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Bobby Cannavale will work with Woody Allen

2012/05/22 at 12:00am

Bobby Cannavale will work with Woody Allen

05.22.2012 | By Karen Posada |

Woody Allen’s next comedy adds Bobby Cannavale to the cast already in place, which are Cate Blanchett, Bradley Cooper and Alec Baldwin. Cannavale is pretty busy, since he’s working now in the HBO series ‘Boardwalk Empire’, he’s also been announced to star in ‘The Big Knife’ a revival play on Broadway in April 2013.

To top it off he was part of ‘Lovelace’ directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein, which Nu Image picked up at Canness Film Festival.

Sony Classics acquires Chilean movie ‘NO’

By Karen Posada

2012/05/22 at 12:00am

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Sony Classics acquires Chilean movie ‘NO’

05.22.2012 | By Karen Posada |

Today in Cannes Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it has acquired all the rights for the movie ‘NO’, from the sensational Chilean director Pablo Larraín. With Pedro Peirano as scriptwriter, produced by Juan de Diós Larraín and Daniel Dreifuss and executive directors Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King.

This has been one of the best films received by critics in the festival. One of the best Mexican actors known in the world of Hollywood, Gael García Bernal joins a Chilean cast: Alfredo Castro, Antónia Zegers, Marcial Tagle, Néstor Cantillana, Jaime Vadell and Pascal Montero.

The movie is based on the true story when the Chilean military dictator, Augusto Pinochet was dealing with international pressure, he asked for a referendum to his presidency in 1988. Leaders from the opposite side convince a young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael García Bernal) to lead their campaign. With deficient resources and constant surveillance from the tyrant’s men, Saavedra and his team create a courageous plan to win the elections and free their country from oppression.

Sony Pictures Classics said that the movie is based on an energetic drama that is masterfully appealing about politics and power, which makes the brain think while it is entertained. Surely ‘NO’ will make Pablo Larraín a known international director and we will see Gael García Bernal in one of his best performances yet.

Participant Media, the company that promoted the film until now and has partnered with Sony Pictures Classics, says Larrín and García are an incomparable team and have created an inspiring film. Lastly the CEO of the company Jim Berk said he was sure that Sony Pictures Classics was the best company to introduce audiences from the United States to the film.

Del Toro and Diaz team up in ‘Agent: Century 21’

By Mack Chico

2012/05/10 at 12:00am

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Del Toro and Diaz team up in ‘Agent: Century 21’

05.10.2012 | By Mack Chico |

Deadline.com just reported that Latino heavyweights Cameron Diaz and Benicio Del Toro have joined Agent: Century 21.

Adam Hashemi, a first time director, will be making his debut and looks like it will be an action comedy. The script is written by Greg Brooker.

From what has been gathered, Diaz and Del Toro will be part of a story that follows a down-on-her-luck real estate agent who accidentally is caught up in a Mexican drug war (sound a lot like Knight and Day, the movie Diaz did with Tom Cruise).

This pairing is a great sign for Hispanic actors in Hollywood – it says that there are Latinos who can be leads in a Hollywood movie not just supporting actors like. It is also one of the few times two Latinos are the sole protagonists of a big movie in who knows when.

The film is set to start shooting sometime in September.

Cameron Diaz Joins Bardem, Cruz In ‘The Counselor’

By Jack Rico

2012/05/09 at 12:00am

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Cameron Diaz Joins Bardem, Cruz In ‘The Counselor’

05.9.2012 | By Jack Rico |

Cuban actress Cameron Diaz, who was just at the What To Expect When You’re Expecting premiere in NYC, is in final negotiations to join the spectacular cast of The Counselor. It’s turning out to be an all-star cast of Hispanic heavyweights that include power couple Javier Bardem and Pénelope Cruz.

Diaz will play Malkina in a supporting role. Fassbender plays the title role of a respected lawyer who thinks he can dip a toe into the drug business without getting sucked down, which proves to be a life-threatening decision.

Ridley Scott will direct the drama with Michael Fassbender, and Brad Pitt in lead roles. Angelina Jolie was also in talks but might have canceled now that Cruz is in the film.

Diaz will next be seen in the new Coen Brothers film – Gambit for 2013.

