Movie Info
Genre :
DramaRelease Date :
TBA 2008Director :
Sandra NettelbeckStarring :
Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith, Alexia Fast, Alberta Watson, David Nykl, David Hewlett, Leah Cairns, Chelah Horsdal
Quentin Tarantino's 'Bastards' Gets First Female Cast in Diane Kruger
August 30, 2008 11:08:41The Helen of Troy in the epic movie "Troy", Helen Kruger, has become the first female actor joining the varied cast ensemble of "Inglorious Bastards". For the World War II action drama, the 32-year-old has been tapped to tackle the prominent role of German actress Bridget Von Hammersmark.
Revealing the fact at the 2008 Venice International Film Festival, she gushed, "I just received a call from Quentin Tarantino, asking me to be in his next movie. I don't want to give too much away, but I'll play a German movie star." The role of Hammersmark has earlier been linked to other German actress Nastassja Kinski.
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'Terminator Salvation' Shooting Stalled for Helena Bonham Carter
August 25, 2008 02:08:58Family tragedy has forced Helena Bonham Carter to stall the production of "Terminator Salvation". According to WENN, the "Sweeney Todd" actress has to leave the set of the forthcoming action thriller to offer encouragement to her grieving family after getting news about the tragic death of her family's members.
Reports claimed that before she flew back to Britain, Bonham Carter has been given an indefinite leave from the film's set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The long-time partner of renowned filmmaker Tim Burton has been signed to join the cast ensemble of the McG-directed action movie to portray the pivotal role of the villain, Serena. What effect should this delay of shooting in her part bring to the movie is still uncertain.
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Helena Bonham Carter About to Aboard 'Terminator Salvation'
June 30, 2008 01:06:15Helena Bonham Carter, the depicter of Mrs. Lovett in the Golden Globe-winning musical "Sweeney Todd" apparently has been putting her interest in the battle saga between men and robots, "Terminator Salvation". Words are the 42-year-old is in negotiations to land a role in the McG-directed film.
Though it is still unclear what part she will be playing, it is said that her role would be small but holds key element of the action movie. If indeed cast, the Bellatrix Lestrange of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" will be enlisted among the already signed cast ensemble that include Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood and Common.
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Replacing Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren to Topline 'Last Station'
April 01, 2008 03:04:04Helen Mirren, the English actress who earned herself an Academy Award prize for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen", has been signed in for the upcoming biopic "The Last Station" to take over another acclaimed actress' role. According to Variety, the 62-year-old actress will be playing Leo Tolstoy's wife Sophia, a role once belonged to Meryl Streep.
By replacing Streep, the "Elizabeth I" star will be joining the other cast that include James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff and Paul Giamatti. In the project, she would star opposite Christopher Plummer, who replaced Anthony Hopkins in portraying Tolstoy. The notable actress is expected to join the filming which will begin on April 7.
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'Then She Found Me' Trailer Released!
March 15, 2008 02:03:00The trailer of Helen Hunt's new dramedy film "Then She Found Me" has come out online. The video footage that lasts up more than two minutes gives out the idea what the movie is all about.
The trailer starts with the introduction of the main character April by showing the clips where she is marrying her husband followed by appearing lines stating, "April's life was all planned out..." Then, it can be seen that she is arguing with her sick mother, whom she found out to be her adoptive mother, while another lines comes up, "...but life can change...in a heartbeat."
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28th London Critics' Circle Film Awards Nominees Listed
December 14, 2007 05:12:14Celebrating its 28th anniversary in honoring the best in film-making, the London Critics' Circle has officially revealed the contenders for the 2008 ALFS Awards, giving most nominations to both "Control" and "Atonement."
The two pictures each scores eight nods that include Attenborough Award for British Film of the Year and British Director of the Year, but neither of them are in the running for top prize Film of the Year. The latter slot lists out titles like "No Country for Old Men", "There Will Be Blood", "Zodiac", "The Bourne Ultimatum", and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" instead.
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Then She Found Me to Open 19th Annual Palm Springs Film Festival
December 12, 2007 11:12:54On Tuesday, December 11, the Palm Springs International Film Society announced that "Then She Found Me" will open its 19th annual film festival. The movie which marked the directorial debut of the Academy Award winning actress, Helen Hunt, will be showcased at 6:30 PM on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at the Palm Springs High School auditorium. Following the premiere screening of the comedy drama movie, an Opening Night Reception will be held at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
The movie which also stars Colin Firth, Bette Midler and Matthew Broderick resolved around Hunt's character, April. April is a 39-year-old schoolteacher whose life crumbling around her when her adoptive mother passed away and her husband left her. At that time, she met her famous biological mother who claimed that she wanted to know her long-lost daughter. Making her life even complicated, she then met a new man, the father of one of her students.
