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The Wire: taking sociology forwards? | Steve Busfield
27 November 2009 7:19 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Steve Busfield reports from a conference exploring Us TV series The Wire as social-science fiction
How many sociologists does it take to change a lightbulb? Five. One to change the lightbulb and four to examine The Wire.
Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson believes that The Wire has done more "to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life, and the problems of urban inequality, than any other media event or scholarly publication". But here at The Wire as Social Science Fiction? conference in Leeds, what do academics from around the world think?
Christophe Ringer of Vanderbilt University argued that Baltimore has become "the archetypal urban city for American sociologists". It could have been any city in which a project as ambitious as The Wire had been set. But is it the real city Ringer is talking about, or the one depicted in The Wire? Terry Austrin of the University »
- Steve Busfield
10 closest Oscar races in the past 20 years
23 November 2009 1:12 PM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
One of the shrewdest Oscarologists on the planet is Tariq Khan of Fox News, who often generously shares his views of current and past derbies with Gold Derby readers. Here he takes a nostalgic look at the past two decades, offering his take on the most competitive derbies. Words below are Tariq's. Thanks, m'friend!
We’ve often discussed those Oscar races that seem just too close to call . . . where it’s clear (or at least seems clear) that the eventual winner will nab the Oscar with only a few more votes than his or her nearest competitor. While we can never really know for sure (unless we get one of those top jobs at the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers,) we do have some idea of what may have been the closest races in Oscar history. Allow me to present what I believe were the 10 closest acting races over the course of the past 20 years. »
- tomoneil
Idris Elba joins cast of Marvel Studios' Thor
23 November 2009 4:42 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Idris Elba has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh's comic book adaptation Thor, according to Heat Vision.
The London-born star will play Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard who stands on the rainbow bridge (Bifrost) which connects to Earth, in order to defend the gods' realm from intruders.
Elba, 37, will next be seen in heist thriller Taken and is also in upcoming comic book adaptation The Losers, out next April. His previous credits include The Unborn, RocknRolla, American Gangster, 28 Weeks Later and The Reaping.
Shooting on Thor, based on Marvel's comic book version of the Norse thunder god, is due to begin in mid-January in California. The film is set for release on May 20, 2011.
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- David Bentley
Idris Elba Joins the Cast of Kenneth Branagh's Thor as Heimdall
19 November 2009 9:54 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
So it looks like Marvel plans to continue to drop hints about what to expect storywise in the Thor movie by announcing more casting and giving us a taste of who the most important characters are. THR's Heat Vision reports today that Idris Elba has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Thor. Elba will play Heimdall, the guardian of the mythical world of Asgard, who stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders. Boy does he look like a badass guardian. But does this mean Asgard going to be attacked at some point in the movie? Is that the hint Marvel is dropping here? Any more revelations? Idris Elba previously starred in Obsessed, The Unborn, RocknRolla, Prom Night, American Gangster, and he also appears on "The Office". He's a fine actor and I'm glad to see him join this cast as well. I »
- Alex Billington
Get ready for Public Enemies with a copy of the DVD and bottle opener
19 November 2009 1:20 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Award-winning director Michael Mann (Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Collateral) transports audiences back to the era of the 1930s American gangster in the critically acclaimed crime saga Public Enemies . hitting DVD on Dec. 8th from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. M&C.s giving away five copies of the DVD and five Public Enemies bottle openers! In Public Enemies, acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary outlaw John Dillinger (Depp) . the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover.s fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public. »
- Patrick Luce
Interview: Carla Gugino
18 November 2009 5:45 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Carla Gugino has spent the better part of the last decade playing some of the most complicated and interesting female characters in Hollywood. After early roles in lighthearted fare like Son in Law, she played an appropriately combative counterpart for Michael J. Fox's deputy Mayor on Spin City before appearing in Wayne Wang's The Center of the World as a troubled seductress, Robert Rodriguez' Sin City as a tough-as-nails parole officer, Ridley Scott's American Gangster as Russell Crowe's exasperated ex-wife, and most recently in Zack Snyder's Watchmen as a sexpot superheroine with a pitch-black past. This month, she's acting in Sebastian Gutierrez' Women in Trouble, where she plays a porn star coming to terms with the news that she's pregnant.
Cinematical recently spoke to Gugino at the film's Los Angeles press day, where in between pointing out some of the bruises she earned »
- Todd Gilchrist
“Salt” Poster
16 November 2009 3:06 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Joblo got their hands on the first poster for Angelina Jolie’s new film “Salt“.
Angelina Jolie is a CIA officer who, after being accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, sets out to prove her innocence while trying to elude capture by her superiors.
The film, directed by Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire)from script by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, co-stars Liev Schreiber (Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Winter, her ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russia office, and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men, American Gangster) as Peabody, a counterintelligence officer who tries to take her down.
“Salt” opens to theaters July 23rd, 2010.
Click to see larger poster.
“Salt” Poster
If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, you can check it out here.
