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The Queen (2006) More at IMDbPro »
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Helen Mirren to play Queen in Indira Gandhi biopic?
1 hour ago | RealBollywood.com | See recent RealBollywood news »
London, Dec 1 (Ians) Veteran actress Helen Mirren is reportedly set to reprise her role as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in Indian-origin filmmaker Krishna Shah’s upcoming biopic on Indira Gandhi.
Mirren, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Elizabeth in 2006 movie “The Queen”, is being lined up to tackle the role again in “Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story”, a two-part biopic about the former Indian prime minister who was assassinated in 1984, reports contactmusic.com.
Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones are also in talks to join the cast, playing former Us presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon respectively, while British actress Emily Watson could portray former. »
- realbollywood
Helen Mirren to play Queen in Indira Gandhi biopic?
9 hours ago | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »
Veteran actress Helen Mirren is reportedly set to reprise her role as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in Indian-origin filmmaker Krishna Shah's upcoming biopic on Indira Gandhi.Mirren, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Elizabeth in 2006 movie 'The Queen', is being lined up to tackle the role again in 'Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story', a two-part biopic about the former Indian prime minister who was assassinated in 1984, reports contactmusic.com.Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones are also in talks to join the cast, playing former Us presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon respectively, while British actress Emily Watson could portray former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.The first film is tentatively scheduled to release by 2010 end. »
Helen Mirren to Remain Queen
23 hours ago | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Dame Helen Mirren, who won the 2006 Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen, will be stepping into the queen’s royal shoes once again.
Although this time the queen will be a supporting role rather than the focus, Mirren will be playing Queen Elizabeth II in Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story. The film is a biopic about Indira Gandhi’s time as prime minister of India until she was assassinated in 1984.
The film will be directed by Krishna Shah, who says of his attachment to the film: “It took me years to find a way into her story, but I found it with her role as a mother – both to her family and to a nation with its teeming millions. Indira was India.” Shah hasn’t directed since 1985, but has been working on perfecting Mother’s script for the past 20 years.
Shah will »
- Carly
Helen Mirren To Play Queen Elizabeth Once More
30 November 2009 4:25 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
WENN says that the always stunning Dame Helen Mirren will be walking Queen Elizabeth.s corgis yet again, but this time just as support in Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story. She played the Queen and received an Oscar for the role in 2006.s The Queen. Mother will be a biopic chronicling Indira Gandhi.s career as the Indian (dots not feathers) Prime Minister up until her assassination in 1984. A star studded cast will surround director Krishna Shah, who must have performed some sort of magical enchantment on the producers who hired him because his resume is short and unused since 1985. Other big guns being courted to fill some important 1980.s political shoes are Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones to play Lyndon B. Johnson and Tricky Dick Nixon respectively, while the titular role will go to Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit. Shah has been perfecting the script for nearly 20 years so »
Mirren To Play The Queen Again?
30 November 2009 4:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Dame Helen Mirren is reportedly set to reprise her role as British monarch Queen Elizabeth II in an upcoming film about Indira Gandhi.
Mirren, who won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Elizabeth in 2006 movie The Queen, is being lined up to tackle the role again in Mother: The Indira Gandhi Story, a two-part biopic about the former Indian prime minister, who was assassinated in 1984.
Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones are also in talks to join the cast, playing former U.S. Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon respectively, while British actress Emily Watson will portray former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Director Krishna Shah says, "This is the project of my life, both in its scale and the subject. I have been working on the script for over two decades and it is simply a story that has to be told. It took me years to find a way into her story, but I found it with her role as a mother - both to her family and to a nation with its teeming millions. Indira was India."
And the filmmaker is hopeful the mix of Bollywood and Hollywood film styles will encourage more cultural collaborations in the future, adding, "The distinction between the two is now starting to blur. Bollywood is shifting its outlook, which is a hugely positive move, and to diversity if the way forward for Indian cinema."
The first film is scheduled for release at the end of 2010. »
Michael Sheen: Interview with 'New Moon' star on fitting in with the cast
28 November 2009 4:50 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Michael Sheen is best known for his roles as Tony Blair in The Queen and David Frost in Frost/Nixon. So it was a bit of a surprise that this serious actor, with a great ability to transform completely into real-life characters, would want a role in the frothy Twilight series. EW.com chatted with Sheen about his New Moon experience. What made you want to sign on to this project? I knew about the whole Twilight thing, primarily through my daughter, who’s 11 and is a big fan of the books. She’s read the books many, many times. »
- Nicole Sperling
Screen Queens: Hollywood Does AIDS
21 November 2009 6:49 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Hi everyone, MattCanada here with another weekly dose of gay cinema. This week we're looking at Philadelphia, the Oscar winning courtroom drama, essentially the defining Hollywood response to the AIDS epidemic.
