Posts Tagged ‘Helena Bonham Carter’
Les Miserables stage stars – from musicals to movies
The original stars of the hit West End musical, Les Miserables, will make an appearance in the upcoming big screen remake. Rehearsals for the film start on Monday, and joining the Hollywood stars will be two of the original cast from the stage show. Hollywood actors, including Hugh Jackman (X-Men ) Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway (The...
More Akira casting rumours, including Kristen Stewart and Ken Watanabe
Earlier this year, we brought you news of an imminent remake of the classic anime, Akira. There were lots of rumours flying about concerning casting, and a few exciting new names have been added to the mix. The new rumours mainly concern Gary Oldman and Ken Watanabe (Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai), both of whom have been...
Cast rumours for Burton’s Dark Shadows
Johnny Depp working on another film project with Tim Burton is not news to anyone, in fact it's verging on boring. But we can still get excited about other people joining the film, can't we? The latest is Thomas McDonell, the fresh faced talent from Disney's Prom, who is reportedly joining Dark Shadows. It is reported he will be playing...
Oscars – the awards that got ignored
The awards season finally came to a close last night at the 83rd Oscars. After weeks of speculation, there were no surprises, in fact if we hear The King's Speech mentioned one more time we'll scream. So, instead of boring you all with what you already know and who looked good on the red carpet (quickly though - yay! Natalie Portman), we thought...
Michelle Pfeiffer to join Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows?
Michelle Pfeiffer is reportedly in discussion with Tim Burton to star in his latest film Dark Shadows. The pair last worked together back in 1992, when the actress played Catwoman in Batman Returns. Dark Shadows is a big screen re-vamp of the popular 1960s gothic vampire TV soap opera, so it's right up Burton's street. You'll...
The BAFTAs – who won what
Awards season is now really in full swing but we have to say it's all rather predictable isn't it? Last night the Bafta's took place at London's Royal Opera House and surprise surprise The King's Speech came out on top. The film scooped seven awards in total, including Leading Actor for Colin Firth, Supporting Actor for Geoffrey Rush...
The King’s Speech – review
Before The King's Speech was released in the UK, it had already won awards, been nominated for more and had been received with resounding critical acclaim. Whether the film could live up to the hype was at the front of my mind when entering the cinema, that and the question of whether I'm really going to be able to sit through a feature-length...
Golden Globe nominations: the full list
Awards season is nearly upon us and yesterday the 2011 Golden Globe nominations were announced. Actors Josh Duhamel, Katie Holmes and Blair Underwood had the job of announcing who was up for what. The King's Speech, which has already won awards at BIFA, left as a clear front runner, along with The Social Network and Black Swan. Rather...
Tim Burton turns to Twitter for Stainboy plot ideas
Quirky film director, Tim Burton, has turned to social networking website, Twitter, for Stainboy inspiration. Burton fans will recognise the character of Stainboy from two short poems in the book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories, which was written and illustrated by Burton back in 1997. Three years later, the same...
The Lowdown: A pre-loaded Harry Potter iPad
The gap between the last Harry Potter film and the latest, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows seemed like ages. I don't know about you but before watching it I wanted to reconnect with the previous ones and remind myself what they were all about and give myself a chance to think about where this next one would go. What better way to do this,...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Review
After what feels like years of waiting and reading, the final Harry Potter book has been turned into a film and finally released. But oh yeah, because the book itself is so epic, director David Yates felt the only way to do it justice was to make it into two films. That's all very well and good but when books are turned into films, they are...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows world première
Last night was the world première of the highly anticipated Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 in London. The cast looked a far cry from how they did ten years ago when they first walked the red carpet. Emma Watson, who plays Hermonie Granger, stole the show with her short crop, which was drastically different to her...
His Highness talk pretty one day: The King's Speech at The Toronto Film Festival
Colin Firth's new role as George VI in The King's Speech is already being touted for Oscar nomination after receiving applause at The Toronto Film Festival on Saturday. This is surely good news for Firth, whose performance as Professor George Falconer in A Single Man narrowly missed out on the Best Actor Oscar to Jeff Bridges role in Crazy...
Tim Burton set to direct Addams Family?
Fans of the kooky director's work - grab your black nail polish and hold onto your baggy jumpers and flock-of-seagulls haircuts - Tim Burton is coming to film-town, and he's got his eyes set on the Addams Family. Everyone's always interested to see what Burton's working on, as the director/creator of films such as The Nightmare Before...
Terminator Salvation
He might have said he'd be back, but Arnie is nowhere to be found in the fourth instalment of the Terminator franchise - and neither are any of the other cast. Unless you've been making like John Connor and hiding in a bunker for the last few years, you'll undoubtedly be aware that Christian Bale is the guy whose destiny it is to save humanity...
