George Nolfi

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: June 22nd, 2011 at 6:09 am

Writer/director George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau is neither fish nor fowl, but is engaging enough that it may find a second life on home video. Matt Damon stars as David Norris, a promising political figure who loses his shot at being in congress, but meets Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt), who he immediately falls in love with and leads him to the best speech of his life. Nolfi adapted the Phillip K. Dick story into a fantasy love story, where Norris comes to see that there are things/people (including Anthony Mackie, John Slattery and Terrence Stamp) that control his fate. Our review of the Blu-ray of The Adjustment Bureau follows after the jump.

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 4th, 2011 at 7:37 am

Hollywood has not had much success adapting the work of sci-fi author Philip K. Dick.  For every Blade Runner, you get a Paycheck, a Next, and the last twenty minutes of Minority Report.  The latest Philip K. Dick story to get the feature film treatment is The Adjustment Bureau, based off Dick’s short story “Adjustment Team”.  While most Dick adaptations wink at the cleverness of their source material before ignoring it in favor of massive set pieces, writer-director George Nolfi imbues The Adjustment Bureau with a cool confidence, and with the help of his charming lead actors, he carries the film through its sillier moments and unambiguous ending.

Writer-Director George Nolfi Exclusive Interview THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 26th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Opening next weekend is writer-director George Nolfi’s romance/thriller The Adjustment Bureau. Based on the short story Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick, the film centers on the apparently forbidden relationship between politician David Norris (Matt Damon) and Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt).  As the story goes, the two are kept apart by a mysterious team of adjusters who claim it’s in everyone’s best interest if they go their separate ways.  Playing members of the Adjustment Bureau are Terence Stamp, John Slattery and Anthony Mackie.  For more on the film, here are 7 clips.

Anyhow, I recently got to do a phone interview with Nolfi and we talked about what it was like to make his first feature, getting his cast, working with the studio, the test screening process, balancing the love story in a sci-fi setting, working with cinematographer John Toll, and a lot more.  Hit the jump to either read or listen to the interview:

Confirmed: Louis Leterrier Will Direct Sci-Fi Disaster Film “G” (Formerly GRAVITY) After NOW YOU SEE ME

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 22nd, 2011 at 8:51 pm

Several months ago, we learned Louis Leterrier (Clash of the Titans) was circling a disaster film (then called Gravity) with this cool premise: “a father who has to search for his lost child as the world stops spinning and Earth begins to lose its gravity.”  Leterrier has officially signed on to produce and direct the movie, now called G, for Universal Pictures.  The project is based on an original idea by producer Guymon Casady (The Expendables) that has drawn comparisons to The Day After Tomorrow and Taken. Leterrier, Casady, and fellow producers Mark Gordon (2012), George Nolfi and Michael Hackett (The Adjustment Bureau) are currently looking for writers to turn the visually rich logline into a script.

Heat Version confirms that Leterrier will first direct Now You See Me, a heist thriller that pits FBI agents against “a super team of the world’s greatest illusionists.”  Leterrier previously demonstrated a penchant for single-letter titles with his interest in the acclaimed comic book Y: The Last Man.  I believe Y: The Last Man will reach the screen before I die (hopefully after I read it), but it seems increasingly unlikely that Leterrier will own the “Directed by” credit.  Leterrier has two “go” projects on his plate, while last we checked he was struggling to find financing for Y.  No matter — Now You See Me has potential, and G sounds positively cool.

7 Movie Clips from THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 11th, 2011 at 10:30 am

Universal has provided us with seven clips from Matt Damon’s upcoming romance/thriller The Adjustment Bureau.  Written and directed by George Nolfi (writer of The Bourne Ultimatum), the film is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick entitled Adjustment Team and centers on the apparently forbidden relationship between politician David Norris (Damon) and Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt).  As the story goes, the two are kept apart by a mysterious team of adjusters who claim it’s in everyone’s best interest if they go their separate ways.  Hit the jump to watch the clips.

The Adjustment Bureau opens on March 4th.  In addition to Damon and Blunt, the film also stars Terence Stamp, John Slattery (Mad Men), and Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker).

Two Posters for THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 30th, 2010 at 8:16 am

Universal has released a US and a UK poster for their upcoming thriller The Adjustment Bureau.  Based on a short story by Philip K. Dick, the plot centers on an ambitious politician (played by Matt Damon) who falls in love with a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) but discovers that mysterious forces and a team of shadowy figures are trying to keep them apart.  The film also stars Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly, and Terence Stamp.

