October 2005
October 28th, 2005
Caine Lends Magic to 'Prestige' Pic
According toZap2it Oscar winner Michael Caine will reunite with
his "Batman Begins" director and co-star on "The Prestige,"
one of two pics getting a casting boost from the erratically retired actor.
Christopher Nolan is directing "The Prestige" for Touchstone Pictures.
Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman star as rival magicians whose desperate battle
for supreme illusions becomes deadly. After helping Bale become Batman earlier
this year, Caine will switch sides to play a former magician who trains Jackman's
character.
According to the industry trades, the $40 million production will begin shooting in January. Then Nolan can start fielding all of those "Batman" sequel questions again.
Caine will arrive on the "Prestige" set fresh off an appearance as an old hippie in Alfonso Cuaron's "The Children of Men," a sci-fi thriller starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore. That project has already started production in London.
Celebrated by the Academy for his work on "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "The Cider House Rules," Caine's latest effort, "The Weather Man," is now in theaters.
Read it here
The Busy Career of Actor Christian Bale
Check out this NPR interview here - contains bits from an earlier interview.
October 10th, 2005
Hollywood Movie Awards
The nominees have been selected by the Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee and the final awards will be presented at the Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony on October 24. For a list of all the winners and to check out exclusive photos, visit Hollywood Film Festival after the event.
Make sure to vote for Batman Begins as best movie of the year right here
October 2nd, 2005
Bale & Jackman to Battle in The Prestige
Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are in talks to star in Touchstone Pictures' The Prestige, which will serve as Batman Begins helmer Christopher Nolan's next directorial outing, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Bale and Jackman will play rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London who battle each other for trade secrets. The rivalry is so intense that it turns them into murderers. The title refers to the residue left after a magician's successful trick.
The script is based on Christopher Priest's 1996 novel of the same name and was adapted by Nolan's brother, Jonathan. He wrote the short story on which Christopher's Nolan's breakout movie, Memento, was based on.
The movie will shoot in January with a budget around the $40 million range. Touchstone will distribute domestically, while Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute internationally.
"Prestige" reteams Nolan with Batman Begins star Bale, who is currently shooting Rescue Dawn in Thailand for Werner Herzog. Jackman is shooting X-Men 3 and next appears in Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain.
Source: Comingsoon.net