Print this articleBiographical films are always difficult to appreciate, never know where the fiction really starts but I find that this transmits of fact the atmosphere lived for the artist. Nobody is indifferent to the installment of Jamie Foxx. I liked immense this film! Excellent interpretation of Jamie Fox, and clearly, good a sonorous band TM. For me, one of the best films of 2004.
Fantastic the interpretation of the Jamie Foxx. It is perceived why it gained oscar of better main actor. The sonorous band, clearly, is of optimum. Ray Charles to forever! surprising it is the definition that I give to the simply shining interpretation of jamie foxx…! in my opinion he had many spectacular interpretations in the films that vi throughout still the my short life, as anthony hopkins in silence of the innocents or exactly more recently johnny depp in pirates of Caribbean but as this never had seen… this equal jamie foxx… the film valley over all for the interpretation but also they will count to a enriquecedor content… if ray charles had chance to see this movie.. certainly was not disillusioned;)
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I love movies, music and much more.
In the site http://www.unicornsightings.com, it has a great variety to featured musicians and independent filmmakers.
Beyond of documentaries, extreme sports, comedies, dramas, tv series, and more.....
In the blog http://www.unicornsightings.com, to exist regular updates.
My preferred bands are the U2 and Coldplay, and that already see these bands in live in two concerts and I love. Musics of the U2 are softer, good verses, for calm people. The Coldplay is musics to move the helmet, good chords in the guitar that make great sonorous and that they make a person to vibrate with its musics.
Musics U2: Vertigo, Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own, Elevation
Musics Coldplay: Twisted Logic, Speed of Sound, The Hardest Part, Fix You, Square One
I of these songs that I mentioned I would choose certainly the song " Fix You" of the Coldplay, because it is a great sound and it is in the ear of the people, and would hear music every day, adores exactly. and in the film; You, Me and Dupree incases exactly well.
In the Unicorn Sightings blog, the posts more interesting is about music promotion.
The blog Unicorn Sightings is a good blog about reviews of the movies and music.
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Of this film we can evidence a fact, a great cast does not make a great film (nor little more or less). A disillusion, exactly weak. Film that gluts and annoys, far from being a comedy, serves simply to walk great actores that cannot be become enlarged more than what the limited personages allow… How duller film! One nódoa authentic only compensated with half dozen of interesting moments. One has filmed one bocadinho drying with a in such a way or how much absurd history. It has a good cast.
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Film about Jimmy Hoffa's alleged killer
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And movie news doesn’t come much more substantial than the reteaming of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, does it?
The dream team – the guys who made (deep breath) Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King Of Comedy, New York, New York, Cape Fear, Goodfellas and Casino together – haven’t worked together since 1995. Since then, there have been flirtations – most notably on The Winter Of Frankie Machine (which De Niro is now set to make with Michael Mann) – but nothing concrete.
But now, the duo look set to work together again on the Paramount crime flick, I Heard You Paint Houses. Huzzah, hurrah, hurray!
The movie will be based on a book by Charles Brandt, a writer who befriended an Irish hitman called Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (told you he was Irish) before he died in 2004. Sheeran confessed a number of killings to Brandt including, so it’s claimed, the dismemberment of the famous missing Teamster boss, Jimmy Hoffa.
But Sheeran was also reported to have killed around 25 people while working for the Mob (the book’s title is taken from hitman slang for blood splatter on walls).
Sounds like typical Scorsese/De Niro territory to us, but we’re sure that the duo can find something new to mine here.
It’s early days yet – De Niro has signed on as Sheeran, but Scorsese has just brought on Steven Zaillian to adapt the book into a screenplay. So it could be a couple of years before anything happens with this – but we’re hopeful.
Scorsese has, of course, forged a fruitful working relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio over the last few years (four movies and counting!), but the sparks he creates in tandem with De Niro are special. They’re more than special – they’re cinema history, and we can’t wait to see those sparks fly again.
Scorsese will produce the movie, along with De Niro and his producing partner, Jane Rosenthal.
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Philip signs for Mary & Max
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Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed on for one of the lead roles in Australian claymation film Max & Mary, opposite Toni Collette. It's the story of pen pals, one in Australia and one in the US, whose friendship grows over a 20 year period.
