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Rotterdam 2012. Opening and Closing Films
20 December 2011 7:19 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The International Film Festival Rotterdam has announced today that its 41st edition will open on January 25 with the world premiere of Lucas Belvaux's seventh film, 38 Témoins (38 Witnesses). The synopsis: "Louise (Sophie Quinton) returns home to discover that while she was away on business in China her street was the scene of a crime. There were no witnesses. Apparently everybody was asleep. Pierre, Louise's husband (Yvan Attal) was at work. Apparently."
The festival will close on February 4 with Daniel Nettheim's sophomore feature, The Hunter, which "tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious bio-tech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger." The Hunter, based on the novel by Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty), also features Frances O'Connor and Sam Neill. When The Hunter premiered in Toronto, Megan Lehmann wrote in the Hollywood Reporter that it "taps into questions of solitude and loneliness, »
Aacta nominations: in full - 'The Hunter', 'The Slap' dominate
30 November 2011 7:26 PM, PST | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
The nominations for the first ever Aussie 'Oscars' have been announced. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards, which are scheduled to take place in February 2012, will honour the best in the country's film and television. Thriller The Hunter received 14 nominations, including 'Best Film', while its stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O'Connor and Morgana Davies all received acting nods. Also up for 'Best Film' are Red Dog, Mad Bastards, The Eye of the Storm, Oranges and Sunshine and murder movie Snowtown. Snowtown received ten nominations including 'Best Direction' for Justin Kurzel, 'Best Actor' for Daniel Henshall, 'Best Original Music Score' and 'Best Cinematography'. Red Dog appeared (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
2012 Sundance Predictions: Ted Koland's Lumpy
10 November 2011 2:00 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
#38. Lumpy - Ted Koland First-time helmer Ted Koland's Minnesota-shot dramedy (featured on IndieWIRE - see the production pic above) happens to feature a good grab-bag of acting names (Justin Long, Tyler Labine, Addison Timlin, Frances O'Connor and Park City favorite Jess Weixler) and the logline sounds somewhat savoury - canceled wedding, followed by shock and surprise might come across as sincere, slightly dark and poignant. Depending on the film's tone, Lumpy might find itself in the Midnight section or Premieres category. Gist: The best man at Scott (Long) and Kristin's (Weixler) Arizona destination wedding, Lumpy (Labine) is the life of the party, until a long, indulgent night leads to his untimely death. Forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly back to Minneapolis to arrange for his funeral, Scott and Kristin meet Ramsey (Timlin) and learn that Lumpy isn't quite who they thought he was. Producers: David Abbitt, Jen Roskind (Stephanie Daley), Sharyn Steele(Ioncinema. »
This Week In Trailers: Four, The Hunter, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, Roadie, Abschiede
5 November 2011 7:00 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? The Hunter Trailer This certainly has a nice pedigree. Having a film being executive produced by the man who brought us Animal Kingdom, being based »
- Christopher Stipp
Top 10 Outstanding Robot Movies
9 October 2011 9:05 AM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Films about robots have long captured the imagination of movie goers, who may or may not believe in its existence in the not-so-distant-future. Here are the top films about these intelligent mechanical human friends... or enemies. Check it out!
The Best Robot Movies'i, Robot'
When: 2004 Who: Will Smith and Bridget Moynahan What: In the not so distant future, (2035), a detective, who dislikes the rapid advancement of technology, investigates a crime that may have been caused by a robot. »
Tiff 2011: New Images from God Bless America, The Hunter, and Moneyball
5 August 2011 9:26 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
More images continue to roll out for films playing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. New images have been released for Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America, Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe, and Bennett Miller's Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. Hit the jump to check out the new images and a synopsis for each film. The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 – 18th. God Bless America (dir. Bobcat Goldthwait; starring Joel Murray and Tara Lynne Barr) --- Loveless, jobless and possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and decides to off the stupidest, cruellest and most repellent members of society with an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement. From stand-up comedian and director Bobcat Goldthwait comes a scathing and hilarious attack »
- Matt Goldberg
Willem Dafoe Hunts Last Tasmanian Tiger in The Hunter Trailer
27 July 2011 4:04 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Today we have the trailer for "The Hunter," which is based on a Julia Leigh book and stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, and Frances O'Connor. Check it out below. Plot: Martin (Dafoe), a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger. The new movie is directed by Daniel Nettheim and is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Teaser: If you cannot see the player, click here. »
