The widow of original "Cocaine Cowboy" Jon Roberts is getting double-crossed in a deal Jon made to cash in on his life story ... according to the lawsuit she just filed. Andrea Noemi Roberts says Jon struck the deal with financial adviser Daniel Merandi and his company, M & M Financial -- Jon would get 50 percent from any TV or movie projects related to his 2011 memoir, "American Desperado." Jon died shortly after the book came out, but...
- 8/4/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
In March, Seed&Spark and Project Greenlight Digital Studios announced the world’s first crowdfunding rally. The Untold Story Crowdfunding Rally was created to find “the next great untold story in documentary,” accepting submissions in search for feature documentaries on stories and perspectives not seen before.
Read More: Exclusive: Project Greenlight Digital Studios is Launching Brand New Advisory Board
The ten finalists were announced today, and from vertical farms to Native American comedians, the chosen stories certainly are untold. The finalists had to raise $10,000 in crowdfunding money on Seed&Spark in order to qualify, and now will have the chance to will $20,000 in finishing funds for their projects, distribution in millions of homes, and $5,000 in data storage.
“We are excited not only to celebrate the finalists, but to celebrate all participants who made of the most of the rally and used it to spread the word about their unique stories,...
Read More: Exclusive: Project Greenlight Digital Studios is Launching Brand New Advisory Board
The ten finalists were announced today, and from vertical farms to Native American comedians, the chosen stories certainly are untold. The finalists had to raise $10,000 in crowdfunding money on Seed&Spark in order to qualify, and now will have the chance to will $20,000 in finishing funds for their projects, distribution in millions of homes, and $5,000 in data storage.
“We are excited not only to celebrate the finalists, but to celebrate all participants who made of the most of the rally and used it to spread the word about their unique stories,...
- 7/5/2016
- by Kate Halliwell
- Indiewire
Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg are reuniting for a second movie -- before their first one is even out. The two collaborated on the Afghanistan war drama "Lone Survivor," which will hit theaters later this year (in time for awards contention). Now, Deadline reports that they're teaming up again for "American Desperado," from "The Departed" writer William Monahan.
The script is based on a memoir from super criminal Jon Roberts (featured in the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys") and writer Evan Wright ("Generation Kill"). Roberts was born into the mafia, smuggled drugs for Colombian cartels, and and even worked for the CIA. He counted Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson among his many acquaintances. Sounds like a killer story, right?
Paramount hopes to shoot the movie sometime next year. Both Wahlberg and Berg have full plates right now, with the former shooting "Transformers 4" and possibly "Ted 2" later this year.
The script is based on a memoir from super criminal Jon Roberts (featured in the documentary "Cocaine Cowboys") and writer Evan Wright ("Generation Kill"). Roberts was born into the mafia, smuggled drugs for Colombian cartels, and and even worked for the CIA. He counted Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson among his many acquaintances. Sounds like a killer story, right?
Paramount hopes to shoot the movie sometime next year. Both Wahlberg and Berg have full plates right now, with the former shooting "Transformers 4" and possibly "Ted 2" later this year.
- 6/29/2013
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
What is Casting Couch? It’s a roundup of casting news, and today it’s a total sausage fest. When the guests at the news party are as charming as Michael Peña and Christopher Plummer though, it’s hard to complain. Unless you’re one of the few people who sat through The Odd Life of Timothy Green and haven’t repressed the memory, it’s not likely you’ve ever seen a Joel Edgerton performance and come away disappointed. And unless you’re just an absolute monster, it’s not likely you’ve ever seen a Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud) movie and come away disappointed either. Put the two of them together and what do you get? Apparently a “present-day sci-fi chase film” that’s also going to star Michael Shannon. Or, at least, that’s what a Variety report claiming that Edgerton is currently negotiating to join Nichols’ next project says. I...
- 6/28/2013
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has scripted an adaptation of the book American Desperado, and according to Deadline, Peter Berg is set to direct the film, and Mark Wahlberg is set to star. They just got finished working together on an Afghanistan war drama called Lone Survivor. The film is set up at Paramount Pictures, and they hope to start shooting next year.
