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Geek Gossip: Hawkman, Green Lantern's Carol Ferris, Spider-Man 4, James Bond
22 December 2009 2:25 PM, PST
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Today's round-up has a distinct superhero (and action hero) motif.
Where there are upcoming films, there is gossip and speculation and the hero genre is no exception.
Sadly, so much turns out to be fiction and fabrication so I am warning readers now to switch on their bulls**t detector and set it to maximum as we head deep into Rumourville.
Only the other day, I brought you the 'story' about Taylor Swift (the singer whose awards acceptance speech was disrupted by Kanye West storming on stage) being a top choice to star in a new Supergirl movie.
The project was allegedly called Supergirl! The Love Story. This rumour originated on Hollyscoop, the site that previously scooped poop when it told us Miley Cyrus was going to be cast as Batgirl. Is the needle on your bulls**t detector twitching yet? It should be.
Okay, so on to today's gossip.
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- David Bentley
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Hollywood sheds its prejudice
22 December 2009 9:40 AM, PST
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As Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver win plaudits for their roles as older women in physical relationships with younger men, one of the most enduring barriers in Hollywood's movie-making history is at last being torn down
When a film star seduces someone 20 or 30 years their junior on screen, the audience doesn't bat an eyelid. In fact, it is an established cinema convention. If the older star is a woman, however, public reaction is harder to predict. But now Hollywood, so long accused of sexism because of the way it treats female talent, finally seems prepared to tackle a subject once regarded as beyond the pale: sex and the sixtysomething woman.
Sigourney Weaver, who stars in this month's new sci-fi blockbuster, Avatar, has revealed that in her next film she is to play the lover of an actor little more than half her age. In Cedar Rapids, Weaver, 60, is cast opposite
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- Vanessa Thorpe
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James bond set to shock
22 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST
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The next James Bond will have a ''shocking'' story. Screenwriter Peter Morgan, who wrote the scripts for 'The Queen' and 'Frost/Nixon', suggested that the third outing of Daniel Craig as Bond would grip audiences, but refused to confirm anything else other than saying ''it's a shocking story''. He said: ''Bond creates a hysteria around it, one that I haven't previously known. It's a magnet for publicity - everyone wants to know what's going on with the new Bond.'' Morgan has been writing the first draft of 'Bond 23' between July and October this year. Earlier this year, Daniel Craig confirmed that the ..
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The Damned United Takes the Field on DVD and Blu-ray on February 23rd
21 December 2009 10:13 AM, PST
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You can bring home the trials and tribulations of an infamous British soccer coach on DVD and Blu-ray this coming February. The Damned United will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on February 23, 2010. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.96 Srp while the Bd will go for $34.95 Srp. The film stars Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney and Jim Broadbent. From the Academy Award-nominated writer of The Queen and Frost/Nixon, The Damned United is based on the incredible true story of Brian Clough, one of England's greatest soccer managers and his 44 controversial days at the helm of reigning champs Leeds United. Michael Sheen triumphs as Clough starring alongside a winning ensemble cast that includes Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney and Jim Broadbent. This inspiring and humorous sports drama is about the power of friendship in the face of adversity and the stubborn will of one man to play by his own rules.
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Bond 23 Writer Says It Has A ‘Shocking Story’
21 December 2009 7:49 AM, PST
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Apart from the behind-the-scenes stuff like who the screenwriters are, when it may be shooting, and rumors of who the villain might be, we haven’t heard anything about Bond 23 (as it’s being dubbed until we get wind of an actual title) on the story front. That is until now.
Bond fansite MI6 [Correction] reposted an interview that screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) did with Austrian newspaper Kurier, regarding his work on the next Bond film. We first heard about Morgan some months ago when he was brought on-board to write the script with Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Morgan replaced Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace co-writer, Paul Haggis). Although Morgan obviously couldn’t give much away at this point, he did tease us a little by saying the 23rd Bond installment has a, “shocking story.”
Now A Lot can be drawn from that one statement,
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- Ross Miller
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Screenwriter Hints at First ‘Bond 23′ Details
21 December 2009 7:14 AM, PST
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I might be utterly alone in the world when I say that I really enjoyed Quantum of Solace. I love the brutality of the film, the tension that is never ceased — it is the cinematic equivalent of a bullet shredding through several of James Bond’s nemeses. Sure, the film had its problems with camera work, but most of those are cleared up on the smaller screen.
That said — the franchise needs new blood for the still-untitled Bond 23. Daniel Craig will always be great, and regular writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade do their best to ground the films in Ian Fleming’s character canon, but it’s time Paul Haggis stepped down and someone fresh took the torch.
That person is Peter Morgan, the writer of The Last King of Scotland, The Queen and The Damned United. So yes, a talented guy. While we don’t have a finished product from Morgan yet,
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- John Cooper
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Peter Morgan Says Bond 23 Will Be Shocking
21 December 2009 6:14 AM, PST
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All's quiet on the Bond front for now, as Daniel Craig wraps up a run on Broadway, The Queen writer Peter Morgan taps away at the screenplay, and the producers hem and haw on picking a director. Bond fansite mi6.co.uk got a slight update from Morgan on the script's progress, in which he admitted "It's a shocking story," a revelation that could mean... well, pretty much anything.
