Atonement

March 28th
Atonement has now taken $126m around the world (four times its production budget) and is still in the US Top 50 this week - just.

March 27th
Atonement premieres on Sky Box Office multiplay in the UK from April 7th.

March 15th
The New York Times has an interesting article on US book publishing, and in particular the appeal of movie tie-in paperbacks, using the Knightley/McAvoy-fronted Atonement tie-in as an example.

March 10th
Here's Keira's pre-recorded acceptance speech from the Empires - short but sweet: 400kb
This is her eighth consecutive Empire nomination but her first win - and the only win for this role among the six major nominations (BAFTAs, Globes, Satellites, IFTAs, London Critics, Empires). Pity she wasn't there ! She cited 'filming commitments' for her absence.

March 9th
Keira won Best Actress at the Empire Film Awards tonight, beating Emma Watson, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie and Katherine Heigl. This is her first win for her role of Cecilia Tallis. The awards are voted for by the British movie-going public. James McAvoy won Best Actor and Atonement won Best British Film, making three wins for the movie out of six nominations. Keira did not attend. The ceremony is on ITV2 in the UK on Monday night. Article.

March 3rd
The green Atonement dress went for a cool $46,000 !!

Atonement will be out on DVD in Australia on April 30th.
Thanks Amy

February 29th
Atonement will be out on DVD in North America on March 18th
Thanks Jamie and others

Just one day left to bid on Keira's green Atonement dress at clothesoffourback.

February 25th
Atonement won just one Academy Award last night: Dario Marionelli won for Best Original Score. Keira did not attend, although James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan did.

February 23rd
Variety have an Atonement 'Awards Showcase' with an exclusive screening interview, plus all of the promo videos. Watch.

February 21st
The LA Times also has an article on Keira and Joe Wright.

February 19th
Variety has some interesting location details on Atonement.

February 12th
Keira attended the Elle Style Awards this evening, where she picked up the gong for Best Actress. Article.

February 10th
Atonement won Best Film at the BAFTAs !
The movie also won Best Production Design. Keira correctly predicted that Marion Cotillard would win Best Actress (see Sky News interview below). Keira was wearing a Valentino dress and an Alexander Wang jacket to keep out the chill.

Red carpet: BBC News (5Mb) - Sky News (3Mb) - E! (3Mb)
Best Film acceptance speech: BBC (4Mb)
Keira at post-awards party, Grosvenor Hotel: Sky News (1.7Mb)
Press releases: AFP - UPI- BBC

February 5th
Atonement is now available on DVD in the UK, and it's currently No.1 on Amazon. They also have a Keira 'In The Spotlight' feature this week.

Helena Bonham-Carter beat Keira to the Evening Standard Awards Best Actress gong last night. Article.

February 4th
Keira is up for one of six nominations for Atonement in the Empire Magazine Film Awards, to be held on March 10th. Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Director are the categories. This is the seventh consecutive year Keira has been nominated at the Empires, but is yet to win. The first time was Best Newcomer for The Hole back in 2002.

January 31st
Atonement won four of six nominations at the inaugural Richard Attenborough Awards in London last night, voted for by UK journalists. Awards won were Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Director. Keira was up for Best Actress but lost out to Cate Blanchett. Article.

Keira's green Atonement dress will be auctioned from tomorrow by ClothesOffOurBack in aid of California children's charity Variety. It is one of several identical dresses made for the movie under supervision of Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline Durran. Article - Auction site.

January 28th
Teachers at Keira's former school have apparently signed a BAFTAs good luck card, as she missed out on an Oscar nomination. Article.

Atonement is now at its widest screening in North America (1,400 theatres), and has now taken nearly $38m there alone. Total global box office should break $100m in the next ten days.

January 25th
Keira, James, Saoirse and Romola are all up for Evening Standard British Film Award nominations, and Atonement is up for Best Film, Screenplay and Costume. The ceremony will be held in London on February 4th.

January 22nd
Keira has missed out on an Academy Award nomination for Atonement, although the movie did get seven noms overall, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography. See my blog post for the categories and competition. The ceremony will take place (possibly) on February 24th.

To make up for today's disappointment, I have put online a huge collection of praise for Keira's performance in Atonement from critics worldwide. See the Praise page.

