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The Host Giveaway: Win a Signed Copy of Stephenie Meyer’s Book
24 May 2012 10:39 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The feature adaptation of The Host doesn't hit theaters until March 29, 2013, but Stephenie Meyer's bestselling book dropped in 2008, so we have the material for a very early giveaway that should appeal to the many Twilight/Meyer fans out there. Here's the official logline: "The Host is an enchanting and fateful story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world is invaded by an unseen enemy, humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over, while their bodies remain intact. Most of humanity has succumbed." Hit the jump to find out how you can win a signed copy of The Host. We have been provided 2 books signed by Meyer and 5 unsigned copies of The Host. In order to enter the contest, email thecollidermailbox@gmail.com with your name and address and say The Host Giveaway in the headline. This giveaway will »
- Brendan Bettinger
Cannes 2012 diary: day seven
22 May 2012 6:56 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Given the relentless rain pounding the Croisette, it's small wonder Nastassja Kinski would rather stay in bed than keep our interview date
Ahead of my scheduled interview with the actor Nastassja Kinski, I sit down to watch the restored version of Tess, the film she is in Cannes to discuss. Roman Polanski's 1979 epic drifts on a summer breeze of hay wains and dairy farms, bumps for a spell in the frozen mud of the potato field and then fetches up at Stonehenge, where our fugitive heroine has fled with her milksop husband, Angel Clare (Peter Firth). The bobbies come to arrest Tess but it turns out that they must wait their turn. "She's still sleeping," Angel whispers. "Just a little longer." Somewhere, very distantly, alarm bells start ringing.
Screenings in Cannes run to an immaculate clockwork precision. Interviews, however, are something else entirely; like confetti tossed to the wind, »
- Xan Brooks
Want to Be Ready for Stephenie Meyer’s Next Blockbuster? Win a Copy of ‘The Host’ Novel
21 May 2012 3:30 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
For fans of Stephenie Meyer‘s “The Twilight Saga” and its cinematic counterparts, saying goodbye to the series when the final film, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 this fall will be tough stuff. Fortunately, Meyer already has a brand new film based on one of her books ready to go, and it’s one that will appeal to both fans of Twilight and those who have never gotten the teen vampire love story craze. Meyer’s “The Host” is a more adult book that explores similar themes to those addressed in “The Twilight Saga,” but with a much more mature spin. Also, there are aliens (a lot of aliens). And a well-sketched post-apocalyptic Earth for them to populate. The film is officially described as “an enchanting and fateful story about the survival of love and the human spirit in a time of war. Our world is invaded by an unseen enemy, humans »
- Kate Erbland
'Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out' and 'The Seagull' First Projects to Secure Financing Through New Investment Hub Slated
8 May 2012 10:14 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Online film investment hub Slated, which launched at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, has fostered its first two projects: a modern version of Anton Chekov’s “The Seagull” and Marina Zenovich’s documentary follow-up to “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.” Co-founded by Duncan Cork, Stephan Paternot, William Mapother and Gavan Gravesen, Slated is designed to link up filmmakers, producers and investors in a secure and self-vetted digital environment devoted to creating high-quality indie films. Still in beta, Slated has accrued a pool of accredited investors with more than $100 million in capital for film investment. Directed by actor Christian Camargo (“The Hurt Locker”), “Seagull” stars Allison Janney, William Hurt and Katie Holmes and is scheduled to begin filming in upstate New York this summer with funds raised partially through Slated. Russell Means, Jean Reno, Mark Rylance and Juliet Rylance are also »
- Jay A. Fernandez
This Is What David Cronenberg's 'Total Recall' Would Have Looked Like, Concept Art Revealed
3 May 2012 8:21 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
It's one of the great "what could have been" movies that will have to live on in our imagination. Before Paul Verhoeven's version that we already know and love, and the upcoming Len Wiseman-directed remake with Colin Farrell, David Cronenberg was once in line to direct "Total Recall." And while it never came to pass as Cronenberg and the producers had different ideas for the movie -- he wanted William Hurt for the lead, they wanted Arnold Schwarzenegger; he was going to go way off the source material, they just wanted a popcorn movie -- we now get a glimpse at what the result might have been.
