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Film maker Benjamin Pineros tweeted 2/27/13: "Any of you like Cronenberg's Cosmopolis? In that case, head to its ultimate digital shrine made by @cosmopolis_blog." Thank you @IamPineros!

We’re continually updating a listing of critics and bloggers around the world who have included COSMOPOLIS as one of their best films of 2012. Here’s the summary (as of 4/21/13); see the link below for details.

COSMOPOLIS: (as of 4/20/13)
--Has made **84 BEST FILM 2012** lists;
--Has made the TOP TEN of these lists a majority of the time (82%; 69 times);
--Has made the TOP FIVE of these lists a third of the time (30%; 25 times)

Click for content:
Cosmopolis Makes List Part 1

The list goes beyond “Best Film 2012” Notice to include categories such as Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Soundtrack/Score, Screenplay, and others (like our twitter fan page!) It includes both formal awards and other lists & notice from critics, bloggers, organizations.

Check for full listing: Cosmopolis Makes List Part 2

COSMOPOLIS has been nominated for a variety of awards, and these appear under the link just above “Other Best 2012 Notice.”

Currently WON:

Vancover Film Critics Circle Award for “Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film” to Sarah Gadon. CONGRATULATIONS!

Canadian Screen Awards: "Achievement in Music- Original Score" (Howard Shore) and "Achievement in Music- Original Song" (Emily Haines, James Shaw, and Howard Shore). CONGRATULATIONS!

Robert Pattinson has received a great deal of very positive praise for his performance as Eric Packer in COSMOPOLIS, straight out of Cannes and all year long. Jordan and Bucky W created a large collection of quotes from critics and bloggers to show this. We'll continue to add to it.

Click for full post on blog: Critics High Praise for Robert

Here's an idea of what you'll find in the post. BuckyW pulled together a list of adjectives selected from the critics’ comments and put them in one amazing paragraph:

Robert Pattinson ("The Artist Formerly Known As R-Pattz"-BestForFilm) as Eric Packer was : terrific, mesmerising, magnetic, great, subtle, spectacular, "acting manifesto", excellent, "complex and compelling" [performance], incendiary, mature [performance], "complete marvel", brilliant, "convincing as hell", career-making, enigmatic, "sensationally controlled, astonishing, "will go on to be an acting titan", "played to perfection by", remarkable, shines, excels, accomplished, delectably brilliant, assured, cinematic revelation, tremendous, "bravura performance", "impressively self-assured", strong chops, "truly spectacular actor", "most cryptically haunting performance" [seen in years], wildly wonderful, "admirably stretching his chops", commanding, compelling, is outstanding, remarkable, nuanced, "powerhouse of depth and nuance", "brilliant, actually", masterful, "a force", revelatory, "astonishingly assured", "slithering and wire-tight", affecting, "in control", "can act his pants off", "nails" [the tricky, precise tone], "can act his mother*beep*ing ass off, "more than his haircut", talented, "the real deal", "carries the movie the way Michael Jordan carried the Chicago Bulls", "proves he can act", flawless, "delivers completely and entirely", astonishing, stunning, "brilliantly modulated", incredible, riveting, layered, "one of best of the year", brave, "brilliantly nuanced", fantastic, "ever impressive", "has major talent", "*beep*ing revelation, [Pattinson] "blew my mind".

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"HOLD ON TO ME"
Starring Carey Mulligan, Robert Pattinson, James Marsh, director. Multiple producers; search "FilmNation" in search box above for story that lists them.

James Marsh has described the film as a dark comedy, and that he plans to use 'Boogie Nights' as a model in terms of tone. The story is about Mulligan's femme fatale character, who with her husband, kidnap a man and bury him alive for ransom money. She seeks to rekindle her high-school romance with Pattinson's character. It is based on a true story. [Source: Cinema Teaser interview.]

During a promotional interview with MTV for 'The Great Gatsby' in which she stars, Carey Mulligan said that 'Hold On To Me' is on hold for now, but they still hope to do it. She noted a timing issue.

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"MAPS TO THE STARS"
Starring Robert Pattinson, John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Sarah Gadon; Mia Wasikowska; Olivia Williams, Evan Bird. David Cronenberg, director. Martin Katz will again produce, with others.

This will be the second collaboration between Cronenberg and Pattinson. The script is written by Bruce Wagner. IMDB describes as a "Complex look at Hollywood and what it reveals about Western culture." The Film Stage has said it "revolves around actors and agents, with a specific focus on “two child actors ruined by Hollywood’s depravity.” David Cronenberg has said, "“Hollywood is a world that is seductive and repellent at the same time, and it is the combination of the two that makes it so potent. I won’t fall back on some clichés or simplistic sloganeering, because the culture and what it reveals about Western culture and the rest of the world is very complex.”