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- Allan Ford
Exclusive Video: Carla Gugino Is One of the Women in Trouble
13 November 2009 6:09 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Career-wise, there seems to be no trouble on the horizon for actress Carla Gugino. The actress best known for Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids films and her role on TV's Entourage has been busy lately working in some of Hollywood's most successful films starting with Rodriguez's Sin City in 2005 and followed by Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller, American Gangster opposite Russell Crow, Righteous Kill with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and most recently the starring role in Disney's remake Race to Witch Mountain. But it was her role earlier this year as Sally Jupiter in Zach Snyder's brilliant comic book-adapted Watchmen that made her a household name amongst fan-boys and the actress will be collaborating once again with Snyder in his upcoming film Sucker Punch!. However, the she can currently be seen on screen as porn star Elektra Luxx in director Sebastian Gutierrez's new female-ensemble-comedy Women in Trouble, »
Angelina Jolie’s “Salt” Teaser Trailer
4 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
Columbia Pictures has revealed the first teaser trailer for their action-thriller “Salt“.
In the film, Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world’s most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
The film, directed by Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire)from script by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, co-stars Liev Schreiber (Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Winter, her ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russia office, and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men, American Gangster) as Peabody, a counterintelligence officer who tries to take her down. »
- Allan Ford
International “Salt” Trailer
4 November 2009 2:06 AM, PST | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »
The first Russian trailer for Angelina Jolie’s upcoming spy thriller, “Salt” has appeared online.
Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a CIA officer who swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. When she is accused by a defector of being a Russian sleeper spy, Salt goes on the run to clear her name and ultimately prove she is a patriot. Using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative, she must elude capture and protect her husband or the world’s most powerful forces will erase any trace of her existence.
The film, directed by Phillip Noyce (Catch a Fire)from script by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, co-stars Liev Schreiber (Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as Winter, her ally and supervisor in the CIA’s Russia office, and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men, American Gangster) as Peabody, a counterintelligence officer who tries to take her down. »
- Allan Ford
Checkmate: An Advance Review of PBS' "Endgame" on "Masterpiece Contemporary"
23 October 2009 8:37 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Apartheid is an ugly word, conjuring up images of racial segregation and hatred from a time in the not-too-distant past of South Africa. PBS' new political thriller Endgame, which airs Sunday evening as part of the public broadcaster's Masterpiece Contemporary wheel, dramatizes not the plight of the common South African man and woman under the draconian decree of apartheid but rather the machinery operating behind the scenes to bring an end to apartheid once and for all. Written by Paula Milne (Second Sight) and directed by Pete Travis (Vantage Point), Endgame revolves around a series of secret talks between the Anc and the South African government brokered by Consolidated Goldfields, a multi-national company with vested financial interests in South Africa. The talks took place at an estate in England, far away from the violent rebellion in South Africa, and despite the risk in bringing together these enemies, the open lines »
- Jace
Scott And Jolie Wear Gucci
20 October 2009 11:57 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Yet Another Ridley Scott Project episode 427 unearths a movie that's been buried for a while.We first heard about Scott's attachment to a biopic of the Borgia-like Gucci fashion dynasty way back in 2006, before Scott finished American Gangster, when its home was Paramount and the script was by World Trade Centre's Andrea Berloff. A year or so later it was being rewritten by The Interpreter's Charles Randolph.Since then, nada. But now, suddenly, the project is a priority at Fox, who are shopping around for a third writer, and want to get underway in early 2010. Scott is still attached (which would make this his immediate next film after Robin Hood, before Alien 5, Red Riding, Monopoly or whatever) and it seems likely that Angelina Jolie, in her second big film next year alongside The Tourist (not to mention the planned Scarpetta film, based on Patricia Cornwell's novels), will sign on to play Patrizia Reggiano. »
Goldberg Honoured With Career Achievement Award
20 October 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Oscar winner Whoopi Goldberg has been honoured for her Hollywood career at a New York fundraising gala.
The Ghost star was presented with the Marlon Brando Award at the 2009 Stella by Starlight Gala on Monday.
Goldberg, who was handed the prize by American Gangster star Ruby Dee, admits she was flattered to receive the accolade but would rather have her late friend Brando back by her side instead.
She says, "It (the award) was great just because of my relationship with Marlon, so it was nice.
"We spoke often and we talked a lot, and I'd much rather have him than the award. He was a good man. I didn't get to work with him but I hung out with him."
Hollywood icon Brando died in 2004 at the age of 80. The gala raised money for the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. »
Peeking Behind the Doors of Seismic Change: Televisionary Talks to "Endgame" Star Chiwetel Ejiofor
20 October 2009 11:50 AM, PDT | Televisionary | See recent Televisionary news »
Golden Globe nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor is perhaps best known for his work in such diverse films as American Gangster, Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity, Love Actually, Redbelt, and Kinky Boots. The British actor has made a career of playing deeply complex individuals, from cross-dresser Lola in Kinky Boots to Dirty Pretty Things' cab driver and former doctor Okwe. In PBS' gripping apartheid thriller Endgame, which airs Stateside this Sunday as part of the new season of Masterpiece Contemporary, Ejiofor, recently appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth, plays South African political figure Thabo Mbeki, a key player in secret negotiations between the African National Congress and the South African government that were brokered by Consolidated Goldfields. Remarkably these talks resulted in an end to apartheid in South Africa and Endgame, written by Paula Milne and directed by Pete Travis, dramatize the secret talks, which occurred at Mells Park, an estate in England. »
- Jace
Is There Subtle Racism in Movie Posters?
