There's a new set of Tom Hardy BBC adaptations brewing, and they'll reteam the actor/producer with a frequent collaborator to adapt Charles Dickens novels.
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Charles Dickens is getting his own connected universe on BBC One, thanks to the 20-epsiode show Dickensian.
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Learn about the Edgar Wright Dodge and Twist project. Wright is rewriting the script, described as a steampunk sequel to Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist.
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Charles Dickens is now afflicted with Sherlock Holmes syndrome. That's the new, action-oriented Holmes from Warner Bros. and Guy Ritchie -- not any of the other versions that have existed over the years. When a creator tells stories with universal appeal they invariably become subject to contexts and varied re-tellings that never would have occurred…
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There are a handful of classic tales that seem to get reinterpreted for the screen every few years, and among them is Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The most recent theatrical version you probably recall is Alfonso Cuarón's 1998 modernized version featuring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, and Ethan Hawke, and since then there have been at…
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Press interviews with the cast and crew of The Dark Knight Rises began in earnest this past weekend, and one of the first things to emerge from the junket rounds is a connection between Christopher Nolan's final Batman film and a classic piece of literature that most of us read in high school. The link…
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It seems like years ago that parkour was the next big thing -- hell, Bond movies often lag a couple years behind trends in action, and it was Casino Royale in 2006 that brought the free-running urban sport to that franchise. But we just heard about Tracers, a bike messenger/parkour project selling at Cannes with…
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If you ask me, Helena Bonham Carter playing bitter Miss Havisham in Mike Newell's Great Expectations has sounded like ideal casting from the very start. But if you had any doubt in your mind whatsoever as to Bonham Carter's suitability, let these new photos put those worries to rest. Two new stills from the film have been…
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The theme of this Casting Bits seems to be "rising stars," as All My Children's Ambyr Childers stakes out a spot in an all-star cast, War Horse star Jeremy Irvine leads a movie starring Britain's finest, and Thor actress Jaimie Alexander signs on to co-star with the Governator himself. Read more after the jump. Ambyr…
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Whitney Houston is set to return to the big screen for the first time in 15 years for Sparkle, a remake of the 1976 drama based on the real-life tale of Diana Ross and The Supremes (yes, kind of like Dreamgirls, only Sparkle came first). The story follows the rise and fall of fictional girl…
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Oliver Stone is quickly locking down the cast for Savages, the adaptation of Don Winslow's novel about two pot dealers (Aaron Johnson and Taylor Kitsch) whose mutual girlfriend (Blake Lively) is kidnapped by a drug cartel (Salma Hayek and Benicio del Toro) in an effort to coerce the guys into bowing to the cartel's will.…
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Mike Newell will follow up Prince of Persia, not quite a modern classic, with a new take on a genuine classic and perennial enemy of disinterested English classes across America. He'll direct a new version of Great Expectations as part of a year-long celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, in 2012. THR…
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There is little doubt in the minds of many critics and cultured viewers that any single season of The Wire would be perched near or atop the best films of the decade if it qualified. In a new eight-page interview with Vice, the writer and creator behind all five seasons of the HBO series, David…
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