Here’s a first-look image from The Strays, the debut feature of filmmaker Nathaniel Martello-White.

The pic is the fourth commissioned by Netflix’s Director of UK Features, Fiona Lamptey, and shot in 2021 following The Wonder, I Came By and I Used to be Famous. The streamer will debut the movie in 2022.

Starring Ashley Madekwe (County Lines), Bukky Bakray (Rocks), Jorden Myrie (Stephen), Justin Salinger (Hanna), Samuel Small (The Nest) and newcomer Maria Almeida, the film chronicles an upper-middle-class woman’s perfectly crafted life beginning to unravel after the arrival of two shadowy figures in her town.

It was shot across London, Suffolk and Berkshire between September and November 2021. Producers are Tristan Goligher and Valentina Brazzini for The Bureau alongside Rob Watson for Air Street.

Martello-White has acting credits including Guerrilla, BBC series Collateral and ITV’s Deceit. He is an established name in theater following his own plays Torn and Blackta.

Exclusive: Giri/Haji and Marcella star Sophia Brown will co-star with Laurence O’Fuarain (Vikings) and Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians) in Netflix’s anticipated fantasy series The Witcher: Blood Origin, we can reveal.

Brown has been cast in the role of Éile, an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, who leaves her clan and position as Queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician. A grand reckoning on the Continent forces her to return to the way of the blade in her quest for vengeance and redemption.

Rising Brit actress Brown takes over from Jodie Turner-Smith who, as we revealed in April, had to exit due to scheduling conflicts.

Shoot is due to get underway in the UK in August on the spinoff origin story. With the three leads set, supporting cast will be revealed imminently.

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Apple TV+ has set Vera Farmiga is set to star in the highly anticipated Apple Original limited series Five Days at Memorial from creators John Ridley and Carlton Cuse.

The limited series from Academy Award-winner John Ridley and Emmy Award-winner Carlton Cuse.

Farmiga will play the role of Dr. Anna Pou.

Based on the acclaimed National Books Critics Circle Award-winning non-fiction novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, the series chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

When the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

Meanwhile, Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey is headed back to the small screen.

The actress has boarded the previously announced Spectrum Originals...

Exclusive: Comcast-owned Sky is working on its first series with Shameless creator Paul Abbott — a crime drama titled Wolfe, which will feature Guerrilla and Rogue One actor Babou Ceesay as a brilliant but flawed forensic pathologist.

The six-part AbbottVision series, which will be officially announced on Monday as part of a slate of Sky originals, is written by a team led by Abbott and will co-star Amanda Abbington (Sherlock), Natalia Tena (Harry Potter), Naomi Yang (Poisonings), Adam Long (Vera), and Shaniqua Okwok (Small Axe).

Ceesay leads the crime-of-the-week series as Professor Wolfe Kinteh, the finest crime scene investigator in the north of England. He is a mercurial genius when it comes to piecing together evidence, but is prone to being a liability and has been kicked out of his family home by his wife, Val (Tena).

Wolfe is propped up by a team that includes child prodigy Maggy (Yang...

Apple TV+ has picked up Five Days at Memorial, a limited series from Oscar winner John Ridley and Emmy winner Carlton Cuse that chronicles events in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The pickup of the new series, based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, comes on the 15th anniversary of one of America’s worst natural disasters.

Five Days at Memorial, from ABC Signature, chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

Ultimately, 40 dead bodies were found in the hospital. The book explores how and why that happened. On the surface, it is a disaster thriller, but at its core is an examination of difficult moral and ethical decision-making in a time of great crisis.

John Ridley and Carlton Cuse are set to adapt Sheri Fink’s novel “Five Days at Memorial” for Apple as a limited series, Variety has learned.

The book chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

Ridley and Cuse will co-write the series in addition to serving as executive producers and co-showrunners. Fink will produce, with Ridley attached to direct as well. ABC Signature, where Ridley and Cuse are both under overall deals, will produce.

Ridley won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay in 2014 for “12 Years a Slave.” He also created the Showtime limited series “Guerrilla” and the Emmy-winning ABC series “American Crime.” He is also attached to write, direct, and executive produce an untitled musical drama at Showtime.

