David to direct "Trust"

[jenfan629]

Looks like David is going to direct another movie and this time it's a dark drama

Owen, Keener log on to 'Trust' (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009958.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)
David Schwimmer to direct dark drama
By MICHAEL FLEMING

David Schwimmer will direct Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in "Trust," a dark drama about the damaging effects an online sexual predator has on a family. Millennium Films will produce and finance.
Schwimmer, who previously directed the laffer "Run Fat Boy Run" and co-directed HBO's "Little Britain USA" series, wrote the story for the drama, and Andy Bellin wrote the script.

Owen and Keener will play the parents of a 14-year-old girl who are stunned to discover she has been victimized by an adult who gained her trust posing as a teenager on a chat room. Newcomer Liana Liberato will play the daughter.

Millennium's Avi Lerner will produce with Heidi Jo Markel and Bob Greenhut. Exec producers are Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Schwimmer and Tom Hodges.

Shooting begins Nov. 9 in Michigan.

Owen just opened in "The Boys Are Back" and Keener's latest, "Where the Wild Things Are," opens Friday.

[jenfan629]

Another article about the film

Duo deals with 'Trust' issues (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i76276580006fdf75f745bf9acd95e326)
Clive Owen, Catherine Keener join David Schwimmer drama
By Borys Kit

Clive Owen and Catherine Keener are starring in "Trust," a drama David Schwimmer is directing for Millennium Films.

Schwimmer, making his second foray into directing, came up with the story and is producing with his Dark Harbor Stories partner Tom Hodges. Andy Bellin wrote the script.

"Trust" tells the story of a family blindsided when their teenage daughter becomes a victim of an online sexual predator.

Owen and Keener play the parents. Newcomer Liana Liberato is the daughter.

Nu Image/Millennium is producing and finanacing, with Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Marker and Bob Greenhut producing and Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and John Thompson executive producing.

Gersh Independent's Jay Cohen packaged the film and will work to secure domestic distribution rights. Nu Image will distribute the film worldwide.

Schwimmer's first film was the Simon Pegg-toplined comedy "Run Fatboy Run," which topped the U.K. boxoffice for five consecutive weeks in 2007 and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. He is repped by Gersh and Management 360.

Keener, also repped by Gersh, stars in Spike Jonze's "Where the Wild Things Are" and next reteams with her "Friends With Money" helmer Nicole Holofcener for "Please Give."

The CAA-repped Owen is in Miramax's drama "The Boys Are Back."

[Carolyn]

This sounds very interesting. I enjoy Clive and Catherine so this should be good. Happy to see David directing again!

[anistonfan1]

wow, that's a lot of Jen connections :lmao: funny coincidence!
thanks for sharing!

[Matteney]

Thanks for sharing! (:

[jenfan629]

wow, that's a lot of Jen connections :lmao: funny coincidence!
thanks for sharing!

yes isn't that very interesting :P

[deepsea]

wow, that's a lot of Jen connections :lmao: funny coincidence!
thanks for sharing!

I do not see any Jen connections here :rolleyes:

It is a sarcastic comment ?!?!?!?

And yeah thanks for sharing

[Carolyn]

It's wonderful that David is directing Owen and Keener. Sounds like a very interesting movie.

[DavidRoss]

He will do an excellent job, I absolutely loved Run Fat boy Run :)

[MatthewPerrygirl]

Okay I'm confused Trust is a play David wrote that he is set to premiere at his theatre here in Chicago Lookingglass Theatre which he is directing its not a movie.

[jenfan629]

Okay I'm confused Trust is a play David wrote that he is set to premiere at his theatre here in Chicago Lookingglass Theatre which he is directing its not a movie.

yes, that is true but i guess he turned it into a movie as well. People have been spotting him all over Michigan recently since he is trying to find filming locations. That play isn't happening until March

[anistonfan1]

I do not see any Jen connections here :rolleyes:

It is a sarcastic comment ?!?!?!?

