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‘Burn After Reading’ First Trailer!
Trailer for highly awaited Coen brothers’ new movie is finally online.
We just added the first ‘Burn After Reading‘ trailer and I have to say, I’m more than a little curious.
The dark spy comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will launch from the Venice Lido Aug. 27.
Brad Pitt to play in ‘Thor’
The latest casting report coming from the Marvel‘s movie projects suggests that Brad Pitt is on the run for the titular character in ‘Thor‘.
First to break the news on the matter was Latino Review, which stated that Marvel executives have put Pitt’s name into the consideration to depict Thor (a character that appears in Marvel Comics based on the God of the same name) in the adaptation film but they also said: ”no offer has been made to Pitt yet!”
Diane Kruger: ‘Troy’ kind of sucked
Diane Kruger has admitted that she doesn’t like her breakthrough movie Troy.
Kruger said: “You can’t tell whether or not I can act from Troy. It kind of sucked to be honest.”
Kruger played Helen of Troy in the 2004 Illiad epic opposite Brad Pitt, Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana and wasn’t happy with the type of roles offered to her after its release.
“I was just starting out and didn’t want to play all the parts I was subsequently offered in these big movies. I had to get out,” Kruger explained.
Brad Pitt to replace Tom Cruise in ‘Mission Impossible’?
Tom Cruise has reportedly held discussions with Paramount about making Mission: Impossible 4.
It was rumoured that movie bosses wanted Brad Pitt to step into the franchise to replace Cruise’s Ethan Hunt character.
Cruise exited Paramount in 2006 after falling out with Sumner Redstone, chairman of the studio’s parent company Viacom.
‘Burn After Reading’ – New Pics
Five new movie stills from the upcoming Coen Brothers‘ comedy/drama “Burn After Reading,” staring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and John Malkovich have been released.
John Malkovich is Ozzie Cox, a fired CIA vet who takes his revenge by writing some inflammatory memoirs and then loses them. George Clooney is a fellow spy investigating the matter, who meets Francis McDormand via computer dating, who runs a gym where Brad Pitt works. Craziness and zippy wordplay ensue…
The movie hits theaters on September 12th, in wide releas.
‘Burn After Reading’ to open 65th Venice Film Festival
The Coen brothers’ ‘Burn After Reading‘ will open the 65th Venice Film Festival. That will be the world premiere of the dark spy comedy, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Tilda Swinton, will launch from the Venice Lido Aug. 27.
‘Burn After Reading’ has its U.K. release on Sept. 5 via Universal Pictures and goes out Stateside via Focus Features on Sept. 12. “Burn After Reading,” which the Coens wrote and directed, revolves around an ousted CIA official, played by John Malkovich, whose memoir falls into the hands of two Washington, D.C., gym employees, who decide to attempt to exploit their find. Highly awaited Coen brothers’ latest is a Working Title production, produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, and executive-produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Robert Graf. It has not yet been decided whether “Burn After Reading” will be in competition or out-of-competition at 65th Venice Film Festival. The Coens were last on the Lido with “Intolerable Cruelty,” starring Clooney opposite Catherine Zeta Jones, in 2003, out-of-competition. The Venice Film Festival will run Aug. 27-Sept 6.
Jessica Chastain to star opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life’
Jessica Chastain will play the female lead opposite Brad Pitt in ‘Tree of Life‘, a film that story concerns the loss of innocence as seen through the eyes of the son of the characters portrayed by Pitt and Chastain.
Sean Penn appears in a supporting role.
Heath Ledger was originally slated to star in the film, but Pitt replaced him prior to the late actor’s death.
Jessica Chastain will next be seen in the Al Pacino starrer ‘Salomaybe?’.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Writer/Director: Terrence Malick
‘Burn After Reading’ Coming in September 12th, 2008
‘Burn After Reading’ will be open on Friday, September 12th.
Joel and Ethan Coen, Academy Award-winning directors of this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner ‘No Country for Old Men’, are writers, producers, and directors of Focus Features and Working Title Films’ ‘Burn After Reading’.
The film stars Academy Award winner George Clooney, two-time Academy Award nominee John Malkovich, Academy Award winner Frances McDormand, Academy Award nominee Brad Pitt, and Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.
Brad Pitt Lead Role In ‘Tree of Life’
There’s been no official announcement as yet, but it’s been reported that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been sighted in Smithville, Texas where Terrence Malick may be setting up for a location shoot.
Heath Ledger had been previously linked to the lead role.
According to previous reports, Sean Penn is attached to star in ‘Tree of Life’ as well.
The story, which the elusive filmmaker has apparently been quietly crafting for decades, has been called a ‘complex drama’.
In the summer of 1978, Malick had begun work on this film, which was his most ambitious project. It was called ‘Q’ at the time, but now it has returned with the title ‘Tree of Life’.