Also, check out this video of Cameron Diaz officially breaking down her Latina roots. There is no doubt that she is a true Latina!

Robert Rodriguez to launch new television network

By Jack Rico

2012/02/21 at 12:00am

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Robert Rodriguez to launch new television network

02.21.2012 | By Jack Rico |

According to Deadline.com, Robert Rodriguez, FactoryMade Ventures CEO John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa will be launching El Rey Network, a cable television networl, looking to serve a U.S.-born Latino market they believe is underserved.

Tres Pistoleros, will be developing programming for El Rey, creating content across multiple platforms including reality, scripted and animated series as well as movies, documentaries, music, comedy and sports programming. El Rey will primarily be in English and showcase Hispanic producers, celebrities and public figures. El Rey Network hopes to launch by January 2014.

Rodriguez will continue to direct films but said he will take an active daily role in overseeing El Rey and Tres Pistoleros. Fogelman added that “well-known executives” will be announced in the next couple months to help run the new ventures.

Mexican Gerardo Naranjo to direct Fox’s ‘Mountain’

By Jack Rico

2012/02/02 at 12:00am

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Mexican Gerardo Naranjo to direct Fox’s ‘Mountain’

02.2.2012 | By Jack Rico |

For anyone who has rebuked mainstream America for not giving Latinos opoortunities to showcase their talents, then how do you explain Gerardo Naranjo? Yeah, I know what you’re saying… “a good agent and being Hispanic is in vogue.” You might be right, but it’s happening. It’s becoming an American reality, an a normalcy we need to get used to.

According to Deadline.com, 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment are negotiating with Gerardo Naranjo to direct The Mountain Between Us, an adaptation of the Charles Martin novel.

For those of you who don’t know who Gerado Naranjo, he’s coming off Miss Bala, Mexico’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission. It is executive produced by Mexican heavyweights Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna and tells the story of Laura, a young woman whose aspirations of becoming a beauty queen turn against her, delivering her into the hands of a gang that’s terrorizing northern Mexico. Although Laura succeeds in winning the beauty queen crown, her experiences as an unwilling participant in Mexico’s violent war leave her shaken and transformed.

From what we understand, The Mountain Between Us, is adapted by J. Mills Goodloe, and is both a harrowing tale of survival and a love story. Ashley is a writer catching a flight from Salt Lake City and heading East for her wedding. Ben is a doctor returning from a medical conference. When a their flight is cancelled due to a broken de-icer, the strangers agree to charter a ride, only to see the pilot suffer a heart attack and crash into a desolate snowy mountain region. He breaks ribs and she suffers a leg fracture. Fortunately, aside from a doctor he’s an avid climber, and as he struggles to get her down from the mountain in harsh weather, she begins to realize that maybe she was headed to marry the wrong guy.

How will Naranjo fair in his debut? Only time will tell, but we’re rooting for him to establish a reputation of quality work worthy of awards.

Adam Rodriguez joins ‘The Dark Knight Rises’!

By Jack Rico

2011/09/08 at 12:00am

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Adam Rodriguez joins ‘The Dark Knight Rises’!

09.8.2011 | By Jack Rico |

CSI: Miami co-star Adam Rodriguez is the latest Latino to land a small role on Chris Nolan’s next Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises. What he will play is unknown at this moment, but Rodriguez will for sure have some screen time in the film. Rodriguez will be joined by Nestor Carbonell, who is also Latino and who plays the Mayor of Gotham.

Rodriguez was recently in ‘I Can Do Bad All by Myself’ and ‘Let the Game Begin’. He’s mostly known for his work as a detective in CSI: Miami, but he’s trying to break through into movies and this is as good a break as ever to make some noise in Hollywood.

The Dark Knight Rises has no official plot yet, but according to the trailer we saw and the set photographs, it will center around Batman once again fighting for good and on a quest to stop Bain, and Catwoman from creating chaos in Gotham.

‘El méxicano’ Guillermo Del Toro to do ‘Pinocchio 3D’

By Jack Rico

2011/02/17 at 12:00am

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‘El méxicano’ Guillermo Del Toro to do ‘Pinocchio 3D’

02.17.2011 | By Jack Rico |

'El mÃ©xicano' Guillermo Del Toro to do 'Pinocchio 3D'

2011 seems to be the year of Hispanics in Hollywood. With so many new Spaniard and Latin American directors, actors and screenwriters getting play in Hollywood, it’s a good time to speak Spanish in the movie business.

