2010 News Archive

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August 5th
Never Let Me Go will get its European premiere on October 13th as the launch movie of the 2010 London Film Festival. With London Boulevard still set for an October 15th UK release, it's currently looking like two premieres in a week for Keira. Article - Official Site

July 31st
Keira is among a number of female celebs who have been photographed by Nick Haddow for a book project called MySafePlace. The brainchild of actress Emma Thompson, it aims to raise funds and awareness for the Helen Bamber Foundation, which helps to rebuild lives for survivors of human rights violations. Photographs collected so far, including Keira's, can be seen at mysafeplace.co.uk. A couple more new photos can be seen at sweet-keira.

July 29th
Never Let Me Go has now appeared on the UK cinema release calendar with a date of January 28th. It's no coincidence, surely, that this is just three days after the Oscar nominations are announced.

Also, in a new Italian interview with Sam Worthington, he says Last Night will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.

As it stands, then (subject to change):
- Never Let Me Go: Premiere Toronto FF September 9th-19th; US release September 15th; UK January 28th
- Last Night: Premiere Toronto FF September 9th-19th; US & UK release Late 2010
- London Boulevard: Premiere TBA; US TBA; UK October 15th
- A Dangerous Method: Premiere TBA (possibly Berlin FF), US & UK February 2011

July 28th
The Suicide Brothers will be released on iTunes on September 21st via Shorts International, according to this press release. The company owns ShortsTV in both the US and UK, so it should appear on those channels eventually. It's currently showing Keira in New Year's Eve.
Thanks Danielle

July 27th
Never Let Me Go will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, it was announced today. The fest runs September 9th to 19th. Article.

July 26th
The official poster for Never Let Me Go is online at the LA Times. Click on it for full size. Much will be made of the fact that Keira is absent in all but name, and I'm not sure it really 'sells' the film, to be honest. No tagline either - I wonder if this is the finished product? The clues are there: the 'sliced' lettering, the characters running, suggestive of a race against time. But you'd only make that connection if you've read the book.

The LA Business Journal has an update on The Film Department, the company that was due to produce Keira in The Beautiful & Damned. The company has suffered financial setbacks lately but may now be entering a new chapter in its history, and the F Scott Fitzgerald biopic is still on its slate.

As it's funded by us Brits, the BBC has to keep telling us how it's spending our money. They've put together a couple of showreels promoting its film production investment arm, BBC Films. One on TV I saw yesterday had clips from The Duchess, and there's a different one here with more Duchess clips.

Meanwhile, our shiny new government has closed down the UK Film Council, without which many global British hits, including Bend It Like Beckham, would probably never have happened.

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July 25th
A German article about the final day's filming of A Dangerous Method says that the film may get a February release. The photo of Keira on that page can be seen bigger on a Michael Fassbender fan page here.

July 22nd
Filming on A Dangerous Method is due to wrap tomorrow, the 23rd on Lake Constance. There are some distant pap snap thumbnails of Keira & co. here. And there's an ORF2 news feature on Youtube from the Vienna filming days.

In an interview with CinemaBlend, Eva Mendes says Last Night will get a late 2010 release and will show at the Rome Film Festival in October.

July 14th
The Oscar buzz is hotting up for Never Let Me Go, with both RopeOfSilicon and Variety having articles. And this page has been cited as its official site, although it doesn't look like one. Fox owns neverletmegomovie.com which currently redirects to the above, so this is likely to be the official site nearer the time of release.

July 3rd
There's a great screening review of Never Let Me Go in today's Daily Mail.

July 1st
A few set pics from the Viennese filming of A Dangerous Method have appeared online.

The release date for Never Let Me Go in the US has provisionally been pulled forward to September 15th, possibly to tie in with a screening at the Toronto Film Festival ?

June 27th
Filming in Germany of A Dangerous Method has completed, and production has moved on to Austria.

June 15th
The trailer for Never Let Me Go is online now at apple.com/trailers and foxsearchlight.com. I won't upload it to Youtube for copyright reasons, but you can download it from here (13Mb).

