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Graham Rogers, Brett Davern Join Brian Wilson Movie (Exclusive)
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Graham Rogers (“Revolution”) and Brett Davern (“Awkward”) have joined “Love & Mercy: The Lives, Times and Music of Brian Wilson” as members of the Beach Boys.
Rogers will portray Al Jardine, and Davern will play Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson’s younger brother. The surf rock band formed in 1961 and became hugely successful by the mid ’60s.
John Wells Prods. and River Road Entertainment are producing with River Road’s Bill Pohlad directing from Oren Moverman’s script. Paul Dano is starring as the young Brian Wilson, with John Cusack playing the older version. Paul Giamatti and Elizabeth Banks also star.
Lensing began this week in Los Angeles.
Rogers’ recent credits include “Careful What You Wish For,” while Davern recently wrapped the indie feature “Born to Race 2.” Rogers is repped by Apa and Management 360. Davern is repped by Apa and Alchemy Entertainment. »
- Dave McNary
'The Heat' Sizzles, 'White House Down' Fizzles as 'Monsters U' Repeats at Box Office
20 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Women moviegoers turned out in force to help Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock's "The Heat" beat up Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's "White House Down" at the box office this weekend. But Sully and Mike, best buddies in Disney's "Monsters University," topped them both. The 3D Pixar family film repeated as the top movie at the domestic box office with an estimated $46 million, topping Fox's female buddy cop comedy which debuted with a better-than-expected $40 million. But the weekend's other wide opener, "White House Down," finished a disappointing fourth behind "World »
- Todd Cunningham
Independent Box Office: Pedro Almodovar's 'I'm So Excited' Averages $20K in Debut
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Writer-director Pedro Almodovar's "I'm So Excited" was the top-grossing independent movie this weekend, taking in $103,000 from just five screens for Sony Pictures Classics. That's a $20,600 per-screen average – better than any movie in the marketplace – for Almodovar's latest, a comedy that takes place mainly on an airplane. Also read: 'The Heat' Sizzles, 'White House Down' Fizzles as 'Monsters U' Repeats at Box Office That's good, but not as strong as the opening for his last film, "The Skin I Live In," which averaged $37,187 at five theaters. It went on »
- Todd Cunningham
Paulo Coelho biopic details emerge
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Film about the Brazilian writer behind The Alchemist to wrap in Spain this week.
The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho is to finish shooting in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela this week, after filming began in Rio de Janeiro on April 3.
The film is an 80-20 co-production between Brazil’s Dama Filmes, led by Carolina Kotscho and Iôna de Macedo, and Angélica Huete’s Babel Films in Spain.
Directed by Daniel Augusto, the script was informed by conversations between Coelho and producer-scriptwriter Carolina Kotscho.
Ravel and Júlio Andrade will play the young and old Coelho. Other cast members include Fabiana Gugli, Nancho Novo and Paz Vega.
De Macedo told Screen: “The film tells the story of a man who has a dream. It’s a little like Alice in Wonderland - he’s someone who is too big for his house.
“His parents wanted him to be an engineer but he ended up being tortured »
- jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
Author Loe to co-direct Inventory
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Norwegian author Erlend Loe is to co-direct an adaptation of his latest work, Inventory (Vareopptelling).
Loe will share directing duties on the black comedy with producer Yngve Sæther. The film, currently in development, will mark the directorial debut for both.
It will be produced by by Hans-Jørgen Osnes and Sæther for Oslo’s Motlys.
Loe has also adapted his screenplay for a novel, which Norway’s Cappelen Damm published in April, and also has been sold to Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia and Serbia, according to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Loe and Sæther have known each other since the early 1990s, when Sæther used Loe as an actor in a short film.
Sæther said: “He is a great storyteller, and we felt we could pull this project together. Few films deal with aging people who often feel rejected by society once they have passed their ‘use-by-date’.”
Sæther is an in-house producer at Motlys, where he has »
- jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
White House Down's Jamie Foxx And Channing Tatum Reveal The Secret To Their Bromance
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You don't even have to see White House Down to know that its stars, Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, are pretty into each other. The two have been unofficially doing publicity for the movie for months now, starting with their post-Oscars appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which brought us the instant ear worm classic "Channing All Over Your Tatum." It involved Tatum writhing on a piano and shoving everyones' minds into the gutter. It was pretty great. By the time they followed it up with a full-fledged music video last week it was pretty obvious that the chemistry between Capitol cop John Cale (Tatum) and President James Sawyer (Foxx) was going to be one of the main reasons to see White House Down, the new action movie in which terrorists take over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and only one man can help get the President out alive. It also helps that the »
David Cameron: I want to be Harry Potter
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Pm tells students in Kazakhstan that he would like to be Jk Rowling's hero but hints that some might view him as the villain
David Cameron has joked that anyone with "any sense" would like to be Harry Potter, though he acknowledged that the British people would probably see him as the malign Voldemort.
In a question and answer session with students in the Kazakhstan capital, Astana, the prime minister showed a good knowledge of the Jk Rowling books by not actually mentioning Voldemort's name. The evil character is famously known in the Harry Potter novels as He Who Must Not Be Named.
