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Director Ryan Murphy talks about “Eat Pray Love” 0

Posted on August 31, 2010 by kankan

For Nip/Tuck and Glee creator Ryan Murphy — a man who likes change — discovering the best-selling memoir Eat Pray Love proved a real boon. The 44-year-old filmmaker read the book upon its 2006 release and felt an immediate connection. He’d even go as far as saying that the book altered his life.

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Sneak Peek: “Eat Pray Love” 0

Posted on August 20, 2010 by kankan

From producer Brad Pitt and director Ryan Murphy (TV’s Nip/Tuck, Glee) comes Columbia Pictures’ new drama Eat Pray Love starring Academy Award-winner Julia Roberts. The film is based on Elizabeth Gilbert‘s international bestseller of the same title.

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“The Green Hornet” creates buzz at comic-con 0

Posted on August 03, 2010 by kankan

SAN DIEGO – Seth Rogen is a superhero who wields a blowtorch and has a Chrysler equipped with hood-mounted machine guns in Columbia Pictures’ upcoming action adventure The Green Hornet.

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Real-life sleeper spies add storm to action-thriller “Salt” 0

Posted on July 19, 2010 by kankan

Columbia Pictures’ new, contemporary spy thriller Salt, starring Angelina Jolie, began life with an offhand comment Jolie made a few years ago.  “I was meeting with (Sony Pictures Co-Chairman) Amy Pascal when it came up in conversation that she was getting ready to make one of the new James Bond films,” Jolie remembers.  “I playfully said, ‘I want to be Bond!’  That was our little joke, and then she found this project.

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Two actors play spy games with Jolie in “Salt” 0

Posted on July 15, 2010 by kankan

Celebrated actors Liev Schreiber (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012) join Angelina Jolie in Columbia Pictures’ spy thriller Salt as CIA officers who are at odds in dealing with Evelyn Salt’s (Jolie) explosive case.

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Childhood friends reunite as “Grown Ups” in new comedy 0

Posted on July 13, 2010 by kankan

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider head up an all-star comedy cast in Columbia Pictures’ Grown Ups, the story of five childhood friends who reunite thirty years later to meet each others’ families for the first time.  When their beloved former basketball coach dies, they return to their home town to spend the summer at the lake house where they celebrated their championship years earlier.

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Angelina Jolie, a secret agent on the run in “Salt” 0

Posted on July 08, 2010 by kankan
Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie stars in Columbia Pictures’ “Salt,” a contemporary action thriller from director Philip Noyce (“Clear and Present Danger,” “Patriot Games”).
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt’s efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: “Who Is Salt?”
“Salt” began life with an offhand comment Jolie made a few years ago.  “I was meeting with (Sony Pictures Co-Chairman) Amy Pascal when it came up in conversation that she was getting ready to make one of the new James Bond films,” Jolie remembers.  “I playfully said, ‘I want to be Bond!’  That was our little joke, and then she found this project.”
“`Salt’ has a lot of elements in it,” producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura explains.  “It’s a thriller, it’s an action movie, it’s a spy movie, it’s a dramatic love story, and it has some kick-ass action.”
In the movie, Evelyn Salt must go on the run to prove her innocence when a defector alleges that she’s a mole, triggering Day X – the day when Russian sleeper spies awaken and begin the war against the United States .  “Day X is still a controversial topic inside the CIA,” says Jolie. “Some think it’s absolute nonsense and others believe that not only is it real, but sleeper agents have already been activated for certain cases. When we first approached the idea, we thought it was a bit of a fantasy, but as we found out more information, we discovered it was more real than we could have guessed.  Truth really is stranger than fiction.”
Jolie describes her character as having had an “understandable reluctance to get close to anybody, and especially to get married, understanding that she was kind of putting him in the line of fire.” However, Evelyn Salt is married to a man who is fully aware of and accepts the risks of being married to a CIA operative.
Jolie says that it’s not unusual for a CIA operative to be married, but it’s a job that can put a lot of strain on a relationship.  “I talked to one woman, a former operative, who said it was such a relief when she left the agency – after years of not being able to communicate anything that she did or where she was going, her whole relationship with her husband changed.  She didn’t realize how much it had kept them apart, how difficult it had been, until she had a new life.”
To prepare for her role, Jolie did her research.  “We talked to a lot of the women in the CIA,” says Jolie.  “One after the other, they are just these lovely, sweet women that you can’t imagine being put in a dangerous situation, but they really are.”
Through these interactions with former spies, Noyce says, Jolie learned what an operative would do if she were really accused of being a sleeper spy.  “She learned how spies live on the edge, what they do if they are unmasked, how they evade detection,” says the director.
In casting Jolie, the filmmakers felt they could push the throttle on the action quotient.  “Salt fights aggressively, in face-to-face combat,” she notes.  “In some movies I’ve done, there’s been a temptation – because I’m female – to make the action nice” – and nice, she says, is not how a trained operative accused of being a sleeper mole for the enemy would fight.
“Angelina’s the consummate pro,” adds producer di Bonaventura.  “Whether it’s a dramatic scene, whether it’s a funny scene, whether it’s an action scene, she’s going for it.  It’s great to work with somebody who really wants to push the boundaries.”
Opening soon across the Philippines , “Salt” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.  Visitwww.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and like the fanpage to get the latest movie news, video clips and contests.

