Director Guillermo del Toro has revealed that he will take on Disney”s ‘The Haunted Mansion’ as his next venture. “Hellboy” director Del Toro also said that he will co-write and produce the film and may even direct it. This is Disney”s second stab at the flick, which was inspired by its theme park ride. Eddie [...]
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Peter Jackson may helm Hobbit
June 1st, 2010 |
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Sir Peter Jackson may take over as the director of The Hobbit, after Guillermo del Toro abandoned the post recently.
Jackson says he will step in and direct The Hobbit himself if it becomes the only way to ensure the US 150 million dollars film is made after the sudden departure of director del Toro.
Del Toro [...]
Guillermo del Toro quits as director of The Hobbit movies
May 31st, 2010 |
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Guillermo Del Toro has resigned as director of the two The Hobbit movies.
The Mexican filmmaker, 45, will, however, help write the screenplays for the Lord of the Rings prequels.
“In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming The Hobbit I am faced with the hardest decision of my life,” Stuff.co.nz [...]
Guillermo Del Toro Out As Director Of “The Hobbitâ€
May 31st, 2010 |
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Mexican-born lensman Guillermo Del Toro has dropped as director of the long-awaited theatrical premiere of The Hobbit movies, citing production delays, The Washington Post has learned.“In light of ongoing delays in the setting of a start date for filming “The Hobbit”, I am faced with the hardest decision of my life,” Del Toro told [...]
Sean Penn Rejoins “The Three Stooges†Movie
January 5th, 2010 |
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Sean Penn has rejoined the upcoming film adaptation of The Three Stooges just months after dropping out movie.
The Oscar-winning star had been slated to star in a movie based on 1930s comedy icons Moe Howard, Curly Howard, and Larry Fine. In fact, Sean was lined up to play Larry opposite Benicio Del Toro as Moe, [...]
Havana ceremony honours del Toro
July 31st, 2009 |
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Oscar-winning actor Benicio del Toro has been presented with an award by the Cuban government in Havana, in recognition of his body of work.
The inaugural Tomas Gutierrez Alea prize was presented at a ceremony attended by US actors Robert Duvall, James Caan and Bill Murray.
Their visit is seen as a sign of warming Cuban-US relations.
Puerto Rican-born del Toro played revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in two films out last year.
Named after prolific Cuban filmmaker Alea, the new award was voted for by the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba.
Del Toro – who won a best supporting actor Oscar for Traffic in 2001 – said it was "an honour" to receive the award and thanked Che director Steven Soderbergh.
The director’s two-part, four-and-a-half hour biopic on the Argentine revolutionary who helped Fidel Castro take power in Cuba in 1959, was a big hit on the island.
Murray sang songs to union members packed into a room behind the group’s main headquarters.
He then jokingly passed around a baseball cap to collect tips for the pianist who accompanied him.
"This is a show that will never be able to be repeated," del Toro said.
"Bill Murray singing, Robert Duvall with his flowers, James Caan sitting here next to me, with [Cuban actors] Jorge Perugorria and Mirta Ibarra.
"It will stay in history forever."
Because of the long-standing US trade embargo against communist Cuba, Americans have been forbidden – with some exceptions – from visiting the island, which is 90 miles (145km) away from Key West, Florida.
Hollywood stars such as Robert Redford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and director Steven Spielberg have visited in the past but cultural exchanges slowed down because of restrictions imposed by former US President George W Bush.
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