Daniel Craig is in talks with DreamWorks and Jon Favreau to play the lead in “Cowboys and Aliens” after Robert Downey Jr. walked out of the flick.
If Craig accepts the deal, he will play the role of Jake Johnson in the film, which is based on the 2006 graphic novel about a group of [...]
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Director GUY RITCHIE is following his ex-wife MADONNA into the music industry – by launching his own record company.
The Sherlock Holmes director has launched Punchbowl Recordings, named after his London pub The Punch Bowl, signing the venue’s house band as his first act to get a record deal.
The Punchbowl Band has already been [...]
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Film: ‘Sherlock Holmes’; Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong; Director: Guy Ritchie; Rating: ***
Trust filmmaker Guy Ritchie to keep reinventing himself with each outing. For someone who made a stunning announcement with ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ (1998) more than a decade back, he continues to have his stamp firmly [...]
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GEORGE CLOONEY and his film UP IN THE AIR are set to have a golden night at the Golden Globes later this month (Jan10) after topping leading critics’ picks in a new TheEnvelope.com poll.
Eleven of the 20 experts who voted picked Up In The Air to claim top honours as Best Film, while 10 [...]
Hollywood star SANDRA BULLOCK was the biggest draw at the U.S. box office in 2009, according to a new survey.
The actress appeared in three movies in the past 12 months – romantic comedy The Proposal, American football drama The Blind Side and comedy All About Steve.
The films proved to be most popular with [...]
The executors of SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE’s literary estate have threatened to withdraw GUY RITCHIE’s rights to the SHERLOCK HOLMES story if the director hints at a homosexual relationship between the lead characters in his sequel.
Robert Downey, Jr., who plays the supersleuth in Ritchie’s new movie adaption, recently appeared on David Letterman’s U.S. talk show [...]
London, Jan 3 (ANI): Sandra Bullock has beaten Johnny Depp to become highest-earning star in Hollywood.
Thanks to roles in films like The Proposal and The Blind Side, the stunner raked in more than 336 million pounds at the box office, reports The New of the World.
‘Miss Congeniality’ also appeared in and produced the comedy All [...]
London, Jan 1 (IANS) British actor Jude Law, who portrays the title character’s sidekick Watson alongside Robert Downey Jr. in ‘Sherlock Holmes’, says he hoped he’d brought something a little different to the new adaptation.
‘When I was asked to get involved, Robert was already set as Sherlock and Guy Ritchie was directing and I knew [...]
New York, Dec 31 (ANI): After ‘Sherlock Holmes’ managed to uncover more than 65 million dollars in its opening weekend, the sequel is being planned with Brad Pitt reportedly the top choice to portray the sinister Professor Moriarty.
PopEater.com reports that Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) and Jude [...]
GUY RITCHIE is keen to sign up BRAD PITT to star in the sequel to SHERLOCK HOLMES, according to reports.
The director, who worked alongside Pitt in 2000’s Snatch, was rumoured to have considered the actor for a cameo role in the new big screen adaptation of the famous detective stories.
But Ritchie is now thought [...]
ROBERT DOWNEY JR’s SHERLOCK HOLMES appears to be a hit in America – the film took in almost $25 million (GBP15.6 million) on Christmas Day (25Dec09).
Film fans flocked the cinema to see the Guy Ritchie movie at over 3,600 theatres, giving the British director his best opening day ever.
Avatar and Alvin & the [...]
“We came back from the U.K., and having been speaking proper-perceived pronunciation, the Queen’s English as they call it, it was the most grating thing I ever heard in my life – and that’s my accent.” ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has been turned off by his speaking voice since returning home to the U.S. after filming [...]
London, Dec 24 (ANI): Jude Law has said that he was more than happy to play the reinvented Dr Watson in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’.
Law’s portrayal as the detective’s sidekick in the modern take by the ‘Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels’ filmmaker Guy Ritchie has already been dubbed ‘Hotson’ [...]
London, Dec 24 (ANI): Robert Downey, Jr. says he enjoys working with his film producer wife Susan because they get to spend some quality time together.
“I know my place! We love working together. Making movies is so (sic) energy and time-consuming that it takes you away from your real life [...]
London, Dec 24 (ANI): Robert Downey Jr has left studio bosses panic-stricken after he said that the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in his new film are meant to be gay.
