Martin Scorsese’s HUGO CABRET Becomes HUGO
by Matt Goldberg Posted: June 30th, 2011
The title of Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film Hugo Cabret has been reduced by 50 percent. Variety’s Jeff Sneider reports that the movie will now simply be called Hugo. The title was already shortened from its source material, Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I’m not sure why the title was cut down but I’m sure there’s a focus group out there that said they would be more willing to see a movie called “Hugo” than “Hugo Cabret”. As we all know, focus groups are always right.
The film has Asa Butterfield playing the eponymous character, a young boy secretly living in a train station in 1931 Paris. When he gets caught up in a magical adventure, his secrets are put in jeopardy. The impressive cast also includes Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jude Law. Hugo is set for release on November 23rd and I’m betting we can expect to see the first trailer soon. http://collider.com/hugo-cabret-title-shortened/99722/
International Trailer for TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY
by Matt Goldberg Posted: June 30th, 2011
The international trailer for the film has been released and it looks like Alfredson has really nailed the suspense of the story while side-stepping the predictable tropes of the spy genre. Hit the jump to check out the trailer. The film also stars Toby Jones and John Hurt. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy opens in the UK on September 16th, and it’s possible the flick could show up at the Venice Film Festival and/or the Toronto International Film Festival. http://collider.com/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-trailer-international/99717/
Official Synopsis For Prometheus Revealed, Ben Foster Joins The Cast
published: 2011-06-30 22:23:34 Author: Eric Eisenberg
There's been an awful lot of secrecy and security surrounding Ridley Scott's Prometheus, a film that may or may not be a prequel to his 1979 classic Alien. Earlier today, however, a tipster revealed quite a bit about the plot, but there has been a lot of questioning in regard to its validity. Now 20th Century Fox has finally released its first plot synopsis for the film to combat the validity of the leaked story, but unfortunately it doesn't exactly deliver any answers one way or the other.
Picked up by JoBlo, the synopsis itself is only 70 words (26 of which are dedicated to stroking Ridley Scott's ego) and it largely consists of filler adjectives. While you might feel excited reading it, closer examination will have you questioning why. Here it is:
Picked up by JoBlo, the synopsis itself is only 70 words (26 of which are dedicated to stroking Ridley Scott's ego) and it largely consists of filler adjectives. While you might feel excited reading it, closer examination will have you questioning why. Here it is:
Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.
Outside of explaining that the movie is a science fiction tale about people on a distant world - things we already know - this is about as bland a synopsis that you will find. Even stranger, it doesn't do anything to undermine the leaked description from earlier today, which was the whole point of it's release. The paragraph doesn't even list the movie's stellar cast, which has apparently gotten bigger.
In addition to posting the synopsis, JoBlo has also learned that Ben Foster has joined the film's ranks. Whether it's a late-in-production addition or something we just didn't know about, the casting of Foster makes the established list of actors, which includes Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender, even better. The project will only be the actor's second venture into the sci-fi genre, having starred in 2009's Pandorum. Still in production, the film is set to be released on June 8, 2012. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Official-Synopsis-For-Prometheus-Revealed-Ben-Foster-Joins-The-Cast-25499.html
In addition to posting the synopsis, JoBlo has also learned that Ben Foster has joined the film's ranks. Whether it's a late-in-production addition or something we just didn't know about, the casting of Foster makes the established list of actors, which includes Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Logan Marshall-Green and Michael Fassbender, even better. The project will only be the actor's second venture into the sci-fi genre, having starred in 2009's Pandorum. Still in production, the film is set to be released on June 8, 2012. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Official-Synopsis-For-Prometheus-Revealed-Ben-Foster-Joins-The-Cast-25499.html
John Malkovich Needs Another Pig, RED Sequel Plans To Bring Back Cast
published: 2011-06-30 13:45:44 Author: Josh Tyler
Bruce Willis’s retired hitman movie RED was a lot more fun that expected, due in no small part to a scene stealing performance from John Malkovich, and it did surprisingly well at the box office too. I suspect its solid earnings may have something to do with elderly people showing up to see people their own age kick ass. “RED” stands for Retired and Extremely Dangerous, and when I showed up to see the movie a couple of weeks into its theatrical run I was by far the youngest person in its audience.
Old people love to see their peers shooting younger people in the head, apparently, so Summit Entertainment is churning out a sequel. MTV caught up with RED producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura who offered an update on what it’ll be all about. They plan to bring back the previous cast, which means you should expect to see Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich back and packing heat at the least. I guess they’ll likely bring back Mary Louise Parker too. But di Bonaventura also says they want to “freshen” the cast up, which means adding new faces into the mix. He says, “We'll bring in one or two characters that'll play a really big part — maybe three, but definitely one or two.”
Once they work out the math, they’ll still keep the focus on the original movie’s primary characters. Lorenzo explains, “Sometimes there's a tendency to want to do too much of a good thing so you don't really service anything, so we're really trying to stay focused on our core crew with one or two new additions.”
So what’ll it be about? He’s not talking, I guess they’ll have to find some way to drag everyone out of retirement, yet again. John Malkovich is going to need another pig. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/John-Malkovich-Needs-Another-Pig-RED-Sequel-Plans-To-Bring-Back-Cast-25490.html
Old people love to see their peers shooting younger people in the head, apparently, so Summit Entertainment is churning out a sequel. MTV caught up with RED producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura who offered an update on what it’ll be all about. They plan to bring back the previous cast, which means you should expect to see Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich back and packing heat at the least. I guess they’ll likely bring back Mary Louise Parker too. But di Bonaventura also says they want to “freshen” the cast up, which means adding new faces into the mix. He says, “We'll bring in one or two characters that'll play a really big part — maybe three, but definitely one or two.”
