Oscar Isaac and Ana de Armas have been tapped to star in David O. Russell’s Apple TV+ drama Bananas. Per Deadline’s report, the high-profile series has been created by Orange in the New Black and Narcos Carolina Paiz, who has written a story set against the backdrop of banana republics, hence the title, a term […]
Nicolas Cage is John Madden in David O. Russell’s Madden biopic
Nicolas Cage has played a serial killer, a psycho dad, and even himself, but transforming into John Madden may be his grandest task. Deadline broke the news that filmmaker David O. Russell has tapped Cage to play the iconic Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders head coach. The drama film, simply titled Madden, will come from Amazon […]
Will Ferrell in talks to play John Madden in new biopic
Will Ferrell is heading to the football field as Deadline has revealed that Will Ferrell is in talks to join Amazon/MGM’s Madden. The controversial five-time Oscar nominee David O. Russell will helm the project, based on a Black List script by Cambron Clark with rewrites from Russell. The story will follow the story of football […]
David O. Russell to direct Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer in Super Toys
American Hustle and Amsterdam‘s David O. Russell is set to direct Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer in 70s-set road trip drama Super Toys. According to Deadline as well as directing Super Toys, Russell has also written the script, which tells the story of two toy sales reps (played by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen […]
Movie Review – Amsterdam (2022)
Amsterdam, 2022. Written and Directed by David O. Russell. Starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Robert De Niro, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Mel Fair, Vaughn Page, Bonnie Hellman, Max Perlich, Jessica Drake, Ed Begley Jr., […]
David O. Russell facing massive flop with Amsterdam set to lose $100 million
If you’ve been following the box office for the past couple of weeks, it’s been quite an interesting time. Horror films dominate with impressive holds week-to-week, while former cinema darlings are getting overlooked. That’s the case with Amsterdam, as filmmaker David O. Russell is dealing with quite the flop on his hands. It was meant […]
Amsterdam’s giant ensemble get their own character posters for David O. Russell’s crime caper
We appear to be living in the age of the star-studded murder-mystery ensemble piece, and so rather than throw all of the suspects together on one poster, the line-up for David O. Russell’s Amsterdam have been given their own character one-sheets ahead of its October 7th release. Featuring Christian Bale (Thor: Love and Thunder), Margot […]
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington are accused of murder in Amsterdam trailer
Ahead of its release this October, 20th Century Studios has shared a new poster and trailer for writer-director David O. Russell’s star-studded crime epic Amsterdam. The 1930s-set film stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as three friends who find themselves in a bit of a predicament when they witness a murder and […]
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington lead star-studded Amsterdam trailer
20th Century Studios has debuted the first trailer, poster and images from Amsterdam, the upcoming crime epic from writer-director David O. Russell which stars Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as three friends who find themselves as the centre of one of the most shocking plots in US history; check them out here… […]
First look at Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington in David O. Russell’s newly titled Amsterdam
With a cast list to rival Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, David O. Russell’s previously untitled ensemble piece has now been given the title of Amsterdam, and we’ve also been treated to a first look at the film during 20th Century Studios’ CinemaCon panel. Described as a “romantic crime epic”, what few details that were ascertained about […]
