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Christina Hendricks: 'Ryan Gosling film role is intimidating'
4 hours ago
Christina Hendricks has admitted that her role in Ryan Gosling's directorial debut How to Catch a Monster is intimidating.
She admitted that she immediately agreed to star in the film but did ask Gosling why he had chosen her, the Daily Mail reports.
She told Flare magazine: "Talk about feeling intimidated. Ryan called me and asked me if I was interested in doing this film and I said, 'One, of course, yes, and two, why me? And three, I don't want to disappoint you.'
"It's the largest role I've ever had, so this is one I'm definitely aware of my anxiety about."
Hendricks will star alongside Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Ben Mendelsohn and Doctor Who's Matt Smith in the film, which is due to be released in 2014. She previously starred alongside Gosling in Drive.
Hendricks also admitted that she has been "rejected a million times" in auditions for other roles. »
Carey Mulligan: 'Nude scenes have helped me deal with body issues'
13 hours ago
Carey Mulligan has revealed that nude scenes have helped her overcome her body issues.
The Great Gatsby actress said that she found getting naked for scenes with Michael Fassbender in Shame "liberating", reports The Sun.
"In my own life I'm very prudish about my body, or at least I have been in the past," she said.
"I'm always covering myself up rather than wearing skimpy outfits. I don't look good in very short skirts - at least I don't think so.
"I'm often terrified about different aspects of characters I'm playing."
Mulligan starred alongside Fassbender in the Steve McQueen directed film in 2011 and despite being nervous about the scenes, she insisted that it was important for the character that she do them.
"With respect to nudity, it was vital to the character in Shame, who wasn't supposed to be a very attractive character and needed to be emotionally naked and lost in different ways, »
Tom Cruise confirms 'Mission: Impossible 5'
15 hours ago
Tom Cruise has revealed that a fifth Mission: Impossible film is in the works.
Cruise confirmed the planned sequel during an appearance on The Graham Norton show.
He replied when asked about the series: "I am working on the story." However, he declined to give any more details.
Cruise revealed in October that he would be keen to make another Mission: Impossible film.
He said: "I started Mission: Impossible hoping I could make many of them. It's a character that I can grow with.
"At that time it was the most expensive film in the history of Paramount Pictures, and the first film I was producing.
"It's been pretty exciting. Seeing an audience respond… to have that experience is really wonderful. I'll make a bunch of those. I'll make as many as people want to see... because they're very challenging, and so much fun to make."
The actor also said »
Bradley Cooper replaces Jude Law in 'Jane Got a Gun'
16 hours ago
Bradley Cooper is to replace Jude Law in Jane Got a Gun.
Law left the production after the departure of director Lynne Ramsay following creative clashes.
It was reported that Ramsay "believed she had no choice but to withdraw from the film after a series of compromises over cast and locations reached critical mass, including a falling out with the film's star and co-producer Natalie Portman".
Despite Warrior director Gavin O'Connor being brought in as Ramsay's replacement, Law left the production just hours later.
Law was originally a replacement for Michael Fassbender, who also quit the movie.
Cooper's recruitment means that the film will secure funding and allow filming to continue.
Jane Got A Gun stars Portman as a woman who is forced to turn to an ex-lover (Joel Edgerton) for help after her outlaw husband (Cooper) is targeted by a murderous gang. »
Jack Black's new comedy 'Bernie' - watch trailer
18 hours ago
The UK trailer for Jack Black's acclaimed comedy Bernie has aired.
The actor plays the title role in the movie, starring alongside Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey.
Bernie reunites Black with director Richard Linklater after they worked together on School of Rock ten years ago.
The film is based on the true story of Texan Bernie Tiede, a sweet and popular member of the local community who befriends a wealthy elderly widow named Marjorie Nugent (MacLaine), whom everyone hates.
Bernie finally tires of Nugent's demands and kills her, taking advantage of her wealth to support local businesses and neighbours. Local Da Danny Buck Davidson (McConaughey) becomes suspicious of him and charges him with first-degree murder.
