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• The week started off with “How to Train Your Dragon” predictably dominating the slate of Annie Award nominations. • Kris sat down with Leonardo DiCaprio and got Martin Scorsese on the phone for a large two–part piece on the actor and his impressive year. • He also caught up with actor Ed Harris to […]
WEEKLY WRAP: The circuit takes hold, chatting up DiCaprio and Harris, top 10 lists
Posted by In Contention Staff · 7:09 pm · December 10th, 2010
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Christopher Nolan’s interview with brother Jonathan in the ‘Inception’ shooting script
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 6:49 pm · December 7th, 2010
If you’ve been itching for more “Inception,” this week will likely be a good one for you. The DVD/Blu-ray hits shelves today, packed with plenty of features that’ll keep you geek-gasming all the way into the holiday and through awards season. One item that’s been on the market for a few months now is “Inception: […]
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9/10 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:54 am · September 10th, 2010
• Jeffrey Wells, meanwhile, re-posts his thoughts on James Solomon’s screenplay. [Hollywood Elsewhere] • Pete Hammond reports extensively from Wednesday’s “Tangled” event on the Disney lot. [Deadline] • Tim Gray on Venice’s unique role in film history. [Variety]
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Personal theory
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:52 pm · January 21st, 2009
I don’t see any way in hell “The Dark Knight” gets a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination and then fails to show up in the Best Picture category. So…if we hear the brothers Nolan and David Goyer’s names uttered…we’ll know.
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Is ‘Dark Knight’ an original screenplay?
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 10:56 am · December 30th, 2008
Or is this Bob Verini article in the latest issue of Script Magazine just desperately in need of a fact checker? Normally I wouldn’t bring it up, but crazy stuff like this happens all the time. Clearly, it’s a case of “based on characters created by,” etc. But there tends to be a lot of […]
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An evening with the cast and crew of ‘The Dark Knight’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:35 am · December 4th, 2008
A boatload of people turned out last night for the Beverly Hills reception in honor of “The Dark Knight.” I hesitate to say “star-studded,” since the principle cast and crew were the most recognizable parties. But suffice it to say the premises was packed with little breathing room and plenty of adoring press. Producer Charles […]
Hell of a thing
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:36 am · August 13th, 2008
So…I was watching Joel Schumacher’s “Batman & Robin” on TBS last night (I know…I’m so sorry). Midway through, this line of dialogue between Michael Gough’s Alfred and George Clooney’s Bruce Wayne stuck out as an incredibly insightful blip in Akiva Goldsman’s otherwise wretched attempt at a fourth installment in the franchise: Death and chance stole […]
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Comic-Con round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:14 pm · July 26th, 2008
I’m heading out the door to hit the Wrath of the Con party tonight, but before I go, I thought I’d link out to the news items worth reading from Comic-Con this weekend. At Cinematical, Elisabeth Rappe writes up the “Wolf Man” panel, which included the revelation of the film’s first trailer. She also calls […]
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‘Dark Knight’ interviews with cast and crew
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:15 pm · July 2nd, 2008
Warner Bros. publicity has made the round table interviews from last weekend’s “Dark Knight” junket available. There’s a lot of good, in-depth stuff from Christopher Nolan, Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart and the rest. There is, however, a big hole in everything, because you can’t help but wish Heath Ledger was there to discuss his approach […]
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