In today’s cinematic world Jonah Hill is presumably the main young comedy actor of the 21th century, with his iconic roles in such comedies, as The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Superbad (2007) and the notorious 21 Jump Street dilogy.
What if we take his comedic talent, give his character a funny companion, just like in 21 Jump Street, and let them do unbelievably crazy things in a heated setting? We’ll receive the 2016 comedy, which is also based on real-life events.
The movie’s plot revolves around two troublesome arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli (played by Hill) and David Packouz (Miles Teller), who are sent to the Middle East to supply ammunition for the Afghan National Army during the Iraq War by a U.S. Army contract.
It may sound boring, however, be sure there are lots of high-class jokes impeccably delivered through Hill’s and Teller’s performances. Their buddy chemistry is obvious,...
What if we take his comedic talent, give his character a funny companion, just like in 21 Jump Street, and let them do unbelievably crazy things in a heated setting? We’ll receive the 2016 comedy, which is also based on real-life events.
The movie’s plot revolves around two troublesome arms dealers, Efraim Diveroli (played by Hill) and David Packouz (Miles Teller), who are sent to the Middle East to supply ammunition for the Afghan National Army during the Iraq War by a U.S. Army contract.
It may sound boring, however, be sure there are lots of high-class jokes impeccably delivered through Hill’s and Teller’s performances. Their buddy chemistry is obvious,...
- 5/7/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
Exclusive: Tyler Thompson’s Cross Creek Pictures has teamed with Jay Kinra’s Jkin Films to produce Dig. Black List scribe Cody Brotter has been set to write a geopolitical thriller inspired by the true events of Tunnel 29, the famous escape route built under the Berlin Wall during the height of the Cold War.
The film will offer a rare first-hand account of what really happened during the construction of the tunnel, which was built in 1962 by a culturally diverse group of International college students from Italy, Germany & India. They met while attending The University of West Berlin and living in the same college dorm. The students were secretly aided by NBC News, which provided funding in exchange for exclusive access to capture footage of the escape. There were twists and turns that went into freeing 29 people who risked their lives to venture through the leaky tunnel to get under the wall,...
The film will offer a rare first-hand account of what really happened during the construction of the tunnel, which was built in 1962 by a culturally diverse group of International college students from Italy, Germany & India. They met while attending The University of West Berlin and living in the same college dorm. The students were secretly aided by NBC News, which provided funding in exchange for exclusive access to capture footage of the escape. There were twists and turns that went into freeing 29 people who risked their lives to venture through the leaky tunnel to get under the wall,...
- 11/28/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse acquired in a six-against seven-figure deal screen rights to Hot Dog Money: Inside the Biggest Scandal in the History of College Sports. Book was written by Guy Lawson, whose Rolling Stone article “Arms and the Dudes” became the Todd Phillips’ movie War Dogs at Warner Bros, whose New York Times Magazine article “Ice Pack” has been adapted for Will Ferrell at Sony, his Rs article Oxy-Gen is being adapted at MGM for Pete Davidson, and other true-crime reporting spread around town.
Lawson spent two years working secretly with Marty Blazer, the ex-manager whose cooperation as a confidential informant with the FBI resulted in a 2017 ESPN live broadcast with prosecutors from the Southern District of New York successfully bringing charges against managers, coaches and schools for corruption in the NCAA. It’s similar to what Nick Pileggi had with Henry Hill...
Lawson spent two years working secretly with Marty Blazer, the ex-manager whose cooperation as a confidential informant with the FBI resulted in a 2017 ESPN live broadcast with prosecutors from the Southern District of New York successfully bringing charges against managers, coaches and schools for corruption in the NCAA. It’s similar to what Nick Pileggi had with Henry Hill...
- 11/7/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Cast and crew saying or implying that War Dogs is a "true story" is enough to keep a false advertisement lawsuit against Warner Bros. alive, a Florida federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Efraim Diveroli, a former arms dealer portrayed by Jonah Hill in the 2016 film, is suing Warners for false advertising and unfair competition, among other claims.
Instead of optioning Diveroli's manuscript, Once a Gun Runner, Warner Bros. enlisted Guy Lawson, a Rolling Stone writer who had interviewed him in prison and written a magazine feature that was expanded into a book. The ex-con takes issue with how he was portrayed and how the...
