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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
5 hours ago | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »
DVD Playhouse—November 2009
By
Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday »
- The Hollywood Interview.com
Toby Kebbell to Play John Wilkes Booth in The Conspirator
4 November 2009 3:57 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Our friends over at First Showing got an interesting little scoop this afternoon, picking up some casting news from Robert Redford's upcoming Lincoln assassination film The Conspirator. A friend of Fs' Alex Billington ran into RocknRolla star Toby Kebbell, who said that he was in town to work on The Conspirator and that he's playing John Wilkes Booth. For those who missed 6th grade history, Booth was the man that pulled the trigger on President Abraham Lincoln in Box 7 at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. If this turns out to be true (all signs point to yes, as it's first hand), Kebbell completes a cast that includes James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Frederick Aiken, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, and Tom Wilkinson. The film will follow the story of Mary Surratt (Wright Penn), the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination. "As the whole nation turns against her, she »
- Neil Miller
Casting Notes: Billy Bob Thornton Goes Faster with The Rock; Dannny Huston Seeks Justice for Lincoln Assassination; Jovovich Joins Psycho Thriller
27 October 2009 10:50 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
The casting news tonight is all over the place: First we have Billy Bob Thornton teaming up with Dwayne Johnson in Faster, a George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor, Notorious) action drama vehicle. Johnson will star as Driver, an ex-con out for revenge following his brother's murder. Thornton plays Cop, a (you guessed it) police officer tailing Driver. There's also Killer, a hitman who's after Driver for some reason (my god, maybe he killed Driver's brother?!). The latter role remains uncast. Danny Huston has signed on to Robert Redford's period drama, The Conspirator, as a prosecutor in the Lincoln assassination trial. The film will specifically center on Mary Surratt, portrayed by Robin Wright Penn, who was infamous as the lone female co-conspirator in the assassination. Huston will also be joined by James McAvoy as Fredrick Aiken, Surratt's reluctant defense lawyer, as well as Justin Long, Tom Wilkinson, and Kevin Kline. »
- Devindra Hardawar
John Cleese creating 'Wanda' musical
20 October 2009 2:19 AM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
John Cleese has revealed that he is turning film A Fish Called Wanda into a musical. The actor, who wrote and starred in the 1988 movie with Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline, said that he is enjoying rewriting the comedy for the stage. Cleese told Reuters: "I've got a couple of projects at the moment. One thing I am doing which amuses me immensely is the musical version of A Fish Called Wanda." The 69-year-old also said that he would like to team up with his old Monty Python co-star Michael Palin (more) »
- By Rebecca Davies
A Fish Called Wanda: The Musical!
19 October 2009 2:42 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
John Cleese is turning 'A Fish Called Wanda' into a musical.
The 'Monty Python' comic has revealed his plans to turn the 1988 comedy movie about a jewel heist - which he wrote and starred in alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline - into a stage production.
He said: "One thing I am doing which amuses me immensely is the musical version of 'A Fish Called Wanda'."
The 69-year-old star decided to turn his attention to the stage because he is bored of filming TV documentaries and sitcoms.
He is quoted as saying: "Unless you want to tie yourself up for five years, you basically can do interesting documentaries for which you don't get paid. And it doesn't make much sense doing comedy because once you've done 'Monty Python' and 'Fawlty Towers', almost anything you do people are always going to say, 'Well, it's »
- Paul
John Cleese brings Fish to stage
19 October 2009 2:41 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
John Cleese is turning 'A Fish Called Wanda' into a musical. The 'Monty Python' comic has revealed his plans to turn the 1988 comedy movie about a jewel heist - which he wrote and starred in alongside Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline - into a stage production. He said: "One thing I am doing which amuses me immensely is the musical version of 'A Fish Called Wanda'." The 69-year-old star decided to turn his attention to the stage because he is bored of filming TV documentaries and sitcoms. He is quoted as saying: "Unless you want to tie yourself up for five years, you basically can do interesting documentaries for which you don't get paid. And it doesn't make »
Filming for Robert Redford's The Conspirator now on its 2nd day!
19 October 2009 2:04 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Robert Redford's latest feature The Conspirator is getting a lot of buzz! Savannah Now [Via ScottishActors] is following the progress of Redford's filming - complete with photos and videos. Here's their latest showing James McAvoy during the 2nd day of filming:
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- - - They set up a special page just for the movie, posting this intro: Filming for "The Conspirator" is under way in downtown Savannah. Legendary actor Robert Redford, who is directing the movie, and James McAvoy are on the set. The feature film will re-create the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman among those executed for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Aside from the videos and photos, you can also view their latest articles by clicking this link. GetTheBigPicture also reported that The Conspirator cast is now complete:
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Filming for Robert Redford's The Conspirator now on its 2nd day!
