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QuoteA washed up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he prepares to mount a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim past glory.

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    ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU'S "BIRDMAN"

    HAS BEGUN PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY

    Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Ryan and Andrea Riseborough to star

    LOS ANGELES, CA April 16, 2013 – Fox Searchlight Pictures and New Regency announced today that principal photography on Alejandro González Iñárritu's black comedy, BIRDMAN, began on April 15th in New York City.  They will co-finance the picture with Worldview Entertainment.  Iñárritu co-wrote the script with Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo.  The film stars Michael Keaton, Lindsay Duncan, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, and Naomi Watts.  The film will be a New Regency production with Iñárritu and John Lesher serving as producers.  Worldview Entertainment's Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners and Hoyt David Morgan will executive produce alongside Jim Skotchdopole.  The film will be produced by New Regency and Fox Searchlight Pictures will handle marketing and distribution.

    "It is thrilling to have such a talented cast to bring this script to life," says Iñárritu.

    "It's great to be working on Alejandro's deeply original project with Fox Searchlight and New Regency as they always strive to allow filmmakers to realize their creative vision," says Lesher.

    "We've been mesmerized by Alejandro's work for years. We're honored to work with this visionary auteur on his imaginative and original dark comedy," said Claudia Lewis, Fox Searchlight Pictures President of Production.

    BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles to mount a Broadway play.  In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.

    The deal was brokered by New Regency's EVP of Business Affairs Eric Roth and Fox Searchlight Pictures Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Megan O'Brien, and by CAA on behalf of the filmmakers and Worldview Entertainment.  The project will be overseen by New Regency's President Brad Weston and VP of Production Andrew Calof and Fox Searchlight Pictures' Lewis.

    Fox Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both produces and acquires motion pictures.  It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and its films are distributed internationally by Twentieth Century Fox.  Fox Searchlight Pictures is a unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment, a unit of Fox Entertainment Group.

    Worldview Entertainment is a leading independent motion picture production and investment company. The company's slate includes: James Gray's "Lowlife" starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner; Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties" starring Clive Owen; Daniel Espinosa's "Child 44" starring Tom Hardy with Summit Entertainment; and David Gordon Green's "Joe" starring Nicolas Cage.

    New Regency is engaged in the production and distribution of motion pictures through strategic alliances with media and entertainment companies and was founded by Arnon Milchan, one of the most prolific and successful independent film producers of the past 30 years.

Quote from: Hellspawn28 on May 31, 2013, 09:28:20 PM
Is this movie based on this character?

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Quote from: Predator Queen on Jun 01, 2013, 12:11:50 AM

Quote from: Hellspawn28 on May 31, 2013, 09:28:20 PM
Is this movie based on this character?

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/7e46f7b289a8d8f83f1fd666d5459e38/tumblr_mnb8wnKQrB1s57d31o1_500.jpg

QuoteThe cast includes: Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough and Michael Keaton

QuoteThe movie has now been dated for an October 17, 2014 release date per Fox Searchlight.

Quote from: ace3g on Jun 12, 2014, 07:38:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxMMv_LD5Q#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxMMv_LD5Q#ws)

Quote from: Blacklabel on Jul 21, 2014, 10:42:58 PM
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/is-birdman-a-one-shot-magic-trick-that-could-win-emmanuel-lubezki-his-second-oscar-in-a-row (http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/is-birdman-a-one-shot-magic-trick-that-could-win-emmanuel-lubezki-his-second-oscar-in-a-row)

Film rumoured to be edited in order to look like one giant single take.

Quote from: Shasvre on Jul 31, 2014, 02:27:30 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnl7zNd0Rc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnl7zNd0Rc)

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Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 03:47:15 PM
f**k Emma Stone

Quote from: KiramidHead on Jul 31, 2014, 04:01:48 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 03:47:15 PM
f**k Emma Stone

Gladly. 8)

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 08:03:04 PM
dont get me wrong, i would.

Quote from: Cvalda on Jul 31, 2014, 08:16:30 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 08:03:04 PM
dont get me wrong, i would.

She wouldn't.

Quote from: Cvalda on Jul 31, 2014, 08:16:30 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 08:03:04 PM
dont get me wrong, i would.

She wouldn't.

