How (And Why) Did George C. Wolfe Get Involved With Nights In Rodanthe?
This weekend brings Nights in Rodanthe to theaters. It's an unapologetic tearjerker, a love story starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane (click here for Rex Reed's review), based on a Nicholas Sparks novel and directed by...George C. Wolfe? It's certainly not an obvious partnership. After all, Mr. Wolfe has made his reputation as being an edgy and inventive playwright (The Colored Museum, Spunk, Jelly's Last Jam), theater director (he staged Tony Kushner's Angels in America for which he won the Tony), and p

'Nights in Rodanthe' swamped by sappy romance
There's still plenty of charm in romantically pairing Richard Gere and Diane Lane. The "Unfaithful" cast mates can still play flirty and cute with the best of them. And the stark, windswept beauty of North Carolina's Outer Banks makes a grand setting for a big-screen romance. Ah, but the corn grows high in those sand dunes in Nicholas Sparks' "Nights in Rodanthe." The movie version of "Nights" begins with such promise before it drowns in the romance novelist's sentimentality. Gere plays a Rale

Theatrical Releases for September 26, 2008
A few movies opening this weekendEAGLE EYE– The latest action packed, paranoid, conspiracy thriller film. This time, from producer Steven Spielberg starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson and Billy Bob Thornton. Reviews have been good.MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA– Spike Lee’s World War 2 film. Is it just me or are the ads too convoluted? Makes it look like some DA VINCI CODE lost treasure film rather than about WW2.NIGHTS IN RODANTHE – Richard Gere and Diane Lane team up for the third tim

Richard Gere & Diane Lane Premiere ‘Nights in Rodanthe’
Richard Gere and Diane Lane reunite for the romantic love story ‘Nights in Rodanthe,’ and the onscreen couple came out in New York City Tuesday night to premiere their new movie! "I think everybody’s going to have a good cry tonight," joked Richard, who arrived with wife Carey Lowell on his arm. As for working with Diane again, he explained, "There’s a shorthand of how to work. We trust each other. It’s very comforting." "I adore him and he’

Richard Gere - Movie Reviews Nights In Rodanthe
The teaming of Richard Gere and Diane Lane in Nights in Rodanthe , their third movie together, has not charmed the critics who were previously charmed by The Cotton Club ...

Box Office Predictions (September 26-28)
The big opening film this weekend will be Shia LaBeouf’s action/thriller, Eagle Eye.  LaBeouf teams up again with D.J. Caruso hoping they can recapture the success they had with Disturbia.  There’s no doubt Eagle Eye will open at #1 in the box office this weekend… but how much will it make?  Also starring are Michelle Monoghan, Rosario Dawson, and Billy Bob Thornton.  Opening in over 3,000 locations, the question is whether or not Eagle Eye can top the $30 million mark. While all of t

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: We Spend Our Nights in Rodanthe with Richard Gere and Diane Lane
Director George C. Wolfe is also there to offer us a hanky in talking about his latest drama.

Nicholas Sparks finds atmosphere key to romance
Best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, who has seen three of his romantic novels turned into films, celebrates as the third, "Nights in Rodanthe", hits theatres and this month and a fourth, "Dear John" goes into production in South Carolina in October. "Nights in Rodanthe", a mid-life love story of two strangers who become stranded together at a seaside inn during a storm, stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane and opens September 26. Sparks, 42, talked to Reuters about mid-career drift, and not letting things ge

Gere and Lane reunite in Rodanthe
Richard Gere and Diane Lane have teamed up again for romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe.

Film Review: 'Nights in Rodanthe' for the sentimental only
The last time we saw Richard Gere and Diane Lane, in the 2002 guilty pleasure "Unfaithful," they were running off together after covering up Gere's murder of Lane's hot, young Parisian lover. Ah, those were the good old days. Their latest pairing, "Nights in Rodanthe," finds them falling for each other under circumstances that are even more contrived. Gere plays a stoic surgeon on a mission to right a wrong; Lane plays an earthy mother of two who has separated from her cheating husband. Ge

"Nights In Rodanthe" tells of love's second chances - Reuters
When romantic thriller "Unfaithful" debuted in theaters in May 2002, odds were that it would be quickly forgotten because it opened in the summer season against action-filled competitors such as "Spider-Man" But the pairing of Richard Gere and Diane Lane won the hearts of audiences. "Unfaithful" pulled in a strong $119 million at global box offices, and the film about a mesmerizing married couple earned Lane an Oscar nomination. Gere and Lane are together again this Frida

"Nights In Rodanthe" tells of love's second chances
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When romantic thriller "Unfaithful" debuted in theaters in May 2002, odds were that it would be quickly forgotten because it opened in the summer season against action-filled competitors such as "Spider-Man" But the pairing of Richard Gere and Diane Lane won the hearts of audiences. "Unfaithful" pulled in a strong $119 million at global box offices, and the film about a mesmerizing married couple earned Lane an Oscar nomination. Gere and Lane are together again this F

