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Film Review: Good Vibrations for Maggie Gyllenhaal in Uneven ‘Hysteria’
21 hours ago | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Combining late 19th century Victorian England with the invention of the vibrator is a surefire laugh getter, but unfortunately “Hysteria” adds in a romance subplot and doesn’t climax. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce and Felicity Jones add to the buzz.
Rating: 3.0/5.0
The term “hysteria” refers to a condition that was fostered upon women as a catch-all medical explanation for ennui, depression or nervousness caused by sexual frustration – this simply wasn’t talked about in the days of Queen Victoria. When a male doctor builds a huge practice just by applying manual stimulation to the condition, using technology to invent a vibrating machine is the logical and hilarious next step. The film is a one joke premise delivered with understated absurdity, but also wants to be a warm and fuzzy romantic romp, and that’s when it gets in the way of itself.
Charlotte (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and Emily »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Casting Net: 'Thor 2,' 'Iron Man 3' land new villains. Plus: Anthony Hopkins, Bradley Cooper, Owen Wilson, Olivia Wilde
24 May 2012 6:28 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) is in talks to torment the citizens of Asgard in Thor 2, as an unspecified villain who joins Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) will direct the film. [THR]
• Speaking of Thor 2, that sequel may stand in the way of Anthony Hopkins joining another sequel, Red 2. Hopkins would play a baddie in the latter film — which will star Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, and Catherine Zeta-Jones — but his involvement hinges on his ability to schedule around playing Odin in Thor 2. [Deadline]
• Elsewhere in the Marvel-verse, two actors have signed onto Iron Man 3, which just started filming this week. One is quite familiar: Jon Favreau will return to play Tony Stark bodyguard Happy Hogan, notable since Favreau passed the directing reins for the franchise to Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). »
- Adam B. Vary
Casting Net: Natalie Portman attached to western 'Jane Got a Gun.' Plus: Hailee Steinfeld, James McAvoy, Mark Duplass
22 May 2012 7:34 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• From pointe shoes to boot spurs: Natalie Portman is attached to the western Jane Got a Gun, about a woman forced to defend her home from outlaws looking to kill off her barely-alive husband. Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) is attached to direct. No word on whether the title is meant to evoke the Aerosmith classic or not. [THR]
• James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class) has joined Jessica Chastain in the fascinating cinema experiment The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, which will explore the lives of a married couple in two separate feature-length films from their respective points of view, »
- Adam B. Vary
Colin Firth To Play Noel Coward In 'Mad Dogs And Englishmen,' & Co-Star In Rupert Everett's Oscar Wilde Biopic
22 May 2012 12:50 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Colin Firth is set to play famed English playwright Noel Coward, in the Willy Holtzman-penned project, “Mad Dogs And Englishmen,” about Coward’s eventful two week stay at The Desert Inn in Las Vegas in 1955. Although there’s still no director attached, this seems like a great role for the actor to sink his teeth into, as Coward was famous for what Time called “a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise.” So we’ll be definitely be looking forward to this project in the future. [Screen Daily]
Two giants of the Scandinavian cinematic world, Lone Scherfig (“An Education” and “One Day”) and Pernilla August (“Beyond”), are set to join forces together on an adaptation of the classic Hjalmar Söderberg novel, “The Serious Game.” The novel follows a couple who meet early in life, go their separate ways and then meet again when they are married to other people. »
- Cain Rodriguez
Rupert Everett To Direct And Star In Oscar Wilde Biopic
22 May 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
British thespian Rupert Everett may be best-known Stateside as Julia Roberts' gay best friend in the classic romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding. But despite his scene-stealing screen presence, Everett never scored the leading man heights he'd hoped for. In 2009, he stated publically that he feels his movie career was stifled because he's an openly gay actor. Perhaps experiencing this prejudice is what has drawn him to the life story of legendary wit and heralded writer Oscar Wilde, whose life was irrevocably marred when he was prosecuted for sodomy and gross indecency.1890s legalese for being gay. Everett is looking to bring Wilde's life and struggle to the big screen, writing and directing a biopic in which he'll star called The Happy Prince. The film will begin with the tragic final chapter of the author's life, following the harsh prison sentence of two years of hard labor that »
Interview: Director Tanya Wexler Has the Buzz on ‘Hysteria’
22 May 2012 6:53 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – When creating a film about the origins of the vibrator, it’s best not to take yourself too seriously. The brassy, bubbly director Tanya Wexler helped convert a two page premise into a sly romantic comedy. The cast of Maggie Gyllehaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, and Felicity Jones take the journey with her.
