Mike Newell’s take on Great Expectations was a visually luxuriant offering of the Dickens’ classic and ahead of its release on Blu-ray and DVD next Monday, the 25th of March, we’ve got a number of behind the scenes clips to get you in the mood. Helena Bonham Carter and Holliday Grainger both talk about the [...]
Video: Helena Bonham Carter and Holliday Grainger on Great Expectations
March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jeremy Irvine Interview – Great Expectations
December 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a rather plush hotel room, surrounded by a mob of journalists, Jeremy Irvine (who plays Pip in the new Hollywood version of the Charles Dickens novel) holds court, playing down his newfound success in response to a question about being able to pick and choose scripts. We got to sit down with the British [...]
Director Mike Newell Interview – Great Expectations
November 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Hilary Oliver chats with Director Mike Newell for his latest movie Great Expectations based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens. He has pulled together a wonderful cast in the movie including Jeremy Irvine (who shot to fame in Steven Spielberg’s War Horse), Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and Holliday Grainger. In the interview, Newell [...]
Helena Bonham Carter Interview – Great Expectations
November 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The third and final interview from our collection from Great Expectations is with the wonderfully talented Helena Bonham Carter who plays Miss Havisham. This latest adaption of the Charles Dickens classic is directed by Mike Newell who we had an interview with yesterday and can be seen here. We also have an interview with leading [...]
Top Ten: Movies to Look Forward to this Christmas 2012
November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the most common questions I get asked is ‘So, what’s coming out at the cinema that I should go and see in the next few weeks Dave?’. This question stumps me every time as I can never remember what is coming out! We’re often fortunate to get to see films quite a bit [...]
Great Expectations Review
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Four Weddings and a Funeral director Mike Newell’s take on the Charles Dickens’ classic Great Expectations is a safe, play-by-numbers affair that neither excites nor bores but simply picks off key moments and retells the tale with some of the cream of British acting crop, plus some extravagant set design that you would expect from [...]
Jeremy Irvine Interview – Great Expectations
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Charles Dickens’ classic novel ‘Great Expectations’ gets the big Hollywood treatment this week as the movie is released in UK cinemas. Hilary Oliver got to interview lead actor and rising British star Jeremy Irvine who plays Pip opposite the likes of Holliday Grainger, Ralph Fiennes and Helena Bonham Carter. In a great interview where they [...]
HeyUGuys LFF Premiere Interviews: Robbie Coltrane, David Nicholls & more talk Great Expectations
October 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As the BFI 56th annual London Film festival draws to a close, it seems somewhat fitting that the closing feature is an adaptation of a novel by one of Britain’s most important literary figures of all time, in an adaptation of Charles Dickens Great Expectations, directed by Mike Newell and featuring some of the biggest names in [...]
Frankenweenie (Bow) Wow’s ‘Em at the 56th London Film Festival Opening Gala
October 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ostensibly, Tim Burton’s latest stop-motion animated feature Frankenweenie may not have looked like the most fitting choice to open yesterday’s 56th BFI London Film Festival, but this Disney co-production is very much a UK-led venture. It was filmed at the 3 Mills Studios in East London by a team of talented home-grown artists and primarily brought [...]
New Clip from Great Expectations with Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Irvine & Helena Bonham Carter
October 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mike Newell’s adaptation of Great Expectations will be closing this year’s BFI London Film Festival, bringing a fantastic cast to the big screen with its leading cast of Jeremy Irvine as the young Pip, alongside Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch, Helena Bonham Carter as the formidable Miss Havisham, and Holliday Grainger as Estella. We saw the [...]
First Poster for Great Expectations with Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes & Helena Bonham Carter
October 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Mike Newell’s anticipated adaptation of Great Expectations debuted at TIFF last month to positive early reviews, and will be getting its European premiere as the Closing Night Film of the BFI London Film Festival this month. The latest UK trailer for the film surfaced a few weeks back, and now the first poster has debuted [...]
UK Trailer Released for Great Expectations
September 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Set to close the London Film Festival, Mike Newell’s Great Expecations is looking more and more fabulous with each passing piece of marketing material. We’ve just been sent the UK trailer for the movie along with a new images of Jeremy Irvine who plays Pip in the movie. We recently caught up up with Irvine [...]
Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger Share a Kiss in New Clip from Great Expectations
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mike Newell ‘s Great Expectations is looking like a fine film, and a fine adaptation of the classic novel with Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter and War Horse’s Jeremy Irvine heading the cast. This new clip played at the programme launch of the London Film Festival yesterday and it is certainly one of the more [...]
Jeremy Irvine and Ralph Fiennes in new clip from Great Expectations
September 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Literary adaptations pepper the big and small screen schedules year after year and the works of Charles Dickens have proved fertile ground. Recently selected as the closing film of the London Film Festival Mike Newell’s version of Great Expectations has a fine cast and from the looks of this first clip has a sumptuous visual [...]
Hi-Res Images from Great Expectations with Jeremy Irvine, Ralph Fiennes & Helena Bonham Carter
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mike Newell’s adaptation of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens’ classic novel, will be making its world debut at TIFF next month, and was announced this morning as the BFI London Film Festival 2012 Closing Night Film. The first international trailer surfaced earlier this month, and now we’ve got five hi-res images from the film to share [...]
BFI Announce Great Expectations as the LFF 2012 Closing Night Film
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
After announcing earlier in the week that this year’s BFI London Film Festival opening night film will be Frankenweenie, they’ve now announced that the closing night film will be Mike Newell’s anticipated adaptation of Great Expectations. Newell’s adaptation will be making its world premiere the Toronto International Film Festival on 11th September, and will then [...]
First International Trailer for Great Expectations with Ralph Fiennes & Helena Bonham Carter
August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mike Newell’s anticipated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, Great Expectations, will be making its world debut at TIFF next month, and after getting our first look at the great Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch earlier this month, the first international trailer has been released online, giving us an excellent first good look at the film. [...]
First Look Image: Ralph Fiennes as Magwitch in Great Expectations
August 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
BAFTA-winning Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) returns behind the camera this year to bring us his highly-anticipated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. We got our first look at a terrifyingly convincing Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham last year, followed by the first image of Jeremy Irvine as the young [...]
Sally Hawkins in Talks for Woody Allen’s Next Film
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sally Hawkins (Submarine) is in talks to star in Woody Allen’s next, as-yet-untitled film. Hawkins, who picked up a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, will play one of the two female leads in Allen’s follow-up to this summer’s To Rome with Love. Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Bradley [...]
First Look at Jeremy Irvine as Pip in Great Expectations
November 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
We’ve just been sent the first image of Jeremy Irvine as Pip in Mike Newell’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expecations. We recently saw Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham and now we have a look at Irvine in his role as Pip. Newell is in the middle of shooting the film now and the [...]