A trailer has been released for a rather stellar drama movie BLACKBIRD which will be available in selected theatres and as video on demand from September 18th boasting quite an ensemble cast which includes
The movie will be out next month in cinemas that work
Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslet, Lindsay Duncan, Mia Wasikowska... Lily (Susan Sarandon) and Paul (Sam Neill) summon their loved ones to their beach house for one final gathering after Lily decides to end her long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily and her daughters Jennifer (Kate Winslet) and Anna (Mia Wasikowska). Joining the collective farewell are Lily’s son in law (Rainn Wilson), her lifelong friend (Lindsay Duncan), daughter’s partner (Bex
The movie is an English version of Danish drama Silent Heart from 2014
Taylor-Klaus) and grandson (Anson Boon). Her story is ultimately one of hope, love and a celebration of life. The film, directed by Roger Michell, is an English language version of a Danish film.
SUSAN SARANDON, JESSICA LANGUE, CATHERINE ZETA JONES
First photos are here announcing anthology (it will deal with some famous celebrity feud in each season) TV series from FX titled FEUD which will have first season lead by Jessica Langue and Susan Sarandon portraying the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta all set in the patriarchal Hollywood studio system that pitted them against each other. Catherine Zeta Jones stars as Olivia de Havilland, with Alfred Molina, Stanley Tucci and Kathy Bates also in the cast of March 5th series.
'COLOSSAL' TRAILER
WITH ANNE HATHAWAY, JASON SUDEIKIS AND DAN STEVENS
And a very crazy trailer for you today, it is the first one for Anne Hathaway's COLOSSAL which is out this April with her playing a woman who discovers that severe catastrophic events, in the form of a giant monster attacking the city, are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering. Also starring Jason Sudeikis and Dan Stevens, the movie will first hit Russia in February!
OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND IN NEW 'FEUD' TELEVISION SERIES
Magnificent news, spylings, our most beloved Welsh queen Catherine Zeta Jones is returning to the telly after starting her career two decades ago with outstanding performances in beautiful TV classic series Darling Buds of May,Titanic and Catherine the Great! She has been cast in FEUD series by FX and Ryan Murphy. It will be an anthology series, meaning that each season will describe a different celebrity feud.
In FEUD, Catherine Zeta Jones will join Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon who play Joan Crawford and Bette Davis with eight episodes depicting their famous rivalry during the making of 1962 film What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Their feud increased movie's popularity at the time, and it was later
on nominated for five Oscars.
Zeta Jones will play Davis' close friend Olivia de Havilland, who was
also famous for her long time feud with her sister, actress Joan
Fontaine, and who often fought Crawford for movie roles. Alfred Molina will play the film's director, Robert Aldrich, Stanley Tucci is studio titan Jack Warner, Judy Davis is gossip columnist Hedda Hopper while Dominic Burgess is Crawford and Davis' co-star, Victor Buono.
'A QUIET PASSION' TRAILER
WITH CYNTHIA NIXON PORTRAYING EMILY DICKINSON
And to stay in the period set waters, here's the first trailer for new drama movie A QUIET PASSION which is out this November starring Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon as
famous American poet Emily Dickinson in the story that follows her from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognised artist. Jennifer Ehle plays her sister in the movie, with Keith Carradine also in the cast. Terence Davies, helmer of recent critically acclaimed sensual dramas Sunset Song and Deep Blue Sea is directing this one.
Well, you already know I love me a good omnibus movie and here's a new one on the horizon: Clive Owen and Jessica Biel are to star in Bosnian Oscar winner Danis Tanovic's new movie INVISIBLE in which the story follows Felix (Clive Owen) and Ann (Jessica Biel), who despite their perfect lives find themselves wanting more. On the other side of London, Anton, Hana and Alma have each travelled from faraway lands and put their lives on the line to seek out better opportunities than their homeland can offer. As these vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of class, identity and belonging, Invisible examines the true cost that the pursuit of happiness can take.
'SPARK' ANIMATED MOVIE
GETS VOICES FROM JESSICA BIEL, PATRICK STEWART Speaking of Jessica Biel, she will also lend her voice alongside
Patrick Stewart, SusanSarandon and Hilary Swank in SPARK, new animated
adventure from the creators of 2014’s The Nut Job. The space opera
animated adventure is set on a world conquered more than a decade ago by
a power-mad general who now is tearing it to pieces. Spark and his
friends, Chunk and Vix, team up to stop the general bent on universal
domination.The Canadian produced movie brings the story of a boy who
takes on great responsibility, and in the process, discovers his
rightful place in the universe.
WITH ANGELINA JOLIE STILL BEING PLANNED OVER AT SONY
Many years ago I reported that Sony is preparing a big screen adaptation of Stacy Schiff's book CLEOPATRA: A LIFE with Angelina Jolie playing the lead role and now 'Deadline' reports that the project isn't dead and that David Scarpa has been brought to rewrite the script. At some pointJames Cameron was supposed to direct the story which will, unlike some other more glamorous projects, focus on the truth about Cleopatra as a leader and not just a sex symbol, since she was a mother, leader and an intellect who spoke five languages and whose upbringing also reflected her relationship with Rome.
'MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS'
SUPER STAR STUDDED TRAILER
Now here's a comedy drama we've never heard of before even though it is extremely, and I mean extremely star studded! MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS should open in cinemas in May 6th! Interwoven stories of what it is to be a mom star Susan Sarandon, Courtney Cox, Christina Ricci, Sharon Stone, Selma Blair, Mira Sorvino, Paul Wesley, Luke Mitchell, Ashanti!
Poster Saturday, people, with some new ones for the upcoming films, starting with THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY which is out this April in UK starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar who, after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons). Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones round up the stellar cast of British thespians.
'PAPA HEMINGWAY IN CUBA'
GIOVANNI RIBISI, ADRIAN SPARKS
Poster has also been released for a drama also coming out in cinemas next month PAPA HEMINGWAY IN CUBA starring Giovanni Ribisi, Minka Kelly, Joely Richardson and Adrian Sparks in a true story about the relationship between Miami journalist Denne Bart Petitclerc (Giovanni Ribisi) and legendary writer Ernest Hemingway (Adrian Sparks). In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
'THE MEDDLER' POSTER WITH
SUSAN SARANDON & ROSE BYRNE
Also out next month, April 22nd in American cinemas is comedy drama THE MEDDLER in which Susan Sarandon plays an aging widow from New York City who follows her daughter (Rose Byrne) to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away. Laura San Giacomo, Jason Ritter, Harry Hamlin and JK Simmons also star.
