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As we wind down this year’s Oscar season, we at Gold Derby are already looking forward to next year’s. Clearly, we can’t get enough. But next year’s Academy Awards season could also concern this year’s as the Oscars afterglow effect could be in full force. Actors can often garner a quick follow-up nomination after breaking through in the nominations list the year prior. Eddie Redmayne accomplished this when he followed up his 2015 Best Actor win for “The Theory of Everything” with a 2016 Best Actor bid for “The Danish Girl.” Similarly, Octavia Spencer was nominated for Best Supporting Actress two years in a row — in 2017 for “Hidden Figures” and in 2018 for “The Shape of Water.” So, which of these year’s acting nominees could return next year? Let’s take a look.

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Bradley Cooper has an exciting project that should be out in time for next year’s Oscars.

Much has been made about the stunning decision by Warner Bros. Discovery to shelve the 90 million-dollar DC superhero film "Batgirl" ahead of its anticipated debut on HBO Max. As it stands, the newly-minted powers that be at the studio (including CEO David Zaslav) saw fit to use a "purchase accounting" maneuver to write off the movie and not carry the losses in a limited-timeframe tax loophole. While reports on whether the film tested well or not have been mixed, the move stands as a stain on the Warners reputation and will surely put talent off of working with the studio knowing their creative efforts might never see the light of day.

Dumping a film from release permanently is a rare move by major studios, although not unheard of. In 2007 director Beeban Kidron ("Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason") began shooting the British counterculture drama "Hippie Hippie Shake" starring Cillian Murphy...

After taking a break between 2009 and 2012, Sienna Miller has quietly become one of the busiest actresses around over the course of the last few years. The British beauty was seen last year in Foxcatcher (2014) and opposite Bradley Cooper in the blockbuster hit American Sniper (also 2014), and has more than a few projects coming up: Burnt (which reunites her with Cooper), High Rise, Hippie Hippie Shake, The Lost City of Z (with Charlie Hunnam) and Ben Affleck’s Live By Night. Right now...

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The Hollywood archives are packed with movies that, for myriad reasons, have somehow slipped between the cracks, never to be heard from again.

No film sums up that unfortunate group more than 1994's The Fantastic Four, a property now getting rebooted for a second time with a lavish budget and inescapable marketing campaign. We look back at seven movies the industry (and the filmmakers behind them) wants to sweep under the carpet.

1. The Fantastic Four

Bernd Eichinger snapped up the film rights to Marvel's first family in the '80s for a pittance, and with the clock ticking down on his ownership he teamed up with B-movie specialist Roger Corman to produce a $1 million picture in less than a month. With a cast of unknowns and music video director Oley Sassone at the helm, The Fantastic Four ended up getting buried by Marvel in a bid for brand protection.

Avi Arad,...

Stepping out for some promotional duties, Sienna Miller showed up at “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in New York City on Tuesday (January 13).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” starlet was in fine form as she strolled out onto the stage in a fabulous striped knit dress from Celine, along with her short and sassy blonde coif.

And while she was in the house to plug her new film “American Sniper,” Sienna ended up flashing back to her “Factory Girl” film days with Fallon.

Ms. Miller brought along some photographs from the flick, featuring Fallon’s awkwardly-dyed blonde hair and the two exchanged stories from the project.

There's a weird netherworld that movies sometimes fall into, films that were completed, or as good as, but whether because of issues of quality, or because of circumstances outside their control, never saw release in any form, or at best were buried on DVD or VOD somewhere. Jerry Lewis' "The Day The Clown Cried" was a famous example, Kenneth Lonergan's "Margaret" lingered in limbo for six years before release, and more recently, films such as David O Russell's "Nailed" and Sienna Miller/Chris O'Dowd drama "Hippie Hippie Shake" finished principal photography, but never made it to a screen of any kind. And now, there's worrying signs that another film has joined those ranks. A couple of years ago, Dylan Kidd, director of the great "Roger Dodger" and the underrated "P.S," went behind cameras for the first time in nearly a decade with "Get A Job." An ensemble...

Hard at work on their new project, Sienna Miller and Ryan Reynolds showed up on the set of “Mississippi Grind” in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday (February 3).

The “Proposal” hunk looked a bit fatigued as he walked around the Port of Louisiana with his newly-red-coiffed “Hippie Hippie Shake” costar after filming scenes on a New Orleans steamboat that cruised the Mississippi River.

“Mississippi Grind” also stars Analeigh Tipton, Lucky Johnson and Jane McNeill and will wrap up filming in Mobile, Alabama in March.

Per the synopsis, “Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.”...

Getting to work on their new gig, Sienna Miller and Vince Vaughn showed up on the set of “The Business Trip” on Friday (October 25).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” hottie looked gorgeous as she meandered around the Berlin, Germany location while Vince and co-star Nick Frost filmed scenes together.

Meanwhile, Sienna told Elle UK’s November 2013 issue that she is sick of people copying her style. “The way I dressed became so imitated that I kind of fell out of love with it."

Ms. Miller added that having baby Marlowe didn’t exactly help her desire to stay fashionable-"It's pretty hard to be a new mother and think about fashion, but I hope I'll get my style mojo back one of these days.”...

Us screenwriter Ellen Fontana knew almost instantly when she first met Emma Booth two weeks ago that the actress is an inspired choice to play one of the main protagonists in the film Shallows.

Booth will play the fiercely independent Queenie in the drama based on the Tim Winton novel which looks at successive generations of a whaling family in Albany, Western Australia, starting in the 1830s.

Queenie gets caught up in the Greenpeace movement which arrived in town in the 1970s, sparking protests which led to the closure of the whaling station.

Fontana is adapting the screenplay, her second involvement with Winton after co-writing with him Cloudstreet,. the miniseries directed by Matt Saville.

.Emma has so many of the qualities, everything I had intuited about Queenie,. Ellen told If on the line from her home in Los Angeles. .She hides nothing; she is a completely authentic person. She.s...

With her new feature "Hippie Hippie Shake" in the can and the wrestling bio-pic feature "Foxcatcher" in post-production, Sneak Peek actress Sienna Miller in the September 2013 issue of "Glamour" magazine (Netherlands).

Prior to a professional acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model for Coca-Cola, Italian Vogue and appeared in the 2003 Pirelli Calendar.

Signing with Pepe Jeans London, she was featured in their ad campaign March 2006 and continues to design a fashion line for them today.

February 2009, Miller became the 'ambassador' for the fragrance Boss Orange women's perfume.

In 2001, she appeared in the feature "South Kensington' followed by a recurring role in the one-season, episodic TV drama  "Keen Eddie".

In 2004 Miller had a supporting role in the remake of "Alfie".

This was followed by the female lead in "Casanova".

In 2006 she starred as 'Edie Sedgwick' in the bio-pic "Factory Girl". 

In 2007, Miller appeared in 3 films including "Stardust...

Hiring a babysitter for the evening, Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge treated themselves to a delicious dinner out in London, England last night (August 5).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” actress and her “On the Road” hubby selected J. Sheeky’s restaurant for some killer seafood and scurried inside to eat.

Ms. Miller has been taking it easy ever since giving birth to her daughter Marlowe back in July of 2012.

She told press, “I have technically been on a break. I got a film ‘Foxcatcher’ that was too good not to do, that I shot from September to December. It was amazing but it was hard at that period with the baby, so I vowed to take the rest of the year off.”

“I just think I was living quite a hectic life. I was shooting five films a year, things were crazy, I was in my twenties, I was all over the place,...

They are one of the hottest couples in the UK, and Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge showed off their affection for each other at a recent photo shoot for Burberry’s Autumn/Winter 2013 ads.