The film is narrated by Barry "Dame Edna" Humphries, with cameos from Eric Bana, singer Renee Geyer and Aussie music star Ian "Molly" Meldrum, as well as roles for Julie Forsyth and John Flaus (Ron in the wonderful The Dish).
Forsyth and Flaus previously starred for writer-director Adam Elliot, and producer Melanie Coombs, on their 2003 short Oscar winner Harvie Krumpet, so we're guessing there's some loyalty casting here. In any case, Seymour Hoffman's never less than good, and claymation of such a real-life subject should be something to see, so consider this officially Interesting.
Source: EmpireOnlineJack Black and Angelina Jolie to return
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Yesterday, it was announced that the Aibel/Berger combo would be writing an action comedy vehicle for their Kung Fu Panda star, Black, in which he would play an amnesiac who thinks he’s a top secret agent.
And today, DreamWorks Animation confirmed that they’ll also be reteaming on Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel to this year’s unexpected smash hit.
The visually stunning and surprisingly funny CG comedy grossed over $600 million at the worldwide box office this summer – and so it seemed only a matter of time before a sequel was confirmed. And lo, it’s already marked out a date: June 3, 2011.
There’s no word yet on plot details, but Black has been confirmed to return as the lovable protagonist, Po, while Angelina Jolie – who voiced Tigress – is also set to come back. Deals haven’t yet been concluded for the rest of the first film’s voice talent, including Dustin Hoffman (Shifu), Jackie Chan (Monkey) and Seth Rogen (Mantis), but we’d expect them to come on board officially very soon.
With Mark Osborne and John Stevenson moving onto other projects. Jennifer Yu Helson will move up to assume sole directorial responsibility for the film, which will be released in 3D.
We’ve got mixed feelings about this, to be honest. We really liked the first one – it was an enormous and very welcome surprise – and we hope that this sequel can deliver on the quirky characters, and astonishing action setpieces of the original, and that it’s not just a cynical cash-in that will milk the franchise dry. But – hey! – when has Hollywood ever done that?
Source: EmpireOnline
Destruir Depois de Ler A inteligência é relativa. Um ex-agente da CIA (John Malkovich) decide escrever as suas memórias documentando segredos do governo, após ter sido despedido. A sua ex-mulher (Tilda Swinton) decide, durante as partilhas do divórcio, roubar-lhe o disco que contém o único exemplar do manuscrito. Por engano, esse disco cai nas mãos de dois empregados sem escrúpulos que trabalham num ginásio (Brad Pitt e Frances McDormand) e que tencionam explorar ao máximo a sua descoberta, vendendo a informação de forma a poder pagar uma cirurgia plástica. A CIA envia um agente (George Clooney) para resolver o assunto custe o que custar.
Realização: Ethan Coen e Joel Coen
Com: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Lenny Venito
Site oficial: Burn After Reading
Género: Comédia
Distribuição: Castello Lopes Multimédia
Classificação: M/12
EUA/R. Unido/França, 2008
96 min
Data de estreia: 2 de Outubro de 2008
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Yella Yella é jovem, bela e ambiciosa. Em troca de uma nova vida, ela decide deixar para trás a sua cidade perdida, o seu emprego pobre e o seu casamento falhado. A rapariga torna-se assistente de Phillip, um jovem executivo que decide apostar nela. A perspectiva de conseguir tudo o que sempre sonhou é perturbada por estranhos acontecimentos. Festival Internacional Berlim 2007 Prémios de Cinema Alemão 2008 - Melhor Actriz Prémios dos Críticos de Cinema Alemão 2008:
Apesar da pouca experiência, Yella logo descobre que tem habilidade para lidar com o mundo dos negócios e vislumbra um futuro promissor com Phillip.
O seu psicótico ex-marido volta para a assombrar, trazendo à luz verdades incómodas sobre o passado.