Black's portrayal of Tiede earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
The film opens in UK cinemas later this month.
Watch the trailer for Bernie below: »
Selena Gomez: 'I'm not changing my image'
19 hours ago
Selena Gomez has denied that she is trying to shed her good girl image.
The actress recently starred in controversial film Spring Breakers, about a group of girls who rob a diner to fund a wild holiday. The movie contains scenes of drug-taking, violence and sex.
Gomez told Pa: "I don't think it was me getting rid of any sort of image.
"I think I had an incredible four years as part of Disney. It was my family, it was the reason that I got to do everything that I loved.
"But at the same time, I'm now wanting to do what I really love, which is acting, and becoming somebody else and escaping my reality and putting myself into these kind of movies."
She added: "I do specific things in my career that are tailored for a specific audience.
"Obviously I have a younger generation that looks at me »
Ryan Gosling filmed 'Pines' bank robbery in front of real customers
5 April 2013 4:24 PM, PDT
Ryan Gosling has revealed that bank heist scenes from his new film The Place Beyond the Pines were filmed in front of real customers and not extras.
Gosling - who plays a stuntman-turned-bank robber in the Derek Cianfrance crime drama - admitted that the film's crew decided to use real staff and members of the public to make the shoot-out seem more realistic.
The actor told The Daily Telegraph that scenes were filmed in one take and designed to capture genuine reactions, but people still seemed to recognise him.
"I'm there with a gun and I look down and people are just smiling," said Gosling.
"They were just enjoying the show and I think I spotted someone filming me on their camera phone as I robbed the place."
The 32-year-old also said that his role as Luke Glanton allowed him to indulge his passion for motorbikes as well as act out bad guy fantasies. »
'Godzilla' reboot casts Sally Hawkins
5 April 2013 4:04 PM, PDT
Sally Hawkins has been cast as a scientist in Godzilla.
The Happy-Go-Lucky actress has been given the movie's final lead role, Deadline reports.
Other cast members include Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Juliette Binoche.
The reboot of the classic 1954 monster movie will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters).
Frank Darabont, who is co-writing the remake alongside Max Borenstein and Drew Pearce (Pacific Rim), recently said that the film will focus on the iconic monster as an allegory for the "terrifying force of nature".
Godzilla is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on May 16, 2014.
Watch Sally Hawkins discuss her role in the upcoming Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine with Digital Spy below: »
'Man of Steel' composer Hans Zimmer: 'It's daunting following Williams'
5 April 2013 3:33 PM, PDT
Man of Steel composer Hans Zimmer has spoken about the "daunting" task of following the iconic score that John Williams created for 1978's Superman.
Zimmer signed up for the Zack Snyder reboot in June 2012, having previously compared taking on the task to "rewriting Beethoven's ninth".
The composer told CNN of following the iconic Williams theme: "Look, that was daunting. Seriously. He's the greatest film composer out there, without a doubt, and it happens to be one of his iconic pieces of music, so I spent three months just procrastinating and not even getting a start on the thing, because I was so intimidated: 'Oh my God, I'm following in John Williams's footsteps'."
Explaining his approach, he said: "I kept thinking of the story as, 'What if you are extraordinary, and your entire ambition is to join humanity? To become human? What does it mean to become human? What does »
Jessica Chastain joins Guillermo del Toro's 'Crimson Peak'
5 April 2013 12:46 PM, PDT
Jessica Chastain has joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's gothic horror movie Crimson Peak.
The role that she will play is currently unknown, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Stone were confirmed for the film earlier this week. Again, specific details about their parts are yet to be revealed.
Sons of Anarchy actor Charlie Hunnam is also a cast member.
Del Toro has described the film - about a woman who discovers her husband might not be who he appears to be - as "a very set-oriented, classical but at the same time modern take on the ghost story". It is due to start filming in February 2014.
Chastain's most recent release, Mama, featured del Toro as an executive producer.
Photo gallery - Jessica Chastain's career in pictures: »
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks to produce HBO Films' 'Gorbachev'
5 April 2013 11:53 AM, PDT
Leonardo DiCaprio is to produce HBO Films' Gorbachev through his Appian Way banner.
Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone will join him to bring the tale of the former Russian Premier to the screen, reports Deadline.
Mikhail Gorbachev will himself serve as a consultant on the film, which views the dissolution of the Ussr through his eyes.
DiCaprio and Gorbachev previously met when the former was working on documentary The 11th Hour.
Former Hell on Wheels showrunner John Shiban will write the script.
At the same time, Mike Newell is working on Reykjavik, a film which dramatises the former president's 1986 meeting with Ronald Reagan in Iceland's capital.
DiCaprio and Hanks previously worked together on Catch Me If You Can. »
'Iron Man 3': Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark seeks revenge in first clip
5 April 2013 11:07 AM, PDT
The first clip from Marvel's Iron Man 3 has debuted online.
The Shane Black production sees Robert Downey Jr reprise his role as Tony Stark alongside Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts.
In the third instalment of the superhero series, Stark vows to get vengeance on villain the Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley) after he launches an attack on one of Stark's closest friends.
The clip - a snippet of which briefly featured in a prior trailer for the film - shows Stark confronting the press and delivering a message to the Mandarin.
"My name is Tony Stark and I'm not afraid of you," he begins. "I know you're a coward so I've decided that you just died, pal. I'm going to come and get the body."
Stark then tells the Madarin that he's not looking to involve anyone else in their feud and just wants "good, old-fashioned revenge".
"On the off-chance that you're a man, »
Omar Sy joins Jason Clarke in Stephen Gaghan's 'The Candy Store'
5 April 2013 10:25 AM, PDT
Omar Sy has been cast in Stephen Gaghan's The Candy Store.
The Untouchable actor will star alongside Jason Clarke in the action thriller.
Set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, the film will centre around Clarke as a former covert operative who finds that the organisation he was previously investigating has set up shop in his neighbourhood.
He teams up with a disgraced local cop to investigate a complex plot against New York City.
Sy will play a powerful and dangerous pimp in the film.
The actor was recently cast in an unknown role in Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The Candy Store was written by Gaghan and Shannon Burke.
Brad Pitt and Denzel Washington were previously reported to be in talks for the movie. »
'Twilight' star Kellan Lutz cast in 'Hercules 3D'
5 April 2013 9:42 AM, PDT
Kellan Lutz has been cast in Hercules 3D.
The former Twilight actor, who played Emmett Cullen in all five of the series' instalments, will play the lead role in the upcoming blockbuster, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Directed by Renny Harlin (The Covenant, Exorcist: The Beginning), the film is due to begin filming in May in Bulgaria.
"It takes more than a good physique to portray the most legendary, mythological personality in history, and Kellan has exactly that - personality," Harlin said.
"He's not afraid to explore the strengths and vulnerabilities of the character, and he impressed me with his passion and heart."
The script, written by Sean Hood, Giulio Steve and Harlin, centres on a love story between Greek demigod Hercules and the mortal princess of Crete.
"It's closer to Gladiator than flying horses," said the director. "This is a breakout role for Kellan and a chance to grow and shine as an actor. »
'Veronica Mars' creator on movie: 'More money means more options'
5 April 2013 9:36 AM, PDT
Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas has updated fans on the progress of the planned spinoff film.
The budget for the movie - based on the cult teen drama - was raised by Veronica Mars fans via a Kickstarter campaign.
In a message to contributors, Thomas revealed that he has now completed a first script of the film, which will see Kristen Bell reprise the role of Veronica.
"There's a lot of work left to do, but it's a movie I can't wait to make," Thomas said. "I think it's also the movie you've been waiting to see."
The Kickstarter campaign launched with a target budget of $2m, ultimately raising over $4.5m, but Thomas urged fans to continue contributing to the fund.
"$2 million was our minimum goal," he explained. "It would be enough to get a movie made, but it was never going to let us make the exact movie we really wanted to make, »
Carrie, Great Gatsby, Only God Forgives: This Week's 5 Best Trailers
5 April 2013 8:56 AM, PDT
Another week has come and gone, and another bundle of brand new trailers have been released showing just what's in store for film fans in the coming months. From crime thrillers such as Only God Forgives and The Iceman to adventures like Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, there's something for everyone!
