Awards season events, Rosamund Pike, Toby Jones, Ruth Wilson

Awards season events

Golden Globe winners included Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Best Performance By An Actor In A Motion Picture – Drama), Paul Giamatti (Barney's Version/Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical), Boardwalk Empire (Best Television Series - Drama) and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire/Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama).
Pictures: arrivals (featuring Andrew Garfield, Colin Firth, Hayley Atwell, Kelly Macdonald and Tilda Swinton); Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter and Kelly Macdonald attended the Weinstein/Relativity Media after party (Getty 1|2, @liviafirth 1|2); Andrea Riseborough and Tilda Swinton attended the InStyle/Warner Bros after party (Getty); and Andrew Garfield attended the Sony Pictures Classics after party (Getty).

In other awards season events, Hayley Atwell was a guest at the HBO luxury lounge and the Instyle beauty lounge; also, Hayley Atwell and Andrea Riseborough attended the BAFTA LA tea party (arrivals, red carpet).

Dominic Cooper and Talulah Riley announced the BAFTA film nominations. Nominees include Colin Firth (The King's Speech/Leading Actor), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network/Supporting Actor and Orange Wednesdays Rising Award) and Gemma Arterton (Orange Wednesdays Rising Award).

Interviews

Rosamund Pike/Barney's Version: Anglophenia, She Knows, USA Today, tv.com.

Toby Jones (the Arts Desk) - Toby stars as Turner in The Painter at the Arcola Theatre which runs until 12 February.

Radio

Ruth Wilson and Tom Brooke star in the Friday Play Like Minded People which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 4 February at 9pm.

Entertainment news

• Marvellous Antichrist poster by Jeremy Saunders (via The Wrap and Transmission) [link]
  
• Toronto International Film Festival
• Ben Whishaw attended the Bright Star premiere and had some portraits done 1|2
• Emily Mortimer attended the Harry Brown premiere [link]
• Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan were at the Sony Pictures Classics Party [link]
• Io Sono L'Amore - I Am Love: portraits, an interview with Tilda Swinton and director Luca Guadagnino, and pictures from the premiere 1|2|3
  
• A portrait of Michael Sheen [link]
• Nineteen Australian films will be shown at the festival [link]
  
• Tom Sturridge and Juno Temple are included in Teen Vogue's Young Hollywood feature [link]
• Guillermo del Toro has an animation deal with Disney [link]
  
• A Single Man
• Trailer (via ONTD) [link]
  
• Venice Film Festival photocall [link]
  
• Colin Firth won the best actor prize at the Venice Film Festival [link]
  
• Article about the film from Variety [link]
  
• Tilda Swinton & Luca Guadagnino and Judi Dench interviews tilda & luca|judi
• Bruce Beresford will direct the film Zebras [link]
• Eva Green and Ewan McGregor will star in Last Word, a film that will be directed by David McKenzie [link]
• Mary and Max won best feature at the Australian Directors Guild awards. The film's director is Adam Elliot. [link]
• Rupert Friend and Tamsin Greig will star in The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick Theatre (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• David Tennant will star in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men [link]
• Blog post from The Life of Wylie about series 2 of Merlin [link]
  
• Richard Curtis will write an episode of Doctor Who [link]

Film - London Film Festival

• Clive Owen, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, Juno Temple and Hugh Bonneville will be attending [link]
• Premieres and screenings include The Boys Are Back, Bright Star, An Education, Nowhere Boy, Balibo, Astro Boy, Glorious 39, A Single Man, The Limits of Control, The Disappearance of Alice Creed and Don't Worry About Me [link]

Entertainment news

• Article from the Guardian about film noir [link]
• Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker have joined the film John Carter of Mars [link]
• Inception teaser trailer (via empireonline) [link]
• Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant introduce The Office retrospective [link]
• Matthew Weiner and Quentin Tarantino interviews matthew|quentin
• In the Loop:
• A deleted scene [link]
• Montage of Malcolm Tucker sweariness [link]
• Mike Nichols will direct and Joe Penhall will write Deep Water, an adaptation of the 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel [link]
• Shutter Island's release has been delayed until February 2010. A trailer for the film is here. [link]
• People who will be attending the Toronto Film Festival include Ben Whishaw, Bill Nighy, Carey Mulligan, Clive Owen, Dominic Cooper, Emily Mortimer, Michael Sheen, Romola Garai, Rupert Friend, Samantha Morton and Tilda Swinton. [link]

