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Cheadle & Gleeson Join Forces For 'The Guard'

29 October 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Principal photography for a new Irish comedy thriller, 'The Guard', has commenced in Spiddal, Co. Galway. The feature is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (Ned Kelly) and stars Brendan Gleeson (Into the Storm) and Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda). Announced today by Martin Cullen Td, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, the film sees Emmy winner Brendan Gleeson playing an unorthodox Irish policeman who joins forces with Don Cheadle's straitlaced FBI agent in a bid to take on an international drug-smuggling gang. Other Irish acting talents featured includes Ifta winners Liam Cunningham (Hunger), Fionnula Flanagan (Lost, Transamerica), Pat Shortt (Garage) and David Wilmot (Intermission, The Clinic). Director of photography for the project is Larry Smith (Eyes Wide Shut) and production designer is John-Paul Kelly (Venus). 'The Guard's costume designer is Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Brideshead Revisted) and the film's editor is Chris Gill (28 Days Later). »

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Three More Actors Join Political Drama The Whistleblower

21 October 2009 5:28 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

At the risk of sounding uneducated, I'll admit only within the past couple years did I become aware of the term "whistleblower" as well as the sort of subgenre in drama focusing on the brave characters who dare to take down powerful people and organizations. Variety reports that Monica Belluci (Shoot 'Em Up), David Strathairn (The Bourne Ultimatum) and Vanessa Redgrave (Venus) are joining Rachel Weisz (The Brothers Bloom) in the true story of a policewoman who uncovers an international scandal in a film called, aptly, The Whistleblower. The film is a Canadian-German co-production in partnership with Barry Films. The film, which begins shooting in Romania next week directed by Larysa Kondracki, highlights a scandal involving both American contractors and the United Nations in postwar Bosnia. While Weisz is playing the title character Kathryn Bolkovac, a U.N. peacekeeper whom co-writers Ellis Kirwan and Larysa Kondracki (making her directorial debut »

- Ethan Anderton

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Trailer - SXSW Prize Winner 'That Evening Sun'

19 October 2009 6:48 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Hal Holbrook has spent 55 years in movies and TV, and yet, he had to wait until he was nearly 82 to earn an Academy Award nomination. Though it's doubtful he'll break through for his second acting nomination in two years - following a supporting nod for his heartbreaking work in Sean Penn's Into the Wild - Holbrook is getting rave reviews for his work in That Evening Sun.

It isn't beyond comprehension that he could wind up in that category; Peter O'Toole made a charge with Venus a couple years ago...but he's Peter O'Toole. Last year, Richard Jenkins bucked the odds to wind up in that category, and there's little doubt That Evening Sun would need a similar kind of grass roots campaign to vault Holbrook into a category that will almost certainly containg Day-Lewis, Freeman, and/or Clooney.

But there is room among the five. Colin Firth is »

- Colin Boyd

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Legendary Irish actor Peter O'Toole out of work and frustrated (IrishCentral)

25 September 2009 8:06 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »

Peter O'Toole, one of Ireland's legendary thespians and bon vivant, is feeling a bit antsy lately because he cannot find any work. The 77-year-old star, who has been nominated eight times for an Oscar and was awarded an honorary golden statue in 2003, was slated to appear in three movies this year, but after funding fell through for all projects, he has been left out of a job and is a bit miffed. "You cannot say, 'I'm going to be in a film in two or three months,' because the thing can fall apart two weeks beforehand," O’Toole told Tim Walker of Britain's Telegraph. "There isn't enough funding. I was meant to be in three films this year and none of them came off. It's frustrating." It is encouraging to hear that O'Toole is eager to find roles, as some of his recent work has been most impressive.  The »

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Good coming to UK DVD this August

20 August 2009 2:43 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

We have just received info from Lionsgate Home Entertainment that they are intending to release Good on DVD in the UK from August 31st, 2009.

Good is a thrilling and thought-provoking World War II drama (based on the acclaimed Cp Taylor play) which uses one man's moral decline to express the fate of 1930s Germany. Good is directed by Vicente Amorim and features electric performances from Viggo Mortensen, "outstanding" The Hollywood Reporter, (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter franchise, Peter Pan, Event Horizon) and Jodie Whittaker (Venus, St. Trinian's).

Click through for the DVD box-art.