A version of this interview with John Ridley first appeared in the Limited Series & Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. John Ridley has been a leading voice in television for decades, earning two nominations in 2015 (and another the following year) for his ABC limited series “American Crime.” When the cultural and political landscape began to change in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer last month, we figured it was time to check back in with Ridley, whose other work includes his Oscar-winning screenplay for “12 Years a Slave,” the series “Guerrilla,” the documentary “Let It Fall” and an annual Social Justice Summit at No Studios, his arts production and studio complex in his hometown of Milwakuee. I went back and I looked at the conversation that we had about “American Crime” in 2015. It was a show in which police violence against people...

Next-gen gaming’s biggest open secret has finally been revealed. June’s PlayStation 5 showcase brought us our first look at Horizon Forbidden West.

Members of the Guerrilla Games team have confirmed that the game’s title is indeed a reference to protagonist Aloy’s journey into the West. As such, this will definitely be a sequel to 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn that seems to pick up right about where the last major game (and its Dlc) in the series left off.

Sony said that “Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy’s story as she moves west to a far-future America to brave a majestic, but dangerous frontier where she’ll face awe-inspiring machines and mysterious new threats.”

To that end, the game’s trailer suggests that this journey into the West will reveal some fascinating new landscapes, characters, and cultures that we didn’t get a glimpse of the first time around.

Exclusive: Writer-director John Ridley has been writing and directing film and TV projects about racial conflict his whole career. And despite winning the Oscar for scripting 12 Years a Slave, he has always found it a tough sell, the idea of forcing people to confront their own feelings about race and prejudice. He is in an unusual place in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder that prompted protests in major cities across the country. Right after writing a brief op-ed in the Los Angeles Times suggesting it wasn’t Ok for HBO Max to continue airing the cinematic classic Gone With The Wind without a qualifier that it wrongly celebrates the South and diminishes the horrors of slavery, WarnerMedia announced it would pull the film until it can provide some historical context for viewers. And Warner Bros just scrapped a Grand Rex theater showing in Paris to commemorate the...

Vgc is reporting that multiple sources have informed them that Sie and Guerrilla Games are planning on turning Horizon Zero Dawn into a trilogy starting with the release of Horizon Zero Dawn 2 for the PlayStation 5.

The report suggests that Guerrilla had ambitions to tell Horizon Zero Dawn as a trilogy story early on in the development process of the original game, but that plan didn’t become formal until it was clear to everybody involved that the first game would be a success.

As it stands, it seems that developer Guerrilla Games originally intended to develop Horizon Zero Dawn 2 for the PlayStation 4. However, the report suggests that the development of that sequel has now moved to the PlayStation 5. While the current console timeline simply supports such a transition, it also sounds like Guerrilla’s ambitions for that sequel may have necessitated a move to more powerful hardware.

Said ambitions reportedly...

Freida Pinto feels there was a time when the world ridiculed Indians for speaking so many languages and celebrating so many festivals. The actress says the world needs to imbibe the ethos of Indian culture in this "dark time".

The actress is excited about her new animated show "Mira, Royal Detective", weaved around with the Indian culture and traditions. She feels people will be amazed to look at the myriad colours and diversity of India.

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"I think the first thing is that the world is going to be absolutely enthralled by the fact that there are so many languages and festivals that we celebrate," Freida told Ians in an interview.

"We, in the past, have been ridiculed for speaking so many languages and celebrating so many festivals. Now, they are going to see the beauty of these and then realise what they are missing on.

Smithsonian Channel takes Us rights to ‘Tower of London’ docuseries

The Smithsonian Channel has acquired North American rights to docuseries “Inside the Tower of London” from All3Media International

The hybrid history and behind-the-scenes series is produced by All3Media group’s Lion Television.

The 8 x 60-minute “Inside the Tower of London” explores 1,000 years of history as well as modern life at one of Britain’s oldest landmarks, from its royal connections to its iconic Beefeaters.

David Royle, Evp and chief programming officer at Smithsonian Networks, said: “Inside the Tower of London presents a definitive look inside this historic royal fortress, combining compelling stories of its haunting past with a fascinating look at how it operates today.”

Maria Ishak, Svp of sales, North America at All3Media International, commented: “This series brings a unique perspective and fresh approach that today’s international broadcasters – and viewers – are looking for in factual programming.”

