Hayek to Co-Star Opposite John Travolta in “A Three Dog Life”

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Only seven weeks in and 2014 is already turning out to be a busy year for Salma Hayek…

The 47-year-old Mexican actress, who recently signed on to star in the political thriller The Septembers of Shiraz and will appear in theaters later this year in the action thriller Everly, has lined up yet another project.

Hayek will star opposite John Travolta in A Three Dog Life.

The drama, based on the best-selling memoir by Abigail Thomas, centers on Thomas’ life in the aftermath of her husband’s devastating car accident.

Nick Guthe, who penned the adaptation of the book, will direct the film.

In addition to Everly, Hayek will star in How to Make Love Like an Englishman opposite Pierce Brosnan and Jessica Alba.

She was also recently cast in Matteo Garrone’s next film, The Tale Of Tales.

Hayek and Travolta previously co-starred in 2006′s Lonely Hearts and more recently in Oliver Stone’s 2012 film Savages.

Dimension Films and Radius-TWC Have Acquired Rights to Hayek’s Action Thriller “Everly”

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

She portrayed in dastardly drug lord in Oliver Stone’s Savages… But now Salma Hayek’s switching sides.

Dimension Films and Radius-TWC have acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the 47-year-old Mexican actress’ intense action thriller Everly.

Directed by Joe Lynch from a script by Yale Hannon, the film centers in Hayek’s character. She’s described as a down-on-her-luck woman forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss, while trying to save her estranged mother and daughter.

Togo Igawa, Masashi Fujimoto and Hiroyuki Watanabe also star in Everly, which is slated for a fourth quarter 2014 release.

“We’ve been on the hunt for a female driven action franchise and we’ve finally found it in Everly,” said Radius co-presidents Tom Quinn and Jason Janego. “Salma is utterly transcendent.”

It’s the latest project from the Oscar-nominated actress to make headlines in recent days.

Hayek previously signed on to star opposite Shohreh Aghdashloo in the thriller The Septembers of Shiraz, the film adaptation of a Dalia Sofer novel.

Lavanderos’ “Las cosas como son” Earns Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Fernando Lavanderos’ latest project has earned critical acclaim in Czechoslovakia.

The 39-year-old Chilean filmmaker’s Las cosas como son has won the Independent Camera Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

The 2012 Spanish-language drama/thriller centers on an antisocial man who rents rooms to foreigners and lives vicariously through them. But when a 23-year-old Nordic girl arrives one day and brings meaning to his life, he tries to woo her. But just when he thinks he’s been successful at winning her love, he discovers that she’s hiding something, awakening his worst fears.

Las cosas como son had previously won the Latin American competition at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival.

During the film festival, John Travolta, Oliver Stone and Theodor Pištěk received the Crystal Globe Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema.

Here’s a look at the full list of 2013 Karlovy Vary winners:

GRAND PRIX CRYSTAL GLOBE
Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet Directed by: János Szász Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
A Field in England Directed by: Ben Wheatley United Kingdom, 2013

BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
Jan Hřebejk Honeymoon / Líbánky Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2013

BEST ACTRESS AWARD
Amy Morton Bluebird Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012

Louisa Krause Bluebird  Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012

Emily Meade Bluebird  Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012

Margo Martindale Bluebird  Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012

BEST ACTOR AWARD
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson XL Directed by: Marteinn Þórsson Iceland, 2013

SPECIAL MENTION
Papusza Directed by: Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze Poland, 2013

EAST OF THE WEST – FILMS IN COMPETITION

EAST OF THE WEST AWARD
Floating Skyscrapers / Płynące wieżowce  Directed by: Tomasz Wasilewski Poland, 2013

SPECIAL MENTION
Miracle / Zázrak Directed by: Juraj Lehotský Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2013

DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN COMPETITION

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM OVER 30 MINUTES LONG
Pipeline / Truba  Directed by: Vitaly Manskiy Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, 2013

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM UNDER 30 MINUTES LONG
Beach Boy Directed by: Emil Langballe United Kingdom, 2013

SPECIAL MENTION
The Manor  Directed by: Shawney Cohen Canada, 2013

INDEPENDENT CAMERA AWARD
Things the Way They Are / Las cosas como son Directed by: Fernando Lavanderos Chile, 2012

AUDIENCE AWARD
Revival Directed by: Alice Nellis Czech Republic, 2013

CRYSTAL GLOBE FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA
Theodor Pištěk Czech Republic

Oliver Stone USA

John Travolta USA

FESTIVAL PRESIDENT´S AWARD
Vojtěch Jasný Czech Republic

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI)

Shame / Styd Directed by: Yusup Razykov Russia, 2013

THE ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD
Bluebird  Directed by: Lance Edmands USA, Sweden, 2012

Federation of Film Critics of Europe and the Mediterranean (FEDEORA) FEDEORA AWARD
Velvet Terrorists / Zamatoví teroristi Directed by: Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Croatia, 2013

EUROPA CINEMAS LABEL AWARD
Le grand cahier / A nagy füzet Directed by: János Szász Hungary, Germany, Austria, France, 2013

AWARD OF 10,000 EUROS IN SERVICES FOR THE MOST PROMISING PROJECT
Blind dates / Brma Paemnebi Directed by: Levan Koguashvili Georgia

Hayek Set to Star in the Action-Thriller “Everly”

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

She may have played a mob boss in Oliver Stone’s Savages… But Salma Hayek will be hunted down by her mob-boss ex in her next film.

The 46-year-old Mexican actress will star in the intense action thriller Everly.