Teaser Trailer for The Hunter Starring Willem Dafoe
27 July 2011 3:58 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The teaser trailer for Australian director Daniel Nettheim's adaptation of The Hunter is now available online. Based on the novel by Julia Leigh (who directed this year's Cannes-entry Sleeping Beauty starring Emily Browning), The Hunter tells the story of Martin David (played by Willem Dafoe), a mysterious man who is in search of the last Tasmanian tiger known to exist. While this may sound like a straightforward enough narrative, the twist comes from the fact that David must keep his employer and true intent a secret from suspicious townspeople. Hit the jump to check out the trailer which features some really nice cinematography combined with enough foreboding for two teaser trailers. In addition to Dafoe, The Hunter also stars Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. The film is scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival which runs from September 8th - 18th. Here's the trailer from indieWIRE [via /Film]: »
- Jason Barr
Watch: Teaser Trailer for Aussie Film 'The Hunter' with Willem Dafoe
27 July 2011 3:14 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
"You are looking for something most believe is extinct." Another new teaser trailer discovered via SlashFilm for an Australian film announced as one of the films premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim, stars Willem Dafoe as Martin David, a mercenary sent from Europe by a biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. The cast includes Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. It's described as a "powerful psychological drama" and has some incredible cinematography. Very short teaser trailer, but I'm definitely going to see this. Take a look! Watch the first official trailer for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, via YouTube: Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. »
- Alex Billington
Tiff 2011 First Look: 'The Hunter' Starring Willem Dafoe
27 July 2011 2:04 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Willem Dafoe in The Hunter There aren't a ton of new trailers to include with these Toronto previews so whenever I can, I will, and today we have one such example as I have an international teaser trailer for The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe as Martin, a mercenary sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. The film is based on the novel by Julia Leigh -- who just so happened to direct the upcoming release Sleeping Beauty (my Cannes review here) -- and I've included a lengthier synopsis below the second image and trailer at the end of this post.
The film co-stars Frances O'Connor (A.I.: Artificial Intelligence) and Sam Neill (Daybreakers) and is directed by Australian helmer Daniel Nettheim and comes from the producers of Animal Kingdom. Entertainment One will be releasing it in Australia »
- Brad Brevet
Teaser trailer for The Hunter starring Willem Dafoe
27 July 2011 1:40 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Here is the trailer for Australian film from Daniel Nettheim called The Hunter. The film is based on the novel by Julia Leigh and is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Willem Dafoe as Martin, "a mercenary sent from Europe by an anonymous biotchech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger." The supporting cast includes Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor.
This trailer shows of some beautiful locations and sweeping cinematography that is going to look fantastic on the big screen. These are the type of roles I love seeing Dafoe in too. Check out the trailer below and share your thoughts:
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- Tiberius
‘The Hunter’ Trailer: Willem Dafoe Pursues the Last Tasmanian Tiger
27 July 2011 11:05 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Our first word on The Hunter came late last year when we learned that Daniel Nettheim would direct Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and more in an adaptation of Julia Leigh's novel of the same name. Willem Dafoe plays a character who claims to be on the hunt for one thing, but is in reality working for a larger entity and seeks a more specific game: the last Tasmanian tiger. Now there is a little bit of extra weight behind the project, as Julia Leigh has emerged as the director [1] of the unusual Cannes entry Sleeping Beauty, featuring Emily Browning as a very specific sort of prostitute. Julia Leigh, as best I know, had nothing to do with this adaption of her novel, but the fact that this novel is from her pen certainly adds a layer of interest to The Hunter for me. The Hunter has been »
- Russ Fischer
Casting: Allman, Williams, Moore, Veraga
23 June 2011 12:03 PM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Marshall Allman ("Prison Break," "True Blood") has been cast in the family comedy/drama feature "Jayne Mansfield's Car".
Allman plays the naïve son of Robert Duvall's character. John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson also star.
Billy Bob Thornton directs from a script he co-wrote with Tom Epperson. Shooting began in Georgia on Wednesday. [Source: Variety]
Gently Down The Stream
Robin Williams looks to have joined the cast of "The Bucket List" scribe turned director Justin Zackham's wedding comedy "Gently Down The Stream" which shoots in Connecticut next month.
Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heigl and Topher Grace all star in the story of a dysfunctional divorced couple who pretend to still be together during their adopted son’s wedding for the sake of the birth mother. [Source: Showbiz 411]
Joel David Moore ("Bones," "Avatar") has joined the cast of "Savages", which Oliver Stone is directing for Universal Pictures. »
- Garth Franklin
Marshall Allman joins Jayne Mansfield's Car starring Billy Bob Thornton
23 June 2011 6:13 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Jayne Mansfield's Car helmed by Billy Bob Thornton casts Marshall Allman of True Blood Marshall Allman of HBO's ever-popular "True Blood" has joined the drama/comedy Jayne Mansfield's Car which Billy Bob Thornton is starring in as well as helming from a script he co-wrote alongside Tom Epperson. Variety's Dave McNary reports that Allman's is in as Robert Duvall's naïve son in the pic which also includes John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson »
Marshall Allman joins Jayne Mansfield's Car starring Billy Bob Thornton
23 June 2011 6:13 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Jayne Mansfield's Car helmed by Billy Bob Thornton casts Marshall Allman of True Blood Marshall Allman of HBO's ever-popular "True Blood" has joined the drama/comedy Jayne Mansfield's Car which Billy Bob Thornton is starring in as well as helming from a script he co-wrote alongside Tom Epperson. Variety's Dave McNary reports that Allman's is in as Robert Duvall's naïve son in the pic which also includes John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson »
Marshall Allman joins Jayne Mansfield's Car starring Billy Bob Thornton
23 June 2011 6:13 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Jayne Mansfield's Car helmed by Billy Bob Thornton casts Marshall Allman of True Blood Marshall Allman of HBO's ever-popular "True Blood" has joined the drama/comedy Jayne Mansfield's Car which Billy Bob Thornton is starring in as well as helming from a script he co-wrote alongside Tom Epperson. Variety's Dave McNary reports that Allman's is in as Robert Duvall's naïve son in the pic which also includes John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson »
Casting: Lynch, Hammer, McDormand, O'Connor
28 April 2011 8:42 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
""Glee" star Jane Lynch is set to play a nun in the Farrelly's upcoming "Three Stooges" comedy at 20th Century Fox. Lynch will play the mother superior at the orphanage where Moe, Larry and Curly spent time…" (full details)
"Armie Hammer ("The Social Network") is in talks to play the title character in "The Lone Ranger" for Disney Pictures. Hammer would star opposite Johnny Depp as Tonto. Ryan Gosling had previously been linked to the role…" (full details)
"Frances McDormand is attached to reprise her stage role of Margie Walsh in the film adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's just opened Broadway play "Good People". Lindsay-Abaire is currently in negotiations on a script deal with Focus Features for the project in which McDormand plays a high school dropout and single mother of a mentally disabled daughter…" ( full details)
"Frances O'Connor has joined Ted Koland's comedy indie feature "Lumpy". The story follows newlyweds (Justin Long, »
- Garth Franklin
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
12 April 2011 7:09 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor
Director: Steven Spielberg
The Scoop: (2001) A film nearly 30 years in the making, this was originally a Stanley Kubrick project but was taken over by writer/director/producer Spielberg after Kubrick's death. Osment stars as a robot kid in the distant future who is programmed to love, something the other bots can't quite pull off. Unfortunately, it turns out that people aren't quite as good at the love business as a series of sad events prove.
Special Features: Making-of featurettes, trailers, interview, photo gallery
Rated PG-13, 146 min. | Watch the trailer »
- NextMovie Staff
Terry O'Quinn Joins ABC's Hallelujah
10 March 2011 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Former "Lost" star Terry O'Quinn has joined the cast of Marc Cherry's musical drama pilot "Hallelujah," says The Hollywood Reporter . The ABC project also stars Jesse L. Martin, Frances O'Connor and Arielle Kebbel ("The Vampire Diaries"). According to the trade, "The project is set in the town of Hallelujah, Tenn., which is being torn apart by the forces of good and evil. But the town's fortunes change when a mysterious stranger comes to town, bringing justice, peace and possibly restoring faith." O'Quinn is set to play Del in the drama. »
Terry O’Quinn Joins ABC Musical Drama Hallelujah – Update: Donal Logue Cast
9 March 2011 8:14 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Terry O'Quinn (Lost) joins Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Frances O'Connor (Cashmere Mafia), and Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries) in the cast of Hallelujah, a musical drama pilot set up by Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) at ABC. According to THR, Hallelujah is set in the town of Hallelujah, Tennessee, which is being "torn apart by the forces of good evil" before a mysterious stranger (Martin) comes to town. O'Quinn is clearly fictionally unable to escape the warring factions of good and evil, but Cherry's take is sure to be land on the lighter side of deep philosophical questions. For those keeping score during pilot season, NBC declined to film a pilot for Odd Jobs, the proposed re-teaming of O'Quinn and Lost co-star Michael Emerson. Emerson has a new show of his own in Person of Interest. [Update: Donal Logue (Terriers) has joined the cast. More about Hallelujah after the jump.] The Live Feed provides more detail about the musical nature of the drama, too: »
- Brendan Bettinger
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