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” starlet and her handsome beau look gorgeous together in the just-released photos, and it seems that the addition of 11-month-old daughter Marlowe hasn’t extinguished the passion between them.

Burberry Cco Christopher Bailey told press, "This was a shoot full of love and laughter. It was such a treat to work with Sienna and Tom, and to capture their magic together.”

Sienna and Tom worked with celebrity photographer Mario Testino, joining the ranks of Burberry alum like David and Victoria Beckham, Emma Watson, and Kate Moss.

Looking to satisfy their growling tummies, Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge strolled over to a local eatery in New York City today (April 3).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” hottie and her doting hubby opted for a West Village restaurant for lunch, and after the meal they decided to take a romantic stroll to work off the calories.

As for her career pursuits, Sienna will star in the upcoming flick titled “Just Like A Woman” in the months to come.

Per the synopsis, “It tells the tale of two women who go on the run from their marital problems, supporting each other and belly dancing along the way.”

Miller explained, “The story [follows] her and a Muslim woman who also leaves a bad marriage, and they dance their way across America. It’s a bit like Thelma & Louise.”...

Getting in some active quality time with her daughter Marlowe Ottoline, Sienna Miller showed up in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City this morning (February 13).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” actress donned a fur coat to chase away the winter chill as she carried her adorable little girl wrapped in a colorful blanket.

Sienna and Marlowe opted to pay a visit to a local park to socialize with other children and get some fresh air and exercise during the outing.

Ms. Miller recently returned to the Big Apple from London, England where she supported her fiancé Tom Sturridge as he starred in a new play titled “No Quarter.”...

Comic hit in The It Crowd and leading man in Bridesmaids, Chris O'Dowd is now pushing at an open door in Hollywood

In January 2009, Chris O'Dowd bought a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. By this point, he was best known for his role in the Channel 4 sitcom The It Crowd, written by Graham Linehan (Father Ted, Black Books), and had acted in a few British films of varying quality – the 2005 black comedy Festival, Richard Curtis's The Boat That Rocked, the as yet unreleased Hippie Hippie Shake, co-starring Sienna Miller. It looked increasingly as though O'Dowd might be yet another good actor destined to drift along in roles of middling quality. He'd also just come out of an eight-year relationship. And so he took a risk. He didn't have any "highfalutin ideas", he recalls. But, hey, why not?

The road to Hollywood may be littered with the dashed hopes of actors from overseas,...

Online romance can be a minefield of disappointment, dashed hopes, and dodgy dates. It’s also fertile ground for comedy, provided you can find a fresh angle. Justin Long hopes he has, having co-written A Case Of You, which is now filming in New York. And now the cast includes Sienna Miller and Brendan Fraser.Long cooked up the script alongside his younger brother Christian and Keir O’Donnell, and it finds a young writer trying to impress a girl by very slightly tweaking his online dating profile. Okay, by outright lying. Trouble is, she falls for his charms and he’s forced to keep the fake persona lest she decides he’s not worth it.Evan Rachel Wood is already aboard to star alongside Long, and the cast also includes O’Donnell, Busy Philipps and Peter Dinklage. Life Happens director Kat Coiro is calling the shots.Miller was last...

Director Joe Johnston has gone from the big budgets of Captain America: The First Avenger down to the micro-budget of Not Safe for Work. He must be a good barterer because Universal Pictures has tapped Max Minghella (The Social Network) and Eloise Mumford (The River) to star in the Blumhouse Productions thriller. Written by Adam Mason and Simon Boyes, Not Safe for Work centers on a young paralegal (Minghella) trapped at work while a killer is on the loose with orders to destroy certain files and neutralize anyone who tries to stop him. Mumford is in talks to play his co-worker girlfriend. In other casting news, Rafe Spall (Anonymous) is in talks to topline I Give it a Year for writer/director Dan Mazer (Da Ali G Show). The rom-com follows a young married couple trying to stay together through their first year of marriage. Production is scheduled to begin in London this spring.

