Exclusive: The BBC is keeping its Agatha Christie tradition alive by setting Towards Zero as its next adaptation of the great author’s work.
Following on from 2023’s limited series Murder Is Easy, the BBC has commissioned Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited to reimagine the writer’s 1944 novel.
Towards Zero unfolds around the murder of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house, linking a failed suicide attempt, a schoolgirl wrongfully accused of theft, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player.
The book will be adapted by Rachel Bennette, the writer behind BAFTA-nominated Zadie Smith adaptation Nw. She has also written on World on Fire and Ripper Street.
Towards Zero will go into production over the summer. The series is co-produced by BritBox International, while Fifth Season will handle international distribution.
Executive producers are James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited; Damien Timmer and Sheena Bucktowonsing for Mammoth Screen; Rachel Bennette,...
Following on from 2023’s limited series Murder Is Easy, the BBC has commissioned Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited to reimagine the writer’s 1944 novel.
Towards Zero unfolds around the murder of an elderly widow at a clifftop seaside house, linking a failed suicide attempt, a schoolgirl wrongfully accused of theft, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player.
The book will be adapted by Rachel Bennette, the writer behind BAFTA-nominated Zadie Smith adaptation Nw. She has also written on World on Fire and Ripper Street.
Towards Zero will go into production over the summer. The series is co-produced by BritBox International, while Fifth Season will handle international distribution.
Executive producers are James Prichard for Agatha Christie Limited; Damien Timmer and Sheena Bucktowonsing for Mammoth Screen; Rachel Bennette,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Jonah Hauer-King can currently be seen swimming up a storm alongside Halle Bailey in Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” but for his next project he’s part of a different world – “World on Fire.”
The PBS and BBC drama series has released first look images from its upcoming second season, showing Hauer-King as a grimy soldier called Harry in the Royal Air Force (Raf) during World War II.
Jonah Hauer-King in ‘World on Fire’ (courtesy of BBC)
In the show, which was created by Peter Bowker, he is joined by “The Crown’s” Lesley Manville, Parker Sawyers (“A Discovery of Witches”) and Eugénie Derouand (“The Advent Calendar”).
In new images from Season 2 Manville, who plays Robina, looks elegant in a 1940s hair-do and outfit while Sawyers, who plays Albert, is pictured looking concerned, a Nazi flag visible behind him. Meanwhile Derouand is clad in a nurse’s outfit as Henriette.
The PBS and BBC drama series has released first look images from its upcoming second season, showing Hauer-King as a grimy soldier called Harry in the Royal Air Force (Raf) during World War II.
Jonah Hauer-King in ‘World on Fire’ (courtesy of BBC)
In the show, which was created by Peter Bowker, he is joined by “The Crown’s” Lesley Manville, Parker Sawyers (“A Discovery of Witches”) and Eugénie Derouand (“The Advent Calendar”).
In new images from Season 2 Manville, who plays Robina, looks elegant in a 1940s hair-do and outfit while Sawyers, who plays Albert, is pictured looking concerned, a Nazi flag visible behind him. Meanwhile Derouand is clad in a nurse’s outfit as Henriette.
- 5/31/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Series unveiled during network’s session at Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles.
FX has ordered two limited series with DNA TV on board as executive producer – Shogun, which the network describes as its “largest international scale production to date”, and Silicon Valley thriller Devs from writer-director Alex Garland.
Shogun, a 10-episode adaptation of the James Clavell novel, will shoot in the UK and Japan, with executive producers including Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, the production venture formed in 2014 by the Fox Networks Group and the UK’s DNA Films.
The series – set in feudal...
FX has ordered two limited series with DNA TV on board as executive producer – Shogun, which the network describes as its “largest international scale production to date”, and Silicon Valley thriller Devs from writer-director Alex Garland.
Shogun, a 10-episode adaptation of the James Clavell novel, will shoot in the UK and Japan, with executive producers including Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, the production venture formed in 2014 by the Fox Networks Group and the UK’s DNA Films.
The series – set in feudal...
- 8/3/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
FX is the latest network to attend TCA and there was some big news for fans of Fargo.
The cable network officially placed an order for a fourth installment of the hit anthology series.
Chris Rock will lead the cast of the new edition, but what's it about?
Per a statement from FX:
In 1950, at the end of two great American migrations — that of Southern Europeans from countries like Italy, who came to the U.S. at the turn of the last century and settled in northern cities like New York, Chicago, and African Americans who left the South in great numbers to escape Jim Crow and moved to those same cities — you saw a collision of outsiders, all fighting for a piece of the American dream.
In Kansas City, Missouri, two criminal syndicates have struck an uneasy peace. One Italian, one African American. Together they control an alternate economy — that of exploitation,...
The cable network officially placed an order for a fourth installment of the hit anthology series.
Chris Rock will lead the cast of the new edition, but what's it about?
Per a statement from FX:
In 1950, at the end of two great American migrations — that of Southern Europeans from countries like Italy, who came to the U.S. at the turn of the last century and settled in northern cities like New York, Chicago, and African Americans who left the South in great numbers to escape Jim Crow and moved to those same cities — you saw a collision of outsiders, all fighting for a piece of the American dream.
In Kansas City, Missouri, two criminal syndicates have struck an uneasy peace. One Italian, one African American. Together they control an alternate economy — that of exploitation,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Joseph Baxter Jan 23, 2020
Shogun, the novel by James Clavell adapted by the classic TV miniseries, is getting a new TV adaptation, bound for FX.
Shogun is bringing its historical English-Japanese culture clash back to television on FX.
