HBO to Premiere Season 3 of Rodrigo Santoro’s “Westworld” in March

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Tom Castaneda

Rodrigo Santorois heading West(world) this March…

HBO has set Sunday, March 15 at 9:00 pm for the release of the eight-episode third season of its Emmy-winning drama series Westworld, starring the 44-year-old Brazilian actor.

In addition to Santoro, who portrays Hector Escaton, the returning cast includes

Evan Rachel Woodas Dolores, Thandie Newtonas Maeve, Ed Harris as the Man in Black, Jeffrey Wrightas Bernard, Tessa Thompsonas Charlotte, Luke Hemsworthas Stubbs and Simon Quartermanas Lee Sizemore.

New cast members this season include Aaron Paul, Vincent Cassel,Lena Waithe, Scott Mescudi, Marshawn Lynch, John Gallagher Jr., and Michael and Tommy Flanagan.

Created for television by Jonathan Nolanand Lisa Joy, and based on the film written by Michael Crichton, Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the birth of a new form of life on Earth.

The theme for the new season is “New World” and at Comic-Con in July, Nolan said one of the inspirations for the new season was Blade Runner, though he noted he wanted to do it differently.

Nolan said they went out in the world to find some beautiful places to shoot to capture the show’s future. “Dystopia can look pretty beautiful in the world. Just because the world is corrupt inside, doesn’t mean it can’t be smothered over and pretty. We wanted to find a version of dystopia that we hadn’t seen before,” Nolan said at Comic-Con.

The first two seasons of Westworld received a combined 42 Emmy nominations. The second season’s 20 noms resulted in three wins, including: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Newton, Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) and Outstanding Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series.

Brühl In Talks to Star in Jose Padilha’s “Entebbe”

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Tom Castaneda

Daniel Brühl is thisclose to lift off…

The 38-year-old half-Spanish actor is in talks to star opposite Rosamund Pike and Vincent Cassel in Jose Padilha’s Entebbe for Working Title.

Participant is also on board as producer and in negotiations to fully finance the film, which was penned by Greg Burke, who wrote Yann Demange’s brilliant ’71.

It’s the 1976 true story, when four hijackers — two Palestinian, two German — took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Entebbe, Uganda, while they demanded the release of dozens of Palestinian and pro-Palestinian prisoners.

The ticking-clock thriller follows the hijackers, hostages, then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and future PM Shimon Peres trying to decide whether to negotiate or launch a raid to free the hostages, as well as the French crew led by the pilot who refused to leave when they could with the other French hostages.

Given Europe’s own summer of terror, with the wave of attacks in France and Germany — not to mention devastating attacks in Iraq, Turkey, Orlando and elsewhere — the picture is likely to have strong contemporary relevance even with its historical setting.

Padilha, who shot to prominence with his gritty police crime tale Elite Squad — which won Berlin’s Golden Bear in 2007 — will bring his research-based documentary background to bear as he did so successfully in both Elite Squad films, his searing documentary Bus 174 and, of course his brilliant Pablo Escobar Netflix drama Narcos. Padilha will examine the story from multiple points of view – the German and Palestinian hijackers, the Israeli (and other nationalities) hostages, as well as Israeli officials like Peres and Rabin.

The story of the Entebbe raid and hijackings has been told before on TV and in numerous docus. Peter Finch and Charles Bronson starred in the 1976 NBC movie of the week Raid On Entebbe directed by Irvin Kershner, while a rival TV movie Victory At Entebbe was produced the same year at ABC starring Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster.

The latest project reps the first time the story will be told for the big screen by a filmmaking team at the absolute top of its game.

Brühl has The Zookeeper’s Wife opposite Jessica Chastain in post and is also set to star in the JJ Abrams-produced God Particle alongside Elizabeth Debicki, John Krasinski and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

Summit Entertainment’s Rapace-Starrer “Child 44” Opening in April 2015

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Tom Castaneda

Noomi Rapace will be returning to theaters in April…

Summit Entertainment hasset an April 17, 2015 release date for Child 44, starring the 34-year-old half-Spanish actress and English actor Tom Hardy.