Travel Channel...

Showtime has rounded out the series regular cast for Hombre, its thriller drama pilot from BAFTA nominee Jonas Cuarón (Gravity), starring Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle). Marisé Alvarez (The Vessel), Greg Grunberg (A Star Is Born), Pepi Sonuga (Famous In Love), Adriana Santos (Taken) and newcomer Noah Reyes will join Bernal in the pilot, which is set to begin production at the end of April in Los Angeles.

Created by Cuarón, who also will direct the pilot, Hombre centers on a Mexican-American family man named Marcos Osuna (Bernal) who is living undocumented in the United States. When his wife Leticia is detained by Ice, Marcos, both desperate and resourceful, goes to unprecedented lengths to get her back. The project is an emotional thriller about a man enmeshed in a dangerous double life, contending with powerful forces set on thwarting his unwavering desire to unite his family.

Cuarón executive produces with Bernal,...

Altamira

Director: Hugh Hudson // Writers: Olivia Hetreed, José Luis López-Linares

Hudson, notably the director of 1981 Best Picture winner Chariots of Fire, hasn’t helmed a feature since the lambasted 2000 Kim Basinger film I Dreamed of Africa, a noted passion project for the actress. His latest, Altamira, looks to be a historical reenactment, and will hopefully prove to be Hudson’s welcome return to feature films, which is why it makes our list. Banderas will play Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, a Spanish jurist and amateur archeologist who made the discovery of the Altamira Cave with his nine-year-old daughter Maria. Featuring painting of bison, horses, a doe and human hands, made with charcoal and ochre, these were the first Paleolithic cave paintings of their type to be discovered.

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Golshifteh Farahani, Rupert Everett.

Producers: Morena Films’ Lucrecia Botín and Alvaro Longoria (7 Days in Havana), Sympathetic Ink’s Andy Paterson (The Railway Man...

• Bruce Willis (Die Hard) is set to star in the action thriller Captive, taking over for the previously rumored Arnold Schwarzenegger. Simon Brand (Unknown) is directing with a script by Benjamin van der Even (Che: Part Two) and Kario Salem (Chasing Mavericks) from a story by Nicolai Fuglsig. Willis will play a real estate developer who gets kidnapped and held for ransom while at work in Brazil. Production is set to begin in March. [Deadline]

• Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) will play the woman who claimed to be the Grand Russian Duchess Anastasia, in Duchess. The film will be directed by Arie Posin...

Anurag Kashyap’s name (No Smoking, DevD) has become synonymous with new age Indian cinema, which pushes boundaries and offers an alternative to the mainstream commercial offerings from Bollywood which many have become accustomed to. Gangs of Wasseypur (Gow), fresh from its critical reception at Cannes Film Festival, is part one of a self-styled almost 6 hour epic mafia film, set in the hinterlands of northern India. The central concept of the film is revenge, coupled with the rise of warring clans. It is similar to the revenge Leonardo Dicaprio sought from Daniel Day Lewis in Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, or Amitabh Bachchan fought for in Mukul Anand’s Agneepath. In Gow this revenge is laid out very early in the film by a young Manoj Bajpai, in the name of his father’s death (also played by Manoj Bajpai) and will clearly culminate in part 2 of the film.

Demián Bichir Oscar nominee Demián Bichir at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Oscar Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California, on Monday, February 6, 2012. Applauding him are Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Janet McTeer, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, and others at the 2012 Oscar Luncheon. (Photo: Greg Harbaugh / © A.M.P.A.S. Click on the Demián Bichir photo to enlarge it.) Bichir is a Best Actor nominee for Chris Weitz's A Better Life, in which he plays an undocumented Mexican immigrant eking out a living in Los Angeles. His competition for the 2012 Best Actor Academy Award consists of George Clooney for Alexander Payne's family drama The Descendants, Brad Pitt for Bennett Miller's baseball drama Moneyball, Gary Oldman for Tomas Alfredson's spy drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Jean Dujardin for Michel Hazanavicius' silent comedy-drama The Artist. Dujardin was the Best Actor SAG Award winner.