Revolver Entertainment have unveiled the official UK poster for Chatroom.

Directed by Japanese filmmaker Hideo Nakata (Ring), Chatroom stars Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), Imogen Poots (4.3.2.1), Matthew Beard (Hippie Hippie Shake), Hannah Murray (TV’s Skins) and Daniel Kaluuya (TV’s Skins).

Synopsis: When jaded teens Jim, Eva, Emily, and Mo meet William online, they’re seduced by his charisma. But William isn’t what he seems. He’s calculating and manipulative and doesn’t have time for people in the real world. Jim is vulnerable and has no idea how dangerous his new friendship with William will be. When Jim confesses he’s on anti-depressants, William knows he’s found a victim. He vows to help Jim get off his drugs, and the rest of the group fall in line. What begins as friendly advice to help Jim becomes twisted, and Eva and Mo realize the deadly game William’s playing,...

HollywoodNews.com: The Cast of David Fincher’s “The Social Network,” which include Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara, were recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.”

About Jesse Eisenberg

Trained in theater and film, Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg) made his feature film debut in the 2002 independent film “Rodger Dodger,” in which he starred opposite Campbell Scott and for which he was nominated for a Gotham Award.

For his performance in “The Squid and the Whale” opposite Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels, Eisenberg received nominations for an Independent Spirit Award and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2009, he starred in “Adventureland” for director Greg Mottola and in “Zombieland” for director Ruben Fleischer. For these films, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Eisenberg has...

HollywoodNews.com: The 14th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, are pleased to announce that the Cast of David Fincher’s “The Social Network,” Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Josh Pence, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Douglas Urbanski and Rooney Mara, will be recognized at the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony with the “Hollywood Ensemble Acting Award.”

Previously announced honorees for this year’s Hollywood Awards Gala include: Sean Penn for the “Humanitarian Award”; Sylvester Stallone for the “Career Achievement Award”; Annette Bening for the “Actress Award”; Robert Duvall for the “Actor Award”; Helena Bonham Carter for the “Supporting Actress Award”; Sam Rockwell for the “Supporting Actor Award”; Zach Galifianakis for the “Comedy Actor Award”; Andrew Garfield for the “Breakthrough Actor Award”; Mia Wasikowska for the “Breakthrough Actress Award”; Jennifer Lawrence for the “New Hollywood Award”; Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary for the...

She’s always on the go, and earlier today (October 14) Sienna Miller was spotted arriving at Heathrow International Airport in London, England.

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” actress looked absolutely fabulous as she made her way through the terminal to catch an outbound flight.

Earlier this week, Sienna schmoozed with the uber-trendy crowd at the launch of Matthew Williamson’s new book.

Prior to that, Ms. Miller spent a few days screening movies at the Dinard British Film Festival in Dinard, France.

She’s always up for a good time, and yesterday (October 6) Sienna Miller was spotted at the 21st Dinard British Film Festival.

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” babe looked to be in good spirits as she arrived at the Palais des Arts et du Festival and posed for the paparazzi before heading inside.

And Sienna is more than just a casual spectator at the Dinard Festival - she’s also serving as one of the distinguished jury members.

In related news, Ms. Miller will also be donating items from her clothing collection to be auctioned off for the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign.

Nicolas Cage. John Cusack. Matt Damon. Mel Gibson. Eddie Murphy. Names that have launched many movies to box office glory. Yet, this collection can’t even get released right now…

It's not unusual for a film to be completed and then sit on the shelves for a long time. In some cases, such as with the Al Pacino vehicle 88 Minutes a few years back, it'll eventually get a cinema release some years after the final cut was locked. But in others, a film might linger in the hope of just getting a DVD release somewhere along the line.

However, it's rare when prominent films suffer the same fate. But that's just what's happened with the following movies, which have earned some degree of profile either thanks to the people in them, or the subject matter concerned. In each case, the film itself was seemingly finished, and then hasn't appeared for one reason or another.

