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Sadly not a miniseries biopic of the great Ms. Swinton, but this HBO project, co-written and with a pilot directed by «Dreamgirls,» «Gods & Monsters» and «Twilight: Breaking Dawn» helmer Bill Condon, did focus on a surrogate for another Hollywood figure: the once - much - feared, now seemingly vanished Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline Hollywood.

Mr. Holmes won't be for everyone, but it's certainly a return to form for director Bill Condon, who followed up the brilliant Gods and Monsters with the lacklustre Kinsey and Dreamgirls, not to mention The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1 and 2.

With The Fifth Estate, director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey) tries to do the near impossible, and that's make people typing and coding on a computer something that elicits thrills to movie - going audiences.

So stretching out the conclusion is understandable — in box - office terms — with Bill Condon («Gods and Monsters,» «Kinsey,»» Dreamgirls») helming the final two installments.

TORONTO — Filmmaker Bill Condon survived the vampire - infested two - part finale of the Twilight franchise, provided American Idol reject Jennifer Hudson a chance for retribution with a supporting - actress Oscar with 2006's «Dreamgirls» and helped launch the ongoing revival of the movie musical as the screenwriter for 2002's «Chicago.»

Debuting director Michael Gracey and screenwriters Jenny Bicks (2014's «Rio 2») and Bill Condon (2006's «Dreamgirls») unapologetically burst with heart - on - sleeve earnestness and sentimentality in a passion project about leading with your heart, making dreams a reality with pennies to your name, and proving 19th - century society wrong and pleading for acceptance in the most glorious of ways.

Bill Condon's Dreamgirls is a stunning cinematic experience.

Yet, instead of subjecting Barnum to Altman and Rudolph's political scrutiny, screenwriter Bill Condon (associated with some of the worst movies this century — Dreamgirls, Kinsey, the Twilight: Breaking Dawn films) turns the showman's innovations in advertising and public manipulation into models of humanitarianism.

State of play: Due for release in 2017 with Dreamgirls» Bill Condon directing, Harry Potter's Emma Watson as Belle and Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens as the Beast.

Bill Condon's elephantine adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Dreamgirls reduces a riveting, important period in black musical history to a glittering Las Vegas revue more concerned with what characters are wearing than what they're feeling.

Remember that scene in The Blues Brothers where Jake Blues catches the Holy Ghost while watching James Brown lead a leaping, flying congregation of black folks in a gospel blowout?That's the spirit — the soul — of Dreamgirls, Bill Condon's film adaptation of the long - running Broadway musical.

Smartly, the filmmakers — who include screenwriters Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon (the latter directed the live - action Beauty and the Beast and Dreamgirls and wrote the film version of Chicago)-- also know how to keep a four - quadrant family musical from sinking into Chitty territory by employing devices that also will please the Broadway crowd, particularly the Bob Fosse - like opening number as well as sensational choreography throughout.

The director of the movie, Bill Condon, has previously been behind such films as «The Fifth Estate,» «The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1» and «Part 2,» and «Dreamgirls.»

Still, buried in amongst his recent roles there was one faint glimmer of hope: Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, a film that earned Murphy an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actor.

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The question here is director Bill Condon, who is coming off two «Twilight» movies and whose previous effort was the flashy «Dreamgirls.»

Bill Condon is one of Hollywood's most respected directors, with works including «Gods and Monsters», «Kinsey», «Dreamgirls» and most recently «Mr Holmes»

In The Watch List we get our music on with Bill Condon's Dreamgirls and Jean - Marc Vallée's Café de flore.

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Frantically directed by Bill Condon («Dreamgirls,» «The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn»), though, the film's attempt at balance involves pointing fingers and pointing more fingers and government types (Laura Linney, Stanley Tucci) in an office vaguely wondering, «Who is really to blame?»

Dreamgirls and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon takes the helm with Alan Menken returning to bring the classic original songs back — plus a new diddy or two.

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The film began production in New York in November, 2016, right after the presidential election, and the screenplay (by «Sex and the City» writer Jenny Bicks and «Dreamgirls» director Bill Condon) contains many images and situations that feel like direct challenges to Trump - style politics of resentment.

It's not that the director, Bill Condon («Dreamgirls,» «The Twilight Saga»), does anything too clunky or square.

Director Bill Condon is best - known for flashier entertainments; he helmed the last two Twilight films in addition to the musicals Chicago and Dreamgirls.

Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) directs.

Bill Condon is one of the greatest living directors, on the strength of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey and Dreamgirls.

Beauty and the Beast is directed by filmmaker Bill Condon, of Kinsey, Dreamgirls, Breaking Dawn - Part 1 & 2, The Fifth Estate and Mr. Holmes previously.

What You Need To Know: Bill Condon «s work is not the most consistent around; sometimes strong («Gods and Monsters,» «Kinsey «-RRB-, sometimes... not («Dreamgirls,» «Twilight: Breaking Dawn «-RRB-.

Director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, Dreamgirls) emerges from the quicksand of two Twilight movies with a potent and provocative take on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), an egomaniac with a passion for transparency in the information age.

The duo rejuvenated the store with fresh new products while successfully hosting successful signings of their own with actor Christopher Lee, author Clive Barker, Oscar - winning writer / director Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls) and more.

Based on the Broadway musical and directed by Chicago's Bill Condon, you can tell from the very beginning that Dreamgirls has all that jazz and some to spare.

Beauty and the Beast is directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) and sees Emma Watson as Belle alongside Dan Stevens as Beast, while the cast also includes Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Luke Evans as Gaston, Gugu Mbatha - Raw as Plumette, Stanley Tucci as Cadenza, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Josh Gad as Le Fou and Audra McDonald as Garderobe.

Okay, probably not — It'll likely be more of the same longing glances and unconvincing action sequences, let's be honest — but it will be directed by Dreamgirls writer and director Bill Condon.

The film is an original musical written by Bill Condon («Dreamgirls») and Jenny Bicks («Sex and the City») with lyrics from Oscar winning duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul («La La Land»).

Bill Condon, director during Director Bill Condon and David James Sign «Dreamgirls: The Movie Musical» at Book Soup in West Hollywood, CA., United States.

Where more inspired filmmaking could have potentially found ways to thrill or engage a non-fan audience, the filmmakers of Breaking Dawn: Part 1 - specifically oscar - winning director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls)- were overly eager to «give the people what they want,» which essentially amounts to a lot of Bella on Edward action and some combination of Jacob with his shirt off moping around.

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Directed by Bill Condon, director of Academy Award - winning «Dreamgirls,» and written by...

Not the most likely or inspiring choice for the job, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) takes the helm of this $ 160 million production with a script attributed to Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the film adaptation of Rent) and Disney DTV veteran Evan Spiliotopoulos (whose more recent credits include the maligned not - quite - tentpoles Hercules starring Dwayne Johnson and The Huntsman: Winter's War).

According to Deadline New York, Bill Condon and Larry Mark — who worked together on Dreamgirls — have optioned the novel and envision it as a musical.

«And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going» — Dreamgirls «Gold Digger» — Kanye West «Rehab» — Amy Winehouse «You Can't Always Get What You Want» — The Rolling Stones «Can't Fight This Feeling» — Reo Speedwagon «Don't Rain on my Parade» — Barbra Streisand «Hate on Me» — Jill Scott «Keep Holding On» — Avril Lavigne «Lean on Me» — Bill Withers «True Colors» — Phil Collins