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  • Netflix Passed on ‘A Knight’s Tale 2’ After Algorithm Showed It Wouldn’t Succeed, Director Says

    Is blaming “the algorithm” the new way to say no in Hollywood?

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    April 22, 2024 @ 5:28 PM
    Movies
    5:28 PM
    Netflix Passed on ‘A Knight’s Tale 2’ After Algorithm Showed It Wouldn’t Succeed, Director Says
  • New Films From Brian Helgeland, Jessica Yu Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup

    Helgeland’s “Finestkind” and Yu’s “Quiz Lady” are among 59 additional films headed to the September festival

    By

    Steve Pond
    August 10, 2023 @ 7:00 AM
    Movies
    7:00 AM
    New Films From Brian Helgeland, Jessica Yu Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Foster Thriller ‘Finestkind’ Acquired by Paramount+

    Oscar-winner Brian Helgeland will write and direct the film that also stars Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega

    By

    Brian Welk
    April 5, 2022 @ 7:51 AM
    Movies
    7:51 AM
    Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Foster Thriller ‘Finestkind’ Acquired by Paramount+
  • Brian Helgeland to Write ‘Buck Rogers’ TV Adaptation for Legendary (Exclusive)

    Helgeland previously worked with Legendary on Jackie Robinson biopic, “42,” starring the late Chadwick Boseman

    By

    Umberto Gonzalez
    November 17, 2021 @ 9:00 AM
    TV
    9:00 AM
    Brian Helgeland to Write ‘Buck Rogers’ TV Adaptation for Legendary (Exclusive)
  • ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs Are All Prequels With No Current Characters, George RR Martin Says

    “We are not talking ‘Joey’ or ‘AfterMASH’ or even [‘Frasier’] or ‘Lou Grant,’ where characters from one show continue on to another,” author writes on his blog

    By

    Thom Geier
    May 15, 2017 @ 6:37 AM
    TV
    6:37 AM
    ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs Are All Prequels With No Current Characters, George RR Martin Says
  • ‘Legend’ Review: Tom Hardy Wows as Twin Gangsters, But Rest of Movie Fires Blanks

    Brian Helgeland’s cartoon mythologizing of ’60s-era London mobsters is lucky to feature Hardy’s bursting portrayal of two-headed malevolence

    By

    Robert Abele
    November 19, 2015 @ 12:51 PM
    12:51 PM
    ‘Legend’ Review: Tom Hardy Wows as Twin Gangsters, But Rest of Movie Fires Blanks
  • ‘Legend’ Toronto Review: Two Tom Hardys Are Better Than One

    Dual performances by Hardy as twin brothers are the best thing about Brian Helgeland’s British gangster film

    By

    Steve Pond
    September 12, 2015 @ 12:07 PM
    12:07 PM
    ‘Legend’ Toronto Review: Two Tom Hardys Are Better Than One
  • Tom Hardy Plays Twin Gangsters in First Trailer For Crime Movie ‘Legend’ (Video)

    Brian Helgeland wrote and directed the film, which follows notorious siblings Ronald and Reginald Kray

    By

    Jeff Sneider
    April 30, 2015 @ 2:40 AM
    2:40 AM
    Tom Hardy Plays Twin Gangsters in First Trailer For Crime Movie ‘Legend’ (Video)
  • Mel Raido to Star Opposite Kate Beckinsale in Thriller ‘The Disappointments Room’ (Exclusive)

    D.J. Caruso is directing the Relativity Studios movie, which is being produced by Geyer Kosinski

    By

    Jeff Sneider
    August 22, 2014 @ 9:00 AM
    9:00 AM
    Mel Raido to Star Opposite Kate Beckinsale in Thriller ‘The Disappointments Room’ (Exclusive)
  • Tom Hardy Joins Leonardo DiCaprio in Revenge Movie ‘The Revenant’

    Alejandro González Iñárritu is directing the film, which will be shot by Emmanuel Lubezki (“Gravity”)

    By

    Jeff Sneider
    June 30, 2014 @ 12:10 PM
    12:10 PM
    Tom Hardy Joins Leonardo DiCaprio in Revenge Movie ‘The Revenant’
  • Emily Browning Joining Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy in Crime Thriller ‘Legend’

    Brian Helgeland is directing the Working Title movie, which follows gangster twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray

    By

    Jeff Sneider
    April 23, 2014 @ 5:59 PM
    5:59 PM
    Emily Browning Joining Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy in Crime Thriller ‘Legend’
  • ’42’ Review: Despite a Few Errors, Baseball Biopic Presents a Jackie Robinson Who’s Both Heroic and Human

    Writer-director Brian Helgeland acknowledges the groundbreaking ballplayer’s legend without turning him into a plastic dashboard saint

    By

    Alonso Duralde
    April 11, 2013 @ 2:49 PM
    2:49 PM
    ’42’ Review: Despite a Few Errors, Baseball Biopic Presents a Jackie Robinson Who’s Both Heroic and Human
  • Michelle Obama Hosts Harrison Ford, ’42’ Cast at White House

    The First Lady celebrates the legacy of baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson

    By

    Ira Teinowitz
    April 2, 2013 @ 10:40 AM
    10:40 AM
    Michelle Obama Hosts Harrison Ford, ’42’ Cast at White House

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