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Star Wars: Episode VII Welcomes Two Newcomers To The Cast
12 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: Episode VII has already enlisted a number of well known and extremely talented actors, from the members of the original cast to franchise-newbies like Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis and Max von Sydow. But the epic blockbuster is also opening some doors for new talent. We already know that young actors like John Boyega and Daisy Ridley will be having their profiles raised thanks to the help of the new Star Wars film, but now news has come down that they will be joined by two more newcomers. StarWars.com has revealed that unknowns Crystal Clarke and Pip Anderson have signed on for parts in Star Wars: Episode VII. Both were found by the production through the open casting call that was held at the end of last year. Over 37,000 actors were considered from 11 cities in the United States and the United Kingdom, and »
Update: Intl Box Office: With $212.8M In China, ‘Transformers’ Has ‘Avatar’s Record In Sight; ‘Dragon 2′ Fires Up $33.5M; And How’s ‘Tammy’?; ‘Maleficent’ Dethrones ‘Frozen’ In Japan; More
9 hours ago | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
3Rd Update, 4:15 Pm Pt: Despite the massive opening and 2nd frame hold of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age Of Extinction overseas, the Top 10 international titles are down 29% on last year and 38% on last weekend. Much of that can be attributed to Taoe which sucked a lot of air out of the market coupled with the World Cup which led studios to strategically avoid certain dates. In 2013, Despicable Me 2 catapulted from No. 5 to No. 1 thanks to a big offshore expansion that was worth $88.8M. Other movies playing well abroad included World War Z, Monsters […] »
Paul Apted, Sound Editor on ‘Fault in Our Stars,’ Dies at 47
6 July 2014 12:49 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Paul Apted, a sound editor and son of director Michael Apted, died Friday of colon cancer in Los Angeles. He was 47.
Paul Apted was a native of Manchester, England. His recent credits include “The Fault in Our Stars,” “A Good Day to Die Hard,” “The Wolverine,” “Prisoners” and “The Book Thief.”
He worked with his father on “Nell,” “Extreme Measures” and “Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
Besides Micheal Apted, Paul Apted’s survivors include his wife Gemma; children Thomas and Rose; mother Jo; and siblings Jim, John and Lily.
A memorial has been scheduled for 12:30 p.m. on July 13 at Mount Sinai Hollywood Hills. A funeral service will also be held at a later date in the U.K.
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- Dave McNary
Toma Ikuta, Tadanobu Asano To Star in Japanese Revenge Thriller “Grasshopper”
56 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Tokyo — Hot young male actor Toma Ikuta, who starred in the hit Takashi Miike gang actioner “The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji,” has been announced as the lead in the revenge thriller “Grasshopper.”
Based on a novel by Kotaro Isaka (“Golden Slumber,” “Fish Story”) that has sold 1.27 million copies in Japan, the picture stars Ikuta as a junior high teacher who quits his job and infiltrates the underworld to find the killer of his lover.
Also in the main cast are Tadanobu Asano (“47 Ronin,” “Thor”), playing a killer-for-hire who drives his victims to suicide and Ryosuke Yamada of the Hey! Say! Jump! boy band, playing a knife-wielding hitman.
Directed by Tomoyuki Takimoto, who worked with Ikuta on the 2013 sci-fi thriller “Brain Man,” the pic starts shooting today (July 7) and will be in theaters in 2015, with Kadokawa producing and distributing.
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- Mark Schilling
Karlovy Vary Film Review: ‘Asthma’
58 minutes ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Junkie life is as chicly miserable as its most vapid chroniclers have always had us believe in “Asthma,” a feature directorial debut from actor Jake Hoffman that is sorely in need of its own inhaler. Taking a perversely slow approach to fast living, Hoffman’s film glumly examines the trail of all-purpose destruction left by New York heroin addict Gus (Benedict Samuel) on a weekend bender, but can’t resist having it both ways, as his scuzzily narcissistic lifestyle is also shown to have improbable sexual allure to at least one clear-headed woman (Krysten Ritter) with better options. Ritter’s performance is the liveliest thing in a callow, shallow cautionary tale, which wears its influences on its artfully frayed sleeve and no closer than that to its heart. A sprinkling of cameos from past-prime names is unlikely to make distributors breathe any easier around this dull-eyed downer.
