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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 [...]
Helena Bonham Carter seems to be able to pull off the Queen of Darkness look with ease – you only need to watch her performance as Bellatrix Lestrange in one of the Harry Potter films to see it – and it looks like she’ll be taking advantage of that in her upcoming role as Miss [...]
On the fifteenth of July, 2011, the highest grossing film franchise ever will finally come to an end. Spanning ten years, eight movies, four directors and a worldwide box-office gross of over six billion dollars – the Harry Potter film franchise will draw to a close with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, [...]
Rowan Joffe’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock is currently playing in cinemas across the country and there is news tonight of his next feature film project. Back in 2007 it was announced that Tom Hanks’ production company Playtone had begun developing the story of Eddie Chapman, better known to the world as Agent Zigzag, [...]
Throughout the decades, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has been the subject of a number of film and TV adaptations (including Alfonso Cuarón’s 1998 visually sumptuous modernisation) and now under the guise of seasoned British helmsman Mike Newell, another version is in the works. The Hollywood Reporter brings news that Newell is readying a new production [...]
Before Mike White placed himself in the Longbourn wilderness to direct a big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a few other names were floating around the internet-o-sphere as potential directors for the film. Those names may come around again as Deadline are reporting that White has left the project to [...]
It’s difficult to imagine at this late stage in Harry Potter’s cinematic saga, but once upon a time in a galaxy not that far away Steven Spielberg had some very different plans for the franchise. The L. A. Times’ Hero Complex is reporting that Spielberg – whose Dreamworks Pictures were initially considered as financial partners for Warner [...]
We’ve just received word from the powers that be that the jury for the 2011 Orange Wednesday Rising Star Award at this years BAFTA Awards has been chosen and there’s quite a few familiar faces. This year the jury will include fashion guru turned director, Tom Ford, Actor Peter Sarsgaard, Actress Natascha McElhone, casting director, [...]
Following David O Russell’s departure from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (the blood and guts reimagining of the classic Jane Austen novel), Deadline are reporting that two of our own, Mike Newell and Neil Marshall, are possible replacements in the director’s chair. Although Natalie Portman (followed by Scarlett Johansson) was down to play heroine Elizabeth [...]
Last night, I got to spend an evening at the BFI surrounded by dozens of amateur film-makers, all buzzing with excitement at making the shortlist for the 2010 Virgin Media Shorts Awards. In an auditorium packed with 450 cast, crew, journalists and judges, we got to see the 12 finalist entries all desperate to find [...]
A year ago or thereabouts, as well as signing up for his latest jaunt around the Caribbean as Captain Jack, Johnny Depp had two other projects in the pipeline. One was as Tim Burton’s Mad Hatter in the box office behemoth Alice in Wonderland and the other was as Tonto in a Jerry Bruckheimer produced [...]
To celebrate the release of Disney’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, we are giving away five copies of the Disney Triple Play pack (Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Copy) to you, our lovely readers! Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is available on Disney Blu-ray, DVD and Triple Play edition that includes a [...]
Over here in the UK, we’ve had Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for an entire week. The US get it tomorrow and to celebrate, Yahoo have released this brand new clip from the movie which is directed by Mike Newell and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and Sir Ben Kingsley. In [...]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is the latest movie to be brought to us by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, and I was very eager for this latest production to be another hit like Pirates of the Caribbean or National Treasure. Going into a movie with massively high expectations isn’t always [...]
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to interview all the main cast of the new Disney / Jerry Bruckheimer movie, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. We also got to interview Mike Newell, the Director and Jordan Mechner who invented the original computer game back in 1989 on [...]
A couple of weeks ago London held the world premiere of the new Disney / Jerry Bruckheimer movie, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina and is directed by Mike Newell. We got to interview all the stars and every day this week, [...]
Last week, I attended the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time press conference in a lovely hotel in London. All the stars were there including leading man, Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Sir Ben Kingsley, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Mike Newell and the creator of the Prince of Persia computer game franchise, Jordan Mechner. The [...]
Last night, HeyUGuys were one of the privileged members of the audience of a very special show. I call it a show as the new Westfield shopping centre in London played host to an extravaganza of multiple forms of talent. Not only were the cast of the new Disney Movie, Prince of Persia: The Sands [...]
