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Blu-ray Release: Cleopatra (1963)
10 May 2013 6:52 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray Release Date: May 21, 2013
Price: Blu-ray $24.99, Blu-ray Digibook $34.99
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Elizabeth Taylor is Cleopatra.
Twentieth Century Fox’s legendary 1963 epic historical film drama Cleopatra—you know, the one starrig Elizabeth Taylor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Richard Burton (The Sandpiper) and Rex Harrison (My Fair Lady) that almost put the studio out of business—finally makes its Blu-ray debut!
Acknowledging the film’s 50th anniversary, the complete 243-minute premiere version of Cleopatra arrives in two formats: As a two-disc Blu-ray and as a double-disc, picture-filled Blu-ray Digibook.
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, the historical epic was the highest grossing film of 1963, though it nearly bankrupted Fox with its unprecedented production cost of $42 million (which is the equivalent to some $300 million today). In addition to elaborate sets and costumes, production delays and the relocation of principal filming from London to Rome added to the skyrocketing budget. »
- Laurence
Joe Wright Is A Likely Candidate To Direct Fifty Shades Of Grey
10 May 2013 3:02 AM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Universal’s Fifty Shades Of Grey adaptation has gone through the rumour mill quite a bit. Practically everyone who’s ever worked in the industry has at some point been attached. Now, The Wrap reports that Anna Karenina director Joe Wright is the frontrunner in Universal and Focus Pictures’ shortlist of suitable candidates. Also on the list are Gus Van Sant (Elephant, Last Days), Patty Jenkins (Monster) and Bennett Miller (Moneyball).
Apparently, two of the film’s producers, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, are keen for Wright to take the gig. Focus have previously assumed distribution duties on four of Wright’s films, so having an established relationship with the director might sway things his way.
Wright’s name has been bandied about a whole host of projects recently too, including a remake of My Fair Lady. He’s brought out strong performances from leading ladies in recent years. »
- Gem Seddon
Is Joe Wright Directing Fifty Shades?
10 May 2013 1:45 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
We've been burned with "Joe Wright is directing..." stories before: a couple of years ago the internet was confident he was doing a remake of My Fair Lady, until the man himself revealed he wasn't and never had been. So it's with caution that we report Variety's apparent scoop that Wright is the man tied (sorry) to Universal's adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey. He's filmed Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy and Ian McEwan in the past: is he really up for E. L. James?Anna Karenina, Atonement and Pride & Prejudice were all produced under the Focus Films banner however, and given that Focus is now the home of Fifty Shades, you can see how Wright might be in favour there. Variety are careful to say that "no deal is in place", but "one insider very close to the production says Wright is the man". There's been no official comment from Focus or Universal yet. »
The Top-Paid Female Star: Durbin Pt.5
4 May 2013 9:31 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Deanna Durbin: Highest-paid actress in the world [See previous post: "Deanna Durbin in the '40s: From Wholesome Musicals to Film Noir Sex Worker."] Despite several missteps in the handling of her career, David Shipman states that Deanna Durbin was Hollywood’s (and the world’s) highest-paid actress in both 1945 and 1947. In 1946, Durbin’s earnings of $323,477 trailed only Bette Davis’ $328,000 at Warner Bros. Those are impressive rankings (and wages), but ironically Durbin’s high earnings ultimately harmed her career. By the mid-’40s, her domestic box-office allure was beginning to fade, a situation surely worsened by World War II closing off most of Hollywood’s top international markets. As a result, Universal, since 1947 a new entity known as Universal-International, was unwilling to spend extra money in their star’s already costly vehicles. That’s a similar predicament to the one faced by silent-era superstar John Gilbert at MGM in the early ’30s: the studio had to pay Gilbert an exorbitant salary that made his movies much »
- Andre Soares
Singer-Actress Deanna Durbin Dead at 91
30 April 2013 6:53 PM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Singer-actress Deanna Durbin, who was the highest-paid female star in Hollywood in 1947 but permanently exited the movie biz the next year at the age of 26, has died, her fan club announced Tuesday. The announcement did not give a date or cause of death. She was 91.