Is Nicholas Sparks The New Nora Ephron? [Ahh, True Love]
As we eagerly await this weekend's Nights in Rodanthe to see if Richard Gere and Diane Lane can continue to make old-people sex as hot as it was in Unfaithful, we got to thinking — Nicholas Sparks is a total baller. Sparks, who writes the standard romance novel fare that stocks airport bookstores, wrote Rodanthe and has successfully pandered his schlock to production companies who have turned a number of his books into best-selling films. The Notebook, arguably the biggest success of the adaptations,

CS Videos: Nights in Rodanthe Interviews
ComingSoon.net talked exclusively to Richard Gere and Diane Lane about their new romantic drama, Nights in Rodanthe, opening in theaters on Friday, September 26. In the Warner Bros. release, Diane Lane plays a woman with her life in chaos who retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her

Nights In Rodanthe Premiere Fashions Will Make You Weep [The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly]
People are manufacturing great excitement about the reunion of Diane Lane and Richard Gere for Nicholas Sparks' latest high budget Lifetimey three-hanky second-shot-at-love fest, Nights in Rodanthe. To the extent the premiere says anything about the film, well, let's just say last night's red carpet at NYC's Ziegfeld Theatre had us thinking more "illegal download" than Fandango. Think equal parts boring, depressing, and awful, with — thank goodness — a dash of Christopher Meloni to make it all okay. The

Still Going Strong!
If Richard Gere has gerbils up his ass these days, we sure as hell know who’s giving them tongue baths. Richard looked happy as can be with his wife, Law & Order actress Carey Lowell, at the premiere of his new film with Diane Lane, Nights in Rodanthe in NYC on Tuesday. Get the full story from  The Evil Beet  Bookmark This Story:     CELEBRITY NEWS  Latest &n

Movie review: 'Nights in Rodanthe'
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Nights in Rodanthe: Romantic drama. Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Diane Lane and Richard Gere. (Rated PG-13. 97 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Author and screenwriter Nicholas Sparks may well be, as one blog has proclaimed, the...

"Nights In Rodanthe" tells of love's second chances
When romantic thriller "Unfaithful" debuted in theatres in May 2002, odds were that it would be quickly forgotten because it opened in the summer season against action-filled competitors such as "Spider-Man" But the pairing of Richard Gere and Diane Lane won the hearts of audiences. "Unfaithful" pulled in a strong $119 million at global box offices, and the film about a mesmerizing married couple earned Lane an Oscar nomination. Gere and Lane are together again this Friday in romance "Nights in Rodanth

'Nights in Rodanthe' web reviews
The biggest romance of the fall season has arrived. George C. Wolfe's "Nights in Rodanthe" may not be the best, but considering it's based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks, it is certainly the sappiest. Hey, and why not? Although I have not seen the film yet (check back for my review tonight), I am eager to find out what online critics have to say about Diane Lane and Richard Gere's chemistry onscreen. Oh yeah, and James Franco is in this too... • George Roush at LatinoReview: "Night in Rodanthe is a movie

"Nights in Rodanthe": More grown-up than your average old love story
"Nights in Rodanthe": Richard Gere and Diane Lane are quite watchable in this grown-up story about two unfulfilled people who get together.

Review: ‘Nights in Rodanthe’
This adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel succeeds at being an entertaining and engaging romance film that stays away from sap and cliché’s of the genre, but still kind of prescribes to the formula. Adrienne (Diane Lane) is a separated mother with two kids who is heading to Rodanthe for a weekend to cover running a bed and breakfast of her best friend.  Before she leaves her husband says she wants her back and sends her off for the weekend to her thoughts and ideas running through her head.  Pa

Richard Gere & Diane Lane Share ‘Nights in Rodanthe’
‘Nights in Rodanthe’ opens in theatres everywhere today, and stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane sat down with ET’s Kevin Frazier to talk about the movie — and the real-life hurricane that swept over the movie’s set! "We came to shoot — [the movie] takes place in a hurricane — and in fact a real hurricane had just come in and destroyed the set, taking the beach away!" says Richard. "For real," adds Diane. Read the full story

Richard Gere & Diane Lane Share ‘Nights in Rodanthe’
‘Nights in Rodanthe’ opens in theatres everywhere today, and stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane sat down with ET’s Kevin Frazier to talk about the movie — and the real-life hurricane that swept over the movie’s set! "We came to shoot — [the movie] takes place in a hurricane — and in fact a real hurricane had just come in and destroyed the set, taking the beach away!" says Richard. "For real," adds Diane. Read the full story

Prince Shia LaBeouf to Lay Waste to Elders, Minorities and the Poor at the Box Office [Defamer Attractions]
Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your indispensable guide to what's new, noteworthy and/or totally doomed this week at the movies. Today we welcome Shia LaBeouf and his million-dollar pinkie back to theaters alongside Spike Lee, Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Charlize Theron and Kirk Cameron (!), while facing a robust litter of potential arthouse underdogs and DVD release for the agoraphobes among us. As always, our opinions are our own, but if Josh Groban can steadfastly see it our way, shouldn't you as wel