Even in the current golden age of innovative television, the popular British crime drama “Peaky Blinders” has set a daring standard for its use of music, with original songs by Nick Cave, Laura Marling, Johnny Cash, the White Stripes and many more. Composer, music director, producer and artist Antony Genn, whose sprawling career has included stints with Pulp, Joe Strummer, Elastica and his own group The Hours, is responsible for the show’s music since season four, and brings a refreshingly punk attitude to an often sedate musical form that adds even more grit to the already gritty Cillian Murphy-starring show.
Genn’s musical career began in his teens when schoolfriend Jarvis Cocker asked him, “Do you fancy playing bass in our band?” “I don’t know how to play bass,” Genn replied. “Don’t worry about that, none of us can really play.” As is shown by this...
Genn’s musical career began in his teens when schoolfriend Jarvis Cocker asked him, “Do you fancy playing bass in our band?” “I don’t know how to play bass,” Genn replied. “Don’t worry about that, none of us can really play.” As is shown by this...
- 6/5/2019
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
Louisa Mellor Apr 20, 2017
We chatted to actor Rory Kinnear about his roles in Sky Atlantic's Guerrilla, Bond, Penny Dreadful and more…
In Rory Kinnear’s first answer during our chat about his role in Sky Atlantic drama Guerrilla, he makes a wry joke at his own expense. He’s not a well-known actor, he says, and perhaps not one with “a particularly heroic face!” he laughs when we talk about the moral complexity of his roles. Give him an outright compliment and he deflects the praise elsewhere, onto writers and directors, John Logan for Penny Dreadful, John Ridley for Guerrilla. His role as Bill Tanner in the James Bond franchise is a “very, very small” part of an enormous machine, he stresses.
See related Line Of Duty series 4, and the clues hiding in series 1 Line Of Duty: creator Jed Mercurio interview Explaining the Line Of Duty series 2 finale...
We chatted to actor Rory Kinnear about his roles in Sky Atlantic's Guerrilla, Bond, Penny Dreadful and more…
In Rory Kinnear’s first answer during our chat about his role in Sky Atlantic drama Guerrilla, he makes a wry joke at his own expense. He’s not a well-known actor, he says, and perhaps not one with “a particularly heroic face!” he laughs when we talk about the moral complexity of his roles. Give him an outright compliment and he deflects the praise elsewhere, onto writers and directors, John Logan for Penny Dreadful, John Ridley for Guerrilla. His role as Bill Tanner in the James Bond franchise is a “very, very small” part of an enormous machine, he stresses.
See related Line Of Duty series 4, and the clues hiding in series 1 Line Of Duty: creator Jed Mercurio interview Explaining the Line Of Duty series 2 finale...
- 4/12/2017
- Den of Geek
The 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards were handed out Saturday night in Los Angeles, where Freeform’s Shadowhunters took home the gold for Outstanding Drama Series.
Amazon’s Transparent was once again recognized as TV’s top comedy, having previously won its category in 2015 and 2016.
RelatedKids’ Choice Awards 2017 Winners: Fuller House, Agt and More
The awards recognize media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
The full list of this year’s TV nominees follows can be found here; additional categories will be announced at a second ceremony on Saturday, May 6 in New York,...
Amazon’s Transparent was once again recognized as TV’s top comedy, having previously won its category in 2015 and 2016.
RelatedKids’ Choice Awards 2017 Winners: Fuller House, Agt and More
The awards recognize media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
The full list of this year’s TV nominees follows can be found here; additional categories will be announced at a second ceremony on Saturday, May 6 in New York,...
- 4/2/2017
- TVLine.com
Casino Royale
Directed by John Huston, Val Guest and co.
Written by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law and co.
U.S.A., 1967
With the mad success of the James Bond films as produced by partners Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and (Canadian) Harry Saltzman, which had run from 1962’s Dr. No to 1965 Thunderball, it was only natural for the Hollywood system to create a great number of other spy genre pictures. After all, like it or not, copycats make for good business, oftentimes regardless of the quality of the films themselves. Without the shadow of a doubt, the most curious imitator of them all, one that has earned, for both right and wrong reasons, a cult status throughout the decades, was the brainchild of producer Charles K. Feldman. Determined to cash in on the 007 craze, Feldman did not just make a copycat of Bond, he tried to make a Bond film, albeit one...
Directed by John Huston, Val Guest and co.
Written by Wolf Mankowitz, John Law and co.
U.S.A., 1967
With the mad success of the James Bond films as produced by partners Albert ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and (Canadian) Harry Saltzman, which had run from 1962’s Dr. No to 1965 Thunderball, it was only natural for the Hollywood system to create a great number of other spy genre pictures. After all, like it or not, copycats make for good business, oftentimes regardless of the quality of the films themselves. Without the shadow of a doubt, the most curious imitator of them all, one that has earned, for both right and wrong reasons, a cult status throughout the decades, was the brainchild of producer Charles K. Feldman. Determined to cash in on the 007 craze, Feldman did not just make a copycat of Bond, he tried to make a Bond film, albeit one...
