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OPERATION FINALE: Isaac, Raz, Kingsley To Lead WWII Nazi Capture Tale

At a time no less opportune for a film project to bring the evils of Nazism to light, actors Oscar Isaac and Lior Raz are set to lead upcoming drama, Operation Finale. The news comes just shy of two years since MGM opted for UK screenwriter Matthew Orton’s script with the goal of fast tracking its development, now targeting locations in Argentina for the start of production this Fall. Twilight Saga: New Moon helmer Chris Weitz is set to direct the film, aiming to echo tones similar to that of Ben Affleck’s Argo and Steven Spielberg’s 2005 thriller, Munich with its premise encircling the story of the team that captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Raz and Isaac will star in the respective roles of Mossad director Isser Harel who allows Peter Malkin to lead the Argentina mission to capture Eichmann, the latter to be performed by actor Ben Kingsley. via THR: […]

Japanese Crime Pic, SHIELD OF STRAW Gets The English-Language Remake Treatment

Lee B. Golden III

There is not a lot of love lost for director Miike Takashi’s 2013 thriller, Shield Of Straw, based on author Kiuchi Kazuhiro’s 2004 Kodansha crime novel of the same name. Osawa Takao and Matsushima Nanako led the cast with actor Fujiwara Tatsuya central to the film’s premise about a team of Fukuoka detectives who come under fire from swarms of vigilantes when a vengeful billionaire puts a meaty contract out on a Tokyo-bound convoy transporting a murder suspect. Made long prior to Miike’s own professed promise of a return to formula with this year’s Yakuza Apocalypse, Shield Of Straw was nearly panned by critics and fell to a mixture of cheers and louder jeers upon its Cannes premiere. Needless to say, there’s always going to be some form of controversy when audiences bare certain expectations from directors, and though it’s been two years since then, none of this appears to […]