Produced: Charles Gillibert (Personal Shopper, Mustang), Scott Lambert (Four Rooms), Alexandra Milchan (The Wolf of Wall Street), Scott Stuber (Ted)
Writer: Oliver Assayas
Release Date: 2018
Budget: USD25 million
Role: John Mendell
Costars: Sylvester Stallone (Tony Accardo), Rachel Weisz , Jim Cantafio (Jackie ‘The Lackey’ Cerone), Stephen Badalamenti (Butch Petrocelli)
Sales Agent: Lotus Entertainment
CURRENT STATUS:
- 4 Nov 2015: Filming was cancelled on first day of shooting – finance fell through. Assayas still trying to get film off the ground, but it was completely removed from IMDbPro in 2014
- 4 Nov 2016: Sylvester Stallone Replaces Robert De Niro – Filming to commence in Toronto in February 2017.
- 5 Nov 2016: Preproduction status on IMDbPro | Release Listed as 2018
- 10 Nov 2016: Filming Planned for February 2017 (Production Weekly)
- 15 June 2017: Production status – script.
- 22 June 2017: Assayas interview in NOW (Toronto) Confirms “Not A Done Deal, But Has Potential to Happen”
- 29 November 2017: Rob tells IndieWire “Every few months it kind of reappears again, but I think it’s happening with [Sylvester] Stallone, which is cool. I’m still always talking to them and seeing what’s going to happen, but I love Olivier.”
SYNOPSIS:
(From IMDBPro): A group of crooks get in over their heads when they try to rob a pawn shop (will update with a more in depth plot when we have it)
From Screen Daily: Pattinson plays a petty thief who unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Accardo and sparks a war between the two men as they strive to stay ahead of the FBI.
IMDbPro (2016): A thief unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Chicago mob boss Tony Accardo, setting off a war between the two men as they both try to keep one step ahead of the FBI.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Website: Hillel Levin
RELEASE DATES:
- International release dates
DISTRIBUTORS
- Italy (Distributor: Notorious Pictures)
MOVIE/DVD REVIEWS | DISCUSSION THREAD
- Reviews
ARTICLES:
2014
- @CinefineReview Tweets About Assayas’ New Film “Idol’s Eye” *Updated*
- Olivier Assayas Mentions Rob & Idol’s Eye In Interview With Allocine France
- Robert De Niro Joins Robert Pattinson in ‘Idol’s Eye’
- Idol’s Eye: Information About Rob & Robert De Niro’s Characters
- .@TheFilmStage Confirms ‘Idol’s Eye’ Starts Shooting The Week Of October 20th
- Robert Pattinson’s Idol’s Eye Filming Cancelled (For Now)
2015
- Robert Pattinson Idol’s Eye Removed from IMDBPro Page
- Robert Pattinson’s “Idol’s Eye” Possibly Filming in March 2015?
- Oliver Assayas Talks Shut Down of Idol’s Eye
- *Print* Oliver Assayas Hopeful to Revive Robert Pattinson Idol’s Eye One Day
2016
- Film Update: Sylvester Stallone replaces Robert De Niro | Filming February 2017
- FILM UPDATE: Production Weekly Showing Idol’s Eye Status Feb 2017 | Filming Planned Before End of Winter
- FILM UPDATE: Oliver Assayas talks Idol’s Eye with The National (Argentina) | “The best of Hollywood … are its actors”
2017
- PRINT: La Septième Obsession Interviewed Olivier Assayas About his Upcoming Film
- PRINT: Robert Pattinson talks Upcoming Projects, Directors & More with IndieWire
- FILM UPDATE: Is Idol’s Eye Back on Track for 2018?
2018
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