Directed by Joe Lynch, the film centers on a down-on-her-luck woman who is forced to fend off waves of assassins sent by her ex, a dangerous mob boss. The film is set entirely in one room.

The movie will be shot in Belgrade, Serbia this summer.

Hayek is producing the animated film The Prophet with Participant Media Films and will be reprising her role in Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups 2 this summer.

del Toro to Appear in Prada’s Fall/Winter 2013 Campaign

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

The Devil Wears Prada… And apparently so does The Wolfman.

Benicio de Toro has been cast by Prada’s designer and owner Miuccia Prada as one of the fashion house’s latest models.

The 45-year-old Puerto Rican actor, who starred in 2010’s The Wolfman, will appear in Prada’s fall/winter 2013 ad campaign.

In addition to del Toro, Prada has cast Harvey Keitel, as well as young actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who appearswith del Toro in Oliver Stone’s Savages and Dane DeHaan, who will star in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Getting acclaimed film actors to appear in her ads and on her runways is par for the Prada course. Earlier this year, she selected a diverse cast including Gary Oldman, Jamie Bell, Willem Dafoe and Garrett Hedlund to star in the brand’s autumn/winter 2012 men’s ad campaign.

And at the Milan fall/winter collections in January, Oldman, Adrien Brody and Jamie Bell were among the Hollywood A-list celebrities who walked in the Prada menswear show.

del Toro Starring as Drug Lord Pablo Escobar in “Paradise Lost”

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Don’t blame Benicio del Toro if he gets a little lost in his new role…

The 45-year-old Puerto Rican will be starring as notoriousdrug lord Pablo Escobar in Paradise Lost. And it looks like The Hunter Games’ Josh Hutcherson could be del Toro’s co-star. He’s currently in negotiations to join the cast.

Directed/written by Life of Pi scribe Andrea di Stefano, the film isn’t exactly an Escobar biopic, but is instead being compared to The Last King of Scotland.

Hutcherson would actually be the principal character in the fact-based tale. He’d portray Nick, a young Irish surfer who visits his brother in Colombia. There he meets the love of his life — until he meets her uncle Pablo.

The film will begin production in Panama in March.

del Toro most recently starred opposite Salma Hayek and Blake Lively in Oliver Stone‘s Savages, where he played the henchman to Hayek’s drug-dealing character.

Hayek Honored with Germany’s Prestigious Bambi Award

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Salma Hayek is getting the Bambi treatment for her contributions in the entertainment industry…

The 46-year-old Mexican actress claimed one of Germany’s prestigious Bambi Awards this year, which honor local and international celebrities for their respective contributions in the media industry.

Hayek earned the jury’s nod in the international film star category for being one of the first Latina actresses to break into Hollywood’s A-list.

Hayek is best known for her role in Frida, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She most recently appeared in Oliver Stone’s Savages and the comedy Here Comes the Boom.

Other recipients of the prestigious Bambi award include Celine Dion, boyband One Direction and Austrian stuntman Felix Baumgartner.

Bichir to Star in FX’s Drama Pilot “The Bridge”

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Demián Bichir could be returning to American television in the near future…

The 49-year-old Mexican actor, who had a recurring role on Showtime’s Weeds, will star as the male lead opposite Diane Kruger in FX’s drama pilot The Bridge, which is being helmed by noted Mexican director Gerardo Naranjo.

The project, an adaptation of the Scandinavian series Bron, centers on two detectives from the United States and Mexico – El Paso Police Homicide Detective Sonya North (Kruger) and Marco Ruiz (Bichir) — who must work together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Bichir’s character is described as a family man and one of the last good men in a corrupt and apathetic police force that is outgunned by the powerful drug cartels.

It’s the latest project for Bichir, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his lead role in A Better Life.

He most recently signed on to appear in Dom Hemingway with Jude Law, as well as The Heat with Sandra Bullock.

He most recently appeared in Oliver Stone’s Savages opposite Benicio del Toro and Salma Hayek, and will next appear in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills.

The Bridge is set to begin production this fall in El Paso and Los Angeles.

Bichir to Star in “Dom Hemingway”

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

He may be known for his dramatic work… But Demian Bichir will soon be showing off his comedic chops on the big screen…

The 49-year-old Mexican actor, who received an Oscar nod this year for his work in A Better Life, will play a crime boss in the black comedy Dom Hemingway from The Matador writer-director Richard Shepard.

Jude Law and Richard E. Grant were already signed on to star in the revenge story. Law plays an eponymous larger-than-life safecracker who’s back on the streets of London after 12 years in prison and anxious to get some money in exchange for keeping his mouth shut. But things take a turn for the worse when he sets off to visit Bichir’s capo in the south of France.

Shooting is expected to start on October 15 in the south of France.

Bichir recently appeared in Oliver Stone’s Savages with Benicio del Toro and Salma Hayek, and he’’ll next be seen in Robert Rodriguez’ Machete Kills with Sofia Vergara and Danny Trejo, as well as Paul Feig’s The Heat with Sandra Bullock.

Bichir Feeling “The Heat” with Sandra Bullock

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Demián Bichir’s star continues to rise in Hollywood…

The 48-year-old Mexican actor, who earned his first Oscar nomination this year for his role in A Better Life, has signed on to star opposite Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in The Heat.

In his first English-language comedy, Bichir will play an FBI agent.

Bichir, who was last seen starring opposite Benicio del Toro and Salma Hayek in Oliver Stone’s Savages earlier this summer, recently wrapped up work on Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills with Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba and Sofia Vergara.

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