Monday, November 1, 2010 12:56PM - By Mali Elfman
It seems as if The Dilemma is living up to its name! Though Universal agreed to pull Vince Vaughn’s character’s line “Electric cars are… gay” from the trailer (watch now) for the upcoming comedy, Director Ron Howard refuses to have the line be pulled from the film saying that he feels his freedom of speech is being attacked.
A few weeks ago the first trailer for the film was attacked by GLAAD saying that the joke was harmful and slanderous. Howard feels differently and is has just released a statement defending his film…
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Friday, April 30, 2010 10:09AM - By Krystal Clark
According to Deadline, Ron Howard plans on doing the semi-impossible by adaptating Stephen King’s fantasy series, The Dark Tower. The director along with his producing partner Brian Grazer, Akiva Goldsman, and Universal Pictures are in the middle of a deal that will turn the 7 books into a theatrical trilogy and a possible TV series.
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010 8:58PM - By Anet Hovhanesian
It’s hard to remember back to that time in the 80′s time when actress Winona Ryder starred in everything under the sun. From Beetlejuice and Heathers to Little Women, Ryder played diverse roles and even won a Golden Globe Award for her role in The Age of Innocence. Recently, however, she was seen as a has-been who was more recognized for her personal troubles than her work as an actress. At least she still looks like she’s 20!
It looks like Ryder is about to have a comeback. According to Hollywood Insider, Ryder beat out people like Kate Beckinsale and Uma Thurman for the leading role in Ron Howard’s new film starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James. Ryder will play James’ wife in the comedy which begins shooting in May.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:14PM - By Travis Woods
The Wrap is reporting that Greenberg director Noah Baumbach has signed on to replace Ron Howard as the director of The Emperor’s Children, an adaptation of Claire Messud’s 2006 novel. Howard has opted instead to produce the film with his frequent collaborator, Brian Grazer.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:24PM - By Krystal Clark
Ron Howard has decided to step away from his mystery driven, religious epics to tackle some lighter fare. According to Variety, the award winning director will join forces with funny man Vince Vaughn for his latest feature. The film is currently untitled, but will be produced by Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures.
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Friday, September 25, 2009 10:02AM - By Craig Sternberg
It takes a lot to get a director like Ron Howard excited. Howard is no stranger to making iconic films such as Frost/Nixon, Apollo 13 and A Beautiful Mind, but out of all his developing projects this will be his scariest challenge yet. Howard is set to take on the adaptation of Image Comics’ The Strange Adventures of HP Lovecraft.
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Monday, August 24, 2009 12:17PM - By Mali Elfman
Gus van Sant is in negotiations to develop and direct Restless, an original screenplay by first-time screenwriter Jason Lew that will be produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Bryce Dallas Howard (THR).
It does seem like a rather “friendly” film, with the two Howards involved, and is only furthered when you realize that the screenwriter, Lew, went to college with Bryce Howard and the two acted in plays together.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:15AM - By Krystal Clark
Move over Bourne movies, there’s a new Robert Ludlum property hitting the big screen! According to Variety, Oscar winning director Ron Howard has his eye on the the author’s novel The Parsifal Mosaic. His next film will be based off of the book, which will be adapted by David Self. In typical Ludlum fashion the story will be government based, with twists at every turn.
More on The Parsifal Mosaic after the jump!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:00AM - By Krystal Clark
I always liked actress Bryce Dallas Howard. Even though she’s the daughter of Oscar winning director Ron Howard, she’s definitely talented in her own right. Because of this it should come as no surprise that the actress has recently finished working on her first feature screenplay. Not only is it complete, but it’s been sold to her father’s production company, Imagine.
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