Alec Baldwin could learn a lesson from his daughter. During the same week in which the actor blew up at yet another reporter, possibly referring to him by a homophobic epithet , Ireland Baldwin sent a subtle message to her famous dad: Chill, man. Life is good. The 18-year old has posted two new photos to Instagram, the first depicting her in a yellow bikini and also showing off a new tattoo on her left arm; and the second of her just relaxing on the beach. “A happy and healthy morning with my love @slatertrout || #thankful,” Ireland captioned the pics, referencing boyfriend Slater Trout. This isn’t the first time we’ve been treated to a couple Ireland Baldwin bikini photos . And we’re guessing we speak for men around the world when we say: Let’s hope it isn’t the last time, either.
Flowers in the Attic , the V. C. Andrews novel you read under the covers with a flashlight and against your own best interests, is getting a fresh start in January. The Dollanganger family is returning to the small screen in a Lifetime reboot of the 1987 film. And where the original film glossed over the relationship between Cathy and her brother, THAT scene is included in this version. Watch the trailer now and see for yourself. Flowers In the Attic Trailer Flowers in the Attic is the story of four children who are locked away in their grandmother’s attic while their mother schmoozes her way back into her father’s good graces in the hopes of inheriting his money when he dies. While trapped, the two oldest children develop romantic feelings for one another–and act on them–while trying to keep the youngest two alive. Starring Heather Graham as the mother who basically sells out her own children for the chance to be rich again and Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn as the evil, rule-making, child-abusing grandmother, this adaptation boasts a stellar cast. Mason Dye and Kiernan Shipka, yes, Sally from Mad Men , are set to play incestuous siblings Chris and Cathy Dollanganger. What do you think? Will you be watching Flowers in the Attic when it airs in January?
Three new Ender’s Game propaganda posters have emerged, recruiting capable soldiers in the fight against alien attacks. Take a look at this one, which urges you to joint he next generation of heroes: Asa Butterfield stars as Ender in the adaptation from the Orson Scott Card novel. Following an alien attack, Earth is preparing the new generation of soldiers in case the aliens return. Ender may turn out to be the skilled leader they’ve been looking for. Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Abigail Breslin, Hailee Steinfeld, Aramis Knight, Moises Arias, and Viola Davis round out the cast. Gavin Hood directs the film, which he also wrote. See Ender’s Game in theaters November 1.
Former Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown Findlay said in an interview that she regrets going topless in her motion picture debut in 2011’s Albatross . In the movie, her character pulls up her shirt to buy cigarettes. “To be honest, Albatross was naivete and not knowing that I could say no,” she tells the British magazine Radio Times . ” I had no idea what was going to happen.” “I thought I was going to be shot from behind.” The 23-year-old actress appeared nude again in the V Series Labyrinth , but admits that may have been her last time she goes nude (for work, anyway). “In Labyrinth, it is a very fleeting moment that we shot in one take, but I did find it very odd being naked … but actually, it’s not something I would do again.” Brown Findlay, who surprised fans when she left the hit PBS series after Downton Abbey Season 3 , also explained her decision to exit that TV show: “I was unsure about signing away another year,” she said. “Leaving terrified me, and that’s what made me want to. Being afraid and going into the unknown excites me.” “What scared me more was to keep going and then one day discover it was all I could do and wish that I had pushed myself even more.” “I’d prefer to fail and fall flat on my face.”
From the looks of it, The Host is acted entirely in whispers. I was just waiting for someone in this trailer to yell “What!? I can’t hear a word you’re saying, speak up!” Check out the final The Host trailer : The Host Trailer Final Saoirse Ronan stars in this adaptation of the young adult novel from Stephenie Meyer. Meyer’s mindblowingly successful Twilight Saga means that The Host has a lot to live up to. From the looks of it, it’s about teenage love in a supernatural context, so we’re all squared away on the ingredients for a successful Young Adult franchise. The Host premieres this Friday, March 29, so get your glowy eyes in and prepare to hit the theaters!
