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Movie News Wrap Up: August 10, 2010

Niall Browne — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:10:50 +0000

This week: we get a peek at Resident Evil: Afterlife; Vincent Cassel joins David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen in Russia for Eastern Promises 2; Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr. and Ashley Judd swim with Dolphins; F. Gary Gray must have a hangover because he’s about to make Hair of the Dog; a slew of stars head to Springfield to visit The Simpsons; Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody join Charlize Theron for Young Adult and get ready for Alien Zoo!

1. The most successful video game to movie franchise ever – Resident Evil – unleashes its next installment next month.

Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, and Sienna Guillory star in the now obligatory 3D film release. If you can’t wait until next month, then take solace in the banner below, which has been released by Screen Gems.

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Eastern Promises 2 Shooting This Year?

Ross Miller — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:57:32 +0000

One of the films of the last decade that holds up extremely well upon repeat viewings is David Cronenberg’s violent crime film, Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. I have to admit I didn’t absolutely love it the first time I watched it but upon watching it again on DVD I thought, “Wow.”

But as much as I’ve grown to like Eastern Promises, it isn’t the first film I’d think of to give a sequel to. However, we learned last year that Cronenberg and the rest of the key players were interested in and were moving forward with a sequel.

Now we have an update to story almost a year to the day later: Producer of the first Eastern Promises, Paul Webster, is a busy man right now and in a story over at Deadline it’s revealed that ...

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Viggo Mortensen To NOT Quit Acting

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:55:27 +0000

Collider recently caught up with acclaimed actor Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence) during the premiere of his upcoming film The Road at the Toronto International Film Festival, and took the exclusive opportunity to ask the Mortensen what was up with his declaration to step away from acting, which shocked Viggo-lovers across the Net earlier this past Spring.

To our shared semi-surprise (sarcasm alert), Mortensen pulled a Brett Favre-style about-face and shot down the rumore, stating that he’ll be sticking around to mess with this whole being-an-actor thing for the time being.

Ok, so maybe he didn’t say it quite like that – maybe it was more along the lines of “Eh, I’m good for now,” but… Oh heck, just watch this exclusive video scoop from Collider:

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Viggo Mortensen To Quit Acting?

Ross Miller — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Now this may seem like another April Fool’s joke, but as the date of this article will tell you, it’s not. It appears that Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen may have been watching what Joaquin Phoenix has been up to, and perhaps following in his footsteps – only taking things a bit more seriously: He might actually give up acting.

According to Africa’s News24, Mortensen has been left exhausted by his acting workload and has decided to take a break described as “indefinite.” Here’s what he had to say:

“In the past week I’ve been from Los Angeles to Japan to Korea to Poland to the UK. It’s ridiculous and it’s not a healthy way to be. But, as it happens, I’m taking measures to change that. No more movies…”

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‘Eastern Promises 2′ Moving Forward

Rob Keyes — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:29:47 +0000

Eastern Promises opened in the summer of 2007 and it easily became one of my favorite movies of the year, and one of my favorite Viggo Mortensen movies ever. The movie didn’t get as big of a release as it deserved but it received great critical praise (88% on Rotten Tomatoes) and an Oscar nod for its leading man.

If you liked the first movie as much as I did, I have some good news for you! In an exclusive interview with MTV, the director of Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg, revealed that he and the folks behind the first movie are interested in doing a sequel and are already starting to plan it out.

“We are moving forward with it… We all are excited about the idea of doing a sequel.”

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