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Johnny Depp to play The Tourist to Angelina Jolie's Interpol agent
5 November 2009 7:41 AM, PST
Johnny Depp is deep in talks to star opposite Angelina Jolie in the film The Tourist. In the film, Depp would play an American tourist drawn into a web of intrigue by a female Interpol agent (Jolie) who is attempting to locate a criminal who was once her lover.
No director is attached to the film as yet, but the word on the street is that Children of Men helmer Alfonso Cuaron is being lined up to step behind the camera.
Graham King will produce the film with Tim Headington, Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Jonathan Glickman. Julian Fellowes penned the original script; Christopher McQuarrie and Jeffrey Nachmanoff did rewrites, according to Variety. »
- Paul
Danny Boyle to direct 127 Hours
5 November 2009 7:35 AM, PST
Slumdog Millionaire helmer Danny Boyle will next direct 127 Hours for Fox Searchlight. The Brit director will hold the reigns for the flick, which tells the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston.
Variety reports:
After his right forearm got pinned for nearly five days under a boulder during a climb in Utah in May, 2003, Ralston used a dull knife to amputate the limb. He then scaled a 65-foot sheer wall and hiked out before running into a family that gave him water and food. He was finally rescued by helicopter.
Shooting kicks off next year for a late 2010 release (supposedly for an awards season push). »
- Paul
Natalie Portman brands news film's lesbian scenes 'extreme'
5 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST
Natalie Portman has branded her lesbian sex scene "extreme".
The 28-year-old actress - who has previously admitted she would consider embarking on a same-sex romance - insists there is nothing sexually compelling about the romp with Mila Kunis in new movie 'Black Swan'.
She said: "It's not raunchy - it's extreme".
The former child star - whose first big-screen role was in 'Leon' aged 13 - previously refused to strip-off the camera because she hadn't worked out her own sexual preferences.
She told America's V magazine: "Previously I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out. Also, being a sexual object when you're a kid is really uncomfortable."
Stunning Natalie also admits she worries about her appearance, but would never have cosmetic surgery to alter the things she dislikes. »
- Paul
Sean Penn's son will not face charges
5 November 2009 6:07 AM, PST
Sean Penn's son will not face charges after being arrested.
Hopper - the Oscar-winning actor's 16-year-old son with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn - was taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department last week after officers visited his high school in Malibu and found drugs on him.
But it has now been reported the drugs were prescription medication in his name and no charges have been warranted.
Meanwhile, Robin - who filed for divorce from Sean in August - has revealed she moved her family away from Hollywood because she wanted her children to have a relatively normal upbringing.
The 'Forrest Gump' actress - who also has an 18-year-old daughter Dylan with Sean - said: "I didn't want to raise my kids in this weird, sycophantic society. If you have celebrity parents, it's not a good recipe for the kids, or anyone at any age. »
- Paul
Sandra Bullock's bottom success
5 November 2009 6:04 AM, PST
Sandra Bullock thinks baring her bottom made her last film a hit.
'The Proposal' star said she is glad she stripped off for the romantic comedy - in which she starred opposite Ryan Reynolds - because the nude scenes were what helped make it a success.
Speaking about why the movie did well at the box office, Sandra, 45, said: "We had all the right people, the right elements in the right place. But to be honest I think nudity had a great deal to do with it. People liked it."
Meanwhile, Sandra is locked in a custody battle with a porn star for custody of her five-year-old child.
Sandra and her husband Jesse James are fighting his ex-wife, adult star Janine Lindemulder, for sole custody of the former couple's daughter, Sunny.
Sandra and Jesse accuse Janine of being an unfair mom and have also brought to light a »
- Paul
Kevin Williamson talks up Scream 4
5 November 2009 6:01 AM, PST
Horror supremo Kevin Williamson has revealed his plans for 'Scream 4'.
The 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' writer plans to introduce enough new characters in the next film to last him through 'Scream 5' and 'Scream 6', which he also hopes to make.
Kevin said: "The fourth one is an ensemble. It'll take place right now, 10 years later, and it's going to take place in character Sidney Prescott's hometown of Woodsboro. The film will star husband and wife team David Arquette and Courteney Cox, who have starred in the first three films in the series.
"We'll have our three main characters, and we'll be introducing several more."
Kevin, 44, said he has also included plenty of spoof-heavy material in the script.
He explained: "I'll just have to be very aware of the fact that we're a '4' and that we're beating a dead dog.
"I'm »
- Paul
Milla Jovovich's Resident Evil hypothermia worries
5 November 2009 5:58 AM, PST
Milla Jovovich is worried she'll catch hypothermia on the set of 'Resident Evil Afterlife'.
