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Rachel Weisz Has LOVELY BONES!
According to both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, those rumors we’ve been hearing for the last week or so are true: Rachel Weisz is set to star as the mother of the dead girl who is the center of THE LOVELY BONES, Peter Jackson’s new film.
This is an exceptional adaptation of a great book, and I’m dying to see what Jackson makes of it. This is a hell of a first step in casting, and I’m sure it’ll be exciting to see who else joins the production in the weeks ahead.
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles
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andy serkis as motion captured dead girl
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so close
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scrwing up list of #.
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hardcore nudity
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I don't know the book at all, but sounds interested.
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Any truth to the rumors of Jackson trying to get Jackman as well?
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Jun 12, 2007 7:52:14 PM CDT
This is awesome news indeed!!!...
by film_fanatic_in_the_original_black_and_w
I can't wait to see this. Loved the book. Love Pete Jackson. Can't wait! :)
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Jun 12, 2007 7:53:08 PM CDT
i read it rachel mcadams for some reason
by supercowbell 4 cant stop the cowbell
now she will get it
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I think it will be good for Jackson to work on a smaller canvas after LOTR and Kong. I'm not sure the matieral is something the average fanboy can get behind.
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For breasts, I mean. "Bones" - naa.
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I'm going to cry every time I see her. sad eyes! and the way she tries to smile when she's sad...oh man...
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...So, you've read Jackson's script then, Professor? When can we expect your script review?
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I pictured the mother with long, wheat colored hair and pale, sad eyes. Oh well. Weisz is a damn fine actress and this should be a quality film; although, I wouldn't call it a "great" book. A very good book, but not great. Great is Gravity's Rainbow, White Noise, Notes From Underground, etc....
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The Mummy 3 for this!?! She must be real hungry for an Oscar or somethin'. I guess motherhood will do that. Maturity -- What a concept.
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I believe she has a nice caboose as seen in "Enemy at the Gates". I don't ordinarily comment on nudity in film, but she's real purty.
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Oh, and a great book BTW.
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...what? you thought I was going to go harry on you and say something foul, repulsive or xrated? not a chance. rachel is a fine, upstanding young lady who deserves only respect and polite adoration.UH YEA RIGHT--SHOW US HER LOVELY COOTER! WOOO-HOOOO!!!
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is a great choice - not who I thought of initially
As long as Dakota Fanning ISNT in it I am happy
Ana Sophia Robb would be much better (and less irritating) choice for Susie -
Definitely looking forward to this one. Already excited about the casting. Awesome. Yeah...
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DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY!
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yes! she just has this glow to her, and when you add in the cinematography and AMAZING lighting on that film, it was just so heart wrenching watching her. jackman was great too, but he has a penis, so it's harder for me to get lost in his eyes.
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There is nothing I wouldn't do to Ms Weisz if given the chance...Well, maybe a couple things. Hot girls with Brit accents are hard to resist.
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But I wouldn't mind seeing it again.
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So BFD. It's the movie that needs to prove itself not Rachel Ray's body...Weisz...McAdams...whoever,....
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hey aicn talkback rules section 3 article vii line a7 says that if you know of a hot actress' cooter laid bare before the world you are REQUIRED to post a tinyurl link to the pictures and/or videos.hence, please comply immediately lest I email mori and let him know you're breaking the rules!
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Bill O'Reilly. Not the killing part, just the raping kids part. He's a monster and a total fuckface.
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Dakota Fanning is around the right age to play this part but if she's in it all you'll see is Dakota and not the character. They need an unknown or pretty-much unknown. I'm confident Jackson will cast right. The only casting fuck up he's made, I feel, is Adrien Brody as Jack in King Kong. Jack Black and Naomi Watts were perfect.
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Seems like the topic is similar...murder and drama and all that.
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My lovely bone. Yeah someone had to say it.
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LUCKY ARONOFSKY
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Boy I hope there's more witty dialouge like that in PJ's new film.
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and a Beautiful snatch.
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These two women are absolutely HOT!! They have these great eyes that just penetrate, damn!!!!
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Oh wait, the Lovely Bones? Wrong movie.
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Plain and simple.
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To my recollection, the character was in her early forties, a possible milf, but beaten down some by three kids and a life she really didn't want. I would go with Marcia Gay Hardin.
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That's how deep my love for him is. I'm looking forward to a more personal outing from him this time.
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have never heard of it. Peter Jackson will be one of my fave directors (unless he makes a lotr prequel)for the next decade. i think hell remain fresh and exciting as a film maker. his mix of cinematography, excitement, drama, and even comedy as seen in the lotr movies are almost unparalleled. king kong was really good in those aspects as well, i just couldnt relate to an ape... and he shoulda been bigger. anyway, again, whats this thing about and will jackson's style complement it?
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just wondering...
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Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89.
Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
"He really taught kids how to use the thinking skills of a scientist," said former colleague Steve Jacobs. He worked with Herbert on a 1980s show that echoed the original 1950s "Watch Mr. Wizard" series, which became a fond baby boomer memory.
In "Watch Mr. Wizard," which was produced from 1951 to 1964 and received a Peabody Award in 1954, Herbert turned TV into an entertaining classroom. On a simple, workshop-like set, he demonstrated experiments using household items.
"He modeled how to predict and measure and analyze. ... The show today might seem slow but it was in-depth and forced you to think along," Jacobs said. "You were learning about the forces of nature."