Keira's second appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show will premiere in the UK on the 31st at 1.30pm on fiveLife.

The release of Atonement on DVD in the UK on February 4th (HD DVD on March 10th) will have a standard single release and also a double pack release with Pride & Prejudice. Pre-order here.

January 16th
Keira has received her first BAFTA nomination, for Best Actress in Atonement. The film leads the nominees with a total of 14 nominations. Read my blog post for the competitors in each of the categories. This makes amends for BAFTA's snub of Keira in 2006 for her role in Pride & Prejudice. Director Joe Wright had a dig at the organisation during his acceptance speech for Best Director. See it here (1.5Mb) if you haven't seen it. The ceremony will be on February 10th in London.

January 13th
Atonement won Best Film - Drama at last night's Golden Globe Awards, and Dario Marianelli won for Best Original Score. Article
The BAFTA noms are announced this Wednesday, 16th. Oscar noms are out next Tuesday, 22nd.

January 6th
Members of the Screen Actors Guild, including Keira, have unanimously agreed to boycott next Sunday's Golden Globe Awards unless an agreement is worked out before then regarding the ongoing strike brought by Hollywood writers over royalty payments. The ceremony itself is still due to go ahead at present. Article.

January 2nd
Atonement is now at No.14 in the US charts, having taken $11.2m since opening. Global tally is now just over $47m.

Keira's green Atonement dress has been voted cinema's best ever gown in a poll by Sky Movies and readers of InStyle magazine, who presumably have very short memories.

December 23rd
The interview I referred to on November 28th, where Keira and James McAvoy would ask each other questions submitted by you, can now be viewed online here.
Thanks Amy

The Screen Actors Guild have once again ignored Keira and her projects, with no nominations for Atonement's cast, crew or the production itself. The press are concluding that this will be reflected in the Oscar nominations, but it obviously didn't for Pride & Prejudice.

Atonement is now playing on nearly 300 screens in the US, wit a tally up to Friday of $4.3m. It was No.9 on last week's US box office chart, despite playing on only 3% of the cinema count typical of a wide release.

December 17th
Keira was featured on the CBS show 'Sunday Morning' on, er..., Sunday morning. The video is now online.
Thanks Anne

Atonement widened to 117 cinemas across the US last week, taking in a further $1.85m giving a new US total of $2.9m and a global tally of just under $35m. It will expand further across the US over the next three weeks.

You will soon be able to get your hands on Keira's green dress from Atonement as fashion house Faviana are to make a line of cheap copies, launching in the US in January. Article.
Thanks Sal

December 14th
More Globes reaction from the ladies...
Keira: ''I was sitting in my living room actually nursing a hangover when my agent sent a text saying congratulations.''
Saoirse: ''We're all jumping around at the moment. It's just fantastic. I'm working today, so I don't know whether I'll be able to celebrate, but we'll probably have a nice dinner when we get home from work.''

Atonement has now widened to 117 theaters in the US, hardly enough for people to see what all the Globes fuss was about. Australia is the next big market, opening there on the 26th. It's still to open in many European countries throughout January, and has recently recouped its budget of $30m.

December 13th
Keira has been nominated for her second Golden Globe Award, for her role of Cecilia Tallis in Atonement. The film has been nominated in ALL the important categories and has more nominations - seven - than any other film.
Best Actress - Keira Knightley
Best Actor - James Macavoy
Best Supporting Actress - Saoirse Ronan
Best Director - Joe Wright
Best Screenplay - Christopher Hampton
Best Original Score - Dario Marionelli
Best Film Drama
For the full nominations in these categories, see the blog. The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on January 13th.

Reaction:
Keira: "I'm absolutely thrilled, and it's so wonderful that the film has been nominated in so many categories. I adored making it, and am delighted for Joe, James, Saoirse and everyone involved."

James: "It is a great honour to have been nominated for a Golden Globe among such illustrious company".

Saoirse: "I loved playing Briony, so this is incredibly exciting for myself and my families - my family at home and my Atonement family. I am so happy that they were recognised for their achievements. Go Raibh Mile Maith Agaibh - that means 'thank you very much' in Irish."

