Gavin Hood

...Kohan ("Weeds"), the pilot was written by creator/co-executive producer Chris Offutt ("True Blood," "Weeds") and will be directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Rendition, Tsotsi). Shooting begins December 3 in Nashville. The...

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...president Kevin Beggs called Shepard "a brilliant, multitalented artist who will bring great authenticity to the project." Gavin Hood is directing the pilot, slated to start production Dec. 3 in Nashville. Epix, a joint venture of...

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...films Romeo & Juliet (1996) with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, and Moulin Rouge (2001), starring Nicole Kidman. Directors Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Baz Luhrmann (Australia) are both supporters of the Blu-ray format. ....

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...on the mutant character's violent past and his troubled relationship with his brother Victor Creed (Liev Schreiber). Director Gavin Hood, who is best known for his Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, says he is a fan of the Wolverine character,...

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...The Usual Suspects and soon went on to direct X-Men and X2: X-Men United before leaving the X-Men to direct Superman Returns. Bryan Singer was also absent on the latest X-Men film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which was directed by Gavin Hood.

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...Returns." "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner ended up shooting that film, "X-Men: The Last Stand." South African filmmaker Gavin Hood made another spinoff, "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," which was released earlier this year. "The...

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Wolverine director Gavin Hood has said he would like to make more X-Men movies. Hood, who won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with Tsotsi in 2005, came on board the hugely successful X-Men franchise to film the fourth installment,...

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...at: filmmaking chops, tastemaker appeal and surprising box office muscle, though muscle with sometimes limited range. Gavin Hood's movie also hung on in theaters for nearly five months, a far longer run than many anticipated. Whether...

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...Brett Ratner as director of X-Men: The Last Stand, (and the resulting, subpar film) Fox went out and hired Oscar winning director Gavin Hood (responsible for Best Foreign Language Film Tsotsi) and offered up a cast of considerable talent...

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Gavin Hood, who directed X-Men Origins: Wolverine wants to direct X-Men Origins: Magneto. …against the wishes of people who paid to watchA X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Hood has expressed interest in the next installment of the series,A X-Men...

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