Urso de Prata Melhor Actriz - Nina Hoss
Prémio Melhor Montagem - Bettina Bohler
Em Competição para o Urso de Ouro
Melhor Fotografia
Melhor Filme
Realização: Christian Petzold Com: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaussner, Barbara Auer Título original: Yella Género: Drama/Romance/Thriller Distribuição: Atalanta Filmes Classificação: M/16 Alemanha, 2007 89 min Data de estreia: 2 de Outubro de 2008
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Quando Viste o Teu Pai, Pela Última Vez? Entre pai e filho há sempre uma história para ser contada. Um pai e um filho. O passado e o presente. Memórias e segredos. Será possível conhecer alguém, uma vida inteira … e afinal não o conhecer de todo? A vida de um pai. Através da jornada de um filho. Arthur Morrison (Jim Broadbent) e a sua mulher Kim (Juliet Stevenson) são médicos de clínica geral no mesmo consultório no centro de Yorkshire Dales. Blake tem 40 anos, é casado e tem dois filhos. Um autor estabelecido que tem de enfrentar o facto de o seu pai ser um doente em fase terminal. Aqui a essência da relação entre pai e filho é expressada através de flashbacks durante a adolescência de Blake – umas férias de família, uma atrapalhada ligação amorosa com a ama – em que o desajeitado e introvertido Blake é constantemente esmagado pelas atitudes atiradiças do seu Pai e pela sua necessidade de ser o centro das atenções. Também existem memórias felizes e ternas. “Anand Tucker não tem a necessidade de recorrer a artifícios, ao invés deixa Colin Firth, e especialmente Jim Broadbent, cativar-nos com actuações maravilhosamente vívidas.” - BBC – Stella Papamichael “É certamente um filme comovente, e muitos acharão o exame minucioso da relação pai-filho particularmente catártica e reflexiva.” - Time Out – Dave Calhoun “Este filme de Anand Tucker é profundamente sentido, merece ser visto.” - Guardian – Peter Bradshaw Nomeado para os British Independent Film Awards nas categorias: Melhor Filme, Melhor Realizador (Anand Tucker), Melhor Actor Secundário (Colin Firth), Melhor Actor (Jim Broadbent), Melhor Argumento (David Nicholls)
Têm duas crianças, Gillian (Claire Skinner) e Blake (Colin Firth), o mais velho, na perspectiva de quem a história é contada.
Mas quando ele e a sua família são confrontados com a realidade do cancro de Arthur, Blake é forçado a reconciliar-se com o passado…
Realização: Anand Tucker
Com: Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Julie Stevenson, Gina Mckee, Sarah Lancashire
Site Oficial: And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Género: Drama/Thriller
Distribuidora: Lusomundo
Classificação: M/12
R.Unido/Irlanda, 2007
92 min
Data de estreia: 2 de Outubro de 2008
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A Promessa O realizador chinês Chen Kaige regressa com este filme ao universo mágico do oriente, para contar um romance épico de uma beleza inimaginável. Uma rapariga órfã procura comida entre os corpos de soldados num campo de batalha. O filho do comandante das tropas apanha-a a roubar e oferece-lhe um acordo: se ela concordar em ser sua escrava, ele deixa-a ficar com o que ela encontrou. Pouco depois, a deusa Manshen aparece-lhe e diz-lhe que a mãe morreu. Ela vai ter uma vida pomposa, a sua beleza será reconhecida por todos e será adorada e venerada pelos mais poderosos. A jovem aceita.
A rapariga aceita mas a quebra a promessa de imediato, fugindo com a comida, à procura da mãe.
Faz-lhe também uma fantástica proposta.
Em troca de um pequeno sacrifício: vai perder todos os homens que amar.
Realização: Chen Kaige
Com: Jang Donmg-Kun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse
Site oficial: The Promise
Género: Acção/Drama/Romance
Distribuição: NLC
Classificação: M/12-Q
China, 2008
128 min
Data de estreia: 2 de Outubro de 2008
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A Promessa Quando Viste o Teu Pai, Pela Última Vez? Yella Destruir Depois de LerThree hundred men with abs — that should have been the title.
That or 604 Nipples.
Another good one would have been 780 Decapitations.
Fifteen Hundred Stabbings would have done the trick, too.
Whatever you want to call it, 300 was a total homage to the hard-as-fuck badass, and Corey Hart should be kicking himself for missing the opportunity to license Never Surrender as the Spartan theme song.
No matter — that song is way too pussy to be the soundtrack as highly trained Spartan warriors execute everything that moves and a bunch of dudes who were too scared to move and then ended up eating the pointy end of a spear.
But seriously, these Spartan killing machines never fucking quit — not when they’re outnumbered 10,000 to 1, not when they’re fighting a 12-foot-tall troll, and not in the middle of a killer ab workout led by King Leonidas, who is the most badass of them all.
