OHMYGOSSIP — Ethan Hawke has signed up to ‘Stockholm’ thriller.
The 46-year-old actor has been cast in the new bank heist movie, written-and-directed by Born To Be Blue’s’ Robert Budreau, which is partly inspired by Daniel Lang’s 1974 New Yorker article ‘The Bank Drama’.
The story is centred on how a group of robbers took hostages at a Stockholm bank, only for those under threat to bond with their captors and go against the authorities.
Speaking about the casting, Jonathan Kier said: “With Robert’s creative direction coupled with Ethan and Noomi’s tremendous talents, we are certain audiences around the globe will be captivated by this thrilling true story. ‘Stockholm’ will offer moviegoers a raw glimpse into intense events that transpired over four decades ago coining a psychological condition that still intrigues the world today,”
The casting will see Hawke and Budreau reunite for the first time since they worked together on 2015 drama ‘Born To Be Blue’ in which Hawke starred as jazz legend Chet Baker.
It is not yet known who Hawke or Rapace will play in the film but Sierra/ Affinity hope to sell the rights at the European Film Market held in Berlin next month.
Scott Aversano and Will Russell-Shapiro will executive produce and oversee the thriller for Aversano Films along with Jason Blum via Blumhouse Productions.
Nicholas Tabarrok will produce under Darius Films, with Budreau via Lumanity and Jonathan Bronfman through JoBro Productions.
William Santor, John Hills and Andrew Chang-Sang are also executive producing for financier Productivity Media.
Shooting is due to begin in April.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Rachel Weisz wants to “take more risks” in her career.
The 46-year-old British star – whose husband is Daniel Craig – has decided to stretch herself on screen after three decades in the film business and a host of acclaimed roles, including a Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winning performance in ‘The Constant Gardener’.
In an interview with the Metro newspaper, she spilled: “I don’t really feel that risky. I feel I have got to be more risky. I’ve decided now I intend to take more risks.”
Weisz’s latest film is ‘Denial’ in which she plays Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt and which is based on Lipstadt’s book ‘History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier’ which is about the Irving v Penguin Books Ltd case when she was sued by Holocaust denier David Irving for libel.
Weisz stars alongside Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Alex Jennings and Timothy Spall – who plays Irving – and she has nothing but praise for Spall’s portrayal of the Nazi sympathiser.
She said: “It’s miraculous how Spall played the character. At times I felt a bit sorry for David Irving and I’m meant to hate him. Timothy played him like a real person. Tim’s one of the best people to sit next to in a trailer at five in the morning. He’s audacious, wild, shocking and deeply funny. He’s wonderful – very sprightly and quick on his toes.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Millie Bobby Brown is very “excited” for her debut film role in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’.
The 12-year-old actress – famous for her role as ‘Eleven’ in Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’ – has been cast in the creature feature sequel and cannot wait to get started on her first movie.
In an interview with ET Online, Millie said: “It’s my first movie. I’m really excited and that’s really all I can say, but it’s going to be great! I just had a really incredible connection with the director [Michael Dougherty]. I had a great meeting with him and you know, I just really love him.”
Millie attended the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (29.01.17) with her ‘Stranger Things’ cast mates where they landed the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series prize.
However, Millie missed out on an individual accolade for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series as Claire Foy picked up the gong at the ceremony held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Despite being part of an acclaimed programme, Millie admits she is still getting used to fame.
Speaking about her rise in popularity since the show hit Netflix last summer, she said: “I have no idea, like seriously. I’m just boring old Millie and they like me somehow! It is incredible.”
Her casting comes after the film was thrown into chaos after original director Gareth Edwards – who helmed the 2014 film, the 30th ‘Godzilla’ movie made – dropped out of the project.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary quickly secured the services of ‘Krampus’ helmer Dougherty – who is also writing the script with Zach Shields – and made allowances for the delay caused by Edwards’ departure by shifting the release date to March 22, 2019.
A ‘Godzilla vs King Kong’ movie is also being made and is scheduled for release on May 29, 2020.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Chris McKay wants to make a live action DC Comics movie after creating ‘The Lego Batman Movie’.
The American film and television director helmed the animated film, co-produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and now the project is in cinemas he has started thinking about what he could with The Caped Crusader or other superheroes in the DC Extended Universe.