Back in August 2018, FX initially announced that it was rebooting Shogun as a new 10-episode limited series. The classic property first arrived in the form of James Clavell’s 1975 novel, Shogun, which was subsequently adapted by NBC as an ambitiously epic 5-episode television miniseries, starring Richard Chamberlain, which aired through the week of September 15, 1980. The miniseries was the first major U.S. production to be shot entirely on location in Japan. Likewise, the new series is eyeing a shoot in Japan and the U.K.
While FX’s touted Shogun "re-adaptation" got put on hold in 2019, it appears that it will be back on track in 2020 with the network's appointment of a new writer in Justin Marks,...
Shogun, the novel by James Clavell adapted by the classic TV miniseries, is getting a new TV adaptation, bound for FX.
Shogun is bringing its historical English-Japanese culture clash back to television on FX.
Back in August 2018, FX initially announced that it was rebooting Shogun as a new 10-episode limited series. The classic property first arrived in the form of James Clavell’s 1975 novel, Shogun, which was subsequently adapted by NBC as an ambitiously epic 5-episode television miniseries, starring Richard Chamberlain, which aired through the week of September 15, 1980. The miniseries was the first major U.S. production to be shot entirely on location in Japan. Likewise, the new series is eyeing a shoot in Japan and the U.K.
While FX’s touted Shogun "re-adaptation" got put on hold in 2019, it appears that it will be back on track in 2020 with the network's appointment of a new writer in Justin Marks,...
- 8/3/2018
- Den of Geek
FX will not be “exoticizing” Japanese culture in its upcoming limited series “Shogun,” the network’s CEO John Landgraf assured reporters during the Television Critics Association press tour Friday.
“I referenced, I think, in my comments that it’s really told from multiple points of view, not just the singular Western, white male point of view, so it’s told through many Japanese points of view,” Landgraf said when asked how the show would avoid “exoticizing” feudal Japan, in comparison to the ’80s miniseries adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain. “And there’s a lot of really fun and fascinating work going on to try to balance the story out and tell it from both points of view.”
The 10-episode series “Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s novel of the same name. Set in feudal Japan in the early 17th century, the story follows a mysterious female samurai and the shipwrecked English sailor John Blackthorne.
“I referenced, I think, in my comments that it’s really told from multiple points of view, not just the singular Western, white male point of view, so it’s told through many Japanese points of view,” Landgraf said when asked how the show would avoid “exoticizing” feudal Japan, in comparison to the ’80s miniseries adaptation starring Richard Chamberlain. “And there’s a lot of really fun and fascinating work going on to try to balance the story out and tell it from both points of view.”
The 10-episode series “Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s novel of the same name. Set in feudal Japan in the early 17th century, the story follows a mysterious female samurai and the shipwrecked English sailor John Blackthorne.
- 8/3/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
FX has resurrected a new take on “Shōgun,” a 10-episode limited series period drama that had originally been set up at sister broadcast network Fox.
Based on the novel by Clavell, and made famous by a 1980 TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain, feudal Japan-set “Shōgun” charts “the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.”
Eugene Kelly and Ronan Bennett will write the series, while Tim Van Patten will direct multiple episodes. Kelly, Bennett and Van Patten will also executive produce with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, Michael De Luca,...
Based on the novel by Clavell, and made famous by a 1980 TV miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain, feudal Japan-set “Shōgun” charts “the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai: John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.”
Eugene Kelly and Ronan Bennett will write the series, while Tim Van Patten will direct multiple episodes. Kelly, Bennett and Van Patten will also executive produce with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, Michael De Luca,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
FX is bringing back Shōgun to the small screen. In what the network describes as In its largest international scale production to date, it has given a 10-episode order to a limited series period drama based on James Clavell’s best-selling novel. The book previously spawned a miniseries on NBC, which aired over five nights in 1980, starring Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune and Yoko Shimada, earning multiple Emmys, Golden Globes and a Peabody award.
The FX series has had a blinking green light for more than seven months as the network worked on figuring out logistics for the ambitious project.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then. We are honored to bring the series...
The FX series has had a blinking green light for more than seven months as the network worked on figuring out logistics for the ambitious project.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” said John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then. We are honored to bring the series...
- 8/3/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
FX has given out series orders to a new drama from Alex Garland as well as a series based on the James Clavell novel “Shogun.” The cabler made the announcements at the TCA summer press tour on Friday.
“Devs,” which had previously been ordered to pilot at FX, follows a young computer engineer, Lily Chan, as she investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, whom she believes are behind the murder of her boyfriend. FX has given the series an eight-episode order.
Garland serves as writer and will executive produce along with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, as well as Eli Bush and Scott Rudin, with whom he partnered with on the films “Annihilation” and “Ex Machina.” The series will be produced by FX Productions.
Sonoya Mizuno will play Lily Chan. Lily is a software engineer who works at Amaya,...
“Devs,” which had previously been ordered to pilot at FX, follows a young computer engineer, Lily Chan, as she investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, whom she believes are behind the murder of her boyfriend. FX has given the series an eight-episode order.
Garland serves as writer and will executive produce along with Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich of DNA TV, as well as Eli Bush and Scott Rudin, with whom he partnered with on the films “Annihilation” and “Ex Machina.” The series will be produced by FX Productions.
Sonoya Mizuno will play Lily Chan. Lily is a software engineer who works at Amaya,...
- 8/3/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
FX has greenlit two new limited series, “Shogun” and “Devs,” the cable channel announced during the Television Critics Association summer 2018 press tour Friday.
