Archive for September, 2009

Johnny Depp On Board For New 2011 ‘Pirates’ Film

Avast! Disney says a new “Pirates of the Caribbean” film is on the horizon. Johnny Depp sailed onstage Friday on a pirate ship at the Anaheim Convention Center to help announce the forthcoming installment of Disney’s blockbuster film franchise. He was welcomed with a rousing standing ovation.

New ‘Pirates’ film slated for 2011; Depp to reprise role as Capt. Jack Sparrow

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Avast! Disney says a new “Pirates of the Caribbean” film is on yonder horizon. Johnny Depp sailed onstage Thursday on a pirate ship in Anaheim, Calif., to help announce the forthcoming installment of Disney’s blockbuster film franchise.

Pirates of the Caribbean parrot attacks police officer

A parrot that appeared in the Pirates of the Caribbean film starring Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley has attacked a police officer after its owner was pulled over for driving with the bird perched on her shoulder.

Coming Soon and Now Playing

Compiled from staff and wire reports ALSO OPENING TODAY Sorority Row: (R) Briana Evigan and Rumer Willis are among the celebrity offspring starring in this horror thriller about sorority girls who try to cover up a death.

ComingSoon.net’s Toronto Film Festival Preview!

ComingSoon.net is attending the Toronto International Film Festival (lovingly referred to as TIFF), for the third year straight, and in this extensive preview, you can get a good idea of some of the many movies we’re most looking forward to seeing while we’re there for the next ten days.

Fresh blood for vampires and their followers

The undead are alive and thriving, with still more movies (’Twilight’ sequels, ‘Dark Shadows’) and TV shows (’The Vampire Diaries’) coming to feed an unholy hunger. The undead are alive and thriving, with still more movies (’Twilight’ sequels, ‘Dark Shadows’) and TV shows (’The Vampire Diaries’) coming to feed an unholy hunger.

Kurt Cobain’s daughter turned down title role in ‘Alice in Wonderland’

The celebrity daughter apparently turned down the offer for the title role to focus on her education. “Tim thought she would be perfect, but she wants to go to university. She’’s incredibly focused and sensible,” Contactmusic quoted a source as having told British newspaper the Mail.

Frances Bean Cobain turned down Tim Burton’s Alice role

The 17 year old was considered for the title role in the new blockbuster alongside Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. But Cobain, whose father was late Nirvana rocker Kurt Cobain, is said to have rejected the part to focus on her education.

All guns blazing

FILM maker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard in Public Enemies, the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger, which opens at CineCentre in Pietermaritzburg today.

Local ‘Top Model’ hopefuls reveal their favorite shops, trends

The new season of the CW’s “America’s Next Top Model,” which debuts at 7 p.m. Wednesday, offers us a quirky trio of girls with Chicago connections: One compares herself to Brigitte Bardot, another claims to never follow fashion trends, and one model wishes she could raid Johnny Depp’s wardrobe — for herself.