Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will receive the Donostia Award at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival.
The Australian star, known for her roles in films such as The Aviator, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and more recently the Oscar-nominated Tár, will also feature on the official poster for the festival, created by graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta.
Blanchett has racked up more than 200 acknowledgments and accolades across her long-spanning career, including two Academy Awards from six nominations. She has won four BAFTAs and four Golden Globes.
It will be her first visit to the event in San Sebastian, Spain, taking place Sept. 20-28, though the festival has already screened a number of her films, including Babel (2007) and Veronica Guerin (2003), competing for the top prize, the Golden Shell.
The announcement marks the second time an Australian actor has been given the festival’s highest honorary award after Hugh Jackman in...
The Australian star, known for her roles in films such as The Aviator, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and more recently the Oscar-nominated Tár, will also feature on the official poster for the festival, created by graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta.
Blanchett has racked up more than 200 acknowledgments and accolades across her long-spanning career, including two Academy Awards from six nominations. She has won four BAFTAs and four Golden Globes.
It will be her first visit to the event in San Sebastian, Spain, taking place Sept. 20-28, though the festival has already screened a number of her films, including Babel (2007) and Veronica Guerin (2003), competing for the top prize, the Golden Shell.
The announcement marks the second time an Australian actor has been given the festival’s highest honorary award after Hugh Jackman in...
- 5/9/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Cate Blanchett is to receive San Sebastian’s highest honorary award, the Donostia Award, at the Spanish film festival’s 72nd edition which runs from September 20-28.
It will be Blanchett’s first visit to San Sebastian, but the festival has already screened a number of her films including Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Babel in 2007 and Joel Schumacher’s Veronica Guerin in 2003.
Blanchett is the second Australian actor to receive the Donostia award after Hugh Jackman in 2013.
Blanchett will also feature on San Sebastian’s official poster, created by graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo.
It will be Blanchett’s first visit to San Sebastian, but the festival has already screened a number of her films including Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Babel in 2007 and Joel Schumacher’s Veronica Guerin in 2003.
Blanchett is the second Australian actor to receive the Donostia award after Hugh Jackman in 2013.
Blanchett will also feature on San Sebastian’s official poster, created by graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo.
- 5/9/2024
- ScreenDaily
James Flynn, an experienced Irish producer and executive, who recently co-produced Oscar favorite “The Banshees of Inisherin,” has died age 57.
He died on Feb 11 of an undisclosed illness, Irish media reported.
Early in his career, Flynn was appointed as head of development at John Boorman’s Merlin Films International.
Later he co-founded Metropolitan Film Productions Limited with wife Juanita Wilson in 1997, before establishing Octagon Films in 2002, developing and producing films for the international market.
Between 1993 and 1997, he served as the business manager and then deputy CEO of the Irish Film Board (now Screen Ireland).
Flynn’s various credits include Alan Parker’s “Angela’s Ashes,” “Veronica Guerin,” Wilson’s Oscar-nominated “The Door” and ground-breaking animation “The Secret of Kells.”
“All of us in Metropolitan Films are deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed founder, colleague, and great friend, James Flynn, who departed peacefully on Saturday morning with his wife Juanita...
He died on Feb 11 of an undisclosed illness, Irish media reported.
Early in his career, Flynn was appointed as head of development at John Boorman’s Merlin Films International.
Later he co-founded Metropolitan Film Productions Limited with wife Juanita Wilson in 1997, before establishing Octagon Films in 2002, developing and producing films for the international market.
Between 1993 and 1997, he served as the business manager and then deputy CEO of the Irish Film Board (now Screen Ireland).
Flynn’s various credits include Alan Parker’s “Angela’s Ashes,” “Veronica Guerin,” Wilson’s Oscar-nominated “The Door” and ground-breaking animation “The Secret of Kells.”
“All of us in Metropolitan Films are deeply saddened by the passing of our esteemed founder, colleague, and great friend, James Flynn, who departed peacefully on Saturday morning with his wife Juanita...
- 2/13/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Actress Cate Blanchett ("Thor: Ragnarok") poses for "Harper's Bazaar" (Australia) magazine, wearing Giorgio Armani, lensed by Steven Chee:
Blanchett is the winner of two 'Academy Awards', three 'Screen Actors Guild Awards', three 'Golden Globe Awards' and three 'BAFTA Awards', as well as appointed 'Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters' by the French government in 2012.
Blanchett first gained international attention as 'Elizabeth I of England' in director Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth" (1998), followed by her portrayal of 'Katharine Hepburn' in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" (2004). In 2013, she starred as 'Jasmine Francis' in "Blue Jasmine".
Blanchett's other notable films include "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14)...
...."Veronica Guerin" (2003), "Babel" (2006), "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) and "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017).
Click the images to enlarge..
Blanchett is the winner of two 'Academy Awards', three 'Screen Actors Guild Awards', three 'Golden Globe Awards' and three 'BAFTA Awards', as well as appointed 'Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters' by the French government in 2012.
Blanchett first gained international attention as 'Elizabeth I of England' in director Shekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth" (1998), followed by her portrayal of 'Katharine Hepburn' in Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" (2004). In 2013, she starred as 'Jasmine Francis' in "Blue Jasmine".
Blanchett's other notable films include "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14)...
...."Veronica Guerin" (2003), "Babel" (2006), "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (2008) and "Thor: Ragnarok" (2017).
Click the images to enlarge..
- 12/5/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Joel Schumacher, the outspoken and shameless American filmmaker whose often flamboyant productions have become cult classics, died Monday morning at the age of 80. He passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer, Schumacher’s representatives confirmed to IndieWire. His last efforts behind the camera were directing two episodes of the Netflix series “House of Cards” in 2013, though he’d since continued to regale with his unfiltered stories of Hollywood lore, most recently in a 2019 profile of the filmmaker in New York Magazine.
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
Born in New York City, Schumacher studied at Parsons New School for Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology — an education that informed his dazzling visual style as a filmmaker — before moving to Los Angeles to study at UCLA. His earliest credits in Hollywood included as costume designer on “Play It as It Lays” and Woody Allen’s “Sleeper” and “Interiors,” and as screenwriter of cult favorites “Sparkle,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Exclusive: David Vigliano, the literary agent who has repped authors from Oprah Winfrey and David Mamet to Chip and Joanna Gaines and Val Kilmer, the latter of whom just published a bestseller, has re-acquired his publishing assets from Y Entertainment Group.
