Tag: Kathryn Bigelow
Johnny Depp to star in Kathryn Bigelow’s Triple Frontier
Well, this definitely sounds perfect.
Johnny Depp is in talks to star opposite Tom Hanks in an upcoming Kathryn Bigelow crime drama (yeah, The Hurt Locker director Bigelow!) titled Triple Frontier.
We already had a little chat about this project, so you probably remember that names like Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale are also being discussed for the roles in the movie.
So, Triple Frontier tells the story of an organized crime area in the border zone between Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil, where the Iguazu and Parana rivers come together and make for a hard to keep an eye on mecca for organized crime.
James Cameron on The Hurt Locker in 3D
It’s just something about that highest-grossing filmmaker of all time. Yes, James Cameron… so annoying but so sincere at the same time.
Especially when he decides to share his opinion about his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow and her Oscar-winning movie The Hurt Locker.
It’s an short interview, but if you still think that this “sincere” thing from the beginning of our report is sarcastic or something like that, then you should definitely check this (part of it) out first…
“It was David and Goliath. Goliath had made more than a couple of billion dollars and ‘The Hurt Locker’ had made about what it cost to shoot, about $15 million.
The Academy always likes to be the great equalizer. But I don’t begrudge her any of that. I couldn’t think of a better outcome for our lives. I got my Oscar. She got her Oscar.”
Denzel Washington, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem In Kathryn Bigelow’s Triple Frontier?
Big plans for Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow!
Looks like she’s going to be quite busy with her new project – the drug trafficking action-drama Triple Frontier.
And that’s not the end of news! Well, ok, actually it’s a kind of rumor at this moment, but is it so hard to believe that this lady can get an all-star cast?
So, get ready for (the possibility to see) Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Denzel Washington together in an upcoming Hollywood project!
The Hurt Locker Review
The Hurt Locker is easily the best of the movies which have focused on the ongoing war.
Skillfully directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Locker is both a psychological portrait and an exciting action film. It captures the complexities of the war in Iraq with visceral suspense as well as explosive battle sequences and powerful performances.
By taking a close look at a trio of courageous but also very human soldiers, it brings the conflict to life in a way that no previous movie has managed to do…read more [USA Today]
What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing. According to press reports, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally found a movie about the Iraq war they liked because it is “apolitical.” Actually, “The Hurt Locker” is just the opposite; it’s an endorsement of the politically chauvinistic view that the world is a stage upon which Americans get to deal with their demons no matter the consequence for others…read more [TruthDig]
Oscar 2010 Winners!
Oscar winners 2010 list is here.
We already wrote about possible winners and competition between- James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, so we can say that we’re not at all surprised that this was Kathryn Bigelow‘s night.
The Hurt Locker won 6 Oscars, including honour for Best Movie and Best Director.
So, Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director.
On the other hand, the movie that still sits on the top of box office, James Cameron‘s Avatar definetely had a bad luck. The movie won only 3 golden statues in technical categories – Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.
James Cameron vs. Kathryn Bigelow
He could go home with another one. She, on the other hand, could become the first woman to take home that prize. Yes, you’re all guessing what we’re wondering about! One the Oscar day we’re talking about this big competition of former life couple, Kathryn Bigelow and well-known director James Cameron.
We must say that it’s Cameron who provoked us all to write about this, since you all had a chance to hear his question that referred to her possible win:
“Did Katherine Bigelow win the Oscar for Best Director because she was the best, or because she was a woman?
BAFTA 2010 Winners
Looks like we are not the only one that got caught up in Oscar night fever. British had their own BAFTA fever!
The 63rd British Academy of Film and Television Arts, equivalent of our Academy Awards, hosted by Jonathan Ross, was held the 21st of February at the Royal Opera House. It was a special night for those who worked hard during the preceding year, and gave their best effort to justify British cinema confidence.
The Hurt Locker is the big winner with 6 wins. Maybe this could be the good indicator for our upcoming show?
Enjoy the list bellow, because here are the awarded ones:
Best Film:
The Hurt Locker
Outstanding British Film:
Fish Tank
Director:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor:
Colin Firth – A Single Man
James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow in Race for Oscars and Green Globes
James Cameron has been cleaning up at the movie award ceremonies this year winning Best Director and Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globe Awards and receiving a stellar nine Oscar nominations for the March Academy Awards. He has also received seven nominations for the Green Globe Film Awards with Best Picture, Best Action Film, Best Science Fiction Film, Best Director, Best Music/Song in a Film, 10 Best Pictures of the Decade, and 10 Best Filmmakers of the Decade.
The highly celebrated Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and inventor has been competing with his former wife Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) who took the Best Director Award at the 2010 Directors Guild of America Awards and Producers Guild Awards. Bigelow tied Cameron with nine Oscar nominations this year, and the Green Globes may give Cameron the upper hand in the award race as Bigelow only received one Green Globe nomination for Best Picture, as opposed to Cameron’s seven.
“The Hurt Locker” Poster
The final poster for the upcoming “The Hurt Locker” has been released.
Iraq-set action drama “The Hurt Locker,” which follows the exploits of an elite bomb disposal unit. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.
