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January Jones and Diane Kruger Looking For an Unknown White Male

BuzzSugar — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:30:07 -0700

January Jones is everywhere right now: This week's Mad Men was exceptionally stellar, her scandalous GQ issue is currently on stands - and the latest news this morning is that she will be appearing on the big screen soon, as well. (Much like some of the other Mad Men ladies.) Jones has been cast along with Diane Kruger in the thriller Unknown White Male. The film follows a man (Liam Neeson) who awakes from a coma to find that his identity has been stolen. Jones will be playing his wife who doesn't believe him, and Kruger stars as a cab driver who helps him seek out the truth.

Hmm, playing the spouse of a guy with identity issues? This shouldn't exactly be a stretch for Betty Draper's alter-ego.

I'm excited about this female pairing. I've always liked Diane Kruger (especially in Inglourious Basterds), and I'm curious to see if Jones can ride her current wave of success into full-fledged movie star status. (And Unknown White Male sounds like a more challenging part for her than say, American Wedding or Love Actually.)

What do you think of Jones and Kruger's new roles? Do you have a hard time picturing Jones as anyone but Betty?

Link Time!

BuzzSugar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:45:28 -0700

DJ AM's reality show, Gone Too Far, will air on Oct. 12 - Vulture
Californication has been renewed for a fourth season - The Hollywood Reporter
Liam Neeson will join Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks in The Next Three Days - Cinematical
Check out Vampire Weekend's new song and upcoming tour dates - Pitchfork
Take a sneak peek at this week's episode of Glee - Pop Watch
Get the look: An Education's fab frocks - CasaSugar
James Franco is calling his upcoming appearance on General Hospital "performance art." - MTV Movies Blog
Relationship advice from the cast of Couples Retreat - Rotten Tomatoes

Movie Preview: Linney, Neeson and Banderas in The Other Man

BuzzSugar — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:30:00 -0700

The Other Man is directed by Notes on a Scandal's Richard Eyre, and it seems to feature that movie's same ominous and disturbing tone. I like that the cast includes some of my favorite actors: Laura Linney, Liam Neeson and Antonio Banderas, along with Atonement's Romola Garai. But what I like most about the trailer for this film is that I don't feel as though I've seen the entire movie in the preview. The suspenseful aspect of this movie may still be intact when I go to watch it.

Neeson plays Peter, a man who becomes obsessed with tracking down the man (Banderas) who is having an affair with his wife (Linney). It sounds basic enough and perhaps it is, but the trailer makes it seem like there might be something more to this thriller/mystery. The Other Man will apparently have a limited release in the US starting Sept. 25. To check out the preview, read more.

Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper in Talks For the A-Team Movie

BuzzSugar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:30:07 -0700

We may be looking at the new Face and Hannibal of the upcoming A-Team movie, folks. Bradley Cooper is in talks to join the project as Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck while Liam Neeson is reportedly in negotiations to star as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith. The filmmakers "have kept the series premise - four war vets wrongly convicted of armed robbery escape from a military prison to become do-gooder mercenaries - but they've replaced the campy nature of the series with a tone closer to those of Mission: Impossible and Ocean's Eleven."

After seeing Cooper's most recent performance in The Hangover, I'm finding it a little hilarious to picture him starring alongside Liam Neeson, so if nothing else this should be interesting. The movie already has a big budget, big-name producers (Ridley and Tony Scott) and a release date of June 11, 2010. Here's what it doesn't have: Actors for "the roles of the Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock, played by Dwight Schultz in the original, and Sgt. 'B.A.' Baracus, the role that made Mr. T an '80s icon." Any suggestions?

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Buzz News Roundup, 4/10

BuzzSugar — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:30:52 -0700

Why Fox isn't airing one episode of Dollhouse. - E!
Liam Neeson will reportedly play Zeus in the upcoming remake of Clash of the Titans. - Zap2It
Showtime has passed on Ronna and Beverly, a pilot from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan. - Variety
A collection of previously unpublished short stories by Kurt Vonnegut will be released in November. - AP
YouTube and Universal are launching a new website for music videos called Vevo. - Reuters
Semi-Pro director Kent Alterman is attached to direct the grown-up adventure tale Treehouse Gang. - ComingSoon
Brittany Murphy and David Zayas have joined the cast of Sylvester Stallone's action-adventure movie The Expendables. - The Hollywood Reporter
The two-hour series finale of Prison Break will air May 15. - TV.com
Pet Shop Boys turned down a request from animal rights group PETA Europe to change the band's name to something more creature-friendly. - AFP

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Box Office: Audiences Taken With Taken

BuzzSugar — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:00:40 -0800

Liam Neeson's thriller Taken scored the top spot at the box office this weekend, which according to Variety, proves that "male-driven pics can open successfully on Super Bowl weekend." Last year Miley Cyrus brought her magic to the big screen over Super Bowl weekend and broke records.

Meanwhile, Paul Blart: Mall Cop continues to do well and dropped to the No. 2 spot after two weeks in first place. People love this movie! Elizabeth Banks's horror flick, The Uninvited, came in No. 3 followed by Hotel for Dogs and Gran Torino.

Finally, New in Town, the romantic comedy starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. had a disappointing (though not unexpected) debut at No. 8, only earning an estimated $6.8 million.

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Movie Preview: Taken

BuzzSugar — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:31:44 -0800

If this pattern keeps up it will become "spooky trailer" week here on Buzz, starting with yesterday's preview for The Happening. Today I present the trailer for Taken, starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen and Lost's Maggie Grace. I have high hopes for this thriller as it was co-written by Luc Besson, the mind behind one of my favorite movies, The Professional.

Taken follows Neeson's character Bryan, whose daughter (Grace) goes on a fun, innocent trip to Paris with her friend. The scary stuff starts when Bryan gets a panicked call from his daughter as she's being kidnapped.

At first I thought this might be another run-of-the-mill ransom movie, but then Bryan informs the kidnappers that he does not have money, but rather a set of "skills" that makes him a "nightmare for people like them." Scary!

Taken opens in France on February 28, though there's no information yet on a U.S. release date. To check out the trailer, read more.

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Sally Field, Liam Neeson Set for Spielberg-Helmed Lincoln Biopic

BuzzSugar — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:30:00 -0700

In a recent article, Newsweek randomly announced that Sally Field will play Mary Todd Lincoln and Liam Neeson will play Abraham Lincoln in a biopic directed by Steven Spielberg. The casting news was included in a piece about the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum’s special exhibit, “Mary Todd Lincoln: First Lady of Controversy,” which explores the possibility that Mary Todd Lincoln may have suffered from mental illness.

Newsweek states that Spielberg's project will be based on the Doris Kearns Goodwin book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Of course, production will have to wait until filming wraps on the fourth Indiana Jones movie, The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Personally, I'm excited for this. I don't think Field has had a complex, meaty film role in many years, and I look forward to seeing her on the big screen again, even if she doesn't think she has time for anything but "Brothers & Sisters."

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