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Official Harry Potter 6 Cast Lineup Announced
November 17, 2007 01:11:56No more questions, no more speculations on who to play who in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" anymore as Warner Bros. Pictures has just made the official casting announcement for the project through its President of Production Jeff Robinov.
Almost all of the original lineup are making their returns to this sixth installment of the mega-hit fantasy franchise. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are certainly back into their posts and so are David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, and David Thewlis.
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Harry Potter 6 Cast Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy
November 12, 2007 04:11:22The one to play Draco Malfoy's mother in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has already been picked, folks. CBBC recently posted an exclusive report stating the coveted role has been bestowed upon Helen McCrory, known primarily for her stage and television work.
Last seen as Mrs. Radcliffe in "Becoming Jane", McCrory originally was billed to portray Bellatrix Lestrange in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", but had to pull out due to her pregnancy. The part, as we have known, ultimately went to Helena Bonham Carter instead.
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2007 European Film Awards Nominees Listed
November 05, 2007 10:11:36The "European Oscar" is about to roll once again now that the European Film Academy officially announced contenders for its European Film Awards this year on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the Seville Film Festival.
Selecting a number of acclaimed titles and names, the Academy gives special attention to British royal family drama "The Queen" by granting it six nods in total, thereby putting the flick on top of the list. Nominations given included those of best picture, best actress for Helen Mirren, and best director for Stephen Frears.
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Ashley Judd Takes the Lead in Drama Flick Helen
September 06, 2007 11:09:33Opts to stick to dramatic genre after her latest acting stint in the upcoming "Crossing Over", Ashley Judd has inked deals to become the female lead in "Helen", a drama produced by Egoli Tossell Film and Insight Film Studios, Variety has revealed.
The beauty likely replaces fellow actress Gillian Anderson in the project as the official site for "The X Files" star has informed that she is "no longer attached" to the flick because of "a conflict in schedules."
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Helena Bonham Carter Back for Harry Potter 6
September 03, 2007 05:09:38Widely praised for her recent performance of female Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Helena Bonham Carter will be back for the second time to the fantasy franchise, U.K.'s The Independent has confirmed.
Report from the paper claimed that the Oscar nominee is set to once more play the villainous character in "Phoenix" follow-up, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", scheduled to start filming this month. According to her publicist, however, the actress is not due back on the movie's set until the spring.
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"Gaza" Is Helen Mirren's Next Stop
May 30, 2007 10:05:05Shining brightly from her triumph at this year's Oscar, Helen Mirren is poised to topline a dramatic feature titled "Gaza", which will be set in the strife-torn Gaza Strip, the Times Online has reported.
In the project, the actress will play one of the few Jewish women left in the Strip whose journalist daughter is establishing a relationship with a Palestinian but is shot and killed. Sitting on director's chair is Philip Martin, who will helm from script penned by Frank Deasy, his collaborator in ITV's "Prime Suspect: The Final Act" that Mirren also starred in.
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Gillian Anderson Raising "Helen"
April 14, 2007 11:04:46Smoothly launching back her acting career back on the track with "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story" and "The Last King of Scotland", Gillian Anderson has reportedly given her commitment to star in a gut-wrenching drama entitled simply "Helen."
Marking the first English-language feature from German writer/director Sandra Nettelbeck, the picture will find the Chicago-born actress as a talented professor forced to come to terms with her clinical depression. Filming is slated to begin September this year in the U.S. under Berlin-based Egoli Tossell banner in collaboration with Echo Lake Productions supported by German regional subsidy Filmstiftung NRW.
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Helen Mirren and Ed Harris Read "Book of Secrets"
March 29, 2007 11:03:28Finally, new names for "National Treasure" sequel are submitted to join the principal cast members from the 2003 adventure flick. JoBlo has revealed that Helen Mirren and Ed Harris have both reached agreement to take part in "National Treasure: Book of Secrets."
Lining up with Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, and Harvey Keitel who all are set to reprise their roles, Oscar-winner Mirren is billed to portray Emily Gates, the mother of Cage's character Ben Gates. JoBlo reported that she would help link her son to his family's connection to John Wilkes Booth and the mysterious Knights of the Gold Circle.
