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    Bale Faces Crowe in 3:10 to Yuma
    Source: The Hollywood Reporter
    August 4, 2006



    Christian Bale is close to a deal to star opposite Russell Crowe in James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma, says The Hollywood Reporter.


    Relativity Media is stepping in to finance the film, which has been without a home since Columbia Pictures put it into turnaround earlier this summer. Columbia spent four years developing the Western remake, which it had hoped to start filming this summer. Relativity is currently in negotiations with Columbia to distribute.


    3:10 to Yuma is based on the 1957 film that starred Glenn Ford as captured outlaw Ben Wade, who finds himself in the custody of small-time rancher Dan Evans. The rancher is secretly trying to take the outlaw to a railway station to catch a train to Yuma for the outlaw's court date. A battle of wills ensues.


    Mangold's take sees Crowe as the outlaw and Bale as the rancher. Michael Brandt, Derek Haas and Stuart Beattie have all contributed to the screenplay.


    The movie is on track for a fall shoot. Mangold has directed Walk the Line, Identity, Kate & Leopold, Girl, Interrupted and Cop Land.

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    Sony Puts 3:10 to Yuma in Turnaround
    Source: Variety
    June 23, 2006



    Director James Mangold's western 3:10 to Yuma was ready to start shooting this summer for Sony Pictures, but after four years of development, the studio has put the film in turnaround.


    "This is deja vu all over again," Mangold told Variety, referring to the fact that his last film, Walk the Line, was also set up at Sony and ready to start shooting when the studio pulled out. Mangold shopped that film all over town and was turned down by every studio but Fox, where the film went on to be a critical and commercial hit.


    Now producers Cathy Konrad and Mangold are in discussions with other studios to make "Yuma." Mangold says he plans to start shooting in October. Russell Crowe is attached to star.


    Because Sony owns the rights to the original 1957 Glenn Ford Western, it will still be a profit participant in the movie.


    "This is a very middle-priced movie," Mangold said. "I've never made a movie that has exceeded $60 million, and this one won't either."

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    Mangold Directing 3:10 to Yuma Next
    Source: Variety
    February 21, 2006



    Walk the Line director James Mangold and his wife, producer Cathy Konrad, have set the Columbia Pictures remake 3:10 to Yuma as the next film he'll direct. Variety says the film will shoot in the summer.


    Mangold and Konrad boarded "Yuma" after getting a new draft from Collateral screenwriter Stuart Beattie, who rewrote scripts from Michael Brandt and Derek Haas.


    The original 1957 Western, starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin, is about a sheriff determined to bring a captured desperado to justice. Elmore Leonard wrote the short story on which it was based.