Director Paul Thomas Anderson plans on reuniting with frequent collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman for his next project. According to BFDealDemo, Anderson will once again tackle the theme of religion in an untitled period piece for Universal.
The latest film by Richard Curtis (Love, Actually), The Boat That Rocked, has been picked up by Focus Features for distribution in the United States. The movie is about the colorful DJs of a pirate radio station, that plays nothing but rock music, operating on a tanker off the coast of the U.K. The movie has a really solid cast, staring Nick Frost, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, and Rhys Ifans.
The movie seems like it would be a slam dunk, but the reviews over in the U.K. have been less than stellar. Apparently, the biggest problem is the length of the film. In effort to salvage the movie before the U.S release date, Focus has decided to edit the 129 minute movie to make it shorter. The Boat That Rocked was originally supposed to hit U.S. theaters on August 28, but it has been pushed back to November. Focus president James Schamus stated, “It will be a shorter, leaner version…We think it is a real crowd-pleaser. We love a challenge, and we love working with Working Title.” Continue Reading
This film has got Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Tom Sturridge, Kenneth Branagh; it was written and directed by Richard Curtis (Love Actually); and it is based off a true story about a group of radio pirates who brought rock n’ roll to the UK in the 1960’s by boat. Do I really need to say anything else? You should be sold, hook, line, sinker.
You’ve got an amazing cast, a great writer and director, and amazing source material. It would be a feat to mess this one up.
Check out the trailer and photographs from the film below…
I’m so excited to see this movie on it’s way to theaters. This is where “pirate” radio. Director Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually) brings you another amazing film, with one of the best casts you could ever ask, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Arterton and more in The Boat That Rocked.
Check out the trailer below…
Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with Catherine Keener to talk about her upcoming film, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York. Catherine seems to be able to play any character you throw at her. Reuniting her and Philip Seymour Hoffman was a joy to watch. Their relationship is one in which Keener dreams of her husband dead and Hoffman looks for recognition in a woman who thinks nothing of him. The two of them together are so wonderfully painful to watch.
Keener was a joy to sit down with. She intelligent, witty, and very charming in her own special way. So without further ado, Cathrine Keener…
In many of the Kaufman scripts that you’ve worked on, you’ve played extremely strong women with artistic careers, how did you approach these strong female roles and which one was your favorite to play?
Charlie Kaufman, the visual genius behind the brilliant scripts “Being John Malkovich”, “Adaptation”, and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” has created another amazing film starring none other that Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, and Tom Noonan. The only problem… no one seems to be able to pronounce the title… SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK.
