Even as the current Texas Chainsaw rises to the top of the box office, a fourth installment is in the offing. Also in Wednesday’s round-up of news briefs, Tina Fey is in talks for the Muppets sequel; anti-torture protesters greet Zero Dark Thirty D.C. premiere; Biden is bringing in industry to talk violence ahead of possible gun policy changes; and Jeffersons doorman Ned Wertimer dies. Get Ready for Another Texas Chainsaw Massacre The thriller beat out The Hobbit last weekend at the box office, heading to number one. Millennium Films is headed back to the slaughterhouse, moving forward with a Texas Chainsaw 4 , which will begin production later this year in Louisiana, Deadline reports . Tina Fey Eyes Disney’s Muppets Sequel Ahead of her Golden Globes co-hosting duties this weekend, Tina Fey is in final negotiations to star as the female lead in Disney’s sequel to The Muppets . She would join Ricky Gervais as the human stars of the movie, THR reports . Anti-Torture Protesters Aim For Zero Dark Thirty ‘s Washington Premiere Protesters from Amnesty International and others greeted lawmakers, Sony execs and Zero Dark Thirty filmmakers at the Washington, D.C. premiere of the film. The protesters, wearing orange jumpsuits and black hoods, protested against perceived favorable depiction of torture by U.S. intelligence operatives, THR reports . V.P. Biden Sets Meetings in D.C. to Talk Violence Joe Biden has set meeting this week with representatives from the entertainment and video game businesses as pressure builds to tone down onscreen violence. The meetings will take place Thursday and Friday as the Obama Administration plans proposals for gun policy after the December Newtown, Conn. school shootings, Variety reports . Jeffersons Star Ned Wertimer Dies at 89 Wertimer, who played Ralph the Dorrman for 11 seasons on The Jeffersons , died January 2nd in an L.A. nursing home after complications from a fall. Wertimer’s other credits included The Mary Tyler Moore Show , Mork & Mindy , Gun Smoke and several small film roles including 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End , TV Guide reports . WATCH: Texas Chainsaw 3D Buzzsaw’s Through Les Mis & Django Unchained!
Lincoln , Les Misérables and Life of Pi lead the pack Wendesday among the 2013 British Academy Film Award nominations, with Spielberg’s pic on the 16th U.S. president receiving ten nominations including Best Film while Les Mis and Pi each received nine, also picking up Best Film noms. [ Related: Directors Guild Award Nominations: Was The Wrong Director Snubbed? ] Neither Les Miérables director Tom Hooper nor Spielberg landed in the Director category, however, though Pi ‘s Ang Lee made the category along with Quentin Tarantino , Michael Haneke for Amour , Ben Affleck for Argo and Kathryn Bigelow ( Zero Dark Thirty ). The U.K.’s Skyfall , meanwhile failed to receive Best Film or Director nominations by the group, though it did receive eight other nominations, including Outstanding British Film. EE British Academy Film Awards which will take place on Sunday 10 February at London’s Royal Opera House. 2013 Nominations follow: BEST FILM ARGO – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney LES MISÉRABLES – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh LIFE OF PI – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark LINCOLN – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ZERO DARK THIRTY – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison DIRECTOR AMOUR – Michael Haneke ARGO – Ben Affleck DJANGO UNCHAINED – Quentin Tarantino LIFE OF PI – Ang Lee ZERO DARK THIRTY – Kathryn Bigelow LEADING ACTOR BEN AFFLECK – Argo BRADLEY COOPER – Silver Linings Playbook DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – Lincoln HUGH JACKMAN – Les Misérables JOAQUIN PHOENIX – The Master LEADING ACTRESS EMMANUELLE RIVA – Amour HELEN MIRREN – Hitchcock JENNIFER LAWRENCE – Silver Linings Playbook JESSICA CHASTAIN – Zero Dark Thirty MARION COTILLARD – Rust and Bone SUPPORTING ACTOR ALAN ARKIN – Argo CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Django Unchained JAVIER BARDEM – Skyfall PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – The Master TOMMY LEE JONES – Lincoln SUPPORTING ACTRESS AMY ADAMS – The Master ANNE HATHAWAY – Les Misérables HELEN HUNT – The Sessions JUDI DENCH – Skyfall SALLY FIELD – Lincoln OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM ANNA KARENINA – Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL – John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker LES MISÉRABLES – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin SKYFALL – Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer)- The Imposter DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) – McCullin DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) – Wild Bill JAMES BOBIN (Director) – The Muppets TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) – I Am Nasrine DOCUMENTARY THE IMPOSTER – Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis MARLEY – Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel McCULLIN – David Morris, Jacqui Morris SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN – Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn WEST OF MEMPHIS – Amy