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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

  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 and Vine circa ‘58. You’d be amazed how little you have to do to return that block to its former, period luster. Look close and check out the driver of that red

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• 'White Jazz' Scribe Matthew Carnahan Signs with DreamWorks for 'The Zebra Murders'

  Published: September 23, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: Edward Norton, Edwardnorton, Jamie Foxx, Jamiefoxx, Jennifer Garner, Jennifergarner, Lions For Lambs, Lionsforlambs, State Of Play, Stateofplay, The Kingdom, Thekingdom, White Jazz, Whitejazz

  died if they killed as many whites as possible". Finally, in 1975, and after one of the longest trials in California history, Larry Green, J.C.X. Simon, Manuel Moore and Jessie Lee Cooks were convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Carnahan is working with DreamWorks on Zebra, and told Ropes, "It's

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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

  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 one of the actors I worked with in Smokin’ Aces will be

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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

  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 choices. He said he wanted Javier Bardem to play Escobar, and we recently found out that's a done deal, and he said he wanted Charlize Theron to play Glenda Bledsoe, the female lead in White Jazz. He

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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

  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 a pleasure to

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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

  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 role as

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• Joe Caranahan on The Hollywood Strike

  Published: October 15, 2007, 12:46 pm

  Tags: Quotes, Gossip Controversy, Joe Carnanhan, Killing Pablo, White Jazz

  a 50 day production on White Jazz soon, and he plans to follow that up with Killing Pablo in June 2008 (after post production). He thinks that is possible “providing the actors don’t strike…” “…and I don’t think that’s going to happen. I think the WGA is going to go out in another two weeks

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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

  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 before' and thus, had to bow out of WHITE JAZZ. I've

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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

  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 Kirk.

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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

  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 football movie, Leatherheads. But who knows exactly that scheduling is preventing him to star in

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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

  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. I’ve always assumed that leaking scripts onto the internet

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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

  Men) attached to star, after White Jazz wrapped this Summer. “White Jazz is something, that as much as it kills me to say this, can wait,” wrote Carnahan on his online blog. What can’t is PABLO since another version of that story (albeit inferior) is being prepped right now.” “The only downside would be Bardem, who

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• Smokin' Joe Carnahan Wants to Know: Should He Shoot 'White Jazz' or 'Killing Pablo' First?

  Published: October 24, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Chris Pine, Cinematical, George Clooney, Javier Bardem, Joe Carnahan, Joecarnahan, Killing Pablo, White Jazz

  perhaps the casting woes on Jazz are a sign that Pablo should come up to bat before Jazz. I'd personally like to see White Jazz go first, but that's me. What do you think he should do? UPDATE: Joe Carnahan is nutty as all hell. In a rare move, he published both the White Jazz script and the Killing Pablo script on his website, asking readers

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• George Clooney Offered Lead Role in 'G.I. Joe?'

  Published: October 30, 2007, 6:32 am

  Tags: Cinematical, Duke, G I Joe, G I Joe, George Clooney, Ice Cube, Joe Carnahan, Leatherheads, Mark Wahlberg, White Jazz

  opted out of Joe Carnahan's White Jazz because of hectic scheduling concerns. And considering Jazz was tapped to begin its production around the same time G.I. Joe was set to go, wouldn't Clooney still be too busy to film it? Well, and here's where you'll need to take a giant leap, IESB claims Clooney turned down Jazz because he's itching to

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• Joe Carnahan Starts Comic Book Movie Rumors

  Published: November 27, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Mystery Suspense, Action Adventure, Comic Book Superhero, Rumors, Joe Carnahan, Vinnie Jones, White Jazz

  the big screen adaptation of White Jazz? Earlier this week Smokin’ Joe posted a mysterious photo on his blog (seen to the right) of Juggernaut from the X-Men series of comic books. Joe posted only the following words with the photo: “I’ll let you guys go nuts on this one…” Rumors have started to circulate the fanboy

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