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Another Snow White Remake Comes Out

Natalia Buia — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:16:41 +0000

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Hmm, what should I go see in theatres: the Snow White reboot or the Snow White reboot?

Turns out in addition to Kristen Stewart’s fairytale film titled Snow White and the Huntsman, another remake is sneaking up on audiences. Julia Roberts stars in Mirror, Mirror which will also be released next Spring.

A while back, we posted the trailer for the one in which Kristen Stewart plays the lead role. It has a great (and good-looking) cast with Kristen, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth on board. Mirror Mirror doesn’t have any big-box office stars in it, excluding Julia Roberts. What it does have, that teh otehr doesn’t, are seven dwarfs. Julia’s movie is more geared towards children while Kristen’s version is a bit more gritty.

Take a look at the trailer for Mirror, Mirror and pick your favourite. Going to see both films back-to-back might be an overkill.

Phil Collins Daughter Lily Collins Cast as Snow White

Christian Allaire — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:17:42 +0000

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Lily Collins, daughter of hitmaker Phil Collins, has been cast as the princess in Snow White – Relativity Media’s upcoming update of the Grimm fairytale turned Disney classic, reports E Online.

The role of Prince Andrew Alcott, who traditionally awakens the princess from her poison-apple-induced sleep, went to Armie Hammer last week, and Julia Roberts is on board to play the evil Queen as well. Just days ago, The Lovely Bones star Saoirse Ronan had been rumoured to the role of Snow White, but Lily must have worked her fairytale magic, because here she is in the lead role.

The film is due in theaters June 29, 2012 and is directed by Tarsem Singh.

A competing, action-packed take on the fairy tale, Snow White and the Huntsman, will also be released on December 21, 2012 – starring Kristin Stewart as Snow White and Charlize Theron as the queen. Both films have big-named casts, so I wonder who will win the battle at the box office? I may be wrong here, but I’m assuming Stewart will be the poison apple to the ticket sales.

I’m really excited to see Julia Roberts in an evil role – she always plays the pretty girl-next-door, so it will be interesting to see her take on a different persona. Collins is a good choice as well, she’s so angelic and pure looking… well, at least compared to Stewart, she is.

Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ Film Could Employ Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts

Sara Harowitz — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:15:19 +0000

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Green Day’s American Idiot musical is set to be made into a feature film, and it’s already creating some serious Hollywood buzz.

As NME.com reports, the musical uses Green Day songs to tell the growing-up tale of three small-town boys as one joins the army, one moves to the big city, and the other stays home and gets his girlfriend pregnant. The musical made its debut in the band’s hometown of Berkeley last year and it is due to make its Broadway premiere on April 20.

It has been long-time rumoured that Green Day would turn their album American Idiot into a film, but now it seems that talks are advancing and this project might actually make it to the silver screen.

According to reports found by NME, Tom Hanks is lined up to direct the film, and Julia Roberts could take a lead role.

Julia singing songs like the album’s title track “American Idiot”? That’s a sight worth seeing.

Julia Roberts Expecting Baby Number Three

andPOP Staff — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:37:59 +0000

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Julia Roberts is going for baby number three. Already mom to two-year-old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus with her cinematographer husband Danny Moder, the actress’s spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that Roberts is expecting another child.

Her publicist, Marcy Engelman, told People magazine that the baby is due in the summer. Rumours of her pregnancy had been circulating thanks to an early report in the New York Post’s Page Six gossip column.

Roberts, 39, and Moder, 37, were married in July 2002. They welcomed twins to their family in November 2004.

Julie Roberts Signs on to New Pic

andPOP Staff — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:47:02 +0000

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She may have taken time off to have and raise her twin babies, but now Julia Roberts is a working mom.

“Charlotte’s Web,” her first feature film since the birth of her babies is out this Friday, and she is in the middle of filming “Charlie Wilson’s War,” and is set to appear in the upcoming film, “Eat, Pray, Love.” But that’s not enough work, apparently, for the “Pretty Woman” star.

E! Online reports that Roberts has signed on as the lead in “Happiness Sold Separately,” a film adaptation of the novel by Lolly Winston.

Roberts will star, and co-produce the upcoming film, which will be adapted to the screen and directed by Scott Coffey.

“I couldn’t get Julia out of my head when I was reading Lolly’s book. Elinor is such a strong, complicated woman, and bringing her to the screen required Julia’s integrity, empathy, humour and legs,” Coffey said about the decision to cast Roberts.

Julia Roberts To Star In Movie About Knitting

andPOP Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:48:07 +0000

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Knitting isn’t just for your grandmother – at least, not if Julia Roberts is doing it.

Roberts has been seen knitting between takes while on set filming her movies for quite a while. Now the superstar actress is going to make a movie about the activity that will, thanks to her, soon be what all the cool kids are doing.

Daily Variety reports that Roberts has signed on to star in the Friday Night Knitting Club a drama about a single mom who runs a knitting shop in Manhattan. It’s based on an upcoming novel by new author Kate Jacobs.

Roberts, who became a new mother to twins in November, 2004, hasn’t been seen on screen since Ocean’s Twelve two years ago.

Now, the Pretty Woman is diving back into acting head-on: she also has two other movies in the works. Roberts is currently shooting the political drama Charlie Wilson’s War with co-stars Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman and she is also set to star in the upcoming Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir to be adapted for the screen.

Julia Roberts’ Newest Role

andPOP Staff — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:50:40 +0000

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Julia Roberts’ newest role is spokesperson for Earth Biofuels, the Associated Press reports.

Roberts will be the alternative energy company’s spokesperson in promoting alternative fuel, and will chair the company’s advisory board.

“It’s very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it. Biodiesel and ethanol are better for the environment and for the air we breathe,” Roberts said in a statement.

The actress will work with the company to try to get 500,000 school buses nation wide to switch to biodiesel fuel.

Actor Morgan Freeman and singer Willie Nelson are also on the Dallas company’s board of directors.

Rudd, Cooper Join Julia Roberts on Broadway

Eva Lam — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:34:58 +0000

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Academy Award winner Julia Roberts will make her Broadway debut in ?Three Days of Rain? alongside two very familiar faces.

TV actors Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper will co-star with Roberts in the revival of Richard Greenberg’s play.

Directed by Joe Mantello, the play begins preview performance March 28 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York and opens April 19. Its 12-week engagement wraps up on June 18.

Rudd is known to TV audiences as Lisa Kudrow’s love interest on the last two seasons of “Friends,” but he has extensive theatre credits, including Nicholas Hytner’s acclaimed Lincoln Center production of “Twelfth Night” and “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” by Alfred Uhry on Broadway.

He recently appeared on the big screen in ?The 40 Year Old Virgin? and ?Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.?

Cooper has had roles on such TV shows as “Alias,” “The Street” and “Jack and Bobby.” He currently stars in the Fox series “Kitchen Confidential.”

“Three Days of Rain,” which features three actors portraying multiple characters, was originally done by Manhattan Theatre Club in 1997. Two interlocking stories take place in different decades and focus on how parents can affect the lives of their children.