Berg ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AMOUR – Michael Haneke DJANGO UNCHAINED – Quentin Tarantino THE MASTER – Paul Thomas Anderson MOONRISE KINGDOM – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola ZERO DARK THIRTY – Mark Boal ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ARGO – Chris Terrio BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD – Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin LIFE OF PI – David Magee LINCOLN – Tony Kushner SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK – David O. Russell FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMOUR – Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz HEADHUNTERS – Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn THE HUNT – Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann RUST AND BONE – Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux UNTOUCHABLE – Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun ANIMATED FILM BRAVE – Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman FRANKENWEENIE – Tim Burton PARANORMAN – Sam Fell, Chris Butler ORIGINAL MUSIC ANNA KARENINA – Dario Marianelli ARGO – Alexandre Desplat LIFE OF PI – Mychael Danna LINCOLN – John Williams SKYFALL – Thomas Newman CINEMATOGRAPHY ANNA KARENINA – Seamus McGarvey LES MISÉRABLES – Danny Cohen LIFE OF PI – Claudio Miranda LINCOLN – Janusz Kaminski SKYFALL – Roger Deakins EDITING ARGO – William Goldenberg DJANGO UNCHAINED – Fred Raskin LIFE OF PI – Tim Squyres SKYFALL – Stuart Baird ZERO DARK THIRTY – Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg PRODUCTION DESIGN ANNA KARENINA – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer LES MISÉRABLES – Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson LIFE OF PI – David Gropman, Anna Pinnock LINCOLN – Rick Carter, Jim Erickson SKYFALL – Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock COSTUME DESIGN ANNA KARENINA – Jacqueline Durran GREAT EXPECTATIONS – Beatrix Aruna Pasztor LES MISÉRABLES – Paco Delgado LINCOLN – Joanna Johnston SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN – Colleen Atwood SOUND DJANGO UNCHAINED – Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward LES MISÉRABLES – Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst LIFE OF PI – Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill SKYFALL – Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White LIFE OF PI – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE – Nominees TBC PROMETHEUS – Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth MAKE UP & HAIR ANNA KARENINA – Ivana Primorac HITCHCOCK – Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater LES MISÉRABLES – Lisa Westcott LINCOLN – Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou SHORT ANIMATION HERE TO FALL – Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath I’M FINE THANKS – Eamonn O’Neill THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD – Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson SHORT FILM THE CURSE – Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries GOOD NIGHT – Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir SWIMMER – Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw TUMULT – Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews THE VOORMAN PROBLEM – Mark Gill, Baldwin Li EE RISING STAR AWARD Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Juno Temple Alicia Vikander
Lincoln , Les Misérables and Life of Pi lead the pack Wendesday among the 2013 British Academy Film Award nominations, with Spielberg’s pic on the 16th U.S. president receiving ten nominations including Best Film while Les Mis and Pi each received nine, also picking up Best Film noms. [ Related: Directors Guild Award Nominations: Was The Wrong Director Snubbed? ] Neither Les Miérables director Tom Hooper nor Spielberg landed in the Director category, however, though Pi ‘s Ang Lee made the category along with Quentin Tarantino , Michael Haneke for Amour , Ben Affleck for Argo and Kathryn Bigelow ( Zero Dark Thirty ). The U.K.’s Skyfall , meanwhile failed to receive Best Film or Director nominations by the group, though it did receive eight other nominations, including Outstanding British Film. EE British Academy Film Awards which will take place on Sunday 10 February at London’s Royal Opera House. 2013 Nominations follow: BEST FILM ARGO – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney LES MISÉRABLES – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh LIFE OF PI – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark LINCOLN – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy ZERO DARK THIRTY – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison DIRECTOR AMOUR – Michael Haneke ARGO – Ben Affleck DJANGO UNCHAINED – Quentin Tarantino LIFE OF PI – Ang Lee ZERO DARK THIRTY – Kathryn Bigelow LEADING ACTOR BEN AFFLECK – Argo BRADLEY COOPER – Silver Linings Playbook DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – Lincoln HUGH JACKMAN – Les Misérables JOAQUIN PHOENIX – The Master LEADING ACTRESS EMMANUELLE RIVA – Amour HELEN MIRREN – Hitchcock JENNIFER LAWRENCE – Silver Linings Playbook JESSICA CHASTAIN – Zero Dark Thirty MARION COTILLARD – Rust and Bone SUPPORTING ACTOR ALAN ARKIN – Argo CHRISTOPH WALTZ – Django Unchained JAVIER BARDEM – Skyfall PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – The Master TOMMY LEE JONES – Lincoln SUPPORTING ACTRESS AMY ADAMS – The Master ANNE HATHAWAY – Les Misérables HELEN HUNT – The Sessions JUDI DENCH – Skyfall SALLY FIELD – Lincoln OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM ANNA KARENINA – Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster, Tom Stoppard THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL – John Madden, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Ol Parker LES MISÉRABLES – Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh, William Nicholson, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS – Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin SKYFALL – Sam Mendes, Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER BART LAYTON (Director), DIMITRI DOGANIS (Producer)- The Imposter DAVID MORRIS (Director), JACQUI MORRIS (Director/Producer) – McCullin DEXTER FLETCHER (Director/Writer), DANNY KING (Writer) – Wild Bill JAMES BOBIN (Director) – The Muppets TINA GHARAVI (Director/Writer) – I Am Nasrine DOCUMENTARY THE IMPOSTER – Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis MARLEY – Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel McCULLIN – David Morris, Jacqui Morris SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN – Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn WEST OF MEMPHIS – Amy Berg ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AMOUR – Michael Haneke DJANGO UNCHAINED – Quentin Tarantino THE MASTER – Paul Thomas Anderson MOONRISE KINGDOM – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola ZERO DARK THIRTY – Mark Boal ADAPTED SCREENPLAY ARGO – Chris Terrio BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD – Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin LIFE OF PI – David Magee LINCOLN – Tony Kushner SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK – David O. Russell FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMOUR – Michael Haneke, Margaret Ménégoz HEADHUNTERS – Morten Tyldum, Marianne Gray, Asle Vatn THE HUNT – Thomas Vinterberg, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Morten Kaufmann RUST AND BONE – Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux UNTOUCHABLE – Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun ANIMATED FILM BRAVE – Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman FRANKENWEENIE – Tim Burton PARANORMAN – Sam Fell, Chris Butler ORIGINAL MUSIC ANNA KARENINA – Dario Marianelli ARGO – Alexandre Desplat LIFE OF PI – Mychael Danna LINCOLN – John Williams SKYFALL – Thomas Newman CINEMATOGRAPHY ANNA KARENINA – Seamus McGarvey LES MISÉRABLES – Danny Cohen LIFE OF PI – Claudio Miranda LINCOLN – Janusz Kaminski SKYFALL – Roger Deakins EDITING ARGO – William Goldenberg DJANGO UNCHAINED – Fred Raskin LIFE OF PI – Tim Squyres SKYFALL – Stuart Baird ZERO DARK THIRTY – Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg PRODUCTION DESIGN ANNA KARENINA – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer LES MISÉRABLES – Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson LIFE OF PI – David Gropman, Anna Pinnock LINCOLN – Rick Carter, Jim Erickson SKYFALL – Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock COSTUME DESIGN ANNA KARENINA – Jacqueline Durran GREAT EXPECTATIONS – Beatrix Aruna Pasztor LES MISÉRABLES – Paco Delgado LINCOLN – Joanna Johnston SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN – Colleen Atwood SOUND DJANGO UNCHAINED – Mark Ulano, Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Wylie Stateman THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick, Brent Burge, Chris Ward LES MISÉRABLES – Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole, John Warhurst LIFE OF PI – Drew Kunin, Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton, Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill SKYFALL – Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Per Hallberg, Karen Baker Landers SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Peter Bebb, Andrew Lockley THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White LIFE OF PI – Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer MARVEL AVENGERS ASSEMBLE – Nominees TBC PROMETHEUS – Richard Stammers, Charley Henley, Trevor Wood, Paul Butterworth MAKE UP & HAIR ANNA KARENINA – Ivana Primorac HITCHCOCK – Julie Hewett, Martin Samuel, Howard Berger THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater LES MISÉRABLES – Lisa Westcott LINCOLN – Lois Burwell, Kay Georgiou SHORT ANIMATION HERE TO FALL – Kris Kelly, Evelyn McGrath I’M FINE THANKS – Eamonn O’Neill THE MAKING OF LONGBIRD – Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson SHORT FILM THE CURSE – Fyzal Boulifa, Gavin Humphries GOOD NIGHT – Muriel d’Ansembourg, Eva Sigurdardottir SWIMMER – Lynne Ramsay, Peter Carlton, Diarmid Scrimshaw TUMULT – Johnny Barrington, Rhianna Andrews THE VOORMAN PROBLEM – Mark Gill, Baldwin Li EE RISING STAR AWARD Elizabeth Olsen Andrea Riseborough Suraj Sharma Juno Temple Alicia Vikander