Inception star Cillian Murphy is in final negotiations to star with Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake in Fox and New Regency's I'm.mortal, the latest sci-fi drama from writer/director Andrew Niccol.

I'm.mortal tells the tale of a world where the ageing gene has been switched off and time has become a currency, allowing the rich to live forever.

Murphy would play an officer from an organization named The Timekeepers, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog.

Timberlake is still in negotiations to play the leading male role in the project — directed by Andrew Niccol and produced by Marc Abraham and Eric Newman — while Amanda is locked to play the character of a young heiress.

The project is due to begin shooting in September ahead of a cinematic release in 2011.

Irish-born Murphy is currently working on a number of projects, including Hippie Hippie Shake alongside British beauty Sienna Miller and...

20th Century Fox is going to turn Cillian Murphy to be an "I'm.mortal". The actor who has one of the key roles in "Inception" has been in negotiations to join the upcoming flick to portray an officer from an organization known as Timekeepers and described as "precise as the time he keeps," The Hollywood Reporter (THR) reports.

Amanda Seyfried is cast as the female lead with Justin Timberlake still negotiating his deal to star opposite the "Dear John" beauty. Timberlake's character Will is falsely accused of murdering a wealthy man when he is suddenly given a fortune and is forced to go on the run with beautiful hostage portrayed by Seyfried.

According to THR, the story "is set in the not-too-distant future, when the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever,...

Looking to get in some rest and relaxation, Sienna Miller and Jude Law were spotted sunning themselves on the beach in Otranto Apulia, Italy yesterday (July 19).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” babe and the “Sherlock Holmes” stud looked like they were enjoying themselves as they passionately doted affection on one another in between mingling with fellow beachgoers.

In related news, Sienna recently donated some of her designer clothing to the Imagine auction to raise money for charity.

Ms. Miller, who has always possessed an enviable wardrobe, generously put some gear on the auction block. All the money raised will benefit the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool.

Sienna Miller has reportedly been banned from Jude Law's daughter Iris's ballet concert. The Hippie Hippie Shake actress, who is engaged to Law, allegedly angered his ex-wife Sadie Frost by recently cutting son Rudy's hair without her permission. A friend told the Daily Mail: "Jude was brining Sienna to the recital to support Iris but Sadie has had enough and put her foot down and said she could not come. "Sadie is a great mum, she's just had enough of (more)...

Accompanied by a gal pal, Sienna Miller was spotted enjoying a relaxing lunch outing in New York City on Monday (May 3).

Dressed casually in a sleeveless grey top with dark jeans, the "Layer Cake" cutie and her lady friend grabbed up a festive lunch at Balthazar restaurant.

Over the weekend, Miss Miller was busy taking in the Big Apple nightlife - as she hit up Harry Josh's 9th Annual Spring Fling Party on Saturday night.

Held at the Hiro Ballroom at The Maritime Hotel, Sienna was joined at the fete by her dad, Edward Miller and her step-mother, Kelly Hoppen.

On the career front, Miller has a new movie called "Hippie Hippie Shake" being released in the UK on May 21st.

The flick is described as "an account of counterculturalist Richard Neville's misadventures in London at the end of the 1960s."...

Kicking off their day with some quality time together, Jude Law and Sienna Miller were spotted at Café Gitane restaurant in New York City today (March 10).

The “Sherlock Holmes” stud and the “Hippie Hippie Shake” babe tried their best not to be photographed together as they made their exit from the gourmet breakfast eatery.

And though they’re trying to be discreet about their relationship, Jude and Sienna reportedly spent time with Miss Miller’s parents in Manhattan over the weekend.

Additionally, Sienna and Jude were also said to have hung out with Jude’s mom and dad in London back in February. Cue the marriage speculation!

Returning from her trip to Tokyo, Japan, Sienna Miller was spotted arriving at Heathrow International Airport in London, England today (February 19).

