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Tom Waits in 'The Hobbit'?
3 December 2009 9:10 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Hobbit film rumors haven’t exactly been in short supply, but here’s a new one that sounds interesting: Internationally-recognized singer, songwriter, and actor Tom Waits could be joining the cast.
The news comes from AICN-Downunder, which reports from what sounds like a trusted source that Waits is someone the production is seriously considering. AICN-Downunder previously claimed Brian Cox would be playing a dwarf in The Hobbit, a rumor that has yet to be confirmed. So far, only Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving, and Andy Serkis are confirmed as being in the cast.
Waits has released a number of albums, and his music is known for incorporating blues, jazz, and vaudeville. In addition, his singing voice is distinctive: critic Daniel Durchholz once described it as sounding, "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car. »
Bifa 2009: Sir Michael Caine and Daniel Day Lewis to be honoured
3 December 2009 5:22 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Set up in 1998, The British Independent Film Awards aim to celebrate merit and achievement in independently funded British film, both to honour established British talent, and to promote emerging stars to a wider audience. This year's awards are held at The Brewery in Central London, and the extensive list of nominees documents what an incredible year British independent cinema has enjoyed - with Sir Michael Caine announced as the recipient of the prestigious Variety Award, celebrating his career which has spanned a staggering five decades; coinciding with his lead role in this year's Harry Brown. Daniel Day-Lewis will be honoured with the Richard Harris Award for Outstanding Contributor to British Film by an actor, and is described by the Bifa jury as 'one of the most exceptionally talented and enigmatic actors in the industry'. Debate has been rife as to who will be crowned victorious by the Bifa jury, with Katie Jarvis, »
- t5m
Arnold's Fish Tank and Jones' Moon Lead 2009 Bifa nominations
30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. - No surprises here with the noms for the 12th British Independent Film Awards as the overwhelming favorite Fish Tank grabbed a total of eight nominations, while a sci-fi film that looks big budget but was closer to shoestring in Duncan Jones' Moon placed second best in the noms tally with a total of seven. The major "snub" is that the committee of 70 were high on Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop and Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy (they all received 6 nominations) but failed »
- Ioncinema.com Staff
Spielberg's "Tintin" Ready For Rendering...
29 November 2009 6:19 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
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Principal photography has wrapped on director Steven Spielberg's upcoming feature "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn", with a rough assemblage of footage going to motion-capture techs/artists who will spend the next two years finishing the film.
Producer Peter "The Lord Of The Rings" Jackson confirmed that the film is now ready to be 'fully-rendered' for a 3D release, opening December 23, 2011.
First reported by Sneak Peek.Ca in an exclusive scoop November 2006, Spielberg's plan to adapt the "Tintin" adventures, specifically "The Secret Of The Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure" was greenlit January 2009, as the first of a series of 3D motion capture films based on the character created by Georges Remi, aka 'Herge'.
Actor Jamie Bell plays 'Tintin', a globe-trotting reporter and Daniel "James Bond" Craig is the villain pirate 'Red Rackham'.
The feature is being produced by Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Jackson, »
- SneakPeek.Ca
The life and times of Ian Dury | pop
28 November 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
He could be warm and witty... or cruel and obnoxious. But there was never any doubt he was a true artist. We recall the life and times of Ian Dury, now the subject of both a new film and biography
In Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, the new Ian Dury biopic, there is a scene that faithfully records the first time Dury met his songwriting partner, Chaz Jankel. It is May 1976 and the singer has just hobbled off stage after a particularly ramshackle London pub gig with his band of bedraggled misfits, Kilburn & the High Roads. The young, clean-cut Jankel strolls into the dressing room, grinning widely, and introduces himself. "Do I know you?" asks Dury, fixing him with a malevolent stare. "No," replies Jankel, still grinning. "Well do us a favour then," barks Dury, "and fuck off!"
Kilburn's guitarist Ed Speight convinced Jankel to return to the dressing room. In doing so, »
- Sean O'Hagan
Tintin's 3D adventures to land in 2011
24 November 2009 3:28 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Steven Spielberg's 3D adaptation of Tintin will take two years in post-production before it hits cinema screens, says producer Peter Jackson
Steven Spielberg's 3D adaptation of Tintin is in the can, but it will be another two years before anyone sees the film due to the amount of post-production work involved, Peter Jackson has said.
Work will now start on transforming the raw footage into a finished film, explained the Lord of the Rings director, who is taking a producing credit on the project.
In London to attend the Royal gala premiere of new film The Lovely Bones tonight, Jackson told the BBC: "Tintin is great. It's made. The movie is cut together and now [we] are turning it into a fully-rendered film. So the movie, to some degree, exists in a very rough state."