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed on to return for "The Expendables" sequel and is set to star in "Last Stand." But now comes word that the actor is also in talks for "Captive" action thriller. Benjamin van der Veen (Che: Part Two) and Kario Salem (The Score) wrote the script from a story by Nicolai Fuglsig, and the plan is to begin shooting next year. Fuglsig was originally on board to direct, but stepped down. The film is currently in search of his replacement. If the deal works out, Schwarzenegger will play an American real estate tycoon living in Brazil who is kidnapped and held for ransom. As he frantically searches for a way out of his armored-truck prison cell hidden in a Sao Paolo landfill, a detective specializing in kidnap and ransom cases works to find him.

The return of Arnold Schwarzenegger is on. Not only will be have an extended part in next year’s The Expendables 2, his full return will be The Last Stand from I Saw the Devil director Kim Jee-woon for a January 2013 release, Arnie is going all indie on us in Captive, a new action thriller from writers Benjamin van der Veen (Che: Part Two) and Kario Salem (The Score).

Deadline says the film “will see Schwarzenegger take on the role of an American real estate mogul who is kidnapped and held for ransom while living in Brazil. As the story goes, while Schwarzenegger looks for a way out of the armored-truck he calls “home,” a detective works to rescue him.”

Sounds cool, and now the film is looking for a potential director.

Thoughts?...

Contagion, an all-star thriller about the race to halt a deadly virus, marks Matt Damon’s sixth collaboration with prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh — Che: Part Two, the three Ocean’s capers and The Informant! were the others. Repeat performances with distinctive directors has been a hallmark of the actor’s career. They’ve ranged across the director spectrum from scruffy Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Jersey Girl, Dogma) to classicist Clint Eastwood (Invictus, Hereafter) to indie specialist Gus Van Sant (Gerry, Finding Forrester and Good Will Hunting, for which Damon won a screenwriting Oscar) and politically charged Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum, Green Zone).

The relationship with the brainy, unpredictable Soderbergh, however, seems like a pretty special one. Damon explains how the director piqued his interest in the Contagion project, with its echoes of Sars and avian flu (but so much worse).

Steven Soderbergh is directing the second unit of The Hunger Games, The Playlist reports. Recently the Contagion director has been seen on the set of the feature adaptation of the young adult novel by Gary Ross. Production designer, Eddie Mils tweeted, “Soderbergh in the house this weekend!!! very exciting!” Another tweet came from electrician Chrys Blackstone, who posted, “Holy shit! Just found out that Steven Soderbergh is coming to the #hungergames to direct 2nd Unit. I am so excited this is getting good!”

This may sound odd to some, but apparently Ross and Soderbergh have been friends for years. Soderbergh produced Pleasantville, while Ross has often taken a look at Soderbergh’s scripts. Phil Messina, a production designer on Hunger Games who has also worked on Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Solaris, The Good German, Che: Part Two and the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy. Playlist reports that Ross merely had to assk Soderbergh to come aboard.

With The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ...

Such a list includes Bryce Dallas Howard ("Victoria II"), Xavier Samuel ("Riley Biers"), Jodelle Ferland ("Bree Tanner"), Jack Huston ("Royce King"), Kirsten Prout ("Lucy"), Leah Gibson ("Nettie"), and, last but not least, Catalina Sandino Moreno ("Maria").

Since leaving the Eclipse scene, each has taken on his or her own unique course for work.

For Catalina Sandino Moreno, picking up the role of Maria for the film seemed to be a bit of a departure from her normally serious and revered movie portfolio (with work like Maria Full Of Grace, Fast Food Nation, Love In The Time Of Cholera, and Che: Part One and Che: Part Two), but perhaps that's exactly what she was looking for because while she has filmed another biopic - on the Cristeros War called Cristiada - she's also attached herself to a comedy of sorts.

Per Slashfilm, Moreno is part of...

A Two-part Series On Steven Soderbergh'S Che.

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Che: Part Two (Guerrilla)

Part Two of Che begins with images of Bolivian miners. These are not portraits of revolutionaries, but of the need for revolution.

