Here’s a new pic from Rob Marshall’s “Nine” featuring lead Daniel Day-Lewis who plays Guido Contini, a director facing his mid-life crisis. A fun shot to be sure. [MTV]
Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon” has taken home another award: the Internatonal Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) Grand Prix for film of the year. The prize will be handed out at the opening ceremony of the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept. 18. [Variety]
Mickey Rourke with James Lipton on “Inside The Actor’s Studio”? Man, a match made in heaven. The episode airs August 31st and with Rourke, anecdotes aplenty are a sure-fire bet. Movieline has a small clip which includes an anecdote about how a drug-deal gone wrong launched his acting career.
This is pretty embarrassing. You’d think studios would play up the bold sexuality angle on Lynn Shelton’s “Humpday,” a movie that challenges the notion of a bromance with uncomfortably great results).That being the core of the film and all? Think again, the studio decided to bring in the frightened marketing to do a quick photoshop job to “de-gay” the film.. [HollywoodElsewhere]
Producer Stephen Woolley is set to bring a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” to the big screen. Optimum will be backing the project which will join fellow novel-adaptation Rowan Joffe’s “Brighton Rock” in it’s ranks. David Nicholls is scribing for a 2010 shoot. [ScreenDaily]