One of contemporary cinema’s most graceful, taken-for-granted actors, Robin Wright, too long in the shadow of her ex-husband, would seemingly have finally found the perfect leading role in Rebecca Miller’s The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, in which she plays a graceful, taken-for-granted wife and mother. Onscreen, Wright imbues her roles with effortless compassion, which is always just barely...
It's been a while since we heard anything about Peter Webber's Wuthering Heights (supposedly starring Gemma Arterton and Ed Westwick ). Variety reports something in connection with this production: Spain's film and TV company Vertice 360 will merge its two distribs, Notro and Manga, to create Vertice Cine. [...] At the American Film Market, Vertice bought romantic comedy "The Baster," which...
International News: Vertice Cine to focus on mainstream movies -- Spain's Vertice 360 film and TV holding is to merge its two distribs, Notro and Manga, to create Vertice Cine.
Roulston abandons Tour of Southland with knee injury Fränk Schleck aiming high for 2010 Xacobeo Galicia adds Rodrigo García to 2010 team Keisse doping charges dismissed Gesink honoured at home with climb Armstrong's custom designed bikes raise $1.25 million Costa awarded Olympic grant Boogerd returns to peloton with new Continental team
Just another sane Monday in movieland. * Halcyon, a somewhat odd firm with an all but empty website, has officially put its one and only asset and reason for being, the rights to “The Terminator” franchise, on the auction block. So reports Variety and Nikki Finke. Suddenly, over at Whedonesque — yes, the Joss Whedon fansite [...]
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they've picked up the TIFF hit Mother and Child starring Annette Bening , Naomi Watts, Samuel L Jackson and Kerry Washington. The Rodrigo García adoption drama prompted more than one pundit to declare that The Bening would most definitely be back in the Best Actress Oscar race. But the press release makes no promises about when SPC would be showing...
Sony Classics' deal to acquire Rodrigo Garcia's Mother and Child "came together shortly after Toronto but took some time to close," reports Indiewire's Peter Knegt. The plan is to open it sometime next year so Annette Bening's Best Actress nomination is of course out the window. I remain persuaded that Bening gives the best performance of her career in this film. My initial TIFF gush review...
Film News: Studio nabs rights to Rodrigo Garcia's drama -- Sony Pictures Classics has picked up U.S. rights to Rodrigo Garcia's "Mother and Child," starring Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.
Spanish team Xacobeo Galicia announced today that it signed Rodrigo García for the 2010 season. "The team believes his characteristics and experience will help in stage races," said the team in a press release. Garcìa became professional in 2005 with Kaiku and then rode with Fuerteventura in 2007 and Extremadura in 2008. This year, he rode for Italian team Miche-Silver Cross....
Indie News: A sampling of some of the market's players -- Santa Monica's streets and hotels will be swarming with international film execs this week. A sampling of some of their players.
When Forbes magazine recently published a list of the most bankable actresses in Hollywood, Naomi Watts was the surprising name at the top. It's a financial magazine, so the list was compiled using a rather dry return-on-investment test. It was calculated that the 41-year-old actress appeared in films that earned $44 (€29) for every buck that she was paid. A list of her recent credits includes...
Great news, particularly around these parts: HBO has ordered a third season of "In Treatment," to begin filming early next year and airing sometime later in 2010. Gabriel Byrne is still the star, Paris Barclay is still the lead director and executive producer, and the new writing showrunners (replacing Warren Leight, who himself replaced Rodrigo Garcia) will be actor-turned-Oscar-nominated-screenwriter...
Rodrigo Garcia sits on a bench outside Evelyn Holland Hall, a pleasant clay-colored apartment building on East First Avenue in Hialeah. Though it's still several weeks before the November 3 election, the slender, fair-skinned 67-year-old has already made his decision. A half-dozen campaig...
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