On Sunday night (29.01.17), McKay was told by a fan on Twitter [@Mighty_Icon] that they’d love to see him do a DC Extended Universe movie in the future, to which he replied: “It’s a long shot but I’d like to be a part of it somehow. Thank you, btw. (sic)”
But the encouragement didn’t stop there – @Mighty_Icon tweeted in support of making it happen by putting his case forward to DC Films co-head Geoff Johns. He tweeted: “Can we start an online Tweet petition to Geoff Johns & Co? Will that help build your case?”
To which Mckay revealed that he planned to press ahead with it himself.
He replied online: “Thanks! That’s nice @Mighty_Icon but I’m going to go in and see those guys and pitch myself and go from there … but thank you! (sic)
It is not yet known what kind of film McKay could be in the running to direct, but ‘The Flash’ script is currently being rewritten and is in need of a director.
‘The Lego Batman Movie’ – a 3D animation – sees Will Arnett reprise his role as Batman from ‘The Lego Movie’ and also stars Zach Galifianakis as The Joker, Michael Cera as Robin, Rosario Dawson as Batgirl, Ralph Fiennes as Alfred Pennyworth, Mariah Carey as Mayor McCaskill and Jenny Slate as Harley Quinn.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dev Patel had to “really prove himself” to get the job in ‘Lion’.
The 26-year-old actor admits he had to work hard to shake off his ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ past as film bosses were looking for someone “fresh and new and hungry” for the role.
He said: “There were a lot of reservations about me being the guy from Slumdog. They’re like, ‘We’ve seen that. We need someone fresh and new and hungry,’ and they just wanted someone that could really transform for the role … I had to go in and really prove myself and fight against this preconceived notion that everyone had in the room, which made me want it even more really.”
And Dev admits the script left him in tears when he first read it as it was “written so poetically and viscerally”.
He added to E! News: “It really changed my life in a really big way. I know it sounds really cliche, but the script – you read the first 30 pages and you’re following this tiny boy in this suffocating city alone and he doesn’t say much, but the way it’s written so poetically and viscerally – I was in tears. It’s just one of those journeys that never really come around.”
Meanwhile, Dev previously admitted he felt he “became a man” during the process of making the movie.
He shared: “After the audition, [Davis] said ‘If we decide to go with you. I really want you to change.’ He said he wanted to see a Dev Patel that no one has ever seen before. I become a man, really.”
And Dev told his agent to clear his schedule so he could be fully committed to the project.
He explained: “I called my manager straight after I walked out of the audition and told him that if I get it, don’t send me anything for the next eight months. Don’t distract me with any other work or audition.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Women still hugely underrepresented in Oscar nominations, according to a new study.
The report, conducted by the Women’s Media Center, found that just 20 percent of the non-acting categories featured women, falling two percentage points from the nominations in 2016.
Julie Burton, president of the Women’s Media Center, said in a statement: “We have a saying: ‘If you can see it, you can be it,’ but in the crucial behind-the-scenes non-acting roles, our investigation shows that what you see is 80 percent of all nominees are men.
“Four out of five nominees are men – meaning male voices and perspectives are largely responsible for what we see on screen.”
On a more positive note, the report revealed that nine women were nominated as producers in the Best Picture category, which is the largest nominations count in any category at this year’s Academy Awards.
But Julie said more must be done to ensure the voices of women are heard more frequently in Hollywood.
She said: “The perspectives, experiences, and voices of more than half the population deserve an equal seat at the table.”
This comes shortly after Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman recently revealed she was paid three times less than Ashton Kutcher when she starred alongside him in the romantic-comedy movie ‘No Strings Attached’.
She said: “Ashton Kutcher was paid three times as much as me on ‘No Strings Attached’.
“I knew and I went along with it because there’s this thing with ‘quotes’ in Hollywood.”
Natalie subsequently explained that the quotes represent a career-high payday for the film star.
She said: “His was three times higher than mine so they said he should get three times more.
“I wasn’t as p***ed as I should have been. I mean, we get paid a lot, so it’s hard to complain, but the disparity is crazy.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Fences’ stars Denzel Washington and Viola Davis triumphed at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards on Sunday (29.01.17).
The 62-year-old actor was amazed to scoop his first-ever SAG, the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role accolade, as he had expected one of his younger fellow nominees, Casey Affleck, Andrew Garfield, Ryan Gosling or Viggo Mortensen, to take home the prize.