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, the first in a proposed trilogy, »
- Ben Child
Inside James Cameron's Head: Avatar, F-Bombs, and Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
23 November 2009 9:00 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron, a biography of the director by former Time magazine Hollywood correspondent Rebecca Keegan, starts with the director's ancestors in Scotland and takes readers through post-production on the much-ballyhooed Avatar. The book hits stores December 15, the week the movie is released. Keegan told FastCompany.com about the man behind the camera, his inventive use of the F-word, and why Avatar is unlike any movie you've ever seen.
Tell me how the concept of the book came about and what fascinated you about Cameron at the time.
I visited the Avatar set in early 2008 for Time, and it was like no other movie set I'd been on. Normally there are tons of people, costumes, makeup, and props--all on a grand scale. This just looked like a weird post-modern play because it was so spare--it was in a real warehouse, but only had the »
- Diane Mehta
Cox rumoured for 'Hobbit' dwarf
16 November 2009 1:44 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Brian Cox is reportedly being eyed for a role in The Hobbit. According to website Ain't It Cool News, the Bourne Supremacy star is a contender to play one of the 13 dwarves who accompany Bilbo Baggins on his quest to reclaim treasure taken by the dragon Smaug. Andy Serkis and Sir Ian McKellen, who starred in the Lord Of The Rings movies, are the (more) »
- By Simon Reynolds
The Hobbit Casting Rumors
15 November 2009 9:39 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
In their most recent edition of AICN-Downunder, Ain’t It Cool News included a small item which could be potentially big news for Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson’s upcoming films based on The Hobbit.
A project that’s been in development for a while and eagerly anticipated by a massive crowd of fans and moviegoers alike, The Hobbit has been engulfed in rumors when it comes to casting. So on that note, we have another possible rumor in the form of actor Brian Cox (X-Men 2, Troy, The Bourne Identity) being looked at by the producers as one of the thirteen dwarves in the adaptation.
This news comes on the heels of the John Rhys-Davies (Gimli from Lord of the Rings trilogy) interview with Empire where the talented actor flat out said he won’t be back to play the role of another dwarf, possibly Gimli’s father Gloin. »
- Rob Keyes
Director Guillermo del Toro is a total monster on set! (Or at least he will be in 'The Hobbit')
10 November 2009 5:17 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Guillermo del Toro is a world class film director, but apparently what he really wants to do is act...in intriciately designed monster make-up. The latest droplet of news dripping out of the seemingly forever-in-the-making world of The Hobbit (tentatively scheduled for a December 2011 release) is that del Toro has cast himself as an extra. But not just any extra-as a scary anonymous monster lurking in the background with other scary anonymous monsters. This, according to a recent interview on German TV. He elaborated in a recent post over at TheOneRing.net: "I had a hand on the design of »
- Jeff Jensen
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand! »
Moon, Fish Tank & An Education Lead the Bifa Nominations
27 October 2009 8:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The 12th annual British Independent Film Awards announced their nominations for the 2009 awards this morning and Duncan Jones’ Moon and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank lead the way with 7 and 8 nominations respectively.
Looking down the list, which you can find after the jump, the variety of talent being honoured here is truly astounding and shows the British Film Industry is very good health. Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop has a number of nominations for its cast and crew, Peter Capaldi and director Iannucci as well as a nomination for its exceptional script in Best Screenplay catergory.
One of my favourite films of the year, Lone Scherfig’s An Education, has a host of nominations for its script, actors and Scherfig herself as Best Director. The ceremony takes place on the 6th of December and HeyUGuys hope to on hand to help celebrate what has been as outstanding year for British film. »
- Jon Lyus
Bifa Nominees: Abbie Cornish, Michael Fassbender and More
27 October 2009 5:29 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Oh, agony! The British Independent Film Award nominations have arrived (in October? Damn that’s early) to serve up the dread reminder that there is no such thing as ‘day and date” releases outside of rare mega blockbusters. I suppose I should thank the celluloid cosmos. In a way the erratic nature of film distribution helps me to continue living my blissfully delusional life wherein I pretend that people would actually flock to more challenging higher quality international cinema if they only had access to it and could see it and talk about it at the same time. Isn’t this one reason that television is so popular? It’s communal. Movies are supposed to be communal but it doesn’t work out that way so much.
Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank
I have no idea when I’ll ever have a chance to see Fish Tank for example, which »
- NATHANIEL R
BIFAs Uncovers 2009 Nominees
26 October 2009 11:36 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Which movies are vying for the 12th annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been unraveled on Monday, October 26 at Soho House in London with the announcement of 2009 nominees. Receiving the most nods was "Fish Tank", an Andrea Arnold's drama that won the Jury Prize at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.
The movie revolving around the turbulent relationship a 15-year-old girl has with her mother and her new boyfriend has collected 8 nominations in total. Vying for the major categories including best British film, best director and best screenplay, it also placed its leading actress Katie Jarvis in competition for best actress and most promising newcomers.
