New Image from THE IRON LADY Starring Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 22nd, 2011
A new image from the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady has gone online. The film stars Meryl Streep (apparently gunning for Oscar nomination #15) as Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as Thatcher’s husband Denis. The film also stars Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, and Olivia Colman. Footage from the film, which will show how Thatcher dominated Britain’s political landscape in her role as the country’s prime minister, is set to be screened for potential buyers at Cannes. The movie currently has distribution in the UK, but presumably a U.S. distributor will pick it up at Cannes. The real question is whether or not it will hit theaters next year or if it will be held for the 2012 Oscars. As for folks in the UK, you’ll see the film on January 6, 2012.Hit the jump to check out the image....................... http://collider.com/the-iron-lady-movie-image/87220/
Ralph Fiennes in Talks to Play Magwitch in Mike Newell’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS; BOND 23 Talks Still Ongoing
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 22nd, 2011
Ralph Fiennes is in talks to join Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) and Helena Bonham Carter in Mike Newell’s adaptation of Great Expectations. Daily Mail reports that Fiennes is up for the role of the mysterious Magwitch, but also notes that Fiennes is currently set to play Prospero in Trevor Nunn’s version of The Tempest at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Because Newell plans to shoot in London starting in August, if Fiennes takes the role, he would have to shoot his scenes during the day and then do his stage performances in the evening.As we reported back in February, Fiennes is also in talks to join Sam Mendes’ untitled James Bond flick and those negotiations are still ongoing. He’ll next be seen in theaters this July playing some guy named “Voldemort” in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Hit the jump for a synopsis of Great Expectations.
HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET Starring Jennifer Lawrence Set for February 3, 2012
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 22nd, 2011
Relativity Media has set Mark Tonderai’s thriller House at the End of the Street for February 3, 2012. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as a teenager who moves into a new home with her mother (Elisabeth Shue), but then discovers that their home is next door to the site of a double murder. She makes friends with the massacre’s sole survivor (Max Thieriot). If it turns out he was the person responsible for the double murder, I’ll be very disappointed.The only other film currently set for release on February 3, 2012 is Fox’s superhero drama Chronicle starring Dane DeHaan. Presumably, the film will try to build off all the publicity Lawrence will be receiving in the lead-up to her starring role in The Hunger Games, which opens less than two months later. [Update: We've added the press release from Relativity after the jump.]....................... http://collider.com/house-at-the-end-of-the-street-release-date/87243/
Emile Hirsch Joins Oliver Stone’s SAVAGES
by Matt Goldberg Posted: April 22nd, 2011
Oliver Stone’s Savages continues to round up an impressive cast even though Stone hasn’t made a good film in over a decade. According to Variety, the latest talented actor to board the flick is Emile Hirsh. There are currently no details on which role he’ll play, but he’ll be starring alongside Benecio Del Toro, Salma Hayek, Blake Lively, Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, and Uma Thurman. The film is based on Don Winslow’s novel which centers a pair of marijuana growers (Kitsch and Johnson) who are forced to work in a Mexican cartel after their friend is kidnapped. Stone is revising the script Winslow co-wrote with Shane Salerno.Hirsch recently wrapped filming on William Friedkin’s dark comedy Killer Joe and he’s currently at work on The Motel Life alongside Stephen Dorff and Dakota Fanning. Hit the jump to read the synopsis for Savages.