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- Guy Lodge
Why I'd like to be Bill Murray in Stripes
1 hour ago | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
He was lump of a man, with oily skin, defeated posture and a dazed look. He ambled, sauntered, shrugged and scoffed. Most of all he just couldn't care less what a perfect role model for a disaffected teenager
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- Ryan Gilbey
See The Zero Theorem Poster That Was Banned For Nudity
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Hey, remember when the MPAA heroically saved us all from seeing too much of Eva Green.s nipple on the Sin City 2 posters? Well, those same heroes are back, and this time, they.re saving us all from seeing Christoph Waltz.s bare butt in the new poster for Zero Theorem. It.s at this part of the story where I.d normally tell you to be careful if you.re at work before scrolling below, but I.m honestly not sure there are any bosses in the United States who would can someone for glimpsing a butt crack from a million miles away. So, as you can see, I went ahead and embedded it at the top of the article. Because it.s not over the line at all. Still, the MPAA apparently thought different, and they informed poor director Terry Gilliam about the news earlier this month. »
Dream Factory unveils talent roster
2 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Exclusive: Organisers behind the two-day event set to run July 14-15 during the International Festival Of Business 2014 (Ifb 2014) in Liverpool have announced the line-up of guests.
The film event is set to take place at Liverpool’s Foundation For Art And Creative Technology (Fact, pictured), the arts and media centre located in the Ropewalks district that houses state-of-the-art screens, art galleries and a café and bar.
Liverpool-born Im Global CEO Stuart Ford and writer-producer Kevin Sampson have curated the programme in association with Pinewood Studios and UK Talent Management Firm Independent.
Day One is focused on creativity and comprises three on-stage conversations with directors that will see Get Carter director Mike Hodges in conversation with The Independent’s Barry Forshaw; Four Weddings and a Funeral and Donnie Brasco director Mike Newell in conversation with Ford; and the Liverpool-born director of The Awakening, Nick Murphy, talking to Sampson.
The first day will include a masterclass in pitching led by »
- jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
Is Mark Wahlberg Going To Be The New Six Million Dollar Man?
2 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Mark Wahlberg is riding high on box office success right now. Released just in the waning days of last month, Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction - in which Wahlberg stars as hero Cade Yeager - has already banked $174 million domestically and $575 million globally. While a lot of credit goes to the power of the Transformers brand and even Michael Bay's name, executives are still looking at Wahlberg now like he's a big 'ol bag of cash. It's not too hard to believe that other franchises are interesting in bringing him aboard - which is where this latest rumor comes from. The Tracking Board is now saying that Universal is looking to bring the 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man to the big screen and that Mark Wahlberg is being eyed to star. What's more, they claim that Peter Berg is both producing and possibly directing. »
Kevin Smith talks Tusk spin-off
2 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Exclusive: Us director Kevin Smith is at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), where he is subject of a special tribute.Click here for Screen’s full interview with Kevin Smith
Smith, whose new $2.9m horror feature Tusk is set for release this autumn, has various other new film projects in development.
There is a spin-off to Tusk called Yoga-Hosers due to shoot later in the year. This is being backed by Starstream and Demarest.
“Like Tusk, [Yoga-Hosers] sprang out of a podcast,” Smith told Screen.
“There are two characters in a convenience store in Tusk that you see for five minutes, very much Ronsencrantz and Guildenstern.
“I’ve built a whole movie around them and I have brought one of the other characters from Tusk back.”
Tusk stars Haley Joel Osment, Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez and Michael Parks. The story centres on a young man and woman who search the backwoods of Canada after their friend »
- geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
China and South Korea Sign Co-Production and Import Deal
3 hours ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
Hong Kong – China and South Korea have signed a film co-production agreement that was described as a “landmark” by officials.
The deal was signed by China’s Cai Fuchao, director of the State Administration of Film Radio and television (Sarft), and South Korea’s minister of culture Yoon Rin-ryong following a two-day visit to South Korea by China’s president Xi Jinping.
