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Andy Serkis Plays With Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

28 May 2009 1:01 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

According to reports from the UK's Pinewood Studios, part of the new Ian Dury biopic, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll was staged at the facility, with upcoming scenes scheduled to be lensed @ Pinewood's 'U-Stage'. Actor Andy "Lord Of The Rings" Serkis plays the lead role of pop singer Dury whose determination, perseverance and wit led to him becoming one of the founders of the British punk/new wave music movement in the 1970's. Dury, who died in 2000, was noted as a singer, songwriter, bandleader and actor who wrote the generational-anthem single Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. The feature Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is being produced by Damian "Welcome To Sarajevo" Jones and directed by BAFTA-nominee, Silver Bear recipient Mat "Shock Doctrine" Whitecross, from an original screenplay by Paul Viragh. Financed by Prescience, Aegis, the UK Film Council and Lip Sync, worldwide sales are being handled by Odyssey Entertainment. Joining Serkis in the »

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Michael Caine Was There For Premiere

30 April 2009 12:03 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Taking things upmarket for the premiere of his new film Is Anybody There, the living legend that is Michael Caine made his way to the Curzon Mayfair with beautiful wife Shakira and was joined by his co-stars Anne-Marie Duff, David Morrissey and Bill Millner.Is Anybody There follows a retired magician of mature years (Caine) and his relationship with the young son (Milner) of the couple who run the retirement home he is forced to live in.Milner, known best for his breakthrough role in Son Of Rambow, told us what it was like working with a living legend: “It was brilliant, it was just such a privilige to work with such a brilliant actor. He's just so lovely and we got on really well. You learn a lot from working with such an experienced actor because subconsiously you're picking up stuff.”Next up in Ian Drury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, »

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Milner: 'I wasn't in awe of Caine'

28 April 2009 4:18 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Bill Milner has said that he wasn't in awe of Michael Caine when working with him on new drama Is Anybody There?. Speaking to Digital Spy, the Son Of Rambow lead admitted that the legendary star treated him "just like any other actor". "He was just very lovely and we had a really good relationship. He's so nice and he treated me just like any other actor," Milner said of Caine. "I watched quite a few of his (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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Film: Review: Is Anybody There?

16 April 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

If the world really needed yet another film about an unconventional, mutually enlightening relationship between a crotchety old person and a troubled young person, it could probably do worse than the fitfully well-managed Is Anybody There? But that’s an extremely big if. Like any story based in a wholly stock plot convention, Is Anybody There? spends a good deal of its runtime struggling to justify its existence, which it almost does via a quality cast anchored by Bill Milner, the scrappy kid from Son Of Rambow. But the script is always shakier than the performers trying to bring it ... »

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Batman Wins Big At Empire Awards

29 March 2009 4:06 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Batman was the big winner at the 2009 Jameson Empire Awards in London as Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and director Christopher Nolan were honoured for their parts in making The Dark Knight.

The annual ceremony at the city's Grosvenor Hotel on Sunday celebrated the film industry's success stories of the year, with Empire magazine readers voting for the winners in all the major categories.

And Batman movie The Dark Knight continued its award season haul, taking home the Best Movie trophy, as well as gaining a Best Actor prize for its star Christian Bale and the Best Director statuette for filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

The event also paid homage to late actor Heath Ledger, who won a posthumous Oscar for his role as evil villain The Joker in the blockbuster, by honouring him with a special commemoration award for his life works.

Moviemaker Danny Boyle, whose Slumdog Millionaire garnered a massive eight Academy Awards at this year's ceremony, turned out to receive an Outstanding Contribution to Film honour in recognition of his 14 year directorial career.

Brit star Helena Bonham Carter walked away with the Best Actress award for her role in Tim Burton's sinister musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Guy Ritchie's latest gangster thriller RocknRolla won the Best British Movie prize, while Abba musical Mamma Mia took home the trophy for Best Soundtrack.

Bond film Quantum of Solace won two awards; one for Best Thriller and another for Best Newcomer for Brit actress Gemma Arterton.