The book that the film is based on is subtitled My Life — From Mafia Soldier To Cocaine Cowboy To Secret Government Asset, and it comes from super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, and Evan Wright, who is best known for his book and HBO series Generation Kill.
It will tell the compelling history of Roberts, "a New York City gangster running guns for the CIA and smuggling tons of cocaine and cash for the Medellín Cartel at the height of America’s War On Drugs during the 1980s.
The book that the film is based on is subtitled My Life — From Mafia Soldier To Cocaine Cowboy To Secret Government Asset, and it comes from super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, and Evan Wright, who is best known for his book and HBO series Generation Kill.
It will tell the compelling history of Roberts, "a New York City gangster running guns for the CIA and smuggling tons of cocaine and cash for the Medellín Cartel at the height of America’s War On Drugs during the 1980s.
- 6/28/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
When Peter Berg got involved with the adaptation of American Desperado, he was only going to serve as producer. Now he has joined on as director of the true story. Mark Wahlberg is still set to star as Jon Roberts, who's criminal exploits made him a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel. Roberts (Cocaine Cowboys)co-wrote the book alongside Wright who is responsible for the source material to HBO's Generation Kill. The two spent three years talking about Roberts...
- 6/28/2013
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
• According to Deadline, Julianne Moore may be among the top candidates for the role of President Coin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, the third and fourth films in the series. A rep from Lionsgate had no comment. [Deadline]
• Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the unfinished book Mean Business on North Ganson Street as a vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, who starred together in Django Unchained. The story finds a disgraced detective (DiCaprio) sent to a fictional Missouri town (Victory) to investigate its rise in crime. There, he teams up with another detective played by Foxx as...
• Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the unfinished book Mean Business on North Ganson Street as a vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx, who starred together in Django Unchained. The story finds a disgraced detective (DiCaprio) sent to a fictional Missouri town (Victory) to investigate its rise in crime. There, he teams up with another detective played by Foxx as...
- 6/28/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Peter Berg will direct MarK Wahlberg in ‘American Desperado’, William Monohan has written the script
Deadline is reporting that Peter Berg has signed on to direct Mark Wahlberg in the film adaptation of American Desperado. The script has been written by Oscar winner William Monohan (The Departed).
Here’s the synopsis of American Desperado: My Life – From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by super-criminal Jon Roberts and Evan Wright courtesy of Barnes & Noble:
In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned, began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Those conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto “transportation chief” of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s, much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic. As Wright’s tape recorder whirred...
Here’s the synopsis of American Desperado: My Life – From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by super-criminal Jon Roberts and Evan Wright courtesy of Barnes & Noble:
In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned, began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Those conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto “transportation chief” of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s, much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic. As Wright’s tape recorder whirred...
- 6/28/2013
- by Philip Sticco
- LRMonline.com
So, you might not remember this, but a few years ago, David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg were looking to make a feature adaptation of the critically acclaimed documentary "Cocaine Cowboys." The 2006 film centered on the notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami, where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel. And it seemed like the Russell/Wahlberg project was really coming along. "We’ve the rights of those guys, Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday, and set it at Paramount as well. Evan Wright did a pass on the script and will have somebody else doing another," Walhberg said at the time. But the filmmaker and actor fell out, with both moving on to other separate things, but it seems Wahlberg really wants to make the movie about this story.
- 6/27/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: I’ve learned that Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has done a fresh adaptation of the book American Desperado. Now Mark Wahlberg is attached to star and Peter Berg to direct the film. Paramount Pictures is hoping for a start early next year, but it’s still too early to tell as Bill’s draft just came in.” Wme represents all three talents and was instrumental in the project getting together. Wahlberg and Berg just worked together on the Afghanistan war drama Lone Survivor set for a 2014 release by Universal. Latest pic is based on the tell-all with the subtitle My Life – From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset by super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the acclaimed documentary Cocaine Cowboys, and Evan Wright, best known for his bestselling nook and HBO series Generation Kill. Their collaboration began with a series of conversations over three years...
- 6/27/2013
- by NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief
- Deadline Hollywood
Paramount Pictures has set Mark Wahlberg to star in American Desperado , an adaptation of Jon Roberts and Evan Wright's "American Desperado: My Life--From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset." Peter Berg will direct the film based on a script by William Monahan. The book is officially described as follows: In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his New York Times bestselling book Generation Kill and co-writer of the Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned, began a series of conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the fabulously successful documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Those conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto .transportation chief....