- 11/5/2015
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Gun to your head - or, rather, powerful laser device pointed close to your groin - you could probably list all six actors who've played James Bond.
But Connery, Brosnan, Moore and so on are the just the tip of the (admittedly quite small) iceberg, as this list of the "other" Bonds proves...
1. Bob Holness
Best known for everyone's favourite pee-themed, letter-obsessed quiz show, Holness enjoyed a wide and varied career before he settled down behind the Blockbusters desk, once working as an airborne traffic reporter and briefly holding down a job in a South African printing press.
How he then ended up as secret agent James Bond 007 seems as great a mystery as "Who are the kind of parents that call their daughter Pussy Galore?" But he did, thanks to a 1956 BBC radio play based on Moonraker.
2. Barry Nelson
Eight years before Sean Connery met Dr No, Barry Nelson...
But Connery, Brosnan, Moore and so on are the just the tip of the (admittedly quite small) iceberg, as this list of the "other" Bonds proves...
1. Bob Holness
Best known for everyone's favourite pee-themed, letter-obsessed quiz show, Holness enjoyed a wide and varied career before he settled down behind the Blockbusters desk, once working as an airborne traffic reporter and briefly holding down a job in a South African printing press.
How he then ended up as secret agent James Bond 007 seems as great a mystery as "Who are the kind of parents that call their daughter Pussy Galore?" But he did, thanks to a 1956 BBC radio play based on Moonraker.
2. Barry Nelson
Eight years before Sean Connery met Dr No, Barry Nelson...
- 10/28/2015
- Digital Spy
As Legend hits UK cinemas, Brian Helgeland talks to us about working with Tom Hardy, and why he wanted to make a movie and not a TV series.
Brian Helgeland's career began in horror, as he wrote the scripts for such genre pieces as A Nightmare On Elm Sreet 4 and 976-evil. But it was his adapted screenplay for the 1997 thriller La Confidential that really put Helgeland on the Hollywood map; netting him an Oscar and receiving rave reviews, its success paved the way for his more recent career, which included the hit thriller Payback (1999), Helgeland's big-screen debut as a director, and his script for the acclaimed drama Mystic River (2003).
Helgeland's latest film is Legend, a British gangster thriller about the exploits of the Kray twins. Rising from London's underworld to become unlikely celebrities at the height of the swinging 60s, Ron and Reggie Kray were more famous as nightclub...
Brian Helgeland's career began in horror, as he wrote the scripts for such genre pieces as A Nightmare On Elm Sreet 4 and 976-evil. But it was his adapted screenplay for the 1997 thriller La Confidential that really put Helgeland on the Hollywood map; netting him an Oscar and receiving rave reviews, its success paved the way for his more recent career, which included the hit thriller Payback (1999), Helgeland's big-screen debut as a director, and his script for the acclaimed drama Mystic River (2003).
Helgeland's latest film is Legend, a British gangster thriller about the exploits of the Kray twins. Rising from London's underworld to become unlikely celebrities at the height of the swinging 60s, Ron and Reggie Kray were more famous as nightclub...
- 9/3/2015
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Richard Johnson (far right) in the 1963 supernatural masterpiece "The Haunting" with Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn and Julie Harris.
By Lee Pfeiffer
Cinema Retro mourns the loss of our friend, actor Richard Johnson, who has passed away at age 87. Johnson was a classically trained actor, having attended Rada and was also one of the founding members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His acting career was interrupted by service in the Royal Navy during WWII but Johnson resumed his profession at the end of the war. He alternated between playing small parts in feature films and leading roles in stage productions. In 1959, he got his first significant screen role starring with Frank Sinatra and young Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in the WWII film "Never So Few". He was initially offered the role of James Bond but turned down the opportunity. He later told Cinema Retro that he had no regrets because...
By Lee Pfeiffer
Cinema Retro mourns the loss of our friend, actor Richard Johnson, who has passed away at age 87. Johnson was a classically trained actor, having attended Rada and was also one of the founding members of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His acting career was interrupted by service in the Royal Navy during WWII but Johnson resumed his profession at the end of the war. He alternated between playing small parts in feature films and leading roles in stage productions. In 1959, he got his first significant screen role starring with Frank Sinatra and young Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in the WWII film "Never So Few". He was initially offered the role of James Bond but turned down the opportunity. He later told Cinema Retro that he had no regrets because...
- 6/7/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
With X-Men: First Class opening next week and from everything we’ve heard the superhero prequel is a rip-roaring success (Owf’s Ed Whitfield and Mark Clark both loved it and called it a 60′s style Bond espionage thriller with superheroes!!), 20th Century Fox are in the process of turning their attention to the stalled Wolverine sequel with Hugh Jackman.