The Ukranian born model turned actress told how she's been feeling the elements while filming scenes for the new film, with sees Milla return as Alice, joined by co-stars Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller, in Canada.
She wrote on her twitter blog: "Wow, just finished a scene with Ali Larter and Wentworth Miller on a skiff approaching the huge ship. To say it's cold is a joke. A bitter joke.
"Of course Ali and I aren't wearing much and to make matters worse Wenty is driving the boat himself and crashing it repeatedly!
"Ok, it just started hailing and Wentworth is reading his lines really fast so he can go home! Ali is so cold now, she's saying she's feeling warm (classic signs of the final stages of hypothermia)"
She also later added how she »
- Paul
Bradley Cooper has always wanted to beat people up
5 November 2009 5:53 AM, PST
Bradley Cooper wanted to be in 'The A-Team' so he could beat people up.
The actor said he was looking forward to playing the character Face in the action film, and getting to dish out beatings, rather than being on the receiving end, as he did as character Will Tippin in Us series 'Alias'.
He said: "In 'Alias', I wasn't the action guy. I got the s**t beat out of me, got tortured a lot, lost teeth, became a heroin addict, and left after the second season. I was never on the giving end of it. But in The A-Team, I get that chance."
He also said he "w****d himself out" to director Joe Carnahan to get his part as smooth talking Face in the film, about a team of rogue military mercenaries.
Bradley said: "I heard they were doing it and »
- Paul
The Blu-Ray Review: Easy Rider
4 November 2009 8:59 AM, PST
While I definitely acknowledge that Easy Rider is a classic film, that doesn't mean I think it's very good. Confusing? Perhaps, but it doesn't have to be.
To me, a "classic" is anything that stands the test of time and remains enjoyable after many years or that made a significant impact upon the genre. I'd argue that Rider doesn't qualify in the former category but that it certainly meets the latter criteria. When I watched the original DVD, it was the third time I saw Easy Rider. I first viewed it on VHS about 15 years earlier and I absolutely loathed it. Since I didn't really experience the Sixties firsthand - I only lived through two and a half years of that decade, so for some strange reason, my memories of it remain few - I have to rely on the media's depictions to give me knowledge of it. Rider perfectly »
- Paul
Sigourney Weaver, John C Reilly and Alia Shawkat head to the Rapids
4 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST
Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat have joined Ed Helms and Anne Heche in director Miguel Arteta's Cedar Rapids. The film is set up at Fox Searchlight.
In the film, Helm plays a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry convention to try and save the jobs of his colleagues.
Weaver plays Helms' former seventh-grade teacher, according to the trade Variety. Phil Johnston wrote the script for the film which is already shooting. »
- Paul
Helen Mirren sees Red with Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman
4 November 2009 8:47 AM, PST
Helen Mirren will star opposite Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman in the thriller Red, according to Variety.
The film, housed over at Summit Entertaiment, is based on the WildStorm/ DC comic book of the same name.
The three-book series, published in 2003 and 2004, follows a former black-ops CIA agent who lives a quiet life in retirement until the day a high-tech assassin shows up intent on killing him.
The film is set to go into production in January in Toronto and Louisiana. It has a release date set for Nov. 19, 2010. »
- Paul
Chuck Russell's Arabian Nights... In 3D!
4 November 2009 8:43 AM, PST
Chuck Russell, he who brought films like The Mask and Eraser to the screen is set to direct a new 3-D version of the classic Arabian Nights story for cinemas.
Variety reports that in a new spin on the classic, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers. The budget for the film is set at around $70 million.
"Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride," Russell said to the trade paper.
The flick, set to go before cameras in April 2010, is finaced entirely by Inferno Entertainment.
Russell co-wrote the script with Barry P. Ambrose. »
- Paul
Hugh Grant's films make him feel suicidal
4 November 2009 2:41 AM, PST
Hugh Grant said most of his films leave him feeling "suicidal".
The 'Love Actually' actor told how when he has saw the first cuts of a number of his films - which include the hugely successful 'Bridget Jones's Diary' and 'Notting Hill'- he felt so bad about his performances he wanted to die.
He said: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself put down."
Despite his negativity, the actor was pleasantly surprised when he saw an early version of his latest film, comedy 'Did You Hear About The Morgans?' in which he stars alongside Sarah Jessica Parker.
Hugh, 49, added: "This film looks a lot better. This one is quite beautiful."
The self-proclaimed "reluctant actor" has threatened to quit Hollywood many times and to give up acting, even claiming he »
- Paul
A Christmas Carol star Jim Carrey wouldn't like time travel
4 November 2009 2:38 AM, PST
Jim Carrey wouldn't want to travel through time.
The Hollywood funnyman - who was in London's Leicester Square last night (04.11.09) for the world premiere of his latest film Disney's 'A Christmas Carol', based on the Charles Dickens story - has revealed he wouldn't want to revisit his past or see into the future even if he had the chance.
