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Rachel Nichols is set to star in 'Inside'.
The 'Conan the Barbarian' actress has joined the psychological thriller which is being directed by Extinction's Miguel Angel Vivas.
'Inside' revolves around a pregnant woman who is left partially deaf from a car accident which killed her husband and has to start a new life in an unfamiliar town and new home.
On Christmas Eve she receives a visitor, who turns out to be a woman who will stop at nothing to steal her soon-to-be-born baby and begins a terrifying campaign of stalking.
The story was first told in 2007 in French and starred Alysson Paradis, the sister of Johnny Depp's ex-wife Vanessa Paradis.
However, a new set of filmmakers have taken on the thriller to remake it in English, including producer Adrian Guerra.
Guerra has revealed the Hollywood version will take its lead from the work of legendary director and master of suspense Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who created classic thrillers such as 'Psycho', 'The Birds' and 'Strangers on a Train'.
He shared: "We took the original idea and made it an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more Hitchcockian than a splatter-fest."
Rachel Nichols t stars in Inside
Rachel Nichols is set to star in 'Inside'.
The 'Conan the Barbarian' actress has joined the psychological thriller which is being directed by Extinction's Miguel Angel Vivas.
'Inside' revolves around a pregnant woman who is left partially deaf from a car accident which killed her husband and has to start a new life in an unfamiliar town and new home.
On Christmas Eve she receives a visitor, who turns out to be a woman who will stop at nothing to steal her soon-to-be-born baby and begins a terrifying campaign of stalking.
The story was first told in 2007 in French and starred Alysson Paradis, the sister of Johnny Depp's ex-wife Vanessa Paradis.
However, a new set of filmmakers have taken on the thriller to remake it in English, including producer Adrian Guerra.
Guerra has revealed the Hollywood version will take its lead from the work of legendary director and master of suspense Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who created classic thrillers such as 'Psycho', 'The Birds' and 'Strangers on a Train'.
He shared: "We took the original idea and made it an edge-of-your-seat thriller, more Hitchcockian than a splatter-fest."
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Clémence Poésy will be directed by Stanley Tucci in 'Final Portrait'.
The 'In Bruges' star has joined the cast of the movie which will be helmed by the 'Spotlight' actor in his fifth stint as a director.
The film will focus on the relationship between American art critic James Lord and his friend, Swiss painter Alberto Giacometti, whom Lord decides to sit for a painting for not realising he is totally unprepared for his demanding nature.
Poésy joins a star-studded ensemble which includes Geoffrey Rush as Giacometti, 'Monk' actor Tony Shalhoub, La Vie en Rose's Sylvie Testud and Armie Hammer.
The story has been adapted from James Lord's 1965 memoir 'A Giacometti Portrait'.
Lord will be played by Hammer, who was asked by Giamcometti to sit for eighteen days while he created his portrait.
Lord recorded the sittings and took photographs of the work in its various stages, and chronicled the relationship between Giamcometti and his muse and lover - played by Poésy - while Testud stars as his long-suffering wife.
Shalhoub will play Giacometti's brother Diego.
The film is being produced by Gail Egan and will start shooting in four weeks at Twickenham Studios and on location around London.
Speaking about the project previously Tucci told BANG Showbiz: "Next up I'm making a movie about Alberto Giacometti. I'm so excited, I've got the wonderful Geoffrey Rush playing Giacometti. I'm very happy with the script."
Clémence Poésy in Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait
Clémence Poésy will be directed by Stanley Tucci in 'Final Portrait'.
The 'In Bruges' star has joined the cast of the movie which will be helmed by the 'Spotlight' actor in his fifth stint as a director.
The film will focus on the relationship between American art critic James Lord and his friend, Swiss painter Alberto Giacometti, whom Lord decides to sit for a painting for not realising he is totally unprepared for his demanding nature.
Poésy joins a star-studded ensemble which includes Geoffrey Rush as Giacometti, 'Monk' actor Tony Shalhoub, La Vie en Rose's Sylvie Testud and Armie Hammer.
The story has been adapted from James Lord's 1965 memoir 'A Giacometti Portrait'.
Lord will be played by Hammer, who was asked by Giamcometti to sit for eighteen days while he created his portrait.