The “Hippie Hippie Shake” actress looked a bit jet lagged as she made her way through the terminal sporting black sunglasses and a black hoodie/jeans combo.

As previously reported by Gossip Center, Miss Miller and her on-again boyfriend Jude Law are doing so well that she’s even dusted off her old engagement ring.

A pal told press, "She wore it for fun, probably as jewelry. But she wore it with close friends, and everyone saw it - there's no denying it. They aren't engaged yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if she and Jude go all the way. She's very happy."...

Sienna Miller is going to go backpacking. The 'Hippie Hippie Shake' actress - who is one of the most photographed women on the planet - is planning a low-key trip around the world and intends to stay in hostels rather than the luxurious hotels she is used to. Sienna said: "I'm going to travel at some point - proper pikey-style with a backpack and three-quid-a-night hostels. It's a good thing to do at this point in my life." Sienna - who recently returned from a sun-drenched break in Barbados with her reconciled lover Jude Law - believes the experience will be good for her, because it will allow her to escape the pressures of acting. She said: "You get to...

Sienna Miller is going to go backpacking. The 'Hippie Hippie Shake' actress - who is one of the most photographed women on the planet - is planning a low-key trip around the world and intends to stay in hostels rather than the luxurious hotels she is used to. Sienna said: ''I'm going to travel at some point - proper pikey-style with a backpack and three-quid-a-night hostels. It's a good thing to do at this point in my life.'' Sienna - who recently returned from a sun-drenched break in Barbados with her reconciled lover Jude Law - believes the experience will be good for her, ..

Shanghai

Opens: 2010

Cast: John Cusack, Gong Li, Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chow Yun-Fat

Director: Mikael Hafstrom

Summary: In the months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, an American man arrives in Shanghai to find his friend recently murdered. In investigating his friend's death, he stumbles upon a secret the United States government has been keeping and falls in love in the process.

Analysis: After being granted permission to shoot in the Chinese city, the $10 million production found its permit quickly being revoked by the Government who expressed concerns about the script. The result is Bangkok and the United Kingdom standing in for the real Shanghai which seems kind of against the entire point.

Cusack himself has emphatically endorsed the project in interviews, calling it a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity", but being stuck at the cash-strapped Weinstein Company means that its release plans are unsure beyond a vague promise of a limited bow around Easter.

A Prophet

Opens: February 12th 2010

Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb

Director: Jacques Audiard

Summary: Sent to prison, Malik El Djebena falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins their confidence but uses his intelligence to discreetly develop his own network.

Analysis: Finally scoring a limited release in the Us in February, Jacques Audiard's violent and hard-edged prison drama won the Grand Prix at Cannes, scored Best Film at the London Film Festival, and is already the hotly tipped favourite to take the Oscar for Best Foreign Film late next month.

Reviews have been stellar around the world for the film which quickly became the most universally admired entry in the often hotly contentious first week of Cannes back in May. From a breakout performance by Tahar Rahim,...

Mother and Child

Opens: 2010

Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington

Director: Rodrigo Garcia

Summary: A tale of a mother and daughter, separated at birth, who struggle with the damage done by the most important person missing in their lives while a young African-Americn woman deals with an unwanted pregnancy and the adoption process.

Analysis: Scoring rave reviews in Toronto, the $7 million latest effort of Rodrigo Garcia ("Nine Lives," "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her") once again shows off his skill at weaving multiple narratives together in clever and unexpected ways. At its heart it's an emotional family drama, but Garcia excels with his female characters which makes the involvement of Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and especially Annette Benning thrilling.

The few criticisms levelled at the film were toward some pacing and credibility issues in the last act, but otherwise praised it for not...

Mother and Child

Opens: 2010

Cast: Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington

Director: Rodrigo Garcia

Summary: A tale of a mother and daughter, separated at birth, who struggle with the damage done by the most important person missing in their lives while a young African-Americn woman deals with an unwanted pregnancy and the adoption process.