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Winners Announced at the 60th Annual BAFTA Awards
February 12, 2007 11:02:25It was held at the Royal Opera House in a country known for its royalty and this year bestowed its top prize to a lauded drama about royal family.
Yes, BAFTA Awards, also known as the Orange British Academy Film Awards, ultimately saw "The Queen" came out as the Best Film with its star Helen Mirren being crowned the Best Actress in a Leading Role as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts listed the event's honorees yesterday, February 11.
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Winners Honored at the 27th Annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards
February 10, 2007 01:02:24Maintains its effort to recognize the best in British and international film talent, London Film Critics' Circle smoothly handed out its ALFS Awards to a number of acclaimed titles and names Thursday, February 8 at the award ceremony held in aid of the NSPCC charity at London's Dorchester Hotel.
In the international slot, 9/11 drama "United 93" successfully swept two top prizes of Film of the Year and Director of the Year for Paul Greengrass, in the meantime also scoring the man, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner the British Producer of the Year honor.
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Titles and Names Honored at the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Fest
February 05, 2007 03:02:55Coming to the closing of the 22nd annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) yesterday, February 4 after holding it since January 25, the organizers at the event have revealed the list of titles deserved to be granted honors in completing the prizes they have given to some notable names in film industry.
Taking the same nod as French film "Fissures" did in snatching the Gold Vision Award was thriller drama "Spiral" which was recognized as "most innovative and unique film with an inspiring and groundbreaking vision." Elsewhere, the Audience Choice Award for Best Film went to Logan Smalle's "Darius Goes West", a documentary about a 15-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy named Darius Weems who embarked on a cross-country road trip.
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Winners Named at the 13th Annual SAG Awards
January 29, 2007 11:01:54More prizes have been given to lauded titles and names in film and TV industry as the Screen Actors Guild held out the ceremony for its 13th annual SAG Awards yesterday, January 28, 2007 at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Just like the Producers Guild of America, the labor union finally bestowed its equivalent of a best-picture award, the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture honor, to indie road movie "Little Miss Sunshine" while taking the same favor as most critics did in deeming Helen Mirren of "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" the winners in lead acting categories.
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The 79th Annual Academy Awards Contenders Announced
January 24, 2007 10:01:02Closer to the peak of the award season, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has officially issued list of nominations for its prestigious Academy Awards, revealed by its President Sid Ganis and actress Salma Hayek yesterday, January 23, 2007 in Beverly Hills, California.
Though gave musical drama "Dreamgirls" eight nominations which thus made the flick the top scorer in the list, the organization surprisingly cast out the DreamWorks release from Best Picture slot, lining up "Babel", "The Departed", "Little Miss Sunshine", "The Queen", and "Letters from Iwo Jima" for the category instead.
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The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards Major Winners Unveiled
January 16, 2007 12:01:18Announcing the winners of major categories at this year's Golden Globe Awards, the HFPA ultimately gave out the top prizes of Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy to multi-narrative drama "Babel" and the DreamWorks release "Dreamgirls", respectively.
In lead acting slot, critics' favorites Helen Mirren of "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" popped out as the award recipients, the former topping Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Kate Winslet to take Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama prize while the latter beating out Leonardo DiCaprio, Peter O'Toole, and Will Smith to land the opposite honor.
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The 12th Critics' Choice Awards Champs
January 15, 2007 11:01:06Presenting its Critics' Choice Awards at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium last Friday, January 12, 2007, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) solemnly mentioned one by one names and titles deserved the honors through its starry presenters that included Jennifer Garner, Christian Slater, Sienna Miller, and Cuba Gooding Jr..
Though the top category of Best Picture gloriously fell to the mob saga "The Departed" which also won its helmer Martin Scorsese the Best Director title, the event's big winners turned out to be its two competitors "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Dreamgirls" as each triumphantly landed four prizes in other major slots.
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The 60th Annual BAFTA Awards Nominees Listed
January 13, 2007 12:01:15Following the announcement of its Orange Rising Star Award Finalist, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has finally revealed yesterday, January 12 at 195 Piccadilly the full list of nominees for this year's BAFTA Awards, represented by the Academy Chairman Hilary Bevan Jones and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Hugely acclaimed royal drama "The Queen" came out to be the one that landed most nominations as it gloriously swept ten nods altogether, notably that in Best Film alongside "Babel", "The Departed", "The Last King of Scotland", and "Little Miss Sunshine."
