img src=http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/wenn3101630.jpg hspace=5 align=right width=200 height=144 Partly biographical, the TV movie is 'a love story with an inside look at the nuances of a modern monarchy'.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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Video: Natalie Portman Gets Naughty in New Miss Dior Cherie Commercial
Dianna Agron is 'Terrified' of 'Psycho' Ex Alex Pettyfer
Glee's Dianna Agron didn't exactly sing a wistful ballad following her split from actor Alex Pettyfer after nearly a year together. Since moving out of the L.A. home she and the I Am Number Four s...
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Sony Buys Spec Script Based on Comic 'Zombies vs Robots'
And one more genre mash-up comic has sold an option to a major producer or studio. The comic Zombies vs Robots, by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, led to a spec script of the same name by video game scriptwriter turned film writer/director JT Petty (The Burrowers, S&Man). Three companies — Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion and omic publisaher IDW — have teamed together to co-produce for Sony Pictures.
Deadline says the spec script "focuses on a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. She is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved."
At this point, that's all the info Deadline has. No director, no other talent.
But we know that the backstory of Zombies vs Robots has three smarty scientists creating a sort of time-travel warphole, though which robots are sent into the future after the first use of the portal renders a scientist not alive. The robots return carrying some virus or infection that kills off humanity, but for one infant girl. The robots protect and nurture her, and plan to use her DNA to repopulate the Earth, while the zombies collectively decide that their one last human snack isn't going to get away. And so: war!
Kind of a cute, if possibly quite expensive proposition. But at least there is a ready-made sequel thanks to the original comic creators: Zombies vs Robots vs Amazons! (Of course.)
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'E.T. 2รข€² Trailer: "ET-X: Extinction"
Those of you following along will recall that we posted a fan created trailer for E.T. 2 in Friday's edition of Page 2. That trailer was a mash-up of scenes from Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds and E.T.
Christopher Campbell has discovered another fan created E.T. sequel trailer – this one is longer, more-fleshed out and better edited. Created by Robert Blankenheim and Derek Johnson Productions, the faux movie titled "ET-X: Extinction" and uses clips of grown up Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas, as well as clips from other alien invasion and disaster movies — featuring an all star ensemble cast which includes Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and President Obama. Trust me, you want to check this one out. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump. I've also included the War of the Worlds/ET mash-up for those who missed it.
ET-X: Extinction
War of the Worlds/E.T. Mash-up
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'The King's Speech' Writer & Director May Reteam on 'The Lady Who Went Too Far', AKA "a Female 'Lawrence of Arabia'"
With The King's Speech currently favored to clean house at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards — after major wins at the Producers Guild and DGA Awards, it's practically a lock for Best Picture — it should come as no surprise that the creative team behind the film is interested in collaborating once again.
Like The King's Speech, the in-development project is a historical drama about royalty challenging the social stigmas that stand in their way. (Because why mess with success?) Titled The Lady Who Went Too Far, the film is based on the non-fiction book "Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope" by Kirsten Ellis, and is being adapted by The King's Speech writer David Seidler (Tucker: The Man and His Dream). Reuniting with Seidler is producer Gareth Unwin, who was one of Speech's many backers. Speech director Tom Hooper (The Damned United), meanwhile, has also expressed interest in helming the film, should everything come together as planned. Learn more after the break.
"She was a female Lawrence of Arabia, a hundred years before Lawrence."
This is how Seidler describes Lady Hester Stanhope, the 19th century figure whose life serves as the basis for the film. It's an attention-grabbing pitch, to be sure, and the true story of Stanhope more than lives up to the claim. Stanhope was "an intrepid traveller in an age when women were discouraged from being adventurous", frequently referred to as the "Queen of the East". Believing she was destined to be the bride of a new messiah, she spent much of her life travelling through the Middle East, disguising herself as a male so she would not have to wear a veil. She led treasure-hunting expeditions, traversed hostile territories with little regard for safety, and acted so courageously that she earned great respect from sheiks and was crowned "Queen Hester". Tired of wandering, she eventually settled amongst the Arabs, and over the years gave sanctuary to hundreds of refugees. Unwin said of Stanhope: "It wasn't that she was trying to change the world, she was just living the life that she thought she should have been afforded, to go on these great adventures."
