Keira Knightley New Movie/King Lear Cancelled
Keira Knightley has signed up to appear in Mark Romanek’s sci-fi project “Never Let Me Go.” Knightley will star alongside Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan in the cloning-themed movie.
The story revolves around a trio who grew up in a boarding school with no contact or knowledge of the outside world until they discover they are clones grown for the sole purpose of organ donation.
Alex Garland adapted Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel into the script.
Shooting is expected to begin to London and Norfolk in April. It is Romanek’s first feature since 2002’s “One Hour Photo.”
Knightley also is attached to play Zelda Sayre, author and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, in “The Beautiful and the Damned” which will centre on the couple’s troubled relationship. She will also star with Colin Farrell in “London Boulevard,” a crime drama that marks William Monahan’s directing debut and in the Columbia Pictures remake of “My Fair Lady” as the simple Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a lady.
Unfortunately, “King Lear” – the British production of Shakespeare’s tragedy – project announced at last year’s Cannes film festival has been cancelled, despite A-list cast of Keira Knightley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts and Anthony Hopkins. Hopkins was due to play the ageing monarch, with Knightley signed up for the role of his youngest daughter, Cordelia. Gwyneth Paltrow and Naomi Watts were also on the cast list as the king’s disloyal elder daughters, Regan and Goneril.
A spokesperson for the film company said: “Ruby [Films] are no longer doing it – the film will no longer go ahead.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Al Pacino and director Michael Radford will reunite to make their own adaptation of King Lear following their collaboration on “The Merchant Of Venice” in 2004.
Pacino has never played Lear before, on stage nor on screen. Until now, he had always turned down Lear offers on the basis that he wasn’t “ready”. But producer Barry Navidi says that Radford “came up with the most brilliant adaptation and Al and I flipped for it.”
Perfect role for Anthony Hopkins, actually he’s great actor so every role is perfect role for him. But, we’ll see Pacino as King Lear, because he’s ready now!
Al Pacino Opened Third Rome Film Festival
Al Pacino opened Rome’s third International Film Festival with his independent movie “Chinese Coffee.”
Pacino will also be given a Marcus Aurelius award for career achievement at the festival, which runs until October 31, 2008.
”I don’t want to cancel the cultural initiatives of the past but I think we need to promote Italian films rather than Hollywood stars,” the Italian capital’s new mayor Gianni Alemanno said.
So, “Pride And Glory,” featuring Edward Norton and Colin Farrell, is the only US entry.
The festival’s competitive section will feature six Italian films, five from France, and two movies from both Germany and Poland. Films from the UK, Ukraine, Portugal, Belgium, Russia and South Korea also feature.
“Righteous Kill” Internationa Poster and New Photos
We have new international poster and images from “Righteous Kill“.
Jon Avnet’s thriller “Righteous Kill” stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a pair of Big Apple police officers investigating a series of murders committed by a serial killer. Carla Gugino co-stars as a crime-scene investigator that has romantic ties to De Niro. 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy and John Leguizamo co-star. Continue Reading…
“Righteous Kill” Posters, Red Band Clip and TV Spot
Sure they were in “Godfather II” together, but never at the same time. Sure they were in “Heat” together, but only two scenes. Now comes the ultimate team-up of all time. Robert DeNiro. Al Pacino. Righteous Kill. Now we get a brand new posters, clip and tv spot for their flick
Jon Avnet’s thriller “Righteous Kill” stars Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as a pair of Big Apple police officers investigating a series of murders committed by a serial killer. Carla Gugino co-stars as a crime-scene investigator that has romantic ties to De Niro. 50 Cent, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Dennehy and John Leguizamo co-star. Continue Reading…
“Righteous Kill” – Red Band Trailer
Check out new Red Band Trailer for “Righteous Kill“
After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren’t. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.
Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system.
‘88 Minutes’ First TV Spots
88 Minutes focuses on a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI and receives a death threat claiming that he has only has 88 minutes to live. In order to save his own life, he must use all of his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row.
Cast: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Benjamin McKenzie, Deborah Kara Unger, William Forsythe, Neal McDonough, Stephen Moyer, Michael Eklund, Michal Yannai, Brendan Fletcher
Johnny Depp to Portray Salvador Dali
Johnny Depp is holding auditions to find screenwriters for the Peter Rawley-produced ‘Dali’ picture and he is going to depict Spanish painter Salvador Dali in the movie.
He is holding an open audition to seek for screenwriters as he wants the best possible script he could get. A source commented the scribblers audition saying,
“He’s open to working with anyone, from housewives to pensioners, if the script is right.”
All he needs now is a script. And apparently he doesn’t really care who it comes from, just as long as it’s good.
Depp is not the only Hollywood star set to portray the eccentric artist on the big screen.
Al Pacino and Peter O’Toole are being lined up to star in rival movies, ‘Dali and I: The Surreal Story’ and ‘Goodbye Dali’.
‘Righteous Kill’ Movie Stills
See some pictures of Robert de Niro and Al Pacino from ‘Righteous Kill’.
‘88 Minutes’ First Photo & Poster
See the first shot from the upcoming Al Pachino thriller ’88 Minutes’Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor and the successful forensic psychiatrist working with the FBI in Seattle (actually filmed mostly in Vancouver, Canada).
When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer, Jon Forster, who is already on death row, before his time runs out.
Dr Gramm was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer. On the eve of Jon’s execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life. ‘88 Minutes’ will be in theaters on April 18th 2008.
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Robert de Niro and Al Pacino in ‘Righteous Kill’
Academy Award winners Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star as a pair of veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in the adrenaline fueled psychological thriller ‘Righteous Kill’, directed by Jon Avnet and written by Russell Gewirtz.
After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives David Fisk and Thomas Cowan should be ready for retirement, but aren’t. Before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.
Like the original murder, the victim is a suspected criminal whose body is found accompanied by a four line poem justifying the killing. When additional crimes take place, it becomes clear the detectives are looking for a serial killer, one who targets criminals that have fallen through the cracks of the judicial system. His mission is to do what the cops can’t do on their own-take the culprits off the streets for good. The similarities between the recent killings and their earlier case raise a nagging question: Did they put the wrong man behind bars?