Originally set to be filming now in Japan under the direction of Black Swan helmer Darren Aronofsky, the film is without a captain after he exited the project, reluctant to live for the best part of a year so far away from his family.
Instead of pushing through a rush appointment like they did in 2006 with X-Men: The Last Stand when hack-for-hire Brett Ratner was brought in to replace Matthew Vaughn with only weeks to prepare before filming began, Fox bided their time and have taken a few extra months to find the right man.
Originally set to be filming now in Japan under the direction of Black Swan helmer Darren Aronofsky, the film is without a captain after he exited the project, reluctant to live for the best part of a year so far away from his family.
Instead of pushing through a rush appointment like they did in 2006 with X-Men: The Last Stand when hack-for-hire Brett Ratner was brought in to replace Matthew Vaughn with only weeks to prepare before filming began, Fox bided their time and have taken a few extra months to find the right man.
- 5/26/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
The Good Wife, HBO’s The Pacific, and Justified were among the record 39 recipients of the 70th Annual Peabody Awards, which honor the best in electronic media. “For 70 years the Peabody Award has defined excellence in electronic media,” said Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards. “This list of Peabody recipients continues the commitment of the University of Georgia and the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, the stewards of the award. With that commitment, we challenge media makers and distributors to reach higher, try harder and be ever mindful of their central role in public life.
- 3/31/2011
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside TV
It's official: Angelina Jolie has signed to star as Egypt's beloved Queen Cleopatra. So, the question is: Who will be her Marc Antony? Keep in mind that unlike the 1963 Elizabeth Taylor version, the forthcoming Scott Rudin production will focus less on Cleopatra's seductive powers in the bedroom and more on her shrewd appetite for business and politics. So who should fill Marc Antony's gladiator sandals? We've got a few good men in mind. For starters, there's Brad Pitt. The Troy actor and Jolie's real-life love is no stranger to period pieces or playing tough - think The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford...
- 3/30/2011
- by Sarah Durham Wilson
- PEOPLE.com
Morris Abraham Cohen, regularly referred to as, Two-Gun Cohen, was a British man who traveled to China in the 1920s and became not only the main bodyguard to imperial leader Sun Yat-Sen but also trained his armies in combat. He eventually fought in a war against Japan and even became a British intelligence officer. A real life international man of intrigue, a film version of Cohen's life is now being developed for the big screen. Producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman have tapped Doug Liman (Fair Game, The Bourne Identity) to direct, working from a script by Matt Brown. Read more about the film after the break. The Hollywood Reporter [1] broke the news of the film and spoke to Liman about it: He’s a thief and a con man who goes to China with visions of self-aggrandizement, but while he’s there he falls for the country and for a woman.
- 3/21/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
At a time of the year that’s all about picking the best of the best among movies, it seems singularly appropriate to talk to someone whose year-round profession is assaying the good and the bad up on the big screen.
“I’m one of the few people on the paper who’s never had a journalism class, and I’m one of the few people reviewing movies who’s actually studied movies, made movies.” Stephen Whitty is talking about his job as movie critic for The Star-Ledger, the biggest newspaper in New Jersey. Whitty came to The Ledger 13 years ago after a ten-year stint at the San Jose Mercury News.
The reference to making movies stems from his time as a student in the film department at New York University, one of the two most respected cinema studies programs in the U.S. (the other being at UCLA). Whitty...
“I’m one of the few people on the paper who’s never had a journalism class, and I’m one of the few people reviewing movies who’s actually studied movies, made movies.” Stephen Whitty is talking about his job as movie critic for The Star-Ledger, the biggest newspaper in New Jersey. Whitty came to The Ledger 13 years ago after a ten-year stint at the San Jose Mercury News.
The reference to making movies stems from his time as a student in the film department at New York University, one of the two most respected cinema studies programs in the U.S. (the other being at UCLA). Whitty...
- 2/8/2011
- by Bill Mesce
- SoundOnSight
Machine Gun Preacher
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
- 1/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
This morning at BAFTA HQ in London, BAFTA announced the nominations for the 2011 Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award.
Those gunning for this year’s award include:
* Gemma Arterton
* Andrew Garfield
* Tom Hardy
* Aaron Johnson
* Emma Stone
Previous winners of the award include James McAvoy in 2006, Eva Green in 2007, Shia Labeouf in 2008, Noel Clarke in 2009 and Kristen Stewart in 2010. Tradition suggests the previous winner will be at the award ceremony to pass on their award so could that mean the Twilight star will be at the ceremony? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
You can vote for your favourite & find out more information on the Orange website here. So, who do you think is going to win?
Nominee Biographies
Gemma Arterton
After graduating from Rada in the summer of 2007, Gemma has quickly become one of Britain’s brightest young actresses, most notably for her iconic Bond girl role in Quantum of Solace,...