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Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie stars in Columbia Pictures’ “Salt,” a contemporary action thriller from director Philip Noyce (“Clear and Present Danger,” “Patriot Games”).

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Martin Scorsese directs first 3D film “Hugo Cabret” 0

Posted on July 02, 2010 by kankan
Production has begun in London on Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese’s adventure film “Hugo Cabret.”  The live-action film, to be photographed in 3D, stars Academy Award® winner Ben Kingsley (“Shutter Island”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat”), Asa Butterfield (“The Boy in Striped Pajamas”), and Chloe Moretz (“Kick-Ass”).
Also appearing in the all-star cast are Jude Law (“Sherlock Holmes”), Ray Winstone (“Beowulf”) and Christopher Lee (“Lord of the Rings”).
Based on Brian Selznick’s captivating and imaginative New York Times bestseller The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the screenplay is by John Logan and the film is produced by Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington, and Johnny Depp.
Executive producers are Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charles Newirth and Christi Dembrowski.
“Hugo Cabret,” Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D, tells the tale of Hugo (Butterfield), an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station.   When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
“Hugo Cabret” re-teams Scorsese, King, and Logan, all of whom worked together on “The Aviator.” It also reunites Scorsese with several of his longtime collaborators, including director of photography Robert Richardson (“Inglourious Basterds”), production designer Dante Ferretti (“Sweeney Todd”), costume designer Sandy Powell (“The Young Victoria”), and editor Thelma Schoonmaker (“The Departed”), all multiple-time Oscar® winners, as well as casting director Ellen Lewis (“The Aviator”).
GK Films acquired the screen rights to The Invention of Hugo Cabret shortly after the book was published by Scholastic Press in 2007 and immediately became the #1 New York Times best-selling novel. The ground-breaking book was universally praised by critics and received several literary awards, including the coveted 2008 Caldecott Medal.  It was a National Book Award finalist and was named the New York Times’ Best Illustrated book, among many other honors.
“Hugo Cabret” will be filmed at London’s Shepperton Studios as well as on locations in London and Paris. It is scheduled for a December 2011 release in North America and in the Philippines soon after.
“Hugo Cabret” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.  Visit www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and like the fanpage to get the latest movie news, video clips and contests.

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Production has begun in London on Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese’s adventure film “Hugo Cabret.”  The live-action film, to be photographed in 3D, stars Academy Award® winner Ben Kingsley (“Shutter Island”), Sacha Baron Cohen (“Borat”), Asa Butterfield (“The Boy in Striped Pajamas”), and Chloe Moretz (“Kick-Ass”).

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