The London Film Critics Awards have also announced their nominations today, with virtually the same noms as the Golden Globes:
British Actress - Keira Knightley
British Director - Joe Wright
British Actor - James Macavoy
British Supporting Actress - Saoirse Ronan
British Breakthrough - Saoirse Ronan
Screenplay - Christopher Hampton
For the full nominations in these categories, click here. The ceremony will take place in London on February 8th.
Thanks Caladonia

December 9th
Early estimates have a debut box office of $817,000 for Atonement in the US this weekend. Considering it's only on 32 screens in its first week, that's a very respectable $25,500 per screen. It opens wider next week.

FadingAtonement has a nice collection of Atonement 'For Your Consideration' promotions in the US movie industry press, published to catch the eye of the Oscar voting committee.

December 8th
This week's Ellen interview can be seen here.

There's another interview in MoviesOnline, and one on About.com, plus Variety's 'Eye on the Oscars' series has a Keira feature.

December 7th
Keira matched her Grecian look at the UK premiere of Atonement in September with a similar look last night at the LA prem. Pics here and here. A video from the LA Times here.

Many of the UK papers are carrying the Interview magazine pics today, and even the Daily Mail are quite complimentary.

More interviews and articles today: Dallas Morning News - USAToday - CinemaBlend - Film.com - Ledger
Thanks Troy

December 6th
Keira has the big interview in this month's Backstage movie industry journal, certain to be read by the Oscar voting committee (incidentally, Academy Award nominations will be announced on January 22nd. The ceremony will be on February 24th). The scans are on the Magazines page. It's an oversize publication so the interview is scanned in separate parts.
Thanks Rachel and AF

December 5th
There are more pics from the New York Atonement screening here.

KK.net also have HQ versions of the GMA and Regis interviews.
Thanks Nicky

December 4th
Here's the full set of the photoshoot I linked to earlier, and some pics from the Cinema Society screening of Atonement in NYC.

Here's the Regis & Kelly interview and the Good Morning America interview, both from Monday.
Thanks to the YouTubers who posted them.

December 2nd
Keira and Joe Wright will attend a special screening of Atonement in New York on Monday night, sponsored by Chanel, and part of Andrew Saffir's Cinema Society season. Article.
Thanks Fliss

Plenty of Keira interviews in the North American press this weekend, and Oscar talk in the Times of London:
NYPost - Twin Cities - Boston Globe - Jam! - StarTelegram - Toronto Star - Sunday Times

And here's an interview with Joe Wright. And here he is being pinned down by two brutes in a hotel room.

December 1st
Keira has received her first Best Actress nomination for Cecilia Tallis in Atonement, from the International Press Academy Satellite Awards. Saoirse Ronan has also been nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role as Briony. The ceremony will be held on December 16th. Full list of nominees.

Keira has arrived in New York ahead of this week's Atonement promotions. See pap snaps. She landed in New York instead of LA because she is due to appear not only on Regis & Kelly but also on Good Morning America on Monday 3rd. To recap the promos so far:
3rd - Good Morning America; Live With Regis & Kelly
6th - Ellen Degeneres Show (Note: Ellen's official site is not listing Keira's appearance at all this week?); Atonement prem, Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills, LA

November 30th
Keira will pay her second visit to The Ellen Degeneres Show on Thursday 6th.  It has not been announced which part of her body she will be playing a tune on this year.

Boston Now has a short interview with Keira.

Focus Features is now pushing for Atonement Oscar attention in the Hollywood industry press, as can be seen by these spreads currently on eBay.

November 28th
Would you like to ask Keira a question ? And for that question to be asked by James MacAvoy ? Well now you can, thanks to AOL Moviefone's Unscripted series. Keira and James will be asking each other questions set by you, so submit your questions now! More info
Thanks Andie

November 25th
Here is Keira's speech from the Variety Club of Great Britain ShowBiz Awards (after actor Charlie Cox bumbles his way through the introduction). I've left in the last part of Jerry Springer's acceptance speech too as he gets a little starstruck when he spots Keira at the front table !: 3Mb

November 23rd
Keira will be a guest of Regis and Kelly on Monday December 3rd in the US.

