Sault Adds Heather To The Recipe

Brian Kelly of the Sault Star, that’s Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada, reports that Heather has started filming in the area for a new project.  Local man Egidio Coccimiglio, co-director of Blast ‘Em and sound mixer on I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, is directing Compulsion.

Compulsion stars Heather as Amy, a successful chief keen to have her own television show.  Co-star Carrie-Ann Moss (The Matrix) is her neighbour, a former child-star keen to avoid the limelight.  Kevin Dillon and Joe Mantegna also star.

Filming continues until mid-May.

Read the article in full on the Sault Star website.

Posted on April 21, 2012 by RichE under Compulsion, Film News & Reviews

IFC Films picks up Cherry

IFC Films announced today that the company is acquiring North American rights to acclaimed author Stephen Elliott’s directorial debut CHERRY. The film stars Ashley Hinshaw, Dev Patel, Heather Graham, and James Franco. Produced by Jordan Kessler and Elizabeth Destro, in association with Enderby Entertainment, Elana Krausz, Gordon Bijelonic/Datari Turner Films, and Kink.com, CHERRY premiered earlier this year at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival. It will have its North American premiere on April 24th at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

CHERRY is about Angelina (Hinshaw), an 18-year-old girl on the verge of finishing high school. One morning her boyfriend (Jonny Weston) suggests she take naked pictures for money. She balks at first but then does the photo shoot, using the money to run-off with her best friend (Patel) to San Francisco. In San Francisco, while cocktailing in a strip club, Angelina meets Frances (Franco) a well-off lawyer who offers to introduce her to a different kind of world, a place full of expensive dresses and fancy parties. At the same time Angelina, using the moniker Cherry, has begun exploring the San Francisco porn industry under the direction of Margaret (Graham) a former performer turned adult film director.

CHERRY was shot in the San Francisco Armory, home of Kink.com. At 250,000 square feet, the armory is the largest adult film studio in the world. Elliott is a former sex worker and the author of seven books including The Adderall Diaries. The movie was written by Elliott and Lorelei Lee, a porn performer who is also a writer and lecturer at New York University.

CHERRY challenges assumptions about porn, sexuality, and success, and faces the difficult question of where you need to be in order to find yourself.

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Posted on March 26, 2012 by Stef under Cherry

Cherry To Première At Berlin Film Festival

Heather’s latest film Cherry (see the trailer in an earlier post here) is to receive its World Première at the Berlin Film Festival in February.

Cherry also stars James Franco, Dev Patel, Ashley Hinshaw and Lili Taylor.

A couple of stills from the film have now been added to the Gallery.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by RichE under Cherry, Film News & Reviews, Gallery Updates

Cherry trailer

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Stef under Cherry, Gallery Updates, Video Updates

Judy Moody HD Screencaps

To make sure this winter is “not bummer” we have a set of HD screencaps from last year’s summer kids movie starring Heather.  Yes, the impossibly titled Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer.

Heather took the role of cool Aunt Opal babysitting Judy and her brother Stink for the summer in the movie adaptation of Megan McDonald’s hit series of books.

Over 300 720p screencaps can now be found in the Gallery.

Posted on January 09, 2012 by RichE under Gallery Updates, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Heather Graham in talks for Bollywood film

Heather Graham has revealed that she is in talks to star in a Bollywood film.

The US actor, who is currently on her second trip to India, made the announcement at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, reports Hindustan Times.

“I’ve already talked to someone and I hope it works out,” said Graham. “I can’t name him right now, though the project is interesting. I’ll wait to see how things go. When you hear about it, you’ll know what I was talking about.”

The project is rumored to involve Ra.One star-producer Shah Rukh Khan, who Graham met at the event.

“It was very brief, but he is sweet and charming,” the Hangover actor said of their meeting.

Graham recollected working on the 2002 release The Guru, which she felt contained elements of Indian cinema.

“I have already done a Hollywood film that had a Bollywood number,” she said. “I feel it’s an actor’s dream to get to sing and dance, wear nice make-up and costumes. I love it.”

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Posted on November 30, 2011 by Stef under Film News & Reviews

Watch Judy Moody… on Movies On Demand

Thanks to Rossana of The Lippin Group for contacting us to let us know that Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer will be available via Movies on Demand starting on October 11, 2011. Check your local cable line up for availability in your area.

Posted on October 06, 2011 by Stef under Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Renny Harlin on His Comeback Movie 5 Days of War…

Renny Harlin used to be a go-to director in Hollywood, the guy who made blockbusters like Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger. He was offered Alien 3, Speed, and Goldeneye, but he walked away from them. Then he made 1995′s Cutthroat Island — the worst flop of all-time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records — and, suddenly, Harlin was no longer in demand. Now? He’s on a rebound, opening 5 Days of War this weekend. The film tells the story of two war correspondents (played by Rupert Friend and Val Kilmer) covering the somewhat obscure 2008 conflict between Russia and its former satellite, Georgia. (It also stars Andy Garcia, Heather Graham, and Emmanuelle Chriqui.) We spoke with Harlin at the premiere party about hustling military tanks from the government, losing Tintin to Spielberg, and Val Kilmer’s bubble-bath idea.

One of the film’s producers [Mirza Davitaia] is a Georgian government minister: Was he instrumental in getting the military equipment you used?
The film was partly his idea, because they were so frustrated after the war that nobody knew about it, and it was so misunderstood. So he said, “Let’s go to Hollywood and get them to make a movie about this.” We met with the minister of defense, and I would say, “I need maybe 40 tanks in this one scene,” and they would say, “Okay, when do you need them?” Then it was, “Did I say 40? I mean 80.” [Laughs.] So we ended up getting about 80 tanks, eight helicopters, three fighter jets, and thousands of soldiers: It’s all real.
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Posted on September 28, 2011 by Stef under 5 Days of War, Film News & Reviews