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Cannes: Antonio Banderas Joins ‘The 33′; Good Universe Selling Chilean Miners Movie

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Sunday May 19, 2013 @ 4:29am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Wrap-Up, Good Universe, Mike Medavoy

Antonio Banderas will play Mario Sepulveda, aka Super Mario, in The 33, the feature version of the saga of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010. Martin Sheen and Rodrigo Santoro are also joining the ensemble. Mike Medavoy secured the miners’ exclusive life rights last year and developed the project in collaboration with the men, their rescuers and their families. Patricia Riggen (La Misma Luna) will direct with production scheduled to begin in the fall. Good Universe is handling international sales. Medavoy and Edward McGurn are producing with Carlos Eugenio Lavin and Leopoldo Enriquez exec producing.

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OSCARS: ‘Puss In Boots’ — Chris Miller

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday February 19, 2012 @ 8:58am PSTTags: Antonio Banderas, Awardsline, Chris Miller, DreamWorks Animation, Puss In Boots

Cari Lynn is an AwardsLine contributor

Puss in Boots has not yet acquired his ogre-killing ways (nor his hairballs) in his eponymous feature film debut — a “prequel” to Puss’ supporting role in 2004’s Shrek 2. Still, director Chris Miller’s affection for the swashbuckling feline, to say nothing of the vigorous marketing and awards-savvy support of DreamWorks Animation, has helped propel Puss In Boots to a Best Feature Animation Oscar nomination.

“I loved the character of Puss in Boots as soon as he appeared,” says Miller, who was head of story on Shrek 2 and went on to direct Shrek The Third. “I can’t take credit for its origin [in Shrek 2], but once the character appeared, everyone wanted to write for him. I’ve always loved his devilish sense of adventure — and Antonio Banderas’ persona coming out of this tiny, adorable package.” Read More »

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Jeffrey Nordling To Co-Star in Lifetime’s Melanie Griffith Pilot ‘American Housewife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 6:41pm PSTTags: American Housewife, Antonio Banderas, melanie Griffith
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: 24 alum Jeffrey Nordling has been tapped to co-star opposite Melanie Griffith in Lifetime’s drama pilot American Housewife, which Griffith is executive producing with husband/producing partner Antonio Banderas. Young actress Kacey Rohl also has been cast in the … Read More »

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Almodóvar AFI Retrospective Adds ‘Eyes Without A Face,’ ‘Le Cercle Rouge,’ ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘The Killers’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 26, 2011 @ 12:57am PDTTags: AFI Fest, Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodovar

LOS ANGELES, CA, October 25, 2011 – AFI Fest presented by Audi, a showcase of the most anticipated films and performances of the year, today announced the film retrospective curated by Guest Artistic Director

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Obama’s High-Priced Hollywood Fundraisers Attract Major Stars & Celebrities & Money

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday October 25, 2011 @ 12:25am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, James Lassiter, Magic Johnson, melanie Griffith, Obama Hollywood fundraisers, Overbrook Entertainment, President Barack Obama, Will Smith

2ND UPDATE, 12:25 AM: First there was the $35,800-per-person fundraising dinner tonight with Will Smith hosted by his Overbrook Entertainment producing partner and manager James Lassiter. Then President Obama headed over to the home of Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith for a somewhat lower-key event aimed at Latino supporters. He was introduced by Eva Longoria who said Obama “knows he’s the president of all Americans” and that “we thank you for everything you’re doing.” Obama leaves town after Tuesday’s Jay Leno taping.

