Actor/director Sydney Pollack dies at 73May 26th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
 | | This comes as quite a shock. Director, actor and producer Sydney Pollack just passed away at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73. Although I don’t remember him having any major roles in recent years, he has a very memorable face and had some great performances. But he was better known as a director, winning two Oscars for his ‘Out of Africa.’
Leslee Dart, his publicist and friend, said Pollack died of cancer. Rest in peace. He will be remembered for a long time to come. “His passion is contagious. It inspires everyone around him to dig a little deeper,” cinematographer Owen Roizman said.
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Actors: John Cusack in apocalyptic ‘2012′May 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
John Cusack has signed for the movie ‘2012,’ by blockbuster director Roland Emmerich (’10,000 BC’ and ‘The Day After Tomorrow’). The Columbia Pictures production will be one of the 2009’s summer box office contenders and revolves around the Mayan’s calendar, which ends in 2012. After this, a series of natural disasters develop, threatening human existence.
Although the movie is set to shoot in Los Angeles this July, nothing is for certain with the actors’ strike just around the corner. Harald Kloser, more famous as a composer, co-wrote the script with Emmerich. They also wrote ‘10,000 BC’ together. And we all know how that turned out.
Potential strike causes work boostApril 26th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
If you are currently working on a movie in Los Angeles, how did you find the time to read this post? According to an agency that tracks on-location filming, production in LA is up 11%. Every company is in a hurry to get their movies made before the potential actors’ strike in July, because stopping production would be a ‘very expensive proposition.’
The Screen Actors Guild has been very tightlipped about the outcome of the current negotiations. Some sources say it isn’t looking good and the studios want to move on, to talk to the AFTRA (TV and radio). In a way, daring the actors to strike.
You have to question if the boost is actually because of the potential strike. Or is it because the lack of production during the earlier writers’ strike?
