It seems famous composer
ANTONIO VIVALDI is quite trendy these days since two films are being made about him at the same
time. According to "ScreenDaily" one of the films will star young
Max Irons, Elle Fanning and
Clare Foy with experienced legends
Jacqueline Bisset, Tom Wilkinson and
Alfred Molina, and it will follow Vivaldi as he turns a talented, but traumatised, group of illegimate daughters of courtesans, into a world-class orchestra which will play all through Venice and in front of the Pope as well. In the second project, director
Patricia Riggen will follow
VIVALDI's love problems and the cast could include amazing
Luke Evans, lovely
Jessica Biel and
Ben Kingsley.
Two of the upcoming teen bestseller film adaptations have added new actors:
Donald Sutherland has joined the cast of
THE HUNGER GAMES film project in which he will play President Snow, the evil and powerful ruler of Panem and its 12
districts. He will star next to
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and
Liam Hemsworth (who got his hair died in brown). Another project
THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS film adaptation has hired their male lead: young
Jamie Campbell Bower will play a demon hunter who helps the main star
Lily Collins in her mission. I'm rather shocked they've chosen Campbell Bower, who gives the most horrid and most superficial and pointless performance as king Arthur in Starz's show CAMELOT. The audience is pretty much unanimous on him being the weakest link of that show in which his acting is so annoying that I'm even considering not watching the show anymore even though I'm the biggest fan of historical shows.
"Variety" has just announced that PBS is ready to broadcast their interesting new ensemble drama this Fall. Directed by amazingly
talented
David Hare, who wrote marvelous screenplays for
Kate Winslet's tremendous THE READER and THE HOURS, this thriller called
PAGE EIGHT will have a stunning cast including
Bill Nighy as Johnny Worricker, an MI-5 officer who becomes wrapped up in an elaborate conspiracy after the death of his best friend, Benedict Baron the chief of security service (
Michael Gambon). The film also stars
Rachel Weisz as Johnny's neighbor and his secret enemy and
Ralph Fiennes and
Judy Davis. PBS is also preparing
THE SONG OF LUNCH with
Emma Thompson and
Alan Rickman about a book editor and his former lover who reconnect 15 years after their original affair.
