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Those expecting the delicate etiquette and burning passion of Emily Brontë’s infamous 1847 doomed love affair, Wuthering Heights, set on the Yorkshire Moors, may find award-winning Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold’s film version a little rougher round the edges, but equally dramatic. Rather than the fluffy period drama brought to many screens over the years, [...]
Here’s the very first look at the new Steve McQueen directed movie called Shame. The film has just been announced to be playing at the Toronto Film Festival later in the year and now courtesy of our friends at The Playlist, we have our first look images. These images show two of the main cast, [...]
What is curious about Len Wiseman’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Mars-based action movie Total Recall, with Arnold Schwarzenegger as its lead, is that is a remake of the Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Mars-based action movie Total Recall and not a direct adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story We Can Remember it for You Wholesale [...]
The news that Michael Fassbender was to be reunited with his director on the 2008 film Hunger instantly gave Steve McQueen’s next film a great deal of momentum and expectation, and now as shooting for the film, entitled Shame, draws ever closer we’re learning a little more about the supporting cast. IFTN have a report [...]
A promo poster and synopsis for Wuthering Heights have appeared online, courtesy of ThePlaylist. Directed by Andrea Arnold as her follow-up to the widely acclaimed Fish Tank, Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of Emily Brontë‘s classic novel. Wuthering Heights currently stars Kaya Scodelario (Moon) and Nichola Burley (Donkey Punch). Arnold is actively seeking a male actor to [...]
Variety are reporting that Colin Farrell has been offered the lead role in Columbia Pictures Total Recall remake. Farrell was previously tipped a few weeks back, along with fellow hot property actors Tom Hardy (Inception) and Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank). Total Recall is loosely based on Philip K. Dick’s novelette We Can Remember It for You Wholesale [...]
Another new film to emerge from the American Film Market (AFM) is Shame, the second feature from UK artist turned filmmaker Steve McQueen. A follow-up to the director’s BAFTA-nominated Hunger, he’s reunited here with that film’s lead Michael Fassbender (Inglourious Basterds, Fish Tank). Here’s the synopsis: Brandon (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds, Hunger, A Dangerous Method) [...]
John Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, told staff this morning of the plan to abolish the UK Film Council, which, since it’s launch in 2000, has invested Lottery money and government grants in the production of more than 900 films, including such critical and commercial successes as: Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold), In The [...]
Two of the most well known comic book franchises are lining up against the reboot/prequel wall currently, and with attachments on both sides coming in thick and fast, be they rumour or confirmations, the slew of talent orbiting each one is growing each day. Now it’s the turn of our favourite Basterd, Michael Fassbender to [...]
Between Friday 5th March and Thursday 11th March Cineworld are touring a selection of BAFTA winning films include Moon, Hurt Locker, The Young Victoria, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, Twilight New Moon and Fish Tank. The films can be seen at Cineworld in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Chichester, Crawley, Didsbury, Edinburgh, Glasgow Renfrew Street, Nottingham, Shaftesbury [...]
The surfeit of talent on show tonight at the London Evening Standard British Film Awards is a great indication of the place British film finds itself at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Andrea Arnold’s tough tale of life on a council estate and winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes [...]
The 12th annual British Independent Film Awards announced their nominations for the 2009 awards this morning and Duncan Jones’ Moon and Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank lead the way with 7 and 8 nominations respectively. Looking down the list, which you can find after the jump, the variety of talent being honoured here is truly astounding [...]
