Showing posts with label Anne Hathaway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anne Hathaway. Show all posts
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
News: Dec 19, 2012
10 Great Movie Pairings of 2012
6. Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe in Les Miserables (Herald Sun)
"Les Miserables" had a royal premiere in Tokyo this week, where its Australian star Hugh Jackman walked the red carpet at the charity gala.
In the audience at the Tuesday night screening was Japanese Crown Prince
Naruhito, who sat next to Jackman as the movie unfolded. The film, set
to open Christmas Day in the U.S., also stars Anne Hathaway, Russell
Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. (CBS News)
Jackman is in Sydney to attend Friday night's premiere of Les Miserables
at the State Theatre. He will be joined at the premiere by co-star
Russell Crowe, director Tom Hooper and the film's executive producer
Cameron Mackintosh. (Sydney Morning Herald)
The company (Fandango) has announced that Les Miserables has become not only the #1 advanced ticket-seller among all Christmas Day releases (beating out 2009's Sherlock Holmes), but it is also now become the #1 advanced ticket-seller among all musicals (beating out 2006's Dreamgirls). The most recent statistics show that Hooper's film is currently making up 40% of the site's sales, beating out The Hobbit which stands at 32%. Zero Dark Thirty and Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D trails them with 6% and 3%, respectively.(Cinema Blend)
6. Javert, Les MiserablesRussell Crowe may be singing for his supper in Les Miserables, but don't misrepresent his love of song for an ounce of compassion. We get a taste of his maddening methods in this Les Miserables extended trailer
that only teases the way he goes after Hugh Jackman's Jean Valjean. It
is nothing short of ruthless and heartless. Knowing that Valjean has
served years in jail for merely stealing a loaf of bread to feed his
hungry family does not even register on Javert's radar. For some reason,
he simply wants to put this guy away for life. Crowe channels the
character every bit as evil as it was first seen onstage and even more
so... the character that ruled Victor Hugo's pages. (Movie Fanatic)Tuesday, December 18, 2012
News: Dec 18, 2012
New Trailer for BROKEN CITY Starring Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe
20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for director Allen Hughes’ (The Book of Eli) political thriller Broken City. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as a private detective who is hired to identify the lover of a powerful
politician’s wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones), with Russell Crowe
playing the shady politician. This trailer focuses quite a bit more on
the film’s plot, teasing an enticing power play between Wahlberg and
Crowe’s characters. We also see a bit more of Zeta-Jones’ character,
though her intentions aren’t entirely made clear. The real draw,
though, seems to the face-off between Wahlberg and Crowe, and I’m eager
to see the two go toe-to-toe when the full film hits theaters. (Collider.com)A New 'Les Miserables' Featurette Focuses on Hugh Jackman
Universal Pictures has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for director Tom Hooper's Les Misérables, opening in theaters on Christmas Day. Check out the video, focusing on Hugh Jackman's performance, in the player below. (ComingSoon.net)
The Illusion: 'Songs From Their Souls'
As they entered discussions for the film version of "Les Misérables," director Tom Hooper and producer Cameron Mackintosh agreed that there is something about movie musicals that is essentially false: It isn't that actors break into song—a convention the audience accepts—but that, with the music recorded well in advance of the filming, actors are challenged to make relevant in the moment a song they performed long ago. (The Wall Street Journal)
Russell Crowe 'had tough Les Mis audition'
Russell Crowe reportedly felt like he was being judged by “ten Simon Cowells” when he auditioned for Les Misérables.
The actor portrays policeman Javert in Tom Hooper’s musical movie adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel.
Russell was desperate to win the part as soon as he heard the film was in the pipeline and was reportedly willing to do anything to secure it. He had to show off his vocal skills in front of many of those involved with the production, which was daunting. It’s been claimed Russell felt like he was trying out for a singing competition in front of famed acid-tongued reality show judge Simon. (Film-News.co.uk)
Al Clark to Receive Australian Academy's Lifetime Raymond Longford Award
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert producer Al Clark will receive the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' highest honor, the Raymond Longford Award, in Sydney in January.
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Director Tom Hooper to be Honored with Sonny Bono Visionary Award at Palm Spring
Today, Dec. 18, the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival announced that it will present Academy Award-winning director Tom Hooper ("Les Miserables") with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will be held Saturday, Jan. 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. (Examiner)
Eddie Redmayne, 'Les Miserables' Star, On Sets That Smell Like Dead Fish & Singing Till You Bleed
In "Les Miserables," Redmayne stars as Marius, the romantic lead of the film's second half, an upstanding youngster who falls head over heels in love with Cosette (Amanda Seyfried). It's a role Michael Ball made famous in the original London production of "Les Miserables," and it provides Redmayne with a stand-out moment: a heartbreaking rendition of "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables."
