Doubt 2008 - Articles Page 2

Stage and screen thespian Philip Seymour Hoffman has teamed up with There Will Be Blood writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson on a new drama in which Hoffman plays the founder of a new religious organization in the 1950s. The projects banner, Universal, will decided whether or not to pull the tirgger on the estimated $35 million dollar film after Anderson delivers the final script.

Tony Award-winning actress Viola Davis will be joining the casts of Focus Features' 'It's Kind of a Funny Story' opposite Zach Galifianakis, and David Schwimmer's 'Trust' for Millennium Films, according to a report in Variety.

Morgan's reputation in the Southeast Florida theatre community precedes her, and has become known for her masterful and powerful performances on the. That is evidenced by her place in the history of the Southeast Florida Carbonell Award (Southeast Florida's answer to the Tony). Her most recent wins include in 2006 for her portrayal of an afflicted mother of a murdered 10-year-old girl in Frozen, with GableStage in Coral Gables, and in 2007 for her legendary performance of Martha in Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for Palm Beach Dramaworks.

In addition to 'Wall-E,' another well-reviewed summer blockbuster, Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight,' proved popular with the nation's critics. And the acclaimed stage to screen transfers of Doubt and Frost/Nixon made many of the critics top choice lists as well.

Variety is reporting that Miramax's DOUBT will now be the opener for the 2008 AFI FEST in Los Angeles. The film will replace 'The Soloist' which was pulled from the festival when Paramount pushed back the film's release until March 2009.