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International “Salt” Trailer
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.
Helen Mirren Joins “Red”
Helen Mirren has joined the cast of “Red,” big screen adaptation of the WildStorm/DC Comics book.
The movie will also star Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman.
The “Red” comic book was written by noted author Warren Ellis and illustrated by Cully Hamner.
It focuses on Paul Moses, a retired CIA operative that is forced back into the espionage game after he is betrayed by the government he had dedicated his life to protect.
Bruce Willis plays Moses in the film, while actor Morgan Freeman plays the CIA higher-up that orders the execution of Moses.
There’s no word on who exactly Mirren will be playing
Two “Sherlock Holmes” TV Spots
The first TV Spots for the upcoming Guy Ritchie ’s upcoming action adventure “Sherlock Holmes” have been released. Check them out below.
The latest film adaptation of author Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional detective character revolves around Holmes and Watson as they try to stop a conspiracy that could destroy Britain, opening with Holmes apprehending cult leader ‘Lord Blackwood’ (Mark Strong), who promises he will return from the dead and exact his revenge, while being led to the gallows.
Julia Roberts’ New Movie “In The Neighborhood”
Red Om Films, the production company headed by Julia Roberts, has picked up screen rights to the upcoming non-fiction book “In the Neighborhood,” by Peter Lovenheim. The book is set for release next April.
“In the Neighborhood” starts with Lovenheim’s realization of a lack of community in his suburban hometown. In an effort to get to know his neighbors better, he asks if he can come to their homes for sleepovers.
His goal: to facilitate something more than the feeling of strangers living with strangers in modern suburbia.
Philip Rose and Lisa Gillan as well as Roberts will produce for Red Om.
Red Om has gathered up another four properties as well, including “My Mother The Cheerleader,” “Jesus Henry Christ,” “Mallory,” “The Journey of the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon.”
Julia Roberts can next be seen in Garry Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day” which also star Taylor Lautner, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Jamie Foxx and Patrick Dempsey, and she’s currently shooting “Eat, Pray, Love” for Columbia Pictures.
“New Moon” Soundtrack No. 1, Death Cab for Cutie’s “New Moon” Video
For the second time in less than a year, a “Twilight” soundtrack is the #1 selling album in the country and #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” soundtrack moved up to the #1 spot in its second week, after a Friday debut earned it the #2 spot. The first “Twilight” soundtrack debuted in the top spot. In its first full week out in stores, the “New Moon” soundtrack sold 153,000 copies.
Check out Death Cab for Cutie’s video for “Meet Me on the Equinox,” the first single from the soundtrack for “New Moon” after jump…
Katie Holmes In “The Romantics”
Katie Holmes will star in new comedy “The Romantics,” replacing Liv Tyler.
Galt Niederhoffer will direct the movie. She also wrote the script based on her own novel.
“The Romantics” will also star Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Adam Brody, Malin Akerman, Elijah Wood and Jeremy Strong.
The movie revolves around eight friends from college who reunite for a wedding.
Holmes will play Laura, the maid of honor to Anna Paquin’s Lila, the bride. Laura and Lila are best friends who both have a past with the groom (Josh Duhamel).
“The Romantics,” originally supposed to film in the summer, begins shooting this week in New York.
Anthony Hopkins Joins “Thor” as Odin
Anthony Hopkins has signed on to star in Marvel Studios’ upcoming adaptation of “Thor.”
Hopkins will play Odin, the king of Asgard and the father of Thor and Loki. Chris Hemsworth is playing Thor, Tom Hiddleston plays Loki and Natalie Portman – Jane Foster, his human love interest.
In the film, Thor’s arrogance and recklessness re-ignite an ancient war, so he’s cast out of Asgard and down to Earth. There, as his human form Donald Blake, he meets a nurse named Jane Foster. When Loki comes to Earth Thor is forced to take up the hammer and fight him.
