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Tracking Shot November 2009: Beginners, Black Swan, Let Me In
2 November 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- At the beginning of every month, Ioncinema.com's "Tracking Shot" features a handful of projects that we feel are worth signaling out and that are moments away from lensing. As we get closer to holiday dates productions tend to drop, so this November we are keeping tabs on only a handful of projects. Mike Mills is finally getting to work on his sophomore feature which would see Ewan McGregor play a young man rocked by two announcements from his elderly father (Christopher Plummer)…one, that he has terminal cancer, and two, that he’s coming out of the closet. One more name will join the cast - perhaps the age of Brendan Fraser when he was in Gods and Monsters. Filming is set for L.A. Not much production info has been divulged on Darren Aronofsky's next film. Word was that production would begin this month and that »
Review: The Soloist - Strung Up
29 September 2009 10:18 AM, PDT | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »
Director: Joe Wright Starring: Robert Downey Jr. - Steve Lopez; Jamie Foxx - Nathaniel Ayers It would be crass to try and draw a parallel between The Soloist’s schizophrenic homeless cellist Nathaniel Ayers and the movie itself, but Joe Wright’s latest creation certainly does exhibit the signs of cinematic bipolarity. At times the film hits all the right notes, with moving scenes played out by its two excellent leads, but just as often it lets itself down with inattentive scripting, trivial plot tangents, and an inability to fully develop that upon which its success must hang – the relationship between those very leads. As such, given the fascinating true-story material on which it’s based (the ‘real’ Steve Lopez’s 2008 book The Soloist), the stellar cast on display, and a talent young director working with his biggest ever budget, The Soloist must be seen as a disappointment, if not an unmitigated one. »
- Joel Gregory
Stanley Tucci Goes "Burlesque" with Cher and Christina Aguilera
24 September 2009 2:23 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
This is a movie we've been following closely since May (See Cher Joins Christina Aguilera in Musical "Burlesque" and Christina Aguilera to Star in Titillating Musical "Burlesque"). Why? Because it's being called "Showgirls" the Musical starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.
But I'm sure it's not going to be as campy as "Showgirls" gosh darn it!
Now, Stanley Tucci is joining Cher and Christina Aguilera in the film to be directed by Steve Antin.
Antin also wrote the script which was polished by Susannah Grant ("Erin Brockovich"! See? Not campy).
Aguilera will play an ambitious small town Iowa girl with a big voice who finds love, family and success in a Los Angeles burlesque club. Cher will play Tess, a former dancer who takes the small town girl under her wing. Tucci will star as the manager of the club and the best friend of Tess. And they will all sing and dance! »
- Manny
Stanley Tucci to be part of 'Burlesque'
24 September 2009 1:12 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Stanley Tucci will star alongside Cher and Christina Aguilera in Screen Gems. "Burlesque," the musical to be directed by Steve Antin.According to Variety, Antin wrote the script, which was revised by Susannah Grant.Donald De Line is producing through his De Line Pictures production company. Production begins Nov. 9, and the film is set for a Thanksgiving release next year.Aguilera plays an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds success in a burlesque club. Tucci will play the manager of the Sunset Boulevard club and the best friend and confidante of Tess (Cher), a former dancer who takes the young girl under her wing. The film marks Cher's first movie starring role in a decade. »
- Adnan Tezer
Stanley Tucci cast in Burlesque
24 September 2009 6:35 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
Stanley Tucci will star alongside Cher and Christina Aguilera in Screen Gems' "Burlesque," the musical which Steve Antin is helming. Antin wrote the screenplay which Susannah Grant ("Charlotte's Web," "Erin Brokovich") revised. Producing is Donald De Line via his De Line Pictures company and production stars on November 9th. Plan is to release the film on Thanksgiving next year. Aguilera plays an ambitious girl from a small town with a big voice who gains success in a neo-burlesque club reminiscent of the club in "Cabaret." Tucci will have the part of the manager of the Sunset Boulevard club who is also the best friend and confidante of former dancer Tess (played by Cher), who takes the young girl under her wing. »
Stanley Tucci Feeling Burlesque
24 September 2009 12:55 AM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
The latest rage are musicals, as all the best actors seem to be leaning towards them. Okay, it's a bit of an exaggeration, but slightly true. The latest victim -- don't take that in a bad way -- is Stanley Tucci, who has agreed to join the cast of Burlesque. To be honest, this project was in need of some testosterone.