- 6/27/2013
- Comingsoon.net
William Monahan, Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Departed, has signed on to rewrite American Desperado for Paramount.
The film will be based off the nonfiction novel American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy, and Deadline describes the plot:
“[American Desperado] focuses on the criminal exploits of Jon Roberts, who made a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel. After returning from Vietnam, Roberts headed to Miami and fell in with the Medellin drug cartel when it was moving billions of dollars of blow into the U.S. That led to excess and danger right out of the series Miami Vice, until he was caught by the DEA.”
Mark Whalberg is looking to star as Roberts. Peter Berg was originally attached to direct, though for now he’s just acting as producer.
Source: Deadline NY...
The film will be based off the nonfiction novel American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy, and Deadline describes the plot:
“[American Desperado] focuses on the criminal exploits of Jon Roberts, who made a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel. After returning from Vietnam, Roberts headed to Miami and fell in with the Medellin drug cartel when it was moving billions of dollars of blow into the U.S. That led to excess and danger right out of the series Miami Vice, until he was caught by the DEA.”
Mark Whalberg is looking to star as Roberts. Peter Berg was originally attached to direct, though for now he’s just acting as producer.
Source: Deadline NY...
- 12/14/2012
- by Matt Granados
- LRMonline.com
1.) Amber Heard has joined Kevin Costner and Haliee Steinfeld in the McG-directed actioner Three Days to Kill. Scripted by Luc Besson (Taken, The Professional) and Adi Hasak, the film centers on a drying Secret Service agent (Costner) who decides to retire in order to reconnect with his daughter (Steinfeld). He takes an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for doing one last assignment, although the drug turns out to have some hallucinatory side effects. Heard will play the woman who makes him this offer. Variety 2.) The Departed screenwriter William Monahan has been called in by Paramount to do a re-write on the Mark Wahlberg vehicle American Desperado. The true crime story tells of Jon Roberts getting rich off smuggling cocaine into the U.S. Wahlberg has been developing the project since 2008, while Peter Berg was attached to direct at one point. Berg and Wahlberg just wrapped Lone Survivor,...
- 12/14/2012
- by Kevin Blumeyer
- Rope of Silicon
William Monahan, best known for writing the Academy Award-winning script for Martin Scorsese's The Departed, has found his next project. He has been selected as the latest writing to work on American Desperado, the long-gestating, Mark Wahlberg-produced adaptation of the book American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy by Evan Wright and Jon Roberts. Wright, who also wrote the book that the miniseries Generation Kill was based on, wrote the most recent draft of the screenplay, but Monahan will be going back to the book for his rewrite. Deadline says that the story follows the life of Roberts as he worked as a cocaine smuggler as part of the Medellin Cartel. In 2006 a documentary titled Cocaine Cowboys chronicled the same story and a miniseries is currently in development at HBO as well. In addition to Wahlberg, Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey of Film 44 as well as...
- 12/14/2012
- cinemablend.com
William Monahan ("The Departed," "Kingdom of Heaven") has been brought onboard to rewrite the Mark Wahlberg vehicle "American Desperado" at Paramount Pictures.
The story follows notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel.
The film will be based on the book "American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy" by Roberts and "Generation Kill" author Evan Wright. Wright penned the most recent draft of the script, while Monahan is expected to incorporate more of the book back into the script.
Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey are producing.
Source: Deadline...
The story follows notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel.
The film will be based on the book "American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy" by Roberts and "Generation Kill" author Evan Wright. Wright penned the most recent draft of the script, while Monahan is expected to incorporate more of the book back into the script.
Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey are producing.
Source: Deadline...
- 12/14/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Paramount has set Oscar-winning The Departed scribe William Monahan to rewrite American Desperado, the film that is being shaped as a star vehicle for Mark Wahlberg. The film, based on the book American Desperado: My Life As A Cocaine Cowboy, focuses on the criminal exploits of Jon Roberts, who made a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel. Roberts wrote the book with Generation Kill author Evan Wright, the latter of whom wrote the most recent draft of the script. Monahan will go back to the book for his script. Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson are producing with Film 44′s Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey. Leverage’s Michael Garnett has been overseeing the project. The exploits of Roberts and Mickey Munday were first chronicled in the 2006 Billy Corben documentary Cocaine Cowboys, which is in the process of being developed at HBO as a series that...