June 11th
Citizen journalist site TrueSlant has an article on fidelity, focussing on Last Night.

June 7th
London Boulevard looks set for an October 15th UK release. A couple of reliable film databases now have this date published. An October 1st limited US release of Never Let Me Go, already reported by Mark Romanek, suggests a busy September on the promo circuit for Keira, and premieres to follow in quick succession.

June 5th
The harrassment case between Keira and Marek Daniluk has collapsed, after Keira was unable to testify at any of the scheduled court dates. Report.

Disney will finalise a deal with tycoon financiers on Monday, according to the LA Times. This should still include the seven unreleased titles including Last Night.

May 25th
Keira appears on the cover of, and inside, Russia's Elle magazine for June: Cover - Shoot.

Here's a French interview with David Cronenberg regarding A Dangerous Method, which starts filming in Europe this week.

Never Let Me Go's director Mark Romanek has Tweeted info on the movie's release, stating a limited US release on October 1st, with a trailer coming soon. How refreshing for the people who matter to share info with us fans.

May 15th
ScreenDaily has an interview with London Boulevard screenplay writer William Monaghan, as the film is shortly to be shown at Cannes. If anyone with a subscription to the site can oblige the interview, please email me above. Thanks

And there's a few more mentions of Last Night this week in interviews with Eva and Sam.

May 10th
You can see part of the Pearson Wright video installation Maze at this web site.

May 7th
There will be a private viewing of the Keira-starrer film Maze, part of Stuart Pearson Wright's exhibition I Remember You on May 26th, and the exhibition continues until June 9th. There's more on the video installation in this article.

Keira is sixth in a poll by Max Factor buyers to find the world's most glamorous women. Victoria Beckham came out top, strangely.

May 4th
Gaumont have stated that Last Night will be released in France in February 2011, although this article has a less than inspiring update on the fate of Miramax and its remaining releases. Co-star Guillaume Canet talks about the movie in this interview.
Thanks Danielle

April 30th
This, apparently, is the first official publicity pic for London Boulevard although it's nothing new to most people who keep an eye on Keira-related pics or the Youtube phone camera videos from the set. But at least it's the first stage towards an actual release! Still no date set, and I doubt anything will appear before the World Cup's over in mid-July now.

I came across this article recently, from an Autumn 2008 film techniques magazine. It's about The Suicide Brothers. Just shows what's out there if you look hard enough... We only got to hear about this film when Lula magazine featured it in March 2009!

Site News: I have uploaded all known Production Notes documents relating to Keira's projects - many official, some gathered from movie sites, some from personal correspondence with the filmmakers: Filmography.

April 25th
UPI has picked up on distribution of A Dangerous Method to Europe and South Africa. Article.

Keira is joint seventh on the Under-30s list of The Sunday Times Rich List, with a reported £28m fortune.

April 21st
Keira has been linked (of course) with the role of Nicole Diver in a new adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is The Night. No director is yet attached but it seems unlikely Keira would do both an adaptation of the man's work as well as the biopic of Fitzgerald The Beautiful & Damned. Article.

The Times has an interview with artist Mitch Griffiths who says that his portrait of Keira will not be nude, despite press reports.

April 14th
Keira has recorded a short film for display as a video installation at a forthcoming London exhibition of the work of artist Stuart Pearson Wright. Entitled 'Maze', the film stars Keira and Pearson Wright as lovers trying to reach each other through a garden maze. The film cost just £15,000 to make although Keira was not paid for her part. The film can be seen at The Riflemaker Gallery in West London from May 5th to June 26th. Exclusive interview.

Meanwhile, images of Keira taken by Arthur Elgort for Vogue in 2007 (the African Masai shoot) will be auctioned at Christie's tomorrow for the Crisis charity. Article.

Keira's next project The Talking Cure has a new title, A Dangerous Method, according to ProductionWeekly.com, and states a mid-May start in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich.

April 12th
Came across this recently if you're into movie tours. Visit the locations used in Atonement, in both London and Shropshire - trips are fortnightly from May to October. Please mention KeiraWeb if you book!

