Sopranos Star James Gandolfini Dies in Italy

Actor James Gandolfini, best known for his Emmy Award winning role as Mob boss Tony Soprano, has tragically died of a presumed heart attack while on holiday in Italy.

The stars managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders released a statement confirming the news:

“It is with immense sorrow that we report our client James Gandolfini passed away today while on holiday in Rome Italy. Our hearts are shattered and we will miss hoi deeply. He and his family were part of our family for many years and we are all grieving”.

Gandolfini’s Sopranos co-star Joe Gannascoli expressed his own shock and sadness at the news

“James was Fifty-one and leaves a kid – he was newly married, His son is fatherless now. It’s way too young.”

The Sopranos was a huge television landmark, running from 1997-2007 on HBO, the American television network released its own statement following the news.

“He will be deeply missed. He was a special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone no matter their title or position with equal respect. He touched so many of us over the years with his humour, his warmth and his humility.”

Isla Fisher Talks Arrested Development Plans

Red Carpet News spoke to beautiful Australian actress Isla Fisher during a London Q&A event to promote her magical new heist movie Now You See Me and asked the flamed haired star about the future of Arrested Development.

Isla played Ron Howard’s fictitious illegitimate daughter Rebel Alley on Netflix’s rebooted 4th season and found herself juggling onscreen relationships with both Michael Cera and Jason Bateman.

We asked whether we’d be seeing that Bluth father & son love triangle resolved in a movie or a 5th season and here’s what Isla had to say:

“Netflix won’t reveal the numbers of how many people watched it. Allegedly it was a huge success, that’s what it’s reported to be. When we shot it all Mitch kept saying was this is what we’re going to do in the movie this is how your character is going to get resolved. Obviously I can’t reveal how it would work out but yeah I would love to make the movie of that, I had such a great time on that show.”

On the subject of her character’s complicated romance with the Bluth boys she added:

“Don’t forget I also made out with Will Arnett’s character too! They did not tell me when I took the gig exactly how much whoring my character would do! There’s still a few members of the Bluth family I haven’t made out with yet… but not many.”

While carefully avoiding plot spoilers, obviously it seems pretty clear that the shows creator Mitch Hurwitz still remains committed to plans to follow the 4th season with a movie as opposed to a another series.

Interviews below with the cast from the Arrested Development Netflix London Premiere:

Jesse Eisenberg Wants Zombieland Sequel

Red Carpet News caught up with Jesse Eisenberg at a London Q&A event to promote magical new heist movie Now You See Me and asked the fast talking star about whether or not a sequel to 2009 cult hit Zombieland could still be on the cards.

Amazon recently commissioned a pilot episode of a spin off TV series but due to a fiercely negative reaction from fans of the movie version they dropped the project. This lead Zombieland creator Rhett Reese to take to Twitter to publicly vent his dismay and confusion at the fact diehard Zombielad fans had “successfully hated it out of existence”.

Here’s what Jesse had to say about the prospect of a sequel:

“We wanted to do a sequel to Zombieland but then they tried to do a TV series instead. Then someone told me the TV series was cancelled so maybe it will happen again. Although it seems like maybe you wouldn’t want to do a movie after a TV series. Zombieland was originally written as a TV series so it made sense that they wanted to try to make it into a show. But they should have made a sequel I think!”

Whether co-stars Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin feel as enthusiastic about another big screen trip to Zombieland remains to be seen. It’s also unclear if the fan backlash against the TV series will ultimately help or hinder any potential sequel plans.

Though the painful failure of the TV series might cause creator Reese to focus efforts on a second movie instead, there’s an obvious danger that studios might mistake the fan backlash against the small screen reboot as a perceived lack of enthusiasm franchise. When in truth fans were only disappointed that the production value and casting of the pilot didn’t quite live up to the high standards set by the movie.

Let us know what you think in the comments and what you’d like to see from a Zombieland 2.

Bonus Gallery of Pictures of Jesse Eisenberg & Isla Fisher below from the Q&A:

Samuel L. Jackson Talks Star Wars Episode VII

Whilst launching new Male Cancer Charity initiative One For The Boys, Samuel L. Jackson added some serious weight to recent rumours that he’s eager to be a part of the new Star Wars franchise.

Speaking about his popular role in the Star Wars saga as purple lightsabre wielding Jedi Master Mace Windu, Jackson openly admitted he’d love to be part of Episode VII and work with new director J.J. Abrams.

Jackson also opened the door further by indicating he would perhaps settle for  new role in the series by admitting he’d be happy to be in there as ‘something’ even if they don’t decide to revive his former Jedi Master.

Video Interview below:

 

Natalie Dormer On Game of Thrones Red Wedding

At the recent London premiere for new comedy The Heat we spoke to Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer about the controversy surrounding the now infamous 9th episode of its award winning this season.

The hit HBO series has won much praise and acclaim for its frequent depiction of realistic sex and violence to bring the brutal fantasy world of Westeros to life. However the Red Wedding episode in the latest season grabbed headlines as a number of the main cast were ruthlessly massacred. The grisly scene was always part of the original books by George R.R. Martin, but critics and even some fans of the show claim that the scenes were perhaps too horrific this time for television.

Responding to the intense reaction Natalie Dormer, who plays Margaery Tyrell, explained that she felt that the Red Wedding was handled well and that the violence wasn’t gratuitous at all. She also admitted she’s looking forward to her characters own deadly wedding in season 4, but hopes her white dress doesn’t get too much blood on it.

Video Interview Below: