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Watch: Donald Sutherland in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' teaser trailer!

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A new official  teaser trailer   #OurLeaderTheMockingjay  from  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1   has just been released today by Lionsgate. It debuted at SDCC2014 (San Diego Comic-Con) over the weekend via Samsung Galaxy's tablets.  In partnership with Samsung, Lionsgate set up the The Capitol Gallery at the Samsung Galaxy Experience right inside the Hard Rock Hotel’s Lounge 207.  See Collider 's article:  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Trailer Description; 30 Capitol Gallery . This one features familiar images of two captive tributes from district 7,  Jena Malone 's  Johanna Mason  and district 12, Josh Hutcherson's Peeta Mellark. The minute and four seconds long, teaser trailer features a brief shot of  Donald Sutherland 's  character  President Snow . Jena Malone , on the other hand, wasn't on this trailer.  

New 'Calvary' and 'Innocence' stills featuring Kelly Reilly

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Kelly Reilly , as previously mentioned here, has 4 feature films this year such as Chinese Puzzle (as Wendy ; the 3rd movie to The Spanish Apartment trilogy) which opened in US select theaters last  May 16th , Heaven Is for Real (as Sonja Burpo ) was a box-office success (with U.S. Domestic gross of $91 million ) opened in U.S. Theaters last  April 16th , and recently released on DVD and Blu-ray. Then, she starred in the  limited ( 13 episodes ), her first U.S. TV series,  Black Box , which premiered on  ABC  last  April 24th , and just wrapped last Thursday ( July 24th ) its 2-hour Season One finale. According to Deadline:  RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Black Box’ Finale Ticks Up, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ & ‘Hollywood Game Night’ Closers Flat . The two-hour finale of ABC’s  Black Box  (0.7) was up a tenth from last week. Just waiting now for news of a possible Season 2 renewal... Her next two upcoming films will both be released at the beginning and end of August.  Calvary  will open in US

New 'Hitman: Agent 47' stills and 'Homeland' Season 4 Cast Promo featuring Rupert Friend

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New stills has been released for Rupert Friend 's upcoming action-spy thriller Hitman: Agent 47 , which will be released in U.S. theaters February 27th, 2015 . Ciarán Hinds , Zachary Quinto , and Hannah Ware also star. Related article via Collider :  HITMAN: AGENT 47 Comic-Con Panel Recap: Zachary Quinto and Hannah Ware Reveal First Footage in Hall H Hitman: Agent 47 A re-imagine of Square Enix video-game Hitman-series about the bald assassin named 47.   “The film revolves around an elite and genetically engineered assassin, known only by the last two digits – 47 – of a barcode tattooed on the back of his neck.”

On TV Tonight: Watch Kelly Reilly in 2-hour Season One Finale of Black Box on ABC!

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Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box  concludes tonight with a special 2-hour Season Finale ( Episode 12 - The Fear   and Episode 13 - Consequences ) on ABC  at  8-10 PM  ET! Catch up on past Black Box Episodes...

On DVD & Blu-ray Today: Heaven Is For Real

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Heaven Is For Real  starring Greg Kinnear and  Kelly Reilly   arrives on DVD and  Blu-ray ( July 22nd ) Combo ( Blu-ray+DVD+Digital HD ) pack today, while the  Digital HD was released July 8th . Great movie! Get your DVD or Blu-ray copy today! This film was a big success with $12 million production budget and has now grossed (since it opened in wide release in U.S. theaters April 16th ) in the U.S. Box Office with a very impressive $91 million and foreign gross (in small markets, so far) with $6.5 million with a worldwide total of $97.5 million as of July 20, 2014 , according to Box Office Mojo .  Unfortunately, I can't find any details for the Blu-ray extras featurette, but will update this post as soon as it's available!

Watch: Keira Knightley in trailer for 'The Imitation Game'

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The first trailer (as well as the UK teaser trailer ) has been released by The Weinstein Company for The Imitation Game   starring  Keira Knightley  (as  Joan Clarke ),  Benedict Cumberbatch  ( Sherlock ), and  Mark Strong  ( Sherlock Holmes ,  The Young Victoria ) .  The Imitation Game  will open the 58th BFI London Film Festival on October 8th . The Imitation Game English mathematician and logician, Alan Turing, helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. Also starring   Matthew Goode ,   Allen Leech ,  Rory Kinnear ,  Charles Dance , and  Matthew Beard , the film opens  November 21st, 2014 .   Watch the trailer (and see screen captures of Keira Knightley ) below...

