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Mulholland Falls. USA 1996; 106 Min.; Regie: Lee Tamahori; Buch: Pete Dexter; Kamera: Haskell Wexler; Schnitt: Sally Menke; Musik: Dave Grusin; Produktion: Richard D. Zanuck, Lili Fini Zanuck

Deutsche Erstaufführung: 17.10.1996 Besetzung: Nick Nolte (Hoover), Melanie Griffith (Katherine), Chazz Palminteri (Coolidge), Michael Madsen (Eddie Hall), Chris Penn (Relyea), Jennifer Connelly (Allison Pond), John Malkovich (Timms), Bruce Dern (Chief), Daniel Baldwin (McCafferty), Treat Williams (Fitzgerald)

Inhalt: Los Angeles in den 50er Jahren: Das "Hat Squad", ein Quartett von Polizisten in edlem Zwirn, ist in der Unterwelt gefürehtet. Vom Polizeichef protegiert, gehen die vier Bullen radikal gegen Gesetzlose vor, nieht ohne dabei selbst das ei ne oder andere Gesetz zu verletzen. Brenzlig wird die Lage für Hoover, den Boß der Gruppe, als er einen Mordfall untersuehen muß, bei dem das Opfer die Frau ist, mit der er seehs Monate lung ein Verhiiltnis hatte. Doch hinter dem Fall liegt noch mehr verborgen, denn wieso interessiert sieh das Militar für die Tote...?

cinema-tographische Notizen: Das "Hat Squad" existierte wirklich.
Produzent Richard D. Zanuck las in der Los Angeles Times einen Artikel über vier Polizisten in den 50er Jahren, die immer im gleichen Outfit auftraten: Alle waren über 1,80 m groß, trugen Maßanzüge, breitkrempige Hüte und blank geputzte Schuhe. Die gutgekleideten Bullen waren für das Raubdezernat des Los Angeles Police Department tatig und sowohl bei ihren Kollegen als auch in der Unterwell berühmt-berüchtigt.

Regisseur: Lee Tamahori (geb. 1950 in Tawa, Neuseeland) drehte seit 1984 über 100 Werbespots, viele davon pramiert. Sein einfühlsames Spielfilmdebüt "Die letzte Kriegerin" (1994) über eine Maori-Familie im heutigen Neuseeland war ein durchschlagender internationaler Erfolg.

Darsteller: Nick Nolte (geb. am 8.2.1941 in Omaha, Nebraska) spielle bereits in unzahligen Theater - und TV -Roilen, bevor er 1977 mit "Die Tiefe" besondere Aufmerksamkeit erregte. Nach einigen Flops folgten Erfolge wie "Nur 48 Stunden" (1982) und "Under Fire" (1983).

Melanie Griffith (geb. am 9.8.1957 in New York), Tochter von Tippi Hedren, schaffte ihren Durchbruch mit ihrer Rolle als Pornodarstellerin in "Der Tod kommt zweimal" (1984). Weitere Rollen: "Gefahrliche Freundin" (1986), "Die Waffen der Frauen" (1988) und "Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten" (1990).

Reporter des Satans - The Big Carnival


The Big Carnival. USA 1951; 111 Min.; Regie und Produktion: Billy Wilder; Buch: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman; Kamera: Charles B. Lang, Jr.; Musik: Hugo Friedhofer

Deutsche Erstaufführung: 15.2.1952

Besetzung: Kirk Douglas (Charles Tatum), Jan Sterling (Lorraine Minosa), Bob Arthur (Herbie Cook), Porter Hall (Jacob Q. Boot), Frank Cady (Mr. Federber)

Inhalt: Ein Mensch ist bei einem Minenunfall verschütlet worden. Er muß sterbell, weil ein junger, ehrgeiziger Journalist die Bergungsarbeiten bewußt hinauszögert, um durch seine Sensationsberichterstatlung einen großen Coup bei der Zeitung zu landen. Seine Reue kommt zu spat...

cinema-tographische Notizen: Wilders Film, der ursprünglich unter dem Titel "Ace in the Hole" (Ein Trumpf in petto) in die Kinos kam, feierte zunachst in Europa Erfolge. Bei den Filmfestspielen in Venedig gewann er den Goldenen Löwen. In den Staaten floppte der Film - trotz des neuen reißerischen Titels ("The Big Carnival"). Wilders Kritik an der amerikanischen Boulevardpresse war wohl so zutreffend, daß positive Rezensionen zwangslaufig ausblieben.

