Spielberg Producing "Voyeur's Motel" For Director Sam Mendes

Spielberg and Mendes with Mendes' Oscar for American Beauty.

After adding a new directing project on Monday with The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortars and casting Mark Rylance in Ready Player One, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg has apparently finished off his busy week by announcing that his DreamWorks Pictures has aquired the rights to Voyeur's Motel, a project The Hollywood Reporter says has been pursued by multiple studios.

The non-fiction article for The New Yorker, written by Gay Talese, relates the shocking story of Gerald Foos, a man who bought a motel in order to watch his guests having sex. The story spans multiple decades and eventually leads to Foos witnessing a murder. It's a safe bet Spielberg won't be marketing this to the same audience as, say, The BFG.

The film will be directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes. Mendes most recently directed the James Bond films Skyfall and Spectre, but his first three projects were for DreamWorks: American Beauty, Road to Perdition and Jarhead.

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Star Wars VII Movie Poster - Every End Is A New Beginning

Just saw this Star Wars VII movie poster on Kyle Newman's Facebook feed. The poster is by Lyndon Berresford and Paul Bateman.
I am loving this. Who do you think the two characters are? Lando and Leia? Han and Leia's children?

Have you seen other Star Wars VII movie posters? Let me know.

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Did Paul Freeman Accidentally Eat A Fly In Raiders of the Lost Ark?

The Famous Indiana Jones Fly In Belloq's Mouth Scene. Did It Really Happen? I've always wondered if Paul Freeman unintentionally consumed a fly in this scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark? It's the scene where Indiana Jones shouts down to Bellosh...I mean Belloq and threatens to blow up the ark. Did a fly go in his mouth?

I remember watching this scene back in the early eighties and my ten year old mind thought he definitely had a snack while filming. I recall talking about 'flygate' in my school playground at the time and the general consensus with my friends was that Freeman definitely had a sneaky snack.

Paul Freeman talks about the famous 'fly' scene in an interview with TheIndyExperience.com and settled 'flygate:'

This is a bit of a dicey question so don’t get too upset. (Laughs) A movie’s always got bloopers in it, some have a lot, and some only have three or four. And the most remarkable blooper was right before the opening of the Ark scene.…

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Pinewood Studios To Expand To The Usa

By welshslider April 29, 2013

BBC News have reported that Pinewood Studios are to expand to the USA. This is great news for the famous studio that is rich in movie history.

UK film studio Pinewood Shepperton has announced plans to build its first sound stages in the United States. The Pinewood Atlanta complex will be built on 288 acres of land south of Atlanta, Georgia, as a joint venture with a US investment company. Georgia has been among the US states drawing film-making away from Hollywood with tax incentives in recent years. The deal is the latest sign of expansion at Pinewood, the home of the James Bond franchise. Earlier this month it announced a joint venture with a Chinese media group, potentially giving it access to the fast-growing Chinese market.
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