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Domino theory, or, the threat of a good example: Again we return to maps. This time they are of South America as a whole, each country labelled as if in a future trajectory of revolution. Then, all countries together, turning shades of red. Again the maps historicize the situation, and walk us through strategies for takeover. Now the Cuba map from the overture of Part One clicks: these maps represent not just a geography, but a plan of attack. Now we know what we’re in for in Bolivia—and perhaps, elsewhere. The battle for Bolivia is thus a bigger wager than that of an exported national revolution—it is a test of...

Y Tu Mama Tambien star Gael Garcia Bernal is stepping in the ring to play celebrated five-time world boxing champion Roberto Duran.

Variety are reporting that the biopic, entitled Hands of Stone (Duran’s nickname) may also benefit from the added presence of none other than Al Pacino, who has expressed interest in playing the role of Duran’s trainer Ray Arcel. Young Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada (Che: Part Two, The Losers) is also attached to play a key role.

Jonathan Jakubowicz (best known for directing 2005’s Secuestro express) is both directing and producing from his own screenplay, with Duran’s son (Robin Duran Iglesias) on board as an associate producer.

Roberto Duran Samaniego (born 1951) is widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. He finally retired in January 2002, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs. The boxer has actually had a taste of the big screen himself,...

With its big-screen adaptation hitting screens at the end of this month, The Losers has already scored a No1 hit.

Titan Books has announced that the award-winning graphic novel, on which the movie is based, has notched up another week at the top of the New York Times bestseller chart for paperback graphic fiction.

Comics enthusiast Joss Whedon - whose own work includes Astonishing X-Men - is among the book's fans, saying: "Never miss an issue. I'm down with The Losers in a big way."

The graphic novel, published by Titan on February 26, comes from the British creative team of writer Andy Diggle and Eisner Award-winning artist Jock (Green Arrow: Year One).

The film adaptation hits UK cinemas on May 28. It's directed by Sylvain White and stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen), Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four), Idris Elba (Thor), Columbus Short (Whiteout), Óscar Jaenada (Che: Part Two...

Director: Sylvain White Writer: Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Andy Diggle (comic book) Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada, Jason Patric The Losers, introduces us to an elite five member United States Special Ops team (Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar) who have been deployed to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. After going against their orders to save children who are in the line of their operation, the team finds themselves the victim of betrayal from inside the CIA by a powerful rogue agency head who goes by the name Max. The Losers fake their own demise to escape being framed for what transpires and plan to even the score by tracking down Max. Just as they get their plans together to head back to the states a mysterious and alluring operative named Aisha, confronts Clay claiming to know how to find Max.

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We already brought you the first official movie poster for The Losers earlier this month, and now comes a new second, more colourful poster – one that you may have seen doing the rounds in photos on Twitter, as apparently this can be currently seen on bus stops across the Us:

The Losers, based on the DC Comics/Vertigo graphic novel by Andy Diggle and Jock, is directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard) and stars Jeffery Dean Morgan (Watchmen) as Clay; Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) as Aisha; Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) as Jensen; Idris Elba (Obsessed) as Roque; Columbus Short (Quarantine) as Pooch; Oscar Jaeneda (Che: Part Two) as Cougar; and Jason Patric (My Sister’s Keeper) as Max.

The film is released April 23rd in the Us, the UK release date is currently Tba. If you haven’t seen them already, you can check out some exclusive hi-res images from The Losers here.

Warner Bros. has released the final poster for The Losers.

An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team–Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar–find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they’re joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war.

Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book series the film is directed by Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard), written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt and it stars Jeffery Dean...

An explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge, The Losers centers around the members of an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. But the team-Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar-soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross, instigated from the inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

Making good use of the fact that they are now presumed dead, the group goes deeply undercover in a dangerous plot to clear their names and even the score with Max. They are joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda, who is more than capable of scoring a few points of her own. Working together, when they’re not arguing amongst themselves, they have to stay one step ahead of the globetrotting Max-a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a...

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are stirring up some good will over at Warner Bros.

The actors, longtime friends who won the original screenplay Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" in 1997, are negotiating to close a first-look producing deal at WB. Details are yet unknown on the new company's name or the length of the agreement, but the pact is likely to close within days.

Damon has worked with Warner Bros. often in recent years, starring in "Invictus," "The Informant!," "The Departed," "Syriana" and the "Ocean's" trilogy for the studio over the last decade. Affleck co-wrote, directed and stars in his latest film, "The Town," for WB, which is releasing the crime thriller in September.