Regisseur: Billy Wilder (geb.: 1906 in Sucha, Galizien) war selbst Journalist, bevor er 1929 zum Kino kam. In Hollywood wurde er - zunachst als Co-Autor von Charles Bracket - Spezialist für sophisticated comedies ("Midnight", "Ninotchka"). Für "Das verlorene Wochenende" und "Boulevard der Dammerung" erhielt er jeweils einen Oscar. Nach der Trennung von Bracket entwickelte sich Wilder zum zynisch-bissigen Satiriker des American Way of Life. Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen zahlen "Das vertlixte 7. Jahr", "Das Appartement" und "Manche mögen's heiß".

Darsteller: Kirk Douglas (geb. als Issur Danielovitch 1916 in Amsterdam, New York) war der Sohn armer, russischer Immigranten. Um seine Eltern und seine sechs Schwestern zu unterstützen, arbeitete er schon als Kind. Spater wurde er Profiboxer. Nach seiner Ausbildung an der American Academy of Dramatic Arts ging er zum Broadway und bekam schon bald erste Filmrollen. Den Durchbruch schaffte er mit dem Boxerfilm "Zwischen Frauen und Seilen", für den er erstma1s eine Oscar-Nominierung erhielt. Bis heute spielte Douglas in über 70 Filmen. 1955 gründete er außerdem seine eigene Produktionsfirma, die er nach seiner Mutler "Bryna Productions" nannte.

Narnia: Prince Caspian Fact Sheet


Prince Caspian, the second instalment of The Chronicles of Narnia, which is due for release in the spring/summer of 2008, is on an even more ambitious scale than The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and will feature bigger battles, more effects shots, more CGI creatures and some of the largest sets ever created for a Hollywood movie. Here are some facts, figures, and essential trivia about what’s sure to be one of the most talked about films of the year.

Did you know?

The Chronicles of Narnia books have sold more than 100,000,000 to date and have been translated into 35 different languages.

Costumes

Costume designer Iris Mussenden says she drew inspiration from the art of painter El Greco for the costumes of the Telmarines

Total number of individual items of clothing made for the film’s main cast: 1042

Total number of individual items, including helmets, masks, boots and gloves, made for King Miraz and his Lords and the Telmarine army: 3722

Number of metal rivets used per item of chain mail (also known as “brigandines”) worn by the Telamarine soldiers: 2184

Total number of metal rivets used: approximately 850,000

Total number of crewmembers working in the costume department: 70

Did you know?

Cast member Skandar Keynes, who plays Edmund Pevensie, grew 6 ½ inches in the time between making The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian.

Did you know?

The cast and crew of Prince Caspian came from 15 different countries, including the Czech Republic, New Zealand, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Mexico, Italy and France. More than 9 different languages were spoken on set.

Locations

Number of continents director Andrew Adamson visited looking for locations for the film: 5

Only continents he didn’t scout: the Arctic and Antarctica

Principal locations for the film: New Zealand, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland

Prague’s historic Barrandov Studios, where many of Prince Caspian’s main sets were built, was founded in 1931 and has recently become a popular destination for Hollywood. Other recent film shot at Barrandov include Casino Royale and The Bourne Identity.

Did you know?

During production of Prince Caspian the film’s caterers provided meals for as many as 1,100 cast and crew members daily. The total number of meals served during the shoot was in excess of 200,000.

Did you know?

Director Andrew Adamson gave cast member Anna Popplewell (Susan Pevensie) time off from the film’s shoot so she could fly to London to attend her school prom. Anna changed into her ball dress in a bathroom and had time for two dances before she had to return to Prague.

Armor

Visualist Richard Taylor of New Zealand’s Weta Workshop designed nearly 600 pieces of armor and weaponry for Narnia's new inhabitants, the Telmarines, including 200 polearms, 200 rapiers, 100 falchions, 250 shields and 55 crossbows.

Taylor also designed soft shields and stunt gear for use with live horses during the film’s key battle scenes.

Did you know?

Total worldwide box-office for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was $745 million, making it one of the most successful films of all time.

Did you know?

Skandar Keynes and Anna Popplewell won their parts in The Chronicles of Narnia in competition with thousands of other candidates from all over the world only to discover that they live round the corner from each other in North London.