Stanley Tucci Sings Burlesque
Screen Gems has hired Tucci to star alongside Cher and Christina Aguilera in Burlesque, the musical to be directed by Steve Antin.
Based off a script by Antin, though revised by Susannah Grant, Burlesque will have Aguilera play an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds success in a neo-burlesque club reminiscent of the nightclub in Bob Fosse's "Cabaret." Tucci will play the manager of the Sunset Boulevard club and the best friend and confidante of Tess (Cher), a former dancer who »
Stanley Tucci Goes Burlesque
23 September 2009 5:10 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Variety reports that Screen Gems has tapped Stanley Tucci to star with Cher and Christina Aguilera in Steven Antin's Burlesque.
Antin penned the script, which was later revised by Susannah Grant.
Aguilera will be a small-town girl with a big voice who finds success in a neo-burlesque club. Tucci is going to be the manager of the Sunset Boulevard club and the best pal of Tess (Cher). She is a former dancer who tries to help the young girl.
This Cher's first starring role in over a decade.
The film will start shooting November 9 and should be released around Thanksgiving 2010.
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Chace Crawford Is Getting Buff for Footloose
12 August 2009 6:15 AM, PDT | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »
Good news, ladies; there's more of Chace Crawford to love these days. The Gossip Girl dude took time out at the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday to tell MTV about the "intense" training regimen for his upcoming starring role in the Footloose remake. "I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out," Crawford says. Ooh, delightful... As for the remake itself, Crawford promises some contemporary twists on the 1984 original, which cast Kevin Bacon as a big-city transplant to a small town in which dancing and rock music have been banned. "It's a modern adaptation," Crawford reveals. "[Erin Brockovich writer] Susannah Grant... »
- Celebuzz
Chace Crawford Undergoes 'Intense' Dance Training for 'Footloose' Remake
12 August 2009 2:09 AM, PDT | Celebrity Mania | See recent Celebrity Mania news »
Chace Crawford, who has been officially announced to play leading male character Ren McCormack in "Footloose" remake, has just revealed about his preparation for the musical drama film which will begin shooting soon. In an interview with MTV during 2009 Teen Choice Awards, the "Gossip Girl" star stated that he has undergone a dance training though he is busy shooting for the CW series.
"I'm training right now in New York, and it's pretty intense," Chace said on his preparation before filming the remake of Kevin Bacon's 1984 film. He then compared himself to Willard, a character in original "Footloose", who doesn't know how to dance until Ren teaches him. "I'm more like [Chris Penn's character] Willard, trying to learn the dances at this point. I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out," he admitted.
During the interview, Chace who called the film as "a modern adaptation" also talked about the script. »
- celebrity-mania.com
Chace Crawford Training Intensely for 'Footloose' Remake
11 August 2009 10:06 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
Though busy shooting for The CW drama series "Gossip Girl", Chace Crawford has been preparing for his upcoming film "Footloose", which will begin shooting soon. In an interview with MTV during 2009 Teen Choice Awards, the 24-year-old actor revealed that he has joined a dance training, "I'm training right now in New York, and it's pretty intense."
Sharing on his preparation for the remake of Kevin Bacon's 1984 musical film, the TV star compared his dance skills to Willard, a character in the original movie who doesn't know how to dance until Ren teaches him. "I'm more like [Chris Penn's character] Willard, trying to learn the dances at this point," he said. "I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out."
