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Vivid And Lush New Trailer For Neil Jordan’s Vampire Story, Byzantium

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Yes, the Neil Jordan staples all seem to be present and correct, but the film still looks to be fresh, and full of powerful images. I can’t wait to see more.

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Sequel For Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters Coming, Thanks To Non-US Box Office

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

I’d bet on Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner having sequel clauses in their original contracts. Poor sods.

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Gemma Arterton Is Gemma Bovery Because Tamara Drewe Just Wasn’t Enough

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Her second film based on Posy Simmonds comic.

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Trailer: Gemma Arterton And Saoirse Ronan Are Vampires In Neil Jordan’s Byzantium

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

It looks every bit the Neil Jordan film it is.

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Joss Whedon Is Going To Be At Glasgow Film Festival And He’s Not The Only One

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Being joined by Gemma Arterton, Eli Roth, Saoirse Ronan and more.

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Hansel And Gretel – Witch Hunters Poster Promises Eye-Pokey 3D

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Mind your eyes.

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Arterton And Probably Cumberbatch Join Monty Python Crew For Absolutely Anything

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

If I had the power to do absolutely anything, I’d cast these guys too.

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10 Things, Mostly Involving Witch Punching, About The Red Band Hansel and Gretel Trailer

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Witches get punched. A lot.

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“Blood On Lips” Clip From Neil Jordan’s Amazing-Looking Byzantium

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I saw an extended, exciting clip from Byzantium at Frightfest, featuring Gemma Arterton and a pretty good chunk of backstory. This clip, with co-stars Saoirse Ronan, Caleb Landry Jones, Kate Ashfield and Jeff Mash might give a lot less away, …

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Watch This Bizarre First Trailer For Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Hannah Shaw-Williams

Nobody puts Hawkeye in the oven.

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Very Striking Image From Neil Jordan’s Vampire Thriller, Byzantium

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Here’s a beautiful still of Gemma Arterton in Byzantium, one of my most keenly anticipated films of the year. It comes from the Facebook page of West End films. I was prompted to go looking for it when Shock Til …

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Jessica Chastain Won’t Be In Iron Man 3 After All – So Who Will?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It’s like the hokey cokey… but with Iron Man 3 actresses instead of legs. Scarlett Johansson was in. Scarlett Johansson went out. Jessica Chastain was in. Now Jessica Chastain is out. She posted to her Facebook (found via Movieline): Sorry to say …

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First Poster For Neil Jordan’s Byzantium – Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Undoubtedly one of my most keenly anticipated pictures of the year, Neil Jordan‘s Byzantium sees him return to the Vampire genre, as well as the British sea front drama, which he has also excelled at. The script has been written …

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Neil Jordan’s Byzantium Both Looks And Sounds Great – New Still, Expanded Plot Blurb

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Neil Jordan was the director of The Company of Wolves, Interview With the Vampire and Ondine, and he’s attached to the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. He’s a master at finding the lyrical in stories of real life and real danger, and at hiding the impossible just underneath a thin veil of the possible.

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Neil Jordan’s Vampire Film Gets Daniel Mays, Sam Riley, Irish Money And A Start Date

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Shooting will start next week on Byzantium, Interview With The Vampire director Neil Jordan‘s return to the bloodsucker genre. The Irish Film Board have today announced that they’ll be providing the film with some funds, charging it up to shoot …

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Saoirse Ronan And Gemma Arterton To Play Vampires In Neil Jordan’s Byzantium

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Jane Eyre and Tamara Drewe screenwriter Moira Buffini has adapted her own stage play Byzantium into a movie script, and Neil Jordan has come on board to direct it. This will be Jordan’s second vampire movie after Interview With the Vampire, …

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Norwegian Actress Cast As “Hardcore Killing Machine” In Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Josh Hylton writes for Bleeding Cool: Keeping up with movie news is a constant uphill battle, especially if you run a movie news website like this one. Every day, you’re scouring the Internet and trying to find something newsworthy to …

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Famke Janssen Cast As Witch In Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Josh Hylton writes for Bleeding Cool: Fairy tales are scary. They feature witches, burning ovens, poisonous apples and dwarfs who attempt to steal away babies. And if you look at their original stories, many of them are quite gruesome. It …

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