Everything You Want to Know on Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian


Sets

Prince Caspian production designer Roger Ford has worked in the film business for more than four decades but the set for King Miraz’s castle, which was built at Barrandov Studios, was the biggest he has ever designed.

King Miraz’s castle occupied 20,000 square feet and is partly based on Pierrefonds Castle, which is located outside Paris in France.

The castle took 200 carpenters, plasterers and painters 15 weeks to build.

CGI work during the film’s post-production will further increase the scale of Miraz’s castle by a factor of three.

A log bridge that will feature in Prince Caspian’s climactic final scene was built over the River Soca in the Bovec Region of Slovenia and took a team of 20 engineers and workmen 1 month to construct.

Ford based his design for the bridge on the one Julius Caesar built across the Rhine in his battle against the Germans.

To accommodate Ford’s plans industrial engineers temporarily rerouted the flow of the River Soca.

The London tube station where the Pevensie children begin their adventure in Prince Caspian isn’t located in London at all. Ford built the realistic set at the Henderson Studios on New Zealand’s North Island.

Did you know?

In contrast to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, make-up artist Tami Lane and Oscar winning make-up designer (for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) Howard Berger decided to create Narnians of many different ages and races for Prince Caspian. The new film will feature female Centaurs for the first time as well as Centaur children and an 80-year-old Faun.

Did you know?

If some of the locations in Prince Caspian look familiar it’s because the production shot in some of the same remote areas of New Zealand’s South Island that previously appeared as Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Make-up
The 130 extras who play Narnian creatures in Prince Caspian wore special creature suits and spent several hours having make-up applied each day.

Make-up effects designer Howard Berger worked with a team of 50 make-up artists and supervised 4,600 individual make-up sessions over the course of the production.

Actor Warwick Davis spent 3 ½ hours each day having a facial prosthetic applied to transform him into the Black Dwarf Nikabrik.

To make sure the cast of the film would be ready to shoot at the required time, Howard Berger, Tami Lane and their crew arrived on set every morning 5 hours before the rest of the crew.

Howard and Tami’s earliest wake-up call: 1:30 a.m.

Did you know?

Actor Warwick Davies is the only cast member of Prince Caspian to have starred in two different adaptations of the Narnia stories. In Prince Caspian he stars as Nikabrik, the Black Dwarf, while in the 1989 BBC production of Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader he played the swashbuckling mouse Reepicheep. In the latest version of the story Reepicheep will be a totally CGI creation.

Did you know?

Director Andrew Adamson spent more than a year searching for the right actor to play the title role in Prince Caspian but cast 26-year-old British actor Ben Barnes for the career-making part just 3 ½ weeks before shooting began.

Russell Crowe talks American Gangster

It was more than a decade ago – in 1995 to be exact – when Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington first worked together and the bond they formed way back then has been strengthened on American Gangster.

A lot has happened since they made the futuristic thriller Virtuosity – not least both winning Academy Awards®, Crowe for Gladiator and Washington for Training Day – but they have stayed in contact and admired each other’s work from a distance.

And Crowe never forgot one night in particular after a long day’s filming on Virtuosity when, over cigars and brandy, the two men had a long chat.

“About half way through the shoot Denzel came to my trailer one night with two cigars and a bottle of cognac,” recalls Crowe. “He knocked on the door and was like ‘shall we have a drink?’ And I was like ‘cool, come on in.’

So we sat there and we were chatting for about half an hour, forty minutes, and I always remembered something he said and for me doing American Gangster is a partial pay back for that.

He sat there and said ‘you know, I’ve never said this to any other actor, but man, I wish I was playing your role. So when I got the American Gangster script I knew how much Denzel wanted to do it because I’d been following it from a distance for a couple of years and seeing the machinations and then saw the production fall apart.”

So they sent me the script and I read it and the thing is, what’s great about it is the character of Frank Lucas – on the page it was Frank and really there wasn’t any other half at that time, there was nothing going on. And that conversation, all those years ago, came to mind because I’m reading it going ‘man, I wish I was playing Frank Lucas!’

So the process of getting involved in this is really a form of repaying him, a certain loyalty from 12 years ago.”

American Gangster is Crowe’s third film with Sir Ridley Scott and there will be more – they are currently filming the thriller Body of Lies and plan to shoot Nottingham next year.