Quote from: Shasvre on Jul 31, 2014, 02:27:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnl7zNd0Rc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOnl7zNd0Rc)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp8iXbGIEAAMVK5.jpg:large)

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 09:56:42 PM

Quote from: Cvalda on Jul 31, 2014, 08:16:30 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 08:03:04 PM
dont get me wrong, i would.

She wouldn't.

Like you would know

Quote from: Cvalda on Jul 31, 2014, 10:09:59 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 09:56:42 PM

Quote from: Cvalda on Jul 31, 2014, 08:16:30 PM

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 31, 2014, 08:03:04 PM
dont get me wrong, i would.

She wouldn't.

Like you would know

It's a pretty safe bet ◦°˚\(*❛‿❛)/˚°◦

Quote from: ace3g on Aug 28, 2014, 03:17:08 AM
http://screenrant.com/birdman-michael-keaton-reviews-preview/ (http://screenrant.com/birdman-michael-keaton-reviews-preview/)

early reviews

Quote from: Aspie on Aug 01, 2014, 02:42:13 AM
Need to see this immediately.

Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Sep 25, 2014, 09:41:58 PM
I want this movie...

Quotethere are a lot of things you can say about Alejandro González Iñárritu as a filmmaker, but you'd probably never say he's playful. He's often thuddingly serious and literal, which is why I find all of his movies to be absolute f**king chores. Babel is like a parody of a big, serious movie, and the Keaton speech would be right at home in Babel. Has Iñárritu lightened up and seen how silly he is, or is this just more of his Serious Artist stuff?

QuoteI felt like it was written by a bitter film student who couldn't handle wannabe-film majors who snicker and fall asleep during arthouse films. So, Iñárritu has to make a film where his characters monologue about TRUTH and ART and even has the titular character address the audience saying all we love is mayhem and explosions.

QuoteAs for the plot twist or the double reversal or whatever it is that comes toward the end of the film, I'm dying to debate that but of course I won't, except to say that it's completely misguided and makes "Birdman" feel like an immensely ambitious gimmick that finally crashes to earth. I think the movie is far more interesting, more daring and more deeply confused than its dopey magic-realist escape valve. It is a work devoured by its own ambition, consumed by the very thing it vilifies. It's obvious Oscar bait – a mid-budget showbiz satire, loaded with stars – that decries the Oscar process, in the words of Hunter's critic character, as a bunch of vain and empty people giving each other awards for cartoons and pornography. (That's not something an actual critic would ever say: Oscar movies are often terrible, but not in that precise way.) It's a work of sparkling, witty entertainment that yearns to soar above all such things, even though its hero and its creator both know how the Icarus story ends.

Quote from: hfeldhaus on Oct 17, 2014, 09:41:41 PM
If amores porres is anything to go by this is a must see. O'Hehir's review has me even more intrigued

Quote from: Cvalda on Oct 17, 2014, 09:32:33 PM
Beautifully written review by Andrew O'Hehir as usual:
http://www.salon.com/2014/10/16/birdman_michael_keaton_heads_an_all_star_cast_in_a_crackling_showbiz_satire/ (http://www.salon.com/2014/10/16/birdman_michael_keaton_heads_an_all_star_cast_in_a_crackling_showbiz_satire/)

QuoteAs for the plot twist or the double reversal or whatever it is that comes toward the end of the film, I'm dying to debate that but of course I won't, except to say that it's completely misguided and makes "Birdman" feel like an immensely ambitious gimmick that finally crashes to earth. I think the movie is far more interesting, more daring and more deeply confused than its dopey magic-realist escape valve. It is a work devoured by its own ambition, consumed by the very thing it vilifies. It's obvious Oscar bait – a mid-budget showbiz satire, loaded with stars – that decries the Oscar process, in the words of Hunter's critic character, as a bunch of vain and empty people giving each other awards for cartoons and pornography. (That's not something an actual critic would ever say: Oscar movies are often terrible, but not in that precise way.) It's a work of sparkling, witty entertainment that yearns to soar above all such things, even though its hero and its creator both know how the Icarus story ends.

Actually makes me wanna see the film now.

Quote from: Cvalda on Oct 17, 2014, 10:46:08 PM
...for mentally deficient people who can't read. :P

Quote from: ace3g on Jun 12, 2014, 07:38:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxMMv_LD5Q#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIxMMv_LD5Q#ws)