Artist Ron Miller has given io9 a bunch of concept work he did for the film, and has written a piece about his time on the project. He reveals that Cronenberg's version would have spent more time on Kuato (who looked »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Production on Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host' wraps
1 May 2012 9:04 AM, PDT | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »
Production on the book-to-film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's sci-fi novel The Host wrapped yesterday. The film was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and two locations in New Mexico, and actress Frances Fisher (who portrays "Maggie" in the film) declared on Twitter that she finished her portions on April 25th and that the film would officially wrap on April 30th. The Host was written and is directed by Andrew Niccol, one of Meyer's favorite filmmakers, and it stars Saoirse Ronan as "Wanda," Diane Kruger as "The Seeker," Max Irons as "Jared," Jake Abel as "Ian," William Hurt as "Jeb," Chandler Canterbury as "Jamie," and Boyd Holbrook as "Kyle." The Host tells the story of humans struggling to survive an alien b »
- thetwilightexaminer
Casting: Nyqvist, Watson, Peters, Hupert
30 April 2012 8:32 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Michael Nyqvist is joining Christian Camargo's directorial debut - a modern retelling of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull". Katie Holmes, William Hurt, Allison Janney, Cherry Jones, Jean Reno and Mark Rylance also star.
The action is moved to rural New England where reckless desire wreaks havoc for a family over Memorial Day weekend. Nyqvist plays the jovial estate caretaker and shooting begins next month in Connecticut. [Source:Variety]
Emma Watson is in negotiations and Jason Segel and David Krumholtz are set to appear as themselves in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s "End of the World" at Sony Pictures
Inspired by the short "Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse", numerous comedians and actors will play themselves in the project which has them all stuck in James Franco’s Los Angeles apartment facing an apocalypse. [Source: Heat Vision]
Bernadette Peters is set to voice Glinda the »
- Garth Franklin
Michael Nyqvist Ready To Fly As Part Of Ensemble For The Seagull
30 April 2012 5:19 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Sorry, Daniel Craig, but Michael Nyqvist will always be my Mikael Blomkvist. After portraying the besmirched journalist in the original Millennium trilogy, Nyqvist broke out big time by playing Tom Cruise.s chief nemesis in Brad Bird.s Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Now he.s parlaying that exposure into a high-profile job on a star-studded ensemble tackling Anton Chekhov.s classic play, The Seagull. The production already boasts Katie Holmes, William Hurt, Allison Janney, Cherry Jones, Russell Means and Jean Reno, according to Variety. The trade notes that the independent production will launch production in June, with an eye on location shooting in Connecticut. Chekhov.s play first saw the stage in 1896, following a handful of mismatched lovers as they fall in and out of love on a country estate. Sidney Lumet famously adapted Chekhov.s complicated prose in 1968, with James Mason and Vanessa Redgrave in the leads. Variety says »
Casting Call: Nick Frost and Chris O’Dowd Dance the Cuban Fury and Michael Nyqvist Cast in The Seagull
30 April 2012 5:01 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
We have some casting additions for you today. Here they are at a glance: Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) and Chris O'Dowd (Bridesmaids) will square off in the salsa-dancing revenge comedy, Cuban Fury. Michael Nyqvist (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has joined the untitled adaptation of Anton Chekhov's play, The Seagull. Hit the jump for more on each project. From Twitchfilm comes word that Frost and O'Dowd will star in Cuban Fury, featuring Frost as a former teen salsa prodigy who attempts a comeback after a rival (O'Dowd) ruins his career. Jon Brown penned the script, but the picture does not yet have a director. The project is backed by the UK's Big Talk Productions (Hot Fuzz, Attack the Block). Variety reports that Nyqvist has joined the adaptation of The Seagull, a dramatization of artistic and romantic conflicts that arise during a Memorial Day retreat for a New England family. »
- Dave Trumbore
Isabelle Huppert Goes to ‘Dead Man Down’; Michael Nyqvist Joins ‘Seagull’
30 April 2012 3:56 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Add one more point in Dead Man Down‘s favor, since Deadline reports that Niels Arden Oplev‘s English-language debut has just snagged Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, White Material) for an undisclosed role. And the cast she’s joining is already an international smattering of acting talent; Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell are leading the picture, while Terrence Howard and Dominic Cooper have been set for to play the villain and the protagonist’s sidekick, respectively. (Sweden, Ireland, America, England, and, now, France.)