In Retrospect: Principal Photography for Pride & Prejudice (2005) begins on this day 10 years ago!

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The 4-time Academy Award ( 6-time BAFTA and 2-time Golden Globe ) nominated 2005 film, Pride & Prejudice starring Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen began filming 10 years ago this month ( July 19th, 2004 ). The film was shot entirely on location in the UK , including Derbyshire , Wiltshire and Kent . The P&P cast and crew spent their most fun and "happiest" summer ( 3 months! ) filming the movie from July to October 2004 . In retrospect, here are a compilation of various cast interviews (mostly, you've read/heard them from interviews and the P&P DVD extras ) and what the cast said their experiences were like filming P&P movie and bonding with each other...

Watch: Rupert Friend in new Homeland Season 4 teaser trailer

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Season 4  of Showtime's Emmy Award winning series  Homeland  premieres Sunday October 5th at  9 PM ET/PT on Showtime. Also, Showtime has just released the first look of Season 4 teaser trailer and promotional poster . Emmy Award nominee   Rupert Friend  ( Outstanding Guest Actor  for  Homeland ) returns in his second regular season as agent Peter Quinn . Homeland  starring  Claire Danes , Mandy Patinkin , and  Rupert Friend . Watch the S4 trailer (and see a few screen captures of Rupert Friend ) along with S4 promo poster featuring Claire Danes below...

Happy Birthday Kelly Reilly!

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Today ( July 18th ) is  Black Box   star  Kelly Reilly 's (aka  P&P 's own  Caroline Bingley )  37th Birthday! Kelly Reilly was born on July 18, 1977 in Surrey, England. She is an actress, known for  Sherlock Holmes  (2009),  Flight (2012) and  Eden Lake  (2008). She has been married to Kyle Baugher since 2012.  See full bio  on IMDB» Born:   July 18 ,  1977   in  Surrey, England, UK Trivia: She was nominated for a 2004  Laurence Olivier  Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2003 for her  performance in "After  Miss Julie" at the Donmar Warehouse. She became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for that category (aged 26).  See more trivia   (via  imdb ). Happy Birthday Kelly Reilly!!!

Happy Birthday Donald Sutherland!

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Today, ( July 17th ) is  Donald Sutherland 's (aka  P&P 's own  Mr. Bennet )  79th birthday! Born:  Donald McNichol Sutherland   July 17 ,  1935  in  Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada The towering presence of this Canadian character actor is not often noticed, but his    contributions are legendary. He has been in almost a hundred and fifty different show and films. He is also the father of renowned actor  Kiefer Sutherland . Born in New Brunswick, Sutherland worked several different jobs...  See full bio  (via  imdb ). Happy 79th Birthday Donald Sutherland!!!

On TV Tonight: Watch Kelly Reilly in Episode 11 of Black Box on ABC

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Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box  continues tonight with  Episode 11 - Emotion   on ABC on its new 8 PM time slot. Just a few more episodes left! Last week's Ratings for Black Box via Deadline : Coming out of the Independence Day eve last week, ABC had nothing but good news last night.   Black Box  (0.7/3) and  Rookie Blue  (0.9/3) were up 17% and 13% from their series lows of last week. Catch up on past Black Box Episodes...

Watch: Keira Knightley in 'Laggies' trailer

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The first trailer  and movies poster has been released today for  Keira Knightley 's upcoming film  Laggies  directed by  Lynn Shelton  just had its premiere. It premiered at the   2014 Sundance Film Festival   last January 17th. Chloe Grace Moretz and Sam Rockwell also star. LAGGIES is a coming of age story about a 28 year-old woman (Keira Knightley) stuck in permanent adolescence. Unable to find her career calling, still hanging out with the same friends, and living with her high school boyfriend, Megan must finally navigate her own future when an unexpected marriage proposal sends her into a panic .   Laggies opens in theaters  October 24th . Watch the trailer (and see screen captures of Keira Knightley ) below...