Efraim Diveroli, a former arms dealer portrayed by Jonah Hill in the 2016 film, is suing Warners for false advertising and unfair competition, among other claims.
Instead of optioning Diveroli's manuscript, Once a Gun Runner, Warner Bros. enlisted Guy Lawson, a Rolling Stone writer who had interviewed him in prison and written a magazine feature that was expanded into a book. The ex-con takes issue with how he was portrayed and how the...
- 5/11/2017
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is a scene towards the middle of Todd Phillips' War Dogs that sees the film's two 20something stoners-turned-arms dealers, David and Efraim (played by Miles Teller and Jonah Hill), running from gun-wielding insurgents down a desert highway after their hired driver had stopped for free gas in Fallujah. They're saved at the last minute by an American patrol coming the opposite direction down the highway in Humvees. This really didn't happen to David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli — the subjects of a much-publicized Pentagon criminal investigation and Guy Lawson's subsequent Rolling Stone article — but it did
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- 8/19/2016
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Todd Phillips is vaping. At least, he was vaping when IndieWire sat down with the “War Dogs” helmer a few weeks back to talk about his latest feature, a fact-based film that leans far more towards the dramatic than the “Hangover”-esque antics most people expect from the guy who directed the actual “Hangover” trilogy. That Phillips vapes isn’t exactly shocking — again, there’s certainly an expectation of behavior when it comes to the filmmaker behind “Road Trip” and “Old School” — but his open nature and keen honesty about his own work is pleasantly refreshing.
Phillips doesn’t like to chat too much about future projects and things that might happen (and don’t even bother to mention the litany of projects that populate his IMDb profile’s “in development” section, he says most of them are not real) and he’s not especially interested in the narrative that...
Phillips doesn’t like to chat too much about future projects and things that might happen (and don’t even bother to mention the litany of projects that populate his IMDb profile’s “in development” section, he says most of them are not real) and he’s not especially interested in the narrative that...
- 8/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The kids are heading back to school, it’s getting a touch cooler (the multiplex is still a great place to beat the heat), the superheroes have packed it in (for a couple of months), so are we ready to return to the Middle East, or at least the big conflicts in the sand? That’s how we started out the year, with Michael Bay’s Benghazi docudrama. Well, there were two little films that followed, set in that hostile local. Two “dramadies”, one fact, the other fiction, to be precise. Tom Hanks was a “fish-out-of-water” in Hologram For The King, while Tina Fey was a TV news reporter (based on a real person) in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Yes, this new flick is a comedy, or at least that’s what the near constant onslaught of trailers and TV spots have been hammering home for the last several months. Hey,...
- 8/19/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
War Dogs, not unlike The Big Short, attempts to make entertainment out of outrageous, behind-the-scenes sausage-making that ultimately had an impact on the American economy. While Todd Phillips‘ film is not as insightful as Adam McKay’s picture, it’s a good time, even if it remains somewhat politically neutral. The boys get rich off of a war they oppose while praising Dick Cheney’s America for making it happen.
Miles Teller stars as David Packouz, a massage therapist living in Miami with pregnant finance Iz (Ana de Armas). At a funeral he crosses paths with his middle school pal Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), a shape-shifter who is whomever you want him to be while he’s standing right in front of you. Fighting for small crumbs on a government bidding site designed to even the playing field, David and Efraim make small arms deals until one appears they can’t resist.
Miles Teller stars as David Packouz, a massage therapist living in Miami with pregnant finance Iz (Ana de Armas). At a funeral he crosses paths with his middle school pal Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), a shape-shifter who is whomever you want him to be while he’s standing right in front of you. Fighting for small crumbs on a government bidding site designed to even the playing field, David and Efraim make small arms deals until one appears they can’t resist.