- 12/13/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
Since 2008, Mark Wahlberg has been developing an adaptation of American Desperado: My Life as a Cocaine Cowboy from authors Jon Roberts and Evan Wright. The story focuses on, "the criminal exploits of Jon Roberts, who made a fortune smuggling cocaine into the U.S. for the Medellin Cartel." Wahlberg will more than likely play the role of Roberts. The Departed's William Monahan is stepping in to rewrite the original draft of the script from Wright. Roberts and Wright last paired...
- 12/13/2012
- by Niki Stephens
- JoBlo.com
J-Lo is looking for a new drug.
There seems to be new movement on the long in-development drug drama, "Cocaine Cowboys," and the "American Idol" judge is apparently campaigning hard for one of the lead roles, according to IndieWire.
"Cocaine Cowboys," which is based on the 2006 documentary of the same name, centers on notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts, who moved from New York, where he was involved in the gangland takeovers of nightclubs, to Miami, where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel. Leonardo DiCaprio and director Peter Berg were previously attached to the project, as was "The Fighter" director David O. Russell.
Mark Wahlberg, who's out and about doing press on "Contraband" but seemingly talking about everything but his new movie that opens on Friday, mentioned that "Cowboys" could begin shooting as early as this summer and that Lopez has her eye on the role of Grisela Blanco,...
There seems to be new movement on the long in-development drug drama, "Cocaine Cowboys," and the "American Idol" judge is apparently campaigning hard for one of the lead roles, according to IndieWire.
"Cocaine Cowboys," which is based on the 2006 documentary of the same name, centers on notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts, who moved from New York, where he was involved in the gangland takeovers of nightclubs, to Miami, where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel. Leonardo DiCaprio and director Peter Berg were previously attached to the project, as was "The Fighter" director David O. Russell.
Mark Wahlberg, who's out and about doing press on "Contraband" but seemingly talking about everything but his new movie that opens on Friday, mentioned that "Cowboys" could begin shooting as early as this summer and that Lopez has her eye on the role of Grisela Blanco,...
- 1/11/2012
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
With "Contraband" hitting theaters this weekend, Mark Wahlberg is out doing the rounds with the press, and he's game for talking about anything. And to his credit, he's got a lot to talk about. The actor has a laundry list of projects in the works at any given moment. And one that has been moving in fits and starts for the past little while is "Cocaine Cowboys," but according to Wahlberg, it could be lensing as early as this summer and not only that, a pretty big name is already looking for a role. Based on Billy Corben's 2006 documentary of the same name, "Cocaine Cowboys" centers on notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami where he was set up with a powerful drug cartel. 'Cowboys' was previously a project that Leonardo DiCaprio...
- 1/10/2012
- The Playlist
Paramount had to look no further than Magnolia Pictures for their latest project – an adaptation of Billy Corben’s documentary Cocaine Cowboys. Optioned awhile back with names like Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg attached, it is now World Trade Center writer Andrea Berloff who'll take over script duties from Generation Kill writer Evan Wright, whose book on the subject, American Desperado: My Life — From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset, will be published in November. Gist: Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of Jon Roberts, a wounded Vietnam vet who went on to be a cocaine kingpin in Miami in the 1970′s before becoming a government prisoner. Corben’s documentary version chronicled the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept through Miami in the 1970’s and 80’s. Worth Noting: Berloff’s stock is definitely on the rise as her name is currently attached to a...
- 3/26/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Set photos of Shia Labeouf in The Wettest County in the World, and a new photo of Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur in Green Lantern
Posters for The Silent House, Dorothy of Oz, The Beaver, Passion Play and The Big Bang and Judy Moody.
