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Sir Links-a-Lot
6 hours ago | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Vanity Fair How the Fantastic Mr. Fox puppets were made. Cool slides
Boy Culture From Queer to Eternity
fourfour on Precious. I wish I'd read this days ago. Beautiful piece that will hopefully slap some people silly who have wanted to condemn this movie for existing.
Cinema Blend Romola Garai's Spider-Man surprise
Los Angeles Times good piece on Sir Ian McKellen (The Prisoner) on Gandalf, gay rights and Macbeth
The Auteurs looking back at Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans and seeing a conflict of movies within
In Contention Brenda Blethyn London River Fyc
Awards Daily Christian McKay Me and Orson Welles Fyc
Silly Hats Only remembers François Ozon's 8 Women
About this trailer to Leap Year, Amy Adams next romantic comedy...
I'm not one of those people who likes to trash romantic comedies, especially not before I've seen them. Like any genre it can contain brilliance as well as trash. »
- NATHANIEL R
Giveaway: 'The Prisoner' on Blu-ray and DVD
13 November 2009 10:59 AM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
Premiering this weekend on AMC is the re-imagining of the groundbreaking original British TV series The Prisoner. To celebrate the premiere and on behalf of A&E Home Entertainment, we're giving away a copy of the original "The Prisoner" on Blu-ray and DVD to 2 lucky winners of our contest! 1 Grand Prize winner will win The Prisoner on Blu-ray Disc. 1 Second Prize winner will get the series on DVD. Official Rules: Entering this contest is simple. You can enter twice a day by: 1. Using the form below to leave a comment about your favorite movie(s) featuring James Caviezel or Ian McKellen 2. Following us on Twitter (@buzzfocus) and Tweeting This. To enter, you have got to be 18 years of age, reside in the USA and provide your name and a valid email address (only used to contact winner) in the form below. The winner will be contacted via email or Twitter »
- Buzzfocus Staff
Blu-Ray Review: Stunning ‘The Prisoner’ Still Holds Viewer Interest Captive
13 November 2009 10:09 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Patrick McGoohan was ready to quit. After playing secret agent John Drake in over eighty episodes of the British TV show “Danger Man” (known in the Us as “Secret Agent”), McGoohan was clearly in need of a change. Luckily, his script editor George Markstein had a great idea up his sleeve. What if Drake suddenly resigned, and his employers wouldn’t let him go? What if they kidnapped Drake and sent him to a secret location where he couldn’t escape? Markstein was clearly inspired by the actual incidents during WWII where people were incarcerated and under constant surveillance in resort-like prisons. McGoohan loved the idea, and together they created one of the most astoundingly original and richly entertaining programs in television history in “The Prisoner,” recently released on Blu-Ray to coincide with the AMC remake starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
“The Prisoner” debuted in »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
'The Prisoner' Gets An Online Comic
13 November 2009 8:16 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »
With AMC's much-anticipated remake of "The Prisoner" premiering this weekend, the network has launched an online comic that promises to explore the secrets of the mysterious Village from the perspective of a new character.
While the looming debut of the miniseries has us all pretty intrigued around Splash Page HQ (we're big fans of the original 1960s series it's based on, and even bigger fans of the new series' stars, Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel), comic fans should take note of the online comic for more reasons than just its existence. The visuals for the online comic were provided by fan-favorite comic book artist Mitchell Breitweiser ("Captain America").
"The Prisoner" miniseries hits AMC November 15, but the first chapter of the online comic is live now. According to AMC, the plan is for the comic to span 10 chapters, with the next one arriving online after the finale of the TV »
- Rick Marshall
Review: Help! I’m Being Held Captive in the Six-Hour Mini-Series "The Prisoner"!
13 November 2009 8:09 AM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
***Warning*** This review contains some mild spoilers about AMC's The Prisoner.
You people owe me.
When people find out that I review movies and television for a living, they often say something like, “Wow, that’s some cushy deal – getting paid to watch TV for a living!”
