Jeff Bridges to play an exorcist in The Seventh Son

Oscar winner Jeff Bridges has signed on to play an exorcist in The Seventh Son, formerly titled The Last Apprentice and The Spook's Apprentice.

Bridges, who'll next be seen on these shores in his Oscar-nominated lead role in the Coen brothers' True Grit, will play Spook, an exorcist who trains up apprentice Thomas (the role earmarked for Pettyfer).

The movie will be based on the first in a series of books (what fantasy film isn't these days?), so expect this to be labelled the new Harry Potter, Twilight, I Am Number Four, etc…

Set in the 1700s, the character of Thomas will be older than he is in the books (where he's 12) to suit Pettyfer, who's still working hard to steal Robert Pattinson's Brit heartthrob crown.

Oscar nominee Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) is said to be circling the role of a suspected witch.

The Seventh Son will be directed by Sergey Bodrov (Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan).

Bridges is following in the footsteps of Anthony Hopkins, who recently played an exorcist trainer in The Rite.

Source: Collider

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Kristen Stewart in first official On the Road pics

We've previously seen some grainy pap shots from the set of On the Road, and now a bunch of official new images have landed on Sky Movies.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart features prominently, in another role that looks set to prove that there's life after Bella.

She's playing Mary Lou in the movie, which is based on the semi-autobiographical tome by Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac.

Sam Riley (Control, Brighton Rock) and Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy) star as Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, the stand-ins for real-life figures Kerouac and Neal Cassady.

On their travels they'll be bumping into an ultra-hip cast, including Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Elisabeth Moss, Viggo Mortensen and Steve Buscemi.

Director Walter Salles has form with road movies, having previously been behind two blinding entries in the genre: Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries.

As well as the shot of Kristen above, there are two more new snaps below:

On the Road is due to be released later this year.

Source: Sky Movies

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The Queen herself is a fan of The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech is a seriously hot contender at the Oscars this year, with a massive 12 nominations in the annual competition.

Clearly it has a lot of fans out there – including, apparently, Queen Elizabeth II herself (who is played in the film by young Freya Wilson).

An insider at the monarch’s household has revealed that the Queen received two copies of the film just before Christmas and watched it at Sandringham House.

“The Queen loves a good film,” the insider tells The Sun. “The King's Speech is close to the bone as it is a portrayal of her family in the 1930s, but she found it moving and enjoyable.

“She was clearly amused by some of the lighter moments.”

Nice to know who HRH will be backing when the Oscar winners are announced during the ceremony on 27 February.

Source: The Sun

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No Great Gatsby for Baz Luhrmann after all?

Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gasby doesn’t seem to be as much of a done deal as we’ve all taken it to be.

The director, who’s talked about filming in 3D and casting Carey Mulligan as Daisy, has revealed he still hasn’t officially signed on to the adap.

Speaking with Vulture, he revealed: “I gotta make a decision in three days’ time [on] whether to do it or not.

He added: “I think I’ve been a bit shaded out because I want everything to be perfectly positioned on it, there will be news by the end of the week.”

The famously perfectionist director has only made four films in a career that spans almost 20 years; clearly he’s very selective about what he makes.

Is this just a ploy to get a pay boost? Or is Luhrmann genuinely uncertain? Guess we’ll find out by the end of the week…

Source: Vulture

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Julia Roberts in talks for Brothers Grimm Snow White

"If Charlize Theron can do it, so can I." That’s what Julia Roberts is probably saying to herself, having entered into talks to play the Evil Queen in The Brothers Grimm: Snow White.

With three Snow White films currently in production, this is going to get seriously confusing. In short: Roberts would play the Queen in Tarsem Singh’s Brothers Grimm movie, while Theron is playing the villainess in Snow White And The Huntsman.

A further third Snow film – Snow And The Seven – is currently being written by Toy Story 3 scribe Michael Arndt over at Disney.

Being directed in 3D by Singh, Brothers Grimm: Snow White has no cast yet attached. But the signing of Roberts would be a coup for the production, which has fallen behind competitor Huntsman in the casting department.

It would definitely be a shake-up to the routine for Roberts, who generally prefers rom-coms over the sort of stylised production that Grimm will no doubt turn into.

Now if they could just cast neice Emma Roberts as Snow White, that'd make it a proper family affair.

Source: Vulture

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