August 2006

August 24th, 2006

Rescue Dawn

Great news for those who can attend thethe 31st Toronto Film Festival running September 7-16, 2006 this year. Christian will be among the many illustrious stars who will attend this great festival.

Rescue Dawn premieres in the Masters section.

Check out their website for details.

August 18th, 2006

Harsh Times

Check out another great interview with him onEmpireonline.com. (Thanks to Anya for the link)

Bale puts Batman Begins star power to good use

British actor CHRISTIAN BALE is delighted with the star power BATMAN BEGINS has given him, because he can now attract financial backing for the smaller films he wants to star in. Bale, who first found fame as a teenager in STEVEN SPIELBERG's EMPIRE OF THE SUN, wanted take on the lead role in new movie HARSH TIMES several years ago, but financiers refused to support him. Following his recent box office success, the 32-year-old got back in touch with director DAVID AYER and promised he would find the funds to make their dream come true. He says, "I'd met Dave three years back and he couldn't get his movie made with me (in it). "After Batman, I turned around and said, 'I can get this movie made now.'"

Source: Contactmusic.com

August 17th, 2006

Harsh Times

Check out this gorgeous podcast on Times Out! (Thanks to Mirabilis for finding and sharing!)

August 14th, 2006

Harsh Times

Check out this very great Q&A on TheHollywoodnews.com

August 10th, 2006

Rescue Dawn - Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

The world premiere of Werner Herzog's "Rescue Dawn" will take place at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival (September 7 - 16). The official film schedule will be available on the their website by August 29, 2006

Check out the festival website here and an article about it here (Thanks to Adele)

Harsh Times

Check out this very interesting interview on Futuremovies.co.uk

Biography Channel

Christian's biography will be featured on the Sky Biography Channel on Tue 22nd Aug - 6:00PM! Thanks to Karen for letting me know!

August 5th, 2006

Bale's Take on the Dark Knight

FilmFocus.co.uk has uploaded an exclusive interview with The Dark Knight after the announcement this week that the title of Chris Nolan's Batman Begins sequel would be The Dark Knight and with the even more exciting announcement that Heath "He's So Hot Right Now" Ledger would be tackling the Joker, we just had to get Bale's take on events. Thanks to Adele for sending me the link.

Read it here

August 4th, 2006

Christian Bale On Board 3:10 To Yuma?

James Mangold's Western returns

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

After riding high on the success of Walk The Line, writer-director James Mangold was brought crashing back down into the cold, hard reality of Hollywood life by 3:10 To Yuma, the Western remake he’d been planning for years, being put into turnaround by Columbia.

But now there’s good news as the movie has been rescued from the depths of production purgatory by Relativity Media. The company, which plans to partly or totally finance the film, is now out looking for a distributor to help share the cost.

And Mangold must be glad that Russell Crowe’s still ready to star – with word that Christian Bale’s looking to join the film as the rancher trying to ensure that Crowe’s outlaw makes it before the judge.

3:10 – as previously reported – is a remake of a 1957 Western that starred Glenn Ford. Mangold has been trying to get it off the ground for years, with the likes of Tom Cruise and Eric Bana flirting with the star parts as recently as this year. But now, with Crowe and Bale making time, Mangold might actually get to sit in the director's chair before he's too old to lift the megaphone.

Read it here

Thanks to Adele for the info!

August 2nd, 2006

Heath Ledger to play The Joker in next 'Batman' flick

It's official now and the time for rumours about who is going to play the Joker have ended - Warner Bros. announced that Heath Ledger will play The Joker in the next "Batman" movie, playing the villain opposite Welsh-born actor Christian Bale.

The sixth installment of the franchise, "The Dark Knight," will star Bale for the second time as Batman. He first played the role in "Batman Begins."

The millionaire hero Bruce Wayne was previously played by actors Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney.

Read it here