Brett Ratner’s Hercules Cast Grows
Rush Hour director Brett Ratner is making a new movie version of Hercules starring The Rock Dwayne Johnson. Based on a graphic novel the revisionist history take on the classical hero will avoid all that Gods and Greek Mythology nonsense, re-imaging Hercules and his friends as simply a toga wearing version of the Expendables.
Rufus Sewell and Ian McShane have now reportedly both joined the cast. Sewell will play the thieving Autolycus and McShane will be playing the priest like warrior Amphiarus. Joseph Fiennes and John Hurt are both also joining the cast but their characters are yet to be announced.
First Light Awards 2013 Winners & Interviews
The First Light Awards 2013 took place at Odeon, Leicester Square yesterday afternoon. Celebrating the creative talents of the young people that have been involved in First Light filmmaking projects throughout the year, this year’s ceremony was hosted by comedian Iain Stirling and CBBC’s Hacker T Dog.
Known as the mini Oscars® the ceremony was attended by a mix of film industry luminaries and celebrities including Sir Alan Parker, Joely Richardson, Simon Pegg, Rafe Spall and Olivia Williams, who presented the young people with awards across various categories, including Best Drama, Best Animation, Best Film by Under 12s, Best Film by Over 13s and FILMCLUB of the Year Award.
It was a fun, celebratory event and a new exciting experience for many of the nominees who travelled to London from all over the UK.
Many of the young filmmakers come from disadvantaged backgrounds and have experienced adverse circumstances such as homelessness, exclusion from school, becoming a teenage parent, having a disability or being a refugee.
This years judges included Martin Freeman, Jenna Louise Coleman, Amanda Nevill, David Heyman, Ralf Little, Dawn Porter, Jonathan Bailey, Manjinder Virk, Claire Foy, Toby Jones, Freddie Fox, Rebecca O’Brien, Emma Hindley, and Sir Alan Parker
List of winners below:
YouTube Digital Innovation Award - The Perfect Dream
Young Voice Award - Days The Made Us
Best Documentary - Echoes of Substance Abuse
Best Animaton – High Above The Sky
Best Film by Under 12s - Time Report
Best Drama - Mutiny
Best Film by Over 13s - Not Just A Diagnosis
Best Comedy - H.B.
FLIC Award - Watch Your Language
Video Interviews below with winners and celebrity presenters:
G.I. Joe: Retaliation London Premiere Pictures
Check out a gallery of pictures below from last night’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation London Premiere. Stars Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Byung-hun Lee, Jonathan Pryce, Elodie Yung, Adrianne Palicki and director Jon M. Chu joined fans on the red carpet.
Check out our red carpet interview blow as well:
Ben Affleck set for Bunker Hill
Fresh from the considerable Oscar triumph of Argo, Ben Affleck is set to return to the comforting violence of Boston for his next film. Pearl Street Films has acquired the rights to historical non-fiction book Bunker Hill A City, A Siege, A Revolution, with Argo writer Chris Terrio set to adapt it into a screenplay for Affleck’s directorial pleasure.
Affleck is currently busy adapting the novel Live By Night by Dennis Lehane but is expected to make Bunker Hill after that, dramatically documenting the events that led to the American Revolution.
Hansel & Gretel Get Witch Hunting Sequel
Despite a muted critical reaction Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters is getting a sequel, due in large part to a suspiciously successful $150 million box office haul across Europe. The combination of Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Leather, CGI Blood and misplaced American accents proved more popular internationally.
Will Ferrell and Adam Mckay will apparently return to produce the sequel, though it’s yet to be officially announced whether or not Arterton and Renner will star again. It’s hard to imagine there’d be much point in making a Hansel and Gretel film without Hansel or Gretel.
Full Cast Interviews below as a bonus: