Disagreements over the script for a Michelle Pfeiffer-headlined Catwoman movie from Tim Burton have been revealed: more here.
By the time he came to the end of shooting 1992’s Batman Returns, director Tim Burton pretty much knew that his time in Gotham City was at an end. His decision to not return for what became Batman Forever suited both him and Warner Bros (not least because of the backlash). But still, there was the olive branch of a Catwoman spin-off movie, that would have starred Michelle Pfeiffer.
This was actually rumoured for some time, and some work was done on the feature.
Daniel Waters, who penned Batman Returns, was hired to take a pass at a Catwoman feature, and as he described just before Christmas (courtesy of IndieWire), he pitched a film where Selina Kyle/Catwoman would have moved to “a Los Angeles version of Gotham City”.
Waters would...
By the time he came to the end of shooting 1992’s Batman Returns, director Tim Burton pretty much knew that his time in Gotham City was at an end. His decision to not return for what became Batman Forever suited both him and Warner Bros (not least because of the backlash). But still, there was the olive branch of a Catwoman spin-off movie, that would have starred Michelle Pfeiffer.
This was actually rumoured for some time, and some work was done on the feature.
Daniel Waters, who penned Batman Returns, was hired to take a pass at a Catwoman feature, and as he described just before Christmas (courtesy of IndieWire), he pitched a film where Selina Kyle/Catwoman would have moved to “a Los Angeles version of Gotham City”.
Waters would...
- 1/2/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
There's no denying that Halle Berry's "Catwoman" was a spectacular failure — critically, commercially, etc. — but it's still been incredibly frustrating to watch Berry try to defend the film over the years. For the record, there's very little to defend, but did Berry really deserve as much flack as she got? The actor has gotten the worst rap out of anyone involved in the picture: few have asked the now-retired director, Pitof, how he feels about the flop, though screenwriter John Rogers has since said his piece on why the story suffered so.
Berry, for her part, has always handled her stint as Catwoman with grace. After "winning" the Razzie award for Worst Actress in a Motion Picture, she brought along the Oscar she'd won just years prior for "Monster's Ball"; even recited her Oscars speech to the letter. The actress later admitted that she took the role in the...
Berry, for her part, has always handled her stint as Catwoman with grace. After "winning" the Razzie award for Worst Actress in a Motion Picture, she brought along the Oscar she'd won just years prior for "Monster's Ball"; even recited her Oscars speech to the letter. The actress later admitted that she took the role in the...
- 3/27/2023
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
Los Angeles, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (Awff) announced its competition winners at a star-studded event November 18 at Beverly Hill’s Saban Theater. The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film; Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
Asian World Film Festival (Awff)
The Snow Leopard Special Jury Award went to World War III, directed by Houman Seyedi, and the Snow Leopard Audience Award to Aurora’s Sunrise (Armenia), directed by Inna Sahakyan. Kerr (Turkey) director of photography, Andreas Sinanos, received the Panavision Best Cinematography Award along with a 60,000 Panavision Camera Grant of cutting-edge filmmaking equipment.
Short films and the talent behind them were also recognized at the standing-room-only event. The Hollywood Foreign Press...
- 11/21/2022
- by Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
The art of the character poster is alive and well in France at the moment. Jean-François Richet's glossy blockbuster on the worlds first Private Detective, François Vidocq is no exception. Vincent Cassel is playing the criminal turned criminologist, who enraptured writers like Edgar Allen Poe and Balzac, to hopefully wash out the taste of the 2001 Pitof directed disaster. With The Emperor of Paris, a cast of talented actors with interesting faces, has been assembled, including Denis Levant, August Diehl, Olga Kurylenko, and Freya Mavor, all of whom get lovely, textured character posters that emphasize both the faces and the clothing of the period. (A Full Gallery is here.) But I wanted to highlight the main One Sheet for the film, by French design firm,...
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- 11/23/2018
- Screen Anarchy
Considered to be one of the worst movies ever, Catwoman is perhaps the most deserving of the title “biggest comic book flop of all-time.” With its horrific acting, inane characterizations and sexist viewpoints, the Pitof-directed film all but ensures not to trust one name directors (we’re looking at you, too, McG).
The movie is widely seen as a career killer for Halle Berry, as well, and she herself even contends that she’s part of the Oscar curse. In any case, her casting in Catwoman certainly didn’t help the actress continue her impressive rise to fame, with Berry finding herself with fewer and fewer roles in critically acclaimed films in recent years.
Most of the cast and crew know just how much of a stinker this pic was, too, with writer John Rogers coming forward this week to admit that Catwoman was a “shit movie.” Taking to Twitter,...
The movie is widely seen as a career killer for Halle Berry, as well, and she herself even contends that she’s part of the Oscar curse. In any case, her casting in Catwoman certainly didn’t help the actress continue her impressive rise to fame, with Berry finding herself with fewer and fewer roles in critically acclaimed films in recent years.
Most of the cast and crew know just how much of a stinker this pic was, too, with writer John Rogers coming forward this week to admit that Catwoman was a “shit movie.” Taking to Twitter,...
- 2/25/2018
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Action vet Jason Statham is in negotiations to star in the action thriller The Killer’s Game that will be directed by D.J. Caruso (xXx: Return of Xander Cage). THR reports that this move breathes new life into one of Hollywood’s oldest unproduced scripts.
The Killer's Game is based on a novel by Jay Bonansinga; the story follows a veteran assassin who is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and takes a hit out on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow. The twist comes when he finds out that he was misdiagnosed and must then fend off the army of former colleagues trying to kill him.
The book was published in 1997, and since then Hollywood has been trying to turn it into a movie. Several great actors including Michael Keaton and Wesley Snipes were attached to star in the project during its early development.
A long...
The Killer's Game is based on a novel by Jay Bonansinga; the story follows a veteran assassin who is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and takes a hit out on himself to avoid the pain that is destined to follow. The twist comes when he finds out that he was misdiagnosed and must then fend off the army of former colleagues trying to kill him.
The book was published in 1997, and since then Hollywood has been trying to turn it into a movie. Several great actors including Michael Keaton and Wesley Snipes were attached to star in the project during its early development.
A long...
- 2/14/2018
- by Kristian Odland
- GeekTyrant
Jason from Mnpp here with today's new "Beauty vs Beast" -- I finally got my boyfriend to watch Wonder Woman this weekend (it's finally out on VOD) and he was as surprised as I was by how much he enjoyed it (I was skeptical given DC's lousy track-record and he was skeptical because he doesn't like superhero movies). But he had one complaint that I very much got - there are a couple of full-body CG shots where Diana's hopping around where the effects look pretty goony, or as my boyfriend put it, "That looked like Catwoman."
Which got me thinking about Catwoman. The Halle Berry one, I mean. Which isn't as dire for me as it is for most - I actually enjoy the 2004 dud, albeit for camp value. But you kind of get the feeling that the film's director Pitof (whose career was, probably rightly, murdered by the film) intended the camp value,...
Which got me thinking about Catwoman. The Halle Berry one, I mean. Which isn't as dire for me as it is for most - I actually enjoy the 2004 dud, albeit for camp value. But you kind of get the feeling that the film's director Pitof (whose career was, probably rightly, murdered by the film) intended the camp value,...
- 9/4/2017
- by JA
- FilmExperience
Ryan Lambie Oct 3, 2016
An animated superhero movie featuring Marlon Brando? A Bill Murray comedy? Just two of the strange, starry films we may never get to see.
Film history is littered with movies that have wound up on the shelf for some reason, either because of financial difficulties or, in the case of The Day The Clown Died, because its director and star decided it was too embarrassing to be released. We've written about all sorts of shelved or cancelled films before, from Roger Corman's infamous Fantastic Four to the unreleased John Goodman comedy, Spring Break '83.
