Check out Benedict Cumberbatch as Wikileaks' Julian Assange in 'The Fifth Estate' -- FIRST LOOK by Adam B. Vary (EW)

The year of Benny Batch continues! DreamWorks announced today that principal photography has commenced on its heretofore untitled feature film about the creation of the controversial website WikiLeaks and its co-founder and international fugitive Julian Assange. Now titled The Fifth Estate, the film traces the meteoric rise of the site through the eyes of Assange colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. He’s played by Inglourious Basterds‘ Daniel Brühl, who’s pictured above with Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange in the first official image from the film. Bleached white hair is eerily becoming on Mr. Cumberbatch, is it not?


Director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Kinsey, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) and screenwriter Josh Singer (Fox’s Fringe, NBC’s The West Wing) have based the screenplay in part on Domscheit-Berg’s book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange and the World’s Most Dangerous Website, as well as WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy by British journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding.


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Tom Hardy: Batman 3 Gary Oldman Dropped New Teases For The Film & More In New Clip

 

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Batman 3 Gary Oldman dropped new teases for the film & more in new clip. Recently CBS news caught up to Dark Knight Rises,Jim Gordon star Gary Oldman,and he revealed a slight teaser for the film as he couldn’t give away too much. He also talked about his past working relationship with Bane star Tom Hardy,and more (video below).

In the clip, Gary revealed that he’s had quite a bit of a past,working with the evil Bane star Tom Hardy. They’ve,apparently,worked together on two other movie projects before Dark Knight Rises. After that,he revealed that he couldn’t really give to many details out about his Jim Gordon character because he’s sworn to secrecy.




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Livia Firth’s 2012 Green Carpet Challenge to Feature A-List Stars (Ecorazzi)

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Livia Firth’s 2012 Green Carpet Challenge to Feature A-List Stars

by Michael dEstries January 10, 2012

For the third year in a row, Livia Firth’s Green Carpet Challenge will once again grace the red carpets during Hollywood’s awards season – but with an exciting new twist.

The successful entrepreneur and eco-fashionista (best known to many as “the wife of actor Colin Firth“), started the challenge in 2010 in partnership with Vogue UK. The idea was to wear only outfits that were sustainable or eco on the red carpet; thereby exposing the world to designers focused on ethical creations.

“I knew how talented this new breed of designer could be,’ Firth recently told Red Online. “Many had got so close to dressing actresses for major awards and then been bumped at the last minute by a major brand. It gave us the chance to show that Fairtrade supply chains and eco fibres could have aesthetic merit, as well as ethics.”

While Firth has been reticent to reveal full details about this year’s challenge, there are some tidbits that have dropped referencing the “expansion” she’s been hinting. According to interviews in Red and the UK Guardian, 10 top designers will be matched with 10 A-list stars to create and wear sustainable, ethical gowns.

Stella McCartney, Gucci, Tom Ford, Paul Smith, Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen and Alberta Ferretti are just some of the famous designers we currently know about. Anna Loucha, who created the fair trade jewelry for Livia’s Oscar night will also be involved.

According to Firth, one of the aims of the GCC has always been to invite more actresses to participate – as goal that was realized last year when “Downton Abbey” star Elizabeth McGovern wore a locally sourced up-cycled wool dress by Henrietta Ludgate to the Royal Television Society Awards.

Based on tweets, it appears that Firth will also once again be involving charities into the mix – with Oxfam a guaranteed participant. Last year, Christie’s auctioned off both the Oscars and Golden Globes gowns (with the cash going to the Natural Resources Defense Council), while Oxfam auctioned off the rest.

Curious to know more? Stay tuned. With the Golden Globes kicking off this Sunday, it’s only a matter of time before some of those A-List green gown participants are revealed.

Check out some of Livia’s 2011 Green Carpet winners below:

:: 2011 Academy Awards (Designer Gary Harvey)
:: 2011 Golden Globes (Designer Jeff Garner, Prophetik)
:: 2011 BAFTA Awards (Designer Nina Skarra)
:: 2011 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards (Designer Henrietta Ludgate)
:: 2011 The King’s Speech Paris Premiere (Designer Junky Styling)

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Tags: alberta ferretti, anna loucha, colin firth, livia firth, paul smith, sarah burton, stella mccartney, tom ford.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy debuts with "scorching" numbers, even in limited release

