Film - Resistance. Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Hayley Atwell, Simon Russell Beale. Film - My Week with Marilyn. BBC Radio.

• Andrea Riseborough and Michael Sheen have been cast in Resistance [link]
  
  
• Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, and Hayley Atwell interviews carey|rosamund|hayley
  
  
• Simon Russell Beale's "Perfect Weekend" from the Telegraph [link]
  
  
• The cast of My Week with Marilyn includes Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, and Simon Russell Beale [link]
  
  
• BBC Radio
• Hugh Bonneville was interviewed on Loose Ends [link]
• Simon Pegg will be interviewed on Front Row [link]

Entertainment news

• The Boat That Rocked is going to be re-edited for its US release [link]
  
• Article about Comic-Con and TV shows [link]
  
• Doctor Who/Torchwood
• Russell T Davies, John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd interview from Televisionary [link]
• The audio exclusive story Pest Control by Peter Anghelides is one of APA's "20 Best Audiobooks" [link]
  
• David Tennant interview from the Chicago Tribune (via tennant_love) [link]
• Russell T Davies interviews 1|2
• Three new Torchwood radio plays will be broadcast on Radio 4 this week [link]
• Now that the franchise has replaced the blockbuster as Hollywood's holy grail, transmedia storytelling extends film and TV properties across multiple platforms [link]
  
• Rupert Grint, John Malkovich, Marion Cotillard and Chace Crawford interviews rupert|john|marion|chace
• Article about Aboriginal filmmakers [link]
• Peter Morgan has pulled out as director of The Special Relationship, starring Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid [link]
• Stephen Soderbergh's Moneyball has gone into turnaround [link]
• Trailers for The Invention of Lying, starring Ricky Gervais (via gervsmerchpilk) uk|us
• Official site for Origin, a short film written and directed by Danny Stack [link]
• Two Lovers, a romantic drama directed by James Gray and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, is one of a diminishing breed. American independent cinema once delivered to theatres every week smallish adult dramas bolstered by strong casts. [link]
• Production blog for Paul, starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg [link]

Tags: The Boat That Rocked, film, Comic-Con, TV, television, Torchwood, Russell T Davies, John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Doctor Who, Pest Control, Peter Anghelides, David Tennant, BBC Radio 4, Radio 4, Hollywood, Rupert Grint, John Malkovich, Marion Cotillard, Chace Crawford, Peter Morgan, The Special Relationship, Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Stephen Soderbergh, Moneyball, The Invention of Lying, trailer, trailers, Ricky Gervais, Origin, Danny Stack, Paul, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg

Entertainment news

• Stuart Beattie's directorial debut will be an adaptation of John Marsden's novel Tomorrow, When the War Began [link]
  
• Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen and David Thewlis have become patrons of the British Independent Film Awards [link]
  
• Anton Yelchin, Colin Morgan & Anthony Head, Simon Pegg and Guillermo Del Toro interviews anton|colin & anthony|simon|guillermo
• Phillip Noyce will direct the thriller Mixed Blood, starring Samuel Jackson [link]
• Tilda Swinton and filmmaker Cynthia Beatt plan to retrace their 1998 trip along the remains of the Berlin Wall for the documentary Cycling the Invisible Frame [link]
• Picture of Matthew Goode on the set of Cemetery Junction [link]
  
• Bronson, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, won the Sydney Film Prize at the Sydney Film Festival [link]
• David Tennant, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Euros Lyn and John Barrowman will be attending San Diego Comic-Con [link]
  
• Peter Morgan joins Neal Purvis and Robert Wade to pen the script for the next Bond film [link]
• Blog post by Sydney Arts Journo about the Ruben Guthrie recasting mess [link]
• Article on how North By Northwest has influenced action films [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Tintin, starring Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Toby Jones, will be released in 2011 [link]
• In the Loop will open the Newport International Film Festival [link]
• Commercial breaks are affecting season 3 of Mad Men [link]
• Doctor Who
• David Tennant will guest star in the Sarah Jane Adventures (via tennant_love) [link]
• Karen Gillan will play the new assistant in the next series, which will star Matt Smith as the Doctor (via ONTD) [link]
• Mackenzie Crook, Sarah Parish, Adrian Lester and Charles Dance will guest star in series 2 of Merlin [link]
• Insightful article about current Australian theatre by Alison Croggon from the Australian [link]
• Last weekend, the Australian film Samson and Delilah had its highest takings at the box office so far. Its limited release will expand to 35 screens by 4 June. [link]
• David Tennant will reprise his role as Hamlet for a BBC2 adaptation [link]
• BBC America trailer for Torchwood series 3 [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Samantha Morton interview [link]
• Cannes Film Festival Official Selection (Cannes Classics, Cinefondation’s choice, the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week are still to be announced) [link]
• Is Anybody There?
• David Morrissey interview [link]
• Anne-Marie Duff interview [link]
• Paul Giamatti will star in Barney's Version, an adaptation of Mordecai Richler's novel [link]
• Hollywood talent agencies WMA and Endeavour have merged. The new company is called WME Entertainment [link]
• Ed Westwick interviews about season 2 of Gossip Girl 1|2
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt has replaced James Franco in Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan [link]
• Simon Pegg interviews about Star Trek 1|2
  
