This place is dedicated all sort´s of information
or stories about Armand Assante,things related to the movieworld, that can´t be placed at the other sites.
Besides that...it's an absolutely free space for you, as fan to use...if you have an add...you want to post.


Shortcuts: ( in no specific order)
"Belizaire The Cajun"    Where from (this month's mystery Photo)    The Hunley in Charleston 2011   Kasakhstan ? movie    Gilgamesh   Misc    Christian Nemscue    Assante Supports
Las Vegas Romours   Cat on a hot Tin Roof  Fake Armand Assante Official Website    The next Gotti ?
   Armand Assante has done nothing wrong    We are looking for   
Armand Assante
promotes child abuse hotline in Santa Fe, New Mexico
     The New Judge Dredd 
"Q&A at the Lincoln Center 2011  Armand Assante, New Era Pictures   
Armand Assante Enters Bankruptcy, Oct.2011







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                Acting"








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Where from ?
















There are no Mystery Photo for the time being.

 
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Miscellaneous

February 2011
May be you can help out ?





Articles





Filmography
We are often looking for "Old News" we can't find...may be you can help out ?

We are interested in:

Articles/interviews about Armand Assante Sr.'s Art exhibitions (new or old)
Places where to buy Katherine Assante's lovely Peotry Books.
Articles/interviews about Denise Assante's Theatrical Off-Broadway career
Articles/interviews about artistic performance by Anya, Alesandra or Marco Assante.
And anything in that category.


Articles about Armand Assante's theatre performance in "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof"
We got bits of it from a New York Times article.

Article or Video bit with Armand Assante in Jay Leno's Tonight Show. It should have occured in May 1990.

Scannings or Xerox of Magazin articles/interviews with Armand Assante that are more than 20 years old.

FILMOGRAPHY
We are looking for Filmography's with Armand Assante in foreign laguages (other than english)
The movie titles changes radically as they are distributed at a local language and it's often hard to find the movie you seek.
If you find a good Filmography (completed) please send us a link and help other fans out.


Webmaster:

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August 9, 2011
Armand Assante
in the management of
New Era Pictures

Armand Assante and Robin Cook figures here in the management of New Age Pictures that in contradiction to the movie compagny's name was established in 1923.
Jeffrey M. Jacobs is the president of New Era Pictures.
They seem to produce all changres of movies, what it means for Armand Assante it does'nt tell ?
They have offices both in Los Angeles and New York.

vimeo.com/thenewerapictures

thenewerapictures.com

facebook.com/NewEraPictures






posted February 8, 2010
Armand Assante confused with Julian Assange

News from Dember 9, 2010
CIA wanted him

Armand Assante is no longer suspected of anything

Armand
                Assante as Ghost in "Shadows in Paradise"

Can't they tell fiction from facts ?

Armand Assante disappeared during a family vacation in Greece ?..
News uploaded in December last year...


The disappearance of Armand Assante
was played down by the White House administration today despite reports the Hollywood actor may have been the target of a CIA extradition order in connection with the recent Wikileaks scandal.....
......
With a range of conservative pundits calling for domestic courts to try Assante as a terrorist his sudden disappearance from a family vacation in Greece has heightened speculation that U.S authorities may have employed illegal methods in his capture.
..........

While of Irish-Italian background Assante has successfully played a range of different ethnicities. Also problematic for Assante’s defence team is his convincing portrayal of terrorists in a number of films and his ever-changing appearance
...........

Assante’s family are concerned for the ongoing physical and mental wellbeing of Armand, and high-profile Hollywood stars have added their voices to a growing chorus demanding details of Assante’s whereabouts.
...........

“He’s done nothing wrong,” said former co-star Demi Moore, “apart from Striptease, perhaps.”
...........

They talk about his rights as an Australian citizen (??)

weeklycoitus.co.nz
(In case this link has been taken down, read the article here Opens in PDF)



The above mentioned news comes from:
The Weekly Coitos
, Christchurch, New Zealand.


Julian Assange was arrested in London, England on 7 Decmber, 2010. He is currently on bail and under house arrest in England pending an axtradition hearing on 7 and 8 February. Source: WikiPedia

How many terrorist characters has Armand Assante performed ?
I haven't seen all his movies ? But the only "terrorist" I could think of, was Ghost in "Shadows in Paradise"
His characters in movie is not the reason for this.

