Latest William Friedkin News
Peter Bogdanovich Has Passed Away: The Last Picture Show Director Dies Aged 82
‘The Last Picture Show’ director Peter Bogdanovich has died aged 82.The American film director passed away in the early hours of Thursday (06.01.22) morning at his home in Los Angeles, his daughter Antonia Bogdanovich confirmed...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 January 2022
David Gordon Green In Talks To New Exorcist Movie
David Gordon Green is in talks to direct a new sequel to 'The Exorcist'.The 'Halloween Kills' filmmaker is reportedly poised to take on another classic horror flick with Blumhouse Productions.Little is known about the project...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 22 December 2020
The Exorcist Director Condemns Remake Plans
Oscar winner William Friedkin's iconic Hollywood horror is rumoured to be the latest movie in line for a modern makeover. However, Friedkin has come out in opposition to the remake. After...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 28 September 2015
William Friedkin Directing The Winter Of Frankie Machine
The film has been in the works for several years, with Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann both previously attached to direct, and Robert De Niro to star.Now Friedkin has been handed the reigns of the...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 07 August 2015
William Friedkin Book Reveals Struggles With Al Pacino, Gene Hackman
William Friedkin’s career rose to pretty heady heights in the 1970s, with the highly revered French Connection, followed by The Exorcist – one of the most successful horror movies of the era (though Friedkin himself...
By Hayley Avron in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 April 2013
Barbara Marshall To Pen Exorcism Diaries
'Exorcism Diaries' has landed a screenwriter.Barbara Marshall has signed on to pen Summit Entertainment's upcoming horror movie, which is loosely based on Mark Opsasnick's book 'The Real Story Behind The Exorcist: A Study of the...
By Bang Showbiz on 09 April 2013
Sundance 2013: James Franco Brings The Leather-clad, X-rated Gay Scenes
Thank god for James Franco, huh? Everyone's favourite actor-turned-student-turned-performance-artist had two films premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday evening (January 19, 2013), though one of them caused more of a stir than the...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 January 2013
James Franco Films New Version Of Cruising
James Franco is preparing to go gay once more in a new project based on filmmaker William Friedkin's controversial movie Cruising.The actor, who played Sean Penn's character's lover in Milk, has been inspired to shoot...
By WENN on 24 August 2012
Lesley-anne Down: I Almost Died
Actress LESLEY-ANNE DOWN "could have been dead" if she'd carried on with her crazy self-destructive partying ways. When she was married to FRENCH CONNECTION director WILLIAM FRIEDKIN in the early 80s, the beautiful Brit...
By World Entertainment News Network on 26 September 2003
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