And yeah thanks for sharing
:rolleyes: it's just a funny coincidence!
Jen worked with Catherine Keener in FWM and with Clive Owen in Derailed, and then they mention Nicole Holofcener with whom she also worked in FWM.
i wasn't insinuating anything by the comment, just pointing out the connections. geez. and no i wasn't being sarcastic lol :lmao:

[jenfan629]

^She is actually friends with Catherine Keener as well. She knew her way before she filmed FWM, that's the biggest connection :P

[anistonfan1]

yeah i know! Catherine's friends with Brad too and there are pictures of her and Jen at awards ceremonies and stuff :P

[MatthewPerrygirl]

yes, that is true but i guess he turned it into a movie as well. People have been spotting him all over Michigan recently since he is trying to find filming locations. That play isn't happening until March


Oh wow that is so cool thanks for the info I'm not so confused anymore lol

[loriiiiiiiiii]

thanks for posting joanna
great to hear hes still directing (:

[DavidRoss]

thanks for posting joanna
great to hear hes still directing (:

Lori LOVE your avatar! It's unique and I love anything with the two of them together pure love:07:

[MrHetfield]

Thanks Joanna! WOW David is hard-boiled! I'm very glad to see that new! and YES there are so many connections - Owen and Keener worked with Jen! (thanks Joanna I didn't even know that they are friends... ;) )

[miss.Geller]

Man, people need to stop fixating over jennifer and David. They're not getting together (unfortunately)...they were just cast mates, probably don't even keep in touch anymore. Sorry to be an arsehole, haha.

[MrHetfield]

yeah I understand it. But I think that they were cast mates about ten years - that was much longer than e.g. Jen knew Gerard or Owen and even longer than she knew and was married to Brad. I have new idea - I want to collect all their 'mates' things - shoots, interviews, all off screen and on screen things - everything. And I suspect that will be the BIG collection - who has more?

[Campanilla86]

This is an short bit with Clive talking about the movie

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a183017/clive-owen-talks-grooming-drama-trust.html

I think is very nice that David got inspired to write and direct this by the women of the rape victims center he works with.

And yes, Trust is gonna be both the movie and the theater play because the man in charge of the lights and that stuff in the theater told me that.

[jenfan629]

Anyone here from Plymouth Michigan? If so you may be able to see David filming the movie there.

"Friends” star David Schwimmer will direct Hollywood heavyweights Clive Owen and Catherine Keener in a film that will be doing some shooting in Plymouth over the next few weeks.

“Trust,” Schwimmer’s second directorial effort after 2007’s “Run Fatboy Run,” is a dark drama about a family that unravels when a teenage girl falls prey to an online sexual predator, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“It’s a deeply upsetting and very well-written script about a family ripped apart when their 14-year-old daughter is groomed on the Internet,” Owen told DigitalSpy.com on Wednesday. “I’ve met with the head of a rape center and a guy from the FBI. It feels very authentic and I think it’s a good thing to do.”

Plymouth City Manager Paul Sincock confirmed today that he has been in contact with film officials about logistics and locations. Sincock said “Trust” filmmakers are hoping to shoot in Plymouth on Nov. 18-20 and for a few weeks at the beginning of December.
He said Plymouth has been the site for other commercial productions and that the 1981 film “Word of Honor,” starring Karl Malden and Ron Silver, was filmed there.

“We go into this as a positive for our community,” Sincock said, adding that he hopes people involved in “Trust” will use local businesses and resources.

Representatives from the Michigan Film Office wouldn’t officially acknowledge that the movie is heading to Plymouth, but said today they were aware of “Trust.” They said they would comment once filmmakers complete the qualification process for Michigan tax incentives.

A local production office has a working telephone number with a 734 area code. Queries to there were referred to the film’s publicist, who didn’t return the Free Press’ phone calls today.

“Trust” star Owen is the dashing British actor who played opposite Julia Roberts in this year’s “Duplicity” and Naomi Watts in the thriller “The International.” He’s working with Spike Lee on “Inside Man 2,” which is expected to be released before “Trust” in late 2011.

Keener is in Spike Jonze’s big-screen adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are,” which opened last week. She has appeared in comedies like “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” as well as more serious fare like 2007’s “An American Crime.” Keener has been nominated for two Oscars in the best supporting actress category.

Schwimmer, who codirected HBO’s “Little Britain USA” series, wrote the story for “Trust,” and Andy Bellin wrote the script, according to Variety.

Newcomer Liana Liberato, who has appeared on “House” and “CSI: Miami,” will play the teenage daughter, according to IMDB.com.

SOURCE (http://www.freep.com/article/20091023/NEWS02/91023054/1318/Clive-Owen-to-film-in-Plymouth)

[DavidRoss]

Anyone here from Plymouth Michigan? If so you may be able to see David filming the movie there.


