I’ve finally managed to buy a copy of the January 2008 issue of Empire UK. Now we have all major publications that Gemma was featured in when promoting St Trinian’s.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans: Empire (UK) - January 2008

Check out this new set of images featuring Gemma and Jake Gyllenhaal practising horseback riding in England for their upcoming roles in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2009).

GALLERY LINKS:
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2009): Rehearsing - July 3, 2008

As you may notice the updated sidebar as well as the filmography, Gemma has yet another new film in the works! That is Richard Curtis’s The Boat That Rocked, which is currently being filmed. The cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy and Kenneth Branagh so Gemma’s indeed in a very good company here! Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time is in pre-production and will begin this month.

The official full teaser trailer for Quantum of Solace was released today. Watch it (or download it) here!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Quantum of Solace (2008): Teaser Trailer Captures

GALLERY LINKS:
- Talk Shows & Interviews: IGN - “Quantum of Solace” - Roberto Schaefer - D.P. (June 11, 2008)
- Talk Shows & Interviews: 007.com Website - Naomi Donne - Hair & Make-Up Designer (June 10, 2008)
- Magazine Scans: Nylon (US) - February 2008, thanks to Stef
- St Trinian’s: DVD Screencaptures - Bloopers
- St Trinian’s: DVD Screencaptures - Soundbites
- Quantum of Solace: Teaser Trailer Captures
- Magazine Scans: Daily Mail (UK) - July 1, 2008, thanks to Lorna

Guy Ritchie is back in his old stomping ground with RocknRolla. The Lock, Stock… and Snatch director has returned to the world of dodgy dealers, shady scams and back-stabbing that made his name, with a story of a tale of Russian mobsters running amok in the Big Smoke.

Featuring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tom Wilkinson, The Wire’s Idris Elba and Gemma Arterton amongst the cast, the film is out on 5th September but Empire has the world exclusive look at the first trailer for you right here, right now.

GALLERY LINKS:
- RocknRolla (2008): Trailer Captures

A German fan site received confirmation from Sony Pictures that the trailer will be launched on Yahoo! on Monday 30th June at 17:00 BST (British Summer Time). Viewing will be exclusively at Yahoo for the first 24 hours.

Running for 1 minute 51 seconds, the trailer will be the first real look at how Daniel Craig’s second outing as 007 is shaping up. The film is released in the UK on 31st October 2008, with many countries following the week after.

Columbia Pictures, who distribute the film, have named the submitted reel “TRAILER A”, indicating that this is just the first teaser. In recent years, Bond films have used a teaser in the summer and a full length theatrical trailer in the fall closer to the time of release.

Sony will be attaching the new 007 preview to their summer tent-pole release Hancock, starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron. Hancock will debut on July 2nd for the holiday weekend in the USA.

Molina will play Sheik Amar, who becomes a mentor to the prince.

Shooting is slated to begin in July in the UK and Morocco.

Molina is starring in Courtroom K, a Fox pilot written by Paul Attanasio and directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. He also completed Overture’s Humble Park and stars in An Education.

Source: Variety

GALLERY LINKS:
- Talk Shows & Interviews: “Quantum of Solace” EPK
- Photoshoots: Empire (2007), thanks to Lorna

Plot (Subject to Possible Change During Production): (don’t read if you want to avoid spoilers!!!)

“Passing through India en route to Azad (which means Freedom in Persian), King Shahraman and his son, the Prince of Persia, defeat the powerful Maharajah of India with the promise of honor and glory. After looting the city and capturing a giant hourglass full of sand, a mysterious dagger, and the Maharajah’s daughter Tamina along with other treasures, they continue to Azad. A dying Vizier, who had betrayed the Maharajah and aided King Shahraman in return for a share of the spoils, demands to have the dagger, as he was promised his choice of the Maharajah’s treasures. But Shahraman refuses to take the dagger from his son, who captured it first. Denied also the hourglass itself, of which was to go to the sultan of Azad as a gift, the Vizier who wishes to harness the power of the Sands in the hourglass for himself, making him an immortal god and giving him control over time itself, tricks the Prince into opening the hourglass in Azad. When the Prince uses the dagger to unleash the Sands of Time from the hourglass, the Sands destroy the kingdom and turn all living beings into hideous sand creatures. Only the Prince, the Vizier, and Princess Tamina, the kidnapped daughter of the Maharajah, remain unchanged due to their possessions; the Prince’s dagger, the Vizier’s staff, and Tamina’s medallion (there are a handful of unimportant survivors, such as two people who escape with Tamina and a guard who assists you during the Azad defense system puzzle, who is possessed after his part).

