We want to wish you all a Happy New Year – and as a goodbye to 2009 we’ve assembled our personal ‘Best of Gemma’.

Best News: Gemma receiving her very first acting award as Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards 2009. And the fact that she’s signed for many interesting movie offers and that she’s going to make her West End debut in 2010.

Worst News: Prince of Persia being postponed to 2010. And Peter Webber leaving the Wuthering Heights project. We don’t know if Gemma will still be on the project once the new director is cast.

Favorite Magazine Cover: The Sunday Times

Favorite Photoshoot: October’s Portrait Session

Favorite Photoshoot Picture: All gorgeous in red

Favorite Premiere Look: At London’s The Boat That Rocked premiere.

Favorite Event Look (Non-Premiere): So elegant at the GQ Awards.

Favorite Hair Style: At the Alice Creed screening.

Favorite 2009 Project: The Boat That Rocked

Favorite Still from a 2009 Project: Super cute in The Boat That Rocked.

Favorite Quote: “I refuse to conform to this muscly, sinewy look that so many actresses seem to think is attractive. I hate it and I don’t think it’s very feminine.”
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“It’s always funny. Especially with girls, people always want to them in little brackets, which they belong in. I don’t think I belong in the same bracket as Keira Knightley. I’m completely different, and from a very different background, and even have different accents. It’s just because of Jerry Bruckheimer and it’s a period film? it’s an obvious thing to say. I don’t mind. I’m confident in my own ability to not worry about being compared to people.”

Most Anticipated Gemma Release for 2010: The Disappearance of Alice Creed which will open in the UK in March 2010. Gemma (and the film itself) has been receiving great reviews and Alice Creed is said to be Gemma’s best on-screen role to date. Clash of the Titans. We love Greek mythology! And Prince of Persia – the banter between Dastan and Tamina in the trailer looks like it’ll be highly entertaining.
(Yes, we know that covers almost everything set to be released in 2010 so far. But we’re fans, after all. )

I’ve replaced several of the smallish Love’s Labour’s Lost photos with much better versions.
Thanks to Lorna for the “Independent” scan.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Stage: Love’s Labour’s Lost (2007)
- Photoshoots: Arena (2008)
- Scans from 2009: Clippings From 2009

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I’ve scanned the German DVD cover and booklet of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and there’s a gorgeous new pic with Gemma and James McAvoy from last year’s Empire Awards.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008): DVD
- Photoshoots: Empire (2008)

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After a successful 2008 Gemma Arterton was another actress we had our eye on when 2009 kicked off and her success looks set to continue into the new year.

She has mixed and matched her roles this year with Richard Curtis’ return to the director’s chair The Boat That Rocked.

She returned to the big screen last week with St. Trinian’s II: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold as Kelly Jones.

But the big budget blockbusters beckon for the actress as she stars in one of the early must see movies of the year Clash of the Titans.

Starring alongside Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson the movie follows the mortal son of the god Zeus embarks on a perilous journey to stop the underworld and its minions from spreading their evil to Earth as well as the heavens.

And it’s the blockbusters all the way this summer as Prince of Persia: Sands of Time hits the big screen which sees Arterton team up with Jake Gyllenhaal.

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She’s slender, attractive and lives a glamorous lifestyle but James Bond girl Gemma Arterton has told Australian women to not imitate her or her Hollywood mates and instead create their own identity.

Arterton has emerged as the new darling of British cinema with a string of roles in blockbusters including Quantum Of Solace and most recently in The Boat That Rocked opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman.

But in a refreshing appraisal of celebrity culture, the model-cum-actress said she was surprised that on the other side of the world young women were trying to copy their idols at the expense of their own identity.

“It’s about working hard and being as competent as you can in your own world,”

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This time about the “The Sands of Time” and the dagger that features rather prominently in the storyline, and it includes some new scenes and interview bits with Gemma.
Embedding is deactivated, so go over here to watch it on YouTube.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010): Behind the Scenes Featurette: The Sands of Time
- Stage: The Little Dog Laughed (2010)
- Personal Pictures: With members of The Academy Stage School (2007)

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Two new Prince of Persia stills appeared online at fantasy.fr and comingsoon.net – one of them with Gemma.

GALLERY LINK:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010): Production Stills

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Yahoo!Movies put a short behind-the-scenes featurette about Dastan, Jake Gyllenhaal’s character from “Prince of Persia”, online – here are some screencaps and click below to watch it.

GALLERY LINK:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010): Behind the Scenes Featurette: Dastan

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Big thanks to Dee for the screencaps, and to Lorna for the scans!