I sure wish I was:07:

[RnRLobsterluv]

I sure wish I was:07:

Me too^^

[DuckyBeau]

This movie looks really interesting.

[Campanilla86]

More locations for David's movie:

http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/ann-arbors-ex-pfizer-site-to-play-host-to-filming-of-trust/

[jenfan629]

oh I just saw that!
That said they are going to be filming in Plymouth and Dexter High School and various other locations but it also said only for 4 days :06:

I wonder where else they plan on filming

[Campanilla86]

oh I just saw that!
That said they are going to be filming in Plymouth and Dexter High School and various other locations but it also said only for 4 days :06:

I wonder where else they plan on filming

I have no idea but I know you wouldn't mind if they decided to shoot some scenes in NY :lmao:

[jenfan629]

no that wouldn't be a problem for me at all :lmao:

[Campanilla86]

no that wouldn't be a problem for me at all :lmao:

I thought so :lmao:

But as you pointed out here they said Clive's character is supossed to chase this sexual predator all over the country so maybe the shooting is all like that, just a week in different cities. I would love if they went to NY and you had a chance to go to the set and see David again but really wish they end up filming in LA for a long time coz that way a Jenvid meeting would be easiest :03:

[jenfan629]

"Trust" has a page on IMDB HERE (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529572/)

[MrHetfield]

thanks so much! oh only 2011... btw I clicked on the David's link and there was his photo with Jen http://www.imdb.com/media/rm478844928/nm0001710 yeah I know it was random but I was lucky :D

[Campanilla86]

Thanks guys for posting those but I can't believe we have to wait till 2011 to watch David's movie :S

[MrHetfield]

yeah. anyway I'd like to see of David there :(

[Campanilla86]

So I was checking if there was some new info about trust and I read that David's gonna direct another movie called The Persuaders releasing in 2011 and starred by George Clooney and Hugh Grant. That's all I could find out checking out different sites cause there's no one site with all the info since the IMDB one is only available in the "pro" section.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464147/
Also I know it doesn't say anything about David there and however it appears when you google it, just read the paragraph under the first link without clicking.
http://www.google.es/#hl=es&source=hp&q=the+persuaders+2011&btnG=Buscar+con+Google&meta=&aq=f&oq=the+persuaders+2011&fp=8fac31da1d3dbb10


Does anyone know anything else about this??

[jenfan629]

Filming started in Michigan yesterday, November 4th.

http://i35.tinypic.com/53ll5d.jpg

Actor and director David Schwimmer works with his camera crew to prepare for a scene from the movie “Trust,” which is being filmed at U-M. Schwimmer is directing the film, which stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener. They were shooting scenes at the Michigan Union and Regents’ Plaza on Wednesday. (Photo by James Iseler)

SOURCE (http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/091105)

[RnRLobsterluv]

^He looks so gooooood!!! :inlove: Damn, i am really in love with that guy I swear!

[GGJavaJunkie]

How cute is he?? <3

[DavidRoss]

How cute is he?? <3

So cute that he melts my heart into a puddle everytime I see him:07:

[MrHetfield]

wow Thanks for posting. I'm so happy that he is into action!

[GGJavaJunkie]

So cute that he melts my heart into a puddle everytime I see him:07:

Ditto. (:

[elcimare]

thanks , David so cute

[jenfan629]

a picture from twitter

http://i35.tinypic.com/69mbs2.jpg

[RnRLobsterluv]

a picture from twitter

http://i35.tinypic.com/69mbs2.jpg

HHMMM MMM!!!! Damn FINE, Cris just showed me that one! :inlove:

[MrHetfield]

:lmao: What a life! We don't want to know about the actors we need the director! Hey David what are you doing :D ? They sneak around Jen where she's acting and David when he's directing :D
Thanks for posting!

[Campanilla86]

Here you have another pic of David at the set with this lucky guy.
http://davidliss.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Me-Schwimm-300x225.jpg

If you want to know who is this man and what was he doing at the set, he explains everything here in his blog where I borrowed the pic from.

http://davidliss.com/?p=721

[MrHetfield]

this man is David Liss and he sucks! because he never saw FRIENDS but he wrote "Me and a big star. I bask in his glory" below photo you posted and that's right.

[Campanilla86]

I know Alex it also bothered me when he wrote that part about never have watched the show and I felt like recommending him not only to watch Friends but also to see some of David's movies, the ones that are not funny you know?

