From the look of things, director Mira Nair's "Amelia" is much more than the fall season's obligatory Oscar-worthy biopic. It may be that too, but Earhart is a fascinating subject and Hilary Swank, who has a couple golden statues of her own already, is a great fit for the role. The story chronicles Earhart's personal life as she rose to prominence, that is until her 1937 disappearance as she attempted to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane.
Check out our trailer review over on Hollywood Crush and click the image below for a look at our exclusive Fall Preview gallery. "Amelia" hits theaters on October 23.
Imagine that you're 9-years-old, you've just landed your first big movie role -- and you'll be playing the younger version of a two-time Oscar winning actress. Would you be nervous?
"I'm playing the most beautiful girl!" grinned little actress Bailee Madison, adding that playing a young Hilary Swank won't give her jitters. The youngster begins playing a flashback version of Hilary Swank this week in the lawyer-on-a-mission film "Betty Anne Waters."
"Betty Anne Waters, played by Hilary Swank, tries to free her brother from jail for committing a crime he never did," she said of the plot. "I play her as a kid. They show how in real-life she was always so tough…It's a really cool role for me." Read more...
Last month, we brought you the news that Minnie Driver and Hilary Swank were starring together in "Betty Anne Waters," the true story of one woman's legal battle to rescue her brother from prison. Now, Swank finally has someone to rescue. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sam Rockwell has joined the cast, and will play Waters' wrongfully imprisoned brother. Tony Goldwyn is directing the film, and Swank is executive producer.
While Oscar-winner Swank hasn't been a big name at the box office lately, Rockwell is becoming one of those actors that everyone loves. His presence might be just the thing that tips this film into solid "Million Dollar Baby" territory for Swank, who really deserves to have her popular credibility rise again. Read more...
Playing the most vicious man in "Watchmen" just might have influenced Jeffrey Dean Morgan's dark side. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Morgan has signed on to star opposite Hilary Swank in "The Resident."
As we reported earlier, Swank will play a young doctor who finds the perfect loft apartment, but begins to feel a little creeped out in her new home. It turns out she's not alone, and that her handsome and charming landlord is spying on her. He's become obsessed with her, and begins stalking her in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game which can only end badly. Read more...
It's rare to see a film with one strong female role, let alone two, so this sounds kind of promising. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Minnie Driver is joining Hilary Swank for Tony Goldwyn's legal drama "Betty Anne Waters."
The movie is based on the true story of Ms. Waters, an unemployed single mother who saw her brother convicted and sentenced to life in prison for murder-robbery. Determined to prove his innocence, she spent the next decade earning a law degree and working her brothers case, challenging his conviction with DNA evidence. Read more...
You can never quite predict what kind of role Hilary Swank is going to take next. She bounces from boxing to biopics effortlessly, and while reviews of her work are often mixed, you have to admire her guts. And from the sound of it thanks to today's Variety, her latest role is going to require her special brand of gutsiness for "The Resident," a thriller directed by Antti J. Jokinen.
Swank will play a doctor who moves into a Brooklyn loft, but begins feeling uneasy in her new home. She becomes convinced she's not alone, and discovers her landlord is stalking her. Whether he's been stalking her for a long time, or whether it's just convenient that a pretty girl moved into his building is unclear -- but I suspect Swank's character won't give up her apartment without a fight. Read more...
Last July, MTV News sat down with former Marvel honcho Avi Arad and asked him straight out about a rumored "Iron Man" cameo from two-time Oscar winning actress Hillary Swank, a small role which director Jon Favreau seemed to confirm in an early production blog only weeks before.
"How do you know [about that]?" a stunned Arad replied at the time, admitting that Swank did appear and that it was a "cameo."
Immediately, fans began to speculate on her character. Was she a pre-transformation She-Hulk? The Black Widow? S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Sharon Carter? Read more...