November 21st
Hollywood.com has Keira among its Oscar contenders feature, as does Variety.
Thanks Thais

The US premiere of Atonement will be held at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Thursday 6th, with arrivals from 6pm. Keira is due to be in the US all that week for promotions. If the writers' strike continues it may jeopardise any talk shows that have been planned so keep an ear to the ground for any short-notice 'replacement' promotions.

November 19th
Congrats to Keira who won Best Film Actress for Atonement at last night's Variety Club of Great Britain Showbusiness Awards. UK viewers can see the ceremony next Saturday on Sky Three at 8pm, repeated on Sky One at 3pm on Sunday.
Articles: Daily Mail - Sky - BBC - Telegraph

November 18th
There's an Atonement feature in December's Vanity Fair, as this scan shows.
Thanks Kylen

November 13th
British-made films accounted for more than a quarter of UK box office figures this year, a new report reveals. Movies including Atonement made up 27%, up a whopping 19% on the whole of last year. Article.

This week's Entertainment Weekly has a couple of features on Atonement, one on the costumes and one in its 'Oscar contenders' feature. Scan 1 - 2
Thanks Rachel

October 14th
Keira may be heading to Australia to promote Atonement in December. This will be the farthest she's gone to promote a movie since the Tokyo visit for Love Actually in 2003. Article.

October 3rd
The LA Times has an Atonement audio interview with Keira here.

September 28th
Atonement and Keira are already top of the polls for Oscar predictions, according to this table.
Thanks Drew

Atonement climbed back up one place to No.2 at the UK box office last weekend, taking another £1.16m.

September 21st
Here's an interesting article on Stokesay Court, one of the major locations used for Atonement.
Thanks Tim

September 20th
The Daily Mirror had an interview with Keira today.

Atonement slipped one place to No.3 in the UK Box Office over the weekend, now totalling $8.8m after just 10 days.

September 18th
Keira, James and Joe were interviewed in an hour long programme on E4 this morning, but mostly consisting of music videos. Here's the Keira edit (7Mb). You'd think caption writers would know how to spell her name by now.

September 12th
Entertainment Weekly have a long interview re: Atonement.
Thanks Caitlin

September 11th
Atonement took £1.6m at the UK box office in its opening weekend, but was kept off the top spot by Simon Pegg's comedy Run, Fat Boy, Run.

Keira attended the North American premiere of Atonement at the Toronto Film Festival yesterday. See pics hereand here.

September 7th
Keira's interview with Jonathan Ross can be downloaded from here (31Mb). As her biggest-audience UK interview to date it wasn't bad at all, although as ever you can only be as good with your answers as the questions you get asked, which weren't exactly new. However, we do get to see a clip from Keira's first ever TV appearance, in A Royal Celebration when she was seven.

Review site RottenTomatoes has an interview with Keira.

And the house from Atonement, Stokesay Court, comes under the spotlight in this article. The Shropshire pile will be opening its doors to the public while the film is at cinemas.
Thanks Lily

September 6th
Here's today's two interviews from ITV. Apologies for the sound quality: GMTV (16Mb) - ITV This Morning (11Mb)

Keira is interviewed in The Times today.

September 5th
Here is Sky Movies' 25 minute behind the scenes special on Atonement, in 3 parts (each 13Mb): One - Two - Three

And the BBC's interview with Keira from the prem (1Mb).

September 4th
Keira attended the UK premiere of Atonement in London's Leicester Square this evening. Crowds were down on previous prems due to a London tube (subway) strike. Here's a few vids I grabbed earlier tonight:
ITV London (6Mb) - Sky (6Mb) - Sky interview (1.5Mb)

September 2nd
Belgian TV showed a two minute interview with Keira from Venice (4.4Mb)
Thanks Pieter

Today's Sunday Telegraph magazine has an in-depth interview with Keira.
Thanks David

And there was long article on Atonement in The Times on Saturday.

August 31st
Plenty of article coverage from Venice, or just about Keira in general. Here's a 'pin-up or put down' article from today's Telegraph. And there's tons more here, here and here.
Thanks Lily, David, Dan and others

August 30th
Today's Independent newspaper has a very nice profile of Keira.

Most of today's news programmes are covering tomorrow's Diana anniversary, but Sky News had a decent clip from Venice (2.6Mb).