[MrHetfield]

I just did it :P
and yeah I can guess. great avatar and signature btw ;)

[RnRLobsterluv]

DAMN that guy...................*screams* shouldve been ME standing there..........Specially cuz i AM a Schwim fan and he dun even.grrrrrrr :mad:

......yeah dont ask. T_T

[jenfan629]

I hate that all these people are tweeting they are seeing them film yet no gossip sites or anything are posting pictures of them filming!! I WANT MORE PICTURES OF DAVID!!!! :P

[DavidRoss]

I hate that all these people are tweeting they are seeing them film yet no gossip sites or anything are posting pictures of them filming!! I WANT MORE PICTURES OF DAVID!!!! :P

AMEN to that;)

[MrHetfield]

so bad that they film not in NY ;) we would like to see Joanna and David together :P

[jenfan629]

^I would be reporting from that set like everyday :lmao:

[RnRLobsterluv]

^That would have been truly awesome!!! :inlove:

[elcimare]

own , david always with cute smile

[Campanilla86]

New pic of David with Clive and Catherine in the set of Trust but it's not from today, it's from the day they filmed at the university.

http://i50.tinypic.com/xmq1k9.jpg

SOURCE (http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/41296938.html)

[MrHetfield]

yay thanks :P hehe they love Clive but we love David :lmao:

'Clive Owen with Catherine Keener and (Ross Gellar) David Schwimmer on set of their newest movie' :lmao:

[Campanilla86]

yay thanks :P hehe they love Clive but we love David :lmao:

'Clive Owen with Catherine Keener and (Ross Gellar) David Schwimmer on set of their newest movie' :lmao:

You're welcome Alex!
And yes, they can have Clive, we only want David :P

I think it's sad they have to write "Ross Geller" next to David's name so that people know who they're talking about but yet again they still write "Rachel Green" next to Jen's name so I don't think it's offensive anymore. I prefer to think it's a tribute to the show ;)

[ChandlerandPheebs]

Yay, another movie...! I haven't watched Run Fatboy Run yet...and Trust is probably gonna be R16 or something, so I guess I'm gonna have to wait to watch a movie by Dave in a loooong time.

[MrHetfield]

to Cristina probably I agree ;)

when I watched the first FRIENDS episode by David I know it. it was The Last Night and Chandler and Joey played in CUP. Remember that funny 'slow down' when they play in the football :lmao: David's style ;)

[Campanilla86]

to Cristina probably I agree ;)

when I watched the first FRIENDS episode by David I know it. it was The Last Night and Chandler and Joey played in CUP. Remember that funny 'slow down' when they play in the football :lmao: David's style ;)

LOL I didn't know it was "David's style" but I liked it, it looked great.

Here there are pics of them filming at a mall in Plymouth. They're not a big thing but you can tell David is there :lmao:

http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/app16154431259109393.jpg

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/44985462.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1259162000&Signature=1VDIVKSHa%2BKlvHlN5is9EDDULJI%3D

[MrHetfield]

ummmm! that's new funny game from Cristina! 'find David' :lmao:
well I think he's on top in the light in blue :D

and yeah! I noticed that Last Night you know they all tried their best! especially Jennifer and Courteney and Matthew and Matt ;) :lmao:

[elcimare]

I found him

[Campanilla86]

A new pic, this one is from David's today interview talking about Trust

http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/2009/12/David-Schwimmer-Trust-Press-Conference-thumb-537x376-17998.jpg

It's worth reading there's interesting stuff here

“We have a fundraiser every year, and at one fundraiser about 7 years ago, a father spoke for the first time, telling his story of everything that went on, emotionally and psychologically, when he learned that his 14-year-old daughter had been groomed online and subsequently raped, and how the family survived and moved on from that trauma,” Schwimmer said. “I was so taken by his eloquence and his articulation of what he went through, what the whole family went through, that I thought, this could be an interesting new way to tell this story.”

Schwimmer stated that his goal with the film is to entertain as well as educate, calling the film a “dramatic thriller.”

“If we all do our job right, if we’re very lucky, perhaps (‘Trust’) could have an effect the way movies like ‘The Accused’ did,” Schwimmer said. “ … We want to really promote discussion more than anything. … A big thing that we also address in the film is … how technology has completely changed how we socialize, and how kids today — you can be out to dinner and look at a family of four, your typical family of four sitting at another table, and for half the meal, if not more, the kids are buried in their phones or their PDA or their Game Boy, and I believe it’s going to have a tremendous effect over time in how we, as a society, actually interact and socialize.

