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Box Office: Chernobyl Diaries Implodes, Exotic Marigold Hotel Expands
2 hours ago | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Judi Dench, Celia Imrie At no. 2 on Friday, The Avengers took in $9.68m at 3,918 locations. The Marvel actioner is expected to earn $45m over the four-day weekend. Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. Massacred by critics, Chernobyl Diaries opened with about $3.54m (including $525k from Thursday midnight screenings) at 2,433 sites. That’s a weak beginning for the horror flick co-written and produced by Oren Peli, best known for the Paranormal Activity sleeper hit. Chernobyl Diaries is expected to reach only $10m-11m by Monday evening. [See also: Box Office: Will Smith / Tommy Lee Jones' Men In Black 3 Way Behind Men In Black, MIB2.] Directed by former visual-effects artist Bradley Parker (Let Me In, Peter Pan, The Time Machine), Chernobyl Diaries features Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked voice actor Jesse McCartney, Live Free or Die Hard‘s Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Dudley, Devin Kelley, Nathan Phillips, Dimitri Diatchenko, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal. »
- Zac Gille
Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence & Boyfriend Nicholas Hoult Ready to Play in London
24 May 2012 4:16 PM, PDT | E! Online - UK | See recent E! Online - UK news »
Hang up the phone, Nicholas Hoult! Don't you realize Jennifer Lawrence is standing right next to you?! The Hunger Games star was out and about in London today with her British boyfriend, who met the soon-to-be It-girl when they costarred in X-Men: First Class as Mystique and Beast. Paying homage to their thespian roots, the couple stopped briefly at Lawrence's hotel so she could change and then they headed for the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. Hoult's come a long way since starring as the sensitive bully magnet who made Hugh Grant see the light in About a Boy, hasn't he? "They complement each other in the most amazing way—she's crazy and impulsive, but he »
Hunger Games' Jennifer Lawrence & Boyfriend Nicholas Hoult Ready to Play in London
24 May 2012 4:16 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Hang up the phone, Nicholas Hoult! Don't you realize Jennifer Lawrence is standing right next to you?! The Hunger Games star was out and about in London today with her British boyfriend, who met the soon-to-be It-girl when they costarred in X-Men: First Class as Mystique and Beast. Paying homage to their thespian roots, the couple stopped briefly at Lawrence's hotel so she could change and then they headed for the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End. Hoult's come a long way since starring as the sensitive bully magnet who made Hugh Grant see the light in About a Boy, hasn't he? "They complement each other in the most amazing way—she's crazy and impulsive, but he »
Hugh Grant Gives $22,000 To Journalism Charity
24 May 2012 5:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Hugh Grant has poured $22,400 (£14,000) into a journalism charity, six months after calling for an overhaul of the British media.
The Notting Hill star has been a leading light in a campaign for a reform of the press in his native U.K., and in November he made a headline-grabbing appearance at a public hearing into newspaper standards.
He told the Leveson Inquiry in London that his privacy had been invaded by tabloids and he had been "chased at speed" by photographers.
On Tuesday, Grant appeared at an auction in aid of The Journalism Foundation - which promotes free and independent journalism throughout the world - and successfully bid $22,400 for a three-day golf holiday at Scotland's famous St Andrews links.
Other guests at the event, which raised a total of $240,000 (£150,000), included Sir Mick Jagger's ex-wife Jerry Hall and Grant's former lover Jemima Khan. »
Rhys Ifans Camped Out While Shooting Notting Hill
23 May 2012 12:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Welsh movie star Rhys Ifans camped out in a tent near Shepperton Studios in England while filming Notting Hill - so he could avoid a long, complicated commute to work.
The actor couldn't be bothered getting up early and trekking to the set - to play Hugh Grant's slovenly flatmate, so be bought a tent and a sleeping bag and slept at a campsite minutes from the film mecca.
He tells Playboy magazine, "We were filming at Shepperton, a studio that can take several nightmarish hours to get to and from. I thought, 'How am I going to get around this torturous journey?'
"So I got a tent and a sleeping bag and camped near the studio, which sort of helped the whole unkemptness of the character."
