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Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson Eyed for Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH
We already know that Darren Aronofsky‘s next project will be quite ambitious Biblical epic, or a Biblical tale of Noah’s Ark, or simply – the movie titled Noah.
But what comes as a surprise is that all of the sudden we have two great names involved in the whole thing, because director wants Russell Crowe and Liam Neeson for two major roles!
Michael Fassbender in Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH?
Christian Bale, long mentioned as the lead in Darren Aronofsky’s project Noah has passed on the role due to scheduling issues with the two Terrence Malick movies – Lawless and Knight of Cups.
But it looks like great Michael Fassbender will star in Aronofsky’s Biblical epic!
Darren Aronofsky to Direct NOAH for Paramount and New Regency
Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions jointly announced today that Academy Award nominated director Darren Aronofsky will direct the feature film Noah (epically-scaled retelling of the biblical story of Noah, the Ark and the flood), with Academy Award nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator) coming aboard to re-write the script by Aronofsky & Ari Handel. Aronofsky and Scott Franklin will produce the movie.
2011 Venice Film Festival Line Up
The line up for the 2011 Venice Film Festival has been revealed.
Until now we knew that George Clooney‘s The Ides of March will open the fest and it will be in competition section. Whit Stillman‘s film Damsels In Distress will be the closing film, although out of comptition.
And today, we’ve got the full list of films which will be shown during this year’s Venice Film Festival. It seems this year is English language film year.
The U.S. offers Todd Solondz‘s Dark Horse, starring Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow, Texas Killing Fields, Ami Canaan Mann‘s (Michael Mann’s daughter) movie which stars Sam Worthington and Chloe Moretz and Abel Ferrera‘s apocalyptic 4:44 Last Day On Earth – movies in competition.
David Cronenberg (Canada) will debut his psychological drama A Dangerous Method, which stars Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen.
Black Swan Writer Mark Heyman to Make XOXO Facebook Stalker Movie
Facebook is still popular in Hollywood. Deal with it! And now, when we know that Black Swan writer Mark Heyman will be in charge for something that has a lot to do with Facebook, it sounds even more popular.
Or, maybe we should call this movie The Social Network meets Black Swan online?
Whatever, I’m trying to say that we’re here today to start a little chat about project titled XOXO. So, let’s start it.
First of all, a little explanation. XOXO is a project that will tell us a story of a twentysomething man who meets a female contemporary on Facebook and begins a digital relationship with her, only to find the object of his affections take the relationship to an obsessed and stalker-y place.
Christian Bale in Talks to Star in Aronofsky-directed Noah and the Ark Film
Darren Aronofsky aims to follow up his worldwide hit Black Swan with his most ambitious project so far, a $130 Milion retelling of Bible story of Noah’s Ark. And he wants Christian Bale for the lead, attaching a star big enough to captain the mythical vessel.
Darren Aronofsky to Direct Sci-Fi ‘Human Nature’ With George Clooney?
This is one of those projects that definitely sounds promising. Not just because we know that Black Swan helmer Darren Aronofsky will be in the director’s chair, but because it already has George Clooney attached to star!
Ok, not much is known about the whole thing, but we do know that it will be a film based on the sci-fi script Human Nature.
So, according to Vulture, the spec script by Jeff Welch, which has been around for 15 years, centers on “a man who is cryogenically frozen and wakes up years later to a world in which humans have become pets of another species.”
Darren Aronofsky To Head Venice Film Festival 2011 Jury
I know we’re talking too much about Cannes. And you’re right, it’s not all about Cannes! It’s about Venice as well!
I’m sure you already know that the 68th edition of Venice Film Festival will run from August 31- September 10, 2011, and today we learned that Darren Aronofsky, author of the opening film of the 67th Venice Film Festival, Black Swan, and winner of the 2008 Golden Lion for The Wrestler, will be the president of the International Jury for the Competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. So, let’s start our chat about this Festival with official press release.
“The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, which accepted the recommendation by the Director of the Venice International Film Festival, Marco Müller. Darren Aronofsky garnered extraordinary critical and commercial success worldwide for Black Swan, a film that was able to infuse the sensibility of the boldest independent cinema, which shaped Aronofsky’s early years, with mass appeal, and to combine the pulp universes of melodrama and horror with a totally original and sophisticated artistic vision.
Spirit Awards 2011 Winners
Film Independent’s Spirit Awards time! I’m already watching them here, at Filmofilia (yeah, we have Live Stream), they all look good, they’re happy (Joel McHale, who’s hosting the night just said something funny I guess) so – don’t worry! Some will have a reason to celebrate after the ceremony, some not, but who cares – fiesta, fiesta!
Let’s see, we have 127 Hours, Black Swan, Greenberg, Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right.
Except Greenberg, they all have a solid chance. Still, according to some reports, Winter’s Bone – predicted as the winner of best feature – was also 52% of the voters’ ideal winner, while The Kids Are All Right and Black Swan each had roughly a quarter of the support.
The best actress category is also an interesting one, because here we have all five Oscar nominees: Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lawrence, Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams. Greta Gerwig is a sixth nominee.
When it comes to Best Actor, Aaron Eckhart, Ben Stiller, James Franco, John C. Reilly and Ronald Bronstein are among the contenders. Academy Awards host Franco is the sole Oscar nominee in this category and it’s very likely he’ll win. I have nothing against that.