“So I think that’s one of the things we hope to dramatize, and just ask that people start talking about it and thinking about it. I don’t think any movie is going to necessarily drastically change that, but we can at least help someone give pause for a moment and think again, think twice about, ‘Huh, do my kids have a secret Facebook page that I don’t know about?’ Because most of them do. And then it just hopefully will invite more conversation.”

U-M’s North Campus Research Complex has seemingly become an ideal production studio, “It’s saved us a lot of time and money, because anytime you move locations, it costs money and time, and this is an incredible facility because it lends itself to several completely different locations,” said Schwimmer.

The film has an international distribution deal, but no domestic distributor yet, so Schwimmer believes the movie may premiere at festivals. And while Schwimmer had Chicago in mind (Wilmette, specifically) — and the story is still set there — the state's incentives brought him to Michigan.

“On an independent film like this, where we have very little money, it is a critical difference with the incentives here in Michigan,” said Schwimmer. “A 40 to 42 percent rebate and incentive — that’s a significant difference to Illinois, which is about 30 percent. That may not seem like much, but on a budget as tight as ours, it’s a lot of money for us. It’s equivalent to about 4-5 days of shooting. So if it looks the same, feels the same, why don’t we shoot here?“

And while Schwimmer confessed that he’s been too busy to see or experience much of what Michigan has to offer, he’s been charmed by the treatment he and his crew have received.

“Everyone’s been incredibly kind and really, really accommodating, and really sweet, both in Ann Arbor and in Plymouth,” said Schwimmer. “We’ll be working late at night, like a really gloomy day, and suddenly … this lovely couple that owns a tea shop came out and set up a table with a big thing of hot tea for the whole crew. Things like that don’t really happen in L.A.“


Source
http://ow.ly/HDon

[MrHetfield]

WOW!!!! is he 43?!!!!! He looks really great!!! Come on Ross!!!! :P

Thanks for posting Cristina!

[Campanilla86]

WOW!!!! is he 43?!!!!! He looks really great!!! Come on Ross!!!! :P

Thanks for posting Cristina!

You're welcome Alex and LOL don't call him Ross!!:P

[DavidRoss]

A new pic, this one is from David's today interview talking about Trust

http://www.annarbor.com/assets_c/2009/12/David-Schwimmer-Trust-Press-Conference-thumb-537x376-17998.jpg

It's worth reading there's interesting stuff here



Source
http://ow.ly/HDon

I just love him. Smart, caring, and absolutely gorgeous:07:

Thanks SO much for posting sis, made my day

[MrHetfield]

I know I know! that was just joke... but anyway Ross was great too! :P

[Campanilla86]

I just love him. Smart, caring, and absolutely gorgeous:07:

Thanks SO much for posting sis, made my day

You're welcome Lisa! I was so happy to find something about him today, he had disappeared these days

I know I know! that was just joke... but anyway Ross was great too! :P

Yeah, I agree Ross was great too :P

[DavidRoss]

You're welcome Lisa! I was so happy to find something about him today, he had disappeared these days



Yeah, I agree Ross was great too :P

You truly made my day. So very articulate and he seems very kind.

I agree with you and Alex sis, Ross? ROCKS!! and so does Mr. Schwimmer;)

[jenfan629]

Schwimmer back in the director's chair for 'Trust'

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) - David Schwimmer has a well-earned reputation as a TV star after 10 years playing Dr. Ross Geller on NBC's mega-hit "Friends," although these days he is more focused on what happens behind the camera.

Schwimmer talked to reporters Tuesday on the Ann Arbor set of "Trust" - the 43-year-old's second foray into directing a feature film, following last year's Simon Pegg comedy "Run Fatboy Run."

"Trust" is a different kind of movie, and for Schwimmer a much more personal one. It stars Clive Owen and Catherine Keener as the parents of a 14-year-old girl who is raped by an online predator.

Countering child sex abuse is an important issue for Schwimmer, who serves on the board of directors of the Rape Foundation of Santa Monica (California) and has been working on bringing a story of this kind to the big screen for some time.

Schwimmer has met with victims of child sexual abuse and "was really moved by some of the stories," he said, "and in particular their families."

Seven years ago, a victim's father spoke at a fundraiser Schwimmer attended and discussed in stark terms the anguish and anger he felt when he learned his teenage daughter had been raped. That man was the inspiration for Owen's character, who has difficulty coping with the attack on his daughter.

