Produced:  Charles Gillibert (Personal Shopper, Mustang), Scott Lambert (Four Rooms), Alexandra Milchan (The Wolf of Wall Street),  Scott Stuber (Ted)

Writer: Oliver Assayas

Release Date:  2018

Budget:  USD25 million

Role:  John Mendell

Costars: Sylvester Stallone (Tony Accardo), Rachel Weisz , Jim Cantafio (Jackie ‘The Lackey’ Cerone), Stephen Badalamenti (Butch Petrocelli)

Sales Agent: Lotus Entertainment

CURRENT STATUS:

• 4 Nov 2015: Filming was cancelled on first day of shooting – finance fell through.  Assayas still trying to get film off the ground, but it was completely removed from IMDbPro in 2014
• 4 Nov 2016:  Sylvester Stallone Replaces Robert De Niro – Filming to commence in Toronto in February 2017.
• 5 Nov 2016: Preproduction status on IMDbPro | Release Listed as 2018
• 10 Nov 2016: Filming Planned for February 2017 (Production Weekly)
• 15 June 2017:  Production status – script.
• 22 June 2017:  Assayas interview in NOW (Toronto) Confirms “Not A Done Deal, But Has Potential to Happen”
• 29 November 2017:  Rob tells IndieWire “Every few months it kind of reappears again, but I think it’s happening with [Sylvester] Stallone, which is cool. I’m still always talking to them and seeing what’s going to happen, but I love Olivier.”

SYNOPSIS:

(From IMDBPro): A group of crooks get in over their heads when they try to rob a pawn shop (will update with a more in depth plot when we have it)

From Screen Daily:  Pattinson plays a petty thief who unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Accardo and sparks a war between the two men as they strive to stay ahead of the FBI.

IMDbPro (2016):  A thief unknowingly steals a blue diamond from Chicago mob boss Tony Accardo, setting off a war between the two men as they both try to keep one step ahead of the FBI.

SOCIAL MEDIA:

• Website:  Hillel Levin

RELEASE DATES:

• International release dates
  

DISTRIBUTORS

• Italy (Distributor: Notorious Pictures)

MOVIE/DVD REVIEWS | DISCUSSION THREAD

• Reviews

ARTICLES:

2014

• @CinefineReview Tweets About Assayas’ New Film “Idol’s Eye” *Updated*
• Olivier Assayas Mentions Rob & Idol’s Eye In Interview With Allocine France
• Robert De Niro Joins Robert Pattinson in ‘Idol’s Eye’
• Idol’s Eye: Information About Rob & Robert De Niro’s Characters
• .@TheFilmStage Confirms ‘Idol’s Eye’ Starts Shooting The Week Of October 20th
• Robert Pattinson’s Idol’s Eye Filming Cancelled (For Now)

2015

• Robert Pattinson Idol’s Eye Removed from IMDBPro Page
• Robert Pattinson’s “Idol’s Eye” Possibly Filming in March 2015?
• Oliver Assayas Talks Shut Down of Idol’s Eye
• *Print* Oliver Assayas Hopeful to Revive Robert Pattinson Idol’s Eye One Day

2016

• Film Update:  Sylvester Stallone replaces Robert De Niro | Filming February 2017
• FILM UPDATE: Production Weekly Showing Idol’s Eye Status Feb 2017 | Filming Planned Before End of Winter
• FILM UPDATE: Oliver Assayas talks Idol’s Eye with The National (Argentina) | “The best of Hollywood … are its actors”

2017

• PRINT:  La Septième Obsession Interviewed Olivier Assayas About his Upcoming Film
• PRINT: Robert Pattinson talks Upcoming Projects, Directors & More with IndieWire
• FILM UPDATE: Is Idol’s Eye Back on Track for 2018?

2018

• FILM UPDATE: Oliver Assayas on #Idol’sEye “If the offer is still around, I will do it next year.”

STILLS|SET PHOTOS:

• Gallery