Entertainment news

• Anne-Marie Duff will be in the second season of The Bridge Project [link]
  
• David Cronenberg is going to direct an adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel Cosmopolis [link]
• Bright Star, The Damned United, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, An Education and Glorious 39 will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival [link]
  
• Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall are going to star in The Town, directed by Ben Affleck [link]
  
• Photos of Naomi Watts and Fenella Woolgar on the set of Woody Allen's currently untitled film (via IMDB) [link]
  
• Geoffrey Rush was awarded the Australian Film Institute's Raymond Longford Award [link]
• Tilda Swinton & Mark Cousins film festival awesomeness 1|2|3
  
• David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Euros Lyn & Russell T Davies, Sophie Okonedo, director Serhat Caradee and playwright Tommy Murphy interviews david|rupert|euros & russell|sophie|serhat|tommy
• Article about season 6 of Entourage [link]
• Amusing article by Simon Callow about the technicalities of love scenes [link]
• David Morrissey will be in the next series of Five Days (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]

Entertainment news

• Entourage season 6 trailer and promo (via ONTD) trailer|promo
• Lajos Koltai will direct Spider Dance, a drama set in 19th century Australia [link]
• Article about the current lack of American auteurs [link]
• The inspiration for Goldfinger, the arch-villain created by Ian Fleming to rival James Bond, could have been a German spymaster who plotted to blow up gold reserves at the Bank of England [link]
• Article by screenwriter James Moran about Torchwood [link]
• Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny Depp and James Moran interviews daniel|johnny|james
• Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins are planning a mobile film festival that will take place in August [link]
  
• How do terrible Hollywood blockbusters get made? [link]

Tags: Entourage, Lajos Koltai, Spider Dance, director, auteur, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Moran, Torchwood, Daniel Radcliffe, Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton, Mark Cousins, Hollywood, film, television

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

• Cannes:
  
• Martin Scorsese and Ben Whishaw were on Film Weekly [link]
• Ben Whishaw, Ang Lee and Thelma Schoonmaker interviews ben|ang|thelma
• Article about Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation [link]
• Movie posters, Lego style (via ONTD) [link]
• Clip of Harry and Ron from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [link]
• Anton Corbijn (Control) will direct A Very Private Gentleman, an adaptation of the Martin Booth novel [link]
• Ewan McGregor, Pamela Rabe, David Suchet interviews ewan|pamela|david
• William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain have joined the cast of Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus [link]
• Balibo and Bran Nue Dae will respectively open and close the Melbourne Film Festival [link]
  
• Michael Sheen and Paddy Considine will star in Submarine [link]
• Article about Alfred Hitchcock from the Independent [link]
  
• Sam Riley and Carey Mulligan will star in a film adaptation of Graham Greene's novel Brighton Rock [link]
• David Suchet is to embark on a journey across Europe on the Orient Express for a new ITV1 documentary [link]
  
• Tilda Swinton is attached to Lynne Ramsay's film We Need to Talk About Kevin [link]

Entertainment news

• Terry Gilliam is going to have another go at bringing Don Quixote to the big screen [link]
• Another cast and director change for the film adaptation of Wuthering Heights - Ed Westwick and Gemma Arterton will star as Heathcliff and Cathy, and Peter Webber will direct [link]
• Martin Scorsese will direct a Frank Sinatra biopic [link]
• David Tennant will be the new host of Masterpiece Contemporary [link]
• Info about the three upcoming Torchwood radio plays [link]
• Tilda Swinton, January Jones, Matt Smith, Samantha Morton and Peter Hall interviews tilda|january|matt|samantha|peter
• Mary and Max won the AniMovie section at the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film [link]
• Articles about Martin Scorsese and The Red Shoes 1|2
  
