Universal Pictures has released a TV spot and images for the upcoming drama News of the World. Based on Paulette Jiles’ best-selling novel of the same name, the film sees director Paul Greengrass reunite with his Captain Phillips star Tom Hanks, who leads the cast as Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a widower and non-fiction storyteller […]
Movie Review – 22 July (2018)
22 July, 2018. Written and Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli, Jon Øigarden, Thorbjørn Harr, Seda Witt, and Trim Balaj. SYNOPSIS: A three-part story of Norway’s worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway’s political system and the […]
Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass to reunite for News of the World
THR is reporting that Tom Hanks is set to reunite with his Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass on News of the World, an adaptation of the Paulette Jiles novel, which is set up at Fox 2000. Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, News of the World follows a widowed news reader who […]
Paul Greengrass’ 22 July gets a first trailer
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, a trailer has arrived online for writer-director Paul Greengrass’ upcoming drama-thriller 22 July. Based on Åsne Seierstad’s book One of Us: The Story of an Attack in Norway – and Its Aftermath, the film tells the tragic true story of the aftermath of the terrorist attack which took […]
BFI to award Bourne director Paul Greengrass with Fellowship award
Director Paul Greengrass is to be awarded with the BFI Fellowship later this year. Greengrass, who brought his distinctive style to mainstream with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, will receive the BFI Fellowship at this year’s 61st BFI London Film Festival. The BAFTA winning director will be presented with the honour at the […]
Paul Greengrass and Brian Helgeland teaming up for Ness
Legendary lawman Elliot Ness is set for a return to the big screen, with Deadline reporting that Paramount Pictures has set Paul Greengrass (Jason Bourne) to direct Ness, an adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s graphic novel Torso. The project has been scripted by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential), who previously teamed with Greengrass […]
Movie Review – Jason Bourne (2016)
Jason Bourne, 2016 Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed and Tommy Lee Jones. SYNOPSIS: After almost a decade off the grid, rogue assassin Jason Bourne must return to the dark intelligence conspiracy which created him when a face from his past reveals the black ops project […]
Movie Review – Jason Bourne (2016)
Jason Bourne, 2016. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles and Riz Ahmed. SYNOPSIS: The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past. To say that I love the original Bourne trilogy is a massive […]
Matt Damon open to another Bourne movie, if Paul Greengrass returns
With Jason Bourne topping the box office with an estimated domestic opening weekend of $60 million [read our reviews here and here], Matt Damon has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he’s open to another return to the spy franchise, assuming Paul Greengrass once again returns as director. “Yeah, it’s definitely open,” states Damon, who has […]
Second Opinion – Jason Bourne (2016)
Jason Bourne, 2016. Directed by Paul Greengrass. Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Tommy Lee Jones, Ato Essandoh, Riz Ahmed and Scott Shepherd. SYNOPSIS: Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths about his past. While doing some research on The Bourne Franchise (I have seen the […]
