Source: NZCity Rachel Weisz is set to co-star with Colin Firth in ‘The Railway Man’. The ‘Deep Blue Sea’ star is in final negotiations to take on the role of Patricia ‘Patti’ Wallace, the second wife of Colin’s character Eric Lomax, a second lieutenant in the Royal Corp of Signals who is captured by the Japanese army in Singapore during World War II. Eric is sent to a POW camp in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where he [...]

The movie was due to star Kidman as Lili Elbe, the first person in the world to undergo a sex change, and Gwyneth Paltrow was initially signed up as the lead character’s wife. Paltrow pulled out, as did her replacement Charlize Theron, and the project, backed by Kidman’s Blossom Films company, was due to move forward with Weisz in the role. Filming was due to begin in Germany last month (Sep11), but the movie has [...]

Rachel Weisz was recently spotted in Queens, New York on the set of the upcoming “The Bourne Legacy” movie. In a white lab coat Weisz, 41, was photographed wearing the label “Sterisyn Morlanta”. Although little is known about Weisz’ character in the film, details about the actors that will appear have started to unravel. According to The Daily Mail, the movie is being directed by Tony Gilroy and will feature Jeremy Renner, Ed Norton, Joan [...]

Source: The Daily Telegraph IT’S no surprise that Rachel Weisz isn’t worried about getting roles, despite working in an industry obsessed with youth. At 41, the British star is strikingly beautiful and her career is soaring with Weisz’s performance in The Whistleblower generating strong Oscar buzz. “I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced,” the mother-of-one says. “You get more confident about who you are as you [...]

Source: IndieWIRE Terence Davies’ “The Deep Blue Sea,” starring Rachel Weisz, has been acquired by Music Box Films for U.S. distribution. The drama premiered last week at the Toronto International Film Festival and will close the London Film Festival before opening in the U.K. on November 25.   The film marks Music Box’s first English language film buy. The company’s recent slate includes the original Dragon Tattoo trilogy and Francois Ozon’s comedy “Potiche.”   In [...]

Source: Canoe.ca Rachel Weisz, Woody Harrelson, Jane Fonda, Seth Rogen, Jennifer Hudson, Anthony Hopkins, Jon Hamm, Michelle Williams and Christopher Plummer all share something in common — and it’s not a publicist. Although TIFF enjoyed a banner year for film sales — up over 50% from 2010 despite the crummy economy — all of the above starred in high-profile festival entries that failed to land a buyer by the time the final curtain closed. Which [...]

Master chronicler of post-War England Terence Davies directs Rachel Weisz as a woman whose overpowering, obsessive love alienates the men around her and destroys her well-being. Based on Terence Rattigan’s play, made famous by countless actresses.

There are several films related to Rachel at the Toronto International Film Festival (8-18 September, 2011): The Deep Blue Sea directed by Terence Davies An adaptation of the 1952 Terence Rattigan play The Deep Blue Sea about the wife of a Judge who engages in an affair with an RAF pilot. 360 directed by Fernando Meirelles Director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) reunites with his Constant Gardener star Rachel Weisz, who stars opposite Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, and Ben Foster [...]

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Source: Official Wire Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz’s British spy tale “Page Eight” has been chosen to close next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s biggest cinema showcases. Co-starring Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Judy Davis, “Page Eight” will bring down the curtain on the festival that runs Sept. 8-18. Other films added to the Toronto lineup Tuesday include Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage’s thriller “Trespass”; Jennifer Hudson and Terrence Howard’s Winnie [...]