August 10, 2018

TIFF 2018: ROACHE-TURNER BROTHERS ‘NEKROTRONIC’ TO DEBUT IN TORONTO

Australian filmmaker brothers, Kiah and Tristan Roache-Turner, return with sci-fi film NEKROTRONIC. Entertainment One (eOne), Hopscotch Features and Guerilla Films have announced that it will make its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) infamous Midnight Madness late-night program.

Starring Monica Bellucci, Ben O’Toole, Caroline Ford, Tess Haubrich, Bob Savea and David Wenham star, the film (formerly known as Nekromancer) has been described as a “mind-bending, genre-mashing, sci-fi action-packed comedy.” This should be no surprise to people who enjoyed their last film, 2014’s Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.

Finnegan (Bellucci), the world’s greatest demon-hunting Nekromancer turned bad, is the first to discover evil spirits inside the internet, taking the mythical battle between good and evil into the digital realm. Years later, down-on-his-luck sewerage-waste worker Howard North (O’Toole) and Nekromancer sisters Molly (Ford) and Torquel (Haubrich) must destroy the plague of online demons and defeat the evil Finnegan before she can devour the souls of a million human beings addicted to their phones.

NEKROTRONIC was shot in Sydney, Australia, with principal production investment from Entertainment One and Screen Australia, and financed with support from Create NSW. It will have an Australian release sometime in 2019 from eOne. (с)

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August 7, 2018

Monica Bellucci to Play Feminist Revolutionary Tina Modotti

CREDIT: MARCEL HARTMANN/COURTESY PINBALL

Monica Bellucci has been cast as feminist revolutionary Tina Modotti in a miniseries to be set in Mexico, Los Angeles and Italy and to be directed by prize-winning Italian director Edoardo de Angelis (“Indivisible”).The role is one that Bellucci has wanted to play for years. Modotti was an Italian who emigrated to the U.S. in 1913, acted briefly in Hollywood silent films, then became known during the 1930s in Europe and Mexico for both her photography and her left-wing revolutionary fervor. She joined a group of major contemporary artists in Mexico and is considered a proto-feminist who advocated new freedoms for women in the early 20th century.

The six-part series, which is in advanced development, is titled “Radical Eye: The Life and Times of Tina Modotti.“ It is being produced by London-based husband-and-wife team Paula Vaccaro and Aaron Brookner (“Uncle Howard”), who have written the screenplay. They will produce via their Pinball London company. Spanish producer Elena Manrique is also on board as well as Mexico’s AG Studios, founded by Alex Garcia, who will executive produce.The show’s main languages will be English and Spanish, with some Italian dialogue as well.The “Modotti” project will be making its market debut in September at New York’s Independent Filmmaker Project Forum co-production market. Variety has been given an exclusive image of Bellucci as Modotti.Vaccaro said that, though there have been several attempts in the past to make a movie about Modotti – including a project Madonna was attached to – none came to fruition. Modotti does appear as character in Julie Taymor’s “Frida.”

“This is because her life is so intense and so varied,” Vaccaro said of Modotti, “which is why long-form series is the congenial narrative format” to tell her story.

Vaccaro, who helped produce Emir Kusturica’s “On the Milky Road,” in which Bellucci stars, said the collaboration on “Modotti” was born of the actress’ passion for the role. “When we finished ‘Milky Road,’ I said to her: ‘What would you really like to do next?’” Vaccaro recalled. “We were in her house, and she came back with a Tina Modotti book. ’This is the role I would really like to do….It’s the role I have my heart set on.’”

Vaccaro said Bellucci had envisioned Modotti’s life being turned into a movie, not a miniseries, but has since been persuaded that long-form narrative would better suit the story.

Although Bellucci has appeared in several series, most notably “Mozart in the Jungle,” this would mark the first time that she played the lead in a skein for the international market.

“Modotti” would also mark the first series produced by Pinball London, an indie outfit which will soon be opening an outpost in Spain “as a Brexit backup plan,” and also to try to take advantage of Netflix opening a European production hub there, Vaccaro said.

Vaccaro said the choice of De Angelis as director stemmed from the two of them having worked together on his debut feature, “Mozzarella Stories.” De Angelis made an international splash with “Indivisible,” about Neapolitan teenage conjoined-twin sisters with beautiful voices, which launched in 2016 from the Venice.