Every so often, though, we'll hear about curious-sounding projects that generate a bit of news before vanishing again. An animated film featuring the voices of Marlon Brando and Brendan Fraser, perhaps, or a modern comedy about old Greek gods featuring Christopher Walken as Zeus.
Here, then, are five strange, star-laden movies that,...
An animated superhero movie featuring Marlon Brando? A Bill Murray comedy? Just two of the strange, starry films we may never get to see.
Film history is littered with movies that have wound up on the shelf for some reason, either because of financial difficulties or, in the case of The Day The Clown Died, because its director and star decided it was too embarrassing to be released. We've written about all sorts of shelved or cancelled films before, from Roger Corman's infamous Fantastic Four to the unreleased John Goodman comedy, Spring Break '83.
Every so often, though, we'll hear about curious-sounding projects that generate a bit of news before vanishing again. An animated film featuring the voices of Marlon Brando and Brendan Fraser, perhaps, or a modern comedy about old Greek gods featuring Christopher Walken as Zeus.
Here, then, are five strange, star-laden movies that,...
- 9/30/2016
- Den of Geek
Note: There are copious spoilers below. Proceed no further if you haven't seen Captain America: Civil War or X-Men: Apocalypse. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a big superhero movie fan. In fact -- psst! -- I actually think there are far too many of them being churned out these days. Judge me all you want for this, but my relative indifference gives me something of a unique perspective in today's geek-driven movie culture, which has a tendency to focus more on the deeply-interwoven drama between the films' costumed characters and/or adherence to comic-book lore than the directorial eye at work behind the lens. (You can thank -- blame? -- Marvel's serialized approach to their sprawling, prolific McU for that.) And from this more removed vantage point, I can say with an utterly straight face that X-Men: Apocalypse is a better film than Captain America: Civil War...
- 5/27/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
'Fantastic Four' 2015: Miles Teller as Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic. Box office: 'Fantastic Four' 2015 bombs, 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' to pass $100 million mark Derided by critics and fans alike, 20th Century Fox's Fantastic Four is about to become one of 2015's domestic box office bombs. After earning a paltry $11.3 million on Friday – including Thursday evening shows – the Josh Trank-directed, Fox-meddled (and -muddled?) Marvel superhero flick will likely gross less than even the most modest, downgraded expectations. In fact, don't be too surprised if the Christopher McQuarrie-Tom Cruise actioner Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation tops the North American box office chart this weekend (Aug. 7-9, '15). Fox's only hope is that Fantastic Four lives up to its name at the international box office – despite the fact that this latest superhero entry is in old-fashioned 2D, whereas audiences in several key overseas markets prefer their...
- 8/9/2015
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Directed by French composer turned filmmakers Cyril Morin, this unique romance had it's market debut in Berlin at the European Film Market. The film was produced by Paris-based company Media in Sync. Rights for all territories are still available.
Here is the official synopsis:
“Hacker’s Game” is a love story between two hackers, Soyan and Loise. Like many other hackers, Soyan works for a company he previously hacked. This “online security” firm runs covert activities for high-profile clients around the world.
Loise is a cyber-detective who investigates war crimes for a human rights organization. Obsessed with the truth, she also has spent years searching for an unknown person. The two hackers meet on a rooftop and bond together through a virtual chess game. But Soyan’s employer, Russell Belial, has asked him to protect the same arms-dealer that Loise is determined to help to capture.
Who will call the game now? What is Soyan’s real goal? The pair embarks upon an intense but dangerous romance, playing an elaborate game of deception. After being in a virtual world, will Soyan and Loise risk everything for true love?
Here is a recent interview with director Cyril Morin
How did you develop the story for "Hacker’s Game"?
After I shot my first feature film, The Activist, which took place in 1973, I wanted to direct a contemporary story with young people trying to connect emotionally in the wired world of Internet and smartphones. I wanted to do something with timely significance just a couple years in the future.
I also was following how the media depicts hackers. The most common news story revolves around whether they are heroes or traitors. However, I was more interested in their motivations. What drives an intelligent young person to spend all his time hacking into a top-secret database to reveal something to the public? Why have several young hackers died just before they planned to release information?
Is the film a techno-thriller or a love story?
The film is a love story at first. The “techno thriller” is more the background of the film. However, technology plays a big part in the love story. It is the only means for Loise and Soyan to come together. They have difficulty expressing their feelings directly because computers mediate everything they do.
So they use technology as a shield to hide behind, staying on the Internet to avoid the real world. Their relationship begins as a sort of game as they court each other through a virtual chess simulator. Real love is a new feeling for them. Soyan and Loise eventually break through into reality and discover themselves. But it might be too late…
How does your view of the Internet shape the film?
As with many people, the Internet has become a basic part of my life. However, I am not unaware of how it can distort reality. Online information can be faked and manipulated. How do we believe what we are reading? I am suspicious of anything I can’t confirm from multiple reliable sources.
Nowadays, there is a lot of controversy about how big companies like Google or Facebook spy on their users and this is quite an important theme in the movie.
I am scared about a future where facts can be changed for political gain or to manipulate people. We already know how leaders rewrite history quite willingly.
Tell us about the look of the movie.
I decided from the very beginning never to put a computer display on screen. By not providing that visual aid, the viewer is forced to focus on the characters and everything that is happening offline. Visually, I represent the Internet with sequences in the film in which terabytes of data flow through cables. We also have graphics that represent data clouds when text messages are sent. These elements show how technology has become more virtual than ever.
I experimented with black light during certain sequences where Loise and Soyan put on these virtual reality cyber-glasses. I wanted to set apart these scenes in a tangible way for the audience. We don’t know what they are seeing through the glasses. It could be a battlefield, an erotic game, or both.
The look is styled like a comic book with a more digital, futuristic edge. With Pitof, we experienced with a lot of innovative visual textures for the movie during post-production.
How did you work with the actors?
It was a very interesting process. Though I wanted to work again with actors I worked with before, the biggest challenge was finding the leads for Soyan and Loise. After completing the script, I found Soyan among 2500 headshots. With Chris Schellenger (from Paul Schrader’s "The Canyons"), we did a lot of workshopping to develop the character of Soyan.
For Loise’s character, I looked at some French actresses in Los Angeles but none of them quite worked for various reasons. It drove me crazy. Then, by chance, I met Pom Klementieff (Old Boy, Spike Lee) at a friend’s dinner party. It took only a few days for me to come back and cast her. Then I discovered her own biography was very close to that of Loise’s character. When I put Chris and Pom together to rehearse a scene, I knew I had my couple.
I spent three months on pre-production so we could do a lot of rehearsals. Then I rewrote a lot of the script based on it. Actually, that was a benefit for the crew on the shoot because we already figured out the scene through the rehearsal process.
Tell us about shooting "Hacker’s Game. "
I feel I didn’t shoot a movie as much as I hacked a movie. Movies usually involve a heavy footprint. But digital technology is changing everything. We had a small crew that took on an ambitious shooting schedule. Mobility was key because we had such a crazy schedule (we shot around seven scenes a day). Besides an efficient team, the Canon C300 camera helped a great deal. It works in low light so we didn’t need a lot of huge lighting gear.
How did you work with the crew?
Romain Wilhelm is a young talented Dp. Hacker’s Game was his first feature film. It was important to me to have a lot of young people in the crew so they could be on the same wavelength with the story. It was a bit of a “rock’n’roll” set and we had a lot of laughs as well as some tense moments.