Lord recorded the sittings and took photographs of the work in its various stages, and chronicled the relationship between Giamcometti and his muse and lover - played by Poésy - while Testud stars as his long-suffering wife.
Shalhoub will play Giacometti's brother Diego.
The film is being produced by Gail Egan and will start shooting in four weeks at Twickenham Studios and on location around London.
Speaking about the project previously Tucci told BANG Showbiz: "Next up I'm making a movie about Alberto Giacometti. I'm so excited, I've got the wonderful Geoffrey Rush playing Giacometti. I'm very happy with the script."
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Sir John Hurt will play a dying man in 'That Good Night'.
The 76-year-old actor - whose own battle with pancreatic cancer was revealed just last year - has joined the cast of the film which is based on N.J. Crisp's 1996 stage play of the same name, Variety has revealed.
Hurt will star as Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter who has two last wishes in life before he dies; to be reconciled with his son Michael and ensure he is not a burden to his younger completely devoted second wife Anna.
Just as his plans are going wrong, the man who he has hired to assist his death and help him go painlessly into "that good night", arrives and reminds him of the potential that life still holds for him.
Speaking of his appointment, the English actor said: "I very much looking forward to putting all the jigsaw pieces together that make up this fascinating and paradoxical character."
Hurt came face-to-face with his own mortality in June when he was diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer.
He confirmed publicly that he would continue to work while undergoing treatment, and said that both he and his medical team were "more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome" and following treatment, he went into remission in October.
Speaking about casting the actor in 'That Good Night', Alan Latham - who produced the original play and now the film - commented: "'That Good Night' is a passion project of mine and I'm very proud to bring N.J. Crisp's stage play, that I produced 20 years ago, to the big screen. John Hurt is one of Britain's finest actors, and we're delighted to have him on board in bringing this touching story to life."
The 'Alien' star will start shooting 'That Good Night' - whose title is taken from the poem by Dylan Thomas, which goes: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light" - in March in the Algarve, Portugal and in Yorkshire, England.
Eric Styles will helm the project from a script adapted by Charles Savage.
Sir John Hurt faces mortality in That Good Night
Sir John Hurt will play a dying man in 'That Good Night'.
The 76-year-old actor - whose own battle with pancreatic cancer was revealed just last year - has joined the cast of the film which is based on N.J. Crisp's 1996 stage play of the same name, Variety has revealed.
Hurt will star as Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter who has two last wishes in life before he dies; to be reconciled with his son Michael and ensure he is not a burden to his younger completely devoted second wife Anna.
Just as his plans are going wrong, the man who he has hired to assist his death and help him go painlessly into "that good night", arrives and reminds him of the potential that life still holds for him.
Speaking of his appointment, the English actor said: "I very much looking forward to putting all the jigsaw pieces together that make up this fascinating and paradoxical character."
Hurt came face-to-face with his own mortality in June when he was diagnosed with early-stage pancreatic cancer.
He confirmed publicly that he would continue to work while undergoing treatment, and said that both he and his medical team were "more than optimistic about a satisfactory outcome" and following treatment, he went into remission in October.
Speaking about casting the actor in 'That Good Night', Alan Latham - who produced the original play and now the film - commented: "'That Good Night' is a passion project of mine and I'm very proud to bring N.J. Crisp's stage play, that I produced 20 years ago, to the big screen. John Hurt is one of Britain's finest actors, and we're delighted to have him on board in bringing this touching story to life."
The 'Alien' star will start shooting 'That Good Night' - whose title is taken from the poem by Dylan Thomas, which goes: "Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light" - in March in the Algarve, Portugal and in Yorkshire, England.
Eric Styles will helm the project from a script adapted by Charles Savage.
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Jack Black has hinted he may quit acting.
The 'School of Rock' star admits he has a good run playing a wide variety of characters in his long-standing acting career but feels he is back to square one.
He said: "One movie left, and then it's goodnight everybody ... At the beginning I was so thrilled to have a part, that first big great part in 'High Fidelity' opened up the universe to me, and I was getting all these offers, and then I did a few other films and then I did 'School of Rock', and that was where all the planets aligned and that was the best possible situation."
