Diane Lane

Diane Lane Reveals MAN OF STEEL Will Yet Again Show Superman’s Origin

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 13th, 2011 at 1:02 pm

It looks like we’re in for yet another telling of Superman’s backstory. Diane Lane, who plays Martha Kent, tells E! Online that the script for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel is being kept under lock and key and she was given only three hours to read it.  Lane says she can’t talk much about it (obviously), but does say Man of Steel “does cover the entire range of years, from infancy on.”  I wish we would just get a quick montage of Superman’s youth, but with casting name-actors like Lane and Kevin Costner as Jonathan Kent, it looks like we’re in for at least 40 minutes of stuff we already know.

Hit the jump for my thoughts on why it’s time to ditch the origin story for Superman.  Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill, Michael Shannon, and Amy Adams.  The film is set to open in December 2012.  For all of our Superman coverage, click here.

Diane Lane Will Play Martha Kent in SUPERMAN

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: March 2nd, 2011 at 8:24 pm

Diane Lane has signed on to play Martha Kent in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman movie.  Snyder said in a statement:

“This was a very important piece of casting for me because Martha Kent is the woman whose values helped shape the man we know as Superman.  We are thrilled to have Diane in the role because she can convey the wisdom and the wonder of a woman whose son has powers beyond her imagination.”

Henry Cavill (The Tudors) will star as Clark Kent/Superman.  Charles Roven, Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan and Deborah Snyder are producers on the film.  David S. Goyer is writing the screenplay based on a story by Goyer and Nolan.  The untitled Superman film is scheduled for a December 2012 release.  Hit the jump for more on possible stars/characters.

CHAPLIN 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: February 25th, 2011 at 6:00 am

Bio-pics are the scourge of modern filmmaking. Most lives don’t fit into an easy narrative, and putting lives into a two to three hour narrative often means compromising the truths of the people involved. Great artists are even more difficult as many are total shits, and often terrible human beings. For Sir Richard Attenborough’s biography of Charlie Chaplin – titled Chaplin – the rough edges are unavoidable, but the filmmakers attempt to sand them down. Chaplin (as played by Robert Downey Jr.) is a pedophile and a terrible father, and the film makes excuses for him. Perhaps audiences don’t want to see that artists they love are sometimes terrible human beings. It may ruin the illusion of great art, but it does no favors to the truth. Attenborough wants to print the legend, and that’s entertaining enough if you accept the format and the inherent dishonesty – which the narrative  hope to at least game a little by suggesting that the narrator is dishonest. With an all star cast (including Kevin Kline, Dan Aykroyd, Milla Jovovich, Diane Lane, Nancy Travis, Anthony Hopkins, Moira Kelly, Marisa Tomei, and more) it’s at least diverting. My review of the Blu-ray of Chaplin follows after the jump.

Teaser Trailer for CINEMA VERITE Starring Tim Robbins, Diane Lane, and James Gandolfini

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 16th, 2011 at 8:32 pm

HBO has dominated the TV movie for ages.  The network has won the last 7 Emmys for Outstanding Made for TV Movie, not to mention 16 of the last 19.  But it’s not the sexiest format, so HBO’s efforts do a much better job at boosting the Emmy total than my actual interest in the network, no matter how solid Temple Grandin was.

Yet something about Cinema Verite stands out.  The cast is teriffic, featuring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, Patrick Fugit — but that’s not it.  HBO telepics always have great casts.  I’m drawn in by the story, a look behind the scenes of the 1973 documentary An American Family, which chronicled the lives of the Loud family and effectively birthed the reality TV genre.  The first teaser trailer, which makes excellent use of “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas & the Papas, does not disappoint.  Watch it after the jump.

Diane Lane, John Malkovich and Randall Wallace Interview SECRETARIAT

by Christina Radish    Posted: October 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Based on the remarkable true story, Secretariat chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. When housewife and mother Penny Chenery Tweedy (Diane Lane) agrees to take over her ailing father’s Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing experience, her life’s course changed in a way that she never could have imagined. With the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich), Penny managed to navigate the male-dominated business and succeed against all odds with what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.

In a press conference at the film’s press day, held at the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, Calif., co-stars Diane Lane and John Malkovich, along with director Randall Wallace, talked about bringing this incredible story to life and engaging the audience in a way that will have them cheering. Check out what they had to say after the jump.

Shari Springer Berman Interview – THE EXTRA MAN Director On CINEMA VERITE, “Lovable A**holes” and AMERICAN SPLENDOR’s Late Hero

by Ron Messer    Posted: August 17th, 2010 at 11:00 am

Documentaries have undoubtedly grown closer in style to narrative features over the past 20 years.  Similarly, when documentarians Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini moved into the narrative world, they brought their old techniques with them.  That first feature, American Splendor, made a big splash, thanks to its fresh and complicated approach that broke standard filmmaking conventions and included material from mediums that varied from comic books and film to television.