The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries in June last year. But it may fall short of a full scale co-production treaty, which both China and South Korea have with other countries.
Instead the new pact appears to focus on allowing South Korean films to avoid China’s import quota system.
“South Korea-China co-productions, once recognized as China’s home-grown films, can bypass China’s limitations on foreign movie imports, so the pact would facilitate the South Korean film industry’s advance into the Chinese film market, »
- Patrick Frater
Lux Prize 2014 finalists unveiled
3 hours ago | ScreenDaily | See recent ScreenDaily news »
Girlhood, White God and The Wonders among the finalists announced in Karlovy Vary; 2013 audience winner revealed.
The official selection of films competing for the European Parliament’s 2014 Lux Prize has been unveiled at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff).
At a packed event on the terrace of Kv’s Hotel Thermal on Sunday night, the 10 films were unveiled by Lux Prize co-ordinator Doris Pack, European Parliament member Olga Sehnalova and Kviff artistic director Karel Och, who is also a member of the Lux Prize selection panel.
The 10 films are:
Girlhood (Bande De Filles)
Céline Sciamma – France
White God (Feher Isten)
Kornél Mundruczó – Hungary, Germany, Sweden
Beautiful Youth (Hermosa Juventud)
Jaime Rosales – Spain, France
Pawel Pawlikowski – Poland, Denmark
Stations Of The Cross (Kreuzweg)
Dietrich Brüggemann – Germany, France
The Wonders (Le Meraviglie)
Alice Rohrwacher – Italy, Switzerland, Germany
Sudabeh Mortezai – Austria
Class Enemy (Razredni Sovraznik)
Rok Biček – Slovenia
Force Majeure (Turist)
Ruben Östlund – Sweden, Denmark, France »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
The Walking Dead Clip: Check out a Brief Scene from the Upcoming Season
4 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
AMC has released a 30-second The Walking Dead teaser clip from the upcoming fifth season. I don't keep up with the show, but from what I know about it, this clip seems spot on: humans are afraid of zombies, and the zombie makeup effects are awesome. Beyond that, I leave it to the fans to sound off on this brief teaser. Hit the jump to check out The Walking Dead clip. The series stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Chandler Riggs, Melissa McBride, Emily Kinney, Danai Gurira, Chad Coleman, and Sonequa Martin-Green. The Walking Dead returns this October. Via AMC.
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- Matt Goldberg
True Blood Recap: “Fire In the Hole”
4 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
In "Fire in the Hole," True Blood made clear that in addition to seeing old faces and spending nostalgic time with the main characters, it also plans to kill off a bunch of people. This house cleaning should have been done years ago -- the show added villains just to kill them off each season, but meanwhile, also expanded its arsenal of supernaturals to unwieldy proportions. It's not that the sprucing is a bad idea, it's just poorly timed. Now, it just feels like a way to create some drama in a season that is ping-ponging around too much to create any depth on its own. Will it turn out that the entire series is just Lafayette's drug-induced dream? It would make more sense. Hit the jump for why "we can't be biting, fucking and sucking in the moonlight." The final season of True Blood doesn't seem to know whether it's coming or going. »
- Allison Keene
The Leftovers Recap: “Penguin One, Us Zero”
5 hours ago | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
While the first hour of The Leftovers was a portrait of grief and confusion for a population whose ranks has disappeared (by 2%), "Penguin One, Us Zero" really amped things up in the supernatural department. This idea of "more mystery, and how!" was initially a worrisome thought, because the show seemed more powerful without it. But this second hour improved over the first, setting up plenty of conflict -- both internal and external -- to keep The Leftovers from going stale. Hit the jump for how I promise not to use any more puns (maybe). The meta-theme of The Leftovers so far seems to be finding one's place in the world -- an existential crisis made very real and pertinent in the wake of The Sudden Departure. Regardless of where those who were taken went (to somewhere blissful, or to an alien holding cell), the question remains for those left behind: why not us? »
- Allison Keene
Recap: ‘The Leftovers,’ Season 1, Episode 2, ‘Penguin One, Us Zero’
5 hours ago | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