And Ifans famously didn't shower or brush his teeth during filming - so he'd really become the unhygienic character he was playing opposite Grant and Julia Roberts.
He adds, "Julia never saw me as I normally look so she probably thought I was some guy they found in the street."
But he still arrived in style for work every day.
The Welshman explains, "Due to insurance and liability issues, a limo still had to show up to drive me to the studio. So every day this guy who owned the campsite would watch me walk across the field, get into a limo and be driven away." »
Rhys Ifans Talks The Amazing Spider-Man's Humanity & Flaws
22 May 2012 1:07 PM, PDT | Access Hollywood | See recent Access Hollywood news »
Rhys Ifans might be best known for his hilarious role as Hugh Grant's quirky roommate in "Notting Hill," but this summer audiences will see a whole new side of the British actor when he stars as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in Marvel's "The Amazing Spider-Man."
The 44-year-old actor thinks the latest version of the friendly neighborhood web-slinger will connect with fans in a way other superhero stories don't.
"Whereas Superman is a godlike guy from another planet and Batman is this mysterious, unknowable billionaire, everyone in Spider-Man is human and flawed," the actor told Playboy in an interview ...
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- nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
Wachowskis' 'Cloud Atlas', Rodriguez's 'Sin City 2' and 'Paranoia' Get Release Dates
18 May 2012 10:00 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Things surrounding the Wachowski brothers' return behind the camera on Cloud Atlas became very buzzy in the last 24 hours as a screening of the film took place here in Cannes recently of a 2 hours and 44-minute cut of the film. The screening resulted in what is being reported to be a $20 million pick-up by Warner Bros. with eyes on a December 6 release date later this year. The film, based on the novel by David Mitchell, is an epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution. Starring in the feature, which was shot for a reported $101 million, are Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, »
- Brad Brevet
Cloud Atlas Is Nearly 3 Hours Long, Gets December Release Date
18 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
I've never read David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, but most people assumed the book was unfilmable. Well, the Wachowski siblings and Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer decided to challenge that assumption, and made a $100 million adaptation of it that's set for release later this year. You may have heard of some of the film's stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Susan Sarandon...just a few up-and-comers trying to make it big in the industry.
Anne Thompson did some digging at the Cannes Film Festival, and found out a couple of interesting facts about the film. First off, the version that screened at Cannes was 2 hours and 44 minutes long, which Warner Bros. President Jeff Robinov "approved even though it exceeded the contractual two and half hours." Makes sense - the story follows six different stories in six different times and places that intersect somehow (part »
- benp
'What To Expect When You're Expecting': Five Epic Movie Birth Scenes
18 May 2012 7:53 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Ahhh birth. The miracle of life. And one of Hollywood's favorite plot points.
Birth scenes in movies range from shouty and grunty to creepy and gooey and often leave viewers with the highly philosophical question: What is that baby really covered in?
You'll get birth scenes in spades when you catch "What To Expect When You're Expecting," the new star-studded rom-com opening today. Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Chris Rock and Anna Kendrick are just a few of the celebs who bring to life the wacky rollercoaster ride that anticipating a brand new bundle of joy can be.
It's loosely based on the bestselling self-help book by Heidi Murkoff (there's probably a well-worn copy stashed somewhere in your parents' house), and focuses on five couples as they anticipate parenthood. There are lots of preggo bellies, raging hormones, slapstick humor and moments of sheer terror — err, »
- MTV Movies Team
Release Date and Runtime Announced for The Wachowski Siblings & Tom Twyker’s Cloud Atlas
17 May 2012 11:03 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Wachowski Siblings and Tom Twyker's highly ambitious adaptation of Cloud Atlas now has a release date and a run-time. According to Thompson on Hollywood, Warner Bros. has picked up distribution rights at Cannes for $20 million, and will release the movie on December 6th. Additionally, the movie reportedly runs at 2-hours and 44-minutes, which seems about right when you consider that the movie spans six time periods, and you have an ensemble cast each playing multiple roles. For example, Hugh Grant will be playing six "incredibly evil" characters in the movie, and Halle Berry said one of her roles is a Jewish woman in the 1930s, and another is an old tribal woman. Hit the jump for a synopsis. Cloud Atlas also stars Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, and Jim Sturgess. Surprisingly, the only other film set to open the same weekend as Cloud Atlas »
- Matt Goldberg
‘Cloud Atlas’ Gets End-of-Year Release Date and Lengthy Running Time
17 May 2012 10:33 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
December 6th.