The 10-episode series “Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s novel of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the story follows a mysterious female samurai and the shipwrecked English sailor John Blackthorne. Other key characters include Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then.”
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Andrew Macdonald...
The 10-episode series “Shogun” is based on James Clavell’s novel of the same name. Set in feudal Japan, the story follows a mysterious female samurai and the shipwrecked English sailor John Blackthorne. Other key characters include Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance.
“The story of Shōgun has captivated audiences since James Clavell first released his epic novel more than 40 years ago,” FX Networks CEO John Landgraf said. “The themes of an outsider encountering a new culture are as relevant today as then.”
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Andrew Macdonald...
- 8/3/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Five Seconds of Silence
New photos have popped up from the London set of Brad Pitt's upcoming drama "Five Seconds of Silence". Filming the WWII flick alongside his co-star Marion Cotillard, the pair play secret agents who fall in love during a mission in North Africa. Robert Zemeckis helms the film which opens November 23rd. [Source: Access Hollywood]
Cell
Saban Films has acquired U.S. rights to the sci-fi thriller "Cell" based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Shot back in 2014, it was originally to be released by Clarius Entertainment who later dropped the film.
Tod 'Kip' Williams helms the film about a struggling graphic artist (John Cusack) who bands together with a small group of people to trek across New England to reunite with his son after a mysterious cellphone signal is broadcast across the network and turns the population into mindless animals. Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach also stars.
New photos have popped up from the London set of Brad Pitt's upcoming drama "Five Seconds of Silence". Filming the WWII flick alongside his co-star Marion Cotillard, the pair play secret agents who fall in love during a mission in North Africa. Robert Zemeckis helms the film which opens November 23rd. [Source: Access Hollywood]
Cell
Saban Films has acquired U.S. rights to the sci-fi thriller "Cell" based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Shot back in 2014, it was originally to be released by Clarius Entertainment who later dropped the film.
Tod 'Kip' Williams helms the film about a struggling graphic artist (John Cusack) who bands together with a small group of people to trek across New England to reunite with his son after a mysterious cellphone signal is broadcast across the network and turns the population into mindless animals. Samuel L. Jackson, Isabelle Fuhrman and Stacy Keach also stars.
- 3/31/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The BBC has announced an adaptation of Zadie Smith's Nw.
The 2012 novel focuses on four diverse characters from North West London, whose lives interweave unpredictably.
The characters are barrister Natalie, council flat resident Leah, recovering addict Felix and suspicious character Nathan.
Smith's debut novel White Teeth was adapted by Channel 4 in 2002.
The adaptation is written by Rachel Bennette (Ripper Street, Lewis) and produced by Mammoth Screen.
Mammoth Screen has previously worked with the BBC on And Then There Were None, Blandings and Remember Me.
The 2012 novel focuses on four diverse characters from North West London, whose lives interweave unpredictably.
The characters are barrister Natalie, council flat resident Leah, recovering addict Felix and suspicious character Nathan.
Smith's debut novel White Teeth was adapted by Channel 4 in 2002.
The adaptation is written by Rachel Bennette (Ripper Street, Lewis) and produced by Mammoth Screen.
Mammoth Screen has previously worked with the BBC on And Then There Were None, Blandings and Remember Me.
- 12/4/2014
- Digital Spy
Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with screenplay by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a British period drama based on the 1885 French novel by Guy de Maupassant.
Premiered as an Official Selection at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the film chronicles the life of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a penniless ex-soldier who travels through 1890s Paris, rising to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women – Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman), Virginie Rousset (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci).
From first time feature film directors Donnellan and Ormerod, founders of the Cheek by Jowl theatre company, Bel Ami is a respectable drama due to its original source. With an interesting storyline to follow, the film is very well put together and is led by a talented cast, but its biggest asset is the look of the film. With stunning settings and wardrobes,...
Premiered as an Official Selection at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the film chronicles the life of Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a penniless ex-soldier who travels through 1890s Paris, rising to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women – Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman), Virginie Rousset (Kristin Scott Thomas) and Clotilde de Marelle (Christina Ricci).
From first time feature film directors Donnellan and Ormerod, founders of the Cheek by Jowl theatre company, Bel Ami is a respectable drama due to its original source. With an interesting storyline to follow, the film is very well put together and is led by a talented cast, but its biggest asset is the look of the film. With stunning settings and wardrobes,...
- 8/2/2012
- by Charlie Derry
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Aug. 7, 2012
Price: DVD $22.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1) gets rid of his sparkly skin and vampire teeth for the 2012 period movie Bel Ami.
Based on the classic novel by Guy de Maupassant, the drama film stars Pattinson as penniless ex-soldier Georges Duroy, who uses the wealthiest and most influential women in turn of the century Paris to rise in power. In his lustful quest, he seduces Madame de Marelle (Christina Ricci, TV’s Pan Am), marries Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction), the wife of a former comrade, and conquers Madame Walter (Kristen Scott Thomas, Sarah’s Key).
Rated R, Bel Ami was only screened in a limited number of theaters, so the DVD release gives the movie its biggest audience.
Critics didn’t think much of the film, which is the first feature directed by Declan Donnellan...
Price: DVD $22.99
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1) gets rid of his sparkly skin and vampire teeth for the 2012 period movie Bel Ami.
Based on the classic novel by Guy de Maupassant, the drama film stars Pattinson as penniless ex-soldier Georges Duroy, who uses the wealthiest and most influential women in turn of the century Paris to rise in power. In his lustful quest, he seduces Madame de Marelle (Christina Ricci, TV’s Pan Am), marries Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman, Pulp Fiction), the wife of a former comrade, and conquers Madame Walter (Kristen Scott Thomas, Sarah’s Key).