On a journey to repair the damage he has caused, the Prince teams with Tamina to return the Sands of Time to the hourglass by using the Dagger of Time, which also gives the Prince limited control over the flow of time. Before they reach their destination, the Prince and Tamina form a romantic relationship. However, the Prince knows that Tamina has every reason to hate him for conquering her people, and he suspects that Tamina plans to steal the Dagger of Time from him. While the Prince sleeps, Tamina does at a later time take the Dagger, as well as his sword, and attempts to return the Sands to the hourglass herself, leaving only her medallion behind with the Prince. When the Prince catches up with her, she is being attacked by sand creatures, and is knocked into the hourglass chamber through a hole in the floor. The prince tries to grab her hand, but only manages to grab the Dagger of Time by it’s blade, causing him severe pain. Tamina, seeing that he won’t let go of the Dagger chooses to do so herself and falls to her death. Afterwards, the Prince uses the Dagger to return the Sands to the hourglass, and the timeline reverts to the point prior to the battle against the Maharajah. As a result, the relationship between Tamina and himself is a memory that only he possesses. However, the Prince still has the Dagger in his possession, even in the past. He goes to find Tamina, to warn her of the Vizier’s treachery before the Sands are released, and to give her the Dagger of Time. At this point, it is revealed all of the Prince’s narration in the menus and cut-scenes from the game were actually him recounting his adventures to Tamina, in an attempt to warn her. But as the Prince shares his epic story with her, he is confronted by the evil Vizier, who still yearns for the Dagger, and eternal life. He plans to kills Tamina and blame her murder on him.

After defeating the Vizier, and preventing the opening of the hourglass, the Prince offers the Dagger to Tamina. She questions why he needed to invent such a fantastic story. After he responds with a coldly received kiss, he rewinds time a moment and instead agrees with her, that it was just a story. As he leaves, she asks him his name, and is left dumbfounded when he tells her to call him ‘Kakolookiyam’, the name of a fairy-tale hero that Tamina’s mother told her stories about as a child and that only she would know of. (In the previous timeline, Tamina had explained the significance of this word to the Prince.”

Source: Persian Mirror

Check out Gemma’s Avon campaign in the gallery. She looks amazing!

The stunning actress is fronting the newest fragrance campaign from Avon - Bond Girl 007 - a partnership with James Bond entertainment, and what is said to be the biggest global fragrance launch of the year.

Due to launch in October to coincide with the release of the latest Bond blockbuster, Quantum of Solace, Arterton will appear in print and television advertising, as well as on the cover of Avon’s brochure. Samples will also be available a select movie theatres worldwide to promote the perfume.

“I am proud to be a part of the Bond girl legacy and Avon’s Bond Girl 007 fragrance embodies the qualities of what a Bond girl represents - it’s sexy, empowering and iconic,” said Arterton.

Source: CatWalk Queen

Check out the press release.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton will star in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ adaptation of Ubisoft’s popular video game. Mike Newell is directing.

In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner.

Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are exec producing.

Production is set to start in July.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

I have added a scan of Gemma from WWD Scoop back from March 2008. She was one of the featured “Girls of Spring”. While it’s not a major piece, Gemma news is quiet right now, so you will probably enjoy the read none the less.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans: WWD Scoop (US) - March 2008

Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson will again direct, while writers Piers Ashworth and Nick Martin will return to pen the script. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, Thompson said he hoped cast members Gemma Arterton, Russell Brand and Rupert Everett will also reprise their roles. He told Variety: “It would be good to get the old gang back in.”

The fifth instalment of the series was a box office success last year. Filming on the sequel is scheduled to begin next January.

Source: DigitalSpy.co.uk

Several new photos from the World Premiere of Three and Out were added to our gallery.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: World Charity Premiere of “Three and Out”

GALLERY LINKS:
- Tess of the D’Urbevilles: Behind The Scenes - May 2008 — Hans Matheson and Gemma Arterton film the scene where Alec and Tess first meet
- Magazines: Empire (UK) - June 2008, scanned by Lorna
- Magazines: Independent (UK) - April 23, 2008, scanned by Lorna
- Magazines: Sunday Telegraph - Stella supplement (UK) - April 27, 2008, scanned by Lorna
- Magazines: Mail On Sunday (UK) - May 11, 2008, scanned by Lorna

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazines: InStyle (UK) - June 2008

The 22-year-old actress - who stars as Agent Fields in new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace - admits she was “immature” during the romantic scene.

She said: “I was giggling left, right and centre and being really immature. I vaguely remember him laughing politely at something stupid I said. I told my mother about the kiss and she was like, ‘Oh my God!’ ”

Gemma also said despite being one of the most talked about actresses of her generation, she isn’t interested in money or fame.

She added to InStyle magazine: “I am from a working class background, so I can’t get my head round spending hundreds of pounds on clothes. I went to a Louis Vuitton party in Paris recently. It was rather posh - I didn’t half feel like a piece of riffraff!”

Source: Monsters and Critics