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Amanda Peet Stays Upbeat With Frankie

12 November 2009 1:00 PM, PST | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »

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Shooting the new apocalyptic film 2012 naturally had Amanda Peet thinking about the end of the world, but it’s something she says doesn’t concern her. “I couldn’t be more skeptical,” the 37-year-old actress tells Parade. “I think there’s a lot to be concerned about, but that’s the least of my worries.”

With that said, there were still long days on set to contend with, filming scenes that were far from uplifting. Daughter Frances ‘Frankie’ Pen, 2 ½, did a good job of keeping Amanda’s mood light, however.

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- Missy

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Brothers - New trailer from the drama.

9 November 2009 10:18 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

See a new trailer from the Lionsgate-distributed drama "Brothers," starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Carey Mulligan, Clifton Collins Jr., Sam Shepard, Mare Winningham, Bailee Madison and Jenny Wade. Jim Sheridan directs the film. David Benioff writes the new incarnation based on the original story by Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen written for the 2004 motion picture "Brødre." When a decorated Marine goes missing overseas, his black-sheep younger brother cares for his wife and children at home—with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family. Brothers tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with whom he has two young daughters (Bailee Madison, »

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New 'Brothers' Trailer Featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire

5 November 2009 9:05 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

A brand new trailer for the remade Brothers war drama, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire and Natalie Portman, has debuted online courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. To watch it, click on the Trailer tab above.

On his way to report for a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, Danish Army officer Michael stops to pick up his brother Jannik, who is getting out of jail that day. In Afghanistan, Michael's helicopter crashes and he is presumed dead. Jannik and Michael's wife Sarah discover that they don't hate each other as much as they had thought, and Jannik decides to reform and make himself useful around Sarah's house. Then Michael comes home with a full-blown case of post traumatic stress disorder because of what he had to do to survive in captivity.

Directed by Jim Sheridan (Get Rich or Die Tryin'), the film opens in theaters on December 4,

Penned by David Benioff (X-Men Origins: Wolverine »

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Brothers Movie Trailer #2

5 November 2009 5:12 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Lionsgate has premiered a new trailer for  “Brothers“, the upcoming drama from director Jim Sheridan.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman, Brothers

A young man Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) comforts his older brother’s wife Grace (Natalie Portman) and children after her husband Sam (Tobey Maguire) goes missing in Afghanistan. While the two are still dealing with the intricate situation, Sam returns home. Carrying the heavy weight of post traumatic stress disorder, he starts suspecting that something happened between his wife and brother when he was away. Read full synopsis

Oscar nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan (”In America,” “My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father,” “The Boxer,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”) directed his new movie “Brothers” from the script written by David Benioff.

“Brothers” hits theaters December 4th, 2009.

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- Allan Ford

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Brothers Movie Trailer #2

5 November 2009 1:46 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the family drama Brothers, which is directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (In America, In The Name of the Father), from a screenplay by David Benioff (The Kite Runner, 25th Hour), and stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins, Jr., Carey Mulligan, and Ethan Suplee. The film tells the story of a black-sheep younger brother who cares for the wife and children of a decorated Marine who goes missing overseas, "with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family." The list of names involved with this film is very impressive. The trailer has a really over-the-top, on-the-noise, voiceover, which gives the feel of a made-for-television movie, rather than an Awards hopeful. Watch the trailer embedded after the jump. As always, leave your thoughts in the comments below. Brothers tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something »

- Peter Sciretta

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Cameras Roll on 'Game of Thrones'

28 October 2009 12:25 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »

Shooting for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' - an adaptation of George R.R. Martin's fantasy-adventure book series - has begun in Northern Ireland and will continue on various locations for approximately four weeks. With cameras rolling on 26 October, the TV pilot is directed by Tom McCarthy with Sean Bobbitt (Hunger, The Baker) as director of photography. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss (who also wrote the screenplay) are executive producers while Generator Entertainment's Mark Huffam is producer alongside Frank Doelger. »

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Keeps Breaking DVD and Bd Records

22 October 2009 12:36 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Announced Today That X-Men Origins: Wolverine Now Holds the Record as the...

#1 Best Selling 2009 New Release Blu-ray Disc

#1 Title On Cable VOD For The Second Week In A Row

One Of The Top 10 All Time Best Selling Blu-ray Titles Ever

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment's X-Men Origins: Wolverine continues to break records on the home entertainment charts. "The resounding success of Wolverine on Blu-ray reveals that the consumer still craves their movies the best way possible" said Mary Daily, Executive Vice President, Marketing, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Live Lookup, powered by IMDb launched on X-Men Origins: Wolverine and quickly became the studio's most successful Bd-Live feature to date. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment/MGM currently have 4 titles sitting on the Top 20 Blu-ray New Release chart for the year, now including the #1 and #2 spots with X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Quantum of Solace, respectfully.

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Oprah Winfrey and Chris Rock to ask: 'Will You Be My Black Friend?'