Those gunning for this year’s award include:
* Gemma Arterton
* Andrew Garfield
* Tom Hardy
* Aaron Johnson
* Emma Stone
Previous winners of the award include James McAvoy in 2006, Eva Green in 2007, Shia Labeouf in 2008, Noel Clarke in 2009 and Kristen Stewart in 2010. Tradition suggests the previous winner will be at the award ceremony to pass on their award so could that mean the Twilight star will be at the ceremony? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
You can vote for your favourite & find out more information on the Orange website here. So, who do you think is going to win?
Nominee Biographies
Gemma Arterton
After graduating from Rada in the summer of 2007, Gemma has quickly become one of Britain’s brightest young actresses, most notably for her iconic Bond girl role in Quantum of Solace,...
- 1/10/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Of the many questions I had following a screening of "Tron: Legacy," the foremost in my mind was not whether or not I believed Jeff Bridges' digital agelessness or wondered about the curious lack of action, but rather -- was that really Cillian Murphy in the first ten minutes of the film? Murphy isn't credited for his work, but then again, he doesn't have much to do, except to act smug as a board member of Encom, who like the hero of "Tron: Legacy" is the son of one of the key characters from the original 1982 film, Dillinger (David Warner). Since the film is about Flynn's kid instead, we never see Murphy again, though one suspects Disney signed him to a contract that will guarantee his participation in the event there are sequels.
The problem is there may not be a sequel, or at least an opportunity to fulfill...
The problem is there may not be a sequel, or at least an opportunity to fulfill...
- 12/27/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
In the run-up to the release of Skyline on Friday, we caught up with co-writer Liam O’Donnell and co-director Colin Strause about the making of the film…
How excited should we be about Skyline? Quite excited, if those trailers are anything to go by. The second film from special effects gurus-turned-filmmakers Colin and Greg Strause (should we mention Avp: Requiem? Maybe not), looks like a far bigger film than its small budget would suggest. And when we caught up with Colin Strause and co-writer Liam O'Donnell, it was hard not to get a little bit more excited.
Despite having hit the town hard the night before, they were full of passion, enthusiasm and reverence for classic sci-fi films of yore. If Skyline is anywhere near as good as their pitch, we could be in for a treat...
It seems like you've done something very different with Skyline: Shooting...
How excited should we be about Skyline? Quite excited, if those trailers are anything to go by. The second film from special effects gurus-turned-filmmakers Colin and Greg Strause (should we mention Avp: Requiem? Maybe not), looks like a far bigger film than its small budget would suggest. And when we caught up with Colin Strause and co-writer Liam O'Donnell, it was hard not to get a little bit more excited.
Despite having hit the town hard the night before, they were full of passion, enthusiasm and reverence for classic sci-fi films of yore. If Skyline is anywhere near as good as their pitch, we could be in for a treat...
It seems like you've done something very different with Skyline: Shooting...
- 11/8/2010
- Den of Geek
Photo by: Heidi Gutman/USA Network
This season a brand new agent took over the small screen.Part Sydney Bristow on Alias, part Clarie Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, Annie Walker(played by Piper Perabo) has been kicking butt and winning viewers’ hearts formonths.
Covert Affairs fans will be sad tosee the two-hour finale come tonight. But they won’t be disappointed. It’s notsurprising with an Executive Producer like Doug Liman on the case. After all,he’s a big screen action movie master—having directed The Bourne Identity and Mr.& Mrs. Smith.
In a conference call interview Liman spoke about developing theseries, casting the stars, doing research at the CIA, and what’s next for himbeyond the show.
Catch the season finale of Covert Affairs tonight at 10:00 pm on USA.
Q: How did you develop CovertAffairs for USA?
Doug: I have a partner, Dave Bartis,...
This season a brand new agent took over the small screen.Part Sydney Bristow on Alias, part Clarie Starling in The Silence of the Lambs, Annie Walker(played by Piper Perabo) has been kicking butt and winning viewers’ hearts formonths.
Covert Affairs fans will be sad tosee the two-hour finale come tonight. But they won’t be disappointed. It’s notsurprising with an Executive Producer like Doug Liman on the case. After all,he’s a big screen action movie master—having directed The Bourne Identity and Mr.& Mrs. Smith.
In a conference call interview Liman spoke about developing theseries, casting the stars, doing research at the CIA, and what’s next for himbeyond the show.
Catch the season finale of Covert Affairs tonight at 10:00 pm on USA.
Q: How did you develop CovertAffairs for USA?
Doug: I have a partner, Dave Bartis,...
- 9/15/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
Bourne begat Bond begat all this other stuff, and now we're in the middle of a spy novel renaissance that will include more Jack Ryan, more John le Carre, and of course, more Robert Ludlum.
In addition to The Chancellor Manuscript, The Sigma Protocal, The Parsifal Mosaic, The Matarese Circle and The Matarese Countdown, plus at least one more Bourne movie, there's a remake of The Osterman Weekend that Summit is prepping, with Robert Schwentke directing. Schwentke also made the studio's upcoming Red, so clearly this is a vote of confidence in the filmmaker, who's being given a film Summit has been slowly working on for about three years.
