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‘The Departed’: WB Wanted to Turn It Into a Franchise, According to Martin Scorsese!!

Martin Scorsese, the nine-time Academy Award-nominated director, is unimpressed with Hollywood’s current tendency to rely on franchises. In a recent interview with GQ, Scorsese revealed that Warner Bros. asked him if one of the two leads in The Departed, played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon, could survive the events of the movie. “What they wanted was a franchise. It wasn’t about a moral issue … Continue reading ‘The Departed’: WB Wanted to Turn It Into a Franchise, According to Martin Scorsese!!

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‘The Departed 2’: Mark Wahlberg Reveals Failed Pitch for Sequel!!

Uncharted hit theaters last week and sees Spider-Man star Tom Holland playing Nathan Drake while Mark Wahlberg plays Victor “Sully” Sullivan. In honor of the movie’s release, the two stars have been giving interviews and sharing some interesting stories about pitches that didn’t go so well for them in the past. Holland recently shared that his idea of a James Bond origin movie was rejected, … Continue reading ‘The Departed 2’: Mark Wahlberg Reveals Failed Pitch for Sequel!!

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Warner Bros. Signs First-Look Deal with Brad Pitt’s Plan B!!

Brad Pitt is one of the most famous men in the world, and as of this year, an Oscar-winning actor, but the thing that has set him apart in recent years has been the exceptional taste he has shown as a producer via his company Plan B Entertainment. Run by his partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Plan B has produced three Best Picture winners … Continue reading Warner Bros. Signs First-Look Deal with Brad Pitt’s Plan B!!

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‘The Departed’ TV Series Is in Development at Amazon!!

It was earlier this year when we first heard of talk about The Departed, Martin Scorsese‘s Oscar-winning Boston-set crime epic, heading to television from producer Roy Lee. It makes more sense than most major movies that have found a second life on television, if only because Infernal Affairs, the original Chinese film that served as the blueprint for The Departed, was only the first entry in a trilogy of action films. … Continue reading ‘The Departed’ TV Series Is in Development at Amazon!!

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Hollywood Keeps Remaking Foreign films and I support the Idea – Let me tell you why!

Remakes are considered bad by most people, well my own take is fairly neutral. No! I am not talking about remakes in the sense an older released version being modernized & released again just for the sake of a cash grab. I am talking about the films which cross over the language barrier usually into Hollywood or out of the English speaking industry. I recently … Continue reading Hollywood Keeps Remaking Foreign films and I support the Idea – Let me tell you why!

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