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Screen can reveal the trailer for Sophie Fiennes documentary Acting which will have its international premiere at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).

The film follows a two-hour Shakespeare acting masterclass led by British veterans Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod from the theatre company Cheek By Jowl.

It had its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) in August.

Acting is produced by Fiennes, Martin Rosenbaum, Shani Hinton, Lone Star Productions, and Amoeba Film. Sales are handled by Love For Sale Films.

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Paul Verhoeven, the acclaimed director of “RoboCop” and “Starship Troopers,” is working on a French-language TV series based on Guy de Maupassant’s “Bel Ami” novel, which will be produced by Saïd Ben Saïd.

Deadline reported that Verhoeven will serve as showrunner and direct all eight episodes of the series, which will offer a contemporary spin on the novel, according to Ben Saïd. The original “Bel Ami” novel, published in 1885, centered on a corrupt journalist in Paris who rose to power by manipulating a series of powerful and wealthy women. The series will be written by Dutch screenwriter Gerard Soeteman, who collaborated with Verhoeven on films such as “Black Book” and “Turkish Delight.” Which broadcaster would eventually air the series is still being discussed, and filming is expected to begin in France in summer 2021, according to Ben Saïd.

Ben Saïd, through a representative, confirmed his Deadline comments on the project to IndieWire.

Verhoeven unites with long-time collaborator Gerard Soeteman on contemporary adaptation.

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is gearing up to shoot a contemporary, French-language TV adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s 19th century classic Bel Ami next summer, Paris-based producer Saïd Ben Saïd of Sbs Productions has announced.

Set against the backdrop of the newspaper world in Paris in the late 19th Century, the original storyline revolves around the rise of unscrupulous, philandering journalist Georges Duroy.

“The shoot is scheduled for the summer of 2021. It’s a Sbs Production and it will be the first series that we are going to produce.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Shakespeare in Love, staged to great acclaim in the West End, will have its North American premiere as a part of the 2016 season at the Stratford Festival, directed by Declan Donnellan. Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, the play is adapted for the stage by Lee Hall and will be presented by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Group and Sonia Friedman Productions.

The Oscar-winning film has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) from the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. A co-production of Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions, the show is currently previewing at London’s Noel Coward Theatre and opening on July 23. The cast of 28 and a dog is directed by Declan Donnellan and the romantic comedy has been designed by Nick Ormerod. Look for a Broadway transfer in the not-too-distant future.

Produced by Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions and based on the Academy Award-winning screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, Shakespeare in Love has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Billy Elliot. Featuring a company of 28 actors and musicians, one of the largest companies ever assembled for a play in the West End, and a dog, this new play will be directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, the driving force behind the world-renowned theatre company, Cheek by Jowl. The new play, which opens on July 23, is currently playing at the Noel Coward Theatre.BroadwayWorld brings you highlights of the cast in action below...

The first pictures have been released from the stage adaptation of Shakespeare in Love.

The adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1998 movie is currently in previews at London's Noël Coward Theatre.

It has been adapted for the stage by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and features a company of 28 actors and musicians.

It is directed by Declan Donnellan and designed by Nick Ormerod, and tickets are on sale now.

Tom Bateman plays William Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps is played by Lucy Briggs-Owen.

Anna Carteret plays Queen Elizabeth and Tony Bell takes on the role of Ralph.

"Everyone who loves the theatre loves what Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman created with the miracle that is Shakespeare in Love," said Thomas Schumacher, President and Producer of Disney Theatrical Productions.

"It is a Valentine to the Theatre and what better way to celebrate that than to turn to consummate theatre artists; Declan, Nick, Lee and...

Robert Pattinson out of ‘Mission: Blacklist’ movie (photo: Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson in ‘Life’) Robert Pattinson and Mission: Blacklist have parted ways. Pattinson, whose name had been attached to the project for two years — since Cannes 2012 — has reportedly dropped out due to scheduling issues. Now, what could those issues be? Well, Robert Pattinson, best known (at least for the time being) as the vampire Edward Cullen in the immensely popular Twilight movie franchise, has no less than two movies opening at Cannes 2014: David Michôd’s thriller The Rover, co-starring Guy Pearce, which will be shown as one of Cannes’ Midnight Screenings, and David Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars, also featuring Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Mia Wasikowska, and Carrie Fisher, and which is in the running for the Palme d’Or. There’s more: Robert Pattinson has recently completed work on Anton Corbijn’s Life, with Pattinson as photographer Dennis Stock,...