Following behind "Fish Tank" with seven noms was Duncan Jones' sci-fi thriller "Moon". "An Education", "In the Loop" and "Nowhere Boy", in the meantime, gathered six counts each. Other movies with multiple nominations were "Bright Star" with four, "Katalin Varga" with three, and »
- AceShowbiz.com
Exclusive photos, director’s comments on Hepzibah
19 October 2009 1:16 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Director Robert Sigl, director of the Fango Video release School’S Out and the upcoming The Spider, sent along some exclusive pics and news on Hepzibah, a horror film he’s currently directing for German network ProSieben. The setting is “an ordinary town called Selmen which has become the bizarre scene of a most terrifying trend,” Sigl tells Fango.
“Seemingly happy girls are killing themselves on their 18th birthday,” he continues. “The video diaries of the dead girls lead our heroine Kirsten toward a dark secret hidden in the ruins of a medieval village recently rebuilt and reopened as a museum. An ancient curse has again surfaced, along with a ghostly figure seeking vengeance. Only three days remain for Kirsten to unravel the mystery before she herself turns 18, or she will become the next victim.”
Although made for German television, the film is being shot in English with leads Eleanor Tomlinson »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Three Years Ago Today, The Prestige...
16 October 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
...premiered in Hollywood. My how things have changed. Remember when we didn't know who Rebecca Hall (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) was or that Christopher Nolan would soon make one of the biggest hits of all time. Remember when people were still regularly talking about Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) and everyone was still hugely fond of Christian Bale? Good times.
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Things change so quickly in Hollywood. But then there's Hugh Jackman. Some things remain the same. Some gold never loses its lustre.
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- NATHANIEL R
Hobbit and Magneto Updates from Ian McKellen
14 October 2009 9:05 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Sir Ian McKellen spoke with Empire recently at the San Sebastian Film Festival where he gave updates on two high profile projects he’s regularly linked with.
First, the knighted actor addressed the status of the two Hobbit films scheduled for December 2011 and 2012. McKellen had already confirmed his involvement and Gandalf reprisal with a personalized request from director Guillermo del Toro and producer Peter Jackson. Though McKellen knows he’ll be returning to Middle Earth, he won’t sign any paperwork until the casting process officially starts.
“The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon,” McKellen said. “Then they’ll be budgeted, and then they’ll be cast. And they’ll be going when they’ve always said they would be, which is next spring – March or April.”
What about other cast members from the beloved trilogy?
“Unforunately, there won’t be many of the actors going back, »
- Jeff Leins
Sir Ian McKellen to spend 383 days filming The Hobbit!
14 October 2009 1:13 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Ian McKellen will spend 383 days filming 'The Hobbit'.
The Hollywood actor - who has signed up to reprise his role as wizard Gandalf in the 'Lord of the Rings' prequel - has been told he will be in front of the camera for over a year by director Guillermo de Toro.
He said: "The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon. Then they'll be budgeted, and then they'll be cast. And they'll be going when they've always said they would be, which is next spring - March or April.
Guillermo even told me at one point, 'We're going to film for 383 days.' He's got that artistic autism! Producer Peter Jackson's the same; they're very, very, very alike. They're also very different, but they've so much in common."
The 70-year-old star says he loves working with the "brilliant" moviemakers because of their enthusiasm and imagination. »
- Paul
Ian McKellen Talks Hobbits And Mutants
14 October 2009 12:16 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
…But not to us unfortunately! Sir Ian McKellen, Master of Magnetism and member of The Council of Elrond spoke to the lucky folks at Empire recently about the roles pertaining to my two geeky references – Magneto and Gandalf (the Grey).
First talking about The Hobbit, McKellen told the online mag that scripts would be handed out very soon, leading to more casting news from the film:
“The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon,” he revealed. “Then they’ll be budgeted, and then they’ll be cast. And they’ll be going when they’ve always said they would be, which is next spring – March or April. Guillermo even told me at one point, ‘We’re going to film for 383 days.’ He’s got that artistic autism! Jackson’s the same; they’re very, very, very alike. They also very different, but they’ve so much in common. »
- Craig Sharp
McKellen Talks Magneto and Hobbits
13 October 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
At the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain, Empire chatted with Sir Ian McKellen, who talked a bit about both 'The Hobbit' prequels and the anticipated 'Magneto' spin-off.
"The scripts for the two films will be delivered very soon," McKellen said of The Hobbit. "Then they'll be budgeted, and then they'll be cast. And they'll be going when they've always said they would be, which is next spring—March or April. Guillermo even told me at one point, 'We're going to film for 383 days.'"
McKellan dismissed the likelihood of other 'Lord of the Rings' cast members reprising their roles in the prequels. "Unfortunately, there won't be many of the actors going back," he said. "Unless they're going to put masks on and be disguised as dwarves! Andy Serkis is, at the moment, I think, the only other actor who's doing this film."
McKellen also touched upon X-Men Origins: Magneto, »
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