‘Queen’ appoints Hartnett, Kingsley & Mendes May 8th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

Hola! In the spirit of this post, I decided to greet you all in Spanish. Guess what? Josh is going to be in a new film. Sir Ben Kingsley also stars. Josh and Sir Ben worked on Lucky Number Slevin together back in 2006. Read more about it below! Eva Mendes, Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley will topline helmer Jonathan Jakubowicz’s “Queen of the South” (La reina del sur), an adaptation of the bestseller by Spanish author-journo Arturo Perez Reverte. Elizabeth Avellan and Sandra Condito will produce pic while Winchester Capital, Spain’s Origen and Plural Entertainment will serve as executive producers. Avellan, Condito and Jakubowicz are working under their new banner, Tres Malandros. Jakubowicz, an L.A.-based Venezuelan filmmaker penned the screenplay with Albert Torres. Story tracks a Mexican woman who escapes to Spain after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Teresa becomes the reigning drug smuggler in Spain, bent on avenging her lover. The female-driven actioner is set to shoot in Mexico and Spain starting September, according to Condito. Jean-Luc De Fanti will exec produce with Plural’s Daniel Cebrian, Origen’s Antonio Cardenal and L.A.-based producer Sergio Aguero. Jere Hausfater’s Essential Entertainment is handling international sales and will take the pic to the Cannes market this month. Pic was originally set at Warner Independent where it went into turnaround. Hartnett plays a Marine who gets involved in her business, and Kingsley plays a Russian businessman. Read more about it at: + Variety [Proceed] + Hollywood Reporter [Proceed] + The Moving Picture [Proceed] And hopefully this is correct. Gracias a Makenna para el artículo. My efforts to speak Spanish.

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“I Come with the Rain” Featured in French Premiere May 5th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

“I Come with the Rain” is featured in n the May issue of French Premiere magazine. The article is written in the style of a journal documenting the production days. There are some great new movie stills of Josh in the scans.     Thanks to Cilou for the scans. As the article is in French, Cilou also did an amazing translation. You can read the translation in the FORUM. The section of the forum is set to private, so you must register to view.

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Josh going to Venice? May 4th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

There is a new interview with Tran Anh Hung ( the director of I Come with the Rain). Unfortunately it is in Spanish. I used google translator to get an idea of what the article is about. For those who can read Spanish, it would be great if you could translate the article. Read the article in Spanish. Read the article in English (translated by Google Language tools). Here are some tidbits related to Josh: ¿Qué valora de Josh Hartnett? Que a pesar de haber rodado La dalia negra, con Brian de Palma, todavía no es muy conocido. Me gusta su presencia ante la cámara.  What values of Josh Hartnett?   Despite having acted in The Black Dahlia by Brian de Palma, Josh is still not widely known. I love his presence before the camera. —– Cannes tenía mucho interés en I come with the rain –No llegamos a tiempo. No está terminada. Espero estar en Venecia. Cannes did not have much interest in I come with the rain  The film isn’t finished so it did not arrive ontime. I hoping to enter it to Venice. Thanks to Amana for sharing this article It is definite that ” I Come with the Rain” will not be in Cannes. Hopefully, it will make it to the Venice Film Festival. Josh last attended this festival when he was promoting The Black Dahlia. Lastly, I have made the movie page for I Come with the Rain. It is still empty, but it will be updated as soon as I get more information.

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Wicker Park Promotion in Japan May 2nd, 2008 | Posted by Annie

Just a follow up on yesterday’s post on Wicker Park. Here is the gag reel of Wicker Park. Just is completely adorable in these clips. Download it at the video archive: Thanks to flawedvalentine. Josh did loads of promotion for Wicker Park in Japan. I’ve never seen these pics before!     The pics also come along with interviews. But they are in Japanese, but you can use google translator to get an idea of what they are talking about. Interview 1: Movie Walker [Proceed] Interview 2: Excite [Proceed] Interview 3: Citywave [Proceed] Thanks to Amana for the articles and pictures.