And Hollywood tough guys were the toast of the night - Russell Crowe and Viggo Mortensen received special tributes in honour of their longrunning dedication to acting.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best Film: The Dark Knight

Best Actor: Christian Bale

Best Actress: Helena Bonham Carter

Best British Film: RocknRolla

Best Director: Christopher Nolan

Icon Award: Viggo Mortensen

Best Thriller: Quantum of Solace

Best Comedy: Son of Rambow

Best Horror: Eden Lake

Best Newcomer: Gemma Arterton

Best Soundtrack: Mamma Mia

Outstanding Contribution to British Film: Danny Boyle

Actor of our Lifetime: Russell Crowe »

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"Is Anybody There?" - First poster in from the Michael Caine starrer.

21 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Check out the first poster from "Is Anybody There?" starring Michael Caine, Thelma Barlow, Adam Drinkall, Anne-Marie Duff, Rosemary Harris, Garrick Harrison and Linzey Cocker.   John Crowley, director of films like "Boy A" and "Intermission," helms from the writing by Peter Harness who made this his first credit at a film screenplay.   See the trailer on MovieJungle.com now!   What's it about?   Sir Michael Caine gives one of the finest performances of his career as a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home in John Crowley’s Is Anybody There?  Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, Is Anybody There? charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Caine’s proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Son Of Rambow’S Bill Milner) of the home’s overwhelmed owners.    Written by Peter Harness, who draws from his own experience growing up in a retirement home, »

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"Is Anybody There?" - Trailer added for the Michael Caine starrer.

18 March 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

We have the trailer in for Big Beach and Heyday Films "Is Anybody There?" starring Michael Caine, Thelma Barlow, Adam Drinkall, Anne-Marie Duff, Rosemary Harris, Garrick Harrison and Linzey Cocker.         Sir Michael Caine gives one of the finest performances of his career as a retired magician who reluctantly enters a family-run old age home in John Crowley’s Is Anybody There? Set in a seaside English town circa 1987, Is Anybody There? charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Caine’s proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Son Of Rambow’S Bill Milner) of the home’s overwhelmed owners. Written by Peter Harness, who draws from his own experience growing up in a retirement home, Is Anybody There? brings a rich humor as well as a rigorous honesty to its portrait of different lives colliding under one roof. With a supporting cast that includes Anne-Marie Duff »

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Fox Grabs Narnia Franchise

29 January 2009 12:32 AM, PST | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

There's good news for fans of raffish rodent Reepicheep: 20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to the Chronicles Of Narnia series and started work on a script for Voyage Of The Dawn Treader.We're hoping Fox can help bring the magic back to Narnia, after the gritty-yet-strangely underwhelming Prince Caspian. They'll be aided and abetted by a more adventuresome storyline, with Dawn Treader reuniting the younger Pevensies with Caspian on a seaborne quest to find Narnia's seven lost lords.Ben Barnes, Skandar Keynes and Georgie Henley return, joined by Will Poulter, Son Of Rambow's biffer-in-a-beret. Poulter plays Eustace Clarence Scrubb, the Pevensies' deeply disgruntled cousin. No word yet on whether Eddie Izzard will return to voice the punchy mouse, but Michael Apted (The World Is Not Enough, Enigma) has signed on to direct.The plan is to start shooting Dawn Treader in Australia this summer once all »

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BAFTA Film Awards 2009: The Nominees

15 January 2009 3:29 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Digital Spy presents the full list of nominees for the 2009 BAFTA Film Awards, to be held on February 8 at London's Royal Opera House. Best Film

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire Outstanding British Film

Hunger

In Bruges

Mamma Mia!

Man On Wire The Carl Foreman Award for special achievement by a British director, producer or writer in their first feature film

Simon Chinn - Man On Wire

Judy Craymer - Mamma Mia!

Garth Jennings - Son Of Rambow

Steve McQueen - Hunger

Solon Papadopoulos/Roy Boulter - Of Time And City Best Director

Clint Eastwood - Changeling

David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Stephen Daldry - The Reader

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire Best Original Screenplay

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - Burn After (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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