New ‘St Trinian’s’ Movie in the Works
A sequel to last year’s St. Trinian’s movie will be released in 2009.Ealing Studios described St. Trinian’s: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold as a cross between The Goonies and The Da Vinci Code.
Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson will again direct, while writers Piers Ashworth and Nick Martin will return to pen the script.
Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, Thompson said he hoped cast members Gemma Arterton, Russell Brand and Rupert Everett will also reprise their roles.
He told Variety: “It would be good to get the old gang back in.”
The fifth instalment of the series was a box office success last year.
Filming starts January 2009 for a possible Christmas release.
Ben Barnes: From Prince Caspian to Dorian Gray
Right on the heels of starring in the No. 1 movie at the box office, Ben Barnes has landed another gig – and it’s a doozy. The adorable Prince Caspian will play the title character in a film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.According to The Hollywood Reporter, director Oliver Parker is “planning to make a visceral, dark horror story and says the themes of stardom are as relevant as ever.”
That was my immediate thought as well, that the book’s themes of vanity and the desire for everlasting youth and beauty seem to be incredibly relevant to today’s world (especially in American society, though Dorian Gray does not take place in America).
Dorian Gray is a young man of impossible physical beauty whose portrait – painted by the artist Basil Hallward – becomes connected on an occult level with the workings of his soul. Drawn into a corrupt and sensual life by the dissolute Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian remains young and beautiful, while the painting ages in his stead, ultimately becoming a monstrosity.
Have you read this work by Oscar Wilde? What do you think of this movie news?