There are a number of givens when one is confronted with a Nicholas Sparks story, the surest thing being that you will cry. Oh yes, you will weep . That is, if you’re one of the many out there predisposed to falling under the spell of Sparks’s carefully crafted, timeworn magic formula of love, tears, and tragedy. But how does this week’s Zac Efron -starring The Lucky One measure up to its predecessors in terms of The Sparks Quotient? It’s a fail-proof alchemy that has turned the author’s bestselling weepies into hits since 1999’s Message in a Bottle . Let’s break it down into the most common unifying elements of a Sparks saga: Man with emotional baggage meets plucky woman They come from different worlds It’s set in the Carolinas Stars a teen idol making their career transition (extra point if they sing a schmaltzy ballad) Features a water-related love scene A secret/miscommunication gets in the way of love Hand-written notes/letters are involved Guy makes grand gesture of love Tear-jerking last act tragedy strikes Makes tons of money — Spoilers follow, obviously. Message in a Bottle (1999) Plot: Robin Wright falls for Kevin Costner after finding love letters he wrote to his dead wife. Emo guy/plucky gal: +1 [Grieving widower/intrepid news researcher] Different worlds: +1 [She’s from Chicago, he’s a quiet coastal boat enthusiast] Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star/ballad: 0 Watery love scene: +1 [Makin’ love while it pours outside – check!] Secrets: +1 [Like, majorly — they break up because she hid her knowledge of his letters.] Notes/letters: +1 [See title.] Grand gesture: 0 Tragedy: +1 [He dies. Boating accident.] $$$: +1 [#1 movie on Valentine’s Day weekend ’99, bitches] Sparks Quotient: 8 — A Walk to Remember (2002) Plot: Popular teen (Shane West) falls for a homely preacher’s daughter (Mandy Moore) despite her gross lowest-rung social status. Emo guy/plucky gal: +1 [Cool kid Landon wrestles with his growing feelings for Jamie even as she dares to wear ugly sweaters and make him promise he won’t fall in love with her.] Different worlds: +1 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star/ballad: +2 [Pop singer Mandy Moore’s previous credits: The Princess Diaries and those Neutrogena commercials. And Who can forget Moore’s stirring rendition of ” Only Hope ,” the song Jamie performs in the school play that literally makes Landon’s eyes pop out of their sockets?] Watery love scene: 0 Secrets: +1/2 [Mixed signals throw a few wrenches into Landon and Jamie’s romance as he struggles to come to terms with his willingness to be seen in public with her.] Notes/letters: +1 [Jamie’s To-Do list; see: Tragedy] Grand gesture: +1 [Um, like the ENTIRE MOVIE. It’s the ultimate fantasy in which a guy will literally fulfill every wish you ever had, from building a homemade telescope on your balcony to proposing marriage at the age of 17.] Tragedy: +1 [She dies. Leukemia.] $$$: 0 [A modest $41M domestic take, but the lowest grossing Sparks movie to date.] Sparks Quotient: 8 1/2 — The Sparks is strong in this one. — The Notebook (2004) Plot: 1940s townie (Ryan Gosling) falls for rich heiress (Rachel McAdams) but her family and his crap prospects keep them apart. Emo guy/plucky gal: +1 Different worlds: +1 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star: +1 [Ryan Gosling had already starred in films like The Believer and Murder By Numbers … but he had been on The Mickey Mouse Club. And it established his heartthrob potential.] Watery love scene:: +1 [Only the Best. Rain kiss. Ever.] Secrets: +1 [HE WROTE HER EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR!!] Notes/letters: +1 [See above] Grand gesture: +1 [Going nuts, growing a sadness beard, restoring a plantation house just for her] Tragedy: +1 [Gena Rowlands has Alzheimer’s! *sob*] $$$: +1 Sparks Quotient: 10 — The Sparksiest of them all. — Nights in Rodanthe (2008) Plot: Jilted single mother (Diane Lane) falls for brooding surgeon (Richard Gere) while trapped at a bed-and-breakfast. He’s just gotta do this one thing in South America… Emo guy/plucky gal: +1/2 [Honestly, they’re both damaged. We’ll call it even.] Different worlds: 0 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star: 0 Watery love scene: +1 [ Hurricane make-out! ] Secrets: +1 [His guilt over a dead patient] Notes/letters: +1 Grand gesture: 0 Tragedy: +1 [He dies. IN A MUDSLIDE.] $$$: 0 Sparks Quotient: 5 1/2 — Dear John (2010) Plot: Army soldier (Channing Tatum) falls for coed (Amanda Seyfried), love letters can’t quite sustain long distance relationship during deployment. Emo guy/plucky gal: +1 [He has daddy issues. She has giant kewpie doll eyes.] Different worlds: +1 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star/ballad: +1/2 [Seyfried sings on the soundtrack ballad “Little House”] Watery love scene:: +1 [Um. YES .] Secrets: +1 [Yeah, like the fact that she married the