One of the first, and perhaps most revered Mexican directors in the US movie space, Guillermo del Toro, is teaming up with The Jim Henson Company and Pathe to do a 3D stop motion animated adaptation of Pinocchio, according to Deadline.com.

Gris Grimly is set to co-direct with Mark Gustafson, and production will begin later this year. The concept was conceived by Del Toro, but Matthew Robbins wrote the script.

According to the site, this new version of Pinocchio, made famous by Disney, is aimed at an audience 10 years and up, though it will be a bit scarier.

“There has to be darkness in any fairy tale or children’s narrative work, something the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and Walt Disney understood,” del Toro said. “We tend to call something Disney-fied, but a lot of people forget how powerfully disturbing the best animated Disney movies are, including those kids being turned into donkeys in Pinocchio. What we’re trying to do is present a Pinocchio that is more faithful to the take that Colodi wrote. That is more surreal and slightly darker than what we’ve seen before.”

For instance: “the Blue Fairy is really a dead girl’s spirit,” del Toro said. “Pinocchio has strange moments of lucid dreaming bordering on hallucinations, with black rabbits. The sperm whale that swallows Pinocchio was actually a giant dogfish, which allows for more classical scale and design. The many mishaps Pinocchio goes through include several near-death close calls, a lot more harrowing moments. The key with this is not making any of it feel gratuitous, because the story is integrated with moments of comedy and beauty. He’s one of the great characters, whose purity and innocence allows him to survive in this bleak landscape of robbers and thugs, emerging from the darkness with his soul intact.”

This isn’t the only thing the gifted Mexican director/producer is working on. Del Toro is about to embark on a project with James Cameron called At the Mountains of Madness, the R-rated $125 million 3D live action adaptation of the HP Lovecraft tale about the discovery by scientists of horrific aliens thawing in Antarctica. The film has Tom Cruise as the star and Del Toro expects to start this by May.

Del Toro has long been a stop motion fan. “I’ve had a special effects house for a decade in Mexico, and we were one of the first stop motion animated houses where a lot of influential animators trained,” he said.

Here are some concept pictures from the new Pinocchio film that Del Toro submitted to the site.

By Jack Rico

2011/01/30 at 12:00am

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Henry Cavill is the new Superman!

01.30.2011 | By Jack Rico |

The torch has been officially been passed from Brandon Routh to the brit Henry Cavill as he becomes the most recognizable superhero of all time – Superman. According to Deadline.com, Cavill will don the cape and the red and blue tights under director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan and writer David S. Goyer. Those three sound like they’ll be making magic together with their newly minted thespian.

Cavill, 27, is currently working on Immortals where he plays the he-man Greek warrior Theseus who battles mythological gods. He’s mostly known for his TV work in Showtime’s The Tudors and Cavill.

Zack Snyder, released this statement: “In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognized and revered character of all time, and I am honored to be a part of his return to the big screen. I also join Warner Bros., Legendary and the producers in saying how excited we are about the casting of Henry. He is the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield.”

According to some sources, The Social Network’s Armie Hammer, who played Tyler Winklevoss, along with True Blood’s Joe Manganiello, were strong candidates.

The new Superman is targeted for release in December 2012.

Javier Bardem offered role in ‘Bond #23’!

By Jack Rico

2011/01/30 at 12:00am

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Javier Bardem offered role in ‘Bond #23’!

01.30.2011 | By Jack Rico |

Spanish actor and current Oscar nominee Javier Bardem, has been offered a starring role as the lead villain in the upcoming James Bond film, Bond #23, recently set for a November 9, 2012, release.

This has been a great month for Bardem who is a new father, was nominated for the third time for an Oscar as Best Actor in ‘Biutiful,’ and was also offered the lead role in ‘Dark Tower’ from director Ron Howard.

Daniel Craig will be returning as the legendary British secret agent, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. No plot details are currently available, but the story begins after Quantum Of Solace leaves off.