Cate Blanchett Attends London Film Festival
The 59th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express has announced Carol, Todd Haynes’ beautiful 1950s set drama, as the Festival’s American Express Gala. The film will receive its UK premiere on Wednesday 14 October at the Odeon Leicester Square, attended by the director and luminous stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel, adapted by screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, Carol follows Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), a young clerk in her 20s working in a Manhattan department store, who dreams of a more fulfilling life. When Therese meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage, an immediate connection sparks between them. As the innocence of their first encounter dims, their connection deepens and they embark on a journey of self discovery.
BFI London Film Festival Director Clare Stewart says:
“We are delighted to announce that Todd Haynes’ Carol will be this year’s American Express Gala. Carol is a deeply romantic, emotionally honest love story and is also cinema at its most intoxicating and immaculate.”
Orlando Bloom Back For Pirates Sequel
Orlando Bloom will once again play Will Turner in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean sequel Dead Men Tell No Tales. Bloom was last seen sailing off on the high seas at the end of the original trilogy, but didn’t feature in the forth film On Stranger Tides.
The news of Bloom’s unexpected return was confirmed officially at the Disney D23 Expo over the weekend. The studio also released an official synopsis for the new film, which also stars Javier Bardem as new villain Captain Salazar.
“Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil’s Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea…including him. Captain Jack’s only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.”
Star Wars The Force Awakens Poster
Iconic artist Drew Struzan has created the new poster below for Star Wars The Force Awakens. The artwork was revealed at the Disney’s D23 Expo event.
The most notable feature is the fact that John Boyega’s character Finn is shown for the first time actually wielding a lightsaber. The poster also showcases masked villain Kylo Ren with his controversially hilted lightsaber. Fans of the original trilogy will no doubt welcome the inclusion of plenty of X-Wings, Tie Fighters and Han Solo himself.
Bill Murray Joins Ghostbusters Reboot
After decades of reluctance to return to the franchise for Dan Aykroyd’s long delayed Ghostbusters 3 sequel Bill Murray is surprisingly apparently set to appear for at least a cameo in Paul Feig’s female lead reboot of the classic comedy franchise.
Murray takes his place alongside the cast which already includes Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones. It’s not yet clear if Murray will be playing the iconic Dr Peter Venkman or merely making an appearance in another capacity.
Infini Official Trailer
Having premiered at the Edinburgh film festival, sci-fi horror INFINI has a new official UK trailer out. Set in a dystopian future, the film follows an elite Search and Rescue team on a mission to an off-world mining-facility to rescue the lone survivor of a biological outbreak. Directed and co-written by Shane Abbess the film stars Daniel MacPherson, Luke Hemsworth, Grace Huang and Luke Ford. If the trailer below is anything to go by, it make not be one for the faint hearted…