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Rene Russo ascends to Asgard as latest to join Thor cast
18 December 2009 12:19 PM, PST
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Kenneth Branagh'S Thor has added another goddess to its ranks in the form of Rene Russo.
Russo, 55, has been cast as Frigga, wife of Odin, reports Variety.
Odin, leader of the Norse gods and ruler of their realm Asgard, will be played by Anthony Hopkins in the Marvel Studios production.
The actress's previous credits include Lethal Weapon 3 and 4, Get Shorty and The Thomas Crown Affair.
Thor is released on May 20, 2011, and stars Star Trek actor Chris Hemsworth in the title role and Tom Hiddleston as Loki.
Contrary to Variety's report, Frigga is the step-mother of Thor and foster-mother of Loki. Thor's actual mother is the giantess Jord in the original Norse myths and the elder goddess Gaea in Marvel's comics. This may be simplified in Branagh's screenplay of course; there's only so much detailed mythological backstory you can fit in a two-hour movie.
In other Thor news,
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Casting Notes: Rene Russo is Thor’s Mom; Tina Fey and Steve Carell Reunite
17 December 2009 9:29 AM, PST
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We haven't seen Rene Russo in a feature film since Yours, Mine and Ours in 2005, and (as someone noted, but I don't recall whom) we haven't seen her do a decent movie since The Thomas Crown Affair, in 1999. But Russo's turn in Wolfgang Peterson's In the Line of Fire will never fade, so I'm happy to see her coming back to the screen as a Norse queen.
Russo has been cast in Thor, where she'll play Frigga, the wife of Odin and mother to Thor and Loki. Sounds like a rather small part -- with all the characters we already know about there can't be much room for Thor's mom. But if anyone can manage a sprawling cast on film it is the Shakespeare-worshipping Thor director Kenneth Branagh. [Variety]
After the break, details on the possible reunion of Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are already
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Hollywood actress Rene Russo is the latest star to sign up for new movie Thor
17 December 2009 4:30 AM, PST
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Hollywood actress Rene Russo is the latest star to sign up for new movie Thor. The 55-year-old, who has starred in movies such as The Thomas Crown Affair, will play the role of Frigga in the flick, who is the mother of Marvel's hammer-wielding character Norse. Kenneth Branagh is directing the action flick and production will begin in January with Chris Hemsworth playing Thor. Paramount is releasing the movie on May 20, 2011. Frigga is the queen of the Asgard and is the wife of the Norse god Odin, who is played by Anthony Hopkins. She is the mother of Thor as well as Loki, who is the movie's main villain and is portrayed by Tom Hiddleston.
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- Sophie Eager
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Efron Wants To Play A Bond Villain
23 November 2009 5:36 PM, PST
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High School Musical star Zac Efron is desperate to leave his cute Disney image behind - he's eyeing a role as a Bond villain.
The actor is already set to star in a "sexy thriller" from the writer of The Thomas Crown Affair in a bid to shake off his teen idol image, and now he wants to star in the 007 franchise, alongside Daniel Craig's superspy.
He says, "I'm a huge James Bond fan. I'd love to be a Bond baddie. I've seen pretty much every Bond film. Sean Connery is my favourite and I really like Goldeneye with Pierce Brosnan."
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Johnny Mercer Tribute Photos
23 November 2009 3:47 PM, PST
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer," on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
Pictured above at the reception preceding the event (left to right): satirist Stan Freberg, veteran actress Rose Marie, singer/host Michael Feinstein, Ginny Mancini, widow of Henry Mancini, who was a frequent Johnny Mercer collaborator, Oscar-nominated songwriter Arthur Hamilton, and singer Monica Mancini, daughter of Henry Mancini.
Composers Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (The Thomas Crown Affair, The Way We Were, Tootsie, Best Friends)
Michael Feinstein, Monica Mancini
Actress Doris Roberts, among whose credits are The Honeymoon Killers, The Rose, and the television series Everybody Loves Raymond
Photos: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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MGM Heading For Auction
12 November 2009 12:35 PM, PST
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After weeks of gossip and speculation it looks as if time is finally up for one of Hollywood’s oldest film studios, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, better known to film lovers around the globe as MGM.
