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New The Beguiled Trailer – Nicole Kidman & Colin Farrell star in Sofia Coppola’s latest

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Following Marie Antoinette, Kirsten Dunst and director Sofia Coppola are getting back into period drama territory with The Beguiled. And they’re bringing the likes of Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Angourie Rice along with them. The movie is The Beguiled, based on Thomas P. Cullinan’s novel A Painted Devil, which was previously turned into a 1971 movie starring Clint Eastwood.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Beguiled is an atmospheric thriller from acclaimed writer/director Sofia Coppola. The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.’

The results is a very complicated love quadrangle as the headmistress, a teacher and a student all develop a relationship with the guest.

The Beguiled is due out in cinemas in June. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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The Beguiled Trailer – Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst & Colin Farrell star in Sofia Coppola’s latest

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Following Marie Antoinette, Kirsten Dunst and director Sofia Coppola are getting back into period drama territory with The Beguiled. And they’re bringing the likes of Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning and Angourie Rice along with them. The movie is The Beguiled, based on Thomas P. Cullinan’s novel A Painted Devil, which was previously turned into a 1971 movie starring Clint Eastwood.

Here’s the synopsis: ‘The Beguiled adapted by Sofia Coppola from Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name, unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has been sheltered from the outside world – until the day a wounded Union soldier is discovered nearby and taken in.’

The results is a very complicated love quadrangle as the headmistress, a teacher and a student all develop a relationship with the guest.

The Beguiled is due out in cinemas in June. Take a look at the trailer below. [Read more…]

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Sofia Coppola To Helm A Live-Action Little Mermaid

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Sofia-CoppolaAfter Lost In Translation, Sofia Coppola was offered a lot of mainstream projects, but she’s largely stayed in a fairly indie world with the likes of Somewhere and The Bling Ring. However now she’s signed up to direct a live action adaptation of The Little Mermaid for Universal and Working Title, according to Variety.

Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands), taking over from previous writer Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Abi Morgan (Shame). Joe Wright was previously attached to helm, but as he’s now preparing to shoot a live-action prequel to Peter Pan, he’s moved on.

The film is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale about a young mermaid who falls in love with a human and makes a dangerous bargain to be allowed live on land. It’s not known how close it’ll stick to the original take, such as the fact that in Andersen’s story, when the mermaid gets legs, every step feels like she’s walking on knives – it certainly didn’t start out as the Disney-fied version.

However this new take will be family-friendly and it’s believed Coppola signed up so she could make something her own children could watch and enjoy. Universal and Working Title are hoping to shoot the film as soon as possible, with an eye on a release date during the spring of 2016.

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Sofia Coppola To Helm The Gay-Themed AIDS Drama Fairyland

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Sofia-CoppolaFollowing The Bling Ring, it seems Sofia Coppola has decided on her next project, as ScreenDaily reports that her father’s company, American Zoetrope, has acquired the film rights to Alysia Abbott’s critically acclaimed memoir, Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father. Sofia and her brother Roman Coppola will produce the film, with the Lost In Translation director and Andrew Durham co-writing the screenplay.

Praised by Alexandra Styron in The New York Times as “a daughter’s compassionate, clear-eyed reckoning with the truths that defined her singular girlhood,” Fairyland is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and ’80s, both before and after the AIDS epidemic, a crisis that would later claim the life of Abbott’s father, Steve Abbott, a widowed poet and gay activist. Tragically while Abbott fought for equal rights, he was eventually taken by AIDS himself.

Sofia Coppola commented, “I love the book Fairyland; it’s a sweet and unique love story of a girl and her dad, both growing up together in 1970’s San Francisco. I think it will make an engaging and touching movie on a subject I’ve never seen before.”

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The Bling Ring (DVD)

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Based on a true story, The Bling Ring follows a group of LA teens who in 2008 and 2009 became notorious for robbing the houses of celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Audrina Partridge, Lindsey Lohan and Orlando Bloom. Marc (Israel Broussard) is a lonely young man (who’s also gay, but the film doesn’t really deal with that) who finally feels connected when he meets Rebecca (Katie Chang). She gets him involved in petty crime, which eventually grows until they break into Paris Hilton’s place. [Read more…]

The Bling Ring Trailer – Emma Watson robs Paris Hilton’s house!

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Emma Watson spent years playing a goody-two-shoes in Harry Potter, but she’s certainly letting her hair down in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring. The film is set to premiere next month at Cannes, but before then a trailer has been released, giving us a look at Watson as a high-end thief.

The drama is based on the true story of six teenagers, known as The Bling Ring, who broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and The Hills’ Audrina Patridge, making off with over $3 million in stolen goods from October 2008 to August 2009.

Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Paris Hilton (as herself) all star, while Kirsten Dunst and Gavin Rossdale have cameos. There’s also a bunch of newcomers, including Georgia Rock, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang, and Claire Pfister. [Read more…]

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The Bling Ring Teaser – Emma Watson stars in Sofia Coppola’s film

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The Bling Ring sounds like it could be an interesting one, although this first teaser emphasises the young things partying rather than telling us about the plot. Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Paris Hilton (as herself) all star, while Kirsten Dunst and Gavin Rossdale have cameos. There’s also a bunch of newcomers, including Georgia Rock, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang, and Claire Pfister.

The drama is based on the true story of six teenagers, known as The Bling Ring, who broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and The Hills’ Audrina Patridge, making off with over $3 million in stolen goods from October 2008 to August 2009.

No firm release date is set yet, but it should be out later this year. [Read more…]

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First Image From Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring

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Sofia Coppola has been busy shooting her latest movie, The Bling Ring, and now the first official image from the flick has debuted via EW. The movie features a young and funky cast, many of whom are newcomers, although Emma Watson, Leslie Mann and Paris Hilton (as herself) all star, while Kirsten Dunst and Gavin Rossdale will have cameos. The image features (from left to right), Georgia Rock, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Katie Chang, and Claire Pfister.

The drama is based on the true story of six teenagers, known as The Bling Ring, who broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and The Hills’ Audrina Patridge, making off with over $3 million in stolen goods from October 2008 to August 2009. It’s due out later this year.

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Leslie Mann Joins Sofia Copolla’s The Bling Ring

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With a shoot planned for this spring, Sofia Copolla is staring to fill the cast of her next movie, The Bling Ring. A few days ago Emma Watson and American Horror Story’s Taissa Farmiga signed on, and now THR reports Leslie Mann and Israel Broussard (Flipped) have joined the cast too.

The drama is based on the true story of six teenagers, known as The Bling Ring, who broke into the homes of Hollywood celebrities, making off with over $3 million in stolen goods from October 2008 to August 2009. Leslie Mann will play the mother of two girls in The Bling Ring, while Israel Broussard portrays the male lead.

Sofia Coppola is directing The Bling Ring from her own screenplay. The director has also cast three newcomers, Katie Chang, Claire Pfister and Georgia Rock, who will make their feature debuts as members of The Bling Ring.

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Emma Watson On For Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring

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Emma Watson’s plans to stop acting for a while and head for university seem to have been well and truly binned as she’s continuing to sign up for new parts, with the latest being Variety reporting that she’s been cast in Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring.

The project is based on the true story of six teenagers who broke into celebrity homes in the Hollywood Hills between October 2008 and August 2009. They made off with more than $3 million in items from the pads of such stars as Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Megan Fox, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, and Lindsay Lohan. It isn’t known what character Watson will play.

Sofia Coppola is directing The Bling Ring from her own script, with shooting starting later this year.

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