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• Update On Joe Carnahan's WHITE JAZZ

  Published: July 3, 2007, 12:29 am

  Tags: L Confidential Sequel, Joe Carnahan, George Clooney, White Jazz

  Ryan here… Looks like Joe Carnahan has updated his website, including a nicely photoshopped image of L.A. back in the 1950s. This is what Carnahan had to say on the update: We’re not shooting WHITE JAZZ in outer Bulgaria or f*cking Toronto. We’re shooting it right here in LOS ANGELES. This is a photoshopped work-up of Hollywood

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• Joe Carnahan Wants You to Name His 'Smokin' Aces' Prequel

  Published: August 16, 2007, 8:02 am

  Tags: Contest, Film, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Joe Carnahan, Movies, Prequel, Smokin Aces, Smokin Aces

  probably already aware of Joe Carnahan's plans to make a direct-to-video Smokin' Aces prequel. While he won't be directing, Carnahan is involved in some capacity, and has been talking up the project quite a bit on his own blog. I was fairly entertained by the original -- I think it succeeded in what it set out to do (with fantastic

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• Killing Pablo Finally Gets the Greenlight

  Published: October 2, 2007, 12:52 am

  Tags: Adaptation, Deals, Drama, Action Adventure, Casting, Christian Bale, Javier Bardem, Joe Carnahan, Killing Pablo

  set-up at Paramount. Joe Carnahan (Smoking Aces) is still attached to direct. Bardem is slated to play Escobar, while Bale is in talks to play Major Steve Jacoby, the Delta Force commander who led the hunt for Escobar. Everyone agrees that Bardem is incredible in the new Cohen Brother’s movie. The Escobar story has also influenced

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• Javier Bardem Has Finally Agreed to Play Pablo Escobar?

  Published: October 2, 2007, 8:32 am

  Tags: Christian Bale, Christianbale, Javier Bardem, Javierbardem, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, Killing Pablo, Killingpablo, Pablo Escobar, Pabloescobar

  for ages. Way back in 2003, Joe Carnahan was tapped to adapt Mark Bowden's Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw, and to direct as well. A few years have passed, and now it looks like things are getting a move on. In April, the director told Cinematical that he was "constantly battling" with Javier Bardem to get him to play the

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• White Jazz Casting

  Published: October 5, 2007, 9:53 pm

  Tags: Thriller, Warner Independent, Adaptation, Mystery Suspense, Drama, Casting, Action Adventure, Rumors, George Clooney, James Ellroy, Jason Bateman, Joe Carnahan, Peter Berg, White Jazz

  Bledsoe have been cast in Joe Carnahan’s upcoming adaptation of James Ellroy’s White Jazz. So who will be playing Stemmons and Bledsoe? Carnahan won’t say. “I cant reveal their names but rest assured, the choices will shock and amaze: Pissing off some while pleasing many more,” says Carnahan. “I can tell you

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• Is It Charlize Theron In 'White Jazz'?

  Published: October 7, 2007, 8:32 am

  Tags: Charlize Theron, Charlizetheron, Chris Pine, Chrispine, George Clooney, Georgeclooney, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, Ray Liotta, Rayliotta, White Jazz, Whitejazz

  RumorMongerWhen Smokin' Joe Carnahan says he's gonna get someone for a part, you can usually take his word for it. Back in April, he spoke with Cinematical about prepping his two upcoming passion projects: an adaptation of White Jazz and a telling of the Pablo Escobar story, and during that interview he gave us the following dream casting

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• Jake Gyllenhaal Goes to the Moon

  Published: October 9, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Alli Shearmur, Allishearmur, Black Hawk Down, Blackhawkdown, Brothers, Cinematical, Film, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jakegyllenhaal, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, John Hamburg, Johnhamburg, Killing Pablo, Killingpablo, Movie, Simon Kinberg, Simonkinberg, The Bourne Identity, Thebourneid

  for Black Hawk Down and Joe Carnahan's in-development Pablo Escobar movie, Killing Pablo. Liman, Alli Shearmur and Simon Kinberg will produce the film, which will presumably begin shooting as soon as Gyllenhaal is done with Brothers.Read   Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Casting Star Trek: Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and Eric Bana as Villain

  Published: October 10, 2007, 2:09 pm

  Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Casting, Sequels Remakes, Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Jj Abrams, Joe Carnahan, Star Trek, White Jazz

  going for him? The answer is Joe Carnahan’s White Jazz. Star Trek is certainly the higher profile film of the two, but White Jazz has the potential for critical acclaim. So what will Pine do? Director Joe Carnahan has commented on the situation on his blog: I will neither confirm nor deny that statement. I’ll just say that it would be