Redmayne spoke to HuffPost Entertainment about landing the "Les Miserables" role, why this might be his last musical, and how the set smelled when Hathaway sang "I Dreamed A Dream." (Hint: Bad.) (Huffington Post)
Monday, December 17, 2012
News: Dec 17, 2012
'Broken City' Second Trailer: Russell Crowe and Mark Wahlberg Clash
The premise for the film is familiar in that it’s a genre picture. Wahlberg plays a cop hired by the mayor (Crowe) to see if the mayor’s wife (Zeta-Jones) is having an affair, but that’s just where things get interesting. Fighting against corruption, Wahlberg must become the lone wolf who finds redemption and the truth in his pursuit to get out from under Crowe’s thumb. This comes from director Allen Hughes, who knows his way around genre. (ScreenCrave)
SAG Awards (FILM): Film Ensemble
Representing the cast of "Les Miserables" are individual nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, along with a diverse cast that also includes Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Redmayne, and Samantha Barks. (Gold Derby)
Anne Hathaway 'specific' about movie shoes
Paco (Delgado, costume designer) explained it wasn't just the women who were challenging to find shoes for. Hugh Jackman had a strange costume request for "wooden clogs" that he insisted he wore on set.
"Hugh Jackman [playing Jean Valjean] had a combat leather boot look and very rough espadrilles. He also wanted to wear wooden clogs," Paco finished. "It was very difficult to walk in them, but he figured out how to do it. And for Russell Crowe [in the role of Javert] it was all boots." (Belfast Telegraph)
Movies That Everyone Should See: "L.A. Confidential"
(Bud)White is burly and brutish. He’s ill-tempered, especially around those that are abusive to women. His Captain personally selects him for the goon squad, using him to beat on mobsters who are trying to encroach on the territory. When he falls for a prostitute who makes her living as a movie star lookalike, she softens him up, and he reveals his own motivations. But he also has to confront the anger within himself… is he as dangerous as the men he despises so much? (Fogs' Movie Reviews)
Saturday, December 15, 2012
News: Dec 15, 2012
Allen Hughes‘
first solo effort as a director stars Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and
Catherine Zeta-Jones. Wahlberg plays an ex-cop and Russell Crowe is the
mayor who double-crosses him. Zeta-Jones plays the mayor’s wife.
Financed by Emmett/Furla Films, Broken City opens via Fox on January 18th. (Deadline.com)
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Brian Tucker wrote the script for the whole thing,
and as we previously reported, the movie centers on Wahlberg’s
character, an ex-cop Billy Taggart who is hired by Mayor Nicholas
Hostetler to follow his wife.
Crowe plays the mayor of New York City, while Catherine Zeta-Jones
stars as his wife. The rest of the story goes like this: After the
detective confirms the mayor’s fears that his wife is cheating on him,
the wife’s paramour turns up dead and a larger scandal begins to
surface. (FilmoFilia)
HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 30 Pairs of Passes to 'Les Miserables' With Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe
To win your free “Les Misérables” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning! (HollywoodChicago.com)
The cast of Tom Hooper’s “Les Miserables” doesn’t need much
encouragement to sing for their supper. In New York this week they did
it at lunch; the video is in our player at the bottom of the home page.
But last night (Friday) they declined to do so at a Spago dinner
celebrating the film after a screening. Our LEAH SYDNEY
(who reviews the film below) reports that Hugh Jackman said he was
“brokenhearted” about the terrible tragedy in Connecticut and that Anne
Hathaway felt the same way. (Showbiz411)
With its Oscar campaign gaining inevitable momentum, this latest
adaptation of Victor Hugo's colossal 1862 novel wears its awards
ambitions on its sleeve. Short of guns blazing and trumpets blaring,
director Tom Hooper - who wooed the Academy last year with his
impeccable breakout hit, The King's Speech - knows which buttons to push to get the attention of Oscar voters. (WAtoday.com.au)
Friday, December 14, 2012
News: Dec 14, 2012
50 High Resolution Screengrabs From The New MAN OF STEEL Trailer
This week, Warner Bros. Pictures have released the second theatrical trailer for the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot, Man of Steel. The footage showed a lot of great scenes, so here are fifty high resolution screengrabs from the preview... (Comic Book Movie)
Hugh Jackman gets his star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hugh Jackman got his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Thursday, introduced by Jay Leno and supported by his "Les Miserables" costars Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried.