- 8/18/2016
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
A comedy only in the bleakest way, satire only in the sense that the whole world has become a parody of itself. Appalling and amusing in equal measure. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have read the source article (and I like it)
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
War Dogs was originally called Arms and the Dudes, which is a clever title, except it makes the movie sound like some sort of stoner comedy about bumbling weapons dealers from the guy who made the Hangover movies. And it’s not that at all. Oh, it is directed and cowritten by Todd Phillips, who wrote two and directed all three of the Hangover flicks, and it is about young arms dealers who frequently partake in illegal substances. But it’s not The Hangover with Guns. War Dogs is a comedy only in the darkest,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have read the source article (and I like it)
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
War Dogs was originally called Arms and the Dudes, which is a clever title, except it makes the movie sound like some sort of stoner comedy about bumbling weapons dealers from the guy who made the Hangover movies. And it’s not that at all. Oh, it is directed and cowritten by Todd Phillips, who wrote two and directed all three of the Hangover flicks, and it is about young arms dealers who frequently partake in illegal substances. But it’s not The Hangover with Guns. War Dogs is a comedy only in the darkest,...
- 8/17/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
"My whole life, even now, I'm attracted to mayhem," Todd Phillips is saying, feet resting on a spotless coffee table inside his spotless office on the Warner Bros. film-studio lot in Burbank, him having turned this lifelong attraction into so much money you can't believe it.
Take the three Hangover movies, from 2009 to 2013, all of which Phillips directed and two of which he co-wrote. Altogether, they've raked in $1.4 billion, with lunacy galore, chain-smoking monkeys, unexpected face tattoos, roofie-puffed marshmallows and so forth, ad nauseam. Crazy stuff, none of which would...
Take the three Hangover movies, from 2009 to 2013, all of which Phillips directed and two of which he co-wrote. Altogether, they've raked in $1.4 billion, with lunacy galore, chain-smoking monkeys, unexpected face tattoos, roofie-puffed marshmallows and so forth, ad nauseam. Crazy stuff, none of which would...
- 8/11/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Ryan Lambie Published Date Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 06:32
Whatever you think about 2016‘s crop of mainstream American movies, maybe we can at least agree that it hasn’t exactly been a classic year for big-screen villainy. The otherwise spectacular Oscar Isaac looked awkward and out-of-sorts as the blue-faced supervillain at the heart of X-Men Apocalypse. Jessie Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor in Batman V Superman was more a caffeineated milquetoast than the bull-necked puppet master of the DC comics. As for the main threat in Suicide Squad... all we can say is, dancing and CGI smoke don’t an imposing villain make.
And yet, as the summer fades to autumn, along comes Jonah Hill to bring us one of the most mesmerising bad guys of the year so far. Not that, with his smiling blue eyes, high-pitched giggle and “Hey bro!” persona, he seems all that villainous at first. But then,...
Whatever you think about 2016‘s crop of mainstream American movies, maybe we can at least agree that it hasn’t exactly been a classic year for big-screen villainy. The otherwise spectacular Oscar Isaac looked awkward and out-of-sorts as the blue-faced supervillain at the heart of X-Men Apocalypse. Jessie Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor in Batman V Superman was more a caffeineated milquetoast than the bull-necked puppet master of the DC comics. As for the main threat in Suicide Squad... all we can say is, dancing and CGI smoke don’t an imposing villain make.
And yet, as the summer fades to autumn, along comes Jonah Hill to bring us one of the most mesmerising bad guys of the year so far. Not that, with his smiling blue eyes, high-pitched giggle and “Hey bro!” persona, he seems all that villainous at first. But then,...
- 8/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Aug 22, 2016
Director Todd Phillips talks to us about his best film in years, War Dogs, and how he made Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper seem so scary...
Todd Phillips sits in a London hotel, feet up, coolly puffing away on his e-cigarette. He looks more like an American on holiday than a tired film director on the junket trail for his new movie, but Phillips has good reason to look content: the crime drama War Dogs is easily his best film in years.
A decidedly Scorsese-esque film based on a pair of Miami hustlers who make a fortune selling guns to the Us military, it has more than a few comic flourishes - as you’d expect from the director of Due Date and the Hangover trilogy - but War Dogs also has something serious and troubling to say about the way governments and corporations generate wealth through conflict.
Director Todd Phillips talks to us about his best film in years, War Dogs, and how he made Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper seem so scary...