Written by J.H. Wyman, Dead Man Down sees Farrell play Victor, a former criminal aide who seeks vengeance on Alphonse Hoyt (Howard) a criminal overlord who helped orchestrate the death of his family. Rapace enters the swing of things as Beatrice, a woman blackmailing Victor for his services; Cooper will play Victor’s partner, Darcy. That run-down is another way of admitting we don’t know who Huppert is playing, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Fall In Love: The Playlist's Favorite Romantic Comedies
27 April 2012 7:56 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Few genres of film inspire more personal responses than the romantic comedy. Given how much of our lives is spent on love and romance (falling into it, falling out of it, chasing it, giving up on it), it's no surprise that the rom-com has remained one of the most popular formulas since the dawn of cinema, and while the genre has undisputed classics, you can end up cherishing certain films purely because of their connection to your own life. They can help pull you out of a post break-up tailspin, they can comfort you through unrequited love, and, if a film hits you at the height of your passion for someone, they can end up associated forever, even blinding you to the movie's flaws -- seeing "Elizabethtown" in the midst of first love left this writer swooning after exiting the theater (thankfully, a subsequent rewatch put me straight as to how terrible it is. »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Kathleen Turner Conversation in Toronto
27 April 2012 12:29 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner, perhaps best remembered for seducing William Hurt in Lawrence Kasdan’s Body Heat and for romping about with Michael Douglas in Robert Zemeckis‘ Romancing the Stone, will be present on May 7 at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Bell Lightbox to discuss her career in films and on stage. Turner will be making her Toronto stage debut in Matthew Lombardo’s High at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from May 8–13. Turner, 58 next June, has appeared in nearly 30 features. In addition to the aforementioned two titles, her credits include Ken Russell’s Crimes of Passion, as a Belle de Jour-like sex worker; John Huston’s Oscar-nominated Prizzi’s Honor, as Jack Nicholson’s partner in crime; the Lewis Teague-directed Romancing the Stone sequel The Jewel of the Nile; Francis Ford Coppola’s Peggy Sue Got Married, which earned her a Best Actress Oscar nomination; and Danny DeVito »
- Andre Soares
Cannes 2012: Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week announce festival lineup
24 April 2012 7:38 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Ben Wheatley's Sightseers is selected for Directors' Fortnight special screening, while British theatre director Rufus Norris's debut Broken will open Critics' Week
The Cannes film festival's two major independent sidebars have announced their lineup for the forthcoming festival, providing UK and Us film-makers with a considerable boost to their presence on the Croisette.
Ben Wheatley, who has impressed critics and fans alike with his first two films, Down Terrace and Kill List, has seen his third, Sightseers, selected for a special screening in the Directors' Fortnight event, while British theatre director Rufus Norris's debut feature, Broken, has been given the opening slot for the Critics' Week section. Sightseers is described as a "pitch-black comedy" about a caravan trip around the north of England, while Broken is an adaptation of Daniel Clay's novel, and stars Cillian Murphy and Tim Roth.
Us film-makers have added to their total »
- Andrew Pulver
Cannes 2012. Critics' Week Lineup
24 April 2012 2:00 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Variety's Boyd van Hoeij notes that Critics' Week has lined up first-time directors "almost exclusively" for its 2012 edition. Notes, links and so on will be added over the coming hours and days:
Competition
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Vasan Bala's Peddlers. The Critics' Week synopsis: "A ghost town, Mumbai, inhabited by millions. A lady on a mission, a man living a lie, an aimless drifter. They collide. Some collisions are of consequence, some not, either ways the city moves on."
Antonio Méndez Esparza's Aquí y Allá. CW: Pedro returns home to his small village in Guerrero, Mexico after having worked for several years in the Us. Even though the village is expecting a bountiful harvest, they're still preoccupied with opportunities north of the border.
