Brian Eno Scoring Jackson’s ‘Lovely Bones’
Dec 30, 2008 Project News
Source: UGO Movie Blog
Brian Eno, the legendary music producer who’s worked with U2 countless times and most recently on Coldplay’s latest album, “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends,” is on board to score Peter Jackson’s latest film, “The Lovely Bones,” says Collider.
Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Jackson & Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens, “The Lovely Bones” centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family—and her killer—from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan.
“The Lovely Bones” opens December 9, 2009.
Rachel Weisz, Another Actress Linked to Catwoman Role for ‘Batman 3′
Dec 16, 2008 Project News
Source: Aceshowbiz.com
Speculations around which actress will don the skin tight leather suit as Catwoman in “Batman 3″ keep on growing. E! Online’s columnist Ted Casablanca recently threw out Rachel Weisz’s name among those considered for the female villain part, writing, “Warners sources are leaking to us that Rachel Weisz is being considered for the Catwoman role, too fab.”
The gossip blogger then continued, explaining, “But Warners officially isn’t saying bubkes. But other insiders working on the next installment, to follow up where The Dark Knight left off, say it’s all so a go.” In addition, he mentioned that at the moment the casting of Catwoman is leaning more toward the “The Constant Gardener” actress, instead of Angelina Jolie.
Previously, it has been reported that Jolie has been making inquiries for the villainous role as reported by New York Daily News back in July. About a month following the breaking out of that rumor, another speculation came out on the feline fatale part. This time, it was said that singer/actress Cher has been considered to take on Catwoman by “The Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan.
On other “Batman 3″ rumors, E! claimed that Nolan will indeed return as the director for “The Dark Knight” sequel, while the Batman himself, Christian Bale, will reprise his role. Adding more on Bale’s superhero part in “Batman 3″, Casablanca wrote, “we’re very pleased to report that he’ll be playing a ’sexier’ Bruce Wayne.”
Weisz is Blanche at Donmar Warehouse
Dec 6, 2008 Project News
Source: The Official London Theatre Guide
Rachel Weisz is to star as Blanche DuBois in a new production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse next July.
The British actress is best known for her big screen work, with film credits including The Land Girls, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, About A Boy, Definitely Maybe and The Constant Gardener, for which she won an Academy Award in 2006. On stage, Weisz was last seen in The Shape Of Things at the Almeida theatre in 2001, and before that Design For Living and Suddenly Last Summer in the West End.
This production of A Streetcar Named Desire, for which exact dates are yet to be confirmed, will be directed by Rob Ashford, who made his directorial debut with the Laurence Olivier Award-nominated production of Parade at the Donmar last year. Also a choreographer, Ashford previously choreographed Guys And Dolls at the Piccadilly theatre, Evita at the Adelphi and Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Shaftesbury.
Williams’s 1947 Pulitzer Prize-winning play centres on faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois, who visits her sister Stella and Stella’s brutish husband Stanley in New Orleans, with devastating consequences.
The play was last produced in London at the National Theatre in 2002, with Glenn Close as Blanche and Iain Glen as Stanley, directed by Trevor Nunn.
Further casting for this new production at the Donmar Warehouse is yet to be announced.
First Agora photos
Dec 1, 2008 Project News, RWP News & Updates
First photos of Rachel in Alejandro Amenába’s Agora have surfaced online and I have added them to the gallery. Just click on the images below for a bigger view.
