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Johnny Depp Gets Involved in an Intrigue With Angelina Jolie

5 November 2009 1:03 AM, PST | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Johnny Depp, playing Sir James Matthew Barrie in "Finding Neverland", will collaborate with Angelina Jolie in the upcoming movie, "The Tourist", which production is scheduled to start early next year. Reportedly, Depp is still in talks to star with Jolie concerning his role as Jolie's fellow lead.

If the negotiation goes through, Depp will play as an American tourist. Depp's character gets mixed up by an interpol agent, played by Jolie, who's in her way to track down a criminal that happens to be her ex-lover.

There have been some vicissitudes of role. Charlize Theron and Sam Worthington were the leading actress and actor in the first place for "The Tourist". Jolie and Depp's names then came up to fill the vacancies of Theron's and Worthington's role.

"The Tourist", a remake of a 2005 French thriller, will be produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, and Jonathan Glickman. Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellowes, »

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Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview

4 November 2009 12:57 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Actress Stana Katic looking tailored as Detective Kate Beckett in Castle.

Stana Katic:

Storms The Walls Of Castle

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Alex Simon

Actress Stana Katic is on a roll. After scoring supporting roles in two of last year’s highest-profile films, Quantum of Solace and The Spirit, the statuesque Canadian stunner landed the female lead in ABC’s new police drama/romantic comedy Castle, playing Detective Kate Beckett, a tough-as-nails NYPD officer who finds herself with the regrettable assignment of allowing cocky, best-selling crime novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) to shadow her for research on his next book. Not only does she find that Castle’s creative instincts for the criminal mind help her solve some of the city’s most challenging murders, she finds her tough exterior melting under Castle’s considerable charms. The show airs Monday nights on ABC.

Stana Katic sat down with us at a local »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Carey Mulligan is ‘Beautiful Fantastic’

29 October 2009 6:47 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

By now, you've probably heard more than a few words uttered on the blogosphere about Carey Mulligan. There's talk that she's likely to be sitting among Oscar nominees in March for her Audrey Hepburn-esque role in Lone Scherfig's An Education and she's racking up projects in development as fast as any other leading lady in Hollywood's hills. She was recently cast in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps alongside Shia LeBouf and Michael Douglas. And now she's prepped and ready for another leading role. According to Screen Daily, Muliigan has been cast in The Beautiful Fantastic, a fairy tale-like drama from director Terry Loane (Mickybo & Me) and screenwriter Simon Aboud. It is a whimsical tale said to be in the vein of Amelie and Finding Neverland, that will also star Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Joanna Lumley. The story focuses on frustrated children's author Bella Brown, who »

- Neil Miller

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Bond director opens the files on Quantum of Solace

29 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Bond star Daniel Craig recently revealed that filming on the next James Bond movie will start at the end of 2010.

In the meantime, director Marc Forster has been spilling the beans on Craig's previous 007 adventure, Quantum of Solace.

Forster who has already said he doesn't want to do the next Bond flick, had his breakthrough with Monster's Ball, for which Halle Berry won a best actress Oscar.

His next film, Finding Neverland, was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards and seven Academy Awards.

The filmmaker, who had left Switzerland for the USA at the age of 20 to pursue his dream, continued his directorial success with films including Stranger than Fiction, The Kite Runner, and then last year's Quantum of Solace.

In an interview with MakingOf, Forster explains that the Bond flick was, for him, "a very different experience."

