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Ray Winstone Gets Villain Offer In ‘Noah’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 5:31pm PDTTags: Darren Aronofsky, Noah, Ray Winstone
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Ray Winstone NoahEXCLUSIVE: Ray Winstone has been offered the role of Noah’s nemesis in the Darren Aronofsky-directed Biblical epic Noah. Negotiations are underway for Winstone to go mano a mano against Russell Crowe in the film, which also stars Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth and Emma Watson. I’m told that Aronofsky considered a number of actors — Val Kilmer was among them — but wanted a thesp with the grit and size to be convincing as he goes head to head against Crowe’s Noah character. And here I thought Noah’s main nemesis was bad weather. I expect this deal will work out. It’s a big job for Winstone, who’s coming off Snow White And The Huntsman and Hugo. Winstone has shown his macho chops though in films that include 44 Inch Chest, Sexy Beast and The Departed. Still to be cast by Aronofsky is Noah’s wife. I’d heard that Jennifer Connelly was among those being considered — she and Crowe starred together in A Beautiful Mind – but nothing has been decided. Noah is being co-financed by Paramount and New Regency. Winstone is repped by ICM Partners.

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BREAKING: Tonight’s NYFF Mystery Film Is Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday October 10, 2011 @ 9:35am PDTTags: Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Clint Eastwood, Emily Mortimer, Graham King, Hugo, Hugo Cabret, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Martin Scorsese, Michael Pitt, Ray Winstone, Richard Pena, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Daldry
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VIDEO: Martin Scorsese Introduces ‘Hugo’
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BREAKING: I can confirm that tonight’s New York Film Festival mystery film is Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, the John Logan-scripted adaptation of the Brian Selznick novel Hugo Cabret. The festival revealed late last week that it would feature a film by a master filmmaker, and speculation covered everything from Clint Eastwood’s J Edgar to Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I’m told that Richard Pena will introduce the picture at Avery Fisher Hall, but I’m not sure if Scorsese will be in the house. The film isn’t quite finished, but it will be shown in 3D, though there might be some green screen moments. Paramount releases Hugo on November 23. Scorsese hasn’t shown an unfinished film like this before (though he did once tell me that The Last Temptation Of Christ qualified as that when Universal rushed it into release because protesters were dragging crosses in front of the houses of studio higher-ups like Sid Sheinberg), and the NYFF hasn’t shown an unfinished print like this since Disney’s Beauty And The Beast in 1991. But it’s a great opportunity to build buzz on the movie, Scorsese’s first family and 3D film. Read More »

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Toronto: Anchor Bay Acquires Thriller Remake ’13′

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 4:39am PDTTags: Alexander Skarsgard, Anchor Bay Films, Curtis Jackson, Jason Staham, Kevin Kasha, Michael Shannon, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone
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EXCLUSIVE: Anchor Bay Films just acquired U.S. distribution rights to 13, Gela Babluani’s remake of his 2005 thriller 13 Tzameti. The film isn’t playing here at Toronto, but it will be one of a flurry of titles being … Read More »

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UPDATE: Liam Neeson Now Ready For ‘Taken 2′ Encore

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 6:22pm PDTTags: Jason Isaacs, Liam Neeson, Luc Besson, Mickey Rourke, Olivier Megaton, Ralph Fiennes, Ray Winstone, Robert Mark Kamen, Sean Bean, Taken 2
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UPDATE: Liam Neeson and Luc Besson have come to a meeting of the minds and they have worked out the scheduling snafu that made him iffy for Taken 2. Neeson’s reps at CAA are now closing the deal … Read More »

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Emily Mortimer and Michael Stuhlbarg Reunite With Scorsese for ‘Hugo Cabret’

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday July 21, 2010 @ 9:44am PDTTags: Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Moretz, Emily Mortimer, GK Films, John Logan, Jude Law, Martin Scorsese, Martin Scorsese 3D, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Emily_MortimerMortimer, who appeared in Shutter Island, and Stuhlbarg, who co-stars in Boardwalk Empire, have become the latest cast additions to Scorsese’s 3D children’s movie. Hugo Cabret began shooting in London last month. Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield and Chloe … Read More »

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