The cast for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love has been announced.

Tom Bateman will be playing William Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps will be played by Lucy Briggs-Owen.

It was announced in November last year that Disney and Sonia Friedman Productions had plans to put the Oscar-winning film on the West End, with Tony-winner Lee Hall adapting the movie for the stage.

Shakespeare in Love tells the story of a promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare, who is tormented by writer's block until he finds his muse in the form of Viola de Lesseps. Their forbidden love draws many others, including Queen Elizabeth, into the drama and inspires Will to create the greatest love story ever written.

The actors playing the star-crossed lovers will be joined by a company of over 30 actors and musicians and will be directed by Declan Donnellan. More of the cast are expected to be announced soon.

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Robert Pattinson and David Cronenberg ‘Maps to the Stars’ gets German distribution, Toronto screening Starring Robert Pattinson, Julianne Moore, John Cusack, and Mia Wasikowska, Maps to the Stars has found a German distributor. Screen Daily reports that Christian Meinke’s Mfa+ has acquired the rights to the David Cronenberg-directed Hollywood satire at the American Film Market, recently held in Santa Monica. Mfa+ also picked up Vincent Grashaw’s feature debut Coldwater and Tobias Lindholm’s Danish thriller A Hijacking / Kapringen, which has a similar premise to that of the Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks hit Captain Phillips. (Photo: Robert Pattinson on the set of Maps to the Stars.) In Map to the Stars, John Cusack (replacing Viggo Mortensen) plays a Los Angeles analyst and self-help guru whose wife (Olivia Williams) is immersed in the career of their teen star son (Evan Bird), fresh off of rehab. Their daughter (Mia Wasikowska...

Opening in summer 2014, the play was adapted by Lee Hall ("Billy Elliot") from Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard's screenplay for the 1998 Oscar-winning Gwyneth Paltrow movie.

New York -- Viola de Lesseps will serve as muse to struggling playwright Will Shakespeare once more when the stage version of Shakespeare in Love opens next summer in London.

Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions will team on the long-gestating project. The new play has been adapted by Lee Hall, the Tony-winning book writer of Billy Elliot, who also penned the screenplay for the original film on which that hit musical was based.

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Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, known for bold reinterpretations of Shakespeare's texts through their theater company Cheek by Jowl, will stage Shakespeare in Love, with direction by Donnellan and design by Ormerod.

The 1998 Miramax release was directed...

“Shakespeare in Love,” an Oscar-winning movie about the world’s greatest playwright, will make it’s way to the stage in a new production scheduled to premiere in London’s West End. The film followed the Bard as he unexpectedly meets his muse and is inspired to write “Romeo & Juliet.” Also read: Alanis Morissette ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Musical Eyes Broadway Run The stage version will open at London’s Noel Coward Theatre in the summer of 2014, and will be adapted by Lee Hall from the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Hall previously adapted “Billy Elliot” into a Tony Award winning musical.

The stage premiere of Shakespeare in Love will open at London's Noel Coward Theatre in the summer of 2014. This new play will be adapted for the stage by Lee Hall from the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard. Declan Donnellan will direct and the production will be designed by Nick Ormerod. Shakespeare in Love will be produced by Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions.

Shakespeare in Love will launch in the West End in summer 2014, it has been announced.

Lee Hall has adapted the 1998 movie for the stage, from the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard.

Declan Donnellan will direct the new production, with designs by Nick Ormerod. It will be produced by Disney Theatrical Productions and Sonia Friedman Productions.

The box office will be open to the public in February 2014, with preview performances starting in early July.

Based on the multiple Oscar-winning film, the stage show will run at London's Noel Coward Theatre.

A cast of over 26 actors and musicians will be involved, with further details to be announced in the coming months.

Lee Hall previously won a Tony Award for his adaptation of Billy Elliot, while he also wrote the screenplay for War Horse.

"Everyone who loves the theatre loves what Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman created with the miracle that is Shakespeare in Love,...

Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist movie: Filming in August? Mission: Blacklist is not the upcoming fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. For the time being, that’s concisely called Mission: Impossible 5. So, what’s Mission: Blacklist? Well, as every ardent Robert Pattinson fan will tell you, that’s a Pattinson movie project initially announced in early May 2012. Pattinson is attached to this Embankment Films-financed (or to-be-financed) production based on Eric Maddox and Davin Seay’s book Mission: Black List #1 - The Inside Story of the Search for Saddam Hussein - As Told by the Soldier Who Masterminded His Capture. The title of Maddox and Seay’s book says it all. But just in case, here’s the brief Mission: Blacklist synopsis found on the Embankment Films website: Unlike other Interrogators fresh out of training, Eric Maddox (Robert Pattinson) has a brilliant and beautiful mind. He has...

Pattinson fights Pearce in violent The Rover image In the last few years, British actor Robert Pattinson has courageously made a point of distancing himself (and his film career) from Edward Cullen, the Twilight movies' lovestruck, sparkling vampire that made the actor famous worldwide as one of the "angles" in the insufferable love triangle also featuring vampire-to-be Kristen Stewart and werewolf Taylor Lautner. Writer-director David Michôd's upcoming thriller The Rover, co-starring Guy Pearce, is Pattinson's latest tentative to create a character vastly different than the vampire Cullen. (Pictured above: Pattinson vs. Pearce in a bloody The Rover battle.) Currently filming in Australia, Michod's film is set in the near future, in the aftermath of a global financial catastrophe (at this stage, it remains unclear whether or not said catastrophe was the result of the recent highly controversial Cyprus bail-out). Pattinson plays a good-hearted Australian Outback gang member, while Pearce,...

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Breaking Dawn Part 2 to become Brazil’s top-selling movie in 2012? Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, Breaking Dawn Part 2 is a major blockbuster worldwide, having grossed more than $600m in less than two weeks. Now, relatively speaking, among the world’s top film markets no country has embraced the Twilight movie franchise’s final installment as ardently as Brazil. (Photo: Breaking Dawn Part 2 Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.) Breaking Dawn Part 2 has already shattered Brazilian single-day and opening-weekend box-office records — in ticket sales. In other words, inflation and 3D/IMAX surcharges don’t play a role here. In Us dollars, Brazil — with $33.61m — is currently Breaking Dawn Part 2‘s third biggest international market, trailing only the United Kingdom ($43.25m) and Russia / Cis ($36.27m). By the end of its opening weekend, Breaking Dawn Part 2 was already the seventh highest-grossing 2012 release at the Brazilian box office.

On the Road movie reedited for Toronto screening Based on Jack Kerouac's '50s novel, Walter Salles' Otr adaptation starring Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, and Kristen Stewart (above photo) will be screened at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. We all knew that. What we didn't know is that Tiff 2012 will unveil a new cut of the film (via indieWIRE), which premiered last spring at the Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews. The 2hr20m drama has been downsized to approximately 125 minutes. That's an interesting development, as Otr has already been screened in several countries, with varying degrees of box-office success. [Check out the On the Road trailer. Check out Kristen Stewart On the Road poster; Garrett Hedlund On the Road poster.] Otr movie reedit hardly unique On the other hand, different cuts shown in different countries is hardly something new. Whether as a result of poor critical/box-office reception, (perceived) local sensibilities, and/or censorship, the movie you watch in, say, Canada isn't necessarily the exact same movie watched by someone in Singapore,...

Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with screenplay by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a British period drama based on the 1885 French novel by Guy de Maupassant.

Premiered as an Official Selection at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the film chronicles the life of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a penniless ex-soldier who travels through 1890s Paris, rising to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women – Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman), Virginie Rousset (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci).

From first time feature film directors Donnellan and Ormerod, founders of the Cheek by Jowl theatre company, Bel Ami is a respectable drama due to its original source. With an interesting storyline to follow, the film is very well put together and is led by a talented cast, but its biggest asset is the look of the film. With stunning settings and wardrobes,...

One of Hollywood's most respected young actresses, Christina Ricci has been acting on the big screen since the age of ten, making her screen debut in Mermaids alongside Cher and Winona Ryder. This was closely followed by the release of family hit film - The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel, The Addams Family Values (1993).

