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We’ve had our fair share of set pics from the set of Gemma Arterton’s new movie, Byzantium and here’s a few more. The difference with these ones however is that she’s covered in blood! The images were taken in Ireland where they’re currently filming instead of the southern shored of England were they were in [...]
Following the first set pictures of Gemma Arterton in Neil Jordan’s horror-thriller Byzantium, a handful of images of Saoirse Ronan and Caleb Landry Jones filming their scenes in Dublin, Ireland, have now been released online too. The film follows Arterton and Ronan as a mother-daughter vampire team who sometimes pose as sisters. Directed by directed [...]
Hanna’s teen assassin Saoirse Ronan is a busy actress at the moment. The 17-year-old is headlining both the adaptation of Twilight novelist Stephenie Meyer’s The Host and Neil Jordan’s trip back to vampiredom, Byzantium. Variety is reporting that she’s also signed on to star in fantasy wartime drama, How I Live Now. She’ll play the [...]
Filming of Neil Jordan’s Byzantium continues on the southern coast of England and more pictures have emerged from the production. Previously we saw Gemma Arterton in a red dress which went round the internet like the plague (but a good plague) and the images from yesterday’s filming continue the theme of beachbound shenanigans, albeit with [...]
Here’s the first set photos from the set of Byzantium that show Gemma Arterton filming on a cold beach somewhere in the UK. We were with Gemma on Sunday night along with multitudes of other British film stars at the British Independent Film awards where she looked stunning when presenting an award. She’s maybe not [...]
Caleb Landry Jones (No Country for Old Men) has landed the lead male role in Byzantium. Jones will star opposite Saoirse Ronan (Hanna) and Gemma Arterton (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) in Neil Jordan’s fantasy-thriller. Based on Moira Buffini’s acclaimed play, Byzantium centers on a mother and daughter vampire duo who form a deadly pact. Byzantium will shoot [...]
It seems that everywhere you look these days, some studio or publishing company is trying to cash in on the vampire craze that has been steadily sweeping the world for the last few years. It’s gotten so bad that even long time vamp fans such as myself are ready to see our fanged friends placed [...]
For Part One of my look back at The Company of Wolves click here before reading on. And so, what of the aformentioned FX?. Whilst time has, understandably, not been the kindest to them the sheer creativity on display is enough to make up for any technical shortcomings. Only 3 years earlier Rick Baker had [...]
The horror movie, in all its multitude of cinematic guises, has offered up many a piece of friendly advice throughout the years. Whether it’s a deranged old man warning a bunch of witless teenagers to skip this year’s camping vacation, an urban legend warning the curious amongst us all to avoid speaking a certain name [...]
According to Deadline an upcoming film adaptation of Skippy Dies, Paul Murray’s Booker Prize long-listed novel rather than an eulogy to everyone’s favourite kangaroo, is to be written and directed by Neil Jordan. Described as South Park meets Tom Brown’s Schooldays, the book follows the adventures of two unlikely schoolmates, Skippy and Reprecht, at a [...]
With Stardust and Coraline two recent examples of superlative adaptations of the works of Neil Gaiman fans of the author will be pleased to hear that his celebrated dark children’s fantasy The Graveyard Book is closer to hitting the big screen. The 2008 book, with its classically macabre parental death and graveyard ghosts, became an [...]
HeyUGuys were fortunate to see a preview of Neil Jordan’s (Interview with the Vampire, The Crying Game) latest release ‘Ondine’ last week. Filmed in the beautiful Beara Peninsula, West Ireland, it is a ‘modern fairy tale’ fused with strong hints of Celtic myth. Ondine tells the story of Syracuse (Colin Farrell), a loveable loner and [...]
Neil Jordan’s filmography is full of powerful, fantastical tales with Mona Lisa and The Crying Game two iconic early works. His 2009 film, Ondine, was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival last year is due out sometime this year and there’s a nice new trailer out today. Telling the story of an Irish fisherman, [...]