The crew also was geographically diverse. Besides Americans, we had people from France, Japan, Romania, Belgium, Israel, Korea, etc... Just like the Internet, there were no borders. Amza Moglan, the second unit camera on the film, finished the edit after some difficulties with the first cut. Amza got all the emotional textures I wanted in the film and knew all the shots perfectly since he was on set for the entire shoot.
What about the music? You are also a film composer.
From the very beginning I planned to use music from a Los Angeles band “Seven Saturday.” I needed a fresh sound and real songs to go to with the love story. I remixed their songs to fit with the soundtrack and I did the rest of the score myself. It took me a long time to find the right feeling for the soundtrack. You know what an orchestra will sound like but you have to invent all the sounds with electronic music. I had a very precise idea how to mix those sounds with electric guitars. But there is no code and no rules. I had to reinvent my own music.
“I feel I didn’t shoot a movie as much as I hacked a movie”.
About the Director
Cyril Morin became a director on the side of a successful international career as a film composer with almost 100 soundtracks to his name. His music has won awards at numerous festivals and received acclaim from the international press. Among many honors, he was a nominee at the European Film Awards, the World Soundtrack Award and recently at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards.
He naturally became familiar with how films are produced and directed. He produced music videos before proceeding to direct his first short film Homere (1995) with footage from film archives. He also co-wrote and produced a documentary The Spirit of the Water (1995), a tribute to the Surfrider Foundation.
In 2011, he directed the short film The Application Cafe. Shot in the Californian desert, the sci-fi drama is a mythological interpretation of America.
In 2012, he wrote and directed The Activist, a thriller about political unrest by Native Americans at Wounded Knee. With nods to Brando, Nixon, and Vietnam, the film recreates the paranoid culture of the 1970s. This movie has already screened at festivals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stuttgart, Sedona and Byron Bay, Australia.
He recently completed his second feature film, "Hacker’s Game" (2013), a love story between two cyber-adventurers, starring Pom Klementieff (Spike Lee’s "Old Boy") , Chris Schellenger (Paul Schrader’s "The Canyons") and King Orba ("3:10 to Yuma").
Filmography:
"Hacker’s Game" / Feature Film, 2014, France/U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
"The Activist" / Feature Film, 2013, France/ U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
Festivals: American Indian Film Festival/ USA (Best feature film & Two Best Actor Nominations) - Valley Film Festival, North Hollywood/ USA - Das Nordamerika Film Festival - Stuttgart/ Germany (Best feature film nomination) - Sedona Film Festival, USA - Byron Bay Film Festival, Australia
"The Application Cafe" / Short Film, 2012, U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
Festivals: USA Film Awards, Dallas (Finalist) - Holly shorts Film Festival, Los Angeles - Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival -...
Here is the official synopsis:
“Hacker’s Game” is a love story between two hackers, Soyan and Loise. Like many other hackers, Soyan works for a company he previously hacked. This “online security” firm runs covert activities for high-profile clients around the world.
Loise is a cyber-detective who investigates war crimes for a human rights organization. Obsessed with the truth, she also has spent years searching for an unknown person. The two hackers meet on a rooftop and bond together through a virtual chess game. But Soyan’s employer, Russell Belial, has asked him to protect the same arms-dealer that Loise is determined to help to capture.
Who will call the game now? What is Soyan’s real goal? The pair embarks upon an intense but dangerous romance, playing an elaborate game of deception. After being in a virtual world, will Soyan and Loise risk everything for true love?
Here is a recent interview with director Cyril Morin
How did you develop the story for "Hacker’s Game"?
After I shot my first feature film, The Activist, which took place in 1973, I wanted to direct a contemporary story with young people trying to connect emotionally in the wired world of Internet and smartphones. I wanted to do something with timely significance just a couple years in the future.
I also was following how the media depicts hackers. The most common news story revolves around whether they are heroes or traitors. However, I was more interested in their motivations. What drives an intelligent young person to spend all his time hacking into a top-secret database to reveal something to the public? Why have several young hackers died just before they planned to release information?
Is the film a techno-thriller or a love story?
The film is a love story at first. The “techno thriller” is more the background of the film. However, technology plays a big part in the love story. It is the only means for Loise and Soyan to come together. They have difficulty expressing their feelings directly because computers mediate everything they do.
So they use technology as a shield to hide behind, staying on the Internet to avoid the real world. Their relationship begins as a sort of game as they court each other through a virtual chess simulator. Real love is a new feeling for them. Soyan and Loise eventually break through into reality and discover themselves. But it might be too late…
How does your view of the Internet shape the film?
As with many people, the Internet has become a basic part of my life. However, I am not unaware of how it can distort reality. Online information can be faked and manipulated. How do we believe what we are reading? I am suspicious of anything I can’t confirm from multiple reliable sources.
Nowadays, there is a lot of controversy about how big companies like Google or Facebook spy on their users and this is quite an important theme in the movie.
I am scared about a future where facts can be changed for political gain or to manipulate people. We already know how leaders rewrite history quite willingly.
Tell us about the look of the movie.
I decided from the very beginning never to put a computer display on screen. By not providing that visual aid, the viewer is forced to focus on the characters and everything that is happening offline. Visually, I represent the Internet with sequences in the film in which terabytes of data flow through cables. We also have graphics that represent data clouds when text messages are sent. These elements show how technology has become more virtual than ever.
I experimented with black light during certain sequences where Loise and Soyan put on these virtual reality cyber-glasses. I wanted to set apart these scenes in a tangible way for the audience. We don’t know what they are seeing through the glasses. It could be a battlefield, an erotic game, or both.
The look is styled like a comic book with a more digital, futuristic edge. With Pitof, we experienced with a lot of innovative visual textures for the movie during post-production.
How did you work with the actors?
It was a very interesting process. Though I wanted to work again with actors I worked with before, the biggest challenge was finding the leads for Soyan and Loise. After completing the script, I found Soyan among 2500 headshots. With Chris Schellenger (from Paul Schrader’s "The Canyons"), we did a lot of workshopping to develop the character of Soyan.
For Loise’s character, I looked at some French actresses in Los Angeles but none of them quite worked for various reasons. It drove me crazy. Then, by chance, I met Pom Klementieff (Old Boy, Spike Lee) at a friend’s dinner party. It took only a few days for me to come back and cast her. Then I discovered her own biography was very close to that of Loise’s character. When I put Chris and Pom together to rehearse a scene, I knew I had my couple.
I spent three months on pre-production so we could do a lot of rehearsals. Then I rewrote a lot of the script based on it. Actually, that was a benefit for the crew on the shoot because we already figured out the scene through the rehearsal process.
Tell us about shooting "Hacker’s Game. "
I feel I didn’t shoot a movie as much as I hacked a movie. Movies usually involve a heavy footprint. But digital technology is changing everything. We had a small crew that took on an ambitious shooting schedule. Mobility was key because we had such a crazy schedule (we shot around seven scenes a day). Besides an efficient team, the Canon C300 camera helped a great deal. It works in low light so we didn’t need a lot of huge lighting gear.
How did you work with the crew?
Romain Wilhelm is a young talented Dp. Hacker’s Game was his first feature film. It was important to me to have a lot of young people in the crew so they could be on the same wavelength with the story. It was a bit of a “rock’n’roll” set and we had a lot of laughs as well as some tense moments.
The crew also was geographically diverse. Besides Americans, we had people from France, Japan, Romania, Belgium, Israel, Korea, etc... Just like the Internet, there were no borders. Amza Moglan, the second unit camera on the film, finished the edit after some difficulties with the first cut. Amza got all the emotional textures I wanted in the film and knew all the shots perfectly since he was on set for the entire shoot.
What about the music? You are also a film composer.