• Matthew Goode will star in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's film Cemetery Junction [link]
• Monica Bleibtreu (Hilde, 4 Minutes) has died of cancer [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Emilia Fox interview [link]
• David Cronenberg will receive the Legion D'Honneur [link]
• Russell Tovey interview [link]
  
• Trailer for The Limits of Control, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton [link]
• The Boat That Rocked
• Richard Curtis interview from Front Row [link]
• Extended trailer (via brit_actors) [link]
  
• Nick Frost and Gemma Arterton were on the Chris Moyles show (via Gemma Arterton Online) [link]
  
• Ridley Scott has received a BFI fellowship [link]
• Gossip Girl article from Rolling Stone [link]
• Natasha Richardson obituary :( [link]
• The Damned United
• Michael Sheen interviews 1|2|3
• A clip from the film [link]
  
• Tom Hooper interviews 1|2
• Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are producing an adaptation of Agent Zigzag, a World War II spy drama [link]
• Daniel Craig interview about Quantum of Solace (via MI6) [link]
  
• Stills from the Doctor Who special "Planet of the Dead" 1|2
• Nicholas Hoult interviews 1|2

Entertainment news

• Photoshoot by Ellis Parrinder for BAFTA that includes people like Gemma Arterton, Noel Clarke and Hayley Atwell 1|2
• Olivier awards nominations [link]
• Terry Gilliam is going to receive a BAFTA fellowship [link]
• An Ernest Hemingway biopic is in development [link]
• DGA awards winners [link]
• Hopefully Silence, an adaptation of a Shusako Endo novel, will be Martin Scorsese's next movie. Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio Del Toro are in talks to star. [link]
• Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham will star in The Kid directed by Nick Moran [link]
• Tilda Swinton has been nominated for a BAFTA (Supporting Actress). Also, previously announced was Rebecca Hall for the Orange Rising Star award. The full list of nominations is here.
• American TV channels may need to reconsider the lengths of their series (via televisionary) [link]
• Casting update for Martin Scorsese's HBO pilot Boardwalk Empire, which stars Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald and Michael Pitt [link]
• Leading British distributors including All3Media International, Endemol U.K., FremantleMedia, RDF and BBC Worldwide have joined forces with the government to create the Television Export Group, a body aimed at helping them break into new overseas markets [link]
• Rafe Spall, Tom Hollander, Aidan Turner, Zoe Tapper and Samuel Barnett will star in Desperate Romantics by Peter Bowker for BBC2 (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Tilda Swinton won the award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard Film Awards [link]
• Big Finish is going to produce some Robin Hood audiobooks [link]
• Carey Mulligan interviews about An Education which also stars Rosamund Pike and Dominic Cooper (via ontd) 1|2
• Vanity Fair's 2009 Hollywood portfolio [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Lovely interview from Flavorwire with Adam Elliot and Melanie Coombs about Mary & Max, which opened Sundance [link]
• Casting update for Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski [link]
• Ricky Gervais on Inside the Actor's Studio [link]
• Article about the Berlin Film Festival jury, which will be presided over by Tilda Swinton [link]
  
• Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American and select Latin American rights to An Education, starring Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper and Rosamund Pike [link]
• Tilda Swinton will feature on Patrick Wolf's upcoming album [link]
• Southern Star has been sold to Endemol [link]
• Kate Winslet interview from Radio 1 [link]
• Jason Isaacs, Catherine McCormack and Derek Jacobi will star in the BBC Radio's sci fi season (via The Medium is Not Enough) [link]
• Article about Alfred Hitchcock's cameos in his films [link]
• Some Sundance portraits [link]
• Interview with Gus van Sant [link]

Tags: Adam Elliot, Melanie Coombs, Mary and Max, animation, film, Sundance, Ghost, Roman Polanski, Ricky Gervais, Inside the Actor's Studio, Berlin Film Festival, Tilda Swinton, An Education, Carey Mulligan, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Kate Winslet, Jason Isaacs, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi, BBC Radio, Alfred Hitchcock, Gus van Sant

