**Elysium Sets March 2013 Release Date **Elysium Adds Wagner Moura as the Villain **Beginners Poster

Elysium Sets March 2013 Release Date
Sony Pictures has set a March 8, 2013 release date for Neill Blomkamp's upcoming sci-fi thriller Elysium.


This news comes hot off the heels of today's earlier announcement that Brazilian actor Wagner Moura will play the villain. Little is known about the plot for Elysium, other than it will be set on another planet and will deal with social issues. Matt Damon will star as a con man, while Sharlto Copley co-stars.


Neill Blomkamp is directing Elysium from his own original screenplay. It isn't clear when production will start, although, with a 2013 release date locked in, it might be awhile before this project goes before cameras.


As of now, Elysium has the March 8 release date all to itself.


Elysium comes to theaters March 8th, 2013 and stars Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Wagner Moura. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.




Sources: The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.movieweb.com/news/elysium-sets-march-2013-release-date


 

Elysium Adds Wagner Moura as the Villain
Brazilian actor Wagner Moura, who stars in the Elite Squad movie series, has joined the cast of Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi thriller Elysium.


Wagner Moura will play the main villain in this mysterious adventure; a man who has a bizarre sense of humor. Little else is known about the story, although it is said that Matt Damon will play a con man, with Sharlto Copley also starring. Jodie Foster is reportedly attached to the project still, although she revealed last month she isn't yet signed for Elysium.


Neill Blomkamp will direct Elysium from his own screenplay. It isn't clear when production will start yet, although a late 2012 release date is being targeted.


Wagner Moura will make his Hollywood debut with Elysium after starring in 2008's Elite Squad and last year's Elite Squad 2, which was the top-grossing movie in Brazil.


Elysium comes to theaters March 8th, 2013 and stars Sharlto Copley, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Wagner Moura. The film is directed by Neill Blomkamp.




Sources: Heat Vision Blog
http://www.movieweb.com/news/elysium-adds-wagner-moura-as-the-villain



 



Beginners Poster
Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, and Mélanie Laurent star in director Mike Mills's upcoming dramatic comedy Beginners. Focus Features has released the first poster, which you can check out below.



From writer/director Mike Mills comes a comedy/drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. "Beginners" imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent of "Inglourious Basterds") only months after his father Hal (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father who - following 44 years of marriage - came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life. The upheavals of Hal's new honesty, by turns funny and moving, brought father and son closer than they'd ever been able to be. Now Oliver endeavors to love Anna with all the bravery, humor, and hope that his father taught him.


Beginners comes to theaters June 3rd, 2011 and stars Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Bill Oberst Jr., Mary Page Keller, Jodi Long, Kai Lennox. The film is directed by Mike Mills.




Sources: Focus Features
http://www.movieweb.com/news/beginners-poster

***Josh Duhamel Picks Up NEW YEAR’S EVE ***Judi Dench Confirms She’ll Return as M in BOND 23 ***Trailer and Poster for BEGINNERS ***Saoirse Ronan Cast in THE HOBBIT

Josh Duhamel Picks Up NEW YEAR’S EVE

by Jason Barr    Posted: January 27th, 2011

Josh Duhamel (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) has been added to the mega-ensemble cast that makes up director Garry Marshall’s forthcoming rom-com New Year’s Eve.  News of Duhamel’s casting came last night, courtesy of TheWrap, although no details were divulged about his role.  Considering the sheer number of actors already present in the film, it’s possible that Duhamel is just an extra and that literally every person in front of Marshall’s camera at any given moment will be a name actor of some caliber.  It’s not likely, but the other possibility is that the film will be a ten-hour epic only matched in scale by Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.  I’ll let you decide which you think is more plausible.

To date, the New Year’s Eve cast includes Robert De Niro, Ashton Kutcher, Halle Berry, Jessical Biel, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron, Sienna Miller, Lea Michelle, Sofia Vergara, Abigail Breslin, Germany’s own Til Schweiger, Seth Meyes, Jon Bon Jovi, and…Josh Duhamel.  The film opens later this year on December 9th.

http://collider.com/josh-duhamel-new-years-eve/73018/

Judi Dench Confirms She’ll Return as M in BOND 23

by Jason Barr    Posted: January 27th, 2011

Here’s a bit of casting news that may come as no surprise (although it’s certainly welcome nonetheless): Dame Judi Dench has confirmed that she will be reprising her role as M in the upcoming James Bond film, Bond 23.  Bond fansite MI6 reports that Dench recently confirmed her involvement in the project while receiving an outstanding achievement award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.

Bond 23 will mark Dench’s seventh turn as M (beginning with 1995’s Goldeneye).  Directed by Sam Mendes, from a script by John Logan, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade, Bond 23 will of course also star Daniel Craig and is scheduled to hit theaters on November 9th, 2012.

http://collider.com/judi-dench-james-bond-23/73065/

Trailer and Poster for BEGINNERS

by Jason Barr    Posted: January 27th, 2011

The trailer for writer/director Mike Mills’ (Thumbsucker) comedy/drama Beginners has landed online.  Starring Ewan McGregor, Oscar-nominee Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), and Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Beginners follows a man named Oliver (McGregor) as he meets Anna (Laurent) and proceeds to reflect on the lessons taught to him by his late father (Plummer).  I heard very good things about Beginners after it screened at TIFF and this sentimentally charming trailer (and delightfully simplistic poster) does little to undercut that praise.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer, poster, and synopsis.  Beginners hits select theaters this summer on June 3rd.

..... more here;  http://collider.com/beginners-movie-trailer-movie-poster/73079/

Saoirse Ronan Cast in THE HOBBIT

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 27th, 2011

How about some good news regarding The Hobbit? Earlier today, we reported that the ever-troubled production of J.R.R. Tolkein’s classic has hit another bump in the road in the form of director Peter Jackson’s recent ulcer causing a slight delay in filming. Well now, we have something positive to report regarding the project. It appears that actress Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), who worked with Jackson on The Lovely Bones, will be a part of The Hobbit cast after all. In an interview with IFTN (via TheOneRing.net), one of the casting directors on the film spilled the beans about Ronan’s involvement:

“And working with Peter Jackson is like working with a family. So they’ll have a great time. Saoirse’s family will go too, everyone is very close and very loving on those sorts of jobs. It’s not like typical studio movies at all.”

The casting director also stated most of the cast is already out in New Zealand now, with production on the two-part adaptation set to begin in the next couple of weeks. Ronan’s a fantastic actress, and her addition to the ever-growing cast list of The Hobbit films is definitely good news. The Hobbit Part I is scheduled to be released in December 2012, with The Hobbit Part II set to follow in December 2013.

http://collider.com/saoirse-ronan-the-hobbit/73129/

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