Christina Ricci is seduced by Robert Pattinson in Bel Ami

In 1997 Ricci made a seamless transition into mature roles, receiving great acclaim for Ang Lee's ensemble film The Ice Storm, The Opposite of Sex, Penelope, Speed Racer, Black Snake Moan, Cursed, Anything Else, Sleepy Hollow and Monster.

In Bel Ami, directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, she stars opposite Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman and Kristen Scott Thomas, playing Clotilde, a ravishing, playful, vivacious woman of high society. She is charming company and becomes closer than anyone to the story’s central character, Georges (Pattinson)…

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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 7, 2012

Price: DVD $22.99

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1) gets rid of his sparkly skin and vampire teeth for the 2012 period movie Bel Ami.

Based on the classic novel by Guy de Maupassant, the drama film stars Pattinson as penniless ex-soldier Georges Duroy, who uses the wealthiest and most influential women in turn of the century Paris to rise in power. In his lustful quest, he seduces Madame de Marelle (Christina Ricci, TV’s Pan Am), marries Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction), the wife of a former comrade, and conquers Madame Walter (Kristen Scott Thomas, Sarah’s Key).

Rated R, Bel Ami was only screened in a limited number of theaters, so the DVD release gives the movie its biggest audience.

Critics didn’t think much of the film, which is the first feature directed by Declan Donnellan...

Bel Ami movie featurette. In Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s Bel Ami, a movie adaptation (written by Rachelle Bennette) of Guy de Maupassant’s 19th-century novel, Robert Pattinson (photo) plays Georges Duroy, a former soldier who climbs to the top of Parisian society by having sex with the right women (Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci). The nickname "Bel Ami" ("Beautiful / Handsome Friend") is given to Duroy by the young daughter of one of his lovers. (Please scroll down to check out the Bel Ami movie featurette.) North American reviews for Bel Ami (shot in 2010, but released this year) have been overwhelmingly negative. [...]...

Rating: 2.0/5.0

Chicago – Robert Pattinson is such a divisive actor. While he’s clearly one of the most popular young stars in the world thanks to his work in the “Twilight” films, he has yet to prove to most people that he can really act. While some who have seen David Cronenberg’s upcoming “Cosmopolis” claim that this will be the film that finally allows Pattinson to break out of the franchise that has defined him, we’re stuck with something far lesser for now, the misguided and depressing “Bel Ami,” a film that does nothing to help the critical reputation of the man otherwise known as Edward Cullen.

The problem is that I somehow want to defend Pattinson. I think there’s something there. Cronenberg is one of the smartest men in filmmaking and he saw something in this brooding young actor. And so what’s the defense for this mess?...

While his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart saw her "Snow White and the Huntsman" edge toward $100 million, Robert Pattinson had little to celebrate at the box office this weekend. His latest attempts to break out from "Twilight" -- Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod's "Bel Ami" and David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis," both of which star Pattinson -- found very disappointing numbers. Although both projects are indies and clearly less commercially viable than Stewart's "Snow White," neither found numbers in their limited debuts to suggest Pattinson's fans have much interest in his post-"Twilight" career. "Bel Ami" hit 15 screens in the United States care of Magnolia Pictures and grossed a weak $38,018 to average just $2,535 per theater. Co-starring Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas, the adaptation of the Guy de Maupassant novel notably debuted on VOD weeks ago. The numbers for that...

Box Office: Snow White and the Huntsman (photo, Kristen Stewart). Trailing both Ridley Scott / Michael Fassbender / Noomi Rapace’s Prometheus and the 3D animated feature Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman took in $7.5m on Friday in North America as per studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. That’s down a hefty 63% compared to its opening day a week ago. [See also Box Office: Prometheus / Madagascar 3.] Starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, and Sam Claflin, Snow White and the Huntsman was expected to reach $26m for the weekend, thus passing the $100m milestone in North America after only 10 days. Now it remains unclear whether or not Swath will reach that mark by Sunday evening, as its Friday gross was about 8% less than early estimates indicated. On the positive side, Snow White and the Huntsman was up 84% on Friday compared to the day before. Apart from the expanded Moonrise Kingdom,...