It has been an opportunity for Owen to turn in what "Trust" producer Heidi Jo Markel called a "meaty performance" that she said was tonally similar to that by Tom Wilkinson in the Oscar-nominated "In the Bedroom" in which his character seeks justice for the untimely death of his son.

On Tuesday, the production team was filming a scene in which Owen's character receives a critical cell-phone call from the FBI while he's going through a security checkpoint at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and becomes agitated when he's told to get off the phone.

The film is set in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, Illinois, not far from Schwimmer's alma mater of Northwestern University in Evanston. But with the exception of some exterior shots of the Windy City, "Trust" has largely been filmed in Michigan.

"Trust" is being financed by Millennium Films and has an international distribution deal lined up, but still is seeking a domestic distributor. The producers expect to take the film on the festival circuit next year and, Markel said, ideally release it around Christmas 2010. Filming wraps on Dec. 16.Schwimmer's goals for the film are "to entertain and also educate."

"Perhaps it could have an effect the way movies like 'The Accused' did for its time," he said, referring to the 1988 film with Jodie Foster.

http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/2/movies/20091202080949&sec=movies

a couple more pictures
http://i47.tinypic.com/2nav6om.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/k49rat.jpg

[friendsforever19]

I'm so excited for the movie. It sounds like it's going to be really good.

[MrHetfield]

wow thanks for posting!

wow I picture that - it would be great for David if they will get Oscar nomination :P or oh damn maybe Oscar :D

[GGJavaJunkie]

super excited for this movie.

[Campanilla86]

I already knew this about the play version of David's movie but I guess now it's official.

http://fwix.com/share/28_8e2d2bd677

I wonder if this pic is just the theater play poster or if it's an scene from the movie.
http://lookingglasstheatre.org/content/files/images/TrustMainImage.preview.jpg

[Campanilla86]

Another pic of David in the press conference :07:

http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20091204&Category=ENT01&ArtNo=912040312&Ref=V2&Profile=1322&MaxW=600&MaxW=800&q=50

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?template=zoom2&Site=C4&Date=20091204&Category=ENT01&ArtNo=912040312&Ref=AR&Profile=1322

[MrHetfield]

haha! it's great picture! thanks for posting but we need mooooore! well there should be more photos from the shootings! I wish to find more.

[Campanilla86]

You're welcome. And yes I would love more of those but aparently they have shooted a lot indoors and people there weren't allowed to use cameras or mobile phones...

[DavidRoss]

I think he is impossibly gorgeous. Thanks so much, made my day!

[RnRLobsterluv]

Another pic of David in the press conference :07:

http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=C4&Date=20091204&Category=ENT01&ArtNo=912040312&Ref=V2&Profile=1322&MaxW=600&MaxW=800&q=50

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?template=zoom2&Site=C4&Date=20091204&Category=ENT01&ArtNo=912040312&Ref=AR&Profile=1322

Kyaaaaaaah!!! He's so YUMMIE there, what a SMILE!!!!! :inlove:

[DavidRoss]

Kyaaaaaaah!!! He's so YUMMIE there, what a SMILE!!!!! :inlove:

Jen, Jen
You know I agree completely with what you say here.
Nice to "see" you and hope you're well:21:
I have to say once more, lovely, lovely smile he has:07:

[Campanilla86]

I'm pretty sure this is him directing Trust because of the clothes he's wearing and the article in which it appears but I might be mistaken since there's no info about the picture.

http://www.urgente24.com/uploads/pics/David-swimmer_450_01.jpg

http://www.urgente24.com/index.php?id=ver&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=133232&cHash=e1e23be54f

[DavidRoss]

I'm pretty sure this is him directing Trust because of the clothes he's wearing and the article in which it appears but I might be mistaken since there's no info about the picture.

http://www.urgente24.com/uploads/pics/David-swimmer_450_01.jpg

http://www.urgente24.com/index.php?id=ver&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=133232&cHash=e1e23be54f

Sis!
I really like this one! It's kind of like seeing him in action at work, very cool. I hope very much that he will also be before the camera again, instead of behind it, miss his acting talent very much!

[RnRLobsterluv]

I'm pretty sure this is him directing Trust because of the clothes he's wearing and the article in which it appears but I might be mistaken since there's no info about the picture.

http://www.urgente24.com/uploads/pics/David-swimmer_450_01.jpg

http://www.urgente24.com/index.php?id=ver&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=133232&cHash=e1e23be54f

Yeah he is directing here, aw man he is just sooo :inlove: I like this action shot of him.