Alejandro Fadel's Los Salvajes. CW: "Five teenagers violently escape a reformatory school in an Argentinean province.... They hunt to feed, rob houses they come across, do drugs, bathe in the river, »
2012 Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week Line-Up Focuses on First Time Directors
23 April 2012 12:45 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
When you take a look at the ten films selected for the 51st Semaine de la Critique at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival don't be surprised if you don't recognize any of the directors' names. Nine the ten are first time feature directors with only Sandrine Bonnaire working on his sophomore effort with the William Hurt-led J'enrage de son absence. Serving as the opening feature will be UK director Rufus Norris's Broken. The film stars Tim Roth (2012 Cannes Un Certain Regard jury president) and Cillian Murphy and was adapted from Daniel Clay's novel of the same title, which centers on a young girl whose life changes after she witnesses a brutal attack. Additional information on the rest of the selection is hard to come by, though Bonnaire and Alice Winocour do give the fest a pair of films from female directors. Of the two, Bonnaire's J'enrage de son »
- Brad Brevet
Cannes 2012: Critics' Week Sidebar to Showcase New Talent With First Film Selection
23 April 2012 9:43 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
The Festival de Cannes’ Critics' Week will showcase new talents with an all freshman roster of features in its 51st edition, the sidebar’s new artistic director Charles Tesson announced on Monday. Festgoers will get their big screen fix starting with Broken, the sidebar’s opening night film from U.K. helmer Rufus Norris. Critic’s Week will also feature special screenings of Sandrine Bonnaire’s J’Enrage de son Absence starring a French-speaking William Hurt and Alice Winocour’s costume drama Augustine plus a competition spanning several continents. “It wasn’t a premeditated choice,” Tesson told The Hollywood Reporter of the freshman roster, adding:
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- Rebecca Leffler
Meet Dr. Bruce Banner in New 'Avengers' Clip
21 April 2012 8:47 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
A new clip from The Avengers has been released, this one featuring a sit down conversation with Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and it appears to give the impression Banner has a bit of a temper... Who knew? The clip obviously reminds us of the shack we saw Edward Norton chilling in at the end of The Incredible Hulk, which reminds me of a comment Marvel studio chief Kevin Feige made recently regarding the Easter Egg at the end of that film and how it made things a little difficult when it came to continuing the narrative in The Avengers. Speaking with The Huffington Post (via The Playlist), Feige said of the scene, which featured Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) meeting General Ross (William Hurt) in a bar and suggested the assembling of The Avengers: "I will say that the Tony Stark cameo in »
- Brad Brevet
Open Road Films to Release Silent Hill: Revelation 3D In Time for Halloween
20 April 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Open Road Films has acquired the distribution rights to the Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) directed follow-up to the 2006 big-screen adaptation of Silent Hill, starring Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Adelaide Clemens, Carrie-Anne Moss, Malcolm McDowell and Kit Harington.
Official Press Release:
Open Road Films Acquires Psychological Horror Film Silent Hill: Revelation 3D With Plans For Halloween 2012 Release Based On Iconic Video Game Franchise, Sequel To 2006′S Hit Film Silenthill Stars Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Carrie-anne Moss And Malcolm McDowell
Los Angeles, CA, April 18, 2012 – Open Road Films has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, the highly anticipated sequel to 2006′s film Silent Hill, released by TriStar Pictures. Silent Hill: Revelation 3D will be released wide October 26, 2012 in time for Halloween. The announcement was made today by Tom Ortenberg, CEO of Open Road Films and producers Samuel Hadida and Don Carmody.
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- Jason Moore
Jean Dujardin: Cannes & Oscar Winner
19 April 2012 5:50 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Jean Dujardin, Uggie Jean Dujardin backstage getting licked by Uggie during the 84th Academy Awards Awards ceremony held at the Hollywood and Highland Center on February 26, 2012. Jean Dujardin was the year's Best Actor winner for his performance as a fading silent-film star in Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist. Uggie was a Golden Collar winner for his star-making turn as the fading silent star's faithful animal companion. Now, months before Dujardin became the first Frenchman to win an Oscar in the acting categories, he had already been chosen as the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. Though not a common occurrence — chiefly because Cannes winners are usually non-Americans performing in non-English-speaking roles — there have been a number of Cannes Best Actor / Best Actress winners who went on to win or be nominated for Oscars. Those include Christoph Waltz for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, William Hurt for Hector Babenco's Kiss of the Spider Woman, »
- Andre Soares
Twilight/Stephenie Meyer to Produce Down A Dark Hall
18 April 2012 5:29 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Stephenie Meyer, best known for her Twilight Saga novels, and Meghan Hibbett's Fickle Fish Films have optioned Lois Duncan's 1974 book Down a Dark Hall. According to Variety, Meyer and Fickle Fish Films intend to adapt Duncan's supernatural suspense / crime novel into a film. Hotel for Dogs, Held for Ransom, and I Know What You Did Last Summer are all based on Duncan novels. In addition to having a hand in the Twilight movies, Meyer recently produced Jerusha Hess' romantic comedy Austenland, in which a woman (Keri Russell) obsessed with Pride and Prejudice travels to a Jane Austen theme park to find her perfect man. Meyer is also a credited producer in Bill Condon's The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Breaking Dawn Part 2, both starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. Meyer's novel The Host is currently being made into a movie. Meyer is acting »
- Anna Robinson
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