"Mel Gibson will direct and Leonardo DiCaprio will star in an untitled period drama set in the world of Viking culture. William Monahan is writing the script.
Graham King will produce with Gibson and Tim Headington in a co-production between King’s GK Films and Gibson’s Icon Productions. Shooting is expected to begin fall, 2010, meaning that if everything falls into place, it would be the next directing effort for Gibson. The principals confirmed the project but would not divulge many details. DiCaprio, who has long been fascinated by Viking culture, will play one in a storyline that will be as unsparing as Gibson’s other period directing efforts “Braveheart”, “The Passion of the Christ” and “Apocalypto.”
The connective tissue is King. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan in "The Departed" (2006).
The producer teamed with DiCaprio and Monahan in the Oscar-winning drama “The Departed”, and just worked with Gibson and Monahan in the Martin Campbell-directed drama “Edge of Darkness.” Leonardo DiCaprio with Christopher Nolan and Ellen Page filming a scene for 'Inception' in Los Angeles, on 19 October, 2009 - Photos by Photo Agency.
DiCaprio will likely take a film before putting on the Viking horns. He just completed the Christopher Nolan-directed “Inception” for Warner Bros., and will next be seen in the Martin Scorsese-directed “Shutter Island”, which Paramount releases February 19. Gibson just completed the Jodie Foster-directed “The Beaver.” Source: weblogs.variety.com
Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan in "Prince of Persia: Sand of Times" promotional artwork.
"Jake Gyllenhaal holds the fate of the world in his hands in 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' from blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer, in theaters May 28, 2010, and only we've got an exclusive look at new footage of a ripped Jake from the movie! Much of the film was shot in the baking Moroccan desert and in London, and Jake trained for months to build and maintain his action-hero physique. Jake Gyllenhaal - Entertainment Tonight: Prince of Persia (TV) screencaps by Iheartjakemedia.com.
"I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I'd be hopefully able to do anything," Jake told ET, saying with a shrug, "I guess I've gotten buff."
He added that when filming finally wraps, "It's going to turn into fat and I'm going to be happy." Source: www.etonline.com
Promotional stills of Olivia Wilde of Fox.com Olivia Wilde - Dr. Remy Hadley/"Thirteen":"Olivia Wilde has starred in an array of comedic and dramatic roles. Wilde recently wrapped production on the futuristic thriller "Tron Legacy" directed by Joseph Kosinski. Trailer for Tron Legacy (aka Tron 2, Tr2n). Coming in Disney 3D in 2010. Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner. Directed by Joseph Kosinski. TRON: Evolution is an action/adventure game being created for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. Developed by Propaganda Games, Disney Interactive Studios' action and role-playing game studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, TRON: Evolution is scheduled for release in Holiday 2010 before the "TRON: Legacy" film arrives in theaters.
Wilde was seen opposite Jack Black in the biblical-era comedy "Year One." Previously, Wilde starred in and produced "FIX", the story of documentary filmmakers who race all over California to help out a relative. Emile Hirsch with Olivia Wilde discussing bed malfunction issues in "Alpha Dog" (2006).
Wilde also co-starred opposite Bruce Willis, Emile Hirsch and Justin Timberlake in the film "Alpha Dog", based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood.She previously won Best Actress at the Aspen Film Festival for the independent feature "Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas."On stage, Wilde starred in Epic Theatre Center's Off-Broadway production of "Beauty on the Vine." On television she co-starred in the drama "The Black Donnellys", created by Paul Haggis". Source: www.fox.com
Olivia Wilde in "Lucky" Magazine photoshoot, January 2010.
"I find myself constantly pretending I'm a chic Parisian," says the L.A.-based actress. "I even dream of buying a Balmain jacket with really sharp shoulders. If I can pull off that look, I will have succeeded, at least partially, in my quest." Here, the 25-year-old divulges some of her favorites—pieces that are easygoing, sophisticated, and of course, très belles". Source: www.luckymag.com
"Fix" is shot as a faux-documentary in which Bella (Wilde) and Milo (Ruspoli) trek across Los Angeles in a treacherous effort to get Milo's heroin-addicted brother (Shawn Andrews, Pickford of "Dazed and Confused" fame) into rehab before he misses a court-ordered deadline and ends up in the slammer. The idea was based on Wilde's suggestion that they create a film around Ruspoli's charismatic real-life brother."I said, 'Is there one day in his life that you can remember that might make a great movie?' " Wilde explained. "And [Tao] said, 'Yeah, there's one day.' And it was this day that really happened." Olivia Wilde and her husband Tao Ruspoli, director of "Fix".
Despite the tight filming schedule, Wilde refused to give up the opportunity to work with her husband. "What makes a great relationship is when you really admire and respect the other person and when you can be inspired by them, and if you create something together, those are some of the most magical times in a relationship," she said. "If you can work on anything together, you can really appreciate the gifts the person has to offer." Source: www.mtv.com
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Tom Hansen in "500 days of Summer" (2009).
500 Days of Summer ON BLU-RAY AND DVD 18 JANUARY 2010 "When Tom (Gordon-Levitt- 30 Rock) a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic is blindsided after being dumped by girlfriend Summer (Deschanel-Yes Man, Failure to Launch), he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days 'together' trying to understand what went wrong. With mates Paul (Matthew Gray Guble- The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) and McKenzie (Geoffrey Arend- Garden State) on side to offer friendly advice and pick up the pieces, Tom's fragile emotional state is further damaged when Summer twists the knife again with a shock revelation!
