Meryl Streep may be on her way to a 17th Oscar nomination playing former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Jim Broadbent would play Thatcher’s husband, Denis, in a coproduction being developed by Path√© and BBC Films. THR has the exclusive report: The film is set in 1982 and tracks Thatcher as she tries to save her career in the 17 days preceding...
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Kevin Spacey delivers his patented snake-oil sales pitch as lobbyist Jack Abramoff in ‘Bagman,’ a.k.a. Casino Jack. (First out of the gate with his documentary ‘Casino Jack’ and the United States of Money,’ director Alex Gibney sued for a title change.) The synopsis from Hannibal Pictures is too much information, so you might want to skip...
Vulture says David Fincher likes the unique visage of South African rapper Yo-Landi Vi$$er as a possible template for Lisbeth Salander in his upcoming adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. There are several low-rent clips of youtube sensation Die Antwoord, but it’s hard to find one focusing on Vi$$er since her partner Ninja is more aggressively in your...
Jude Law and Ray Winston join Ben Kingsley as citizens of 1930s Paris as filming began yesterday on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabret (the title apparently now shortened from The Invention of Hugo Cabret). Collider has the press release profiling Scorsese’s familiar collaborators and naming prominent cast members: Production has begun in London on Academy Award¬Æ-winner...
American Cinematographer has conducted a poll asking participants to choose the 50 best photographed films of the decade (defined from 1998-2008). Craig Kennedy at Living in Cinema posts results via Movieline where the survey procedure is outlined: “AC asked its international audience of subscribers to nominate 10 films released between 1998 and 2008 that they...