He had a budget five times the amount he normally worked with plus, »

- David Bentley

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An Education’s Carey Mulligan Joins This Beautiful Fantastic, a 2009 Brit List Entry

29 October 2009 2:16 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

The actress 'It Girl' this year is definitely Carey Mulligan, who has been drawing raves for her performance in An Education since the film premiered at Sundance. She's already working on Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps, and now she's been cast in This Beautiful Fantastic, which will be based on a script that made the Brit List a couple months ago. Screen Daily reports on the film, and lists the tremendous cast with which Mulligan will appear: Tom Wilkinson, Christopher Eccleston, Mackenzie Crook and Joanna Lumley. The film will shoot in early 2010 in Scotland and Germany with Terry Loane directing from Simon Aboud's script, said to be "a modern fairy tale in the vein of Amelie and Finding Neverland." The film follows "frustrated children’s author Bella Brown, who only leaves her obsessively ordered flat for work at the library. Chronically shy, she has no friends, no family »

- Russ Fischer

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Carey Mulligan Cast in Fairy Tale Film This Beautiful Fantastic

29 October 2009 12:03 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

I hope that by March 8th, Carey Mulligan has an Oscar on her mantle, because she certainly deserves to have one. As we wait to find out her destiny, though, Mulligan has been busy being cast in other projects, as the industry has already seen her in An Education and knows how great she is. She was cast in Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps already as the lead female love interest opposite Shia Labeouf and has just joined another project today. ScreenDaily reports that Mulligan has been cast in This Beautiful Fantastic, a fairy tale-like drama being directed by Terry Loane (Mickybo & Me) from a script written by Simon Aboud. This Beautiful Fantastic is described as a "modern fairy tale in the vein of Amelie and Finding Neverland." Perfect - two of my favorite fairy tale films. The cast also includes Tom Wilkinson (Duplicity), Christopher Eccleston (G.I. Joe »

- Alex Billington

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Zombieland Movie Review

1 October 2009 7:28 AM, PDT | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Shaun of the Dead has been my favorite zombie movie since its release in 2004. It even made my Top 10 movies of 2004 list alongside Million Dollar Baby, Finding Neverland, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost take refuge in their favorite pub because of course that's the safest place to be when the undead rule the streets, right? No matter how many times I watch it, it never fails to make me crack up. But sorry Shaun, Zombieland has now replaced you at the top of my zombie movie list.

Zombieland is gross, wickedly sick, and just an all-around bloody good time. Plus, it's got one of the best cameos ever and great chemistry between the four surviving humans played by Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin. Read On...

In Related Zombieland News:

Interview with Jesse Eisenberg

Interview with Emma Stone

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Ron Howard Discovers Comic Books

24 September 2009 10:44 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Sometimes the lives of the men behind the stories are just as interesting as the fictitious concoctions they create, as such is the case with the 2004 film “Finding Neverland”. Or, to put it another way, the monster has to come from somewhere; it doesn’t just spring into existence fully formed. On the cover of the comic “The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft”, which you can see below, the monster is coming out of the typewriter, but it might as well be coming out of H.P. Lovecraft’s mind. The comic is a story about H.P. Lovecraft’s life and work, and back when the movie rights were bought in March, it was a story that interested Ron Howard, who speaks with the La Times about his thoughts on the material. Ron Howard’s own work is the kind that has a wide range, and as such he tends »

- Jacob

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Kaczmarek back with another Us score

4 September 2009 3:56 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won the Oscar for his Finding Neverland score in 2005, hs composed the original score for Get Low, a drama from director Aaron Schneider (Two Soldiers) which will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Produced by Zanuck Independent and co-produced by Polish company Tvn, the film tells the story about a man in a small town who is trying to solve an old murder ... »

- moviescore

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'Astro Boy' trailer: Even in animated film, Nic Cage's hair a bit of an issue

12 August 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

The new trailer for Astro Boy — the story of a robot (voiced by Freddie Highmore), programmed with the memories of a brilliant scientist's lost son, plus some serious superpowers — is pretty sweet. You get that moment of pause when you realize that Dr. Tenma, pictured, is voiced by Nicolas Cage. That jolt of excitement when you see Cora (Kristen Bell) come to the rescue. That giggle that confirms you're still an eight-year-old when Astro Boy discovers his backside is packin' ("I got some machine guns... in my butt?"). And the anticipation that, at some point, there will be a tender scene in which Highmore, who reduced you to tears on that bench with Johnny Depp in Finding Neverland, will do it again. Also, why isn't Donald Sutherland in every animated film? »

- Mandi Bierly

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Jackman to Play P.T. Barnum

3 August 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Hugh Jackman has appeared on-stage in a number of musicals, and recently sang-and-danced his way to one of the more memorable Oscar telecasts in history. Not surprisingly, he’s now attached to an original contemporary musical titled The Greatest Showman on Earth, in which he’ll play American showman P.T. Barnum, Variety reports.

