Jennifer Lawrence has already been fully embraced as the “everygirl”. When we see things like this video of her getting legitimately star-struck after seeing Jeff Bridges at a Comic-Con event, it just cements her in that role. Skip ahead to the 2:25 mark and watch it all go down: Jennifer Lawrence and Jeff Bridges at Comic-Con Lawrence, there to promote her many movies, and of course for the premiere of the newest Catching Fire trailer , delights in taking over an interview with Bridges. After she tries to prompt him into admitting that “The Dude” was his favorite role (how could it not be?), Bridges actually gives a plug for the upcoming Out of the Furnace , directed by Scott Cooper. Cooper directed Bridges’ award winning performance in Crazy Heart . Check out this Out of the Furnace trailer to see what movie Jeff Bridges thinks his #1 fan Jennifer Lawrence needs to see next!
Crazy Heart writer-director Scott Cooper isn’t holding back with the follow-up to his double-Oscar-winning filmmaking debut, dialing in Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard and Zoe Saldana (not to mention producers including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ridley Scott and Relativity Media mogul Ryan Kavanaugh) for the family crime-and-redemption drama Out of the Furnace . Read on for full details just over the transom from Relativity; adjust your Oscar 2013 pools accordingly. ================= (Beverly Hills, Calif.) April 5, 2012 – Relativity Media has closed deals with Oscar®-winner Christian Bale ( The Fighter ), Oscar®-nominated Casey Affleck ( The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford ), Zoe Saldana ( Avatar ) and Oscar®-nominated Sam Shepard ( Safe House ) to star as the lead roles in the upcoming gripping and gritty drama currently titled Out of the Furnace , written and directed by the critically-acclaimed Scott Cooper ( Crazy Heart ), it was announced today by Relativity’s Co-President, Tucker Tooley. Bale will star as older brother Russell Baze in the film alongside Affleck who will play the role of younger brother Rodney Baze Jr. Saldana has also been cast as Bale’s love interest Lena Warren and Shepard will play Red, Russell and Rodney Baze’s uncle. Production is set to begin in Braddock, Pennsylvania later this month. Relativity Media will release the film theatrically in the U.S. Red Granite, the Los Angeles based film production, finance and international sales company has acquired foreign rights outside of the U.S. and will handle international sales. Red Granite International President Danny Dimbort and Co-President Christian Mercuri will begin shopping the film to buyers in Cannes next month. In making the announcement, Tooley said, “This is a meaty script with characters as strong as they are complex, and we needed powerhouse actors who complement the story. Christian, Casey, Zoe and Sam each approach everything they do with heart and conviction. We can’t wait to see what each of them brings to this film,” says Tooley. The film is a drama about fate, circumstance, and redemption. Russell and his younger brother live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast – a mistake that will almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. Producing are Appian Way’s Leonardo DiCaprio ( J. Edgar ) and Jennifer Killoran ( The Ides of March ) alongside Scott Free’s Ridley Scott ( The Grey ), Tony Scott ( Man on Fire ) and Michael Costigan ( American Gangster ) as well as Relativity’s CEO Ryan Kavanaugh ( The Fighter ). Bale and Affleck were both represented by WME in the deals. Saldana and Shepard were both represented by ICM in the deals. ###
If you’re into sword-wielding dwarves with windblown hair, brooding stares and a hook-up to Middle-earth, does Peter Jackson have the men for you! After releasing photos of his epic film’s Company of Dwarves ( Dori, Nori, Ori , Óin and Glóin ) last week, the New Zealand director introduces fans to another dwarf duo today. Meet Kíli and Fíli.
“Music, for me, is like a weed that keeps springing up,” says Jeff Bridges at the beginning of this six-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of his self-titled album due out in August. The Oscar-winning star has been playing music since he was a teen, but it was Crazy Heart that really renewed his vigor in the performance art. Funny thing? He’s pretty great! He’s also Jeff Bridges, so you won’t be able to watch this without thinking of either The Dude or Jeff’d . Click ahead for the video.
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At the junket today for Country Strong (or, as I prefer to think of it, Lady Crazy Heart ), Gwyneth Paltrow’s cell phone went off. The ring tone? “Dirt Off Your Shoulder.” “Y’know, by Jay-Z,” Ms. Paltrow helpfully reminded the crowd. Just color me surprised that she didn’t refer to him as James-Zed. [ @Nedrick ]
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At the junket today for Country Strong (or, as I prefer to think of it, Lady Crazy Heart ), Gwyneth Paltrow’s cell phone went off. The ring tone? “Dirt Off Your Shoulder.” “Y’know, by Jay-Z,” Ms. Paltrow helpfully reminded the crowd. Just color me surprised that she didn’t refer to him as James-Zed. [ @Nedrick ]
When last we checked in on Terry Gilliam’s oft-besieged passion project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote , the already-cast Robert Duvall told us that Gilliam was looking for another name actor, since “the Irish guy who was in Crazy Heart turned him down.” (That’d be Colin Farrell.) Good news: Gilliam’s locked in Ewan McGregor. The film will shoot this September, and we’ll all keep our fingers very, very crossed. [ Empire ]
Maybe Jeff Bridges should charge for his awards-campaign time after all: The IRS hit the Oscar-winner last month with a lien for $23,997 of unpaid employment taxes from 2002 and 2004. No further information (including Bridges’ expected nine-minute response ) is available at the moment, but here’s hoping those Tron Legacy checks are in the mail right about now. [ Detroit News ]
As we prepare to finish up another Movieline week (well, before our weekend editor Chris Rosen takes over), why not show a little appreciation to our advertisers? The Blu-ray and DVD release of Crazy Heart (out April 20) and the HBO telefilm You Don’t Know Jack (premiering April 24) kept the site adorned with pretty, pretty Flash ads over the last five days. Click through to learn more about ’em.
I don’t need a lawsuit, so let me say this before I go on, Rebecca Gayheart and her high paid lawyers are not actual murderers. She legally got off because the court system is fucking corrupt…but her car did hit a kid and that kid is dead and no matter how legally responsible she is or not, as far as I am concerned her car did kill a kid….and when you’re driving and paying attention to the road and not trying to cut through traffic caused by people stopping for a kid crossing the street, cuz you are so important and in a rush while talking on your cellphone, and a motherfuckin kid gets killed, I think it’s your fault….so in the court of Drunkenstepfather, where logic outweighs expensive lawyers and loopholes, bitch is a fucking murderer.. That said, she just had a kid of her own…not that you care…but I like to check in and see if Karma has got its revenge yet, and by Karma I mean the little Mexican kid she ran over’s mother…to punish Gayheart since the courts didn’t..by taking her baby before it’s time…. I don’t want you to think this has anything to do with Rebecca Gayheart being relevant, because even in lesbian threesomes she bores me….The only thing she’s good for is if she decides to license her name to some Gay porn producers for their “Crazy Heart” gay porn, about a country singer who is down on his luck and writes a hit song for a kid he mentored with anal but who is now a star starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Pics via PacificCoastNews