Todd Phillips sits in a London hotel, feet up, coolly puffing away on his e-cigarette. He looks more like an American on holiday than a tired film director on the junket trail for his new movie, but Phillips has good reason to look content: the crime drama War Dogs is easily his best film in years.
A decidedly Scorsese-esque film based on a pair of Miami hustlers who make a fortune selling guns to the Us military, it has more than a few comic flourishes - as you’d expect from the director of Due Date and the Hangover trilogy - but War Dogs also has something serious and troubling to say about the way governments and corporations generate wealth through conflict.
- 8/10/2016
- Den of Geek
Take a look @ leaked set footage from "The Hangover" director Todd Phillips new action war comedy "War Dogs" based on the "Rolling Stone" article by Guy Lawson, starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, opening August 19, 2016:
"...arms dealers 'David Packouz' and 'Efraim Diveroli', get a government contract...
"...to supply weapons for troops in Afghanistan..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "War Dogs"...
"...arms dealers 'David Packouz' and 'Efraim Diveroli', get a government contract...
"...to supply weapons for troops in Afghanistan..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "War Dogs"...
- 8/6/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
From director Todd Phillips (“The Hangover” trilogy) comes War Dogs, starring Oscar nominee Jonah Hill (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Moneyball”) and Miles Teller (“Whiplash,” the “Divergent” trilogy).
Based on a true story, War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.
The film also stars Ana de Armas (“Knock Knock”) and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper,” “American Hustle”). The screenplay is...
Based on a true story, War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military—a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.
The film also stars Ana de Armas (“Knock Knock”) and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper,” “American Hustle”). The screenplay is...
- 8/3/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Take a look @ "War Dogs", the biographical comedy feature directed by Todd Phillips and written by Phillips, Jason Smilovic and Stephen Chin, starring stars Miles Teller, and Jonah Hill, based on a 'Rolling Stone' magazine article by Guy Lawson:
"...two arms dealers, 'David Packouz' and 'Efraim Diveroli', get a government contract to supply weapons for Us troops in Afghanistan..."
"War Dogs" opens August 19, 2016.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "War Dogs"...
"...two arms dealers, 'David Packouz' and 'Efraim Diveroli', get a government contract to supply weapons for Us troops in Afghanistan..."
"War Dogs" opens August 19, 2016.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "War Dogs"...
- 7/7/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Todd Phillips (The Hangover) introduces the Arms and the Dudes in today’s slick new trailer for War Dogs, an upcoming action-thriller that ships Miles Teller and Jonah Hill daring (read: idiotic) opportunists to the frontlines.
Hatching a plan to smuggle weapons across the globe and into the Afghan Military, War Dogs is set against the throes of the Iraq war, following Teller and Hill’s twenty-somethings who, after landing an eye-watering 300 million contract from the Pentagon, set about getting their hands dirty by doing business with exactly the kind of people that the Us government tends to keep at arm’s reach – and then some.
It’s a far cry from the trivial shenanigans found across The Hangover trilogy, but the above snippet is dripping with style, set against the fist-pumping riff of AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.”
What’s more, War Dogs is loosely based...
Hatching a plan to smuggle weapons across the globe and into the Afghan Military, War Dogs is set against the throes of the Iraq war, following Teller and Hill’s twenty-somethings who, after landing an eye-watering 300 million contract from the Pentagon, set about getting their hands dirty by doing business with exactly the kind of people that the Us government tends to keep at arm’s reach – and then some.
It’s a far cry from the trivial shenanigans found across The Hangover trilogy, but the above snippet is dripping with style, set against the fist-pumping riff of AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.”
What’s more, War Dogs is loosely based...
- 7/1/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"This isn't about being pro war, this s about being pro money."
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for War Dogs, a film by the director of the Hangover films, Todd Phillips. The movie is based on the crazy true story of two friends, played by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, who find themselves why over their heads after things spiral out of control with their gunrunning business. The film is based on a Rolling Stone article titled “Arms and the Dudes” written by Guy Lawson, and it looks like it got itself a great feature film adaptation. Here's the synopsis:
Based on a true story, “War Dogs” follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in...