Prometheus film Box office: Prometheus movie vs. Madagascar 3. Assisted by savvy marketing, excellent business at IMAX locations, and 3D surcharges, Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus, a prequel of sorts to Scott’s 1979 sci-fi / horror classic Alien, is off to a strong start at 3,396 theaters in North America. Slightly behind on Friday, the 3D-propelled animated feature Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is expected to top the weekend at 4,258 locations. Including $3.56m at Thursday midnight screenings, the R-rated Prometheus is expected to gross $21m on Friday as per Deadline.com. That’s slightly more than the Kristen Stewart / Charlize Theron / Chris Hemsworth 2D, PG-13 adventure fantasy Snow White and the Huntsman‘s $20.46m (including a more modest $1.38m at midnight screenings) at 3,773 locations last week. Both movies have about the same running time. As per Deadline, Prometheus is expected to reach $55m by Sunday evening, thus ending a little behind...

Hello, and happy Friday! There is quite a presence of quieter subject matter this week, including an unassuming musician and Edward Cullen playing a human version of his lothario self. But of course, no shortage of big screen adventures in 3D either. And, amidst the hailstorm of big-budget summer flicks, I’ve been wondering the following: is Hollywood working toward an ultra version of the big-budget summer flick? Combining the hugest ideas into the über-Blockbuster, if you will. For example, what would happen if a bunch of animals and Snow White were shot into space with a team of androids, began to wreak mass pandemonium on the galaxy, and had to be put down by the ultimate intergalactic crimefighting team of the Men in Black and the Avengers? Well, maybe that’s the subject of the fourth installment of the “Madagascar” franchise. Or the plot to the "Snow White and the Huntsman...

Robert Pattinson, Twilight twink extraordinaire, is now Georges Duroy, an English pauper living in 1890s Paris given a taste of the “high-life” when he’s hired by to be a journalist. Problem: he’s kind of crap when it comes to writing. Solution: his old comrade in arm’s wife, Madeleine (Uma Thurman), is happy to help spruce up his articles. Duroy is eventually introduced to the other women of Paris’ political world, including Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci) and Madame Rousette (Kristin Scott-Thomas) each of whom he obviously uses to his sexy advantage in piercing France’s upper-class. Sure, there are talks of political back-stabbings, corporate greed, and government toppling, but the film is largely concerned with Pattinson preying on these women until they all—one-by-one—are conquered. One can’t help but think this to be a twisted version of the popular Joseph Ducreux meme—“acquire wenches, procure currency.

'This new 'Bel Ami' has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as 'Dangerous Liaisons,' writes Noel Murray of the A.V. Club.

By Kara Warner

Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"

Photo: Magnolia Pictures

At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.

Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

As excited as Pattinson fans are...

'This new 'Bel Ami' has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as 'Dangerous Liaisons,' writes Noel Murray of the A.V. Club.

By Kara Warner

Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"

Photo: Magnolia Pictures

At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.

Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

As excited as Pattinson fans are...

Title: Bel Ami Directors: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerond Starring: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colm Meaney A gassy, self-satisfied adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s 1885 novel of the same name, threadbare Parisian period piece “Bel Ami” purports to tell the rise from poverty to wealth of a savvy if caddish war veteran and self-made man — a sort of less sociopathic, more rakish Mr. Ripley, if you will. Instead, it merely bores and grates, in alternating fashion. Making up what it lacks in dynamism or attentive psychological detail with lots of love scenes with its hunky, tween-beloved pin-up star, Robert Pattinson, “Bel Ami” belies the [ Read More ]...

With "Bel Ami" starring Robert Pattinson making its way into theaters this weekend, check out an exclusive clip where Georges Duroy (Pattinson) charms the ladies at dinner. Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney also star in the Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod-directed drama which first opened on VOD on may 4th, and finds limited venues today. The story of Georges Duroy who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

With "Bel Ami" starring Robert Pattinson making its way into theaters this weekend, check out an exclusive clip where Georges Duroy (Pattinson) charms the ladies at dinner. Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney also star in the Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod-directed drama which first opened on VOD on may 4th, and finds limited venues today. The story of Georges Duroy who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.

