Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is already set as the closing night film for the AFI Fest 2012 and now Fox Searchlight has set Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock as the opening night feature. The film will center on the relationship between Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren). The film will premiere opening night, November 1.
Glenn Whipp at the “Los Angeles Times” has posted an article wondering if Disney can take over the animated category this year with titles including Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie. As someone that has seen Frankenweenie and thinks Wreck-It Ralph looks great I can say Glenn’s thinking is spot on. [Los Angeles Times]
Continuing on the Frankenweenie front, screenwriter John August discusses his musical contributions and Dave Itzkoff talks to Tim Burton at the New York Times.
We already found out Adele will be singing the title song for Skyfall and now Roger Friedman has declared it “classic 007” referring to it as “an ominous, dramatic ballad, with lots of gorgeous horn flourishes peeking out through Adele’s now trademark vocals.” He also reveals the following song introduction and chorus line:
This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the Earth move and then
Hear my heart burst againLet the sky fall
Let it crumble
We will stand tall
And face it all
together
The single will launch the first week of October and will be titled “Let the Sky Fall”. You ready to add this one to your list of Best Original Song nominees? [Showbiz 411]
Meanwhile, Gregory Ellwood at HitFix wonders what kind of Oscar chances Skyfall has. [HitFix]
The Hollywood Reporter has an excellent six-photo gallery taking a look at some archival images, trade ads, articles and more giving you a look at the actual pieces of material used to sell the events detailed in Ben Affleck’s Argo. [The Hollywood Reporter]
And finally, Quentin Tarantino has given himself a small cameo in Django Unchained [The Guardian]