Sex and the City scribe Jenny Bicks is working on the screenplay for Twentieth Century Fox. The film would have an original music score, and the studio is reportedly in talks with Mika, the London-based singer/songwriter, to do the musical honors.

Laurence Mark, who produced Dreamgirls, is on-board to produce The Greatest Showman on Earth with Jackman and John Palermo. The movie will revolve around Barnum as he creates his famous three-ring circus, showing his penchant for dazzling a gullible public.

There will also be romance between the showman and Jenny Lind — the singer and »

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New Couple Alert: Dakota Fanning and Freddie Highmore

27 July 2009 7:36 PM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »

Rumor has it, Dakota Fanning and 17-year-old Freddie Highmore have gone on a date. The pair, according to E! Online, was seen having "a dinner date" in Beverly Hills on Saturday night, July 25. Unfortunately, both Fanning and Highmore have not yet commented on the matter.

Aside from her personal life, Dakota Fanning is currently busy filming her upcoming biopic movie "The Runaways". On the film, she portrays Cherie Currie and co-stars with Kristen Stewart, who also works together with her on highly anticipated vampire drama flick "The Twilight Saga's New Moon".

As for Freddie Highmore, he is best known for his role as Peter Llewelyn Davies on 2004 movie "Finding Neverland". He has also starred on several other films, including "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "August Rush", and "Arthur and the Invisibles". Highmore can next be seen starring on "Master Harold... and the Boys" and "Arthur and the »

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Dakota Fanning + Freddie Highmore = Cutest. Thing. Ever.

27 July 2009 7:10 AM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »

If you thought Selena Gomez and Taylor Lautner were a match made in tween heaven, think again. Full-blown thespians Dakota Fanning and Freddie Highmore reportedly had a dinner date in Beverly Hills Saturday night. Squee! At 15, the increasingly adorable Dakota has already gone toe-to-toe with the likes of Sean Penn, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise and, oh yeah, Robert Pattinson(!) in the upcoming Twilight sequel. Lest you forgot, Freddie, 17, has a résumé no less impressive, serving as Johnny Depp's pint-size protégé in both Finding Neverland and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Seriously, can you say power couple? »

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Hookup Alert: Dakota Fanning and Freddie Highmore

27 July 2009 5:15 AM, PDT | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »

Move over, Brad and Angelina; there may be a new show-biz power couple in town! E! Online reports that precocious child actress Dakota Fanning, who's currently filming The Runaways with New Moon castmate Kristen Stewart, has a new man in her life in the form of Freddie Highmore.  Fanning and Highmore—best known for his work in Finding Neverland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Spiderwick Chronicles—reportedly enjoyed a dinner date together in Beverly Hills on Saturday night. Of course, with Highmore being 17 and Fanning being 15, there is a slight age difference to overcome, but Highmore wouldn't be the first Hollywood... »

- Celebuzz

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Can 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' break Oscars curse?

