Michael Mann

...Robert Capa biopic American director Michael Mann has partnered with Columbia Pictures to film a biopic on celebrated Austrian-Hungarian war photographer Robert Capa, according to entertainment trade publication Variety. Focusing on Capa's...

In this article: Robert Capa, Academy Awards, Liam Neeson, Public Enemies, Spanish Civil War, Gerda Taro, Columbia Pictures, Paul Haggis, and Russell Crowe

...a film competition. Trade paper Variety reported last week that director Michael Mann and Columbia Pictures were racing against actor Johnny Depp and Warner Bros. to make a film about the former spy's life and death. Warners acquired the...

In this article: Alexander Litvinenko, Allegation, Warner Bros., Polonium, and Federal Security Service

...are Empire Builders Columbia project reteams director and star of Ali. Will Smith and Michael Mann are reuniting to build an Empire for Columbia Pictures. Variety reports that "a seven-figure pitch deal" netted the project for the...

In this article: Will Smith, Ali, John Logan, The Aviator, Rotten Tomatoes, Empire, Columbia Pictures, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Berg

...photog Columbia Pictures and director Michael Mann will team to tell the story of renowned war photographer Robert Capa, with a closeup on his torrid two-year romance with fellow photog Gerda Taro during the Spanish Civil War. The studio...

In this article: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, Spanish Civil War, Battle of Brunete, Valerie Plame, Public Enemies, and Fair Game

...of three possible Hollywood projects about the case. One of the other projects, involving the director Michael Mann, came after Columbia Pictures agreed to pay $1.5 million for the film rights to a book about the former Russian agent,...

In this article: Johnny Depp, Alexander Litvinenko, London, Anna Politkovskaya, and Finding Neverland

...thriller The International, which fizzled to a $25.4 million domestic gross in February. Mann is an interesting case, though. His 1995 masterpiece Heat probed the nihilism of heists, scoring a direct hit at the affluent midpoint...

In this article: John Dillinger, Public Enemies, Johnny Depp, Hollywood, Recession, Batman, and Gordon Gekko

...Buick 8, from a script adapted by Johnathon Schaech and Richard Chizmar. Will Smith will star in Empire, a drama that Michael Mann will direct for Columbia Pictures. Carice van Houten will star in Warner Bros.' Body of Lies with Leonardo...

In this article: Warner Bros., Terminator 4, Michael Caine, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger, Justice League of America, Joker, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Universal Pictures, and Leonardo DiCaprio

...- two titles that will not be on the expanded list of 10 Oscar best-picture nominees. I'd rather see what Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann have to say about some classic film noir - part of the package you get with Columbia Pictures' "Noir...

In this article: The Big Heat, Martin Scorsese, Legal age, DVD, GI Joe, Eddie Muller, The Sniper, and James Ellroy