During the interview, Crawford, who called the film as "a modern adaptation", also talked about the script of the drama musical. "['Erin Brockovich' writer] Susannah Grant adapted it, and she's amazing. It's gonna be different, »
- AceShowbiz.com
Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Soloist’ Wastes Powerful Story, Great Actors
11 August 2009 10:22 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Stars Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. do absolutely nothing wrong in Joe Wright’s “The Soloist,” now on Blu-Ray and DVD, and there’s more than enough inherent power in the story of a musical genius lost to mental illness and the horrible way we treat the homeless in this country for a quality drama, but this cinematic solo misses too many notes to have the impact that it should have with this much talent involved.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0 The cast & crew list for “The Soloist” is remarkable enough that the film almost opened the AFI Film Festival last year based on pedigree alone. Then someone saw the movie and Joe Wright’s third drama (after “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement”) was pushed from Oscar season to April. We should have known something was wrong then.
The Soloist was released on Blu-Ray on August 4th, 2009.
Photo credit: »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Chace Crawford Describes 'Intense' Training For 'Footloose' Remake
11 August 2009 4:14 AM, PDT | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »
'I'm getting muscles that I didn't even know were there worked out,' the 'Gossip Girl' star laughs.
Photo: Jason Merritt/ Getty Images
Universal City, California — Over the past few years on "Gossip Girl," Chace Crawford has been working so hard, punching his card. Now, he's ready to make his leading-man debut in Hollywood, and it's time to tear up this town. Yup, he's getting ready to cut loose, "Footloose," and kick off his Sunday shoes.
"We were good to squeeze it in during the hiatus between the third and fourth ['Gossip'] season," Crawford told MTV News at the Teen Choice Awards, discussing his soon-to-shoot remake of the Kevin Bacon dance classic. "It's great. I'm training right now in New York, and it's pretty intense.
"I'm more like [Chris Penn's character] Willard, trying to learn the dances at this point," he grinned. "I'm getting muscles that I »
Cher and Aguilera to work 'Burlesque'
23 June 2009 2:07 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
In what will be her first screen role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in "Burlesque," a contemporary musical for Screen Gems. Cher last starred in "Tea With Mussolini" in 1999.According to Variety, Steven Antin will direct from a script he wrote that was revised by Susannah Grant.Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to shine.Cher will sing onscreen. While her voice has been heard in many films, "Burlesque" will mark the first time she'll be seen singing »
- Adnan Tezer
Cher Joins Christina Aguilera In ‘Burlesque’
23 June 2009 6:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Call it a hunch, but I think “Burlesque” already has its place in film history set. Not only will it be the acting debut of Christina Aguilera, but the modern musical has signed on the music icon of all icons: the one and only Cher. Yeah. It’s going to be flamboyant.
According to Variety, Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town girl fresh from the cornfields of Iowa. Possessing one heck of a voice (hey, it’s Aguilera) she goes West to pursue her singing and dancing dreams. The aspiring star winds up in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that’s run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to become a star.
The film will be a career first for the “Moonstruck” Oscar winner, as it will be the first time she uses her singing »
- Elisabeth Rappe
Cher Joins Aguilera's 'Burlesque' but Not Before She's a Voice in the Zoo
22 June 2009 11:42 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Who would have thought one day could actually bring two bits of casting news regarding Cher? Cher, the woman that won an Oscar for Best Actress for Moonstruck back in 1988. Cher, the woman whose face I saw plastered all over Las Vegas when I was down there this past March. Cher, the woman that has now landed a role opposite Christina Aguilera in the upcoming musical Burlesque while at the same time she lays her voice down for Kevin James's comedy The Zookeeper. Ladies and gentlemen... I give you Cher! First off, Variety reports Cher will take on her first feature acting role in a decade (Tea With Mussolini in 1999) as Tess in the contemporary musical Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera as an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess, a former dancer who »
- Brad Brevet
Cher Teams with Christina Aguilera for 'Burlesque'
22 June 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
In what will be her first movie role in a decade, Cher is set to join Christina Aguilera in Burlesque, a contemporary musical for Screen Gems, reports Variety.