Sarah Palin previously declared: "We have to hunt him down as if he was 'Al-Queda' !" mening as if he was a terrorist (about Assange) who is assumingly gone undercover somewhere in England.

And here is a link to LIFE Photo Gallery where they discuss the "likeness" between Armand Assante and Julian Assange...It says: "A study of the pair's history reveals more connections than you might imagine. Or does it?"
Assange grew up in Australia, and Assante in New York !!?
LifeComImage

LIFE want's to point that they have NOTHING in commen.
Only their surname shares some letters exspect from 't' and 'g'

I have to ask myself: "Did Assange ever use a name or identity that contained Assante's surname ?"
He did once promote himself as Harry Harrison with his own Photo in a Dating Profile




MOVIES THAT WENT FROM DVD TO THE MOVIE THEATRE

July 24, 2011
Lincoln Center, New York
celebrates Sidney Lumet

"Q&A" was shown
Armand Assante as Bobby Texador


Armand Assante doing
              Q&A while the movie "Q&A" was shown in
              Lincoln Cente


Lincoln Center made a summer series of films made by the great Sidney Lumet.
As you can tell from following this link below, there are many really good, and among these "Q&A".
deadline.com/2011/06/lincoln-center-celebrate-sidney-lumet

Armand
              Assante in "Q&A"

Armand Assante was present at the screening of the movie in the Lincoln Center..It was announced here.
myupperwest.com/upper-west-side/in-person



Read articles/interviews from the making of this movie, at this website


March 19, 2011
"Belizaire The Cajun"
In Movie Theatre's in Luisiana

From March 25, 2011
Belizaire The Cajun

Cajun  Cajun Language   Glen Pitre

Glentre Pitre director and writer of "Belizaire The Cajun" shows this oustanding movie again, - 25 years after.
"Belizaire the Cajun" opens March 25 at the Grand 14 — Ambassador, 2315 Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, and April 1 at Chalmette Cinema, 8700 W. Judge Perez Drive.

The film has become a darling to critics: "a masterpiece" according to the San Francisco Chronicle, "triumphant" per the New York Times, while Roger Ebert called it "a wonderful movie" as his national TV show gave it "two thumbs up."

A romantic adventure, "Belizaire the Cajun" is set in pre-Civil War Acadiana where a wily herb doctor must save a life, defeat murderous vigilantes, win a woman's heart and escape the gallows in what Variety called "one of the looniest hanging scenes ever committed to film."
The film stars Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux

(4 pages with Movie Trailer)
dailycomet.com/article




Old movies seems to get their renaissance as did "The Hunley" lately in Charleston (Febr.24.2011)
Armand Assante in scene for
                "Belizaire The Cajun"
Armand Assante was highly praised for his outstanding performance and the fine 'cajun-laguage' he spoke in this movie...It cost 900.000 $ to make this movie.
Read the articles from the 80's here...


As well as 2 articles here...

Armand Assante worked with Glen Pitre again in his role as Amos in "The Man Who Came Back" that had premier February 8, 2008


February 24, 2011
(News brought today)
"The Hunley"
Armand Assante as
Lt. George Dixon
Charleston's Old Exchange Building


Armand Assante and Donald
              Sutherland in "The Hunley"
Charleston
The Friends of the Hunley, the group that is working to preserve the historic Confederate submarine, shows the film at Charleston's Old Exchange building on Thursday (Next week ?)
It´s the second time "The Hunley" is shown in Charleston.

After the film is shown Thursday, state Sen. Glenn McConnell, the chairman of the South Carolina Hunley Commission, speaks on discoveries about the sub made during the past 12 years.

thestate.com/2011/02/24/1710187/hunley-film-showing



Read previously posted articles about "The Hunley" here

March 2011
Danish soldier stationed at the Hunley




TALKING ABOUT THE HUNLEY....

I was looking for something else and suddenly I saw this tombstone with the H L Hunley written on it ...?

It turns out that a danish soldier also participated in the Hunley deed, he was the one that placed the explosive device...