Robert Pattinson shirtless (naked?) and ready to strike: Cosmopolis Cosmopolis release date Us: Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg‘s Cosmopolis will be released by eOne Films in the United States on August 17. Talk about counter-programming. Also opening on August 17 are Sylvester Stallone / Liam Hemsworth’s all-brawn-no-brain actioner The Expendables 2 and the musical Sparkle, Whitney Houston’s last movie appearance. Other August releases in the Us include the Total Recall remake starring Colin Farrell; The Bourne Legacy with Jeremy Renner and Rachel Weisz; the latest Meryl Streep movie, Hope Springs; and the horror thriller The Apparition, featuring Twilight‘s Ashley Greene. As pointed out in a previous article about the Cosmopolis Us release date, August is a curious choice as Cronenberg’s unusual film is a "prestige" — i.e., awards-season — effort. Those movies generally open in the fall, closer to the time critics hand out their awards so the films...

My Best Ami-o: De Maupassant Gets a Jackie Collins Dress

In the right hands, the works of literary figure Guy De Maupassant are fodder for great cinematic achievements, especially considering that Jean-Luc Godard and Max Ophuls credit some of their best titles to the French author (not to mention an excellent 1934 classic of Mexican cinema, The Woman of the Port). But let’s not forget that Maupassant is first and foremost regarded as one of the fathers of the modern short story. Newcomers Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod have chosen to adapt one of Maupassant’s few novels for their debut, Bel Ami, a text that’s been adapted before in several languages (and once before in the Us as The Private Affairs of Bel Ami with George Sanders and Angela Lansbury, 1947). An unwise choice for their first outing, considering its lack of character development and overall coherence suggest that the...

This is a reprint of our review from the Berlin Film Festival.

From behind, we watch a man in ragged clothes look longingly through the window of a fancy Belle Epoque Parisian restaurant. Inside, richly attired women whisper secrets over brimful glasses of champagne and decadent platters laden with food. Later, the hungry man in his mean garret relives the moment, jealousy and bitterness at the injustice of his situation playing across his face, before the memory of such opulence actually makes him cry. It's a convincing, well-observed moment that sets up a lot of what we need to know about the man's character. Oh wait, did we mention the man is played by Robert Pattinson?

"Bel Ami," Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod's adaptation of the acerbic Guy de Maupassant novel, features a starry cast in some wonderful costuming, and follows the fortunes of ambitious Georges Duroy (Pattinson) as...

Title: Bel Ami Magnolia Pictures Director: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod Screenwriter: Rachel Bennette Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/4/12 Opens: June 8, 2012 Simply put, “Bel Ami,” which means “good friend,” is about a man who rises to the top by, well, rising to the top. An empty-headed fellow in the Paris of 1890 finds that his one and only attribute, his pretty-boy good looks, is the only skill he needs to acquire wealth and celebrity. He does so by manipulating a group of upper-middle-class women, each of whom reacts to him in a special way but all of whom [ Read More ]...

Cosmopolis premiere: Robert Pattinson with Emily Hampshire, Sarah Gadon The Cosmopolis premiere is currently being held in Toronto right now. A clarification: that’s the Canadian premiere of Cosmopolis, as the film has already had premieres in places like France and Portugal. Starring Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis was in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It rode away (it’s a white limo movie) empty-handed despite some ardent supporters among the media and critics. [See Cosmopolis Reviews; Robert Pattinson's 'Unsuspected Bravery'; Robert Pattinson 'Impeccable/Loses Control.'] August 2012 is the rumored Cosmopolis Us release date. Canadian distributor eOne Films, a branch of eOne Entertainment, will handle the Cosmopolis release in North America. Besides Robert Pattinson as a haircut-obsessed, asymmetrically prostated (that doesn’t sound quite right, does it?) billionaire Eric Packer, Cosmopolis features A Dangerous Method’s Sarah Gadon, Summer Hours’ Juliette Binoche, Rock of Ages’ Paul Giamatti (who has received a number of good notices), In America’s Samantha Morton,...

Robert Pattinson will not play Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games‘ sequel Catching Fire. The source for the rumor was an "exclusive" at the website Think McFly Think, which claimed that Lionsgate was after Pattinson for the role. The actor himself, however, has said it’s not true, he was never offered the Catching Fire role, and there’s no chance he would be offered it, either. "I woke up this morning and saw all these things about me being cast in The Hunger Games," Pattinson, while at the Cannes Film Festival, told USA Today. "I was kind of curious for a second. So I called my agent. … My agent was like, ‘No,’ … no one’s going to offer you that part." Robert Pattinson as Finnick Odair: Rumor source The were probably a couple of reasons for the rumor: Francis Lawrence will be directing Catching Fire and Lionsgate has absorbed Summit Entertainment.

