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Movie of Susan Boyle's life should star Andie MacDowell and Pierce Brosnan (IrishCentral)
27 November 2009 7:16 AM, PST | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Susan Boyle's brother Gerry has said he believes a movie of her life will be made and that he'd like Kathy Bates to play the Scottish star. Gerry told RadarOnline.com that he would not be "surprised in the least if there was a film made" of his sister's life, adding he would "personally like to see Kathy Bates play my sister." if she wasn't available Gerry would like British actress Brenda Blethyn to play the role. The story comes amid persistent reports that "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell will be making a film about the 48-year-old Scottish singer. Can't say I agree. At 61 Kathy Bates would be 13 years older than Susan Boyle and is unfortunately well past her prime. Since playing Molly Brown in the Titanic movie she has hardly figured in Hollywood. I'm afraid Gerry Boyle is doing his sister no favors here How about Andi MacDowell? The »
Artists cast as saviours of British cinema
21 November 2009 4:06 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
After the success of Steve McQueen and Sam Taylor-Wood, the UK Film Council aims to fund debuts by a new crop of artists turned film-makers
First came Turner prize-winner Steve McQueen's gritty film Hunger, about the Ira prisoner Bobby Sands. Full of soul-searching and menace, it was the toast of the Cannes film festival last year. Next came the success this autumn of Nowhere Boy, artist Sam Taylor-Wood's uplifting biopic of the young John Lennon.
Now, following these unexpected triumphs, a queue of former young British artists, or YBAs, has formed, waiting to entertain the nation's cinema audiences. Among the aspiring directors are the controversial artists Jake and Dinos Chapman and the Turner prize-winner Gillian Wearing.
This week, in recognition of this line-up of potential talent, the homegrown cinema industry has announced that it is to start banking on the trend. The UK Film Council is to promote more »
- Vanessa Thorpe
Movie Reviews: “Pirate Radio”
13 November 2009 11:56 AM, PST | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Like the little off-shore pirate radio stations playing rock 'n' roll that dared to compete against the massive radio domination of the staid BBC in the 1960s, Pirate Radio debuts against the incalculable might of the $260-million apocalyptic flick 2012 this week. The critics, for the most part, love it. "It skips by like a much-loved old LP," writes Roger Moore in the Orlando Sentinel. "The film makes for easy viewing and easier listening," says Manohla Dargis in the New York Times, one of several critics who praise the choice of '60s music featured in the movie (and Claudia Puig in USA Today recommends that audiences "stick around through the end credit sequence, which features an array of album covers.") Kyle Smith in the New York Post notes that writer/director Richard Curtis, who wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, "has dropped another bright joy-bomb that explodes in every direction with rock classics used in surprisingly direct and literal ways." On the other hand, Steven Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer accuses Curtis of taking a potentially "great story" about the pirate stations and turning it "into an aggressively irritating floating frat-party romp." And Peter Howell concludes in the Toronto Star: "This film doesn't know whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama. By the time it finally reaches its Titanic-style conclusion, you probably won't care." »
Review: Pirate Radio
13 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Tethered to reality by only a slender thread, Pirate Radio quickly cuts loose and floats off into its own imaginary layer of the Earth's atmosphere, where only good-hearted, pleasant-thinking, die-hard romantics can survive. Welcome home, Richard Curtis, where have you been?
Writer/director Curtis rose to fame on the basis of his screenplay for Four Weddings and a Funeral, featuring an ensemble of quirky yet appealing men and women chasing love and happiness, followed, notably, by his script for Notting Hill, but he's been writing off-kilter comedy sketches and episodic television for many years. Pirate Radio proves that his gift for writing witty one-liners and creating funny situations remains intact. His skills as a film director and shaper of material are a little more fuzzy and undefined, however.