Vigliano had sold his company in 2014 and was head of Agi’s Agi Vigliano Literary LLC, but now is going back running his own boutique shop. The re-christened Vigliano Associates will operate from its location at 57 East 73rd Street in New York. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I am grateful for all I have learned from Agi’s constellation of superstar agents, and I’m excited to take what I’ve learned and put it to use as I return to operating independently,” Vigliano said.
Vigliano created the role of in-house packager at Warner Books before he began his own agency in 1986. He repped Bob Greene and...
Vigliano had sold his company in 2014 and was head of Agi’s Agi Vigliano Literary LLC, but now is going back running his own boutique shop. The re-christened Vigliano Associates will operate from its location at 57 East 73rd Street in New York. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“I am grateful for all I have learned from Agi’s constellation of superstar agents, and I’m excited to take what I’ve learned and put it to use as I return to operating independently,” Vigliano said.
Vigliano created the role of in-house packager at Warner Books before he began his own agency in 1986. He repped Bob Greene and...
- 4/30/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
For the past year, Amy Shiels has been sworn to secrecy over the identity of her character in the third season of David Lynch’s murder-mystery soap opera Twin Peaks. But while her character has been shrouded in mystery, Amy’s own background is more clear. Amy was born in 1991 in Malahide, Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. She grew up caring for neglected horses and as a child, and later won a small part in the 2003 film Veronica Guerin starring Kate Blanchet. The youngest of seven children, Shiels used acting as an escape from the misery of schoolyard bullies,...read more...
- 6/4/2017
- by Kirsteen Duckers
- Monsters and Critics
Beautifully portrays a very universal experience — not only of immigration but of growing up — via an elegantly nuanced performance by Saoirse Ronan. I’m “biast” (pro): love Saoirse Ronan
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
In 2011, I moved from New York to London. I can make free video phone calls to my friends and family, and I can be home in a few hours; planes go back and forth between the two cities with the regularity and frequency of a bus schedule (if, alas, for quite a bit more than bus fare). But still: it was hard. It remains an emotional challenge to be separated from people I love back home even as I get more and more emotionally connected to a new home.
So I cannot even imagine what it must have...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
In 2011, I moved from New York to London. I can make free video phone calls to my friends and family, and I can be home in a few hours; planes go back and forth between the two cities with the regularity and frequency of a bus schedule (if, alas, for quite a bit more than bus fare). But still: it was hard. It remains an emotional challenge to be separated from people I love back home even as I get more and more emotionally connected to a new home.
So I cannot even imagine what it must have...
- 11/11/2015
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
By Patrick Shanley
Managing Editor
Cate Blanchett is no stranger to the Oscars. The Australian-born actress has two statues already, as well as three other nominations, and is hoping to add to that award season resume this year with buzz surrounding both Carol, a 1950’s-set period drama about a lesbian relationship between a department store clerk (Rooney Mara) and her relationship with a married woman (Blanchett), and Truth, the story of Dan Rather‘s (Robert Redford) dismissal from CBS’ 60 Minutes following investigations into president George W. Bush‘s military service.
Though she plays the titular character in Carol, the argument could be made that Blanchett was more of a supporting player, as Mara actually has more screen time and even beat out Blanchett for the best actress award at Cannes earlier this year. Truth, however, is Blanchett’s film and she could possibly push to get nominated for the lead...
Managing Editor
Cate Blanchett is no stranger to the Oscars. The Australian-born actress has two statues already, as well as three other nominations, and is hoping to add to that award season resume this year with buzz surrounding both Carol, a 1950’s-set period drama about a lesbian relationship between a department store clerk (Rooney Mara) and her relationship with a married woman (Blanchett), and Truth, the story of Dan Rather‘s (Robert Redford) dismissal from CBS’ 60 Minutes following investigations into president George W. Bush‘s military service.
Though she plays the titular character in Carol, the argument could be made that Blanchett was more of a supporting player, as Mara actually has more screen time and even beat out Blanchett for the best actress award at Cannes earlier this year. Truth, however, is Blanchett’s film and she could possibly push to get nominated for the lead...
- 9/24/2015
- by Patrick Shanley
- Scott Feinberg
Katherine Heigl and Gilmore Girls star Alexis Bledel try to win their families over to supporting same-sex marriage in the trailer for Jenny's Wedding.
The comedy - which was partially funded by an Indiegogo campaign - tells the emotional story of a young woman named Jenny (Heigl) coming out to her parents.
Katherine Heigl on being a late bloomer: "I fasted for big boobs"
The cast of Gilmore Girls reunite at the Atx Television Festiva
The straight-laced family have difficulty accepting their daughter's love for another woman, and a rift grows when Jenny announces plans to marry.
Cast as Jenny's disapproving parents are Primetime Emmy Award winner Tom Wilkinson and Tony nominee Linda Emond.
A new trailer for the family drama was released less than a week after a historic Us Supreme Court ruling upheld the legality of same-sex marriage.
This gripping portrayal of a same-sex couple was written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue,...
The comedy - which was partially funded by an Indiegogo campaign - tells the emotional story of a young woman named Jenny (Heigl) coming out to her parents.
Katherine Heigl on being a late bloomer: "I fasted for big boobs"
The cast of Gilmore Girls reunite at the Atx Television Festiva
The straight-laced family have difficulty accepting their daughter's love for another woman, and a rift grows when Jenny announces plans to marry.
Cast as Jenny's disapproving parents are Primetime Emmy Award winner Tom Wilkinson and Tony nominee Linda Emond.
A new trailer for the family drama was released less than a week after a historic Us Supreme Court ruling upheld the legality of same-sex marriage.
This gripping portrayal of a same-sex couple was written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue,...
- 7/2/2015
- Digital Spy
Last week, #lovewins was the hashtag heard around the world when the Supreme Court ruled gay marriage was a Constitutional right. And the timing couldn't be better for "Jenny's Wedding," which takes on the topic head on and a new trailer has landed for the film. Written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue (who also penned "Beaches," "White Oleander," and "Veronica Guerin"), and starring Katherine Heigl, Alexis Bledel, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond, and Grace Gummer, the story follows Jenny, who comes out of the closet to her family and announces that she will be marrying her partner Kitty, and must deal with consequences of disappointment and surprises that follow. The dramedy doesn't feel particularly groundbreaking in a narrative sense, but the emotions ring true, and the cast looks pretty solid all around. A simple story, well told and with a bit of heart looks to be goal and "Jenny's Wedding" aims to hit it.