Should Toh be correct, that’s when us members of the general public (not necessarily you or I, specifically) will be able to see Cloud Atlas, the dangerously ambitious, time-and-location-and-people-and-logic spanning collaboration between the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer. Although I think they really mean December 7th — i.e., unless Warner Bros. wants to open a movie on a Thursday — we’re more or less certain as to when the film can finally unspool in theaters.
But, since we already could have made a (generally) educated guess about Cloud Atlas‘ opening, I’m far more intrigued by something that, otherwise, would be of less interest: the running time. The adaptation of a roughly 530-page book needs time — particularly, one that goes all over time and space with a multitude of actors — but this thing is still going to leave a mark, having officially clocked in at two hours and 44 minutes. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Mentorn Media retains Question Time contract
16 May 2012 11:18 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
BBC1 current affairs programme will be made by London-based independent producer for another three years
Question Time producer Mentorn Media has retained the contract to make flagship BBC1 current affairs programme for another three years.
London-based independent producer Mentorn, a subsidiary of Tinopolis, has made Question Time since 1998.
David Dimbleby will continue to host the show from venues around the country when the new production contract begins in September.
Question Time last year switched production from London to Glasgow, with Mentorn Scotland picking up the contract.
Nicolai Gentchev continues as Question Time editor, with Hayley Valentine as executive editor for BBC Scotland.
The Mentorn Media chief executive, John Willis, said: "We're absolutely delighted to secure the contract for a further three years. It's well deserved recognition of the brilliant work of David Dimbleby and the Question Time team led by editor Nicolai Gentchev and executive producer Steve Anderson."
Anderson said: »
- Jason Deans
'It's Not Your Competition, Dude': 'Hysteria' Director Talks Vibrators
16 May 2012 2:08 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Hysteria" director Tanya Wexler hadn't made a movie in years when producer Tracey Becker approached her with an idea: a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. "I’ve made teeny little movies. Then I made a bunch of kids and so I was in the mom cave for a while," Wexler says. But when she learned about Joseph Mortimer Granville, the doctor responsible for the world's most popular sex toy, she couldn't resist. "Oh my god, Tracey and a friend of hers mentioned that this weird historical fact existed. She wrote up a two-page treatment idea, and I was like, 'Ok, I’ll get the writers. I’ll find our co-producers. I don’t care what it takes. I have to see that.'"
The resulting movie, starring Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and opens in theaters this weekend. Wexler »
- The Huffington Post
Dan Ireland on The Lair of the White Worm
15 May 2012 9:38 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »
Bram Stoker gets the Ken Russell treatment in this arch, over the top but still creepily grotesque chiller, one of Hugh Grant’s early starring roles. Some of the ripely hysterical anti-clerical imagery seems to have been gleaned from the cutting room floor of The Devils. Has attained camp classic status over the years despite being generally undervalued at the time of release. The best quality trailer we could find has Asian subtitles. Nsfw.
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- Marty Melville
Watch Clips From the New Fox Shows
14 May 2012 4:00 PM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Hot on the heels of Fox’s 2013 Upfronts presentation, here are clips from each of the five new shows scheduled for next year. Have at ‘em!The Mindy ProjectRom-com aficionado Mindy Kaling writes and stars in her own Bridget Jones -- about a thirtysomething Obgyn with a taste for drunk bicycling. There’s even a Hugh Grant-as-Danile-Cleaver-ish character (and a Hugh Grant reference to bring it home.) The Mob DoctorPretty much what it says in the title, but with an extra helping of sassy female fixer (check the dog toy). Don’t miss the Matt Saracen cameo! Ben & KateNat Faxon plays doofy bother to Dakota Johnson’s loopy single mother in a sweet sibling comedy. Also, that’s the kid who taught Willard to dance in the new Footloose. She’s good. The Goodwin GamesThree estranged siblings (Scott Foley, Becki Newton, Jake Lacy) and a stranger named Elijah compete »
- Amanda Dobbins
'Hysteria': You're in good hands with Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal -- Exclusive Clip
14 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
In Hysteria, Hugh Dancy plays a 19th-century London doctor tasked with “pleasuring half the women in the city.” He’s not necessarily bragging to the boys about it, mind you. After all, he’s a man of science, and his “pelvic massage treatment” is used purely to cure women suffering from hysteria, a catch-all misdiagnosis that described female malaise and anxiety. But his Mortimer Granville has a gift, and business is booming.