""Everybody's Fine" director Kirk Jones has been set to direct the film adaptation of the self help book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" for Lionsgate. The story revolves around four couples who are all expecting their first child..." (full details)
"John Stalberg ("High School") is in talks to direct and re-write Dan Lagana's script for "Spanking Shakespeare" at Paramount Pictures. The story follows a kid who unwittingly becomes an Internet sensation and the face of an anti-college revolution..." (full details)
"Pay cable channel Starz is backing off its Netflix partnership, announcing a three-month delay between the time Starz plays new TV episodes and when...
Posters for The Silent House, Dorothy of Oz, The Beaver, Passion Play and The Big Bang and Judy Moody.
""Everybody's Fine" director Kirk Jones has been set to direct the film adaptation of the self help book "What to Expect When You're Expecting" for Lionsgate. The story revolves around four couples who are all expecting their first child..." (full details)
"John Stalberg ("High School") is in talks to direct and re-write Dan Lagana's script for "Spanking Shakespeare" at Paramount Pictures. The story follows a kid who unwittingly becomes an Internet sensation and the face of an anti-college revolution..." (full details)
"Pay cable channel Starz is backing off its Netflix partnership, announcing a three-month delay between the time Starz plays new TV episodes and when...
- 3/25/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
World Trade Center screenwriter Andrea Berloff has been tapped to write the feature version of Cocaine Cowboys, Paramount’s narrative adaptation of the documentary by Square Grouper director Billy Corben. [THR]
Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of Jon Roberts, a wounded Vietnam vet who went on to be a cocaine kingpin in Miami in the 1970′s before becoming a government prisoner. The documentary chronicles the vast tapestry of the drugs, crime and vice that forever linked the words “coke” and “Miami.”
Berloff – who also has the Nwa bio Straight Outta Compton in development – takes over the project from Generation Kill screenwriter Evan Wright, whose book on the subject (co-written with Roberts), American Desperado: My Life — From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset, will be published later this year.
Having written Oliver Stone‘s fairly tepid World Trade Center, let’s hope a little of Stone’s old-school...
Cocaine Cowboys is the true story of Jon Roberts, a wounded Vietnam vet who went on to be a cocaine kingpin in Miami in the 1970′s before becoming a government prisoner. The documentary chronicles the vast tapestry of the drugs, crime and vice that forever linked the words “coke” and “Miami.”
Berloff – who also has the Nwa bio Straight Outta Compton in development – takes over the project from Generation Kill screenwriter Evan Wright, whose book on the subject (co-written with Roberts), American Desperado: My Life — From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset, will be published later this year.
Having written Oliver Stone‘s fairly tepid World Trade Center, let’s hope a little of Stone’s old-school...
- 3/23/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
With "Cocaine Cowboys," filmmaker Billy Corben simultaneously told the story of the South Florida drug trade of the 1970s and replicated some of the scene's live-wire energy with twitchy editing and frenetic pacing. He didn't just tell you what '70s Miami was like; he gave you a tate of what it felt like too. Corben's new film, "Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja," takes a similar approach to South Florida's pot smuggling trade of the same period. But in this case, Corben may have replicated his subject's pharmaceutical effects a little too well. I've heard of movies for potheads; "Square Grouper" is movie as pothead: mellow, genial, and a little sleepy.
"Cowboys" weaved a massive tapestry of crime and vice across two continents, but "Square Grouper" is a small-scale anthology, three different stories of high times in the Florida lowlands. In the first and best segment, the Ethiopian Zion...
"Cowboys" weaved a massive tapestry of crime and vice across two continents, but "Square Grouper" is a small-scale anthology, three different stories of high times in the Florida lowlands. In the first and best segment, the Ethiopian Zion...
- 3/19/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
We’ve been running behind on stories today, so here is a quick update on a couple of things we missed from earlier today.
Gerard Butler joins another rom-com
Gerard Butler has another romantic comedy in his list of upcoming films. Butler has signed on to star in Playing the Field, where he joins Jessica Biel and Uma Thurman in the Gabriele Muccino directed film. The film follows a former soccer pro (Butler) who has to dodge the advances from beautiful soccer moms after he agreed to coach his son’s youth soccer team. Thurman will play one of the moms who makes passes towards Butler, and Biel will be portraying his ex-wife. [Variety]
The Bodyguard is getting a remake
Jeremiah Firedman and Nick Palmer will write the screenplay for a remake of The Bodyguard. The original starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston where Costner was Houston’s bodyguard. This new...