Analysis: Scoring rave reviews in Toronto, the $7 million latest effort of Rodrigo Garcia ("Nine Lives," "Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her") once again shows off his skill at weaving multiple narratives together in clever and unexpected ways. At its heart it's an emotional family drama, but Garcia excels with his female characters which makes the involvement of Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington and especially Annette Benning thrilling.

The few criticisms levelled at the film were toward some pacing and credibility issues in the last act, but otherwise praised it for not...

Hippie Hippie Shake

Opens: 2010

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Max Minghella, Emma Booth, Lee Ingleby

Director: Beeban Kidron

Summary: Follows the love story of Oz editor Richard Neville and Louise Ferrier. Neville and his cohorts launch the London edition of Oz amidst the 1960s counterculture and are subsequently put on trial for distributing a sexually explicit issue.

Analysis: One of the most troubled productions in Working Title's history, 'Hippie' began development back in 1998 but failed to get beyond script stage both in 1999 and in 2002 when "Elizabeth" helmer Shekhar Kapur was attached to direct. Filming finally got underway late 2007 with director Beeban Kidron in charge and shooting seemed to proceed without issue aside from feminist author Germaine Greer being vehemently unhappy about being depicted on film.

Actually the film scored quite a bit of free press for a skinny dipping scene where full-frontal shots of actress Sienna Miller shooting the sequence...

After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.

Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.

Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.

13

Opens: 2010

Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent

Director: Géla Babluani

Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The...

After such success with this last year, today comes the first in a multi-chapter look at the various cinematic releases hitting the U.S. in 2010.

Each 'Volume' contains brief descriptions and editorial opinion/analysis of around 25-30 films, and at present it's looking to run around nine volumes in length.

Expect the remaining ones to go up between now and the first official weekend of releases on January 8th.

13

Opens: 2010

Cast: Jason Statham, Alexander Skarsgard, Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, 50 Cent

Director: Géla Babluani

Summary: A remake of 2005 French thriller "13 (Tzameti)". A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

Analysis: Remakes are very common, the same director remaking his own film in English is rarer but still not unheard of ("Funny Games," "Bangkok Dangerous," "The...

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday November 30th in New York. Ifp also announced it has moved the gala awards ceremony to Monday, November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street, from the previously announced date of Tuesday, December 1st.

Signaling the official kick-off to the film awards season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film. Anchoring the evening's six competitive awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, are four Tributes to film community icons.

This year's Tribute selection represents a range of individuals -...

Emma Booth has confirmed that she is to star in the third series of Australian drama Underbelly. The actress, who is currently in Europe promoting Hippie Hippie Shake with Sienna Miller, will be taking on the role of prostitute and policewoman Kim Hollingsworth in the crime show. Screentime Australia's Des Monaghan told The Sunday Telegraph: "We are absolutely delighted (more)...

The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and The Runaways star Kristen Stewart has been named number five on Premiere Magazine's "40 Most Beautiful Hollywood Women" list. The list includes stars such as Date Night and The Book of Eli (formerly That 70s Show) star Mila Kunis, American Empire (formerly Slumdog Millionaire) star Freida Pinto, Bedroom (formerly Terminator Salvation) star Moon Bloodgood, Avatar (formerly Star Trek) star Zoe Saldana, Elektra Luxx (formerly Watchmen) star Malin Ackerman, Malice In Wonderland (formerly Taken) star Maggie Grace, Jennifer's Body (formerly Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen) star Megan Fox, Hippie Hippie Shake (currently G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra) star Sienna Miller, The Spirit and Last Night star Eva Mendez, Angelina Jolie, Vanessa Hudgens, Beyonce Knowles, Keira Knightly, Angelina Jolie,...

The future of Sienna Miller's upcoming movie Hippie Hippie Shake has been thrown into jeopardy after the director quit the project in its post-production stage.