Leonidas likes to get it on with his totally hot queen, but he seems to be way happier when he’s penetrating someone’s skull with his spear or maybe stabbing someone in the eye with a dagger.
Well, Xerxes and the Persians had it coming. You just don’t come to Sparta and then start a pissing contest with the guys with the biggest dicks in Europe. That’s just a bad idea, and it’ll get you nothing but a trip to the bottom of a well.
More time certainly could have been spent on Xerxes, the eight-foot-tall Persian god-king who seems to know how to throw one hell of an orgy and has a bit of a gold fetish.
I don’t know. If I’m Leonidas maybe I head over to Xerxes’ tent to talk about the whole subservience-to-Persia thing for a while, maybe while getting head. Then, after doing most of the god-king’s concubines about twice each, Leonidas could get up, clean himself off, do one more concubine for good measure and tell Xerxes to piss off.
Leonidas and his Spartans would still get to make mountains of corpses, which clearly gives them hard-ons, but at least Leonidas would have made his decision with all the available info.
And who knows? A really bitchin’ orgy might have changed his mind.
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This film is on the war in Iraq and of its consequences in North American youth. I call the attention: - For the bundle sent for the son to the father. (He means in mine to understand the death, considered for the proper one, of the son that the father had created.) - For the way as the crime he was committed, almost by chance. (He means for me the amoralism that the soldiers acquire in that war.) - For the attempt of the army in stifling the subject. - For the arrival of the new he enlists. (The war continues…) - For the end of the film with placing of the flag in contrast and the meaning that this has as it is explained in the film. One has filmed not to lose! Of the best ones of 2008. It arrests of the beginning to the end. I recommend clearly to see. It is a demasiadamente serious film to pass unobserved. It not only portraies us the psychic and social devastações of the war, as over all the occult side of America in its some sources: the melancholy of if being alone with a sea of people to the return, if speaking without being heard or not revealing that it is loved therefore can be interpreted as a weakness signal. Who is Golias and who is David? A work of art this film!
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Harsh Times was one of the surprises of the year!
One film that takes in them to the world of it I vitiate of the crime and drugs impersonatied in the odyssey of a man that does not obtain to leave its enormous nightmare of the life, its marks of the military operations that had passed! E this, very interpreted well for Christian Bale, with Freddy Rodriguez to make a good representation of its non-separable friend Without a doubt interesting and different, something that never was seen in innovative cinema…! It is this that if asks for in the cinema! 5* Harsh Teamses is a film with good moments of share, drama, violence and mood. Christian Bale is spectacular as always! I recommend to all the ones that like intense films.
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Di Caprio and Winslet, together again
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Reuniting the Titanic team of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, it's based on Richard Yates' 50s-set novel about a young couple who yearn to break out of their middle-class existence and experience something of life but circumstance conspires to keep them stuck in suburbia.
Appearing to deal with similar themes to Mendes' own American Beauty, it's all looking rather lush and dramatic. Click here to take a gander at the trailer.
Revolutionary Road is set to be released on January 30, 2009.
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Starring in Betty Anne Waters
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That inspiring true story – which is not only inspiring, but also true – concerns the eponymous Betty, a high school dropout who put herself through law school – all the while she worked as a waitress and brought up her kids – with the intention of proving that her brother had been jailed for a crime he didn’t commit.
It all sounds a little too much like an unofficial remake of Erin Brockovich to us, but it’s a true (and inspiring) story, after all, so we doff our caps to Waters for having the tenacity to take on the system and secure justice for her brother.
Tony Goldwyn, who has stuck with the project through thick and thin for seven years and watched it evolve from a Universal/Working Title vehicle for Naomi Watts into its current Swanky incarnation, will finally get the chance to call ‘action!’, ‘cut!’, ‘check the gate!’ and whatever else it is that directors shout, when the movie starts filming in Michigan come January. Pamela Gray wrote the script, while Omega Entertainment will fund and distribute worldwide.
As for Swank’s interest… well, those Oscars for Million Dollar Baby and Boys Don’t Cry need some company. And going down this route worked wonders for Julia Roberts… so don’t be surprised to see our Hilary in the Oscar reckoning come early 2010…
Source: EmpireOnline
From the writers of Kung Fu Panda
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Well, not really. They share the same initials, and there the similarities end.