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Winners Named at the 10th Annual OFCS Awards
January 09, 2007 11:01:44An international association of Internet-based cinema journalists, the Online Film Critics Society has officially announced yesterday, January 8, the list of recipients for its OFCS Awards, helping narrowing names and titles seen as leading contenders for the Academy Awards, the film industry's highest honors.
Matched those named in December by the New York Critics Circle, the organization cast its choice on documentary-style movie "United 93" to be the Best Picture, Martin Scorsese to be the Best Director for his work in "The Departed", plus Helen Mirren of "The Queen" and Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" to receive the top performance honors.
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The 41st Annual NSFC Awards Recipients Announced
January 08, 2007 11:01:56One of the most well respected professional film critics groups in North America that is also the U.S representative in the FIPRESCI, the National Society of Film Critics has finally come out with the list of winners for its NSFC Awards this year as the members celebrate the event for the 41st time.
Making a totally different choice from other fellow critics in taking Best Picture pick, the organization surprisingly bestowed the title to Spanish-language fantasy film "Pan's Labyrinth" while generating the same favor in naming "An Inconvenient Truth" the Best Non-Fiction Film.
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The 13th Annual SAG Awards Nominees Revealed
January 05, 2007 12:01:28Often considered a key indicator of films and figures vying for Academy Awards, the Screen Actors Guild unveiled yesterday, January 4, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater the list of contenders competing for honors at its 13th Annual SAG Awards, set to be held on date 28 the same month at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
Picking up a range of films of different genres, the union gave three nods apiece to three acclaimed film features of "Dreamgirls", "Little Miss Sunshine", and "Babel", notably that of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture which the all three are set against ensemble drama "Bobby" and mob saga "The Departed."
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The 2006 CFCA Awards Winners Unveiled
January 04, 2007 09:01:44Announced by its president Dann Gire, the Chicago Film Critics Association revealed their picks for the recipients of their 2006 CFCA Awards held Thursday, December 28, 2006.
Coming out as the big winner was the twist-filled mob saga "The Departed" which snatched the top honor of Best Picture along with two other prizes of Best Director for Martin Scorsese and Best Adapted Screenplay for writer William Monahan.
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Honorees Announced at the 2006 DFWFCA Awards
December 22, 2006 12:12:07Taking the same pick as two other film critics organizations, NYFCC and WAFCA, the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) delightfully labeled the 9/11 gripping drama "United 93" the Best Film of 2006 as the 35 online, broadcast, and print members unveiled the winners of its DFWFCA Awards on Monday, December 18, 2006.
For other film categories, the association willingly named "Letters from Iwo Jima" as the Best Foreign Language Film and "An Inconvenient Truth" as the Best Documentary with "Happy Feet" being deemed the Best Animated Film and "Half Nelson" getting mentioned as the Russell Smith Award recipient in its recognition for best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.
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The 15th Annual SEFCA Awards Winners
December 22, 2006 11:12:38A professional organization of over forty film journalists in the print media representing the Southeastern section of the United States, the Southeastern Film Critics Association solemnly bestowed its honors of SEFCA Awards to a number of noted film titles and individuals Tuesday, December 19, 2006.
The top honor of Best Picture was given to "The Departed" which also won Best Adapted Screenplay category while the title of Best Foreign Language Film went to Guillermo del Toro's fantasy horror drama "Pan's Labyrinth" with "An Inconvenient Truth" and "Cars" being deemed Best Documentary and Best Animated Feature, respectively.
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The 2006 CFCA Awards Nominees
December 21, 2006 10:12:54Joining the crowd in recognizing outstanding film works, performances, and individuals, the Chicago Film Critics Association has unveiled list of contenders competing for this year's CFCA Awards in its anticipation to name the winners on December 28, 2006 via WGN-TV.
Paramount Vantage's multi-narrative drama "Babel" soared as the one that scored most with nine nominations followed by "The Departed" and "The Queen" which both landed six nods each, all earning slot in Best Picture category alongside "United 93" and "Little Miss Sunshine."
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Winners at the 2006 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
December 20, 2006 01:12:24Once again, "The Queen" shines brightly atop the throne. Repeating the achievement it scored at NYFCO Awards held earlier this month, the British royal drama feature triumphantly swept most honors from The Toronto Film Critics Association as the organization handed on its TFCA Awards yesterday, December 19, 2006.