[RnRLobsterluv]

Jen, Jen
You know I agree completely with what you say here.
Nice to "see" you and hope you're well:21:
I have to say once more, lovely, lovely smile he has:07:

Hey Lisa,

Hope you well too, i'm okay.

[DavidRoss]

Hey Lisa,

Hope you well too, i'm okay.

Hey Jen, Jen

I am fair, it makes me smile seeing those pictures of David I'll tell you that:07:
Glad you are okay and hope your holidays are happy:21:

[RnRLobsterluv]

Hey Jen, Jen

I am fair, it makes me smile seeing those pictures of David I'll tell you that:07:
Glad you are okay and hope your holidays are happy:21:

Well David is most certainly worth a big smile! :07: Happy Holidays to you too.

[DavidRoss]

Well David is most certainly worth a big smile! :07: Happy Holidays to you too.

Thank you sweetie:07:
You should have seen me when Crissy very kindly posted that smiley one last night! It made me so happy to see his handsome self. I wish, and hope for him to do some acting one day again soon. I miss his sweet face and amazing talent.

[MrHetfield]

heya thanks again for David in the action! macho :P

[Hugsy T]

Is it possible that David gets an Oscar ? I mean is there an Oscar for best drama or somethign like that ? That would be just wonderful for him and it would confirm his talent once again...

[DavidRoss]

Is it possible that David gets an Oscar ? I mean is there an Oscar for best drama or somethign like that ? That would be just wonderful for him and it would confirm his talent once again...

He could for best Director and I agree that would be so wonderful for him, so well deserved. He is such a talented guy:07:

[MrHetfield]

oh yeah! I can picture it! Jennifer hands award to David :P
hey I don't want to mental clinic! don't call the ambulance! :lmao:

[RnRLobsterluv]

Would be totally justified if he got one, he;s been underated for too long in my humble opinion.

[DavidRoss]

Would be totally justified if he got one, he;s been underated for too long in my humble opinion.

You know I totally agree with you Jen Jen and he is so passionate about this movie. He is just multi-talented and seems to be just an awesome guy on top of it all.:07:

[miss.Geller]

David will probably never get an Oscar; he's not mainstream enough. Having an Oscar doesn't confirm a persons talent though, sure it's nice to have, but it doesn't mean your more talented than someone else who hasn't got one. Same with regular people, i bet there are some extremely talented people out there who nobody has even heard of.
It's luck, man. Mother-****ing luck.

[Campanilla86]

More info about the movie, how it all started and how David got the producers and screenwriter to work with him.

"Trust" producers and screenwriter offer perspectives

Posted: 5:11 a.m. December 9, 2009

Before David Schwimmer, director of the film “Trust” — which has been shooting in recent weeks in Ann Arbor, Plymouth, and Dexter — spoke to the press last week at the North Campus Research Complex (formerly Pfizer), two of the film’s producers, the screenwriter, and the director of the University of Michigan Film Office answered questions about the project.

Producer Heidi Jo Markel, for instance, provided details about the story of a family that’s damaged when a 14-year-old girl becomes the victim of an online predator.

“It’s really a big two-hander of a father-daughter story, because the mother is more nurturing and accepting and supportive, whereas the father, I think, has to grapple with more guilt about the situation,” said Markel. “…And this is a really great vehicle for Clive Owen. … Just a meaty performance to sink his chops into, and bring a father’s protection of his children to something that’s on par with, tonally, ‘In the Bedroom,’ or something like that, where we see a parent dealing with feelings of revenge.”

Owen stars with Catherine Keener as the victim’s parents, and the film’s title plays on the different relationships that are threatened by this act of violence.

“Trust plays many roles in the story,” said producer Tom Hodges. “There’s the belief that you can trust that your kid will make the right decision; there’s the belief that you can trust that your parents will protect you; there’s the belief that the FBI will come and find the bad guy — there’s so many elements of how trust plays (out) in this script with each of these storylines, and how trust is broken and re-gained.”

Hodges also reinforced the idea that the story was a passion project for Schwimmer, who serves on the board of the Rape Foundation in Santa Monica.

“He just felt that this was a story that needed to be told,” Hodges explained, “about a girl who is smart, well-loved, and reasonably popular, and yet, she makes bad choices, and how parents need to still be checking on their kids, even when they think that their kid’s going to make a good decision.”

