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Deadline has learned that BLACK MASS and OUT OF THE FURNACE filmmaker Scott Cooper is in talks with Warner Bros. to direct WHITE KNIGHT, which is being described as a potential franchise starter in the vein of the Bond and Bourne movies. The action thriller is said to focus on a disgraced Secret Service agent who "takes a job protecting the family of an arms dealer, putting himself at the center of a... Read More...
Black Mass arrives in theaters Friday after generating plenty of buzzy chatter from the film festivals in Venice, Telluride, and Toronto. (You can read EWâs review of the film here.)Â The film, directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart; Out of the Furnace), tells the true...
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Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, David Harbour, Dakota Johnson, Julianne Nicholson, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll, Juno Temple — Scott Cooper's "Black Mass" is not wanting in characters or stars to play them, but a movie can only hold so much, and unfortunately one had to go: the underrated and very talented Sienna Miller. So, why was she left on the cutting room floor?
“It came down to narrative choices,” the director told Boston Globe.
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Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kevin Bacon, David Harbour, Dakota Johnson, Julianne Nicholson, Adam Scott, Corey Stoll, Juno Temple — Scott Cooper's "Black Mass" is not wanting in characters or stars to play them, but a movie can only hold so much, and unfortunately one had to go: the underrated and very talented Sienna Miller. So, why was she left on the cutting room floor?
“It came down to narrative choices,” the director told Boston Globe.
- Digital Spy: Sienna Miller's role in Black Mass was cut over "narrative choices"
- The Playlist: 'Black Mass' Director Scott Cooper To Helm Endangered Species Drama 'American Wolf'
- Shockya: Black Mass Movie Review
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The Wrap has learned that Warner Bros., Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way banner and Kevin McCormick‘s Langley Park shingle are trying to snag BLACK MASS and OUT OF THE FURNACE director Scott Cooper to helm AMERICAN WOLF, a film based on material from Texas Monthly senior editor Nate Blakeslee. Cooper is in talks to direct the true-life flick, which will follow the hunter who accidentally...
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- Empire Magazine: Scott Cooper In Talks To Direct American Wolf
Scott Cooper’s “Black Mass” starring Johnny Depp in a possible credibility comeback role is right around the corner. The movie will make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, it’ll turn up at the Toronto International Film Festival and it’ll likely be in Telluride too. In short, this is potential Oscar bait material and every festival wants a piece of it.
In the lead-up to the premiere in Venice, Warner Bros. has unloaded a trunk full of new images from the film, plus released a revealing new TV spot.
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"Jimmy's business is Jimmy's business…" Warner Bros has debuted one more official theatrical trailer for Scott Cooper's Black Mass drama, starring Johnny Depp as the notorious gangster Whitey Bulger. We've seen plenty of trailers for this already, so we all should know what to expect at this point, but they keep revealing more and more. This time there's a focus on Depp as Bulger, and lots of the action around his character, and he looks so damn good. And crazy.
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- The Playlist: Watch: Johnny Depp Is A Ruthless Gangster In New Trailer For 'Black Mass'
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- JoBlo: New posters for Scott Cooper's Black Mass & Denis Villeneuve's Sicario
- Empire Magazine: The First Full-Length Trailer For Black Mass Arrives
- Latino Review: Watch The New 'Black Mass' Trailer HERE!
Scott Cooperâs Black Mass, which stars Johnny Depp as notorious mobster Whitey Bulger, will make its debut at this yearâs Venice Film Festival. The Warner Bros. release will screen out of competition on Sept. 4. âHe could be charming. He could be ruthless. He was like a cobraâyou never...
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The latest BLACK MASS trailer isn't as chilling as the first one, but it does give us a new look at the Whitey Bulger biopic from OUT OF THE FURNACE and CRAZY HEART director Scott Cooper. Similar to the previous one, the new trailer for the upcoming film starts with Johnny Depp's Bulger sitting at a table, however this time he's got a few life tips for his young son. Not normal life...
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Johnny Depp terrorizes as real-life gangster Whitey Bulger in the new trailer for director Scott Cooper's 'Black Mass'.
- Screen Crush: 'Black Mass' Trailer: Johnny Depp Is America's Most Wanted Gangster
- Coming Soon: Watch Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger in the New Black Mass Trailer!
- AintItCool: Johnny Depp continues to impress & frighten in this latest trailer from BLACK MASS!!!
- Variety: Watch: Johnny Depp Is a Horrible Father in New ‘Black Mass’ Trailer
- Digital Spy: Johnny Depp is unrecognisable as violent criminal in new Black Mass trailer
- Hollywood Reporter: Johnny Depp Enjoys Stomping Faces in New 'Black Mass' Trailer (Video)
- The Playlist: Watch: Johnny Depp Turns Cold-Blooded Mob Boss In The New Trailer For Crime Drama ‘Black Mass’
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- Entertainment Weekly: Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger in new 'Black Mass' trailer
- Latino Review: New Trailer Hits for 'Black Mass' Starring Johnny Depp
- Deadline: New ‘Black Mass’ Trailer: Parenting Advice From Whitey Bulger
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