The Miramax release won five categories altogether for those of Best Picture, Best Performance - Female for Helen Mirren, Best Screenplay for Peter Morgan, Best Supporting Performance - Male for Michael Sheen, and Best Director for Stephen Frears, who shared the honor with "L'Enfant" helmers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
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11th Annual Satellite Awards Recipients Announced
December 19, 2006 10:12:11Gathering together at Beverly Hills' Imperial Ballroom of le Meridian on Sunday, December 17, 2006, members of International Press Academy eagerly handed down the organization's honor of Satellite Awards, originally known as Golden Satellite Awards, to the year's outstanding artists, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media.
Martin Scorsese's mob saga "The Departed" led the event together with "Dreamgirls" as both collected four prizes each. The Warner Bros. release scored in categories of Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Screenplay - Adapted for William Monahan, Best Ensemble - Motion Picture, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Nominees Unveiled for the 27th Annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards
December 18, 2006 12:12:14One of the five sections of The Critics' Circle started in 1913 as an association for working British critics, the London Film Critics' Circle has revealed the list of film titles and names competing for its ALFS Awards, which will be presented on February 8, 2007 at the Dorchester Hotel, London.
As many have expected, Miramax's acclaimed British royal family drama "The Queen" became the most-nominated feature for the event, scoring down seven nods that included top honor Best Film of the Year alongside four other lauded features namely "United 93", "Little Miss Sunshine", "The Departed" and "Volver."
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Nominees of the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards
December 15, 2006 11:12:03Continuing its annual tradition in giving honors to talented figures in show business, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has finally unveiled yesterday, December 14, in Beverly Hills, California, the nominees for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards of which ceremony will take place at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC on January 15.
Leading the contenders, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's multinational ensemble drama "Babel" gloriously scored seven nominations, notably that of Best Motion Picture- Drama alongside "Bobby", "The Departed", "Little Children", and "The Queen." Other major nods secured by the picture included those in supporting categories for its three stars namely Brad Pitt, Adriana Barraza, and Rinko Kikuchi.
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The 2006 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards Winners
December 13, 2006 11:12:23Coming up with the result of their votes for recognizing the finest achievements in filmmaking, the members of San Francisco Film Critics Circle unveiled yesterday, December 12, their picks for the winners of the 2006 SFFCC Awards.
Most prizes surprisingly were secured by Todd Field's dramatic feature of "Little Children" as it proudly took home three awards for the categories of Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Jackie Earle Haley.
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The 2006 BSFC Awards Winners
December 12, 2006 12:12:20Honoring those that "offer outstanding film programming", the Boston Society of Film Critics proudly announced the recipients of its BSFC Awards for year 2006 on Sunday night, December 10.
Though staying with the majority on who the best actor and actress of 2006 are by naming Forest Whitaker of "The Last King of Scotland" and Helen Mirren of "The Queen" in those respective categories, the group really made different selections from other award events this time as it bestowed most honors to "The Departed" instead.
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Winners Announced at the 2006 WAFCA Awards
December 12, 2006 11:12:23Giving more buzz to the award season, Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association has picked up a number of notable names and titles to be deemed the winners of its 2006 WAFCA Awards.
Like the New York Film Critics Circle, the group cast its favor on 9/11-drama "United 93" for Best Film title while taking the same picks as the New York Film Critics Online in selecting "An Inconvenient Truth", "Pan's Labyrinth", and "Happy Feet" as Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, and Best Animated Feature, respectively.
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The 72nd Annual NYFCC Awards Champs
December 12, 2006 10:12:49Helping narrowing the field of contenders for the Oscars while following other major film awards in Los Angeles and New York, the New York Film Critics Circle unveiled yesterday, December 11, the honorees of its 2006 NYFCC Awards based on the votes undertaken by its members consisting of the film critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, and magazines.
The top prize of Best Picture was bestowed to Universal Pictures' tense 9/11 drama "United 93" with animated penguin romp "Happy Feet" as Best Animated Film and France's "Army of Shadows" as Best Foreign Film while "Deliver Us from Evil" was named Best Non-Fiction Film.
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Winners at the 32nd Annual LAFCA Awards
December 11, 2006 01:12:31Turns out New York Film Critics Online is not the only one that gave honors to members of the film industry on Sunday, December 10 as the Los Angeles Film Critics Association also announced on the same day those worthy to receive its LAFCA Awards, which will be held on January 14, 2007.