The two actors created and ran LivePlanet, which had a deal at Disney until 2007, a decade ago with Chris Moore and Sean Bailey, Disney's new production chief. But it's unclear whether Affleck and Damon will try...

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It's been a long time coming, but Steven Soderbergh's two-part biopic about Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara will finally get the full DVD and Blu-ray release that it deserves this coming January. Apparently they had hoped to have it ready for December, but Soderbergh needed extra time to reconstruct deleted scenes and prepare some of the supplementary material. In the words of Criterion president Peter Becker, the delay was "a trade we will always make, even if it means we don't get the benefit of sales in the holiday season, and we think that's the kind of decision our collectors would want us to make". Kudos to Criterion for that. The extras on this release will include the following: High-definition digital transfers of Che: Part One and Che: Part Two, supervised and approved by director Steven Soderbergh, with DTS-hd Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentaries on both films,...

Catalina Sandino Moreno is no newcomer to the Hollywood scene. – Maria Full Of Grace. Moreno won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead in that film, as well as the New Generation Award at the London Critics Circle Film Awards and the Imagen Award, amongst others. ... Journey To The End Of The Night and as Ana in Paris, I Love You before becoming Sylvia for Fast Food Nation, an Imagen Award-nominated and Cannes Film Festival Golden Palm-nominated film that received wide acclaim. ... The Hottest State and The Heart Of The Earth before taking the role of Hildebranda in Love In The Time Of Cholera. ... Che: Part One and Che: Part Two, Cannes Film ,,, Benecio del Toro and Julia Ormond. She has also been cast in the up-coming film entitled Frail, which films in Vancouver – the same location as filming for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with Jackson Rathbone...

Catalina Sandino Moreno is no newcomer to the Hollywood scene. Moreno is an Oscar-nominated actress with some very impressive work under her belt. This twenty-eight-year-old actress hails from Bogota, Colombia, and she was the first ever Colombian to be nominated for an Academy Award. Her husband, David Elwell, is a cinematic lighting technician who worked with her on the film for which she was nominated – Maria Full Of Grace. Moreno won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead in that film, as well as the New Generation Award at the London Critics Circle Film Awards and the Imagen Award, amongst others. Maria Full Of Grace was her first film, if you can believe it, and quite the breakthrough performance for Moreno it was. After Maria, Moreno took the part as Angie in Journey To The End Of The Night and as Ana in Paris, I Love You before becoming Sylvia for Fast Food Nation,...

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Catalina Sandino Moreno has joined the cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as Maria (a character you might recall from Jasper (Jackson Rathbone)'s past). When the announcement came last night that Royce King had been cast with Jack Huston, many speculated as to whether flashback sequences from Jasper's past would be included as well (since those of Rosalie' ... Catalina Sandino Moreno is a twenty-eight year old Oscar-nominee who you might've seen in Fast Food Nation, Che: Part One, and Che: Part Two. Moreno has also played in Love In The Time Of Cholera, based on the classic book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, so she has experience in book-to-film translations of a mystical sort. According to THR, The Colombian-born Sandino Moreno most notably starred in "Grace," in which she played a pregnant teacher who becomes a drug mule, as well as Steven Soderbergh's...

Principal photography is under way on Dark Castle Entertainment's action adventure The Losers (see Comic-Con poster below). The film is based on the comic book series published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, and is being directed by Sylvain White ( Stomp the Yard ). The Losers features an ensemble cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( Watchmen ), Zoe Saldana ( Star Trek ), Chris Evans ("Fantastic Four" films), Idris Elba ( Obsessed , RocknRolla ), Columbus Short ( Stomp the Yard , upcoming Whiteout ), Holt McCallany ( Vantage Point ), Óscar Jaenada ( Che: Part Two ) and Jason Patric ( In the Valley of Elah ). An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, The Losers centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian...

Matt Damon’s face says it all. The wonderment coming from this movie is incredible. It looks downright hilarious, and, believe it or not, could be Soderbergh’s funniest movie to date. I guess that’s not saying a whole lot when you consider the guy’s previous funniest movie was ‘Che: Part Two.’