On 1st October news spread around the web that the studio behind film successes such as James Bond, The Haunting, The Thomas Crown Affair and Poltergeist had hit massive financial difficulty and was “teetering on the edge of bankrupcy“. Now, after seemingly being given a final reprieve just days after the intial story broke, the studio has apparently failed at the last innings.
Variety reports that MGM will “essentially be auctioned off in the next few weeks”, bringing to an end a cinematic legacy that spans over 85 years.
The result is that major studios will now have the opportunity to bid for MGM’s rich back catalogue of films, although only time will tell which
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- Craig Sharp
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Bradley Cooper Enters the "Dark Fields"
8 November 2009 1:16 AM, PST
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It was recently announced that Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, Alias, Midnight Meat Train) will be headlining Relativity Media and Rogue Picture's thriller titled "Dark Fields". Cooper has replaced "Transformers" star Shia Labeouf according to reports. The movie is based on a book of the same name by author Alan Glynn. Neil Burger will be directing the picture from a script written by Leslie Dixon (The Thomas Crown Affair). The premise is rather strange and I should be surprised that Bradley Cooper would headline a flick like this after moving to A-list status after the unexpected sucess of "The Hangover". Then again, he did star in "Midnight Meat Train" thus anything's possible. Read on to see what the movie is about.
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- Jared Owen
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Dark Fields Are in Bradley Cooper’s Future
6 November 2009 5:17 AM, PST
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Always on the lookout to post a picture of an adorable monkey. The other guy, the one smiling, is actor Bradley Cooper, and with his slate of upcoming movies, he has quite a lot to smile about. Add one more to that slate, as, according to Heat Vision, the actor is set to star in Neil Burger’s next film, Dark Fields.
The film, written by Leslie Dixon (The Thomas Crown Affair) and based on the book by Alan Glynn, centers on a writer who uncovers a top secret drug that instantly makes one smarter. Of course, as the writer soon discovers, the drug has strange side effects including “trip-switching”, in which time seems to move at a stop-motion pace.
Not entirely sure how the story plays out, but this sounds like a possibility for the beginning of a pseud-realistic superhero movie, if, in fact, the protagonist learns at some
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- Kirk
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Bradley Cooper To Star In Dark Fields
6 November 2009 3:26 AM, PST
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Bradley Cooper has just signed on to star in the Neil Burger directed thriller, The Dark Fields. The film was originally meant to star Shia Labeouf but the Transformers star ended up backing out at the last minute.
The story follows a down and out writer who manages to get hold of a brand new top secret pharmaceutical drug that makes you smarter. The immediate effect of the drug propels the writer to financial and social success, however he soon comes to discover that the drug has lethal and lingering side effects, and it doesn't take long for a mysterious group to start pursuing him.
The script is an adaptation of a book by Alan Glynn and is written by The Thomas Crown Affair scribe, Leslie Dixon.
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Bradley Cooper Wandering Through ‘Dark Fields’
5 November 2009 7:18 PM, PST
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Bradley Cooper, who shot to stardom in this summer’s The Hangover, has replaced Shia LeBeouf to star in Relativity Media’s Dark Fields.
Cooper will be playing a writer who’s down on his luck and manages to stumble upon a secret pharmaceutical drug designed to make a person smarter. The drug leads to the writer gaining financial and social success, but of course there’s always a catch. In this case, the drug has lethal side effects, including one that causes time to move in a stop-motion manner.
Dark Fields is said to be along the lines of Fight Club and The Game (both stellar movies, by the way) and, also like Fight Club, is based on a novel.
Alan Glynn’s book has been made into a screenplay by Leslie Dixon, the writer behind the screenplay for The Thomas Crown Affair. Dixon will also serve as producer of Dark Fields,
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Bradley Cooper Replaces Shia Labeouf in 'Dark Fields'
5 November 2009 5:26 PM, PST
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Bradley Cooper (who stars in Paramount's "where the hell are you?" Case 39) is set to star in Dark Fields, a thriller being directed by Neil Burger for Relativity Media.