UPDATE (correcting misidentification), 8:01 p.m.: This evening’s Los Angeles traffic snarl at rush hour was just that much worse because President Barack Obama arrived at LAX on board Air Force One at 4:30 PM. He’s attending two Hollywood political fundraisers for the Democratic Party tonight, first at producer James Lassiter’s mansion and then Melanie Griffith’s and Antonio Banderas’ home. Potus will be making a Tonight Show appearance with Jay Leno tomorrow before jetting out of town. According to the White House pool report, Obama first helicoptered to a landing zone in Brentwood and the motorcade made an “off-the-record” visit to Roscoe’s chicken and waffle house. The president ordered at the counter for himself (and nearby aides) the No. 9 “Country Boy” – 3 wings with choice of waffle, potato salad or French fries ($8.90). He then started chatting with diners. I say who cares if you like Obama’s politics or not: he’s got good taste when it comes to LA’s favorite eats.

Then the motorcade traveled to Hancock Park for the first fundraiser hosted by Lassiter, who is Will Smith’s production partner in Overbrook Entertainment which manages the entire Pinkett-Smith family. Here is the pool report written by the Los Angeles Times‘ Peter Nicholas: Read More »

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Lifetime Orders Drama Pilot; Melanie Griffith To Star And Produce With Antonio Banderas

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 24, 2011 @ 12:45pm PDTTags: American Housewife, Antonio Banderas, Fox TV Studios, Lifetime, melanie Griffith
Nellie Andreeva

Lifetime has greenlighted to pilot American Housewife, a drama that has Melanie Griffith is negotiations to star as well as executive produce with husband/producing partner Antonio Banderas. The pilot, which David Slade (Eclipse) is in negotiations to direct, was … Read More »

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OSCARS: Foreign Shockers From Spain, Italy

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday September 29, 2011 @ 3:10am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Italy, Pedro Almodovar, Spain, The Skin I Live In
Pete Hammond

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve just learned that Oscar’s ever-growing Foreign-Language Film lineup has received shockers from Spain and Italy. Spain didn’t select the presumed favorite, two-time Oscar winner Pedro Almodovar with his The Skin I Live In starring frequent Almodovar collaborator Antonio Banderas. Instead, Spain chose the more obscure Pa Negre (Black … Read More »

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Relativity To Distribute Steven Soderbergh-Directed ‘Haywire’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday June 15, 2011 @ 4:58pm PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Gina Carano, Haywire, Michael Angarano, Michael Douglas, Michael Fassbender, Relativity Media, Steven Soderbergh
Mike Fleming

BREAKING: Relativity Media will distribute Haywire, the Steven Soderbergh-directed action film that will get a Jan. 20, 2012 release date. Though Relativity Media financed the pic, it was originally going to be released domestically by Lionsgate. I’m told it was a … Read More »

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CANNES: Almodovar Awaits Verdict As Final Competition Films Premiere

By PETE HAMMOND | Sunday May 22, 2011 @ 3:01am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Cannes, Cannes Film Festival, Horror, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, The Skin I Live In
Pete Hammond

It’s all over but the verdict. Sunday night will bring the Cannes Film Festival to a close with the announcement of winners for the various awards given for the Official Competition of this 64th Cannes affair. And it looks like a wide-open race for the coveted Palme d’Or. No one film seems to have jumped clearly ahead as there is still lots of speculation about whether it could be the Malick (cineaests here refer to the movies by their directors’ last names, not the film title), the Dardennes for the third time, the Kaurismaki, the Winding Refn, the Hazanavicius, the Almodovar or, heaven forbid(!), the von Trier. Or maybe, as so often happens, it will go to the unexpected or something no one is really buzzing about on the Croisette.

Saturday night brought the final two films in the competition. Radu Mihaileanu’s French entry La Source Des Femmes (The Source) was rapturously received at its 7 PM Lumiere premiere with a prolonged standing ovation and much applause even during the film itself. The story, or fable, of a group of women in a small village (somewhere between North Africa and the Middle East) who decide to wage a controversial sex strike unless their men help them fetch the water is entertaining and enlightening and could figure as a last-minute contender (as well as a strong possibility to be France’s entry for the Oscars). I doubt that will be the case for the final film, which premiered at 10:30 PM: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s two-hour-and-37-minute Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, which I think may still be going on. The longest in 20-film group of contenders feels twice that length, a contemplative minimalist art film with no music and no real plot beyond anything a typical episode of CSI covers in its first five minutes. It is one of those movies fest directors love where people stare a lot, ponder a lot and talk about being bored. At least it provided some much-needed nap time; maybe the jury will give Ceylan a prize for letting them catch up on their sleep. He won an award here in 2008 for the overrated Three Monkeys, so you never know, but Robert De Niro’s jury has a lot better choices than this. Can you tell I am not a fan? Read More »