Apparently The Last Exorcism was a misnomer because I have here a trailer for The Last Exorcism Part II. Since the movie is not subtitled (This Time We Really Mean It) , I’m going to assume that the finality of poor Ashley Bell’s possession (and the future employment actress who plays her, Nell Sweetzer) will be dependent upon box-office results and VOD earnings. I’m also going to bet that if there is a Part III, it won’t star Sofia Coppola — that’s a little Godfather joke — and the poster and trailer will feature images of an even more grotesquely contorted Sweetzer. Perhaps Producer Eli Roth has struggled with lumbar or posture problems all his life, or maybe he was just really affected by the spiderwalking Regan scene from The Exorcist — I know, it wasn’t in the original cut — but these Last Exorcism movies sure do love to show the possessee in pretzel-like poses that would make my chiropractor Dr. Alicia Klimkiewicz rub her hands with glee. First, check out the poster, which is a less bloody version of The Last Exorcism poster that got banned in Britain in 2010. Then observe the spinal torture going on in The Last Exorcism Part II trailer and tell me your L5 doesn’t hurt. Finally, for a little perspective, watch the two versions of The Exorcist spider-walk scenes I’ve posted below. For my money, William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic was the last exorcism film I’ll ever need to see. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Apparently The Last Exorcism was a misnomer because I have here a trailer for The Last Exorcism Part II. Since the movie is not subtitled (This Time We Really Mean It) , I’m going to assume that the finality of poor Ashley Bell’s possession (and the future employment actress who plays her, Nell Sweetzer) will be dependent upon box-office results and VOD earnings. I’m also going to bet that if there is a Part III, it won’t star Sofia Coppola — that’s a little Godfather joke — and the poster and trailer will feature images of an even more grotesquely contorted Sweetzer. Perhaps Producer Eli Roth has struggled with lumbar or posture problems all his life, or maybe he was just really affected by the spiderwalking Regan scene from The Exorcist — I know, it wasn’t in the original cut — but these Last Exorcism movies sure do love to show the possessee in pretzel-like poses that would make my chiropractor Dr. Alicia Klimkiewicz rub her hands with glee. First, check out the poster, which is a less bloody version of The Last Exorcism poster that got banned in Britain in 2010. Then observe the spinal torture going on in The Last Exorcism Part II trailer and tell me your L5 doesn’t hurt. Finally, for a little perspective, watch the two versions of The Exorcist spider-walk scenes I’ve posted below. For my money, William Friedkin’s 1973 horror classic was the last exorcism film I’ll ever need to see. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
Forgetting for a second how amazeballs rich the man is, poor Arnold Schwarzenegger . Not only is he reentering celebrity life on the heels of an absolutely humiliating personal scandal (not to mention a hit and miss tenure as California Governor), he hasn’t actually starred properly in a film since 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . Now he has to reassert himself both as a star and as a famous guy who people don’t feel kind of snickery about, not an easy feat for someone in his 60s. He just needs the right combination of balls to the wall violence and a so-dumb-it’s-smart script to recapture that old magic. Could The Last Stand be the way to do it? Everything I’ve seen so far hasn’t made my spider sense tingle, but I’ve been waiting for a reason to care that this thing exists. Enter the new red band trailer, which gives me that reason in the form of someone being literally blown to bits by a flare gun. See for yourself: This is making me feel something I normally don’t feel unless I binge on Commando and Raw Deal. There’s an evil rich man in a fast car, a multi-ethnic cast that includes Luis Guzman and Forrest Whitaker, dialogue that only exists to setup one liners, and of course sweet delicious violence. This feels just like 1986! Only I’m not fat and I’ve actually had sex. Fine, The Last Stand, you win. I’m not longer angry about the California recall. [ Source: Yahoo! ]
Forgetting for a second how amazeballs rich the man is, poor Arnold Schwarzenegger . Not only is he reentering celebrity life on the heels of an absolutely humiliating personal scandal (not to mention a hit and miss tenure as California Governor), he hasn’t actually starred properly in a film since 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines . Now he has to reassert himself both as a star and as a famous guy who people don’t feel kind of snickery about, not an easy feat for someone in his 60s. He just needs the right combination of balls to the wall violence and a so-dumb-it’s-smart script to recapture that old magic. Could The Last Stand be the way to do it? Everything I’ve seen so far hasn’t made my spider sense tingle, but I’ve been waiting for a reason to care that this thing exists. Enter the new red band trailer, which gives me that reason in the form of someone being literally blown to bits by a flare gun. See for yourself: This is making me feel something I normally don’t feel unless I binge on Commando and Raw Deal. There’s an evil rich man in a fast car, a multi-ethnic cast that includes Luis Guzman and Forrest Whitaker, dialogue that only exists to setup one liners, and of course sweet delicious violence. This feels just like 1986! Only I’m not fat and I’ve actually had sex. Fine, The Last Stand, you win. I’m not longer angry about the California recall. [ Source: Yahoo! ]