5 July 2009 3:51 AM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

Everyone will be wild about Harry once more with the July 15 release of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."  But while Harry Potter waves his magic wand over and over, he just can't enchant Oscar voters. Indeed,  Harry Potter is fast becoming the Susan Lucci of the Oscars. Since 2001, his five films have netted just six nods and no wins. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002) and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (2007) weren't nominated for anything! The only Oscar bid cooked up by "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005) was for art direction (it lost to "Memoirs of a Geisha"). "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004) did slightly better, capturing noms for music score and visual effects. It lost to, respectively, "Finding Neverland" and "Spider-Man 2." It was the first flick that conjured up the most Oscar nods. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001) reaped three nominations: art direction, »

- tomoneil

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My Sister’s Keeper

26 June 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

My Sister’s Keeper

Directed by: Nick Cassavetes

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric

Running Time: 1 hr 45

Rating: PG 13

Plot: Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) seeks medical emancipation so that she doesn’t have to donate organs to her sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who is dying from leukemia. And here’s the scoop: that’s the red-herring plot. The underlying story is fully dedicated to the lives of extremely likable people and how they handle the loss of their beloved.

Who’s It For? I would say anyone who likes dramas who isn’t suicidal, but it would come off as glib, and I don’t mean it like that. If you are easily affected by onscreen sadness, expect this movie to stay lodged in your throat for sometime.

Expectations: I had no interest in seeing this movie and I was prepared for an onslaught of formulaic manipulation, »

- Morrow McLaughlin

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Director Marc Forster Finds A ‘Quantum of Solace’ In Trippy, Personal New Film

17 June 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Although Marc Forster has directed many movies we’ve all seen, from “Finding Neverland” to the licensed to kill blockbuster “Quantum of Solace,” he’s resisted becoming an auteur — a filmmaker who doesn’t let us forget that he’s behind the camera — a la Stanley Kubrick, Kevin Smith and others. In his latest offering, Forster is breaking several of his own rules, including taking command of the lens from both sides.

“[While filming ‘Solace’] I realized that the only time I had for me, which was quiet and calm, was on an airplane,” Forster explained of his mind-blowingly trippy new short. It’s something that has to be seen to be believed, and you can check it out over at the website for Swiss International Air Lines. “It was the only moment where I could reflect and be myself… there’s a nice symbolism in the meaning of journey.”

With that in mind, »

- Larry Carroll

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World War Z not quite imminent

15 June 2009 8:07 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The film adaptation of Max Brooks' best-selling zombie epic World War Z has hit a snag.

In an interview with the Swiss site Migros-Magazin, Director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Quantum Of Solace) says that the screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski is in-development and "still far from realization."

Instead, Forster is onto another project called Disconnect. As for Wwz, hopefully we'll get to see it eventually. It just doesn't look like we'll be seeing it any time soon. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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The Jeff Buckley Showdown: Pattinson v. Franco v. Marsden v. Leto

15 June 2009 10:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Last Wednesday, I threw on Jeff Buckley - Live in Chicago and got to work. One of the times I glanced at the TV screen, a thought occurred to me: Robert Pattinson could pull off a decent Jeff Buckley. He's only a few years younger than the musician was during the creation of Grace; he's a got a slew of musical talents; and has a similar look. Heck, I even tweeted about it. Only a few days later, in a turn that taps into my collective conscience/coincidence question, there's a mass of buzz about a Buckley biopic.

ABC News reports that Pattinson and James Franco are in a showdown to play the musician in the upcoming biopic. There's not much beef to this account, and they get it wrong that "Hallelujah" was released posthumously (it was on Grace), so it doesn't seem definitive. However, an older news release down under explains things in detail. »

- Monika Bartyzel

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Pattinson, Franco want to play Jeff Buckley

5 June 2009 4:13 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Robert Pattinson and James Franco are among the stars eager to play Jeff Buckley in the proposed biopic of the late singer-songwriter. According to a report in Australia's Courier-Mail newspaper, producers Michelle Sy (Finding Neverland) and Orion Williams (Control) are overseeing the project with Buckley's mother Mary Guibert. Ryane Jeffe has been commissioned to write the movie, which is also attracting interest from Jared Leto and James Marsden. Guibert revealed that the actor portraying her son, who drowned tragically in 1997, will have to sing and play his own instruments for the role. "Whoever (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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