Rated R, Bel Ami was only screened in a limited number of theaters, so the DVD release gives the movie its biggest audience.
Critics didn’t think much of the film, which is the first feature directed by Declan Donnellan...
- 7/2/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Rating: 2.0/5.0
Chicago – Robert Pattinson is such a divisive actor. While he’s clearly one of the most popular young stars in the world thanks to his work in the “Twilight” films, he has yet to prove to most people that he can really act. While some who have seen David Cronenberg’s upcoming “Cosmopolis” claim that this will be the film that finally allows Pattinson to break out of the franchise that has defined him, we’re stuck with something far lesser for now, the misguided and depressing “Bel Ami,” a film that does nothing to help the critical reputation of the man otherwise known as Edward Cullen.
The problem is that I somehow want to defend Pattinson. I think there’s something there. Cronenberg is one of the smartest men in filmmaking and he saw something in this brooding young actor. And so what’s the defense for this mess?...
Chicago – Robert Pattinson is such a divisive actor. While he’s clearly one of the most popular young stars in the world thanks to his work in the “Twilight” films, he has yet to prove to most people that he can really act. While some who have seen David Cronenberg’s upcoming “Cosmopolis” claim that this will be the film that finally allows Pattinson to break out of the franchise that has defined him, we’re stuck with something far lesser for now, the misguided and depressing “Bel Ami,” a film that does nothing to help the critical reputation of the man otherwise known as Edward Cullen.
The problem is that I somehow want to defend Pattinson. I think there’s something there. Cronenberg is one of the smartest men in filmmaking and he saw something in this brooding young actor. And so what’s the defense for this mess?...
- 6/22/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
'This new 'Bel Ami' has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as 'Dangerous Liaisons,' writes Noel Murray of the A.V. Club.
By Kara Warner
Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.
Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
As excited as Pattinson fans are...
By Kara Warner
Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.
Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
As excited as Pattinson fans are...
- 6/8/2012
- MTV Movie News
'This new 'Bel Ami' has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as 'Dangerous Liaisons,' writes Noel Murray of the A.V. Club.
By Kara Warner
Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.
Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
As excited as Pattinson fans are...
By Kara Warner
Robert Pattinson in "Bel Ami"
Photo: Magnolia Pictures
At long last, your wait to see Robert Pattinson in all his shirtless, pants-less, bum-baring big-screen glory has arrived! "Bel Ami" opens in Los Angeles, New York and other select cites Friday (June 8), in addition to already being available on VOD.
Our story takes place in 19th-century Paris, where self-made man of sorts Georges Duroy (Pattinson) uses his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties. It's a curiously familiar societal setting in which politics and media jostle for influence and where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
As excited as Pattinson fans are...
- 6/8/2012
- MTV Music News
My Best Ami-o: De Maupassant Gets a Jackie Collins Dress
In the right hands, the works of literary figure Guy De Maupassant are fodder for great cinematic achievements, especially considering that Jean-Luc Godard and Max Ophuls credit some of their best titles to the French author (not to mention an excellent 1934 classic of Mexican cinema, The Woman of the Port). But let’s not forget that Maupassant is first and foremost regarded as one of the fathers of the modern short story. Newcomers Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod have chosen to adapt one of Maupassant’s few novels for their debut, Bel Ami, a text that’s been adapted before in several languages (and once before in the Us as The Private Affairs of Bel Ami with George Sanders and Angela Lansbury, 1947). An unwise choice for their first outing, considering its lack of character development and overall coherence suggest that the...
In the right hands, the works of literary figure Guy De Maupassant are fodder for great cinematic achievements, especially considering that Jean-Luc Godard and Max Ophuls credit some of their best titles to the French author (not to mention an excellent 1934 classic of Mexican cinema, The Woman of the Port). But let’s not forget that Maupassant is first and foremost regarded as one of the fathers of the modern short story. Newcomers Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod have chosen to adapt one of Maupassant’s few novels for their debut, Bel Ami, a text that’s been adapted before in several languages (and once before in the Us as The Private Affairs of Bel Ami with George Sanders and Angela Lansbury, 1947). An unwise choice for their first outing, considering its lack of character development and overall coherence suggest that the...
- 6/6/2012
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Title: Bel Ami Magnolia Pictures Director: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod Screenwriter: Rachel Bennette Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 6/4/12 Opens: June 8, 2012 Simply put, “Bel Ami,” which means “good friend,” is about a man who rises to the top by, well, rising to the top. An empty-headed fellow in the Paris of 1890 finds that his one and only attribute, his pretty-boy good looks, is the only skill he needs to acquire wealth and celebrity. He does so by manipulating a group of upper-middle-class women, each of whom reacts to him in a special way but all of whom [ Read More ]...
- 6/5/2012
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
Robert Pattinson photo: Bel Ami Bel Ami Film Box Office Pt.1 In the United Kingdom, the home country of Robert Pattinson and much of the Bel Ami cast and behind-the-scenes talent, Pattinson’s movie scored $1.14m. It’s no. 50 on the UK box-office chart. Relatively speaking, Bel Ami was a more modest performer in the UK, especially compared to Hollywood movies, e.g., War Horse grossed $29.57m, the Fox-distributed The Iron Lady $15.71m, Mirror Mirror $10.78m, and The Phantom Menace $8.23m as per Box Office Mojo. A handful of independent releases fared much better as well, particularly the aforementioned Daniel Radcliffe movie The Woman in Black, which took in a whopping $34.55m. Having said that, one must take into account that Bel Ami, unlike the vast majority of the more successful movies at the UK box office, has an “adult” theme. In fact, the Robert Pattinson film earned a “15″ certificate...