But Black has signed on to an untitled action comedy that is, essentially, a comedy version of The Bourne Identity. So, imagine Empire’s Bourne In 60 Seconds video, add about 90 minutes longer, some actual jokes and talented actors, and you’re on the right path.
In the new comedy – which is set up at Universal, home of the Bourne franchise – Black will play an amnesiac American who washes up on Cuban shores and gradually becomes convinced that he’s a super-efficient secret agent. The reality, though, is very different. Hilarity ensues etc. etc.
As a pitch, we like it a lot and think it could be a role tailor-made for Black’s comedic stylings. It’s almost as if it was written for him by two guys who spent a lot of time with him in the last year or so – and hey, guess what…?
Yes, the film has been written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who wrote Kung Fu Panda, and so have plenty of experience writing for Black’s unique voice. But that’s not why we’re excited about this. We’re excited because Kung Fu Panda also featured some incredibly innovative action sequences, and if Aibel and Berger can repeat that here, then they should be on to a winner.
Universal picked up the pitch from Aibel and Berger for a cool seven-figure sum. Black will produce through his Electric Dynamite company, along with his partner Ben Cooley.
So, readers? Excited about this? Worried that it will be a straight spoof of Bourne? Or do you just want to see Kung Fu Panda 2? Leave your thoughts below.
Source: EmpireOnline
Another Way To Die now online
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Well, it's here at last - the official video for the Bond Song, Another Way To Die, by Alicia Keys and Jack White that will accompany the 22nd Bond film, Quantum of Solace (cause that was hard to rhyme probably).
The video shows White and Keys roaming the traditional featureless Bond landscape, although with more wavy lines and less naked silhouettes than usual. He's in a disheveled tux, but still looks like an extra from a Tim Burton movie rather than a Bond one, while she's in not one but two rather boring and unflattering black dresses with a too-tight French plait on her head. Still, the song's a grower, and there is a Bond-y moment at the end, so that's alright then.
Click below to see the full thing.
Source: EmpireOnline
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This news is so hot off the press that our fingers are burning. As these very words are being typed, a London press conference for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is confirming that Jude Law has been cast as Dr Watson, Kelly Reilly as his love interest Mary, and Mark Strong as villain Blackwood.
Rather more handsome and a hell of a lot younger than the middle-aged, moustachioed Watson of legend, Law’s casting alongside Robert Downey Jr (as Sherlock Holmes) confirms that Ritchie’s version will be a sexier, edgier and more action-tastic take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s greatest creation. We're also told that this Watson will be no bumbler, Downey Jr. emphasising his background as a military surgeon and war veteran.
Also added to the cast roster is Kelly Reilly who will be playing Mary, Watson’s love interest (the self-same Miss Mary Morstan who became the good doctor’s wife after the mysterious events of The Sign Of Four), who causes tension between Watson - who wants to marry her - and Holmes - who resents her competition for Watson's affections.
Also at the press conference, we asked whether there is yet another bad guy yet to be announced, in addition to Blackwood and Adler (perhaps a certain Professor Moriarty?). The cast remained tight-lipped (although Downey Jr grinned broadly) and producer Lionel Wigram simply declined to answer at this point. Which we're taking as a strong suggestion that there may be another nemesis to come.
But then secrecy was the word of the day. Ritchie would not confirm whether Holmes will don the traditional deerstalker, or even if he'll wear tweed, and stayed quiet on plot details. He did tell us that the production will be shooting in the Victorian streets of London and Liverpool, and that scenes will be shot in Freemason's Hall (where the press conference took place) and at St. Paul's Cathedral.
Producer Joel Silver also confirmed that the film will be a PG-13 (so bye-bye, scenes of Holmes taking cocaine). Everyone involved referenced the fact that this will be an action-packed Holmes, but emphasised that all his abilities, including bare-knuckle boxing and martial arts expertise, are sourced from Conan Doyle's books.
Source: EmpireOnlineTaken's Pierre Morel looking to direct
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After the box-office success of Taken last week, Pierre Morel is already looking to nail down new projects - so he's in talks to direct Hunter-Killer, a new action film from Relativity Media.