August 28th
Keira's first interview for Atonement was broadcast today on BBC Breakfast show. Watchor read. Nothing new really.

Keira has arrived in Venice for tomorrow's festival-opening premiere of Atonement.
Thanks Serena

August 27th
Amazon (strangely) has the US, and different, version of the Atonement trailer.
Thanks Caladonia

August 24th
Canadian entertainment show eTalk Daily have confirmed Keira's attendance at the Toronto Film Festival next month as they will have a special feature spending the day with her as she attends the Atonement premiere next month.
Thanks Martin

And here's the Daily Mail's latest weekly push for Atonement. Today's Telegraph also has an interview with Joe Wright.

Check the TV Guide for the first batch of Atonement promo shows in the UK. TV ads have now started appearing in the UK and many cinemas are having early preview screenings.

August 19th
Despite my comments below about the Atonement clips being among YouTube's most-viewed clips of the week, YouTube have now removed many of them at the request of Universal Pictures due to copyright infringement. I am well aware of copyright law but if Universal don't want me to help promote their movies, then I won't. Their loss.

The Daily Mail has yet another Keira/Atonement feature.

August 17th
In response to several requests - and cursings of QuickTime - I have ripped and uploaded the six Atonement featurettes from the Working Title site to my YouTube page. (All of the clips I have uploaded this week have entered the daily Honours of Top100 watched clips on YouTube).

Pirates DMC premieres on Sky Movies on August 25th. And Keira will be a guest of Jonathan Ross on the first episode of his new BBC1 series on September 7th, the day of release for Atonement in the UK. I guess this is the highest-profile talk show now on British telly, since Parkinson called it a day. Article.

August 16th
Working Title now have six featurettes online for Atonement, which can be viewed here.

August 15th
Here is the fountain-dipping scene from Atonement. Online at GQ Italy or full-screen playable on my YouTube page.
Thanks Harriet

August 13th
What appears to be the full compliment of promotional and on-set Atonement photos have been posted here.
Thanks Harriet, Mandy, Monika

August 12th
Here's the latest in the Daily Mail's almost-daily series of Atonement articles.
Thanks Tamise

The Daily Telegraph has the first behind-the-scenes video from the set of Atonement, featuring interviews with cast and author. Watch it on-site here, but I've also ripped it and uploaded it to YouTube so you can watch it full-screen here.
Thanks Tamise

The new issue of GQ magazine has a 5-page spread on Atonement.
Thanks Harriet

August 9th
The Guardian film critic says good things about Atonement in his blog, and interviews Joe Wright (mp3 download).
Thanks Caladonia

August 8th
Shropshire Atonement filming location Stokesay Court has launched a web site ahead of it becoming a tourist trap once the movie opens. Check the site for details.
Thanks Tim

August 5th
Keira makes the cover of The Sunday Times Culture magazine today, with a great article on the page-to-screen adaptation of Atonement. Article.
Thanks Tamise, Caladonia

July 30th
Here is the first full review of Atonement, and a taste of things to come I think.
Thanks Caladonia

And here is a full-size Atonement poster.
Thanks Eugenia

July 27th
And Atonement will also be part of the selection at the Toronto Film Festival in September, it has been confirmed.
Thanks Cassie, Caladonia

July 26th
The full Atonement trailer is now available, ending with a new release date for the UK: September 7th - one week earlier than planned. Watch - Download
Thanks Fliss, Troy, Caladonia

July 24th
The official Atonement site is online now.
Thanks Caladonia

July 20th
The Daily Mail's showbiz editor also gives another glowing review of Atonement in his column today. Article.

July 17th
Atonement's UK premiere will be on Tuesday September 4th at the Odeon cinema in London's Leicester Square.
This will be six days after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Keira's agent has confirmed to me today that Keira WILL be in Venice for the premiere on August 29th.

July 15th
The UK film censors have rated Atonement a '15' for "very strong language, moderate sex and bloody injuries" (not in the same scene, I hope!). A running time of 122mins has also been revealed. Thanks Henrique

July 3rd
Some more Atonement stills have appeared and can be seen here.
Thanks Harriet

June 29th
Here's a billboard poster for Atonement.
Thanks Harriet

June 27th
More glowing praise for Atonement, this time from The Observer.

