Emma Watson leads a relatively unknown cast in The Bling Ring, Sophia Coppola’s new film based on the real life escapades of the “Hollywood Hills Burglars.” In 2008 and 2009 a group of teenagers raided the home of several celebrities making off with as much as $3 million in cash and booty before they were nabbed, most of it from Paris Hilton, whose house...
Guillermo del Toro has shown a lot of interest in animation the past few years, with recent involvement in projects like Puss In Boots, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Megamind. Mark Gustafson has directed award-winning animated shorts and worked on the animation of Fantastic Mr Fox. Together they’re planning to pull the strings for a 3-D stop-motion version of Carlo Collodi’s...
Costumes, courtrooms, and coverups? Yes, please. THR reports Roman Polanski’s next project will be a political thriller called D, based on the infamous 19th Century Dreyfus Affair that sent shockwaves through fin de siècle France. Alfred Dreyfus was 35 years old when he was convicted of treason. Zachary Quinto is 35 years old. So are Cillian Murphy, Daniel Brühl...
Brian De Palma has loosely adapted Alain Corneau’s 2010 French film Love Crime, and probably changed to title so no Americans will be bolstered in their belief that two girls kissing is a crime. An erotic thriller in the tradition of “Dressed To Kill” and “Basic Instinct”, Brian de Palma’s PASSION tells the story of a deadly power struggle...
Stop the Madness? Guillermo Del Toro seems to be giving up on the H.P. Lovecraft project and hints that Ridley Scott’s Prometheus makes At the Mountains of Madness redundant. ComingSoon spotted signs of Del Toro’s surrender on the message boards of Del Toro Films. (Some of the hints might be considered spoilers, so proceed with caution): “I have been...
Notes from abroad. Our friend Bob Burns is in Italy and has seen Woody Allen’s latest ensemble travelogue. Here’s Bob’s take: Saw To Rome With Love here in Florence last night. Beautiful movie, even more beautiful than Midnight in Paris, IMO. Good to see Allen onscreen again, but he is just one member of an ensemble, not in lead. Very much liked the...