The veteran actor stars as the title character in ‘Sherlock Holmes’ alongside Jude Law as Dr Watson.
In an appearance on the Late Show [...]
“He would, easily. He’d cream (beat) me! He’s a black belt in three martial arts! I’m a pretty good runner though, I’d run away!” JUDE LAW is certain he would lose in a fight against his SHERLOCK HOLMES co-star ROBERT DOWNEY, JR..
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“I’ve run out of things to give up. I don’t know what to do.” ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has a New Year’s resolution dilemma.
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SANDRA BULLOCK was “beyond stunned” when she discovered she had been nominated for two top honours at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards – because she’s up against her idols DAME HELEN MIRREN and MERYL STREEP.
The 45 year old received nods for Best Actress in both the Drama and Comedy or Musical fields for The Blind [...]
GEORGE CLOONEY’s new movie UP IN THE AIR will be the main contender at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards – it has scooped six nominations.
The film, about a lonely travelling businessman, is leading the main categories with nominations for Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Actor (Drama) for Clooney, and Best Director for Jason Reitman.
Other big [...]
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. was terrified about stepping into SHERLOCK HOLMES’ shoes for GUY RITCHIE’s new movie – because he was convinced he could never top BRAD PITT’s performance in the director’s SNATCH film.
The Iron Man actor steps back into Victorian London to play the supersleuth in Ritchie’s new adaptation, but he had doubts over whether [...]
London, Dec 15 (IANS) ‘Iron Man’ star Robert Downey Jr. has revealed he was terrified about stepping into super sleuth Sherlock Holmes’ shoes for Guy Ritchie’s new movie because he was convinced he could never top superstar Brad Pitt’s performance in the director’s 2000 film ‘Snatch’.
Downey Jr. has said that he had doubts about playing [...]
British actress KELLY REILLY only agreed to take a role in GUY RITCHIE’s upcoming SHERLOCK HOLMES because ROBERT DOWNEY JR. had accepted the part of the super sleuth.
The beauty plays the girlfriend of Jude Law’s character Dr. Watson – and she admits Ritchie’s reputation for male-dominated gangster movies made her hesitant to take the [...]
British funnyman ROWAN ATKINSON’s bad motor luck appears to have struck again after his car caught fire in the early hours of Friday (11Dec09).
The auto enthusiast, who found international fame as the hapless Mr Bean, was left with cuts and bruises in August (09) after driving his expensive Audi convertible into a garbage truck [...]
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): American actor Robert Downey Jr. is said to have revealed his sexual fantasies in public.
Downey, 44, exclaimed to an extended audience of fans, reporters, film executives, his mother and his mother in-law about what he would like to do to his wife later.
“I would like [...]
London, Dec 10 (ANI): Hollywood has set a new box-office record as the year’s annual ticket sales head beyond 10 billion dollars for the first time.
Revenues for the year have inched ahead of the previous record of 9.68 billion dollars set in 2007, according to Hollywood.com box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian.
With three weeks left in the [...]
Washington, December 10 (ANI): Actor Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he got hooked on to drugs by accident.
The ‘Iron Man’ star said he realised he was an addict when he turned to drugs to cure his “flu”-like symptoms.
“That first time it was opium. The second time it looked like opium,” Contactmusic quoted him as [...]
STEVEN SPIELBERG has walked away from his planned remake of classic JAMES STEWART movie HARVEY amid rumours he could not find a major star willing to take on the lead role.
The legendary director has spent the last six months developing the project, reportedly asking Tom Hanks to take on the part of Elwood P. [...]
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. has a nasty parasite to thank for his super-svelte shape in new movie SHERLOCK HOLMES – he lost weight after contracting a bug in Japan.
The 44 year old was in the Far East last year (08) promoting the first Iron Man movie when he fell ill.
The sickness was so severe [...]
London, December 05 (ANI): Director Steven Spielberg has decided to step out from the remake of classic movie ‘Harvey’ after failing to find a Hollywood A-lister to play the lead role.
Late actor James Stewart had made the character of Elwood P. Dowd famous in the 1950 film.
But, in the current project, top actors including [...]
London, December 05 (ANI): Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that his new lean look in ‘Sherlock Holmes’ is the result of an illness he suffered while in Japan.
The actor decided to sustain his svelte frame after he had lost considerable amount of weight because of the disease.
“I was in Japan promoting Iron Man, and [...]
