Kevin McKidd to appear on The View

Kevin McKidd will be a guest on The View on Thursday, January 28 on ABC.

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 1/18: Marion Cotillard, Steve Jones
Tu 1/19: Alan Alda, Anna Kendrick
We 1/20: Keri Russell, Jake Johannsen
Th 1/21: Adam Goldberg, Abbie Cornish
Fr 1/22: Jamie Hyneman & Adam Savage, the HotRats

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New 'I Love You Phillip Morris' trailer and poster

This is the 2nd US trailer:


The new US poster is from the film's official site. The website opens on February 1:



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More 'Last Station' press with James McAvoy

First, is a Made in Hollywood interview with James, Helen Mirren, and other cast members:



There's also another video interview with James and Helen over on youtube. I can't embed it, but it's a really funny interview.

Excerpts from two new print interviews are below.

Interview from Movieline:

I’d love to run down this list of casting rumors you’ve spent the last week refuting, but I’d rather know your reaction to them. Does all this speculation ever frustrate you?

Well, it’s nice to think your name carries enough weight to benefit them if they use it while fabricating stuff. You know what I mean? But they’re all balls. They’re all nonsense. None of it’s true. I’m With Cancer — I am doing that one. That one’s true. But the Ian Fleming thing? I read it, I really liked it, never spoke to a producer about it, never attached myself to it. Then somebody said I did, which is a little bit naughty, I think. Then the Hobbit thing? Not true. It’s weird to be perceived as something other than that which you are. The weird thing is that if you read something that says, “James McAvoy likes coffee instead of tea”? It’s not a big deal. It doesn’t really matter. But it’s not bloody true. It’s weird that not only do people have an image of you that’s not what you are, they put it out there as though what they say is true, without any way to prove it.

And it only gets worse as the news cycle accelerates. Does it make you cynical, or turn you off to the process?
I got absolutely battered by a newspaper back home about a week ago, and it was completely made up. Just a little bit in the newspaper saying that I’d behaved really badly and acted with little grace in a situation where I was just fairly fucking easy-come-easy-go. But that’s the only time I’ve really been upset. And it’s such a tiny thing. But it’s really bad; you shouldn’t be able to do that. But again — not a big deal. It’s tomorrow’s chip paper. You’ve gotta let it go, but there is a little part of you that says, “Don’t misrepresent people.” We don’t have enough news (of course we do have enough news) of mind-numbing interest to fill our pages with, so we have to make up shit about somebody?

But I shouldn’t complain, and I’m not complaining. Some people get it in the fucking neck. It’s just weird, because I should know better. I read something in a horrible magazine and think, “Oh, so and so’s doing that… all right…” I should know, but there’s a part of you on some very basic, fundamental level that goes, “It’s in print, though!” Even though a part of me goes, “Bollocks,” there’s a part of me that remembers it because it’s in print. It’s kind of powerful.

Interview from About.com:

James McAvoy, who co-stars as Valentin Bulgakov - a devoted supporter of Leo Tolstoy's and the Tolstoyan movement - agreed the real Sofya often acted hysterically. "I think we play a fine line because sometimes we go, 'Is she or has she totally got a point?' There's more evidence to suggest that she totally had a point that we didn’t put in this film," explained McAvoy. "It was one of the guys, the kid who looked most like Tolstoy was not hers. [He] belongs to the woman who milked the cows that he had an affair with for years, and it drove her mental. I mean the guy had kids coming out of his ears that didn't belong to her, and this thing that she was hysterical and all of that...I don't know, I think she totally had a point."

McAvoy added, "From Valentin’s point of view, he's in love with the idea of Tolstoy and he slowly has to realize that this most tactile of creatures, this amazing sort of ball of energy that seems to be completely at odds with every thing Tolstoy and everything he believes in and loves about the world, he has to accept that our place in this world is deserved. He has to accept who she is and ultimately love her for who she is. I suppose that genuinely was, part of coming to that place was really integral to Valentin’s journey."

"And yes, you're absolutely right, that was the danger, because she is such a drama queen, you could alienate the audience really fast and that was the challenge in playing it was not to play the drama full-on emotionally all the way there but not to become arch or self-conscious or theatrical with it, never to feel that she was acting it," said Mirren. "You know, you had to feel that this is just how she felt. This was real for her, whatever it was, all those things were absolutely real, of the moment."

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English language trailer for 'The Ghost Writer'

The German trailer came out nearly two weeks ago, and now the English version is online.



The Ghost Writer stars Ewan McGregor and will debut at the Berlinale in February and opens in limited release in the US on February 19.