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for War Dogs, a film by the director of the Hangover films, Todd Phillips. The movie is based on the crazy true story of two friends, played by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, who find themselves why over their heads after things spiral out of control with their gunrunning business. The film is based on a Rolling Stone article titled “Arms and the Dudes” written by Guy Lawson, and it looks like it got itself a great feature film adaptation. Here's the synopsis:
Based on a true story, “War Dogs” follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in...
- 7/1/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It’s been three years since Todd Phillips’ “The Hangover III,” but the director’s new movie “War Dogs” looks well worth the wait.
Warner Brothers has released a new trailer for the film, which is based on the true story of David Packouz (Miles Teller) and Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), two twenty-somethings who won a $300 million contract from the U.S government to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. The title is a derogatory term for people who profit from war without ever setting foot on the battle field, but as Teller’s character explains, “we kind of liked it.”
In the movie, Teller plays the somewhat reluctant international arms dealer who recently left his job as a massage therapist in Miami to join his best friend from junior high school in selling guns and ammo. “David, we’re gun runners,” Hill says. “Let’s go run some guns.
Warner Brothers has released a new trailer for the film, which is based on the true story of David Packouz (Miles Teller) and Efraim Diveroli (Jonah Hill), two twenty-somethings who won a $300 million contract from the U.S government to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan. The title is a derogatory term for people who profit from war without ever setting foot on the battle field, but as Teller’s character explains, “we kind of liked it.”
In the movie, Teller plays the somewhat reluctant international arms dealer who recently left his job as a massage therapist in Miami to join his best friend from junior high school in selling guns and ammo. “David, we’re gun runners,” Hill says. “Let’s go run some guns.
- 7/1/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Movie News: Will Ferrell Heads to Arctic for 'Ice Pack' Comedy; Speedy Gonzales Racing to Big Screen
Ice Pack: Will Ferrell will star in Ice Pack, a buddy comedy about an Arctic expedition. It's based on a magazine article by Guy Lawson titled "Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole," which tells the story of Minnesota friends who decided to ride snowmobiles to the North Pole in 1968. [Deadline] Speedy: An animated heist caper titled Speedy, revolving around the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales, is under development. The character, known for his speed and exaggerated Mexican accent, made his official debut in 1955's Speedy Gonzales, which won an Academy Award, before starring in more than 40 cartoons. Eugenio Derbez will voice Speedy. [Deadline] Charlize Theron: Back in 2011...
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- 4/5/2016
- by Peter Martin
- Movies.com
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell will produce and star in a comedy based on Guy Lawson's The New York Times Magazine article "Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole.” If the name sounds familiar, it's probably because director Todd Phillips' new film War Dogs starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller is also based on... Read More...
- 4/5/2016
- by Jesse Giroux
- JoBlo.com
No stranger to searching for the elusive North Pole following his role in 2003’s Elf, Deadline brings word that Will Ferrell has set sights on the arctic circle once more, only this time for an entirely different breed of comedy.
Setting up shop at Sony Pictures, the feature film charts the harrowing adventure of six middle-aged men in the late ’60s, who throw caution to the bitter-cold wind and plot a dangerous expedition to one of the most inhospitable locations on the planet.
Lifting inspiration from a The New York Times Magazine article chronicling the real-life expedition – one penned by Guy Lawson – the tentative title for Sony’s seemingly light-hearted survival drama is An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole: The Story of an Accidentally Pioneering Expedition.
Anchoring the tale is Ralph Plaisted (Ferrell, presumably), an insurance salesman who brought together a lawyer,...
Setting up shop at Sony Pictures, the feature film charts the harrowing adventure of six middle-aged men in the late ’60s, who throw caution to the bitter-cold wind and plot a dangerous expedition to one of the most inhospitable locations on the planet.
Lifting inspiration from a The New York Times Magazine article chronicling the real-life expedition – one penned by Guy Lawson – the tentative title for Sony’s seemingly light-hearted survival drama is An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole: The Story of an Accidentally Pioneering Expedition.
Anchoring the tale is Ralph Plaisted (Ferrell, presumably), an insurance salesman who brought together a lawyer,...
