Last week in Washington, DC, leading climate scientist Michael Mann of the University of Pennsylvania sat down with Climate Desk Live to talk about the significance of an planetary milestone—we've reached 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Show More Summary
Tony winner Christian Borle, who stars on NBC’s Smash, has been cast in Michael Mann‘s upcoming cyber crime movie that already has Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis and Holt McCallany aboard. Legendary Pictures is producing the pic, the plot of which is being kept quiet. Show More Summary
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Michael Mann: Climate change is already costing us $1 trillion a year. Aljazeera asks Professor Mann why there is still confusion among Americans about the perils of climate change, at a time when the scientific consensus is virtually complete. Some recent links on the impact: Much of Australia’s farmland could turn to desert or be [...]
Like many directors, Michael Mann mulls over many projects before settling on the one that will be his “next” film at any given time. In this case his next picture is a currently untitled “cyber-crime” thriller, which leaves quite a few other possible films in the lurch. One of those other potential efforts was Gold, [...]
Though director Michael Mann was once slated to direct Gold, a film based on a true story about the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation mining scandal, the project has now fallen into the hands of Spike Lee. The script from Patrick Massett...Show More Summary
It looks like Spike Lee will follow up his Oldboy remake with Gold, a film that was originally set to be directed by Michael Mann. "Based on a true story about the 1993 Bre-X Mineral Corporation mining scandal, Gold is set in the '90s and follows a rough-around-the-edges prospector who stumbles
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Here is some pretty interesting and exciting news, The Wrap is exclusively reporting that Spike Lee has signed on to direct the former Michael Mann project, GOLD.
The movie will be set in the 90’s and will follow,...Show More Summary
Michael Mann's untitled thriller has added two new stars. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the Lust, Caution pair of Wei Tang and Leehom Wang will appear opposite Chris Hemsworth in the Legendary Pictures film. Written by Mann...Show More Summary
Climate Scientists Michael Mann, author of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, interviewed on Democracy Now:
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News on a new Michael Mann film always makes the day better, so Deadline is reporting that veteran character actor, Holt McCallany, has been cast in a lead role in Mann’s new untitled film. He will be starring opposite...Show More Summary
EXCLUSIVE: Lights Out star Holt McCallany has booked a lead role opposite Chris Hemsworth and Viola Davis in the untitled Legendary Pictures movie being directed by Michael Mann that centers on cyber terrorism. The thriller is expected to begin shooting this month in China. Show More Summary
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: The release of Star Trek Into Darkness has us fondly remembering other movies based on, or spun-off from, TV shows. Miami Vice (2006) I’ve seen Miami Vice more times than any other film made this century. Show More Summary
This past week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in at least 4 million years. Here's a simpler way to put it: pollution in the air, the kind that captures greenhouse gases and makes our planet warmer, just reached the highest level ever in recorded history.
Join us for an in-person conversation with Michael Mann at Climate Desk Live on Wednesday May 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Washington DC. To attend, please RSVP to cdl@climatedesk.org. Back in 1998, a little known climate scientist named Michael...Show More Summary
With each passing day, Dr. Mann’s Q score becomes stranger and stranger. Mark Steyn (whom Dr. Mann is suing for libel) observes an emergent phenomenon – Mann’s accidental emergence into the public stage in a post facto sort of way. … Continue reading ?
National Review and I have a court date next month for Big Climate honcho Michael Mann’s defamation suit against us for hooting at his hockey stick. I gather that, in America, the crucial point of law is that it’s very difficult to defame a public figure, as Jerry Falwell and many others have discovered. Show More Summary
Notorious climate alarmist Michael ”Hockey Stick” Mann is…
The climate crowd is very partial to Nazi analogies. Self-inducted Nobel Laureate Michael Mann (currently suing National Review and yours truly for mocking his hockey stick) likes to call his opponents “deniers“. Offset baron Al Gore...Show More Summary
Michael Mann will be directing this adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's novel about Henry V's battles with the French. [...]