Tilda Swinton to Star in Snow Piercer

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Drama, Independent, Casting, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases

Tilda Swinton is set star in Snow Piercer.

The We Need To Talk About Kevin actress is in talks to join Chris Evans in the indie drama which is set in a world covered in ice and snow and follows a group of passengers on a train who must help each other in order to survive. Jamie Bell is also in negotiations for a role in the film, which is set to be the first American movie that The Host filmmaker Bong Joon-ho - who has also written the script - will direct. Park Chan-wook will co-produce through Moho Films with production expected to start in March, though no distributor is yet in place.

Tilda recently admitted she considers every project she does to be her last and is looking forward to retiring as soon as possible. "Every time I'm in a film, I'm determined it's the last film I'm in and then I'll fall into a conversation with someone and we'll cook up a new scheme. Being part of a group has kept me in this because if I wasn't making films I'd be by myself a lot. And basically, it's gone on for 20 years but I'm hoping to pull it to a close shortly. I'm not going, 'Where are the films?' because I don't want there to be films. It's not like I'm looking for opportunities to do things. I would like an opportunity to have a good sleep and get on with some writing."

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Steve McQueen Praises Michael Fassbender

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Drama, Independent, Political, Remakes, Thrillers, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Scripts, Upcoming Releases

Michael Fassbender is a "once-in-a generation" actor. The Shame star has a "femininity" which helps put him into the same league as Hollywood greats like Marlon Brando and James Dean, according to director Steve McQueen:

"He's a once in a generation actor. Michael's a man's man, but he has a femininity too. A lot of actors today are very masculine. You have to go back to actors like Brando and James Dean to find that combination. His openness is key to him being a great actor."

Although he has played some weighty roles in recent years, such as Northern Irish hunger strike prisoner Bobby Sands in Hunger and sex addict Brendan in Shame, Michael could branch out into action, as he is in the frame for a remake of 1987 movie Robocop, about a former policeman who is murdered and re-created as a crime-fighting cyborg.

"You know, I'm always open. I'll take a look at the script and sit down with the director and have a conversation. It's not definitely like, 'Oh, I've got to play RoboCop before I retire.' I don't have that about anything. I don't go, 'I have to play the Dane one day, or Hamlet.' If I react to the script, then I'm up for anything," Michael said.

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Angelina Jolie Relied on Cast For Advice

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Independent, Political, Romance, Celeb News, Filmmaking, New Releases, Scripts

Angelina Jolie "wasn't afraid" to take advice from her cast and crew on her directorial debut. The Oscar-winning actress' movie In The Land of Blood and Honey tells the tale of a romance between a Serbian soldier and Bosnian Muslim woman set in the Yugoslav wars and ensured it was as authentic as possible by quizzing the local actors and behind-the-scenes staff she hired for the project.

"I wasn't afraid to ask the DP [director of photography]. And I listened to my cast, most of whom lived through the war. I listened to their stories and tried to incorporate it into the work. [I] read a lot of books about the war. I talked to a lot of people, I watched, I listened. I just wanted to tell the real story. I wanted to be respectful of people. [If I did not know something,] I asked."

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Quote of the Day: When Ryan Gosling Will Retire From Films

Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Action, Independent, Romance, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, New Releases

"I'd like to be making babies but I'm not, so I'm making movies... When someone comes along, I don't think I'll be able to do both and I'm fine with that. I'll make movies until I make babies."

- Drive actor Ryan Gosling on when he'll stop making movies.

Read More | E! Online

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Lindsay Lohan in Talks to Star in Gotti Biopic

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Biopics, Independent, Casting, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases

Lindsay Lohan was an unexpected addition to a recent press conference for Gotti: Three Generations. The movie, which details the rise and fall of the famous Mafia boss, will star John Travolta as John Gotti. Joe Pesci has also been attached to the film; he’ll play Angelo Ruggiero.

And Lohan? Rumors says that she may be playing Victoria Gotti, daughter to John.

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Read More | Yahoo! News

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Lindsay Lohan Offered Movie Role as Sharon Tate

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Biopics, Horror, Independent, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip

Actually, we love this. Lindsay Lohan clearly isn’t doing much, career-wise, right now. The actress was replaced on the Linda Lovelace movie because of ongoing rehab and court issues, but it seems a very meaty role is now in the offing: Sharon Tate, famous Manson victim.

Eyes of a Dreamer tells the story of Charles Manson, to which Sharon Tate is inextricably linked. Tate, an actress herself, was killed while pregnant in August of 1969 by the Manson clan. Her murder is one of the most well-documented and notorious in US history.

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Read More | Entertainment Weekly

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VIDEO: Will Ferrell Gets Serious in New Trailer

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Drama, Independent, Comedy, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos

Will Ferrell shows off his serious side in the trailer (above) for Everything Must Go, an indie flick in which the SNL actor plays Nick Halsey, a relapsed alcoholic. In a single day, Halsey loses his wife and his job -- hence the title.

Ferrell has proved that he’s leading man material in plenty of flicks, and he won critical acclaim for his toned-down, dramatic performance in Stranger Than Fiction (2006). Everything Must Go comes to theaters in May.

Read More | Huffington Post

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Online Casting Call For Tupac Role

Posted by Dennis Velasco Categories: Biopics, Drama, Independent, Music, Casting, Upcoming Releases

Morgan Creek Prods. is holding an online casting call for an unknown actor to play the role of enigmatic rapper and personality, Tupac Shakur. The biopic will be directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest) and exec produced by Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur. If you think you can draw on the spirit of Tupac, go to the In Search of Tupac website where all the details are included. Audition reels are being accepted now until the end of April.

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In Theaters This Weekend: January 28, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: IFC Films, Lionsgate, New Line, Warner Bros, Action, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Horror, Independent, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• The Mechanic (R): starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland (directed by Simon West)
• The Rite (PG-13): starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga (directed by Mikael Hafstrom)
• Biutiful* (R): starring Javier Bardem, Maricel Alvarez, Hanna Bouchaib (directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
• From Prada to Nada* (PG-13): starring Camilla Belle, Alexa Vega, April Bowlby (directed by Angel Gracia)
• Ip Man 2* (R): starring Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam (directed by Wilson Yip)
• Kaboom* (zzznr): starring Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka (directed by Gregg Araki)
• When We Leave* (NR): starring Sibel Kekilli, Derya Alabora, Florian Lukas (directed by Feo Aladag)

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In Theaters This Weekend: January 21, 2011

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: IFC Films, New Line, Paramount, Drama, Foreign, Independent, Romance, Comedy, Lists, New Releases, Trailers

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• No Strings Attached (R): starring Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes (directed by Ivan Reitman)
• The Company Men* (R): starring Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner (directed by John Wells)
• The Housemaid* (NR): starring Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jeong-jae, Youn Yuh-jung (directed by Im Sang-soo)
• Mumbai Diaries* (NR): starring Prateik Babbar, Monica Dogra, Kriti Malhotra (directed by Kiran Rao)
• The Way Back* (PG-13): starring Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Saoirse Ronan (directed by Peter Weir)

*limited release

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