“Hysteria” refers to medical condition, a catch-all term to describe a woman’s ennui during the latter half of the 19th century in Victorian England. One medical doctor, portrayed by Jonathan Pryce, has discovered that female private part “stimulation” is the key to curing what ails them, and takes on a younger doctor (Hugh Dancy) as a co-applicator of the treatment. After losing the feeling in his hand, the younger physician decides to electrify the treatment, and the vibrator is born.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy in ‘Hysteria’
Photo credit: Liam Daniels for Sony Pictures Classics
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Emma Watson to collaborate on Oscar Wilde biopic “The Happy Prince" (IrishCentral)
22 May 2012 5:14 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Rupert Everett, best known for his role in “My Best Friend’s Wedding”, is to make his directorial debut with the Oscar Wilde biopic “The Happy Prince”. The Germany based production will star, Everett, as Wilde, alongside Colin Firth (“The Kings Speech”) and Emma Watson (“Harry Potter”). Everett also wrote the script which is described by Variety as a comedy with tragic undertones. The movie will tell the story “of the Irish playwright's final days as he observes his own failure with ironic distance and humor.” In the past Everett has started in movie adaptations of Wilde’s work such as “The Importance of Being Earnest” and “An Ideal Husband.” He has long been a champion of Wilde stage and written works. Colin Firth has been cast as Wilde’s (Everett’s) friend and confident Reginald “Reggie” Turner, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cast also includes Tom Wilkinson and Edward Fox. »
Morning Meme: Grant Gustin Is "A Mother's Nightmare," "Spartacus: Vengeance" Piles Up the Bodies, and Chris Hemsworth Makes Us Sweat Reading "Fifty Shades of Grey"
22 May 2012 4:44 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Grant Gustin is set to star in the Lifetime movie A Mother's Nightmare, about a popular kid on the rebound who gets accused of sexual assault when he tries to back away from his new girl. 90210's Jessica Lowndes will play the psycho new girl.
Mississippi lawmaker Andy Gipson, who did personally quote a bad translation of Leviticus that does call for gays to be put to death has come out again to say that he respects all life, and "Any reasonable person who reads the actual post can see that both scripture were cited only for the proposition that same-sex marriage is morally objectionable — sin." Sorry, if you actually include "They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads," you're authorizing your followers to do it in the name of the Lord.
Shorter University, a Baptist college, demanded their faculty and staff sign »
- lostinmiami
Rupert Everett Directs An Oscar Wilde Biopic
21 May 2012 8:38 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Actor Rupert Everett is set to make his directorial debut on "The Happy Prince", a comedic biopic on legendary writer and playwright Oscar Wilde, for Cine Plus, Bavaria Pictures, Robert Fox and Bavaria Media says Screen Daily.
Everett penned the script and will star in the film as Wilde while Colin Firth will play Wilde's friend and confidant Reginald "Reggie" Turner. Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Edward Fox are also attached to play roles.
The story is set in Wilde’s tragic final days as he looks back on the disasters of his life with characteristic dry wit and black humor. Shooting will take place next Summer.
Wilde's life was most famously adapted for the screen before in 1997's "Wilde" starring Stephen Fry as the author and a stellar supporting cast including Jude Law, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Sheen, Vanessa Redgrave, Ioan Gruffudd and Orlando Bloom.
