Scott Z. Burns
‘Extrapolations’ Review: Meryl Streep and Kit Harington Lead Starry but Stodgy Apple TV+ Climate Change Drama
Edward Norton, Marion Cotillard and Daveed Diggs also appear in these eight interconnected stories about the future of our environment, from creator Scott Z. Burns ('Contagion').
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Kit Harington on Making a “‘Black Mirror’ of a Climate Change Show” With ‘Extrapolations’
When it comes to environmental storytelling, there’s several different routes a project can take. Some have opted for scaring an audience into action (like Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up) while others have tried to Trojan horse climate messages into more uplifting fare, or take a more by-the-numbers documentary approach. For Extrapolations, Apple TV+’s new anthology […]
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Musical Anthology ‘National Anthem,’ From ‘Contagion’s’ Scott Z. Burns, Nabs AMC Series Order
AMC on Tuesday announced that it has picked up 'National Anthem,' a musical anthology series from Scott Z. Burns, Mark Johnson, T Bone Burnett and The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn.
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Telluride: Scott Z. Burns’ Script for ‘The Report’ Could Be an Awards Contender
Scott Z. Burns' political thriller 'The Report,' a dramatization of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's probe into the CIA's use of torture in the wake of 9/11, could be an awards contender.
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Adam Driver Investigates CIA Interrogation Program in ‘The Report’ Teaser Trailer
In the teaser trailer for Amazon's 'The Report,' based on actual events, Adam Driver and Annette Bening investigate the CIA's detention and interrogation torture program, created after 9/11, and the treatment of al-Qaida in the Scott Z. Burns-directed film.
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‘The Report’: Film Review | Sundance 2019
Writer-director Scott Z. Burns' 'The Report' stars Adam Driver as a dogged Senate aid investigating the CIA's use of torture under the protection of Dianne Feinstein, played by Annette Bening in this dramatization of actual events.
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The Library: Theater Review
Steven Soderbergh directs Chloe Moretz as a school-shooting survivor in Scott Z. Burns' drama about distortions of truth in the stunned aftermath of tragedy.
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Lili Taylor, Jennifer Westfeldt to Join ‘The Library’
The actresses will join Chloe Grace Moretz in Steven Soderbergh's off-Broadway production of the new play by Scott Z. Burns at New York's Public Theater, opening in April.
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Scott Z. Burns in Talks to Direct ‘The Professor, the Bikini Model’ for Fox Searchlight (Exclusive)
The writer behind "The Bourne Ultimatum" also would adapt the New York Times Magazine feature.
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Steven Soderbergh to Direct Off-Broadway Play Starring Chloe Grace Moretz
"The Library," a drama about gun violence, was written by Scott Z. Burns, the director's screenwriter on "Side Effects," "Contagion" and "The Informant."
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‘Conspiracy’ Remake in the Works at NBC With ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ Writer
Scott Z. Burns will adapt the 2012 film with screenwriter Christopher MacBride on board to exec produce.
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