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For any of you who are fans of Bryan Singer's 1995 movie The Usual Suspects, this news may really interest you. The newly refurbished Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner-run United Artists have greenlit an original thriller that Superman Returns director Bryan Singer will direct. Currently untitled, the film is set in WWII and is similar to Usual Suspects in that it is a multi-character ensemble piece. Another similarity is that screenwriter Chris McQuarrie will be working with Bryan Singer again as the writer - just as the two were on The Usual Suspects. However, this brings up the pressing question about the Superman Returns sequel that Singer is ... supposed to be working on for sometime in 2009.
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Director Bryan Singer seems fascinated by the dense blackness that comprises the unpleasant side of the human psyche, and he has built a reputation on creating films that explore those darker facets of mankind. Fans will not be disappointed, then, by APT PUPIL (1998). It is a riveting but disturbing fictional thriller that deals with the real-life subjects of evil and the Holocaust, the latter being a topic that is often regarded as too sensitive and controversial for all but non-fictional works. With APT PUPIL--which is based on a Stephen King novella--Singer actually uses the Holocaust as a backdrop for his exploration of the ease with which evil can take root in even the most prosaic of locations in the everyday world. And to a lesser degree, the film is ... Singer's comment on the strong influence that an authority figure can have on shaping the worldview of a naïve and eager disciple.
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Bryan Singer directed the box-office hit X-Men. Singer became the focus of considerable attention in 1995 when his second full-length feature, The Usual Suspects, was released to critical and commercial acclaim. With an impressive cast that included Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Pollak, Stephen Baldwin and Chazz Palminteri, the young director (28 at the time) beat a slew of odds by bringing the $6 million, 35-day shoot in on time and under budget. The Usual Suspects won two Academy Awards that year: Kevin Spacey for Best Supporting Actor and Christopher McQuarrie for Best Original Screenplay.
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Director, writer, and producer Bryan Singer hit the ground running. Age twenty-three when his first major release, Public Access, garnered the prestigious Sundance Grand Jury Prize, he went on to direct the hit The Usual Suspects in 1995 and Apt Pupil,...
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There has been a lot of buzz floating around (for good reason) that Bryan Singer is the director of choice for the new Wolverine movie. To most X-Men fans this is like Jenna Jameson showing up on your door step proclaiming that she’s tired of all those rich sexy guys and now wants a man with more “substance” (which is a nice way of saying loser) like you. You get the picture.
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For his next project, Singer reunited with McQuarrie, McKellen and Davison for the special effects-laden "X-Men" (2000). Based on the wildly popular Marvel Comic book series featuring a team of distinctly powered mutants battling both human prejudice and their terrorist counterparts, the hotly anticipated flick effectively translated the adventures of a group of disenfranchised, unlikely and reluctant superheroes to the big screen, made a major star out of Hugh Jackman and marked Singer's first foray into the world of directing big-budget studio pictures. The film was a commercial and creative success, and the director found himself at the helm of a film franchise that only grew in popularity. Singer's follow-up outing, "X2: X-Men United" (2003), was even better than the original, with greater character development, more astonishing action sequences and a continuing appreciation for the charms of the source material--it was ... one of the most satisfying--and successful--"summer blockbusters" of its era. Given both the second film's success and some juicy plot threads left dangling, it seemed that Singer was committed to steering a third X-Men feature to the big screen--the director even agreed to pen a lengthy story arc for Marvel Comics' <I>Ultimate X-Men</I> comic book, but Singer was unexpectedly diverted to take the reigns of an even more iconic superhero franchise when he agreed to direct "Superman Returns" (lensed 2005), Warner Bros.' long-stalled attempt to launch a new film series following DC Comics' famous Man of Steel. Singer's approach included creating a direct connection to the first two "Superman" films starring Christopher Reeve, and casting, like Reeve, a relative unknown in the form of Brandon Routh and surrounding him with better known names, including Kevin Spacey as Lex Luthor and Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane.
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