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  • Hollywood see’s a return to Biblical-themed films with ‘Exodus: God and Kings’

    Hollywood see’s a return to Biblical-themed films with ‘Exodus: God and Kings’

    MUMBAI:  Ten Commandments, The Bible: In the Beginning, Ben-Hur, The Passion of Christ; Biblical themed movies have inspired many filmmakers to recreate medieval events on a grand scale.

    The latest in the offering is Exodus: Gods and Kings and as the name suggests the film is about the mass departure of the Hebrews from Egypt. The film stars Batman-turned-Moses Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul and Ben Kingsley. The 150 minute film is directed by Ridley Scott and written by Steven Zaillian.

    The plot revolves around the defiant leader Moses rising up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses played by   Edgerton. The first half is about Moses discovering he does not belong to the lineage of the Egyptians (he is raised as a brother to Ramses) and after a wakeup call from God, who is portrayed as a kid (Yes, as a kid who goes about guiding  Moses!), returns from exile to free his people and guide them to the promised land.

    While the storyline seems like old wine in new bottle, there are few new twists (spoilers ahead!).  Instead of Moses dipping his staff into the river of Nile, God sends monstrous crocodiles to destroy the river life, giving rise to multiple plagues that command most of the second half of the movie. And instead of the prophet’s staff that works miracles, it is a sword here.

    The movie ends with both Moses and Pharaoh surviving the parting of the Red Sea. The added 3-D effects definitely bring to life the old tale especially the mammoth animals that turn the blessed city of Egypt into a ruin.
    It is produced by 20th Century Fox studios.

     

  • Javier Bardem may play the villains role in Warner Bros Peter Pan

    Javier Bardem may play the villains role in Warner Bros Peter Pan

    MUMBAI: Javier Bardem, the baddie from Skyfall and No Country For Old Men may soon be playing another negative character. Reports suggest that the actor has been approached by Warner Bros. for the role of the lead villain, Blackbeard for its untitled Peter Pan project.

     

    The actor was recently seen in Ridley Scott’s The Counselor along with his real-life wife Penelope Cruz and among others like Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz and Brad Pitt. He will next be seen in The Gunman with Sean Penn and Idris Elba.

     

    Warner Bros. is also in talks with Joe Wright to direct the film from the Jason Fuchs script. While till now the plot details are being kept under wraps, the announcement has garnered a lot of attention. The film is certain to bring back the characters created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie about a boy who can fly and never ages.

  • Doug Liman plans ‘Captain Phillips’ in a sub with Ridley Scott

    Doug Liman plans ‘Captain Phillips’ in a sub with Ridley Scott

    MUMBAI: Doug Liman is in talks with Fox and producers Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg to direct Narco Sub, the script by David Guggenheim. The plot: After a captain’s son is kidnapped by a drug cartel, he is blackmailed into piloting a broken down rebuilt sub from South America to the US, carrying 20 tons of cocaine.

    It sounds a bit like Captain Phillips. Scott and Michael Schaeffer will produce with Kinberg. Resolution is working on Liman’s deal.

  • Doug Liman plans Captain Phillips in a sub with Ridley Scott

    Doug Liman plans Captain Phillips in a sub with Ridley Scott

    MUMBAI: Doug Liman is in talks with Fox and producers Ridley Scott and Simon Kinberg to direct Narco Sub, the script by David Guggenheim. The plot: After a captain’s son is kidnapped by a drug cartel, he is blackmailed into piloting a broken down rebuilt sub from South America to the US, carrying 20 tons of cocaine.

     

    It sounds a bit like Captain Phillips. Scott and Michael Schaeffer will produce with Kinberg. Resolution is working on Liman’s deal.

  • Bad Grandpa to open alongside The Counselor

    Bad Grandpa to open alongside The Counselor

    MUMBAI: Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, in which Johnny Knoxville punks strangers while in character as senior citizen Irving Zisman.

     

    The previous three Jackass films grossed $79mn, $84mn, and $170mn worldwide for Paramount – but they also kept to the show’s signature disconnected shocks and pranks vs. a Borat-esque hidden camera narrative.

    Bad Grandpa is scripted by Knoxville, director Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze, and will open on 25 October against Fox and Ridley Scott’s The Counselor with no other major competition.

  • Joel Edgerton to play Ramses in Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus’

    Joel Edgerton to play Ramses in Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus’

    MUMBAI: Joel Edgerton is in talks to star opposite Christian Bale in Ridley Scott’s Biblical epic Exodus

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    The actor, who cemented his in-demand status after a series of high-profile roles including Zero Dark Thirty and The Great Gatsby, would play the Egyptian ruler Ramses in the 20th Century Fox film that is moving toward a September start date. Bale is onboard to portray Moses.

