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Cannes Posters Part I: Cage's 'Bad Lieutenant,' Hawke's 'Brooklyn's Finest,' Zeta-Jones' 'Rebound' and Mariah Carey's 'Tennessee'

Posted 5/19/08 12:01 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, Photos, Posters


The Cannes Film Festival is more than a chance to snag crepes with Harrison Ford, it's also a great opportunity to catch early editions of movie posters in the various trade mags handed out on-scene.

Below, check out posters from Nicolas Cage's recently announced "Bad Lieutenant" remake, the interesting-looking "Brooklyn's Finest" from Training Day" helmer Antoine Fuqua and starring Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke and Wesley Snipes, rom-com "The Rebound" from Catherine Zeta-Jones and Justin Bartha, and Mariah Carey's "Tennessee." And stay tuned for more first-looks throughout the day.

'Bad Lieutenant'

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The Dailies: April 10, 2008

Posted 4/10/08 6:02 pm EST by in Dailies


The Hulk- "The Incredible Hulk" looking like a bad bet to make some green, with fighting between star Ed Norton and Marvel Studios. (NY Times)

- Some of Heath Ledger's scenes for "The Dark Knight" reportedly on the chopping block due to eerie parallels to actor's death? (Cinema Blend)

- Has Blue Sky optioned "The Anubis Tapestry"? Ask your mummy. (/film)

- Everybody loves NY. No, everybody, including Orlando Bloom Ethan Hawke, Hayden Christensen, and Shia LaBeouf. These thesps and others join "New York, I Love You."(Variety and The Hollywood Reporter)

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Julie Delpy: 'You Will Die If You Touch Me!' And Other Fun Thoughts

Posted 8/14/07 12:56 pm EST by in Interviews


Julie Delpy and Adam Goldberg in '2 Days in Paris'The film "2 Days in Paris" is NOT "Before Sunset." Yes, Julie Delpy stars (alongside Adam Goldberg this time) and yes, she co-wrote the new film as she did the 2004 sequel to "Before Sunrise," but this is a comedy first and foremost, and a biting one at that. The always outspoken Delpy spoke with me the other day about her new film and what she thinks the future holds for her and Ethan Hawke's characters in that other relationship movie of hers.

MTV: I think some people may be taken aback expecting another "Before Sunset" when they walk into this.

Julie Delpy: Well, the way I financed the film is I kind of tricked the financiers into giving me money. A friend of mine said, "Why don't you make a film that seems like ‘Before Sunset,' because that's what you were successful for and then make a very different film?" So it's about an American guy and a French girl in Paris. But then it's very, very different.

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William Hurt Set To Take On 'The Countess'

Posted 8/9/07 10:57 am EST by in News


William HurtEthan Hawke may be out of Julie Delpy's upcoming drama, "The Countess," but she's just added a dose of cool to the growing cast with one of our favorite actors: William Hurt.

Delpy, currently making the rounds promoting her feature directing debut "2 Days in Paris," was excited to tell us that "William Hurt is now on board. And so is Daniel Bruhl (who appears in her current film), a fantastic German actor."

So who does Hurt portray in this telling of Elizabeth Bathory, the famed "blood Countess" of the 16th century? Delpy told us he "is playing the most Machiavellian [character]. He's not a murderer. He's a very powerful man. There's a lot of political intrigue." Read More...

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Ethan Hawke Laments Lost 'Before Sunset' Threequel

Posted 7/5/07 12:31 pm EST by in News


Ethan Hawke"Before Sunset" is one of my favorite movies; apparently this makes it my fault that they haven't made a sequel, joked star Ethan Hawke. "If the film had been totally ignored we probably already would have made a third one," Hawke revealed to MTV News. "[Director] Rick [Linklater] said to me the other day, 'It's that whole thing of people coming up to you at dinner parties and saying [they] know what happened to [Jesse and Celine]. You don't want to deal with it.'"

The second film ended with Jesse [Hawke] in Celine's (Julie Delpy) Parisian apartment, listening to the love that got away sing along with a record. "Baby, you are gonna miss that plane," she says. "I know," Jesse replies.

Allow me to speak for all the fans of the series, then, when I ask: "FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?" (Find out after the jump). Read More...

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Ethan Hawke Gets Ready To Suck As Vampire Researcher

Posted 7/2/07 7:56 pm EST by in News


Seems Ethan Hawke is a bit unstable these days: Recent reports surrounding his new film "Daybreakers" have him playing either a vampire or a researcher, depending on who you ask (and on what day).

Thankfully, we're here to end the confusion. The "Before Sunrise" star's agent confirmed to MTV News that Hawke actually plays both: a vampire researcher who searches for an alternative to human blood, which has become scarce as more and more people become creatures of the night. "It takes place in the future and the whole world is vampires. We're eating our own resources so people are trying to come up with blood substitutes, trying to get us off of foreign humans," Hawke said. "It's a huge allegory for where we are."

But just because it's an allegory for a serious issue (dwindling fossil fuels), that doesn't mean the flick takes itself seriously, said Hawke. "[It's] low art," the former Mr. Thurman confessed. "Completely unpretentious and silly."

"Daybreakers" co-stars Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.

Serious question: From "Day of the Dead" to "Daybreakers," why does horror lend itself particularly well to satire? Sound off below.

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The Dailies: May 9, 2007

Posted 5/9/07 12:54 pm EST by in Dailies


Hey, movie gang. A bunch of interesting casting news to update you with today. Some people still want to work with Tom Cruise, apparently. But most interestingly, how about a "Jetsons" movie by Robert Rodriguez? Wonder if Astro will wear chaps a la Alba in "Sin City"...

- Robert Rodriguez may look to the future with "The Jetsons". (Hollywood Reporter)

- Tom Cruise joined by Branagh and Nighy in Bryan Singer's latest. (Latino Review)

- Michael Moore's "Sicko" set for release June 29. (Variety)

- "Daybreakers" brings Ethan Hawke into the light for horror flick. (Hollywood Reporter)

- Jessica Biel to be a "Street Fighter"? (Latino Review)

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