"I believe this is the 2,487th star on the Walk of Fame," Jackman told the crowd, "however, apart from Lassie, I'm the only one who's gotten it for playing the same character in 15 movies." (Los Angeles Times)Cameron Mackintosh's 25-year project--bringing Les Miserables to film
“Anne Hathaway’s ‘I Dreamed a Dream’ is utterly amazing and it could have only happened like that on the screen. Russell Crowe (who plays Javert) wanted the inevitability that he would kill himself to be the key to his part. You can act all that behind the eyes on film. Try it on stage and it would look like Howard Keel was back again,” laughs Mackintosh, evoking one of the most macho and blustery of all musical leading men. (Toronto Star)
Exclusive Interview: Les Miserables Director Tom Hooper
Few directors have risen so quickly in the last few years within the ranks of filmmakers as Tom Hooper. Having made a name for himself directing award-winning movies for television, Hooper ably got over the dreaded sophomore slump curse by making The King's Speech as his second feature. That went on to win multiple Oscars two years ago, not only for Best Picture but also for Hooper himself, which must have contributed to his decision to drive himself to take on the even bigger challenge of directing a film adaptation of the stage musical Les Misérables, written by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublilstage based on Victor Hugo's novel set in 19th Century France (ComingSoon.net)
Thursday, December 13, 2012
News: Dec 13, 2012
Hugh Jackman's performance as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables was recognised with a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (which also included Russell Crowe). It is the first time that the Screen Actors Guild has recognised Jackman's performances which have included films such as X-Men, Australia, Deception and The Prestige.
SAG Nominations
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER / Pat - “SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK” (The Weinstein Company)
DANIEL DAY-LEWIS / Abraham Lincoln - "LINCOLN” (Touchstone Pictures)
JOHN HAWKES / Mark - "THE SESSIONS" (Fox Searchlight)
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean - "LES MISÉRABLES" (Universal Pictures)
DENZEL WASHINGTON / Whip Whitaker - "FLIGHT" (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
SALLY FIELD / Mary Todd Lincoln - "LINCOLN" (Touchstone Pictures)
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine - “LES MISÉRABLES” (Universal Pictures)
HELEN HUNT / Cheryl - “THE SESSIONS” (Fox Searchlight)
NICOLE KIDMAN / Charlotte Bless - "THE PAPERBOY” (Millennium Entertainment)
MAGGIE SMITH / Muriel Donnelly - “THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL” (Fox Searchlight)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
LES MISÉRABLES (Universal Pictures)
ISABELLE ALLEN / Young Cosette
SAMANTHA BARKS / Eponine
SACHA BARON COHEN / Thénardier
HELENA BONHAM CARTER / Madame Thénardier
RUSSELL CROWE / Javert
ANNE HATHAWAY / Fantine
DANIEL HUTTLESTONE / Gavroche
HUGH JACKMAN / Jean Valjean
EDDIE REDMAYNE / Marius
AMANDA SEYFRIED / Cosette
AARON TVEIT / Enjolras
COLM WILKINSON / Bishop
Hathaway, Crowe at 'Les Miserables' NY Premiere (VIDEO)
Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, and Russell Crowe and the rest of the cast of "Les Miserables" celebrated at the film's New York premiere. (EDGEOnTheNet)
Hollywood has a special way of dealing with height
Hugh Jackman has shown great range on the screen and stage. But at 6-3, his stature required producers of the “X-Men” movie series to revamp the character of Wolverine. According to comic books, Wolverine stands 5-3. Jackman is almost a whole foot taller. Russell Crowe recently revealed that he was the first choice for Wolverine. Casting Crowe, who bowed out and recommended Jackman, also would have required tweaking Wolverine; he‘s 5-11½. (TribLive)
(VIDEO) Warner Bros Releases Full-Length MAN OF STEEL Trailer
Thursday, December 6, 2012
"Les Miserables" Premiere Videos
The ITN News website has some good video interviews from the London premiere of "Les Miserables", including interviews with Russell, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen and more. There's one of Hugh rapping!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Bringing 'Les Miserables' To The Screen
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
News: Dec 4, 2012
A few more tickets for both Indoor Garden Parties on December 8th:
20 tickets per show will be released today at 4.30pm ET book by phone 212 967 7555
2012 Satellite Awards: Les Misérables Soars With 10 Nominations
Tom Hooper's big-screen adaptation of the hit stage musical continues to build critical steam, snagging 10 nominations for the International Press Academy's Satellite Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hugh Jackman and Best Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway. (E! Online)
Liz Smith in The Huffington Post
FROM STAGE to Screen: I attended a very special screening of Tom Hooper's massive movie adaptation of Les Miserables. (Hooper directed the Oscar-winning The King's Speech.) There is a great big embargo about reviewing the movie right now -- it opens on Christmas Day. And as I don't wish to be banned from Peggy Siegal's events, I'll comply, grudgingly. I will say this; the film is unsparingly intense. All the hype about Anne Hathaway's Oscar chances in the role of Fantine is for once hype with spine. She is brilliant, heartbreaking. If she wins the Oscar it will be well-deserved. There was no embargo on the after-party at Porter House, attended by almost the entire cast, including Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne. (Eddie will be the movie's breakout star.)
