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Earlier this month, director Neil Burger (Limitless) took over helming duties on Sony Pictures' adaptation of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune from David O. Russell (The Fighter) after Sony Pictures balked at Russell's unconventional script that turned the Playstation video game from a solo-led adventure to one that included a whole family of antiquities hunters.
When Burger landed the job, what wasn't clear was whether the director would use Russell's script or the initial draft from Conan the Barbarian screenwriters Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly. In a recent interview with Crave Online, Burger was quick to point out that neither script will be used.
who could replace Wahlberg? >> Posted 07.18.11 by Ryan -
Writer-director David O. Russell (The Fighter) is becoming quite adept at taking on a project, providing a script, and then quitting. First was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, which reportedly received a great script from Russell but after he balked at the budget Lionsgate was giving him, he quit.
The next was the video game adaptation Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Russell lined up Mark Wahlberg for the lead role of Nathan Drake, but his unconventional script didn't please Sony Pictures, so the studio and Russell parted ways.
According to ComingSoon, Neil Burger, the director of the March thriller Limitless, will take over for Russell. Whether Wahlberg remains involved is unknown, as is who will take over rewriting the script, though it could be Burger. Conan the Barbarian screenwriters Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly wrote the initial draft, and reportedly their script will be the one used as a starting point for rewrites, not Rusell's.
Uncharted has yet to be given a release date.
Posted 07.07.11 by Ryan -
So far, the trailers and preview clips that have been released to promote director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) upcoming sci-fi thriller, Limitless, have pretty much just focused on the rags-to-riches story of how struggling writer Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) turned his life around by ingesting a wonder-drug called NZT given to him by his friend, Vernon (Johnny Whitworth). Now, three new preview clips have been released that show just how serious the ramifications of such a turnaround can be as Morra's newfound wealth attracts the attention of some creepy characters with very sinister intentions.
watch the new preview clips >> Posted 03.09.11 by BrentJS -
Two new preview clips from director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) upcoming sci-fi thriller, Limitless, have surfaced online. Based on Alan Glynn's techno-thriller novel The Dark Fields, the movie centers around an experimental new designer drug called NZT that allows the user to access the untapped potential of the human mind. When down-and-out writer Eddie Morra's (Bradley Cooper) scurrilous friend offers him the wonder drug, Eddie thinks it might help jump-start his creative juices so that he can break through his writer's block and finish his novel. The drug does so much more than that, however, and soon Eddie has become stronger, smarter and more confident, turning his newfound abilities into millions of dollars by playing the stock market. But, Eddie's success has attracted some powerful enemies and his dwindling supply of NZT will be needed if he is going to outsmart them.
watch the Limitless preview clips >> Posted 03.06.11 by BrentJS -
A trio of new theatrical posters have been released for movies of differing genres. For romantic moviegoers, we have the first poster for director Lone Sherfig's (An Education) new movie, One Day. David Nicholls (When Did You Last See Your Father?) wrote the screenplay, which is adapted from his 2009 novel of the same name. The story follows Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess), who meet for the first time the night they both graduate from the University of Edinburgh, and then get together on the anniversary of that meeting every year for twenty years. Romola Garai, Rafe Spall and Ken Stott also star. One Day opens July 8th.
two more new posters >> Posted 02.20.11 by BrentJS -
Relativity Media is taking the viral route with its first promotional effort for Limitless (formerly The Dark Fields), an upcoming sci-fi thriller directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist). Based on the novel by Alan Glynn, the movie stars Bradley Cooper as a down-on-his luck writer whose entire life turns around after he gets his hands on a top-secret designer drug that makes him smarter, faster, stronger and more charismatic.
see the Limitless commercial/trailer >> Posted 12.10.10 by BrentJS -
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia LaBeouf, who was originally up for the role. Cooper will play a struggling writer who experiments with MDT-48, a drug that helps him tap into his brain's full potential, making him smarter and more charismatic. However, it also has some negative side-effects, such as headaches, blackouts, and violence. After his supply of the drug runs low, he goes in search of more only to discover its origins are deadlier than he could imagine.
Described as being in the same vein as The Game and Fight Club, the Dark Fields screenplay was adapted from Alan Glynn's book of the same name by Leslie Dixon (The Heartbreak Kid). Dixon, Scott Kroopf, and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh are producing, with Relativity's Tucker Tooley acting as executive producer.
Posted 11.06.09 by BrentJS -
The Hollywood Reporter is saying on its Risky Biz Blog that Universal and Imagine Studios have plans to remake the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, which starred Boris Karloff as "The Monster" and Elsa Lanchester as "The Monster's Bride."
The studios are apparently in talks with Neil Burger to direct the movie and write the screenplay with Dirk Wittenborn. Burger and Wittenborn collaborated on the script for The Lucky Ones, which Burger directed. Burger also wrote and directed The Illusionist and Interview with the Assassin.
The Bride of Frankenstein project represents just one in a series of Universal monster-movie remakes. Benicio Del Toro is starring in a remake of The Wolf Man coming out later this year and the studio also has plans for a new version of the 1954 classic Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Posted 06.17.09 by reelz