David Cronenberg will shoot this film in Toronto and Los Angeles in July 2013. It is to be released in 2014.

Starring Robert Pattinson. Director unknown at this time.* Produced by Ross M. Dinerstein and Kevin Waller.

Pattinson will play Eric Maddox, the military interrogator who discovered the hiding place of Saddam Hussein, which led to his capture. From Embankment films: "[Maddox] has a unique ability to decipher complex patterns from seemingly random events." Story is based on Maddox's memoir, "Mission: Blacklist.

The latest information on the film is at embankmentfilms.com (under "Markets"; it will be shopped at Cannes) and the former director's name, Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, has been removed. The shoot date is now listed as late summer 2013. The release date of summer 2014 has not changed.

Cast includes David Cronenberg, Denis Lavant ('Holy Motors'), Isabelle Huppert ('Amour'), and Sigourney Weaver. To be directed by Italy's Luca Guadagnino ('I am Love').

Another teaming of Don DeLillo, Cronenberg, and producer Paolo Branco ('Cosmopolis') the film is based on DeLillo's novel, 'The Body Artist'. Huppert stars as a grieving widow who discovers that a stranger is living in her upstairs room.

Shooting is scheduled for summer 2013.

This is an independent blog created out of excitement for this film bringing together a talented young actor, Robert Pattinson and the auteur director, David Cronenberg. It was created by kat, and the primary writer since 2012 has been BuckyW, who will continue forward as lead blogger. BuckyW has taken classes in film and literature in recent years for fun, and to do justice to the content scope here at the blog. This included a university course taught by a Don DeLillo scholar. BuckyW is for Bucky Wunderlick, protagonist of DeLillo's 'Great Jones Street'.

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BuckyW added two new writers at the end of 2012, Tony and Jordan, and you'll see more of their work in 2013. None of us work in the entertainment world, we come from backgrounds in science, business and education. We are here because we love watching and discussing movies and like to write. We want to support, and introduce others to, quality filmmaking and exciting new talent. We reside in the US and Europe.

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COMPLETED FILMS:
2012 - Twilight: Breaking Dawn, part 2
2012 - Cosmopolis
2012 - Bel Ami
2011 - Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, part 1
2011 - Water for Elephants
2010 - The Summer House (short, part of Love & Distrust collection)
2009 - Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010 - Remember Me
2009 - Twilight Saga: New Moon
2008 - Twilight Saga: New Moon
2008 - Little Ashes
2008 - How To Be
2007 - The Bad Mother's Handbook (TV Movie)
2006 - The Haunted Airman (TV Movie)
2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2004 - Curse of the Ring (TV Movie)
2004 - Vanity Fair (uncredited)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
2010 - Remember Me

SOUNDTRACK:
2009 - Twilight Saga
Writer and performer: "Never Think", "Let Me Sign"
Producer: "Never Think"

FUTURE FILM PROJECTS:
2013 (filming) - The Rover
2013 (pre-production) - Hold On To Me
2013 (pre-production) - Maps To The Stars
2013 (pre-production) - Mission Blacklist

Other films' status, see Pattinson's IMDB page

COMPLETED FILMS: (Visit www.IMDB.com for full filmography)
1969 - Stereo
1970 - Crimes of the Future
1975 - They Came From Within (Shivers)
1977 - Rabid
1979 - Fast Company
1979 - The Brood
1981 - Scanners
1983 - Videodrome
1986 - The Fly
1988 - Dead Ringers
1991 - Naked Lunch
1993 - M Butterfly
1996 - Crash
1999 - eXistenZ
2000 - Camera (short)
2002 - Spider
2005 - A History of Violence
2007 - Eastern Promises
2011 - A Dangerous Method
2012 - Cosmopolis

CURRENT & PLANNED PROJECTS:
2013 (pre-production) - Maps To The Stars [Directing]
2013 (summer shoot) - Body Art [Acting; based on DeLillo novel]

OTHER WORK:
Cronenberg has writing, acting, producing, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer credits as well. Refer to his IMDB page.

NOVELS:
Americana (1971)
End Zone (1972)
Great Jones Street (1973)
Ratner's Star (1976)
Players (1977)
Running Dog (1978)
Amazons (1980) (under pseudonym "Cleo Birdwell")
The Names (1982)
White Noise (1985)
Libra (1988)
Mao II (1991)
Underworld (1997) (see also Pafko at the Wall, the prologue of Underworld which was published separately in Harper's in Oct. 1992)
The Body Artist (2001)
Cosmopolis (2003)
Falling Man (2007)
Point Omega (2010)

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS:
The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories (2011)

OTHER WORK:
Don DeLillo has also written several plays and one screenplay.

FUTURE FILM based on one of his novels
2013 (summer shoot) - Body Art [Cronenberg acting, Branco producing]