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New Images from GANGSTER SQUAD Starring Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Josh Brolin

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 21st, 2012 at 8:18 am

Warner Bros. has released new images from Gangster Squad.  The film is set in 1940s Los Angeles, and stars Sean Penn as real-life gangster Mickey Cohen, who became the target of special task force known as the “Gangster Squad”.  The impressive cast also includes Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, and Giovanni Ribisi.  While I found the trailer a bit underwhelming, the premise and cast are keeping this film near the top of my most-anticipated list.

Hit the jump to check out the images.  Gangster Squad opens September 7th.

First Trailer for GANGSTER SQUAD Starring Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, and Ryan Gosling

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 9th, 2012 at 4:35 pm

The first trailer for director Ruben Fleischer‘s (Zombieland) crime drama Gangster Squad has gone online. The film stars Sean Penn as gangster Mickey Cohen, and centers on the Los Angeles task force (headed by Josh Brolin) assembled to bring him to justice.  I’m a sucker for anything 1940s-related, but I think this trailer is pretty damn great.  The cast is incredible, and Fleischer’s visual flair from his previous films looks to have matured and evolved for this more dramatic story.  Above all, though, Gangster Squad looks like a lot of fun.  It’s easy for period pieces like this to be drowned by solemnity (I’m looking at you, Public Enemies), but Fleischer hasn’t forgotten that there’s a lot of fun to be had in 1940s L.A.  Additionally, I’m loving the different personalities on display in the ensemble.  Between this, Argo, and the slew of movies slated for this fall/winter, 2012 is shaping up to be something special.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  The film also stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Nick Nolte, Michael Peña, Anthony Mackie, and Giovanni Ribisi.  Gangster Squad opens later this year.

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE Directors Want Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling for FOCUS

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 20th, 2012 at 2:46 pm

The Crazy, Stupid, Love team wants to get the band back together.  Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa just made a deal with Warner Bros. to direct their script Focus, and Deadline reports that they want to reteam Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling from last year’s successful dramedy.  The new project is called Focus and centers on a veteran con man who becomes romantically involved with a newcomer to the business.  Expectedly (in a business based on deceit), things don’t exactly work out and the complications of their previous encounter “haunt them when they meet up again in the future.”  Hit the jump for more.

New Grisly Image of Ryan Gosling from Nicolas Winding Refn’s ONLY GOD FORGIVES

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: March 27th, 2012 at 7:20 pm

First of all, no, that is not the new image of Ryan Gosling from Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives. But hold on! We’ve kept the new image after the jump since it’s a little spoiler-y. The above image is the first one we brought to you in February and trust me when I say that Gosling looks much worse off in the new shot. It only makes sense, since the violence of Only God Forgives has been reported to surpass that of Gosling and Refn’s previous collaboration, Drive. In this film, Gosling plays Julian, the owner of a Thai boxing club that has strong connections within the criminal underworld. The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas (The English Patient) as Gosling’s mob-boss mother. Hit the jump to see the new image and read up on the official synopsis of Only God Forgives.

Trailer for REGENERATION, Produced and Narrated by Ryan Gosling, Thinks Today’s Youth Are Too Apathetic

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 27th, 2012 at 2:51 pm

The trailer for the documentary ReGeneration has gone online.  The film, produced and narrated by Ryan Gosling, argues that today’s generation of teenagers and young adults are far more apathetic than previous generations.  The synopsis says the doc “takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes.”

Hit the jump for the trailer and why I think this movie is going to be irritating.

First Image of Ryan Gosling in Nicolas Winding Refn’s ONLY GOD FORGIVES; Radius in Talks to Distribute

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 29th, 2012 at 8:18 pm

Look, it’s not much.  But based on the informal poll I never took, Drive was the consensus #1 movie of 2011 here at Collider.  So when Ryan Gosling appears in an electric red still image framed by Nicolas Winding Refn from their next collaboration, Only God Forgives, we’re going to pay attention.  Gosing plays Julian, a fugitive who owns a Thai boxing club that serves as a front for a drug smuggling operation.  He steps in the ring to fight a retired cop known as the “Angel of Vengeance” in the hope of finding redemption.  The full synopsis—featuring Kristin Scott Thomas as Julian’s mother/”the head of a powerful criminal organization”—is actually even crazier.  You can find it after the jump along with the image and news of the distribution plan.

Official Logline for Terrence Malick’s LAWLESS Revealed; Film Set Against Austin, Texas Music Scene

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: February 23rd, 2012 at 5:13 pm

For a guy who’s made only five films in almost 40 years, director Terrence Malick is becoming incredibly prolific as of late. Last year he released the long-awaited The Tree of Life, he’s still in post-production on an untitled romantic starring Ben Affleck that he shot in 2010, and he recently committed to shooting two movies this year: Knight of Cups and Lawless. We know next to nothing about both films except for the cast, but today an official logline for the latter has been unveiled that gives us some insight into what Malick has planned for stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, and Christian Bale. Hit the jump to see what’s in store for Lawless.

THE IDES OF MARCH Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: January 31st, 2012 at 6:00 am

George Clooney’s The Ides of March is exactly what you’d expect from Clooney (as a filmmaker) at this point. It’s smart, smooth, well cast and put together. If there’s a modest hesitation, it’s that it’s a very small movie, and perhaps one that has delusions of profundity. Ryan Gosling stars as a campaign manager for one of the leading presidential contenders (Clooney). But to get the nomination, Gosling finds that he’s embroiled in double crossing by friends and foes alike. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood and Jeffery Wright co-star in the film, and our review of The Ides of March on Blu-ray follows after the jump.

