Friday, March 18, 2011 7:01AM - By Travis Woods
David O. Russell, the hotheaded (but brilliant!) director behind such films as The Figher, I Heart Huckabees, and Three Kings, has, in each of those films, tackled such themes as perseverance and family, the meaning of live, and recognizing human dignity in the midst the horrors of war, respectively. And now, in tackling the story of Russ Meyer, he might just make a movie about a dirty old man who directs juggy exploitation films. Score!
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011 4:08PM - By Damon Houx
When The Fighter was making the junket rounds, Mark Wahlberg joked about how there could be a series of films made about his real-life character Micky Ward’s fights with Arturo Gatti. He said “We’re doing those fights in the sequel. We’ll do four more films. We’ll do the first Gatti fight in the sequel” which led to director David O. Russell making a Rocky IV reference. It turns out this wasn’t just a jab at the beloved Sylvester Stallone franchise – Mark Wahlberg has recently commented to Entertainment Weekly that he’s into “taking one more run at it.”
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Friday, January 14, 2011 8:20AM - By Krystal Clark
This weekend, Vince Vaughn will tickle your funny bone in his latest comedy The Dilemma (check out our review), which is great for now but the actor already has another project in the works. According to Variety, Vaughn has his eye on a comic adaptation called 2 Guns. The trade reports that he’s being tapped to star and David O. Russell is interested in writing and directing it.
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Monday, December 20, 2010 12:47PM - By Krystal Clark
While doing promotion for his acclaimed film The Fighter, actor Mark Wahlberg revealed that he’d been cast in the coveted role of Nathan Drake and would star in David O. Russell’s feature adaptation of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. This news came as a shock to the die hard fans of the video game who felt that Nathan Fillion, would have been a better choice. One follower in particular stood up for the little guys and went straight to the director with his concerns and here’s what Russell had to say…
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Friday, December 10, 2010 1:21PM - By Justine JC
The country awaits with bated breath for this weekend’s Paramount Pictures release, The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale as Micky and Dicky Ward. Predicted to sweep awards season, the movie offers far more than your average boxing flick, and should please both commercial and critical audiences. We were fortunate enough to sit down with the film’s director, David O. Russell to get his two cents on what went into making this film.
Check out the interview below…
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Thursday, December 9, 2010 3:41PM - By Justine JC
The magnitude of the five year development fiasco that preceded the green light for this weekend’s fanatically anticipated release, The Fighter (directed by David O. Russell), seems unparalleled. Based on the life and career of the legendary “Irish” Micky Ward, played by Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter offers far more than your average boxing flick. For those of you looking to get your “Rocky” on, fear not, the fight scenes are plentiful. But in addition to upper cuts and toothless mongrels comes an unexpected level of heart and thematic poignance. We recently had the opportunity to speak with the film’s leading men to discuss their involvement in picture…
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010 2:27PM - By Krystal Clark
Last week we learned that Mark Wahlberg was set to take on the lead role in the video game adaptation Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. The film will be written and directed by David O. Russell and possibly co-star Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci as Drake’s extended family. If that doesn’t sound like a volatile group of characters we don’t know what does. Russell recently spoke with 24 Frames about his vision for the film and unveiled a few minor details.
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:58AM - By Mali Elfman
Last night David O. Russell’s The Fighter starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, and Amy Adams had it’s first ever screening at AFI Festival. The secret screening was only announced yesterday morning and over 100 people were turned away at the door. The star and producer of the film Mark Wahlberg was there to introduce the film and he told the audience “I’m happy it got to the big screen. It took me such a long time to get the movie made that if you don’t like the movie, I’ll do two hours of hard labor.”
Well if one thing is clear it’s that nothing is clear and we’re not sure if Wahlberg is due for some hard labor or an Oscar!
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Monday, April 12, 2010 6:07PM - By Krystal Clark
The thought of a behind the scenes video from the set of a David O. Russell film strikes fear into our hearts. We know what can happen when candid footage from his films is found and released on the net (are you doing OK Lily Tomlin?). This time he might not press his luck because Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale are his lead actors and those two are known to have a short fuse. Surprisingly, this behind the scenes video highlight’s the main ladies of the cast going at it, Oscar nominees Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.
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