If you scroll down untill you can see this photo of the tombstone the text above it I here tryed the best to translate:

Website

"...For more than 140 years ago, 17 February 1864, during the American Civil War, lowered the Confederate submarine CSS HL Hunley north state ship USS Housatonic. The young man, Corporal J.F. Carlsen, who placed the explosive device was born in Northern Schleswig. It was the first time in history a submarine sank a surface ship.
The young Dane was posthumously awarded the Confederate Medal...."





February 8, 2010
"Odyssey"


Armand Assante as
              Odysseus
"Odyssey" among the 10 best movies about Greek History

The list of 10 best Greek history movies reflects the rich complexity of Greek culture.

This is one of the best Greek history movies because it won an Emmy and was nominated for a Golden Globe.




screenjunkies.com/movies/genres




assantefansite.dk/Events_Awardsnominations

August 2010
Las Vegas updating
What goes on in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas

Hard to tell what Armand Assante is really doing i Las Vegas ??
from all the stories told about it, it seems like the old interviewer-trick: You simply tell a story that ein´t true and hope the celebrity you want an interview will finally tell what he is doing...it is not working with Armand Assante.

So fare following stories were brought:
May 17, 2010
Armand Assante
visits Las Vegas with show idea

It says the news was brought 11 hours ago as I picked up the link.
So it must have been posted some times yesterday.



"Armand Assante was in Las Vegas this week pitching an entertainment concept....Assante brought a creative team with him for meetings with several properties.
Hilton Las Vegas Vice President Ken Ciancimino was spotted Wednesday at the Stirling Club at Turnberry Towers and later dining with Assante and his group at JR’s Place Italian Kitchen.
Accompanying Assante was Hollywood executive producer Michael Tadross Jr., writer/director Lance Lane and music composer Robert Sprayberry....."



24 Juni, 2010
(June 23)
Posted today by
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Column by Norm Clarke
Arrmand Assante
at the Red Carpet National Hockey League Award Show at the Palms in Las Vegas


It says further down that Armand Assante was cheering and applauding wildly at Steve Dacri's magic show at the Hilton (Las Vegas) on Tuesday. (Must be Tuesday June 22  lvrj.com/news/bruckheimer
It´s a bit confusing...
in another place it says the show went on Wednesday June 23 ?

".....Hockey may not be the most natural fit in this desert oasis, but it sure made itself at home Wednesday night as it kicked off the 2009 NHL Awards show stay here with a Presenters Welcome Reception....."
nhl.com/ice/news
In other words, Armand Assante celebrated Midsommer wacthing a fabulous Magic-Show at the Hilton Hotel at the luxurious Sky Villa -- a gorgeous suite 28 floors up, overlooking The Strip,in Las Vegas.
Bruckheimer know for his "Pirates of The Caribbean" was there to.



Sunday June 27
Las Vegas
Armand Assante seen at the N9NE Steakhouse (number two from left button) Friday (June 25) Stilll in Vegas ! In lack of real exciting news we must conclude, famous people do have to eat as well...amazing !! I thought they were breathing stardust !
theinsider.com/news


June 30, 2010
Las Vegas
Planning theme restaurants in LV ?
At a small dinner party at JR’S Place on South Durango where Armand Assante and Michael Tadross (there are two Michael Tadross, we must presume it´s the filmproducer, from Brooklyn) and associates were discussing their plans regarding two theme restaurants for two major properties in Las Vegas, I was assured the ‘70s are back.
(scroll a bit down...)
gamingtoday.com/articles



July 7
Armand Assante in
Las Vegas
One-man show ?

What is Armand Assante really preparing in Las Vegas ?
Many rumors are buzzing around. Theme Restaurants ? A One-man Show ?
The latest news declares this:
"...Actor Armand Assante is reportedly planning a one-man play about the life and times of Mafia boss and jailed hoodlum John Gotti and that he’s hoping the deal will be finalized quickly for a Las Vegas hotel this fall...."
Source:

lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/06



Assante supports


January 19, 2010
Armand Assante
supporter of the film "Brooklyn Odyssey"


A message from Armand Assante:

"...........I have been a long supporter of the film 'Brooklyn Odyssey' and it's writer/director.
It is a film that simply, must be made, and deserves to be made.
It can be important to American Cinema, as well being successful in the market arena.
It is a win-win for all who invest in it, as it is technically a small enough film that represents the best of what the Independent Film movement has to offer.
The essence of why it is such an attractive project can be found in it's human values.........."
Read more
www.brooklynodyssey.com/armand

About the the screenplay "Brooklyn Odyssey"
brooklynodyssey.com

Tony Giordano Biography
filmreference.comTony-Giordano

Armand Assante does not have a role in it himself.