Directed by half-Chilean filmmaker Daniel Espinosa, the film centers on Leo Demidov (Hardy), a Russian secret police officer in 1950s Stalinist Russia who is framed for treason and sent to a remote outpost, where he uncovers a series of mysterious murders tied to a government conspiracy.

In addition to Rapace, who portrays Raisa Demidov, and Hardy, the film also stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Vincent Cassel.

The script is adapted by Richard Price from the novel by Tom Rob Smith.

Dawson Prominently Featured in Latest “Trance” Trailer

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Rosario Dawson has James McAvoy following her voice in the latest trailer for Danny Boyle’s psychological thriller Trance.

The 33-year-old Puerto Rican & Afro-Cuban American actress takes the lead in this latest clip, with her dialogue used as the narration for the teaser video.

Trance, which also stars Vincent Cassel, tells the story of a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to recover a lost painting.

“It was exciting because it’s a journey, it’s a puzzle… It’s a number of things; it definitely wasn’t the ‘sure-fire hit’ where everyone’s going to get it, where every aspect of it will connect – because even nudity alone can throw people,” says Dawson of working on the film.

The movie premiered in London on Tuesday and will be released in the United Kingdom via Pathé on March 27.

Fox Searchlight will release Trance in theaters in the United States on April 5.

Dawson’s Thriller “Trance” to be Released in April

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Rosario Dawson will be leave moviegoers in a Trance starting in April…

Fox Searchlight has set an April 5 platform release for Trance, the Danny Boyle-directed psychological thriller starring the 33-year-old Puerto Rican/Cuban American actress, James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel.

Trance, which arrives in theaters in the United Kingdom on March 27 via Pathe and 20th Century Fox, follows a fine-art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to recover a lost Goya painting.

This is Boyle’s first film since 2010′s 127 Hours. The filmmaker shot Trance just before taking time out to direct the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 London Games last summer. Boyle returned after the Olympic Games to complete the film’s postproduction.

Dawson Appears in First Trailer for Danny Boyle’s “Trance”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Tom Castaneda

Rosario Dawson is about to show the world she can be an action star…

The first trailer of the 33-year-old Puerto Rican/Cuban American actress in Danny Boyle’s psychological thriller Trance has been released, just weeks after the director releases the first images of Dawson in her starring role.

Trance stars Dawson, James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel follows a fine art auctioneer mixed up with a criminal gang who joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting.

“After a mad summer with London 2012, it’s great to get back to the day job; treachery and intrigue on the screen rather than behind-the-scenes,” recently said Boyle, who masterminded the opening ceremony at the 2012 London Games.

The film will be released in the United Kingdom on March 27. A U.S. release hasn’t been set yet.

First Images of Dawson’s “Trance” Character Released…

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Castaneda

Rosario Dawson could be leaving you in a trance in the near future…

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle is offering a sneak peek at his new thriller Trance, which stars the 33-year-old Puerto Rican/Cuban American actress.

Boyle has given USA Today a first look at Dawson as the movie’s heroine Elizabeth, as well as images of James McAvoy as Simon and Vincent Cassel as Franck.

Trance, which marks Boyle’s first movie with a female heroine, is all about an art heist gone wrong. Dawson plays a hypnotherapist who desperately tries to bring back the memory of art gallery auctioneer Simon. Simon suffers from amnesia after getting a huge blow on his head and forgets where the priceless painting of Goya‘s “Witches in the Air” is stored.

“I wanted to do an updated noir, give it a contemporary spin in terms of emotion,” said the man who directed the cult classic Trainspotting. “Noir is usually cold. I wanted it to be more emotionally charged. It’s the first time I put a woman at the heart of a movie.”

The heist thriller, inspired by Joe Ahearne‘s 2001 television movie, is slated to open in the U.K. on March 27, 2013.

There’s no exact release date for the movie in the United States.

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