New/Old Picture of Rob with Eric Maddox

Rob posing for a picture with Eric Maddox. Rob will be playing him in the movie "Mission Blacklist"

UPDATE: Eric Maddox posted this picture on his Facebook page on November 28, 2012



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Mission: Blacklist Filming Schedule and Location Update

"According to Embankment Films website, there's an update on Mission: Blacklist's schedule: Start of Principle Photography - April 2013 Delivery: Summer 2014. @Blacklistmovie contacted Embankment Films and confirmed the schedule - they'll start filming in April. And from the same email sent to @blacklistmovie, an update on the location - they'll NOT film in Iraq"

From @blacklistmovie:

Confirmation of SPP April 2013; Delivery Summer 2014 for Mission: Blacklist came via email from Hugo Grumbar, a partner @ EMBANKMENT FILMS.More Mission: Blacklist update directly from Embankment Films re filming location "It will not be Iraq, they start shooting in April."

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Rob Interview with Publinews (Guatemala) (Scans + Translation)

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Edward Cullen, the enigmatic and central figure of The Twilight Saga, was the role that launched Robert Pattinson to success. Something that according to him, doesn’t quite fits into his personality.

Publinews talked to him about critics and future projects.

“I have a weird mental disorder: I only listen the negative part. It doesn’t matter if a lot of people say really good things, I always see it negative.”

Maybe I feel I don’t deserve it yet, that’s why I really want to feel in my head that I do something worthwhile, and fight for a long period of time.

In any case, Pattinson feels uncomfortable with The Twilight Saga’s fame, although it’s a motivation for his career. “This year I’ve sign to a lot of things. I was obsessed in working with people that are qualified as dangerous; I thought it would be thrilling.”

“I think that anyone who has some vision, could try to make really subversive things. I think it will be really interesting to develop these kind of projects within the mainstream, movies that convert the audience in participants and not just consumers.”

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Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, Mission: Blacklist Director, Talks About Rob and the Movie

Rob's part starts just after 18:30 with the interviewer asking about working with Robert Pattinson and goes for almost 5 minutes.

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Rob Pattinson talks with josh ‘Mission: Blacklist’ shooting in Iraq – “beautiful, stunning palaces look like Kubrick sets”

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Robert Pattinson sat down with MTV a couple of weeks ago to promote his current film, Cosmopolis. During the interview, he discussed his future films and Mission: Blacklist was mentioned.
In case you can’t see the video, here’s the transcript of the section discussing Mission: Blacklist:

Josh Horowitz: That’s the word, that you may be shooting this film in Iraq. Are you looking forward to that? Is that the plan?Robert Pattinson: The director is there now and I want to do it there. Obviously it’s quite difficult to shoot there. I think it’s a fascinating country. The director has been sending me pictures of the actual palaces where the US army was based and they’re beautiful. Just stunning. They look like Kubrick sets and they’re all empty just sitting there.

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Rob and Cronenberg talk Cosmopolis, working with each other, The Rover and Mission Blacklist with The Playlist

From The Playlist (click to read full article)

Catching up with Pattinson as he did press rounds for "Cosmopolis," he filled us in on what we might expect from Michôd's follow-up to his crime drama "Animal Kingdom." Set to shoot next year, "The Rover" boasts some pretty big ideas behind its deceptively simple set up. "It's a kind of a western," Pattinson explained. "It's very existential. It's really interesting. I couldn't really explain to you what it's about but it's sort of about how much pain can the world take and how much disgust and cruelty before love dies. I think that's kind of what it's about."(Cronenberg, who was in the room, chimed in with: " That sounds pretty heavy!")

Pattinson will co-star in the film with Guy Pearce, with the near-future-set story centering on a man who journeys across the Australian outback to find his stolen car, which contains something invaluable to him. However, Pattinson admits that perhaps his description might be a little more highfalutin than the actual movie. "David Michôd's going to read this and be like 'What the fuck are you talking about? It's a crime movie,' " he said with a laugh.

As for when "The Rover" is coming out, Pattinson admitted it is later than he originally wanted. "I wish it was shooting this fall," he said. "I was supposed to be doing this movie this fall but that was pushed to after 'The Rover,' which is a good thing because it needs a ton of work. But I really wish I could move 'The Rover' up. I've got to find something else to do."

ETA: Added more from Rob and Cronenberg's interview with The Playlist (click to read full article)

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'MTV First: Robert Pattinson' - Full Interview and Pictures

11 Pictures from the interview at the end of the post (under all videos). Full interview in 16 videos


 
Videos are under the cut :D + pictures

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Rob Answers a Question About Mission: Blacklist

Rob talked about his latest project with Mission: BlackList France at the Cosmopolis Premiere in Berlin.Here's the audio/transcript

Question: Hi! One of your next projects is Mission:Blacklist. What made you choose this role and are you really going to scout locations in Iraq? 
Robert Pattinson: I read the script. I thought the script…I didn’t even realize that the script was a real story and then they told me it was a true story. I met Eric Maddox who it’s based on. He’s one of the most fascinating people I have ever met and the story’s amazing. We’re looking into Iraq, I mean he was there, I mean it’s quite difficult obviously to go there, but I think it would be a good thing to do to go and start… you know. They also have a few pictures from the Berlin premiere

Some new fan pics of Rob from the Berlin Premiere.

