Tag: Tom Hanks
Three New EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE TV Spots
Paramount Pictures has released three new TV spots for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Oskar Schell (Thomas Horn), a young boy who loses his father (Tom Hanks) during the September 11th attacks. Searching through his father’s things, Oskar discovers a mysterious key and feels compelled to search around the city to find the lock that it opens.
For the Second Year, Johnny Depp is America’s Favorite Actor
In 2011 he was the voice of Rango, he was Captain Jack Sparrow (again) and he was also a journalist. And, again this year, Johnny Depp has the distinction of being America’s Favorite Actor. Next on the list are two actors who haven’t actually acted in a movie this past year. Tied for number two are Denzel Washington, who was in the second spot last year, and Clint Eastwood who was number 9 on the list last year.
These are some of the results of The Harris Poll ® of 2,237 adults surveyed online between December 5 and 12, 2011 by Harris Interactive®.
Second EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE Trailer
I wasn’t so happy when I first heard that an adaptation of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is coming. Don’t know why. Maybe because I’m sick and tired of all those adaptations lately, but now, when we have new trailer for the whole thing – I’m actually interested.
Movie comes from director Stephen Daldry and as I said, it’s an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name, published in 2005.
Tom Hanks Attached to IN THE GARDEN OF THE BEASTS
Sick and tired of World War II dramas as much as I am? No? You bastards! What the hell is so interesting about this latest Hollywood trend – I have no idea but I’ve just learned that In the Garden of The Beasts is the latest planned adaptation and that Tom Hanks is somehow attached to star in it.
The whole thing takes place during Hitler’s mounting atrocities in Nazi Germany and is actually an adaptation of Erik Larsen‘s best-selling book In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin.
First EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE Trailer and Poster
Warner Bros drops the the official trailer and poster for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock star as parents to a precocious 9-year-old boy named Oskar Schell (newcomer Thomas Horn), who has his world shattered when his father dies at the World Trade Center on 9/11. In the aftermath, Oskar finds a key that his father left behind and goes on a journey to search for the lock it calls home.
Figments on Film: Five Great Characters Who Are Completely Imaginary
I’ve found that non-existence is in no way a hindrance to creating a compelling characters. In fact, as I hope this list proves, sometimes imaginary characters outshine those who are supposedly “real”. This list will contain spoilers – so there is your obligatory warning.
5) Wilson the Volleyball – Castaway – If I was trapped alone on a island for a few years I would probably make up my own friend too. Of course I’d also most likely die a horrible, lonely death. Tom Hanks isn’t going out that way – he’s getting back home and taking his bloody-faced volleyball with him. I have to say, the scene where Wilson floats away is very emotional – Hanks pulls it off quite well, considering it is a volleyball – heck, I feel worse for Hanks than I do for pretty much any couple in a mindless romcom. In my ending, Wilson washes ashore, is recycled into a brand-spanking-new volleyball and goes on to be the volleyball that the U.S. uses to win Olympic gold – who cares what happens to Hanks – Wilson needs a happy ending too.
Bae Doona to Join Cloud Atlas
Let’s continue our previous chat about the upcoming adaptation of the David Mitchell novel Cloud Atlas, ok?
Of course, we’re here for the casting update, because we’ve just learned that South Korean actress Bae Doona, lady best known from Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, will join the previously announced Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon and Jim Broadbent.
Sounds interesting, right? If it does, then check out the rest of this report for more details…
Cloud Atlas is “the story presents six narratives that evoke an array of genres, from Melvillean high-seas drama to California noir and dystopian fantasy.
There is a naive clerk on a nineteenth-century Polynesian voyage: and aspiring composer who insinuates himself to the home of a syphilitic genius: a journalist investigating a nuclear plant: a publisher with a dangerous best-seller on his hands: and a cloned human being created for slave labour.
These five stories are bisected and arranged around a sixth, the oral history of a post-apocalyptic island, which forms the heart of the story.”
Larry Crowne Featurette: A Look Inside
We’ve seen the theatrical trailer; now a brand new featurette for Tom Hanks directed romantic comedy Larry Crown has hit the web, so you have to have an opinion by now, right?
Watch the video after the jump
Brand New Larry Crowne Trailer!
Tom Hanks’ just debuted a new trailer on Twitter for Universal Pictures’ Larry Crowne.
Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for a dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention: Larry Crowne.
