News about Paul Schrader

Richard Gere transformed into Jacob Elordi in a first look for their upcoming film Oh, Canada. A first look from the  Paul Schrader directed film set to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday was unveiled by Variety on Thursday. In it 74-year-old Gere's character is seen pulling up to a house and transforming into the hunky 26-year-old Australian actor Elordi. The film is centered around Gere's character Leonard Fife who is an acclaimed filmmaker and is one of the 'one of sixty thousand draft evaders and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid serving in Vietnam.'

Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader has claimed Martin Scorsese's dog bit off and ate part of his thumb in a horrifying attack. Schrader, 77, who has collaborated with legendary director Scorsese, 81 on Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ and Bringing Out The Dead, revealed to Variety that a pet Scottish Terrier had savaged his hand during a dinner meeting.

Thomas Eugene Creech, the notorious serial killer, was postponed at the last minute as prison officers failed to find a vein for his lethal injection eight times. The murderer, 73, was led into the execution chamber and witnesses were assembled, but he was released to his cell after a 'frustrating' 55-minutes during which medics failed to insert an IV line. Creech was sentenced to death for a 1981 violent beating of a fellow prisoner with a sock loaded with batteries, and he has made unsubstantiated claims to up to 42 murders.

Robert De Niro is reprising his legendary role of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle in the United Kingdom for an Uber ad campaign, but the film's screenwriter challenged the decision on social media. Paul Schrader, 77, took to Facebook on Wednesday to remark on an article from the website Hollywood Elsewhere titled '80-Year-Old DeNiro Is Meaningless in Travis Bickle Context.'

Linda Haynes died in Summerville, South Carolina, at the age of 75, according to Deadline on Friday. Linda Lee Sylvander, the actress' real name, died 'peacefully,' according to her family. The late entertainer's career spanned the 1970s and early 1980s.

When spotted dashing around New York this Wednesday, Sigourney Weaver radiated a youthful glow at 73. Alien actress Paul Schrader appeared on The View to tape a segment promoting her steamy new film Master Gardener, directed by Taxi Driver writer Paul Schrader. As she pounded the pavement in Manhattan in an elegant silhouette in a blood orange trouser jacket that contrasted her waves of brown hair. The Avatar actress, who was displaying her screen siren's makeup, wore a pair of sunglasses and amped up the glitz factor with earrings. Sigourney shared a saucy tale about the world portrayed in Master Gardener during her interview with The View.

This newly listed Malibu mansion is expected to seduce, with slick contemporary architecture, stunning views, and an erotic thriller to name. The four-bedroom property, which is located in 21940 Lamplighter Lane and listed for $7,988,888, has appeared in countless commercials and has been seen on Vogue's cover. But it is also known as the main shooting location for Paul Schrader's 2013 film "The Canyons." Lindsay Lohan portrays Tara, an actress who is involved with Christian, a young film company that is based on true life porn actor James Deen in the film.