What they don’t understand is that I often have to watch things that I’m not necessarily interested in, and I have to watch them all the way through, even if they stink.
Even if it’s a six-hour mini-series.
Such is the case with The Prisoner, AMC’s highly publicized remake of the classic and influential 1960s U.K. series about a man who finds himself being held captive in a mysterious “village” where everyone has a number rather than a name.
AMC's remake airs this Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights at 8 Pm. And it’s bad.
But most of you »
- Brent Hartinger
Previews: Don't get locked up with this Prisoner?
13 November 2009 6:35 AM, PST | doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news »
The Prisoner is one of my favorite shows. Balls out insanity, the original 1960s Sf/spy/allegory series blew my 14-year old mind away the first time I saw it. (It came on right after PBS repeats of Doctor Who. It was hours of strange-accented greatness.)
Earlier this year, AMC set out to remake this classic series, setting up Jim Caviezel as the hero of the story (Number Six) and Ian McKellan as the ongoing antagonist / villain / mysterious force (Number Two.) On paper, that's an awesome match-up, if for no other reason than Sir Ian alone. Given the themes of autonomy, surveillance and security -- cornerstones of the original series and issues of deep concern to us in our terrorist touched world -- the new take on The Prisoner should have a deep, rich metaphorical vein to mine. Plus, this time out, the story has a bunch of gay themes. »
Exclusive Interview: Ian McKellen (The Prisoner)
11 November 2009 11:56 PM, PST | TVStar | See recent TVStar news »
Everything is fair game for a remake these days, even something as iconic as The Prisoner (TV). At least with their re-imagining, AMC is going all out, delivering a lush six-episode series starring Jim Caviezel as Six -- the prisoner role played by Patrick McGoohan in the classic old show he created -- and Ian McKellen as Two, the enigmatic leader of The Village, from which newcomer Six seeks to escape. AMC will air the six episodes over three nights starting on Nov. 15. McKellen -- during a recent exclusive interview with PopStar -- told us that this new version of The Prisoner is most definitely not your grandpa's Prisoner. "The old one was about the preoccupations of the time and the idea of socialism, and it was Orwellian in a way," McKellen said. "I don't think there were any black faces in it. If you're going to tell that story »
- ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
Jim Caviezel: 'At Least I Had Thirty Years of Normality'
11 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »
As Jim Caviezel told me quite a few times last week, Hollywood's got a short memory, and an actor tends to be offered nothing but variations on his last big part -- a tall order, if that role was playing Jesus Christ. Since acting in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ in 2004, Caviezel hasn't necessarily been an easy actor to cast, and some of his larger projects -- like the sci-fi adventure Outlander, which was shunted off by the Weinstein Company -- haven't provided the big bump he hoped for. AMC's miniseries remake of The Prisoner, however, falls right into his wheelhouse: Not only is it getting a splashy, three-night release beginning in the spot just vacated by Mad Men, but Caviezel's role plays to his strengths, casting him as a lone man in a world that doesn't understand him (save for a few acolytes convinced by his »
AMC's Mini Series "The Prisoner" Premieres November 15
11 November 2009 12:50 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
The six part series "The Prisoner" starts on AMC on Sunday, November 15th at 8pm Et/Pt and stars Ian McKellen, Jim Caviezel, Hayley Atwell, Ruth Wilson, Lennie James and Jamie Campbell-Bower. The show is a reinterpretation of the 1960s cult series by Patrick McGoohan.
The show tells the story of a man's quest to recover and reclaim his former life and freedom. The show has an impressive cast with Jim Caviezel in the lead role of Six, two time Oscar nominee Ian McKellen as Two, Hayley Atwell as 4-15, Ruth Wilson in the role of 313 and Lennie James as 147. Other cast members include Rachael Blake as M2, the wife of Two, and Jamie Campbell Bower as 11-12, the son of Two.