Durbin initially landed at MGM after a successful audition for a part in a planned biopic of opera singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink. She actually made her film debut in the 1936 MGM short “Every Sunday,” with Judy Garland (the two were only six months apart in age), and the opera film was never made. Soon thereafter Universal signed Durbin to a contract.
Her first film at U was “Three Smart Girls” (remade decades later as “The Parent Trap”). That big box office hit, in which she played the perfect teenage daughter, paved the way for many more of the same, and Durbin was credited with saving the studio from bankruptcy. »
- Carmel Dagan
Colin Firth set to join up with Matthew Vaughn's The Secret Service
30 April 2013 7:38 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
The actor is in line to star in the Kick-Ass director's new project for his first comic-book movie
Colin Firth is set to star in the James Bond-style comic-book movie The Secret Service for director Matthew Vaughn.
The Oscar-winning British actor is in line to play the uncle of the main character, a young tearaway from the mean streets of London recruited into a British spy school that turns out suave and sophisticated young agents in the vein of 007. Scottish writer Mark Millar, who wrote the six-issue comic book, has described the setup as "James Bond meets My Fair Lady". The Hollywood Reporter says Firth's character recruits his nephew into the service.
As well as directing, Vaughn has co-written the screenplay for the film with regular collaborator Jane Goldman. The trio worked together on the well-received 2010 superhero movie Kick-Ass, based onMillar's comic book of the same name. The Secret Service »
- Ben Child
Colin Firth To Join “The Secret Service”
29 April 2013 1:43 PM, PDT | FamousMonsters of Filmland | See recent Famous Monsters of Filmland news »
Matthew Vaughn is courting The King’S Speech Oscar winner Colin Firth to enlist in The Secret Service. Reportedly, Firth is in talks to play the lead, as ‘Uncle Jack’.
The film is based on a Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons comic book of the same name, which Vaughn has experience in, having directed Kick-ass. Vaughn co-wrote the screenplay with Jane Goldman, and will direct the project through Marv Films.
The project is described as “…about a James Bond superspy who works for MI6 and takes his slacker nephew under his wing. Named ‘Uncle Jack’ in the comic, he mentors his nephew Gary in tradecraft in the hopes that Gary can change and become an MI6 agent. Per Mark Millar, ‘This is James Bond meets My Fair Lady.’”
It’s heading for an August 14th, 2014 release date. Expect more news soon, including if they can get Mark Hamill to appear as himself, »
- Andy Greene
Firth Wants To Join The Secret Service
29 April 2013 12:01 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Last month, 20th Century Fox emerged bloodied but victorious in the battle for the rights to make Mark Millar’s latest comic adaptation The Secret Service, with Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn in the big chair. No casting was announced at the time, but that has now changed, with Colin Firth in talks to star.The man who scored an Oscar for his dramatic work in The King’s Speech has proved adept at comedy, but hasn’t really shown much interest in comic book movies before. Still, the pedigree of this one, along with the chance to work with Vaughn, has him lured. As does, we suspect, the chance to conquer another genre.Firth is set to play Jack, a suave, sophisticated, old school spy who decides that his rough-and-ready, street-smart nephew might just be what the agency needs to deal with a celebrity kidnap crime. Uncle Jack therefore aims to train him up, »
Colin Firth set for The Secret Service
29 April 2013 11:12 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
News Glen Chapman 30 Apr 2013 - 06:12
Colin Firth appears to have been cast as the lead in Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Mark Millar's Comic book.
Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book The Secret Service is set to go start filming in August ahead of its release date of November 14th 2014. The script is by Vaughn and Jane Goldman, so it's the same creative team behind Kick-Ass, which is certainly a good sign indeed.
The story follows a MI6 super spy named Uncle Jack who takes his slacker nephew, Gary, under his wing. The hope? That he can find some motivation to become a super spy like his uncle, and who would pass up a chance like that? Millar describes The Secret Service as “...James Bond meets My Fair Lady.”
