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Saturday, September 13, 2008

American fantasy film ‘Ghost Town’

Ghost Town is an upcoming 2008 American fantasy-comedy film directed by David Koepp and starring Ricky Gervais. All post-production work has been finished and it is set to be released on September 19, 2008. It has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references.

Lead Story
Bertram Pincus is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen. That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle, with spirited results.

‘Ghost Town’ Official Trailer

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Upcoming film ‘Battle in Seattle’

Battle in Seattle is a film, and the directorial debut of actor Stuart Townsend, that is based on the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity.

Battle in Seattle: Synopsis:
In 1999, five days rocked the world as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmentalists, consumer advocates, labor unions, students, anarchists and pacifists all converged, bringing attention to how the WTO's laws were affecting democracy around the world. Among them are Django, Sam, Lou and Jay. United in their desire to be heard and to make a difference, for these protesters, this is very personal and the stakes are higher than mere politics. A peaceful demonstration to stop the WTO talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot and an eventual State of Emergency results. The streets are mayhem, the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a riot cop on the streets and his pregnant wife. The choices they make will change their lives forever and prove, ultimately, that ordinary people can change the world.

Release Dates
September 19, 2008 - New York, Seattle, San Francisco, San Rafael, Minneapolis
September 24, 2008 - Sacramento
September 25, 2008 - Pittsburgh
September 26, 2008 - Los Angeles, Washington DC, Detroit, Chicago, Boston
October 3, 2008 - Plano (TX), Santa Barbara, Nashville, Denver
October 10, 2008 - Olympia (WA)

Lead Cast
Martin Henderson as Jay
Michelle Rodriguez as Lou
Charliz Theron as Ella
Woody Harrelson as Dale

Andre Benjamin as Django
Connie Nielsen as Jean
Ray Liotta as Mayor
Channing Tatum as Johnson

‘Battle in Seattle’ Official Trailer

2009th years film '2012'

2012 is an upcoming American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. Columbia Pictures will distribute the film. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver. 2012 is scheduled to be released on July 10, 2009.
Premise
An ancient Mayan prophecy predicts that the world will end in the year 2012. The prophecy unfolds as the world is devastated in a mysterious cataclysm in 2012, leaving survivors to struggle for their lives.

2012 Official Trailer

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Upcoming Hollywood film ‘Appaloosa’

Appaloosa is an upcoming Western film based on the 2005 novel Appaloosa by crime writer Robert B. Parker. The film is directed by Ed Harris and is co-written by Harris and Robert Knott. Appaloosa stars Harris alongside Viggo Mortensen. The film will be released in select cities on September 17, 2008, and expand into wide-release on October 3, 2008.

Lead Story
Based on the 2005 Western novel by Robert B. Parker, Appaloosa is centered around lawman Virgil Cole (Ed Harris) and his sidekick Everett Hitch (Viggo Mortensen), two friends who are hired to defend a town from a murderous rancher (Jeremy Irons) in a lawless 1880s town. Their efforts are disrupted and friendship tested by the arrival of an attractive widow (Renée Zellweger), who tries to woo both of them.

Lead Cast
Viggo Mortensen - Everett Hitch
Ed Harris - Virgil Cole
Renée Zellweger - Allie French
Jeremy Irons - Randall Bragg
Lance Henriksen - Ring Shelton
Timothy Spall - Phil Olson
Ariadna Gil - Katie
James Gammon - Earl May

‘Appaloosa’ Official Trailer

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Hollywood upcoming film ‘The Duchess’

The Duchess is a forthcoming film based on Amanda Foreman's biography of the scandalous, 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire. It is scheduled for release in September 2008. Originally, to be directed by Susanne Bier, The Duchess was directed by Saul Dibb.
Lead Story
Set at the end of the eighteenth century, The Duchess is the story of the beautiful and, glamorous Georgiana Spencer, the most fascinating woman of the age. While her beauty and charisma made her name, her extravagant tastes and appetite for gambling and love made her infamous. Married young to the older, distant Duke of Devonshire, that intimate of ministers and princes, Georgiana became a fashion icon, a doting mother, a shrewd political operator and darling of the common people. However, at the core of her story is a desperate search for love. From Georgiana’s passionate and doomed affair with Earl Grey to the complex ménage à trios with her husband and her best friend, Lady Bess Foster, The Duchess is a very contemporary tale of fame, notoriety and the search for love. (Her love child with Lord Grey was Eliza Courtney).