He said: "There are some important physicists who now are telling us that all time is happening only once. So I think now is a good time."
The 47-year-old actor - who was sporting a very full and bushy beard - was joined on the red carpet with his movie co-stars Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and a host of celebrity guests as the British city was turned into festive spectacle with Christmas trees and fake snow.
He told Bang Showbiz: "This is overwhelming - even for my ego. This is amazing. »
- Paul
Michael Caine hopes for an Oscar for Harry Brown
4 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST
Michael Caine hopes he performance in 'Harry Brown' is worthy of a Best Actor Oscar.
The veteran British actor - who has twice won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor, in 1986 and 1989 - said he gave his absolute best performance in the film, and said if it's not worth an Oscar, he'll never top it.
He said: "There was one very difficult scene when the police tell me my friend has died. I'm completely straight-faced, then the moment they leave I burst into tears.
"That's very difficult to do, and when I finished that take I told the director, 'You've got to use that' He asked why. I said 'Because that's the best I can do. I'm not saying it's the best anyone can do; it's the best I can do.' "
Referring to an Oscar by euphemism, he added: "Now whether that's good enough to win the O-word, »
- Paul
50 Cents did Dead Man Running because of Brenda Blethyn
4 November 2009 1:29 AM, PST
50 Cent only signed up for 'Dead Man Running' because of Brenda Blethyn.
The 'Crimewave' rapper said he was assured of the quality of the film when he found out the 63-year-old 'Atonement' actress would be cast alongside him in the British gangster film.
He said: "I only go for films which have a certain level of artistic integrity and I knew I would be safe in Brenda's company."
Brenda, meanwhile, has said she has enjoyed the boost to her "street cred".
She added: "My street cred has rocketed since I have been in a film with 50 cent."
The rapper - real name Curtis Jackson - also said his greatest character to date has been his aggressive rap persona, and added that people are always surprised by how polite he is in the flesh.
He added: "People say, 'wow he was so nice!' when I come around and there's normalcy. »
- Paul
More on that Owen Wilson Marmaduke casting
4 November 2009 1:21 AM, PST
Owen Wilson is set to play the voice of a dog in canine comedy 'Marmaduke'.
The star whose recent dog-themed movie 'Marley and Me', in which he starred in alongside Jennifer Aniston, grossed $240 million dollars at the box office - is going one step further with his next film, and playing the dog.
The movie, based on a popular comic strip, will follow Marmaduke's owners as they relocate to Florida with their Great Dane.
Other dog voices will be provided by Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, comedian Steve Coogan and the Wayans brothers, whilst humans are played by Judy Greer, Lee Pace and William H. Macy.
40-year-old Owen has already done some voice work in the upcoming animated Wes Anderson film 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
'Marmaduke' is set for a June 2010 release.
George Clooney has also been linked to another Fox Searchlight movie this week, »
- Paul
Hilary Swank: Learning to fly is like reading a book
4 November 2009 1:17 AM, PST
Hilary Swank says learning to fly is like reading a book.
The actress took piloting lessons to prepare for her role as famous aviator Amelia Earhart in upcoming movie 'Amelia', and says the experience of trying a new skill transported her back to childhood.
Hilary said: "Putting my hands on the wheel for the first time was a rush. After a certain age, there's not many firsts you experience in your life, so learning to fly reminded me of the childlike feeling of exhilaration when you first ride a bike or read a book."
Hilary, 35, was disappointed to be banned by film bosses from completing her full pilot training and plans to continue working towards her license in future - even though she struggled to get to grips with some elements of the course.
She explained to The Scotsman newspaper: "I'd like to get my licence and continue »
- Paul
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Oscars in 2010
3 November 2009 4:41 PM, PST
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the 2010 Academy Awards. Trade paper Variety have posted the breaking news on their website. The duo will serve as cohosts of the 82nd annual Academy Awards, which will air live March 7 on ABC.
Martin has hosted the Oscarcast twice before. Baldwin, star of NBC's "30 Rock," was a supporting actor nominee in 2003 for "The Cooler." »
- Paul
Paranormal Activity to get a sequel
3 November 2009 3:55 PM, PST
Paramount Pictures are reportedly greenlighting a sequel to this year's break out super-sleeper hit Paranormal Activity. The film was made for a platry $15,000, but went on to make a huge $84.6 million at the Us box-office alone!
The Hollywood Reporter reports:
Given that a follow-up release wouldn't have the same element of surprise as "Paranormal," it will be key to craft a smart approach to a sequel, he said. "Our team will come up with the right creative and marketing approach to make sure that we benefit from a sequel," Dauman said.
More here. »
- Paul
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