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• Star Trek XI: Simon Pegg Is Scotty, John Cho is Sulu, Chris Pine Is ... Conflicted

  Published: October 12, 2007, 6:02 am

  Tags: Chris Pine, Chrispine, J J Abrams, J J Abrams, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, Simon Pegg, Simonpegg, Star Trek Xi, Startrekxi, White Jazz, Whitejazz

  cop Junior Stemmons in Joe Carnahan's White Jazz. Carnahan has subsequently confirmed as much on his blog. The role is Pine's if he wants it, so why is he not signing on the dotted line? The reason, as I understand it, is that he's pretty much being forced to choose between a major, potentially star-making role in White Jazz or a very minor

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• Smokin' Joe Carnahan Confirms: Chris Pine is Captain Kirk!

  Published: October 15, 2007, 4:32 pm

  Tags: Captain Kirk, Chris Pine, Chrispine, Cinematical, Film, Joe Carnahan, Just My Luck, Killing Pablo, Lindsay Lohan, Movies, Star Trek Xi, White Jazz

  Over on his blog, Smokin' Joe Carnahan (who was vying for Pine to star in White Jazz) confirms the actor will not be taking on the role of Junior Stemmons in Jazz. Why? Well, that's because he's opted to go for Trek. Here it is, straight from Carnahan himself: "The young man playing Junior Stemmons has opted to 'go where no man has gone

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• Chris Pine CONFIRMED as Kirk in Star Trek

  Published: October 15, 2007, 3:27 pm

  Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Casting, Sequels Remakes, Chris Pine, Jj Abrams, Joe Carnahan, Killing Pablo, White Jazz

  playing Junior Stemmons in Joe Carnahan’s White Jazz, which means he’s 100% confirmed to play Kirk in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. I know, I know, we already had a Carnahan story earlier today, but this is some breaking news as Pine was undecided when the news broke a couple days back that he was Abrams final choice for the role of

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• George Clooney Leaves White Jazz

  Published: October 21, 2007, 5:38 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Thriller, Mystery Suspense, Drama, Casting, Chris Pine, George Clooney, Joe Carnahan, White Jazz

  So first Joe Carnahan looses Chris Pine who jumped ship to JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, and now George Clooney is leaving the White Jazz ship due to “scheduling issues.” Carnahan was scheduled to go into production early next year, and Clooney is currently shooting the Coen Bros’ Burn After Reading, and trying to finish his

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• George Clooney Drops Out of 'White Jazz'

  Published: October 21, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Brad Pitt, Bradpitt, Burn After Reading, Burnafterreading, Coen Brothers, Coenbrothers, Ethan Coen, Ethancoen, Frances Mcdormand, Francesmcdormand, George Clooney, Georgeclooney, Grant Heslov, Grantheslov, James Ellroy, Jamesellroy, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, Joel Coen, Joe

  has just dropped out of Joe Carnahan's White Jazz, a gritty tale of police corruption set in 1950s Los Angeles. Clooney was set to star in the independent film, which is based on the James Ellroy (L.A. Confidential) novel. White Jazz was expected to begin filming early next year, and was scheduled for a 2009 release date. Grant Heslov,

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• Carnahan Wants You To Read His Screenplays: White Jazz and Killing Pablo

  Published: October 24, 2007, 5:03 pm

  Tags: Screenwriting, Joe Carnahan, Killing Pablo, White Jazz

  today we told you that Joe Carnahan was considering shooting Killing Pablo before White Jazz. He’s now asking the help of his blog readers to help him make a decision. And in an unprecedented move, he has publicly published both scripts online for you to help him make a decision. Is he crazy? Well yes, but we already knew that.

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• Joe Carnahan Considers Killing Pablo before White Jazz

  Published: October 24, 2007, 2:47 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Quotes, Mystery Suspense, Drama, Action Adventure, Rumors, Joe Carnahan, Killing Pablo, White Jazz

  so what is writer/director Joe Carnahan to do? Kill Pablo instead? That is an option that Smokin’ Joe is currently considering. Caranaha’s Pablo Escobar biopic, titled Killing Pablo, was finally greenlit earlier this month, after years of development. Carnahan originally planned to shoot the film with Javier Bardem (No Country for

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