- 7/2/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sneak Peek new images of Australian actress Cate Blanchett ("The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies") in the November 2014 issue of "Porter Magazine", photographed by Ryan McGinley:
Blanchett has won two 'Academy Awards', three 'Screen Actors Guild Awards', three 'Golden Globe Awards' and three 'BAFTA Awards'.
She was also appointed 'Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters' by the French government in 2012.
Blanchett first gained international attention for her role as 'Elizabeth I of England' in director Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", followed by her portrayal of 'Katharine Hepburn' in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film, "The Aviator".
In 2013, she starred as 'Jasmine Francis' in director Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine".
Blanchett's other notable films include "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14), "Veronica Guerin" (2003), "Babel" (2006), "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...
Blanchett has won two 'Academy Awards', three 'Screen Actors Guild Awards', three 'Golden Globe Awards' and three 'BAFTA Awards'.
She was also appointed 'Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters' by the French government in 2012.
Blanchett first gained international attention for her role as 'Elizabeth I of England' in director Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", followed by her portrayal of 'Katharine Hepburn' in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film, "The Aviator".
In 2013, she starred as 'Jasmine Francis' in director Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine".
Blanchett's other notable films include "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (2001–03) and "The Hobbit" trilogy (2012–14), "Veronica Guerin" (2003), "Babel" (2006), "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008), and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...
- 12/2/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Irish film festival will feature a spotlight on new Canadian cinema and an interview with actress Brenda Fricker.
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) has unveiled its full programme for its 2014 edition.
The festival will host premieres including Get Up and Go, a comedy-drama set over 24 hours in bohemian Dublin; Niall Heery’s family comedy Gold starringDavid Wilmot, James Nesbitt and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Wiiliams; Jake Paltrow’s sci-fi drama Young Ones, an Irish/Us co-pro starring Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult; and documentary I Used to Live Here, about the phenomenon of cluster suicides.
Other documentaries in the line-up include Brave Miss World, the story of former Miss World and rape survivor Linor Abargil; and New Boobs, about preventative mastectomy.
A spotlight on new Canadian cinema will feature screenings of titles such as Watermark, Our Man in Tehran and Lunarcy! in addition to showcasing award-winning films such as The Auction, Maïna, [link...
The Galway Film Fleadh (July 8-13) has unveiled its full programme for its 2014 edition.
The festival will host premieres including Get Up and Go, a comedy-drama set over 24 hours in bohemian Dublin; Niall Heery’s family comedy Gold starringDavid Wilmot, James Nesbitt and Game of Thrones’ Maisie Wiiliams; Jake Paltrow’s sci-fi drama Young Ones, an Irish/Us co-pro starring Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult; and documentary I Used to Live Here, about the phenomenon of cluster suicides.
Other documentaries in the line-up include Brave Miss World, the story of former Miss World and rape survivor Linor Abargil; and New Boobs, about preventative mastectomy.
A spotlight on new Canadian cinema will feature screenings of titles such as Watermark, Our Man in Tehran and Lunarcy! in addition to showcasing award-winning films such as The Auction, Maïna, [link...
- 6/25/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Drug trafficker John Gilligan in hospital after gun attack
One or Ireland's most notorious drug traffickers and the chief suspect in the murder of the journalist Veronica Guerin was in hospital on Saturday night after being shot twice in a gun attack while at a Christening party.
John Gilligan hid in a downstairs toilet after two masked men broke into the home and opened fire. The 61-year-old was hit in the leg and arm while attending what was believed to be a family celebration at his brother's house in Clondalkin, on the outskirts of Dublin. Police described the attack as an attempted murder.
Gilligan was released in October last year after serving 12 years of a 20-year term for masterminding a major operation to traffic cannabis into Ireland. It is understood that he had recently been warned about threats to his life and was reportedly targeted in an attempted attack in...
One or Ireland's most notorious drug traffickers and the chief suspect in the murder of the journalist Veronica Guerin was in hospital on Saturday night after being shot twice in a gun attack while at a Christening party.
John Gilligan hid in a downstairs toilet after two masked men broke into the home and opened fire. The 61-year-old was hit in the leg and arm while attending what was believed to be a family celebration at his brother's house in Clondalkin, on the outskirts of Dublin. Police described the attack as an attempted murder.
Gilligan was released in October last year after serving 12 years of a 20-year term for masterminding a major operation to traffic cannabis into Ireland. It is understood that he had recently been warned about threats to his life and was reportedly targeted in an attempted attack in...
- 3/2/2014
- by Barry Neild
- The Guardian - Film News
Katherine Heigl, Tom Wilkinson, Linda Emond and Grace Gummer will star in Jenny’S Wedding, written and to be directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue (Beaches).
The film is set to start shooting on October 28.
Jenny’S Wedding revolves around Jenny (Heigl) who causes a massive sea-change in the lives of her closely knit, highly conventional family when she finally decides to marry. A pretty and engaging woman, everyone is baffled by Jenny’s lack of a love-life, and her parents (Wilkinson, Emond) particularly have been anxious for her to settle down, but when the announcement comes that she is finally going to wed, her choice of partner tears the family apart. In order to reconnect, everyone including Jenny, must reinvent themselves.
The announcement was made today by producers Donoghue, Gail Levin and Mm Productions’ Michelle Manning.
Mary Agnes Donoghue’s writing credits include The Buddy System, starring Richard Dreyfus and Susan Sarandon,...
The film is set to start shooting on October 28.
Jenny’S Wedding revolves around Jenny (Heigl) who causes a massive sea-change in the lives of her closely knit, highly conventional family when she finally decides to marry. A pretty and engaging woman, everyone is baffled by Jenny’s lack of a love-life, and her parents (Wilkinson, Emond) particularly have been anxious for her to settle down, but when the announcement comes that she is finally going to wed, her choice of partner tears the family apart. In order to reconnect, everyone including Jenny, must reinvent themselves.
The announcement was made today by producers Donoghue, Gail Levin and Mm Productions’ Michelle Manning.
Mary Agnes Donoghue’s writing credits include The Buddy System, starring Richard Dreyfus and Susan Sarandon,...
- 10/24/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
For years I’ve been attempting to write a piece entitled ‘Why Jerry Bruckheimer needs to Ditch Disney’ but it’s never come off. I’m not entirely sure why I never managed to write anything on the subject but now news breaks that Disney and Bruckheimer Films will be parting ways at the end of 2014, it seems like the perfect time to write my reasons for why I think the main man Jerry needs to break free from The Mouse House.
Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott
Disney and Bruckheimer Films first got together back in the 1990s with movies including The Ref, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor, Bad Company, Veronica Guerin, King Arthur, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Déjà Vu which all fell under the Touchstone Pictures label which is owned by Disney. Because of the success of Touchstone,...
Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott
Disney and Bruckheimer Films first got together back in the 1990s with movies including The Ref, Con Air, Armageddon, Enemy of the State, Gone in 60 Seconds, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor, Bad Company, Veronica Guerin, King Arthur, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Déjà Vu which all fell under the Touchstone Pictures label which is owned by Disney. Because of the success of Touchstone,...
- 9/20/2013
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Blue Jasmine may bring another Gold Statue to the talented Cate Blanchett, who gives a performance almost certain to put her on the list of Best Actress nominees for 2013. Come inside to check out our thoughts on Woody Allen's latest film!
Written & Directed by Woody Allen
Cast: Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, Sally Hawkins as Ginger, Alec Baldwin as Hal, Peter Sarsgaard as Dwight
Cate Blanchett (Elisabeth, Veronica Guerin, Hanna, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I’m Not There, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) has previously won an Oscar for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. Buzz is already building for her second, and it’s well deserved. She carries the entire film and lifts it above the limitations of the material.
Woody Allen’s 44th movie seems partly inspired by the classic A Streetcar Named Desire, with Blanchett as a surrogate for Blanche DuBois, Sally Hawkins as a Stella-type,...
Written & Directed by Woody Allen
Cast: Cate Blanchett as Jasmine, Sally Hawkins as Ginger, Alec Baldwin as Hal, Peter Sarsgaard as Dwight
Cate Blanchett (Elisabeth, Veronica Guerin, Hanna, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I’m Not There, The Lord of the Rings trilogy) has previously won an Oscar for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator. Buzz is already building for her second, and it’s well deserved. She carries the entire film and lifts it above the limitations of the material.
Woody Allen’s 44th movie seems partly inspired by the classic A Streetcar Named Desire, with Blanchett as a surrogate for Blanche DuBois, Sally Hawkins as a Stella-type,...
- 8/29/2013
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
Ignoring the fact that Colin Farrell's name sounds just about as Irish as it gets, there's still a shred of possibility that the southern drawl he spits as Jesse James throughout "American Outlaws" actually fooled a few theatergoers into thinking that this bushy-eyebrowed ladykiller was actually born a stars n' stripes yankee.
Let's face it: Farrell -- who currently stars in the new crime thriller "Dead Man Down" -- is a verbal chameleon, a man who has effortlessly toggled the fader on his pipes between his real Dublin-derived brogue and a convincing down-home All-American inflection throughout his two-decade-long career. Practically every role he's taken on has fit somewhere between those two points, but you'd have to subject yourself to a full-on Farrell filmography marathon to know just where each film ranks within his verbal spectrum. Accent charting clearly can't be accomplished overnight, especially when Colin Farrell is involved.
In...
Let's face it: Farrell -- who currently stars in the new crime thriller "Dead Man Down" -- is a verbal chameleon, a man who has effortlessly toggled the fader on his pipes between his real Dublin-derived brogue and a convincing down-home All-American inflection throughout his two-decade-long career. Practically every role he's taken on has fit somewhere between those two points, but you'd have to subject yourself to a full-on Farrell filmography marathon to know just where each film ranks within his verbal spectrum. Accent charting clearly can't be accomplished overnight, especially when Colin Farrell is involved.
In...
- 3/7/2013
- by Nick DeSantis
- NextMovie
The lives of war correspondents are ripe with both lulls and action, and they’ve been translated, both truthfully and stuffed full of fiction, onto film for decades.
Charlize Theron is in talks to co-produce a biopic of slain war reporter Marie Colvin, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story is based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” optioned by producer Basil Iwanyk and Thunder Road’s Peter Lawson. Theron would not only be taking on the challenge of representing a real-life journalist in a believable yet cinematic way, but a female journalist, which brings added complexities.
Charlize Theron is in talks to co-produce a biopic of slain war reporter Marie Colvin, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story is based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” optioned by producer Basil Iwanyk and Thunder Road’s Peter Lawson. Theron would not only be taking on the challenge of representing a real-life journalist in a believable yet cinematic way, but a female journalist, which brings added complexities.
- 9/1/2012
- by Solvej Schou
- EW - Inside Movies
Disney's biggest gamble of 2013, Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, has officially gone into production. There was a point I didn't think this movie would actually happen, but here it is. Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer will lead the pack of actors into the wild west.
The reason I say this movie is a gamble is because Disney is spending $216 million dollars to make the movie, and no Western in the history of cinema has ever made that much money. The highest grossing western of all time is Dances With Wolves, and that only brought in $184 million. I can't believe Disney is pumping this kind of money into a western, because I don't think it's going to make that kind of money back in theaters. Hell, Favreau's Cowboy & Aliens only made a little over $100 million and that mixed both sci-fi and western elements! That should have been a blockbuster, and it wasn't.
The reason I say this movie is a gamble is because Disney is spending $216 million dollars to make the movie, and no Western in the history of cinema has ever made that much money. The highest grossing western of all time is Dances With Wolves, and that only brought in $184 million. I can't believe Disney is pumping this kind of money into a western, because I don't think it's going to make that kind of money back in theaters. Hell, Favreau's Cowboy & Aliens only made a little over $100 million and that mixed both sci-fi and western elements! That should have been a blockbuster, and it wasn't.
- 2/29/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Burbank, Calif. (February 28, 2012) — Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “The Lone Ranger.” The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” blockbusters—producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski—with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award®-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski’s Academy Award-winning “Rango.”
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys,...
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys,...
- 2/29/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Burbank, Calif. (February 28, 2012) — Production has commenced on location in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado on Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “The Lone Ranger.” The film reunites the filmmaking team of the first three “Pirates of the Caribbean” blockbusters—producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski—with Johnny Depp, who created Captain Jack Sparrow in his iconic, Academy Award®-nominated performance and contributed the voice of the title character of Verbinski’s Academy Award-winning “Rango.”
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys,...
Depp plays spirit warrior Tonto in “The Lone Ranger,” with Armie Hammer (“The Social Network,” “J. Edgar”) starring in the title role. Depp and Hammer are joined by a prestigious international cast which includes Tom Wilkinson, two-time Academy Award nominee (“Michael Clayton,” “In the Bedroom”) and Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner (“John Adams”); William Fichtner (Jerry Bruckheimer’s productions of “Armageddon,” “Pearl Harbor” and “Black Hawk Down”); Emmy Award-winner Barry Pepper (TV’s “The Kennedys,...