He also confirmed that all production is pretty much on hold until someone buys MGM, the studio that owns the rights to the Bond franchise. Given that the series is such a guaranteed money-maker, a film is likely to get greenlit practically immediately, but until the expected sale happens in February, there won't be much movement. So there's your update, and may you enjoy what may be another year before any production actually gets started.
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Bond 23 Screenwriter Confirms a “Shocking Story”
21 December 2009 5:16 AM, PST
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“A shocking story.”
That’s how The Queen and Frost/Nixon screenwriter Peter Morgan described the eventual sequel, as of now titled Bond 23, the third time around for star Daniel Craig. And that’s just about all the news MI6 got from Morgan who, evidently, then proceeded to scamper into some nearby bushes for fear of being seen by MGM.
Of course, work on the new Bond film is being help up until the sale of MGM and all of its properties is finalized. Morgan worked on the screenplay from July until October, but any details are being kept heavily under wraps.
Still, it would have been nice to know just how “shocking” of a story we were in for. Does Bond realize M is really is biological mother and he goes on a walkabout to find his absentee father? Do we realize that the name James Bond and
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Bond 23 will be “shocking” says Peter Morgan
21 December 2009 5:05 AM, PST
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Back in June Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen, Frost/Nixon and The Last King of Scotland, was hired to work on the script for Bond 23 alongside regular James Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Morgan recently spoke to fan site Mi6 and talked briefly about working on the film.
From July until October this [...]
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'Bond 23' Gets Promise of 'Shocking Story'
21 December 2009 12:04 AM, PST
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Earlier this year, MGM and Eon Productions have announced they recruited Peter Morgan to join the screenwriting team for the upcoming James Bond movie, "Bond 23". In a recent interview with local press in Austria, the scribe has teased fans with a promise about what will be offered by the film. "It's a shocking story", he said, refusing to reveal any details of the forthcoming movie's plot.
Though he has written "The Queen" and "The Last King of Scotland", Morgan admitted being part of 007 crew is a new experience for him. "Bond creates a hysteria around it, one that I haven't previous known", he said. "It's a magnet for publicity - everyone wants to know what's going on with the new Bond".
Moreover, he informed that the pre-production for next installment of the James Bond film franchise has been put on hold until February 2010 because MGM, which has been in debt,
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An Exercise In Saying Nothing: Bond 23 to be Shocking
20 December 2009 11:17 PM, PST
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My Bond wish would be to see Daniel Craig in a Live and Let Die remake that finally does some justice to the book. But in lieu of that, I like the direction they’re taking; for the first time since the Connery films, it feels like they’re trying to do something different with the franchise, even if the Marc Forster experience had mixed result. Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen) is the next talented storyteller to take on the franchise, and chances are that it’s not going to be the same predictable and expected story that the series fell into for twenty-five years.
Unfortunately, Peter Morgan is not ready to give away his secrets yet, but MI6 quotes him as saying that “it’s a shocking story”. Casino Royale and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service are the only two shocking Bond movies, I feel, but it
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Screenwriter Peter Morgan Says Bond 23 Has a 'Shocking Story'
20 December 2009 11:09 PM, PST
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The last time we heard anything about Bond 23 was back in June, when Eon Productions announced that Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon) would be writing the screenplay along with Bond franchise regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Bond website MI6.co.uk (via SlashFilm) has an update from Morgan saying that the screenwriter moved to Vienna, Austria earlier this year to work on the screenplay. All that he would tell them about it is that "it's a shocking story." He also added that "Bond creates a hysteria around it" that he hasn't seen before in which everyone is always asking about Bond 23.
As a diehard James Bond fan, I've been trying to think about some possibilities for a "shocking story." Though I have a good feeling that they might be killing off M. Judi Dench has said she's returning, but let's not
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- Alex Billington
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This James Bond Update Is For Your Eyes Only
20 December 2009 11:02 PM, PST
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So what is going to happen in Bond 23? Will they continue with the Quantum storyline or go in a different direction before wrapping things up down the line? And if they do wait, what if Daniel Craig is out by then? Decisions, decisions.The new guy writer, Peter Morgan, who wrote "Frost/Nixon" and "The Queen" had this to say about Bond 23:"It's a shocking story"Well, should certainly hope so! MI6 has more:
Screenwriter Peter Morgan has tantalisingly teased 007 fans just before the Christmas holidays with the first glimpse in to the creative process behind the 23rd James Bond film.
Morgan, who was drafted in to compliment regular James Bond scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, has moved from London to Vienna, Austria.
Renowned for his scripting of the award-winning films "The Queen" and "Frost/Nixon", Morgan moved to the city in the summer along with his wife and four children,
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Bond 23 to Have a Shocking Story, Says Screenwriter Peter Morgan
20 December 2009 9:02 PM, PST
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I'm still reeling from the crushingly disappointing Quantum of Solace, but I'm continuing to hope for the best regarding future Daniel Craig Bond outings. And if we're to believe Bond 23 (the film is still untitled) scribe Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland), the next entry in the franchise may be different than the typical Bond film. Speaking to Bond fansite MI6, Morgan said that the next Bond film has a "shocking story." It's easy to read a lot into such a short statement, but as the first real bit of news about the next Bond film, it's making me hopeful that it'll resemble Casino Royale more so than Quantum.
