Gambit
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The Railway Man
Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender to Star in “Genius”
FilmNation Entertainment has announced that Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Shame) will star in Genius. Based on an inspirational true story, Genius is written by three-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner John Logan (The Aviator, Gladiator, Hugo, Skyfall), and will be directed by Michael Grandage, who recently served as the Artistic Director of London’s famed theatre the Donmar Warehouse. FilmNation will commence international sales on Genius starting at AFM. CAA will arrange the financing and represent the film’s North American distribution rights. Principal photography is scheduled to start early in 2014.
Genius will be produced by James Bierman for the Michael Grandage Company (MGC) . Bierman served as Executive Producer at Donmar and co-formed MGC with Grandage. MGC will also be producing Logan’s new play “Peter and Alice,” to be directed by Grandage, as part of their season of plays in London in Spring 2013.
Read the full article at ComingSoon.net
“Gambit” Trailer Released
The full length trailer of “Gambit” has been released! Starring Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman, and Stanley Tucci, this looks like a really fun movie.
Happy Birthday Colin!
Happy Birthday Mr. Firth! Hope you have a special day with your loving friends and family; we wish you the best!
New Layout
Just wanted to let you know that I’ve put a new layout up on the main site and the gallery! More updates will be coming soon.
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” HD Screencaptures
Just added HD screencaptures of Colin as Bill Haydon in “Tinker Tailor Solider Spy” to the gallery. (I swear I added these already, sorry for the delay)
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- Home > Feature Films > Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) > Screencaptures [HD]
Colin Firth launches campaign for ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe’.
‘One man has the power to stop the loggers: Brazil’s Minister of Justice. But it’s just not his priority. Let’s push it up his list.’ — Colin Firth
Oscar-winning film star Colin Firth today launched a major Survival International campaign to save ‘Earth’s most threatened tribe’ – the Awá of the Brazilian Amazon.
The centerpiece of the campaign is a short film, featuring an appeal by Colin Firth and music by Grammy-winning composer Heitor Pereira.
The Awá are a small tribe whose territory has been invaded by a vast army of illegal loggers, ranchers and settlers. Astonishing graphics on the campaign website show the devastating destruction of the Indians’ forest – which is happening faster than any other Amazon tribe.
Read the full article at Survival International
See what you can do to help at survivalinternational.org/awa
Colin Firth made Freeman of the City of London
Today Colin was made a Freeman of the City of London, congratulations! Livia also tweeted about it:
So proud of Colin receiving the Freedom of The City of London today!
Images have been added to the gallery.
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“St. Trinian’s” Stills, Screencaptures + More
Crossing off another completed section of Colin’s filmography, I’ve added movie stills, posters and screencaptures from the movie and DVD extra features to the gallery!
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- Home > Feature Films > St. Trinian’s (2007)
84th Annual Academy Awards
Colin and Livia graced the red carpet, making it green once again at the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Colin was the presenter for ‘Best Actress’ which went to Meryl Streep. Images have been added to the gallery!
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Nicole Kidman Joining Colin Firth in WWII Drama ‘The Railway Man’
Nicole Kidman has been cast as Colin Firth’s wife in ‘The Railway Man,’ replacing Rachel Weisz in the role.
Weisz was forced to drop out of the project because she’s required to do additional shooting on ‘The Bourne Legacy’ and ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful.’‘The Railway Man,’ directed by Jonathan Teplitzy, is in pre-production to start shooting in April. A U.K.-Australian co-production backed by Lionsgate Intl., it’s based on Eric Lomax’s autobiography about his horrific experiences as a Japanese prisoner in World War II, and his remarkable reconciliation with one of his captors 30 years later.
Read the full article at Variety