- 2/28/2012
- by foxallaccess
- Fox All Access
After a rather bumpy road to get there, we’ve just been informed by Disney that their new joint venture with Jerry Bruckheimer ‘The Lone Ranger’ has gone into production today. The movie is set to be directed by Gore Verbinski and stars Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Barry Pepper, James Badge Dale and Helena Bonham Carter.
The script is penned by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Eric Aronson and Justin Haythe.
More as we get it but the full info is below for your viewing pleasure. Excited to see this one but that’s probably just because it’s a ‘Jerry’ movie. Please let it be better than Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice!
Official press release below.
Disney And Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Epic Adventure “The Lone Ranger” Begins Production
Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer and International Cast Star in Thrilling...
The script is penned by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Eric Aronson and Justin Haythe.
More as we get it but the full info is below for your viewing pleasure. Excited to see this one but that’s probably just because it’s a ‘Jerry’ movie. Please let it be better than Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice!
Official press release below.
Disney And Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Epic Adventure “The Lone Ranger” Begins Production
Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer and International Cast Star in Thrilling...
- 2/28/2012
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Ifta nominated feature film 'Anton' has been released for rental under its international title 'Trapped' in the UK and Ireland. Released through High Fliers Films, the film will be available to buy in January 2012. The 2008 thriller, directed by Graham Cantwell (The Callback Queen), stars Gerard McSorley (Veronica Guerin), Anthony Fox (The General) and Laura Way (The Silence) and is produced by Patrick Clarke (Beyond the Pale) and Anthony Fox.
- 11/24/2011
- IFTN
John Michael McDonagh's 'The Guard' has overtaken Ken Loach's 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' in the Irish box office to become the most successful independent Irish film of all time. Since its release on July 8th, the film has also surpassed other Irish titles, including his brother Martin McDonagh's first feature outing 'In Bruges', Joel Schumacher's 'Veronica Guerin' and Paddy Breathnach's 'Man About Dog', to gross over €4.13 million in Ireland.
- 9/9/2011
- IFTN
Oh, Joel Schumacher, with your patchiest of patchy careers ever (though some Playlisters will outright call it an awful one). There is some interesting work in your flawed ouevre oeuvre, including "Tigerland," and "Falling Down," but so-so efforts ("Veronica Guerin") are usually overcome by the ungood ("Phone Booth," "The Number 23," "Twelve"). Pitched somewhere between a B-movie director with good intentions and poor execution and a thoughtless Hollywood A-list director without much vision whose best days are far behind him (think of the days when his career was big enough to score him two "Batman" films, even if he did…...
- 8/16/2011
- The Playlist
They’ve had their successes, and they clearly have talent. Yet all hasn't been going to plan. Luke looks at 10 directors in need of a critical and financial hit…
You know how it is. You’re latest feature goes down well with critics and audiences alike, and before you know it, the scripts are flying through your door.
Your last film went down well, too, and thanks to this momentum, men in suits are asking you to make films now, whereas previously all your work had been attained via a complex and degrading system of begging, selling your principles and lying in the foetal position outside film studios, weeping and yammering in desperate gibberish, until a passing producer took pity and on you and gave you a lowly job as second assistant director on a small film of questionable promise or merit.
So, you’ve finally made it, eh? Fantastic.
You know how it is. You’re latest feature goes down well with critics and audiences alike, and before you know it, the scripts are flying through your door.
Your last film went down well, too, and thanks to this momentum, men in suits are asking you to make films now, whereas previously all your work had been attained via a complex and degrading system of begging, selling your principles and lying in the foetal position outside film studios, weeping and yammering in desperate gibberish, until a passing producer took pity and on you and gave you a lowly job as second assistant director on a small film of questionable promise or merit.
So, you’ve finally made it, eh? Fantastic.
- 4/26/2011
- Den of Geek
It's St. Patrick's Day: A day when we are confronted at every turn by craven caricatures of Irish people. We drink. We fight. We sing incoherently. We throw up on the sidewalk and then we drink some more. As a counterbalance to all that I offer you a random list of extraordinary Irish people whose reputations were built on something other than drinking, brawling and vomiting. Read it all at once, or use each entry as a palate cleansing sorbet between pints.
Note: to those of you who bemoan the lack of ethnic diversity in many Pajiba random lists, I did want to include Phil Lynnott (to whom we owe the title quote) and the long-awaited biopic of him, but four years on it's still in pre-production and Idris Elba is now too old to play him. By way of consolation, consider that Pierce Brosnan is what's known as "Black Irish...
Note: to those of you who bemoan the lack of ethnic diversity in many Pajiba random lists, I did want to include Phil Lynnott (to whom we owe the title quote) and the long-awaited biopic of him, but four years on it's still in pre-production and Idris Elba is now too old to play him. By way of consolation, consider that Pierce Brosnan is what's known as "Black Irish...
- 3/17/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
I had the pleasure of seeing Joe Wright’s fourth feature tonight, the action/drama/thriller Hanna starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, and Eric Bana. While I’m embargoed from sharing any thoughts, Focus Features shared a new clip and a variety of images from the film. The clip features some of the fantastic The Chemical Brothers score, and a snippet from one of my favorite scenes in the film. Check them out below, followed by production notes from the film. Click for hi-resolution versions.
Synopsis
A teenage girl goes out into the world for the first time – and has to battle for her life. Director Joe Wright weaves elements of dark fairy tales into the adventure thriller Hanna, filmed on location in Europe and Morocco.
Hanna (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan of Atonement, also directed by Joe Wright) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter.
Synopsis
A teenage girl goes out into the world for the first time – and has to battle for her life. Director Joe Wright weaves elements of dark fairy tales into the adventure thriller Hanna, filmed on location in Europe and Morocco.
Hanna (played by Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan of Atonement, also directed by Joe Wright) is 16 years old. She is bright, inquisitive, and a devoted daughter.
- 2/16/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
HollywoodNews.com: Academy Award®-winning actress Cate Blanchett will be a presenter at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today.
Blanchett is a five-time Academy Award nominee, who took home the Supporting Actress Oscar® in 2004 for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator.” She also received supporting actress nominations for “Notes on a Scandal” and “I’m Not There” in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Blanchett received lead actress nominations for her performances as Queen Elizabeth I in “Elizabeth” (1998) and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007).
