Penelope News

Penelope Cruz to Voice a Guinea Pig in Animated Film

January 21, 2008 03:01:46

Multiple awards-nominated actress Penelope Cruz reportedly has agreed to fill in one of the lead voices in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' combination live-action/CG film "G-Force". According to Variety, the star of "Volver" will voice Juarez, a guinea pig.

The co-star of Matthew McConaughey in "Sahara" is the new addition to the list of voice cast including Nicolas Cage voicing a mole, Steve Buscemi voicing a hamster and Tracy Morgan who also gives a voice to a guinea pig. Aside from the voice cast, the movie will also have human cast in the ensemble, including Bill Nighy and Will Arnett.

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Famous Names Approached for Starring Slots in Nine Movie

August 22, 2007 10:08:57

Finally commences the quest to attain its goal in getting an all-star cast for musical project "Nine", The Weinstein Company reportedly is holding talks with the likes of Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Marion Cotillard to get them boarded the cast.

Bardem is learned to have just received offer for the lead role of director Guido Contini while Cruz and Cotillard are in the line to play Contini's mistress Carla and his wife Louisa, respectively.

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The 2007 Empire Awards Recipients Announced

March 28, 2007 03:03:05

Collecting the votes from its readers, Britain's biggest selling film magazine Empire has finally listed out the honorees of its Empire Awards of which ceremony was held in London for the twelfth time.

Based on the votes, collected from over 50,000 people, the magazine proudly gave the top prize of Best Film to latest installment of 007 series "Casino Royale", in the meantime also named stars Daniel Craig and Eva Green the Best Actor and Best Female Newcomer, respectively.

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Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz Write An "Elegy"

March 06, 2007 04:03:46

Coming together to share scenes as onscreen lovers, Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz have both agreed topline "Elegy", a dramatic feature of Lakeshore Entertainment production, Production Weekly has reported.

An adaptation of Philip Roth's short novel "The Dying Animal", the project will see Kingsley play an eminent TV culture critic and star lecturer at a New York college named David Kepesh who finds his life put into disorder upon meeting Consuela Castillo, set to be played by Cruz, a student in one of his courses. However, as he forms an erotic liaison with her, a maddening sexual possessiveness gradually transports him to the depths of deforming jealousy, threatening him to fall into his own destruction.

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Penelope Cruz Slips Into Woody Allen Spanish Project

February 05, 2007 01:02:26

At last the leadstar for Woody Allen's Spanish project is found. The famed filmmaker has revealed to Fox411 that he has cast Penelope Cruz in the untitled flick, the latest in a line of dramas for the man including "Match Point" and "Scoop."

Production on the picture will begin after Allen settles things on his third London film "Cassandra's Dream" which he also produces with his sister, Letty Aronson. It is said that shooting will be commenced all summer in Barcelona, Spain with Cruz to speak both Spanish and English for the feature.

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The 2007 Goya Awards Recipients Unveiled

January 29, 2007 01:01:46

Finally ran its Goya Awards on Sunday, January 28, 2007, Academia of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (AACCE) delightfully gave high marks on both "Volver" and "Pan's Labyrinth", bestowing the former Best Picture title (Mejor pelicula) while handing out seven prizes to the latter.

Telling about the tragicomic tale of a mother's survival, "Volver" altogether gained five nods; two of which, apart from the aforementioned honor, were key awards of Best Director (Mejor direccion) for Pedro Almodovar and Best Leading Actress (Mejor interpretacion femenina protagonista) for Penelope Cruz.

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The 60th Annual BAFTA Awards Nominees Listed

January 13, 2007 12:01:15

Following 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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Nominees Announced for the 38th Annual NAACP Image Awards

January 10, 2007 11:01:15

Known as the pioneer in recognizing people of color in film, television, music, and literature, the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People revealed yesterday, January 9, names and titles included in the nominations for this year's NAACP Image Awards.

Scoring most nods were both musical drama "Dreamgirls" and comedy series "Everybody Hates Chris" as each amazingly landed eight nominations, notably that in the category of Outstanding Motion Picture for the former and that of Outstanding Comedy Series for the latter.

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The 13th Annual SAG Awards Nominees Revealed

January 05, 2007 12:01:28

Often 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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Penelope Ann Miller Has Big "Ambition"

December 21, 2006 03:12:50

Brightens the already-sparkled cast, Penelope Ann Miller has landed a deal to take supporting part in "Blonde Ambition", a loose remake of the 1988 film "Working Girl" developed under Nu Image banner.