    

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH TOTAL FILM

      

 iPad scans and transcript via RPLife /Mag Scans Gossipgyal

Let's talk about Cosmopolis. It's a game-changer for you...
I saw it and I liked it. I don't normally like my stuff but I didn't really recognise myself.

How did David Cronenberg guide your performance?
We both started out not really knowing exactly what it was about but knowing it was interesting. I was trying to prepare for it, but the time it felt most right [while filming] was when you didn't know what you were doing. David had this uncanny sense of seeing when I didn't know what I was doing and that was always the take that he liked.

There's a scene where you have an anal examination...
David told me that the shot was going to be from between my legs. He knew I was a young actor trying to look I was willing to do anything for the job. He was like, "I want to shoot it... and just cup the frame with your balls at the top." I genuinely believed him and had to go to his trailer and say, "I dunno if I can do that..."

Was taking the film out ot Cannes a validation for you?
It's amazing. I was so terrified to do it at the beginning and thought I was going to fuck it up and everyone's going to say "Cronenberg's sold out..." so to get it at Cannes is the coolest thing ever. Getting the movie, getting it to Cannes and getting the movie I got recently are three of the happiest moments of my life.

Speaking of the next movie...
I'm doing Mission: Blacklist with Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire who made Johnny Mad Dog. Hopefully that'll shoot in Iraq, which will be fun. Then I'm doing Rover with [Animal Kingdom's] David Michôd.

And Breaking Dawn: Part 2 - what can fans expect?
It's one of the funniest ones out of all of them. I think Bill [Condon, director] has really captured the absurdity of it.

Will it be a relief not to go back to being Edward Cullen?
A relief not to put the contact lenses in. It's been absolutely awful having those stupid things in my eyes. Even if they said, "We'll give you a billion dollars to do ti again," I don't know that I'd want to!

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ROB'S INTERVIEW WITH METRO FRANCE

 

 MetroFranceFrom Twilight to the cinema of David Cronenberg, that's a big step. It is the beginning of a new career for you?
Firstly, to be here with this movie, it's amazing. For a young actor like me, for people who really like cinema, it's the ultimate festival. One of the only ones that considers cinema like an art form. Here it's not about being a celebrity and all that comes with it. To go back on the subject of my career, it's probably teh start of something. Because shooting Cosmopolis gave me the confidence I needed to invest myself in projects that really interest me.

You started in England but you became famous because of Hollywood. Do you think young american actors see Cannes like you do?
Maybe ... until the day their movie gets selected *laughs*. In the US, Cannes isn't given a lot of media coverage, we talk about it more in a professional environment. Whereas in London, the festival is on the first page of the newspapers for two weeks. The thing that is weird here is all these people that clap for you at the end of the screening. I went to the one for On the Road (note: wednesday night) and it hit me. In the USA, people leave as soon as the credits roll. I asked david what would happen if we were booed with Cosmopolis. Do we have to stay up for 20 minutes anyway? *laughs*

Apparently, you're a fan of Cronenberg. Did you sign on for one of his movies without reading a script?
Absolutely. I did so last week! My agent asked me if I was reading for the next movie with David and I said yes without thinking *laugs*. For Cosmopolis tho, I read teh script one year before it got offered to me and I foudn it excellent. On the first read, I felt a connexion. It talked to me without me even knowing what it was about.

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MISSION:BLACKLIST UPDATES. ERIC MADDOX INTERVIEW + DISTRIBUTION NEWS

Eric Maddox talked to WRKORadio and discussed approving the decision of casting Rob, meeting Rob for 14 hours earlier this month, how committed he is to the project, scouting locations in Iraq and more.



Or listen to the full interview HERE. At 11:10 (talks about having the final decision on Rob's casting) and 22:38 (talks about meeting Rob and more about the movie).