June 22nd
The Daily Mail seems to be engaged in its own atonement since Keira's legal challenge with the tabloid earlier in the year, as it seems to mention Atonement every week lately. Today, the showbiz editor provides a glowing review of the movie following a press screening at the Soho Hotel in West London on Monday. It also confirms the re-pairing of Dario Marinelli and Jean-Yves Thibaudet to provide the score, as they did so beautifully for P&P.  Article.

June 21st
Here's an article about the fountain scene in Atonement.

June 15th
Atonement will open the Venice Film Festival on August 29th, it was announced today, followed by a gala party on the Excelsior beach. This is great publicity for the movie which is already a hot tip for Oscar nominations. Article.
There's a two-page feature on it at the official Venice Festival site.

June 13th
A new batch of high-resolution Atonement pics featuring Keira exclusively has been released. See them at KeiraDaily.
Thanks Fliss

June 10th
Scans from Empire, Sugar and Mizz are now online on the Magazines page.
Thanks David, Henrique, Harriet

The WT site has some more Atonement filming pics.

June 5th
A new set of Atonement filming pics has been posted at the WT site. And here's an impressive review of Joe Wright's premiere of three new clips at the Hay Literary Festival.
Thanks Harriet, Tim

April 20th
Well the films for Cannes have been announced and there's no sign of Atonement or Silk....

April 14th
Today's Daily Mail says that Hurricane Lohan will blow into the UK next weekend, with a Best Time script read-through on the 23rd, followed by rehearsals - not including the romp scene that is mentioned, as Matthew Rhys has already admitted he made that up (even Jay Leno mentioned it this week!) - and that filming commences on May 7th. Article.

April 13th
The Empire magazine site now has the Atonement teaser in a variety of formats and resolutions. Watch.
Thanks Claire

April 11th
The longer Atonement trailer is now available from here (original widescreen), and is also online at YouTube. There's also footage from Keira's 2005 Candice photoshoot for WaterAid.
Thanks Harriet

April 1st
Here's an interview with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey in which he talks about Atonement.

March 31st
There's an extended trailer for Atonement on the DVD of The Holiday - that's the Cameron Diaz movie, not Mr. Bean (although their acting is similar).
Thanks Fliss

March 29th
The LA Times refers to the Oscar-positioning of Atonement here.

March 27th
The US release of Atonement has been pushed back to December 7th. As with Pride & Prejudice (distributed in North America by the same company, Focus Features), this may well be to catch the Oscar committee's votes before their submission deadline. P&P was released in the UK in September, but early November in the US, getting a gradually wider release into December.
Source: FocusFeatures.com, BoxOfficeMojo.com

March 13th
I have now 'supersized' the two Atonement clips, and without pixellation ! :
Clip 4Mb - Teaser 5Mb

March 12th
EXCLUSIVE: Here is your first look at Atonement, courtesy BBC Film2007. A short sequence of clips was shown during a profile of Working Title Films, followed by what I assume is the teaser trailer. Both segments are in this one clip. Enjoy! 1.5Mb
(c) Working Title Films Credit: BBC

March 8th
According to the Daily Mail, Keira and James McAvoy recorded an extra scene last weekend in Dover (on the Southern coast of England) for Atonement. Article.

March 5th
USA Today mentions Atonement in its Oscars 2008 preview. A bit early but the buzz is better than no buzz. Article.

February 22nd
IMDb has new, earlier dates for the US release of both Silk (August 3rd) and Atonement (August 31st). Subject to change.

February 18th
KKDaily has a very nice new still from Atonement.
Thanks Rachel

January 20th
Joe Wright talks about post-production on Atonement about halfway down this interview with the Working Title Films founders.
Thanks Tamise

The world premiere of Atonement is looking increasingly like the Cannes Film Festival in May, as was rumoured many months ago. Shropshire County Council tried to secure a showing for the Borderlines Film Festival in March (Shropshire's Stokesay Castle was used extensively in the film) but Working Title said they were keeping the premiere for Cannes.
Thanks Tim

January 7th
Atonement's cinematographer Seamus McGarvey says of the movie in Thursday's Variety: "I've seen a rough cut, and it's an absolutely extraordinary film."
And Today's Sunday Times looks ahead to this year's movies, stating:
Once the awards season has been stretchlimoed away and the summer sequels are just so much stale popcorn, it will be time for weightier stuff again. One of the autumn’s contenders is Atonement (September 14), based on Ian McEwan’s wartime bestseller. Article.

December 23rd
Here's another new pic from Atonement, featured in the new issue of Empire film magazine, together with a few quotes from cast and crew. More importantly, there's a UK release date: September 14th. This is a good omen as it's the same week Pride & Prejudice opened.
Thanks 'painfullyuncool'

December 22nd
Today's Daily Mail has a short article about Atonement, with a new pic of Keira and Saoirse Ronan. (As I guess we'll be reading her name quite often next year, I've discovered that Saoirse is pronounced 'seer-sha'). Article.
Thanks Tamise

December 18th
And here's a camcorder clip taken by soemone on the beaches of Redcar during Atonement filming. Keira wasn't there of course but it's the most open 'closed set' you're likely to see for a long time !
Thanks KDA

December 3rd
KeiraSeduction has uncovered a slightly larger version of the Atonement pic I posted a few days ago.

November 28th
On the right is what I believe to be the first official still to emerge from Atonement (as opposed to pap snaps from the set). Obviously there must be bigger versions just released, and usually about half a dozen or so. No doubt they'll surface shortly.
Thanks Amo

Atonement author Ian McEwan has been accused of plagiarising a war memoir autobiography by Lucilla Andrews for his bestselling novel. McEwan has denied the allegations. Article.

November 14th
In an interview for French magazine Figaro, Atonement author Ian McEwan says he's seen a rough-cut of the movie and has described Keira's performance as 'great'. Google translated version here. Original here.

October 22nd
Joe Wright talks about Atonement in tomorrow's edition of Variety. The article in full is on the Newsletter right now. It says that the novel's author Ian McEwan "was 'very constructively involved' in reviewing drafts of the script", but also states that "a demanding post-production schedule is not expected to yield a rough cut until April." Release is set for September.

October 20th
IMDb now lists late August to mid-September for Atonement's release in principal countries, thus running into October for most other countries. But with Silk also pencilled in for October I can smell another P&P/Domino schedule shuffle in the offing.

September 9th
Working Title have issued a news update announcing that filming on Atonement has now wrapped. We now have to wait till the end of next summer to see the results.

August 27th
Atonement completes filming in Redcar today. Article.

August 15th
A photographer is putting together a photo study of the Redcar locations for the Atonement filming.

August 13th
EXCLUSIVE: Having contacted Working Title's publicist for Atonement yesterday, I can confirm that Keira has now wrapped filming all her scenes for the movie and that she will not be involved in the subsequent filming in the Grimsby and Redcar areas in the coming weeks.
Thanks Rachel

August 12th
More on Redcar's transformation here, here and here.

August 7th
Let's hope Universal get Keira to do the publicity for Atonement if its author Ian McEwan's comments so far are anything to go by (scroll down). Or maybe he was being sarcastic.
There's been a new LiveJournal set up here for the movie.

July 31st
More pics from the exterior London set of Atonement. The paparazzi must feel like they've won the lottery - Keira Knightley, filming, in public! The shots of her in the nurse's uniform made some of the UK tabloids today, with the predictable headlines about men having their pulses checked and being in need of medical attention, etc. Yes folks, it's Carry On Keira! Ooh, matron.

July 30th
Yet more Atonement pics have appeared of Keira as a nurse in London.

July 27th
Here's another set of Atonement pap snaps, this time from Westminster in central London. Marvel as Keira posts a letter - is there no end to this woman's talents ?

July 26th
Atonement shooting in Grimsby will take place August 16th-18th, with an open casting call, according to this article. And here are the high resolution versions of yesterday's pics.

July 25th
KeiraDaily has a new set of pap snaps from the set of Atonement.

July 24th
Atonement filming has now finished in Shropshire and is currently ongoing in Westminster, central London.

