MovieSet Behind the Scenes blog » scandal http://blog.movieset.com Videos, pictures & news from movies in production Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:45:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Polanski’s ‘The Ghost Writer’ a scandalous political thriller http://blog.movieset.com/films-on-movieset/polanskis-the-ghost-writer-a-scandalous-political-thriller http://blog.movieset.com/films-on-movieset/polanskis-the-ghost-writer-a-scandalous-political-thriller#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:39:43 +0000 Michelle http://blog.movieset.com/?p=15158 Ewan McGregor lands an interesting role as the Ghost to former British PM Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), hired to revise Lang’s memoires. After being accused of war crimes, Lang takes refuge in America with his wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams) and executive assistant-slash-booty call, Amelia (Kim Cattrall). (If you haven’t seen Joss Whedon’s series Dollhouse and Olivia Williams play Adelle DeWitt, you must get involved). The Ghost soon realizes he’s bitten off more than he can chew when he finds clues to the war crimes left by the previous ghostwriter, who died in mysterious circumstances. The tension builds as the Ghost continues investigating the ‘official’ life story of Lang. The characters feel the walls closing in as the situation becomes more and more complicated. The Ghost Writer, based on the Robert Harris bestseller, looks engaging and intense and most reviews have been promising. I’m looking forward to it!

The Ghost Writer trailer

Clip description: Amelia Bly (Kim Cattrall) watches as The Ghost (Ewan McGregor) begins Adam Lang’s (Pierce Brosnan) memoirs.

Clip description: Things get more mysterious for The Ghost (Ewan McGregor) after a walk with Adam Lang’s wife Ruth (Olivia Williams).

More clips from The Ghost Writer

Ewan McGregor stars as The Ghost Writer

Amelia (Kim Cattrall), Ruth (Olivia Williams) and Adam (Pierce Brosnan).

More photos from The Ghost Writer

]]> http://blog.movieset.com/films-on-movieset/polanskis-the-ghost-writer-a-scandalous-political-thriller/feed 0 The Informant – Matt Damon plays a crazy corporate executive with a mustache http://blog.movieset.com/films-on-movieset/the-informant-matt-damon-plays-a-crazy-corporate-executive-with-a-mustache http://blog.movieset.com/films-on-movieset/the-informant-matt-damon-plays-a-crazy-corporate-executive-with-a-mustache#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:00:54 +0000 Felix Ruttan http://blog.movieset.com/?p=7159 Matt Damon in The Informant

Matt Damon in The Informant

Matt Damon, star of The Bourne Trilogy, is starring as Mark Whitacre in the upcoming Dark Comedy/Thriller The Informant.

Jonathan Decarlo @ Examiner points out:

“Not only did Whitacre suffer from manic depressive disorder while working with the FBI, but he also implicated himself as a corporate swindler during said informing and spent close to eight and a half years in a prison “camp” for multiple counts of fraud. It’s not rocket science why this story was made into a movie at this point in our political and financial climate.”

Mark Whitacre circa 2008

Mark Whitacre circa 2008

Totally bemused by this piece of info, I had to check Mark Whitacre’s Wikipedia entry. Sure enough, with dozens of citations and 2 books written about him (The Informant being the basis for the movie), this true story stands up on its own, albeit crazy, legs.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh (who also did “Sex, Lies, and Videotape“, directed the Ocean’s Trilogy, and recently, “The Girlfriend Experience“) The Informant is based on a true story; Mark Whitacre, vice president of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), becomes the star witness and primary informant for an FBI investigation into ADM’s agriculture related price fixing.

Damon’s character, both naive and ambitious, really looks in over his head in this brand new trailer.

Check out more from The Informant-  including still pictures, videos, news and more before it arrives in theaters on Oct. 9, 2009.

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