Everett and Firth »
- Garth Franklin
Cannes 2012: Download THR's 'Daily' Guide to Cannes
21 May 2012 7:00 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Cannes Lineup Sparks Oscar Chatter Forget the speculation about who's going to win the Palme d'Or. This year, the bloggerati are already debating which films in the festival have a shot at an Oscar. They’ve proclaimed Michael Haneke’s Amour the near-certain winner in the best foreign-lan- guage film category and ordered the Academy to reserve a spot in the best actress race for Marion Cotillard’s affecting work in Jacques Audiard’s Rust & Bone. Everett to Helm Wilde Biopic Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with The Happy Prince, a comedic biopic on Oscar Wilde that will star Everett as the legendary Irish writer and playwright and Colin Firth as
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Casting Net: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy team for cop comedy. Plus: Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Chloe Moretz, Rupert Everett, Tom Cruise
21 May 2012 6:46 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
• Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy are joining forces for an untitled comedy about an F.B.I. agent (Bullock) and Boston cop (McCarthy), with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig. Parks and Recreation scribe Katie Dippold is penning the script. [Deadline]
• Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo, and James Earl Jones have signed on for The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, about a patient who is erroneously told he has 90 minutes to live. The comedy marks the first film from Field of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson since 2002′s The Sum of All Fears. [Screen International]
• Jessica Biel, Chloe Moretz, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan »
- Adam B. Vary
Rupert Everett Goes (Oscar) Wilde
21 May 2012 5:09 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
The story of playwright, raconteur and controversial figure Oscar Wilde has been recounted before on the big screen, most notably in 1997’s Wilde, which saw Stephen Fry in the lead. Now Rupert Everett is aiming to get his own take on the man’s story into cinemas, writing, directing and starring in The Happy Prince.Everett has rounded up a great cast that includes such British stalwarts as Colin Firth, Edward Fox, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson. We assume the latter is apparently contractually obliged to appear in every film about Wilde, since he’s also in the 1997 effort.The Happy Prince is described as a comedy with tragic undertones that follows Wilde’s final days and has the author / genius observing his own failure with his trademark brand of wit and ironic distance. It’s far from Everett’s first brush with the man, since he’s long been »
Rupert Everett To Direct Wilde Biopic
21 May 2012 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with a biopic about Oscar Wilde.
The My Best Friend's Wedding star, who appeared in movie versions of Wilde's plays An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, will step behind the camera for The Happy Prince.
Everett will also portray his literary hero in the film, which will co-star Colin Firth as the Irish writer's friend and confidante Reginald Turner.
The actor, who is a published author, will also write the script for the film, which chronicles Wilde's final days.
Emily Watson, Tom Wilkinson and Edward Fox are also attached to the project, which is set to start next summer. »
Rupert Everett Directing Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, and Emily Watson In ‘The Happy Prince’
21 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
To lift a sentiment shared by Matt Zoller Seitz this afternoon: Will the same people who relentlessly accused Girls of nepotism find themselves up in arms over this news? There are no familial relations at hand, I don’t doubt that something interesting lies in the film at hand, and I can’t imagine these people are just signing on because a friend is directing it — but it’s nevertheless frustrating to see such blatant hypocrisy worm its way into the public discourse so easily.
