In 2007, Fernando Meirelles started shooting Blindess, an adaptation from José Saramago's eponymous book, starring Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal and Mark Ruffalo.
Prior to Rock of Ages, Hanggi directed Bare: A Pop Opera, which won the Ovation Award and the LA Weekly Award for Best Musical; the Los Angeles productions of Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally and All Men are Whores by David Mamet; and the American Conservatory Theater production of Anything with Mark Ruffalo.
The year 2005 also saw the release of Just Like Heaven, the adaptation by Dreamworks of Et si c'était vrai..., starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo.
Mark Ruffalo as Stephen: When Johnson first sat down with Ruffalo it was for the part of Bloom but his actual personality was so similar to Stephen, Johnson chose to switch.
Mark Twain | Mark | Mark Wahlberg | Mark Knopfler | Mark Zuckerberg | Mark Rothko | Mark Antony | Mark the Evangelist | Gospel of Mark | Mark Ronson | Mark Spitz | Mark Foley | Mark Murphy (singer) | Mark Murphy | Mark McGwire | Mark Hamill | Deutsche Mark | Mark Taper Forum | Mark Millar | Mark Lewisohn | Mark Kermode | Mark Lanegan | Mark Waugh | Mark Rydell | Mark Goodson | Mark Owen | Mark Mothersbaugh | Mark Medoff | Mark Heard | Mark Dayton |
The band wrote their first film score for the film Sympathy for Delicious, from actor/director Mark Ruffalo.
The Kids Are All Right, which screened in the Premieres category, was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Annette Bening for Best Actress, Mark Ruffalo for Best Supporting Actor, and Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for Best Original Screenplay.