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'The Street' return draws 5 million
14 July 2009 2:33 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
The Street made a decent return to BBC One last night, according to early viewing figures. The series three opener, starring Bob Hoskins and Frances Barber, drew a respectable 5.02m (22.3%) at 9pm, making it the most-watched programme during the hour. Previously, series two opened to 5.77m (26.2%) on Thursday, November 8, 2007, and 5.36m (25.6%) tuned in for the series one launch on Thursday, April 13, 2006. The Street's nearest rival was ITV1's new comedy drama Monday Monday - starring Fay Ripley and Morven Christie - which put in 3.65m (16.2%). The fourth episode of The Supersizers Eat was seen by 2.07m (9.2%) on BBC Two, Inside Nature's Giants pulled in 1.59m (7.1%) for Channel 4, and 1.4m (6.3%) watched Five's The (more)
By Dan French
A Christmas Carol Poster is Smoking Hot
8 July 2009 12:01 AM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news
I love a good movie poster where the artist applies their creativity rather than slapping a couple floating heads on top of an establishing shot. A poster where the art is so compelling that it breaks the language barrier in sharing its message. A poster like the one I'm about to share. A new German poster for Robert Zemeckis's upcoming CGI-animated A Christmas Carol has been revealed and it is absolutely awesome. The visual effect of a candle flame contouring Ebenezer's face is almost mesmerizing to stare at. A Christmas Carol stars the voice and motion capture talents of Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge / Ghost of Christmas Past / Ghost of Christmas Present / Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come; Gary OldmanasBob Cratchit / Marley / Tiny Tim; Colin Firth; Robin Wright Penn; Cary Elwes; and Bob Hoskins. Look for the retelling of A Christmas Carol in Disney Digital 3D on November 6. Head on over to DVDForum.
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Poster Roundup: Phillip Morris, Christmas Carol
7 July 2009 10:18 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
New posters for two Jim Carrey films that couldn’t be more different have popped online. There’s new art for the dramedy I Love You Phillip Morris and a German poster for Robert Zemeckis’ animated performance-capture adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Check them out below. Phillip Morris, written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Bad Santa), stars Carrey and Ewan McGregor as two imprisoned lovers. McGregor’s character is released from prison, which leads Carrey to escape. It’s based on the book by Houston Chronicle crime reporter Steve McVicker and opens next February. In Carol Carrey plays Ebenezer Scrooge, who gets taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. The film opens in November and also stars Robin Wright Penn, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes and Bob Hoskins.
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New International Posters For ‘A Christmas Carol’
7 July 2009 6:38 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
This year marks (amongst other things) yet another adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol. This time Disney are having a go, enlisting the help of Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future trilogy) to write and direct, Jim Carrey to play Ebenezer Scrooge (as well as the Ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Yet to Come), and the modern day effects of CGI, 3D and motion capture.
We got our first proper look at A Christmas Carol a couple of months ago with the first official poster (after a snapshot version appeared at Cannes), and then a closer, albeit small, look at a CGI Jim Carrey in a short clip that looked very impressive, indeed.
Today we have a couple more ads for A Christmas Carol in the form of two international posters, one Chinese and one German. The Chinese one is fairly standard and nothing
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Ross Miller
Statham Gets Blitzed With Considine
4 July 2009 11:00 PM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
According to Crimespree Cinema, Jason Statham has signed on as Detective Sergeant Tom Brant, for the film of Ken Bruen's hard-boiled London crime novel The Blitz.In book form, The Blitz is the third Brant novel (franchise!) by the Irish author, and involves a serial killer working his way through Britain's police departments. The screenplay is by Moon's Nathan Parker, and the director is Elliott Lester (little-seen love-triangle thriller Love is the Drug), with shooting scheduled to start next month.Statham's character is an oldschool un-pc copper, in trouble for assaulting a police psychiatrist, and deeply homophobic, which causes problems when he's partnered with Paddy Considine's openly gay Sergeant Porter Nash. Now on the surface, that immediately calls to mind the woeful 1990 Heart Condition, where Bob Hoskins played a racist cop in an uneasy partnership with Denzel Washington. Hopefully though, that similarity will remain superficial, although its
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Hoskins' Height Dilemma
3 July 2009 1:06 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news
Actor Bob Hoskins had to risk his safety and turn stunt-man in his latest TV show - after blundering bosses hired a double who was a foot taller than him.
The Mrs Henderson Presents star stands at just five feet six inches (1.67 metres), and often has a stunt double stand in for him on set for dangerous scenes.
But he was forced to film his own stunts for BBC drama The Street, after TV chiefs accidentally hired someone too tall to emanate Hoskins.
He says, "I wound up doing my own stunts because, when the stunt man turned up, he was six foot six inches. I know how to act - it's being bashed up that's not such fun. I've done quite a few fight scenes in my time, but this one was quite tough."
July 1-3: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
2 July 2009 1:20 PM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news
We all know how it is. You'd like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but all those fireworks aren’t gonna shoot themselves off, and there’s too many hot dogs to be eaten, anyway. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience on the road with the proper application of DVDs. In fact, you might even be able to one-up everyone else at the watercooler come Monday, because while they're saying, "Hey, did you check out Public Enemies?" you can respond, "No, I saw some of the movies that inspired it." Instead Of: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, the latest animated adventure for sitcom-ish prehistoric megafauna, in which they stumble upon a long-protected realm of archaic dinosaurs who’ve survived for tens of millions of years... Watch: There have been many adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s original concept, from his 1912 novel The Lost World,
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MaryAnn Johanson
'The Street' returns for third series
18 June 2009 2:48 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news
Jimmy McGovern's The Street is returning for a third series, the BBC has announced. Timothy Spall will reprise his role as Eddie, while other cast members include Bob Hoskins, Frances Barber, Anna Friel, Daniel Mays, Jonas Armstrong, Joseph Mawle, Stephen Graham and Ruth Jones. "The Street has genuinely struck a chord with people," said McGovern. "I think it works because it tells truthful, yet extraordinary stories about ordinary people. All the (more)
By Dan French
Robert Rodriguez to Shoot The Jetsons Next Year?
8 June 2009 10:47 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Even with all that director Robert Rodriguez has on his plate (Sin City 2, Predators, Machete) it seems he still has plans for yet another film as well. MTV Movies Blog recently spoke with Rodriguez who revealed that he wants to shoot his live-action adaptation of The Jetsons next year.
"I've been developing [The Jetsons] for awhile," Rodriguez said, adding that he's hoping to start shooting "next year."
While the director did confirm that the film would be live-action, he was predictably mum about other details. Adam F. Goldberg (Fanboys) penned an early draft of the script, but it has since been reworked.
"We're writing the script right now," Rodriguez said excitedly, before declining to drop any hints about the plot or potential casting choices.
I don't know about you, but I have no problems with Rodriguez shooting this next year... If he can film at least Sin City 2 before The Jetsons.
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A CGI Jim Carrey in ‘A Christmas Carol’
20 May 2009 8:43 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news
CGI Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol
One of the most loved Christmas stories ever written is arguably Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. A quick IMDb search produces 26 versions of the story told on film, theater or TV. A Christmas Carol has been in told in a variety of way by a variety of characters. Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog, Mister Magoo, The Flintstones and even Bill Murray have all taken a crack at it and most if not all have succeeded in faithfully reproducing the story.
Disney is trying to repeat the success they have had with the Charles Dickens classic and they have enlisted the help of Robert Zemeckis to write and direct their attempt. Jim Carrey will play multiple roles in A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past/Present/Yet to Come. He co-stars along with Bob Hoskins, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Robin Penn Wright.
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Paul Young
New Disney's a Christmas Carol Featurette
20 May 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Walt Disney Studios has relased a brand new featurette from its upcoming holiday film, Disney's a Christmas Carol, which is set for release on November 9. Click below to delve into this new Disney film.
Link Itembed Itrate It+ LISTDisney's A Christmas Carol Featurette Disney's a Christmas Carol, which stars Jim Carrey, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox, will be released in theaters on November 9.
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Exclusive: Doug Hutchison Talks Vampire Killers
20 May 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news
To read “From the mind of Doug Hutchison”, for genre fans anyway, is an invitation to be freaked out. The actor, who has given horror fans such memorable characters as Eugene Victor Tooms in two episodes of “The X Files” – “Squeeze” and “Tooms” (both in Season One of the show), Percy Wetmore, one of Stephen King’s more horrific villains, in Frank Darabont’s The Green Mile and most recently, Henry Victor, the racist and borderline sociopathic Army officer in Jt Petty’s, The Burrowers, is also a writer And serious horror fan himself.
Beginning in October 2008, under the banner of his own production company, Dark Water, Hutchison launched a web series entitled, "Vampire Killers". Set in modern day Los Angeles, the premise is that in a city the size of La, with a vampire population of over 500,000, there are only 4 vampire killers to deal with the problem. And a problem this is indeed.
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Action Blu-Ray Round Up, May 19, 2009: ‘Changing Lanes,’ ‘The Machinist’
19 May 2009 1:57 PM, PDT | From HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news
Chicago – Paramount Home Video is unleashing waves of catalog titles this month. It started with the comedy wave last Tuesday and continues with a diverse slate of action films this week.
Like the comedy set, the films have very little in common other than their genre (and even that is a bit sketchy with “The Machinist” bearing little resemblance to “Paycheck”). The highlights of the wave are clearly “3 Days of the Condor,” “The Machinist,” and “Changing Lanes” with “Enemy at the Gates” certainly having enough visual power to warrant a look in HD. “Paycheck”? Good luck with that one.
All five titles were released on Tuesday, May 19th, 2009.