• Pictures of Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield on the set of Never Let Me Go (via ONTD) [link]
• James McAvoy & Nigel Harman interviews about Three Days of Rain 1|2
• Michael Sheen recently joined Twitter [link]
• Cloudstreet by Tim Winton will be adapted for television as a miniseries by the producers of Underbelly [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Scan of Christina Hendricks from TV Guide [link]
• Christopher Eccleston, Toby Stephens, Gillian Anderson, Anton Lesser and Tara Fitzgerald will star in A Doll's House at the Donmar [link]
• The Boat That Rocked
• UK premiere - Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Talulah Riley, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Gemma Arterton, David Morrissey, Simon Pegg and Paul McCartney attended 1|2|3|4
  
• Rhys Ifans interview (includes a clip from the film) [link]
• Bill Nighy interviews Daily Mayo (Monday 23 March)|Telegraph
  
• Trailer for Taking Woodstock (via ONTD) [link]
• Orlando Bloom, Andrew McCarthy, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson and Colin Firth will star in Main Street, a film directed by John Doyle [link]
• John Simm and Kelly Macdonald attended a screening for Skellig [link]
• Emilia Fox, Mathieu Amalric and Robert Vaughn interviews emilia|mathieu|robert
  
• David Mamet will make his Broadway directing debut with the world premiere of his new play Race [link]
• Network Ten will launch One, Australia's first stand-alone digital terrestrial channel next Thursday [link]
• Parlour Song
• Andrew Lincoln interview [link]
• Toby Jones interview (via brit_actors) [link]
  
• New posters for In the Loop [link]
  
• Michael Sheen will play Tony Blair in The Special Relationship, a film written by Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon) focusing on the relationship between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. Clinton will by portrayed by Dennis Quaid. [link]
• Joel and Ethan Coen are going to adapt True Grit by Charles Portis [link]
• A Q&A with some of the Doctor Who production team will be broadcast on BBC7 on Sunday [link]
  
• Patricia Clarkson will be honoured with a ShoWest Independent Award for acting excellence [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Peter O'Brien will guest star in one of this year's Doctor Who specials as a villain. He has also guest starred in Gossip Girl and City Homicide. [link]
• Adorable Radio Times Comic Relief covers featuring people such as James McAvoy, Simon Pegg and David Tennant [link]
• Rosamund Pike, Rachel Weisz and Caryl Churchill have been included in Harper's Bazaar and Tiffany Women In Theatre Power List [link]
• Michael Caine will receive the ShoWest 2009 lifetime achievement award [link]
• Clive Owen GQ (UK, April 2009) interview [link]
• Tessa Ross interview from the Guardian [link]
  
• Clip from In the Loop featuring Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander and Gina McKee [link]
• Article about Alfred Hitchcock by Paul Merton [link]
  
• Trailer for Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp and Marion Cotillard. Carey Mulligan has a supporting role in the film. [link]
• Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew Macfadyen and Denis Lawson will star in an Enid Blyton biopic for BBC4 (via darcylicious) [link]
  
• Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in Inception, the sci-fi action film Christopher Nolan wrote and is directing for Warner Bros [link]
• The Boat that Rocked
• Clips (via billnighy.info) 1|2
• Talulah Riley interview [link]
  

Entertainment news

• DGA nominations [link]
• Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will play bumbling detectives Thompson and Thomson in Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg's two-pic Tintin, project 1|2
  
