Cannes: Lionsgate Nabs U.S. Rights to 'Genius' With Colin Firth

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
by Rebecca Ford 5/13/2015 12:41am PDT

On the first official day of the Cannes film festival, Lionsgate has nabbed U.S. rights to hot project Genius, starring Colin Firth.

Directed by Michael Grandage, the film, also starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law and Guy Pearce, has been considered one of the hottest projects going into the festival.

The film, now in postroduction, is an adaptation of A. Scott Berg's biography about renowned book editor Max Perkins, who worked with Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Kingsman: The Secret Service actor Firth stars as Perkins, while Law plays Wolfe.

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Colin Firth Could Return For The KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Sequel (SPOILERS)

COMIC BOOK MOVIE
By Mark Cassidy - 2/16/2015



Matthew Vaughn's deliriously entertaining adaptation of Mark Millar's comic is currently performing very well at the Box Office so a sequel is likely. Will Colin Firth's character be back? Click on to find out what the director has to say about that, but beware of major SPOILERS.

Seriously, if you haven't seen the movie yet you are advised not to read any further... okay?

Last chance!

So, after an insane action sequence inside a church sees Colin Firth's Harry Hart dispatch pretty much an entire congregation of religious fanatics (in the most violent ways possible), the disorientated Kingsman agent wanders outside only to be shot in the head by Samuel L. Jackson's hemophobic villain, Valentine. It's a shocker no doubt, but is Hart really dead?

During an interview with USA Today director Matthew Vaughn hints that Firth, at least, might be returning for the planned sequel. “A lot of people are very upset that Colin might not be in the sequel but I’m coming up with ideas at the moment," he revealed. "If people buy tickets in America, I’ve got a feeling we’ll figure out a way for having Colin back.” Now he only said Colin, not Harry, so is it possible we could see Firth in a different role?


READ MORE HERE: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/markcassidycbm/news/?a=115362

Colin Firth started rumours that he was the next James Bond

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Published: 12:01PM Saturday January 31, 2015 Source: BANG Showbiz



Colin Firth used to start rumours that he was going to be the next James Bond.

The 54-year-old actor has joked that while he's now too old to take on the iconic role, he doesn't think he was ever in the running, apart from when he tried to spark some speculation himself.

When asked how he feels about never having played the suave spy, he said: "I suppose this has got to be it for me in a way, I suppose. I think it would never have happened. I remember lists being around of speculation ... never from the Bond people, just lists ... in my handwriting."

The star plays secret agent Harry Hart in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' and he was delighted his role drew comparisons between himself and British sitcom 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em' funnyman Frank Spencer because he did his own stunts in the movie.

Speaking on London Live, he added: "That's a huge honour. I remember thinking actually that there was nothing cooler in the world than a courageous, athletic, dynamic man pretending to be a complete klutz and loser. I thought that was absolutely wonderful.

"The fact he was Superman pretending to be Clark Kent effectively."

READ MORE HERE: http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/colin-firth-started-rumours-he-next-james-bond-6226460

Colin Firth video on Jonathan Ross

Colin Firth - Colin Firth admits training for new movie 'hurt'

CONTACT MUSIC
by Bang Showbiz | Movies / TV / Theatre | 16 January 2015



Colin Firth admits training for his role in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' ''hurt''.

The 54-year-old actor admits playing the part of British spy Harry Hart in the upcoming film took a lot of preparation as he had to be physically fit but slim enough for his slick suits.

He said: ''I loved it. I didn't love the first month, it hurt but I kept at it for long enough and eventually if you repeat something you'll get some results.

''I was thrilled, I missed it terribly when it was over.''

The 'King's Speech' star confessed it was difficult to perform some of the death defying stunts because of the lack of breathing room in his attire.

He told MTV News: ''The stunts we did, actually because they were cut within an inch of our lives, you're one breakfast away from not closing your buttons.

''When we actually came to do the stunt scenes they had another version of the suit with a little bit more room to maneuver.''

READ MORE HERE: http://hub.contactmusic.com/story/colin-firth-admits-training-for-new-movie-hurt_4537725

Colin Firth looks dapper in Saville Row suit as he is joined by his beautiful wife Livia at Kingsman: The Secret Service world premiere

DAILY MAIL
By NOLA OJOMU FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 15:15 EST, 14 January 2015 | UPDATED: 20:42 EST, 14 January 2015



He plays a gentleman spy who is never seen in anything less than a perfectly tailored suit in his new film, Kingsman:The Secret Service.