Traumatised, Tom goes into meltdown and ceases to care about anything other than Summer in an attempt to win her back. Immersing himself in a period of introspective self-examination, his reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life, but has he truly emerged a changed man? This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'.Scan of Zooey Deschanel's "500 days of Summer" Interview for Film Ink, September 2009.
The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only love two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and not feel a thing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story. Blu-ray Special Features: Main Feature + digital copy and the following special features Lost Days of Summer: deleted and Extended Scenes Love Testimonials 'I Think We Should Stop Seeing Each Other' Family Dinner (Day 11) Paul Meets Summer Tom And Summer Argue Tom In The Movie Theatre (Day 286) The Worst Morning Ever Tom Sees Summer Everywhere Day (Day 306) Date With Alison (Day 345) Bank Dance Directed by Marc Webb Mean's Cinemash: Sid and Nancy/ (500) Days of Summer Music Video: SWEET DISPOSITION by Temper Trap Conversations with Zooey and Joseph Acting Vs Reality Creative Process Favourite Parts of L.A Karaoke Los Angeles Music DVD Special Features: Main Feature + digital copy and the following special features: Lost Days of Summer: Deleted and Extended Scenes Love Testimonials 'I Think We Should Stop Seeing Each Other' Famiy Dinner (Day 11) Paul Meets Summer Tom And Summer Argue Tom In The Movie Theatre (Day 286) The Worst Morning Ever Tom Sees Summer Everywhere (Day 306) Date With Allison (Day 345)
"500 Days of Summer" Production Notes - Comments From Director Marc Webb: "We all know Summer because Summer isn’t just a girl. She’s an event. I met my first "Summer when I was 17. She got me to skip class so she could read me Catcher in the Rye at the Vilas Park Zoo back in Madison, Wisconsin. (How cool is that?) At the time, I believed that love was the magic pill that would connect my soul to the universe and provide unending, effortless bliss.
I won’t go into the sordid details but suffice it to say pretty girls with rebel hearts are in high demand. Some people end up with their Summer. I did not. We broke up and I entered into this weird limbo – I couldn’t shake that feeling that something had gone horribly, painfully wrong with the universe. And a Further Comment From Co-Writer Scott Neustadter: On July 22nd 2001, a Sunday if I’m not mistaken (and I’m not), sometime between the hours of 7 and 9 (Eastern Standard Time), a monumental, cataclysmic, earth-shattering event took place at a restaurant called “Serendipity” in New York – I got dumped… hard. We’d only been dating a couple months and yet, as often happens in the wake of such things, I was flooded by some powerful emotions: hopelessness, crippling inadequacy, the world ending, that sort of thing. I stayed in a lot during those days – listening to the Smiths on a constant loop, watching old French films and lamenting my not being alive in an era that would appreciate me. In short, I was an asshole. An amazing thing happened next. Almost instantly upon my arrival, I met someone new. She was smart. She was pretty. She was perfect. Six months later, she dumped me. 500 DAYS OF SUMMER is the story of those relationships. Or, at least, how I remembered them afterwards. (Ok, fine – how I chose to remember them.) Weber and I always dreamed of writing a romantic comedy like our heroes Cameron Crowe and Woody Allen – one that was relatable and identifiable, where the comedy came from a real place rather than some squirrel attack in the woods. This is the result. An anatomy of a romance. Equal parts autobiography and fantasy. A pop song in movie form. 500 DAYS is a lot of things – funny (hopefully), sad (definitely), peculiar (for sure).
The Beginnings of Summer: Penning a Postmodern Love Story “For all intents and purposes, Summer Finn – just another girl. Except she wasn’t.” -- The Narrator
“The idea we had for the screenplay was sort of a romantic comedy meets MEMENTO. We wanted to follow a guy sifting through the memories of a relationship, moving backwards and forwards through time as he starts to see things he might not have seen while he was going through it,” explains Neustadter. “You watch him gaining perspective and learning something about himself and about love. Tom realizes he is someone who is in love with the idea of love and that’s why his story becomes a very hopeful one. He sees something about the nature of love. It’s not your conventional romantic comedy, but it is a very romantic story.” From the beginning Neustadter and Weber chafed against the perennially cutesy, sentimental and unexamined conventions of romantic comedies -- and searched for a truer way to tell Tom’s story of the romance that put his heart through a mix-master, only to leave him with an even stronger, if more mature, belief in love. “We threw away all the rules and looked at alternative structures,” explains Neustadter. “We followed every single idea no matter how crazy it seemed, from the way people are transported by a song to how they drown their sorrows in a movie. Anything that was in Tom’s mind and memory was fair game.” Source: tech.groups.yahoo.com
"Mel Gibson will direct and Leonardo DiCaprio will star in an untitled period drama set in the world of Viking culture. William Monahan is writing the script.
The principals confirmed the project but would not divulge many details. DiCaprio, who has long been fascinated by Viking culture, will play one in a storyline that will be as unsparing as Gibson’s other period directing efforts “Braveheart”, “The Passion of the Christ” and “Apocalypto.”
Leonardo DiCaprio plays Billy Costigan in "The Departed" (2006).
Leonardo DiCaprio with Christopher Nolan and Ellen Page filming a scene for 'Inception' in Los Angeles, on 19 October, 2009 - Photos by Photo Agency.
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