April 8th
E! Online is reporting that Keira has ruled herself out of a role in Captain America (if she was ever considering it in the first place). Phew, that's a relief!

April 6th
Last time I had a response from the production company behind The Beautiful & Damned, they told me to keep an eye on the Project Notes section of the movie's entry at IMDb. This section was updated last week (March 27th) with the note: 'Production Unknown'. More recent enquiries have gone unanswered. Hmm...

The Suicide Brothers will be showing at the Aspen (Colorado) ShortsFest from today until the 11th, and the Athens (Ohio) Film and Video Festival, April 23-29th. At this rate the whole world will have seen this film by about the year 3535.

There's a 100-page guide through Keira's evolving wardrobe at the Seattle PI, from the Bend It Like Beckham premiere onwards.

March 26th
Keira is 25 years old today!! And 18 of them in showbusiness. Blimey.

March 25th
Keira is in negotiations to star in The Emperor's Children, along with Eric Bana and Richard Gere, according to The Wrap. It is to be directed and adapted (from the highly-acclaimed 2006 Claire Messud novel) by Noah Baumbach. Ron Howard will co-produce. Filming is expected to start in the summer. NYT Review.

March 22nd
Keira lost out to Ruth Wilson at the Oliviers yesterday evening in London. Sky News had a quick chat on the red carpet on the way in, which I've uploaded here (7Mb). or on Youtube. Photos can be seen here and here. Keira has been praised for her choice of Erdem couture.
EDIT: Here's another interview, from Monday's BBC London.

March 19th
Well it's awards weekend, and the Oliviers are streaming live from this page. Not sure about non-UK viewers, but it's worth a look in. Keira wil be there, and Rupert will be presenting an award, according to this article. It's also live on BBC Radio 2.

March 17th
Rumour has it that Keira is being considered for the lead female role in Captain America (quite possibly the only comic strip superhero they haven't done yet). Keira's name has been mentioned, of course, because of the desire for a British actress to play this role. Emily Blunt is rumoured to be the frontrunner for the role.

March 12th
Keira, alongside Annie Lennox, Jonathan Pryce and Beverley Knight, has lent her voice to another Amnesty International human rights awareness campaign, as you can see on their site. To coincide with Mother's Day this Sunday the 14th in the UK and Europe, the charity has made a video to highlight the number of deaths and disabilities suffered by mothers following childbirth. Press release.

Tomorrow will be the last chance to catch Keira at The Comedy Theatre as the scheduled run of The Misanthrope draws to a close. Keira has said she hopes it will be the first of many theatre performances.

IndieWire is the latest movie site to mull Never Let Me Go as a big awards contender for 2010.

March 9th
Viggo Mortensen has taken over the role of Sigmund Freud from Christophe Waltz in The Talking Cure, it has been revealed. Michael Fassbender will still play Carl Jung. Filming is due to start on May 17th for ten weeks.

The Oliviers will be covered live by BBC Radio 2 from 8pm to 10pm on the night, March 21st. Article. Listen live here.

Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan has told how much she learned from Keira while working on Pride & Prejudice.

March 3rd
There's a quick video chat with Keira at yesterday's luncheon over at ITN.

The new issue of Empire Magazine has the 'first official still' from Never Let Me Go, according to this blog post.

March 2nd
Keira attended the Oliviers Nominees Luncheon in London today. Speaking about her nomination for her debut stage role in The Misanthrope, she said: “[It's] like a dream come true. I never actually thought I would make it on the stage and then my debut, to then get a nomination, it’s extraordinary.” Plenty of pics and fashion analysis on the Newswire and here. Miu Miu is the label if you need to know (Miuccia Prada).

February 26th
You have just two weeks to catch Dame Keira in her debut West End performance in The Misanthrope. Official tickets are still available at the banner link above. No use waiting for the DVD, you know!