‘Les Miserables’ Cast Best Friends, Way More Fun Than Us
- Russell Crowe (yes, Russell Crowe) organized a karaoke night for the entire cast the night before filming began.
- And this is what Anne Hathaway had to say about karaoke night; ”You have not lived until you see something as adorable as Amanda [Seyfried] wearing a green Kermit suit rapping to Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’.”
- Speaking of Seyfried, the cast sang “Happy Birthday” to her Sunday after the film’s NYC premiere while Hugh Jackman gave her a lapdance. And even Anna Wintour was smiling.
- Anne Hathaway got to eat oatmeal paste throughout filming! (NewNowNext)
Monday, December 3, 2012
News: Dec 3, 2012
MEDIA ALERT: UNIVERSAL PICTURES AND WORKING TITLE FILMS PRESENT THE AMERICAN PREMIERE OF LES MISERABLES AT THE ZIEGFELD THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012
The New Man of Steel Poster is Here! (ComingSoon.net)
The principal cast of the film directed by Academy Award win ner Tim Hooper ("The King's Speech," "John Adams") includes Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean; Russell Crowe as Javert; Anne Hathaway as Fantine; Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier; Amanda Seyfried as Cosette; Eddie Redmayne as Marius; Samantha Barks as Eponine; Aaron Tveit as Enjolras; and George Blagden as student Grantaire. (Playbill.com)
First Look: Russell Crowe Singing as Javert in Les Miserables—Does He Pull It Off?
By the sound of it, we'd say Crowe, who for years led a rock band called 30 Odd Foot of Grunts, acquits himself nicely with a strong baritone performance in the big screen version of the hit stage musical. The song in question is "Work Song," which finds the actor's policeman character releasing Jackman's Jean Valjean from captivity. (E! Online)
Hugh Jackman: Crowe is extraordinary
"I've known Russell for years, we've been friends for a long time, and he's actually given me advice on three or four key occasions in my life where I've called him as a mate and he's been extraordinary to me," he smiled to Access Hollywood, before refusing to divulge what occasions they were. (Belfast Telegraph)
Sunday, December 2, 2012
'Les Miserables' Interviews
Friday, November 30, 2012
News: Nov 30, 2012
Weekend Poll: Which Les Miserables Movie Performance Are You Most Excited to See?
With a star-studded cast featuring Tony winner Hugh Jackman as prisoner 24601 Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as broken mother Fantine, Russell Crowe as ruthless officer Javert, Sacha Baron Cohen as swindling innkeeper Thenardier and Helena Bonham Carter as his pickpocketing wife Madame Thenardier, who could blame us? To pass the time until our favorite revolutionaries storm the barricade, we have to know: Which Les Miserables star’s performance are you most excited to see? Vote below! (Broadway.com)
Amazon has the movie novelization of Man of Steel
is available for pre-order. The book is written by Greg Cox based on
the film from Zack Snyder. It will be released on June 14, 2013, the
same day as the film.(411mania)
Did "Les Miserables" bring tears to my eyes because it is the holidays and I'm missing someone in my life or was Anne Hathaway's rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream" pure rapture?