5 October 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  Having already teamed up to help promote the upcoming drama "Precious: Based on a Novel by Sapphire," Lionsgate and none other than Oprah Winfrey are staying in business.  Variety reports the mini-lion and Winfrey's Harpo Films have acquired the rights to make a big screen version of the 2008 GQ Magazine piece "Will You Be My Black Friend?" for Chris Rock to star in.The scenario centers on GQ writer David Friedman's first hand account of trying to make more friends of color after realizing his entire social circle was white.  In order to solve the problem Friedman made numerous attempts... »

- HitFix Staff

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Blu-Ray Review: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Devolves Into Self-Parody

5 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Hugh Jackman is an awfully likable guy. He oozes the kind of effortless photogenic charisma most movie stars would kill for. He’s also comfortable in his masculinity, and unafraid to expose his inner vulnerabilities and self-deprecation. But his considerable charms have been consistently wasted by the limited imaginations of Hollywood, which would rather objectify him as a muscular meathead. Most of his films have flopped primarily because the characters he was assigned to play were so one-note that Vin Diesel would’ve turned them down.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0

At last year’s Oscar ceremony, Jackman exuberantly threw himself into the night’s opening musical number while struggling to keep a straight face. That’s the guy viewers want to see onscreen, not the trembling, humorless sourpuss on display in “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.”

X-Men Origins: Wolverine was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on September 15th, 2009.

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Savannah Film Festival Includes Gala Screenings Of Feature Films

29 September 2009 7:06 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The 12th Annual Savannah Film Festival will be including gala screenings of feature films, including "The Young Victoria," "The Men Who Stare at Goats," and "Broken Embraces" among many others.

The film fest will also be attended by past guests and honorees, such as Peter O'toole, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Sidney Lumet, Kathleen Turner, Norman Jewison, Tommy Lee Jones, John Waters, David Benioff, John sayles, Brett Ratner, Charlie Rose, George Segal, James Franco, James Ivory, Jeff Daniels, Alec Baldwin, Peter Bart, Army Archerd, Roger Ebert, Terrence Malick, Sydney Pollack, Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Malcolm McDowell, and Milos Forman.

22 professional films and 12 student films will be showcased in competition, in addition to the special screenings.

The Savannah Film Festival will be held from October 31 to November 7.

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DVD Playhouse--September 2009

26 September 2009 1:01 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

DVD Playhouse—September 2009

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Allen Gardner

The Human Condition (Criterion) Masaki Kobayashi’s epic (574 minutes) adaptation of Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel was originally made and released as three separate films (1959-61), and is rightfully regarded as a landmark of Japanese cinema. Candide-like story of naïve, good-hearted Kaiji (Japanese superstar Tatsuya Nakadai) from labor camp supervisor, to Imperial Army solider, to Soviet Pow, and Kaiji’s struggle to maintain his humanity throughout. Unfolds with the mastery of a great novel, beautifully-shot, and a stunning example of cinematic mastery on the part of its makers. Four-disc set bonuses include: Interview with Kobayashi; Interview with Nakadai; Featurette; Trailer; Essay by critic Philip Kemp. Widescreen. Dolby 3.0 surround.

State Of Play (Universal) Russell Crowe stars as a veteran Washington D.C. political reporter investigating the murder of an aide to a rising congressional star (Ben Affleck), who also happens to be an old friend. »

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Irish director Jim Sheridan’s exciting upcoming film projects (IrishCentral)

25 September 2009 2:38 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »

In the next couple of years, acclaimed Dublin-born director Jim Sheridan (“In the Name of the Father,” “In America”) is planning to tell gritty Irish-American stories about gangsters in Boston and New York. This coming holiday season, however, Sheridan will be releasing “Brothers,” a dramatic film about a love triangle which will surely get some attention when it comes time to hand out Oscar nominations. “Brothers” stars Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire. Portman plays a wife whose husband (Maguire) is presumed lost in Iraq. The soldier’s brother (Gyllenhaal) seeks to console the young widow, only to fall in love with the grieving woman. Then it turns out her husband is not dead after all and will soon be returning home. “Brothers” is Sheridan’s first film since the 2005 biopic of rapper 50 Cent, “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” The screenplay for “Brothers” was written by David Benioff, whose »

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Tscc's Lena Headey Joins the Cast of HBO's "Game of Thrones"

2 September 2009 6:43 AM, PDT | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Now that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is done (*sob*damn you, Fox!*sob*), former cast member Lena Headey is moving over to HBO's new series Game of Thrones.  I love any shows and movies that focus on royal families, so I'm already sold on this one.

Turns out that this show is actually based on a series of books by author George R. R. Martin (does he really need two Rs in his name?) called "A Song of Fire and Ice".  I have never heard of this series, which means that I will head over to Amazon and quickly purchase it.  Four of the seven books of the series have been released, with the first one entitled "A Game of Thrones".