August 2, 2010
(Posted at the You Tube a week ago ..July 26, 2010)
Armand Assante with
Jonathan Tasini
in Washington Heights
Armand Assante and his freind Jonathna
                  Tasini
Senate Candidate Jonathan Tasini
and his freind, and Supporter Armand Assante walk around the 15th district and discuss issues with voters.
Jonathan Tasini is a democrate.

YouTube

May 22, 2011
Armand Assante promotes
a child abuse hotline
Santa Fe
New Mexico
There are discussions about the funds behind the promoting af a new state hotline to rapport the abuse of children....
currentargus.com/ci_18113727


Armand Assante's name is mentioned because he lend his voice, and appearance to promote the hotline in a video..it was created in March this year.
The spot, which was directed by Santa Fe's own Emmy Award-winning Doug Crawford, was filmed at Algodones Elementary School.
Assisting Crawford were David Aubrey, director of photography for Lightningwood Films, James Becker, audio, and Svetlana Britt doing makeup.
Heading up the project for CYFD was Betsy Model of the Zephyr Group in Placitas. Spot-makers offered special thanks to Laura Greenleaf, principal at Algodones Elementary, and all the great kids from Algodones and San Felipe Pueblo who helped with video.
The PSA is in English and Spanish, and will begin airing throughout New Mexico shortly.

Armand Assante has nothing to say over the economy behind it, he is just supporting the idea of having a place to call in case children get abused.

santafenewmexican.com/mitote27-DONE






January 21, 2010
"Digging with a tea-spoon at the old archives"
Armand Assante and Tennessee Williams

Interesting with this early Brando'esk appearance..



"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is know as a film with Elisabeth Taylor and Paul Newman
I always knew Armand Assante loved to read Tennessee Williams but actually did'nt know why ?
Then I bump into this sentence (that aren't finished)

"....Somebody must have told Armand Assante that he resem)led Marlon Brando. Posing and rolling his eyes, he gives what amounts to a mannered parody.....(????)"

That leads to:
"....CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. The world premiere of the new authorized version of the play by Tennessee Wililams. .....

Armand Assante had a role in this play...and performed at Stage West, West Springfield, Massachusetts
November 12, 1973.
Armand Assante is 24 years old here.
Does any one know more about that performance ?

Source:
NyYorkTimesArchice


"....Armand once wrote a 2-page letter to Tennessee Williams (1911, Columbus Mississippi - 1983 New York) on August 21, 1972 in New York, where Williams also lived then. The letter, including a portrait photograph and the envelope, is currently in the Williams archive at Columbia University...."
Source:
www.tv.com/armand-assante/person trivia

If you scroll a bit down here You can see the letters from Armand Assante registrated.
www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives_Williams


WANNABEES, HOAX'S AND FRAUDS

January 2011
Updating info about
Fake Official
Website


January 2011
This page has changed into a new look, but is still a fake.
 

Now it´s called the official armand assante website and armand assante net.
In the metatags for this site is the name for the english fansite written: Absolutly Armand Assante, - hoping to create confusing between him and this fanclub with TV guides. Also he is still trying to create confusing between him and Vision Films.

From the IMDb he links to his site from Official Website, to make it look authentic.
Do not under any circumstances give the owner of this fake website your E-mail adress, cellphone number or real adress. It will be abused.
Be sure to delete any cookies, temporary sites e.t.c. in your browser if you go visit it any way.
Virus scan your C drive for mallware, spyware, rootkits and phizers.

After visiting this fake website lately we discovered we longer could get acces to the "assantefansite" nor the english fansite, but any other site on the internet.
After a Virusscan the problem was solved.
It means that the owner of the site has planted Malwware that provents you from visiting some of the fansite for Armand Assante. Do immediatly Virusscan your computer.

