Welcome to the new blog, dedicated to Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, Coriolanus. I'm a fan and a friend of Ralph's and am hugely excited for his film, which is a contemporary version of Shakespeare's play. Videos, pictures, interviews, background info, and regular...
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LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON”
WHEN: Sunday, March 21, 2010, Promptly at 3:00 p.m. Arrivals begin at 2:00 p.m. Photo call for dragon training is at 1:30 p.m. Press invited to "train dragon" at: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 WHO: Cast members...
Ralph Fiennes makes directorial debut in Serbia
BELGRADE — British actor Ralph Fiennes began shooting Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" in Belgrade on Wednesday, making his directorial debut as well as starring alongside Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave. The team will be shooting for two months in the Serbian capital...
Fiennes shoots on location in Pancevo
The filming process of the film Coriolanus, directed by Ralph Fiennes, begins today in the Serbian town of Pancevo and will continue over the following three days at locations near the local high school and old Vajfert brewery. The first scenes to be shot during the...
DreamWorks’ “Dragon” has no fire
"How to Train Your Dragon" pits dragons against Vikings with one small child standing between them crying, "Why can't we all just get along?" The Vikings are all brawn and matted, bushy hair -- and there's an implication of not much brains -- while the dragons are a...
How to Train Your Dragon Review
How to Train Your Dragon, the new 3-D digital fable from DreamWorks Animation (it opens March 26), has a kinetically dreamy, soaring-through-the-air effervescence. On some level, though, it's just the sweetly simple tale of a boy and his dog. The boy, Hiccup (Jay...
‘Coriolanus’ adds Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox
[i]Join Gerard Butler in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut[/i] LONDON -- Brian Cox and Vanessa Redgrave are to appear together on the big screen in Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut "Coriolanus," fresh from the duo teaming up for the small screen update of "The Day of...
Ralph Fiennes filming “Coriolanus” in Serbia
BELGRADE (Reuters) – After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia. Filming of "Coriolanus" will start in...
Fiennes picks domestic actors
The filming of Coriolanus, as directed by Ralph Fiennes begins in ten days in Belgrade, while the list of local actors to play alongside stars such as Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave is gradually being finalized. The Serbian actors and actresses...
Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson: Vikings at Heart
Hilarious. Outlandish. Scottish. Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson, friends for over two decades, finally come together (well, sort of) on the big screen through Dreamworks' latest animated adventure, How to Train Your Dragon, opening March 26. Their vocal...
Gerard talks Coriolanus
Gerard told me he's off to Belgrade, where he will star with Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus. The film marks Fiennes's debut as a film director. He has wanted to make a film of the Bard's great war drama ever since he starred in an Almeida Theatre production at the old...
Review: How To Train Your Dragon
When I saw the first trailer for How To Train Your Dragon, I must admit it didn't pique my interest. A non-Pixar film is automatically fighting an uphill battle in the animation industry, and Dragon just didn't seem that interesting to me. So I practically surprised...
INTERVIEW: GERARD BUTLER & CRAIG FERGUSON DRAWN TOGETHER
[i Fellow Scots Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson have been pals for more than two decades. But it took How to Train Your Dragon, an animated movie about Vikings and dragons, to bring them together on screen [/i Gerard Butler's fierceness may have frightened the...
How to Train Your Dragon – Q&A with the Author, Directors and Producer (Blog)
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be invited along to a super early screening of How to train your Dragon. The movie wasn't in it's finished form but was 90% complete with a few wire frame models with shading in some parts. The audio wasn't 100% complete...
NBC Heats Up DreamWorks “Dragon” (Blog)
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. report they have entered into a televised promotional partnership with NBC, debuting today (Tuesday, February 9th), three days before the start of NBC's broadcast of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. DreamWorks Animation produced...
Gamer 2009 (Blog)
Gamer, 2009 Directors: Mark Neveldine, Bryan Taylor Cast: Gerard Butler, Amber Valetta Stage: City's colloseum (multiplex cinema) Gamer in short: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star...
Gamer (Blog)
There are movies that try to tell a very important message, and there are ones that try to entertain you for an hour or so. However, appearances can sometimes be deceiving. For instance, a movie or show that looks like it's meaningful can turn out to be an empty...
Shakespeare is Fiennes-tuned
Ralph Fiennes premieres his directing debut, an adaptation of the Bard's Coriolanus, at the Berlin Film Festival next week. Making the precarious leap from actor to director, Fiennes headed to Belgrade, Serbia in early 2010 to shoot the film, in which he takes the...
Weinstein Co In Talks To Buy ‘Coriolanus’
EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company is negotiating for U.S. distribution rights to Coriolanus, the Ralph Fiennes-directed John Logan-scripted contemporized adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Gerard Butler, Fiennes, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain lead...
News on Shakespeare in Serbia
Most people have heard that Ralph Fiennes decided to film an adaptation of Shakespeare's “Coriolanus†in Serbia beginning next year. In the latest news, we've learned that during the Cannes Film Festival, the rights to screen “Coriolanus†were pre-sold to...
Kennell’s work headed to the big screen
[img http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/casey-kennell-trailer.jpg[/img The past few years have been especially good to Somerset artisan Casey Kennell. “I've done this all my life and it's all I've ever done,†said Kennell, who has earned his wages painting...
Is Gerard Butler a ‘Machine Gun Preacher’?
Gerard Butler is showing lots of interest in a new film, Machine Gun Preacher, being developed based on a book by Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into...
Gerard Butler: Everyone says I sleep with my co-stars.. this time it’s a dragon
GERARD BUTLER has a history of being romantically linked to his co-stars. But he's hoping that won't be the case with his new film - even though it's a successful Scot. But although his fellow thespian is tall and good looking, Gerry is happy to keep Craig Ferguson as...
Gamer (Blog)
As the resident video game expert for the site, certain movies will always fall into my lap. Any movie that includes something about video games, good or bad I will get the chance to review. Sometimes, I'm not so thrilled and sometimes I'm simply elated to take on the...
‘Gamer’ blasts to the top of DVD charts
Gamer, the futuristic action film starring Gerard Butler and recent Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall, has rocketed its way to the top of all three DVD charts for the week ending January 24 according to the Hollywood Reporter....