Rachel Weisz In “Agora” First Photos

First images from the set of Alejandro Amenbar’s “Agora” are online. Fotogramas.es has a pair of images of Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.

Alejandro Amenbar and Rachel Weisz on the set of "Agora"

“Agora” is set in the fourth century A.D. in Roman Egypt is an adventure drama movie. It also stars Max Minghella as Hypatia’s slave, Davus.

The film also stars Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Homayoun Ershadi, Jordan Kiziuk, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans and Richard Durden.

More great aerial shots of the set can be found over at AirPhoto.

Amenabar’s ancient Egyptian epic marks his second English-language film after “The Others” (Nicole Kidman). He previously directed “The Sea Inside,” which won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2005.

“Agora” is currently in post-production and slated to come out on December 18th 2009.

Brothers Bloom Photos and Updated Trailer

Summit Entertainment has revealed an updated trailer from “The Brothers Bloom” online.

Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac), and Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) star in “The Brothers Bloom,” a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world’s best con men.

Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they’ve decided to take on one last spectacular job-luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the world.

For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each other to depend on. From their childhood in a long series of gloomy foster homes to their highflying lives as international con artists, Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adrien Brody) have shared everything. Stephen brilliantly concocts intricate stories that the brothers live out, but he’s still searching for the perfect con, the one where “everyone gets what they want.” Meanwhile, Bloom yearns for “an unwritten life”-a real adventure, one not dreamed up by his old brother. Read the rest of this entry

Rachel Weisz In Ancient Epic ‘Agora’

Rachel Weisz, the former “Mummy” actress has been tapped to star in an ancient Egyptian epic entitled “Agora“.

According to Variety, Rachel is set to play Hypatia, an Alexandrian astrologer-philosopher struggling to save the collected wisdom of the ancient world.

“Agora” is set in the fourth century A.D. in Roman Egypt is an adventure drama movie. It picks up the destruction of the library of Alexandria.

The film will also see Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Max Minghella and Homayoun Ershadi as the film’s cast.

Filming will be started on Monday, March 17, in Malta and is going to last for about 15 weeks.