For Crowe, the friendship and close professional association with Scott has come about naturally since they first worked together on Gladiator, a project that would win Crowe his Oscar and also claim the Academy Award ® for Best Film. It was to be six years before they were back together again, on the romantic comedy A Good Year, and the actor believes that maybe they should have been reunited sooner.

“We probably should have done it straight after Gladiator because we knew then that we really enjoyed each other’s company and we enjoyed the way each other works. But I suppose it’s not a usual thing and he went off and did his stuff and I went off and did mine.

He did call me about things, like Black Hawk Down and Kingdom of Heaven – I was going to be doing that for a couple of years but it just worked out that Cinderella Man was being shot at the exact same time that he wanted to go with that.

But after that cycle when he did those movies without me around, we just sat down one day and talked and we both came to the conclusion that we liked being on a set with each other. I don’t want to disparage anybody else I’ve ever worked with, but I just really like the way he makes a film.

He has a great respect for the medium and how much it costs. He takes a very working class attitude towards it and I appreciate that and I enjoy it too. I like to get to work and know that we are going to achieve something every day.

Not only achieve something, not only knock over the call sheet but probably go beyond what the call sheet says because we are very fluid together. If something is not working we change it, change it in the moment and trust our instincts about whether things are working or not. I just enjoy his company.

I enjoy the way he thinks. He is one of the great visual artists of our time and I’m really lucky that he happens to think that what I do suits him, so it’s great.”

Crowe’s fascination with American Gangster, which is based on a true story, is partly, he says, with finding out what happens when two vastly different worlds collide. In this case, the criminal world of Frank Lucas, a millionaire drugs baron who ruled the streets of Harlem through a heady mixture of enterprise, cunning and fear, and the cop assigned to head the team that hunts him down, Detective Richie Roberts.

At the time, Roberts was not only battling to roll up a massive drugs operation, but fighting an enemy within – police corruption was rife and many officers were taking bribes from Lucas.

It’s not the first time that Crowe has successfully played a real character of course – he played the late boxer James Braddock in Cinderella Man, the troubled mathematical genius John Nash in A Beautiful Mind and tobacco industry whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand in The Insider.

He built up his portrayal of Richie Roberts after several meetings with the man himself. Roberts was an absorbing subject for the actor to study, he says.

“Richie’s had a fascinating life. He was a Marine, and then he got seconded to work with the Israeli police force, busting hash dealers on the border. He came back from Israel and was taken straight into the New Jersey police department as an investigator, without ever having gone to the police academy.

And he did an undercover job that went on for 2.5 or 3 years. When that job was over he finally went to the academy to officially become a policeman, even though he’d been working as a policeman and carrying a gun for three years.

At that stage he began to see the way the police force was constructed and it made him very angry. He directed that anger into his desire to become a lawyer. ‘If I can’t affect the police force in terms of its corruption, then maybe being a lawyer I can affect that corruption’ was the way he looked at it.

And when he became a prosecutor he saw a similar type of corruption, so decided the only way he could use his energies was in defending people he felt needed defense.”

Crowe, 43, won the Oscar for Best Actor for his riveting performance as Maximus in Gladiator. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in Michael Mann’s The Insider and for A Beautiful Mind, directed by Ron Howard. He was also awarded a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for his performance in A Beautiful Mind.

Crowe’s other credits include playing hard-boiled cop Bud White in LA Confidential, a rogue cyber space killer in Virtuosity, a hostage negotiator in Proof of Life and an 18th century British sea captain in Master and Commander.

Born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, Crowe is married to the actress and singer Danielle Spencer and they have two children, Charlie, 3, and 15 month old Tennyson.

Q: As a character Richie has high moral values at work but in his home life he’s not quite as faithful as he could be…

R.C.: Richie has one thing going for him in terms of being a policeman in that money is not a motivating factor for him. I think that is one of the interesting things about this film is that both these lead characters are morally questionable.

Q: This is a serious film. It also deals with serious issues – drugs on the streets and the appeal of gangsters. How did you approach that?

