Gore Verbinski
A filmmaker with remarkable visual flair, punk rocker-turned-director Gore Verbinski has crafted a solid career in Hollywood. Easily jumping genres and offering something new in the realm of visual cr...
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'Mexican' Easily Stands Off 'Hannibal'
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTStrong openings for "The Mexican" and "See Spot Run" sent "Hannibal" south of the box office border after three weeks in first place. DreamWorks' R-rated drama "The Mexican" kicked off to a record-setting estimated $20.3 million at 2,951 theaters ($6,879 per theater). Its powerful box office punch proved audiences cared more about Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts' superstar luster than the film's lackluster reviews. "The Mexican" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide releas
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'Exit' Wounds 'Enemy'
July 23, 2001 9:52am EST"Exit Wounds" entered theaters in first place despite industry research suggesting more moviegoers wanted to see "Enemy at the Gates." "Exit," from Warner Bros. in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, is a Silver Pictures production teaming up Steven Seagal and DMX. The R-rated action film topped the chart with a record-setting estimated $19.03 million at 2,830 theaters ($6,723 per theater). Directed by Andrez Bartkowiak, "Exit" was produced by Joel Silver and Dan Cr
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'Hannibal' Cooking With Gas
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Feb. 23, 2001 -- "Hannibal" continued to do killer box office business, finishing first for the third straight weekend. The R-rated thriller from MGM and Universal in association with Dino De Laurentiis held on to the top spot in its third week with a still-tasty estimated $15.8 million (-47%) at 3,292 theaters (+54 theaters; $4,800 per theater). Its cume is approximately $128.5 million. "Hannibal" had the highest per-theater average for any film playing in wide release last weekend.
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Exhausted "Time Machine" director quits
May 14, 2001 9:28am ESTRookie director Simon Wells, who had less than three weeks left of shooting on the DreamWorks film The Time Machine, quit the project due to extreme fatigue, the studio announced Thursday. Director Gore Verbinski (The Mexican) was tapped to complete the project. "Our first concern is for Simon's health, so we are very pleased that Gore was able to come in and pinch hit," said DreamWorks' co-head Walter Parkes.
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Box Office Analysis 3-25
May 08, 2001 4:19am ESTHeartbreakers takes the weekend box office by storm.
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Julia Goes Spinning
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Nov. 10, 2000 -- Pretty woman Julia Roberts is certainly no stranger to revolution -- or shall we say Joe Roth's Revolution Studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the $20 million per pic starlet will lend her star power to the preliminarily titled "Project 3" for the titular studio. The project will reteam Roberts with "The Mexican" helmer Gore Verbinski, who became available after Leonardo DiCaprio dropped out of DreamWorks' "Catch Me If You Can," which he was set to direct. R
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ROLE CALL: Julia Does Revolution
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Sept. 15, 2000 – Julia Roberts revoluntonizes?! The Hollywood Reporter says today that Revolution Studios, headed by former Disney top brass Joe Roth, has bought the tentatively titled "Project 3," a psycho thriller that would star Julia Roberts. Directed by Gore Verbinski, who worked with Roberts on the upcoming "The Mexican," the film is said to be similar to the story of "Gaslight," where a man tries to drive his wife insane. SPIKE TV: Director Spike Lee will direct "A Huey P. New
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ROLE CALL: Leo DiCaprio Caught
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, July 31, 2000 -- Surprise, surprise ... Leo is a wanted man. Daily Variety reports today that the 25-year-old global heartthrob is in final talks to star in DreamWorks’ "Catch Me If You Can," a flick based on the life of Frank Abagnale Jr., whose prolific criminal record landed him the infamous title of being the only teenager to ever grace the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List in the mid-1960s. DiCaprio is expected to make the young fugitive tale after his next project, Martin Scorsese's "G
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ROLE CALL: Leo's Life of Crime
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTHOLLYWOOD, July 25, 2000 -- Can you picture pretty Leo DiCaprio as a gangsta? DreamWorks hopes so. The Hollywood Reporter says the studio is courting DiCaprio to star in "Catch Me If You Can," a biopic about real-life criminal Frank Abagnale, the youngest man ever to make the FBI Most Wanted list. Here's a twist: The movie would probably be directed by Gore Verbinski, who made "Mousehunt" and just finished a flick called "The Mexican" with Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. COUNTING TO ELEVEN: Confir
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ROLE CALL: Julia Eyes 'The Mexican'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 2, 2000 -- Never underestimate Julia Roberts' clout. Daily Variety reports that the actress is showing interest in the action-comedy "The Mexican" and is considering taking the female lead. The pretty woman's possible involvement in the $10 million dollar project is indelibly breathing renewed life into the formerly lackluster project, which saw the joint departure of "Fight Club" helmer David Fincher and megastar Brad Pitt early in its pre-production phrase. The effe