Seemingly had the same taste with the National Board of Review, the organization delightfully picked "Letters from Iwo Jima" as the Best Picture along with "An Inconvenient Truth" as Best Documentary and Helen Mirren of "The Queen" as Best Actress. Forest Whitaker was named Best Actor, too for his portrayal in "The Last King of Scotland", only this time he had to share the honor with "Borat" star Sacha Baron Cohen.
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2006 NYFCO Awards Honorees Revealed
December 11, 2006 11:12:46Held the event annually based on votes conducted by 26 Internet film critics, the New York Film Critics Online announced yesterday, December 10, the winners of its NYFCO Awards for year 2006 at O'Neals' Restaurant on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.
The group gave most prizes to Stephen Frears' "The Queen", bestowing five which included the Best Picture, Best Actress for Helen Mirren, and Best Supporting Actor for Michael Sheen.
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2006 National Board of Review Awards Winners
December 07, 2006 10:12:05Holding the first major award event of the Oscar season, National Board of Review picked up notable film titles and names as the honorees at its 77th Annual National Board of Review Awards on Wednesday, December 6.
For Best Film 2006, the organization cast its choice on "Letters from Iwo Jima", the second half of Clint Eastwood's two-part look at World War II, placing it on the top spot of its Top Ten Film list which includes "Babel," "Blood Diamond," "The Departed", and "Little Miss Sunshine."
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More Laying Hands on "Inkheart"
October 25, 2006 04:10:03Giving much more highlight to fantasy drama flick "Inkheart", Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis, Rafi Gavron, and Sienna Guillory have all come down to take part in the project, joining the likes of Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, and Jim Broadbent in turn.
Here Mirren will play a book collector named Elinor Loredan while Serkis is billed to portray a villainous character called Capricorn. Filming is scheduled to start next month in Italy then London with Iain Softley directing based on David Lindsay-Abaire's script.
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Helena Bonham Carter Is Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd"
October 18, 2006 02:10:29Tim Burton has booked Helena Bonham Carter to co-star with Johnny Depp in his upcoming direction "Sweeney Todd".
In the DreamWorks Studios and Warner Bros. co-production of the Stephen Sondheim musical, the actress will play the diabolical meat pie-maker Mrs. Lovett.
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Susan Sarandon and Helena Bonham Carter Take the Lead in "Eleanor & Colette"
August 18, 2006 04:08:31Susan Sarandon and Helena Bonham Carter have been billed to play the lead characters in the forthcoming drama "Eleanor & Colette". In companion with them, Sebastian Koch has been booked to play the male lead.
The Rolf Schuebel direction is based on Marc Bruce Rosin's script. The story follows Sarandon's Eleanor, a patient at a psychiatric institute, who retains Colette (Bonham Carter), an attorney, to represent her complaint against the hospital, which has been prescribing her psychopharmacological drugs. During the lengthy process, the two women bond and form a special friendship.
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Helena Bonham Carter Joins "Order of the Phoenix"
August 03, 2006 09:08:12Updating the news on highly anticipated "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", Helena Bonham Carter has finally been confirmed to be the latest screen star included as one of the several new names listed in this hugely successful franchise.
Lining up together with Imelda Staunton and George Harris in the additional cast, Carter will play Bellatrix Lestrange, the cousin of Sirius Black who is also a Death Eater, known as the devoted follower of Lord Voldemort.
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"Wallace & Gromit" Led Annie Awards Nominees
December 07, 2005 10:12:22The animation action comedy "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" scored another attainment Monday, leading 15 nominations at the 33rd annual Annie Awards to be presented Feb. 4 next year. The awards, which is presented by the International Animated Film Society, recognize the year's best in animation from film, television, commercials and short subjects.
As of "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," it collected nominations for Directing, Writing, Storyboarding, Effects, Music, Character Design and Best Animated Feature. Also the film dominated the Voice-Acting category, with its four lead actors Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Peter Sallis and Nicholas Smith, all earning nods. Other contenders for Best-Animated Feature include "Chicken Little," "Corpse Bride," "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Madagascar."
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Helena Stands by for Love
November 09, 2005 04:11:34The English actress won't be unwilling to "Stand by for Love." In fact, anyone needs love. Don't you? Helena Bonham Carter does too.
She's been tapped to star in the drama romance to be directed by Simon Wells. Eric McCormack is set to star opposite her.
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