However, from then on, the 46-year-old actor and comedian admits he became "bored" of starring in the same type of role.
He added to the Huffington Post newspaper: "And then you start going 'Ok, I've already done that kind of thing, I've done the loveable loser, I'll do another loveable loser, I'll do this and that,' and then you say, 'I don't want to do another loveable loser, just because I'm bored of it,' so then you start narrowing things down and saying no more and more, until I arrive at this place, where I've done so many things, it keeps on narrowing the things I want to do that are left."
Jack Black to quit acting?
Jack Black has hinted he may quit acting.
The 'School of Rock' star admits he has a good run playing a wide variety of characters in his long-standing acting career but feels he is back to square one.
He said: "One movie left, and then it's goodnight everybody ... At the beginning I was so thrilled to have a part, that first big great part in 'High Fidelity' opened up the universe to me, and I was getting all these offers, and then I did a few other films and then I did 'School of Rock', and that was where all the planets aligned and that was the best possible situation."
However, from then on, the 46-year-old actor and comedian admits he became "bored" of starring in the same type of role.
He added to the Huffington Post newspaper: "And then you start going 'Ok, I've already done that kind of thing, I've done the loveable loser, I'll do another loveable loser, I'll do this and that,' and then you say, 'I don't want to do another loveable loser, just because I'm bored of it,' so then you start narrowing things down and saying no more and more, until I arrive at this place, where I've done so many things, it keeps on narrowing the things I want to do that are left."
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Jude Law becomes "fidgety" if he's nervous on set.
The Oscar-nominated actor's career began at the tender age of 16 and by his late twenties, he had established himself as a force in Hollywood, starring in films like 'The Talented Mr Ripley' opposite Matt Damon and 'The Aviator' alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
Despite a string of movies and theatre performances under his belt, the 44-year-old Brit still experiences nerves and has to distract himself by chatting to his co-stars.
Asked if he gets nervous on set, he confessed: "I do get nervous, but I've realized that as I've gotten older, I hide my nerves more, and instead they will come out in odd ways.
"Instead of standing around perspiring or thinking 'I can't do this, I can't do this', it's a more a modest sort of anxiety, expressed through being a bit fidgety, or through needing to engage with whoever's working around you to divert your attention."
But Jude - who is a brand ambassador for Lexus and starred in 'The Life RX' advert - says his anxiety can make his performance better.
He continued: "You're anxious because you want to be good ... So that usually raises your attention to detail and your commitment, which is a good thing."
Jude Law: I fidget when nerves kick in
Jude Law becomes "fidgety" if he's nervous on set.
The Oscar-nominated actor's career began at the tender age of 16 and by his late twenties, he had established himself as a force in Hollywood, starring in films like 'The Talented Mr Ripley' opposite Matt Damon and 'The Aviator' alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.
Despite a string of movies and theatre performances under his belt, the 44-year-old Brit still experiences nerves and has to distract himself by chatting to his co-stars.
Asked if he gets nervous on set, he confessed: "I do get nervous, but I've realized that as I've gotten older, I hide my nerves more, and instead they will come out in odd ways.
"Instead of standing around perspiring or thinking 'I can't do this, I can't do this', it's a more a modest sort of anxiety, expressed through being a bit fidgety, or through needing to engage with whoever's working around you to divert your attention."
But Jude - who is a brand ambassador for Lexus and starred in 'The Life RX' advert - says his anxiety can make his performance better.
He continued: "You're anxious because you want to be good ... So that usually raises your attention to detail and your commitment, which is a good thing."
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Berlin Film Festival president Meryl Streep announced "we're all Africans really", when asked about the event's all-white jury.
The Oscar-winning actress is joined by British star Clive Owen and Alba Rohrwacher, Lars Eidinger, Brigitte Lacombe, Malgorzata Szumowska and critic Nick James - who are all Caucasian - and was quizzed about the choice of jury by reporters at a conference on Thursday (11.02.16) to mark its opening.
Meryl commented: "There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all we're all from Africa originally. Berliners, we're all Africans really."
The 66-year-old star also responded to the debate over the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations list this for this year's ceremony which takes place on February 28.