July 23rd
EXCLUSIVE: Here are the first two official production stills from the set of Atonement, Stokesay Court in Shropshire. They don't feature any cast but they will form part of Working Title's production gallery nearer the film's release. One - Two.
Thanks Tim (c) Working Title Films

July 17th
We finally have some pics from the set of Atonement, albeit pap snaps. And there's some more details about costumes etc. from last Friday's Daily Mail.
Thanks Amo, KeiraSeduction

June 30th
Today's Daily Mail has Keira's first interview about Atonement.

June 28th
Working Title have an update on Atonement here.

Thanks AmoJune 20th
Atonement update:
- Filming is now underway at Pinewood-Shepperton Studios in London, and at Stokesay Court, Onibury, near Ludlow in Shropshire (until July 18th, pre-war scenes). Filming moves to Redcar (Dunkirk scenes) in late July until early August.
Thanks to an Atonement 'insider'
- Monday's Variety confirmed a few more details: "Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave and Romola Garai have joined the cast of helmer Joe Wright's "Atonement," which started shooting in the U.K. last week. Pic stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, with a script by Christopher Hampton adapted from Ian McEwan's novel. Newcomer Saoirse Ronan will play a 13-year-old who damages the lives of all around her when she accuses her sister's boyfriend of a crime he did not commit."

June 19th
Time Out reports on the start of Atonement filming, with the additional name of Romola Garai in the cast list. Article.

June 18th
Here's an interview with Keira's Atonement co-star James McAvoy from earlier this week.

June 11th
Atonement filming is due to take place this week in Ludlow, Shropshire and the nearby Stokesay Castle.
Thanks Lina

June 7th
Atonement starts filming next Monday, the Working Title site reports. The Matthew MacFadyen rumour appears to be unfounded, but Brenda Blethyn does reunite with Keira after Pride & Prejudice. And director Joe Wright of course.
Thanks Isy

June 6th
There's more DMC pics online here.

May 30th
This snippet says a casting call is being held in Shropshire today for Atonement. Keira lookalikes are apparently required.

May 26th
Here's more on Redcar's impending transformation into Dunkirk for Atonement. Article.

April 28th
South Shropshire is the first filming location outside of North East England to be announced for Atonement, according to this story in a Shropshire paper. It also confirms the rumours that Matthew MacFadyen will once again co-star with Keira.

April 6th

Further to yesterday's news regarding Redcar becoming Dunkirk for the filming of Atonement, it appears that Keira won't be in town as Cecilia is not involved in those scenes. But then again the screenplay doesn't have to follow the script !
Thanks Anna, Josh

April 5th

The North Yorkshire town of Redcar may well become part of the film set for Atonement, according to this article. I've yet to read the novel so I have no idea if the planned Dunkirk scenes involve Keira's character Cecilia. I'm sure some kind soul will enlighten me.

March 31st

The Daily Mail reveals more about Atonement today, stating that James McAvoy has been cast as Robbie Turner, Keira's eventual love interest and a major character in the story. Kristin Scott Thomas, Emily Watson, Daniel Mays, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nonso Anozie and Juno Temple are all rumoured to be attached to the project.

March 30th

Working Title have amended their casting call relating to Atonement to say that Keira will be playing Cecilia (as originally announced by the Daily Mail), and not Bryony as the WT article first said.
Thanks Amo, Corey

March 17th

A bit more info on Atonement has emerged today, with a casting call from Working Title, and a cast update from the Daily Mail. Note the former says Keira will play the adult Briony, while the latter says the previously announced Cecilia.
Thanks Cindy

March 3rd

NEW MOVIE !!!

Keira has signed for 'Atonement', adapted from the novel by Ian McEwan. The Daily Mail's (usually reliable) showbiz columnist has this news today and says that filming will be in June/July, which will place it after Silk and before the remainder of Pirates 3. The same columnist broke the news about Silk. BAFTA-winning director of Pride & Prejudice Joe Wright will again direct Keira, who will play Cecilia, and the movie will be produced by Paul Webster of Kudos Films, who also produced P&P.
The publisher has this synopsis of Atonement: "On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilla strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start, and will have become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone."
There are more details, including a short interview with Ian McEwan discussing the book here (beware spoilers). The Atonement page of Ian's official web site is here , and a database of reviews and critiques can be found here.