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Judi Dench fears death
12 December 2009 3:01 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Dame Judi Dench is worried about dying. The 75-year-old actress, who stars in new musical movie 'Nine', admits her mortality is always on her mind now she is older. She said: "I think about dying all the time but I push it to the back of my mind. Why? Because of fear of course." The 'Casino Royale' star admits she "loathes" the ageing process but accepts it is just a part of life. She added in an interview with The Times newspaper: "I don't like it at all. Suddenly I get up out of a chair and can't rush across the room. But there's nothing I can do about it. "My energy levels are Ok but I can't see very »
'UFO' to Become a Trilogy
11 December 2009 9:15 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Back on November 23 we reported that Fringe star Joshua Jackson was set to star in an adaptation of UK television producer Gerry Anderson's 1970 live action series, UFO. Jackson would star as Col. Paul Foster, played by Michael Billington in the original series. Today we're learning from the website Forbidden Planet that Heroes star Ali Larter is being sought to take on the role of Col. Virginia Lake, who was played in the original series by actress Wanda Ventham.
In a new interview with Forbidden Planet, the adaptation's director, Matthew Gratzner, discusses the new film in some detail, and also talks about his desire to see Larter — who is currently the frontrunner for the role — in the project.
"We've talked to Ali Larter, who's very interested," he said. "I've actually met with her, and I think she would be a great addition to the picture. Lake is very strong and obviously also very feminine, »
Judi Dench fears death
11 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST | Virgin Media - Movies | See recent Virgin Media - Movies news »
Dame Judi Dench is worried about dying. The 75-year-old actress, who stars in new musical movie 'Nine', admits her mortality is always on her mind now she is older. She said: ''I think about dying all the time but I push it to the back of my mind. Why? Because of fear of course.'' The 'Casino Royale' star admits she ''loathes'' the ageing process but accepts it is just a part of life. She added in an interview with The Times newspaper: ''I don't like it at all. Suddenly I get up out of a chair and can't rush across the room. But there's nothing .. »
First Official Clash of the Titans Poster Has Arrived!
10 December 2009 7:22 AM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first official poster for the highly-anticipated remake of Clash of the Titans, which will be released in theaters nationwide on March 26, 2010. This is a pretty bad-ass one-sheet with star, Sam Worthington, holding up the head of Medusa.
Based on the 1981 film of the same name, written by the late Beverley Cross, Clash of the Titans is directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi (Aeon Flux), story by Travis Beacham and Hay & Manfredi. The film revolves around Sam Worthington as Perseus on a mythological journey joined by Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) as Io, Perseus’ mysterious spiritual guide throughout his journey; Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale) as Draco, who takes up his sword to join Perseus’ quest; Jason Flemyng (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as Acrisius, a one-time king-turned-hideous beast; and Alexa Davalos (Defiance) as Andromeda, a princess doomed to »
- Kevin Coll
The Best Films of the Decade (aka "The Naughties")
8 December 2009 10:25 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
Best Films Of The Decade (aka The Naughties) From Alex & Terry
List # 1
By Alex Simon
When Terry and I initially discussed writing these lists, I had a tough time thinking back on 20 films over the past decade which I was really taken with, thinking that movies have sunk so low over the past ten years, that even choosing a dozen would be a short-order job. Thirty minutes into it, my list had nearly 60 titles! After much cutting, pasting, and re-cutting and pasting, here are my top 20 films (in no particular order) of the first decade of the 21st century, dubbed by many as “the naughties.” --A.S.
1.No Country for Old Men (Coen Brothers, 2007) An elegiac blend of stark beauty and full-throttle despair from two of our finest filmmakers, set in the contemporary American West. Every frame is damn near flawless, and would have been an even more perfect vehicle for the late Sam Peckinpah. »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Review & Photos: An Evening with Pinewood Legends
8 December 2009 4:51 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
On Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a very special charity evening in aid of the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation. It took place, as you might have guessed at the legendary Pinewood Studios just outside London near Windsor. The event was in aid of the Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation, a charity that helps people with disabilities to increase independence and improve life skills.