Herbert encouraged children to duplicate experiments at home, said Jacobs, who recounted serving as a behind-the-scenes "science sidekick" to Herbert on the '80s "Mr. Wizard's World" that aired on the Nickelodeon channel.
Herbert's place in TV history was acknowledged by later stars. When "Late Night with David Letterman" debuted in 1982, Herbert was among the first-night guests.
Born in Waconia, Minn., Herbert was a 1940 graduate of LaCrosse State Teachers College and served as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot during World War II. He worked as an actor, model and radio writer before starting "Watch Mr. Wizard" in Chicago on NBC.
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is an unfortunate thing. Remove them.
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got that outta my system
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Word is that PJ was pursuing Hugh to play the role of the girl's father (making it a Fountain reunion), but Jackman declined because he can't fit it into his already-packed schedule.
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How many bone jokes can you fit on one website? We'll find out in the coming months.
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I fell in love with Rachel Weisz a long time ago. She's one of those actresses with immense screen appeal. She's just so damn easy to watch. Her Oscar for THE CONSTANT GARDENER was well-deserved; it was one of many first-rate performances by her. Can't wait for THE LOVELY BONES!
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... rude comment indeed. Rachel Weisz has lovely tits shoulda been the title of the "article".
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I'm just sayin' ... the movie was marketed as a thriller. Fuck that. Not sayin RW ain't hot tho.
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and he's a total meth head. I think he fucks cats as well.
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One of the most moving books I've ever read. The maturity of the story and the depth of the narrating protagonist Susie are staggering. The idea of Jackson returning to somewhat "Heavenly Creatures"-ish territory with this particular material is making my brain explode with excitement.
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Well said, plantpage55. It was a sophisticated character - angry and driven, a mystery even to her husband. Weisz pulled it off wonderfully.
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One of the best actresses working today. The cast sure is off to a good start.
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The novel never seemed to focus.
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...mjgtexas has battered it beyond recognition. "Do I REALLY look like someone beaten down by life, three kids and a husband?"
Yes, Marcia, you do. Still an awesome actress and a FILF (Fortysomething I'd Like to F***) though ;D
Actually, I agree Marcia Gay Harden would be perfect for this (loved her in SPACE COWBOYS) but so would the lovely Rachel Weisz. I'd give her my lovely bone. Heh heh. Oh, someone already did that gag. Shit. (Enter tumbleweed) -
I must admit I didn't think of Rachel Weisz for the part when I was reading the novel, but she's such a talented actress (who would have thought I'd be saying that all these years after THE MUMMY?) that I'm sure she'll be perfect in the role. I also hear they're expanding the role for the film, which is probably a good idea since her character wasn't in the book as much as some of the other characters were. Good going Pete, nice first catch! Now who is going to be playing the father? That is the big question.
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Rachel Weisz is fast becoming my favourite actress. Did anyone see The Shape of Things? She was so cool in that movie. I mean, she played a sadistic psycho-bitch, but a cool one.
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star. She looks like a bull dog in drag. I guess she's proof that Hollywood is looking for more diversity in its's look. 20 years ago she would have been the kinda cute cashier at the local Piggly-Wiggly.
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I Just finished it...started off interesting...then got all soapy and ending up anti-climactic. Not the "great" book everyone seems to think it is. Jackson is a great choice to adapt it though ((Heavenly Creatures).
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An otherwise execrable movie.
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...for PJ and company. Of course the casting for LoTR was spot on perfect so this is no surprise. Read the book last summer and liked it though I can't say i loved it (gets a bit chick-flickish towards the end...particularly the closeout of the rapist). Man, anybody who thinks Rachel W. is a dog is a total blind idiot with a taste for Porky McSwine type women. You were kidding, right? RIGHT?!!
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Lucky bastard.
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and of good opinions too! am i right? if not no insult intended. cant help having sexual comments here though, but t'would be nice to keep em civil.
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She could play the mother of a ten-year-old, but not only does this start out with her as the mother of a dead 14-year-old, years and years pass in the book. She's great though, so I'll let it go.
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I think that's the best analogy for this book (King + Blume) that I've ever heard. I don't get why people think this book is so amazing. Decent,yes, but nothing revolutionary. Hopefully this will be one of those rare cases where the film is better than the book.
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My wife got the book and went on and on about it. Of course, she wouldn't even start "From A Buick 8" or anything else I've read. Anyway, I tried reading the thing and just couldn't finish. It's utter tripe, so I can't imagine how even PJ could avoid the train wreck this will be. NOTE to AICN STAFF: The Dresden books by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files, Sci-Fi Channel) are available from the Science Fiction Book Club and they are AWESOME. I hope that if the show continues, they go with more of the dark tone of the books and get into the Red Court/White Council war. Vampires and wizards in mortal combat is good stuff, Maynard!
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can't believe some of the things i'm reading here. that book was *awesome*. very chilling, very sad. peter's gonna kick ass with this sort of material.
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I think Peter Jackson will turn it into an excellent film and I foresee it being nominated for many Oscars (it's that type of material). However, I can understand why some people here didn't enjoy it - it's very much a drama, with a slight paranormal hook (having the protagonist narrate the story from the after-life). I read it and thought it was extremely powerful, so I gave it to my mom to read (to gauge her reaction). Needless to say she loved it (although she was initially confused by the whole dead girl narrating thing). So if I (a geek) and my mother (not a geek in the least), can both appreciate the novel, it has to be somewhat special.
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