- 5/8/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Check out a new clip from Magnolia Pictures' Bel Ami, the story of Georges Duroy, who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Also in the cast are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney. Rachel Bennette wrote the script, based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. Catch Bel Ami on VOD May 4, 2012 and in theaters June 8, 2012.
- 4/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Check out a new clip from Magnolia Pictures' Bel Ami, the story of Georges Duroy, who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Also in the cast are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney. Rachel Bennette wrote the script, based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant. Catch Bel Ami on VOD May 4, 2012 and in theaters June 8, 2012.
- 4/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy, Uma Thurman as Madeleine Forestier, Bel Ami Robert Pattinson's Georges Duroy is about to be seduced by Uma Thurman's Madeleine Forestier in the Bel Ami online clip below (please scroll down). While getting ready for some erotically charged entertainment, Thurman's Madeleine tries to come up with a new name and origin for Pattinson's Georges, an impoverished ex-soldier thrown into the living rooms (and boudoirs) of Parisian high society. Directed by Nick Ormerod and Declan Donnellan, and adapted by Rachel Bennette from Guy de Maupassant's classic 19th-century novel, Bel Ami also features Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney, Natalie Tena, Holliday Grainger, Pip Torrens, James Lance, and Todd Peterson. Bel Ami will be available on VOD in the United States on May 4. It opens in the Us on June 8. Also in 2012, Robert Pattinson will be seen in two other movies: David Cronenberg...
- 4/7/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Christina Ricci, Robert Pattinson, Bel Ami The American Bel Ami trailer, prominently featuring Robert Pattinson, has been launched online. (Please scroll down.) It looks exactly — or rather, almost exactly like the British Bel Ami trailer released last December. The one difference that I could find: The Us version begins with the Magnolia Pictures logo; the British version begins with the StudioCanal logo. So, as mentioned in our previous article on the Bel Ami trailer, instead of making romantic — and mostly quite chaste — love to Twilight's Kristen Stewart, in Bel Ami we get to see Pattinson seducing (and being seduced by) the likes of Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman, and Christina Ricci. British stage veterans (but film newcomers) Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod directed this most recent movie adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's classic 19th-century novel about an impoverished but ambitious ex-soldier who, and I'm quoting from André Soares' Bel Ami article here,...
- 4/3/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Bel Ami American poster: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci As much as I liked the German poster for Bel Ami, the American Bel Ami poster — a sort of reboot of the German version — is even classier thanks to the stylish background. Also, notice that it's the same Robert Pattinson image, but all three leading ladies have had their pictures changed. [Bel Ami extended scenes.] For Uma Thurman, they kept the face but altered the hair and the dress; we now get some cleavage. Kristin Scott Thomas is wearing the same dress, but here she's looking straight at the camera (or at you, looking at the poster). Christina Ricci is wearing what I believe is the same dress, but here her garment is much more brightly colored than in the German poster. Also, like Scott Thomas, Ricci is looking is straight at the camera. In the German poster, both Scott Thomas and Ricci were looking sideways.
- 3/29/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Official Movie Poster for Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci. Magnolia Pictures' eagerly anticipated drama premieres on VOD May 4th, followed by a theatrical release on June 8th. Naturally, the VOD release is the one to go for Pattinson fans, so don't miss this story of Georges Duroy who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod direct the film scripted by Rachel Bennette based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Official Movie Poster for Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci. Magnolia Pictures' eagerly anticipated drama premieres on VOD May 4th, followed by a theatrical release on June 8th. Naturally, the VOD release is the one to go for Pattinson fans, so don't miss this story of Georges Duroy who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod direct the film scripted by Rachel Bennette based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Official Movie Poster for Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci. Magnolia Pictures' eagerly anticipated drama premieres on VOD May 4th, followed by a theatrical release on June 8th. Naturally, the VOD release is the one to go for Pattinson fans, so don't miss this story of Georges Duroy who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod direct the film scripted by Rachel Bennette based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant...
- 3/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bel Ami Blu-ray: Robert Pattinson is "Robert Pattison" Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Christina Ricci comes out on DVD/Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on July 23 as per Amazon.com. That's good news for Pattinson, Thurman, Scott Thomas, and Ricci fans, but as belamifilm.com has pointed out, there's one glitch: Robert Pattinson is billed as "Robert Pattison" on the DVD cover. We've made that mistake before; our excuse is that we have a — to put it mildly — skeleton editorial staff. For now, it's unclear whether or not DVD distributor StudioCanal will correct the typo. In the United States, Bel Ami will be available on VOD on May 4. Magnolia Pictures will distribute the period comedy-drama in Us theaters on June 8. Even though it had already had special screenings in various Belgian cities, the film had its official World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February.
- 3/21/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
If you have been waiting, waiting, waiting to get your hands on some tickets to see a Robert Pattinson movie that doesn’t have giant wolves in it, then today’s news is just for you. Cosmopolis and Bel Ami have been dutifully drumming up anticipation amongst Pattinson watchers. Each picture is unique and quite a departure from the more romantic leading roles of Robert Pattinson. But we need dates from Hollywood and today, that’s what she gives us. How does this summer sound?
Yes, Pattinson will play a total scoundrel in Bel Ami opposite Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney. He’ll be making his rounds about 19th Century Europe, flirting his way out of poverty. Well, he’ll do more than just flirt. He’s spoken about the nudity in the upcoming Guy de Maupassant novel adaptation, directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod,...
