Monday, October 19, 2009 8:19AM - By Mali Elfman
The main subject of The Road press conference at The London Film Festival was that everyone from the writer and director to the grips and the make-up team, all stayed true to the book. With a copy of Cormac McCarthy’s novel in their back pockets, director John Hillcoat, screenwriter Joe Penhall, and the star of the film Viggo Mortensen all gave themselves to the honesty and the truth of McCarthy’s dark and dreary world.
With no intentions of changing anything, Penhall spoke about how he did his best to simply rewrite the novel into a different format, Hillcoat placed his crew in situations that were not unlike the book in order to make it feel as real as possible, and Viggo, being the ever intense actor that he is, had to open up to the vulnerability, fear, and danger of living in post-apocalyptic world where man and nature are no longer wanted.
Here’s what they had to say below….
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Thursday, October 1, 2009 11:31AM - By craigsternberg
Despite the movie being dropped from Columbia’s schedule, THR reports that actors Shia LaBeouf, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Dano and Ryan Gosling are all spreading the word to keep The Wettest Country in the World up and running. The film is based on a novel written by Matt Bondurant, and is a period piece that covers one of the most significant times in American history.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 3:41PM - By Krystal Clark
The director of the Cormac McCarthy novel adaptation The Road, has already got two major projects waiting in the wings. According to Variety, John Hillcoat and screenwriter Joe Penhall are looking to adapt the Gallic heist film, La bonne année. The film centers on a recently released ex-con, and their looking for Bond, James Bond to star as the lead.
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Friday, September 4, 2009 4:50PM - By Krystal Clark
Today our site has been overflowing with posters from various upcoming films. Our latest batch comes from the John Hillcoat drama, The Road. Earlier we brought you five clips from the film that stars Viggo Mortenson, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Since then, not one but two theatrical posters have been released for the movie, and they’re even grittier than I imagined.
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