Monday, May 26, 2008

First photos from Ewan McGregor's new biopic

Ewan McGregor and his costar Oscar winner Hilary Swank were photographed on the set of their upcoming film Amelia in Toronto, Canada on Sunday. The film, set for a 2009 release is currently shooting in New York and Toronto (Union Station and Toronto International airport specifically).

Hilary Swank stars as Amelia Earhart, the legendary American aviation pioneer, noted as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She disappeared in the summer of 1937. Ewan plays Eugene Vidal, the father of author Gore Vidal. Gene was the love of Amelia's life, and he also held the highest civilian post in aviation as the head of the Bureau of Air Commerce. The film is being directed by my favorite director Mira Nair, who makes incredible films and Hilary and Ewan are great actors. Maybe all that will finally mean an Oscar nomination for Ewan.

I honestly didn't know Ewan had been cast in this, and I don't think many people did - it's not yet listed on his filmography at imdb, though sometimes, it takes a little while for new projects to be posted up there. Anyway, you can click on the photos to enlarge them - enjoy!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

James McAvoy to reappear with Craig Ferguson

James is scheduled to make his second 2008 appearance on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson to promote the upcoming action movie, Wanted. The show will air Mon. June 16th on CBS in the U.S. A really cool person on the imdb message boards pointed out that there may still be tickets available. I can't wait for the Scottish vacuum of charm to be on TV again!

Source

Photo from The Hot Blog

Monday, May 19, 2008

New Wanted teaser trailer

This one isn't quite as cool as the Russian trailers, but James McAvoy is the main focus of this trailer. Enjoy!



Source: Trailer Addict

John Barrowman confirms third Torchwood season

Yay! John Barrowman talks about the upcoming season of Torchwood in an Oxide radio interview when he visited Oxford. Just to warn you, there are some minor spoilers of the season two finale. I'm not sure when it aired, but it only appeared on youtube today, so I think it's quite recent. You can listen to the full interview here.

Source: youtube and Barrowman Fans!

Photo from Totallytorchwood.blogspot.com

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 5/19: Valerie Bertinelli, Paulina Porizkova, Estelle
Tu 5/20: A.J. Buckley
We 5/21: Laura Dern, k.d. lang
Th 5/22: Steven Wright
Fr 5/23: Richard Lewis, Tricia Helfer, Duffy

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Scottish films at the Festival de Cannes


May is pretty much Cannes Film Festival month (this year it runs from May 14 to May 25), which is huge for the film industry. Indie films New Town Killers starring Dougray Scott and Stone of Destiny starring Billy Boyd will be represented at the festival. The production team of New Town Killers will try to sell the film and attendees can view a promotional screening at their office at the festival, while a filmmaker from Stone of Destiny will be on a panel about producing and making films in Scotland.


I'm not sure if Stone of Destiny will actually be screened at Cannes because there are reports that its world premier will be at the 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival (June 18 to June 29) where it will be competing for the UK Film Council-sponsored Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature. Here's a synopsis of Stone of Destiny from Newsahead:

The Anglo-Canadian film is the story of Ian Hamilton, a dedicated nationalist who reignited Scottish national pride in the 1950s with his daring raid on the heart of England to bring the Stone of Scone back to Scotland. Often referred to as the Stone of Scone, it was the stone upon which all monarchs of Scotland were crowned from the very first King back in 847. After a long and colorful history, it ended up back in Edinburgh Castle 11 years ago and still resides there.

You can read a synopsis of New Town Killers in a previous post.

Source: Dougray Scott Unplugged, Boyd oh Boyd, iofilm, Newsahead

Monday, May 12, 2008

David Tennant - sexiest man on TV?

It's a slow news day, but here's a little David Tennant news. David has been named the sexiest man on TV in a new survey. David was chosen by about 38% of the 1600 TV fans in the UK wide poll. Prison Break star Wentworth Miller came in second. The poll was conducted by the Hallmark Channel to determine if attractiveness keeps TV viewers watching their favorite shows. Wow, that channel is taking its polls rather seriously!

And totally off topic: just wanted to say hi to the lovely imdb people (or is it person?) who come here from time to time. Thanks!

Source: news.scotsman.com and digital spy

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Vote for David Tennant


David Tennant is among the celebrities nominated at the Hello! Magazine website as the 'Most Attractive Man Of The Month'. If you want to vote for David you go here.

Source: ONTD!

Photo from Totallytennant.blogspot.com