It's a full diary for Keira in March: Next Tuesday the 2nd, Keira will attend The Haymarket Hotel in London for an Oliviers Nominees Luncheon, and the ceremony itself is on the 21st. Inbetween are Keira's daily Misanthrope performances, with the celebrations to mark the end of The Misanthrope's run at The Comedy Theatre on the 13th. The Beautiful & The Damned may finally start filming in late March, according to rumours. Oh, and the lady herself is 25 years old on the 26th. With London Boulevard a possible April release, if you thirst for red carpet Keira, the drought may be over!

The Olivier Awards will be streamed online for the first time this year, reports the official site. As I mentioned recently, they usually only have interviews and award winner announcements, so this is great news (provided the servers hold out!).

There's a still from Never Let Me Go in this article about Rachel Portman's score for the movie.

The Talking Cure is set to start filming in May, according to Keira's co-star Michael Fassbender in this interview. The Croatian press have already said a March visit by Keira and co to film The Beautiful & Damned, so if rumours become fact (when do they ever?) Damned should start straight after The Misanthrope, and then Cure to shoot in May.

February 21st
The final draft of the script for The Talking Cure has now been completed, according to the updated IMDbPro 'Project Notes' section. And there's now an official synopsis on the production company's web site (go to Our Films > Development).

The Suicide Brothers has been confirmed for the Nashville Film Festival, taking place April 15th to 22nd.

February 16th
Last Night will get a release, according to an interview with Disney CEO Bob Iger published yesterday. He says there will be investment in Miramax to release the final six pending movies this year and next. Even a DVD-only release will be welcome, compared to the fears it would be shelved.

Costumes from The Duchess and Pirates are on display at an exhibition in Florida.

The Oliviers will not be televised in the UK, laments an article in Variety today. Given the launch of the excellent Sky Arts (which produced a great series Theatreland last year), and More4's launch of an arts and theatre strand, you'd think it would have got picked up, especially this year with such a Hollywood presence. The official Oliviers site will have cameras there for winners' announcements and interviews, and they'll appear online.

Colin Farrell is promoting Crazy Heart on Jonathan Ross this Friday on BBC1 - a possible London Boulevard mention, perhaps?

February 11th
With the tragic suicide today of fashion designer Alexander McQueen at the age of just 40, another leading light of Britain's contribution to global culture goes out. One of many international admirers of his designs, Keira wore a black McQueen corset to the London premiere of the first Pirates movie on July 14th 2003.

The scans from the March Elle US are now online at sweet-keira.

Keira is third in a poll to find the perfect celebrity date for Valentine's Day. Flavour of the month Cheryl Cole topped the list.

February 10th
You can now sign up for the Valentine poem read by Keira, and hear a preview of the recording on the page.

It's FHM's Sexiest Women voting time again.

February 8th
The full list of Olivier nominations have now been published. The Misanthrope is nominated in Best Costume and Best Production Revival categories, as well as Best Supporting Actress for Keira. She will be up against Rachel Weisz, Ruth Wilson and her Duchess co-star Hayley Atwell among others.

February 7th
Keira has been nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for her performance as Jennifer in The Misanthrope. This is fantastic news for a debut role as the Oliviers are the UK equivalent of America's Tony Awards, pretty much the Oscars of British theatre. The awards ceremony will be held in London on March 21st. Article - Official site.
Thanks Wavy

February 6th
A man has been arrested after harrassing Keira outside the Comedy Theatre for several days. Polish national Marek Daniluk was arrested on Thursday and is now due to appear on trial on June 4th. The ability to see your idol in a public street every night is exciting for many people (just see the faces and hear the delight of the people in the Youtube vids for confirmation of that), but for some people who, perhaps, are convinced she is appearing only for them, it 's very easy to cross the line.
Article - Latest on the Newswire.

February 5th
Here are some previews from the March issue of Elle US, and the requisite soundbites to accompany its promotion.

February 4th
Fans in LA can get to see Michael O'Connor's Oscar-winning costume designs for The Duchess, in an exhibition at the FIDM.

Meanwhile, those in New Jersey may want to keep an eye on the Filmmaker's Symposium season in Mountainside, where one of the movies shown may be Last Night, according to their press release.