Yes, Pattinson will play a total scoundrel in Bel Ami opposite Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney. He’ll be making his rounds about 19th Century Europe, flirting his way out of poverty. Well, he’ll do more than just flirt. He’s spoken about the nudity in the upcoming Guy de Maupassant novel adaptation, directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod,...
- 3/14/2012
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
According to theScreenDaily, Magnolia Pictures has announced it will handle the U.S. release of “Bel Ami.” According to the article, the distributor made the deal with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will take charge of all other Us media, and “Bel Ami” will open on June 8. “Bel Ami is a well-crafted, appealing film with a terrific ensemble cast,” said Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles. “We think it’s a great fit for our Ultra VOD program.” You can read the full article at ScreenDaily. “Bel Ami” is directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with the adapted screenplay by Rachel Bennette. The film, based on the novel by [ Read More ]...
- 3/14/2012
- by monique
- ShockYa
Robert Pattinson will steam up the U.S. theaters with his new movie this summer. "Bel Ami", which has the British heartthrob as the leading actor, has been picked up for distribution by Magnolia Pictures and will be released in cinemas across the nation on June 8.
"Bel Ami is a well-crafted, appealing film with a terrific ensemble cast," Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles said in a statement announcing the release date. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod serve as directors with the script written by Rachel Bennette.
In the movie based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant, Robert portrays the young and very ambitious Georges Duroy, who uses his wits and powers of seduction to work his way up the social and professional ranks in 1890's Paris. He moves from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties who inhabit where sex is power and celebrity an obsession, and...
"Bel Ami is a well-crafted, appealing film with a terrific ensemble cast," Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles said in a statement announcing the release date. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod serve as directors with the script written by Rachel Bennette.
In the movie based on the short story by Guy de Maupassant, Robert portrays the young and very ambitious Georges Duroy, who uses his wits and powers of seduction to work his way up the social and professional ranks in 1890's Paris. He moves from a prostitute's embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties who inhabit where sex is power and celebrity an obsession, and...
- 3/13/2012
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
One can only imagine how long Team Edward fans have been waiting to see their beloved Robert Pattinson swooning the likes of Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci in Bel Ami. Now we’ve got an official release date, so get ready to mark you calanders. Collider has discovered that not only has Magnolia Pictures acquired the distribution rights to Bel Ami.
The movie based on the Guy de Maupassant’s novel of the same name centers on an ambitious young journalist Georges Duroy (Pattinson), who works his way up the social and professional ranks through a series of affairs with influential women. Directed by theatre vets Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, the film also stars Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney.
Here’s the full press release:
Bel Ami to Hit U.S. Theaters Summer 2012
New York – (March 12, 2012) – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures...
The movie based on the Guy de Maupassant’s novel of the same name centers on an ambitious young journalist Georges Duroy (Pattinson), who works his way up the social and professional ranks through a series of affairs with influential women. Directed by theatre vets Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, the film also stars Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney.
Here’s the full press release:
Bel Ami to Hit U.S. Theaters Summer 2012
New York – (March 12, 2012) – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures...
- 3/13/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci, Bel Ami Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Christina Ricci, will be available on VOD in the United States on May 4. The period comedy-drama will debut in Us theaters — via Magnolia Pictures — a little over a month later, on June 8, according to the film's website. [Watch Bel Ami trailer.] Bel Ami had its official World Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February, though the film had already had special screenings in various Belgian cities. Reviews so far have been mixed. Directed by stage veterans (but film newcomers) Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, Bel Ami was adapted by Rachel Bennette from Guy de Maupassant's 19th-century novel. The film's cast also includes Colm Meaney, Natalie Tena, Holliday Grainger, Pip Torrens, James Lance, and Todd Peterson. We'd been expecting Sony Pictures Classics to release Bel Ami in the United States, as the film had been acquired...
- 3/12/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
New York – (March 12, 2012) – The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today the June 8th U.S. theatrical release of Bel Ami, starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney. Bel Ami had its World Premiere as an Official Selection of last month’s 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. In this sexy retelling of Guy de Maupassant’s classic tale of blackmail, manipulation, and social-climbing, set against 19th century Paris, Pattinson stars as the young and very ambitious George Duroy, who discovers that his unadulterated passion and seduction skills with influential Parisian ladies (Ricci, Thurman, and Thomas), above-all, is the fastest and most effective way to the upper echelons of the society he so desperately wants to control. Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, the film was written by Rachel Bennette, produced by Uberto Pasolini (The Full Monty), and Simon Fuller of Xix Entertainment (“American Idol,...
- 3/12/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Robert Pattinson, Bel Ami In the new Bel Ami clip (see below), Christina Ricci's Clotilde de Marelle makes the mistake of telling Robert Pattinson's handsome Georges Duroy that Holliday Grainger's Suzanne Rousset is worth 13 million francs. Pattinson gives her The Look. We know what's coming, but it takes a few seconds before Grainger turns around and flashes him a (very broad) smile. Despite the very obvious gash on his nose, she's his. He knows it. So is her fortune. He knows that, too. He smiles as well — but to himself. Bel Ami opens Friday, March 9, in the United Kingdom. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing in the United States this latest film adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's novel. So far, however, there's no confirmed opening date — much to the dismay of Pattinson's Us fans. Directed by stage veterans (but film newcomers) Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, the...
