May 5, 2007
Shrek's Family Portrait
In what can only be described as the natural progression of life, Shrek, who married Princess Fiona in his 2001 movie debut and won over his in-laws in its 2004 sequel, becomes a dad three times over in Shrek the Third, opening May 18.
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April 28, 2007
Spider-Man 3 Premiere in France
Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire at Spider-Man 3 Premiere in France.
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April 21, 2007
Catherine Zeta-Jones in a romantic comedy
Coming this July Warner Bros will release a romantic comedy No Reservations starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. No Reservations is a romantic comedy centering around a Manhattan chef who unexpectedly becomes the guardian of her ten year-old niece and kicks up a romance with a sous chef in her kitchen, played by Aaron Eckhart. Directed by Scott Hicks, who most recently helmed Hearts in Atlantis and Snow Falling on Cedars, the film is a remake of a 2002 German movie called Bella Martha, and also stars Abigail Breslin as the precocious child in question.
More pictures after the jump.
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April 12, 2007
Rachel Weisz drops out of The Mummy III
Rachel Weisz is dropping out of the rapidly-rising three-quel of "The Mummy" franchise at Universal Pictures, TMZ reports.
The actress won the 2006 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her work in The Constant Gardener, but more recently gave birth to a baby boy: Henry Chance, who's now nine-months-old, and has apparently been living the sweet life -- vacationing last month with mom in Brazil.
Despite her exit, Brendan Fraser and Jet Li are still very much attached, a studio rep confirms, as is XXX and Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen.
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March 14, 2007
300 movie angered Iranians
The hit American movie 300 has angered Iranians who say the Greeks-vs-Persians action flick insults their ancient culture and provokes animosity against Iran.
"Hollywood declares war on Iranians,"blared a headline in Tuesday's edition of the independent Ayende-No newspaper.
The movie, which raked in $70 million in its opening weekend, is based on a comic-book fantasy version of the battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., in which a force of 300 Spartans held off a massive Persian army at a mountain pass in Greece for three days.
Even some American reviewers noted the political overtones of the West-against-Iran story line - and the way Persians are depicted as decadent, sexually flamboyant and evil in contrast to the noble Greeks.
In Iran, the movie hasn't opened and probably never will, given the government's restrictions on Western films, though one paper said bootleg DVDs were already available.
Still, it touched a sensitive nerve. Javad Shamghadri, cultural adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said the United States tries to "humiliate" Iran in order to reverse historical reality and "compensate for its wrongdoings in order to provoke American soldiers and warmongers" against Iran.
The movie comes at a time of increased tensions between the United States and Iran over the Persian nation's nuclear program and the Iraq war.
But aside from politics, the film was seen as an attack on Persian history, a source of pride for Iranians across the political spectrum, including critics of the current Islamic regime.
State-run television has run several commentaries the past two days calling the film insulting and has brought on Iranian film directors to point out its historical inaccuracies.
Ayende-No said in its article Tuesday:
"The film depicts Iranians as demons, without culture, feeling or humanity, who think of nothing except attacking other nations and killing people,"
"It is a new effort to slander the Iranian people and civilization before world public opinion at a time of increasing American threats against Iran."
Iran's biggest circulation newspaper, Hamshahri, said 300 is "serving the policy of the U.S. leadership" and predicted it will "prompt a wave of protest in the world. ... Iranians living in the U.S. and Europe will not be indifferent about this obvious insult."
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February 28, 2007
Meet "Little Fockers"
Variety reports that Universal Pictures has renewed its deal with Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions, paving the way for the studio to bring him back for "Little Fockers," the third film in the "Meet the Parents" series with Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner already announced to return. It is expected that Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand, who appeared in the sequel "Meet the Fockers," will return as well.
Jay Roach will once again direct the picture which is presumably going to take Greg and Pam Focker into parenthood. The title of the project was previously announced as "Meet the Little Focker." Larry Stuckey will pen the screenplay.
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February 9, 2007
Shrek the Third
Trailer below
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December 4, 2006
Daniel Craig wants a gay love scene in the next Bond movie
Daniel Craig is urging movie bosses to revolutionise the James Bond franchise by including a gay scene involving the superspy in the follow-up to Casino Royale.
The heart-throb actor has also reportedly told studio chiefs he is prepared to film a full frontal nude scene to please both his male and female admirers.
He says: "Why not? I think in this day and age, fans would have accepted it.
"I mean, look at Doctor Who - that has had gay scenes in it and no one blinks an eye."
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Renée Zellweger at Miss Potter premiere, London
Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger in a little black dress at the world premiere of her new film Miss Potter.
The central story of the story follows the infamous children's author, Beatrix Potter, as she grapples for independence in Victorian-era Britain. The movie is intercut with CGI-animated sequences from Potter's stories and stars Ewan McGregor as Norman, Beatrix's publisher and love interest. This movie marks Babe helmer Chris Noonan's first directorial outing in over eleven years.
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August 2, 2006
Kate Bosworth & Brandon Routh promoting "Superman Returns" in Tokyo
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June 30, 2006
Transformers Trailer
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May 23, 2006
Angels and Demons next
Sony/Columbia Pictures may bring Dan Brown's other novel, Angels and Demons, featuring Robert Langdon to the big screen.
Jeff Blake, vice-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, says “We are very interested in filming 'Angels and Demons.' We hope that the relationship with Dan Brown will be a long one. That could be the next project.”
The book tells the story of Langdon’s brush with another shadowy secret society, the Illuminati, and his frantic quest for the world’s most powerful energy source, in the company of a beautiful Italian physicist whose father, a brilliant physicist, has been murdered.
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May 13, 2006
Michelle Williams as Charlotte Bronte
Michelle Williams of Brokeback Mountain is set to play Charlotte Bronte in Angela Woekman's 'Bronte', a big screen biopic based upon life of the author of the classic novel Jane Eyre. The cast also includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Imelda Staunton, Brian Cox and Ben chaplin. Workman, a theater actor, will direct from her own script. The film starts production later this year.
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May 6, 2006
Titanic 2
Ssshhhh... ;)
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May 1, 2006
Loving Annabelle... loving it
What's a Catholic boarding school teacher to do when she falls in love with one of her students? Based on the 1931 German film, Maedchen in Uniform, director Katharine Brooks' Loving Annabelle gives a modern retelling of a love story that continues to be controversial in 2006.
The film explores the complexity of love and the struggle of two women who have every reason not to feel the way they do. Loving Annabelle takes a poignant and honest look at a relationship that’s as taboo as it is pure-hearted, at a love that dares to push all boundaries.
Trailer and more pictures after the jump.
Official site: LovingAnnabelle.com
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