Based on the as-yet unpublished book Firing Point by novelist Don Keith and retired submariner George Wallace, the story sees a US submarine captain team up with some Navy SEALS to rescue the Russian President and prevent a renegade admiral from attempting a coup. So like The Hunt for Red October but with more Navy SEALS - which has got to be a good thing.
Keith and Wallace wrote another novel called Final Bearing starring a SEAL commander called Bill Beaman and a submarine commander called Jonathan Ward, so we're guessing it might be the same characters - but since we can find no independent evidence of Firing Point's existence online, that's all we got.
Arne Schmidt wrote the screenplay, and the producers include action supremo Neal Moritz. Let's hope it's as good as Red October.
Source: EmpireOnline
George Lucas' long-awaited WWII movie
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And that director is… Anthony Hemingway.
We’ve known for some while that Lucas wouldn’t be directing the movie, which tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, who became the first African-American fighter pilots in military history, even though he’s been developing it since 1989.
But his choice of director comes as something of a surprise. Hemingway is an accomplished TV director – he’s helmed episodes of ER, Heroes and The Wire – but Red Tails (so named after the red-painted tails of the Tuskegee aircraft) will be his first movie.
Of course, there will be those who cynically suggest that Lucas has hired a first-timer who can be easily controlled. But the Star Wars guru has a track record of making leftfield choices of director – Richard Marquand, anyone? – and also of encouraging young talent. We’re pretty sure that he wouldn’t entrust a project this dear to his heart to just anyone.
"Anthony came to it with such a fresh eye, such a degree of enthusiasm, such a commitment, that it helped illuminate a lot of areas of the story that we would like to take advantage of," said Lucas’ long-time producer, Rick McCallum, who will share duties on this movie with Charles Floyd Johnson. Lucas himself, if you’re wondering, will executive produce.
Now that Hemingway is on board, the movie’s writer, John Ridley, will take another pass at the script. The plan is to start shooting in March of next year, in Prague, Italy, Croatia and England. The budget is around $35 million.
Casting for the film has begun, with Alexa L. Fogel – who cast The Wire – overseeing the hiring of the principal group of twentysomething African-Americans who made up a squadron that not only had to fight German enemies, but racism within their own army.
“This is an incredible moment in a tiny period of history,” added McCallum, “of a group of extraordinary college-educated kids, all 21-22 years old, who all they cared about was serving their country.”
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London's other movie fest kicks off
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Kicking off today and running until October 12, the 16th Raindance Film Festival is gearing up for its biggest year yet.
The movie fest which boasts director Ken Loach as its patron will be hosting 75 features and over 100 shorts, alongside a host of live events, exclusive Q&As and masterclasses.
The big guns book-ending the fortnight long cinematic shindig include the UK premiere of Choke, based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel (screening tonight), and the World premiere of Mark Tonderai’s directorial debut Hush (October 12).
Among the stars and cult icons making an appearance at Raindance will be Anjelica Huston, Faye Dunaway, Michelle Ryan and the legend that is Corey Feldman.
Screenings to keep a eye out for include Richard Ayoade's (aka Dean Lerner from Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) directorial debut Arctic Monkeys At The Apollo and Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's Gunnin For That #1 Spot, among many others.For the full festival programme and ticket information, go to www.raindance.co.uk
Source: EmpireOnlineSuperhero flick to shoot next spring
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For comic book fans who were beginning to worry that DC was flagging behind Marvel in the movie adaptation stakes, news reaches us from First Showing that the long mooted Green Lantern flick is finally scheduled to start shooting in Spring 2009.
Producer Donald De Line, has revealed that a new draft of The Green Lantern has been turned in, and while nothing is “confirmed” they’re “gearing up to start shooting early spring.”
Now that's quite an acceleration in production, particularly with no stars or director yet attached, but DC is riding high from the success of The Dark Knight and can surely pull out any number of big guns to make this revelation a reality.
For those of you not versed in the DC 'verse, the Green Lantern corps are a universe-protecting force granted power rings which gives them greater control over the physical world (as long as their will power remains strong). The comic book canon has seen a number of Green Lanterns come and go and come back again so which character will make it to the big screen is anyone's guess.
We'll obviously give you all the latest info as we get it but in the meantime, which Green Lantern incarnation would you like to see hitting the big screen and who should play them?
Source: EmpireOnline