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Iraqi Voices Show 2- 19 06 10

This Saturday (19th June) will see the second installment of Iraqi Voices- a programme produced and presented by Iraqi refugees living in Norwich.

This month's show will feature discussions around Refugee Week 2010, the importance of volunteering within the community, the transition from living as an Iraqi interpreter for the British Army in Iraq, to being granted refugee status in Britain and the difficulties that they faced, and more on the Association for Iraqi Refugees in Norfolk (AIRN).

 

Drag Me To Hell Competition- TODAY!

 

Afternoon film fans!

Today Toby and I will be having a good old chin wag about the horrir genre after the brand new Sam Raimi horror Drag Me To Hell and Swedish vampire flick Let the Right One In hit the big screens in the last month.

 

To celebrate the Spiderma director's return to the genre in which he first found fame (Evil Dead I and II), we have a superb prize to give away, courtesy of Cinema City. We will be giving away-

Stagnant; A feature length film to be made on our doorstep.

This afternoon, I had the great pleasure of meeting Gordon Smith; local author and (soon-to-be) filmmaker. we were chatting about Stagnant- a comedy horror that he, as part of Fear Driven Films, are hoping to start shooting in August. The film is set on the Norfolk Broads, and will follow a group of chaps on a stag do on the broads that turns sour when a mysterious lady appears and turns the mood from cheer to fear.

Film News 12 04 09

 

March 12th- National Alfred Hitchcock Day....apparently.

So apparently on Thursday March 12th it was Alfred Hitchcock Day. This is not an official day in any way, shape or form, but as faithful believers in the Master of Suspense -who has incidentally been rated by many as the best filmmaker of all time- who are we to poo poo this celebration.

That said, we will be talking about Hitchcock this week! Discussing the highs and lows (are there any lows?) of his career, his move from the UK to Hollywood, the lesser known gems, the iconic scenes and themes and so an and so forth...

Film News 08 03 09

 

* Chris Rock is getting some company at his funeral... remake. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan have joined Rock in his remake of Death at a Funeral. Neil LaBute is directing the remake of Frank Oz's 2007 film, from a script by Rock and Ayesha Carr. Rock will star alongside Lawrence and Morgan, but the specific roles haven't been revealed.
 
Why re make, a very English film....and not a great…this is all time high in Hollywood, only made in 2007!!The film revolves around a funeral that goes awry with new deaths and misplaced corpses. No production schedule was released for the film.
 
*Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan have signed on to star in Warner Bros.' detective comedy A Couple of Cops, marking director Kevin Smith's first major studio project.
According to Variety, Marc Platt is producing the project, formerly titled A Couple of Dicks. The scripting team of Robb and Marc Cullen penned the screenplay, centered on a pair of cops who track down a stolen baseball card, rescue a Mexican beauty and must deal with gangsters and laundered drug money.
Warner picked up the project in turnaround last year from Gold Circle, where it had been in development with Robin Williams and James Gandolfini in the lead roles.
No production date has been set.
 
 
*Alice Braga, Mickey Rourke and Vincent Cassel have signed on to join 11 Minutes, an adaptation of the seductive Paulo Coehlo novel that Hany Abu-Assad will direct.
According to Variety, Braga plays a naive girl who is betrayed by her first lover and swears off romance. She becomes a high-priced call girl who works at an upscale gentlemen's club in Geneva. Cassel plays a music exec who gets her hooked on S&M. Rourke plays the club owner. Italian heartthrob Riccardo Scamarcio is in talks to round out the cast.
The book was a global bestseller translated into 40 languages. Abu-Assad, who made his film breakthrough with Paradise Now, has rewritten a script by Marcos Bernstein.Hollywood Gang will fully finance.
Shooting begins June 1 in Brazil and Geneva
 
*Seth Rogen spoke openly about The Green Hornet for the first time in a little while, while in Australia promoting Monsters Vs. Aliens. According to Moviehole Rogen told "The Jono & Dano Show" a few tidbits about the film, including the fact that filming will begin in June of 2009.
Rogen also said that while the film will be an origin story, it won't be one in the traditional sense. Rogen promised it'd be unlike every other superhero film out there, and will focus on the relationship between the very different Britt Reid (Green Hornet) and Kato.
According to Rogen, the Hornet (who he will play) is pretty much a normal guy, while Kato (Stephen Chow) is the one who does all the traditional superhero stuff.The Green Hornet follows the exploits of Britt Reid, a wealthy heir to his father's newspaper franchise, The Daily Sentinel, who fights crime in the city at night, alongside his trusty martial-arts expert sidekick, Kato. Michael Gondry will direct the script co-written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The Green Hornet battles his way into theatres June 25, 2010.
 
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