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Allen returns to London for something a lot more light hearted and silly. Scoop is a murder mystery caper done for farce, and one of Allen’s rare comedies in his later career. Woody Allen stars as Sid Waterman, also known as The Great Splendini. An American magician on tour in London, he meets a young […]
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 […]
Fading Gigolo, the new film starring, written and directed by John Turturro and starring Woody Allen, premiered last night at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Turturro appeared at the premiere alongside co-stars Vanessa Paradis and Eugenia Kuzmina. Of course, Allen himself was nowhere to be seen. Turturro and Paradis also introduced the film at […]
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 […]
Blue Jasmine just passed it’s third weekend in the US. It’s box office has continued to hold strong, and the latest reviews have continued the critical approval. ‘Blue Jasmine‘ has now earned $6,219,000 in the US. On it’s third weekend it added another $2,523,000 in 116 theatres, with a per-theatre average of $21,750. Comparing it […]
The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]
Blue Jasmine opened in limited release on Friday in New York and Los Angeles. First figures are in and on the back of fantastic reviews, it has topped the specialty box office this year. On opening weekend in netted $612,767 in just 6 theatres. That gives it a per screen average of $102,128. It beats […]
It looks like the embargo has been lifted and reviews are starting to flood in for Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s new film. The general concensus so far is the the film is above average Woody Allen, made all the better with a startling turn from Cate Blanchett. Let’s get into it! Excerpts ahoy! Here’s The […]
Sony Pictures Classics have released the list of cinemas that will be showing Woody Allen’s latest film Blue Jasmine on the 26th July 2013. This initial limited release will be in New York and Los Angeles only, and will open around the US and the world in the coming weeks and months. Here are the […]
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. Kind of a quite two weeks – maybe it was the holiday, maybe it was everything else going on in Allen-land! Jeff Daniels has been on the press circuit, promoting season 2 of ‘The Newsroom‘. But the subject of Woody […]
Having teased us with just a few images for months, the official Blue Jasmine website has been updated today with a completly new look and feel. The graphically rich site, run by Sony Pictures Classics, features lots of stuff we’ve not seen before. You can find the site at BlueJasmineFilm.com. First, there’s a new synopsis. […]
More images have appeared of Woody Allen and his crew scouting for locations in France this week for his 2014 film. We assume this is in Nice (French readers can you confirm?). With Allen at all times is cinematographer Darius Khondji, who worked with Woody Allen on Anything Else, Midnight In Paris and To Rome […]
Over a year since its premiere in Italy last April, To Rome With Love, Woody Allen’s 42nd film as writer/director, opens in Japan this week. It’s not atypical for Japan to get such a late release – Midnight In Paris premiered in June 2011, but opened in Japan in May 2012. It is likely Japan […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig is on the cover of the new issue of The Village Voice. She is out promoting ‘Frances Ha‘, directed by Noah Baumbach, and has plenty of Woody Allen overtones. Gerwig starred in To Rome With Love last year, and […]
Blue Jasmine, the new film from Woody Allen, begins it’s prolonged release schedule in July. As is standard now from Allen, a small limited premiere leads to a longer roll out across the world that can sometimes last a year. We have been seeing bits and pieces that are telling us about both the international […]
There’s been reports on talks and verbal confirmations, but today we now have our first official information on Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Emma Stone and Colin Firth‘s casting is set, as well as the location, genre, some of the crew and other small details and hints. Here’s the officially released statement. Woody Allen’s new, untitled […]
Woody Allen Bits: Our twice monthly round up of bits from around the web. Judy Davis is one of the great Woody Allen actresses. She has helped to define Allen’s legacy with some of the most electrifying performances in any of his films – in particular Husbands And Wives and Deconstructing Harry. She sat down […]
There’s been a report that Woody Allen’s next film after Blue Jasmine will be set in Greece. The film, if rumours are true, will be released in 2014, keeping with the Allen tradition of a film a year. The report comes from Greek Hollywood Reporter, taking it from other sources. They claim casting includes Brad […]
Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from writer and director Woody Allen, is set for a 26th July release in the US, and slowly we are finding out more about the international roll out. We now have a UK release date, and some further news on Allen’s regular appearances at Cannes. The UK release date (according […]
This video has been making the rounds this week. It’s a 44 minute long cut of, apparently, every Woody Allen stammer in Woody Allen film. It was created by The Huffington Post. They really do try to capture it all, including What’s New Pussycat from 1965, through every film he appears in that he directs, […]