Schwentke replaces Simon Kinberg, the writer of Mr. and Mrs. Smith who was expected to make his directorial debut with Osterman, and now Summit has announced that Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family) will write the adaptation, which the studio...
In addition to The Chancellor Manuscript, The Sigma Protocal, The Parsifal Mosaic, The Matarese Circle and The Matarese Countdown, plus at least one more Bourne movie, there's a remake of The Osterman Weekend that Summit is prepping, with Robert Schwentke directing. Schwentke also made the studio's upcoming Red, so clearly this is a vote of confidence in the filmmaker, who's being given a film Summit has been slowly working on for about three years.
Schwentke replaces Simon Kinberg, the writer of Mr. and Mrs. Smith who was expected to make his directorial debut with Osterman, and now Summit has announced that Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family) will write the adaptation, which the studio...
- 9/5/2010
- by Colin
- GetTheBigPicture.net
Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending, crowd-pleasing Inception scored a repeat victory this weekend over the Sony’s Angelina Jolie spy thriller Salt.
Warner Bros reportedly crossed the $1 billion (domestic) mark for a record tenth time in a row as Nolan’s trippy dream thriller added another $43.5 million. It managed to cross the $100 million mark in a mere seven days, and has racked up a $143.7 million total in ten. It’s not exactly a massive blockbuster, but still a hit nonetheless. I don’t expect we’ll see studios hurrying to recreate multi-tiered action films set in the mind any time soon though, like they did with the “dark, gritty” comic book bandwagon.
Providing some competition was Jolie’s own James Bond-esque action movie, which earned $36.5 million for a decent debut. Sony seems happy with the start, but this opening is lower than other recent action flicks toplined by Jolie like...
Warner Bros reportedly crossed the $1 billion (domestic) mark for a record tenth time in a row as Nolan’s trippy dream thriller added another $43.5 million. It managed to cross the $100 million mark in a mere seven days, and has racked up a $143.7 million total in ten. It’s not exactly a massive blockbuster, but still a hit nonetheless. I don’t expect we’ll see studios hurrying to recreate multi-tiered action films set in the mind any time soon though, like they did with the “dark, gritty” comic book bandwagon.
Providing some competition was Jolie’s own James Bond-esque action movie, which earned $36.5 million for a decent debut. Sony seems happy with the start, but this opening is lower than other recent action flicks toplined by Jolie like...
- 7/25/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
I saw the new Angelina Jolie film, Salt, this past Monday. This isn't a review so I won't critique the film other than to say if you like watching a sexy woman kick ass for ninety-five minutes you won't be disappointed. Jolie has said she wanted to play a female James Bond and this film may be the closest she'll ever get to it. Judging from what I saw last night, Angelina would have to tone it down a little to play Bond after her turn in Salt.
Kurt Wimmer originally scripted Salt for a male lead and at one point the filmmakers thought they had a commitment from Tom Cruise to play the title role. When Cruise dropped out Sony's Amy Pascal suggested Angelina and voila, Edwin Salt became Evelyn Salt. A lot of people thought Pascal was crazy at the time. Amy went from an idiot to an...
Kurt Wimmer originally scripted Salt for a male lead and at one point the filmmakers thought they had a commitment from Tom Cruise to play the title role. When Cruise dropped out Sony's Amy Pascal suggested Angelina and voila, Edwin Salt became Evelyn Salt. A lot of people thought Pascal was crazy at the time. Amy went from an idiot to an...
- 7/22/2010
- by Bill Cody
- Rope of Silicon
One day you’re boinking the President’s daughter, and the next you’re the unwitting partner of an honest to goodness vampire, who just happens to moonlight (get it?) as a secret agent/weapon for the United States Government. That is the unenviable position 25-year old Zach Barrows finds himself in Christopher Farnsworth’s action/horror novel “Blood Oath”, which made news recently when it sold film rights to producer Lucas Foster (“Law Abiding Citizen”, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”). A movie adaptation is forthcoming. The vampire’s name is Nathaniel Cade, and thanks to a magic spell from a Louisiana witch, he’s been at the service of Potus for the last 140 years. Cade is less James Bond and more Mike Mignola’s “Hellboy”, in that he’s an undead/supernatural creature fighting for the good guys. It’s all thanks to a boozing but forward-thinking Andrew Johnson, the...