By Scott Mendelson
Hollywood News

HollywoodNews.com: In what one might call ‘the calm before the storm’, two middling wide releases debuted to relatively middling numbers. Next week sees a flurry of major wide releases over the last two weeks of the year, so this frame was a bit of a breather. The top film was New Year’s Eve, which debuted with $13.8 million. That’s one of the weakest #1 debuts of the year, and about $1 million less than Valentine’s Day grossed on its first day back in February 2010. That film scored the record for a romantic comedy debut with $56 million over Fri-Sun. Of course, that film had romantic comedy heavyweights like Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Queen Latifah, and Jennifer Garner. This film had a slightly lower-wattage cast, with only Katherine Heigl and Zac Efron qualifying as box office draws. The newbies this time around (Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Hillary Swank, Jon Bon Jovi, Halle Berry, Lea Michele, etc) are names, but not actual ‘bring them to the theater’ movie stars.

Oddly enough, the film opened significantly lower than what Heigl, Efron, and Ashton Kutcher (who was also the lead in Valentine’s Day) bring in on their own (Jessica Biel was also in both, but she’s never been a draw). Which leads one to believe that this was a problem of ‘fool me once, shame on you’. Valentine’s Day was not very popular in the long run, earning $110 million after scoring $63 million in its four-day opening (that’s Green Lantern/Watchmen/Twilight Saga ‘legs’). The first film was somewhat of a novelty, a Love Actually with Americans and a massively star-packed romantic comedy about Valentine’s Day that opened over Valentine’s Day weekend. This just looked like a cash-in, which is what it probably was. The original cost $52 million while this sequel/spin-off/etc cost $56 million. Warner is going to have to hope for some holiday legs on this one, but as the only romantic comedy in the marketplace it may have some luck with that.

The only other wide release was David Gordon Green’s The Sitter. The Jonah Hill comedy, which was sold as an R-rated and more ‘extreme’ version of Adventures In Babysitting, debuted with just $10 million. This was the first real test of Jonah Hill’s ‘by himself’ star power, and as such it’s a merely mediocre debut. It’s a cheap ($25 million) comedy that received horrible reviews and frankly didn’t look all that good. It was an allegedly bad film that opened poorly but didn’t cost much. Not much else to report. Hill’s next film, the high-concept 21 Jump Street (which is basically a comic sequel to the 1980s television cop drama) should have better luck for Hill (and co-star Channing Tatum). More disconcerting is the continual box office decline of David Gordon Green. After being heralded as the next Terrence Malick for a serious of (correctly) acclaimed low-key character dramas (George Washington, Snow Angels, etc), he took a crack at the mainstream with The Pineapple Express, which earned a scorching $87 million three years ago. This year saw the unfortunate box office failure of Your Highness (which wasn’t ‘good’, but deserved a better fate) and this cheaper, but equally mediocre performance won’t help. I don’t want to arrogantly give career advice, but I might suggest a retreat at wherever M. Night Shyamalan is currently staying (the “Get my Artistic Mojo Back Resort”).

The real news was once again in limited release openings. Two of the best films of the year both debuted with scorching numbers. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy earned $301,000 on just four screens, for a huge $75,000 per-screen average. That’s one of the best per-screen averages for any opening on any amount of screens this year. I do not know when the all-(British)-star John le Carre adaptation goes wide, but do check it out when you have the opportunity (in a just world, Gary Oldman would be among the front-runners at the Oscars this season). Opening with $320,000 on eight screens was Young Adult, the also terrific Diablo Cody-penned, Jason Reitman-directed Charlize Theron vehicle. The film earned a solid $40,000 per-screen, and it expands wide next weekend. How the film will play to mainstream audiences is an open question, as films starring explicitly unsympathetic females are all-too rare. Objectively speaking, aside from its somewhat unique protagonist, the film is a clear example of the kind of film that would be absolutely mainstream just several years ago but now must start out in the art-house circuit. While it’s unrealistic to think that the film has much hope of reaching the $100 million+ gross of Juno or the $87 million gross of Up in the Air, it’s a damn good film and even $30-50 million would be a big win for this $12 million drama. Oh, and Charlize Theron probably deserves not just a nomination but the win this year, so there’s that. Also among the year’s best, We Need To Talk About Kevin had a one-screen, one-week qualifying debut where it grossed $24,000 on that one screen. Tilda Swinton should also be in the running, by the way, so do catch this devastatingly sad horror drama when it opens wide early next year. Also chugging along is The Descendants, which is expanding quite successfully over the last month. The film now sits with $23 million while still under 1,000 screens.