YouTube via RPLife

Transcript:
Eric Maddox: Well, a team a couple of years ago purchased the rights of my book to turn it into a movie and they took it from there, they got a screenplay, writer Erik Jendresen, the gentleman who wrote Band of Brothers, and got a director and producers and then they just made their decision in May to have Robert Pattinson play the lead part in the movie and ...
Host: He's the heartthrob guy from Twilight.
EM: Correct.
Host: That is pretty awesome. I mean, did you have any say in which Hollywood stag is to play Eric Maddox?
EM: Well, they gave me the final decision. I let them do all the work...like I said, I mean... Afghanistan obviously I was very busy so I let them do what they think is best and I get the final decision and for me it was a no-brainer. I said absolutely! Whatever you did to get that guy to be a part of this movie, I think is wonderful and I fully support it.
Host: Did they have any schedule for filming, any idea when it will hit theaters?
EM: I have no idea when its gonna hit the theaters. They plan on starting the filming at the end of this year. They are currently at the Cannes Film Festival in France selling and I think its all going well. Like I said, I don't have that close hold on all the activities but I believe that is the schedule.
(...)
On meeting Rob and scouting location in Iraq, question from MaryAnn/@BellaSophia3530)
EM: They're going to be scouting locations in Iraq if they make that decision then so be it. The one major request I had is that they keep the story as authentic as possible. The director for the film is Jean-Stephane Sauvaire and he insist on it being authentic and he refuses to put any part of it that is not real and raw and true so that is one thing that they're very encouraged about and I met with Robert Pattinson for 14 hours earlier this month, right when I came back from Afghanistan and that level of commitment. I mean we're talking about a guy who is super famous and really popular and we met for 14 hours and he focused exclusively on the project and want to get down to the nitty gritty of the project and his entire focus was on the project. It wasn't about him or his needs and from that I realized that this is the guy who is dedicated to his work and wanted to put in the hours ...so that's what made me certain that they have built a right team for this.

'Mission: Blacklist’ gets picked for the Middle East and North African (MENA) region

FrontRowFB Front Row FIlmed Entertainment and KNCC (Kuwait National Cinema Company) acquire the MENA (Middle East and North African) rights to "Mission:Blacklist" starring Robert Pattinson who will play the role of Sgt. Maddox. The military mastermind behid the Saddam Hussein's capture.

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MISSION:BLACKLIST UPDATES. ERIC MADDOX INTERVIEW + DISTRIBUTION NEWS

 

Eric Maddox talks about approving the decision of casting Rob, meeting Rob for 14 hours earlier this month, how committed he is to the project, scouting locations in Iraq and more.

At 11:10 (talks about having the final decision on Rob's casting) and 22:38 (talks about meeting Rob and more about the movie) 

You can listen  HERE.  Or via  the WRKO Radio player under the CUT (on autoplay)

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New Details About Rob’s New Project Mission: Blacklist

Posted on 05/20/2012 by Brittney

LISTEN to the interview HERE. (Via)

Eric Maddox was interviewed again on Pundit Review Radio for the show’s 8th anniversary. He talks about the movie, about Robert Pattinson and his love for our very own BellaSophia3530‘s name. Yes, we asked and she called the radio and talked live with the blue shirt interrogator himself. We can’t thank her enough.
Here’s what they talked about:

Maddox just returned from Afganistan. It’s his 8th interrogation tour. And his daughter was born the day after he arrived! Congratulations  )

He said he had the final decision on casting and he approved Robert Pattinson. He said to the producers if they can have a guy like that attached to the movie it’s great news.

Then BellaSophia was live and she thanked him about what he does for our country. He said he loves her name (Maryann). She asked if he had met Rob and he said he met Rob for 14 hours earlier this month. He realized he’s very commited to this project and dedicated to his work and doesn’t put his needs first. (Via)

Eric Maddox, the man who captured Sadam Hussein and the real-life man Rob will be portraying in the new movie, Mission: Blacklist, was interviewed on Pundit Review. 

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MISSION: BLACKLIST PROMO BANNER FROM EMBANKMENT FILMS SITE

 In a world of lies, only one man could see the truth. 
  

  Via RPLife Mission: Blacklist has a new promo banner from Embankment Films page. The banner is probably for this year's Cannes Film Market, where the movie is being sold.

More details from the page. Status: Pre-production

 

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ROB TALKS ABOUT 'MISSION: BLACK LIST' WITH PREMIEREFR

 

You can read the article in French at @PremiereFr/ Translation by Sonia of RPLife

Robert Pattinson, who is bound to suprise a lot of people in three weeks when Cosmopolis will be presented at Cannes, doesn't seem to want to stop there yet. The 'adult' turn the star star is taking will go further with Mission: Blacklist, the new movie by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, director of the impressive Johnny mad Dog in 2008. The movie is a thriller inspired by Eric Maddox's book, the military interrogator who was the brain of the operation that lead to the capture of Saddam Hussein in December 2003. Erik Jendresen, screenwriter for Band of Brothers is in charge of the adaptation, with a shooting that should be starting in the fall.

'We're going to do some scout locations in Iraq soon.'

