Today we received word that The Woman in Black will have it’s World Premiere on January 24th in at the Royal Festival Hall. Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, screenwriter Jane Goldman and director James Watkins are set to attend with more stars to be announced closer to the date.
Based on the classic ghost story, THE WOMAN IN BLACK tells the tale of Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps begins to uncover the town’s tragic and tortured secrets and his fears escalate when he discovers that local children have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances. When those closest to him become threatened by the vengeful woman in black, Kipps must find a way to break the cycle of terror.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has released the longlist of nominations for this year’s BAFTA awards and Harry Potter is vying for a few awards. It was longlisted for every category it was eligible for except for Best Film and Director (it was not nominated for Film Not in the English Language, Documentary or Animated Film and Original Screenplay for obvious reasons.)
Outstanding British Film
Editing
Adapted Screenplay
Production Design
Cinematography
Make Up & Hair
Costume Design
Sound
Special Visual Effects
Original Music
Supporting Actor: Alan Rickman for Deathly Hallows
The cast members of the series are also up for some awards:
Leading Actor: Brendan Gleeson for The Guard, Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Ralph Fiennes for Coriolanus
Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent for The Iron Lady, John Hurt for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn
Supporting Actress: Zoe Wanamaker for My Week with Marilyn
With 285 films entered this year, the first round of voting reduced the list of eligible films to 15 in each category. Round Two voting, which opens today, will reduce these 15 contenders down to the five nominations in each category. Appearing on the Longlist does not constitute a nomination. Nominations in all categories will be announced on Tuesday 17 January. The winners will be announced at the Orange British Academy Film Awards on Sunday 12 February.
Parade Magazine has posted a preview of their interview with Daniel Radclife. The full interview will appear in this weekend’s PARADE magazine. Some snippets may be read below:
Why was that?
“I hated dating because I’m crap at it! [laughs] With Rosie, I didn’t know what was appropriate, like on which date you’re supposed to try and kiss her. At the end of the second date I pulled a move out of the Bela Lugosi Book of Woo—I went to kiss Rosie and at the last minute lost my nerve and ended up kissing her neck, which is such a weirdly intimate place to kiss somebody on a second date. Afterward, I texted her, saying, ‘I’m sorry, what I just did probably seems very odd to you.’ Fortunately, she just found it really funny, so she kept coming back.”
Last year you gave up alcohol. Why?
“My inner life was being drowned. I’ve worked with Richard Harris, Gary Oldman, all those actors who went crazy when they were young, and I always wanted that. The idea of that kind of life and chaos was always so appealing to me. Unfortunately, the way I do it, there is no romance to it! [laughs] There is nothing glorious or triumphant about it—it was pathetic, boring, and unhappy.”
You’ve had enormous success for someone so young. Do you fear that it won’t last?
“Yes. But it’s reality, not fear. It will happen, and I have accepted that. In a way it’s a great relief that I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anybody else. [laughs] Or it will take them a long time.”
All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the 10 shortlisted films on Thursday, January 19. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II has been nominated for an Art Directors Guild award. It has been nominated for Excelence in Production Design for a Feature Film in 2011 under the Fantasy category. It is up against:
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret Unicorn
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Cowboys & Aliens
It will also receive this year’s Art Directors Guild Cinematic Imagery Award. That award will be presented to the principal team behind the Harry Potter films including Producers David Heyman and David Barron; Director David Yates; creator and author J.K. Rowling; Screenwriter Steve Kloves; Production Designer Stuart Craig; Art Director Neil Lamont; and Set Decorator Stephenie McMillan.
Yesterday, January 1st, was Daniel Radcliffe’s final performance as J. Pierrepont Finch in the Broadway show How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. As we posted back last month, Daniel was named Entertainment Weekly’s Entertainer of the Year and, more recently, Broadway.com fans voted him as Star of the Year. A video of his co-stars congratulating him on the honor may be seen here on Broadway.com.
After his performance on Sunday, Daniel made a speech thanking the fans for their support and the cast and crew of the show for working with him. Congratulations Daniel on an amazing run as Mr Finch. I was fortunate enough to see the show back in July and Daniel was amazing, for those of you that also saw the play, what did you think?