With the film so close to production the casting process has started and Colin Firth »
- glenchapman
Colin Firth In Talks For The Secret Service
29 April 2013 10:31 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The Oscar-winning King’s Speech actor Colin Firth is set to go into uncharted territory with his first leading role in an action tentpole, Matthew Vaughn‘s adaptation of Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons‘ comic book series, The Secret Service. Vaughn co-wrote the script with Jane Goldman in the same fashion as he adapted Millar’s comic Kick-Ass. Described as ‘James Bond meets My Fair Lady,’ Firth would play the uncle should a deal get made. Vaughn was previously intended to pair Firth with Aaron Johnson, but it looks like only Firth will be involved due to scheduling. The plot centers on a ‘London hoodlum who is recruited...
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- Nick Martin
Colin Firth in Talks for Matthew Vaughn's The Secret Service
29 April 2013 9:43 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Colin Firth is in talks to star in the Mark Millar comic book adaptation The Secret Service. We reported in March that 20th Century Fox is distributing.
The Oscar-winning actor will play Uncle Jack, an MI6 spy who takes his nephew Gary under his wing to teach him the ropes, in hopes the youngster will change his ways and become an MI6 agent. The role of Gary has yet to be cast. Mark Millar described the story as a cross between James Bond and My Fair Lady.
Matthew Vaughn is directing from a screenplay he wrote with Jane Goldman, based on the Mark Millar comic book series. Our report from last month revealed that Fox is putting this project on the fast track, with an August production start date tentatively scheduled.
Colin Firth can currently be seen in the indie drama Arthur Newman, which opened in theaters last weekend.
- MovieWeb
Colin Firth Heading for Action in Matthew Vaughn's 'Secret Service'
29 April 2013 7:29 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Just over a month ago, we learned that Fox had picked up the rights to Mark Millar's comic book Secret Service for Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class) to direct after departing the sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past. Now it sounds like the project is making progress towards production as Latino Review has learned that Colin Firth will make a surprising foray into the action genre for the film which follows a veteran secret service agent training his punk nephew for the same job in the midst of celebrity kidnappings, the murder of an entire town and some sort of government secret involving Mount Everest. More below! Firth is a big name, but he's yet to venture into blockbuster action territory, opting for comedies and dramas from Love Actually to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Millar has described Secret Service as "James Bond meets My Fair Lady," which sounds »
- Ethan Anderton
Exclusive: Oscar Winner Colin Firth To Play Superspy In Matthew Vaughn’s ‘The Secret Service’
28 April 2013 10:07 PM, PDT | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »
With a release date set for November 14, 2014 and production slated to begin this August, casting is underway for Matthew Vaughn’s next film The Secret Service, based off Mark Millar’s hot comic book that just recently wrapped it’s storyline. The script is finished and written by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. The script closely follows the comic.
For those not in the know, the comic is about a James Bond superspy who works for MI6 and takes his slacker nephew under his wing. Named ‘Uncle Jack’ in the comic, he mentors his nephew Gary in tradecraft in the hopes that Gary can change and become an MI6 agent.
Per Mark Millar, “This is James Bond meets My Fair Lady.”
The book is really hot, it was an entertaining read, and got quite an outlandish plot (it’s really Bananas!) that if you want to see what the opening »
- El Mayimbe
Patrick Garland obituary
23 April 2013 3:10 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Director and writer celebrated for his work at Chichester Festival theatre and the BBC
The career of Patrick Garland, who has died aged 78, was as varied as it was productive. An actor, producer, director, writer and anthologist, he was a leading light of the BBC TV arts department for 12 years, twice artistic director of the Chichester Festival theatre and a close friend and associate of Alan Bennett, Rex Harrison, Eileen Atkins and Simon Callow.
Although he harboured ambitions in feature films, and directed a 1971 television adaptation of Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose (starring Richard Harris and an Emmy award-winning Jenny Agutter), as well as a creditable 1973 movie of Ibsen's A Doll's House (with Claire Bloom and Anthony Hopkins), his life developed in the theatre. Much of his work was informed by his love of literature, and the poetry of Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling, Philip Larkin and John Clare. In »
- Michael Coveney
ANDRÉ Previn: A Welcome Return
15 April 2013 9:00 PM, PDT | Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy | See recent Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy news »
One of the first records I ever purchased was André Previn’s jazz version of My Fair Lady….and I’ve never fallen out of love with this wonderful album. Now, nearly sixty years later, Previn is back at the piano alongside Michael Feinstein for a brand-new collection called Change of Heart. It’s the latest in a long line of records that performer and musicologist Feinstein has masterminded, in his tireless quest to call attention to underappreciated songs by some of America’s greatest musical talents. In this case, he persuaded Previn to dig through his “trunk” of forgotten and unrecorded songs, many of them written with his onetime wife Dory, a gifted lyricist. (Remember “You’re...