Speaking at Nazarbayev University – named after the authoritarian president who flew the prime minister on his private jet on Sunday – Cameron also said that he misses his wife Samantha "desperately" on overseas trips. He also admitted that some of his Oxford tutors write to him to »
- Nicholas Watt
Lone Ranger shot down in early reviews
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Johnny Depp's Tonto widely seen as pushing 149-minute revival out of shape
It is being billed as a reunion for the team behind the multi-billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean film series – star Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski. But the first reviews for The Lone Ranger are unlikely to help the movie mirror the success of its predecessors and recoup a reported $250m (£164m) budget.
At time of writing, the film holds a rating of 29% "rotten" on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with several negative Us trade verdicts yet to be counted. The consensus is that Verbinski's over-long (149-minute) film tries too hard to recapture the franchise-launching magic of the first Pirates movie, Curse of the Black Pearl, while Depp's turn as heavily-made-up Native American Tonto ends up distracting attention from its title character, played by the rather less famous Armie Hammer.
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- Ben Child
eOne promotes Sandie Don
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Entertainment One has promoted Sandie Don to head of distribution for its Australian business, Hopscotch/eOne.
In her role, Don will oversee theatrical distribution for Hopscotch/eOne including acquisitions, sales and marketing.
Don, who previously held the role of marketing and acquisitions director, will continue to focus on both the acquisition and distribution of local and international productions as well as the prolific and commercial line up from eOne output partners including Summit and Lakeshore.
Don formed Hopscotch Films in 2002 with partners Troy Lum and Frank Cox. The company is one of Australia’s leading independent film distributors and was subsequently acquired by eOne in 2011.
Don has spearheaded theatrical release campaigns including The Sapphires, Incendies, Source Code, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Wrestler, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mao’s Last Dancer, The Kids Are All Right, Barney’s Version and Midnight in Paris.
Prior to joining Hopscotch, she headed marketing and publicity for Australian distribution company Dendy Films, creating »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Priyanka Chopra song from Disney animated film 'Planes' released
1 hour ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
The first song from Planes featuring Priyanka Chopra has been released.
The actress lends her voice to the character of Ishani, an Indian plane that crosses flight paths with an American one voiced by Dane Cook in the 3D Disney animated feature.
Writing on Twitter, the 30-year-old said: "My new song and intro to the Pan asian champion Ishani.. @disney prrsenting.. #Planes … Say whaaa?"
Director Klay Hall revealed that he cast Chopra in the animated film based on her performance in Dostana.
She recently said that she was "excited" to be part of the movie.
Planes is described as an action-packed comedy adventure about Dusty's dream of competing as a high-flying air racer despite his fear of heights. It is released on July 26. »
Letter: Jim Goddard was an impressive director of The Black Stuff
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
As producer of Alan Bleasdale's The Black Stuff, I was immensely impressed by Jim Goddard's direction. Although it was transmitted as a BBC Play for Today, it was in fact a feature-length film. I recall Jim working in west London with the team of actors led by Bernard Hill playing Yosser Hughes, walking back and forth in a rehearsal room, to measure out a long tracking shot which was to be filmed on the roads of the north-east. With the actors in mind, Jim took full advantage by combining old-style television rehearsal with the economic need to keep the film camera turning.
This valuable preparation gave the team of actors the freedom of spirit which subsequently Michael Wearing and Philip Saville inherited when producing and directing, with newly introduced lightweight cameras, Bleasdale's compelling series The Boys from the Blackstuff.
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Tepegöz’s Zerre wins top Moscow prize
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Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s social drama The Particle (Zerre) has won the Golden George for Best Film at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Miff).
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec »
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
Bert Stern obituary
2 hours ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Photographer and film-maker who took some of the last shots of Marilyn Monroe
In the summer of 1962 Bert Stern, who has died aged 83, took more than 2,500 photographs of Marilyn Monroe over three sessions held in a Los Angeles hotel. The images captured Monroe in a sometimes pensive but mostly playful mood as she posed nude, variously covered by bedsheets, a chinchilla coat, a stripy Vera Neumann scarf and a pair of chiffon roses. Despite their air of carefree humour, the portraits are inescapably wistful because – along with George Barris's subsequent pictures of Monroe at Santa Monica beach – they are among the last photographs taken of the star. She was found dead at her home several weeks later.
The shoot was for Vogue, which had Stern on a contract that required him to fill 100 fashion pages a year and afforded him an additional 10 pages for personal projects. Stern proposed Monroe as a subject, »
- Chris Wiegand
BBFC to regulate mobile content
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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to take over regulation of mobile internet content from the Mobile Classification Board (Imcb).
The BBFC will handle the ‘Classification Framework’ that enables mobile operators to restrict access to their commercial content considered unsuitable for customers under the age of 18.
This content includes video and Av material as well as mobile games. Mobile operators also use the framework to calibrate internet filters that parents can use to restrict content accessible by children via their internet access service.
The BBFC, which classifies films, DVDs and select video game and ads, will take on its new responsibilities from September 2.
