According to "Deadline" this year's biggest Oscar snub
Michael Fassbender has a new role: he might join
THE COUNSELOR, which will be directed by
Ridley Scott and is written by Pulitzer Prize winning author
Cormac McCarthy (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES). Fassbender will play a respected lawyer
who thinks he can dip a toe in to the drug business without getting sucked down. It is a bad decision and he tries his best to survive it and get out of a desperate situation.
Yet another of the upcoming films to touch the topic of vampires will be
HARKER, which is, according to
"MovieWeb" a revisionist take on
Bram Stoker's Dracula story, with the tale centering on Jonathan Harker, a Scotland Yard detective who becomes consumed with finding Dracula after a spate of grisly murders. It is interesting that
Warner Bros. is negotiating with
Russell Crowe to take the lead role in the movie which will be directed by
Jaume Collet Serra, whom you know as the director of ORPHAN and the cancelled AKIRA epic. As you know, Russell has
LES MISERABLES to finish, next to
Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne and
Anne Hathaway and he might also take the lead role in Biblical epic
NOAH.
HOLLYWOOD SPY HEADLINES
Beside two different TV shows which will be based on the famous
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST story (fantasy one
BEAST on ABC
and legal one
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on CW), and the freshly released 3D version of Disney's animated classic on the same fairy tale, according to "The Hollywood Reporter" we shall also watch a live action French version as well to be directed by
Christophe Gans the helmer of the famous BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and SILENT HILL. The French film will have amazing
Vincent Cassel and
Lea Seydoux in the lead roles. The director promised that he "will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe never experienced before and produce images of an unparalleled quality".
One of the trailers I forgot to post earlier this month is the first clip for
7500 supernatural thriller which will hit theaters later this summer, with
supercharming Ryan Kwanten from TRUE BLOOD in the cast alongside
Leslie Bibb, Amy Smart and quite forgotten
Johnathon Schaech. The scary story of this thriller revolves around the passengers
of Vista Pacific Flight
7500, who come to realize that an evil force is with them on the flight across the Pacific Ocean. Kwanten and Smart will co-star as married couple who board Vista Pacific Flight
7500 with their two longtime friends for a trip to Japan. Bibb is set to play a flight attendant on the transpacific liner, who is involved in a complicated and secret relationship. Sounds super scary, horrors in confined or isolated places have always been the only ones to attract me to watch them.
BAFTA 2012 FASHION REPORT
So, have you watched
BAFTA 2012 awards tonight? The ceremony of the British film awards usually doesn't have that much celebs at the red carpet, but definitely the most stylish one this year was
Miss Piggy
whose golden locks and mushroom grey dress stunned everyone at the red carpet :) Equally charming was
Holliday Grainger from THE BORGIAS, who looked very tender and dreamy, while living legend
Meryl Streep looked very seductive in her black corset gown.
Penelope Cruz had interesting dark red dress, very simple, but refined, while
Gillian Anderson also looked lovely in her beige dress.
Viola Davis looked lavish in her pink gown, but had a bad hairdo, while the freak of the evening definitely was
Hayley Atwell who
managed to put on herself the most abominable blue thing I've ever seen at any red carpet. When it comes to boys
Eddie Redmayne, Michael Fassbender and
Tom Hiddleston were definitely the most dashing gents. You can find the winners
here.
and legal one BEAUTY AND THE BEAST on CW), and the freshly released 3D version of Disney's animated classic on the same fairy tale, according to "The Hollywood Reporter" we shall also watch a live action French version as well to be directed by Christophe Gans the helmer of the famous BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and SILENT HILL. The French film will have amazing Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux in the lead roles. The director promised that he "will surprise the audience by creating a completely new visual universe never experienced before and produce images of an unparalleled quality". 
We just went to the movies this afternoon and saw "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" -- sooooooo complex and convoluted but well worth the effort. Always love seeing Colin Firth in any role.
ReplyDeletethe film won some awards tonight at BAFTAs :)
DeleteYou've made me very happy with this post. :)))
ReplyDeleteOh, and the projects sound interesting too. Even the vampire chasing one with Russell Crowe.
And I think I like Penelope Cruz's dress the best, but I'm always attracted to red the most. :)
wonder with what :)))
DeleteYep, Penelope's dress was lovely, although I don't like the woman herself.
You know they are out of ideas when they have four seperate things to do with beauty and the beast coming, that is just plain sad. Another vampire movie yippeee, not! We've been plagued with those dead things since Buffy retired.
ReplyDeletehush, don't let Buffy hear you, she might return...
DeleteGood! As long as it's not a dreaded remake.
Deleteoh, but they're planning a BUFFY remake, they're just not sure whether to use the show or the film as the basis for a remake :)
DeleteThe film with Fassenbender looks good, McCarthy is a great writer. Surprisingly, Crowe doesn't appeal to me. I love big men who look like they've been rode hard and put away wet, but he puts me off somehow. I'm seriously pissed about the BAFTA's though. Mrs. Browns Boys didn't win. I'll never forgive them for that!!