From the very beginning I planned to use music from a Los Angeles band “Seven Saturday.” I needed a fresh sound and real songs to go to with the love story. I remixed their songs to fit with the soundtrack and I did the rest of the score myself. It took me a long time to find the right feeling for the soundtrack. You know what an orchestra will sound like but you have to invent all the sounds with electronic music. I had a very precise idea how to mix those sounds with electric guitars. But there is no code and no rules. I had to reinvent my own music.
“I feel I didn’t shoot a movie as much as I hacked a movie”.
About the Director
Cyril Morin became a director on the side of a successful international career as a film composer with almost 100 soundtracks to his name. His music has won awards at numerous festivals and received acclaim from the international press. Among many honors, he was a nominee at the European Film Awards, the World Soundtrack Award and recently at the Jerry Goldsmith Awards.
He naturally became familiar with how films are produced and directed. He produced music videos before proceeding to direct his first short film Homere (1995) with footage from film archives. He also co-wrote and produced a documentary The Spirit of the Water (1995), a tribute to the Surfrider Foundation.
In 2011, he directed the short film The Application Cafe. Shot in the Californian desert, the sci-fi drama is a mythological interpretation of America.
In 2012, he wrote and directed The Activist, a thriller about political unrest by Native Americans at Wounded Knee. With nods to Brando, Nixon, and Vietnam, the film recreates the paranoid culture of the 1970s. This movie has already screened at festivals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stuttgart, Sedona and Byron Bay, Australia.
He recently completed his second feature film, "Hacker’s Game" (2013), a love story between two cyber-adventurers, starring Pom Klementieff (Spike Lee’s "Old Boy") , Chris Schellenger (Paul Schrader’s "The Canyons") and King Orba ("3:10 to Yuma").
Filmography:
"Hacker’s Game" / Feature Film, 2014, France/U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
"The Activist" / Feature Film, 2013, France/ U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
Festivals: American Indian Film Festival/ USA (Best feature film & Two Best Actor Nominations) - Valley Film Festival, North Hollywood/ USA - Das Nordamerika Film Festival - Stuttgart/ Germany (Best feature film nomination) - Sedona Film Festival, USA - Byron Bay Film Festival, Australia
"The Application Cafe" / Short Film, 2012, U.S.A. (Director, Writer, Producer)
Festivals: USA Film Awards, Dallas (Finalist) - Holly shorts Film Festival, Los Angeles - Short Film Corner, Cannes Film Festival -...
- 3/5/2015
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Simone Simon in 'La Bête Humaine' 1938: Jean Renoir's film noir (photo: Jean Gabin and Simone Simon in 'La Bête Humaine') (See previous post: "'Cat People' 1942 Actress Simone Simon Remembered.") In the late 1930s, with her Hollywood career stalled while facing competition at 20th Century-Fox from another French import, Annabella (later Tyrone Power's wife), Simone Simon returned to France. Once there, she reestablished herself as an actress to be reckoned with in Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine. An updated version of Émile Zola's 1890 novel, La Bête Humaine is enveloped in a dark, brooding atmosphere not uncommon in pre-World War II French films. Known for their "poetic realism," examples from that era include Renoir's own The Lower Depths (1936), Julien Duvivier's La Belle Équipe (1936) and Pépé le Moko (1937), and particularly Marcel Carné's Port of Shadows (1938) and Daybreak (1939).[11] This thematic and...
- 2/6/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Has it actually been ten years already since we have been engaged in the realm of films dating back to 2004? A decade is certainly a long period of time to build our appreciation for cinema up until this critical point in 2014. In looking back at 2004, one can recall fondly some of the more desirable releases to come out at that time. For instance, the superb Million Dollar Baby was the Academy Award-winning film for 2004. Even the comedies that were released that year gave movie audiences cause to rejoice with such ditties as the sleeper indie hit Napoleon Dynamite and well as mainstream laughers in Mean Girls and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy.
Unfortunately for every gem there is a dud and then some. And 2004 had its share to say the least. So how about getting nostalgic and recalling some of the notable misses that were heaped on misled moviegoers...
Unfortunately for every gem there is a dud and then some. And 2004 had its share to say the least. So how about getting nostalgic and recalling some of the notable misses that were heaped on misled moviegoers...
- 6/11/2014
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Olga Kurylenko's name may have just entered the rumor mill in relation to possibly joining “Batman vs. Superman” as Wonder Woman, but as a batch of recent casting news shows, the “To The Wonder” actress will have a bout of horror first. While the star from “We're The Millers” aims to don a costume instead, “Catwoman” director Pitof re-emerges with his next project, and John Cusack plans to hire a getaway driver. Kurylenko has been announced (via Dread Central) to star in the supernatural horror film “Mara”, which will mark music video director Clive Tonge's feature-length debut. Focusing on the mythology surrounding sleep paralysis, the film follows a criminal psychologist (Kurylenko) who investigates the murder of a man, apparently by his wife, and instead finds herself within the legend of a demon that kills people in their sleep. Production on the film is set for May next year,...
- 11/8/2013
- by Charlie Schmidlin
- The Playlist
It's been a really long time since last we heard anything from Catwoman and Vidocq director Pitof, and he hasn't even used all this time off to go and get a last name. What he has done is cook up another horror flick called Twisted. Read on for details.
Sharon Stone, Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Tom Berenger, Brad Dourif, Edward Furlong, Caterina Murino, and Claudia Gerini star. Read on for the plot crunch and sales art. Dig it!
Synopsis
As a child, Margot was witness to brutal events in her home. Now an adult and a famous novelist, she finds her inspiration on the darkest forums dedicated to violence.
In the steamy city of New Orleans, she writers Twisted, her latest thriller, live on the Internet. Each chapter describes a murder which is matched by a real-life crime.
As the murder investigations deepen, the carnal worlds of sex and violence...
Sharon Stone, Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Tom Berenger, Brad Dourif, Edward Furlong, Caterina Murino, and Claudia Gerini star. Read on for the plot crunch and sales art. Dig it!
Synopsis
As a child, Margot was witness to brutal events in her home. Now an adult and a famous novelist, she finds her inspiration on the darkest forums dedicated to violence.
In the steamy city of New Orleans, she writers Twisted, her latest thriller, live on the Internet. Each chapter describes a murder which is matched by a real-life crime.
As the murder investigations deepen, the carnal worlds of sex and violence...
- 11/7/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
From John Travolta to Bob Dylan, from Ed Wood to Orson Welles: ‘The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time’ (photo: John Travolta in the Scientology-inspired movie ‘Battlefield Earth’) Phil Hall’s The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time, tagged as a "new celebration of cinematic inanity," was published by Bear Manor on August 12, 2013. According to the book’s press release, the Greatest Bad Movies "are the films that inspire wonder" — of a unique variety: "You are left wondering how seemingly intelligent people could gather together and spend money to create such bizarre productions." According to Phil Hall, among the most wonder-inspiring movies ever made are John Travolta’s Roger Christian-directed Scientology-inspired megabomb Battlefield Earth; John Huston’s sort of The Maltese Falcon send up Beat the Devil, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida; Robert Altman’s Health, featuring a classy cast that includes Glenda Jackson, James Garner,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
A second trailer for Empires of the Deep has arrived, and let's just say it's just as... well... special as the first one was. Sea monsters and Olga Kurylenko? We can't go wrong with that formula, can we?
Empires of the Deep’s deeply troubled production began several years ago. The gist of it is that a very wealthy Chinese real estate tycoon wrote a script for an epic underwater sci-fi fantasy adventure flick and set about to co-finance the film. Monica Bellucci was announced to star in it. Catwoman director Pitof was hired to direct it. The late Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner was brought aboard to produce it. All three very quickly bailed on the project. That was in 2009. Jonathan Laurence was then brought in to direct, and when he abruptly departed the project, he wasn’t quiet about his disdain for how bad the production was...