If the pilot for Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta’s “The Leftovers” established the landscape of the show — one where semi-supernatural phenomenon bump up against personal drama — the second episode, “Penguins One, Us Zero,” makes a smart play and narrows the focus. Unlike “Lost” which forever expanded the question marks around the central mystery, Lindelof pivots much more wisely here to the repercussions on his characters. For now, “The Leftovers” is less concerned with what happened and why, and instead on how it has altered the people still dealing with the loss and grief three years later. Identity is the theme that courses through this week’s episode, both in how characters are perceived from the outside, and how they perceive themselves. And Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) finds himself battling the preconceived notions of those around him, along with his own disquieting awareness that he might be going crazy. He’s haunted by vivid dreams, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Gone Girl Posters Stack Up The Evidence, New Trailer Coming Tomorrow
6 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Now that we have finally reached the back half of 2014, David Fincher's Gone Girl feels like it's coming up faster than ever. The movie is set to debut in theaters starting in early October (following the release model of The Social Network), and while we've already seen one teaser trailer, the marketing is only now getting ready to switch things into fully gear. 20th Century Fox will be unveiling a brand new trailer for the movie tomorrow, and today we have four fascinating new posters. Released to "celebrate" the July 5th wedding anniversary of Nick and Amy (the characters played by Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike at the center of Gone Girl), each of the new one-sheets was released on a different site and features a different piece of evidence loaded into a plastic bag. To start, at the top of this article, from IndieWire, we have a red »
Kevin Smith gushes over Star Wars 7 set visit: 'It's a tactile world'
6 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
Clerks director Kevin Smith has praised Jj Abrams for "building a tactile world" for Star Wars Episode VII.
Smith was recently invited to visit the film's set at the Pinewood Studios and shared some details about the experience.
Last week, the director posted a teary-eyed photo of himself outside the studios on Instagram, saying: "Visited Jj and his Ep VII set. I signed the Nda so all I can share are this old Bantha-Tracks subscriber's tears and snotty nose of joy. The Force is With this movie. Holy Sith..."
Speaking at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in Switzerland on Saturday (July 5), Smith added: "So we go to the set and they're actually shooting, and they're shooting - and this is what I can't tell you what they were shooting - But what I saw, I absolutely loved.
"It was tactile, it wasn't a series of f**king green and »
Karlovy Vary Lures Hollywood, Inspires Wes Anderson
7 hours ago | Thompson on Hollywood | See recent Thompson on Hollywood news »
It took me a few days to get the hang of Karlovy Vary. The first morning, as I headed off in the wrong direction from my quaint hillside Cajkovskij Palace Spa and Wellness Hotel, a helpful couple pointed me toward a deep staircase heading straight down toward the Festival Central at the mammoth Hotel Thermal, renowned for its mineral pool. The local waters are famous --the idea is to buy a little cup and slowly sip from a series of fountains along the river. Mike Cahill, the director of the fest's opening night movie "I, Origins," said the water tastes like warm blood. "Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter" director David Zellner showed me his cup. I'll get around to it. The Hotel Thermal boasts several screening rooms and other theaters are scattered through the tourist town, bulging with the influx of buyers of some 120,000 festival tickets plus 850 industry players largely from »
- Anne Thompson
Kevin Smith Explains What He Saw On The Star Wars: Episode VII Set
7 hours ago | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Last week, writer/director Kevin Smith let the world know via his personal Instagram account that he had the chance to visit the set of Star Wars: Episode VII. He claimed that the experience moved him to tears, and apparently solidified a personal positive outlook on what J.J. Abrams and his team are doing at Pinewood Studios in England. The filmmaker couldn't go into any real details at the time due to signed non-disclosure agreements, but apparently those signed papers were only active for one week because now Smith is talking all about. As discovered by SlashFilm, the Clerks. director was recently in Switzerland for the Neuchatel International Film Festival, and while on stage during a Q&A session he blabbed all about his experience on the set of Star Wars: Episode VII. Taking the audience through his own personal, emotional trip throughout the day, Smith began by »
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