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  • Noah, Starring Russell Crowe, Debuts First Trailer [Video]

    Noah, Russell Crowe’s long anticipated film has finally released its first trailer. The film tells the biblical story of Noah, who of course, was the one who was instructed by God to round up all of the animals and brought them on to his ark, before the world flooded.

    Due to the complexity, and elaborate nature of the film, it has already been delayed, and is now set to come out on March 28, 2014. Ironically, what ultimately delayed the film’s filming, and subsequent release was actually Hurricane Sandy.

    The film is set up to be an epic adventure, just like the one that took place in the Old Testament, and with Darren Anofsky as the director, viewers have come to expect great things. Before this film, Arnofsky has done artsy films, and has already received an Oscar nomination for his work on Black Swan. He has also directed The Wrestler, Pi, The Fountain, and Requiem For A Dream.

    This story also introduces audiences to Tubal-Cain, played by Ray Winstone, who is Noah’s arch-nemesis, and reminds Noah where his allegiance should lie, and to respect his King.

    Russell Crowe plays the title role of Noah in the film, but in addition to his role, there is an excellent supporting cast including Emma Watson, Jennifer Connelly, and Anthony Hopkins. Connelly plays his wife, while Watson plays the daughter of Noah.

    Before the trailer debuted today, E Online also released a sneak peek for the film yesterday, in order to get people excited.

    Now, if that didn’t get people excited for the trailer, and its upcoming film, then it is hard to know what would.

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  • Bryan Cranston’s Awesome Fan Letter from Anthony Hopkins

    The series finale of Breaking Bad was one of the most watched finales of all time, with more than 10 million viewers, and people are still talking about it two weeks later. While it’s a given that Bryan Cranston, the man behind meth kingpin Walter White, has a ton of fans, he recently received a glowing fan letter from a pretty major actor.

    Steven Quezada, who played DEA agent Steve Gomez on Breaking Bad, posted a fan letter to his Facebook page that Cranston received from none other than Sir Anthony Hopkins.

    Quezada removed the letter shortly after posting it, but a publicist for Hopkins confirmed that the fan letter is real.

    One can only imagine the Heisenberg reaction to the letter would be something like this:

    Excerpts from the fan letter Hopkins sent Cranston are below.

    Dear Mister Cranston.

    I wanted to write you this email – so I am contacting you through Jeremy Barber – I take it we are both represented by UTA . Great agency.

    I’ve just finished a marathon of watching “BREAKING BAD” – from episode one of the First Season – to the last eight episodes of the Sixth Season. (I downloaded the last season on AMAZON) A total of two weeks (addictive) viewing.

    I have never watched anything like it. Brilliant!

    Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever.

    I know there is so much smoke blowing and sickening bullshit in this business, and I’ve sort of lost belief in anything really.

    From what started as a black comedy, descended into a labyrinth of blood, destruction and hell. It was like a great Jacobean, Shakespearian or Greek Tragedy.

    You and all the cast are the best actors I’ve ever seen.

    That may sound like a good lung full of smoke blowing. But it is not. It’s almost midnight out here in Malibu, and I felt compelled to write this email.

    Congratulations and my deepest respect. You are truly a great, great actor.

    Best regards

    Tony Hopkins.

    I’m not sure which is more shocking–the fact that Hopkins doesn’t sign his letters with “Sir Anthony Hopkins” or that a man of his caliber took the time to send a fan letter regarding a TV show. Regardless, it’s cool to see that Anthony Hopkins agrees with the rest of the world on Bryan Cranston and Breaking Bad.

    Do you agree with Hopkins’ take on Cranston and the rest of the Breaking Bad cast? Respond here.

    Buzzfeed has the full letter here.

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  • Anthony Hopkins Binge-Watched Breaking Bad and Loved It So Much He Wrote Bryan Cranston a Letter

    For the past two weeks, it appears that Sir Anthony Hopkins has been binge watching the hell out of Breaking Bad – and he really likes what he saw.

