Here is the first image from Sofia Coppola’s forthcoming The Bling Ring , which features Emma Watson leading a cabal of young thieves to the rich and famous. Clearly she means business! Are those Lindsay’s Lohan’s shades? Megan Fox’s shoes? Paris Hilton ‘s Frappuccino? Watson talked to EW (which debuted the image) about her preparations for the role, which are about as Method as you can get under the circumstances: “I just watched a ton of reality TV,” she says. “I was doing an English course [at Brown University]. So I would go from reading Virginia Woolf to [watching] Kim Kardashian. I kind of loved it, this mix of super-high and super-low culture. I think it was a nice balance.” Poor thing. Anyway, joining Watson above are [L-R] Taissa Farmiga, Israel Broussard, Katie Chang and Claire Julien. The Bling Ring has yet to score a release date, though a fall-festival run seems likely, starting with Venice. Developing… [ EW via JoBlo ]
Also in Tuesday morning’s briefs roundup, Abbas Kiarostami’s latest from Cannes is heading to the U.S., a big film-biz deal brews up in Canada, a controversial film lands its maker in hot legal water three decades, and more… Sundance Selects Takes Rights to Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone In Love The film made its world premiere in competition at the recently completed Cannes Film Festival; the description goes something like this: “An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him. He thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home. She offers him her body. Soon it becomes apparent that the web that is woven between them in the space of 24 hours bears no relation to the circumstance of their encounter.” The company’s SVP of Acquisitions & Production Arianna Bocco negotiated the deal with Victoire Thevenin of MK2. Toronto’s Inside Out Wraps The Inside Out LGBT Film Festival completed its 22nd edition with Dominique Cardona and Laurie Colbert’s Margarita voted Best Feature or Video in Audience Awards. Jeffrey Schwartz’s Vito (USA) took best documentary in the Audience category, while Badlguy by Maria Bock won best short. She Monkeys (Sweden) by Lisa Aschan won Best First Feature. Around the ‘net… Robert Pattinson Kills Hunger Games Speculation Despite rumors that the Twilight heartthrob was in the running to play Finnick Odair in the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire , he said in Cannes that he double-checked with his agent — who promptly said, “No.” Ultimately, he doesn’t fit the character description in the book; USA Today and THR report . Entertainment One In Talks to Buy Alliance Both Canadian-based distribution companies remained publicly silent about the negotiations between the two, Deadline reports . Prometheus Builds Imax U.K. Pre-Sales Record Ridley Scott’s much-anticipated sci-fi thriller starring Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace and Idris Elbahas has already grossed $737,588 from 30,000 tickets sold, THR reports . Spanish Artist Faces Prison for Christ Film Javier Krahe may serve up to a year in prison for “offending religious feelings” because of a short film he made over 30 years ago titled How to Cook Jesus Christ , The Guardian reports .
I’m a little late to this , but what’s that famous saying? A day without the horror-punk icon Glenn Danzig clearing up years of speculation about his flirtation with X-Men is like a day without sunshine? Something like that. And it just gets better from there: “It wouldn’t have been as gay. Actually, [Hugh Jackman] wasn’t the first choice. They hired Dougray Scott. He had a falling out with the director, and then they hired Hugh Jackman. I’m glad I didn’t do it. It was terrible.” Anyway, what Danzig really wants to do is… you know : “I would love to do some filming and directing before I’m gone out the door. I mean dead.” [ LA Weekly ]
I’m a little late to this , but what’s that famous saying? A day without the horror-punk icon Glenn Danzig clearing up years of speculation about his flirtation with X-Men is like a day without sunshine? Something like that. And it just gets better from there: “It wouldn’t have been as gay. Actually, [Hugh Jackman] wasn’t the first choice. They hired Dougray Scott. He had a falling out with the director, and then they hired Hugh Jackman. I’m glad I didn’t do it. It was terrible.” Anyway, what Danzig really wants to do is… you know : “I would love to do some filming and directing before I’m gone out the door. I mean dead.” [ LA Weekly ]
