‘Tamara Drewe‘, the new film starring GEMMA ARTERTON, is set to premiere in London’s Leicester Square on Monday 6th September 2010. The movie, directed by STEPHEN FREARS, is based on POSY SIMMONDS’ acclaimed graphic novel about a young newspaper journalist who is torn between two lovers after returning home to the countryside. Arterton plays the eponymous ‘Tamara’, and the cast also features DOMINIC COOPER, TAMSIN GREIG, and ROGER ALLAM.

In a recent interview with Time Out London, Arterton explained how she had initial reservations about playing the part of Tamara, she said, “At the start, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do the film. I really liked the script and I knew that I could do it but I had a little bit of apprehension. I’m not sure why. Then they sent me the comic, and that was the deal-maker. I’ve always loved Thomas Hardy (the book is inspired by Far From The Madding Crowd) and I just fell in love with the comic”.

When asked why he decided to adapt the novel for screen, Frears told The Telegraph “somebody sent me a script of it and I said, ‘Oh yes, of course!’ It was sexy and it was funny. I just thought, this is heaven”. ‘Tamara Drewe‘ it is due for release on Friday 10th September 2010.

Jonathan Liebesman (upcoming Battle: Los Angeles) has signed a deal to direct the Clash of the Titans sequel for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary. Liebesman will shoot the sequel in 3D instead of having it added during post-production.

The first film, made for about $125 million, has earned $491.9 million worldwide.

Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Dan Mazeau (The Flash, Jonny Quest) and David Leslie Johnson, writer of next year’s Red Riding Hood worked together on the treatment, with Mazeau and Johnson now writing the script.

Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton are among the actors expected to return for the second installment.

Anchor Bay Home Entertainment announced that the film THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED will be coming to Blu-ray on November 23, 2010. The thriller stars up and coming actress Gemma Arterton, most recently known for her roles in the summer blockbusters CLASH OF THE TITANS and PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME as well as last years PIRATE RADIO. Arterton plays the daughter of a millionaire who is kidnapped but doesn’t bow down to her captors. The film had a limited theatrical release earlier this month but premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. There’s a short list of special features that include:

* Storyboard featurettes
* Audio commentary with director J Blakeson
* Extended scenes with commentary

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The most anticipated TIFF announcement, after the films (or, before the films for many) is the one which informs the city which filmmakers and actors are coming to the festival.

This year’s list has just been announced, and includes: directors Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle, Robert Redford, Ben Affleck, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris; actors Nicole Kidman, Matt Damon, Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Paul Giamatti, Marion Cotillard, and Ellen Page; and musician Bruce Springsteen, NBA great Steve Nash, eco-activist David Suzuki and computer person Bill Gates. And, of course, our lovely Gemma Arterton.

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The UK premiere of Tamara Drewe will be take place on Monday 6 September at the Odeon in Leicester Square and you could be there! Extra members can win two tickets to what is set to be the film premiere of the year.

Based on a cartoon strip by Guardian and Observer cartoonist Posy Simmonds, it features a full British cast and crew. It’s already received outstanding reviews following its special screening out of competition at the Cannes festival. All of the cast are expected to attend the premiere including Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper.

Click here for your chance to walk down the red carpet with the stars.

The closing date is midnight on 3 September.

To learn more about Tamara Drewe follow the film on Facebook www.facebook.com/tamaradreweuk

The Tamara Drewe premiere
The Odeon, Leicester Square
Date: 6 September 2010
Time: 6:45pm
Duration: Three hours

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced that the Jerry Bruckheimer-producer Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on September 14:

The mystery and legends of an ancient time will be experienced like never before when Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time arrives on 3-Disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy), 1-Disc Blu-ray and 1-Disc DVD on September 14, 2010 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.

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The full list of nominees for the 2010 Digital Spy Movie Awards is listed below. Voting closes for this year’s DSMAs at the end of August. The winners will be announced on Digital Spy in early October.

> Click here to vote at the Digital Spy Movie Awards

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed (Four Lions)
Nicolas Cage (Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call – New Orleans)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Inception)
Ashton Kutcher (Spread)
Tobey Maguire (Brothers)
Eddie Marsan (The Disappearance Of Alice Creed)
Andy Serkis (Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll)
Thomas Turgoose (The Scouting Book For Boys)

Best Actress
Gemma Arterton (The Disappearance Of Alice Creed)
Marion Cotillard (Inception)
Melissa George (Triangle)
Holliday Grainger (The Scouting Book For Boys)
Mo’Nique (Precious)
Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass)
Anna Kendrick (Up In The Air)
Noomi Rapace (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)

We’ve seen Gemma Arterton in two big budget productions this year alone, Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia, and though neither represent what she’s capable of as an actress, she’ll be back for more. During a chat about her upcoming film, The Disappearance of Alice Creed, Arterton revealed that her role in Clash 2 is likely to be small, and even admitted which of the two blockbusters she liked better.

She confirmed that she’ll appear in the Clash sequel, but didn’t really sound all that enthusiastic about either the movie itself or her contractually obligated role in it:

“I don’t really know what the story is going to be. I think they’re writing it at the moment and they’re going to get back to us, but I don’t think I’m in it much the next movie, which is kind of good.” She added, “It’s going because it was a real success in the box office so they’re going to make another one.”

