A bit of a bombshell on the cineaste set recently when Steven Spielberg announced plans to transform Stanley Kubrick’s massive, unfilmed Napoleon biopic into a television miniseries. Last week, Hollywood Reporter film critic Todd McCarthy humbly suggested seven filmmakers to take up the reins on the project, should Spielberg opt out of directing it himself. We have a list of alternatives.
20 film and TV directors to consider for the Spielberg/Kubrick 'Napoleon' miniseries
Posted by Guy Lodge · 8:42 pm · March 14th, 2013
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From 'Lincoln' to Cannes to 'Napoleon,' Steven Spielberg is everywhere lately
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:23 am · March 5th, 2013
Barely a week after his film “Lincoln” only managed two Oscars from 12 nominations and deferred to “Argo” on Best Picture honors, Steven Spielberg seems as ubiquitous as ever. Fresh off the Academy Awards he was announced as head of the jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and he received a nice love letter in the New York Times last week pitting him as a sort of Godfather to Hollywood filmmakers. But it doesn’t end there.
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Touring Stanley Kubrick exhibit lands at LACMA and it's a cinephile's dream
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:06 am · November 16th, 2012
If LA film lovers are looking for something to do this holiday, look no further than the Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A touring treasure trove of artifacts from the famed filmmaker’s career that has already made stops all over the world, from Frankfurt to Berlin, Melbourne to Ghent, Zurich to Rome, Paris to Amsterdam, it has set up shop in LA through June 30, 2013 and is well worth the $20 admission price.
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