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[Exclusive] John Hillcoat on The Death of Bunny Munro and The Wettest County in The World
[Exclusive] John Hillcoat on The Death of Bunny Munro and The Wettest County in The World
Yesterday I had the great opportunity of speaking to director John Hillcoat to discuss his latest film The Road . During this period John was nice enough to confirm casting on The Wettest County in The World and that The Death of Bunny Munro will most likely be made into a television ...
Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling Join John Hillcoat’s ‘Wettest County’
Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling Join John Hillcoat’s ‘Wettest County’
filmschoolrejects.com — It must be hard for director John Hillcoat , whose film The Road has been pushed back... and forth by The Weinstein Company more times than any other film since, well, The Weinsteins did it to Kyle Newman’s Fanboys . And for shame, I say, as The Road is a great film and a wonderfully ... (more) Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling Join John Hillcoat’s ...
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Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling Join John Hillcoat’s ‘Wettest County’
Film School Rejects — ... That said, the folks at Atomic Popcorn are reporting some casting for one future project that I’d like to see Hillcoat take on. Titled The Wettest County in the World and based on a novel by Matt Bondurant, this family saga follows the Bondurants, bootlegging brothers runnin’ stills, runnin’ loads, and runnin’ from the law in Depression-era Virginia.The book is mainly narrated through the experience of the youngest Bondurant, Jack (in truth, a grandfather of the author), and his family’s moonshine enterprise supplies the action in a plot that ...

LaBeouf and Gosling Join John Hillcoat’s Next, The Wettest County in the World…Maybe
/Film — ... AtomicPopcorn spoke briefly with Hillcoat, who confirmed previous word that Shia LaBeouf and Ryan Gosling are interested in his Wettest County adaptation. ...

Gosling and LaBeouf Set for John Hillcoat’s WETTEST COUNTY
We Are Movie Geeks — ... Ryan Gosling?  Shia LaBeouf? John Hillcoat?  Bootleggin’?  Suddenly, THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD is creeping its way up to the top of my most anticipated list.  We knew Hillcoat was directing the film about bootlegging brothers in Depression-era Virginia.  However, thanks to an interview with the director by our buddies over at Atomic Popcorn, we have some faces to go with those characters.  Hillcoat, whether he was suppossed to reveal them or not, stated that Gosling and LaBeouf were attached. ...

Nick Cave Writing The Script; John Hillcoat Confirms Shia LaBeouf & Ryan Gosling Circling 'The Wettest Country'
:: The Playlist :: — ... Road ," " The Proposition ") has his eye on his next project which is an adaptation of Matt Durant's novel " The Wettest County in the World " — a depression-era crime drama about three brothers who ran a bootlegging gang during the Prohibition (the author is actually the grandson of one of the men and the book is "based on a true story"). Names surrounding the project include Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Dano and Michael Shannon, and in an interview with Atomic Popcorn (whoever the hell they are), Hillcoat confirms that LaBeouf and Gosling are ...

John Hillcoat Talks Upcoming Projects
FlicksNews.net — ... John Hillcoat sat down with atomicpopcorn were they got to talk a a little about his future projects. John confirmed casting on 'The Wettest County in The World' and that he will be teaming up with Nick Cave once again to bring 'The Death of Bunny Munro' to the BBC or Channel 4. ...

Gosling, LaBeouf Visit "Wettest Country"
Dark Horizons - News — ... Out doing promotion for the film adaptation of "The Road", director John Hillcoat spoke with Atomic Popcorn about two other projects he's been attached to. ...

Ryan Gosling and Shia LaBeouf attached to THE WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD
gordonandthewhale.com — ... Gosling (HALF NELSON, THE NOTEBOOK) and Shia LaBeouf (TRANSFORMERS, INDIANA JONES) are currently attached to star in the film. Hillcoat did not reveal much else, saying that he “shouldn’t really talk about it cause it’s in the middle of all sorts of stuff.” The idea of a film in this setting, written by Nick Cave, starring two of the most talented young actors of this generation (Gosling being one of my favorites in general) gets me, shall we say, more than a little excited! Source Atomic Popcorn

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