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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Finds Solace With Colin Farrell & Anthony Hopkins

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jeffrey-dean-morganA few weeks ago Colin Farrell signed up to star alongside Anthony Hopkins in Alfoso Poyart’s upcoming thriller Solace. Now Colin & Anthony have got come company, as THR reports that Watchmen star Jeffrey Dean Morgan has joined the thriller.

The story is about a former doctor with psychic abilities (Anthony Hopkins) who is recruited by the FBI to help them find a vicious serial killer (Colin Farrell). The doctor soon learns that this elusive killer also has psychic powers, and that both men can track each other’s movements. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is playing the veteran FBI agent who enlists the psychic physician’s help.

Afonso Poyart is directing from a screenplay that was most recently worked on by Peter Morgan (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Frost/Nixon). Sean Bailey, Ted Griffin, and James Vanderbilt previously did work on the script. Production is scheduled to begin on May 20th in Detroit.

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Colin Farrell’s Swimsuit Modeling Past Revealed

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Colin Farrell may be a movie star now, but he was once a teenager in need of cash, and so did some swimsuit modelling. It’s probably something he’s like to sweep under the carpet, but Jay Leno obviously doesn’t agree, deciding to show the world a pic of a young Colin in some rather old fashioned swimwear on The Tonight Show.

Just to make it a little more embarrassing, Tyra Banks was also there to criticise the pic, saying he wasn’t very good and his stance was wrong.

Luckily Farrell didn’t seem to mind too much (well, initially he did), saying, “I was 17, it was $20!”

You can take a look at the moment, as well as Colin’s swimsuit pic, above. [Read more…]

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Colin Farrell Finds Solace With Anthony Hopkins

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Colin-FarrellBack in 2011 Anthony Hopkins signed on to star in The Solace when the movie was set up at New Line. Since then the studio has cut it loose, but it’s lived on as an independent project with Hopkins still attached to star. Now he’s got some company, as Deadline reports that Colin Farrell is close to a deal to star in the crime thriller.

Afonso Poyart (Two Rabbits) is set to direct the movie, which is about an FBI agent who seeks out a doctor (Anthony Hopkins) with psychic powers to help solve a string of grisly murders. Colin Farrell will portray the serial killer who goes toe-to-toe with the good doctor. The FBI agent hasn’t been cast yet.

Sean Bailey, Ted Griffin, James Vanderbilt, and Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay. The current plan is to starts shooting in May, assuming FilmNation can make enough distribution sales at the Berlin Film Festival.

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Dead Man Down Trailer – Colin Farrell & Noomi Rapace get into thriller mode

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The first trailer for the thriller Dead Man Down has arrived, with Colin Farrell and Noomi Rapace starring. The film reunites Rapace with Niels Arden Oplev, director of the original Scandinavian version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘Following the cinematic phenomenon The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, acclaimed filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev and brooding beauty Noomi Rapace reunite for another thrilling tale of vengeance. Colin Farrell joins the prestigious team as brave enforcer Victor, right hand man to an underground crime lord in New York. He seeks to avenge the death of his wife and daughter caused by his boss. When his employer is threatened by a mysterious killer, Victor also becomes detective. Victor is seduced and blackmailed by Beatrice (Noomi Rapace), a victim turned avenger whose intense chemistry leads them spiraling into payback delivered in violent catharsis. FilmDistrict will release Dead Man Down in limited theaters on March 8th this winter.’

No UK date is currently set, but it reaches the US on March 8th.

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Total Recall (2012) (Blu-ray)

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Len Wiseman was always going to face an uphill battle remaking Total Recall, as the moment the film was announced legions of fans of the 1990 Arnie movie rose up to denounce the very idea of a do-over. They quickly decided the entire thing would be a disaster, a feeling that deepened when it was announced Len Wiseman would direct (the naysayers concentrated on the fact he made the Underworld movies, not that he did a pretty good with Die Hard 4.0). On the plus side though, it did mean that all Wiseman had to do to beat many people’s expectations was produce a movie that wasn’t awful, and he’s just about managed to do that. [Read more…]

Jennifer Connelly In Talks For Akiva Goldsman’s Winter’s Tale

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Jennifer Connelly’s career got a massive shot in the arm (and an Oscar) with A Beautiful Mind, which was written by Akiva Goldsman. Now Deadline reports Connelly may reteam with Goldsman for his directorial debut, Winter’s Tale.

The movie has been in development for a couple of years, but it’s now moving towards production, with Colin Farrell and Jessica Brown Findlay set to star. Based on the novel by Mark Helprin, the story is set in both the present day and the late 19th century, and centres on a thief (Farrell) who falls in love with the Irish heiress (Jessica Brown Findlay) he just robbed, right before she dies. He later learns that he possesses the gift of reincarnation, and becomes determined to save her life. Assuming she signs on, Connelly would play the role of the main woman’s mother. The rest of the cast includes William Hurt, Will Smith, Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths and Eva Marie Saint.

Connelly is currently working on Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, but may move onto Winter’s Tale after that.

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Matt Bomer & Lucy Griffiths Head For The Promised Land

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It feels like Akiva Goldman has been putting together his directorial outing, Winter’s Tale, forever. It’s been slowly coming together for several years, and now it’s moved forward once again, with Deadline reporting that Matt Bomer, Lucy Griffiths and the legendary Eva Marie Saint have signed up to appear in the movie.

They join Colin Farrell, Jessica Brown Findlay, William Hurt, Russell Crowe and Will Smith, with the last two taking very small roles as a favour to Goldsman, who’s worked with the previously on the likes of I Am Legend and A Beautiful Mind.

The romance, which will be producer/screenwriter Goldsman’s directorial debut, is based on Mark Helprin’s fantasy novel that splits it story of star-crossed lovers between 19th century and present-day Manhattan. Colin Farrell will play Peter Lake, an uneducated, middle-aged Irish burglar who meets the love of his life, sickly heiress Beverly Penn, while attempting to rob her palatial mansion in the Upper West Side. Jessica Brown Findlay of Downton Abbey will play his invalid lover.

Oddly though Bomer and Griffiths have been cast to play Peter’s parents, although quite how that will work, seeing as Farrell is older than both Bomer and Griffiths, isn’t clear. The producers haven’t revealed what role Saint will play, as apparently it would be a bit of a spoiler.

The movie will finally go in front of the cameras starting October 27th.

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Seven Psychopaths Red Band Trailer – Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken & Sam Rockwell get criminal

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Written and Directed by Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh, the comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. The movie co-stars Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko and Zeljko Ivanek. No UK release date is currently set, but enjoy the new red band trailer.

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Seven Psychopaths Trailer – Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken & Sam Rockwell get criminal

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Written and Directed by Oscar®-winner Martin McDonagh, the comedy Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. The movie co-stars Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko and Zeljko Ivanek. No UK release date is currently set.

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New Total Recall Trailer – Some things are familiar, some are not

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There’s been a lot of talk about what’s been changed and what’s stayed the same in the new remake of Total Recall, to the point where many have wondered if it’s a remake at all. However this new trailer seems designed to show there’ll be quite a lot of familiar elements, even if it doesn’t head to Mars – hell, there’s even a three-breasted hooker. Here’s the synopsis: ‘Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Philip K. Dick. Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he’s got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life – real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.’ It’s due out August 29th.

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