Well, today, we have two posters to show you and a still from the movie. The first poster is the newest of these. The still and the other poster have been around for a few months, but we haven’t run them yet.

Check ‘em out:

You gotta wonder, though. Both posters claim ‘The Informant’ comes out in September, but everything else claims the movie’s release date is October 9th. These could be early prints that are just now coming out, so the finalized poster that hits theater lobbies will probably be slightly altered.

Source: Yahoo!

Havana -- Hollywood came to Havana on Thursday as Cuban writers and artists gave an award to Benicio del Toro, star of the 2008 movie "Che," in a ceremony attended by fellow actors Bill Murray, Robert Duvall and James Caan.

Murray stole the show when he improvised a version of the song "As Time Goes By," then jokingly passed around a hat, asking for money.

Their presence lent a bit of Hollywood glitz to warming U.S.-Cuba relations, and may have been the precursor for the making of a film in Cuba.

A spokesman for the group said del Toro was in town for the award, but that Murray, Duvall and Caan were working on a "research project."

When asked if he and his pals might make a movie on the communist-led island, del Toro told reporters: "That depends on the governments, on the American government."

Because of the long-standing U.

The Cast of upcoming comic book movie The Losers has been confirmed - with Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada revealed as the latest name to join the project.

Jaenada has landed the role of stetson-wearing sniper Cougar in the big-screen adapation of the title on DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, according to Blackfilm.

The 34-year-old (pictured) is best known to English audiences from this year's The Limits of Control and last year's Che: Part Two alongside Benecio Del Toro in the lead role of Che Guevara.

Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White is to helm the movie for Warner Bros, from a script by James Vanderbilt. It's set for release in 2011.

The Losers centres on a Special Forces team seconded to the CIA. They are betrayed and left for dead by their boss Max and regroup for revenge.

The site reports that the following are confirmed for roles in the movie: Jeffrey Dean Morgan as leader Clay,...

Blackfilm.com and Superherohype.com are reporting that Oscar Jaenada (”The Limits of Control”, “Che: Part Two”) has been cast as cowboy-hat wearing sniper Cougar in the upcoming Warner Bros. adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book “The Losers”. He’s joining Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, Jason Patric, and Zoe Saldana in the film about a CIA-affiliated black ops team who are betrayed and cut loose, left to die on a mission. They barely survive and plot to get even, hoping to find the reason they were selected to die and take revenge against the enigmatic intelligence persona known as Max. Sylvain White is directing “The Losers”, the [...]...

Blackfilm.com reports that Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada ( The Limits of Control , Che: Part Two ) has landed the role of Cougar in Warner Bros. Pictures' adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book The Losers . He's joining a cast that includes Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the leader Clay, Idris Elba is his second-in-command Roque, Chris Evans as Jensen, Columbus Short as Pooch, Jason Patric as Max and Zoe Saldana as Aisha. Sylvain White is directing the movie about a band of black ops commandos who are set up to be killed by their own government. They barely survive and set out to get even.

Jessica Alba has been dishonoured as the worst Latino actress of the past 12 months in a pre-Oscars online awards announcement.

The new mum picked up two 'prizes' at Latina.com's second annual Lazzie Awards - one for acting for "everything she was in last year" and one for her flop 2008 film The Love Guru.

Mexican star Diego Luna was named the worst Latino actor for his role in Milk.

Also among the Lazzie dishonours are Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem (Ickiest Onscreen Chemistry), Eva Mendes (The Setting Us Back Award for Negative Stereotyping in a Movie) and Victor Rasuk, whose Spanish speaking skills in Che earned him the 'No Espeak Espanish' award.

The full lust of Lazzie winners is:

The John T. Leguizamo Award for Worst Actor in a Movie - Diego Luna (Milk)

The John T. Leguizamo Award for Worst Actor on TV - Cristian de la Fuente (In Plain Sight)

The 'There's Always Waitressing' Award for Worst Actress in a Movie - Jessica Alba (for all of 2008)

The 'There's Always Waitressing' Award for Worst Actress on TV - Dania Ramirez (Heroes)

The 'We Want Our Money Back' Award for Worst Movie - The Love Guru

The 'Worst Fauxtino of the Year' Award for Worst Portrayal of a Latino - Vanessa Ferlito (Nothing Like the Holidays)

