Doug Liman Blog: Scouting Niagra the Night Before Covert Affairs Premiere

posted 07-12-10 by Doug Liman

In Niagra Falls working on an amazing episode of Covert Affairs. Big action sequence at the falls — what an incredible location. Cannot believe what we are being allowed to do here. You know that feeling you get when you are standing next to a cliff edge, or looking out over a tall balcony? Well, that’s been [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Holding With Tradition, I’m Sailing the Hudson After the Covert Affairs Premiere Party

posted 07-08-10 by Doug Liman

I’m going to a premiere party and screening at the Soho House tonight for Covert Affairs and will be keeping up a tradition that I started on Mr. and Mrs. Smith of going on a nighttime sail after my NYC, summer premieres. I know I have a reputation (in my own mind) for being Mr. [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Fair Game and Covert Affairs Collide in DC

posted 07-07-10 by Doug Liman

My worlds are colliding this week. On Friday I’m going to Washington DC to shoot for both Covert Affairs and Fair Game. After Fair Game’s premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, I had Mike Tronick (my editor on Mr and Mrs Smith) come in and do a bit of re-editing and he cut in a [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Flying, Sailing and Cooking

posted 06-29-10 by Doug Liman

Last week I took the boat out into NY Harbor with a group of friends to see the Red Bull Air Races. It was great because it combined three of my favorite hobbies: flying, sailing, and cooking for friends. I’ve mentioned before that I own a boat with my producer, Avram Ludwig, but Avram’s been [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Less Money? Be More Clever. If You Can’t Blow It Up, What’s The Next Best Thing?

posted 06-19-10 by Doug Liman

Now that I don’t have to spend as much time on Fair Game and while I’m getting my next film lined up (which I can’t talk about very much) I’m also turning my attention back to Covert Affairs, the TV show that we are producing for USA Networks which premieres on Tuesday, July 13 at [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Champagne Toast in Cannes — Photos Part 2

posted 06-06-10 by Doug Liman

Everything at Cannes was very formal and mandated. I received this message: “You will have a champagne toast at 6:30p before boarding of cars at 6:50″ the night of the premiere. The lovely Naomi Watts. Jez Butterworth and John Henry Butterworth Naomi, again. Naomi and I with our mothers. Joe Wilson Previous | Post 2 [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Cannes — The Giorgio Armani Yacht Photos, Part 3

posted 06-06-10 by Doug Liman

Giorgio Armani threw an amazing party for us. This was on our way to the Armani Party. The Armani yacht is the one in the foreground. My mother and sister on the Armani yacht. Me with my mother and Giorgio Armani. My mother with Joe Wilson. The two Valerie Plames. Previous | Post 2 of [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Cannes Photos From Premiere of Fair Game, Part 1

posted 06-04-10 by Doug Liman

The morning I arrived at Cannes, I immediately had to go speak at the American Pavilion. I was told that I’d be speaking to film students but it turned out to be an audience that was almost exclusively made up of reporters. I made it to the Pavilion on time but they are so strict [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Sailing In Cannes Photos, Part 4

posted 06-04-10 by Doug Liman

While in Cannes, I rented a sail boat (small compared with the other giant yachts we saw) with part of my team from Fair Game, including Producer Avram Ludwig and his girlfriend. For the most part I stayed at a hotel (making it much easier for me to do business) but I did get to [...]

Doug Liman Blog: When Real People Are On Screen, It’s Hard To Be Objective. We’re All Flawed But We’re Not All In Movies

posted 05-20-10 by Doug Liman

When I was preparing for Cannes, I realized how tough this film is to talk about. For one thing, my brother, who is fast becoming one of the top lawyers in the country, made it clear to me that if I accuse Karl Rove in the press of committing a crime I can be sued [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Sean Penn Has the Movie Star Role But Naomi Watts’ Steely Performance May Be Her Finest Yet

posted 05-19-10 by Doug Liman

I’ve just seen Naomi for the first time since my arrival at Cannes. I’ve been quoted talking about Naomi, saying that I think this may be her finest performance yet. I think the reason I feel that way is because her role in this film as Valerie Plame is a truly challenging role because NOCs [...]

Doug Liman Blog: I’m Heading to Cannes Without Sean Penn, But You’ve Got to Admire the Guy for Standing by Haiti

posted 05-18-10 by Doug Liman

Doug Liman blogs about his film Fair Game and working with Sean Penn

Doug Liman Blog: On My Way To Cannes

posted 05-17-10 by Doug Liman

I’m packing to go to France for the Cannes Film Festival. I normally travel with a mountaineering backpack. I loathe the rolling suitcase. In fact, it’s such pet peeve of mine that there’s a little tribute to one in Mr. & Mrs. Smith in which I give Brad Pitt a rolling suitcase but it’s filled [...]

Doug Liman Blog: Coffee with Justice Souter — What a Brilliant and Caring Man

posted 05-17-10 by Doug Liman

Yesterday Doug Liman flew up to Boston where I filmed former Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

Doug Liman Blog: First Celebrity Sighting Outside Haiti

posted 05-04-10 by Doug Liman

Recently I was invited to dinner with President Kagame of Rwanda. He is in town in NY for the United Nations, and was attending a Tribeca Film Festival screening of a documentary set in Rwanda. I spent a month in Rwanda after Jumper came out. Jumper was my first film to receive negative reviews, and [...]