Ridley Scott News

Daryl Hannah has starred and acted in over fifty films and has been an effective, passionate activist and advocate for a more ethical sustainable world for decades.

As first reported on Deadline.com, actor Russell Crowe has reportedly signed on to play the title role in NOAH, Darren Aronofsky's upcoming biblical epic about the prophet from Regency/Paramount Studios. Rumors that Crowe was in serious negotiations to take on the role have been circulating for weeks.

SFX supervisor and model maker Roland Stevenson who's films include 'GLADIATOR', 'BLACK HAWK DOWN', 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN' and the eagerly anticipated Sci-Fi horror 'PROMETHEUS', directed by Ridley Scott, has kindly offered his services to a play by producers Revera Productions ltd. Melody Roche, Co-producer and the lead in 'BUG' is delighted; 'It's fantastic to have input from such a respected figure in the film industry'.

According to Digitalspy.com, actor Idris Elba has been cast in the role of Nelson Mandela in the upcoming biopic THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM. The film is set to begin filming this May.

PROMETHEUS is coming to theaters on June 8th from 20th Century Fox. The Sci-Fi Horror film is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Noomi Rapace, Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green, Sean Harris, Patrick Wilson, Guy Pearce and Ben Foster.

Thelma Holt and Bill Kenwright have announced that their production of Noel Coward's VOLCANO, starring Jenny Seagrove, Dawn Steele and Jason Durr, will open at Theatre Royal, Windsor on Monday 21 May. Tour dates are confirmed until August this year, with more to be announced.

Yul Vázquez, Tony nominee for his performance in Broadway's MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT, will star in the role of Victor Lazaro in the new, original drama MAGIC CITY. The series will debut on Friday, April 6 at 10 pm ET/PT, exclusively on STARZ.

The new docu-series, comprised of 8, 30-minute episodes, will prove pint-sized powerhouse Eden is destined to be the center of everyone's attention. The series premieres Monday, April 16 at 10PM ET/PT on Logo.

Individual tickets and table reservations are now available for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 12th Annual Monte Cristo Award honoring Michael Douglas. Individual tickets are $750 and $1,000 (including event program listing), and are available online at www.theoneill.org. The award will be presented during a gala dinner at the Edison Ballroom in New York City on Monday, April 16th at 6:30pm.

According to Deadline.com, actor Michael Fassbender will be joining the 'Your Film Festival'. YouTube is collaborating with Hollywood director Ridley Scott and the Venice Film Festival to launch the online worldwide film festival.

The Crown Center has announced the following upcoming events.

Casting is announced for The Changeling with rising star Jessica Raine (Earthquakes in London, NT; Punk Rock, Lyric) to play Beatrice Joanna and Young Vic regular Daniel Cerqueira (Vernon God Little, Joe Turner's Come and Gone) as De Flores.

At last night's ceremony of the 59th Annual Motion Picture Sound Editor's Golden Reel Awards, the sound editing teams of Hugo, The Muppets, Super 8, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse were among the honorees at the prestigious event held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) begins performances of the world premiere production of Wild Swans, the first stage version of Jung Chang's astonishing personal memoir, in a majorinternational collaboration with the Young Vic and Actors Touring Company.

Multi GRAMMY Award-winning electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers will bring their highly anticipated concert event, The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think to select movie theaters nationwide for a one-night event on Wednesday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m. local time.

Casting is announced for The Changeling with rising star Jessica Raine (Earthquakes in London, NT; Punk Rock, Lyric) to play Beatrice Joanna and Young Vic regular Daniel Cerqueira (Vernon God Little, Joe Turner's Come and Gone) as De Flores.

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) begins performances of the world premiere production of Wild Swans, the first stage version of Jung Chang's astonishing personal memoir, in a majorinternational collaboration with the Young Vic and Actors Touring Company.

Yesterday the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year's winning motion picture and television productions at the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.