Besides that a new Facebook profil for Armand Assante has been created allmost with the same name as the one linked to here below, we have reason to believe that same creator of the other fakes is behind this as well.
Visit Armand Assante's Italian  Face Book Profile

Friday, June 11, 2010,
we received well-documented information about this website's true identity.
Because of further investigations in this case we can't inform the details.
Armand Assante has not promoted this website and has nothing to do with it.
He has no official profile on either Twitter or MySpace.
The previous information will be edited in the near future and will be introduced in a reduced form here on the "Noticeboard"

webmaster



June 5, 2010
Updated June 26, 2010

Fraud website and fake profiles

(The so called Official Armand Assante Website)


The man behind it...also behind other fakes.

Identity forgery

Some allready know others don't, but I have been confronted with several fake Armand Assante profiles on wellknown forums as, Facebook, MySPace and Twitter.

June 26

In this specific case we learned that the man behind this fraud website also was identical with the man behind the MySpace profile we warned about May, 2009. Further more he figured behind several internet websites showing Armand Assante Filmography's and photos covered with advertisings (pay per click-type) non of these informations were completed.
From some of these website links went to his MySpace profile for Armand Assante and other inappropiate pages he had created.
The purpose of them all are money. You search for info about Armand Assante and enter one page after another, with no fullfilling News nor Filmography and the person that uploaded it,...hope to earn money for any click you might accidently make at some advertising...
As well as the News/Sightings page at the Fraud Website invited you to inform the right owner of that page to report Armand Assante's latest's whereabouts.
No fan in their right mind would ever do a thing like that.
A true fan respect Armand Assante's privacy and would never say or do anything that might create hearsay nor gossip.

"The bait" was in this case that you as a fan apparently could become a member of Armand Assante's Official Social Network (Frontpage indicated a Twitter Profile) the purpose of this, was of totally different reason...!!
In spite of this...fans still entered the page and made comments..without thinking of the consequences, not even for their own security.

Think before you act !!!!. Any celebrities name and integrity are abused by these fake wanna-bees every day.


Some Profiles are that obvoius fakes, that I choose to do nothing about it.
Others looked so authenthic I immediatly informed Armand Assante about it.
They either disappeared shortly after or put up a disclaimer, that it had nothing to do with him in any way and was just a fanpage.
It usually take 4 days before the effect of such information is visible in this case it took about 20 days.
I´m just another ordinary fan and have no opportunity to inform Armand Assante any faster, than any other fan in the world. An express mail has been posted.
Identity forgery is sadly very common. It´s major problem.

But they keep comming up as we speak.
Please, please be carefull out there !

"Every few seconds some ones identity is stolen...!" says Armand Assante in this advertising.....Add Campaign for guarded ID...YouTube
webmaster.

Visit Armand Assante's Italian   Face Book Profile






April 16, 2011
"A Fine Step"
Armand Assante in
unknown role
The two most significant stars in this movie are Armand Assante and Luke Perry.
IMDb rapports it's still post-production.

Investors File Suits Against Los Angeles Filmmaker Saxon, Insomnia Media Group.

A number of investors have filed legal action against a Los Angeles-based filmmaker for allegedly bilking them out of millions of dollars in a pyramid scheme to finance his Tennessee-based movie.

The lawsuits have been filed in Nashville and Los Angeles on behalf of investors who gave Bret Saxon approximately $750,000 for a movie to be filmed in the Memphis area about a Mississippi charity titled "A Fine Step" according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

avvo.com/news/investors-file-suits-against



Previously posted
Shortcut to "A Fine Step" at the page "Movies in Production"

August 26, 2010
Production Compagny behind
"Confession of a Pitfighter"
involved in scheme
An Orange County businessman has been charged with a Ponzi scheme in which he allegedly bilked investors out of $9 million.
His name is Mahmoud Karkehabadi.
Karkehabadi allegedly promised his more than 150 investors returns of between 18% and 35% within one year on loans made to his production company for four low-budget films, including the 2005 action drama "Confessions of a Pit Fighter," starring Armand Assante and Flavor Flav, and the 2008 thriller "Hotel California" starring model Tyson Beckford.
"He ran a cold and calculated scam, making promises he never intended to keep and using the funds of new victims to pay off the earlier ones."
In 2003, the state secured a $5-million judgment against Karkehabadi for credit card fraud, after which he filed for bankruptcy. Neither fact was disclosed to Alliance Group investors, according to the attorney general's office.


read more

latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz

January 15, 2009
More about the fraud...