And Colin Firth proved that he is just a dapper out of character as he made a stylish arrive to the world premiere of the spy film in London on Wednesday evening.

The actor was joined by his beautiful wife Livia as they walked the red carpet together alongside the film’s other stars.

The bespoke Kingsman suit was made by Martin Nicholls in London, the tailor who produced all of the suits for the film.

Produced from New Zealand wool, the cloth itself is a very British affair, wholly manufactured in Yorkshire.

Meanwhile, his wife restyled her black Emilia Wickstead suit with large Chopard hoop earrings and a gold Kayu clutch.

She added height to her attire with metallic gold Roger Viver heels as she wore her brunette locks in a sleek straight style and highlight her features with minimal make-up.

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer was on hand to show her support for her director husband, Matthew Vaughn, as she added the event in casual layered ensemble.

READ MORE ABOUT THE PREMIERE (& MORE PICTURES OF EVERYONE) HERE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2910461/Colin-Firth-looks-dapper-Saville-Row-suit-joined-beautiful-wife-Livia-Kingsman-Secret-Service-world-premiere.html

Colin Firth Golden Globes 2015: Inside The DPA Gift Suite

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Kelly O'Mara | January 11, 2015 | 1:39 a.m. PST
Staff Reporter



I would imagine that one of the most amazing things about becoming famous is that just as you can finally buy whatever you want, people won’t stop giving you things for free. In fact, I imagine it can almost become a burden—being laden down by all the stuff everyone wants to give you, in the hopes that maybe you will tweet about it, or mention it on TV, or rave over it in a magazine.
Fortunately, the DPA pre-Golden Globes gift lounge comes with people to carry all that free stuff for you.

In the penthouse of the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive, the rain spoiled the view and soaked the temporary carpets on Saturday, but, it didn’t dampen the big news: whispered among the caterers and interns, Colin Firth was wandering with his wife (and his free-stuff-carrier) through the dozen tables of clothing samples, makeup bags, cupcakes, and promotional reps offering elite trips to luxury islands.

For the last ten years, Nathalie Dubois-Sissoko has run Dubois Pelin & Associates gift lounges. Retailers pay her a fee to be included and, in turn, she delivers them celebrities. The businesses come to this small set of rooms—one even flying in from Iceland—because the access might pay off. The celebrities come because, well, even celebrities can’t say no to free stuff.


read more here:http://www.neontommy.com/news/2015/01/golden-globes-2015-inside-dpa-gift-suite 

Colin Firth says he is ‘still processing’ his response to intense action sequences in Kingsman: The Secret Service

DAILY MAIL
By SAM CREIGHTON FOR THE DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 20:34 EST, 1 January 2015 | UPDATED: 06:22 EST, 2 January 2015



He made his name playing calm, civilised gentlemen in films such as Love Actually.

So movie-goers may be shocked at the graphic violence in Colin Firth’s latest film.

The actor, told Empire magazine he was ‘still processing’ his response to scenes such as gun battles in Kingsman: The Secret Service. He called for ‘legitimate discussions’ on whether film-makers should be encouraging audiences to enjoy violence.

Campaigners called his remarks ‘very encouraging’ but urged him to refuse roles in such films in future.

In Kingsman, rated 15 and due for release on January 29, Firth plays a spy training a homeless youngster to be a secret agent.



Kingsman also stars Sir Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson and is released on January 29 with a 15 rating.

It is the latest film from Matthew Vaughn, the husband on supermodel Claudia Schiffer and the director behind the films Layer Cake and Kick-Ass, which both drew attention because of their controversial content.

This latest project sees super-spy Harry Hart, played by Firth, take a rough street kid under his wing and train him to be a lethal secret agent.

But father-of-three Firth said: ‘I’m still processing my response. I did think, “I don’t know what I’m getting into now.” And there will be arguments, legitimate discussions, about whether it’s healthy to enjoy anything with violence.

'Particularly when you’re dared to enjoy it. I still don’t have the answers on what’s supposed to be good and bad. But I was exhilarated as well.’

His comments have been welcomed by campaigners against on-screen violence, who have called on filmmakers to take note of Firth’s concerns.

