The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| First-time director Keanu Reeves searches China for co-star Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:26 AM PST  Actor Keanu Reeves listens during the news conference for the film 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee' at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto in this file photo of September 15, 2009. First-time director Keanu Reeves is believed to be searching China for a co-star for his next film. – Reuters pic The production – tentatively titled Man of Tai Chi – will be the American's first go at directing, and Reeves (picture) has backing to the tune of 200 million yuan (RM99.85 million) from both the Village Roadshow corporation and the China Film Group, the country's most powerful studio. According to reports in mainland Chinese media, Reeves is calling on the help of noted martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to help out with the action scenes in the movie and he has been most recently seen chatting to Hong Kong-based star Josie Ho, most recently seen in a small role in the Steven Soderbergh-directed thriller Contagion. It is expected that the production will start shooting in February next year, taking in locations in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Katy Perry as Marilyn Monroe on Broadway? Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:21 AM PST  Katy Perry at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, August 28, 2011. — Reuters file pic Weinstein told E! yesterday that "if the movie works, I would try to make it a musical and I would go to Katy first". He said that not only would the Grammy winner be able to play legendary actress Marilyn Monroe, "she would be amazing". Interesting choice. Perry's acting experience is limited. She has appeared in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother", and is the voice of Smurfette in Sony Pictures' "The Smurfs". And she has been in a handful of short films. She would be taking the role that Michelle Williams is playing in the movie. Williams, whose work in the 2010 "Blue Valentine" and the 2005 "Brokeback Mountain" earned her Academy Award nominations, is receiving stellar reviews — and Oscar buzz — for her portayal of Monroe. Perry, meanwhile, is associated with the movie: A remix of her "The One That Got Away" is featured in a trailer. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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