- 4/5/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Will Ferrell can do broad comedy in his sleep, but lately, he's been developing projects that potentially offer him a chance to show off some different acting muscles. He's got "Russ & Roger Go Beyond" brewing, a movie that will see him play schlockmaster filmmaker Russ Meyer, and now comes an arctic comedy said to be in the vein of "City Slickers" (cool) and "Wild Hogs" (uh, okay). Sony Pictures is putting together an adaptation of Guy Lawson’s The New York Times Magazine article “Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk Into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole,” with Ferrell slated to star. It tells the wild, true story about insurance salesman Ralph Plaisted, doctor Art Aufderhiede, Honda dealer Walter Pederson, geography teacher Jerry Pitzel, and French Canadian Jean Luc Bombardier, who embarked on an expedition to the North Pole, despite failing a psychological stress test.
- 4/5/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Ice Pack: Will Ferrell will star in Ice Pack, a buddy comedy about an Arctic expedition. It's based on a magazine article by Guy Lawson titled "Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman and a Doctor Walk into a Bar, and End Up at the North Pole," which tells the story of Minnesota friends who decided to ride snowmobiles to the North Pole in 1968. [Deadline] Speedy: An animated heist caper titled Speedy, revolving around the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales, is under...
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- 4/5/2016
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Exclusive: Sony Pictures, Temple Hill producers Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen and Will Ferrell will build a movie around the most unlikely snowy Arctic expedition in history — when a group of Minnesota guys in 1968 acted on a whim hatched on a night of drinking and set off to ride snowmobiles to the North Pole. They’ve acquired Guy Lawson’s article for The New York Times Magazine, with a title that tells you everything you need to know: “Ice Pack: An Insurance Salesman…...
- 4/4/2016
- Deadline
Todd Phillips' War Dogs follows two 20-something Miami Beach stoners (Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) who land a $300 million deal with the U.S. government to arm the Afghan military during the Iraq War. The plot sounds implausible, but is based on a true story documented by Guy Lawson in a 2011 Rolling Stone profile (and his subsequent 2015 book Arms and the Dudes). The film's hilarious trailer outlines the basic plot, hinting at the decadence and danger awaiting the unlikely businessmen.
The clip opens with Hill and Teller securing their...
The clip opens with Hill and Teller securing their...
- 3/25/2016
- Rollingstone.com
From director Todd Phillips (“The Hangover” trilogy) comes the action comedy War Dogs starring Oscar nominee Jonah Hill (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Moneyball”) and Miles Teller (“Whiplash,” the “Divergent” trilogy).
Based on a true story, War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the first Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military – a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.
The film also stars Ana de Armas (“Knock Knock”) and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper,” “American Hustle...
Based on a true story, War Dogs follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the first Iraq War who exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military – a deal that puts them in business with some very shady people, not the least of which turns out to be the U.S. Government.
The film also stars Ana de Armas (“Knock Knock”) and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (“American Sniper,” “American Hustle...
- 3/25/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here's the first trailer for War Dogs, formerly known as Arms and the Dudes. The film is based on the shocking-but-true story chronicled in a 2011 Rolling Stone article of two twenty-something Miami Beach stoners who worked the system and earned a $300 million weapons contract from the U.S. government to supply guns to our allies in Afghanistan during the war, and it stars Jonah Hill and Miles Teller as the two bro-tastic war profiteers.
The Hangover and Old School director Todd Phillips directed this one, but even if his name wasn't plastered all over this trailer, you probably would have been able to guess he was the one responsible for it. Teller is hated by just about every internet commenter I've ever seen, and he's playing another smarmy douchebag here. As much as I think this will be a little too genuinely bro-heavy for my tastes, I also read that...
The Hangover and Old School director Todd Phillips directed this one, but even if his name wasn't plastered all over this trailer, you probably would have been able to guess he was the one responsible for it. Teller is hated by just about every internet commenter I've ever seen, and he's playing another smarmy douchebag here. As much as I think this will be a little too genuinely bro-heavy for my tastes, I also read that...
- 3/24/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Also witnessed as The Hangover trilogy reached its conclusion, Todd Phillips is looking to inject some more drama into his comedies. For his latest project, he’s adapted Guy Lawson‘s Rolling Stone article (now book) titled Arms and the Dudes, centering on David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, both of whom were awarded a contract of $300 million by the Pentagon, which would be used to give munitions to American allies in Afghanistan.