Once they work out the math, they’ll still keep the focus on the original movie’s primary characters. Lorenzo explains, “Sometimes there's a tendency to want to do too much of a good thing so you don't really service anything, so we're really trying to stay focused on our core crew with one or two new additions.”
So what’ll it be about? He’s not talking, I guess they’ll have to find some way to drag everyone out of retirement, yet again. John Malkovich is going to need another pig. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/John-Malkovich-Needs-Another-Pig-RED-Sequel-Plans-To-Bring-Back-Cast-25490.html
Colin Firth's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy Trailer Kills Our Man In Istanbul
published: 2011-06-30 11:44:00 Author: Josh Tyler
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy gathers most of the best actors in Great Britain together on screen and drops them in what appears to be the coolest possible version of a Cold War era spy movie. The film’s first international trailer has arrived, and it’s everything you could hope it would be.
A remake of the same named 1979 spy thriller, the movie stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, and Toby Jones. In this version an espionage veteran named George Smiley is forced out of retirement to hunt down a Soviet agent hidden within MI6.
Watch the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer:
A remake of the same named 1979 spy thriller, the movie stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, and Toby Jones. In this version an espionage veteran named George Smiley is forced out of retirement to hunt down a Soviet agent hidden within MI6.
Watch the Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy trailer:
Any time someone says “they’ve killed our man in Istanbul” I’m in. In a week full of some pretty great trailers, this may be the best. Wonder why this trailer looks so good? It’s directed by Tomas Alfredson, who proved he gets gritty, period specific films with Let the Right One In.
Look for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in theaters November 11th of this year. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Colin-Firth-s-Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Spy-Trailer-Kills-Our-Man-In-Istanbul-25484.html
Look for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in theaters November 11th of this year. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Colin-Firth-s-Tinker-Tailor-Soldier-Spy-Trailer-Kills-Our-Man-In-Istanbul-25484.html
Noomi Rapace Bringing Iconic Swedish Singer Anita Lindblom's Story To Screen
published: 2011-06-30 09:00:39 Author: Sean O'Connell
To some, she’ll always be Lisbeth Salander, techno-goth hacker heroine of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling Millennium trilogy. Yet while David Fincher continues to prep an American adaptation of the hit Swedish film The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo original Lisbeth Noomi Rapace continues to line up projects that challenge her creatively and expand her acting resume.
Rapace wrapped work on Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes sequel, A Game of Shadows, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, and continues to film Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller Prometheus. But after that project, Rapace has agreed to film an as-yet-untitled biopic of iconic Swedish singer Anita Lindblom for Twilight and Red Riding Hood director Catherine Hardwicke. And in a strange twist of fate, Rapace’s husband, Ola Rapace, will play Lindblom’s husband, boxer Bosse Högberg.
Lindblom had a massive hit in 1961 with Sån’t är livet, which was a cover of Roy Hamilton’s You Can Have Her. But Hardwicke’s film, according to ScreenDaily, will focus more on the tabloid-fueling love affair waged between Lindblom and Högberg that captivated Sweden in the 1960s and turned the duo into overnight celebrities.
The obvious challenge would be selling the film in the States, where Lindblom and Högberg’s story has no cultural impact. But the biopic calls to mind Olivier Dahan’s 2007 take on Edith Piaf’s life for La Vie en Rose, which introducing mainstream audiences to Marion Cotillard and earned the beautiful French actress an Oscar for her fearless turn. If handled properly, a Lindblom biopic could have the same effect on Rapace … though between Sherlock Holmes and Prometheus, she might already be a global sensation by the time Hardwicke’s picture makes its way to the screen. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Noomi-Rapace-Bringing-Iconic-Swedish-Singer-Anita-Lindblom-s-Story-To-Screen-25483.html
Rapace wrapped work on Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes sequel, A Game of Shadows, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, and continues to film Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller Prometheus. But after that project, Rapace has agreed to film an as-yet-untitled biopic of iconic Swedish singer Anita Lindblom for Twilight and Red Riding Hood director Catherine Hardwicke. And in a strange twist of fate, Rapace’s husband, Ola Rapace, will play Lindblom’s husband, boxer Bosse Högberg.
Lindblom had a massive hit in 1961 with Sån’t är livet, which was a cover of Roy Hamilton’s You Can Have Her. But Hardwicke’s film, according to ScreenDaily, will focus more on the tabloid-fueling love affair waged between Lindblom and Högberg that captivated Sweden in the 1960s and turned the duo into overnight celebrities.
The obvious challenge would be selling the film in the States, where Lindblom and Högberg’s story has no cultural impact. But the biopic calls to mind Olivier Dahan’s 2007 take on Edith Piaf’s life for La Vie en Rose, which introducing mainstream audiences to Marion Cotillard and earned the beautiful French actress an Oscar for her fearless turn. If handled properly, a Lindblom biopic could have the same effect on Rapace … though between Sherlock Holmes and Prometheus, she might already be a global sensation by the time Hardwicke’s picture makes its way to the screen. http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Noomi-Rapace-Bringing-Iconic-Swedish-Singer-Anita-Lindblom-s-Story-To-Screen-25483.html
Thu, 30 June 2011
Tom Hardy: 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Trailer!
Check out the trailer for Tom Hardy’s latest movie, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy!
The 33-year-old English actor stars opposite Colin Firth and Gary Oldman in the film, adapted from the bestselling Cold War spy novel written in 1974 by John le Carre.
Here’s the synopsis: “In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley (Oldman) is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6’s echelons.”
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy will hit theaters nationwide on November 18. http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/06/30/tom-hardy-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-trailer/
David Magee’s script is adapted from one of the most beautifully well-written novels in the past ten years. Ang Lee alone choosing it to be his next film makes it a must see. But what is really attention-grabbing is the fact that he is choosing 