kid from E.T. while John was away.] Notes/letters: +1 [Lots of them, but they do no good.] Grand gesture: +1 [He sells his dad’s prized coin collection to pay for her sick husband’s medical bills.] Tragedy: +1 [Her sick husband dies from cancer.] $$$: +1 [#1 at the box office. Take that, Avatar !] Sparks Quotient: 9 1/2 — The Last Song (2010) Plot: Troubled city teen (Miley Cyrus) is shipped off to live with her dad, where she acts out until a local hottie’s love (and endangered turtles) help her grow the hell up. Emo guy/plucky gal: 0 [All of the issues are hers, I swear.] Different worlds: +1 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star/ballad: +1 [Ronnie finishes writing her father’s song and performs it in church and stuff.] Watery love scene: +1/2 [A mid-montage ocean frolic . Counts.] Secrets: +1/2 [Weakest secret ever about a church fire drives a wedge between Ronnie and her hunky boyfriend.] Notes/letters: +1/2 [Does sheet music count?] Grand gesture: 0 Tragedy: +1 [Daddy Greg Kinnear dies. Cancer.] $$$: +1 Sparks Quotient: 6 1/2 — The Lucky One (2012) SPOILER WARNING Plot: U.S. Marine (Zac Efron) returns from Iraq to find the woman whose picture serendipitously saved him from an explosion, he falls for her. Emo guy/plucky gal: +1 [He’s a tortured soldier who can’t quite tell her why he came to town; she’s a single mom.] Different worlds: 0 Southern setting: +1 Teen idol star: +1 [Efron’s first bona fide love scene, unless you count that one time he did it with a ghost.] Watery love scene: +1 [Nothin’ like sweet, sweet outdoor shower love .] Secrets: +1 [If not for his big “secret,” this movie could be over in one panty-dropping Efron wink.] Notes/letters: +1/2 [Half a point for The Photograph of Destiny] Grand gesture: +1 [Hmm, does walking across the country by foot just to stalk a random fantasy woman who you then come to work for under false pretenses so you can be near her count?] Tragedy: +1 [Yep, someone dies. I’ll leave that juicy bit for you to discover.] $$$: TBA Sparks Quotient: 7 1/2 Sparks fans, it looks like you’re in for a treat! The Lucky One features most of the Sparksian signposts your tear ducts have been waiting for. Bring Kleenex! For more, read Movieline’s review .
Wrath of the Titans actor Toby Kebbell ( Control , RocknRolla ) was once up for the part of Tetsuo in Warner Bros.’ live-action adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk manga and anime Akira — but with the project stalled, he unleashed some real talk on the direction the studio intended on taking the big-budget franchise. Among WB’s plans: They wanted to adapt the anime and not the richer source material of the mangas, and planned on taking certain liberties with key character relationships to boot. “I was like, ‘The point is that Tetsuo can’t comprehend how someone who isn’t his brother could love him so much — and that’s where his wrath and his rage come from. Do you not see that? Why have you made them brothers? What the fuck are you doing?’” [ IFC via Collider ]
Move over, Prometheus : David Cronenberg and Robert Pattinson are here with a 30-second foreign teaser for Cosmopolis , their adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel about a young billionaire’s dark, demented and all-around catastrophic 24-hour Manhattan odyssey. And it looks amazing. In fairness, it’s basically only 30 NSFW seconds of hyper-edited visuals, but what visuals: Times Square overrun with dinosaurs, Pattinson’s Eric Packer shooting a hole through his hand, limousine trysts and pee breaks, and all the quintessentially Cronenbergian glimpses of the perverse in the quotidian. Niftier still is the dialogue introducing the teaser, clipped in DeLillo’s own trademark staccato, hinting at a spiritual fidelity to the flawed but sui generis source material. It just looks and feels right . We’ll see how the other 100 minutes or so can compare later this spring, when Cosmopolis presumably debuts (and lands an American distributor) at Cannes. [via Movies.com ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Woody Allen , whose Midnight in Paris is competing at this Sunday’s Academy Awards , will be bringing his Oscar-nominated 1994 comedy Bullets Over Broadway to the Great White Way in 2013, reports the New York Times. The adaptation has long been rumored to be in the works; Allen himself is writing the book, with songs culled from existing 1920s-era music. Cue obligatory Dianne Wiest quotes! [ NYT ]
Jennifer Lawrence introduced a suspenseful, heavily forested preview of The Hunger Games before MTV’ s Video Music Awards in a pre-taped segment from North Carolina, where the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s bestseller is still being shot. And speaking of being shot: In the clip, Lawrence takes aim with a fiery arrow and artfully dodges some woodsy danger. Indeed, she’s the new goddess of the hunt. Watch after the jump.
