Noomi Rapace has just signed on to star opposite Will Smith in Brilliance for Nigerian-born director Julius Onah (God Particle, Big Man) with a script from David Koepp (Premium Rush, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit). Adapted from Marcus Sakey's novel (the first in a planned trilogy), the film is set in a world where 1% of the children born are savants (aka "brilliants") with special powers. A federal agent who has become a master hunter of terrorists must track down a savant terrorist who intends to start civil war. Legendary Picrtures wants the movie to go into production by August. Variety Jane Campion will be busy the next couple weeks as she heads the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, but in the meantime she's nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner's New York Times bestseller "The Flamethrowers." Here's the Amazon description: The year is 1975 and Reno--so-called because...
- 5/13/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Wrap is reporting Will Smith is in early talks to star in Brilliance for Nigerian-born director Julius Onah (God Particle, Big Man) with script from David Koepp (Premium Rush, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit). amz asin="B00AESRRQS" size="small"Koepp adapted the film from Marcus Sakey's book of the same name, described as follows: In Wyoming, a little girl reads people's darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They're called "brilliants," and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war.
- 2/21/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
While he preps his second feature - the Paramount and J.J. Abrams-produced sci-fi thriller titled God Particle, watch Julius Onah's Focus Features Africa First program short film, titled Big Man. This is a film whose fundraising campaign we featured on this site in 2011, I believe it was, after Onah had been selected for that year's Africa First program class. The film was eventually completed in 2012, and toured the international film festival circuit. I never did see it actually, so I'm glad that it's finally made its way online, where we can all now check it out! First, here's a synopsis for Big Man:Big Man is a little story about...
- 12/19/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Short film director Julius Onah ("Big Man," "Little Girl Blue") has been set to direct the low-budget sci-fi thriller "God Particle" at Paramount InSurge and Bad Robot.
The story follows an American space station crew left abandoned after a problem with a Hadron accelerator causes Earth to vanish entirely.
Oren Uziel penned the script and J.J. Abrams will produce the project which will be budgeted at a tight $5-10 million.
Source: Variety...
The story follows an American space station crew left abandoned after a problem with a Hadron accelerator causes Earth to vanish entirely.
Oren Uziel penned the script and J.J. Abrams will produce the project which will be budgeted at a tight $5-10 million.
Source: Variety...
- 12/1/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot have hired newcomer Julius Onah to direct the J.J. Abrams produced film God Particle. The story follows "an American space station crew left abandoned after a problem with a Hadron accelerator causes Earth to vanish entirely." That sure sounds terrifying! The crew of the orbiting American space station is left floating in the middle of empty space... alone. That is until a European spacecraft appears on their radar, "the Americans must determine whether it’s their salvation, or a harbinger of doom."
Oren Uziel wrote the script for the awesome sounding project, which has a budget of around $5-10 million. This could end up being a great movie. I love the concept and I hope Onah is up for the challenge. Before landing this gig, he was mostly known for directing short films such as Big Man and Little Girl Blue.
He wouldn't have been...
Oren Uziel wrote the script for the awesome sounding project, which has a budget of around $5-10 million. This could end up being a great movie. I love the concept and I hope Onah is up for the challenge. Before landing this gig, he was mostly known for directing short films such as Big Man and Little Girl Blue.
He wouldn't have been...
- 11/30/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Paramount Insurge and Bad Robot have hired Julius Onah to direct God Particle , reports Variety . The plot of the film is said to revolve around an American space station that, after an accident with a particle accelerator, suddenly finds Earth has vanished altogether. Things get stranger when they then they pick up traces of another space station nearby. Oren Uziel wrote the script and J.J. Abrams will produce. The film will carry a budget of around $5 - 10 million. Onah has previously directed such short films as Big Man and Little Girl Blue . (Photo Credit: Getty Images)...
- 11/30/2012
- Comingsoon.net
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