Scandale and fraud
made by money-men
 behind the unreleased movie

"Order of Redemtion"

"....Two men (Charles G. Matin & John E. Walsh) passed themselves off as foreign currency traders to swindle customers out of $15 million, which they used to pay for a lifestyle that included strip clubs, jewelry and private jets, according to a criminal complaint unveiled Wednesday in federal court..."

"..Walsh allegedly used his One World credit card to charge personal expenses including $140,000 worth of jewelry....."


"....Bank records also show the two men dipped into company funds to finance an unreleased movie, "Order of Redemption," for which Martin was listed as a contributing producer, according to an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint. It said they sank $569,000 into the movie....."

seattlepi.nwsource.coml

January 14, 2009

Scandale and fraud
made by money-men
 behind the unreleased movie

"Order of Redemtion"


Armand Assante and
              Musetta Vander in "Order of Redemtion"










Tom Berenger, Musetta Vander and Armand Assante were among the leading charachters in this movie...
Let´s hope they are all...are allready paid for their work ?
A Malibu man arrested (yesterday) in an alleged $15 million Ponzi-like scheme that financed a lavish lifestyle that included private jets and the production of a movie starring Busta Rhymes is scheduled to make his initial appearance in a Los Angeles federal courtroom today.

"....Charles G. Martin, 43, was arrested late Tuesday (January 12, 2009) in Los Angeles, federal agents said. A second defendant, John E. Walsh, 60, of Glencoe, Ill., was picked up in the Chicago area today, the U.S. Attorney's Office said....."

".....According to the complaint, beginning no later than April 2006 through December 2007, the two men engaged in a scam to obtain One World customer funds earmarked for over-the-counter foreign currency trades -- called "forex" -- for their own use and to finance lavish lifestyles, including helping finance a movie that was never released....."

"....In addition to the luxury items, bank records show Martin and Walsh spent more than $569,000 diverted from One World to help finance the production of "Order of Redemption," an unreleased action film starring Rhymes, Tom Berenger and Armand Assante. Martin is listed as a contributing producer, officials said. ...."

cbs2.com/consumer/Malibu.Man.Arrestedl

So..."Order of Redemtion" might sadly enough, never become of anything since the money to provide it's release have been used for private luxuries out of proportions...!

Armand Assante performs an attorney (Marty Berlin)...the plot is about: a dramatic tale of corruption and self-realization....
More realistic than spoken for...?????
Photos from the making fo the movie.





May 15, 2009

"What's his name ?"

more on Steam

Grand Rapids
Armand Assante

The Steam synopsis, also from Cinepro
Local actor shares the screen with Val Kilmer and Armand Assante in 'The Chaos Experiment' also known as "The Steam Experiment"
Doug Alchin plays Lt. Clark in the movie
"All my dialogue is with Armand and Val Kilmer and there is quite a bit of screen time," Alchin said.
Alchin described his three days of shooting as a fun experience and said everyone went out of their way to be friendly.
After one scene, Alchin said Assante said to him, "Doug, I'm so embarrassed. I know I've seen you in dozens of films, but I can't place which ones."
The movie opened on May 5 with a private screening in Grand Rapids and one weekend of shows. It will then be going to DVD after making its Lansing stop.

The horror magazine Fangoria previewed it, saying what the director was setting out to achieve "is arguably the first genuinely scary ecology-driven horror movie. If 'Jaws' made viewers stay out of the water and 'The Blair Witch Project' kept us out of the woods, ('The Chaos Experiment') promises to encourage us to pay a little more attention to our carbon footprints."

hub.lsj.com/article




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September 23, 2010
John Gotti Junior
A movie about his life
A father son story

John Gotti Junior has sold his rights to his life story.
Many people are interested...as well as Sylvester Stallone that would like to be involved producing the movie and even act in it...
A movie should be finished next year in spring.
Read more
chron.com