News of this project first hit last year, but it was prior to The King's Speech becoming the acclaimed sleeper hit that it is today, so very few outlets reported on it. The info has since resurfaced at The Daily Mail (via Indiewire), and naturally the added significance of the piece has it finally making the rounds.
Production on The Lady Who Went Too Far could start as soon as the end of the year.
Here's the plot synopsis for the book:
The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope — a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer — who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a string of lovers and established her own exotic fiefdom in the Lebanese mountains where she died in 1839. Ambitious, daring and uncompromising, Lady Hester Stanhope was never cut out for a conventional life. Born into an illustrious political dynasty, she played society hostess for her uncle, William Pitt the Younger. After his death, she struck out for unchartered territory, setting sail with her lover for the Mediterranean and Constantinople — turning her back on England, as events would transpire, forever. It was in the Middle East, however, that she found her destiny. As the greatest female traveller of her age, she was the first western woman to cross the Syrian desert, where she was hailed by the Bedouin as their 'Star of the Morning'. From her labyrinthine fortress in the mountains of Lebanon, where she established what amounted to her own fiefdom, she exerted a canny influence over the region's devious politics. Hers was a life of adventure and intrigue — yet in the years following her death her remarkable story has been largely dismissed, reworked by the Victorians into a cautionary tale for young women with wayward tendencies. This captivating biography, drawing on fresh research from three continents, resurrects Hester as the complex, courageous and fearless woman she was, bringing to life her hidden loves, friendships and ambitions. More than a mere traveller, here was a woman whose aspirations led her straight to the heart of the shadowy race for influence between the great powers of the nineteenth century — a world of shifting alliances, double agents, romance, intrigue and murder. Above all, Lady Hester Stanhope was a woman driven by her desire to make a mark on the world, whose search for love an
Justin Bieber Bought out an L.A. Florist for Selena Gomez
Justin Bieber gave his rumored girlfriend Selena Gomez a post-Valentine's Day treat to remember last week - he bought every single flower in a Los Angeles florist and had it delivered to her house....
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Correlation Studies Aren't "Junk Science," Especially in Food Science
What is "junk science?" To me, after five years of reporting on health and diet news, it's any study backed by a group with an agenda, like dairy farmers saying full-fat milk has no health risks, or PETA insisting that a vegen diet is the only optimal diet for humans.
Those studies are tailor-made so that the results say exactly what the benefactors want them to say. That is junk science, not research which looks at a sample population and finds a certain eating habit (or trend) has a negative or positive effect on health, i.e. a correlation; hence the term "correlation study."
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Kylie Minogue Is Ready for a Las Vegas Residency
a href=http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/kylie_minogue/ title=Kylie Minogue target=_blankimg src=http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/wenn3203571.jpg hspace=5 align=right width=118 height=230/a The singer has prepared a spectacular show involving acrobats and horses which would be a perfect fit for the Sin City.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Tom Hardy Talks About Bane in 'The Dark Knight Rises'
One of the big casting surprises of the year came early on, when it was announced that Tom Hardy would play Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. The character is known to hard-core fans as a smart, cunning adversary to Batman, but many see Bane only as a drug-fed musclebound gorilla in a Luchador mask. (Which is exactly what he was in a brief appearance in Joel Schumacher's Batman and Robin.)
Now Tom Hardy has spoken briefly about the role. The fact that he says this Bane will be rather different will probably (not) shock you to your very core.
The DailyBlam relates that the actor appeared on Alan Carr's show in the UK. (The episode is not yet online, but will likely be available after the show repeats on Wednesday.) The site transcribed the portion of the conversation that pertains to The Dark Knight Rises. After a bit of joking about Batman and Robin, Mr. Hardy is asked if he'll have to wear Bane's 'gimp mask,' and replies,
Well, only if I feel like it. No. Again Chris Nolan will revisit that territory entirely. I wouldn't go by that at all. Plus, that's a lot of weight to put on and I've gotta start shooting in May so I'm gonna go pack up to about 13 – 14 stone [198 lbs]. I'm 12 [168 lbs] and a bit now so I've got 3 months to do that.
Not the most revealing quote, exactly, especially as it really does little more than echo what anyone who has seen the last two Christopher Nolan Batman films had already assumed: namely, that his version of Bane would not be anything like Joel Schumacher's. Good to have it firmly stated by the actor, though.
EDIT: BatmanNews did a good deed and uploaded the relevant portion of the show to YouTube. Here's the embed.
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