Digital Spy takes a look at the last seven days in trailers below...
Ryan Gosling in Nicolas Winding Refn's 'Only God Forgives' trailer
Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn team up again not long after the outstanding Drive for this brutal crime thriller. Gosling stars as Julian, a man on the run from the British authorities and is now managing a drug smuggling operation with his brother, with a Thai boxing club as cover. Visually stunning and featuring a goosebump-inducing score, Only God Forgives will be out later this year.
'The Iceman' trailer: ' »
Roger Ebert: 10 great reviews from the legendary movie critic
5 April 2013 8:25 AM, PDT
News of Roger Ebert's death prompted an outpouring of emotion, tributes and fond memories from some of Hollywood's finest. Ebert may never have been an above-the-line movie star himself, but his importance to the film industry cannot be underestimated.
In a five-decade career spanning newspapers, TV and the internet, Ebert mastered every medium he turned his hand to with reviews of wit, intelligence and eloquence. In short, he was the master where most other film critics were mere apprentices.
Digital Spy takes a look at 10 great Ebert reviews below.
"Years and years from now, when Coppola's budget and his problems have long been forgotten, Apocalypse will still stand, I think, as a grand and grave and insanely inspired gesture of filmmaking - of moments that are operatic in their style and scope, and of other moments so silent we can almost hear the director thinking to himself. »
'GI Joe: Retaliation' Adrianne Palicki: 'Lady Jaye's a hero for girls'
5 April 2013 7:43 AM, PDT
Adrianne Palicki has suggested that her GI Joe: Retaliation character Lady Jaye is a hero for girls.
The actress revealed to Flicks and Bits that women can relate to Lady Jaye because she is both "sassy" and "vulnerable".
"For me, the great thing about Lady Jaye in this movie is that she's somebody that girls can look up to," Palicki explained. "It's such a well-rounded part, because she gets to be funny, she gets to be sassy, she gets to be the intelligence of the group, she's a sharpshooter, and she also gets to be feminine, she gets to be vulnerable."
Palicki went on to say: "It was a great opportunity as an actor to play these different facets. She does have a bit of a chip on her shoulder, she is in this group of guys.
"She has a bit of sass to her and a strength in having to constantly prove herself. »
'The Hobbit' stars talk sequel 'The Desolation of Smaug' - video
5 April 2013 6:59 AM, PDT
The stars of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have discussed their roles in the upcoming sequel.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be the second in Peter Jackson's trilogy, and Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and James Nesbitt recently sat down with Digital Spy to muse on what's to come.
Armitage speaks about the future of the relationship between his character Thorin and Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins, while Serkis discusses the differences between his experience of playing Gollum on Lord of the Rings and on The Hobbit.
Jackson recently offered a preview of the second film, during which the first glimpses of characters played by Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans were revealed.
The sequel will also see the introduction of Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug, who was glimpsed in the closing shots of the first film.
> Third 'Hobbit' movie 'There and Back Again' pushed back to December »
'The Hobbit' stars talk sequel 'The Desolation of Smaug' - video
5 April 2013 6:59 AM, PDT
The stars of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey have discussed their roles in the upcoming sequel.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug will be the second in Peter Jackson's trilogy, and Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis and James Nesbitt recently sat down with Digital Spy to muse on what's to come.
Armitage speaks about the future of the relationship between his character Thorin and Martin Freeman's Bilbo Baggins, while Serkis discusses the differences between his experience of playing Gollum on Lord of the Rings and on The Hobbit.
Jackson recently offered a preview of the second film, during which the first glimpses of characters played by Evangeline Lilly and Luke Evans were revealed.
The sequel will also see the introduction of Benedict Cumberbatch as the dragon Smaug, who was glimpsed in the closing shots of the first film.
> Third 'Hobbit' movie 'There and Back Again' pushed back to December »
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