In wide-release holdover news, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part I sits at $259 million, with a fourth weekend ($7.9 million) on par with the last two Twilight sequels. It’s catching up to New Moon ($267 million at this point) but Eclipse had $279 million by the end of weekend four. The Muppets now has $66 million, meaning it has now out-grossed The Muppet Movie to become the highest-grossing Muppet movie of all-time. Of course, the first Muppet adventure grossed over $200 million in today’s dollars, but The Muppets sits at number three on the adjusted list while the $90 million adjusted-gross for the number two film (The Great Muppet Caper) may be in reach. The other two major kids flicks held on strong. Arthur Christmas dropped just 11% and now sits with $33 million, with $91 million worldwide. Martin Scorsese’s Hugo grossed $6 million and also has $33 million in the bank. Happy Feet Two barely eked out $3 million and won’t reach $65 million. Frankly, all Happy Feet Two has accomplished is losing tons of money while making just enough to screw over the other family films (such as Puss In Boots, with $141 million) in the marketplace. Happy Feet Two – cinematic cock-blocker! Oh, and The Adventures of Tintin opened in Canada this weekend with about $8 million, bringing the international total to $233 million just over a week before its US debut.

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J. Edgar’ will premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles next month

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by Christine on October 24, 2011

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The American Film Institute has released its complete schedule including Centerpiece Galas and Special Screenings for AFI FEST 2011.

The highlight of the festival is expected to be the world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which will launch the event. The Centerpiece Galas include Luc Besson’s “The Lady,” “My Week With Marilyn” starring Michelle Williams, “The Artist,” “Carnage” and Steve McQueen’s “Shame.”

This year’s Guest Artistic Director is Pedro Almodovar who will be on hand to present a 25th anniversary screening of “Law of Desire,” the first film made by his production company, El Deseo.
Among the 11 Special Screenings are Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia,” “Pina,” “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, and “Butter” starring Jennifer Garner.

AFI FEST 2011 will take place in Hollywood from November 3-10.

Below is the schedule of Centerpiece Galas and Special Screenings via AFI:

GALAS:
OPENING NIGHT GALA:
J. EDGAR: As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life. DIR Clint Eastwood. SCR Dustin Lance Black. CAST Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench. USA. World Premiere.
Thursday, November 3, 7:00 p.m., The Chinese

CENTERPIECE GALAS:
THE LADY: Luc Besson tackles the inspiring true story of Burmese activist, leader and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, exquisitely portrayed by Michelle Yeoh. DIR Luc Besson. SCR Rebecca Frayn. CAST Michelle Yeoh, David Thewlis, Jonathan Raggett, Jonathan Woodhouse, Susan Wooldridge, Benedict Wong. France/UK.
Friday, November 4, 7:00 p.m., The Chinese

CARNAGE: Roman Polanski directs a dream cast of Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly in a razor-sharp, acidly funny comedy of ill manners. DIR Roman Polanski. SCR Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski. CAST Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly. France/Germany/Poland.
Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m., The Chinese

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN: Michelle Williams gives a luminous performance as Marilyn Monroe, ably supported by Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench in this intimate portrait of the tragic Hollywood icon. DIR Simon Curtis. SCR Adrian Hodges. CAST Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench. UK. Sunday, November 6, 6:00 p.m., The Chinese

LAW OF DESIRE – An Evening with Pedro Almodóvar: An evening in celebration of Pedro Almodóvar and the 25th anniversary of El Deseo, the production company that he founded with his brother, Augustin Almodóvar; the event will consist of a conversation with Pedro Almodóvar and a screening of El Deseo’s first film, LAW OF DESIRE. DIR Pedro Almodóvar. SCR Pedro Almodóvar. CAST Eusebio Poncela, Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Miguel Molina. Spain.
Monday, November 7, 7:00 p.m., The Chinese

THE ARTIST: Silence is golden in director Michel Haznavicius’ delightful and dialogue-less black-and- white feature about Hollywood’s bumpy transition from silent films to “talkies.” DIR/SCR Michel Hazanavicius. CAST Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle. France.
Tuesday, November 8, 7:30 p.m., The Chinese

SHAME: In director Steve McQueen’s searing follow-up to HUNGER, Michael Fassbender delivers a fearless portrayal of a man spiraling out of control into sexual addiction. DIR Steve McQueen. SCR Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen. CAST Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie. UK. Wednesday, November 9, 7:30 p.m., The Chinese

