Karl Urban rumoured for James Bond screentest in latest net hype. The latest IGN rumour round-up throws a new name in to the ring: Karl Urban. According to the site, Karl Urban is now said to be a serioius contender after “The Final Four”. Urban was cast in the second Jason Bourne film as an assassin. While darkly handsome, he’s a bit elfish-looking for Bond according to IGN. [More]
Day: September 11, 2005
TORONTO — A greeting fit for rock stars awaited the cast of Cameron Crowe’s latest film Elizabethtown at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hundreds of screaming fans had waited for up to 14 hours to secure their spot along the red carpet when the film had its North American premiere Saturday night. [More]
Cate Blanchett will make her directorial debut during the Sydney Theatre Company’s season next year. The Oscar-winning star has agreed to direct a theatre double-bill with her scriptwriter husband, Andrew Upton, who will also debut as a director. Blanchett will direct A Kind Of Alaska, a play by Harold Pinter about a woman who awakes from a 29-year coma convinced she is 16. [More]
Images of Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom at the Toronto International Film Festival have popped up online. Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean and Ian McKellen are also slated to make appearances. Can you say LOTR reunion party? [More]