{"id":8651,"date":"2022-02-23T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:49:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:49:56","slug":"james-mangold-to-direct-new-buster-keaton-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=8651","title":{"rendered":"James Mangold to Direct New Buster Keaton Biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Indiana Jones<\/i> 5<\/strong> director James Mangold is reportedly set to tackle a biopic about legendary silent-screen star Buster Keaton. Industry sources say he is working with 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Studios on a script based on Marion Meade\u2019s biography <i>Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This would not be the first of Mangold\u2019s biopics: his <strong><i>Walk the Line<\/i><\/strong> (2005), about country singer Johnny Cash, earned five Oscar nominations. In 2020, he was set to direct a film about Bob Dylan, starring Timoth\u00e9e Hal Chalamet, but production has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/baylifecompoundingpharmacy.com\/wp-content\/themes\/apexclinic\/inc\/import\/pharm\/elavil.html\">elavil over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mangold also garnered much acclaim for <strong><i>Wolverine<\/i><\/strong> (2013), <strong><i>Logan<\/i><\/strong> (2017), and <strong><i>Ford v. Ferrari<\/i> <\/strong>(2019), the last of which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>In 2020, he was tapped to direct the fifth installment in the<strong> <i>Indiana Jones<\/i><\/strong> franchise starring Harrison Ford: the earlier four had been directed by Steven Spielberg.<\/p>\n<p>Mangold started his film career in 1985 at the age of 23, when he was hired by Disney as a writer\/director, where he turned out a television movie and co-wrote <strong><i>Oliver and Company<\/i><\/strong>, an animated feature. In 1995, his first feature <i>Heavy<\/i>, won the prize for best director at the Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from Charlie Chaplin, no other actor epitomizes the silent comedy era more than Keaton, whose film career spanned more than half a century until his death in 1966.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/baylifecompoundingpharmacy.com\/wp-content\/themes\/apexclinic\/inc\/import\/pharm\/azithromycin.html\">azithromycin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> Known as \u201cThe Great Stone Face,\u201d his deadpan persona made him one of the most recognizable faces in the annals of Hollywood, from his first appearance in <strong><i>The Butcher Boy<\/i> (<\/strong>1917) to <i><strong>A Funny Thing Happened<\/strong> <strong>on the Way to the Forum<\/strong><\/i>, released the year of his death.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s he had cameo roles in such classics as <strong><i>Sunset Boulevard<\/i> <\/strong>and <strong><i>Around the World in 80 Days<\/i><\/strong>, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>appeared in many television commercials and on TV variety shows. 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