- 6/13/2010
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Some lucky people are getting out of town for Memorial Day 2010. But some of us are staying at home. Luckily, all your favorite channels are doing mega marathons of all your favorite shows.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
Zap2it is the one-stop shop for all your Memorial Day programming. From delightfully bad reality TV like "Real Housewives" and "Jersey Shore" to the quirky 1990s dramedy "Twin Peaks" to the serious TCM salute to war movies, there's something for everyone on TV this weekend. All times Eastern, but check your local listings for times and channel numbers.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
A&E (11 a.m. - 6 p.m.): Flip This House
Animal Planet (1 p.m. - 7 p.m.): River Monsters
BBC America (8 p.m. - 8 a.m.): Doctor Who
Bet (10 a.m. - 7 p.m.): Everybody Hates Chris
Biography (8 p.m. - 3 a.m.): Celebrity Ghost Stories
Bravo (9 p.m. - 2 a.
- 5/29/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is first Asian Palme d'Or win since 1997
Asian cinema tonight emerged as the surprise winner of this year's Cannes film festival when a lyrically beautiful and often surreal Thai movie took the Palme d'Or.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, already had the best title of the 19 films in competition. Tonight jury chairman Tim Burton named it best film, seeing off films from an impressive roster of film makers that included Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Abbas Kiarostami.
It is the first Asian Palme d'Or winner since Kiarostami shared it with Japanese film maker Shohei Imamura in 1997.
And it came after the veteran South Korean director Hong Sangsoo on Saturday won the prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar prize for Hahaha.
The Asian clean sweep took most Cannes watchers by surprise. Just as surprising...
Asian cinema tonight emerged as the surprise winner of this year's Cannes film festival when a lyrically beautiful and often surreal Thai movie took the Palme d'Or.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, already had the best title of the 19 films in competition. Tonight jury chairman Tim Burton named it best film, seeing off films from an impressive roster of film makers that included Mike Leigh, Ken Loach and Abbas Kiarostami.
It is the first Asian Palme d'Or winner since Kiarostami shared it with Japanese film maker Shohei Imamura in 1997.
And it came after the veteran South Korean director Hong Sangsoo on Saturday won the prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar prize for Hahaha.
The Asian clean sweep took most Cannes watchers by surprise. Just as surprising...
- 5/24/2010
- by Mark Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
Best known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, actor Mathieu Amalric is also a writer, director and unabashed ladies' man. He tells Catherine Shoard how it all came together in his new film
The opening night of this year's Cannes was full of pomp. Russell Crowe plodded up the red carpet, all trouble and sulk, with an icy Cate Blanchett and band of unmerry men in his wake. Robin Hood may be an action movie, not even in the running for the Palme d'Or, but don't you dare fail to take it seriously.
A day later, and the premiere of the first film in actual competition was a riot. Five burlesque dancers tottered towards the Palais for the gala screening of Tournée (On Tour), in 8in heels, cleavages struggling for traction in their micro-frocks. They danced; they blew kisses at a whooping crowd. One – was it Dirty Martini? Kitten on the Keys?...
The opening night of this year's Cannes was full of pomp. Russell Crowe plodded up the red carpet, all trouble and sulk, with an icy Cate Blanchett and band of unmerry men in his wake. Robin Hood may be an action movie, not even in the running for the Palme d'Or, but don't you dare fail to take it seriously.
A day later, and the premiere of the first film in actual competition was a riot. Five burlesque dancers tottered towards the Palais for the gala screening of Tournée (On Tour), in 8in heels, cleavages struggling for traction in their micro-frocks. They danced; they blew kisses at a whooping crowd. One – was it Dirty Martini? Kitten on the Keys?...
- 5/18/2010
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Robert here, scouring the internet to give you the latest on the films premiering in Cannes
Opening Film
Robin Hood Reviews for Ridley Scott & Russell Crowe's Robin Hood origin story have been up for a little while and they're decidedly mixed. Todd McCarthy over at IndieWIRE calls it "a fashionably gritty period drama, conceived by intelligent minds and handsomely decked out, but featuring no beating heart or compelling raison d’etre." But Empire Magazine declares it "the mullet-free Robin Hood movie we’ve been waiting decades for." Over at Little White Lies, the main complaint seems to be that "Robin Hood doesn’t seem too certain what to do with itself."In Competition
Chongqing Blues Director Xiaoshuai Wang's film about a Captain returning home from sea to find his son has been the victim of a police shooting is starting off the film with mixed reviews. The Hollywood...
Opening Film
Robin Hood Reviews for Ridley Scott & Russell Crowe's Robin Hood origin story have been up for a little while and they're decidedly mixed. Todd McCarthy over at IndieWIRE calls it "a fashionably gritty period drama, conceived by intelligent minds and handsomely decked out, but featuring no beating heart or compelling raison d’etre." But Empire Magazine declares it "the mullet-free Robin Hood movie we’ve been waiting decades for." Over at Little White Lies, the main complaint seems to be that "Robin Hood doesn’t seem too certain what to do with itself."In Competition
Chongqing Blues Director Xiaoshuai Wang's film about a Captain returning home from sea to find his son has been the victim of a police shooting is starting off the film with mixed reviews. The Hollywood...
