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Colin Firth is ‘A Single Man’

29 October 2008 7:08 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode are set to star in Tom Ford’s directorial debut “A Single Man.”

According to Variety, the film follows a British college professor who loses his partner of 16 years. I know it’s not much, but that’s all we know at this stage.

Ford and David Scearce adapted Christopher Isherwood’s novel, which details one day in a professor’s life in Los Angeles.

I assume Firth is on board as the lead character. Firth most recently starred in Universal’s hit musical “Mamma Mia!” He recently wrapped filming for “Dorian Gray.”

As for Moore, she was last seen in “Blindness.” She has several projects coming up, including “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” and “Shelter.”

Goode last starred in “Brideshead Revisited.” He’ll appear in Zack Snyder’s upcoming actioner “Watchmen.”

Franck Tabouring

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Full Nominees List of 11th British Independent Film Awards

29 October 2008 12:09 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

The nominees for the eleventh annual British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have been announced. On Tuesday, October 28, at Soho House in London, it is unveiled that IRA prison drama "Hunger" and crime comedy "In Bruges" have dominated the list by collecting seven nominations each.

Both of them will battle it out for the title of Best British Independent Film, contending also with "Slumdog Millionaire", "Man on Wire" and "Somers Town". They will also go head-to-head for Best Screenplay and Best Debut Director. The latter is also known as The Douglas Hickox Award.

On the performers' category, past Variety Award recipient Keira Knightley has been nominated for Best Actress for her performance in "The Duchess". She will be facing Vera Farmiga, Samantha Morton, Kelly Reilly and Sally Hawkins. Moreover, "In Bruges" star Colin Farrell will be up against Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Riz Ahmed and Thomas Turgoose for the Best Actor.

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Ben Whishaw Confirms Doing 'The Tempest' + More On Ben!

6 October 2008 7:35 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

tMF recently reported (http://themovie-fanatic.com/the_buzz!/ben_whishaw/ben_whishaw_possibly_doing_upcoming_shakespeare_film_the_tempest/) the rumor that Ben Whishaw might be attached to the upcoming Shakespeare film, 'The Tempest'. It is now confirmed by Whishaw himself in a recent interview while promoting Brideshead Revisited. He says he is set to start shooting his scenes this coming January 2009. Whishaw is to play the character Ariel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(Shakespeare)) in the Shakespeare comedy. The movie is to be directed by Julie Taymor. IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0576818/)via WENN is also reporting more casting news for The Tempest, to also include Dame Helen Mirren - who is to take on the role of Prospero (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero). Geoffrey Rush is also rumored to be playing the role of Gonzalo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_(Shakespeare

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Thompson: 'Birth my greatest success'

4 October 2008 8:20 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

British actress Emma Thompson has cited giving birth without taking drugs to relieve the pain as her greatest success. The star, who appears in new Britflick Brideshead Revisited, commented that she regards this as a greater achievement than her movie career. Speaking to Easy Living, the 49-year-old added that she would have liked to have provided brothers and sisters for daughter (more)

By Michael Thornton

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Goode: 'Watchmen' film looks amazing

3 October 2008 12:06 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Matthew Goode has claimed that new movie Watchmen looks "amazing". The British actor, who can currently be seen in Brideshead Revisited, plays Adrian Veidt in the upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore's seminal graphic novel. He said he has seen "little bits" of the film, which is set in an alternative 1985 in which President Richard Nixon is still in power and the Us is heading towards nuclear war with Russia. Goode revealed that he keeps referring to the source material, saying: "There's not so much research (more)

By Michael Thornton

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Movie Reviews: Brideshead Revisited

8 August 2008 10:32 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Hoping to present itself to that segment of the moviegoing audience that prefers to see a little more class on screen, director Julian Jarrold's film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited is expanding to 364 theaters this weekend. As Claudia Puig observes in USA Today, it's a movie for "those who are weary of summer's bawdy comedies and superheroes." Unfortunately, despite its impressive pedigree, it has not been welcomed enthusiastically by critics. A.O. Scott in the New York Times, who compares it with the PBS miniseries that aired in 1982, says that while the new production is "more cinematic" than the older one, "it is also tedious, confused and banal." Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times observes that while the TV series was "inspired," the movie is "somewhat less inspired." He concludes, "While elegantly mounted and well acted, the movie is not the equal of the TV production, in part because so much material had to be compressed into such a shorter time." Like most of his colleagues, Joe Morgenstern in the Wall Street Journal compares the movie with the TV series and can't figure out why anyone even attempted to make the movie. "If it's a choice between the movie's 135 minutes or the 659 minutes of the miniseries (which has been re-mastered and re-released in a lavish four-disk edition), I'd say it's no choice at all. The shorter version is the one that seems long," he writes. And Kyle Smith in the New York Post simply dismisses the entire production as a "well-polished relic."

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Trailer: Brideshead Revisited Movie Trailer

24 July 2008 1:02 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Miramax Films released a brand new theatrical movie trailer for the upcoming film “Brideshead Revisited” by director Julian Jarrold (Nineteen Seventy-Four) and starring Matthew Goode, Thomas Morrison, Anna Madeley and David Barrass. Synopsis: A provocative and suspenseful drama, “Brideshead Revisited” tells an evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in the pre-wwii era. In the film, Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode, “Match Point,” “The Lookout”) becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming and provocative Sebastian Flyte(Ben Whishaw, “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”), and then his sophisticated sister, Julia (Hayley Atwell, “Cassandra’s Dream” and the upcoming “The Duchess”). The rise and fall of Charles’ infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England [...]

Brian Corder

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Thompson Prepared For Brideshead By Cooking

16 July 2008 9:01 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Emma Thompson prepared for her role as a matriarch in forthcoming film Brideshead Revisited by cooking "family" meals for her co-stars.

The actress plays Lady Marchmain in the new film version of the novel, and became a "mother" for the film's other actors by inviting them to her London home for dinner.

Hayley Atwell, who plays Thompson's daughter Julia, says, "She would have us round to her house and we'd stand in the kitchen as she prepared these delicious Sunday roasts. It was her way of getting us all to bond as a family for the film."

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Atwell cast in 'Prisoner' remake

15 July 2008 11:40 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Hayley Atwell has joined the cast of the ITV/AMC remake of cult '60s series The Prisoner. The 26-year-old, a regular in British period dramas (Mansfield Park, the upcoming Brideshead Revisited), told MTV that she will soon jet off to Namibia to work on the six-part series with Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel. Atwell described the new series as "ambiguous" and reflecting contemporary issues such as security concerns. "It's [about] this guy who gets taken into this village and everyone's got a number, not a name," (more)

By Simon Reynolds

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Thompson Threatened To Quit Film After Atwell Told To Lose Weight

6 March 2008 9:32 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Emma Thompson threatened to quit her upcoming movie Brideshead Revisited after learning the film's producers had ordered her co-star Hayley Atwell to lose weight.

The Oscar winner was so outraged when she found out Atwell was under instructions to lose a few pounds before shooting began on the movie, she demanded producers accept her size - or she'd resign.

Atwell says, "I went round to Emma's one night and she was getting very angry that I wasn't eating all the food she was giving me. I told her why and she hit the roof."

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2008 | 2007 | 2004

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