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Skyfall Synopsis Revealed
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: MGM, Action, Classics, Mystery, Sequels, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Scripts, Upcoming Releases
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The first official synopsis has been released for forthcoming James Bond movie Skyfall.
The eagerly anticipated movie - which will see Daniel Craig return in the role as the British spy - will place the relationship between the leading man and character M, played by Dame Judi Dench, under pressure.
"Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost."
The movie - which stars newcomers to the series Ben Whishaw and Javier Bardem - is currently shooting in London and is due to be released in November 2012.
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James Bond Release Date Confirmed
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: MGM, Action, Adventure, Classics, Sequels, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Filmmaking, Rumors, Upcoming Releases
James Bond is to return to movie screens next year.
Daniel Craig will reprise his role as the suave British spy in the 23rd screen adventure in November 2012, after the film was finally given the go-ahead, nine months after it was originally shelved amid money problems for studio MGM.
Sam Mendes will direct the film, while legendary actress Dame Judi Dench is believed to be returning as M. Frost/Nixon actor Michael Sheen has reportedly been approached to play the villain while a Bond girl to play opposite heartthrob Craig is yet to be decided.
"I think I'm going to be needed in spring of 2011. That's a message I got," Judi previously said.
Actor Simon Russell Beale has been linked with a role after being watched twice by Bond producer Barbara Brocolli in his current West End play Deathtrap - and is also playing King Lear in 2012 under the direction of Sam Mendes. "Every actor wants to be in Bond and I'd love to be a baddie," he recently said.
The script, meanwhile, is being penned by regular contributors Neal Purvis and Robert Wade along with John Logan who worked on Hollywood hits Gladiator, The Aviator and The Last Samurai. Shooting will start later this year and its release will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Bond film, Dr No.
Judi Dench Has Street Cred
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Celebrity Gossip
Dame Judi Dench has played agent M in the 007 franchise since 1995’s Goldeneye and can’t wait to reprise the role for the latest James Bond movie.
“They’re exciting. They give you street cred. Everything is so beautifully made,” the 75-year-old said. “I get to see frightfully cool things and behave in an autocratic way and give Bond a hard time. What could be better?”
The actress recently completed work on musical movie Nine and admits the film gave her her most frightening acting experience as she was so terrified of performing in front of co-star Sophia Loren.
“I’d never met her and she arrived on set just as I was about to perform my number. She sat and watched. I said to Rob Marshall, the director, ‘I can’t ever have been more frightened than this moment,’” Dench told the Times newspaper. “It was like someone had given me an enormous injection. I suddenly had to be on the ball.”
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Fergie in Awe of Co-Stars
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Drama, Musicals, Period, Romance, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, Upcoming Releases
Newly-turned actress Fergie was in “awe” of her Nine co-star Sophia Loren.
The Black Eyed Peas singer - who portrayed Saraghina in the musical movie - has revealed she struggled to concentrate on her performance because she was surrounded by such esteemed co-stars, including the 75-year-old Italian actress.
“I was in awe of Sophia Loren - I couldn’t believe I was in the same room as her! Nicole Kidman I’d thought of as a very statuesque figure, but she’s very down to earth.”
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Acting Showcased in New Trailer for Nine
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Drama, Music, Musicals, Romance, Trailers, Upcoming Releases
Although I have thoroughly enjoyed every single preview for Nine, the trailers up until now have been missing one thing: the acting.
Considering the cast boasts six Academy Award winners (Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren), expectations for the incredible ensemble are understandably high. Thankfully, this new look does not disappoint.
Nine - also featuring Oscar nominee Kate Hudson and Fergie - opens wide on December 25.
Read More | Just Jared
Sneak Peek: New Video Clip From Nine
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Drama, Musicals, Romance, Casting, Filmmaking, Trailers, Upcoming Releases, Videos
Rob Marshall’s new film Nine is epic.
For one, the cast is impeccable: Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson. That’s 7 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations between them!
Secondly, this video—spliced with rehearsal footage and new clips of the film—just makes me more excited for musical (that could be my Chicago and Moulin Rouge fangirl in me). Having been partially based on Federico Fellini’s autobiographical 8 1/2, I can’t see why it won’t please audiences.
I suppose we shall find out on its opening day, December 25th; in the meantime, enjoy the video!
Read More | LA Times
First Look: Daniel Day-Lewis and All His Women in Nine Trailer
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Weinstein Company, Adaptation, Musicals, Trailers, Upcoming Releases
What would Daniel Day-Lewis do to get past his Academy Award-winning role as Daniel Plainview? He’d move on with a bevy of women.
In Nine, the There Will Be Blood star trades in the oil industry for a life behind the camera. Daniel plays Guido Contini, a Venice director who struggles to complete his film while handling all the women in his life. It’s a part that was once given to Javier Bardem.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: March 31, 2009
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Drama, Foreign, Musicals, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Home Entertainment
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- An American in Paris: Blu-ray
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Blu-ray
- Ghosts of Mars: Blu-ray
- Gigi: Blu-ray
- Marley & Me: DVD, Blu-ray
- Pitch Black: Blu-ray
- Seven Pounds: DVD, Blu-ray
- Slumdog Millionaire: DVD, Blu-ray
- South Pacific: Blu-ray
- Tell No One: DVD, Blu-ray
Click here to see the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
Read More | Amazon
Getting Into Character: Jude Law as a Tranvestite
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Comedy, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases
We always knew Jude Law was a pretty boy…but who knew he was also a great-looking woman?
In his next film, Rage, the 36-year-old actor plays Minx, a “celebrity super-model.” According to the writer/director’s website, the black comedy is “a bitterly funny exposé of the inner lives of individuals working at a New York fashion house – as if shot by a schoolboy on his cellphone camera - over seven days in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation.”
No release date has yet been announced for Rage. The film also stars Judi Dench, Dianne Wiest and Steve Buscemi.
Read More | Sally Potte
Box Office Breakdown: Audiences Say Yes to Jim Carrey
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Disney, Fox Searchlight, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Animation, Drama, Family, Foreign, Period, Romance, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists
How will Will Smith remember Winter Solstice 2008? As the weekend he placed second.
Prior to Friday’s premieres, number crunchers were already predicting a close race between headliners Jim Carrey and Will Smith. Unfortunately for Warner Bros., Yes Man‘s ultimate victory felt slightly hollow. The comedy’s $18.2 million gross was nowhere near the figures Carrey used to generate. (Bruce Almighty‘s premiere earned $68 million in 2003; Liar Liar took in $31.4 million in 1997.) Yes did, though, do better than 2005’s Fun with Dick and Jane. (That film raked in $14.1 million during its open.)
Will Smith didn’t have much to celebrate over the last three days either. His latest film, Seven Pounds, only took in $14.8 million. That’s a number almost unheard of in Smith-land. The drama, directed by Pursuit of Happyness’ Gabriele Muccino, was the actor’s lowest grosser since Ali. (That film earned $14.7 million when it debuted in December 2001.)
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