Joining the likes of Jessica Simpson, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Jamie Kennedy in the lineup, Miller is plotted to play the conniving boss of Simpson's character. The movie itself revolves around a young woman who tries to work her way to the top from the bottom in the corporate world.

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The 2007 Goya Awards Nominees

December 19, 2006 02:12:57

Recognized as the one who holds the award event equivalent to Academy Awards, Spain's Academia of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (AACCE) made public the contenders for its Goya Awards to later announce the winners in the final week of January 2007 in Madrid, Spain.

Topping the list was action-adventure flick "Alatriste" with fifteen nominations followed by "Volver" and "Pan's Labyrinth" aka "El laberinto del Fauno" with fourteen and thirteen nods, respectively, all vying for Best Picture title (Mejor pelicula) alongside honors for the production design (Mejor direccion artistica) and director (Mejor direccion), among others.

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Winners at the 2006 European Film Awards

December 04, 2006 11:12:20

Held as scheduled in Warsaw, Polandia, the 2006 European Film Awards bestowed a number of honors to notable film figures and features Saturday, December 2 based on votes from 1,700 members of European Film Academy.

Coming out as the big winner is Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" as it triumphantly swept five prizes, including Best European Director and Best European Actress for Penelope Cruz. Despite this attainment, however, it sadly lost the most coveted title of Best European Film to "The Lives of Others" which won three other categories as well, notably that of Best European Actor for lead star Ulrich Muehe.

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"Penelope" Rests Safely Between IFC and Weinstein Co.

October 17, 2006 04:10:51

Reese Witherspoon sure can draw a breath of relief by now as her venture into producing film heads to better direction. Yes, her first film production "Penelope", which she produced via her Type A Films, has been picked up by both IFC Films and The Weinstein Company.

As part of the deal, IFC will handle the North American theatrical distribution of the movie, which is slated to hit theaters next year, while Weinstein Co. takes full charge on home video and television distribution.

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"The Wind" Shakes the Cannes Festival

May 29, 2006 12:05:25

The Cannes festival held on Sunday May 28th 2006 saw the winning of Ken Loach's "The Wind That Shakes The Barley" because of which the British director nabbed the "Palme d'Or".

"We live in extraordinary times and that has made people political in a way they maybe weren't in the previous four, five, six years", Loach told reporters soon after receiving the award.

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Penelope Cruz Has Passion for "India"

March 21, 2006 10:03:01

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz apparently has a hidden passion for "India". Approvingly, the movie beauty has been tapped to take the lead role in the upcoming English-language film adaptation of "Passion India", for which she will play alongside Bollywood co-stars.

A drama romance flick, "Passion India" actually is based on Javier Moro's original novel titled "Indian Passion". It is inspired by the true story of Anita Delgado, a 17-year-old flamenco dancer from Andalusia who scandalized two countries in the early 1900s when she agreed to marry an Indian maharaja and settle in his native land.

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Extra Cast on Penelope

January 17, 2006 03:01:53

Numbers of movie stars joining Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon for the upcoming "Penelope." They are Catherine O'Hara, Peter Dinklage, James McAvoy and Richard E. Grant.

A romantic fable directed by Mark Palansky from a script by Leslie Caveny, "Penelope" tells the story of a young woman born with the face of a pig who must break a family curse and find true love in the process.

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Christensen Falls for Penelope

November 10, 2005 01:11:06

"Penelope." It sounds like a woman's name. In fact, it is the title of a movie which Hayden Christensen has had an interest to star in. In the meantime, Christina Ricci and Reese Witherspoon have both agreed to appear.

As you can easily guess from the title, "Penelope" is a drama, comedy, fantasy which story tells about a young woman born with the face of a pig who must break a family curse and find true love in the process.

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lovedd it !

posted by sam on Aug 29, 2008

this is the best movie ever!!!! you have to see it... when i rented it i watched it 5 times in only 3 days!!

posted by michelle on Aug 13, 2008

was very surprised with how good the film was a must see!!

posted by kerry on Aug 09, 2008

i love this movie

posted by Squid on Jul 30, 2008

A great movie! When he kissed her at the end i was sooo happy xx

posted by Emzio on Jul 29, 2008

A surpising sweet movie that I had not expected to enjoy but wound up loving.

posted by poohbear on Jul 20, 2008