Gerard Butler joins another rom-com
Gerard Butler has another romantic comedy in his list of upcoming films. Butler has signed on to star in Playing the Field, where he joins Jessica Biel and Uma Thurman in the Gabriele Muccino directed film. The film follows a former soccer pro (Butler) who has to dodge the advances from beautiful soccer moms after he agreed to coach his son’s youth soccer team. Thurman will play one of the moms who makes passes towards Butler, and Biel will be portraying his ex-wife. [Variety]
The Bodyguard is getting a remake
Jeremiah Firedman and Nick Palmer will write the screenplay for a remake of The Bodyguard. The original starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston where Costner was Houston’s bodyguard. This new...
- 2/24/2011
- by Ryan Laster
- If It's Movies
"The Fighter" director David O. Russell spoke with The Playlist at the Ace Eddie Awards recently and talked up what he might be doing next. In the process he revealed a connection to the long gestating "Cocaine Cowboys".
"I'm working on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [starring Mark Wahlberg] right now," David O. Russell said. "I'm really digging it, I think the story's coming together in a really intense cool way, and I also have a project with the Weinsteins called The Silver Linings Playbook and I might also work on something at Universal called Two Guns so those are the things I'm looking at right now, I might also do something called Cocaine Cowboys with Mark Wahlberg so there's lots of things we're looking at."
'Cowboys' follows notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami where he...
"I'm working on Uncharted: Drake's Fortune [starring Mark Wahlberg] right now," David O. Russell said. "I'm really digging it, I think the story's coming together in a really intense cool way, and I also have a project with the Weinsteins called The Silver Linings Playbook and I might also work on something at Universal called Two Guns so those are the things I'm looking at right now, I might also do something called Cocaine Cowboys with Mark Wahlberg so there's lots of things we're looking at."
'Cowboys' follows notorious '70s drug dealer Jon Roberts who moved from New York, where he was involved in gangland takeovers of the city's nightclubs, to Miami where he...
- 2/23/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
David O Russell's name has been all over the news lately, both for his award-winning "The Fighter" and his re-teaming with Mark Wahlberg for a big screen adaptation of the "Uncharted" video game. Russell now tells The Playlist website that "Uncharted" may not be his next projects. There are plenty that he's considering, including "Cocaine Cowboys" that also has Wahlberg attached. We heard about the project back in 2008, when Wahlberg was working with director Peter Berg (Hancock). The story revolves around Jon Roberts, an injured Vietnam vet - who by age 20 - ended up involved in gangland takeovers of New York City nightclubs in the early '70s. By the end of the decade, Roberts landed in Miami, dealt billions of dollars worth of cocaine for the Medellin drug cartel and ultimately spent 10 years in prison.
- 2/23/2011
- WorstPreviews.com
David O. Russell may reunite with his star of The Fighter for Cocaine Cowboys, based on the Billy Corben documentary focusing on Jon Roberts, a drug trafficker in Miami in the 70s to early 80s. Collider reports that, Indiewire's The Playlist spoke to Russell at the Ace Eddie Awards where he revealed that Cocaine Cowboys is one of of the many projects in consideration as a follow-up to The Fighter. Busy O.Russell is in post-production phase for Nailed starring Jake Gyllenhall, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Kames Brolin and Kirstie Alley starring. Additionally, he's linked to the adaptation of the Uncharted video game with...yep...Mark Wahlberg yet again.
- 2/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
David O. Russell may reunite with his star of The Fighter for Cocaine Cowboys, based on the Billy Corben documentary focusing on Jon Roberts, a drug trafficker in Miami in the 70s to early 80s. Collider reports that, Indiewire's The Playlist spoke to Russell at the Ace Eddie Awards where he revealed that Cocaine Cowboys is one of of the many projects in consideration as a follow-up to The Fighter. Busy O.Russell is in post-production phase for Nailed starring Jake Gyllenhall, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Kames Brolin and Kirstie Alley starring. Additionally, he's linked to the adaptation of the Uncharted video game with...yep...Mark Wahlberg yet again.
