Any status since Brad Pitt left the project? Is it dead or what? I've been hoping they would make a movie about Fawcett for years. I wasn't too keen on the Pitt casting, but hopefully they will hire someone else that can pull it off.
I'd vote for an all time favorite, Gary Oldman. He's got the chops and could easily look like Fawcett.
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"The children being kidnapped and enslaved isn't portrayed in a particularly malicious fashion."
Apparently, the film lives!
There's a projected October 25, 2012 start date listed here: http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_production_newlisting.htm l.
Very surprising, but the source is a trustworthy industry-linked site and the scheduling coincides with the time James Gray could be finished with Low Life given the rate at which he usually works, so there's little reason to doubt it.
The film would be a match up of a great book and a great writer/director, so I'm very glad it appears to be back on. I agree that Gary Oldman is a good pick for Fawcett, but given that Brad Pitt pulled out because of a scheduling conflict, perhaps he'll appear in the film after all.
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It's in preproduction, rumors still have it filming soon.
Cumberbatch talked about it after the Oscars last week. He mentioned that he's working again with Brad Pitt with the Lost City of Z this summer.
http://cumberbatchweb.tumblr.com/post/78382529145/britishmenarehot-ben edicts-interview
And IonCinema has put The Lost City of Z on their Most Anticipated list:
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Producers: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Pattinson
During Cannes 2013, where Gray premiered his latest film, The Immigrant (which should see theatrical released sometime in 2014), it was announced that he would be working on an untitled sci-fi project. That appears to be something still brewing as not long after, news broke about this long gestating project based on the book by David Grann, something that was once rumored to be a project for Brad Pitt, who is now producing.
With Cumberbatch and Pattinson both on a hot streak with their career selection, this union with Gray should definitely be a hot commodity in the coming year.
Gist: Based on the book by David Grann, “Lost City of Z” follows Percy Fawcett, a British colonial who disappeared in the 1920s while searching for a mythical city in the Amazon jungles of Brazil that he believed he discovered on a prior expedition.
Release Date: While it’s still listed as being in pre-production, we’re hoping this gets some traction soon, with Pattinson in high demand and several projects lined-up.
http://www.ioncinema.com/news/annual-top-films-lists/top-200-most-anti cipated-films-for-2014-52-james-gray-lost-city-of-z#sthash.V2vmlPCU.yj JjK8UH.dpuf
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They just added Sienna Miller to play Fawcett's wife.
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Brad Pitt is still producing. First set pics from shooting yesterday. Good vintage costuming. Charlie and two actors playing his children look like they're shooting a scene before he leaves for South America.
http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/gallery/brad-pitts-movie-lost-city-9949615#ICID=sharebar_twitter
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The Lost City of Z comes in at #3 on the FilmStage's 'most anticipated of 2016' list:
With a botched release by The Weinstein Company, The Immigrant didn’t make nearly the amount of money or receive the attention it deserved, but thankfully writer-director James Gray is back sooner than expected. His adaptation of David Grann’s 2009 novel Lost City of Z tells the true story of the adventures of explorer Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), who searched the Amazon for a mysterious city in the 1920s. It’s a harrowing tale that details horrendous hurdles and obstacles he had to get past.
Starring alongside Hunnam will be Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller, while cinematographer Darius Khondji (The Immigrant) will return to shoot the lush jungles that Pattinson and Hunnam will explore. Gray has shown a deft handling of tragedy and the surreal, so this is certainly a film to pay attention to later this year. – Bill G.
http://thefilmstage.com/features/our-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2016/10/
Of course Immigrant did badly, Harvey completely ignored its existence. Do you know who's releasind City of Z?
shareIt's Charlie Hunnam now and they put the trailer on Youtube. You have to search for it but the one I found was 3 minutes long and looked great.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
Hi politicidal,
Paramount keeps pulling the trailer down - Hopefully, this link will stay up for a couple of days.
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lost+city+of+z+trailer&view=detail&mid=FA6E06FB925652173919FA6E06FB925652173919&FORM=EWREVC
Yea apparently it's some kind of promotional teaser for a distributor or something stupid.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.