Aguilera will play an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess (Cher), a former dancer who struggles to keep the club open and gives the young girl a chance to shine.
Cher will sing onscreen. While her voice has been heard in many films, Burlesque will mark the first time she'll be seen singing in a film in which she also stars. Cher last starred in Tea With Mussolini in 1999. The film will be directed by Steven Antin (Troy of Goonies fame) from a script co-written by Antin and Susannah Grant (The Soloist).
"She brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story, »
Chase Crawford To Star In Footloose
20 May 2009 10:30 PM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
What do you do when Zac Efron walks out on your movie? Easy, get in a lookalike! Paramount Pictures announced yesterday that Chase Crawford would be taking on the lead role of Ren McCormack in their remake of popular 1984 musical, which will be produced and directed by Kenny Ortega (Dirty Dancing, High School Musical).
Efron was originally pegged to play Ren McCormack but dropped out not long after the theatrical release of High School Musical 3: Senior Year to pursue other acting opportunities.
The film will be produced by an original Footloose producer, Craig Zaden and Neil Meron. Zaden and Meron recently teamed to produce both "Hairspray" and "Chicago", which was musical in 34 years to win the Best Picture Oscar at the 2002 Academy Awards. The film will also be produced by Dylan Sellers (Agent Cody Banks), and Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) has penned the recently green-lit script.
Filming begins in March 2010.
From Original Sharp Says. »
- info@originalsharpsays.com (Craig Sharp)
Chace Crawford Officially Cutting Footloose
19 May 2009 6:51 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Paramount Pictures announced today that Chace Crawford will play the lead role of Ren McCormack in the film Footloose, which will be produced and directed by Kenny Ortega.
Over the course of his 30-year career, Emmy Award-winning director and choreographer Ortega has worked with superstars Madonna, Michael Jackson, Kiss, Cher, and Diana Ross. He choreographed the classic Dirty Dancing and, most recently, directed all three High School Musical films. The hugely successful trilogy has broken numerous records including High School Musical 3: Senior Year's record opening for a song-and-dance film grossing $42 million in its first weekend.
The film will be produced by the highly successful team of Craig Zadan (a producer of the original Footloose in 1984) and Neil Meron. Together, Zadan and Meron produced the blockbuster Hairspray and the critically acclaimed Chicago, which was the first musical in 34 years to win the top honor of Best Picture Oscar at the 2002 Academy Awards. »
Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community
11 May 2009 9:31 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Two Fridays ago on the first day of its release, I went to an early afternoon screening of the film The Soloist. I'd been eager to see it since it focuses on the real life relationship between Los Angeles Times journalist Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a homeless member of Los Angeles' Skid Row community suffering from debilitating mental illness. In the story, as told in Lopez' columns in the La Times, in his book, and in the screenplay by Susannah Grant, Lopez first meets middle-aged Nathaniel Ayers in downtown Los Angeles in front of a statue of Beethoven where Ayers is playing a two string violin. In that serendipitous meeting Lopez discovers that as a youth Ayers had been a gifted student at Juilliard, New York's prestigious school for the performing arts. This revelation... »
- Linda Milazzo
Christina Aguilera To Make Big Screen Debut with Burlesque
5 May 2009 10:15 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Grammy Award winner Christina Aguilera will try to add acting to her list of talents in the upcoming film Burlesque under the direction of Steven Antin.
Variety reports, Aguilera will play a small town girl who heads to L.A. to perform in a neo-burlesque club where she finds love, family and success. The contemporary musical script was written by Steven Antin and revisions were made by writer Susannah Grant, best known for Erin Brockovich. Filming is scheduled to start later this year.
A Screen Gems executive commented that this project was created with Aguilera in mind. That hardly seems surprising given the musical nature of the film. I can’t help but picture the “Lady Marmalade” music video, which may have been on the producers mind as well.
Source: Variety
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- David Pohl
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