"As Jean-Stéphane is used to work with non professional actors, I thought I had no chance of getting the role," Robert Pattinson told us recently. "But we met a few times and we clicked. He found a fascinating way to treat that subject. It's weird because it's a movie about war but it's essentially focusing on the interrogations. The language and the barriers he could create played an important role. But it's essentially teh story of a true sldier, Eric Maddox, with who we're leaving for Iraq soon for some scouting.'

"Jean-Stéphane is truly surprising" says Pattinson. "He has talent when it comes to meeting people. Like, for example, out of nowhere, he got to spend some time with the Iraqi Minister of Culture. he also got to meet this guys who was a former chief of the Hussein clan and he was really closed to him. I asked him: 'How do you get to meet a man like that?' He said he met him in a bar in Paris!"

After Johnny Mad Dog, immersed in the every day life of extremely violent kids - turned solders - in Liberia, Sauvaire seems to have found a new subject cut out for his explosive film making technics. "Johnny Mad Dog was an extremely strong piece, that possessed a truly documentary value, while still being cinematic," says Pattinson with enthusiasm. "I cannot wait to work with him on Mission: Blacklist. It's going to be a f***ing good movie." 


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ROB TO STAR IN 'MISSION: BLACKLIST'

 
Rob Pattinson and Eric Maddox

Via Mandy of RPLife 

From Deadline  LOS ANGELES, CA – May 2, 2012 – Robert Pattinson has come on board to star in the upcomingfilm “Mission: Blacklist” with Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire committed to direct. The screenplay was adapted by “Band of Brothers” writer and producer Erik Jendresen from the Harper Collins novel Mission: Black List #1 written by military interrogator Eric Maddox with Davin Seay. Ross M. Dinerstein, Managing Partner of Preferred Content, is producing alongside Jendresen and Kevin Waller.

 Embankment Films, the international sales and distribution company recently launched by international sales veterans Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar will begin selling the film at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.  

”Mission: Blacklist” is a psychological thriller that details the true, inside story of the search for Saddam Hussein and the interrogator, Eric Maddox, who spearheaded his capture.

 “This movie is a gripping, edge of your seat thriller,” says Dinerstein. “I have been inspired by Robert and Jean-Stéphane’s dedication to tell this story in the most authentic way possible, and I’m thrilled to add Hugo and Tim to our team.”

 Pattinson can next be seen in David Cronenberg’s “Cosmopolis,” which is premiering at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Sauvaire’s last film, “Johnny Mad Dog,” premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prize of Hope.

The Wrap  Robert Pattinson will star in “Mission: Blacklist,” a psychological thriller to be directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire that will be shopped at Cannes.

The film is based on the novel "Mission: Black List #1," which was written by a man intimately involved in the capture of Saddam Hussein, military interrogator Eric Maddox. Erik Jendressen, who wrote for and produced "Band of Brothers," adapte the novel for the big screen. Jendresen is producing with Ross M. DInerstein, managing partner of Preferred Content, and Kevin Waller. Embankment Films, Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar's new sales and distribution company, will try to sell the film at Cannes.

"This movie is a gripping, edge of your seat thriller," Dinerstein said in a statement. "I have been inspired by Robert and Jean-Stephane's dedication to tell this story in the most authentic way possible, and I'm thrilled to add Hugo and Tim to our team." 

From Variety Robert Pattinson has come on board to star in military thriller "Mission: Blacklist."

Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is committed to direct "Mission," adapted by "Band of Brothers" writer and producer Erik Jendresen from the novel "Mission: Black List #1," written by military interrogator Eric Maddox with Davin Seay. Ross M. Dinerstein, managing partner of Preferred Content, is producing alongside Jendresen and Kevin Waller. Embankment Films, the international sales and distribution company recently launched by Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, will begin selling the film at Cannes.WME Global and Preferred Content will be co-representing North American rights.

"Mission: Blacklist" details the story of the search for Saddam Hussein and the interrogator, Eric Maddox, who spearheaded his capture. 

Pattinson can next be seen in David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis," which is premiering at Cannes. Sauvaire's last film, "Johnny Mad Dog," premiered four years ago at Cannes and won the Prize of Hope.

From The Hollywood Reporter Rob Pattinson is attached to star in Mission: Blacklist, a psychological thriller that aims to tell the true story of the man who spearheaded the capture of Saddam Hussein. 

Preferred Content’s Ross M. Dinerstein is producing alongside Erik Jendresen and Kevin Waller. Jendresen, who was a writer-supervising producer on HBO’s Band of Brothers, wrote the script adapting the book titled Mission: Black List #1: The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein---As Told by the Soldier Who Masterminded His Capture.

The book was written by Eric Maddox, the Army interrogator who played a key role in pinpointing Hussein's hideout. Davin Seay co-wrote the book. 

Embankment Films, the international sales and distribution company recently launched by sales veterans Tim Haslam and Hugo Grumbar, will sell the film at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.

 Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is attached to direct. 

 Learn more about Mission: Blacklist HERE.

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