Her other film credits include “Robin Hood,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Good German,” “Babel,” “Veronica Guerin,” “Charlotte Gray,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. She will next be seen in “Hanna,” due out in April.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at...
Blanchett is a five-time Academy Award nominee, who took home the Supporting Actress Oscar® in 2004 for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator.” She also received supporting actress nominations for “Notes on a Scandal” and “I’m Not There” in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Blanchett received lead actress nominations for her performances as Queen Elizabeth I in “Elizabeth” (1998) and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007).
Her other film credits include “Robin Hood,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Good German,” “Babel,” “Veronica Guerin,” “Charlotte Gray,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. She will next be seen in “Hanna,” due out in April.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at...
- 2/15/2011
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Beverly Hills, CA – Academy Award®-winning actress Cate Blanchett will be a presenter at the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer announced today. Blanchett is a five-time Academy Award nominee, who took home the Supporting Actress Oscar® in 2004 for her performance as Katharine Hepburn in “The Aviator.” She also received supporting actress nominations for “Notes on a Scandal” and “I’m Not There” in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Blanchett received lead actress nominations for her performances as Queen Elizabeth I in “Elizabeth” (1998) and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007). Her other film credits include “Robin Hood,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “The Good German,” “Babel,” “Veronica Guerin,” “Charlotte Gray,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. She will next be seen in “Hanna,” due out in April.
- 2/15/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Following on from its pilot broadcast last Christmas, Pat Shortt's hapless detective 'Mattie' will return for a new six part series starting Sunday, September 5th. Directed by Shimmy Marcus (Soul Boy) the series was shot in June 2010 around locations in Limerick.The comedy re-unites 'Garage' actor Pat with his original 'Mattie' cast members including Lesley Conroy (Eden), Alvaro Lucchesi (The Count of Monte Cristo), Sean McDonagh (Kisses) and Joe Taylor (Veronica Guerin). Shortt plays Mattie Dwyer, a country detective – who boasts a recurring ability to get into comic misadventures. Mattie's team include feisty female detective Sharon Kelly (played by Lesley Conroy), his smug fellow detectives, Tom and Felix (played by Alvaro Lucchesi and Sean McDonagh) and Superintendent O'Meara (played by Joe Taylor).
- 9/3/2010
- IFTN
Scribe Jeremy Garelick ("The Break-Up") has signed on to pen the comedy "An Ex To Grind" for Fox and direct the comedy "Hassle Man" for Universal Pictures reports Deadline.
An adaptation of Jane Heller's 2005 novel, 'Ex' follows a Manhattan financial planner (Cameron Diaz) who seeks to divorce her professional football player husband (Benicio del Toro) who has become a lazy couch potato.
Trying to get out of alimony, she finds a random woman she can dump on her ex for three months so as to violate a cohabitation clause.
The scheme doesn't go to plan however as the new love inspires him to be the man she always wanted him to be and now she wants him back. Laura Bickford and Julie Yorn will produce.
Eli Jorne and Reed Agnew penned 'Hassle' about a 'hassler for hire', someone people use when they don't have the funds or balls to employ a hit man.
An adaptation of Jane Heller's 2005 novel, 'Ex' follows a Manhattan financial planner (Cameron Diaz) who seeks to divorce her professional football player husband (Benicio del Toro) who has become a lazy couch potato.
Trying to get out of alimony, she finds a random woman she can dump on her ex for three months so as to violate a cohabitation clause.
The scheme doesn't go to plan however as the new love inspires him to be the man she always wanted him to be and now she wants him back. Laura Bickford and Julie Yorn will produce.
Eli Jorne and Reed Agnew penned 'Hassle' about a 'hassler for hire', someone people use when they don't have the funds or balls to employ a hit man.
- 8/19/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Hearing the success stories of those who make a name for themselves in Hollywood has proven one thing: there's not just one or even a few ways to go about "making it" in this industry. While success can very much be about who you know, sometimes it's more what you do. Jeremy Garelick (right, above) started as Joel Schumacher's assistant and worked second unit on Veronica Guerin before co-writing The Break-Up and uncredited re-writes on The Hangover. Now Deadline reports he's got a deal to direct An Ex to Grind (the romantic comedy with Cameron Diaz/Benicio Del Toro) and a new project called Hassle Man. But how? Garelick explains his simple motivation behind getting Universal's attention regarding his directing talent: "I was sitting on the set of 'The Hangover,' watching that happen when I thought, why not show Universal I can direct? I'd been involved in six movies from start to finish,...
- 8/19/2010
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Screenwriter Jeremy Garelick has closed two deals. He'll adapt for 20th Century Fox the Jane Heller novel An Ex To Grind as a star vehicle for Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro. Garelick has separately been signed by Universal Pictures to direct Hassle Man, a comedy that will be written by Eli Jorne and Reed Agnew Garelick, who cowrote The Break-Up and did uncredited rewrite work for Todd Phillips on The Hangover, has been gearing himself to direct since he was Joel Schumacher's assistant and directed second unit on Veronica Guerin. Making the leap from scribe to director isn't easy, and Garelick helped his own cause by spending $25,000 and calling in every favor he could to film a six-minute scene from The Pretender, a script he set up at Universal. "I was sitting on the set of The Hangover, watching that happen when I thought, why not show Universal I can direct,...
- 8/18/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
In the final part of Carley’s Joel Schumacher retrospective, she looks at his most recent film, the period horror Blood Creek. But is it a return to form after the disastrous The Number 23...?
"Those who came before rule the blood. And when you rule the blood, death is no longer the end." - Richard Wirth
The Recap
After the disaster that was The Number 23, director Joel Schumacher's next film would again be another huge step away from anything else in his back catalogue and he went about making a proper honest to goodness horror movie.
At the start of World War II, a German family, the Wollners, who are based in rural Maryland, agree to take in Professor Richard Wirth (Michael Fassbender), a Nazi scientist who is described to the family as a visiting scholar. Desperate for money, they agree to host him, unaware that the...
"Those who came before rule the blood. And when you rule the blood, death is no longer the end." - Richard Wirth
The Recap
After the disaster that was The Number 23, director Joel Schumacher's next film would again be another huge step away from anything else in his back catalogue and he went about making a proper honest to goodness horror movie.
At the start of World War II, a German family, the Wollners, who are based in rural Maryland, agree to take in Professor Richard Wirth (Michael Fassbender), a Nazi scientist who is described to the family as a visiting scholar. Desperate for money, they agree to host him, unaware that the...