R.C.: In terms of the heaviness of the movie and what Ridley shows, I think it was a moral responsibility from his point of view to show the destruction that Frank Lucas brought about for the community. We looked up the figures and you can actually see that deaths from heroin addiction spiked in the time of Frank Lucas’s operation. I think Ridley has done a great job in showing that on one side of Frank’s life he is an upstanding man. He takes him mum to church every Sunday. But on the other side, what he’s actually doing, the business he is engaged in, kills people. And there is a certain part of the movie where it goes from being almost glamorous to very fundamental, when you start seeing shots of addicted mothers with their babies crying while they are shooting up. I think, in my personal opinion, Ridley did a great job in showing the destruction that Frank Lucas has brought about.

Q: How could you relate to Richie Roberts as a character you are playing?

R.C.: At a very essential level I understood what he was talking about. He had decided that if it was his lot in life to stand on the edge and throw stones at the big monster, corruption, American law, then that was going to be his job. It’s not glamorous on that side of the fence, but that’s what he decided to do. I appreciate him as a person for doing that. Thank God in our world there are people who will be selfless like that and give their lives and their careers over to the greater good. Richie’s got the same moral compass now that he had then. He denies being quite the womanizer that we portray him in the movie, but the actuality of finding out about his life would seem to indicate that we were actually kind to him on that respect. I agree with him, some corruption is benign. What father wouldn’t steal to feed a starving child? Is that a crime or is that benign? However, the other side of that, somebody who will steal money, steal drugs to sell, from a position of responsibility as a policeman? That’s corruption.
So would I trust Richie Roberts? Absolutely. If you asked Richie Roberts to do something as far as an attorney client situation or just as a friend, he would give his life up before he fouled you in that.

Q: How different is it playing a real person that you’ve actually met?

R.C.: There is a greater responsibility and you try and be accurate with your portrayal where you can. And obviously when you are playing a fictional character it’s all about your imagination or the information the script has in it, and then you expand on that. But if you asked me 10 years ago if I was interested in playing real characters I probably would have said that I don’t think so. But it just seems to have become a thing that’s part of what I do. I actually do get really engaged if it’s a true story.

Q: Does Ridley push you?

R.C.: I think we push each other. That’s why we like working together. The shorthand gets better and better every time we work. We can have an argument across the room without saying a word. (laughs) We have a shorthand that really works for us. And he’s one of the greatest visual artists ever. Luckily for me, he enjoys what I do, so it’s just a great privilege for me to be on his film sets. He likes me to question him and tell him what I’m observing. He doesn’t want me to tell him later when it’s too late to do something about it. I suppose on one level it’s just really easy. It’s easy to explain. I like working with him and he likes working with me. But on the other side of it it’s probably really complex the way we fit together because he gives me greater responsibilities on the set. Probably only Ron Howard is another director that gives me the same level of responsibility. But that really engages me. I enjoy that extra responsibility.

Q: Like what?

R.C.: For example, with American Gangster, the script that was written was about Frank Lucas. It was Frank Lucas’ story and that was the engaging and compelling thing about that script. But you can’t just tell a story like that. You have to find other places to go to. You have to find the weight of the investigation for example, the charges against Frank. So that required quite a bit of research, to find exactly what would have been brought to the table because you don’t want to get into this situation with this movie where it seems like luck or it seems that one charge and this great drug kingpin was brought down. The reality of the situation was the there was evidence about so much stuff and murders and corrupting police officials and bribery and so forth, that there was no way out for Frank Lucas. He was either facing the rest of his life in prison or he could turn state’s evidence and maybe spend some of his life outside prison.

Q: You have a reputation for being a no bullshit actor. How do you deal with Hollywood, it’s all around you all the time?

R.C It’s not around me all the time because I live in Australia. When you are on a movie set that’s your work environment so that’s not quote un quote ‘Hollywood’. I remember one day I was doing a press junket and it was such a tedious day I decided I would walk back to the hotel which was about an hour and fifteen minutes away. So I naively walked straight out of the front gate and look around and go ‘oh ****!’ and I’ve got about 10 photographers following me and they’re all on the phone, right, so then cars start coming in and then you’ve got camera guys from Dutch TV jumping out going ‘talk to me Russell! Crowe!’ And I’m like ‘what the fuck is going on..’ And I had a friend with me who had a camera and I’ve got footage of it and by the time we got to the hotel there was literally, you can see them in the frame, 34 people with cameras and microphones and stuff. It’s nuts.

Q: Is it still ‘the last place on Earth’ that you would want to live as you once said?