In Retrospect: Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Judi Dench, and Penelope Wilton joined Pride & Prejudice cast on this day a decade ago!

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On this day, 10 years ago ( July 14th, 2004 ), more cast for  Joe Wright 's first feature film, Pride & Prejudice (2005) has been announced including the vets Brenda Blethyn as Mrs. Bennet , Donald Sutherland as Mr. Bennet , Judi Dench as Lady Catherine de Bourgh , and Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Gardiner . Read Joe Wright On Casting P&P '05 Actors . Also,  Tom Hollander as Mr. Collins and Simon Woods as Mr. Bingley were mentioned in the casting news announcement in the same day. No mention of the rest of the cast (ie. Carey Mulligan ,  Talulah Riley ,  Rupert Friend , Kelly Reilly , Tamzin Merchant , and Claudie Blakley ). But here are a list  The P&P 2005 Official Cast: 

On TV Tonight: Watch Tamzin Merchant in Episode 13 (Season Finale) of Salem on WGN America!

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Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem concludes Season One tonight with Episode 13 - All Fall Down   ( Season Finale ). Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m . CT

On TV Tonight: Watch Kelly Reilly in Episode 10 of Black Box on ABC

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Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box  continues tonight with  Episode 10 - I Shall Be Released on ABC on its new 8 PM time slot. Just a few more episodes left! Miss Reilly will be doing an AMA Reddit tonight at 6 PM ET: UPDATE : Yay, Kelly answered my Black Box and P&P related questions on Reddit  (my first time joining Reddit too)! 

2014 Emmy Nominations: Downton Abbey with 12 and Homeland with 4!

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The 66th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations has been announced this morning and both   Downton Abbey  ( Penelope Wilton  co-star as  Isobel Crawley )  and   Homeland  ( Emmy Award nominee   Rupert Friend  co-stars as agent  Peter Quinn )  received multiple nods each. Downton Abbey scored 12 nominations and Homeland got 4 ! The 2014 Emmy Awards will be on Monday, August 25th . See a list of Emmy nominations for Downton Abbey and Homeland below...

Watch: Rupert Friend in U.S. trailer for 'Starred Up'

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The U.S. trailer has been released today for Rupert Friend 's upcoming indie film,  Starred Up . Jack O'Connel also star. The film hits iTunes on August 26th and will be released in theaters on August 29th . Watch Rupert Friend  (and see screen captures of him) in the trailer below...

Watch: Donald Sutherland and Jena Malone in new teaser trailer for 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Part 1)'

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A second teaser trailer from  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1   is another Panem Address , the TV propaganda Presidential speech with  Donald Sutherland 's character President Snow  and for the first time featured  Jena Malone   (as  Johanna Mason ) has been released today with an official Panem Address #2 "Unity" along with captured district 12's victor Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), who was in the first teaser trailer . Mockingjay: Part 1 , the penultimate chapter of the third film (from The Hunger Games trilogy) will be opening in theaters nationwide November 21st ( Jena's birthday !). The film also stars  Jennifer Lawrence ,  Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci , and  Julianne Moore . Check out the promo poster... Peeta Mellark, President Snow , and Johanna Mason Watch the 2nd teaser video with screen captures featuring Donald Sutherland  and Jena Malone below...

A Poster for 'Hector and the Search for Happiness' starring Simon Pegg & Rosamund Pike

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A new poster  has been released for Rosamund Pike 's upcoming film, Hector and the Search for  Happiness , a dramedy, in which she co-stars (again) with Simon Pegg . The film opens in the U.K. on August 15th , and also stars  Christopher Plummer ,  Toni Collette ,  Stellan Skarsgard , and  Jean Reno . Here's the official synopsis for Hector and the Search for Happiness  Pegg plays Hector, an eccentric yet irresistible London psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier! He’s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity, Hector breaks out of his sheltered vacuum of a life into a global quest to find out if happiness exists. More importantly, if it exists for Hector. And so begins a colorful, exotic, dangerous and hysterical journey.  