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones have returned to the top of the box office charts as galaxy defenders in Men In Black III.

The third installment of the action comedy – which launched the first in the trilogy in 1997 – is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, who also directed the previous two. The film took just over $5m in its first weekend at the box office.

Opening across 592 screens, the film took 5.001m for a screen average of $8,449, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

The secret agents bumped Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator from the number one spot. The Dictator took $2.452m across 344 screens for a screen average of $7,130, taking $9.669m to date.

In third place, The Avengers remained strong in their fifth week taking $2.262m across 480 screens for an $4,714 average. The result takes the comic book heroes to $46.986m and 8th place on the all time box office record,...

While he hasn't yet won over all his critics (reviews for "Cosmopolis" were mostly pleasantly surprised about his performance without raving about it), you have to give it to Robert Pattinson for making smart, bold choices. The actor's mostly been tied up on the "Twilight" movies for the past few years, but now he's admirably taking some risky and diverse roles, including parts in the costume drama "Bel Ami" from theater veteran Declan Donnellan, a thriller about the hunt for Saddam Hussein entitled "Mission: Blacklist," another picture with Cronenberg, and a team-up with Guy Pearce on "The Rover," from "Animal Kingdom" director David Michod.

But rumors started to fly in the last few days, after a report from Think McFly Think, that Pattinson might have another franchise picture on the way. According to the site, Lionsgate wanted Pattinson to play Finick Odair, one of the major additions to "Catching Fire,...

Cosmopolis‘ Robert Pattinson, David Cronenberg, Sarah Gadon, Paul Giamatti, and Emily Hampshire posed for photographers at the Cannes Film Festival 2012, where Cosmopolis is in the running for the Palme d’Or. The above Robert Pattinson photo was posted at Just Jared, which has several other images from the Cosmopolis photo call. Cronenberg’s chaotic comedy-drama was screened today at Cannes. Reviews were mixed for Cosmopolis, which some found too talky, but they were highly positive for Robert Pattinson, 26, best known until now for his lovestruck vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight movies. [Check out: Cosmopolis Mixed Reviews; Robert Pattinson 'Flawless'.] According to Just Jared, when Pattinson was asked a Twilight-related question, Cronenberg interfered, telling the journalist that Robert Pattinson is a “real person with a history and a past. The history and the past is not Twilight. It is Cosmopolis.” In addition to Robert Pattinson as the young multibillionaire New Yorker Eric Packer, the Cosmopolis cast includes the aforementioned Sarah Gadon,...

Maps to the Stars for Robert Pattinson / David Cronenberg? Above, Pattinson in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis (Paul Giamatti in background) Robert Pattinson hates Twilight, according to those who have taken seriously his (jokingly) dismissive take on the movie series that has made him world famous. Anyhow, whatever his feelings in regard to The Twilight Saga, Pattinson surely doesn’t hate David Cronenberg. Hence, the Cosmopolis star and director are to work together on another movie project. That appears to be Maps to the Stars. During an interview for Metro, Robert Pattinson said that last week his agent asked if he’d like to appear in Cronenberg’s next film project. "I said yes without thinking!" Pattinson laughingly remarked. Later on, Pattinson explained that he doesn’t know "when exactly we’re going to shoot. But it’ll be David’s first movie shot on American soil. In Los Angeles, to be exact.

Cosmopolis movie: Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon Mathieu Carratier has written a highly positive Cosmopolis film review for Premiere magazine, praising the movie itself, director-writer David Cronenberg, and star Robert Pattinson. Cosmopolis is in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It’ll be screened on May 25. Carratier begins his Cosmopolis commentary by remarking that whether or not he appreciates David Cronenberg’s recent work — one assumes he means more accessible fare such as the Viggo Mortensen trilogy: A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method — he was "seriously missing" the Cronenberg of (no-holds-barred) movies such as Crash and Videodrome. But not to worry. "Pop open the champagne," exults Carratier, "because he’s back in every Cosmopolis shot." Cronenberg himself wrote the Cosmopolis screenplay — reportedly in six days, and his first for a feature film since eXistenZ (1999). The plot is based on Don DeLillo’s...