- 8/18/2010
- Den of Geek
Following his middling take on The Phantom Of The Opera, Joel Schumacher turned to the suspense thriller genre with The Number 23. Carley looks back in anger...
"Twenty-fucking-three." - Suicide Blonde
The Recap
After staking a claim in the world of musical films, Schumacher's next movie would see him dipping his toes into the widely popular suspense thriller with a twist genre. Unfortunately for Schumacher, what he would produce can only be described as one of the most awful examples of the genre I have seen to date.
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal enforcement officer who is celebrating his birthday with wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) and son Robin (Logan Lerman). He receives a call about a stray dog that has been caught in the basement of a restaurant. When he arrives to catch it, he is temporarily blinded by the dog's tag, which allows the dog to bite him and run away.
"Twenty-fucking-three." - Suicide Blonde
The Recap
After staking a claim in the world of musical films, Schumacher's next movie would see him dipping his toes into the widely popular suspense thriller with a twist genre. Unfortunately for Schumacher, what he would produce can only be described as one of the most awful examples of the genre I have seen to date.
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal enforcement officer who is celebrating his birthday with wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) and son Robin (Logan Lerman). He receives a call about a stray dog that has been caught in the basement of a restaurant. When he arrives to catch it, he is temporarily blinded by the dog's tag, which allows the dog to bite him and run away.
- 8/4/2010
- Den of Geek
Was bringing Lloyd Webber’s musical The Phantom Of The Opera to the big screen a good career move for director Joel Schumacher? Er...
"Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me?" - The Phantom
The Recap
After failing to impress audiences with his biopic of the life of Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin, Joel Schumacher decided to go back to what he knew best, which is beautiful, over the top cinema. And what better subject to take on than The Phantom Of The Opera, one of the most famous and over the top musicals of all time?
The movie begins in Paris in 1919, where the old Paris Opera House is selling off final items in an auction. An old man, Raoul (Patrick Wilson) awaits an old music box with a monkey on top to come up for sale. After he buys the item, his attention is caught by a huge chandelier,...
"Can you even dare to look or bear to think of me?" - The Phantom
The Recap
After failing to impress audiences with his biopic of the life of Irish journalist, Veronica Guerin, Joel Schumacher decided to go back to what he knew best, which is beautiful, over the top cinema. And what better subject to take on than The Phantom Of The Opera, one of the most famous and over the top musicals of all time?
The movie begins in Paris in 1919, where the old Paris Opera House is selling off final items in an auction. An old man, Raoul (Patrick Wilson) awaits an old music box with a monkey on top to come up for sale. After he buys the item, his attention is caught by a huge chandelier,...
- 7/28/2010
- Den of Geek
Versatile director Joel Schumacher followed up his thriller Phone Booth with the gritty biopic Veronica Guerin. But was it a creative stretch too far?
"You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same."- Veronica
The Recap
Riding high on the wave of success of Phone Booth, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him taking on the tricky biopic genre. While not the obvious choice for such a project, he steamed ahead regardless, enlisting the help of über producer Jerry Bruckheimer (known mostly for action films). The finished piece probably wasn't what either of them were expecting.
Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) was a crime reporter for the Irish Sunday Independent. Aware of how badly the illegal drugs trade in Dublin was effecting the lives of everyday people, especially the city's youth, she decided to investigate the problem further and expose those responsible.
"You'd do the same. If you saw those kids on the street, you would do the same."- Veronica
The Recap
Riding high on the wave of success of Phone Booth, Joel Schumacher's next film would see him taking on the tricky biopic genre. While not the obvious choice for such a project, he steamed ahead regardless, enlisting the help of über producer Jerry Bruckheimer (known mostly for action films). The finished piece probably wasn't what either of them were expecting.
Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett) was a crime reporter for the Irish Sunday Independent. Aware of how badly the illegal drugs trade in Dublin was effecting the lives of everyday people, especially the city's youth, she decided to investigate the problem further and expose those responsible.
- 7/22/2010
- Den of Geek
After the misfire of Bad Company, director Joel Schumacher went back to basics with the real-time thriller, Phone Booth...
"Stu, if you hang up, I will kill you." - The Caller
The Recap
After the horror show that was Bad Company, Joel Schumacher again had to try to find a way of surviving a flop, and much like the fallout after Batman & Robin, he decided to take a turn in a different direction, making his next movie on a small budget and an even smaller cast.
New York City publicist Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) thinks he has it all and knows it all. About to embark on an affair with an actress called Pam (Katie Holmes), he calls her from a phone booth to keep his contact untraceable by his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell).
While in the phone booth, a pizza delivery guy attempts to give him a pizza. Stu dismisses him rudely.
"Stu, if you hang up, I will kill you." - The Caller
The Recap
After the horror show that was Bad Company, Joel Schumacher again had to try to find a way of surviving a flop, and much like the fallout after Batman & Robin, he decided to take a turn in a different direction, making his next movie on a small budget and an even smaller cast.
New York City publicist Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) thinks he has it all and knows it all. About to embark on an affair with an actress called Pam (Katie Holmes), he calls her from a phone booth to keep his contact untraceable by his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell).
While in the phone booth, a pizza delivery guy attempts to give him a pizza. Stu dismisses him rudely.
- 7/15/2010
- Den of Geek
Feature film project 'Easter Sixteen' about the 1916 Easter Uprising in Dublin has been optioned by UK financier Peter Lukas who will produce along with co-author of the award-winning screenplay Brendan Foley (Legend of the Bog) under the new title of 'Easter Rising'. It is understood Peter and Brendan will be working with veteran Dublin-based producer Ned Dowd (executive producer, King Arthur, Veronica Guerin, Apocalypto) and Danish producer Lars Hermann (The Riddle). American production company Coll-Abbitt has also expressed its intention to join the project which will be re-titled 'Easter Rising'. Irish actor turned director Jason Barry, best known for his role in James Cameron's 'Titanic', confirmed that Marathon, his film partnership with Nicola Charles was now being wound up and each were pursing independent projects, with his own major focus continuing to be 'Easter Rising'.
- 7/2/2010
- IFTN
Production gets underway next week at Ireland's Ardmore Studios on the historical television drama series 'Camelot'. Worth an estimated $32million to the Irish industry, the ten part series will film in Ireland for 22 weeks. Irish director Ciaran Donnelly takes the helm for the first two episodes and will be followed by Canadian director Jeremy Podeswa - both directors worked on 'The Tudors' with Donnelly winning an Ifta for his efforts in 2009. Danish director Mikael Salomon (A Far Off Place, Hard Rain) will lead the team for episodes 5 & 6. Solomon has received two Oscar nominations for his cinematography work (Backdraft, The Abyss) and includes the Irish shot 'Far and Away' in his long list of Dop credits. Other 'Tudors' alumni include line producer Séamus McInerney, Emmy winning Irish costume designer Joan Bergin (The Prestige, Veronica Guerin), Emmy nominated Irish production designer Tom Conroy (Breakfast on Pluto, Intermission) and...
