Thursday, May 1

• Kidman to star in Dusty Springfield biopic

  Nicole Kidman is already lining up post-baby projects, signing on to star as Dusty Springfield in a new biopic for Fox 2000. The movie will be written by Michael Cunningham, the screenwriter who also wrote the novel that The Hours was based on; i.e., the movie that earned Kidman an Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf.

  Universal is also rolling out its own competing version of the Springfield story, with Kristin Chenoweth (The Pink Panther, Bewitched) set to star.

  Springfield was a pop icon who rose to fame during the '60s British invasion with a rocky personal life filled with substance abuse, mental illness, and bisexuality. She was also, evidently, terrific movie fodder.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 05/01/2008 by Heather

  Nicole Kidman

Saturday, February 23

• NEW FEATURE: Oscar-O-Meter

  Winning an Oscar may help your career, but will it help you win another Oscar? We take the temperature of those with Oscar Flu, with the Oscar-O-Meter.
  
  
  

  
  

  Posted 02/23/2008 by Dack

  Nicole Kidman

Tuesday, January 8

• Kidman drops project due to impending spawn

  One day after confirming the rumors that she is indeed with child, Nicole Kidman has dropped out of her next project, the film adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's The Reader, in which she was to star opposite Ralph Fiennes. The story, which was an Oprah's book club pick years back, is about a German teenager who has an affair with a somewhat mysterious older woman in post-WWII Germany.

  The movie had already started shooting on location in Germany when Kidman cancelled due to her pregnancy, but she had yet to get in front of the camera. No word yet on whom her replacement will be.

  All we'll say is there is just about nothing that would get between us and a love scene with Ralph Fiennes--baby be damned. Then again, from what we recall of the book, her love scenes wouldn't be with him, but the actor who played the younger version of his character. So maybe it isn't that big of a sacrifice after all.

  Source: Variety.

  
  

  Posted 01/08/2008 by Heather

  Nicole Kidman | The Reader

Friday, December 7

• 11 clips and 52 images from The Golden Compass

  Does the fantasy epic The Golden Compass, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Sam Elliott, have what it takes to rival the likes of genre heavyweights The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings? We'll find out this weekend. In the meantime, check out our clips and images from the movie.

  (To view the images, head over to our Golden Compass page and click on the "Photos" tab.)

  
  
  Next Showing: The Golden Compass opens nationwide today.
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 1

  "The Promise"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 2

  "Meeting Ms. Coulter"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 3

  "You Musn't Deny Me"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 4

  "The Magisterium"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 5

  "Asriel Fights the Samoyeds"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 6

  "Meeting Serafina"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 7

  "Meeting Lee Scoresby"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 8

  "I Will Serve You"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 9

  "I Have a Contract with the Child"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 10

  "Bear Fight"
  

  The Golden Compass - Clip 11

  "The Battle"

  Posted 12/07/2007 by Thomas

  Daniel Craig | Sam Elliott | Nicole Kidman | The Golden Compass

Saturday, August 18

• Kidman and Fiennes to star in The Reader

  Looks like opening a sci-fi remake isn't enough to keep Nicole Kidman satisfied this weekend. The hard-working Aussie Oscar winner has signed on to star opposite Ralph Fiennes in The Reader, reports Variety.

  The Reader is the story about a German man who recounts his post-WWII romance with an older woman. It was adapted by David Hare (The Hours) from a novel by Bernhard Schlink, which we happen to remember was on Oprah's (first) book list.

  The WWII novel-turned-film romance is well-trodden ground for smoldery Fiennes, who steamed up the screen in both The English Patient and The End of the Affair. Couple that with director Stephen Daldry (The Hours) and producers Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Cold Mountain), Sydney Pollack (Cold Mountain, Sense and Sensibility) and Scott Rudin (The Hours, Closer), and we're getting ready to swoon already.

  
  

  Posted 08/18/2007 by Heather

  Ralph Fiennes | Nicole Kidman | Stephen Daldry | The Reader

Wednesday, August 8

• Movie newz: Kidman, Thompson, and Abrams

  Variety is reporting a couple of big deals rolling out:

  First, Universal will be remaking Al final del espectro (which loosely translates to The Last Ghost), a Columbian horror movie about a shut-in who sees a ghost. Nicole Kidman will star and produce, Fernley Phillips (The Number 23) will adapt the script, and the original director (Juan Felipe Orozco) will come back for the remake.

  And the man with the golden touch, J.J. Abrams, has yet another supernatural thriller in the works under his Bad Robot banner for Paramount. Other than the fact that it will be written and directed by Josh Marston (Maria Full of Grace), Abrams is keeping mum on details of the untitled project--as is his custom.

  Finally, MTV is reporting that Reece Daniel Thompson, the star of this weekend's much-buzzed-about indie comedy, Rocket Science, has been cast in Sophomore--another high school comedy, described as an "homage to Chinatown." In this one, Thompson will play a dorky sophomore who helps Mischa Barton get to the bottom of a stolen SAT scam. Bruce Willis and his daughter Rumer will costar, and Brett Simon will direct.

  For our exclusive interview with Thompson's director on Rocket Science, Jeffrey Blitz, click here.

  
  

  Posted 08/08/2007 by Heather

  J.J. Abrams | Nicole Kidman | Reece Daniel Thompson | Sophomore

Tuesday, July 10

• Movie Dealz   

  Aussie beauty Nicole Kidman has signed to star in and co-produce Monte Carlo, a romantic comedy in which she plays a Midwestern schoolteacher who decides to ditch her low-budget vacation in Paris by posing as a wealthy socialite on holiday in Monaco.

  It will be directed by Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone), who cowrote it with Maria Maggenti (The Love Letter).

  Bezucha will also be directing Orbit, a drama about a civilian who wakes up to find himself alone and adrift in space after the entire c