Empires of the Deep’s deeply troubled production began several years ago. The gist of it is that a very wealthy Chinese real estate tycoon wrote a script for an epic underwater sci-fi fantasy adventure flick and set about to co-finance the film. Monica Bellucci was announced to star in it. Catwoman director Pitof was hired to direct it. The late Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner was brought aboard to produce it. All three very quickly bailed on the project. That was in 2009. Jonathan Laurence was then brought in to direct, and when he abruptly departed the project, he wasn’t quiet about his disdain for how bad the production was...
- 5/20/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Iron Man 3
Directed by: Shane Black
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau
Running Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Plot: Cocky scientist billionaire Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) takes on evil terrorist the Mandarin (Kingsley), while a former fan (Pearce) hatches a mysterious scheme.
Who’S It For? If you are excited for a new Iron Man movie, or even just another installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then there is no point in me trying to stop you. However, if you’re on the fence about that entity’s conquering, or this movie in general, don’t go; it’s not very likely that this movie’s over-saturation of comic relief and silly action sequences will convince you Iron Man hasn’t worn out his welcome. Instead, this second sequel plays into the simple desires audiences want from entertainment,...
Directed by: Shane Black
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau
Running Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Plot: Cocky scientist billionaire Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) takes on evil terrorist the Mandarin (Kingsley), while a former fan (Pearce) hatches a mysterious scheme.
Who’S It For? If you are excited for a new Iron Man movie, or even just another installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then there is no point in me trying to stop you. However, if you’re on the fence about that entity’s conquering, or this movie in general, don’t go; it’s not very likely that this movie’s over-saturation of comic relief and silly action sequences will convince you Iron Man hasn’t worn out his welcome. Instead, this second sequel plays into the simple desires audiences want from entertainment,...
- 5/3/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
The Dragon Angel
"Avatar" villain Stephen Lang jas joined Pitof's family adventure movie "The Dragon Angel". Shooting begins at year’s end in China.
Lang will play the dual role of a French Colonel in 1860s China, and the mysterious chauffeur of an American architect in modern-day Beijing. [Source: Deadline]
Jupiter Ascending
South Korean actress Bae Doona ("Cloud Atlas") has joined the cast of the Wachowskis' sci-fi epic "Jupiter Ascending". Doona's role is said to be "very small" in the project, which began shooting this week in the UK.
Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne and Sean Bean star in the story of a young woman who discovers her genetic signature has marked her out for an extraordinary fate. [Source: Digital Spy]
Barely Lethal
Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit," "Ender's Game") will star in Kyle Newman's comedy "Barely Lethal" for Rko and Hopscotch Features. Brett Ratner is producing.
Steinfeld will play a 16-year-old international...
"Avatar" villain Stephen Lang jas joined Pitof's family adventure movie "The Dragon Angel". Shooting begins at year’s end in China.
Lang will play the dual role of a French Colonel in 1860s China, and the mysterious chauffeur of an American architect in modern-day Beijing. [Source: Deadline]
Jupiter Ascending
South Korean actress Bae Doona ("Cloud Atlas") has joined the cast of the Wachowskis' sci-fi epic "Jupiter Ascending". Doona's role is said to be "very small" in the project, which began shooting this week in the UK.
Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne and Sean Bean star in the story of a young woman who discovers her genetic signature has marked her out for an extraordinary fate. [Source: Digital Spy]
Barely Lethal
Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit," "Ender's Game") will star in Kyle Newman's comedy "Barely Lethal" for Rko and Hopscotch Features. Brett Ratner is producing.
Steinfeld will play a 16-year-old international...
- 4/19/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With Cloud Atlas hitting theatres this weekend, it seems like an appropriate time to take a look at a trailer for another ambitious sci-fi / fantasy epic... in this case, however, it seems to be an example of how such a project can go horribly wrong. Empires of the Deep started off in 2010 as the pet project of Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang with Monica Belucci attached to star and Pitof on board to direct. Eventually they both left and were replaced by Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and director Michael French. It goes without saying that if the director of Catwoman leaves your project, you've probably got serious problems. The movie supposedly has a budget of over $100 million but it certainly doesn't look like it. Under normal circumstances I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that this was just a promo trailer with unfinished effects, but...
- 10/26/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
Move over, Dragon Wars! Step aside, Skyline! Take a hike, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale! Empires of the Deep is coming to put the "epic" back in epic fail.
Bear witness to the trailer to see the hilarity three years of production and over $130 million have given life to.
I’ve been hearing off and on about this extremely troubled Chinese-American fantasy production Empires of the Deep for years, but it wasn’t until today that I really paid any attention to the hubbub. That’s because the trailer has found its way online, and my immediate thought after viewing it was that it was as if someone actually decided to spend a fortune producing an aquatic version of the fake science fiction epic Ben Affleck uses as a front to save Iranian hostages in Argo. Empires of the Deep exists. This is a real...
Bear witness to the trailer to see the hilarity three years of production and over $130 million have given life to.
I’ve been hearing off and on about this extremely troubled Chinese-American fantasy production Empires of the Deep for years, but it wasn’t until today that I really paid any attention to the hubbub. That’s because the trailer has found its way online, and my immediate thought after viewing it was that it was as if someone actually decided to spend a fortune producing an aquatic version of the fake science fiction epic Ben Affleck uses as a front to save Iranian hostages in Argo. Empires of the Deep exists. This is a real...
- 10/24/2012
- by Foywonder
- DreadCentral.com
Who’s been waiting all their lives to see a mash up of The Little Mermaid and Flash Gordon? All of us right? Or at least that’s what the makers of Empires of the Deep seem to be banking on with their undersea epic three years in the making. Per Twitch, this story of waterlogged lovers caught between feuding factions in an underwater kingdom has been in various stages of production since 2009 when Chinese real estate mogul and multi-millionaire Jon Jiang wrote the script and went looking for talent. He found it in star Monica Bellucci, but she quickly bailed. He found it in producer Irvin Kershner, but he came to his senses. He dropped the talent requirement and found director Pitof, but even he passed. It’s really time to sit down and rethink things when the director of Catwoman says “no thanks” to your script. But Jiang persevered and somehow nabbed a single recognizable...
- 10/24/2012
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Almost four years ago, we heard of the $130 million Chinese-American sci-fi project called "Empires of the Deep," that had actress Monica Bellucci, director Pitof (Catwoman), and producer Irvin Kershner (Empire Strikes Back) on board. Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang wrote the script and partially financed the film wil his own money. Soon after, everyone dropped out and were later replaced by people who also dropped out. In the end, Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) ended up as the Queen of the Mermaid empire, while founders of the special effects company E-Imagine Studio took the producing credits (and likely most of the money). Today, we have a trailer for "Empires of the Deep," which revolves around a young man, who gets involved in a battle between mermaids, monsters and demons while attempting to save his father. Trailer:...
- 10/24/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
A couple of years ago we shared some photos from the set of a crazy looking fantasy film called Empires of the Deep. We've had nothing to report on the movie between then and now, with the first trailer for it popping up online. It looked like it had potential early on, but unfortunately, it looks absolutes terrible in every way you can imagine.
The 3D movie had a budget of around $130 million, and apparently it had a lot of issues during production. Everything that could have gone wrong, did. It was "the dream project of Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang, who wrote the script himself and partially financed with his own money, the film was originally announced with Monica Bellucci as the star, Catwoman director Pitof helming and Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner on board as a producer. All three left the project every bit as quickly as they signed up.