19 October 2009 2:04 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Robert Redford's latest feature The Conspirator is getting a lot of buzz! Savannah Now [Via ScottishActors] is following the progress of Redford's filming - complete with photos and videos. Here's their latest showing James McAvoy during the 2nd day of filming:
- - -
- - - They set up a special page just for the movie, posting this intro: Filming for "The Conspirator" is under way in downtown Savannah. Legendary actor Robert Redford, who is directing the movie, and James McAvoy are on the set. The feature film will re-create the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman among those executed for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Aside from the videos and photos, you can also view their latest articles by clicking this link. GetTheBigPicture also reported that The Conspirator cast is now complete:
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Filming for Robert Redford's The Conspirator now on its 2nd day!
19 October 2009 2:04 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Robert Redford's latest feature The Conspirator is getting a lot of buzz! Savannah Now [Via ScottishActors] is following the progress of Redford's filming - complete with photos and videos. Here's their latest showing James McAvoy during the 2nd day of filming:
- - -
- - - They set up a special page just for the movie, posting this intro: Filming for "The Conspirator" is under way in downtown Savannah. Legendary actor Robert Redford, who is directing the movie, and James McAvoy are on the set. The feature film will re-create the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman among those executed for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Aside from the videos and photos, you can also view their latest articles by clicking this link. GetTheBigPicture also reported that The Conspirator cast is now complete:
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Filming for Robert Redford's The Conspirator now on its 2nd day!
19 October 2009 2:04 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Robert Redford's latest feature The Conspirator is getting a lot of buzz! Savannah Now [Via ScottishActors] is following the progress of Redford's filming - complete with photos and videos. Here's their latest showing James McAvoy during the 2nd day of filming:
- - -
- - - They set up a special page just for the movie, posting this intro: Filming for "The Conspirator" is under way in downtown Savannah. Legendary actor Robert Redford, who is directing the movie, and James McAvoy are on the set. The feature film will re-create the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman among those executed for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Aside from the videos and photos, you can also view their latest articles by clicking this link. GetTheBigPicture also reported that The Conspirator cast is now complete:
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Filming for Robert Redford's The Conspirator now on its 2nd day!
19 October 2009 2:04 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Robert Redford's latest feature The Conspirator is getting a lot of buzz! Savannah Now [Via ScottishActors] is following the progress of Redford's filming - complete with photos and videos. Here's their latest showing James McAvoy during the 2nd day of filming:
- - -
- - - They set up a special page just for the movie, posting this intro: Filming for "The Conspirator" is under way in downtown Savannah. Legendary actor Robert Redford, who is directing the movie, and James McAvoy are on the set. The feature film will re-create the trial of Mary Surratt, the only woman among those executed for conspiring to kill President Abraham Lincoln.
Aside from the videos and photos, you can also view their latest articles by clicking this link. GetTheBigPicture also reported that The Conspirator cast is now complete:
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
Scream Fest 09: Review of The Tournament
18 October 2009 11:56 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank / Nick Rowntree / Gary Young
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Hal MacDermot
Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Once every seven years, thirty of the world’s most deadly assassins gather together and fight for the grand prize of ten million dollars – there can be only one winner, only one survivor.
Normally this genre of Battle Royale-esque movie is set on an exotic island, or a mystic m’larkey temple, and here’s why I knew I was in for something different right from the start, The Tournament is set in no-m’larkey-at-all working class Middleborough, in the rainy North of England. Scott Mann’s action packed debut feature stars Robert Carlyle as a drunken priest mistaken for a hitman, and the beautiful Kelly Hu as a real hit woman. For a $12 million budget, you get a good bang for your buck. There are a »
Robert Redford has his ‘Conspirator’
18 October 2009 9:21 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Good news for history buffs as Robert Redford's next directing gig will start shooting this week and he has rounded out an impressive cast. According to Variety [1], the Conspirator, which is about the aftermath of the Abraham Lincoln assassination, will star James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Tom Wilkenson, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, and Kevin Kline. Wright Penn plays Mary Surratt, the only female charged in the conspiracy to kill the president, and McAvoy plays Frederick Aiken, the war hero assigned to defend her. Wilkinson will play Reverdy Johnson, the former attorney general who as a U.S. senator is the mentor to the young lawyer and sympathetic to Surratt. Wood plays Surratt's daughter, Anna, and Kline plays Lincoln's War Secretary Edwin Stanton. Bledel plays Aiken's wife, Sarah Weston. No word if there will be any flashback scenes with Lincoln and his killer John Wilkes Booth or if they »
- Greg
Redford's 'Conspirator' Fills Out Cast, Starts Filming
18 October 2009 2:24 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
The Robert Redford historical drama The Conspirator has already begun filming with an eye on a 2011 release, to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The film stars James McAvoy as a young military attorney assigned to defend Mary Suratt (Robin Wright Penn) and comes to believe she's innocent of plotting to kill Abe Lincoln.
Several notable new cast members have been added this week. First there was Justin Long, which seems like a bad fit, Tom Wilkinson, which does not, English actor Toby Kebbell, Alexis Bledell, Kevin Kline, and now Evan Rachel Wood. There's no word on exactly what characters each will be playing, but in some cases, I'm not sure it matters. For example: You've got Tom Wilkinson. »
- Colin Boyd
Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood Join Robert Redford.s .The Conspirator.