I first saw this film as a kid. I must have been about seven when I watched it with my parents and it was definitely my, and probably many other people's, introduction to AIDS. For me it continues to shape how I think about the virus, the stigma, and the epidemic. Longtime Companion opened a few years earlier but this was the first mainstream prestige film to deal with AIDS and homophobia. Having two big stars in Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington must have seemed like a big step for Hollywood. All of this is well and good, but rewatching the film for the first time in over a decade, I had serious problems with its filmic construction and especially its politics. »
- CanadaMatt
Royal flush: five of the best play Queen in new film
20 November 2009 5:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950s
Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role in a new Channel 4 documentary drama series.
The Queen, a five-part series starting next Sunday, focuses on crisis moments since the 1953 coronation. Emilia Fox stars in the first episode, centred around events in 1955 when Princess Margaret was considering marriage to a divorced equerry, Peter Townsend. Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films, plays her during the early 1970s era of power cuts, strikes and Ira threats. Susan Jameson portrays her in conflict with Margaret Thatcher over the South Africa sanctions row that threatened the Commonwealth.
Barbara Flynn picks up the role during the "annus horribilis" of 1992, when Charles and Diana's failed marriage was laid bare in the »
- Tim Lusher
Royal flush: five of the best play Queen in new film
20 November 2009 5:00 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
C4 documentary drama to portray the monarch in key moments since the 1950s
Playing the Queen brought Helen Mirren international fame and enough awards to fill a trophy room. Now five more British actors are taking on the role in a new Channel 4 documentary drama series.
The Queen, a five-part series starting next Sunday, focuses on crisis moments since the 1953 coronation. Emilia Fox stars in the first episode, centred around events in 1955 when Princess Margaret was considering marriage to a divorced equerry, Peter Townsend. Samantha Bond, best known as Miss Moneypenny in the Bond films, plays her during the early 1970s era of power cuts, strikes and Ira threats. Susan Jameson portrays her in conflict with Margaret Thatcher over the South Africa sanctions row that threatened the Commonwealth.
Barbara Flynn picks up the role during the "annus horribilis" of 1992, when Charles and Diana's failed marriage was laid bare in the »
- Tim Lusher
Movie Review - 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
20 November 2009 2:11 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner
Directed by Chris Weitz
Rated PG-13
Like last year's toy left out in the yard to endure the elements, The Twilight Saga has lost its novelty with the second entry, New Moon. Fans of the series probably won't be disappointed, but that's what fans are for. If you're only mildly curious or in any way objective, it's hard to call this movie a success.
On a certain level (and only one), it's slightly better than Twilight, but that film had a greater sense of arrival and better storytelling. New Moon is at odds with itself, alternately taking itself way too seriously and interjecting uncomfortable humor where it's not necessary.
The best thing about New Moon is probably its moody cinematography. It shares that, generally speaking, with its predecessor, but Chris Weitz is a more assured visual director than Catherine Hardwicke, »
- Colin Boyd
Who else should Tony Gordon have killed - in Corrie and beyond?
19 November 2009 7:14 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Which other residents of soapland should Corrie's Tony Gordon have bumped off before fessing up to Liam's murder?
Tony, Tony, Tony. Why did you do it? When there was so much more work to be done? Coronation Street killer Tony Gordon always knew he was heading for the underworld, even before he took over a factory of the same name. But now he's gone and spoiled it. Tonight Tony walks into a police station and confesses to the murder of Liam Connor, asking for one offence of pushing Roy Cropper into the canal to be taken into account.
Bad news for non-swimmer Roy (David Neilson) who, for the first time since life dawned over the Red Rec, was not attached to the lifeline of his shopping bag. Corrie producer Kim Crowther told David she'd never felt more guilty in her life about having him plunged into the murky water. »
- Ian Wylie
question of the day: What is your best reason to see ‘Twilight: New Moon’ (or not to see it)?
18 November 2009 7:15 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Cinematical yesterday posted “The Top Five Reasons to See Twilight: New Moon,” which includes: Michael Sheen. Speaking of the Volturi, Michael Sheen plays their leader. Sheen's been around for years, and is certainly no stranger to performing in broad-appeal films, but his recent starring roles in Frost/Nixon and The Queen have made him one of my favorite character actors, making it a comfort to know that he's in the cast. Sometimes a great actor in a small, but good role can go a long way. »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Helen Mirren, Meryl Streep, cougars, and dames
17 November 2009 9:31 PM, PST | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
I had a theory all worked out: The lifestyle of a cougar -- you know, an "older" woman (i.e., past 40, or is it 30 and the camera adds 10 years?) who fancies younger men-is a titillating sociological phenomenon made for TV shows, not movies. I mean, I can sort of see the appeal of Cougar Town on ABC, and I certainly understand the allure of Samantha-the-manhunter on Sex and the City. But I can't imagine (or maybe don't want to imagine) Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, or most any other serious, over-40 screen actress buying into the trend as a career freshener. »
- Lisa Schwarzbaum
Mirren Set For Lifetime Achievement Award
16 November 2009 4:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actress Dame Helen Mirren is to be awarded a lifetime achievement honour for her contribution to the film industry.
