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Directors Guild Nominates Allen, Fincher, Hazanavicius, Payne & Scorsese;...
It’s official: 2012 is the year we all learn to pronounce ‘Hazanavicius.’ That’s because Michel Hazanavicius, director of The Artist, is one of the five people nominated for the Award for Outstanding...
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Alexander Payne Calls Next Film ‘Nebraska’ “A Nice Little Comedy”
It was seven years between Alexander Payne‘s films Sideways and The Descendants, but the director has a couple new projects in the works. He probably won’t have to wait nearly as long before getting...
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Alexander Payne Wants Bruce Dern and Will Forte for ‘Nebraska’
Although there was a seven-year gap between Sideways and last year’s The Descendants, Alexander Payne seems eager to get going on his next project sooner rather than later. The filmmaker has begun...
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Will Forte and Bruce Dern Confirmed for Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Paramount has finally given the go-ahead to Alexander Payne to shoot Nebraska, the father/son road trip movie he has been working to cast and get into production since the release of The Descendants....
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Buzz McCallister From ‘Home Alone’ Joins Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Alexander Payne‘s never been one to just hire the biggest star he could get. Even George Clooney in The Descendants seemed like he’d been selected because he was the right fit for the role, not (just)...
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Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ Eyeing Late 2013 Release; Will Forte and Bruce...
Alexander Payne doesn’t have a horse in this year’s Oscar race, but look for him to get back in the game next year. Producer Albert Berger revealed that Payne’s Nebraska is eyeing a November or...
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Paramount Sets Release Dates For Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’ and Platinum...
Briefly: One highly anticipated awards contender and another highly anticipated genre film have just been given release dates by Paramount Pictures. The awards contender is Alexander Payne‘s follow-up...
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First Official Look at Alexander Payne’s ‘Nebraska’
Alexander Payne‘s new film Nebraska stars Bruce Dern as an aging alcoholic who believes he has won a huge prize, and road trips from Billings, Montana to Nebraska in an attempt to collect. His son,...
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Trivia: ‘Election’ Easter Egg Advertises Alexander Payne’s Debut ‘Citizen Ruth’
Alexander Payne‘s Election is one of my favorite movies of all time. I’ve seen it too many times to count, but even I never noticed this awesome easter egg that Payne had his property department...
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‘Nebraska’ Trailer: Will Forte Guides and Protects Bruce Dern
Sideways and The Descendants director Alexander Payne returns with Nebraska, a road trip movie about family and fantasy, starring Will Forte and Bruce Dern. The elder actor plays a man who thinks he’s...
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New Projects: Doug Liman Circles ‘Narco Sub’, Alexander Payne Takes ‘The...
Fox’s Narco Sub is almost ready to get moving again. Doug Liman is in early talks to direct the thriller, which was set up with Tony Scott before his passing. The studio been trying to find a...
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/Film Interview: ‘Nebraska’ Star Bruce Dern Explains the Challenges and Risks...
Bruce Dern has seen it all in Hollywood. His TV work in the early ’60s positioned him to be right in the middle of the New Hollywood explosion that happened late in the decade. He’s in a mind-boggling...
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/Film Interview: Will Forte Drives Deep Into New Territory in ‘Nebraska’
You’ve never seen Will Forte as you’ll see him in Nebraska, directed by Alexander Payne. The actor has cemented himself as a favorite comic talent who can play surprisingly intense guys with a...
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Despite Alexander Payne’s Wishes, ‘Nebraska’ Will Be Broadcast in Color on Epix
We don’t see many new films produced in black and white, and even fewer that get major studio distribution. And even then, there’s often a color version kept in reserve for use in certain markets....
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Matt Damon Will Be ‘Downsizing’ for Alexander Payne
Several years ago, Alexander Payne was working on a project called Downsizing. He got a good cast on board led by Paul Giamatti, but the film never quite took off and so Payne went off to make The...
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Reese Witherspoon Reuniting With Alexander Payne for ‘Downsizing’
Are tiny people the next big Hollywood trend? Tuesday brought us the first trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man, and now we have an update on the other upcoming movie about an incredible shrinking man....
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Alexander Payne Considers Betting On ‘Septillion to One’
Alexander Payne is still working on getting the pieces together for Downsizing, but he may already have his eye on another new project. He’s reportedly circling Septillion to One, based on the true...
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Alexander Payne’s Bizarre Comedy ‘Downsizing’ Lands at Paramount
Director Alexander Payne carved out his niche as a chronicler of the mundane, a filmmaker who mines comedy and drama from high school elections and road trips across the midwest. So the fact that his...
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Sam Mendes Interviews Your Favorite Directors and They Respond With Gold
Director Sam Mendes is guest-editing next month’s issue of Empire and he really delivered the goods. He could have easily just coasted on this gig and used his temporary position to just remind people...
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Alexander Payne Returns to the Road to Direct Karl Ove Knausgård’s ‘My Saga’
It’s taken a few years, but Alexander Payne is finally getting close to the start of shooting on Downsizing, a high-concept comedy starring Matt Damon and Reese Witherspoon. When it’ll open is still...
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