Watch: New trailer for 'Gone Girl' starring Rosamund Pike & Ben Affleck

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A new trailer for Rosamund Pike 's upcoming and one of the most anticipated films for this Fall,   Gone Girl   has been released today after this past weekend's tease of 4 teaser posters and still of Rosamund Pike in 'Gone Girl' (Update) . Rosamund isn't much in the new trailer, but it's because of her titled character and the plot and spoilers surrounding her character's disappearance. It makes sense not to show her much in the trailer as not to reveal the film's major spoilery plot points. Can't wait to see this movie! Gone Girl Directed by David Fincher  and based upon the global bestseller by  Gillian Flyn n – unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne ( Ben Affleck ) reports that his beautiful wife Amy ( Rosamund Pike ), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon hi

On TV Tonight: Watch Tamzin Merchant in Episode 12 of Salem on WGN America

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Tamzin Merchant  co-stars with  Shane West  ( Nikita ) in  WGN America 's new original scripted period TV drama series  Salem , which premiered last April 20th  at 10/9c to a solid start in ratings (and according to Deadline:  WGN’s ‘Salem’ Debut Surges In Live+3 Results ) for WGN America. Salem continues tonight with Episode 12 - Ashes Ashes . Great news on Salem , the freshman series has been renewed for a second season after just 3 episodes of airing. WGN America reportedly renewed the series with another 13 episodes order . Read the related article with official press release: WGN AMERICA’S SPELLBINDING DRAMA “SALEM” RENEWED FOR SECOND SEASON The 13-episode second season will begin production later this year for a 2015 debut . Starring Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Xander Berkeley, Ashley Madekwe, Tamzin Merchant , Elise Eberle and Iddo Goldberg, “Salem” continues for ten episodes , airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m . CT.  Tamzin plays a  fearless g

New teaser poster and still of Rosamund Pike in 'Gone Girl' (Updated)

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UPDATE : Apparently, today (per the book),  July 5th (2007) is Nick & Amy Dunne's wedding anniversary (and the same day Amy Dunne disappeared!) but evidence of their struggle is emerging. Explore new details at  www.GoneGirlMovie.com  (the website has been updated including an official still of the same image from the teaser poster above, but the picture was not inside the evidence bag, but from one of the Dunne family photos by the fireplace in their living room). Very cool marketing! See that same image clearly below. Also, a few more teaser posters  in a few separate bags of evidence were released in a few different sites, which you can see all below as well. A new trailer for Rosamund Pike 's upcoming and one of the most anticipated film for this Fall,   Gone Girl   will be released on Monday, July 7th (according to its official Facebook page ). In the meantime, a teaser poster image or rather a cool "Happy Anniversary" photographic evidence in a bag

Watch: Matthew Macfadyen in trailer for 'Lost in Karastan'

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A trailer is now online (via Stealth Media Group ) for  Lost In Karastan  (formerly titled Welcome to Karastan or  Epic ) starring  Matthew Macfadyen   has been added via  Stealth Media Group's website . The film made the  Official Selection: The Montreal World Film Festival 2014   and will be screening there, but no dates announced yet. The festival runs from  August 21st  to  September 1st . Watch the trailer and see screen captures featuring Matthew Macfadyen ...

On TV Tonight: Watch Kelly Reilly in Episode 9 of Black Box on ABC

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Kelly Reilly 's new limited ( 13 episodes ) and first U.S. TV series, Black Box  continues tonight with  Episode 9 - Sing Like Me on ABC on its new 8 PM time slot. Catch up on past Black Box Episodes... Watch the first eight episodes  here: Kiss the Sky , Sweet Little Lies , Who Are You? , Exceptional or Dead , Jerusalem , Forget Me , Kodachrome , and Free Will (via ABC's Black Box site), which did quite well on its debut with 6.6 million viewers and 1.5   rating in 18-49 demo. Also, according to Deadline:  Black Box  ties  Betrayal  as ABC’s highest-rated 10 PM drama premiere this season , topping  Lucky 7  (1.2),  Mind Games  (1.1),  Killer Women  (0.9) and  The Assets  (0.7).  See Black Box Episode Guide . BLACK BOX - Episode 9 " Sing Like Me "  “Sing Like Me”  – Dr. Black begins work on a music study where her patients range from a popular music competition winner that has lost her ability to recognize music pitch, to a man that has deve