The story follows a down-and-out writer (Cooper) who gets his hands on a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes one smarter. He experiences sudden financial and social success but soon discovers that the drug has lethal and lasting side effects, including "trip-switching," a phenomenon in which time moves with a stop-motion quality. Before long, mysterious antagonists are pursuing him. The thriller is said to be in the vein of Fight Club and The Game. Shia Labeouf was originally attached to star in the project.
The script is based on the book by Alan Glynn, with the screenplay written by Leslie Dixon ("The Thomas Crown Affair"). Universal will distribute via Relativity's Rogue Pictures.
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Bradley Cooper Will Run Through Neil Burger's Dark Fields
5 November 2009 5:09 PM, PST
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Over a year of go it looked like Steven Spielberg's favorite surrogate son, Mr. Labeouf, was going to take on the lead role in The Illusionist director Neil Burger's adaptation of the novel Dark Fields, written by Alan Glynn, first published back in 2002. But today Relativity Media announced it will begin production on the thriller with Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) starring as Eddie, a down and out New York writer who finds a pill that gives him the ability to access the full capacity of his brain. But suddenly, some mysterious men are in pursuit as he realizes the full potential of his intelligence comes with unforeseen dangers.
Burger will direct the Leslie Dixon (The Thomas Crown Affair, Hairspray) written script sometime later in the spring of 2010 and he sounds pumped, "I am really delighted that all of the elements of this project have come together in such
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- Ethan Anderton
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TV Review: USA Connects Again With Entertaining ‘White Collar’
23 October 2009 11:39 AM, PDT
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Chicago – The creative roll of the USA Network continues tonight with the debut of another quick, clever, mystery-of-the-week series that should satisfy fans of their hits like “Monk,” “Psych,” “Burn Notice,” and “Royal Pains”. “White Collar” doesn’t break any molds, almost fitting too predictably into the USA dynamic, but it’s an entertaining program for the end of a long week and looks likely to be another slam dunk for one of the most successful cable networks of the ’00s.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
“White Collar” practically feels like a hybrid of USA hits from its plot description alone. It features international conspiracies a la “Burn Notice” but does so with a buddy duo like “Psych” and is set in the world of the uber-wealthy like “Royal Pains”. Of course, being derivative means little to viewers of a show like this as long as it’s entertaining and “White Collar” is surprisingly so,
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
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Review: Law Abiding Citizen
16 October 2009 5:00 AM, PDT
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Have you ever felt slighted by the law? Felt like justice wasn’t served, or that the law was working more in their own favor than in yours? This is the underlying theme, the philosophical question at hand, which runs throughout Law Abiding Citizen. This is a movie whose title I felt was lacking, until I saw the film and it made more sense.
Law Abiding Citizen is a smart, tense thriller that keeps the audience at the edge of their seats and keeps us guessing. Not since Fracture, starring Anthony Hopkins, have I felt this engrossed by a legal cat-and-mouse thriller. The story makes it difficult to fully take one side or the other, painting the ambiguous nature of our imperfect legal system in endless shades of gray.
The movie was directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, A Man Apart, Be Cool) and opens with a teeth-clenching down note
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- Travis
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Movie Review: Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
16 October 2009 1:27 AM, PDT
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Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen
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"Some justice is better than no justice at all," says Jamie Foxx playing Nick Price, a Philadelphia prosecutor in charge of bringing justice to the two men that killed Clyde Shelton's (Gerard Butler) wife and young daughter in Law Abiding Citizen. It's a statement that speaks to the cracks in the American justice system and as a result Clyde is going to see to it these cracks are turned into canyons once he learns only one of the men will be sentenced to death while the other serves a meager three-year sentence. This is something Clyde simply can't tolerate.
Law Abiding Citizen is madness, mayhem and carnage all wrapped up into one big dumb actioner filled with plot and logic holes galore. Fortunately, it's too much fun along the way to even concern yourself with the hows and the whys of it all.