ReplyDeleteCrowe is just too mean and evil, and has to many private issues to be interesting in any way. I don't like such negative people. Fassy also didn't win last night :(
DeleteHe is mean and a bad drunk as well. Award programs can be fun, but when they overlook certain people and do it repeatedly it puts one off.
Deleteit's true, sometimes I think the meaner or more shallow you are the bigger the star you are as well. Look at Russell, or the drug and alcohol addicts whom masses love and even make cults around them, look at stupid wenches like Rihanna who sing about how they killed a man and do it in a cheerful style and shallow crowd worships her... This world is sometimes so depressing, Annzie!
Deleteman Russell crow is aging, hes lookin older
ReplyDeleteLOL, I think that's one of his younger pics :) he looks even older now
DeleteIs it wrong to like the pig's dress best?
ReplyDelete'tis not, I like it best too! :) She always was the queen of style, that's why she's an editor in VOGUE!
DeleteCool
ReplyDeleteGlad you think so!
Delete7500 looks awesome! I love the idea of being enclosed on a plane and facing down an evil force. The BAFTA dresses looked terrific. I love Meryl's look.
ReplyDeleteCan't see Russell as Harker as Harker is a young attorney, unless of course he's been hunting Dracula for thrity years like Van Helsing.
And hon, thank you,thank you, thank you, thank you for that blistering hot pic of Michael Fass My Benders. Yowza!! ;))
DeleteI also like thrillers in enclosed space, they're more exciting :) Especially when the space is in some snowy or polar surroundings.
DeleteYou, know, I had to turn whole post blue just in order to post that pic of Fass My Benders. It just might be the most perfect male body I've ever seen with those pecs, abs, waist... Some guys were born perfect.
Let us stare at the pic for an hour or ...three weeks :)
Deletefassbender's really going places
ReplyDeletethis time "places" meaning bed :)
DeleteI missed the BAFTA 2012 but I love Viola's dress!
ReplyDeleteOooo, 7500 looks scary!
I've noticed that Viola has a good stylist. She's not a pretty lady, but she usually has lovely dresses at the red carpet. Wonder what she will wear at Oscars.
DeleteYeay for Miss Piggy!!
ReplyDeleteI may give 7500 a wide berth, looks too scary for little old me
we love us miss Piggy!
Delete3D Beauty and the Beast? Disney is really running out of ideas aren't they?
ReplyDeleteit was already released in January :)
DeleteAfter 2 versions of Snow White, let's have 3 different versions of Beauty and the Beast -_-
ReplyDeleteI love Gillian Anderson!! I wish she could play in more movies, she's gorgeous and she always was a great actress.
And Michael Fassbender is... WOW! So classy and elegant and hot!! ;P
L.
you know, they're already have three Little Mermaid projects in plan :)
DeleteWhen you see all those ladies looking so colourful you realise how BORING the men look. c'mon, people, is that it? Black?
ReplyDeleteyou mean you would go for a golden tux? :)
DeleteI'd probably appear in midnight blue or moss green suit with a long coat like in Arthurian times. I'd be the star of the red carpet :)
Wow interesting concept 7500! Looks like a hit!
ReplyDeleteit should be thrilling :)
DeleteI also liked the red dress Penelope Cruz was wearing the best - simple but architectural design and the color suited her as well. Holliday I agree with you looked lovely - and so grown up. Even Meryl Streep who usually doesn't have the best choice of dress at award shows looked good, I agree. Tilda I thought looked great for her personal style - second time I've liked what she's wearing at awards show. Can't wait for the Oscars!
ReplyDeleteyep, the cut around the cleavage was lovely. I have to check out how the celebs were dressed at the Grammies last night and decide whether to do a fashion report :) Adele was gorgeous as much as I managed to see in first 20 minutes before I fell asleep :)
DeleteViola does look stunning in that pink dress!
ReplyDeleteAnd Yay! A Ryan Kwanten movie! I'm in!
we do love us some Ryan, don't we? :)
Deleteoh! holliday grainger looks so cute!
ReplyDeleteand eddie and michael- nice. :)
three of the cutest beings ever :)
DeleteMichael Fassbender doesn't look like a respected lawyer in that picture. I suppose it's his sexy look? Oh no.... not a Bram Stoker remake. I still haven't recovered from the first one. Miss Piggy never grows old. I wonder what she's on.
ReplyDeleteyou mean respected lawyers don't have killer bodies? I think there's a basis for a legal suit against you :))) You've offended all the lawyers :)
DeleteMiss Piggy is the queen, and always will be! I think she's on frog's legs :)
I remember liking No Country for Old men, and i've recently started to finally jump on the Fassbender bandwagon, so the Counselor sounds like it could be right up my alley
ReplyDeletethe bandwagon is already swamped with fans :)
DeleteHarker sounds interesting, though it's a weird take on the original tale. It'll be an interesting one to watch, for sure.
ReplyDeletehope they'll find another actor, though, I usually don't watch Russell's films ;)
DeleteI'm assuming Vincent Cassel would be Beast? That will be awesome.
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