Apparently, the books are set in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, which had emerged from civil war about 15 years prior to the start of the book.   The book »

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'Terminator' star plays HBO's 'Game of Thrones'

1 September 2009 11:13 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  After spending the past two years playing the mother of humanity's savior, Lena Headey is ready to play royalty herself. According to Friend of HitFix Mo Ryan of the Chicago Tribune, the "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" star has been cast as Queen Cersei Lannister in HBO's "Game of Thrones." The adaptation of the first book in George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series will begin shooting its pilot in Northern Ireland in late October, with Tom McCarthy ("The Station Agent") directing from a script by  David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. The books, which weave fantasy elements... »

- HitFix Staff

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Hi-Res “Brothers” Images

30 August 2009 8:28 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Here we have today some great and Hi-Res images from the upcoming “Brothers” starring Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire. (click to see them bigger)

Oscar nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan (”In America,” “My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father,” “The Boxer,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”) directed his new movie “Brothers” from the script written by David Benioff.

Actually “Brothers” is a U.S. remake of Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film, “Brodre” a film that won and was nominated for several international awards both for the film itself and performances from Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen.

A young man Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) comforts his older brother’s wife Grace (Natalie Portman) and children after her husband (Tobey Maguire) goes missing in Afghanistan. While the two are still dealing with the intricate situation, Sam (Maguire) returns home. Carrying the heavy weight of post traumatic stress disorder, he starts »

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Portman, Gyllenhaal And Maguire To Hit Theaters December With "Brothers"

27 August 2009 7:22 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire are set to star in the upcoming drama-war film that tests the foundation a family.

In "Brothers," Portman stars as Grace, wife to a decorated Marine officer, Sam (Maguire), who goes missing overseas and is presumed dead. While his wife and children grieve him, his younger brother Tommy (Gyllenhaal), the black sheep of the family, tries to fill in for the void Sam left.

However, just when Grace and Tommy become drawn together, Sam unexpectedly returns. It is learned that he was taken as a war prisoner. His experiences during his capture made him volatile and withdrawn. His return unearths issues that threaten to tear the whole family apart.

The Lionsgate drama is based on Susane Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen's 2004 film "Brodre." Jim Sheridan directed from a script written by David Benioff.

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Writer gets claws into Wolverine sequel

18 August 2009 8:17 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Only the other day, X-Men Origins: Wolverine star Hugh Jackman confirmed there would be a sequel and that it would be set in Japan.

The follow-up is obviously being fast-tracked as a writer for the project has now been announced.

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to pen the screenplay.

Jackman is also producing along with Lauren Shuler Donner.

The movie's storyline will follow the early 1980s Chris Claremont/Frank Miller miniseries, which sees Wolverine learning the ways of the samurai. He battles a ninja clan called The Hand as he struggles with whether to follow his animal killer instincts or the samurai code of honor and respect.

The story was hinted at in one of the movie's post-credit scenes in which the character is sat in a bar in Japan.

McQuarrie, who won an Oscar for writing The Usual Suspects for Bryan Singer, had »

- David Bentley

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Chris McQuarrie writing Wolverine sequel

13 August 2009 5:40 PM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »

The Usual Suspects/Valkyrie scribe Chris McQuarrie has signed up to write the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We'd get more excited by the news, but then the first film had an original screenplay by David Benioff (re-writing by Skip Woods and others) that ended up to be more than a little lacklustre. So we're going to wait and see on this one. Still, it'll feature solid base material in the Chris Claremont/Frank Miller miniseries which saw Logan head to Japan, battle ninjas and try to make peace with his animal side. And it's...

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- James White

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Christopher McQuarrie Hired to Write Wolverine 2

13 August 2009 2:24 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Very soon after X-Men Origins: Wolverine kicked off the summer blockbuster season with a massive $85 million opening, we heard that a sequel was already being prepared. Now this week Fox has officially started the ball rolling by hiring a writer for the project -- but it's not David Benioff nor Skip Woods, the duo who wrote the first Wolvie screenplay. Nope, this time around it's Bryan Singer's buddy Christopher McQuarrie, writer of The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie, and the writer/director of The Way of the Gun. The Hollywood Reporter [1] confirms that the movie will loosely follow the 1980s comic storyline from Chris Claremont and Frank Miller where Logan travels to Japan and fights ninjas. Jackman himself is acting as producer as he did on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and apparently met with McQuarrie to discuss preliminary ideas. I didn't realize that McQuarrie had also contributed to the screenplay for »

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"X-Men Origins: Wolverine" To Hit Blu-Ray And DVDs September

31 July 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The 20th Century Fox blockbuster hit "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is coming on special edition DVD and Blu-ray discs this September.

The film brings back Hugh Jackman playing the titular character from previous "X-Men" films. It follows the young James Logan and his tortured past, wherein somewhere behind his lost memories are the events leading to his rebirth as Wolverine.

Gavin Hood ("Rendition") directed the script written by David Benioff and Skip Woods. Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Kitsch, Danny Huston, Dominic Monaghan, Will.i.Am, and Live Schreiber also star.

The "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" blu-ray and DVD will both feature bonus materials including director and producers' commentaries with conservation with creators Stan Lee and Len Wein. There will also be deleted and alternate scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes among many others.

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