- 2/23/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
It's a pretty great time to be in when David O. Russell is as talked-about a director as any in Hollywood. That certainly wasn't the case in years past, or when it was, the subject was the director's temperament rather than his work. But since taking The Fighter he's been looking at many new projects -- at times quickly flipping from one to the next -- almost as if he's trying to weave and juke his way to a surprise 'next film' announcement. Now there is word that the long-gestating film Cocaine Cowboys is his latest possible next project. The Playlist [1] spoke to the director briefly at the Ace Eddie Awards over the past weekend, and when asked about what he's making next. Mr. Russell said, I’m working on Drake’s Fortune right now. I’m really digging it, I think the story’s coming together in a really intense cool way,...
- 2/23/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Mark Wahlberg spent years and years trying to get the story of boxer Micky Ward turned into a movie. Finally, the actor turned to his friend and long time collaborator David O. Russell and they made The Fighter, one of the best films of last year and one of ten competing for the Best Picture award at this year's Academy Awards. Obviously the partnership turned out to be an unbelievable success and now it looks as though they might be ready to repeat the formula again. The Playlist recently spoke with Russell at the Ace Eddie Awards and revealed that, in addition to taking on a number of other projects, he has begun thinking about a movie called Cocaine Cowboys, the story of the illegal drug trade in Miami during the 70s and 80s and the man behind it all: Jon Roberts. Wahlberg has been developing the project, which is...
- 2/22/2011
- cinemablend.com
A Best Director nomination, to no one’s surprise, gets you a lot of offers. David O. Russell is experiencing this right now, with Uncharted, Two Guns, Old St. Louis and, as we’re just learning now, Cocaine Cowboys being in his sights. Focusing on that last one, the director recently talked to ThePlaylist, and revealed that he’s considering (among many other things) a narrative version of Billy Corben’s documentary of the same name which was released in 2006.
In what shouldn’t come as a big surprise, Mark Wahlberg is the rumored lead for the potential film; this should be expected, as he was in O. Russell’s films Three Kings, Huckabees, The Fighter, and is planned to be his lead in Uncharted. He spoke with Sgt.Film last fall, and was quoted as saying about the project:
“We’ve the rights of those guys, Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday,...
In what shouldn’t come as a big surprise, Mark Wahlberg is the rumored lead for the potential film; this should be expected, as he was in O. Russell’s films Three Kings, Huckabees, The Fighter, and is planned to be his lead in Uncharted. He spoke with Sgt.Film last fall, and was quoted as saying about the project:
“We’ve the rights of those guys, Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday,...
- 2/22/2011
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
I wonder what happened to the feature film version of Cocaine Cowboys. For a time, it was going to star DiCaprio and Wahlberg, or so the rumors ran. Peter Berg was going to direct it...it was set.
Now, that same project, or at least a project using the same name and telling the same story, will become an HBO movie instead, with Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer on board as executive producers. The Hollywood Reporter says that it Warner Bros. TV will handle the day-to-day production of the film, which is Bruckheimer's first pay cable endeavor and will be the first time Wbtv and HBO work together, though they're part of the same conglomerate.
There's no mention in the article if this is the same project or not, but both the feature idea and this one are inspired by the 2006 documentary Cocaine Cowboys by Billy Corben. My hunch is that this is different,...
Now, that same project, or at least a project using the same name and telling the same story, will become an HBO movie instead, with Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer on board as executive producers. The Hollywood Reporter says that it Warner Bros. TV will handle the day-to-day production of the film, which is Bruckheimer's first pay cable endeavor and will be the first time Wbtv and HBO work together, though they're part of the same conglomerate.
There's no mention in the article if this is the same project or not, but both the feature idea and this one are inspired by the 2006 documentary Cocaine Cowboys by Billy Corben. My hunch is that this is different,...
- 12/21/2008
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Paramount has hired Evan Wright to pen Cocaine Cowboys. The film will be a loose remake of Billy Corben's 2006 documentary of the same name. The true-life story centres on notorious drugs trafficker Jon Roberts who, after returning home from Vietnam a decorated solider, became involved in gangland wars in New York and dealt billions of dollars worth of cocaine out of Miami. He was later incarcerated for ten years. Wright told The Hollywood Reporter: "It's really an exciting story about (more)...