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Sundance: Anchor Bay Buys Tony Krantz Film ‘The Big Bang’ With Antonio Banderas

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 11:19am PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Antonio Banderas, Movie Deals, Movies, Sundance, Sundance Film Deals, Sundance Film Festival, The Big Bang, Tony Krantz

BEVERLY HILLS, CA –  Anchor Bay Films will release the thriller The Big Bang, directed by Tony Krantz and starring Antonio Banderas.  Under the terms of the agreement, Anchor Bay Films acquires all  distribution rights in the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand.  The company anticipates releasing The Big Bang in the second quarter of 2011.  The announcement was made today by Anchor Bay Entertainment president Bill Clark.

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From TV Agent To Producer To Film Director

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday December 6, 2010 @ 12:45pm PSTTags: Agents, Antonio Banderas, Movies, The Big Bang, Tony Krantz, William Fichtner

To all those agents who secretly dream of directing… I can’t think of a Hollywood journey like Tony Krantz’s. The son of Beverly Hills novelist Judith Krantz, he went from head of primetime packaging at CAA (where he helped put together ER, … Read More »

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Is Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Black Gold’ Biggest Ever Arab-Backed Pic?

By TIM ADLER AND MIKE FLEMING JR. | Friday October 29, 2010 @ 6:35am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Black Gold, Black Gold Finance, Black Gold Production, Freida Pinto, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Mark Strong, Movies, Riz Ahmed, Tahar Rahim, Tarak Ben Ammar

Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications has brought the Doha Film Institute aboard as a co-producer of Black Gold, the Jean-Jacques Annaud-directed feature that began production in Tunisia on October 18. DFI, making its first foray into a major international feature production, will provide a mix of equity, services and locations. Even though the $55 million picture is directed by a French helmer, Black Gold is shaping up to be groundbreaking for a film that is back by Arabs with subject matter about them. An adaptation of the Hans Reusch novel The Great Thirst, Black Gold stars Antonio Banderas, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed and Liya Kebede. The drama is about the rivalry between two Emirs in Arabia in the 1930s, just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a young dynamic leader who unites the various tribes of the desert kingdoms. The film is being earmarked for Christmas, 2011 release, and Warner Bros has signed on to distribute in France, UK, Latin America and the Middle East, while Universal Pictures International will release it in Germany and Spain and Quinta’s Eagle Pictures has Italy. Read More »

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Antonio Banderas Takes On ‘Black Gold’

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday October 13, 2010 @ 10:32am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Black Gold, Black Gold Production, Black Gold Tunisia, Freida Pinto, Mark Strong, Movie Deals, Movies, Riz Ahmed, Tahar Rahim, Tarak Ben Ammar

Warner Bros and Universal are sharing territories on Tunisian entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar’s next feature Black Gold. The story revolves around the rivalry between Arabian rulers in the 1930s just as oil is being discovered, and the rise of a young, … Read More »

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Sony Classics Gets North American Rights To Almodovar’s ‘The Skin That I Inhabit’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday September 16, 2010 @ 9:15am PDTTags: Antonio Banderas, Michael Barker, Movies, Pedro Almodovar, Tom Bernard Sony, Toronto Film Festival
Mike Fleming

While there has been a high level of suspense over the acquisitions of pictures shown at Toronto, this wasn’t exactly a cliffhanger. Because it marks the 10th collaboration between Pedro Almodovar and Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard … Read More »

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