UPDATE
January 26
Will John Travolta perform Gotti in new movie about Gotti´s story ?
examiner.com/canada-movie


Update
January 27, 2011
John Travolta is now seriously thinking of performing John Gotti in new movie about Gotti. Here a longer article with many photos as John Travolta meets with Gotti's son...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk

Update
April 2011
It should now have been decided that John Travolta will perform John Gotti in a Biopic movie created in co-work with Gotti's son John Gotti Jr.

complex.com/pop-culture

June 25, 2010
Sylvester Stallone
John Gotti

Armand Assante recieving
              his Emmy in 1997
Sylvester Stallone wil perform John Gotti in a bio-related movie.
It´s John Gotti seen from his sons perspective (Junior John).


Can he beat the performance of Armand Assante that was awarded with an Emmy Award in 1997 ?
read more...

movies.ign.com/articles

More on this subject
thefilmstage.com/2010/06/25/sylvester-stallone

July 19, 2011
The new Judge Dredd
Karl Urban

Karl Urban will performe Judge Dredd in the upcomming $45 Dollar movie.
He is known for his role as Eomer in "Lord of the Rings"...

metro.co.uk/film/869653-judge-dredd



Updated May 11, 2010
A new "Judge Dredd" under development
in 3D

Posted december 20, 2008
Good news for
"Judge Dredd" Lovers
Some Armand Assante fans became his fan becores of his performance as mad Rico, the cloned brother of Judge Dredd in the movie by the same title....
Some are simply Judge Dredd fans....
from SFlux.com we learn that a new Judge Dredd are in progress...2000AD Online has announced a new Dredd movie has been greenlit with an eye to start production in 2009....read more
And this link...

May 2010
They are planning to make a new "Judge Dredd" in 3D...it´s very fashionable to make movies out of cartoons...
jam.canoe.ca/Movies

A new version of "Judge Dredd" is being shopped around the Cannes Film Festival, and it’s getting a budget of about 50 million dollars.
manolith.com/2010/05/12/judge-dredd






Video about the
Romanian Movie Industry
Hollywood Paradise in Romania

Watch an informing video about the movie industry in Romania. You see a lot a beatifull sets and landscapes from this fanscinating country...and a short glimse of Armand..
from Myspace.com

Posted May 26, 2009
Armand Assante mentioned

Yet another talk about the great movie making in Romania
from:

www.artline.ro Modigliani movie



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Tragic circumstances around making the movie "California Dreamin' "
in september 2005

February 19, 2009
Finally jugded


Young director Cristian Nemscu died (27 Y) in a trafficaccident on the 25th of August 2005 driving through  Bucharest, Romania with his assistent in a taxi.
The british Imran Ali was sentenced today, to six years in prison for killing among others, the director Christian Nemescu. "California Dreamin'"

Imran was driving 140 km/hr towards red light as the horrific accident accured.

Read more at this Romanian site. You migt want to translate in the Google translation


About the same information...in JurnalulNational.ro  and cinemagia.ro


August 2005

"Calfornia Dreamin'"

Christian Nemscue



Very sad news.
Young director Cristian Nemscu died (27 Y) in a trafficaccident on the 25th of August driving through  Bucharest, Romania with his assistent in a taxi.
Both passengers and the taxidriver was killed instantly.

The the young director had allready  had a prommising carrier instructing and directing moovies in Romania as he started producing the movie: "Calfornia Dreamin'" early this spring with Armand  Assante in the leading part as the characther  Cpt. Doug Jones.
Armand loved working with him and they became good freinds.
The shooting of the movie seems ended and the editing in progress, as this horrible accident happend.


A car drew with 150 Km/h into the site of the taxi.

Our deeb thoughts and condolences goes to family and close freinds of all the vitims in the car accident, as well as the entire artistic team that worked close to Cristian Nemscu just recently making the movie: "California Dreamin'".
Read about the movie further down this page.
Information brought to the assantefansite from devoted fan in Romania.

Sept 2005
"Calfornia Dreamin'"
The tragic accident that killed the youg Romanian director: Cristian Nemscu, his assistent and the capdriver..the British citizen that corsed this horrible accident and survived the crash,  has been charged with manslaughter.......
The director did not live to see his premiere. The movie, called "California Dreamin'" was scheduled to premiere this fall, but Nemescu did not live to attend the first screening.
The link to this article from Bucharest Daily News, no longer exsist.