The Queen Oscar-winner will be presented with the trophy at the 19th annual Women in Film and Television Awards in London next month.
Event organisers say Mirren will receive the honour for her "outstanding and lasting contribution to film and television".
Previous winners of the award include former Bond girl Dame Diana Rigg, multi Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn, and Educating Rita star Julie Walters. »
Exclusive Michael Sheen Interview - 'Aro' in New Moon
16 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »
Michael Sheen played a werewolf in the Underworld film series, British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the Oscar-winning The Queen, and TV personality David Frost in the five-time Oscar nominated film, Frost/Nixon. But it's his role as Aro in New Moon, the second film of the Twilight franchise, that's likely to earn him a new generation of fans.
Playing one of the villains of the Twilight franchise, Sheen is immensely entertaining to watch on screen, and perfectly fits the part of one of the leaders of the powerful Volturi vampire clan - enforcers of all vampire laws. Evil on screen, Sheen's actually one of the most enjoyable actors to interview in person. Sitting down for this one-on-one interview at the La press day for New Moon, the critically acclaimed actor talked about getting into character and why we still love vampires and werewolves.
Michael Sheen New Moon Interview (Photo »
Michael Sheen Exclusive Video Interview The Twilight Saga: New Moon
15 November 2009 9:37 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
I think Michael Sheen is one of the best actors working in Hollywood. No matter the role, he disappears into his character to the point where you forget he’s acting. Think about it: Sheen has played real people (Tony Blair in The Queen, David Frost in Frost/Nixon, and Brian Clough in The Damned United, among others), and he’s also managed to work in genre movies like Underworld and its sequels. And while he’s been in a couple dozen movies over the last decade, he’s about to appear in some very high profile films like Tron Legacy, Alice in Wonderland and some vampire movie called The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Sheen plays Aro, the leader of the Voluri (the vampire governing council). And while I am still under embargo from talking about the movie, I don’t think anyone will be upset if I tell you »
- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub
Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter Takes on Death, Adds High Tension Star
10 November 2009 2:36 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
Clint Eastwood is less than a month from releasing his next film, Invictus, which stars Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman in a story about Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team. But as we found out last year when Eastwood unleashed Changeling and Gran Torino, he's not satisfied with just one movie per year. He has also begun working on his next film, Hereafter. This new project will also star Matt Damon and will take on the subject of death, and how it affects different people in different ways. According to a report last night from Variety, it will also now star High Tension heroine Cecile de France. As for the exact story, I will leave that to a report from The Guardian: The film tells three parallel stories that eventually intersect – about a French TV journalist, played by Cecile de France, who suffers a near-death experience during the Asian tsunami of 2004; a drug-addicted English single »
- Neil Miller
Belgian Actress De France Joins Damon In Hereafter
10 November 2009 7:52 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Hereafter, the next film from Clint Eastwood, is starting to sound like one of those Babel/Crash-style movies with threaded narratives around the same theme. When it was announced a few weeks ago that Matt Damon would star, we knew so little about the film that we suggested it might be about Damon dying and being reincarnated as a basketball-playing schnauzer. Now, thank God, we've got a few more details. Variety is reporting that Cecile de France, a Belgian actress who will forever after be assumed to be French, will star alongside Damon as a journalist who has a near-death experience. The film, they explain, is about three people who are "touched by death in different ways." Before you start worrying about this being a feature-length Touched By An Angel episode, remember that the screenplay is written by Peter Morgan, who turns in solid things like The Queen and Frost »
Cecile de France Taking a Trip to the Hereafter
9 November 2009 11:24 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Haute Tension star Cecile de France is joining Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's upcoming thriller Hereafter. De France, who is Belgian, will portray a French journalist who has a near-death experience.
This small bit of casting news came courtesy of Variety, which also provided a tad more information regarding the film's plot: Hereafter, penned by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen), tells the story of three people who are touched by death in different ways.
Principal photography began last month [and] will take place in Paris, London, Hawaii, and San Francisco.
We've got a while to wait for this one; Warner Bros.'s anticipated release date isn't until December, 2010.
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- Uncle Creepy
Cecile de France joins Matt Damon in Hereafter
9 November 2009 8:57 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Belgian actress Cecile de France has signed to star opposite Matt Damon in Warner Bros. Pictures' "Hereafter." Apparently in the vein of M. Knight Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense." "The Queen" writer Peter Morgan adapts the screenplay and Clint Eastwood directs. The story tells of three people who are touched by death in different ways. Principal photography began last month. Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy and Robert Lorenz produce. Serving as executive producers are Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Peter Morgan and Tim Moore. »
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