• BAFTA longlist [link]
• Broadway attendance and takings increased in 2008 [link]
• January Jones interview from Vanity Fair [link]
• Rebecca Hall and Toby Kebbell are among the nominees for the BAFTA Orange Rising Star award. (squee!) [link]
  
  • Scan of Toby from Esquire[link]
• Interview with Sam Riley [link]
  
  • Scans of Sam being spiffy in a Burberry ad from GQ 1|2|3
• Rebecca Hall and Carey Mulligan are featured in Baz Bamigboye's column this week. Baz has written about The Bridge Project and An Education respectively. [link]
• Gorgeous post about David Tennant and David Morrissey featuring pictures and clips from Blackpool and Doctor Who (via tennant_report) [link]
• Michael Sheen interview [link]
• Fabulous blog post by James Henry about genre telly [link]
• Interview with Jordan Klein, who was the underwater engineer for Thunderball. The underwater sequences in the film are incredible. [link]
• Robert Glenister interview about series 5 of Hustle (plus some info about Spooks) [link]
• Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell interviews about Defiance 1|2
  

Tags: DGA, directors guild of america, simon pegg, nick frost, thompson, peter jackson, steven spielberg, tintin, bafta, john curran, the painted veil, the beautiful and the damned, zelda sayre, zelda fitzgerald, f scott fitzgerald, keira knightley, broadway, january jones, rebecca hall, toby kebbell, orange, sam riley, carey mulligan, david tennant, david morrissey, blackpool, doctor who, michael sheen, james henry, jordan klein, thunderball, james bond, film, robert glenister, hustle, spooks, tv, television, daniel craig, jamie bell, defiance, thomson

Entertainment news

• Paul Newman obituaries 1|2|3|4
• Quantum of Solace links 1|2|3|4|5|6
• Sally Hawkins interview from wmagazine.com [link]
• A Taiwanese romance, Cape No. 7, has become the island's box office champion this year, a rare victory for Asian film over Hollywood blockbusters. [link]
• A positive review from the Associated Press of The Seagull, a Royal Court production that has transferred to Broadway which stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Mackenzie Crook and Carey Mulligan [link]
• Article about Frost/Nixon [link]
• Pictures from "A Tribute to Ian Fleming". Guests included Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Toby Stephens, Gemma Arterton and Rosamund Pike [link]
• DreamWorks and Paramount have made a separation agreement [link]
• Adorable interviews with Simon Pegg and Dita von Teese from Radio 1 simon|dita
• David Cronenberg is in talks to direct The Matarese Circle, a Ludlum adaptation [link]
• Entourage has been renewed for a sixth season [link]
• Marvellous article by Sam Mendes (Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road) about Paul Newman [link]
• Episodes 6-8 (final) of Simon Pegg's video diary from the Guardian 6|7|8
  

Tags: Paul Newman, Quantum of Solace, Bond, James Bond, Sally Hawkins, Cape no 7, The Seagull, Chekhov, Anton Chekhov, Broadway, Kristin Scott Thomas, Mackenzie Crook, Carey Mulligan, Frost/Nixon, Ian Fleming, Daniel Craig, Roger Moore, Toby Stephens, Gemma Arterton, Rosamund Pike, Dreamworks, Paramount, Simon Pegg, Dita von Teese, David Cronenberg, Robert Ludlum, Ludlum, Sam Mendes, Entourage

Film & TV news

• Interviews with Emily Mortimer 1|2
• Episode 5 of Simon Pegg's video blog from the Guardian [link]
• United Artists is having financial problems [link]
• Interview with Ben Whishaw [link]
• Interview with Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell and James Moran (via the pen is mightier than the spork) [link]
• Stephen Merchant being fabulous on Kimmel [link]
• Article by Catherine Tate from the Guardian (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Ricky Gervais [link]
  

Tags: Emily Mortimer, Simon Pegg, United Artists, Ben Whishaw, Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell, James Moran, Stephen Merchant, Kimmel, Catherine Tate, Tilda Swinton

Entertainment news

• Article about how film releases in Australia later this year are stuffed [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton (via ONTD) [link]
• Episode 4 of Simon Pegg's video diary from the Guardian [link]
• Interview with Zooey Deschanel from Nylon [link]
• Sydney theatre news 1|2
• Article about Screen Australia [link]
• Interview with Rachel Weisz from Vogue [link]
• Samuel L Jackson/Ricky Gervais/Conan O'Brien sausage party [link]

