ComicBookMovie reports that French director Christophe Gans will helm a French-language version of the classic fairy tale last seen on the big screen in all its Disneyfied glory.
The movie will have a budget of about EURO33 million or US$43.2 million. Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux (Midnight in Paris) will star.
Here’s Holly Laurent, a performer with Chicago’s legendary improv troupe Second City, who’s rewritten Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games,” from the perspective of “Hunger Games” protagonist Katniss Everdeen.
This is meta on so many levels. It may be more than I can handle on one cup of coffee.
(h/t BrowBeat)
The film version of author Suzanne Collins’ dystopic YA series, with Jennifer Lawrence in the main role, hits theaters in March.
In a soul-searching interview with The Guardian, the 40-something actor could well be speaking for the rest of his generation.
Hawke stars in the upcoming “The Woman in the Fifth,” in which he plays an American writer in Paris, who’s newly divorced and seeking custody of his daughter. He’s drawn into relationship with a mysterious woman played by Kristin Scott Thomas. The movie is directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, and could be, as the story notes, “a napkin sketch” of the actor in midlife.
“In many ways it is,” he tells the newspaper. “That jacket he wears – I had this blazer that’s a little too small, like it’s left over from prep school. The costume designer and I saw it as an extension of the character from Dead Poets Society: you know, his eyes have gone bad, he used to be quite promising but promising doesn’t cut it at 40. He’s turning in on himself. Pawel had this idea that depression is someone who can’t see outside of themselves.”
Elsewhere, he notes:
“This is the biggest struggle of my life, to be honest,” he says. “I never know to what extent I have to feed the snake, you know. The times in my life I’ve tried to sell out have failed miserably. I did this Angelina Jolie horror film thinking it would be a big hit and it was terrible. When I’ve followed my heart it goes well. One of the most successful movies I did was Before Sunset: we made that film for the sole reason that we wanted to make that film. The trick is to shoot from your heart, and then when the kind of work that you like is back in fashion again, you’ll seem like you’ve stood your ground.”
Read the full story here.
Here’s a few shots of “Man of Steel” star Henry Cavill arriving for a photo shoot for the Zack Snyder-directed film (via ComicBookMovie).
And, yep, that third pic is of Kevin Costner, who plays Super-Dad Jonathan Kent.
You can also check out this interview with actor Michael Shannon, who plays baddie General Zod. He tells MTV News that director Snyder is “like Martin Scorcese.”
“I think Zack is the master stylist, visually, I mean he’s up there with Scorsese in my book in terms of visual composition, orchestration, etc,” he said.
Read the full story here.
Here’s your first look at the trailer for the latest installment in the adventures of author Robert Ludlum’s super-spy.
“Avengers” star Jeremy Renner picks up for Matt Damon in the Tony Gilroy-directed flick. The luminous Rachel Weisz also stars. The movie hits theaters in August.
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The two legendary film heavies will check out of the Jean Claude Van Damme Home for Aging Tough Guys to star opposite each other in director Mikel Hafstrom’s (“The Rite”) “The Tomb,” in which Sly plays an architect who’s framed and imprisoned in a complex he designed.
The former Guvernator plays a character named Church, who’s one of Sly’s fellow inmates, TotalFilm reports. Thrill as they raid the Early Bird Buffet and bravely fight for the best parking spaces at the mall! The film opens in 2013.
Also, courtesy of TotalFilm, here’s a charming photo of the two stars, who found themselves in the same hospital getting shoulder surgery at the same time. That’s a long way from “First Blood” and “Commando,” to be sure.
If you’re tired of the Republican primary and the endless White House campaign — and, really, who isn’t? — here’s some political news guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
Speaking to The Wrap, actor Duane “The Rock” Johnson says he has aspirations beyond the Big Screen. They go all the way to Washington:
“Right now the best way that I can impact the world is through entertainment. One day, and that day will come, I can impact the world through politics.The great news is that I am American, therefore I can become President.”
Johnson’s latest film, “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” opens Friday
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Who comes up with this stuff?
I’m not sure I care. Mostly, I care that someone took the time to write, shoot and pay for a movie called “Jurassic Shark.” I care in much the same way that someone in Hollywood once thought it would be a good idea to put 80s pop songstresses Tiffany and Debbie Gibson into a sci-fi movie featuring badly CGI’d reptiles. The cheese factor here is off the scale. I salute you, sir.
And here’s a synopsis:
“When an oil company unwittingly unleashes a prehistoric shark from its icy prison, the Jurassic killer maroons a group of art thieves and college students on an abandoned island.”
The movie is directed by Brett Kelly and stars Emanuelle Carriere, Christine Emes and Celine Filion.
(Via HeyUGuys)
Anyone seen “Mark of the Spider-Man” Yet? Neither had I.
There’s not a whole lot to see on this viral site. But I’d bookmark it if I were you. It looks like it will be filled with content soon.
In the meantime, here’s a completely gratuitous picture of actress Emma Stone, who plays Gwen Stacy in the reboot of Marvel’s original angsty teen.
Here’s a new television commercial for the Tarsem Singh-directed version of the classic “Snow White” fairy tale. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts star.
(h/t TotalFilm)
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