- 3/8/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Georges Duroy (Robert Pattinson) is a peasant. Finding himself in Paris, he’s taken under the wing of old friend Charles Forestier (Philip Glenister), who lands him employment as a political writer and introduces him to three high society ladies: his wife Madeleine Forestier (Uma Thurman), Virginie Walters (Kristen Scott Thomas) and Clotilde De Marelle (Christina Ricci). Through means of seduction, betrayal and deception, Georges slowly rises from poverty to wealth, but it all comes at a price.
The concept of one man’s elevation to wealth and power through any means necessary is a fascinating one, and, perhaps with a screenwriter more attuned with Guy De Maupassant’s original novel, Bel Ami could’ve been a success. Unfortunately, Rachel Bennette’s screenplay is too light-footed and short on emotional resonance to enthral. No sooner are the characters introduced than they are thrown into fickle plot lines and forced to...
The concept of one man’s elevation to wealth and power through any means necessary is a fascinating one, and, perhaps with a screenwriter more attuned with Guy De Maupassant’s original novel, Bel Ami could’ve been a success. Unfortunately, Rachel Bennette’s screenplay is too light-footed and short on emotional resonance to enthral. No sooner are the characters introduced than they are thrown into fickle plot lines and forced to...
- 2/24/2012
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here’s one for the girls, with a whole 19 new images of Robert Pattinson and a new TV spot for his latest film, Bel Ami, this week.
Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with the screenplay written by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a period drama set in 1890s Paris. Pattinson plays the character of George Duroy, a penniless ex-soldier, as the film chronicles his rise to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women, played by the likes of Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas.
So basically that’s Robert Pattinson having a lot of sex, but with a lot of style and brilliant costume design in the background. Fortunately I’m a fan of the Twilight star who has played great non-vampire roles in films such as Remember Me and Water For Elephants. So is Bel Ami enough to tempt...
Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with the screenplay written by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a period drama set in 1890s Paris. Pattinson plays the character of George Duroy, a penniless ex-soldier, as the film chronicles his rise to power through his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women, played by the likes of Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas.
So basically that’s Robert Pattinson having a lot of sex, but with a lot of style and brilliant costume design in the background. Fortunately I’m a fan of the Twilight star who has played great non-vampire roles in films such as Remember Me and Water For Elephants. So is Bel Ami enough to tempt...
- 2/20/2012
- by Charlie Derry
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Christina Ricci, Robert Pattinson, Bel Ami "'I had no conception of the depths of your emptiness!' a character shrieks in Bel Ami, and her words take on an unintended resonance as addressed to Robert Pattinson in the lead role," says Justin Chang in his Variety review of Bel Ami, which had its official World Premiere earlier today at the Berlin Film Festival. [Watch Bel Ami trailer.] "Displaying little in the way of wily self-assurance, charisma or gravitas," Chang continues, "the Twilight Saga heartthrob doesn't exactly invigorate this flailing English-language adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's much-filmed novel about a handsome scoundrel seducing his way up the social ladder in 19th-century Paris." Further down in his review, Chang adds the following about Pattinson's performance as the cunning, pathologically ambitious Georges Duroy: "But it's one thing to embody a moral void, quite another to look merely vacant, and in scene after scene, Pattinson registers a...
- 2/18/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Berlin – There are countless brooding shots of Robert Pattinson in Bel Ami, occasionally shirtless and invariably drenched in overwrought music. That might titillate the swooning legions of Team Edward Twilight fans, but for the grownups, there’s not much here to bite into. Neophyte film directors Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, with help from Rachel Bennette’s shallow screenplay, have reduced Guy de Maupassant’s portrait of corrupting ambition to a risible bodice-ripper. Published in 1885, when Maupassant was slowly succumbing to syphilis, the novel centers on Georges Duroy, a handsome young social climber from the provinces, fresh out of the
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- 2/17/2012
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami movie: Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy Robert Pattinson fans can watch online the Bel Ami photo call/press conference and red carpet arrivals live streaming from the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, Feb. 17, at, respectively, 1:45 p.m. and — to be confirmed — 6:45 p.m. local time. (Photo call/press conference: 4:45 a.m. Pt/7:45 a.m. Et; red carpet: 9:45 a.m. Pt/12:45 p.m. Et.) Directed by Nick Ormerod and Declan Donnellan, Bel Ami is having its official World Premiere at this year's Berlinale. Pattinson's co-stars in the period drama based on Guy de Maupassant's classic novel are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Colm Meaney. [Watch Bel Ami trailer.] Other Berlinale live streams this Friday are those for Kim Nguyen's Rebelle and Tsui Hark's Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. (See schedule below.) Both films are part of the Berlin festival's Official Competition.
- 2/17/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
With his final foray with The Twilight Saga on the horizon, Robert Pattinson looks to be setting up a fine post-Twilight career for himself, leading Bel Ami next month and David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis later this year.
Admittedly, Bel Ami at least will be coming before the curtain opens on Breaking Day – Part 2 in November, but with filming finished on the film, Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are both looking on top form to continue with successful careers beyond the franchise’s conclusion.
We’ve now got ten minutes’ worth of clips to share with you from Bel Ami co-directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, who look to be making a promising directorial debut with this, with Rachel Bennette also making her writing debut, based on the 19th century novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant.
“Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy (Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris,...
Admittedly, Bel Ami at least will be coming before the curtain opens on Breaking Day – Part 2 in November, but with filming finished on the film, Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are both looking on top form to continue with successful careers beyond the franchise’s conclusion.
We’ve now got ten minutes’ worth of clips to share with you from Bel Ami co-directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, who look to be making a promising directorial debut with this, with Rachel Bennette also making her writing debut, based on the 19th century novel of the same name by Guy de Maupassant.
“Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy (Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris,...