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Simon Pegg, Zooey Deschanel, Rachel Weisz, Samuel L Jackson, Ricky Gervais, Conan O'Brien

Entertainment news

• Sydney Theatre Company 2009 season [link]
  
• Interviews with Kevin Connolly, Rex Lee and Perrey Reeves promoting Entourage season 5 1|2|3
• SBS funding [link]
• Recent successes on US pay TV [link]
• Episode 3 of Simon Pegg's video diary for the Guardian [link]
• People featured in Baz Bamigboye's Daily Mail column this week include Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, and Toby Kebbell [link]
• BFI 75 (via billnighy.info) - 75 film and media people were asked:
  Q1 Which one film would you wish to share with future generations?
  Q2 What excites you about the future of the moving image? [link]
• Interview with Rupert Friend from the Times [link]
• A quote about Romola Garai from the Guardian's review of Angel:
  

  "...it's the performance of Romola Garai that makes the film something more than a game of film references and fashion gags. The young actress, just 26 and most recently seen in Joe Wright's Atonement after roles in Inside I'm Dancing and I Capture the Castle, gives Angel her all in a display that zips from hysterical to wild to vulnerable and sexy and back again...In Garai's hands, Angel becomes a tragic figure, caught between her own dreams and ambitions and a duller and more vicious reality. Her childish tantrums, feminine wiles and feminist independence are by turns admirable, laughable and pitiable..."

Related links
Romola Garai 1|2|3

Tags: Sydney Theatre Company, Kevin Connolly, Rex Lee, Perrey Reeves, Entourage, SBS, TV, Simon Pegg, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Toby Kebbell, Bill Nighy, Rupert Friend, Romola Garai, Angel, film

Film & TV links

• Christian Bale and Kermit the frog [link]
• Tilda Swinton interviews 1|2 (via ONTD)|3
• Leighton Meester interview (via gossipgirltv) [link]
• Interviews with Emilia Fox 1|2
• Screen Test | Naomi Watts - The Moment blog - NYTimes.com [link]
• Episode 2 of Simon Pegg's video diary from The Guardian [link]
• Article from The Times about crime movies [link]
• Interviews with François Ozon 1|2
• Interviews with Keira Knightley 1|2
• Quantum of Solace video blog - Anatole Taubman (Elvis) [link]
  

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Leighton Meester 1|2
Naomi Watts 1|2
Anatole Taubman 1|2

Tags: Christian Bale, Kermit, Kermit the frog, Tilda Swinton, Leighton Meester, Emilia Fox, Naomi Watts, Simon Pegg, Francois Ozon, Keira Knightley, Quantum of Solace, Anatole Taubman, Elvis

Entertainment & media links

• Article about the Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams, which took place Aug. 15-23. The festival was launched by Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins [link]
• Anne Thompson from Variety has written an article about the difficulties of getting distribution for independent films [link]
• "Stage actors love theater. Film actors see movies. Musicians dig concerts by their fellow musicians. But TV performers just don't seem to catch much TV..." [link]
• Adrian Dunbar (Whistleblowers) and Kimberley Nixon (Cranford) will star in a stage adaptation of Tracey Chevalier's novel Girl with a Pearl Earring [link]
• Hugh Laurie interview from Emmy magazine [link]
• Guests who are expected to attend this year's Toronto Film Festival [link]
• Recent projects that have received funding from Screen Australia [link]
• Profiles about Robert Downey Jr and Lauren Bacall 1|2
• Episode 1 of Simon Pegg's video blog for the Guardian [link]
• A hilarious quote from Ricky Gervais's blog about newspaper bullshittery (source: rickygervais.com via gervsmerchpilk):
  

  "...If you have trouble filling the newspaper, use a bigger font. Print a poem. Leave a space..."

• Interviews with Romola Garai and François Ozon 1|2|3
• Article about tabloid reporting [link]
  
• Rosamund Pike and Dame Judi Dench will star in Madame de Sade at Wyndham's theatre in March next year [link]
• Article about test screenings from the Guardian [link]
  

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Kimberley Nixon 1|2|3

Tags: Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins, Anne Thompson, Variety, Adrian Dunbar, Kimberley Nixon, Tracey Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Hugh Laurie, Toronto Film Festival, Robert Downey Jr, Lauren Bacall, Simon Pegg, Ricky Gervais, Romola Garai, Francois Ozon, Rosamund Pike, Dame Judi Dench, Judi Dench