The 3D movie had a budget of around $130 million, and apparently it had a lot of issues during production. Everything that could have gone wrong, did. It was "the dream project of Chinese real estate tycoon Jon Jiang, who wrote the script himself and partially financed with his own money, the film was originally announced with Monica Bellucci as the star, Catwoman director Pitof helming and Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner on board as a producer. All three left the project every bit as quickly as they signed up.
- 10/23/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
With a reported budget of upwards of $100-130m., Empires of the Deep is a 3D co-production between the Us and China, with the brilliant Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, To the Wonder) in the lead.
Unfortunately, regardless of the mammoth budget and the talents of Kurylenko, the first trailer has landed, and things aren’t quite looking brilliant.
Spending years in various stages of development, with a handful of directors previously attached, including Catwoman’s Pitof, the film finally found its director in Michael French.
Though we don’t see much of Kurylenko in the trailer, if the story is as strong as the effects (which is to say, not very), then it looks like her many talents might sadly have gone to waste.
But no matter: Kurylenko will soon be seen in Terrence Malick’s rather beautiful (if slightly perplexing) To the Wonder, and will be starring alongside...
Unfortunately, regardless of the mammoth budget and the talents of Kurylenko, the first trailer has landed, and things aren’t quite looking brilliant.
Spending years in various stages of development, with a handful of directors previously attached, including Catwoman’s Pitof, the film finally found its director in Michael French.
Though we don’t see much of Kurylenko in the trailer, if the story is as strong as the effects (which is to say, not very), then it looks like her many talents might sadly have gone to waste.
But no matter: Kurylenko will soon be seen in Terrence Malick’s rather beautiful (if slightly perplexing) To the Wonder, and will be starring alongside...
- 10/23/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
We prophesized this film might be the most unintentionally hilarious 3D movie ever made, and it seems that prediction is coming true. Announced with great fanfare more than two years ago as a $100 million (though it's apparently much more than that) Chinese 3D movie production with the "Avatar" 3D camera operator Anthony Arendt lending his talents to the production, with Michael French and Jonathan Lawrence co-directing, word on the movie has been pretty much zilch since. However, it should be noted that Pitof (of the notorious "Catwoman" fame) was originally attached with Monica Bellucci in the lead, and we can't imagine he could have done much worse. The first trailer has finally arrived and it looks incredibly, unbelievably awful. With all the money spent, this looks cheap and woefully put together, with the talented Kurylenko left to flounder in cast of nobodies in a silly underseas adventure, with truly shoddy special effects.
- 10/23/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The last time we got a Catwoman solo movie it was an utter disaster. Directed by Pitof and released in 2004, the film had Halle Berry in a tight leather outfit going for it, but absolutely nothing else. Critics absolutely tore the movie apart and it didn't even have the benefit of being successful, making only $82 million internationally on a $100 million budget. Fortunately, the DC Comics character very recently got some redemption on the big screen in the form of Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises. There has already been some suggestion by Christopher Nolan that Hathaway's version of the character could hold her own movie, but would the actress be up for it as well? According to Digital Spy, the answer is yes. The site recently had the chance to speak with Hathaway at a press junket and while she did confirm that she would be interested in playing...
- 7/24/2012
- cinemablend.com
The most anticipated and polarising film of 2012 is coming to Blu-ray later this year and details of the bonus content have been found on Amazon.fr.
Anyone hoping for a significant number of deleted scenes to fill in the film’s many plot holes will be disappointed as there are only 15 minutes worth. But the most exciting thing on the disc may be the inclusion of the first and final draft of the script by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts.
Prometheus began as a straight Alien prequel written by Jon Spaihts until Damon Lindelof conducted a re-write that became the final product. If they do actually include Spaihts’ original draft, it will be fascinating to see how he originally planned to link it to Alien and if it would have actually made a better film.
You also get Ridley Scott providing an audio commentary so it will be very interesting...
Anyone hoping for a significant number of deleted scenes to fill in the film’s many plot holes will be disappointed as there are only 15 minutes worth. But the most exciting thing on the disc may be the inclusion of the first and final draft of the script by Damon Lindelof and Jon Spaihts.
Prometheus began as a straight Alien prequel written by Jon Spaihts until Damon Lindelof conducted a re-write that became the final product. If they do actually include Spaihts’ original draft, it will be fascinating to see how he originally planned to link it to Alien and if it would have actually made a better film.
You also get Ridley Scott providing an audio commentary so it will be very interesting...
- 7/6/2012
- by Amarpal Biring
- Obsessed with Film
In preparation for The Dark Knight Rises, Awfully Good will be featuring a different Batman-related movie each week until the film's release. Perhaps a little Schumacher will help you appreciate Christopher Nolan that much more. - Week #1: Batman: The Movie Catwoman (2004) Director: Pitof Stars: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt An Oscar-winner ruins her once-promising career by choosing the worst possible film in the history of.oh wait. Pitof. F*cking...
- 7/4/2012
- by Jason Adams
- JoBlo.com
We’re on the eve of a brand new Batman blockbuster, next month’s “The Dark Knight Rises,” which will feature Anne Hathaway as the semi-villainous cat burglar Selina Kyle who prowls the streets at night as Catwoman. While Christopher Nolan and co. have given some real-world explanations for her eccentricities (her night vision goggles prop up on her head like cat’s ears), the hardest task in defining Catwoman for a new generation will be getting out from under the shadow of Michelle Pfeiffer, whose portrayal in Tim Burton’s “Batman Returns” remains one of the towering performances in all of comic book moviedom.
Today marks 20 years since the release of “Batman Returns” on June 19th, 1992, so we thought we’d celebrate by taking some more skeletons out of Bruce Wayne’s very crowded closet, with five things you might not know about the bat-sequel.
1. Robin Was Almost In This One.
Today marks 20 years since the release of “Batman Returns” on June 19th, 1992, so we thought we’d celebrate by taking some more skeletons out of Bruce Wayne’s very crowded closet, with five things you might not know about the bat-sequel.
1. Robin Was Almost In This One.
- 6/19/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Kirsten Dunst can breathe a little easier now. She was in court last month in L.A. to win a restraining order against French fan Jean Christophe Prudhon, who had allegedly flown to America on multiple occasions to stalk see her. And get this, the 51-year-old dude used to sit outside her house, just waiting for her. He also tried calling her and wrote to her repeatedly as well. Her mother said that one of his notes stated that he “came across the oceans 5 times to try and meet you, always frustrated by fate who took you away each time.” Apparently, Prudhon also admitted sitting in his car outside her home, and said that he’s walked up to her door and accosted her mother, as well.
The judge granted her a temporary restraining order back then, but has now upped it to a three-year ban. Prudhon, as per law,...
The judge granted her a temporary restraining order back then, but has now upped it to a three-year ban. Prudhon, as per law,...
- 1/10/2012
- by Ambika Muttoo
- TheFabLife - Movies
Washington, Jan 10: Actress Kirsten Dunst has acquired a three-year restraining order against her French stalker, who now must remain at least 100 yards away from her.
Jean Christophe Prudhon - a 51-year-old French fan, who is believed to have flown to the Us on multiple occasions just to sit outside the home of the 'Marie Antoinette' actress - was issued a temporary order in December, Contactmusic reported.
However, a Los Angeles judge has now ruled that Prudhon must stay at least 100 yards away from the 29-year-old actress for the next three years, TMZ.com reports.
According to legal documents, Kirsten's mother.
Jean Christophe Prudhon - a 51-year-old French fan, who is believed to have flown to the Us on multiple occasions just to sit outside the home of the 'Marie Antoinette' actress - was issued a temporary order in December, Contactmusic reported.
However, a Los Angeles judge has now ruled that Prudhon must stay at least 100 yards away from the 29-year-old actress for the next three years, TMZ.com reports.
