“Creation” Movie Poster and Trailer
Check out the poster for “Creation,” a biopic movie telling the life of Charles Darwin.
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (A Beautiful Mind, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on “Annie’s Box,” a biography penned by Darwin’s great-great-grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. We take a unique and inside look at Darwin, his family and his love for his deeply religious wife, played by Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for a Dream), as, torn between faith and science, Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book “On the Origin of Species,” which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology.
Brand New St. Trinian’s Trailer
NeoClassics Films has released the trailer for adventure/comedy “St. Trinian’s“
St Trinian’s, the infamous school for ‘young ladies’ is once again facing dire financial crisis! The bank are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton with closure. Her unorthodox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits, an old flame of Camilla’s who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school.
In true St Trinian style the girls are in a league of their own; smart, fearless and determined to defend the school they love to the end. They need to unite the warring girl gang cliques and come up with the cash fast to save the school.
The film, directed by Oliver Parker (Dorian Gray, Othello) and Barnaby Thompson, starring Mischa Barton, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Lena Headey, Caterina Murino, Stephen Fry, Jodie Whittaker, Celia Imrie, Anna Chancellor, Gemma Arterton, comedian Russell Brand and Toby Jones in the cast alongside model Lily Cole. U.K. pop act Girls Aloud also take a turn in the picture.
Tintin Hits Theaters On December 2011 And Will Be Released In 3D
Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced their release plans for the long awaited 3-D motion capture feature film “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, produced by Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and Kathleen Kennedy.
Starring Jamie Bell (”Billy Elliot”) as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig (”Quantum of Solace,”) as the nefarious Red Rackham, the international cast also includes Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
The film, which began production in late January 2009, is the first of a planned series of 3D motion capture films based on the iconic character created by Georges Remi, better known to the world by his pen name “Herge.”
The second feature in the series is scheduled to be directed by Jackson, with a potential for a third film as well.
Eighty years ago, Herge introduced the world to a unique cast of characters who have been embraced by readers of all ages. The Adventures of Tintin – a series of 24 books, the final unfinished adventure was published after Herge’s death, became Herge’s life’s work. The first adventure was published in 1929. Over 200 million copies have been sold worldwide. The popular series has been translated into 70 languages and still attracts thousands of new fans each year.
Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson will bring Herge’s stories to life employing state-of-the-art performance capture technology developed by Jackson’s Weta Digital.
“The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” will be released by Paramount in the U.S. on December 23, 2011. The film will launch internationally in late October and early November, 2011 with Sony Pictures Releasing International handling Continental Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and India, and Paramount distributing the film in Asia, Australia, UK and all other English speaking territories.
Ian Dury “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” Biopic On The Way
The cast of the Ian Dury biopic, “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,” is growing. Naomie Harris, Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Noel Clarke, Toby Jones, MacKenzie Crook and Bill Milner have all signed on to star in director Mat Whitecross‘ biopic of punk legend Ian Dury. Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean) has signed to play Dury’s girlfriend, and Winstone (The Departed) will play the singer’s father.
Arthur Darvill, James Jagger, Tom Hughes, Shakraj Soornack, Clifford Samuel and Joe Kennedy are also on board to play Dury’s band members the Blockheads.
The film will focus on the musical career of Dury (singer of the British band Ian Dury and the Blockheads), his influence as one of the pioneers of the New Wave movement, and his battles with polio and cancer, which led to his death in March of 2000. In addition to their hit songs like “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick” and “Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3″, the title of this based off of Dury’s hit single “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”.
Paul Viragh penned the script, Damian Jones is producing and shooting begins on May 3rd in London.
First Photo From The Set Of Tintin
Empire has published the first image from the set of “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn,” complete with a first shot of actors Andy Serkis and Jamie Bell in their motion capture suits.
Based on the character created in 1929 by Herge a.k.a. Georges Remi, “The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn” is the first in the series of 3-D motion capture films. The movie will chronicle the adventures faced by junior reporter Tintin and his friends in following stories to the ends of the earth, even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy.
The film stars Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig as the nefarious Red Rackham. Bell and Craig are joined by an international cast that includes Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook.
“Tintin” is expected to hit theaters in 2011.
City of Ember Film Clip and New Poster
Today, we have brand new poster and clip named “Control Room” from the upcoming Bill Murray fantasy movie “City of Ember.”
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights – underground. Built as a refuge for humanity and powered by a massive generator – this City will only sustain for 200 years. Now Ember is falling into darkness as the generator fails, and the dazzling lights begin to flicker and fade.
Despite growing concern for the future of their beloved City, Ember¹s students find themselves confronting the next step in their lives. A rite of passage for all graduates, it is Assignment Day, the day on which the Mayor himself will stand before the graduating students as they choose, by lottery, how they will spend their lives working for their society. Lina, praying with all her might to be a messenger, is devastated to be assigned to the Pipeworks, the vast network of pipes underneath the City. Her classmate, Doon Harrow, who wants more than nothing else to work in the Generator, panics when he pulls the messenger assignment. The Pipeworks isn’t the Generator, but it is close enough and Doon offers to swap assignments with Lina. She is thrilled and grateful and eagerly changes jobs. Thus, an unlikely friendship is born, one that, as it blossoms, will change the course of all the lives in Ember. Continue Reading…
Brand New “City of Ember” Poster
A brand new poster for the upcoming Bill Murray fantasy movie “City of Ember” has been released.
In the movie, for generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember’s once powerful generator is failing … and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city’s existence, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever. Continue Reading…
More “City of Ember” Movie Photos
City of Ember: Saoirse Ronan
Today, we have three pictures from the upcoming Bill Murray fantasy movie “City of Ember.”
In the movie, for generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember’s once powerful generator is failing … and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city’s existence, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever.
The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones. It opens 10th October.