Let the Games continue! EW has your first look at the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire , with a peek at Jennifer Lawrence ‘s Katniss and cast newcomer Sam Claflin as returning Games victor Finnick Odair. Katniss and her baker boyfriend Peeta are back in Catching Fire , based on Suzanne Collins’s second Hunger Games book, but things haven’t exactly settled down; with revolution sparking in the Districts, the duo are sent back on the Games circuit and thrust into a new, even more dangerous competition. In the next ten months you’re going to see a lot of Claflin ( Pirates of the Caribbean , Snow White and the Huntsman ), the British up-and-comer who plays charismatic Finnick, a previous Games winner known for his seductive charm… who also has a notable scene in which he’s clad only in a fishing net. Ahem. Joining Claflin in the Francis Lawrence -directed sequel are new castmates Jena Malone as Johanna Mason, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Amanda Plummer as Wiress, and Jeffrey Wright as Beetee. For now, enjoy this first image of Finnick cozying up to Katniss in what might be the knot-tying scene. To borrow from the master R. Kelly: Peeta, don’t bring your girl around Finnick because he’s a flirt (with a trident). Catching Fire hits theaters November 21. Synopsis: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Let the Games continue! EW has your first look at the Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire , with a peek at Jennifer Lawrence ‘s Katniss and cast newcomer Sam Claflin as returning Games victor Finnick Odair. Katniss and her baker boyfriend Peeta are back in Catching Fire , based on Suzanne Collins’s second Hunger Games book, but things haven’t exactly settled down; with revolution sparking in the Districts, the duo are sent back on the Games circuit and thrust into a new, even more dangerous competition. In the next ten months you’re going to see a lot of Claflin ( Pirates of the Caribbean , Snow White and the Huntsman ), the British up-and-comer who plays charismatic Finnick, a previous Games winner known for his seductive charm… who also has a notable scene in which he’s clad only in a fishing net. Ahem. Joining Claflin in the Francis Lawrence -directed sequel are new castmates Jena Malone as Johanna Mason, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch Heavensbee, Amanda Plummer as Wiress, and Jeffrey Wright as Beetee. For now, enjoy this first image of Finnick cozying up to Katniss in what might be the knot-tying scene. To borrow from the master R. Kelly: Peeta, don’t bring your girl around Finnick because he’s a flirt (with a trident). Catching Fire hits theaters November 21. Synopsis: THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever. Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Martin Scorsese fans in America will have to take a trip to Germany to get a glimpse of Scorsese artifacts and history first-hand. A Berlin Museum will host an exhibition of all things Scorsese, opening the show just weeks before next month’s 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . The show by the Museum of Film and Television is being billed by organizers as the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of the veteran filmmaker, who shared his belongings for the show. Notable items such as Robert De Niro’s blood-soaked shirt from Cape Fear and worn boxing gloves from Raging Bull are part of the Museum’s exhibition of Scorsese’s half-century career in film. Some of the objects you will see have literally been taken off the walls of my house and my office,” said Scorsese, who also narrates the show’s audio guide, according to The Telegraph . “I hope these objects and the exhibition… help give you an idea or convey my lifelong passion for film.” Scorsese did not attend the gala opening at the Berlin institution because he’s currently editing The Wolf of Wall Street , his fifth film starring Leonard DiCaprio. October’s Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast delayed production of the film. The exhibit also features letters between De Niro and Scorsese about developing characters and sharing sand-drawn storyboards for such films as Taxi Driver and Mean Streets . The show is divided into three parts with one focusing on the filmmaker’s home in the Little Italy neighborhood in Manhattan/ The second delves into Scorsese’s passion as a curator of cinema history and restoration, while the final section spotlights his aesthetic in his feature films and music documentaries. “The one bit of direction he gave us for the exhibition was not to focus too much on violence because his work is often reduced to that,” said co-curator Nils Warnecke. “And it’s true – if you look at the entire body of work, it really represents only a minority of the films.” The exhibit continues in the German capital through May 12 when it will head to Turin and Geneva. [ Source: The Telegraph ]