- 5/13/2010
- by Robert
- FilmExperience
Both Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) and Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Jumper) are racing to get their respective Musketeer-based films in theaters first. So far, it looks like Anderson has the slight lead, with actors for the titular characters and supporting players lined up.
Ray Stevenson (Rome, The Book of Eli), Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans) and Matthew Macfadyen will play Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, respectively, in the 3-D period adventure scripted by Anderson and Andrew Davies. They’ll be joined, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, by recent Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz, as well as Resident Evil star and Anderson’s real-life wife Milla Jovovich.
Logan Lerman, who played the titular hero of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, and most recently made the rounds as a potential lead of Sony’s 'Spider-Man' reboot, is in negotiations to play D’Artagnan, who in...
Ray Stevenson (Rome, The Book of Eli), Luke Evans (Clash of the Titans) and Matthew Macfadyen will play Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, respectively, in the 3-D period adventure scripted by Anderson and Andrew Davies. They’ll be joined, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, by recent Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz, as well as Resident Evil star and Anderson’s real-life wife Milla Jovovich.
Logan Lerman, who played the titular hero of Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief, and most recently made the rounds as a potential lead of Sony’s 'Spider-Man' reboot, is in negotiations to play D’Artagnan, who in...
- 5/11/2010
- CinemaSpy
Who is Todd Lincoln, you ask? Well, most of you probably know him as the production assistant for visual effects photography on From Dust Til Dawn.
Or not.
Ok, he's likely more known for his upcoming directorial debut, The Apparition, a movie we've never reported on here. What? We're not fucking omnipresent, Ok? Fine, I'll report on it now:
When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.
There, happy? Also, hey! Ashley Greene! You're pretty and the...
Or not.
Ok, he's likely more known for his upcoming directorial debut, The Apparition, a movie we've never reported on here. What? We're not fucking omnipresent, Ok? Fine, I'll report on it now:
When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.
There, happy? Also, hey! Ashley Greene! You're pretty and the...
- 4/12/2010
- by TK
Twentieth Century Fox’s film and TV studios are teaming to develop a bigscreen version of the Kiefer Sutherland/Jack Bauer action series 24.
The film side has hired State of Play scribe Billy Ray to pen the script for the feature version. Ray’s pitch, which takes Jack Bauer to Europe, was a hit with Fox execs and producers of the high-concept television series.
The script is said to have come through 24 star Kiefer Sutherland, who’s also an exec producer on the series — and is said to be eager to turn the long-running TV skein into a feature franchise.
Fox doesn’t have a deal for a ninth season of 24, and hasn’t yet decided whether to order another season. Insiders said the network is waiting to see this week’s ratings before making that decision, but the betting is that this will be the final season of the longtime franchise.
The film side has hired State of Play scribe Billy Ray to pen the script for the feature version. Ray’s pitch, which takes Jack Bauer to Europe, was a hit with Fox execs and producers of the high-concept television series.
The script is said to have come through 24 star Kiefer Sutherland, who’s also an exec producer on the series — and is said to be eager to turn the long-running TV skein into a feature franchise.
Fox doesn’t have a deal for a ninth season of 24, and hasn’t yet decided whether to order another season. Insiders said the network is waiting to see this week’s ratings before making that decision, but the betting is that this will be the final season of the longtime franchise.
- 2/9/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Release Date: July 2
Studio: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Mangold
Writer: Patrick O'Neill
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivier Martinez, Paul Dano, Marc Blucas, Maggie Grace, Viola Davis
Studio Description: An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple (Cruise and Diaz) on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one-even themselves-are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Watch the Trailer
Analysis: For the first half of the last decade, Tom Cruise was unstoppable at the box office, with seven straight pictures grossing $100 million or more. This started and ended with Mission: Impossible movies: Mission: Impossible II grossed $215.4 million in 2000, and Mission: Impossible III grossed $134 million in 2006. Mr. Cruise's public image, though, took a beating while doing publicity for War of the Worlds in 2005: from jumping...
Studio: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Mangold
Writer: Patrick O'Neill
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Olivier Martinez, Paul Dano, Marc Blucas, Maggie Grace, Viola Davis
Studio Description: An action-comedy centered on a fugitive couple (Cruise and Diaz) on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one-even themselves-are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
Watch the Trailer
Analysis: For the first half of the last decade, Tom Cruise was unstoppable at the box office, with seven straight pictures grossing $100 million or more. This started and ended with Mission: Impossible movies: Mission: Impossible II grossed $215.4 million in 2000, and Mission: Impossible III grossed $134 million in 2006. Mr. Cruise's public image, though, took a beating while doing publicity for War of the Worlds in 2005: from jumping...
- 1/29/2010
- by Raymond Subers
- Box Office Mojo
People like to watch asses get kicked. As effete and cultured as we like to proclaim ourselves, as much as we pooh-pooh the uncultured drooling masses of the great unwashed who toss fistfuls of cash to watch things go explodey, there's a kernel within us all that loves our bread and circus. I don't know what portion of the brain revels in watching someone's else portion of the brain get spattered against an elevator by a sniper's bullet, but I love that little bastard. And I loves to keep him well-watered with the blood of the unworthy.