     

    Exodus will shoot in Spain, Morocco and England.

     

    The project had picked up steam earlier this year when Steve Zaillian came aboard as scribe. Adam Cooper and Bill Collage penned a previous draft.

     

    Peter Chernin, who bought the project as a pitch, is producing alongside Scott. Both Chernin and Scott are based at Fox, as is Zaillian and Garrett Basch’s film rights.

     

    Edgerton, whose credits include the critically acclaimed crime drama Animal Kingdom, broke out in Gavin O’Connor’s 2011 MMA drama Warrior. He recently stepped into O’Connor’s Jane Got a Gun opposite Natalie Portman. The Aussie actor also is onboard to star opposite Michael Shannon in Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi film Midnight Special at Warner Bros.

  • Ridley Scott returns with Prometheus sequel

    Ridley Scott returns with Prometheus sequel

    MUMBAI: Fox Studios and Ridley Scott are teaming up again for the sequel of the 2012 Sci-Fi hit thriller Prometheus. While Prometheus which raked in $403 million worldwide in 2012 was supposedly a prequel to the 1979 super hit Alien, directed by Scott himself.
     
    Ridley Scott to dives back into space with sci-fi blockbuster sequel Prometheus 2.

    As per reports Scott it is still uncertain whether he would be helming the outer space thriller but the sequel will be produced by Scott‘s in house banner Scott Free Productions. Also talks of roping in Jack Palgen (Transcendence) to write the follow-up story for the sequel is in process.
     
    The original was written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof and a new sceenwriter on board would apparently be a good sign for the studio, who were wary of the last instalment despite its box office success.
     
    The original‘s lead, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender are also expected to return.
     
    Not revealing much about the plot Scott clarified in interviews that while the first Prometheus had several elements linking it to his previous Alien franchise, this latest installment will have a standalone story.
     
    Palgen who is represented by ICM Partners and Madhouse Entertainment would mark his second high-profile project following Wally Pfister and Johnny Depp‘s sci-fi thriller Transcendence, which opens in April 2014.

  • Ridley Scott resumes shooting of The Counsellor

    Ridley Scott resumes shooting of The Counsellor

    MUMBAI: After a small break, director Ridley Scott returned to the sets for the first time since his brother Tony Scott committed suicide by jumping off a bridge. It is still a mystery why he committed suicide, with claims he had terminal brain cancer denied by his family.

    It is said that the 74-year-old Gladiator helmer looked strained and tired as he walked around the sets of his new film The Counsellor.

    The Counsellor consists of a star-studded cast that includes Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz.

    After it emerged that Tony Scott had plunged to his death from a harbour bridge in Los Angeles last month, Ridley Scott had immediately called a halt to the production.

  • Ridley Scott suspends film shoot to be with his grieving family

    Ridley Scott suspends film shoot to be with his grieving family

    MUMBAI: TFollowing the death of his brother Tony, director Ridley Scott has put a halt of the shoot of his new film The Counselor to be with his family. It has now emerged that he has suspended shooting on his new project, which stars Brad Pitt and Cameron Diaz, in London to deal with the tragic news.
    The Top Gun filmmaker, 68, jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles. His body was recovered several hours later by divers.
    Ridley will soon be in LA where he is expected to comfort his sister-in-law Donna Wilson Scott, and his twin nephews, it is understood.
    According to unconfirmed reports Tony Scott was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer before his death.

  • Ridley Scott’s Prometheus to release on 8 June

    Ridley Scott’s Prometheus to release on 8 June

    MUMBAI: Renowned director Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus is set to release in India on 8 June in 3D. It will release all around the country in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

    Prometheus is about the journey to discover answers to some of life‘s most profound questions. Where do we come from and where do we go when we die?

    “Our story circles the truth of what might be out there and therein lays its most frightening aspect. Feasibility always creates the finest and most dangerous drama and the opportunity for me to scare the hell out of everyone.”

    “Over the past few decades, we‘ve been action filmed-out and monster filmed-out and almost science fiction filmed-out. So the baseline question is: how original are you going to be? Frankly I haven‘t come across anything worthwhile for me to do with enough truth, originality and strength. Prometheus has all three,” observed Scott.

    The film stars Charlize Theron, Oomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Idris Elba and Guy Pearce.

    The filming for Prometheus took place on locations in Canada, England, Iceland, Spain and Scotland.