MOVIE's WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF FOR LONG.....


2005 - 2006
links about Gilgamesh !


Posted november 7,2008
Betrayel and plunder...



The Gilgamesh
                Poster
A long expected and never filmatized before ancient story: "Gilgamesh"  (the movie) makes Armand Assante to go to Turkey to performe a minor role in this oldest story of man looking for knowlegde and truth beyond death. It´s made from clay tablets (history) found in the same arier, (Ancient Mesopotamia) For years this story was unfullfilled, half the clay tablett was missing. Then reasently they found a claycopy of the same story, and they finally had the authors ending of it ...sadly the production of it stopped, while they were still editing it.
What happend ? Hopefully it will be proceeded laiter.

november 7
Betrayel and plunder...

"The production company faced large opposition from Turkish authorities, which demanded all kinds of made up permissions.
All with the purpose of demanding bribes from the production company.
After that the production company got swindled by its Turkish partner ?zen Film.
Due to all bribes which Stonelock Pictures had to pay to the Turkish authorities and due to the unreliable local production partner, the budget was cracked even before the shooting of the film started.

What is left of the film project is the Sumerian village, which now is being plundered and sold by STONEFLOCK PICTURES Turkish partner ?zen Film."

from christiansofiraq.com
The village in Gilgamesh- film is being plundered 18.Feb.2008
"......To be able to record the scenes in the right kind environment, a Sumerian village was constructed outside of Constantinople ....."
Link to forum.bethnahrin.de From the originalpage conserning "Gilgamesh", we learn about the delays and that they exspect it to be ready for an ordians in 2009:
TO THE FANS OF GILGAMESH:
YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME FOR THIS EPIC MOVIE.  PRODUCTION COMMENCED IN SUMMER, 2004, BUT WE WERE FORCED TO HALT FOR INNUMERABLE REASONS.  PRODUCTION IS NOW SLATED TO BEGIN AGAIN IN 2009.  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND GOOD WISHES.  WE HAVE RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF E-MAILS FROM THE WORLD OVER ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION. 


Turkish site with a photo of Armand Assante in his role in Gilgamesh


Posted first time April 15, 2008
 the movie in  Kazakhstan is called:
"Oriental Transit"


Armand Assante is no longer listed at the IMDb as having a part in this movie


posted march 15, 2009
We haven't heard anything about the production of this movie for a long time...it might not become of anything...??


"Oriental Transit"
The film is a joint project of Kazakhstan, USA and Russia and its budget is assessed as USD75 million.
The movie will be shot in Astana, as well as in New York, Miami and Moscow.
"This film is about fight of Kazakhstan, Russia and America with drug and people traffic," says the producer.
The language will be english, and they exspect doing the movie in 2 - 3 month.
The charachter Armand Assante is going to performe, is so fare unknown.
From Gazeta.kz  Kazakhstan Today link no longer working

Armand Assante mentiones this project in an interview for Kazakhstan TV






SAD NEWS

October 8, 2011
Armand Assante Enters Bankruptcy




Victim of alleged mortgage fraud
Armand Assante is attending Kasakhstan Fashion Week here in October meanwhile he is broke and might loose his farm and land.

“This is one of the most predatory loans and one of the most ugly lending practices I’ve seen,” Assante’s attorney Denbeaux told Bankruptcy Beat, noting that he’s examined hundreds of foreclosure cases.

Assante’s attorney, Josh Denbeaux, said the actor was busy filming in Romania and Bulgaria during 2005 when one of his financial advisers was working on a mortgage loan for his 7,000 square foot home—a move to put him on more solid financial footing.

At the closing table, the mortgage company switched the loan’s legal fine print to include in the deal several wooded parcels of land that Assante owned nearby.
The deal put him on the hook for a $1.5 million mortgage on terms he couldn’t afford.

Read the full story
....

wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/10/07

WallStreetJournal

Update
October 14, 2011
Another article about Armand Assante's bankruptcy..
totalbankruptcy.com/bankruptcy-help/actor-armand-assante-bankruptcy




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