All things Woody Allen – a fansite, news and reviews
Big news for us this week was the confirmed offer of money from Sweden for Woody Allen to make a film there. Allen has deep affection for Sweden and it’s film history, in particular the works of Ingmar Bergman. We have previously posted one interview with Allen about Bergman for UK TV. This one, from […]
The last decade of Woody Allen’s career has been marked by location. His embracing of Europe and her cities have breathed new life into his films. This leads to many cities wanting to draw Allen to them. In a new report from Sweden, they are the closest having made an offer to the director. News […]
Production starts next week on Woody Allen’s 2014 film – a 1920s comedy set in the south of France. As expected, we got a big cast update today, with five more names added to the cast. Announced today are: Eileen Atkins is a mainstay of British TV and Cinema. Her recent credits include Ridley Scott‘s […]
Woody Allen and crew have arrived in the south of France, wrapping up pre-production on his 2014 film. Yesterday, he took some time to visit le musée d’art classique de Mougins – also known as MACM. We don’t know if he was scouting or just visiting, but with Soon-Yi by his side, we assume this […]
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 […]
Woody Allen has arrived in Nice in southern France. Along with a small crew, he is preparing for production of his 2014 film, which starts production next month. Just last week Allen played his last jazz performance for this season in New York. We assumed he was taking a break to prepare for the release […]
Music has always been a passion for Woody Allen. He performs most Monday nights with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City – always a hot ticket. He only takes a break when he makes films, but this year, the band is heading over to join Allen […]
Not one to ever stay still, Woody Allen is bringing his 1994 film Bullets Over Broadway to Broadway – as a musical. We’ve already announced the theatre and the creative crew behind the new production. An Equity casting notice has now revealed the progress of the production, due to debut in 2014. This week, the […]
Next month will see production begin on Woody Allen’s 43rd film as writer and director. The currently untitled 2014 film will shoot in the south of France, and Broadway actor Jeremy Shamos has just been added to the cast, according to Broadway.com Shamos doesn’t have many on screen credits. A theater actor, he is currently […]
We had a short twitter chat with Jerry Zigmont, trombone player for The Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band – the long standing musical group that Woody Allen has been performing with for decades. He revealed to us more about the schedule of Woody Allen’s music schedule for 2013. After 6 straight months of shows, […]
Hundreds of people have responded to the casting call sent out last week in France, calling for extras for Woody Allen’s 2014 film.. Shooting in the south of France next month, the new film is a period piece set in the 1920s. Nicemation.com captured this video of the people who turned up. Filming is due […]
Allen’s latest, Blue Jasmine, didn’t make it to Cannes this year. But the actor will return to the city in a couple of months to make his 2014 film. With the wrap up of Cannes 2012, we thought we’d revisit some old interviews with Allen at Cannes. We settled on a series of interviews from […]
A call has gone out to look for up to 500 extras to appear in Woody Allen’s 2014 film, the comedy starring Colin Firth and Emma Stone, set to shoot in France in just over a month. Nice Matin was one of various publications that ran the the story. They are looking for Causcasion Men […]
Details are beginning to emerge about Woody Allen’s 2014 film, set to be his 43rd as writer and director. New articles gives us an update of the parts of France the film is set, and a juicy detail about the time it’s set. The Riviera Times has the big story Soon the towns of Antibes, […]
Two articles coming out of Brazil have mentioned actresses that have been approached to be part of a new Woody Allen project. The reports have little information, but are interesting nonetheless (and it doesn’t seem to be an April Fool’s). Firstly the articles (translated by Google, so the bad grammar is not the site’s fault): […]
We are one years old today! We started this wee website a year ago because it was something we wanted to see ourselves. We love similar pages for other directors, but there was no site for Woody Allen. It was also time to go back through Allen’s films. So for a full year, we’ve posted […]
Woody Allen made a recent appearance in front of just 200 students of Weill Cornell Medical College. The private affair was part of the college’s Readers And Writers series, designed to expose their students to the humanities. Allen spoke for an hour, reading the unpublished piece ‘A Prestige Address‘, and then took questions from the […]
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 […]
We are still waiting for the poster and trailer for Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine, and he is already rolling ahead with casting his 2014 effort. Hot on the heels of Emma Stone being confirmed for the cast, Deadline are now reporting British actor Colin Firth is in talks to join the new film. […]
It was only a couple of days ago that a few film industry sites got the scoop that Emma Stone is in talks to be a part of Woody Allen’s 2014 film. Today, in a new interview with Stone, she says just a little more about what’s going down. The following quote is taken from […]