Pippa Smith, co-founder of the Safermedia campaign, said: ‘I think it’s very encouraging that an actor of his standing does question this level of violence. I rather hope that at some point someone will say “I’m not going to act in this film because of the levels of violence and I shouldn’t be promoting this sort of violence”, but I’m very encouraged to hear what he’s said.

‘It’s made him worried and concerned obviously and he’s quite right to be concerned that viewers are almost expected to enjoy this sort of violence, otherwise why would they have it in the first place?


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‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Review: Colin Firth Rocks Suits, Stunts, and ‘Splosions

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 By James Rocchi on
December 27, 2014 @ 8:00 am

The fifth and, yes, best film from director Matthew Vaughn (“Layer Cake,” “X-Men: First Class”), “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a startlingly enjoyable and well-made action film leavened by humor and slicked along by style, made by, for, and about people who’ve seen far too many Bond films. Fleet-footed and unrepentantly British, it’s a reunion of sorts behind the scenes for Vaughn and comics writer Mark Millar, but it’s infinitely better than their 2010 collaboration “Kick-Ass.”

Credit for that goes to Vaughn’s adaptation of the script alongside producer Jane Goldman, which finds cheer and cleverness in Millar’s mixture of retro-style spy action with a snobs-versus-slobs twist.

The basics are basic indeed: Super-spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth, surprisingly capable and up for it), obligated to recruit a new member for the independent spy group from which the film takes its name, chooses the grown-but-aimless son of a late comrade, Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin (Taron Egerton). Eggsy is put through his paces as a potential spy even as Hart investigates whether telecommunications mogul Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson, playing a mix of Russell Simmons and Bill Gates by way of Blofeld with a comedy lisp) is the target of a round of kidnappings and killings or if he is, in fact, the mastermind behind them.



With its fashion-forward flair — the film may borrow liberally from the Roger Moore 007 era, but there’s also a touch of Patrick Macnee’s bespoked gentleman spy Mr. Steed from “The Avengers” — “Kingsman: The Secret Service” feels like a well-made gentleman’s suit, with superb cut, distinctive color, and excellent construction.  In terms of cut, the film’s style is precise and yet broad, with the hidden lairs, jump-suited minions and maniacal villains of a long-gone era of Bond movies, perfectly walking the fine line of mocking what it loves and vice versa. You get the gear, the gadgets, and the gusto, but you also get sly winks at how ludicrous it all is; it’s a movie that fakes a stiff upper lip but also constantly raises its eyebrow in amusement.

In terms of color, important for both a film and a men’s ensemble, Vaughn has cast his film fairly perfectly. Firth is game and great in his computer-aided fight scenes and his dialogue delivery, with Egerton a naturally charismatic presence with smarts behind his smile. Mark Strong plays gadgetmaster Merlin, while Michael Caine is briefly brilliant as the head of Kingsman. Jackson goes for broke and strikes riches as Valentine, supported by henchwoman Gazelle (Sofia Boutella), who sports a pair of sharpened-and-bladed prosthetic legs as divinely mad as any deadly dentures Richard Kiel ever wore as Jaws. The score, by Henry Jackman and Matthew Margeson, offers perfectly fun pastiches of John Barry’s iconic work on the 007 films.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.thewrap.com/kingsman-the-secret-service-review-colin-firth-samuel-l-jackson-michael-caine/

Colin Firth: Fight scenes were exhilarating!

XPOSE
December 19, 2014



Colin Firth has raved about how much he "loved" filming choreographed physical scenes for Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Colin Firth "misses filming fight scenes terribly".

The 54-year-old actor is known for playing the dignified Englishman in countless films, but broke into the action world in his latest movie, Kingsman: The Secret Service. And shooting the heavily physical scenes with trained professionals was a serious thrill for him.

"To actually become a team with those people was utterly exhilarating and I have to say I missed it terribly," he told Access Hollywood. "Once those scenes were done, to go back to the day job of just sitting around pointing my suit at people and talking... it lacked the exhilaration."

Colin was directed by Matthew Vaughn in the action-spy movie, which was based on comic book The Secret Service. He portrayed Harry Hart, a secret service agent who takes a younger agent into the fray.

(oops wrong movie)

And Colin thoroughly enjoyed his foray into the genre.

"I started to love it!" he gushed. "I started to love the collaboration and the camaraderie, people whose history and whose skills were completely alien to mine."