Meryl insisted she is committed to equality and the inclusion "of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions", adding: "I've played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures."
The seven-member Berlin Film Festival jury is tasked with choosing the winners of the Golden Bear and various Silver Bear awards at the festival, which runs from February 11 to 21.
Speaking about the momentous task ahead of them, Clive said: "(It is) odd being on a jury because at some point we have to make decisions and it's a very difficult thing. Films are not hierarchical that way. Every film selected is already to be celebrated.
"We have opportunities to change the lives of some of these filmmakers and we take that very seriously."
Meryl Streep says all people are Africans at Berlin Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival president Meryl Streep announced "we're all Africans really", when asked about the event's all-white jury.
The Oscar-winning actress is joined by British star Clive Owen and Alba Rohrwacher, Lars Eidinger, Brigitte Lacombe, Malgorzata Szumowska and critic Nick James - who are all Caucasian - and was quizzed about the choice of jury by reporters at a conference on Thursday (11.02.16) to mark its opening.
Meryl commented: "There is a core of humanity that travels right through every culture, and after all we're all from Africa originally. Berliners, we're all Africans really."
The 66-year-old star also responded to the debate over the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations list this for this year's ceremony which takes place on February 28.
Meryl insisted she is committed to equality and the inclusion "of all genders, races, ethnicities, religions", adding: "I've played a lot of different people from a lot of different cultures."
The seven-member Berlin Film Festival jury is tasked with choosing the winners of the Golden Bear and various Silver Bear awards at the festival, which runs from February 11 to 21.
Speaking about the momentous task ahead of them, Clive said: "(It is) odd being on a jury because at some point we have to make decisions and it's a very difficult thing. Films are not hierarchical that way. Every film selected is already to be celebrated.
"We have opportunities to change the lives of some of these filmmakers and we take that very seriously."
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'Star Wars: Episode VIII' has begun "filming".
Disney confirmed that shooting of the next installment in the science fiction franchise is finally underway, after it was delayed last month due to scheduling difficulties in the principal photography department.
And the franchise's breakthrough star John Boyega, who plays rebel stormtrooper Finn in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', has taken to Twitter to announce he is thrilled to be back on set.
He wrote: "Time to bring out my Han Solo figure for everyone on set to sign. Sigh** can't help it. (sic)"
Disney CEO Bob Iger also revealed that as well as the start of shooting on 'Episode VIII', production on 'Episode IX' has also commenced.
He said: "There is no better way to propel this franchise into the future than producing quality products. Filming of 'Star Wars: Episode VIII', the next chapter of the legendary saga, has just commenced and it will be in theatres December 2017. And production of Episode IX, a 2019 release, has also begun."
Plans to release 'Episode VIII' in May next year were dropped in favour of a December 15 date in the hope that the movie will match the success of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', which raked in $2 billion at the box office worldwide.
Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker is set to have a prominent role in the sequel, while Daisy Ridley is returning as Rey, 'Game of Thrones' star Gwendoline Christie comes back as Captain Phasma and Adam Driver will be donning his black mask and hood again as villain Kylo Ren.
As if that wasn't enough to whet the appetite of fans, Iger also revealed that production on 'Star Wars' spin-off title 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' - which tells the story of how a squad of Rebel fighters steal the blueprints for the original Death Star from the Empire - is almost complete and work on the next spin-off is due to begin soon.
He said: "Filming of 'Rogue One' is virtually completed and we absolutely love what we've seen so far. This is the first of a set of planned stand-alone stories. We're already in preproduction on our next one, for release in May of 2018."
'Rogue One' has been directed by Godzilla's Gareth Edwards and will be released December 16.
Filming begins on Star Wars: Episode VIII
'Star Wars: Episode VIII' has begun "filming".
Disney confirmed that shooting of the next installment in the science fiction franchise is finally underway, after it was delayed last month due to scheduling difficulties in the principal photography department.
And the franchise's breakthrough star John Boyega, who plays rebel stormtrooper Finn in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', has taken to Twitter to announce he is thrilled to be back on set.
He wrote: "Time to bring out my Han Solo figure for everyone on set to sign. Sigh** can't help it. (sic)"
Disney CEO Bob Iger also revealed that as well as the start of shooting on 'Episode VIII', production on 'Episode IX' has also commenced.