As with Love, Actually, his previous directorial effort, Pirate Radio (Aka The Boat That Rocked) is filled with episodes that feel randomly assembled, »
- Peter Martin
'Pirate Radio': Adrift, By Kurt Loder
13 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
Even Philip Seymour Hoffman can't quite float this boat.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Nick Frost in "Pirate Radio"
Photo: Focus Features
Imagine you're a British teenager in the mid-1960s. The new breed of English rock is taking over the world. Across the pond in America, the Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones, Animals, Troggs and Yardbirds can all be heard around the clock on U.S. radio. Back at home, though, the government controls the airwaves, through the dowdy BBC, and the government has decided that no one needs to hear this unseemly music.
The new movie "Pirate Radio" trains a fond eye on the rebellion that this oppressive state of affairs spawned: an outbreak of rogue radio stations based on ships anchored just outside of British territorial waters. Radio Caroline was the first of these outfits to go on the air, in 1964, and it was soon joined by others -- »
Review: Pirate Radio
12 November 2009 3:29 PM, PST | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Just a few days back Robert Carlyle used the Scottish BAFTAs as a platform to voice his displeasure of the British film industry. There have been no decent films produced here, he said, since Trainspotting.
Studying Carlyle’s words, he has a point; the cinematic output of Great Britain primarily regurtiates the same type of film over and over. Chief amongst them are the kitchen sink tragedy and the costume drama. However, there is a third type of high profile movie produced on these shores which generally lead to much commercial success. This genre can be, for all intents and purposes, attributed to one man. This, the third entry into the British cinema canon, is the “Richard Curtis movie”.
Since graduating from television writing, Curtis has pioneered an individualistic approach to the world of cinema relying heavily on picture postcard locations in Southern England, syrupy sentiment, “comedy” swearing and middle-class males indulging in linguistic mishaps. »
- Kieron
Interview: Director Richard Curtis on Rock, Politics, Sex & ‘Pirate Radio’
12 November 2009 1:41 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The legendary Richard Curtis returns this week with “Pirate Radio,” the story of Radio Rock and the first disc jockeys to ever play rock and roll in the United Kingdom. Co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, and many more, “Pirate Radio” is another ensemble comedy from the man who made the beloved “Love Actually” and wrote “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill,” and created “Black Adder”. Curtis recently sat down with HollywoodChicago.com (and Matt Fagerholm of Film Monthly and Locke Peterseim of RedBlog) to discuss his new film and its inspirations.
Naturally, if a writer is going to make a film about the power of rock music, he probably has a pretty close kinship to the tunes of the era himself. Curtis vividly remembers tuning into Radio Rock on his transistor, a moment copied for the very first shot of “Pirate Radio »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
In Theaters: Pirate Radio
12 November 2009 12:20 PM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
One of my favorite personal interview outtakes involves Rob Zombie casually mentioning, by way of illustrating his point that a good film crosses all boundaries, that he thinks Love Actually is a terrific movie. It's a testament to writer/director Richard Curtis's firm grasp on the romantic comedy genre (though Love was the first film he directed, he wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, and Bridget Jones's Diary) that he was able to pilot it across that particular boundary; after years working in television on series like Black Adder and Mr. Bean, Curtis carved out a niche that was well-rewarded but also well-respected. With Pirate Radio (released several months ago in the UK as The Boat That Rocked) he leaves the sure footing of boy-meets-girl, modern London for a boat docked off the coast of England in 1966. The true story of the ships that sat just outside of UK waters, »
Interview with Richard Curtis, Director of Pirate Radio
12 November 2009 10:52 AM, PST | MovieRetriever | See recent MovieRetriever news »
Nov 12, 2009
Richard Curtis is a legend in the United Kingdom, the man who made one of the country’s most popular shows of all time (Black Adder) and helped turn Hugh Grant into a household name. He wrote Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Tall Guy¸ Notting Hill, the adaptation of Bridget Jones’ Diary, and many of the adventures of Mr. Bean before moving into the director’s chair for the beloved Love Actually and, now, Pirate Radio (known as The Boat That Rocked overseas before a stateside title change). Curtis’ ...Read more at MovieRetriever.com »
Win a Copy of the Pirate Radio Soundtrack!
