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“Dead Man’s Wire” : Trailer / Starring Bill Skarsgård, Directed by Gus Van Sant

©Courtesy of Row K Entertainment Row K Entertainment premiered the teaser trailer for “Good Will Hunting” and “Milk” director Gus Van Sant’s crime drama “Dead Man’s Wire”. Based on a true story, the film deals with the 1977 kidnapping of a prominent banker that grips the nation and turns the abductor into an outlaw folk…

TIFF/ Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Back in Shape with a Splendid Bill Skarsgård

©Courtesy of TIFF David Lynch’s surreal “Eraserhead“ was about to flicker onto screens, and Jimmy Carter had just been sworn in as president. It was early 1977 — post-Kennedy, post-Watergate America — when Indianapolis businessman Tony Kiritsis stormed into an office and wired a sawed-off shotgun to the back of a mortgage broker’s head. What followed…

Gus Van Sant Links ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ to Luigi Mangione’s Recent Slaying of Health Care Executive

©Courtesy of Focus Features  In an interview with IndieWire, filmmaker Gus Van Sant talked about the parallels between his new film, Dead Man’s Wire, and the recent real-life case of Luigi Mangione, who had recently been charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York. Dead Man’s Wire is a crime thriller…

Gus Van Sant Reveals He Wanted to Direct ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’

Photo by Georges Biard Filmmaker Gus Van Sant has revealed that, a decade ago, he campaigned to direct Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic drama that was based on a book by E. L. James. Van Sant said that he sent James a sample clip he shot in which actor Alex Pettyfer portrayed Christian Grey,…

Naomi Watts Cast In and Gus Van Sant to Direct Season 2 of FX Series ‘Feud’ Subtitled ‘Capote’s Women’

Emmy Award-winning television producer, Ryan Murphy and production company Plan B are creating the second installment of their acclaimed FX anthology series, Feud. Subtitled Capote’s Women, the show’s sophomore season will star two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts as Babe Paley, who ruled New York society in the 1960s and ’70s, Deadline is reporting. Fellow two-time…