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- Leonard Maltin
Danny Boyle Explains Why 'Millions' Should Have Been A Musical, Calls It The Ultimate Genre He Hopes To Tackle
12 April 2013 2:29 PM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Filmmaker Danny Boyle has tackled almost every genre under the sun. Thrillers ("Shallow Grave"), sci-fi and space adventure ("Sunshine"), post-apocalyptic horror ("28 Days Later"), romantic comedies ("A Life Less Ordinary"), hipster drug movies ("Trainspotting"), international dramas with romance and intrigue ("Slumdog Millionaire," "The Beach") and more, but one genre that has eluded the director thus far is the musical. While never confirmed -- or no one seemed to ask him -- Boyle was rumored to be involved in a musical remake of "My Fair Lady," but it never came to pass. While that particular effort wasn't discussed in this Kcrw interview with John Horn, the musical form itself was. Boyle once again said that he was developing two period piece films set in England, but was sidetracked when Horn asked Boyle if the period piece was one in the many restaurants he liked to eat at -- using different cuisines as an analogy for different genres. »
- Edward Davis
How Many of the Movies from Roger Ebert's List of Great Movies Have You Seen?
10 April 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 363 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies, the Up docs and Decalogue) and of those 363, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do, »
- Brad Brevet
How Many of the Movies from Roger Ebert's List of Great Movies Have You Seen?
10 April 2013 4:28 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I've mentioned before how several years ago I created a list using Roger Ebert's Great Movies, Oscar Best Picture winners, IMDb's Top 250, etc. and began going through them doing my best to see as many of the films on these lists that I had not seen as I possibly could to up my film I.Q. Well, someone has gone through the exhaustive effort to take all of the films Roger Ebert wrote about in his three "Great Movies" books, all of which are compiled on his website and added them to a Letterbxd list and I've added that list below. I'm not positive every movie on his list is here, but by my count there are 362 different titles listed (more if you count the trilogies and Decalogue) and of those 362, I have personally seen 229 and have added an * next to those I've seen. Clearly I have some work to do, »
- Brad Brevet
Milo O'Shea obituary
4 April 2013 4:06 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy
For a performer of such fame and versatility, the distinguished Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, who has died aged 86, is not associated with any role in particular, or indeed any clutch of them. He was chiefly associated with his own expressive dark eyes, bushy eyebrows, outstanding mimetic talents and distinctive Dublin brogue.
His impish presence irradiated countless fine movies – including Joseph Strick's Ulysses (1967), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968) and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982) – and many top-drawer American television series, from Cheers, The Golden Girls and Frasier, right through to The West Wing (2003-04), in which he played the chief justice Roy Ashland.
He had settled in New York in 1976 with his second wife, Kitty Sullivan, in order to be equidistant from his own main bases of operation, Hollywood and London. The »
- Michael Coveney
Milo O'Shea obituary
3 April 2013 12:26 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Irish stage and screen character actor who appeared in Barbarella, The Verdict and the BBC's 1969 sitcom Me Mammy
For a performer of such fame and versatility, the distinguished Irish character actor Milo O'Shea, who has died aged 86, is not associated with any role in particular, or indeed any clutch of them. He was chiefly associated with his own expressive dark eyes, bushy eyebrows, outstanding mimetic talents and distinctive Dublin brogue.
His impish presence irradiated countless fine movies – including Joseph Strick's Ulysses (1967), Roger Vadim's Barbarella (1968) and Sidney Lumet's The Verdict (1982) – and many top-drawer American television series, from Cheers, The Golden Girls and Frasier, right through to The West Wing (2003-04), in which he played the chief justice Roy Ashland.
He had settled in New York in 1976 with his second wife, Kitty Sullivan, in order to be equidistant from his own main bases of operation, Hollywood and London. The »
- Michael Coveney
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