Entertainment news

• Interviews with James McAvoy and Bill Nighy from the Times james|bill
• Matthew Weiner will continue to executive produce Mad Men, his deal with AMC was finalised a few days ago 1|2|3
  
• Rosamund Pike and Tilda Swinton have been included in Harper's Bazaar's Best Dressed List 2008 [link]
• Interview with David Hare from the Guardian [link]
  
• Warner Bros. and Twentieth Century Fox have finally resolved their Watchmen dispute [link]
• Philip Seymour Hoffman will star in an adaptation of Jack Goes Boating. The film is also his directorial debut. [link]
• Interviews with Catherine Deneuve from the Times and the Guardian times|guardian
  
• More films have been added to the Berlinale program, including Cheri starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, and The Electric Mist starring Tommy Lee Jones, Peter Sarsgaard and Kelly Macdonald [link]
• Article about Tessa Ross (executive producer, Slumdog Millionaire) [link]
• Michael Sheen interview from the Guardian [link]
• Hugh Bonneville will play Charity Wakefield's dad in Legally Mad [link]
  

Tags: James McAvoy, Bill Nighy, Matthew Weiner, Mad Men, AMC, Rosamund Pike, Tilda Swinton, David Hare, Warner Bros, Twentieth Century Fox, Watchmen, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Goes Boating, Catherine Deneuve, Berlinale, Cheri, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, The Electric Mist, Tommy Lee Jones, Peter Sarsgaard, Kelly Macdonald, Tessa Ross, Slumdog Millionaire, Michael Sheen, Hugh Bonneville, Charity Wakefield, Legally Mad

Entertainment news

• Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell are in talks to star as the villains in Iron Man 2, being directed by Jon Favreau [link]
• Golden Globe winners [link]
• The Italian film Gomorrah will have a presentation credit "Martin Scorsese presents" for its US release [link]
• Warner Bros and Fox are in talks to settle their Watchmen dispute [link]
• The lovely Charity Wakefield will star in Legally Mad, David E Kelley's new drama [link]
• Article about the cast of The History Boys play/radio play/film [link]
• Interviews with Stephen Rea, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Adrian Lester stephen|philip|adrian
• Focus Features has created a new company, Focus Features International 1|2
• Article about the Sundance Film Festival and Robert Redford's awesomeness [link]
• Tom Hooper will direct and Christopher Hampton will adapt East of Eden by John Steinbeck [link]
• A Steve McQueen biopic is in development [link]
• Tilda Swinton has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Evening Standard film award bafta|ES
• Mary and Max will screen at the Berlin film festival [link]
• Second part of interview with Jordan Klein, underwater engineer on Thunderball [link]
• James Moran's Gallifrey 2008 report [link]
• Daniel Craig being spiffy in interviews promoting Defiance Leno part 1-part 2|Today|Regis & Kelly part 1-part 2
  

Tags: Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Iron Man 2, Jon Favreau, Golden Globes, Gomorrah, Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros, Fox, Watchmen, Charity Wakefield, Legally Mad, David E Kelley, The History Boys, Stephen Rea, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrian Lester, Focus Features, Focus Featuers International, Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford, Tom Hooper, Christopher Hampton, East of Eden, John Steinbeck, Steve McQueen, Tilda Swinton, Mary and Max, Jordan Klein, Thunderball, James Moran, Gallifrey, Daniel Craig, Defiance

Film - London Critics Circle Film Awards nominations

British Actress of the year - Rebecca Hall; Sally Hawkins; Kristin Scott Thomas; Tilda Swinton; Kate Winslet

British Actress in a supporting role - Hayley Atwell; Kristin Scott Thomas; Tilda Swinton; Emma Thompson; Alexis Zegerman

The full list of nominations is here. The awards will take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel,
London on 4 February.

Tags: London Critics Circle Film Awards, nominations, Rebecca Hall, Sally Hawkins, Kristin Scott Thomas, Tilda Swinton, Kate Winslet, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Alexis Zegerman, film

Dan Stevens - Film - Hilde

According to Cinando, Hilde will be screened at the European Film Market (5-15 February). This page will be updated at the end of this month with screenings information (screenings are industry-only). The European Film Market takes place as the same time as the Berlin Film Festival - this year's International Jury president is Tilda Swinton.

