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...Unscripted's case, Improvise what you know. The half-hour dramedy comes from producers George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, who gave HBO K Street, an ambitious improv fiasco about Washington lobbyists that threw together actors and real political players. Here the stars are Krista Allen, Bryan Greenberg and Jennifer Hall, who play three actors--Krista, Bryan and Jennifer--who take advice from a pretentious acting coach (Frank Langella) and try to find fulfilling work and/or pay the bills...
Although it's the company's only profit source, Clooney says the Ocean's franchise is finished, partly because corralling all the actors and stringing together the intricate plotline are too hard on Soderbergh and partly because capers, Clooney learned firsthand, are trickier than they look. During shooting, his Lake Como house was broken into four times by the same guys, who were after a safe. "The second time they came, they put Jergens lotion all over the hardwood floor to slide it out. At least I hope that's all they were using the lotion for," he says...
...short dramas based on the Ten Commandments, as well as 12 more films. Both partners are heavily involved in all of them. "They each put in several years of work on The Jacket," says Mandalay Pictures CEO Peter Guber about a small-budget thriller he's making with Soderbergh and Clooney, starring Adrien Brody and Keira Knightley. "They really get into the details of the business. They come to meetings and are involved in everything, even approving one sheets [movie posters]." Maybe because that's where the star sees his future. "You can't be an actor for too long...
...sense that Clooney's passion for acting will run its course sooner rather than later. He gained 30 lbs. in 30 days for a role in Syriana, a Soderbergh-produced film about oil corruption with Damon and Amanda Peet. Although he has worked off 18 lbs. playing basketball and eating light, he regrets taking the role. "There was not one thing that was fun about it," he says. "It really messed me up. I have these migraines now. I would trade not having done the movie for the pain it's caused me." But then he catches himself and realizes...
George Clooney, sometime producer, used him on the advice of Ocean's Steven Soderbergh, with whom Cheadle is a particular favorite. "Steven says if you can get Cheadle in your movie, put him in," says Clooney. "It doesn't matter if he's right for the part. In Fail Safe, I made him a copilot. There were not a lot of black copilots in the Air Force...