Springer Berman filled us in recently on her latest film, The Extra Man, which continues its gradual, national release today in top 10 markets, with Chicago.  Hit the jump for the interview’s audio and transcript, along with info on her new HBO film Cinema Verite featuring Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, Thomas Dekker and James Gandolfini, where she stands on a big divide in the documentary world and a story she’s never told publicly about American Splendor’s late subject, Harvey Pekar.

New Posters for THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE and SECRETARIAT

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Walt Disney has released new character posters for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the first poster for Secretariat.  Check them all out after the jump.

HBO Recruits Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini for CINEMA VERITE, Order New Series from ENTOURAGE Producers

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 12th, 2010 at 8:56 pm

HBO announced today that Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini will join Diane Lane for Cinema Verite, a behind-the-scenes look at the 1973 PBS documentary An American Family, which examined the Loud family’s struggles with divorce and sexual identity.  THR reports that Gandolfini will play documentary producer Craig Gilbert, while Robbins and Lane will play Bill and Pat Loud, the parents of said family.  Gandolfini is certainly committed to the network that made him a star, as the Sopranos star is producing (and may star in) an adaptation of French Canadian comedy Taxi 0-22 for HBO.

In other HBO news, the premium network is developing a female-centric comedy from Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson, producers of the HBO flagship comedy Entourage.  THR reports that Wahlberg and Levinson will team with relative newcomers Leah Rachel and Emily Montague, who laid the foundation for the series; the comedy will follow a group of female friends who work and date in Los Angeles, though sources promise the show won’t be Entourage meets Sex and the City.  This would make the third Wahlberg/Levinson comedy on HBO, as the duo also produces the aimless-but-charming How to Make it In America.

SECRETARIAT Trailer Starring Diane Lane and John Malkovich

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: April 28th, 2010 at 9:05 pm

The trailer for the uplifting horse-racing drama Secretariat has gone online.  It’s an uplifting sports film/biopic based on a suburban housewife (played by Diane Lane) who ushered the horse Secretariat to the Triple Crown.  As the trailer tells us, it’s based on an “impossible true story.”  Just like Miracle.  And Invincible.  And The Rookie, which are all from the same producer as Secretariat.  I’m still not sure what “impossible true story,” means.  The trailer makes it look like the film is trying to follow the awards success of 2003′s Seabiscuit.  With these two dramatic/uplifting horse-racing dramas, I’m sure we’ll be asking the question of who would win in a race between the two steeds.  The answer: I don’t know. I don’t follow horse-racing.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and the official synopsis.  You can also click here to see three high-resolution images from the film that were released yesterday.  Secretariat hits theaters on October 8th.

3 High Resolution Images from Disney’s SECRETARIAT Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich and Scott Glenn

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am

Walt Disney has released three high resolution images from their upcoming horse racing “drama” Secretariat.  Since anyone who follows horse racing or watches ESPN knows the story of Secretariat (spoiler alert: he was the last Triple Crown winner back in 1973), I don’t know how this is a drama as it looks like a made for TV movie with great actors and a higher budget.  But Disney knows how to sell ice to Eskimos, so I’m sure by October I’ll want to check it out.  Hit the jump for the images and the info on the movie:

John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn Join Diane Lane in the Saddle for SECRETARIAT

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: September 21st, 2009 at 10:55 pm

John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh and Scott Glenn have joined Diane Lane in the Disney production of “Secretariat”, the movie based on the horse with the most prized semen in history.  Details after the jump.

Diane Lane To Ride SECRETARIAT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 10th, 2009 at 9:39 pm

While 2003′s “Seabiscuit” will never go down as one of the most memorable films of all-time, you can’t call it a flop.  It rode to a gross of $120 million domestic and was nominated for seven Academy Awards.  But there are so many more famous horses!  And not just fictional horses like Mr. Ed or My Little Pony.  If you care about equines, Hollywood has been neglecting you!

Disney is trying to fix that problem by brining the lovely and talented Diane Lane on board to star in “Secretariat”.  While the horse’s story of becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years is noteworthy, according to Variety, the real dramatic narrative belongs to Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery.

This is a story that sounds much better than “Seabiscuit Saved America”: Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horse racing when she took over her ailing father’s farm in Virginia.  Around the time that Secretariat established himself as a horse with serious potential, she was pressured to sell him and everything else after her father died and she was hit with a large inheritance tax, or as we must now call it due to douchebag Frank Luntz, the “Death” tax.

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