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- Brad Brevet
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Law Abiding Citizen – One Sheet, Images, And Trailer
13 September 2009 6:33 AM, PDT
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There's been a good deal of chatter about Law Abiding Citizen, and not all of it has been positive. For good or ill, the trailer for the film seems to let you know exactly where you are, and thus viewers are moved to quick decisions. You're either interested in a film about a guy who starts dealing out his own form of justice while in prison, or you aren't, and that's the kind of story that sets people pretty firmly in once camp or the other.
On the other hand, you might be a fan of Jamie Foxx or Gerard Butler, and then what the movie is about might not be that important. For me, there's still one more hand to consider, and that is Kurt Wimmer. The man behind Equilibrium (a favorite of mine), and the screenplays for the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Recruit, Wimmer
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- Marc Eastman
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Labute to direct art-based thriller
19 August 2009 12:20 AM, PDT
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Neil Labute has been announced as the writer/director of an adaptation of author Chris Willeford’s Burnt Orange Heresy, a crime novel combining the world of art with the world of, well, crime. Think The Thomas Crown Affair, but on Palm Beach and you’re probably not that close.We’re reliably informed that the plot will centre on a shady art critic (the brilliantly named Jacques Figueras) desperate to get an interview with a reclusive but distinguished painter. Believe us when we say that hunting down publicity-shy interviewees isn’t actually that exciting – but with the novel promising Mr Figeuras carrying out ‘blackmail, burglary, fencing and assassination‘ to get what he wants, may be there is film potential in the seedy underbelly of Floridian art criticism after all.Both big Willeford fans, William Horberg (Kite Runner) will be producing alongside Labute, working together again after their Chris Rock
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Law Abiding Citizen Trailer Starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler
14 August 2009 6:23 AM, PDT
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The first trailer for the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen has hit the web this week, and while the concept is a little bit out there, I'm sure it's one that will hook a lot of people. Gerard Butler plays Clyde Shelton, a man whose wife and daughter are murdered, while Jamie Foxx plays the prosecutor who lets his family's killer walk. Unfortunately for Foxx, Shelton is not as ordinary as he might seem, and he decides to exact his own brand of justice on those responsible.
The movie reminds me a little bit of Dexter meets Taken, and I have a feeling a lot will ride on the believability of the script, which is written by Kurt Wimmer who wrote and directed Equilibrium and Ultraviolet, and also wrote The Thomas Crown Affair, The Recruit and Street Kings. The movie is directed by F. Gary Gray (Friday, The Negotiator, The Italian Job
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Right now on Cinematical
10 August 2009 8:33 AM, PDT
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The folks at our sister site Cinematical are working hard to give you news and reviews of the best -- and worst -- the silver screen has to offer. Here are some of their musings on the latest blockbusters, indies, and everything in between:
G.I. Joe may have won the weekend box office, but when I was at my local theater on Saturday afternoon, I didn't hear one person in line ask for tickets to see it. So why did people stay away? Check out the review here.
Cinematical is asking a lot of questions this weekend. The first of which is, what is your favorite John Hughes memory?
Also, What happened to Rene Russo? I can't think of anything offhand that I've seen her in since The Thomas Crown Affair.
How can Barbarella not be campy? Cinematical explains-- kinda.
I saw the trailer for It's Complicated in front
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- Kona Gallagher
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Which was the best year for movies: 1977, 1994, or 1999?
5 August 2009 5:00 AM, PDT
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Last week, we posted a story about how 1984 was the best movie year ever when it comes to films you actually want to watch on a rainy day playing hooky from work. Movies like Ghostbusters, Bachelor Party, This is Spinal Tap, Footloose, and The Terminator. Movies that were the exact opposite of the highfalutin' offerings from 1939 -- the year critics always cite as the greatest Hollywood vintage of all time. Don't get us wrong, there were some decent high-brow movies from 25 years ago, too, like Amadeus and The Killing Fields. But mostly we were talking about movies that were, you know, fun.
And while some of you agreed with us about 1984's greatness, others were outraged. Apoplectic. Even concerned for our sanity. Some even made cases for other "greatest years". And we listened. That's what we do. So now, we've tallied up your nominees and narrowed it down to your
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- Chris Nashawaty
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