Production
BBC Films and Pathé finance The Duchess. Make-up and hair design, both significant in a Georgian-set period piece, are by Daniel Phillips. The Duchess was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios and on-location at Chatsworth, Bath, Holkham Hall, Norfolk, Clandon Park, Kedleston Hall and The University of Greenwich: London.
Regarding lead actress Keira Knightley, director Saul Dibb said The Duchess was "a chance to take a character from late childhood - she's married at 17 - into full adulthood, 10 years later." It was also a chance to work with Ralph Fiennes, who she regarded as one of her most accomplished costars to date; Dibb said, "When I said, 'We've got Ralph interested in playing the Duke,' we both took a gulp and went, 'Fuck.' ... But I didn't for one second feel that she wasn't up to the task."
Lead Cast
Keira Knightley as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes as William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Hayley Atwell as Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Charlotte Rampling as Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper as Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Aidan McArdle as Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Emily Jewell as Nanny
Calvin Dean as Devonshire House Servant
Simon McBurney as Charles James Fox
Hannah Stokely as Maid
Richard Syms as Dr Neville
Richard McCabe as Sir James Hare
Andy Armour as Burleigh the Butler
Emily Cohen as Harryo
Poppy Wigglesworth as Charlotte (aged 10)
Mercy Fiennes Tiffin as Little Georgiana
Sebastian Applewhite as Augustus
Eva Hrela as Charlotte (aged 3)
Bruce Mackinnon as Sir Peter Teazle actor
Georgia King as Lady Teazle actress
Kate Burdette as Lady Harriet
Paul Daley as George Augustus Henry Cavendish, created 1st Earl of Burlington of the 2nd order (AKA Duke's Brother)
??? as Eliza Courtney
Marketing
Studio executives wanted to use digitally altered images of Keira Knightley in promotional materials. The alterations were specifically aimed at enlarging her breasts. However, Knightley objected to the alterations and they were not used.
Theatrical release
The BBFC has classified the film as a 12A, citing the scene of implied marital rape, which is "delivered through Georgiana's screams of protest, heard from outside the bedroom door." The BBFC's PG rating allows implied sex as long as it is discreet and infrequent; the board decided that the scene in The Duchess is more than "discreet" or "implied". The film will be released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2008.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Abhishek Bachchan's fantasy film ‘Drona’

Drona is the much awaited fantasy action adventure film starring Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Jaya Bachchan, and Kay Kay Menon. Lead actor Abhishek Bachchan playing duel rolls as Aditya and Drona in this prestigious film. Drona has been described as a Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones movie, but with an original story. Drona will display hundreds of top-notch special effects shots that were worked on by EyeQube headed by Charles Darby and David Bush. Drona will also feature Indian martial arts such as: Kalaripayat,Chhau,Gatka, and sword fighting. Drona was filmed in exotic locations in Prague, Bikaner, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Namibia. Drona releases worldwide on October 2, 2008.
Lead Story
Rooted in the vibrant tapestry of Indian mythology, Drona is the compelling modern tale of one man's spectacular voyage through the labyrinths of mystic myths and legendary legacies. Of a journey that will force him to face his fears and make him the hero he was born to become.
From the times, when time itself was a newborn baby, the universe has kept one secret carefully camouflaged within its folds. A secret, which if unraveled, could unlock the destruction of humankind and the entire cosmos.
Today, only one man can protect the universe's precious secret and thus, save the human race from absolute annihilation. Drona

Lead Cast
Abhishek Bachchan... Aditya/Drona
Priyanka Chopra... Sonia
Jaya Bachchan...Queen Jayati
Kay Kay Menon...Riz Raizada

Lead Crew
Distributor: Eros International
Production House: Rose Movies
Director: Goldie Behl
Screenplay : Goldie Behl, Jaydeep Sarkar
Cinematography: Sameer Arya
Editing: Shyam K. Salgonkar
Music Director: Ashu Dhruv
Costume Design: Anaita Shroff
Special Effects Design: David Bush