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New Kevin McKidd interviews

Kevin McKidd and Kim Raver talked to KSPR'S Christine Daues about Grey's Anatomy yesterday. Grey's Anatomy returns with new episodes tonight on ABC in the US.



Kevin also did a Fancast interview and talked about Grey's and the upcoming Percy Jackson movie. An excerpt from the interview is below:

Tell me about your role in the ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief’ (hitting theaters February 12).
I play Poseidon, the god of the sea. It’s a not a huge role, but I am Percy Jackson’s father. It’s a crazy fantasy/kids/action film that Christopher Columbus directed. I get to play an almost Obi-Wan Kenobi character.

What kind of costume do they have you in?
Well, there are two: There’s the period god costume with the breastplates and leather….

… and trident.
That’s right! And at the end of the movie, I’m walking around Manhattan as “civilian” Poseidon. That’s much more of a pea coat, fisherman-type look.

You can also check out some new posters and stills from Percy Jackson over at FilmShaft. None of them feature Kevin, but they're pretty cool.

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James McAvoy's 'Last Station' premiere interview

There are some new interviews with James, including a red carpet interview from the premiere of The Last Station:





Here are even more links to print interviews with James:

James McAvoy Will Sneeze You Under the Table

Exclusive Interview: James McAvoy

Tolstoy is Man of the Hour at “The Last Station” Premiere

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'I Love You Phillip Morris' official trailer

Another interesting update for the promotion of Jim Carrey's upcoming movie "I Love You Phillip Morris"! Consolidated Pictures Group has uploaded the first official trailer on their YouTube channel with new scenes from the movie. The comedy is rated R. In the trailer Jim Carrey as Steven Russell is shown as a conman and he does fraud and makes money. When he is jailed he meets Ewan McGregor who is playing Phillip Morris. He falls in love with him and they start living together and Steven (Jim Carrey) continues making money by doing fraud which upsets Phillip (Ewan).

The movie is inspired by the true story 'So Unbelievable'. [Jim Carrey Online]

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James McAvoy at 'The Last Station' premiere + some new interviews

James attended the premiere at the Paris Theatre last night in New York City. Here are a few photos of him on the red carpet:







There are also some interviews with James and I've posted the links for you:

James McAvoy Discusses “The Last Station,” Scotland and Great Writers on Drugs (he says something nice about Craig Ferguson in this one)

"Why Aren't We Speaking Russian?" James McAvoy On Acting & Accents

Helen Mirren & James McAvoy Interview, Last Station

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'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' picked up for US distribution

There's no word yet on a release date, but at least the film is on its way to being released in the US:

...the hotly-tipped British thriller "The Disappearance of Alice Creed,"...picked up some strong reviews at the Toronto and London festivals last year, and stars the wonderful Eddie Marsan and Martin Compston ("Red Road") as two criminals who kidnap a rich girl (Gemma Arterton). Anchor Bay have picked it up for US distribution, so we'll be able to see for ourselves if it's as taut and twisty as it's meant to be. [The Playlist]

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New 'I Love You Phillip Morris' clips

Three new clips are now online and the first two feature Ewan McGregor. Enjoy!







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David Tennant's 'Hamlet' to air in April in the US + update on 'Rex Is Not Your Lawyer'

The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 stage production of Hamlet will air on PBS' Great Performances series on Wednesday, April 28 2010 at 8pm EST. Hamlet originally aired in the UK on Boxing Day in 2009 with more than 900,000 viewers.

NBC so far has refused to confirm any pilot pickups but the network is expected to make announcements very soon. It seems likely that they will pick up hour-long pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. They reportedly plan to order 10 drama pilots for next season to replace Jay Leno's 10pm talk show. Stay tuned.

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'Last Station' press with James McAvoy

While doing a Last Station press interview with Collider James McAvoy shot down rumors that he'll be playing Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit and Ian Fleming in an upcoming biopic. Collider will put up the full interview very soon:



You can check out another interview with James and Helen Mirren over at Getty Images.

James was interviewed by Melena Ryzik at The New York Times Arts and Leisure Weekend last night at the Times Center in New York. Here are some photos by Matthew Arnold.

Be sure to head on over to the Sony Pictures Classics official site for showtimes for The Last Station across the US.

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Weekly schedule for Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Mo 1/11: Mila Kunis, Nellie McKay
Tu 1/12: Carey Mulligan, Paula Poundstone
We 1/13: Richard Lewis, Amber Valletta
Th 1/14: Julie Andrews, Vampire Weekend
Fr 1/15: Tom Lennon, Shiri Appleby, Luke Bryan

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