The 'No Espeak Espanish' Award for Poor Spanish Speaking Skills in a Movie - Victor Rasuk (Che)

The 'No Espeak Espanish' Award for Poor Spanish Speaking Skills on a TV Show - Michael Trevino (90210)

The 'I'd Rather Be Watching the Weather Channel' Award for Worst TV Show - Heroes

Award for Ickiest Onscreen Chemistry in a Movie - Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Award for Ickiest Onscreen Chemistry on a TV Show - Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith (Grey's Anatomy)

The Setting Us Back Award for Negative Stereotyping in a Movie - Eva Mendes (The Women)

The Setting Us Back Award for Negative Stereotyping on a TV Show - Viva Hollywood

Best Reality TV Trainwreck Female - Daisy de la Hoya (Rock of Love)

Best Reality TV Trainwreck Male - Frankie Delgado (Bromance)

The 'Karma's a Beyotch' Award for Shady Behaviour Female - America Ferrera (for rolling her eyes at a co-star on a press tour)

The 'Karma's a Beyotch' Award for Shady Behaviour Male - Eduardo Verastegui (for voting in favour of banning gay marriages in California)

The Biggest Disappointment in a Movie Award - Nothing Like the Holidays

The Biggest Disappointment in a TV Show Award - Ugly Betty

The Lifetime Underachievement Award - Luis Guzman.

Benicio Del Toro and Penelope Cruz were the toast of the Spanish film industry on Sunday night - with the pair both landing nods at the country's prestigious Goya Awards. Puerto Rican star Del Toro triumphed in the Best Actor category at the ceremony in Madrid, Spain, for his performance as Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara, in the biopic Che.

Cruz also picked up a gong, landing the Best Supporting Actress prize for her turn in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona and thanked the director in her acceptance speech, telling the crowd, "I've always been a great fan of Woody Allen. Thank you Woody for believing in me."

The other big winner of the night was new movie Camino, which tells the story of the Opus Dei religious order.

The picture garnered six awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Javier Fesser and Best Actress for Carme Elias.

The Cannes Palme d'Or winner, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days - about illegal abortion in Romania - was handed the best European film prize, while director Jesus Franco was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award.

The Martin Luther King Jr. weekend is proving bountiful for at least one shopping-mall misfit.

Sony's PG-rated comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" -- starring Kevin James ("I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry") as a hapless security guard-turned-hero -- rung up an impressive $33.8 million in estimated opening grosses through Sunday. That put the Happy Madison production firmly atop the domestic boxoffice headed into the Monday holiday.

"It's a huge number, there's no doubt about it," Sony distribution president Rory Bruer said.

Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" from Warner Bros. was pacing second over its second weekend of wide release, following several sessions in limited distribution. Pumping another $22.2 million it its tank this weekend, "Torino" now hauls a $73.2 million cume.

The frame's three other wide openers also loaded up on three-day coin.

Lionsgate's 3-D horror film "My Bloody Valentine" registered $21.9 million in third from a mix of extra-dimensional and conventional playdates.

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If you haven't already noticed, I'm a big admirer of great poster designs. Unfortunately we all too often see a lot of terrible posters over the year. So when one pops up that breaks the norm and looks fantastic, I'm always excited to share it. And thankfully, Steven Soderbergh's Che has been gaining momentum anyway due to its expansion into 9 more cities over the next few weeks. Thanks to Empire we've got our first look at the UK quad poster for Che: Part Two. The reason why I love this poster so much is because they took a considerably old and stale photo and gave it new life and new energy on a fantastic poster. For those interested, the back-to-back "Roadshow Edition" of Che will be expanding to theaters in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC starting on January 16th. Additionally, beginning on...

Revolutionaries, robots, mutants... Monsters, aliens, in-betweeny human-aliens... From January to December and, umm, a little bit beyond... All the movies you'll be talking about in the final year of the noughties... Che: The Argentine/The Guerrilla (Director: Steven Soderbergh, Eta: Jan/Feb) What is it? Two-part biopic of revolutionary-cum-poster boy Che Guevara, starring Benicio Del Toro Why we’re excited: Because this isn’t Ocean’s Fourteen, and because the last time Soderbergh strayed into such weighty... .

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