The event was named the Pinewood Legends evening for a reason. Invited along as guests of the Foundation were:
Roy Button OBE (Senior Vice President & MD of Warner Bros.) Paul Weston (Stunts, Daylight, Superman I, II, III) Terence Clegg (Producer, Out of Africa, A Clock Work Orange) Mike Moran (Movie music score composer) Joss Williams (Special Effects Supervisor on Green Zone, Hell Boy 2, Rambo, The Bourne Ultimatum) Anthony Waye (Producer, Casino Royale) Saeed Jaffrey (Actor, Gandhi) Paul Hitchcock (Producers, Mission Impossible, Firefox)
The evening started with »
- David Sztypuljak
Eva Green’s Experiences On Her Lesbian Love Scene
7 December 2009 1:53 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »
The ‘Casino Royale’ actress plays boarding school headmistress Miss G in the film - which sees her develop a fascination with one her teenage pupils, portrayed by Maria Valverde – and has admitted she doesn’t think their romantic liaison was portrayed as graphically as it should have been. She said: “The love scene is soft – I wanted to go even further. In the book, she’s more sexual.” The 29-year-old star said filming the scene for the movie – which is based on Shiela Kohler’s 1999 novel – was easy as she and Maria, 22, had done so much practice. She added to Wales Online: “Filming the love scene with Maria was fine – we didn’t do many takes. We’d rehearsed the day before, we knew exactly, clinically, what we were doing. “I read the book many times, which was very helpful to understand Miss G’s obsession. She’s completely obsessed in the book. »
- Alice
Quentin Tarantino on why he turned down chance to direct Green Lantern
6 December 2009 11:12 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Given his very distinctive film-making style, what would a director such as Quentin Tarantino do with a superhero movie?
That may seem like a random thought with no basis in reality. But it transpires that Tarantino not only based his Inglourious Basterds on Marvel Comics' war series Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos, but was asked to direct the big-screen adaptation of DC Comics' hero Green Lantern for Warner Bros.
Since then, Casino Royale's Martin Campbell ended up at the helm of Green Lantern, with Ryan Reynolds in the star role.
Tarantino explained to MTV: "I was offered the Green Lantern. Not since it's been a script, but just like, 'Hey we own the 'Green Lantern.' Would you like it?'"
He declined, although he insists he is a big comic book fan: "There's a little part of me that's like, 'Wow, if I was in my 20s, »
- David Bentley
Birds Remake Director Martin Campbell Flies the Coop
5 December 2009 1:36 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
In the case of Platinum Dunes' remake of Hitchcock's classic The Birds, you'd think that all the various delays, rewrites, etc., might have the producers reconsidering their plans; but no, it appears to be full steam ahead with the project despite the fact that it recently lost its director, Martin Campbell, to The Green Lantern redux.
Pajiba got the scoop that although Campbell, who's best known for revitalizing the Bond franchise via his updated Casino Royale, is out, Platinum Dunes has talked to [The Last House on the Left director Dennis] Iliades about taking over the $60 million produced movie, and he’s driving the new direction of the film, which, under Campbell’s direction, was geared toward a PG-13 release. Iliades is more interested in amping up the horror and making it an R-rated affair although at this point they’re looking to do another rewrite tailored toward Iliades’ vision. The script has passed through a lot of hands over the last year, »
- The Woman In Black
Despite Being a Bad Idea, The Birds Remake Moves Forward
4 December 2009 3:19 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Once upon a time Daphne Du Maurier wrote a neat little short story about birds run amok called The Birds. In 1963 Alfred Hitchcock adapted the short story into a film starring Tippi Hedren. I saw it as a mere sprout when it was on a small screen, in other words, television and had nightmares. By today's standards some corpses missing their eyeballs is pretty tame stuff, but gore was never Hitchcock's M.O. It then came to pass that Martin Campbell, Casino Royale, was to direct Naomi Watts in a remake. I wonder if she was set to revive the icy cool blond with the blond updo that seemed never to get frazzled on Tippi even as she fled screaming from flocks of belligerent birds. Or was she to be a more down to earth bird plagued heroine. Campbell has now left the project and it looks like Watts has as well. But »
- Robin Ruinsky
'The Birds' Remake Hires New Director
4 December 2009 12:13 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
The remake of The Birds, which we learned several months ago had hit a brick wall, may have found a way around it. Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, the upcoming Green Lantern) is no longer the director of record, having been replaced by Dennis Iliadis. Campbell is obviously too entrenched in the DC Comics movie to remake Hitch, so the director of the remake of The Last House on the Left has been tipped for the project by Platinum Dunes.
