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Next 'Twilight'-Pegged Vampire Adaptation: Moira Buffini's 'A Vampire Story'

19 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Had enough of vampires yet? Not if the weekend's Scream Awards are any indication. So it's a safe assumption that you're open to more adaptations of vampire stories to watch in between installments of the "Twilight" franchise and episodes of "True Blood." Try Moira Buffini's British play "A Vampire Story," which is now headed to the big screen.

Husband-and-wife producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen ("How to Lose Friends and Alienate People") announced the adaptation, which has been retitled "Byzantium," among a whole slew of projects their company, Number 9 Films, is currently developing. Woolley has some previous experience with vampire films. As a longtime collaborator with filmmaker Neil Jordan, Woolley produced "Interview with a Vampire."

/Film's English correspondent, Brendon Connelly, shares the plot of "A Vampire Story" over at that site, and he's certainly correct to say it sounds like a British version of "Let the Right One In, »

- Christopher Campbell

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Moore Never Discussed Bond With Niven

2 September 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Sir Roger Moore never talked about James Bond with his close pal David Niven - even though both actors played 007.

Moore enjoyed a 12-year run as the superspy between 1973 and 1985, but his late friend also played the coveted role - starring in 1967 Bond spin-off Casino Royale.

Moore says, "I first really got to know him when we made The King's Thief together in Hollywood in the 1950s. As the years went by we became much closer friends in the seventies, but we never really spoke about him playing 007. I'm sure he would have jested about it at some point but actors generally don't discuss parts they've each played. You don't see Mel Gibson sitting around talking to Kenneth Branagh about how they both played Hamlet." »

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Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston

12 August 2009 7:08 AM, PDT | Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news »

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’s cast will include Jack Huston as Royce King, II. Huston joins a growing line-up of Twilight series newcomers for the third film, including Xavier Samuel, Bryce Dallas Howard, and the one and only Jodelle Ferland. Huston is a relatively new actor, with about five years of experience, but he is of blue blood in Hollywood, and has already made a name for himself amongst the greats. Luckily enough for Huston, however, he has an excellent mentor - Al Pacino His grandfather is double Oscar-winner John Huston, legendary director of nearly 50 films (including The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, Casino Royale, Freud, The Unforgiven, Moby Dick, Moulin Rouge) and actor in over film films (including Chinatown, The Hobbit, De Sade, and A Walk With Love And Death). His aunt is Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston, who has starred in over 70 films (including Prizzi’s Honor, »

- thetwilightexaminer

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Spotlight on new ‘Eclipse’ actor Jack Huston

12 August 2009 3:34 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

The Hollywood Reporter has recently announced the news that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's cast will include Jack Huston as Royce King, II. Huston joins a growing line-up of Twilight series newcomers for the third film, including Xavier Samuel, Bryce Dallas Howard, and the one and only Jodelle Ferland. Huston is a relatively new actor, with about five years of experience, but he is of blue blood in Hollywood, and has already made a name for himself amongst the greats. His grandfather is double Oscar-winner John Huston, legendary director of nearly 50 films (including The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre, The Maltese Falcon, Casino Royale, Freud, The Unforgiven, Moby Dick, Moulin Rouge) and actor in over film films (including Chinatown, The Hobbit, De Sade, and A Walk With Love And Death). His aunt is Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston, who has starred in over 70 films (including Prizzi's Honor, The Addams Family, Ever After, »

- Twilight Examiner

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Acting Legend Niven Attempted Suicide

27 May 2009 6:30 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Late movie icon David Niven would have killed himself in his prime if it wasn't for a misfiring gun.

The actor, who played superspy James Bond in the original Casino Royale, attempted to take his life back in 1946 after the tragic death of his wife Primmie.

In new biography David Niven: The Man Behind The Balloon, writer Michael Munn recalls one interview he had with Niven, who died in Switzerland in 1983, during which the Brit recalled the moment he dabbled with suicide.

He told Munn he lost all "sense of reason", adding, "I decided to blow my brains out."

But in an extract from the book, obtained by U.S. tabloid the Globe, Niven states, "I took a gun and put the barrel in my mouth and with barely a thought for my children, which was unforgivable, I pulled the trigger. And the bloody thing didn't fire."

The shock jolted Niven out of his suicidal madness and the gun expert went to his grave without knowing why the pistol didn't fire.

He told Munn, "I think I may have actually thought that this might be God telling me to carry on living for the sake of my children."

Munn's tome also details Niven's many romances with starlets like the young Marilyn Monroe. »

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Concert Review: The New York Pops Plays The Music Of James Bond At Carnegie Hall

11 March 2009 1:18 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The music of James Bond has topped the charts around the world, as evidenced by this rare Japanese 45 Rpm release of John Barry's famous theme song. By Lee Pfeiffer

Last Friday's tribute to the music of James Bond at Carnegie Hall was a magnificent evening of entertainment. The New York Pops, under the direction of conductor Carl Davis, did justice to the canon of great film themes that have characterized the 007 movies. To the relief of Bond fans, the Pops did nothing to "soup up" the arrangements of the familiar songs, opting instead to perform the traditional arrangements. The two hour-plus event managed to incorporate almost all of the main title themes which were played more or less in sequential order, and it was especially rewarding to hear Burt Bacharach's The Look of Love included, despite the fact that it derived from the mostly-detested 1967 slapstick version of Casino Royale. »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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