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Wicker Park Stills & Screencaptures May 1st, 2008 | Posted by Annie

I’m sorry to inform you all that “I Come with the Rain” will NOT be screened at the annual Cannes Film Festival this year. The movie is probably not ready for release yet. So, Josh will not attending the festival. You can find out the other movies selected to be shown at the festival HERE. I realized that I have forgotten to add the screencaptures and promotional still images in the Wicker Park albums. So here they are:    Â

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“Bunraku” in production April 28th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

If you look at IMDB, the crew of Bunraku is updated. Neil D’Monte is the storyboard artist. You can view Neil’s resume at his official page. He has done the storyboard and art design for some big films like Rambo and The Mummy. Here are some of his storyboards for “Bunraku”. These are just drafts. But it is interesting to read and you can understand the type of film this is.    Chris Farmer is the Production Designer of the film. You can check out his resume here.  Bunraku is listed there, but there is nothing much there as the production as just started. Also on the site, is a poster of Bunraku. It most likely is not the official poster but the production poster/image. Here are some links related to “Bunraku” that you may be interested in: + Director Guy Moshe Official page [Proceed] + All Deco Intl - Set design company [Proceed] + Michael Goldman - Art Director : works and pictures of Buchersti [Proceed] + Natheniel West - Concept Artist [Proceed] Information Credit: Bunraku Blog

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Shawn Yue and Josh Hartnett April 26th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

Two more “On-the-Set” pictures of Josh with Shawn Yue in Hong Kong last year filming “I Come with the Rain”. Shawn Yue is a Hong Kong actor. In “I Come with the Rain”, he is plays Meng Zi, a police officer who helps Kline (Josh’s character) find Shitao (Takuya Kimura).   Photo Credit: Yuwenlevip Also, TFI International, a producing company of “I Come with the Rain” has updated the synopsis page of the film. Kline, an ex-cop in Los Angeles traumatized by slaying a serial killer, is hired by a powerful corporate boss to go to the Philippines and find Shitao, his missing son. Kline’s leads take him to Hong Kong. Torn between good and evil, caught in the crossfire between a mafia drug ring and the police, he tracks down Shitao, who has become a mysterious vagrant. Shot on state-of-the-art HD and featuring music by Radiohead and Gustavo Santaolalla (Babel, Brokeback Mountain), this modern thriller explores the fine line between carnal passion and violence and plunges us into an exotic urban world of gritty realism and sensual beauty. Source: TFI International

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First look at “Bunraku” & Gackt joins “Bunraku” April 24th, 2008 | Posted by Annie

According to IMDB, Gackt has joined the cast of “Bunraku” as Yoshi, the partner of Josh. You can read more about this here. Gackt is a popular musician and actor in Japan. You can learn more about him at Wikipedia. Here is some info on Guy Moshe, the director of Bunraku: My next film is called BUNRAKU and it is an action-fantasy circus ride into man’s fascination with violence. It has a sort of a Spaghetti Western, samurai movie feel and it’s going to be built and shot entirely on a stage so it couldn’t be more different than HOLLY, maybe 180 degrees from it actually. Like HOLLY, it also aspires to go a little beyond the pure entertainment factor, but I think that, all in all, I would like to be the kind of filmmaker who can tell and make more than one story or one type of genre. I feel like in the past an auteur was a person who constantly challenged himself, where, today, because of the fierce competition and growing difficulty of making different and unique films, filmmakers can get stuck in a certain style and movie genre and keep recreating the same films. It takes two years of your life to make a movie, and to me that’s priceless. If I am gonna spend that kind of time pouring my blood and tears into it, then I wanna make sure I learn something on the way. That is what life is all about anyhow, I guess, growing and learning and then realizing you know nothing at all. Source: Cinema without Borders Credit: Kate/Fanhost Forums And lastly a new picture of Josh with Gackt in “Bunraku”. How great does Josh look! and totally loving his style there. Thanks to Laura and Amana for the picture and article.

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New York’s Maccarone Gallery April 22nd, 2008 | Posted by Annie

Take a look at this! Josh is photographed in this piece of modern art by Nate Lowman and Dan Colen. Nate Lowman and Dan Colen, showed their newest works at New York’s Maccarone Gallery last night, with the show entitled ‘Closing Down Sale’ running through to April 26th. According to Dejour, much of the works are already sold, but of course its worth checking out. Source: Maccarone Thanks to Kate for the find.

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