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Sam Worthington spoke with press on July 9 at the offices of Radical Studios, an LA-based company that has teamed with Worthington’s Full Clip Productions for a number of series, about his upcoming film work, including the sequel to Clash of the Titans that he says will begin shooting early next year.

“[It} will be 3D this time,” said Worthington, making it clear that he himself wasn’t happy with the post-conversion process of the first film, “Shot in 3D. Do put that in and make them f–king aware…

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‘I think she needs to be less mythical and more real and go for the fighting,’ actress says about her character Io’s role in next installment.

“Clash of the Titans” fought its way through withering critical reviews and a ho-hum domestic box office this spring to become a worldwide hit with almost $500 million in ticket sales. For the upcoming sequel, Warner Bros. is changing up key pieces of the franchise — from bringing in a new director to shooting the movie in 3-D rather than converting in it post-production — in a quest to make the next “Clash” even more successful.

Other aspects of the swords-and-sandals epic will remain the same, including the return of Sam Worthington and, as MTV News has now learned, Gemma Arterton.

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Who will star in U.S. version of Stieg Larsson thriller?

If you’ve seen the Swedish thriller “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” then you know why Stieg Larsson’s best-selling trilogy is a global phenomenon. His first book, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” started the stampede, and introduced the pierced, tattooed, hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander.

The Swedish film version of “Tattoo” (starring Noomi Rapace) is now on DVD, released to coincide with “Fire” on the big screen and the U.S. hardcover publication of the concluding novel, “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.”

Speculation is rampant on who will play Salander in the imminent Hollywood version directed by David Fincher (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Panic Room”).

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This morning in Toronto, Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey, co-directors of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), announced the line-up for the fest’s Sept. 9-19 run, which will also include a return to a full day of screenings on the final day.

The announcements included 15 Galas and 35 Special Presentations, with 25 of them being world premieres.

Highlights include Robert Redford’s The Conspirator, Ben Affleck’s The Town, Mike Leigh’s Another Year, Richard J. Lewis’ Barney’s Version, Rowan Joffe’s Brighton Rock, Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, Stephen Frears’ Tamara Drewe and Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.

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The UK premiere of Tamara Drewe is being held in aid of The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts. Tickets are now on sale and all money raised will go to the foundation. Further information is HERE.

Maple Pictures, the Canadian distributors for The Disappearance of Alice Creed are currently allowing fans to submit questions to Gemma Arterton for an exclusive video interview for their social media sites. Join their Facebook page and submit a question!

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Please join http://www.facebook.com/TamaraDreweUK to be informed about the latest news and updates on the film. Tamara Drewe premieres on July 14th in France, on September 10th in the UK, and on October 8th in New York and Los Angeles.

The film sees Gemma Arterton take on the role of Tamara Drewe, a girl who has transformed herself. Plastic surgery, a different wardrobe, and a smouldering look, have given her confidence and a thrilling power to attract. Tamara arrives in the village where her late mother lived to clear up the house. For the men of the village, she becomes an object of lust, envy, the focus of unrequited love and a seductress… First appearing as a serial in the Guardian, then enlarged and embellished in book form, now Stephen Frears, Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper along with a great British cast bring the tale to the big screen.

Hello France! The Disappearance of Alice Creed opens in your cinemas tomorrow.

Tonight – in London – a huge range of drawings by some big celebrities will be on display at the Celebrity Journeys Exhibition at The Music Room in Mayfair. The drawings are currently going under the hammer in an online auction for Action for Children, a children’s charity that supports and speaks out for the UK’s most vulnerable and neglected children and young people. Up for auction are drawings by Lily Allen, Gemma Arterton, Robbie Coltrane, Ronnie Corbett, Fearne Cotton, Ben Elton, Ranulph Fiennes, Penny Lancaster, Joanna Lumley, Yoko Ono, Rod Stewart and many more.

To view the online auction, which ends on July 15, click here. To find out more about the exhibition, visit Leap Anywhere.

Tamara Drewe is the contemporary tale of a Londoner returning home to the country – and to her past. Tamara, once a shy, ugly teenager, has reinvented herself as a smouldering femme fatale. When she returns to her old village to sell her late mother’s house, she is barely recognisable to the locals – or to her old flame Andy – and she kick-starts a trail of envy, lust, scandal and gossip wherever she goes. But has she really forgotten who she is – and who she loved?

Tamara is the ultimate modern girl; but for all her independence, ambition and sex appeal it’s actually the vulnerable, shy fish-out-of-water underneath that make her story funny, moving and very human.

Tamara Drewe premieres in French cinemas on July 14, 2010. The UK will have to wait until September 10, 2010.

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- Tamara Drewe (2010): Production Stills

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The movie adaptation of Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has become the highest grossing video game movie thus far, despite weak returns in the US.

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Choice Movie: Fantasy

“Alice in Wonderland”

“Clash of the Titans”

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Choice Movie Actor: Fantasy

Johnny Depp, “Alice in Wonderland”

Jake Gyllenhaal, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”

Taylor Lautner, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Robert Pattinson, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Sam Worthington, “Clash of the Titans”

Choice Movie Actress: Fantasy

Gemma Arterton, “Clash of the Titans” / “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”

Rosario Dawson, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”

Kristen Stewart, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”

Mia Wasikowska, “Alice in Wonderland”

Emma Watson, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”

Starting yesterday, fans ages 13-19 can vote once each day for their favorite TEEN CHOICE 2010 nominees at www.teenchoiceawards.com.

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