Edward Zwick

Edward Zwick, producer of "The Last Samurai", will direct the first movie to be made by the new Hollywood-China film production partnership Legendary East, the company said Wednesday. Zwick has agreed to direct "The Great Wall" -- a movie inspired by the creation of China's best-known landmark and the first of two planned English-language titles set to come out of the partnership. Legendary East was formed in June by Los Angeles-based production company Legendary Entertainment and Huayi...Read Full Story

Edward Zwick, producer of "The Last Samurai", will direct the first movie to be made by the new Hollywood-China film production partnership Legendary East, the company said Wednesday. Zwick has agreed to direct "The Great Wall" -- a movie inspired by the creation of China's best-known landmark and the first of two planned English-language titles set to come out of the partnership. Legendary East was formed in June by Los Angeles -based production company Legendary Entertainment and Huayi...Read Full Story

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In the past, director Edward Zwick has presented us with grand-scale stories such as The Last Samurai and Glory , winning over large audiences in the process. Now, newly formed production company Legendary East hopes he can repeat his previous success with their first film, The Great Wall . The new project will reportedly chronicle "the legend behind a great mystery of our age: why this magnificent structure came to be.” Zwick will co-write the screenplay with long-time partner Marshall...Read Full Story

Edward Zwick to direct Legendary East's first projectReutersThe movie is based on a story by Legendary Entertainment's chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull, and "World War Z" writer Max Brooks. According to Legendary East, "'The Great Wall' reveals the legend behind a great mystery of our age: why this magnificent ...and more »Read Full Story

This post was submitted by Roy See of the brilliant ModernPost . Cruise gets an A for effort, and an F for being the main stumbling block in this epic on the demise of the samurai way in 19th-century Japan. Twenty-six years after his first starring role in Risky Business , Tom Cruise is still a solid box office draw as an actor, and as a producer he has given us behind some fairly decent efforts like Narc and Elizabethtown . However, as with so many of his other films, Cruise's constant need...Read Full Story

Film News: Edward Zwick to direct 'The Great Wall' drama -- Thomas Tull's Legendary East has announced "The Great Wall" as its first project to bow through the China-based banner, with Edward Zwick at the helm and Marshall Herskovitz co-penning the project with the director.Read Full Story

This week on the BIG SHOW, the Fall TV season has launched and we’ll review this week’s crowded set of new releases plus Oscar-winning producer and director Edward Zwick will stop by to talk about his upcoming film, "Love and Other Drugs." The Movie Mob (Brandon Fibbs, Kevin McCarthy and Punch Drunk Critics’ Travis Hopson) will review a crowded field of new releases including the sequel the iconic 80s’ film, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” animated adventure story, “Legend of the...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Edward Zwick has signed on to direct Legendary East's first project, "The Great Wall," the company said Tuesday. Marshall Herskovitz -- Zwick's producing and writing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]Read Full Story

Film News: Director to pen script with Marshall Herskovitz -- CBS Films has tapped Edward Zwick to direct spy thriller "American Assassin," based on the Vince Flynn novel about counterterrorism agent Mitch Rapp.Read Full Story