SPECIAL SCREENINGS:
BUTTER: Jennifer Garner stars in this comedy about a Midwestern housewife who embarks on a ruthless campaign to conquer the world of competitive butter carving. DIR Jim Field Smith. SCR Jason A. Micallef. CAST Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Jackman, Ashley Greene, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Corddry, Pruitt Taylor Vince. USA. Sunday, November 6, 6:30 p.m., Chinese 1

CORIOLANUS: In his directing debut, Ralph Fiennes masterfully adapts Shakespeare’s gripping tragedy about power, politics and pride into a bracingly modern and urgent political thriller. DIR Ralph Fiennes. SCR John Logan. CAST Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Chastain. UK.
Monday, November 7, 7:30 p.m., Chinese 1 and Tuesday, November 8, 1:30 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian

I MELT WITH YOU: Four friends gather for an annual birthday celebration in Big Sur and come face to face with the hard truths of who they have become. DIR Mark Pellington. SCR Glenn Porter (based on the story by Glenn Porter and Mark Pellington). CAST Thomas Jane, Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay, Carla Gugino, Sasha Grey. Canada/USA.
Monday, November 7, 8:00 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian and Wednesday, November 9, 1:45 p.m., Chinese 1

INTO THE ABYSS: In his fascinating exploration of a triple homicide case in Conroe, Texas, master filmmaker Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill-and why a state kills. Like a modern IN COLD BLOOD, Herzog’s investigation unveils layers of humanity, making an enlightening trip out of ominous territory. DIR Werner Herzog. USA.
Sunday, November 6, 5:30 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian and Monday, November 7, 1:15 p.m., Chinese 3

JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME: On his way to the store to buy wood glue, Jeff looks for signs from the universe to determine his path. However, a series of comedic and unexpected events leads him to cross paths with his family in the strangest of locations and circumstances. DIR/SCR Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass. CAST Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Judy Greer, Susan Sarandon. USA.
Tuesday, November 8, 7:00 p.m., Chinese 1 and Wednesday, November 9, 2:00 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian

THE KID WITH A BIKE: Awarded the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this tale of redemptive love bares the Dardennes’ evocative signature style. CAST Cécile de France, Thomas Doret, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione, Egon Di Mateo, Olivier Gourmet. Belgium/France/Italy.
Tuesday, November 8, 8:00 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian and Thursday, November 10, 11:00 a.m., Chinese 1

MELANCHOLIA: Denmark’s most celebrated and notorious filmmaker returns with a drama about depression, severely dysfunctional families and the end of the world. DIR/SCR Lars von Trier. CAST Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård, Brady Corbet, Cameron Spurr, Charlotte Rampling, Jesper Christensen, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Kiefer Sutherland. Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany.
Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia.” Magnolia Pictures.

Sunday, November 6, 8:30 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian and Tuesday, November 8, 3:15 p.m., Chinese 3
MISS BALA: Gerardo Naranjo’s haunting and elegant film tells the story of a beauty pageant hopeful swept up in the violent world of Mexico’s drug cartels. Naranjo is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory (AFI Class of 2001). DIR Gerardo Naranjo. DIR/SCR Gerardo Naranjo, Mauricio Katz. CAST Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, James Russo. Mexico’s official foreign-language Oscar submission.

Friday, November 4, 8:30 p.m., Rigler Theatre, Egyptian
PINA: Wim Wenders captures the world of choreographer Pina Bausch and her dance company in spectacular 3D with thrilling performances of many of her most famous works. DIR/SCR Wim Wenders. CAST Ensemble of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. Germany/France. Germany’s official foreign-language Oscar submission.
Saturday, November 5, 7:45 p.m., Chinese 1 and Monday, November 7, 4:00 p.m., Chinese 1

RAMPART: Woody Harrelson gives a ferocious performance as a dirty cop who is embroiled in the Los Angeles Police Department’s infamous Rampart corruption scandal. DIR Oren Moverman. SCR James Ellroy, Oren Moverman. CAST Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Ice Cube, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon. USA.
Saturday, November 5, 10:00 p.m., The Chinese

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN: Tilda Swinton gives a career defining performance as Eva, a reluctant mother whose contentious relationship with her evil son sheds new light on the nature vs. nurture debate. DIR Lynne Ramsay. SCR Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear. CAST Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller. UK.
Wednesday, November 9, 8:00 p.m., Chinese 1 and Thursday, November 10, 4:00 p.m., Chinese 6
For more information, visit afi.com.