And Sweet-Keira has a new still from Last Night. Also - old news to some - there's a series of paparazzi videos on Youtube of Keira and co filming on the set of Last Night at the end of 2008. Let's hope those are not the only moving images we get to see of that film!

Keira has once again lent her lips to charity for this year's Healed With A Kiss celebrity auction of lip prints and signatures.

The local St Albans newspaper now has a new article and a photo of Keira with the fan who met her idol at The Comedy Theatre, mentioned on January 20th.

February 1st
The Croatian press is reporting that The Beautiful & Damned will be filmed there in the Spring. We knew that already as a filming location, but any news on this movie is welcome. Also of interest is the first hint at casting for Fitzgerald himself - Leonard di Caprio...?

The NY Times says that Disney is considering potential buyers for the remnants of Miramax, including its six unreleased movies, Last Night among them.

January 31st
Keira is among a number of celebs including Dame Judi Dench and Alan Rickman to have recorded a poem for Valentine's Day by The Poetry Archive. Keira reads Shelley's 'Love's Philosophy'. From next week, the recording can be purchased and sent to your other half's mobile. Article and poems.

January 28th
Disney have decided to close down Miramax in its entirety, it was announced Thursday evening. Six unreleased movies, including Last Night, may now only get a limited release, if anything. Article.

January 26th
The Mitch Griffiths portrait of Keira will be part of a 2011 exhibition at The Halcyon Gallery, not 2010 as The Daily Mail reported in December. Press release.

Another interview with David Fassbender sort-of dates a start for The Talking Cure, possibly late April/early May.
Thanks Danielle

Keira will be on the cover of Elle's March issue in the US according to this article.
Thanks Anna

January 20th
Keira attended the opening night of Rupert's new play The Little Dog Laughed in London last night. Article - Pics - Both

British news rag The Sun has an hilarious story that Keira and Rupert are now living on a narrowboat in the East End of London. Her agent has dismissed the report. Still, it's publicity for both plays...

Australian movie site DarkHorizons.com says that Last Night has been pushed back to early 2011 in Oz, and suggests a consequent late-2010 release in the US. Normally, this could be to catch the awards panel committees. However, it is being reported that Keira will head to the US maybe mid-March (post-Misanthrope) to promote the movie, and the UK release is still pencilled in for May 14th.

Keira has met with a fan and cerebral palsy sufferer backstage at The Comedy Theatre, thanks to a letter she wrote to The Starlight Foundation.

January 17th
The Andrew Marr interview is online now at my Youtube channel. The BBC have a version of it (if viewable in your country). I've also put online a downloadable HD copy (56Mb) at Rapidshare and Sendspace.

January 14th
Director David Cronenberg confirms he is in discussion with Keira over The Talking Cure, but says in this interview that casting has not been confirmed.

However, Baz in The Daily Mail says in his Friday column that ...Cure is one of two films Keira has lined up post-Misanthrope (the other may be The Beautiful & The Damned, which is still officially on). He also says she has walked away from My Fair Lady as it was taking too long to come together.

January 11th
Keira will chat to Andrew Marr on his Sunday morning show on the 17th, from 9am on BBC1. Presumably it's a pre-recorded Misanthrope promotion, now that the tickets and reviews frenzy has died down. The production has benefitted greatly from these two huge stories, which literally ran for weeks and weeks. Damian also chats to Jonathan Ross on his BBC Radio 2 show this Saturday.

Michael Fassbender talks about looking forward to working with Keira on The Talking Cure in this interview - the closest we have so far to a confirmation.

A new image from Last Night has appeared.

January 10th
Slow news time at the moment... But there are more Misanthrope reviews online

Keira is No.2 in a poll to find the woman most men want to marry. Rachel Weisz came out tops.

January 3rd
The Times' preview of 2010's movies to look out for include Never Let Me Go, and states a November release. So, gathering together interview snippets etc., we could be looking at Last Night in March, London Boulevard in April and Never Let Me Go in November.

The Suicide Brothers screening at the London Short Film Festival has now been scheduled. It can be seen at 11pm (!) on January 9th. Details here