R.C: My attitude has actually changed quite dramatically since I gave that quote ten years ago. Man, that quote has been shoved back at me so many times (laughs). When I said that I was a young actor coming in here it was all sort of strange and weird and everything and I said something disparaging. But over time the amount of people I know in this town, it’s a very comfortable place for me to come into now. And just socially, even for my wife as well, she’s got a lot of friends here.

Q: It was a great quote..

R.C: Yeah, I give good quote! (laughs) So my attitude about Los Angeles has changed. I still don’t think it’s healthy for me, as an actor, to sleep in the office and that’s the way I consider Los Angeles. It’s the office, it’s where business gets done, where things get set up, but for me to remain fresh with what I do and just to inform myself as a human, you know, to be out of the town, out of the country, it’s just better…

Q: Have you changed your work schedule now you are a father of two?

R.C: Definitely. There are some movies I say no to because they are being shot in a place that is not going to be comfortable for the kids. Life is completely different without them around and I don’t like not being in the same house as them on a daily basis. Sometimes you have to put up with it and sometimes it just doesn’t work out. I still make the choices the same way I’ve always made them. I read the script and if something about the idea grabs me then that’s probably the thing I’m going to do but I do have greater considerations in terms of their schedule and family life. So just like everybody else, you blend it in and try and make it work.

Death Race

Genre: Action-Thriller
Cast: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producers: Jeremy Bolt, Paul W.S. Anderson, Paula Wagner
Executive Producer: Roger Corman


Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow, with the world’s most brutal sporting event as its backdrop. A penitentiary full of felons has inspired the jailers to create a grisly pastime ripe for lucrative kickbacks. Now, adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for televised violence and a spectacular arena come together to form the Death Race.

Three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames (Statham) is an expert at survival in the harsh landscape that has become our country. Just as he thinks he has turned his life around, the ex-con is framed for a gruesome murder he didn’t commit. Forced to don the mask of the mythical driver Frankenstein—a crowd favorite who seems impossible to kill—Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island’s warden (Joan Allen): suit up or rot away in a cell.

His face hidden by a metallic mask, one convict will be put through an insane three-day challenge. Ames must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals in the country’s toughest prison to claim the prize of freedom. Driving a monster car outfitted with machine guns, flamethrowers and grenade launchers, one desperate man will destroy anything in his path to win the most twisted spectator sport on Earth.

Bones, Kirk enlist for "Star Trek" movie

"Lord of the Rings" veteran Karl Urban is strapping on a stethoscope to play Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the Starship's Enterprise's medical officer, in J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" feature.

Chris Pine, meanwhile, closed his deal to star as the young Captain Kirk. He had been in talks to play Kirk as well as a role opposite George Clooney in Joe Carnahan's "White Jazz." The two movies overlapped, and Pine was forced to choose between them, opting to make the "Trek."

Abrams has been furiously casting "Trek," with John Cho (Sulu), Simon Pegg (Scotty) and Eric Bana (the villainous Nero) joining the film last week.

Also on board are Zoe Saldana as the young Uhura, Anton Yelchin as the young Chekov and Zachary Quinto as the young Spock. Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role of Spock, also will be part of the film.

The Paramount Pictures project is expected to shoot from November to March.
Plot details are begin kept under wraps, but it is understood that the movie chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.

The character of McCoy, originated by DeForest Kelley, didn't trust advanced technology and frequently sparred with Spock in debates of logic vs. emotion. Bones also was responsible for several of "Trek's" catchphases, including "He's dead, Jim" and "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a . . .," ending in a profession in which he had no training.

Urban, from New Zealand, played Eomer in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. His feature credits include "The Bourne Supremacy" and "Pathfinder."

The Adventures of Robin Hood


The legend of the English outlaw who robbed from the rich to give to the poor is found in literature dating from 1377. The first film to feature the outlaw is believed to be Robin Hood and His Merry Men, produced in the United Kingdom in 1909. The major films on the subject are Robin Hood (produced in the United States in 1921/ 1922, with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role), The Adventures of Robin Hood (produced in the United States in 1938, with Errol Flynn in the title role), and The Story of Robin Hood (an American production filmed in England in 1952, with Richard Todd in the title role). Richard Greene starred in the popular British television series, The Adventures of Robin Hood, which was seen on CBS from 1955 to 1958.