Tags: Dan Stevens, film, Hilde, European Film Market, EFM, Berlin Film Festival, Berlinale, Tilda Swinton

Entertainment news

• Interview with Christina Wayne, senior vice president of scripted series and miniseries at AMC [link]
• Sin City 2 might be released next year [link]
• WGA nominations [link]
• Carey Mulligan is one of next year's Shooting Stars. Previous Shooting Stars include Daniel Craig, Kelly Macdonald and Daniel Bruhl [link]
• Golden Globe nominations. Rebecca Hall received a nomination, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Hooray! [link]
• Julian Farino, best known for his work on Entourage, is in final negotiations to direct Oranges, an indie comedy [link]
• Lionsgate has acquired screen rights to Loving Frank, a historical novel about architect Frank Lloyd Wright by Nancy Horan [link]
• Carla Gugino is going to star in Elektra Luxx, a sequel to Women in Trouble [link]
• Article about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [link]
• Zooey Deschanel on Jimmy Kimmel [link]

Entertainment news

• People begin to realise Australia's box office prospects are not limited to its opening weekend [link]
• Roman Polanski files for sex case dismissal [link]
• Daniel Radcliffe on Inside the Actor's Studio [link]
• Sundance 2009 program [link]
• Interview with Peter Morgan about Frost/Nixon [link]
• Interview with Peter O'Toole [link]
• Tilda Swinton was interviewed on Film Weekly [link]
• Toby Jones, Amanda Drew and Andrew Lincoln will be in a London production of Parlour Song by Jez Butterworth at the Almeida [link]
• The Australian Film Institute is a bit stuffed [link]
• Interview with William Friedkin [link]
• Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel short [link]
• A second season of The Rachel Zoe Project has been commissioned. I die. [link]
• Russell Brand is developing a remake of Arthur, the 1981 comedy that starred Dudley Moore, for Warner Bros. as a potential starring vehicle. [link]
  

Tags: film, Australia, Roman Polanski, Daniel Radcliffe, Peter Morgan, Frost Nixon, Peter O'Toole, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Amanda Drew, Andrew Lincoln, Parlour Song, Jez Butterworth, Almeida, AFI, William Friedkin, Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, Rachel Zoe, Russell Brand, Arthur

Entertainment news

• The International will open the Berlin Film Festival in February [link]
• China has decided not to release Cape no. 7 (they changed their minds) [link]
  
• Mathieu Amalric will attend the Golden Horse awards [link]
• Kelly Macdonald and Steve Buscemi are in talks to star in Boardwalk Empire, a pilot for a HBO series directed by Martin Scorsese. Perhaps it was this project Kelly was trying to not squee about in this interview? [link]
• Interview with Tilda Swinton from the Independent [link]
• Trailer Trash: Paul Bettany, Tilda Swinton, tap dancing [link]
• Quantum of Solace vs. Australia at the Australian box office blah blah 1|2|3
• Jack Davenport and Courtney B. Vance have been cast in Flash Forward, a sci fi pilot for ABC [link]
• Positive review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [link]
  

Entertainment news

• Mary and Max, an animated film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Toni Collette, will open the Sundance film festival [link]
• John Malkovich is going to film a documentary called Triple Crossing, about illegal migrants [link]
• The trailer for Coraline, an animated adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel, has been released (via ONTD) [link]
• Interview with Julianne Moore from the Telegraph [link]
• A group under the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft has taken out a lawsuit against Iinet, a broadband provider [link]
• Australia won't save the struggling Australian film industry but hopefully it will do well at the box office 1|2
• Interview with Tilda Swinton from the Guardian [link]
• Article about how the economic downturn will affect the film industry [link]
• Interview with David Tennant about Einstein and Eddington [link]
  

Tags: Mary and Max, animation, film, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Sundance, John Malkovich, Triple Crossing, documentary, Coraline, adaptation, Neil Gaiman, Julianne Moore, Australia, Tilda Swinton, Einstein, Eddington, David Tennant