I kept tossing this in my mind after coming out of the press preview for Victor Hugo's classic novel on November 28, three weeks before it opens to theatres on Christmas day. (Broadway World Phillipines)
Jameson Empire Awards 2013 – Voting Now Open
Each year, the Jameson Empire Awards attract some of the biggest names in Hollywood, with last year’s guests including: Gary Oldman, Danny DeVito, Bérénice Marlohe, James McAvoy, Tom Hiddleston and Michael Fassbender. Previous years’ guests have included: Tim Burton, Russell Crowe, Daniel Radcliffe, Keira Knightley, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Sigourney Weaver, Emma Watson, Tony Curtis, Quentin Tarantino, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman. (HeyUGuys)
Tom Hooper Embarks on Hectic Press Tour as the Les Miserables World Premiere Approaches
With just one week until the December 5 World Premiere of the hugely-anticipated film Les Miserables, Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper is embarking on a whistle-stop world tour of press screenings. (Digital Journal)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
News: Nov 27, 2012
Mike Fleming Interviews ‘Broken City’ Helmer Allen Hughes On His First Solo Film
DEADLINE: Lumet always had a strong corrupt
antagonist. What was the challenge in getting Russell Crowe to sign on?
He wasn’t doing a lot of movies at the time.
HUGHES
: We had a heavy who is part King Of New York,
part Gordon Gekko. It was a challenge to get Russell. We knew we needed
a movie star, but Russell’s a different kind of movie star: he’s also a
great fucking actor, you know. And there are all these legendary
stories about Russell, so I was anxious to sit down with him and see how
we would jell. We sat down and I saw the way his mind was working, the
zone he was in as he was just getting into crazy physical shape. We went
a few rounds and we were so clearly on the same page. There was a
kinship there I didn’t expect. And the idea of teaming him with Mark
Wahlberg had both of us excited.
DEADLINE: I’ve heard that Russell challenges his directors. True?
HUGHES: I found Russell to be very much like Denzel Washington was on Book Of Eli.
As their director, you better know your shit and know what the fuck
you’re talking about. You better be on your shit, every day, know what
you’re doing all the time and have a point of view. He respects that. If
you’re not coming with your A-game and you don’t have a point of view,
you’re going to get obliterated. So I didn’t have that problem with him.
Wait until you see his performance, man. It is an actor’s actor
performance. My man is in a zone right now, and you could see it from
the moment he showed up to the set. (Deadline.com)
5 Oscar contenders everyone is talking about—and one nobody is (yet)
Movie: Les Misérables
In Theaters: Dec. 25
Directed by: Tom Hopper
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen
Oscar Potential:
Universal Pictures wants Academy members to consider the film version of
the classic stage musical (and even more classic Victor Hugo novel)
about 19th-century French student revolutionaries and a
convict-turned-mayor for Best Picture, Director, Actor (Jackman),
Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, technical
awards and Best Original Song (for "Suddenly," the token new song that
most stage-to-film musicals tack on). The movie has been getting lots of
attention for the groundbreaking tactic of actually letting the actors
sing live rather than having them lip sync to a recording of their own
voices—visually and vocally, it's a winning combination that leaves the
movie with strong chances in the major all-around categories. (CNN)
Saturday, November 24, 2012
News: Nov. 24, 2012
At 'Les Miserables' debut, a director who likes love and loathes lip-synching
There were nods throughout the session to Jackman as Wolverine and Crowe's turn in "Gladiator," a subtle tell that the idea of seeing actors in new guises will be a cornerstone of the movie’s campaign. Perhaps anticipating some skepticism, Hooper went to some lengths to describe Crowe’s singing background and why he cast the bearded one. “Who am I going to cast to get the better of Wolverine?” he said. “It's a short list and Russell was right on the top." Then he said that Crowe was “passionate about singing” and had a musical theater background in Sydney. (LA Times)
Hugh Jackman: Russell Crowe Helped Me Get Wolverine – By Turning It Down
Hugh Jackman has revealed that his “Les Miserables” co-star, Russell Crowe, was the original choice for the role of “X-Men” character Wolverine.
“Russell
has given me advice several times at key moments in my life that helped
with my career. I also owe him because two of the biggest roles I’ve
ever had in my life, he turned down – and suggested me for them,” the
actor told Entertainment Weekly in a new interview with the mag, to promote “Les Miserbales.” (Acccess Hollywood)
South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Michael Crocker says Russell Crowe's departure won't affect team
Aware of how far the club had come under Crowe's seven-year association with the pride of the league, coach Michael Maguire called the Rabbitohs players to a team meeting and outlined how Souths were now strong enough to continue the Hollywood actor's legacy.Speaking for the first time about Crowe's decision to exit the club, co-captain Michael Crocker thanked the Hollywood actor for his contribution to Redfern. (Courier Mail)
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Les Miserables Full Trailer
A full trailer for Les Miserables, with Russell getting to show off his pipes. Can't wait!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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