ With Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale And Cate Blanchett

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 12:55pm PDTTags: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Terrence Malick
Mike Fleming

(Los Angeles, CA) November 2, 2011 – FilmNation Entertainment is continuing their relationship with acclaimed director Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line) and handling international sales and distribution on his next two films. LAWLESS will star Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Ides of March) and boasts a supporting cast that includes Academy Award Winners Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, The Flowers of War), Cate Blanchett (The Hobbit, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) plus Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network) and Haley Bennett (Marley & Me, The Haunting of Molly Hartley).

The second film, KNIGHT OF CUPS, will star Christian Bale with a supporting cast including Cate Blanchett and Isabel Lucas (Immortals, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen). Both films are currently in pre-production and will shoot back-to-back in 2012. Sarah Green (Untitled Terrence Malick Project, The Tree of Life, The New World, Take Shelter, Mud) and Nicolas Gonda (Untitled Terrence Malick Project, The Tree of Life, The New World) will serve as the producers on both films with FilmNation Entertainment handling international sales during this week’s AFM.

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Warren Beatty Playing Howard Hughes, Great Cast Circling

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 22, 2011 @ 4:19pm PDTTags: Alec Baldwin, Andrew Garfield, Annette Bening, David Fincher, Evan Rachel Wood, Howard Hughes, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Paramount Pictures, Rooney Mara, Shia la Beouf, Warren Beatty
Mike Fleming

Deadline told you Monday that Warren Beatty was getting behind the camera for the first time since Bulworth. Paramount and Beatty are keeping details under wraps, but here’s what I’ve heard: He will play Howard Hughes, but it’s not … Read More »

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Will More Directors Dabble In Marketing After JJ Abrams’ Hide-The-Creature Ploy Pays Off?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 13, 2011 @ 9:46am PDTTags: Daniel Craig, David Fincher, JJ Abrams, Rooney Mara, Super 8
Mike Fleming

Super 8’s $37 million opening weekend was a surprise given last week’s soft tracking numbers that rival marketing execs attributed to JJ Abrams’ insistence on keeping plot reveals — and the creature — out of the TV spots. Those skeptics might argue Super 8 could have posted a larger opening weekend with a more revealing campaign, but it is nice to see a filmmaker — and the studio that backed him — vindicated in their decision to preserve the moviegoing experience by not dishing all the reveals. It’s too bad Abrams wasn’t advising disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner, who also would have benefited by fighting the temptation to unveil the creature. Read More »

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UPDATE: Not-As-Hot Trailer: ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 1, 2011 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Steve Zaillian, Stieg Larsson
Mike Fleming

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY AM: Sony has released an “official” green-band trailer for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, after the slightly less tame red-band one we had for you over the weekend was taken down all over the Internet by the studio, which claimed it was unauthorized. Publicity ploy … Read More »

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Michael Connelly Setting Harry Bosch Crime Series With ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Producer

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 24, 2011 @ 7:20pm PDTTags: Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Harry Bosch, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Connelly, Paramount Pictures, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Stieg Larsson, The Black Echo, UTA
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After suing Paramount Pictures to recapture rights to his Harry Bosch crime novels The Black Ice and The Black Echo, Michael Connelly is in talks to make a new film alliance with Yellow Bird Films, the Swedish production company … Read More »

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Goran Visnjic Joins ‘Dragon Tattoo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 4:05pm PSTTags: Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Steve Zaillian, Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mike Fleming

Former ER star Goran Visnjic has signed on to play Dragan Armansky in Sony Pictures’ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, the David Fincher-directed adaptation of the Stieg Larsson bestseller. Visjnic’s character, the CEO of a security firm that employs … Read More »

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Rooney Mara’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Colors ‘Tanner Hall’ Deal At Anchor Bay

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 3:05pm PSTTags: Anchor Bay, Movie Deals, Movies, Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Anchor Bay has closed a deal to distribute Tanner Hall, a coming-of-age film that premiered at Toronto last fall. The film got a dose of deal momentum after its unknown star, Rooney Mara, landed the coveted role of Lisbeth … Read More »

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The Oscar Road Traveled By Toronto Films

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday September 28, 2010 @ 11:05am PDTTags: 127 Hours, Andrew Garfield, Best Picture Oscar Race, Black Swan, Movies, Oscar Buzz, Oscars, Rooney Mara, The King's Speech, The Social Network, The Social Network New York Film festival, The Town, Toronto Film Festival, Toronto Oscar Buzz
Mike Fleming

The business story of the Toronto International Film Festival was a cautious resurgence of the specialty film market. But in my opinion the more compelling and even uplifting story surrounds those Toronto films now emerging as Best Picture Oscar candidates. The reason is that so many of them easily could have fallen apart … Read More »

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No Truth To ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Delay Rumors

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday September 22, 2010 @ 11:01am PDTTags: Movies, Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mike Fleming

The Internet is becoming more and more like a game of telephone, where rumors spread and become deemed factual because too many reporters don’t pick up the phone to check them. A swarm of claimss have surfaced that Rooney Mara … Read More »

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Rooney Mara Gets Coveted Lisbeth Role In ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday August 16, 2010 @ 10:21am PDTTags: Daniel Craig, David Fincher, Millennium Trilogy, Movie Casting, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Stieg Larsson, Stieg Larsson Books, The Girl Who Played With Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Casting
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has issued a press release on Mara. I’ve included it after Deadline’s story break.

EXCLUSIVE: Ending one of the most drawn out and closely watched casting searches for an actress in years, Sony Pictures … Read More »

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