“Monica is well-known around the world, including China and Russia,” Vaccaro said. “With Monica, the writing team we have, plus Edoardo, I think we have a premium project that can reach far and wide.”

(с) variety.com

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June 20, 2018

Monica Bellucci sera la présidente du jury de la 29è édition du Dinard FIlm Festival !

Actrice parmi les plus glamour du cinéma européen, ses collaborations avec les plus grands réalisateurs d’Hollywood ont fait d’elle une star mondiale. Nommée aux César en 1995 pour L’appartement de Gilles Mimouni, comédienne éclectique, elle est à la fois une icône populaire et la pasionaria d’un certain cinéma d’auteur. Maîtresse de cérémonie du 56e Festival de Cannes en 2003 et même James Bond girl en 2015, Monica Bellucci, la plus française des actrices italiennes, présidera la 29e édition du Dinard Film Festival du 26 au 30 septembre 2018. (с)

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May 28, 2018

Il Miracolo: finale di stagione con Monica Bellucci

È arrivato il momento dell’attesissimo finale di stagione della prima serie tv di Niccolò Ammaniti : martedì 29 maggio , gli ultimi due episodi de IL MIRACOLO, in onda dalle 21.15 in esclusiva su Sky Atlantic HD, vedranno la partecipazione straordinaria di Monica Bellucci.

Il Miracolo, serie TV: la recensione degli episodi 5 e 6

Tutti devono fare i conti con il miracolo, fra segreti affiorati dal passato e scelte future. Gli episodi 7 e 8, ti aspettano in prima TV alle 21.15 su Sky Atlantic HD e Sky Cinema Uno HD. Da martedì sera l’intera stagione sarà disponibile on demand su Sky Box Sets.

Il finale di stagione vedrà la partecipazione straordinaria di MONICA BELLUCCI, che nei panni della Madonna comparirà in sogno a Marcello, il prete dalle pericolose e peccaminose frequentazioni interpretato da Tommaso Ragno. Alma è riuscita a salvare Carlo, ma le condizioni del bambino sono critiche. Nell’episodio 7, al capezzale del figlio, Fabrizio (Guido Caprino) e Sole (Elena Lietti) sono costretti a guardare in faccia la realtà e a essere finalmente sinceri l’uno con l’altra. Clelia (Lorenza Indovina) va alla ricerca di Marcello, spedito dal suo superiore in un centro di disintossicazione per preti, mentre Sandra (Alba Rohrwacher), dopo essere scampata a una violenza quasi certa, è intenzionata a scoprire la verità sul sangue della Madonnina.

Nell’episodio 8, tutti dovranno fare i conti con il miracolo, fra segreti affiorati dal passato e scelte future. Ma con un ultimo colpo di scena… Fabrizio e Sole vengono messi di fronte a qualcosa di troppo grande, e non saranno mai più quelli di prima. Clelia e Marcello si riavvicinano ma lui, ossessionato dalla Madonnina piangente e dal miracolo che gli è stato rivelato, non guarderà in faccia niente e nessuno, pur di portare a termine quella che sente essere la sua missione. Sandra è pronta a chiudere col passato e guardare al futuro, mentre Votta (Sergio Albelli) capisce che, a volte, la soluzione migliore è veramente la più semplice.

IL MIRACOLO è una serie originale Sky prodotta da Mario Gianani e Lorenzo Mieli per Wildside, in co-produzione con Arte France e Kwaï. Niccolò Ammaniti firma la sceneggiatura della serie con Francesca Manieri, Francesca Marciano e Stefano Bises e la regia con Francesco Munzi e Lucio Pellegrini.

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May 8, 2018

Monica Bellucci on the shooting in “Spider in the Web”

Ex-James Bondgirl en wereldbekende actrice, Monica Bellucci was de afgelopen weken in Antwerpen. De opnames voor de spionagethriller Spider in the Web brachten haar voor het eerst naar onze stad. De Italiaanse schone zegt onder de indruk te zijn van al de pracht en praal in Antwerpen. Spider in the web of the word vandaag voorgesteld in Cannes en zal volgend jaar in de zalen verschijnen. (с)