9 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
We're back on the gravy train, headed for a freesville, baby. That's right, Fsr's elite team of covert operatives have returned with more sweet swag to give away to our most prized readers. This time, we're celebrating Richard Curtis' upcoming import Pirate Radio, previously known as The Boat the Rocked. And in order to do so, we're giving away soundtracks to five lucky American readers. Here are the details: Five (5) winners will receive: Official 2-Disc motion picture soundtrack see Amazon for details The official motion picture soundtrack includes music by The Kinks, The Turtles, John Fred And Playboys, Martha Reeves, Beach Boys, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Jeff Beck, The Who, The Troggs, The Hollies, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Otis Redding, Easybeats and more! How to Enter Follow these simple steps: Head over to the Official Film School Rejects Facebook Page Click “Become a Fan” Done Other restrictions, rules »
- Neil Miller
Contest: Win the Official Pirate Radio Soundtrack
8 November 2009 5:48 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Pirate Radio will crank out the 60s tunes in theaters everywhere on November 13 and we have some wonderful new prizes to give away in celebration of Richard Curtis' new film. We have a brand new contest running and we're giving away copies of the film's official soundtrack, which comes in a track-packed two-cd set. You know these prizes will surely fly out of here fast, so be sure to enter this contest today.
Winners Receive:
- Official Pirate Radio soundtrack two-cd set
to win these new two-disc CD today.
Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based comedic tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose "pirate radio" captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. Playing the music that rocked a nation and a decade, »
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 ‘Pirate Radio’ Chicago Screening Passes With Philip Seymour Hoffman
8 November 2009 5:23 PM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – In our latest comedy edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of “Pirate Radio”! The film was formerly titled “The Boat That Rocked”.
“Pirate Radio” from writer and director Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill”) stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Rhys Darby, Talulah Riley and January Jones. The film opens everywhere on Nov. 13, 2009.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Pirate Radio” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, all you need to do is answer our question below. That’s it! This screening will be held on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
“Pirate Radio” stars Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Image credit: Universal Pictures
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Producer talks The Lone Ranger and Pirates of the Caribbean 4
6 November 2009 5:09 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that Disney is moving forward with its planned movie based on The Lone Ranger, with Johnny Depp cast as native American sidekick Tonto.
Bruckheimer said they were now aiming for a 2012 release. Mike Newell - whose credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - is attached to direct the feature.
Bruckheimer told Sci-Fi Wire that Pirates of the Caribbean writers Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio had worked with other writers and Johnny Depp on The Lone Ranger to create "something that has a kind of true-to-the-western [feel], but adding other additional elements like we did with Pirates so it won't be just a straight-ahead western."
As for the casting of the Ranger, he said: "We're still creating a pretty wide net and figuring it out. It comes down to who »
- David Bentley
Free Pirate Radio screening in Baltimore! Nov. 12th
5 November 2009 10:19 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Atomic Popcorn would like to invite you to set sail on an exciting journey. Rock & Roll will live forever – but can it float? Pirate Radio, the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill), is ready to make your belly ache. The film has an all-star cast that includes Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy. Tickets to the screening will be handed out at the door on Thursday, Nov. 12th at 730 pm at a local AMC theater.
Check out more about the film below:
Pirate Radio is the newest ensemble comedy from filmmaker Richard Curtis (screenwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and writer/director of Love Actually), spinning the irreverent yet fact-based tale of a seafaring band of rogue rock and roll deejays whose “pirate radio” captivated and inspired 1960s Britain. Playing the music that rocked a nation and a decade, »
- Matthew
Writer - Director Richard Curtis
5 November 2009 9:27 AM, PST | Makingof.com | See recent Makingof.com news »
Richard Curtis's distinguished writing talent has been displayed in hit British films that include "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Notting Hil", and "Love Actually" - which he also directed. His latest ensemble piece which he wrote and directed as well is "Pirate Radio," which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans and Bill Nighy.