The British actress shot her role in the film in 2007 and the movie is slated for release later this year.

But the picture has hit trouble in the editing suite, with director Beeban Kidron walking away from the project over alleged "creative differences".

The shock departure follows the recent exit of Kidron's screenwriter husband Lee Hall.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Producers had wanted to shoot certain scenes but it proved difficult to fit them around Sienna's schedule. Now it won't make it to the big screen until 2010."

The film, based on the memoirs of Australian magazine editor Richard Neville, also stars Irish actor Cillian Murphy.

Sienna Miller has said that she does not want people to analyse her naked body in the newspapers. The actress told Nylon that she was not happy when a paparazzi photographer illicitly took a nude photograph of her during a movie shoot last year. Miller said: "I was doing a scene for this film Hippie Hippie Shake where we all had to get naked and swim in this lake. "A photographer snuck onto the set and hid in a bush all night and got photos of me naked and put it on the cover of the News (more)...

Sienna Miller hasn't been short of publicity thanks to a high-profile romance with Balthazar Getty and her trend-setting style. But this summer she hopes fans will get to know her for another reason - G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. "It's really exciting to be in a film that people actually want to go and see! I was having to pay people to see my movies!" the actress tells Nylon magazine in its August issue. "If you want to make amazing, artistic films, you've got to have some sort of box office credibility, which I don't have." Yet, Miller remains a favorite among paparazzi.

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Hugh Bonneville has been tapped to star opposite Charity Wakefield in "Legally Mad," David E. Kelley's new legal drama for NBC.

The Warner Bros. TV-produced project centers on Brady Hamm (Wakefield), a twentysomething woman who takes a job at her father's law firm.

Bonneville will play the father, Gordon.

"Gordon Hamm is based on the true story of a real-life attorney who lives in my head," Kelley said. "Sharp litigator, a lot of fun and, deep down, a mess."

Kelley called the casting of Bonneville "a terrific coup."

"Hugh is one of the most versatile actors working today," he said.

The British actor, who earned a BAFTA nom for the 2001 film "Iris," starred in the HBO/BBC miniseries "Five Days" and "Tsunami: The Aftermath." His upcoming features include "Hippie Hippie Shake" and "French Film."

Bonneville is repped by UTA and U.K. agent Donna French.

Labeled a "slut" and a "homewrecker" after paparazzi spread pictures of her frolicking topless on an Italian beach with married beau Balthazar Getty, actress Sienna Miller struck back in June of this year, slapping the English paparazzi agency Big Pictures with a lawsuit citing "substantial harm, fear and enormous distress."Having been awarded a $55,000 settlement last December after successfully suing English tabloids The Sun and News of the World for publishing nude pictures of her taken on the set of the movie "Hippie Hippie Shake," Miller scored her second coup this week after settling with Big Pictures to the tune of ...

Sienna Miller has agreed to accept $26,722 in damages from the U.K.'s Daily Star newspaper, the BBC reports. The out-of-court settlement follows the publication of a photo she claimed violated her privacy. (The paper has also issued a public apology.) The 26-year-old has previously successfully sued two other British tabloids for running paparazzi photos taken while she was filming a nude scene for the movie Hippie Hippie Shake. Miller is also suing a photo agency for taking topless shots of her cavorting with married actor Balthazar Getty off Italy's Amalfi coast earlier this year. – Caris Davis...

Sienna Miller is striking back against two British newspapers and a photo agency for publishing shots of her cavorting with married actor Balthazar Getty off the Amalfi coast. The actress accuses them of breach of privacy and has filed suit in London's High Court, her legal representatives confirm to People. Miller and the law firm of Carter-Ruck are taking aim at the photo agency Big Pictures and News International, which publishes the News of the World and Sun newspapers, which ran a series of stories and (scantily clad) pictures of Miller on vacation with the Brothers and Sisters star. Getty,...