Taryn Manning

Taryn Manning recently appeared in “A Lot Like Love” opposite Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. She recently completed filming Wes Craven’s “The Breed” opposite Michelle Rodriguez, the indie film “Cult,” and “Unbeatable Harold,” starring Dylan McDermott, Henry Winkler, and Gladys Knight. Taryn starred in Mark Milgard’s “Dandelion” opposite Vincent Kartheiser and Mare Winningham. “Dandelion” debuted in the American Spectrum competition at Sundance 2004.

Manning appeared on the big screen in Anthony Minghella’s Civil War film “Cold Mountain,” “White Oleander” opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Allison Lohman and as Janeane, Eminem’s ex-girlfriend, in Curtis Hanson’s “8 Mile.” Manning is best known for starring opposite Britney Spears in “Crossroads,” the road trip movie about three best friends, directed by Tamra Davis (“Gun Crazy”). Taryn also received rave reviews as Kirsten Dunst’s best friend and confidante in “Crazy/Beautiful.”

Manning is currently in the studio writing and producing her second album, which will be her first solo project. Manning’s band Boomkat’s singles, “The Wreckoning” and “What You Do To Me,” from Boomkatalog One, hit #1 on the Hot Dance Club play charts and the band finished 2003 as the #5 Hot Dance Club play artists for the year in Billboard Magazine. Their song “Wastin’ My Time” was featured on the “8 Mile” soundtrack, which sold over 6 million records worldwide. Boomkat’s remake of the Blondie song “Rip Her to Shreds” can be heard in the opening credits of the Paramount film “Mean Girls,” which debuted at #1 at the box office.

Manning first drew attention when she played Rebecca Peabody on Fox’s critically acclaimed “Get Real.” Other television credits include ABC’s “The Practice,” the WB’s “Popular,” “NYPD Blue,” and appearances in two pilots, “Ryan Caulfield” and “68.”

Raised in Tucson, Arizona until age 12, Manning’s enormous energy and competitive nature brought her recognition and awards in everything from karate to roller-skating. While living in Cardiff, California, she discovered dance and her love for performing was realized. This led her to attend the prestigious Orange County High School of the Arts where her talents in dance, acting and voice were featured in numerous stage productions. Her dance troupe even went on to win the national championship.

Manning is an unusually unique blend of talent. It is no surprise that upon graduation from high school, she moved to Hollywood and immediately began working in commercials, film and television.

Manning recently started her own clothing line, Born Uniqorn, with her best friend Tara Jane. The line is available in select boutiques including C. Ronson in New York. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her Toy Yorkie, Speakers.

Anthony Anderson

Anthony Anderson has appeared in over 20 films and has earned two NAACP Image Award nominations. He is currently shooting Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed” with a stellar cast, including Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson. In addition, Anderson has joined the cast of the FX drama “The Shield” opposite Michael Chiklis and Glenn Close and will be recurring on the HBO series “Entourage” playing himself. Anderson first gained attention as one of Jim Carrey’s sons in “Me, Myself and Irene,” and has subsequently appeared in such blockbuster films as “Scary Movie 3,” “Barbershop,” “Kangaroo Jack,” “Exit Wounds,” “Cradle 2 the Grave,” “Two Can Play That Game,” and “Malibu’s Most Wanted.” He recently starred as the title character in New Line’s “King’s Ransom.” Last year, Anderson starred opposite Eddie Griffin and Michael Imperioli in “My Baby’s Daddy,” opposite Frankie Muniz in “Agent Cody Banks 2” and had a cameo in “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle.” He also brought his talent and humor to the small screen in his own WB sitcom “All About the Andersons,” which was loosely based on his life.

Anderson grew up in Los Angeles and while pursuing his acting career, he continued his education by attending the High School for the Performing Arts, where he earned first place in the NAACP’s ACTSO Awards with his performance of the classic monologue from “The Great White Hope.” That performance, along with his dedication and talent, earned him an arts scholarship to Howard University. In 1996, Anderson landed his first professional job starring in the teen series “Hang Time.” He then quickly landed guest-starring roles on other shows including “JAG” and “NYPD Blue.” Producer David E. Kelley was so impressed with Anderson’s talent that he wrote a two-episode arc especially for him on the hit series “Ally McBeal.”

Anderson currently lives in Los Angeles. He is married to his college sweetheart and they have two children.