MakingOf recently sat down with Curtis to talk through his process and learn what happened behind the scenes on "Pirate Radio". Curtis reveals that when he was writing the script he put together a soundtrack to help keep the process moving and he often writes scenes with specific songs in mind. He also tells us that the biggest challenge with this film was getting it down to a "reasonable" length. He shot in a very fluid way and encouraged improvisation and his original assembly clocked in at over five hours.
Click here to watch MakingOf's interview »
Grant: 'My films make me suicidal'
5 November 2009 1:37 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Hugh Grant has revealed that he feels "suicidal" after watching most of his films. The Four Weddings And A Funeral star, who has described himself as a "reluctant actor" in the past, said that he hates watching his movies for the first time. Grant told Ok magazine: "Normally, when I see the first cut I'm suicidal. I want to go to that euthanasia clinic in Switzerland, Dignitas, and have myself (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
New trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
3 November 2009 3:54 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
A Full-length trailer has now been released for upcoming fantasy adventure Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
The Disney movie, due out in May next year, stars Jake Gyllenhaal and is directed by Mike Newell and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
Newell's previous credits include Four Weddings and a Funeral and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and is also attached to helm a film adaptation of Terry Brooks' novel The Elfstones of Shannara.
Adapted from a video game, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time tells of a brave street urchin called Dastan (Gyllenhaal) who is adopted by the king to be his heir so his own two sons won't fight over the throne.
Dastan is mentored by Sheik Amar (Alfred Molina) and teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) on a quest to retrieve the Sands of Time - a gift from the gods that can »
- David Bentley
'Prince of Persia' gets action-packed trailer
2 November 2009 10:51 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" finally received its first feature trailer, and at this stage, I like what I'm seeing. It definitely doesn't look perfect, but it sure is action-packed. See below for more.
In the film, Prince Dastan (Gyllenhaal) teams up with a princess (Arterton) to stop a villain from laying his hands on the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can be used to reverse time and rule the world.
Also starring are Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina, Toby Kebbell and Dave Pope. Mike Newell, whose credits include "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," is directing. »
- Franck Tabouring
Steve Watches the Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Trailer
29 October 2009 11:54 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The other day I was invited, along with a number of other video game and movie sites, to Jerry Bruckheimer’s office in Santa Monica to watch the “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” trailer. While the trailer will be online and in theaters very soon, Disney decided to premiere the trailer to our lucky group and they also gave us twenty minutes with Jerry Bruckheimer and “Prince of Persia” creator Jordan Mechner. While I’ll have a transcript of what they said next, I can tell you what I thought about the trailer right now.
My quick thought is we’re finally going to get an awesome movie based on a video game. Up to now, every video game based movie has been treated by Hollywood as a joke. They never have a budget. The scripts have been terrible. Also, after you see the movie, you lose respect »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Tahar Rahim Joins The Eagle of the Ninth
19 October 2009 7:04 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Tahar Rahim, the star of one of this year's most acclaimed films, Un Prophète (A Prophet), has joined the cast of the Roman epic adventure The Eagle of the Ninth, currently being directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald and produced by Duncan Kenworthy. The film is co-financed by Film4 with Focus Features, which holds worldwide rights excluding U.K. free-tv.
Heading the cast are Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the upcoming Dear John), Jamie Bell (Defiance, Jumper), two-time Golden Globe Award winner Donald Sutherland, and Mark Strong (the upcoming Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood). Mr. Macdonald is reunited on the new film with Jeremy Brock, BAFTA Award-winning screenwriter of his 2006 film The Last King of Scotland, who has adapted the screenplay of The Eagle of the Ninth from Rosemary Sutcliff's classic novel of the same name.
The Eagle of the Ninth is set in »
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