In other news, according to Clash of the Titans co-star Sam Worthington they will go back to shoot some additional scenes for the movie. He insists that it has nothing to do with ‘fixing’ anything (usually the reason for going back after the shooting has wrapped) but with the studio upping the budget, which gives them the opportunity to add scenes they were forced to cut before. Since Gemma will be involved in The Little Dog Laughed already at the time it’s not sure if that also means more Io for us. Read more here.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Stage -> Related Clippings: Times: Playlist (UK) – December 19, 2009/January 1, 2010
- Stage -> Related Clippings: Guardian: The Guide (UK) – December 19, 2009/January 1, 2010
- The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) -> Related Clippings: Total Film (UK) – February 2010
- TV Specials: St.Trinian’s 2: T4 Premiere Special (December 13, 2009)

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I’ve replaced the caps for the second Clash of the Titans trailer with better ones and added a few more. Also, some goodies. Thanks to Lorna for the scans!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Stage -> Related Clippings: Daily Mail (UK) – December 18, 2009
- Clash of the Titans (2010): Teaser Trailer 2 Captures
- Photoshoots: London Evening Standard (2008)
- Photoshoots: Blag Magazine (2008)

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Gemma Arterton’s going right into the lion’s den in her West End theatre debut.

She’s part of an ensemble of four actors starring in The Little Dog Laughed, a hilarious satire on the hypocrisy of Hollywood.

Having appeared as a Bond girl in Quantum Of Solace and with two blockbusters (Clash Of The Titans and Prince Of Persia) out next year, the timing is fortuitous.

She also has two smaller movies heading for the big screen.

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The giant scorpions are back, but this time they’re slower. The second trailer for Louis Letterier’s Clash of the Titans remake, starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton, gives itself fractionally more breathing space than the first (at least to start with). It’ll be playing in theatres before Avatar.

There are better glimpses of some of the monsters (Medusa among them), a few seconds of Mads Mikkelsen, “Titans! Will! Clash!” has been replaced with “Damn! The! Gods!”, and there’s more dialogue than before, including the legendary “Release the Kraken!” from Neeson.

The raison d’etre for this trailer would appear to be the big reveal of the Kraken itself.

Take a look at a new photo from Clash of the Titans featuring Sam Worthington as Perseus, Hans Matheson as Ixas, Ian Whyte as Sheikh Suleiman, Gemma Arterton as Io and Liam Cunningham as Solon.

GALLERY LINK:
- Clash of the Titans (2010): Production Stills

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Entertainment Tonight (ET) has got its hand on an exclusive behind the scene clip of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Beside showing some new footage from the film, the sneak peek also features Jake Gyllenhaal who rehearsed for his fighting scenes as well an interview with the depicter of the major character.

Speaking to the site about his preparation for the film, Gyllenhaal admitted, “I over-prepared myself because I never knew how much they were going to ask me to do, so I just made sure I’d be hopefully able to do anything. I guess I’ve gotten buff.” He additionally told ET that when the shooting wraps, “It’s going to turn into fat and I’m going to be happy.”

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GALLERY LINKS:
- Photoshoots: Portrait Session (October 2009)
- St Trinian’s (2007): Website

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Caps coming soon. Thanks to Dee for the heads up!
UPDATE: The trailer has been taken down, unfortunately, and we couldn’t find a new source for it. However, here are some caps – not the best quality, but better than nothing.
UPDATE 2: Watch the trailer here.

Most of it we’ve already seen in the trailers, but it’s still very exciting.

Yes, even more pics. Plus two more “Clash of the Titans” posters – sadly, no Io yet, but patience is a virtue, they say.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: “St Trinian’s 2: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold” World Premiere
- Public Events: “St Trinian’s 2: The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold” After Party
- Clash of the Titans (2010): Posters & Covers

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Peter Webber is no longer attached to direct Ecosse Films’ adaptation of the classic Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. A replacement has yet to be announced.

Speaking to ScreenDaily, Webber’s agent confirmed that the Girl With The Pearl Earring director is no longer involved with the film, which is set to star Gemma Arterton and Ed Westwick as lovers Cathy and Heathcliffe.

The film is being scripted by Olivia Hetreed, who teamed up with Webber on Girl With a Pearl Earring. Ecosse Films’ Robert Bernstein is producing with HanWay Films handling worldwide sales.

Producer Timothy Burrill confirmed that Webber is still attached to direct his project, The Spider’s House, an adaptation of Paul Bowles’ novel set in Morocco, which is currently in development.

Webber signed on to the project in May this year although it was previously reported that John Maybury, who directed Francis Bacon biopic Love Is The Devil, was attached.

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