- 2/13/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Robert Pattinson film: Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami Twelve minutes from the latest Robert Pattinson film, an adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami, have been uploaded online. Those consist of five brief, disparate scenes from the movie, all of them featuring Pattinson. (This Bel Ami online video — please scroll down — was initially posted at Robert Pattinson Life.) Set in a darkly lit church, the first scene shows Pattinson's ambitious ex-soldier Georges Duroy playing a very determined game of seduction with Older (and very married) Woman Kristin Scott Thomas. In the second, Pattinson convincingly plays a drunk Duroy in a rowdy cabaret. That's when he runs into the obnoxious publisher Charles Forestier, who will inadvertently assist Duroy in his meteoric ascent in Parisian society. The third scene is set at the Forestier dinner table. The issue of class is all too evident — Duroy doesn't know which knife to use.
- 2/10/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci in Bel Ami poster Temptation. Seduction. Obsession taglined in this the first poster for Bel Ami, helmed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. Adapted by Rachel Bennette from the short story by Guy de Maupassan, the story follows George Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris. He did this by ruthless and calculating bedding of the city's most powerful and glamorous ladies. Bel Ami is a Red Wave production, in association with Xix Film, Protagonist Pictures and Rai Cinema, and opens March 2nd via Columbia Pictures...
- 1/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci in Bel Ami poster Temptation. Seduction. Obsession taglined in this the first poster for Bel Ami, helmed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. Adapted by Rachel Bennette from the short story by Guy de Maupassan, the story follows George Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris. He did this by ruthless and calculating bedding of the city's most powerful and glamorous ladies. Bel Ami is a Red Wave production, in association with Xix Film, Protagonist Pictures and Rai Cinema, and opens March 2nd via Columbia Pictures...
- 1/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci in Bel Ami poster Temptation. Seduction. Obsession taglined in this the first poster for Bel Ami, helmed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. Adapted by Rachel Bennette from the short story by Guy de Maupassan, the story follows George Duroy (Robert Pattinson), a young journalist who rose from poverty to become one of the most successful men in Paris. He did this by ruthless and calculating bedding of the city's most powerful and glamorous ladies. Bel Ami is a Red Wave production, in association with Xix Film, Protagonist Pictures and Rai Cinema, and opens March 2nd via Columbia Pictures...
- 1/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Robert Pattinson, Bel Ami Will the Robert Pattinson movie Bel Ami be screened at the Berlin Film Festival? Rumor has it that it will. Although that is certainly a possibility, the issue may turn out to be a little complicated. [Watch Bel Ami trailer.] Larry Richman has written a long and very detailed article on the likelihood — or not — of Bel Ami having its "official" World Premiere in Berlin, whether in competition or in one of the various sidebars. The word "official" is between quotes because Bel Ami has been shown at special screenings (for women only) in various Belgian cities in early January. "All sections of the Berlin Film Festival have in their requirements, 'World Premieres are given priority,'" Richman explains. "Normally, the definition of 'World Premiere' would not allow for a previous theatrical run. … Then again, if the film was accepted into Berlin, the filmmakers were likely notified of that prior...
- 1/13/2012
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Uma Thurman, Bel Ami set "To answer the ubiquitous question about this movie, yes, Robert is good-looking in person, but he doesn’t have that diamond-sparkle skin like in those Dracula movies," Uma Thurman recently told Harper's Bazaar UK. The movie in question is Bel Ami, the Robert in question is Robert Pattinson (photo), and those "Dracula movies" are — I think — the Twilight movies that have turned Pattinson (along with fellow Dracula-ites Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner) into a household name. Thurman then added that Pattinson is "a very disciplined, very serious, very ambitious, very organized actor." Pattinson's Bel Ami character is also quite disciplined, serious, ambitious, and organized (and horny, too). That's ex-soldier Georges Duroy, who through his good looks, sexual prowess, and mathematical cunning manages to rise to the heights of 19th-century Parisian society. (If the sign above Pattinson's head doesn't look too French, well, that's probably because...
- 1/11/2012
- by Zac Gille
- Alt Film Guide
Bel Ami movie: Robert Pattinson The Bel Ami movie trailer was released a week ago. Now comes the Brazilian Bel Ami trailer (scroll down), which happens to be the (classy) English-language trailer with Portuguese subtitles. The text below is an expanded version of the article posted at the time of the original trailer's release. In the trailer, we get to watch Robert Pattinson play a radically different character from his lovestruck vampire in the Twilight movies. Instead of having sex with Breaking Dawn's virginal Kristen Stewart, in Bel Ami Pattinson keeps himself busy with the more mature Kristin Scott Thomas and a whole array of other females of varying ages, shapes, and civil and social statuses. Two veterans of the British stage, Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, directed this latest film adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's novel about Georges Duroy, an impoverished but ambitious ex-soldier who uses his drive,...
- 12/30/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Robert Pattinson, Bel Ami The handsome Bel Ami trailer has been released. (See below.) Instead of Breaking Dawn's near-teen Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, the Twilight movies' vampire Edward Cullen, "makes love to" (i.e., has sex with) a more mature Kristin Scott Thomas and a whole array of other females. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod directed this latest movie adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's classic novel about an impoverished but ambitious ex-soldier who uses his drive, his wit, and his penis to get ahead in life. Some will call Bel Ami's anti-hero Georges Duroy a man-whore, but that's pure envy. Men must sell their wares in every profession. Only the self-deluded will believe otherwise. But while at work, how many of those professionals get to bed, kiss, and (fore)play with the likes of Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, and Uma Thurman? And how many of them look...
- 12/22/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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