“3 Days of the Condor”
Photo credit: Paramount Synopsis: “In Sydney Pollack’s critically acclaimed suspense-thriller, Robert Redford stars as CIA Agent Joe Turner. Code name: Condor. When his entire office is massacred, Turner goes on the run from his enemies…and his so-called allies.
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"A Christmas Carol" Producers Q&A!
19 May 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | From FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news
Hopefully you've seen the exclusive image and clip released yesterday from Robert Zemeckis' latest mo-cap feature A Christmas Carol.
Well, despite some people's reports, both the image and the clip were officially released during a private online press junket held by film producers Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke, live from the Cannes Film Festival. Check out what they both had to say below:
I'd like to start by saying a massive thank you to friend and professional photographer Chris Conway who sat in on this interview in my place - thanks for the help dude!
So, after logging in to a secure website, Chris and a handful of other journalists waited for our movie producers to come online, what followed was a bit of a free-for all in the questions dept, but it was definitely worth hearing what they had to say!
"A Christmas Carol" begins haunting theatres in
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First Footage From Disney's 'A Christmas Carol'
18 May 2009 5:32 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news
A photo and the first footage (which you can see below) from Robert Zemeckis's Disney-produced motion capture version of A Christmas Carol has arrived online with the video coming in by way of Trailer Addict. Zemeckis was also at the helm of 2004's The Polar Express which used the same technology to attempt to breathe life into another Christmas story. I say attempted because the characters in that film never quite made it as cartoons or real people (at least for me), falling into a creepy sort of Twilight Zone between the two. This new film seems to pull it off more convincingly thanks to more cartoony characters and several years of advancement with the technology. That's Jim Carrey playing Scrooge and he'll also be portraying the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. The cast will also include Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, and Colin Firth.
It really says
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Matt Bradshaw
CGI and Video Jim Carrey, Worthington in Clash of the Titans
18 May 2009 1:13 PM, PDT | From Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news
Some new images, including a CGI version of Jim Carrey from his animated “A Christmas Carol” via ComingSoon and a promo clip from the movie. This thing looks pretty slick. Also, via Crave, some behind-the-scenes looks at Sam Worthington in Louis Leterrier’s “Clash of the Titans” remake. “A Christmas Carol” stars Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes and Fionnula Flanagan. Robert Zemeckis directs. “Clash of the Titans” will field Danny Huston, Liam Neeson, Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Alexa Davalos, and Gemma Arterton. Louis Leterrier directs.
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New Christmas Carol Image and Clip
18 May 2009 11:33 AM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news
The first official image from Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol has been released. Not only that, but a quick promo clip from the film has also popped online. The adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel - about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas ghosts – arrives in theaters November 6, 2009. Zemeckis shot the film using performance-capture/Disney digital 3-D animation, the same techniques he introduced in The Polar Express and used again with Beowulf. Jim Carrey plays Ebenezer Scrooge plus the three ghosts that haunt him. The film also stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Daryl Sabara and Robin Wright Penn.
James Cook
See Jim Carrey In A Christmas Carol
18 May 2009 10:53 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
Here's a new look at Jim Carrey as Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, the new performance-capture film from Robert Zemeckis. It's not due to hit until later in the year, which will surprise you not at all, but in the meantime our friends at Latino Review have a short clip from the film to further whet your appetite.The movie is of course an adaptation of the classic Dickens novel, wherein a nasty, miserly businessman is taught the error of his ways by three ghosts in the course of Christmas Eve night. If we're not mistaken, both this picture and the accompanying clip show glimpses of the arrival of herald ghost Jacob Marley.The cast includes Gary Oldman, Robin Wright-Penn, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth and Bob Hoskins. By the looks of this still, Zemeckis has lost some of the dead-eyed quality that marked The Polar Express and has, in fact,
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First Footage and Image from A Christmas Carol
18 May 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news
Disney Pictures has released the first hi-res image and the first video footage from Robert Zemekis' A Christmas Carol at the Cannes Film Festival.
Link Itembed Itrate It+ LISTMarley Enters Opening in theaters November 6th, 2009, the animated feature stars Jim Carrey, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Tom Hanks and Michael J. Fox.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come take him on an eye-opening journey revealing truths Old Scrooge is reluctant to face, he must open his heart to undo years of ill will before it's too late.
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Trio Join We Want Sex
18 May 2009 1:48 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news
Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone and Daniel Mays have signed on for We Want Sex, a light-hearted look at the women's rights movement that's billed as Billy Elliot meets Calendar Girls.The trio join Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins in telling the story of the 1968 strike by the women of Ford's Dagenham plant that brought the motor giant to its knees and made waves in Westminster and the campaign for equal pay. Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls) will direct after stepping in to replace Simon Curtis. According to producer Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films, We Want Sex will combine drama and comedy in equal doses. "Although it's set in 1968, the challenges for women today remain as prevalent and constant as they did then. As filmmakers, our own challenge will be to create the events, both hilarious and tragic in turn, that led to a groundbreaking law that enabled the empowerment of women around the world.
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