Oh, yes; there’s some news to tell you about. THR informs us that actor Rupert Everett has attracted Colin Firth, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, and Edward Fox for The Happy Prince, an Oscar Wilde-centered film that will serve as his directing and screenwriting debut; he’ll also play the main subject. Here, we’ll see the noted humorist’s spend his final days »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Cannes 2012: Rupert Everett to Make Directorial Debut With Oscar Wilde Biopic
21 May 2012 7:32 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Cannes – Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with The Happy Prince, a comedic biopic on Oscar Wilde that will star Everett as the legendary Irish writer and playwright and Colin Firth as his friend and confidant Reginald "Reggie" Turner. Photos: Cannes Day 5: 'Amour' Premiere, 'The Sapphires' Photocall Everett, who co-starred with Firth in the Wilde adaptation An Ideal Husband (1999), will pen the script to The Happy Prince. The film will look at Wilde’s final, tragic days as he looks back on the disasters of his life with characteristic dry wit and black humor. Emily Watson,
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- Scott Roxborough
Rupert Everett Will Direct an Oscar Wilde Biopic
21 May 2012 7:30 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Rupert Everett will make his directorial debut with an Oscar Wilde biopic, which he will also write and star in. According to Variety, The Happy Prince will also star Colin Firth, Emily Watson, and Tim Wilkinson, and should start shooting next summer. If you have that many fancy British people in one place at once, does an episode of Downton Abbey just spontaneously appear? »
- Margaret Lyons
Specialty Box Office: 'Hysteria' and 'Elena' Lead Debuts as 'Marigold Hotel' Stays Open For Business
20 May 2012 9:05 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
As "The Avengers" continued to dominate the overall box office and most of the industry was busy in Cannes, Fox Searchlight continued to find fantastic numbers from the first major indie breakout of 2012, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." The film was certainly the specialty story of the weekend, which also saw a group of films debut to generally underwhelming numbers, including "Hysteria," "Elena," "Polisse," "American Animal" and "Virginia" Check out the full rundown below. The Debuts: "Hysteria" (Sony Pictures Classics) Tanya Wexler's Victorian era romantic comedy (about the invention of the vibrator) debuted on 5 screens this weekend for Sony Pictures Classics. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones and Rupert Everett, the film managed a so-so $40,829 gross, averaging $8,166. "Polisse" (Sundance Selects) A year after debuting at the Cannes »
- Peter Knegt
This week's new film events
18 May 2012 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
iD Fest, Derby
"Exploring identity through cinema" is about as broad a remit as you can get away with, but any event featuring Brian Blessed, Mike Hodges and Paddy Considine is always welcome. They'll be talking about their careers and looking back on old favourites. There are new films, including a Kent fruit-picking mystery (Strawberry Fields) and a Korean supernatural thriller (Haunters). But the main draw is an eclectic mix of films such as Oss 117: Cairo Nest Of Spies, Rupert Everett zombie movie Dellamorte Dellamore and Bogart noir classic In A Lonely Place.
Quad, Thu to 27 May
Bauhaus Film Season, London
They did everything from pottery to architecture, so it was inevitable the Bauhaus would stray into film-making somewhere along the way. Complementing the Barbican's current exhibition on the German design movement (to 12 Aug), this season brings together Bauhaus-related documentaries and rare abstract, animated and projected experiments by Bauhaus students, »
- Steve Rose
In Theaters: 'The Dictator' Overruns The 'Polisse,' So That 'Battleship' And 'What To Expect' May Cause Angry 'Hysteria' Among 'The Samaritan's
18 May 2012 1:20 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Dictators, hitmen, and navy officers – oh my! It’s a big weekend for the dudes, the professional advantages mentioned above notwithstanding, and we can expect screens clogged with manly men doing male things. Even the invention of a sex toy (by a man, duh) and male grooming get sweet turns in the theaters. If only the powerful sight of pregnant women was enough to combat the male-dominated market. Ah well, perhaps another weekend. Let’s jump into the testosterone-fueled fray, shall we?
Political satire, social comedy, and gross-out humor each take their turn in the Larry Charles-directed “The Dictator,” which opened Wednesday. Sacha Baron Cohen is Admiral General Aladeen, the universal and undisputed leader of the fictional North African nation of Wadiya. Running (or perhaps “scaring” is a better word choice here) a nation with a sexist, racist, iron fist, threatening nuclear warfare while hoarding oil reserves, Aladeen is »
- Emma Bernstein
'Hysteria' Is a Vibrator Movie You Can Watch With Your Family
18 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
If you never thought you could watch a movie about vibrators with your whole family, the fun new period romp "Hysteria" will prove you wrong.
Starring some of Britain's finest (Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, Rupert Everett) and one Yank (Maggie Gyllenhaal), "Hysteria" is a romantic comedy based on the surprising true story behind how the first mechanical vibrator was invented. If that doesn't intrigue you, then we can't help you.
The dashing Dancy plays Mortimer Granville, an out-of-work doctor who finds a job working for Dr. Robert Dalrymple, a progressive gent who specializes in treating 'hysteria' in women by, um, using his hands (we'll let you use your imagination). As it turns out, Granville is ambidextrous, which helps his boss' business soar; but when his hands eventually give out, Granville enlists the aid of his friend (Everett) to come up with a solution.
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- Nigel Smith
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