It was a decent decade for the ol' ultra-violence. (A decade we choose to recognize as 2000-2009. Which means that Fight Club is Not on the list, asshole who keeps mentioning it.) PG-13 suddenly got harder, and it wasn't an automatic guarantee of pussiosity. For every big dumb stupid Bey-splosion masturblasted in cinemascope,...
It was a decent decade for the ol' ultra-violence. (A decade we choose to recognize as 2000-2009. Which means that Fight Club is Not on the list, asshole who keeps mentioning it.) PG-13 suddenly got harder, and it wasn't an automatic guarantee of pussiosity. For every big dumb stupid Bey-splosion masturblasted in cinemascope,...
- 12/17/2009
- by Dustin Rowles
There has for the past many years been talk of a fourth Mad Max film, either in live action format, or as an anime. Now it seems the live action one has become the winning choice, as George Miller is moving forward with the movie and looking to cast people for it. For the role of "Mad" Max Rockatansky, however, Miller has ditched the possibility of seeing Mel Gibson return. So fuck this movie. A Mad Max film without Mad Max isn't something I'd like to see, and unlike other franchises, I don't see someone replacing Gibson as a very good choice. Mad Max is not James Bond and neither is he Jack Ryan, he cannot be replaced. There is only one Mad Mel. Miller doesn't agree with me though, and is looking for his replacement in the actor Tom Hardy, who has previously had the lead in Bronson and...
- 10/23/2009
- by Kasper
- FilmJunk
'Twilight' has catapulted RPattz into the stratosphere where he joins some other beefcake breakout stars.
By Larry Carroll
Robert Pattinson
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage
Every now and then, a movie comes out that transforms a male actor into someone to be desired, adored and often watched for decades to come. We're experiencing such a phenomenon now with Robert Pattinson, who has essentially starred in one wide-release movie and had "Twilight" transform him from "Who's that?" to "Hottest Man Alive" overnight.
But where does RPattz go from here? Will he launch a decades-long career? Work with directors like Spielberg and Scorsese? Or will he become another Hollywood cautionary tale? Below are a handful of beefcake breakouts transformed by one major role, whose careers could perhaps give guidance to the Sparkly One.
James Dean
Arguably the greatest male cinematic sex symbol of all time, actors like Pattinson and James Franco continue to...
By Larry Carroll
Robert Pattinson
Photo: Kevin Mazur/ WireImage
Every now and then, a movie comes out that transforms a male actor into someone to be desired, adored and often watched for decades to come. We're experiencing such a phenomenon now with Robert Pattinson, who has essentially starred in one wide-release movie and had "Twilight" transform him from "Who's that?" to "Hottest Man Alive" overnight.
But where does RPattz go from here? Will he launch a decades-long career? Work with directors like Spielberg and Scorsese? Or will he become another Hollywood cautionary tale? Below are a handful of beefcake breakouts transformed by one major role, whose careers could perhaps give guidance to the Sparkly One.
James Dean
Arguably the greatest male cinematic sex symbol of all time, actors like Pattinson and James Franco continue to...
- 9/29/2009
- MTV Movie News
Back in the days of the old Coming Attractions I had a long-running editorial column called Director's Cut. It allowed me a place to say what was on my mind and what I thought about news or events related to film. Now that CA 2.0 is up and running and I still have access to this mad scientist equipment, I thought why not slap Director's Cut on the operating table, hook it up to the lightning rod and see if I can't bring it back to life? When has that idea ever gone wrong? -- Ps
Ridley Scott is making a new Alien movie and that, my friends, is both a good and a bad thing.
On the surface Scott's involvement in resurrecting the franchise looks like it can only be a positive but once I think about it further, I think that there may be more opportunities for Sir Ridley...
Ridley Scott is making a new Alien movie and that, my friends, is both a good and a bad thing.
On the surface Scott's involvement in resurrecting the franchise looks like it can only be a positive but once I think about it further, I think that there may be more opportunities for Sir Ridley...
- 8/3/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Phillip Noyce is well known for his work as director on The Bone Collector,Clear and Present Danger, and Patriot Games. Dark Horizons recently spoke to Noyce about his latest film, Salt, which stars Angelina Jolie. You can check out the full interview here; below are a few choice excerpts. Regarding the development and tone of the film: The script has been in development for many years, and there were many changes made before I became involved. I think that it.s just been a continual process, obviously accelerating by changing the central character. But the ideas . the locomotive of ideas that drive the movie are the same. An undercover CIA operative is accused of being a Russian mole, and has to go on the run to defend themselves. That.s been the same since day one. The tone of the film has changed in this evolution. In the same way,...
- 6/22/2009
- LRMonline.com
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