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First Look At Keira Knightley, Aaron Johnson & Jude Law In Joe Wright’s ‘Anna Karenina’
Jan 31st
These scans from the latest issue of Empire Magazine have provided us with our first look at Joe Wright’s (Atonement, Hanna) epic romance ‘Anna Karenina,’ an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel of the same name. Keira Knightley, Academy Award-nominated for Wright’s ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ will star as Anna Karenina in her third collaboration with the director. Knightley will be starring opposite two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law, as Anna’s husband Aleksei Karenin; and Aaron Johnson (Nowhere Boy), as Count Vronsky. Rounding out the cast will be Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire), Matthew Macfadyen (Pride & Prejudice), Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Alicia Vikander (The Seventh Son), two-time Academy Award nominee Emily Watson, Olivia Williams (Hanna), and Ruth Wilson (Luther). ’Anna Larenina’ is scheduled for release September 7th. Source: ThePlaylist.
“The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.”
Rooney Mara Joins The Cast Of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’
Jan 30th
Deadline bring word that Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has replaced Blake Lively in Steven Soderbergh’s forthcoming thriller ‘Side Effects,’ joining Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jude Law and Channing Tatum. Mara plays Emily Hawkins, a sexy but unsettled young woman who is taking serious amounts of prescription drugs to deal with anxiety and depression surrounding the pending release of her husband from prison (Tatum). This leads her into an affair with a doctor (Law).
The Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!, Contagion) scripted film is being financed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, with production to start in April. ’Side Effects’ will mark Mara’s first film with Soderbergh. The thriller is Tatum’s third collaboration with the director (Haywire and Magic Mike) and Law’s second (Contagion). Soderbergh’s latest film, ‘Haywire,’ is out in cinemas now. His next movie, ‘Magic Mike,’ is released in the summer.
Catherine Zeta-Jones To Join The Cast Of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’
Jan 25th
Deadline bring word that Catherine Zeta-Jones is in talks to join Blake Lively, Jude Law and Channing Tatum in Steven Soderbergh’s forthcoming thriller ‘Side Effects.’ Zeta-Jones previously teamed up with Soderbergh for his multiple award-winning crime drama ‘Traffic’ and ‘Ocean’s Twelve.’ Zeta-Jones will play Dr. Erica Siebert. Lively plays a troubled and depressed woman who is taking serious amounts of prescription drugs, which leads her into a relationship with another doctor (Law). Her intake is ostensibly designed to help her deal with the anxiety surrounding the pending release of her husband (Tatum) from prison.
The Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!, Contagion) scripted film is being financed by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, with production to start in April. ’Side Effects’ will mark Lively’s first film with Soderbergh. The thriller is Tatum’s third collaboration with the director (Haywire and Magic Mike) and Law’s second (Contagion). Soderbergh’s latest film, ‘Haywire,’ is out in cinemas now. His next movie, ‘Magic Mike,’ is released in the summer.
In-Depth Jude Law Interview For ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
Dec 16th
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie returns to direct ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,’ the follow-up to the smash hit ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ The sequel also reunites Robert Downey Jr as the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law as his formidable colleague, Dr. Watson. Jared Harris (TV’s ‘Mad Men,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button‘) joins the cast as the notorious Professor Moriarty. Also joining the film, in her first English-speaking role, is Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, who gained international attention in the Swedish film ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.’ Stephen Fry (‘Alice in Wonderland,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‘) plays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother. ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ is set for release December 16th 2011.
With this being a sequel, you can pretty much get straight into the plot, there isn’t so much a need of introducing lead characters…
Jude Law: Yeah. In general, what we really wanted to do this time was run with the relationship, because whilst you got a good sense of it in the first film, we also had to work quite hard obviously to tell…to introduce the characters, to introduce the world, and to give not back-story, but to give a sense of what to expect from them. Now that people know that, we were able to start from the get go at a faster rate – with more….I wouldn’t say eccentricity, but with more breadth. No matter how happy and harmonious and creative the first film was as a group, 20 or 30% of a film is always taken up at the beginning getting to know each other, and that you end on a high, knowing how each other works. It never felt like we dropped the ball from the first – we never assumed there would be a second, but a lot of energy was carried into the second. A lot of enthusiasm for relationships that worked, that we wanted to flesh out more. I was excited about mining more of the same.
Guy Ritchie Interview For ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
Dec 16th
Robert Downey Jr reprises his role as the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law returns as his formidable colleague, Dr. Watson, in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.’ Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large – Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) – and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder–a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by one Professor Moriarty.
Mixing business with pleasure, Holmes tracks the clues to an underground gentlemen’s club, where he and his brother, Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry) are toasting Dr. Watson on his last night of bachelorhood. It is there that Holmes encounters Sim (Noomi Rapace), a Gypsy fortune teller, who sees more than she is telling and whose unwitting involvement in the prince’s murder makes her the killer’s next target. Holmes barely manages to save her life and, in return, she reluctantly agrees to help him. The investigation becomes ever more dangerous as it leads Holmes, Watson and Sim across the continent, from England to France to Germany and finally to Switzerland. But the cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead as he spins a web of death and destruction–all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history. ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ is set for release December 16th 2011.
How do you come up with the ideas? From speaking to the actors they often talked about this being an extremely collaborative film.
Guy Ritchie: As a creative team, it’s just that. Lionel Wigram (producer) came up with the idea, he started the whole thing running. Everyone has an equal part in creating what we think an audience will like, and what we think is exciting, creatively. This might be overstating it, but it’s a powerhouse of creativity. I don’t think anyone trumps another individual in this mix. I’m not sure any one of us can take the credit for any one idea. Someone would come up with a bad idea that would get ridiculed, and then you realise it’s the bad idea that led to a good idea, so there’s no such thing as a bad idea. I very much like being a part of that. I feel like if any one of us take ownership of a concept, they become alienated by the group. It happens organically, because we’ve all got egos, but then when you get excited by the creative process, everyone gets excited, as no one is trying to own anything – five or six brains think as one. Joel Silver (producer) and Lionel got the momentum going to make the films, then thereafter it became a living organism. We just tap into that. The script was so rough, which some of us found frustrating at times, as we felt it wasn’t the film we really wanted to make. Then it got broken down and rebuilt by the organic mind.
In-Depth Noomi Rapace Interview For ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’
Dec 13th
Filmmaker Guy Ritchie returns to direct ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,’ the follow-up to the smash hit ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ The sequel also reunites Robert Downey Jr as the world’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and Jude Law as his formidable colleague, Dr. Watson. Jared Harris (TV’s ‘Mad Men,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button‘) joins the cast as the notorious Professor Moriarty. Also joining the film, in her first English-speaking role, is Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, who gained international attention in the Swedish film ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.’ Stephen Fry (‘Alice in Wonderland,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire‘) plays Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother. ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ is set for release December 16th 2011.
Joining this huge movie in your first English-speaking role, what was the biggest challenge for you?
Noomi Rapace: The language thing, definitely the language thing (laughs). Because I didn’t speak English 3 years ago, and for me to find a way to be free and to be able to live in this language, instead of pretending or feeling like your stuck in this sort of prison of control…you can do perfect lines, but you can’t improvise and you can’t ad-lib, that was my biggest concern before we started. And then just after a week I forgot about it, it was incredible. It was the way they worked, those boys are fantastic. They were so funny and easy and they just grabbed me, hugged me, supported me – I kind of forgot I was nervous. In the end I had so much fun.