- 6/24/2010
- IFTN
Ever since we've been reporting on Disney's next Pirates film, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, we've been using the story synopsis from the book that the movie is being based on. The fourth Pirates film started filming in Hawaii last week, and Disney sent out a press release letting everyone know that Rob Marshall in now shooting. The press release contained the first official synopsis of the film, which tells you what adventure Johnny Depp will be involved with this time.
In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love–or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate...
In this action-packed tale of truth, betrayal, youth and demise, Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love–or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate...
- 6/21/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
We did this with Streisand last month and wasn't it a neat way to snapshot an entire career? For Cate Blanchett, currently "Maid Marion Loxley" in Robin Hood, this overview wasn't as simple. She works so frequently that it had to be narrowed down. This career overview is restricted to films wherein she has a leading role or practically dominates in a barely-not-leading supporting role.
The Wedding Party (1997) | Oscar and Lucinda (1997) | Elizabeth (1998)
An Ideal Husband (1999) | The Gift (2000) | Bandits (2001)
Charlotte Gray (2001) | Heaven (2002) | Veronica Guerin (2003)
The Missing (2003) | The Aviator (2004) | Little Fish (2005)
The Good German (2006) | Notes on a Scandal (2006) | I'm Not There (2007)
Elizabeth the Golden Age (2007) | Benjamin Button (2008) | Robin Hood (2010)
ShareQuestions for you
1. Didn't you immediately miss Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) and The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) while looking at those? Kinda makes you wonder if she was meant to glitter from the ensemble rather than go for the floating head star vehicle...
The Wedding Party (1997) | Oscar and Lucinda (1997) | Elizabeth (1998)
An Ideal Husband (1999) | The Gift (2000) | Bandits (2001)
Charlotte Gray (2001) | Heaven (2002) | Veronica Guerin (2003)
The Missing (2003) | The Aviator (2004) | Little Fish (2005)
The Good German (2006) | Notes on a Scandal (2006) | I'm Not There (2007)
Elizabeth the Golden Age (2007) | Benjamin Button (2008) | Robin Hood (2010)
ShareQuestions for you
1. Didn't you immediately miss Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) and The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) while looking at those? Kinda makes you wonder if she was meant to glitter from the ensemble rather than go for the floating head star vehicle...
- 5/15/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
British composer David Buckley began his career by writing television music and jingles in his homeland before he was introduced to Harry Gregson-Williams. After working on some of the composer's most recent projects (from the Shrek sequels to Gone Baby Gone), David gained enough experience to write his own full-length film scores. His most visible credits up to now include Joel Schumacher's Town Creek and The Forbidden Kingdom - the movie that united martial arts superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. His latest movie entitled From Paris With Love once again teams up a mismatched couple - now in the form of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and John Travolta, who play characters getting on like a house on fire. Based on a story by Luc Besson, the French action picture gave its composer an opportunity to provide a high-energy, percussive score which is counterpointed by sensuous songs on the soundtrack. We...
- 3/26/2010
- Daily Film Music Blog
Oscar-winning Cate Blanchett will join Irish star Saoirse Ronan in the new thriller "Hanna." Blanchett, most recently seen in 2008's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" will join the cast which begins shooting in Germany next week. Saoirse plays the "Hanna" of the title, a 14-year-old girl from Eastern Europe who has been trained as an assassin by her father. Cate will play the mother of a French girl who Saoirse befriends. The plot calls for Saoirse to take a stand against the life her father has built for her against the life that Cate and her family offer. Cate of course is very popular with Irish audiences after her pitch-perfect portrayal of murdered Irish reporter Veronica Guerin in the 2003 movie of the same name. ...
- 2/9/2010
- IrishCentral
Top actress and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon has tipped Irish starlet Saoirse Ronan for an Oscar nomination for her lead role in 'The Lovely Bones.' Sarandon, who also stars in the movie about a young girl looking down on her family after her murder, said that the movie had some standout performances. "I definitely think Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci (who plays the killer in the film) should be nominated," said Sarandon, who won her own Oscar for her role in film 'Dead Man Walking.' Ronan and Sarandon attended the premier of 'Lovely Bones' in Sydney yesterday and the Irish actress said Sarandon (63), who plays her grandmother in the film, continued her motherly ways off screen. "Susan did look after me," she said. “Just being around someone as experienced as that is great." Ronan was born in New York and is the daughter of Irish actor Paul Ronan.
- 12/13/2009
- IrishCentral
Interview / The lovely Saoirse Ronan carries 'The Lovely Bones' / Click here Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has a new fan, "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson. Pattinson attended the La premier of Ronan's new film, "The Lovely Bones," last night and tried to keep a low profile. However he was spotted by actress Katerina Graham “At the premiere of lovely bones and robert pattinson is here girls!” she wrote on her Twitter page. “Should I kidnap him for the fans? He’s sitting a few rows from me.” Pattinson skipped out on the red carpet but Saoirse made a star turn in a gorgeous glittery dress. Saoirse is a hot tip for the Oscar nominations for her role as Susie Salmon in "The Lovely Bones." She received multiple award nominations for her role as the young Briony Tallis in the film "Atonement." Saoires, who is an only child, was born in...
- 12/8/2009
- IrishCentral
A few years back, Black Hawk Down proved that Jerry Bruckheimer isn’t all about family-friendly fare, whiz-bang entertainment and popcorn-peddling. It’s been a while since he dipped his toes into more adult waters (Veronica Guerin in 2003, to be precise), but it seems that he’s heading that way with his latest project, Horse Soldiers.Bruckheimer and Disney today acquired the rights to the forthcoming book by Doug Stanton, which is subtitled, The Extraordinary Story of a Band of Us Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan. From that, you should be able to guess that it’s a true-life tale about a group of special forces soldiers and CIA operatives who did, indeed, wage war on the Taliban… on horseback.The centrepoint of their campaign against local Afghan warlords came when the horse soldiers, as they were dubbed, held off an ambush while negotiating the surrender of hundreds of Taliban troops.
- 4/7/2009
- EmpireOnline
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