He said: "There is no better way to propel this franchise into the future than producing quality products. Filming of 'Star Wars: Episode VIII', the next chapter of the legendary saga, has just commenced and it will be in theatres December 2017. And production of Episode IX, a 2019 release, has also begun."
Plans to release 'Episode VIII' in May next year were dropped in favour of a December 15 date in the hope that the movie will match the success of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', which raked in $2 billion at the box office worldwide.
Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker is set to have a prominent role in the sequel, while Daisy Ridley is returning as Rey, 'Game of Thrones' star Gwendoline Christie comes back as Captain Phasma and Adam Driver will be donning his black mask and hood again as villain Kylo Ren.
As if that wasn't enough to whet the appetite of fans, Iger also revealed that production on 'Star Wars' spin-off title 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' - which tells the story of how a squad of Rebel fighters steal the blueprints for the original Death Star from the Empire - is almost complete and work on the next spin-off is due to begin soon.
He said: "Filming of 'Rogue One' is virtually completed and we absolutely love what we've seen so far. This is the first of a set of planned stand-alone stories. We're already in preproduction on our next one, for release in May of 2018."
'Rogue One' has been directed by Godzilla's Gareth Edwards and will be released December 16.
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Daniel Radcliffe has joined the cast of 'Jungle'.
The 'Harry Potter' actor will star alongside 'Unbroken's' Alex Russell, 'Everest's' Jason Clarke and Ryan Corr in a film adaptation of Yossi Ghinsberg's International best-selling memoirs, which documents the three weeks the real-life adventurer spent lost in Bolivia's Amazon jungle in 1981.
Radliffe announced his involvement in the project on his Google Plus account, writing: "I'm incredibly excited and honoured to have a role in furthering people's awareness of what happened to Yossi Ghinsberg, Kevin Gale and Markus Stamm. Their story is a truly remarkable one that sheds light on both harrowing and hopeful aspects of human nature. It should be a very intense and physical shoot (obviously we wouldn't be doing our jobs if it wasn't) and I can't wait to start work on it."
The psychological thriller - which will be directed by Greg McLean -follows two travellers and their guide on what swiftly becomes a treacherous trip into the Amazon jungle.
The book was adapted into a dramatic documentary 'I Shouldn't Be Alive' for the Discovery Channel in 2005, but the script has received a modification from Australian screenwriter Justin Monjo to heighten the film's fear factor.
Australian film director McLean - previously known for directing the two 'Wolf Creek' horror films - has already started looking at shooting locations and is keen to make the movie Down Under.
Radcliffe and the rest of the cast are due to start shooting the movie in April this year.
Daniel Radcliffe to star in psychological thriller Jungle
Daniel Radcliffe has joined the cast of 'Jungle'.
The 'Harry Potter' actor will star alongside 'Unbroken's' Alex Russell, 'Everest's' Jason Clarke and Ryan Corr in a film adaptation of Yossi Ghinsberg's International best-selling memoirs, which documents the three weeks the real-life adventurer spent lost in Bolivia's Amazon jungle in 1981.
Radliffe announced his involvement in the project on his Google Plus account, writing: "I'm incredibly excited and honoured to have a role in furthering people's awareness of what happened to Yossi Ghinsberg, Kevin Gale and Markus Stamm. Their story is a truly remarkable one that sheds light on both harrowing and hopeful aspects of human nature. It should be a very intense and physical shoot (obviously we wouldn't be doing our jobs if it wasn't) and I can't wait to start work on it."
The psychological thriller - which will be directed by Greg McLean -follows two travellers and their guide on what swiftly becomes a treacherous trip into the Amazon jungle.
The book was adapted into a dramatic documentary 'I Shouldn't Be Alive' for the Discovery Channel in 2005, but the script has received a modification from Australian screenwriter Justin Monjo to heighten the film's fear factor.
Australian film director McLean - previously known for directing the two 'Wolf Creek' horror films - has already started looking at shooting locations and is keen to make the movie Down Under.
Radcliffe and the rest of the cast are due to start shooting the movie in April this year.