Nicolas Winding Refn Says He Hasn’t Ruled Out a DRIVE Sequel; Reveals He Wanted to Direct an Episode of DOCTOR WHO

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 27th, 2012 at 12:12 pm

While most of us are still reeling from the fact that Drive, one of the best films of the year, nabbed a grand total of one Oscar nominations (for Best Sound Editing, no less), director Nicolas Winding Refn seems undeterred. The Danish filmmaker is hard at work on his follow-up, the Thailand-set Only God Forgives starring Ryan Gosling, and he seems keen on using his newfound success to further (pardon the pun) drive his career forward. The director recently gave a brief interview in which he was asked about the possibility of a sequel to Drive. While I all but expected the director to outright state that he has no intention of continuing Driver’s story, his answer took me a bit by surprise. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.

James Sallis’s DRIVE Sequel DRIVEN Hits Bookstores in April

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: December 12th, 2011 at 7:50 am

One of my favorite films this year was Nicolas Winding Refn’s drama Drive. The genre pic was a breath of fresh air in an environment filled with generic bang ‘em up action movies, and features some fantastic performances from a top-notch cast (Albert Brooks is picking up considerable awards notice for his villainous turn). What some may not know is that the film is actually based on the crime novel of the same name by James Sallis. The book hit stores in 2005, and now Twitch reports that Sallis’s sequel Driven is aiming for an April 2012 release date.

Refn and star Ryan Gosling got along famously during the filming of Drive and are already set to team up for two more projects: Only God Forgives and a remake of Logan’s Run. If Driven is a hit, could the two possibly tackle the sequel in feature film form? Personally, I doubt it, and I’m not really sure the movie Drive begs for a sequel. But if Refn and Gosling decided they had an interesting take on the material, I’d be first in line. Check out a rough draft of the cover as well as a brief teaser synopsis for Driven.

Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced; DRIVE, 50/50, and THE ARTIST Up for Top Prize

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 29th, 2011 at 9:15 am

The nominations for the 27th Annual Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning with The Artist and Take Shelter each nabbing five nominations. In addition to The Artist and Take Shelter, Drive, 50/50, The Descendants, and Beginners will duke it out for the top prize. Absent from the Best Feature list is Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, though the film was recognized in Best Supporting Male (Corey Stoll) and Best Cinematography. Also of note, Elizabeth Olsen and John Hawkes landed nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Male for Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Ryan Gosling and Woody Harrelson were both singled out in Best Actor for Drive and Rampart respectively.

Hit the jump to check out the full list of nominations. Recognizing the best in independent film, the awards will be handed out on February 25th, the day before the Oscars.

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: November 14th, 2011 at 6:36 am

Crazy, Stupid, Love. was directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, best known for having written Bad Santa. They wrote and directed I Love You, Phillip Morris and it seemed of their sensibilities, but with this film they seem to be making a bid to work in the studio system by directing Dan Fogelman‘s script – who’s best known for kids films. The film stars Steve Carell as a man going through a divorce and gets dating advice from Ryan Gosling on how to close a deal. But Carell is still in love with his wife, Julianne Moore, and Gosling connects with Emma Stone, which throws a monkey wrench into their bar scene days. Our review of Crazy, Stupid, Love. on Blu-ray follows after the jump.

Images from the Set of Terrence Malick’s LAWLESS Starring Ryan Gosling and Rooney Mara

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: November 4th, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Recently we brought you the FilmNation announcement of Terrence Malick’s film, Lawless, starring Ryan Gosling (Drive) and Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Since Christian Bale was recently seen shooting with Malick in Austin, we thought we’d bring you some images of the other stars. The Bale photos show the star decked out in all black and the method actor seems to be in character. The Gosling pics seem to just show the young star milling about, but anything from a Malick set is worth checking out. Hit the jump to see the photos.

First Synopsis for Nicolas Winding Refn’s ONLY GOD FORGIVES Starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ryan Gosling

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 2nd, 2011 at 11:54 am

Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn delivered one of the year’s best films with Drive and the two re-teamed for the remake of Logan’s Run and the indie drama Only God Forgives.  Not much was known about Only God Forvies, and a previous synopsis and logline provided conflicting information, but Steve went to the American Film Market (AFM) earlier today and was able to pick up an official logline and synopsis.  Here’s the logline:

Only God Forgives is a fast, powerful, high-profile, action and violent revenge story with Ryan Gosling and Kristin Scott Thomas, never seen before, as a merciless and terrifying mafia godmother.

After the jump, you can read all of the previous synopsis and logline, and then read the new synopsis.  Only God Forgives also stars Luke Evans, and reteams Refn with his Bronson cinematographer Larry Smith and editor Matthew Newman.

FilmNation Announces Two New Terrence Malick Films Starring Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett and More

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: November 1st, 2011 at 1:52 pm

Not only is visionary director Terrence Malick becoming prolific as of late, he’s putting together some extraordinary casts. FilmNation has announced that they will be handling international sales and distribution on two new films from the Tree of Life director. Lawless will star Ryan Gosling as the lead, with Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Haley Bennett rounding out the supporting cast. Then we’ve got Knight of Cups, which has Bale assuming the lead role with a supporting cast that includes Blanchett and Isabel Lucas (Immortals). Hit the jump for much more.

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