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In-Depth Angelina Jolie Interview For ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’
Feb 23rd
Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 90s, ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ tells the story of Danijel (Goran Kostić) and Ajla (Zana Marjanović), two people from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict. Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain. ‘“In the Land of Blood and Honey’ portrays the incredible emotional, moral and physical toll that the war exerts both on individuals and people as a whole, and the terrible consequences that stem from the lack of political will to intervene in a society stricken with conflict. Angelina Jolie directs from a script she wrote, Zana Marjanović, Goran Kostić, Rade Šerbedžija, Vanesa Glodjo and Nikola Djurićko star.
How did the idea of ‘In the Land of Blood and Honey’ come about for you?
Angelina Jolie: I had travelled so much in the last 10 years to conflict and post-conflict areas, and I’d seen a lot. I was very frustrated against the violence against women, and I was very frustrated by lack of intervention. I didn’t plan to become a director, and I didn’t plan to make a movie. I just sat by myself and I wanted to do a story, because I wanted to understand how could somebody from the beginning of a story, beginning of a life, be friends, lovers, family, married to each other, neighbours, and then what happens that gets them to a place where they’re able to kill each other, go against each other. What happens to society in war when there is no intervention? What happens? I couldn’t understand it. I thought if I could analyse it and understand it I would be better equipt to maybe help, or deal with the process, deal with victims of war, hopefully be a part of the solution. I didn’t know, so I researched it, and I researched Bosnia because it was conflict that happened to our generation. It’s one that not that many people speak about. I wanted to learn. So this was a chance for me to give myself homework to learn about a country I felt I should know, that we all should know, it was the 90s, we don’t talk about it enough. The more I learned the more I felt a responsibility and the more I fell in love with the people and the country and the area. I was compelled to make the film.
William Fichtner Joins Johnny Depp & Armie Hammer In ‘The Lone Ranger’
Feb 23rd
Hi-yo Silver, awaaaay (apologies, I couldn’t resist)! Deadline bring word that William Fichtner has landed the role of the lead villain in Walt Disney Pictures’ ‘The Lone Ranger.’ Fichtner is replacing the previously attached Dwight Yoakam as Butch Cavendish. An outstanding cast has been assembled for the film, with Armie Hammer (The Social Network) taking on the role of the titular character and Johnny Depp portraying Tonto. The likes of Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Badge Dale, Barry Pepper, Tom Wilkinson and James Frain are set to co-star. The film, which takes place in 1869, is directed by Gore Verbinski for Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films. The plot-line is as follows: “A Texas Ranger, left for dead, is saved by the Commanche Tonto, who gives his new partner the masked identity of Lone Ranger.”
‘The Lone Ranger’ marks Verbrinski and Depp’s fifth collaboration after the first three ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies and ‘Rango.’ ‘The Lone Ranger’ is scheduled to be released May 31st, 2013. Principal photography begun on ‘The Lone Ranger’ this month in Mexico, with production planned in and around Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Shiprock and other locations around the state through the middle of August 2012. Fichtner recently filmed Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysuim’ with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, as well as ‘Phantom’ opposite Ed Harris and David Duchovney.
Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz & Anna Hutchison Feature In New ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ Image
Feb 22nd
After a two year delay courtesy of MGM’s financial issues, Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon’s fantastic looking high-concept horror ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ is now just a matter of weeks away from release. To keep the promotional campaign rolling, Lionsgate has released this new still from the film featuring Chris Hemsworth, Fran Kranz, and Anna Hutchison, via the its official Facebook page. Directed by Goddard, who co-wrote with Whedon, the film is said to be a spin on the familiar “cabin in the woods” formula.
Set for release April 13th, ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ stars Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Williams, Fran Kranz, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison and Amy Acker. Lionsgate made a deal with MGM to distribute ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ last summer - putting an end to an unexpectedly long shelf life for a horror film that has such a terrific creative pedigree in Drew Goddard and Josh Whedon. I for one am stoked for this flick….roll on April!
Jai Courtney To Star Alongside Bruce Willis As John McClane’s Son In ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’
Feb 22nd
20th Century Fox has announced that Jai Courtney will be playing John McClane’s son Jack in the fifth installment in the Die Hard series, ’A Good Day To Die Hard.’ Courtney is best known for playing Varro on ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand.’ Directed by John Moore (Max Payne), the film has been set a February 14th, 2013 release date. The story is said to bring John McClane to Russia for more action-packed shenanigans, this time alongside his estranged son Jack.
The last instalment, ‘Live Free Or Die Hard,’ showed there was still steam in the franchise when it grossed $384 million worldwide. I’m looking forward to seeing John McClane back on the big screen – the man who can single-handedly take out 16 Russian mercenaries with no shoes on and a grubby vest. I’m a massive fan of the original ‘Die Hard’ movie, it’s one of the most entertaining and flat-out thrilling action movies ever made. I somewhat surprisingly enjoyed ‘Live Free Or Die Hard’, any movie that features dialogue like this gets my vote: Matt Farrell: “You just killed a helicopter with a car!” John McClane: “I was out of bullets.”
Edgar Wright Teams Up With Johnny Depp For ‘The Night Stalker’
Feb 22nd
Deadline report that the thoroughly awesome filmmaker Edgar Wright is set to direct Walt Disney Pictures’ big-screen adaptation of ‘The Night Stalker.’ The film would be remake of the TV Movie, and subsequent series that the studio is developing as a potential star vehicle for Johnny Depp. Depp would play the intrepid tabloid reporter Carl Kolchak, who covered crime for a tabloid. His cases always led to supernatural perpetrators that included zombies, vampires, werewolves and aliens. The subject matter will be tailored to fit Disney’s family film mandate and likely a PG-13 rating, however the idea of Wright’s hyper-reality style and Depp’s gift for constructing quirky characters sounds like an exciting match to me.
Edgar Wright comes aboard this project before the studio has set a writer, and he will oversee and shape the project with Johnny Depp and producer Christi Dembrowski. Wright is also currently working on a screenplay for the final installment in his “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy,” ’The World’s End,’ with collaborator Simon Pegg, and an ‘Ant-Man’ movie for Marvel Studios. There’s currently no word on which project we’ll see on the big-screen first. Wright is the man behind three personal favourites of mine in ‘Shaun of the Dead, ‘Hot Fuzz,’ and Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.’ Anything that has “Edgar Wright” attached to it = ticket automatically bought.