Pajiba filed the report yesterday, adding that Naomi Watts is probably also out of the running now. There was talk for a while that George Clooney would play the Rod Taylor role, but that was always bullroar. There, I said it: Bullroar. Clooney has zero to gain from doing something like this, however, if they were remaking North by Northwest...
I didn't care much for the original Birds, so remaking it affects me not one iota. »
- Colin Boyd
New director for remake of Hitchcock classic The Birds
4 December 2009 2:30 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
It Looks like the planned remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds is about to spread its wings again.
Production company Platinum Dunes - created in 2001 by filmmakers Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form - has been developing a new version for several years as part of its catalogue of horror reimaginings.
In Hitchcock's classic - based on Daphne du Maurier's 1952 novella - birds inexplicably gather and attack in a California town.
Tippi Hedren, star of the film, criticised plans for the remake in 2007, telling MTV: "Why would you do that? Why? I mean, can't we find new stories, new things to do?"
In June this year, producers Form and Fuller admitted to Collider that they were having problems with the idea.
Fuller said at the time: "Birds... What do they do? They peck and poke...so there's not a lot of variety as to what can happen.
"We keep trying, »
- David Bentley
Quentin Tarantino Could Have Directed Green Lantern
4 December 2009 1:47 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
In a recent interview with MTV, Quentin Tarantino said that one of the inspirations for his latest film, Inglourious Basterds, was the Marvel Comics series Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. With that in mind, the similarities between the two become evident, if only on the surface: Both Tarantino's movie and the Marvel comic feature elite soldiers fighting the Nazis behind enemy lines during WWII. Apparently, that's not Tarantino's only connection to comic books and comic book movies.
In a newly released excerpt of the MTV interview, Tarantino admitted to having been "a big comic book fan" in his 20s and said that he could have directed a movie based on a popular DC Comics character.
I was offered the Green Lantern. Not since it's been a script, but just like, "Hey we own the Green Lantern. Would you like it?"
Tarantino said that he has "kind of outgrown" his interest in comic books, »
- BrentJS Sprecher
'The Birds' Remake May Take a Trip to the 'Last House on the Left'
3 December 2009 5:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Platinum Dunes, the company behind the reboots of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Friday the 13th, and the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street, announced they were going to revisit Alfred Hitchcock's classic nature-run-amok film The Birds over two years ago. Though little progress has been tracked since then, the bulk of that time span found Casino Royale and Goldeneye director Martin Campbell the main name attached to the helm. And while one could have assumed the lack of visible progress meant the remake had idled at the studio, Pajiba is now reporting that's no longer the case.
According to their source, The Birds is once again looking to get off the ground, only without Campbell in the pilot's seat. They're told that Dennis Iliades is being courted to take over, a move that should divide fans of the original film. On the one hand, Campbell's experience with grand set pieces would »
- Peter Hall
Martin Campbell Flies from ‘The Birds’ Remake
3 December 2009 5:17 PM, PST | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Martin Campbell is through with Universal’s remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic The Birds. The Casino Royale director has long been attached to the sacrilegious ideas, but he has signed to make The Green Lantern for Warner Bros and is moving on to bigger and better things.
The good folks at Pajiba have the scoop from the inside, who says Dennis Iliades (Last House on the Left, another remake) is interested in becoming the replacement.
