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Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2013 film, is still in cinemas, and now we have the first details – and images – from Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Called ‘Magic In the Moonlight‘, it stars Colin Firth and Emma Stone. Here are the images. First up, Firth. The other image released features Emma Stone and Marcia Gay […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]
Not much movement in the US this week, but Europe comes roaring in when it comes to Blue Jasmine‘s box office. It’s total worldwide earnings now total $57,321,839. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $31,663,000 in the US. Adding only $211k the last weekend, it’s definitely in the decline. We now wait for the Academy Awards […]
VOTW: Woody Allen On I’ve Got A Secret, 1967 I’ve Got A Secret was a long running US panel game show. Started in 1952, they had Woody Allen on as a guest in 1967. Allen at this time was still in his standup comic phase, but was writing for Broadway (Don’t Drink the Water is […]
Blue Jasmine has wrapped it’s 11th weekend of release. It opened in the UK and France, two of Allen’s biggest markets, and with that, it has pushed the worldwide earnings to close to $50m. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $49,784,982 worldwide. Leading the charge is France ($3m+), Australia ($3m+) and Poland ($2m+). Denmark, Greece, the […]
The planned Indian release of the new Woody Allen film Blue Jasmine has been cancelled. Due to open this weekend, the release was cancelled due the need to supply anti tobacco warnings on the film. In India, scenes of smoking that feature in films and TV need to tagged with an onscreen health warning. Anti-tobacco […]
News Bits: Our twice monthly round up of Allen news bits from around the web. Sam Rockwell was recently interviewed at the AV Club about ‘Random Roles’ in his career. One of the roles they asked him about was his small role in Celebrity. He reveals some great stuff about that role, and that film. […]
Blue Jasmine has just completed it’s 10th week of release. It has passed $30 million in the US and passed $40m worldwide. The US box office has now reached $30,772,000. It grossed an additional $708,000 in the last weekend. It holds it’s place as both 5th in Allen’s career, and the 2nd highest earning indie […]
UK press continues on this, the opening weekend of Blue Jasmine in the UK. We’ve collected a couple of the new interviews for our Video(s) Of the Week. Our first was posted by the UK distributor for ‘Blue Jasmine‘, Warner Bros. Most interesting from this is how specific the inspiration for Jasmine seems to be. […]
Blue Jasmine has been released to UK cinemas this week. To coincide, two of the big UK newspapers have published new revealing interviews with Allen. Allen also appeared on a BBC radio show. In the Guardian, Allen spoke to Catherine Shoard On having Bernie Madoff in mind. No. I had none of that in mind. […]
Blue Jasmine has completed its ninth week of release. It was one of the slowest weeks for yet for the film, allowing ‘Instructions Not Included‘ to take over the top of the US indie charts. ‘Blue Jasmine‘, has now grossed $29,744,000 in the US. It earned $1,380,000 last weekend. It continues to hold as Allen’s […]
The soundtrack to the new Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine, has been released. The soundtrack is released on Madison Gate Records, and features 20 tracks from the film. Madison Gate has handled the soundtracks for Allen’s recent films, including Midnight In Paris and To Rome With Love. The soundtrack is available digitally on iTunes internationally […]
Last night saw London be the latest city to hold a red carpet event for Blue Jasmine, the newest film written and directed by Woody Allen. As usual, Allen himself was not in attendance but stars Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins made it down to Leicester Square. None of Allen’s extensive British alumni made it […]
Blue Jasmine has finished it’s eighth week of release. It continues to track well, pushing past the $27 million mark, remaining the top indie film of 2013 so far. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now grossed $27,885,000 in the US. It made another $1,798,000 last weekend in 993 theatres, a 23.4% drop. It is a strong showing […]
A new image has surfaced from Woody Allen’s 2014 film, featuring the two leads Colin Firth and Emma Stone. The new image was posted on Twitter by Kenneth Edelson (@drkenedelson), a friend of Allen’s who has appeared in 15 of Allen’s films, from Alice to Blue Jasmine. The photo was taken in the South of […]
Blue Jasmine completes it’s 7th week of release. Another decent week for the film, as it holds onto many theatres. It’s total US grosses now makes it the highest grossing indie film of 2013. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now grossed $25,449,000 in the US. It earned $2,688,000 on it’s 7th weekend and held onto 1069 theatres […]
This one was too good to pass up, so we decided to have a second Video Of the Week. It’s Woody Allen on BBC Newsnight, and it’s amazing to see Allen being interviewed on such a mainstream, popular programme. The interview was conducted in France, around the time of the French premiere of Blue Jasmine. […]
With production wrapped on his 2014 film and European press completed for Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen is returning to his regular jazz engagement. Starting this week, Woody Allen and the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band will perform every Monday night at the Carlyle in New York until Christmas. The band performed for most of […]
Blue Jasmine has passed its 6th weekend in the US, with another healthy week of takings behind it. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $20,487,000 in the US. It has now surpassed the total US earnings for To Rome With Love. It held on to a massive theatre run, well above any Allen film of the […]
Our twice-monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. If you’ve seen Blue Jasmine, you’ll know Joy Carlin appears in one of the very first scenes. SFgate spoke to her about working with Allen and Cate Blanchett. “He doesn’t say much to the actors,” Carlin says. “But he told me to put […]