Led by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, the first trailer has now dropped, set to be attached to WB’s Batman v Superman this weekend. Packing a good amount of bro-heavy laughs, perhaps this will be one of the recent war-centered dramedies that actually works, even if it looks a bit Wolf of Wall Street-lite. Also starring Ana de Armas and Bradley Cooper (who serves as a producer), check out the trailer and poster below.
Based on a true story,...
Led by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, the first trailer has now dropped, set to be attached to WB’s Batman v Superman this weekend. Packing a good amount of bro-heavy laughs, perhaps this will be one of the recent war-centered dramedies that actually works, even if it looks a bit Wolf of Wall Street-lite. Also starring Ana de Armas and Bradley Cooper (who serves as a producer), check out the trailer and poster below.
Based on a true story,...
- 3/24/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Entertainment Weekly has absolutely been on fire this week, giving us our first look at a number of high profile films, ranging from The Girl On The Train to Bourne 5, and of course, Doctor Strange. Now, they’ve delivered another one, this time giving us the first photo from Todd Phillips’ Arms and the Dudes.
What’s interesting to note here though is that the magazine calls it Untitled Todd Phillips Projects, which indicates that it may have undergone a title change. Whatever the case may be, this is certainly a film worth getting excited for.
Based on the Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, which was later turned into a book, Teller and Hill play Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, “two young men who won a $300 million contract with the Pentagon to supply America’s allies in Afghanistan with arms, and were later arrested and charged with 71 counts of fraud.
What’s interesting to note here though is that the magazine calls it Untitled Todd Phillips Projects, which indicates that it may have undergone a title change. Whatever the case may be, this is certainly a film worth getting excited for.
Based on the Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson, which was later turned into a book, Teller and Hill play Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz, “two young men who won a $300 million contract with the Pentagon to supply America’s allies in Afghanistan with arms, and were later arrested and charged with 71 counts of fraud.
- 12/31/2015
- by Josh Wilding
- We Got This Covered
Todd Phillips knows dudes, so it was probably only a matter of time until the word actually landed in one of his movie titles. And so it goes for his upcoming "Arms And The Dudes," another story of bros getting in way over their heads, except in this case, it's all based on true events. Jonah Hill and Miles Teller star in the movie based on Guy Lawson's Rolling Stone article (read it right here) that follows 25-year-old David Packouz and 21-year-old Efraim Diveroli, who scored a $300 million Pentagon contract to arm allies in Afghanistan, taking them on a journey through the absurd and political world of international arms trafficking that would end up with the duo being busted for fraud. Bradley Cooper is one of the producer's on the movie, and the images suggest something slightly more serious than we're used to from the filmmaker. Read More: Todd Phillips...
- 5/22/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The director of the Robocop remake, Jose Padilha, is setting up his next film project at Warner Bros., a crime thriller called The Brotherhood. The film will be an adaptation of the book The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia, which was written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham.
The story "centers on two corrupt detectives, one working surreptitiously for the Luchese crime family, the other for the Gambino family. For years the men threw cases, scrapped evidence and even killed. Oldham is the third point in the story, a detective who spent more than seven years tracking the men, eventually bringing them to justice in a sensational trial."
This could be an incredible project for the Brazilian filmmaker, who got his big break making the gritty crime films Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2. Here's a more detailed description of the story from the...
The story "centers on two corrupt detectives, one working surreptitiously for the Luchese crime family, the other for the Gambino family. For years the men threw cases, scrapped evidence and even killed. Oldham is the third point in the story, a detective who spent more than seven years tracking the men, eventually bringing them to justice in a sensational trial."
This could be an incredible project for the Brazilian filmmaker, who got his big break making the gritty crime films Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2. Here's a more detailed description of the story from the...
- 4/12/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Jose Padilha ("Elite Squad," "Robocop") is reportedly interested in adapting the crime thriller "The Brotherhood" at Warner Bros. Pictures.
Guy Lawson and William Oldham penned the original 2006 non-fiction work about two notorious rogue cops charged with murdering for the mob (one for the Luchese crime family, the other for the Gambino family), and the detective who tracked them over seven years.