Campbell’s departure was confirmed shortly after by horror site Bloody-Disgusting, but their source denies Iliades’ involvement. Nothing seems to be signed there while the studio tweaks the script one more time (this makes at least 3 or 4). I took a peek at an early version of the screenplay and it read like a flock had dive bombed a keyboard.
Naomi Watts has also been attached for years, but with Campbell peacing out she may come to her senses too. »
- Jeff Leins
Green 'Freaks Out' Over Auditions
3 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
French actress Eva Green is terrified every time she tries out for a new movie - because auditions leave her "freaking out."
The Casino Royale star hates the gruelling process of screen-testing for film roles and she's always convinced casting directors look down on her acting skills.
The former Bond girl says, "There's always something wrong. They're brutal, it's a jungle. It's as if you're a facade, like a model who can't act.
"When I'm prepping and really working on it, I'm freaking out - that I'm not going to measure up, it's not going to work. That I'm going to look so bland, and I have no idea what the director wants. I freak out completely." »
Top Ten Overrated Films
3 December 2009 9:58 AM, PST | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Overrated films are an interesting breed. They are essentially the type that everybody goes crazy for until consideration, time, thought and retrospect force us to reassess the situation. They are, by and large, the product of Hollywood: though by no means exclusive. However, Hollywood films are the most hyped; the most seen; the most heard. They are garnered with awards and flattery and the cycle begins again. Is it genius of deception or commerce?
Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is often labelled as “the greatest film ever made”. It will not appear in this list. It is not an overrated film. Even now, in the sixty-plus years since its release, Welles’ masterpiece remains inimitable. Searching for something to dislike in it is pointless. Yes, critics go ga-ga for Orson, and so they should. He was a true maverick.
If one looks at the history of the Best Film award at the Oscars, »
- Martyn Conterio
Rumor Control: 'The Birds' Remake Begins at the 'Last House on the Left'?
3 December 2009 9:09 AM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
We've firmed up some unconfirmed news floating around the web last night over at Pajiba. It is 100% true that Martin Campbell (Casino Royale) will Not be directing Universal Pictures' remake of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, although their report that Last House on the Left helmer Dennis Iliades would be replacing him was 100% bogus. Through a few e-mails we learned that Iliades had at once talked to Platinum Dunes producers, but at this time there are no deals on the table or even talks for that matter. The new version would be based on the short story by Daphne Du Maurier, to which Universal owns the rights and which inspired Hitchcock's movie. Tippi Hedren starred in the original thriller about increasingly vicious birds that terrorize a small town. »
‘The Birds’ Remake Gets A New Director?
3 December 2009 8:49 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
The last time we reported on the completely unnecessary remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic The Birds, it looked to be dead on the ground, at least for the time being. Sadly, however, it appears the remake is still on its way, and it may have found a new director.
Casino Royale director, Martin Campbell, had been attached up until this point to direct The Birds. However, a little project called Green Lantern came along, and evidently The Birds got brushed to the side and almost forgot about. According to Pajiba, their inside source in The Hollywood Cog says that Campbell is no longer helming the $60 million project, which is set up at Michael Bay’s horror remake-prone production company, Platinum Dunes (the studio responsible for the remakes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Amityville Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th, amongst others).
However, a project »
- Ross Miller
Martin Campbell Drops The Birds Remake, Last House on the Left Remake Director Taking Over?
2 December 2009 9:33 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
We haven't heard much about the Michael Bay-produced remake of The Birds since Comic-Con, where we were told that Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, Goldeneye) would be directing the film, and that Naomi Watts wanted to star. Now according to the folks over at Pajiba, and their increasingly reliable Hollywood-insider source, Campbell has left the director's chair. In his stead, it appears that the studio has gone with someone else familiar with remakes---Dennis Iliades, director of the recent Last House on the Left. While news of Iliades getting the job isn't official yet, Pajiba notes that he's the one currently shaping the new direction of the film. Campbell was apparently aiming for a PG-13 release, but apparently Iliades has more extreme plans: Illiades is more interested in amping up the horror and making it an R-rated affair, although at this point, they’re looking to do another rewrite tailored toward »
- Devindra Hardawar
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