"The Prisoner" will run over three consecutive nights with two episodes being shown each evening at 8pm starting November 15th. On the run up to the premiere of the mini-series, »
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
The Hollywood Links - 11/10/09
10 November 2009 4:32 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
- Rachel McAdams may be playing the Black Cat (above) in Spider-Man 4. Will she go with the ghost-white hair? - Mania.com
- The very cool poster for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam. - InContention.
- Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan, has arrived, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman, and is starting to receive well-deserved Oscar buzz. - Jeff Wells
- The Ladies of "The View" don't seem to know much about Sir Ian McKellen. The guy was both Gandalf and Magneto, dammit! Respect! (Thanks to Jay West for originally pointing it out.)- The Los Angeles Times
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- The Hollywood Interview.com
James Caviezel and Jamie Campbell Bower Talk About The Prisoner
10 November 2009 4:20 PM, PST | SciFiCool.com | See recent SciFiCool.com news »
Sometimes when an actor is interviewed for a movie or television show that is about to air, you can tell when they think the thing is actually really bad. Of course, pushing the show is something they are contractually required to do. Lying well is an art that takes time. In the case of James Caviezel and Jamie Campbell Bower, playing Six and Eleven and perhaps Twelve, when they say “The Prisoner” is really good, you can tell they speak the truth. Here’s an interview they did for San Diego television. They are true believers. “The Prisoner” also stars the triumphantly awesome Ian Mckellen and begins this Sunday on AMC. Thanks io9 for the scoop. »
- endymi0n
McKellen Vows To Fight For Gay Marriage
10 November 2009 4:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British actor Sir Ian McKellen has vowed to fight on in support of gay marriage in America - urging campaigners never to give up on the cause.
Same-sex marriages were made legal in the U.S. for the first time in California last year, but state legislation Proposition 8 ruled the unions illegal just six months after they were declared valid.
The political backtracking sparked anger amongst the gay community, and McKellen is adamant the fight must go on to ensure all citizens are granted the same basic rights.
He tells Los Angeles radio station Imru Radio, "We’re discovering who the enemy are, and I do think we do have an enemy. It means that everyone’s got to go on fighting. And in what way you fight, well, it depends who you are. You can write a letter, you can talk about it to your congressperson, you can talk to people in bars. Or you can go on marches, or you can go and break windows.” »
Robert Pattinson Would Love To Host 'SNL' -- If He Could Write Episode
10 November 2009 1:41 AM, PST | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »
'That would be fun, but, I think that's kind of against the protocol,' 'Twilight' star says.
Photo: MTV News
Drew Barrymore was 7 years old when she first hosted "Saturday Night Live." Macaulay Culkin was 11; Jodie Foster was 14, and Lindsay Lohan was 17. Heck, this past weekend, Taylor Swift reached an industry milestone when she hosted and appeared as a musical guest at the age of 19.
And the question Twilighters everywhere are asking — especially after last week's hilarious "Firelight" Digital Short — is why hasn't Robert Pattinson hosted "SNL" yet?
"I don't know what the actual details of it," the 23-year-old British heartthrob told MTV News, acknowledging the fans' increasingly vocal lobbying (including Web sites and petitions) for him to follow in the footsteps of everyone from Steve Martin to Justin Timberlake. "But I'm terrified of doing stuff like that."
Although the quirky, self-deprecating RPattz has shown »
Guillermo Del Toro Gives Himself a Monstrous Role in The Hobbit
9 November 2009 5:27 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Yes, you read that right, so stop rubbing your eyes and tell me - wouldn't you do the same thing if you were him? Despite a pretty solid ring of secrecy around the production, we know that Del Toro and team are deep into the development of their Hobbit movies. So far they've seemingly finished one screenplay and several creature designs, have hired Guillermo Navarro to shoot the film and have apparently come a long way in scheduling the production. On the showbizzier side of things, there's been some casting information escape from their closed, but not a great deal, and aside from the as-expected return of Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving and Andy Serkiss, the only juice we've had so announced far is a vague promise of something for Doug Jones in the movie. Nothing on the new roles at all, much less Bilbo himself. After the break, the details »
- Brendon Connelly
An Actor's Link For Me
9 November 2009 11:15 AM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Big Picture There's not enough movies in the world to support Nicolas Cage's $$$ habits
Antagony... Introducing... Ingrid Bergman
Movies Kick Ass is excited about Gwyneth Paltrow joining Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl. I never believe these casting dealios until movies actually start filming. I mean, what will become of Goop if Gwynnie decides to make movies again?
