Anthony Hopkins as King Lear – Confirmed

Anthony Hopkins has been confirmed to play the title role in a new movie version of Shakespeare’s ”King Lear.”

He first played the role in a stage production at the National Theatre in 1987.

Hopkins is said to be “thrilled” to be starring in the film, which was announced at Cannes last month.

Keira Knightley will play Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the King, Gwyneth Paltrow will be Regan, Lear’s treacherous middle daughter and Naomi Watts will play King’s eldest daughter, Goneril.

The $35 million film ”King Lear” will feature epic battle sequences, according to its makers.

Woolly jumpers instead speedos for Daniel Craig in ‘Defiance’ – Movie Stills

After Craig’s speedo-shots as James Bond, he is wrapped up in woolly jumpers, as these pictures reveal. Unlike the film he is known most for, ‘Defiance’ will not have the glitz and glamour of 007.

Daniel Craig now playing one of three Jewish brothers trying to escape Nazi-occupied Poland in his new film ‘Defiance’, Daniel will still be resuming his action hero persona.

Alongside Naomi Watts’s significant other Liev Shreiber and Jamie Bell, known for his role as Billy Elliot, the actor will lead the film which has been in development for the past eight years.