20 October 2009 7:48 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
A dizzying array of elements are involved in creating a movie poster -- everything from contractual requirements dictating the size of the stars' names to psychological studies on which colors and fonts produce which emotions in viewers. But Ron Henriques at Latino Review suggests there might be more to it. In a very amusing article -- or an infuriating one, depending on how seriously you take it -- he shows multiple examples of what he considers racist "rules" in the way minorities are shown in posters.
For example, Henriques says it's only Ok for a minority (he's mostly talking about African Americans) to brandish a gun in a movie poster if they're cops, secret agents, or FBI. What's more, he says, the posters tend to make it clear that the person is in law enforcement, either through costume elements or in the text on the poster, lest observers think he's a criminal. »
- Eric D. Snider
'Red Riding' to Columbia
15 October 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to remake Red Riding, which like this year’s State of Play is based on a British production.
According to Variety, the studio is negotiating with Ridley Scott to direct and Steve Zaillian to write the screenplay, which would condense the five-hour original into a single feature film.
If a deal gets cemented, Red Riding would be produced through Scott and Zaillian’s Scott Free and Film Rites banners, respectively, as well as by Andrew Eaton of Revolutionary Films, which produced the mini-series. Scott previously collaborated with Zaillian on American Gangster, and Zaillian got a co-writing credit on Scott’s Hannibal.
The mini-series, which was based on four novels by David Peace, centered around the investigation of the disappearance of several young girls. As was the case with Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play, the setting will be transferred to the U.S. from Great Britain. »
Ridley Scott to Direct 'Red Riding' Miniseries Remake
15 October 2009 5:02 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Ridley Scott's eyes may well be bigger than his stomach. He's been consuming a lot of projects lately, from Robin Hood to Monopoly to the Alien prequel to Brave New World, and those are just the big-name projects he's directing (plus one announced for next year called The Kind One with Casey Affleck). So how in the world can he find room for anything else?
Apparently, Ridley was convinced that a remake of the UK miniseries Red Riding is only waaafer thin, because he's directing that, too, based on a new Steve Zaillian screenplay. They previously collaborated on American Gangster and Hannibal. Both guys will also chip in as producers, as well.
Columbia stepped up and bought the rights to adapt both the miniseries and the collection of novels by David Peace on which it is based. Red Riding will be distributed by IFC in the Us this fall. »
- Colin Boyd
Ridley Scott Remaking UK's Red Riding Trilogy for Columbia
15 October 2009 3:53 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Columbia Pictures announced earlier today via Variety that they've acquired remake rights to the UK TV mini-series known as Red Riding, a trilogy of feature films that have been playing the festival circuit this year. The studio is "negotiating" with Steve Zaillian (Gangs of New York, American Gangster) to write the script and Ridley Scott (Gladiator, American Gangster, Body of Lies) to direct. Zaillian has already been working with Columbia, as he was hired to rewrite the Steven Soderbergh Moneyball script. Both Scott and Zaillian will produce the remake along with Andrew Eaton of Revolutionary Films, who produced the mini. Alright, so I saw part one of the Red Riding trilogy at the Telluride Film Festival back in September. It's titled 1974 and stars the very talented Andrew Garfield, however, I hated it. I disliked it so much that I walked out of it after the first film and didn't even »
- Alex Billington
Ridley Scott Goes Red Riding
15 October 2009 12:31 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
I've been meaning to get around to see the Red Riding trilogy, a series of British films about power and police corruption that center around the disappearance of three young girls. But given that the whole thing is over five hours long, and sounds incredibly grim, you can probably understand why I've been putting it off. And now Ridley Scott is making it so I never have to see it at all! According to Variety, he and Columbia Pictures are planning a remake of the miniseries, with the setting transferred to the U.S. and the five hours somehow trimmed down to a feature running time. (Maybe they can take some hints from John Woo?) Steve Zaillian, who last wrote the doomed Soderbergh project Moneyball, also wrote American Gangster for Scott, and it sounds like this gritty crime movie might be right up the same alley. If the original is »
Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian Go Red Riding
15 October 2009 10:25 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Columbia has purchased the rights to the novels and British mini-series “Red Riding” about power and police corruption framed around the investigation into the disappearance of several young girls. The studio is negotiating with Ridley Scott to direct the film and with Steve Zaillian to write the screenplay. If they both sign on, it will be their third collaboration after “Hannibal” and “American Gangster”. While it’s no easy task to condense a six-hour miniseries into a two-hour movie, I was impressed with what this year’s “State of Play” was able to accomplish, although a large part of that film’s success was due to how Jason Bateman chose to pronounce the word “garage”. [Variety]
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- Matt Goldberg
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