Hit the jump to check out the posters.  While the film was originally slated to open this past September, it is now set to open on March 4, 2011.

Louis Leterrier Ponders What Earth Would Be Like Without GRAVITY

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: June 16th, 2010 at 2:28 pm

Louis Leterrier spawned a franchise with Clash of the Titans, but since he passed the sequel gig on to other hopeful directors, the Frenchman is searching for his next project.  Leterrier may have found it in the high-concept disaster film Gravity (not to be confused with the Alfonso Cuarón/Robert Downey Jr collaboration).  The pitch for Universal’s Gravity is “The Day After Tomorrow meets Taken“— hit the jump for details.

First Trailer for THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: May 12th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Universal has released the first trailer for director George Nolfi’s thriller The Adjustment Bureau.  While this might be Nolfi’s first time in the director’s chair, he’s written Oceans Twelve, Timeline, and The Bourne Ultimatum, so he clearly knows his way around a movie set and how to tell a story.

Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp, The Adjustment Bureau is based on the Short Story “The Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report, Blade Runner).  The film is about whether or not we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us.

If you’re a fan of sci-fi, Matt Damon, or Philip K. Dick, you’re going to like the look of this trailer.  Hit the jump to take a look:

First Images of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in Director George Nolfi’s THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 10th, 2010 at 3:50 pm

Universal has released the first images from writer/director George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau.  The movie is based on the short story The Adjustment Team by Philip K. Dick and it stars Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp.  Here’s the short synopsis:

Do we control our destiny, or do unseen forces manipulate us? Matt Damon stars in the thriller The Adjustment Bureau as a man who glimpses the future Fate has planned for him and realizes he wants something else. To get it, he must pursue the only woman he’s ever loved across, under and through the streets of modern-day New York.

So what do you get when you mix Matt Damon and Philip K. Dick?  A lot of excited sci-fi fans…like me!  Hit the jump for a more detailed synopsis and two images in high resolution.  The Adjustment Bureau gets released July 30, 2010.

THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU Hires Anthony Mackie to Work with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt

by Charles Mihelich    Posted: August 17th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

George Nolfi’s upcoming “The Adjustment Bureau” has added another cast member with “The Hurt Locker” star Anthony Mackie joining Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in the sci-fi thriller.  Adapted from a Philip K. Dick short-story, “Bureau” centers on a smooth-talking congressman whose political future is thrown in doubt by the arrival of a mysterious ballerina in his life.  It is common sense to avoid mysterious ballerinas.

Mackie is a great addition to this cast and when you consider that Nolfi is writing and directing (Nolfi wrote “The Bourne Ultimatum”, one of the best action films of the last decade), things are really coming together for a chance at the first good Philip K. Dick adaptation since “Minority Report” (or “Total Recall” if you’re being less charitable). [Variety]

4th BOURNE Movie Update – It’s Not Close to Filming

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: August 3rd, 2009 at 10:43 am

While promoting his History Channel special “The People Speak”, Matt Damon was asked about the 4th installment of the Bourne franchise and it’s not good news for fans of Damon’s alter ego. He said, “none us have kind of seen a script yet and Paul’s still cutting a movie that we worked on.”

This is disheartening news as back in October of 2008, Universal reported George Nolfi had been hired to write a script for the 4th film. But with Damon saying none of them had seen a script, one can surmise that George hasn’t finished writing it yet or no one was happy with the draft. Either way, we’re a long way from a 4^th installment. As a big fan of the franchise, I’m hoping this one comes together.

Emily Blunt Joining Matt Damon in George Nolfi’s THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 14th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

Although we’ll always wonder what she would have done with the role of Black Widow in “Iron Man 2″, Emily Blunt is still doing well for herself.  She’ll next be seen alongside Benecio del Toro in Joe Johnston’s remake of “The Wolf Man” and next Summer she’ll be the Princess of Lilliputia in “Gulliver’s Travels”.  On top of that, she’s just joined Matt Damon to star in George Nolfi’s “The Adjustment Bureau” which is based on a Philip K. Dick (let’s think positive and not assume that automatically means disaster).  Hit the jump to find out what kind of Dick-ensian mischief they’ll be getting into.

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