Around the World in Posters: One Day, Arthur and The Conspirator

Cool poster for Rio's Angry Birds App for iPhone. Neat marketing idea!

First Poster for the upcoming Arthur remake.  Looks hilarious.

Robert Redford's back in the directing chair for this drama, The Conspirator.

Girl Assassin, Hanna, is watching you!

First The Godfather, now The Brady Bunch.  What will they spoof next?

Lovely first poster of the book adaptation of One Day with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.  I still have yet to finish it!  

News Update: Books to Film Edition!

• I can't believe I left this out of my list of 2011 movies.  According to IMDB who has a new exclusive photo, One Day has a release date of July 8, 2011.  Rave reviews followed the book everywhere, I'm sure the movie will be good as well.
• Dan Brown will be writing the screenplay for his own novel, The Lost Symbol, and the third in the trilogy of Robert Langdon's adventures in Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code.  Looking at the speed in which the third book came out, we should prepare for a long wait.  
• Summit Entertainment went out and got the rights for the debut novel by Erin Morgenstern called The Night Circus.  There is much buzz about this book and it was a hit at the 2010 Frankfurt Book Fair.  I got very excited and wasted 15 minutes online searching for the book online only to realize the book won't be out til Fall 2011.  Bummer!  Here's the synopsis from Deadline.com:

The book is the story of two young prodigy illusionists in the 19th Century who are groomed to battle out their fathers' age-old rivalry in an enchanted circus created just for their competition. They complicate matters by falling in love.

• And finally, the followup to the Lord of the Rings Saga, The Hobbit , which spent 2010 in peril of being scrapped as a project altogether but has since picked up speed and has been adding more and more names into the mix.  After it was announced that Cate Blanchett would return as Galadriel and so might Orlando Bloom as Legolas, word comes that Elijah Wood has been confirmed as Frodo in The Hobbit.  Yes, confirmed!  It will be strange as Frodo is never in the book at all but we LotR fans don't really care.  This reunion movie of sorts is the best news!

'One Day' First Look

• USA Today has a first look into One Day, currently filming and being directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education).  Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess play Emma and Dexter, university friends, who meet every day over 20 years on July 15 on St. Swithin's Day in UK (kinda like Groundhog day in USA).  The movie is based on David Nicholl's very popular book by the same name (which I have yet to finish) and was already on my must-see list when I saw this was being made into a movie.  In the meanwhile, next assignment, find time and finish reading the book.   
• Have you been wondering what Sawyer aka Josh Holloway has been upto now he's no longer on Lost?  He's joining Tom Cruise's posse over at Mission Impossible 4.  I know I'm always bemoaning the fact the Hollywood relies waaay to much on its sequels but come on, it's Mission Impossible.  Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) is directing and J.J. Abrams will be producing.  Also in the cast are Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Paula Patton (Precious), Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames.  I'm beginning to care again.  Don't let me down.  
• MI 4's competition for next December 2011 is another sequel, Sherlock Holmes 2.  The casting news has been fast and furious these past couple of days.  Joining Noomi Rapace and Stephen Fry will be Jared Harris (Mad Men, Fringe) as Sherlock's nemesis, Professor Moriarity.  Guy Ritchie is back to direct this one.