READ MORE HERE: http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php?locID=1.803.874&article=154056

Colin and Livia Firth: (video)Their first interview together

COLIN FIRTH KILLS, THRILLS IN 'KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE' TRAILER AND POSTERS

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 11:04
Written by  iamrogue

"You like spy movies?" Samuel L. Jackson asks in a new trailer for Kingsman: The Secret Service.

"Now days they're all a little serious for my taste," answers Colin Firth.  "Give me a far-fetched theatrical plot any day."

With that, this international trailer announces Kingsman's intentions in no uncertain terms.

Remember Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn's smirking, self-consciously outrageous, willfully provocative riff on superhero movie convention?  Well, Kingsman finds the director once again teaming with co-writer Jane Goldman to adapt a comic book by Mark Millar, bringing that same Kick-Ass self-awareness to the spy genre.

Vaughn's love of old Bond was evident in X-Men: First Class, but here, in the film he opted to make instead of X-Men: Days of Future Past, he puts his predilection towards over the top espionage action and genre subversion on blast, trumpeting in particular the impeccably British performance of Colin Firth in his first role as an action hero.

Like Millar's Wanted, The Secret Service follows a nobody from an ordinary life into a heightened world he never knew.  In this case, the nobody is Gary Unwin, a teenage delinquent in London who Firth's Harry Hart takes under his wing, recruiting him for top-secret government service and making him a protege.

British unknown Taron Egerton stars as Unwin, and this international trailer gives the first real sense of how Kingsman follows him from juvenile delinquent to dapper one-man-wrecking-machine.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/12493-colin-firth-kills-thrills-in-kingsman-the-secret-service-trailer-and-posters.html

Colin Firth set to 'replace' Jason Orange in Take That video

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Wednesday, Nov 12 2014 WRITTEN BY Benjamin Potter



 When Jason Orange quit Take That last month, we knew it wouldn't take the trio long to recruit a new member.

According to Gary Barlow, actor Colin Firth has been lined up to replace Jason... well, sort of...

"He's the new fourth man," the former X Factor judge told the Daily Mail.

Colin Firth will be performing with the band on the video of their new song – Get Ready For It – which the bandmates recorded for the forthcoming action spy thriller Kingsman: The Secret Service.



The film stars Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong and Sofia Boutella. The track will play over the movie's closing credits.

"We're getting Colin in the video, and we're all going to be dressed up in the tailored suits he wears in the film. It's a smart look!"

"He can fill in for Jason", Gary added. "We know he can sing a bit."

READ MORE HERE: http://www.bestdaily.co.uk/showbiz/news/a609611/hollywood-actor-colin-firth-set-to-replace-jason-orange-in-take-that-video.html

5 Reasons Matthew Vaughn's 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' Makes Colin Firth An Action Star! [WATCH]

MSTARS
By Jorge Solis (j.solis@mstarsnews.com) | Sep 26, 2014 09:02 PM EDT



Ever since the latest trailer was released, we are more than excited to see Colin Firth and Samuel L. Jackson in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service. Based on the comic book, The Secret Service, a veteran secret agent takes his stubborn his young protege and trains him in the double-crossing world of espionage.

Here are five reasons why audiences should be excited to see Colin Firth as an action hero in Kingsman: The Secret Service.

5) James Bond

Both the movie and comic are a satire on the spy thriller genre, especially the James Bond movies. Notice how the Pride and Prejudice actor looks pristine in his expensive suits. Though the role asks the English actor to be an action, he also has to bring in his comedic timing.

4) Kick-Ass

Comic book fans will recognize Mark Millar's name from the gritty and hyper-violent Kick-Ass movies. Though there have been name changes, such as Jack London to Harry Hart, the spirit of the book is still the same. Vaughn is back adapting another one of Millar's books and returning to the genre itself, after X-Men: First Class.

Previous Colin Firth Bar Fight - he's gotten better

3) The Bar Fight

In the trailer, we see Hart (Firth) locking up the doors, just to make sure no one leaves. Hart then takes on the entire gang, using his fists and super-gadgets. As soon as the brawl is over, Hart sits down apologizes and explains he was letting "off some steam."

2) Samuel L. Jackson

In the footage, the Pulp Fiction actor shouts to his sword-legged assassin, "If you get blood on the carpets, you have to take the carpets up!" You want someone to go up against the Oscar-winning The King's Speech actor, this is your guy.


AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON IS:  http://www.mstarz.com/articles/37917/20140926/5-reasons-matthew-vaughns-kingsman-secret-service-colin-firth-samuel-l-jackson.htm

The New ‘Kingsman’ Trailer: You Wouldn’t Like Colin Firth When He’s Angry

MTV
by john walker 10 hours ago



Not to get all Stefon from “Saturday Night Live,” but the new trailer for “Kingsman: The Secret Service” that premiered during tonight’s episode of “Gotham” has everything.

Explosions? Check. Colin Firth being all scary-sexy-serious? Check. A new song by Iggy Azalea featuring Ellie Goulding? Check. A morbidly practical Samuel L. Jackson warning that “If you get blood on the carpets, you have to take the carpets up!”? Check. Ummmmm, LEGS THAT ARE ALSO SWORDS?! Oh my god, check.

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Colin Firth’s ‘Kingsman’ to Battle ‘Fifty Shades’ on Valentine’s Day

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Brent Lang
Senior Film and Media Reporter
@BrentALang

Colin Firth at his most buttoned up will jockey with a whip-wielding Christian Grey for moviegoers’ hearts on Valentine’s Day.

“Kingsman: The Secret Service” will shift from Oct. 24, 2014 to Feb. 13, 2015, 20th Century Fox said Wednesday. In its new spot, the spy film will go head-to-head with “Fifty Shades of Grey.”

The film, which allows Firth to pack heat along with his stiff upper lip, will theoretically appeal to men, whereas “Grey” and its storyline involving a member of the 1% getting his kink on, is targeting women.

An extended look at “Kingsman” earned a rapturous response from theater owners at CinemaCon. Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Caine and newcomer Taron Egerton co-star alongside Firth, who, in the footage screened at the annual exhibition trade show, turns an umbrella into a lethal weapon and generally comes across as a bad-ass George Smiley.

In its old release slot, “Kingsman’s” main competition would have come from the big screen version of the board game “Ouija.”


READ MORE HERE:http://variety.com/2014/film/news/colin-firth-kingsman-fifty-shades-1201277000/ 

Colin Firth: “After a period of denial, we’ve chosen ‘conscious uncoupling,’”

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
By Anthony Breznican on Jun 17, 2014 at 2:00PM   @breznican



Colin Firth, who was providing the impeccably polite tones of the stuffed bear in a red hat, has split with the film in the midst of production.

“After a period of denial, we’ve chosen ‘conscious uncoupling,’” The King’s Speech Oscar-winner said in a statement to EW.

It’s rare for an actor to leave a project this late, with a trailer for the December movie having already been released. But it’s not uncommon for voice actors to drop out periodically.

Firth said the decision to leave Paddington was a mutual one. “It’s been bittersweet to see this delightful creature take shape and come to the sad realization that he simply doesn’t have my voice,” the actor said. “I’ve had the joy of seeing most of the film and it’s going to be quite wonderful. I still feel rather protective of this bear and I’m pestering them all with suggestions for finding a voice worthy of him.”

The release date for Paddington hasn’t changed. Studiocanal still plans to have it in British theaters by Nov. 28, and The Weinstein Company has targeted Christmas Day for the U.S. debut.

Director Paul King (The Mighty Boosh) has not selected a replacement voice, but says a new one will be announced in the coming weeks.

READ MORE HERE: http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/06/17/colin-firth-leaving-as-voice-of-paddington-movie-exclusive/

Colin Firth - Colin Firth's Spy Wardrobe To Hit Stores

CONTACT MUSIC
by WENN | 13 June 2014



Oscar winner Colin Firth's smart wardrobe for new movie Kingsman: The Secret Service will be made available to fans.

The bespoked suits, watches and shoes the actor's dapper spy character Harry Hart wears in the Matthew Vaughn movie will be available as a 60-piece collection when the film is released in October (14).

Costume designer Arlene Phillips, who helped director and fashion icon Tom Ford create Firth's look in A Single Man, is creating the line with Vaughn for Mr. Porter.

READ MORE HERE: http://www.contactmusic.com/story/colin-firth-s-spy-wardrobe-to-hit-stores_4242186

Colin Firth - Kingsman The Secret Service trailer (this looks like fun)