Mortimer is an unusual candidate for such an intimate skill set, as he’s a stuffy, stammering gent whose adorable charm is of the Hugh Grant variety. In »
- Jeff Labrecque
'Love Actually' Sequel Wanted by Universal Studios
14 May 2012 10:53 AM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Universal Pictures president Eddie Cunningham wants a 'Love Actually' sequel. The movie boss admits he would love to ''green light'' a follow-up to the 2003 Richard Curtis-directed romantic comedy - starring Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson - because so many films have tried to copy the format of inter-woven love stories but have not managed to capture the same feeling. He said: ''I think there should be a 'Love Actually 2'. I'd give it a green light. ''I think many American movies try to emulate that brilliant format where the stories interweave and no one's on screen for more than six minutes. But only Richard Curtis has achieved it. It really makes you appreciate the beauty of his writing.'' 'Love Actually' - which also starred Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley and Laura Linney - made $246 million worldwide on its release in 2003. 'Valentine's Day' and 'New Year's Eve' »
Did the first clip from Ben Wheatley's Sightseers touch you?
13 May 2012 12:16 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
We love Brighton-based filmmaker Ben Wheatley. From his brilliant armchair gangster flick Down Terrace to the international hitman sensation that was the chilling Kill List, he is doing everything he can to wipe that stuttering, self-depracating Hugh Grant/Richard Curtis image of England from your minds once and for all. His latest, Sightseers, is due to have its debut at Cannes this coming week, and as he packs his bags and heads for the sunny South of France, Wheatley has just released the first clip from the film on his website. If I am not mistaken this "place of cultural interest" is Avebury, a mythical pagan site of ley lines and randomly erected stones, not too far from the famous Stonehenge. A site of such reverence »
Film Boss Wants Love Actually Sequel
13 May 2012 7:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The president of Universal Pictures has urged British director/writer Richard Curtis to come up with a follow-up to hit 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually.
The British film, which focused on several different characters trying to find love, was a big hit at the box office, and now Universal chief Eddie Cunningham is hoping to convince the film's mastermind to pen a sequel.
He tells Britain's Mail on Sunday, "I think there should be a Love Actually 2. I'd give it a green light. I think many American movies try to emulate that brilliant format where the stories interweave and no one's on screen for more than six minutes, but only Richard has achieved it. It really makes you appreciate the beauty of his writing."
Love Actually boasted an all-star cast, including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. »
Johnny Depp/Tim Burton/Dark Shadows: Costly Box-Office Misfire
12 May 2012 5:24 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Dark Shadows: Michelle Pfeiffer in the old Joan Bennett role, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Unlike Joss Whedon / Chris Evans / Chris Hemsworth’s The Avengers, Tim Burton / Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows isn’t about to break any box-office records. The latest Burton / Depp collaboration — also featuring Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloë Grace Moretz — opened with a disappointing $9.72m (including $550k from Thursday midnight screenings) at 3,755 North American locations. Dark Shadows is expected to finish its first domestic weekend with $27-28m — or less than the amount ($29.1m) The Avengers earned on its second Friday out. [See also The Avengers Movie to Break Another box-office Record?] Dark Shadows distributor Warner Bros. had been expecting at the very least a $35m opening weekend. Burton and Depp’s previous collaboration, Alice in Wonderland, debuted with $116m in March 2010. In fact, even Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which scored $9.3m on opening weekend in December 2007, sold more tickets than Dark Shadows. Making »
- Zac Gille
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