Cosmopolis: Robert Pattinson directed by David Cronenberg An early Cosmopolis review has come out via Studio Ciné Live‘s Fabrice Leclerc. Directed by the iconoclastic David Cronenberg, who adapted Don DeLillo’s novel, and starring Robert Pattinson, Cosmopolis is definitely one of the most eagerly anticipated films at the Cannes Film Festival 2012. [Check out the awesome Cosmopolis trailer.] The headline of Leclerc’s brief, three-star (out of five) Cosmopolis review reads: "A Cronenberg as brilliant as he is taut." Leclerc then begins his review by explaining that Cronenberg and DeLillo are "manufacturers of fantastic, unhealthy, and at times somber environments, of the science of language, and of totally chaotic characters. And of controversy as well." Referring to Cosmopolis as a "ghostly and hypnotic" tale, Leclerc adds that Cronenberg had adapted to the letter DeLillo’s "ultrarich prose, filming with incredible inventiveness this stifling and disturbing airtight environment." As for Robert Pattinson, Leclerc says he’s "impeccable" until Cosmopolis‘ last segment,...

Robert Pattinson haircut, Cosmopolis The Robert Pattinson movie Cosmopolis may have an August release date in the United States, according to online rumors. That would be a curious choice for Canadian-based distributor Entertainment One (eOne), as David Cronenberg films have "fall release" written all over them. That’s certainly how Us distributors have perceived Cronenberg’s last three films, all of which were awards-season contenders: starring Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method opened in the Us in November 2011. (In mid-January 2012 in Canada.) Starring Best Actor Oscar nominee Mortensen and Naomi Watts, Eastern Promises opened in mid-September 2007. And Mortensen / Maria Bello’s A History of Violence came out on Sept. 30, 2005. Cosmopolis, which is in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, will open on May 23 in France, June 8 in Canada, and June 15 in the UK. Additionally, Cosmopolis already has a DVD/Blu-ray release...

He’s got Robert Pattinson’s eyes: Mission: Blacklist poster Robert Pattinson was officially cast in Mission: Blacklist, as American military interrogator Eric Maddox, about ten days or so ago. Producing company Embankment Films isn’t wasting any time. The sales poster for Mission: Blacklist, which will be peddled at the Cannes Film Festival, has been making the rounds online for several days. "In a World of Lies Only One Man Could See the Truth." That man was apparently Pattinson’s Maddox, who claimed to have eschewed torture while trying to figure out the whereabouts of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The brief Mission: Blacklist plot synopsis reads as follows: Unlike other Interrogators fresh out of training, Eric Maddox (Robert Pattinson) has a brilliant and beautiful mind. He has a unique ability to decipher highly complex patterns from seemingly random events. His mission is to trap the world’s most wanted man,...

Magnolia Pictures just released this brand new French movie trailer for the upcoming film “Bel Ami” by directors Declan Donnellan (The Big Fish) and Nick Ormerod and starring Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Water for Elephants, Twilight), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill: Vol. 3, Girl Soldier, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief), Christina Ricci (Saving Grace, Speed Racer), Kristin Scott Thomas (The Galapagos Affair) and Colm Meaney (Alice, The Simpsons, Law Abiding Citizen). The film chronicles a young man’s rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women. “Bel Ami” hits theaters October 19, 2011. Click Here [ Read More ]...

Robert Pattinson photo: Bel Ami Bel Ami Film Box Office Pt.1 In the United Kingdom, the home country of Robert Pattinson and much of the Bel Ami cast and behind-the-scenes talent, Pattinson’s movie scored $1.14m. It’s no. 50 on the UK box-office chart. Relatively speaking, Bel Ami was a more modest performer in the UK, especially compared to Hollywood movies, e.g., War Horse grossed $29.57m, the Fox-distributed The Iron Lady $15.71m, Mirror Mirror $10.78m, and The Phantom Menace $8.23m as per Box Office Mojo. A handful of independent releases fared much better as well, particularly the aforementioned Daniel Radcliffe movie The Woman in Black, which took in a whopping $34.55m. Having said that, one must take into account that Bel Ami, unlike the vast majority of the more successful movies at the UK box office, has an “adult” theme. In fact, the Robert Pattinson film earned a “15″ certificate...