The Imcb had handled the framework since its establishment in 2004.
Hamish MacLeod, chair of the Mobile Broadband Group, commented: “We are very grateful for the excellent work that the Imcb has done over the last eight years to support our code.
“However, with customers increasingly consuming content via mobile networks, we feel that »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Hugh Jackman: 'Wolverine looks ridiculous in real life'
2 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Hugh Jackman has admitted that Wolverine's facial hair looks "ridiculous" in real life.
The actor told Men's Health that the character looks fine on film but somewhat silly on set.
"Well, I'm used to it now," Jackman said.
"Weirdly, it looks okay on film and on that character. But imagine it in real life.
"It looks ridiculous, so ridiculous. You can wear a baseball cap with it... but really, there's no way to style it.
"And then there's the hair as well, which of course, looks ridiculous both in character and out of character."
Of finding therapy in playing the role, he added: "It's in our DNA. Aggression is a primal thing and it needs to be exorcised in some way; far better to have it in a controlled violent environment.
"So in a way playing Wolverine is good therapy. And he's cool, you know? He's much cooler than me. »
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reborn as publishing arm targets smartphones
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Chief executive says company aims to 'own the second screen' through deals such as Sun's Premier League highlights service
News Corporation, the newly devolved publishing division in Rupert Murdoch's global empire starts, launches on the New York and Sydney stock exchanges on Monday with the aim of dominating the smartphone market for news, entertainment and information.
Robert Thomson, the chief executive of new News Corp, told investors in Sydney the company would retain "Murdochian magic" and would have "a permanent startup sensibility" with globalisation and digitisation its biggest opportunities for growth.
"One of our foremost ambitions outside Australia is to own the second screen," he said in an investor roadshow whether this was "a football match or a British election".
He said the media sector was "still at the early stage of a second great migration, from print to web from web to mobile" and it was working on »
- Lisa O'Carroll
Joss Whedon promises more female superheroes for Marvel films
2 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Joss Whedon has promised more female superheroes for Marvel Studios' upcoming films.
The writer-director has said that he has "some people in mind" for the ever-expanding movie franchise.
"I do try to make sure that the women in the movies aren't window dressing, that they have something to say and something to do," he told Collider.
"And I've got some people in mind. Marvel's got some great characters, so why not draw on them."
The only major female superhero to feature in the films so far has been Black Widow, portrayed by Scarlett Johansson.
Whedon is known for his strong female characters, most famously in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Scarlet Witch is one of the new characters confirmed for Avengers 2.
Whedon has previously said that the lack of women in superhero movies "pisses me off".
A Captain Marvel/Ms Marvel film has been rumoured for Marvel's Phase Three.
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Sofia Coppola: 'Emma Watson transformed herself for The Bling Ring'
3 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Sofia Coppola's true-crime drama The Bling Ring, which stars Emma Watson as one of a gang of fame-obsessed teenagers who robbed celebrities' Hollywood Hills homes, is released in the UK this Friday.
Digital Spy sat down with Coppola to discuss how she approached the stranger-than-fiction story and her decision to cast Watson against type as the shallow, self-deluded Nicki.
The group are played by Watson, Katie Chang, Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard and Claire Julien, while Georgia Rock and Leslie Mann play Watson's sister and mother respectively.
The real 'Bling Ring' stole over $3 million of property from celebrities including Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson and Lindsay Lohan.
The film debuted in May at the Cannes Film Festival.
> Emma Watson: 'Bling Ring research gave me anxiety'
> 'The Bling Ring' review: Edinburgh Film Festival 2013
The Bling Ring is released in the UK on July 5. »
UK movie releases: July 2013
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July 5, 2013
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher
Running time: 115 mins
Certificate: 12A
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
Director: Michael Apted, Curtis Hanson
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jonny Weston
Running time: 116 mins
Certificate: PG
A Field in England
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Julian Barratt, Michael Smiley
Running time: 90 mins
Certificate: 15
July 12, 2013
Director: Dan Scanlon
Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman
Running time: 110 mins
Certificate: U
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Idris Elba, Charlie Day
Running time: 131 mins
Certificate: 12A
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach
Running time: 100 mins
Certificate: 15
We Steal Secrets
Director: Alex Gibney
Starring: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo
Running time: 130 mins
Certificate: 15
Akira (re-release)
Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
Starring: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki
Running time: 119 mins
Certificate: 15
July 19, 2013
Director: Drake Doremus
Starring: Felicity Jones, »
'Jacob's Ladder' remake in the works
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A Jacob's Ladder remake has been put into development.
Ld Entertainment will finance the project and has hired Jeff Buhler to write the script, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film is said to be an "homage" rather than a straight adaptation of the 1990 psychological horror.
The original centred around Tim Robbins as a Vietnam veteran whose life is consumed by strange and terrifying visions.
Buhler is best known for writing the movie adaptation of Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train.
Jake Wade Wall, who worked on the 2006 remake of When a Stranger Calls, provided the first draft of the script.
The Jacob's Ladder remake is currently seeking a director. »
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