According MTV Movies Blog, Mark will be directing his first movie, and choose James Franco to be the star. The movie’s name is “Sympathy for Delicious” and James will be playing a singer in a rock band.

This movie is around since 2004, when Ruffalo mentioned it while doing 13 Going on 30 press conference. James also clarified that Delicious is DJ Delicious.

“This DJ character was written for Mark’s friend who’s actually paraplegic in real life, Chris Thornton, and he’s this DJ that has kind of a gift. He joins up with my band and then starts getting more attention than me, the lead singer. So I start getting upset about that.”

The trailer for writer/director Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom is now online. Opening October 24th, the film stars Adrien Brody, Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi and Robbie Coltrane.

The Brothers Bloom tells the tale of the Bloom brothers, two young con men whose lives change forever upon meeting a beautiful young heiress named Penelope (Weisz). While initially, the brothers plan to con her, she becomes an unlikely partner in their latest scheme. The plot thickens when Penelope’s beauty and brains enchants one of the brothers, and threatens to break a lifelong bond of kinship. The Brothers Bloom is a thrilling story full of genuine humor and heart-warming romance.

Edited: Added screencaptures from trailer to the gallery:

GALLERY LINKS
• The Brothers Bloom (2008) Trailer screencaptures

I just came to this Blindness video, and made some screencaptures. Also, added a new photoshoot.

GALLERY LINKS
• Blindness Clip #1 screencaptures
• Session #066

Fernando Meirelles’s apocalyptic thriller Blindness - a Canadian co-production with an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore - will be a special presentation. The festival runs from Sept. 4 to 13.

Read more here

Alliance Films has released the international trailer for Fernando Meirelles’ Cannes hit Blindness. I added the video to our gallery, do be downloaded. Also, captures and two new posters were added. But you can watch the video here, directly from GaelFan:

GALLERY LINKS
• Blindness - Posters
• Blindness - Theatrical International Trailer screencaptures
• Blindness - Theatrical International Trailer download

Finally there’s a picture around from Mark in character from Shutter Island! Thanks to Just Jared (and go here if you want to see Michelle and Leo in character, too).

GALLERY LINK
• Shutter Island set movie - June 30, 2008

Hollywood has invaded Walpole’s neighbors over the last few months as Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese begins to wrap up shooting for his new movie “Ashecliffe.”
Simple yellow signs with the word “Ashe” typed on them have been directing cast and crew to filming locations in Medfield and Sharon over the past few months.
“Ashecliffe” is an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s bestselling novel “Shutter Island.”
Lehane is a Dorchester native who has also written the Boston-centric flicks “Mystic River,” and “Gone Baby Gone.”
His newest drama is set in 1954 and follows U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigating the disappearance of a murderess and mental patient who has escaped from an institution on a remote Boston Harbor island. Daniels and his partner, Chuck Aule, run into trouble when they are deceived by hospital workers, and an inmate riot and a hurricane trap them on the island.
Daniels is being played by Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio. Mark Ruffalo portrays Aule. Michelle Williams and Ben Kingsley will act in supporting roles.

Read more… »

From “The Empire Online“:

Those of you who have seen Brick will know that Rian Johnson has a bit of a gift for re-inventing genres. With his first movie, the writer director brought a hip highschool spin to film noir and with The Brothers Bloom he casts his peculiar eye over the con movie. Expect mucho weirdness, of the good kind.

As you can see from these exclusive pics, The Brothers Bloom stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as a pair of sibling con artists. Ruffalo is Stephen, a happy-go-lucky swindler, while his brother Bloom (Brody) is the more sensitive of the pair, getting attached to each of his marks and often getting his heart broken. And when the latest victim of their nefarious ways is Rachel Weisz, a bored heiress in search of adventure, you can see why. That the film also stars Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) as a largely mute conwoman with a penchant for karaoke gives you a pretty good idea of the tone to expect. The flick’s set for release October 24th and the official site is partially online.

GALLERY LINKS
• The Brothers Bloom promotional stills

I’ve added 5 new HQ stills from the upcoming movie “Blindness”:

GALLERY LINK
• Blindness: Promotional, Stills and More

A film crew climbed Wilson Mountain yesterday to shoot a new Martin Scorsese flick based on the 2004 novel “Shutter Island” written by Dennis Lehane, who also penned the popular “Mystic River.”

Parks and Recreation Department Administrative Assistant Millie Smart spotted “Goodfellas” director Scorsese from her office window yesterday morning in the parking lot using the back of her car as a makeshift desk to study scripts and maps.

And Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Robert Stanley caught a few glimpses of the legendary director sitting in a black Mercedes in the parking lot of the Wilson Mountain recreation area off Rte. 135.

The Paramount Pictures production company was using the state-owned land to film a scene with actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, playing two U.S. marshals in the wooded area.

Read more… »