Posted on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 by Angie Han
It’s well established by now that an Academy Award win is no guarantee of a strong career, but Best Actress frontrunner Anne Hathaway seems likely to sidestep the so-called “Oscar jinx.” For her next step, she’s circling a modern(ish) retelling of William Shakespeare‘s The Taming of the Shrew. No director is attached yet, but with a script by Shame and The Iron Lady writer Abi Morgan, it’s already looking pretty interesting. Hit the jump to read more.
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Posted on Monday, October 1st, 2012 by Angie Han
Now that David Gordon Green seems to be stepping away from comedies for a bit, he’s opening himself up to all sorts of interesting options. The long-gestating Suspiria remake appears to have been put back on the shelf for now, but he’s got the gritty Southern Nic Cage drama Joe coming up on his radar. And his next potential gig may be the most surprising one yet.
Green is in talks to direct Little House on the Prairie, a cinematic adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder‘s classic children’s book series, from a script by Shame writer Abi Morgan. Talk about a unexpected combination. More after the jump.
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Here’s the US trailer for Steve McQueen‘s film Shame, in which Michael Fassbender stars as a man who can’t control his sex drive and Carey Mulligan appears as his sister.The film was a big hit at festivals throughout 2011, and has drawn attention for its raw and explicit depiction of sex and sex addiction.
This is essentially the same thing as the UK trailer we saw not long ago, but for the sake of enthusiasm we’ll push this US version on you, too. Strangely, there is no big notice of the fact that the film earned an NC-17 rating, which is a tag that distributor Fox Searchlight reportedly plans to embrace rather than avoid. Read More »
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