    So much so, in fact, that he felt compelled to write a letter to Bryan Cranston (and the whole Breaking Bad cast and crew) congratulating them on what he calls “epic,” and “rare artistry.”

    Although we can’t be 100% sure that this is real, it was shared by Steven Michael Quezada (Gomie) on Facebook (UPDATE: and Skinny Pete (Charlie Baker). So we’re thinking it’s legit.

    Post by Steven Michael Quezada.

    Here’s Sir Anthony Hopkins’ letter to the Breaking Bad team in its entirety:

    Dear Mister Cranston.

    I wanted to write you this email – so I am contacting you through Jeremy Barber – I take it we are both represented by UTA . Great agency.

    I’ve just finished a marathon of watching “BREAKING BAD” – from episode one of the First Season – to the last eight episodes of the Sixth Season. (I downloaded the last season on AMAZON) A total of two weeks (addictive) viewing.

    I have never watched anything like it. Brilliant!

    Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever.

    I know there is so much smoke blowing and sickening bullshit in this business, and I’ve sort of lost belief in anything really.

    But this work of yours is spectacular – absolutely stunning. What is extraordinary, is the sheer power of everyone in the entire production. What was it? Five or six years in the making? How the producers (yourself being one of them), the writers, directors, cinematographers…. every department – casting etc. managed to keep the discipline and control from beginning to the end is (that over used word) awesome.

    From what started as a black comedy, descended into a labyrinth of blood, destruction and hell. It was like a great Jacobean, Shakespearian or Greek Tragedy.

    If you ever get a chance to – would you pass on my admiration to everyone – Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, R.J. Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Steven Michael Quezada – everyone – everyone gave master classes of performance … The list is endless.

    Thank you. That kind of work/artistry is rare, and when, once in a while, it occurs, as in this epic work, it restores confidence.

    You and all the cast are the best actors I’ve ever seen.

    That may sound like a good lung full of smoke blowing. But it is not. It’s almost midnight out here in Malibu, and I felt compelled to write this email.

    Congratulations and my deepest respect. You are truly a great, great actor.

    Best regards

    Tony Hopkins.

    I’d like to imagine that Anthony Hopkins has the same appreciation for Breaking Bad as Hannibal Lecter has for good opera.

    Via r/BreakingBad, the source of all things incredible
    Image via Charles Baker, Facebook

  • Jessica Biel and Scarlett Johansson have Gone Psycho!

    Jessica Biel will play Vera Miles in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho. The movie is about Hitchcock’s directorial struggle to make the psychological thriller a masterpiece.

    The film was adapted from a book by Stephen Rebello with the same title. It was published in May 1990 and details the creation and evolution of the chilling classic.

    Hitchcock took on the film’s adaptation partly as an experiment and it went on to become an international box-office success and classic.

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    Rebello researched the film by analyzing Hitchcock’s personal records and archives. He interviewed virtually every surviving cast and crew member in the late 80s.

    Biel will stand as the woman to survive within Psycho while Johansson will be stabbed repeatedly during the steamy shower scene. The shower segment from the 1960s release is composed of more than 90 shots seen in 70 different camera angles. It took Hitchcock and his crew an entire week to film it. The entire film took only six weeks.

    Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock and Helen Mirren as his wife, Alma Reville.

    The cast continues to grow: According to firstshowing.net Danny Huston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Toni Collette, Michael Wincott have all joined the film; Collette is playing Peggy Robertson, Hitchcock’s longtime assistant, while Stuhlbarg will play the director’s big time agent Lew Wasserman. Huston is playing Whitfield Cook, friend to the director’s wife, and Wincott is playing Ed Gein, the real killer upon which Psycho is actually based.

    Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, will be directed by Sacha Gervasi and is scheduled to start filming later this year.

    Rebello discussed his book on a radio interview with Tom Snyder in 1990.