Morgan is writing the script along with Bond regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, but it's Morgan's involvement in particular that's making me hopeful about Bond 23. While Purvis, Wade, and Paul Haggis succeeded in writing one
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- Devindra Hardawar
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Morgan Says "Bond 23" Is 'Shocking'
20 December 2009 7:28 PM, PST
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While he couldn’t discuss a great deal about the film, scribe Peter Morgan said we can expect ‘a shocking story’ for the next James Bond feature reports MI6.
Currently in Vienna, Morgan was at work on the first draft of the "Bond 23" script from July to October of this year. He's known for his scripts for "The Queen," "The Last King of Scotland," "Frost/Nixon" and "The Damned United",
Pre-production work on the film however has now been put on hold until February as the heavily in debt MGM, through which Eon Productions release the 007 pictures, is up for sale.
Despite the issues it's expected that filming will commence at the end of 2010 for a release November 2011.
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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Four
19 December 2009 11:50 PM, PST
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Georgia
Opens: 2010
Cast: Val Kilmer, Andy Garcia, Rupert Friend, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Johnathon Schaech
Director: Renny Harlin
Summary: An American journalist, his cameraman, and a Georgian native get caught in the crossfire of the five-day Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008, and then have to deal with their obligation to be impartial.
Analysis: A timely parable on war, or Hollywood propaganda filmmaking at its worst? Wherever it goes, especially in Europe and the former Soviet states, "Georgia" will cause a lot of talk and controversy as the incidents depicted are still so fresh in many's minds. Like all topics of the sort, it'll also have its strong supporters and detractors having opinions on the film long before a frame of footage is screened anywhere.
Shot on-location in Tbilisi, the project also marks a potential return to form for Finnish director Renny Harlin. Given the right material the skilled action director delivered three
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- Garth Franklin
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16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations
17 December 2009 7:11 AM, PST
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Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards) for both film and television categories were announced this morning. Michelle Monaghan and Chris O'Donnell announced the nominees at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.
The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, 7 p.m. Ct, and 6 p.m. Mt from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.Com live pre-show webcasts.
If you want to predict the acting categories for the Oscars, look no further than the results of the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Voted by actors' peers, the SAG award has closely resembled the winners of the Oscars in the past few years.
For example, the SAG
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Meryl Streep helps prove that romance doesn't end at 60
16 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST
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I want you to think hard for a second. I realize this is might be diametrically opposed to all the warm-holiday fuzzies you’re feeling right now. And those three gingerbread cookies you ate in lieu of lunch probably aren’t helping either. But here goes: When is the last time you saw a woman over 60 played the lead in a romantic comedy for a major studio?
No, not Diane Keaton. She was 57 when she made Something’s Got to Give. No, not Susan Sarandon. She was 58 when she made Shall We Dance? No, not Helen Mirren. She was 61 when she made The Queen, but while you may have swooned at her portrayal of Elizabeth II it was in hardly a fluffy rom-com. No, if memory serves me you have to go back to 1995 when, at age 61, Sophia Loren starred in Grumpier Old Men. And the men she was romancing
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Gold Derby nuggets: 'Precious' tops with African American critics | Tony No. 6 for Angela Lansbury? | 'The Climb' could top UK chart
14 December 2009 4:23 PM, PST
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• Scott Gaita reports that "Precious" was named best film of the year by the African-American Film Critics Assn. The film also won best director for Lee Daniels, supporting actress for Mo’Nique and screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher (tying with Ron Clements, Rob Edwards and John Musker for "The Princess and the Frog.") However, Nicole Beharie was named best actress for "American Violet" over "Precious" star Gabby Sidibe. Morgan Freeman was selected best actor for "Invictus." The Circuit
• For Richard Rushfield, "Another slew of awards and nominations came in this weekend and the result is that this year's stagnant deathmarch of an Oscar race got a tiny bit shaken up, or at least it got a bit more confusing." As Richard writes, "for most of the season a troika of damaged contenders have been assumed to have a lock on nominations, with the assumption that one of them would take the top prize,
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European Film Awards 2009: Tahar Rahim, Kate Winslet, Ken Loach, Isabelle Huppert
13 December 2009 1:17 AM, PST
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Best actor European Film Award winner Tahar Rahim was present at the Dec. 12 ceremony in Bochum, Germany, to receive his trophy for his performance as a prison inmate at odds with the local Corsican mafia in Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet. However, much like last year’s best actress winner Helen Mirren (for The Queen), Kate Winslet was nowhere to be found in the auditorium.
Winslet won for Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, in which she plays a former Nazi guard who has an affair with a teenager (best actor nominee David Kross) half her age. That was in 2008. She won an Oscar and a Golden Globe back in early 2009. She was present at both ceremonies. But we’re now [...]
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