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- Paul

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Patrick Wilson Gets His Funny On

16 April 2009 2:10 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

With shooting scheduled to start in New York next month, the already heavyweight cast of the sniggertastically-titled Morning Glory has gained another talented thesp, with Patrick Wilson signing up for the Paramount Comedy.Morning Glory sees Wilson will swap the Owlship for a New York newsroom, in which he plays the love interest of Rachel McAdams' ambitious TV producer. Charged with reviving the flagging fortunes of a morning show, McAdams attempts to coax  two antagonistic anchors (Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton) and reverse the ratings slump.With Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Venus) behind the camera and a script by The Devil Wears Prada writer Aline Brosh McKenna, Morning Glory has a decent pedigree and, although it's unlikely to have the acerbic bite of Broadcast News, we're hoping, possibly against hope, that it channels just a little Ron Burgundy into Harrison Ford's veteran anchorman.Morning Glory is co-produced for »

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Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum seek 'Morning Glory'

7 April 2009 6:58 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

This is getting interesting! Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum have officially joined Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams in Paramount Pictures' comedy "Morning Glory."

McAdams will star as a TV news producer who struggles to rescue a morning show by taking control of its difficult anchors (Ford and Keaton). According to Variety, Goldblum is set to play McAdams' boss.

J.J. Abrams will produce the project, while Roger Michell is on board to direct. Michell most recently directed the splendid "Venus," and his credits also include "Enduring Love" and "Notting Hill." Aline Brosh McKenna, whose credits include "The Devil Wears Prada," wrote the script.

Keaton was last seen in the disappointing comedy "Mad Money." Goldblum recently starred in "Adam Resurrected." He's filming "The Baster" right now. I only hope Ford and Keaton will be as solid a fighting team as Keaton and Jack Nicholson in "Something's Gotta Give." »

- Franck Tabouring

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Keaton and Goldblum Join Harrison Ford in 'Morning Glory'

7 April 2009 1:33 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

Variety reports Diane Keaton and Jeff Goldblum have signed on to join Harrison Ford and Rachel McAdams in the Roger Michell directed comedy Morning Glory for Paramount Pictures, which is scheduled to begin filming next month in New York. The film, which is not a remake of the 1933 Katharine Hepburn starrer that won the actress an Oscar, centers on an aspiring news producer (McAdams) who tries to save a failing morning show by getting control of its feuding anchors. Ford and Keaton will play the dueling on-air personalities. Goldblum will portray McAdams' boss. Aline Brosh McKenna who had a hand in the upcoming musical remake Fame and also adapted the Lauren Weisberger novel "The Devil Wears Prada" penned the script. Based on the premise of the film, if you are looking for comparisons in Michell's directorial work the most obvious film would probably be Notting Hill. The only other Michell »

- Brad Brevet

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"Is Anybody There?" - First poster in from the Michael Caine starrer.

21 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Check out the first poster from "Is Anybody There?" starring Michael Caine, Thelma Barlow, Adam Drinkall, Anne-Marie Duff, Rosemary Harris, Garrick Harrison and Linzey Cocker.   John Crowley, director of films like "Boy A" and "Intermission," helms from the writing by Peter Harness who made this his first credit at a film screenplay.   See the trailer on MovieJungle.com now!   What's it about?   Sir Michael Caine gives one of the finest performances of his career as a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home in John Crowley’s Is Anybody There?  Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, Is Anybody There? charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Caine’s proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Son Of Rambow’S Bill Milner) of the home’s overwhelmed owners.    Written by Peter Harness, who draws from his own experience growing up in a retirement home, »

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"Is Anybody There?" - Trailer added for the Michael Caine starrer.

18 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have the trailer in for Big Beach and Heyday Films "Is Anybody There?" starring Michael Caine, Thelma Barlow, Adam Drinkall, Anne-Marie Duff, Rosemary Harris, Garrick Harrison and Linzey Cocker.         Sir Michael Caine gives one of the finest performances of his career as a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home in John Crowley’s Is Anybody There? Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, Is Anybody There? charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Caine’s proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Son Of Rambow’S Bill Milner) of the home’s overwhelmed owners. Written by Peter Harness, who draws from his own experience growing up in a retirement home, Is Anybody There? brings a rich humor as well as a rigorous honesty to its portrait of different lives colliding under one roof. With a supporting cast that includes Anne-Marie Duff »

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They Never Won an Academy Award

19 February 2009 5:55 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

There's a better than average chance that Kate Winslet will pick up an Academy Award Sunday night for The Reader. It's neither my favorite performance in that category, nor is it her best work, but at 33, she's already something of an Oscar spinster, having been nominated six times with no trophies to show for it.

Among actresses, Winslet is tied for the most nominations without a win. Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter have six, too, and curiously, all of them were sandwiched in a short amount of time, like Winslet. Kerr amassed six nods between 1949 and 1960, while Ritter did her damage between 1950 and 1962. Kate has lost for Sense and Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine, and Little Children.

The record for no wins, at least among actors, is the legendary Peter O'Toole, who it goes without saying is among the greatest of all time. Eight nominations with no gold. And they »

- Colin Boyd

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