Cinematical appreciates the grace and wit of Ian McKellen on... The View
Coming Soon Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan movie, a thriller about a ballerina (!) , keeps sounding more interesting: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis will now be joined by Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder (double yay!)
Just Jared Reeve Carney, Broadway's new Spider-Man
Did you have any film or television adventures over the weekend? I was mostly layed out with a bad back (i.e. painful but golden opportunity to watch movies) but I did waddle to a Mad Men party last »
- NATHANIEL R
Guillermo del Toro Talks ‘Hobbit’ Monsters [Updated]
9 November 2009 11:09 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
[Update: Word is that del Toro himself will be playing a creature in the film!]
Guillermo del Toro (director of Hellboy and Blade II) dished to Total Film in a 10-page Q&A about his forthcoming movie adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. For those of you who somehow missed the phenomenon of Peter Jackson’s Lord of The Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit is a prequel to The Fellowship of the Ring (aka the first movie in Lotr), also written by Tolkien. There’s been some excitement around the question of what del Toro will do with the monsters in The Hobbit and he had this to say about the most anticipated beast in the bunch, Smaug, the dragon who sleeps on the vast treasure sought after by the film’s lead, Bilbo Baggins:
“I think one of the designs I’m the proudest of is Smaug. Obviously he took the longest. Early in production I came up with a very strong idea that »
- Scott Miller
AMC News at The Prisoner Premiere
9 November 2009 10:10 AM, PST | amctv.com - AMC News: Opening Night | See recent amctv.com - AMC News: Opening Night news »
Last week I was in New York to catch up with the cast of the new AMC series The Prisoner, a modern-day take on the 60's cult-classic TV show which starred Patrick McGoohan. This time around, it's Jim Caviezel as Six, the prisoner, and Sir Ian McKellen as Two, the man who runs The Village where the story takes place.
There are so many layers and mysteries to the story that McKellen had a hard time breaking it down for me without giving too much away. In fairness, I was probably too curious after having watched the first episode. McKellen said his friends had the same reaction after the premiere screening in New York last Tuesday.
McKellen insists that the simple questions the story raises are ultimately answered in the six-hour miniseries. "What is this place, who is running it, and why?" he asked. "In answering those questions, the story »
Sr Picks [Video]: X-Men Origins: Magneto Concept Trailer
8 November 2009 8:03 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
One of the many potential X-Men movies pushed into early development after X-Men 3: The Last Stand was an origins solo film for the master of magnetism, Magneto, played of course by the talented sir Ian McKellen in the X-Men trilogy.
I was always skeptical of a Magneto origins film, thinking it wouldn’t be as bankable as many projects touted, but this trailer (using X-men trilogy scenes and Star Trek music) does make it seem pretty epic. That being said, a lot of that awesomeness comes from the music.
Check out this fan-made concept trailer by YouTube user silverlightsaber after the jump.
The only issue here is that it presents Magneto when he’s older and we know the origin film would have to be about him when he’s young, learning his powers, defining his beliefs, working with professor X to start the school, build cerebro, etc. This »
- Rob Keyes
Ian McKellen on The View: Will He be Back as Dumbledore?
8 November 2009 3:19 PM, PST | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »
Ian McKellen appeared on The View last week to promote AMC's upcoming mini-series The Prisoner. After a tense exchange about British health care with a typically-uninformed Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi asked if the actor would be back in Harry Potter. "Maybe if I were Michael Gambon," Sir Ian said. But a chagrined Whoopi later made up for the embarrassing gaffe by asking a cheeky, but long-overdue Lord of the Rings-related question: will we ever see a black hobbit? McKellen also mentioned that he has not yet signed a contract for The Hobbit.
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