According to legal documents, Kirsten's mother.
- 1/10/2012
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Actress Kirsten Dunst has been granted a three-year restraining order against a French fan who allegedly turned up outside her home uninvited.
The Spider-Man star was granted a temporary court order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, in December amid allegations he sent her more than 50 love letters and jetted to the U.S. to meet her face-to-face, even confronting the actress' mother on the doorstep of her home.
The order was due to expire at the end of the month but Dunst received an extension, guaranteeing her protection through the New Year.
And on Monday, Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson banned Prudhon from contacting the actress or her mother Inez until the year 2015.
Dunst did not appear in court for the Los Angeles hearing.
The Spider-Man star was granted a temporary court order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, in December amid allegations he sent her more than 50 love letters and jetted to the U.S. to meet her face-to-face, even confronting the actress' mother on the doorstep of her home.
The order was due to expire at the end of the month but Dunst received an extension, guaranteeing her protection through the New Year.
And on Monday, Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson banned Prudhon from contacting the actress or her mother Inez until the year 2015.
Dunst did not appear in court for the Los Angeles hearing.
- 1/9/2012
- WENN
She may have once played the queen of France, but we're pretty sure Kirsten Dunst is no fan of this particular French subject. The Marie Antoinette star has obtained a three-year restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, a French citizen whom she claims has been stalking her. Here's what went down in court today. Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted a request the 29-year-old thesp's lawyers made in December to extend an order of protection against Prudhon after her camp said he had bombarded Dunst with more than 50 letters and even showed up at her mother's home in an effort to meet her. The...
- 1/9/2012
- E! Online
Kirsten Dunst has won an extension of a restraining order to keep a French fan away from her until the new year.
The Spider-Man star was granted a court order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, this month amid allegations he sent her more than 50 love letters and flew to the U.S. in a bid to meet her, even confronting the actress' mother on the doorstep of her home.
The temporary restraining order was due to expire on Wednesday, but Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson has now extended it until January.
Prudhon must stay at least 100 yards (91 metres) away from Dunst and stop trying to contact her.
The case will go back to court on 9 January and the star's lawyers will argue in favour of having the restraining order put in place for three years, according to E! Online.
The Spider-Man star was granted a court order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, this month amid allegations he sent her more than 50 love letters and flew to the U.S. in a bid to meet her, even confronting the actress' mother on the doorstep of her home.
The temporary restraining order was due to expire on Wednesday, but Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson has now extended it until January.
Prudhon must stay at least 100 yards (91 metres) away from Dunst and stop trying to contact her.
The case will go back to court on 9 January and the star's lawyers will argue in favour of having the restraining order put in place for three years, according to E! Online.
- 12/22/2011
- WENN
Kirsten Dunst has had the restraining order against her alleged stalker extended. The actress' current order against Frenchman Jean Christophe Prudhon was due to expire yesterday (21.12.11) but Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson increased it until a new hearing on January 9. Kirsten and her lawyers are trying to get a new three-year restraining order placed against Prudhon, who was served with the papers in his native France yesterday. Prudhon had written over 50 letters to the Kirsten and even went to her mother's home in an effort to meet her. According to her mother, Prudhon left 'dozens of letters at my...
- 12/22/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
The actress' current order against Frenchman Jean Christophe Prudhon was due to expire yesterday (21.12.11) but Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson increased it until a new hearing on January 9.
Kirsten and her lawyers are trying to get a new three-year restraining order placed against Prudhon, who was served with the papers in his native France yesterday.
Prudhon had written over 50 letters to the Kirsten and even went to her mother's home in an effort to meet her.
According to her mother, Prudhon left "dozens of letters at my home, describing his obsession with my daughter". The letters were "frightening and harassing."
In one of his letters he said he sold his home in France so that he could follow the actress in the hopes of meeting her while she travelled.
He wrote: "This is not the right/accepted way to do but honesty and directness, I have no other way.
Kirsten and her lawyers are trying to get a new three-year restraining order placed against Prudhon, who was served with the papers in his native France yesterday.
Prudhon had written over 50 letters to the Kirsten and even went to her mother's home in an effort to meet her.
According to her mother, Prudhon left "dozens of letters at my home, describing his obsession with my daughter". The letters were "frightening and harassing."
In one of his letters he said he sold his home in France so that he could follow the actress in the hopes of meeting her while she travelled.
He wrote: "This is not the right/accepted way to do but honesty and directness, I have no other way.
- 12/22/2011
Kirsten Dunst will have to wait until after the calendar flips to get her new restraining order placed against her French stalker. But since Jean Christophe Prudhon was served in his native France yesterday, Los Angeles Judge Carol Boas Goodson this morning extended the current restraining order against the Frenchman until a new hearing on Jan. 9. The Melancholia star's current restraining order against Prudhon was to expire today, and the actress and her lawyers are trying to get a new three-year restraining order placed against him. Prudhon had written over 50 letters to the actress and even went to her mother's home in an effort to meet Dunst. In one of his letters he said he sold his home in...
- 12/21/2011
- E! Online
Washington, Dec 11: Kirsten Dunst has attained a restraining order against a 51-year-old alleged French stalker.
Dunst had claimed that the man had flown to the U.S. more than five times to see her and even confronted her mother on her doorstep.
An L.A. County Superior Court Judge granted Kirsten a temporary restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, who, according to the docs sent dozens of letters to Kirsten, and tried to call Kirsten directly hundreds of times, TMZ.com reported.
Dunst's mom revealed that one of Prudhon's letters read, 'came across the oceans 5 times to try and meet you, always frustrated by fate who took you away each time."
In the docs, Dunst has blamed Prudhon of flat out haunting.
Dunst had claimed that the man had flown to the U.S. more than five times to see her and even confronted her mother on her doorstep.
An L.A. County Superior Court Judge granted Kirsten a temporary restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, who, according to the docs sent dozens of letters to Kirsten, and tried to call Kirsten directly hundreds of times, TMZ.com reported.
Dunst's mom revealed that one of Prudhon's letters read, 'came across the oceans 5 times to try and meet you, always frustrated by fate who took you away each time."
In the docs, Dunst has blamed Prudhon of flat out haunting.
- 12/11/2011
- by Arun Pandit
- RealBollywood.com
London, Dec 11: Actress Kirsten Dunst has obtained a temporary restraining order against a French fan who has allegedly been waiting for her outside her home.
The 'Spider-Man' star claimed that Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, flew down to the Us to meet her and even confronted her mother on the doorstep.
The actress also claims that Prudhon has sent her more than 50 letters declaring his love for her and that he had sold his home to pay for his travel expenses to the Us, reports contactmusic.com.
'I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home. I am worried that Mr. Prudhon will escalate his conduct further, putting myself and my family in danger,' Dunst said.
The 'Spider-Man' star claimed that Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, flew down to the Us to meet her and even confronted her mother on the doorstep.
The actress also claims that Prudhon has sent her more than 50 letters declaring his love for her and that he had sold his home to pay for his travel expenses to the Us, reports contactmusic.com.
'I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home. I am worried that Mr. Prudhon will escalate his conduct further, putting myself and my family in danger,' Dunst said.
- 12/11/2011
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Kirsten Dunst has been granted a temporary restraining order against an obsessive French fan. An La County Superior Court Judge ordered 51-year-old Jean Christophe Prudhon to remain at least 100 yards away from the Melancholia actress and her mother at a hearing yesterday (December 9). Prudhon wrote over 50 letters to Dunst and claimed to have sold his home in order to follow her as she travelled across the world, TMZ reports. He also admitted to camping outside Dunst's home on ten occasions, and in one letter to the 29-year-old (more)...
