Source: Dailymail David Hare has penned his first spy thriller and cast Rachel Weisz as a beguiling woman of mystery. The acclaimed playwright and scriptwriter told me that his film, being made for the BBC by the company behind ITV’s Downton Abbey, is called Page 8. He described the piece as ‘a fiction’, adding that ‘nobody in it represents anybody who is a living person’. Hare will also direct, with filming to begin in January [...]

Source: The Mirror British movie beauties Rachel Weisz and Keira Knightley are among six actresses being lined-up for major roles in the third Batman movie. Director Christopher Nolan has called their agents to discuss two female lead roles in The Dark Knight Rises, according to Hollywood insiders. The movie, starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne, is expected to be released in the summer of 2012. A source said: “I’m told one of the roles is [...]

Source:  Hollywood Reporter Voltage Pictures also inked several last-minute international deals for the thriller a week before AFM opened. achel Weisz thriller The Whistleblower has found several homes, including an American distributor. Samuel Goldwyn Films has picked up all U.S. rights and is eyeing an August 2011 release. A week before AFM opened, sales company Voltage Pictures, run by Nicholas Chartier, inked a series of last-minute international deals. Snapping up the movie are Archer for [...]

L’Oréal Paris global brand President expressed, “Rachel Weisz is a determined and a forward-thinking woman, a brilliant and an engaged actress…Women can identify with her.” Appearing as the newest face of the brand in all markets worldwide except the United States, fall skin care and makeup advertising campaigns will involve both TV and print initiatives. Weisz stated, “I am honored to be the new ambassador of L’Oréal Paris, which values both beauty and diversity.”

Aronofsky — who directed “The Wrestler,” “Requiem for a Dream” and “Pi” — and Weisz — who starred in “The Mummy,” “The Constant Gardner” and “The Fountain” — were together for nine years. They never married. Reps for the former couple tell TMZ, “Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky have been separated for some months. They remain close friends and are committed to raising their son together in NYC.” Sources tell us the couple will seek [...]

Source: NZcity Rachel Weisz has signed up to psychosexual drama ‘360’. The Oscar-winning actress will work with ‘Constant Gardner’ director Fernando Meirelles on the movie, which has been written by Peter Morgan, Deadline.com reports. The drama movie is based on the play ‘Reigen’ by Arthur Schnitzler and consists of short scenes between couples before or after a sexual liaison. At the end of each scene, one half of the couple is seen in bed with [...]

Source: www.torontosun.com Toronto has already seen Katie Holmes walking around all summer as Jacqueline Kennedy, opposite Greg Kinnear as JFK in the upcoming mini-series The Kennedys. It will be the first to hit the screen in the current Jackie sweepstakes. Meanwhile, Darren Aronofsky confirmed in Hogtown that he will proceed with Jackie, starring his partner Rachel Weisz in the role. Jackie will largely confine itself to the days after JFK’s assassination. He told a Toronto [...]

Source: DimeWars Eminem may be making a return to film, according to a Production Weekly’s Twitter Feed. “Eminem & Frances McDormand are in talks to join Rachel Weisz & Anthony Hopkins in the Fernando Meirelles sex-themed drama ‘360’.” Now rumors are circulating on the internet that Eminem may return to the silver screen in the near future.  The tweet, however; has since been taken down Since Eminems’s acting debut in 2002′s 8 Mile, he has [...]

Source: Playbill.com Olivier Award winners Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston will star opposite Rachel Weisz in an upcoming film version of Terrence Rattigan’s play The Deep Blue Sea, according to deadline.com. The film is set to begin production in November. Terence Davies was previously reported to direct. As previously reported, Academy and Olivier Award winner Weisz (A Streetcar Named Desire, “The Constant Gardener”) will play a married British woman who leaves her husband (Beale) for [...]

Rachel’s newest film The Whistleblower will have it’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 13th. In our modern era of total interconnectivity, speaking out against perceived injustices can have extensive personal and professional consequences. Based on true events, this harrowing political thriller recounts the story of Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkovac, who discovers a deplorable United Nations cover-up and launches an indomitable fight for justice. After enduring significant personal setbacks, Kathryn (Academy [...]