Bill Dubuque adapted the screenplay and Dan Lin is attached to produce. Padilha's "Robocop" remake is still in production ahead of a release next year.
Source: Heat Vision...
Guy Lawson and William Oldham penned the original 2006 non-fiction work about two notorious rogue cops charged with murdering for the mob (one for the Luchese crime family, the other for the Gambino family), and the detective who tracked them over seven years.
Bill Dubuque adapted the screenplay and Dan Lin is attached to produce. Padilha's "Robocop" remake is still in production ahead of a release next year.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 4/11/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
'RoboCop' Director Jose Padilha Set To Direct True Crime Thriller 'The Brotherhood' For Warner Bros.
Early word was that Jose Padilha, the Brazilian filmmaker whose unbelievably intense "Elite Squad" films had cinema-goers chewing off their fingernails the world over, had kind of a rough time on his big budget remake of "RoboCop" for MGM. Of course reports varied, but it seems the experience on that $100 million film wasn't too painfully awful, since he has signed on for another American project, and this time it's a true crime story called "The Brotherhood" for Warner Bros. The project is based on the book "The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia," a nonfiction saga written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the book concerns two very corrupt cops, each working for a different crime syndicate, who would sabotage cases, steal or destroy evidence, and even murder for their respective gangster overlords. Bill Dubuque, who also had a...
- 4/10/2013
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha broke out onto the world stage with his gritty Elite Squad crime movies, then nabbed a coveted gig directing MGM’s remake of RoboCop. Now the director is setting the stage for his next studio project: a crime movie at Warner Bros. Padilha is in negotiations to direct The Brotherhood, an adaptation of the book The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia, written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham. Dan Lin is producing. Reading almost like a true-life variation of the Martin Scorsese film The Departed, the book revolves around
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- 4/10/2013
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
He’s been busy wrangling the future of law enforcement with the RoboCop remake, but for a possible next film, Jose Padilha has his eye on The Brotherhood.A real-life memoir by former cop William Oldham (who wrote the tome with Guy Lawson), The Brotherhoods: The True Story Of Two Cops Who Murdered For The Mafia tells the tale of two corrupt detectives, one belonging to the Gambino crime family, the other the Luchese family. Together, the pair threw cases, tipped off suspects, destroyed evidence and, as the title suggests, killed on the orders of their bosses.Oldham was the police officer who tracked the two men and brought them to justice in a controversial trial. It all has the flavour of a real-life take on The Departed.Bill Dubuque adapted the book for Warner Bros. and Padilha is in talks to direct. It feels like the right blend of director and material,...
- 4/10/2013
- EmpireOnline
The Brotherhoods true-crime book to film adaptation could land Robocop director Jose Padilha. Padilha, helmer of Elite Squad, is in talks to direct Brotherhoods, based on the book "The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia" written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham which Dan Lin is producing, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Adapted by Bill Dubuque, the book tells of two corrupt detectives - one working for the Luchese family, the other for the Gambino family. The man managed to throw cases, get rid of evidence, and even murdered. Mark Bauch is also producing alongside Lin. A very interesting upcoming release, and the film seems spot on for the Elite Squad helmer.
- 4/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Although his RoboCop is still nearly a year away, director Jose Padilha appears to have his sights set on his next project. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the Elite Squad director is interested in adapting the crime thriller The Brotherhood at Warner Bros. Pictures. Written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham, the full title of the nonfiction source material is "The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia." Published in 2006, the book is officially described as follows: Detective Stephen Caracappa achieved the distinguished rank of first grade detecttve while under the hire of the Luchese crime family. Detective Louis Eppolito worked the heart of Brooklyn's mobland; he himself was the son of a Gambino crime family soldier....
- 4/10/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Variety reported today that Warner Bros. picked up film rights to The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia, the acclaimed non-fiction book by veteran journalist Guy Lawson and former NYPD and U.S. Department of Justice investigator William Oldham. Warner Bros. hired Bill Dubuque to adapt the book about a pair of New York City cops secretly working for the Mafia. Producer Dan Lin of Lin Pictures came on-board as producer. Lin previously produced Terminator Salvation, the thriller The Box as well as the two films in the Sherlock Holmes franchise starring Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
- 5/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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