- 12/10/2011
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
An L.A. County Superior Court Judge has granted a temporary restraining order to Kirsten Dunst against an alleged stalker for sending her dozen of letters and sitting outside her home, TMZ is reporting. The 51-year-old Frenchman, Jean Christophe Prudhon, was ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from the ‘Melancholia’ star and her mother Inez, her home and her place of work. He was also told to stop trying to contact her. Prudhon had visited the Toluca Lake, California home of Inez, on December 3, 2011, asking to see the actress. He also admitted that he sat in his car outside her home 10 times. Prudhon also sent letters...
- 12/10/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Kirsten Dunst has won a temporary restraining order against a French fan who has allegedly been waiting for the actress outside her home.
The Spider-Man star alleges Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, has flown to the U.S. in a bid to meet her, even confronting her mother Inez on the doorstep last week (ends04Dec11).
Dunst also claims Prudhon had sent her more than 50 letters declaring his love for her and that he had sold his home to pay for his travel expenses to America.
In a court filing, the actress explains, "I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home. I am worried that Mr. Prudhon will escalate his conduct further, putting myself and my family in danger."
On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted Dunst a temporary restraining order against the Frenchman. The judge ordered Prudhon to stay 100 yards (91 metres) away from the actress and to stop trying to contact her.
A hearing has been scheduled for 21 December to determine if the order should be extended.
The Spider-Man star alleges Jean Christophe Prudhon, 51, has flown to the U.S. in a bid to meet her, even confronting her mother Inez on the doorstep last week (ends04Dec11).
Dunst also claims Prudhon had sent her more than 50 letters declaring his love for her and that he had sold his home to pay for his travel expenses to America.
In a court filing, the actress explains, "I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home. I am worried that Mr. Prudhon will escalate his conduct further, putting myself and my family in danger."
On Friday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson granted Dunst a temporary restraining order against the Frenchman. The judge ordered Prudhon to stay 100 yards (91 metres) away from the actress and to stop trying to contact her.
A hearing has been scheduled for 21 December to determine if the order should be extended.
- 12/10/2011
- WENN
Los Angeles -- A judge on Friday granted Kirsten Dunst a temporary restraining order against a French man who has repeatedly written to the actress and traveled to Los Angeles at least five times to try to meet her.
Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson ordered Jean Christophe Prudhon of Dijon, France, to stay 100 yards away from the "Spider-Man" star and to stop trying to contact her.
In letters accompanying Dunst's petition, Prudhon wrote that he sold his home in France so he could continue to travel to meet Dunst, who has not responded to any of his more than 50 letters. He wrote that he is in love with the actress and that he has repeatedly waited outside Dunst's home to try to meet her and has been mistaken for a paparazzo.
"I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home,...
Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson ordered Jean Christophe Prudhon of Dijon, France, to stay 100 yards away from the "Spider-Man" star and to stop trying to contact her.
In letters accompanying Dunst's petition, Prudhon wrote that he sold his home in France so he could continue to travel to meet Dunst, who has not responded to any of his more than 50 letters. He wrote that he is in love with the actress and that he has repeatedly waited outside Dunst's home to try to meet her and has been mistaken for a paparazzo.
"I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who visit my home,...
- 12/10/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Washington, Dc 10: Kirsten Dunst has got a protection order from an L.A County Superior Court judge against a 51-year-old French man who allegedly flew to the Us more than five times to see her and even confronted her mother on her doorstep.
The 29-year-old actress was granted a temporary restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, who, according to the documents sent dozens of letters to the 'Spider Man' star and even tried to call her directly hundreds of times, TMZ reported.
According to Dunst's mother, one of Prudhon's letters said he "came across the oceans 5 times to try and meet you, always frustrated by.
The 29-year-old actress was granted a temporary restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon, who, according to the documents sent dozens of letters to the 'Spider Man' star and even tried to call her directly hundreds of times, TMZ reported.
According to Dunst's mother, one of Prudhon's letters said he "came across the oceans 5 times to try and meet you, always frustrated by.
- 12/10/2011
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Kirsten Dunst was granted a temporary restraining order against a French national who was obsessed with the actress. Superior Court Judge Carol Boas Goodson ordered Jean Christophe Prudhon of Dijon, France, to stay 100 yards away from the "Spider-Man" star and to stop trying to contact her. Prudhon has repeatedly written to the actress and traveled to Los Angeles at least five times to try to meet her. The AP reports that Prudhon wrote that he sold his home in France so he could continue to travel to meet Dunst, who has not responded to any of his more than 50 letters. "I am frightened for my safety, as well as the safety of my family and friends who...
- 12/10/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
The French are just so passionate, aren't they? Sometimes a little too much, especially in Kirsten Dunst's case. A judge has granted the Melancholia actress a temporary restraining order against a man from Dijon, France, who has written over 50 letters and even traveled to the U.S. to try to meet her. But that's not all... Jean Christophe Prudhon wrote in letters accompanying Dunst's petition that he sold his home in France so that he could continue to travel where the actress goes so that he might meet her. And there's more. Prudhon also contacted Dunst's mother, who wrote in a sworn declaration that she was alarmed when he came to her door last week trying to...
- 12/10/2011
- E! Online
Kirsten Dunst got a protection order today against a 51-year-old French man she claims has flown to the U.S. more than 5 times to see her -- and even confronted Kirsten's mother on her doorstep. An L.A. County Superior Court Judge granted Kirsten a temporary restraining order against Jean Christophe Prudhon -- who, according to the docs sent dozens of letters to Kirsten, and tried to call Kirsten directly hundreds of times.According to...
- 12/9/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
I’ve heard it said many times: “Why can’t Hollywood come up with an original idea?”
In his 2004 article The Art of Adaptation, film pundit Toby Osborne put forward that ‘85 per cent of movies are adaptations’. And of course, for many successful blockbusters there’s a sequel and a video game, then a prequel and then a straight to DVD bargain feature. Before you know it you’re shaking your head through the credits of BloodRayne: The Vampening and wondering just how the hell it came to this.
Adapting a movie from another source is an appealing concept to Hollywood money men for a number of reasons. Paramount though is the prospect of a ready-made audience. Great literature, comic books or video games tend to garner fervent fan bases; die-hard groups of devotees, who have usually been deeply moved by the source material. These are the groups that the...
In his 2004 article The Art of Adaptation, film pundit Toby Osborne put forward that ‘85 per cent of movies are adaptations’. And of course, for many successful blockbusters there’s a sequel and a video game, then a prequel and then a straight to DVD bargain feature. Before you know it you’re shaking your head through the credits of BloodRayne: The Vampening and wondering just how the hell it came to this.
Adapting a movie from another source is an appealing concept to Hollywood money men for a number of reasons. Paramount though is the prospect of a ready-made audience. Great literature, comic books or video games tend to garner fervent fan bases; die-hard groups of devotees, who have usually been deeply moved by the source material. These are the groups that the...
- 9/7/2011
- by Stuart Bedford
- Obsessed with Film
Late last year, Fox put out the Alien Anthology Blu-Ray set. The price tag was hefty, especially if you didn’t like the last two films. While you can purchase these individually for $15, you can get this nice box set – which I believe has extras not found on the individual releases – for $53! Click beyond the break for the full details & where to buy it.
Disc 1: Alien
**1979 Theatrical Version
**2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
**Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
**Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**Mu-th-ur Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc 2: Aliens
**1986 Theatrical Version
**1991 Special Edition with James Cameron...
Disc 1: Alien
**1979 Theatrical Version
**2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
**Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
**Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**Mu-th-ur Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream
Disc 2: Aliens
**1986 Theatrical Version
**1991 Special Edition with James Cameron...
- 6/9/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
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