The crew appears to be on schedule with their six-week shoot, which began at the start of November.

“I met David 9 or 10 weeks ago,” said Markel. “This came together so fast. We met with the bond company, and the head of the bond company said, ‘How in the heck do you propose to do this movie, with this ambitious of a script, for this budget? I don’t understand.’ And (David) said, ‘Well, there’s this thing called the Pfizer (campus).”

Indeed, the “Trust” team’s timing couldn’t have been better regarding the use of the old Pfizer site. The University of Michigan, which purchased the property from Pfizer, isn’t scheduled to move anyone or anything in until January, making the site a gigantic blank slate of a production studio.

“We’ve built at least 10 sets within this (complex),” said Markel. “From hospitals to airport security, … to a high-end advertising agency to the FBI agency, … to a flagship store, to a hospital emergency room waiting room and dorm rooms.”


Centralizing all these different locations in one space has saved the production team tons of time and money — to such a degree that the crew started joking about making a completely different movie in their off-hours. “By day ‘Trust,’ by night, horror film,” said Markel. “It seems like we’re working 24 hours a day anyway, so what’s the difference?”

The crew has also filmed at Dexter High School; U-M’s central campus (the family’s son starts his freshman year at U-M in the film) and law school (where the son apparently has the best first on-campus meal of all time); as well as in Plymouth and Novi’s Twelve Oaks Mall.

“We were so scared,” said Markel. “We were in this mall, where a girl is meeting a predator, and we were like, ‘Who is going to help us out with this?’ And then there’s the Body Shop that says, ‘Our mission is to stop human trafficking of children, so we couldn’t be more with you.’ … But it’s just amazing to me in this day and age, … how many people are closed off to it. How are you ever going to get the word out that this is something we want to prevent if you don’t show it?”

Screenwriter Andy Bellin, meanwhile, discussed how he became involved with the project.

“David approached me about two years ago with the idea for this movie, which is a really difficult topic because, … you go one direction and you end up with a movie like ‘Taken’ or ‘Ransom’ — which are great movies, just not what we wanted — and if you go this other way, you end up with an after-school special that doesn’t really entertain,” said Bellin. “We tried for a long time, when we were writing it, to really hit a middle ground that somehow crossed this emotional Rubicon and got to a point that was provocative and entertaining but wasn’t preachy. … It took us forever to get the script right.”

Finally, U-M Film Office director Lee Doyle — who makes sure that either she or a co-worker is on the set each day that filming occurs on campus — emphasized the fact that seven films have been partly shot on U-M's campus since the state's film incentive legislation passed, and that many U-M students have gained valuable work experience as a result. The Ann Arbor area has been a favorite stop for filmmakers.

“The reason we got into this business was primarily for the student opportunities,” said Doyle. “Students get hired as production assistants, … as location assistants, and this supplements their class work. … The other reason we do this is to support the economic development that the film industry brings to the state of Michigan. It’s bringing jobs here that are so sorely needed and … just brings a level of excitement to the state in a time when the state so badly needs it.”

SOURCE (http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/trust-update/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter)

[elcimare]

thanks

[MrHetfield]

WOW thanks for posting I didn't even see this :( it was most interesting! and finally Trust is present at imdb.com everywhere

btw I noticed that David's wikipage is sooo big same as Jen's page and it is bigger than pages of other castmembers even Perry ;)

[Campanilla86]

You're welcome guys!:03:

Here you have a pic of David and Clive at the movie's wrap party
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs215.snc3/22257_231356591576_167642321576_3559847_2928186_n. jpg

SOURCE (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=141148&id=167642321576&l=8ea2e7b8cf#/photo.php?pid=3559847&id=167642321576)

I happen to know they were enjoying a Spanish wine....no wonder why they look so happy :lol:

[MrHetfield]

wow they're so fast :D nice photo, thanks for posting, you know i like this kind of photo! Owen is just LOL David gets high on nice wine too :P

[Campanilla86]

wow they're so fast :D nice photo, thanks for posting, you know i like this kind of photo! Owen is just LOL David gets high on nice wine too :P

no problem Alex.

[MrHetfield]

why? because they completed or because of Zoe?

[Campanilla86]

I just edited my comment because I wrote it like in the spur of the moment and maybe this wasn't the place to show my feelings so...

[MrHetfield]

...okay... :P