As "Entertainment Weekly" reports, beside
Victor Hugo's
LES MISERABLES (Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe),
Charles Dickens'
THE GREAT EXPECTATIONS (Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes) and
Tolstoy's
ANNA KARENINA (Jude Law, Matthew McFadyen, Aaron Johnson), we shall watch another movie adaptation of a classic novel:
THERESE RAQUIN by
Emile Zola set in Paris in 1867, which follows young Therese, who is forced by her aunt, Madame Raquin, into a loveless marriage to her sick, spoiled first cousin. Therese soon becomes obsessed with her husband’s friend Laurent and is pulled into a devastating affair with him that unravels all of their lives. It is interesting that the lead roles will go to
Glenn Close and young
Elizabeth Olsen, who are both huge contenders for Oscars next year thanks to their roles in
ALBERT NOBBS and MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
As you've heard by now, the new host of the
OSCARS 2012 will be
Billy Crystal who is taking the role instead of
Eddie Murphy. There was a huge group lobbying for
The Muppets to be the hosts, and even their screenwriter said it's a brilliant idea, but the role went to Crystal.
And according to "The Hollywood Reporter" everyone's favourite
Reese Witherspoon has got herself a new role: she will star in
RULE #1 a comedy about a 34-year-old woman trying to cope with OCD, who takes in a young woman with ADD and her newborn baby in an effort to face her anxieties and ultimately get her estranged husband back. The resulting effort takes the woman's already chaotic world spinning into the next level.
One of the hottest projects currently when it comes to casting is the movie adaptation of
Stephenie Meyer's sf novel
THE HOST in which
Saoirse Ronan will play a girl in the world in which human souls are invaded by alien creatures. The film will have two male leads. The role of her boyfriend just went to
Max Irons
(RED RIDING HOOD) who won it over
Liam Hemsworth, Jai Courtney and
Kit Harington and "Deadline" reports that the role of the villain in the film will probably go to young
Jake Abel . He starred previously in THE LOVELY BONES, I AM NUMBER FOUR and PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS THE LIGHTNING THIEF. The film is being directed by
Andrew Niccol from GATTACA and
IN TIME.
Murphy. There was a huge group lobbying for The Muppets to be the hosts, and even their screenwriter said it's a brilliant idea, but the role went to Crystal. And according to "The Hollywood Reporter" everyone's favourite Reese Witherspoon has got herself a new role: she will star in RULE #1 a comedy about a 34-year-old woman trying to cope with OCD, who takes in a young woman with ADD and her newborn baby in an effort to face her anxieties and ultimately get her estranged husband back. The resulting effort takes the woman's already chaotic world spinning into the next level.
So I may be behind the times, but did Murphy give a reason for dropping out?
ReplyDeleteOh, the muppets would have been great hosts!
ReplyDeleteMuppets would have been interesting, but I like Crystal so that's fine by me. ADD OCD that's just TFB. I'd go all WTF, if ADD messed with my OCD..haha
ReplyDeleteYawn...another Steph Meyer teen fantasy. Sorry, but I HATE the Twilight films. At least this one will be better because Saoirse Ronan can act. Max Irons on the other hand, another wooden pretty boy gets to pose on screen.
ReplyDeleteI find it ironic that Mary Kate and Ashley's younger sister got all the real acting talent.
I've often heard cited that Billy Crystal was the best Oscar host of all. Eddie Murphy was probably a big risk and maybe it's better that he's not going to host.
ReplyDeleteLee
Ann Carbine Best visits Wrote By Rote on Saturday 11/12/11
It had to be the muppets!
ReplyDeleteRule#1 seems reallllly interesting!!! will wait for it!!
ReplyDelete@MSMariah
ReplyDeleteyep, he ditched hosting because Brett Ratner was sacked from producing the Oscars because he said some really stupid things in public lately. You have that in one of the previous posts :)
@Lizzy
I couldn't agree more :) Imagine all the gowns Miss Piggy would've changed and the stage presence of Animal :)
@paT
ReplyDeleteOh, Pat, you naughty cat, admit that you did this on purpose, you know us non native speakers of English get headaches from acronyms :)
@Melsy
dahling, I couldn't agree more with you. I swear if you gave me million dollars to tell you who was worse in RED RIDING HOOD, Max or Shiloh I wouldn't know what to tell you :) It is sad but most of the young stars are utterly uneducated, unenlightened and have no charisma, take for example Rihanna, Bieber, Britney, Katty Perry, RPats, Kristen Stewart, Avril Lavign... all terribly horrible and shallow and such bad bad bad examples for kids. I mean look at ignorant Rihanna singing about how she killed someone and shaking her hips at the same time to the rhythm of reggae... Makes me wanna throw myself off the first bridge :( Where is this world going to?
@Arlee
ReplyDeleteis that you Lee? For a second I thought you have Hugh Hefner in your new avatar :)))
@Reily
I agree!
@Flying
it could be an interesting one for Reese :)
I didn't know Mary Kate and Ashley had a younger sis
ReplyDeleteI had been wondering if she was their sister, it is difficult to believe that the same family would have a critically acclaimed actress :)
ReplyDeleteI was trying to emulate Hugh Hefner, but then my wife got really pissed when I tried to bring home two young voluptuous blonds to live with us. She threw them out along with my silk pajamas and smoking jacket.
ReplyDeleteLee
Ann Carbine Best visits Wrote By Rote on Saturday 11/12/11
ah, bummer, it's such a nuisance when your wife doesn't like bunnies, cute little bunnies ...
ReplyDeleteHaha. The Muppets? Can't wait for it.
ReplyDeletetoo bad it's not happening :(
ReplyDeleteoooh! billy crystal should be good.
ReplyDeletehe's the safe option :)
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