- 7/25/2008
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
- For those of you who have been enjoying HBO’s enthralling Iraq War miniseries Generation Kill, this will be welcome news. Evan Wright, who penned the book on which the series is based, has been brought on to adapt Billy Corben’s 2006 doc Cocaine Cowboys for Paramount. If you missed it (get on that by the way), the film is a high-energy exposé into the inner workings of the Columbian drug trade that hit Miami like a tidal wave in the ‘80s. Told primarily through the eyes of major player Jon Roberts, an ex Vietnam vet turned mob gangster, who not only slung a mountain of rock for the infamous Medellin drug cartel but also acted as middle man for America’s arms dealings with the Contras. Stories of the era inspired both Scarface and Miami Vice for better and for worse (respectively). The doc drew major plaudits from
- 7/24/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
Gonzo journalist-screenwriter Evan Wright has moved from American cowboys on the Iraqi frontier to the cocaine cowboys of 1970s Miami.
Wright, who wrote the nonfiction book on which the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill" is based, has closed a deal to write the feature "Cocaine Cowboys" for Paramount. The deal grew out of his work on a parallel book that Crown will publish next year.
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have been attached to star in and direct, respectively, the story of Jon Roberts, an injured Vietnam vet by age 20 who ended up involved in gangland takeovers of New York City nightclubs in the early '70s (his uncle was the consigliere to Carlo Gambino). By the end of the decade, Roberts landed in Miami, dealt billions of dollars worth of coke for the Medellin drug cartel and ultimately spent 10 years in prison.
Billy Corben's popular documentary of the same name, released by Magnolia in 2006, covered a slice of Roberts' history.
"It's really an exciting story about the secret history of America," Wright said. "It's also a story that outwardly seems familiar, but the more you get into it, it's never really been told this way. It's about a guy who was a cocaine smuggler in a mafia -- we kind of know those stories -- but he also worked closely with the government to smuggle arms for the Contras."
Berg and Film 44 cohort Sarah Aubrey are producing with Wahlberg and "Entourage" executive producer Stephen Levinson.
Wright had already been meeting with Roberts, who's now in his late 50s, and his partner Mickey Munday in Florida since February, but he only recently decided to pitch the producers on his "burning desire" to adapt his in-the-works book into a film.
Wright, repped by Endeavor and attorney Alex Kohner, was a Rolling Stone reporter embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Marines for two months during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He went on to co-write the HBO miniseries airing this month, and he's adapting his March 2007 Vanity Fair article, "Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood," for Fox and Scott Free Prods.
Wright, who wrote the nonfiction book on which the HBO miniseries "Generation Kill" is based, has closed a deal to write the feature "Cocaine Cowboys" for Paramount. The deal grew out of his work on a parallel book that Crown will publish next year.
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have been attached to star in and direct, respectively, the story of Jon Roberts, an injured Vietnam vet by age 20 who ended up involved in gangland takeovers of New York City nightclubs in the early '70s (his uncle was the consigliere to Carlo Gambino). By the end of the decade, Roberts landed in Miami, dealt billions of dollars worth of coke for the Medellin drug cartel and ultimately spent 10 years in prison.
Billy Corben's popular documentary of the same name, released by Magnolia in 2006, covered a slice of Roberts' history.
"It's really an exciting story about the secret history of America," Wright said. "It's also a story that outwardly seems familiar, but the more you get into it, it's never really been told this way. It's about a guy who was a cocaine smuggler in a mafia -- we kind of know those stories -- but he also worked closely with the government to smuggle arms for the Contras."
Berg and Film 44 cohort Sarah Aubrey are producing with Wahlberg and "Entourage" executive producer Stephen Levinson.
Wright had already been meeting with Roberts, who's now in his late 50s, and his partner Mickey Munday in Florida since February, but he only recently decided to pitch the producers on his "burning desire" to adapt his in-the-works book into a film.
Wright, repped by Endeavor and attorney Alex Kohner, was a Rolling Stone reporter embedded with the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion Marines for two months during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He went on to co-write the HBO miniseries airing this month, and he's adapting his March 2007 Vanity Fair article, "Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood," for Fox and Scott Free Prods.
- 7/24/2008
- by By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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