16 October 2009 3:55 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Robert Redford has a fantastic cast for .The Conspirator,. the drama he is directing about the assassination of President Lincoln. James Solomon wrote the script.
James McAvoy will star as Frederick Aiken, the war hero who is assigned to defend Robin Wright Penn.s Mary Surratt, the only female charged in the conspiracy to kill the president. Justin Long, in his first dramatic role, will play McAvoy.s soldier friend who lost a limb in the Civil War.
Now, Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline and Alexis Bledel are joining the production. Wilkinson will star as Reverdy Johnson, the former attorney general and mentor of McAvoy.s character.
Wood will play Surratt.s daughter, Anna, and Kline will star as Lincoln.s War Secretary Edwin Stanton. Bledel will lay Aiken.s wife, Sarah Weston.
Shooting is going on right now in Savannah, Ga.
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James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn »
- Manny
First Photos from McAvoy’s The Conspirator
16 October 2009 1:08 PM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
The Playlist have debuted the first couple of images from James McAvoy’s new movie, The Conspirator which I’ve placed below (click to enlarge).
The Scottish actor has hit the big time at the box office bringing us some awesome films including Atonement, The Last King of Scotland and Wanted with Angelina Jolie. Wanted was so successful that he’s been signed up for the sequel which is due for release some time in 2011 with both Jolie returning (somehow!) and Timur Bekmambetov directing. It goes to show that McAvoy is currently hot property in the land of Hollywood.
The Conspirator is directed by Robert Redford and co-stars Robin Wright-Penn. It’s currently being shot in Savannah, Georgia and some of the readers of The Playlist have sent some images of the cast which they’ve found out also includes Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline and Toby Kebbell. »
- David Sztypuljak
Robert Redford’s The Conspirator Has a Great Cast; First Images and Video Surface
16 October 2009 10:58 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
It didn't take long at all for Robert Redford's The Conspirator to get off the ground. The film, which hinges on the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, was announced only months ago and is already shooting in Savannah, Ga. We knew some of the cast prior to the shoot's start, but now we've got a host of good names to throw your way, in addition to some pics and video. We knew that James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn were the primaries, with Penn playing Mary Surratt, the woman charged and eventually executed for her part in the conspiracy to kill Lincoln. McAvoy is Frederick Aiken, her defender. Now we've got a bunch of new names: Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline and Alexis Bledel are on board, as is Justin Long. (Chud confirmed Long and Bledel before the trades did, and the Playlist first heard that Wood was in, »
- Russ Fischer
Redford has his cast
16 October 2009 10:29 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Robert Redford has completed his cast for "The Conspirator," the period drama he is directing about the aftermath of President Lincoln's assassination.Tom Wilkinson, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Kline, Justin Long and Alexis Bledel will join James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn in the drama, which is being financed by the American Film Company.According to Variety, shooting began Monday in Savannah, Georgia.Wright Penn plays Mary Surratt, the only female charged in the conspiracy to kill the president, and McAvoy plays Frederick Aiken, the war hero assigned to defend her. Wilkinson will play Reverdy Johnson, the former attorney general who as a U.S. senator is the mentor to the young lawyer and sympathetic to Surratt. Wood plays Surratt's daughter, Anna, and Kline »
- Adnan Tezer
Robert Redford’s ‘The Conspirator’ Adds Six to Cast
16 October 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Wow, where did all the sudden interest in joining Robert Redford’s Abraham Lincoln assassination flick, The Conspirator, come from? Over the last few days a total of six names have been added to the cast list and they are (in alphabetical order): Alexis Bledel (Sin City), Toby Kebbell (RocknRolla), Kevin Kline (A Fish Called Wanda), Justin Long (Drag Me To Hell), Evan Rachel Wood (The Wrestler) and Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton). The six new additions join the previously announced James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
Being directed by Redford from a script by James Solomon, The Conspirator focuses on the real-life Mary Surratt (being played by Penn), one of the alleged co-conspirators of The Lincoln Assassination, as well as focusing on the man, Frederick Aiken (being played by McAvoy), who reluctantly agreed to defend her in court. The film is different from the other Lincoln-related movie in the »
- Ross Miller
Pics and Justin Long for Redford’s Conspirator
16 October 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
Robert Redford has assembled quite the cast for his Lincoln drama The Conspirator, a historical look at the year following the President’s assassination and the trial of Mary Surratt in connection with the conspiracy.
Robin Wright Penn will play Surratt and James McAvoy is Col. Frederick Aiken, a war hero attorney who defends her to the public. Tom Wilkinson has also been added as Reverdy Johnson, a U.S. Senator is “the mentor to the young lawyer,” according to Variety. Plus Evan Rachel Wood is set as Anna (Surratt’s daughter), Kevin Kline is Lincoln’s War Secretary Edwin Stanton, and Alexis Bledel is Aiken’s wife Catherine. Toby Kebbell is John Wilkes Booth.
Justin Long has also joined the team, which is a big step up for the guy known for the Mac ads, voicing one of the Chipmunks, and bit comedy roles. That isn’t to say »
- Jeff Leins
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