Director David Dobkin and Olivia Wilde On Writing Strong Female Roles In Comedies

Olivia Wilde and David Dobkin The Change-Up interview

THE CHANGE-UP's Olivia Wilde doesn't want to be the usual female character that holds up the wall in a comedy.  Director David Dobkin learned from Wedding Crashers that three-dimensional women in comedies can take the raunch even further, and he uses that to push the envelope in THE CHANGE-UP.

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Director Marcus Nispel's Tips To Adapting A Movie

Director Marcus Nispel interview

CONAN THE BARBARIAN is director Marcus Nispel third reboot of a previous film. The Friday the 13th (2009) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) helmer was not looking to base the new film starring Jason Momoa on the Arnold Schwartenegger's Conan, but the original work of Robert E. Howard. So how do you stay faithful to graphic novels for a movie adaptation? The German director breaks down the elements and his approach to CONAN THE BARBARIAN.

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Shark Night 3D Director David Ellis Q&A

shark_night_3D_David_Ellis-setDirector and former stuntman David Ellis knows what scares people. The Snakes on the Plane and Final Destination director has taken on snakes, death, and now sharks in his latest horror thriller SHARK KNIGHT 3D.  The former stuntman played bait for the cameras in Deep Blue Sea (Samuel L. Jackson) and worked underwater in A Perfect Storm (George Clooney). In SHARK NIGHT 3D, David brings his knowledge of stunts, water, and shooting with 3D cameras which he is sharing with CineMovie in our Q&A with the director.

David Ellis spoke to CineMovie by telephone from the Boston set of R.I.P.P. where he is currently working as the stunt/action director. David Ellis started his career at nineteen as a stuntman in movies such as Bound For Glory (1976) and Scarface (1983), eventually becoming a stunt coordinator and action director.  He transitioned into the director's chair in 1995 with Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco and Final Destination 2 (2003). When not at the helm of a movie, David continues his work as a stunt director, "I love directing action."

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Rowan Atkinson Not A Funny Man, He Says

Rowan Atkinson Johnny English Interview

You would think the actor behind Mr. Bean and Johnny English would be funny off-camera, but Rowan Atkinson says he is a serious man and you'll never catch him on a bloopers reel laughing on set.  The JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN star brought some of that serious side to the bumbling English spy sequel.

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