Directed by: Bill Condon; Runtime(s): 117 min; 115 min;
Grade: Part 1 - D; Part 2 -- C
Both ruffling feathers and sending hearts aflutter for over five years, Twilight's contortion of vampire lore finally arrives at an end with a sprawling, teary-eyed two-part finale, Breaking Dawn. Show More Summary
One of the North Carolina state representatives who co-sponsored a Constitution-overriding bill to declare an official state religion made it fairly clear to a constituent that it was unlikely Islam would be picked as the Tar Heel State's One True Belief System. More »
It’s amazing to think that the director of the last Twilight movies, Bill Condon, almost made the Richard Pryor biopic that various people in Hollywood have tried to make for a couple decades. (And with a Wayans in the lead, no less.) OK, sure, Condon felt strongly about the project, and also made Dreamgirls. And his [...]
The Kidd here...
A Richard Pryor biopic has been in development for a long time, 20 years in fact. Plenty of names have come and gone on the project with everyone from Scorsese to Kasi Lemmons to Bill Condon directing, and names like...Show More Summary
Post by Mary FischerOh, for the love of Pete. Remember when the rumors started flying about Kristen Stewart playing Anastasia Steele in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie simply because Twilight director Bill Condon has a connection to the...Show More Summary
The 33rd Annual Golden Raspberry Awards – aka The Razzies – for worst films and performances are announced annually on the eve of the Oscars for obvious reasons. This year Adam Sandler took the Worst Actor Razzie for the second year in a row, this time for Sony Pictures’ That’s My Boy which bombed last summer. Show More Summary
He's not happy.
The activist says Bill Condon's "The Fifth Estate" is a "massive propaganda attack" and is "fanning the flames" of war. read more
Principal photography for The Fifth Estate -- a film based on the WikiLeaks saga -- kicked off Wednesday. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange and Daniel Bruhl as Daniel Domscheit-Berg. Bill Condon, best known for Dreamgirls,...Show More Summary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Filming has begun on a movie drama about Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks website that director Bill Condon said will not attempt to pass final judgment on the former hacker and his influence.
Beaks here...
It's the first day of principal photography on THE FIFTH ESTATE, so DreamWorks has decided to release the above image to EW as proof that Benedict Cumberbatch will resemble Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to a startling degree. Show More Summary
Julian Assange has been hailed as a hero by some and decried as a villain by others, so it seems just about perfect that Bill Condon‘s WikiLeaks movie stars an actor who can play both. As principal photography on the film, now titled The Fifth Estate, gets underway, the first photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Participant Media is closing a deal to become DreamWorks’ partner on the untitled feature film that Bill Condon will direct about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The studio has Benedict Cumberbatch set to play Assange, with...Show More Summary
Filmmaker and David Lynch collaborator Mary Sweeney replaces Bill Condon atop the board of the indie film organization, which among other events puts on the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards (this year set for February 23 on the beach in Santa Monica and hosted by Andy Samberg). Show More Summary
Yes, you read the headline right. Bill Condon‘s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II was nominated for every single Razzie category. 11 nominations in 10 categories. It’s by far the leader for the 33rd annual “award” show that commemorates the worst films released in the past year. The rest? You can basically imagine. Lots [...]
8-minutes of deleted and extended scenes have been added back in by director Bill Condon, debuting March 2nd [...]
Dowton Abbey's Dan Stevens is in negotiations to join Bill Condon's Wikileaks movie, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange. According to Variety, Stevens is in talks to play the "hacker friend" of one of Assange's associates, who eventually starts working for the website. We'll just assume the Sherlock/Cousin Matthew
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It seems like every studio in Hollywood is rushing to get a Julian Assange / WikiLeaks movie out there, but one of the first out of the gate will be from Bill Condon. As the film hurtles toward a January start date, it’s picked up a new title and a new star. Downton Abbey actor Dan [...]
The actress will play the love interest of Daniel Bruhl's Julian Assange in this biopic directed by Bill Condon. [...]
A bill that would allow Michigan adoption agencies to discriminate against prospective parents on religious grounds has cleared committee and is heading to the statehouse. On Tuesday, the Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors approved House Bills 5763 and 5764 in a 6-2 vote. “By all accounts, our adoptive story is a perfect example of [...]