Accepting the prize at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, he said: “Thank you very much.
“You know, I am a God-fearing man. I’m supposed to have faith, but I didn’t have faith. God bless you all, all the other actors. I’d say, ‘You know, young boys are going to win, you ain’t going to win.’ So I didn’t even prepare. But I am prepared!”
In her speech, Viola – who picked up the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role award – praised playwright August Wilson, who wrote the play the movie was based on, for helping to tell a tale of an ordinary black family just leading their lives.
She said: “What August did so beautifully is he honoured the average man, who happened to be a man of colour.
“And sometimes we don’t have to shake the world and move the world and create anything that is going to be in the history book.
“The fact that we breathed and lived a life and was a god to our children, just that, means that we have a story and it deserves to be told.
“We deserve to be in the canon of any — in the center of any narrative that’s written out there. And that’s what August did. He elevated my father, my mother, my uncles who had eighth and fifth grade educations, and he just encapsulated them in history.”
Following her recent success at the Golden Globe Awards, ‘La La Land’ star Emma Stone picked up the SAG for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and was so surprised, she forgot her speech.
She said: “Thank you so much for this. Wow, to be an actor, playing an actor and receiving an actor by a guild of actors, it’s pretty exceptional. Thank you
“OK. I forgot everything that I ever have thought in my life.”
But the 28-year-old actress quickly recovered and thanked her fellow nominees and her co-star Ryan Gosling.
She said: “The women in this category, really quickly.
“Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Amy Adams. You are the greatest and your talent and intelligence are mind-blowing.
“Ryan, you are the best. That’s just the truth. Nobody can argue that.”
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role went to Mahershala Ali for his role in ‘Moonlight’, while the ensemble prize – which is widely viewed as an indicator of the Best Picture Oscars winner – went to the cast of ‘Hidden Figures’.
Complete list of winners at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:
Movies:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Denzel Washington, ‘Fences’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Emma Stone, ‘La La Land’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Mahershala Ali, ‘Moonlight’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis, ‘Fences’
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture: ‘Hidden Figures’
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’
Television:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: William H. Macy, ‘Shameless’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ‘Veep’
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: ‘Orange is the New Black’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series: Bryan Cranston, ‘All the Way’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Mini-Series: Sarah Paulson, ‘The People V. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story’
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: ‘Stranger Things’
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series: John Lithgow, ‘The Crown’
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series: Claire Foy, ‘The Crown’
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: ‘Game of Thrones’
Life Achievement: Lily Tomlin

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OHMYGOSSIP — French actor Alain Delon has defended his friend Roman Polanski over the César Awards controversy.
The 83-year-old film director was set to give the opening speech at the César Awards on February 24 in Paris after being named president of the 2017 awards, the equivalent of the French Oscars, but pulled out after protests.
A women’s rights group threatened to boycott the ceremony because of his statutory rape admission nearly 40 years ago, a charge he is still wanted by authorities in the US for and Alain insisted he would not accept the role of president if he was offered it because of his loyalty to his friend.
He told Le Figaro: “If they asked me to preside over the Césars, I wouldn’t do it in solidarity with Roman Polanski. Every time he crosses the street, are we going to talk to him about 1970?
“I’m not going. And if I’m putting my foot in it, so be it.”
Polanski’s lawyer Herve Temime told France 24 in a statement: “The controversy … deeply saddened Roman Polanski and affected his family. However, in order not to disturb the Cesars ceremonies, which should focus on the cinema and not on the appointment of the (event’s) president, Roman Polanski has decided not accept the invitation … and will not preside over the next Cesars ceremonies.”
On 11 March 1977, Polanksi – who is best known for his movies ‘The Pianist’, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ – was arrested at Jack Nicholson’s home after being accused by 13-year-old model Samantha Gailey or raping her.
He later pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor but managed to strike a plea deal which allowed him to serve 42 days in detention while undergoing psychiatric tests.
He then fled to France in 1978 after he thought a judge was going to drop the deal and hit him with a hefty prison sentence, and he has remained in Europe ever sense.
He has also lived in his native Poland and the American authorities have spent many years trying to extradite him from the European nation.
Last month, Polanski defeated an attempt by the US to extradite him from Poland, and afterwards he said: “I’ll finally be able to feel safe in my own country.”

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