Leap Year

Matthew Goode as Bilbo Baggins in THE HOBBIT? Admits to Auditioning for the Role

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 am

Matthew Goode admitted in an interview with the UK Daily Telegraph that he auditioned to play Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film of The Hobbit.  Of course it’s important to realize MANY people are going to audition for the role, so please don’t start thinking he’s cast!  Saying that, with everyone so curious about who is going to play Bilbo, I figured you might want to know who is auditioning.  Here’s part of the article:

“Now he’s a father, Goode doesn’t even like travelling that much. But just before we met, he’d auditioned for the role of Bilbo Baggins in Guillermo del Toro’s two-part film of The Hobbit. As he is the first to admit, he’s not an obvious choice – ‘Look at the size of me for Christ’s sake!’ If he got the part, he would, he says, find it almost impossible to refuse – despite the fact that it would involve him spending several months in New Zealand.”

Recently Goode was in Tom Ford’s A Single Man, Leap Year, and he played Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias in Zack Snyder’s Watchmen.  I’m a fan of his work, but I’m not sold on him as Bilbo.  If you’d like to see a great interview that I did with Goode not too long ago, click here.  (via The One Ring)

Weekend Box Office – AVATAR Rings Up Another $48.5 Million

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: January 10th, 2010 at 10:01 am

For the first time since The Dark Knight patrolled the multiplex 18 months ago, a feature film has managed to stay at number one for four consecutive weeks. As expected, James Cameron’s Avatar took no notice of 2010′s new arrivals, remaining the event movie of the year… both of them.

	Title	Weekend	Total
1	Avatar	$48,500,000	$429
2	Sherlock Holmes	$16,600,000	$165.1
3	Alvin & the Chipmunks 2	$16,300,000	$178.1
4	Daybreakers	$15,000,000	$15
5	It’s Complicated	$11,000,000	$76.3
6	Leap Year	$9,200,000	$9.2
7	The Blind Side	$7,750,000	$219.1
8	Up in the Air	$7,100,000	$54.7
9	Youth in Revolt	$7,000,000	$7
10	Princess & the Frog	$4,700,000	$92.6

Friday Box Office – AVATAR Makes it Four Fridays in a Row

by Nicole Pedersen    Posted: January 9th, 2010 at 9:22 am

By now you know that James Cameron’s Avatar has become the second highest-grossing movie of all-time with a worldwide total of $1.175 BILLION and counting. Friday estimates put Avatar at $13.3 million – a 47% drop over New Year’s Day. This is the kind of drop that you would expect to see on Day 8, however, not on the 22^nd. Even with three new releases out in theatres, Avatar still had no real completion for America’s discretionary dollars. Lionsgate’s vampire drama Daybreakers was a distant second with $5.8 million while with $3.3 million the romantic comedy Leap Year just made the top five. Meanwhile, TWC’s long-awaited adaptation of Youth in Revolt didn’t embarrass itself with $2.7 million from 1,873 theatres. Full details on this week’s releases when you check back tomorrow.

	Title	Friday	Total
1	Avatar	$13,300,000	$393.8
2	Daybreakers	$5,800,000	$5.8
3	Sherlock Holmes	$5,100,000	$153.7
4	Alvin & the Chipmunks 2	$3,500,000	$165.3
5	Leap Year	$3,300,000	$3.3

An Awesome Video Interview with Matthew Goode; Talks A SINGLE MAN, LEAP YEAR, CEMETARY JUNCTION and WATCHMEN

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: January 7th, 2010 at 10:46 pm

Every once in awhile you do an interview that just comes out awesome.  Today is one of those days.

I recently got to speak with Matthew Goode and while some actors are guarded and careful with their answers and opinions, what I love about Matthew Goode is his honesty and his willingness to talk about anything and everything.  Also, he was willing to light up and smoke on camera and not apologize for it.  Trust me when I say most Hollywood actors would never do this.

The reason I got to speak to Goode was for his recent work in Tom Ford’s great debut film A Single Man.  But with Goode also in Ricky Gervais upcoming Cemetary Junction and the romantic comedy Leap Year, we also covered those films.  And for fans of Watchmen, we discussed that film at length as he played Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias.

If you’re a fan of Matthew Goode, trust me when I say this is a must see interview.  Hit the jump to watch it.

Amy Adams Interview LEAP YEAR

by Sara Wayland    Posted: January 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm

Over the past several years, Amy Adams has risen from supporting player to global star. With a breakout performance in the 2005 independent feature Junebug and a career-changing role in the 2007 blockbuster Enchanted, along with roles in such films as Doubt and Julie & Julia, the actress has carefully selected roles that display her talents at both drama and comedy.

Soon after she read the script for the romantic comedy Leap Year, Amy Adams agreed to play the film’s leading lady: controlling businesswoman, Anna Brady. On a quest to get married to the perfect guy, Anna finds herself in Ireland, at the mercy of a local who is helping her chase after her boyfriend of four years on Leap Day, so that she can take advantage of an old Irish tradition and propose to him herself.

During the press day for Leap Year, Amy Adams talked about working in Ireland, her love for romance novels and waiting for her own proposal for six years. Check out what she had to say after the jump:

7 Movie Clips from LEAP YEAR Starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: December 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Universal has provided us with seven clips to promote their upcoming romantic comedy Leap Year starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode.  For those who don’t know, the story revolves around Anna (Adams) who decides to take charge in getting married by following her boyfriend to Dublin and taking advantage of an Irish tradition which allows women to pop the question on February 29th.  However, Anna winds up on the opposite side of Ireland with Declan (Goode), a “handsome, but surly Irishman” and she begins to reconsider who deserves her proposal.

For your convenience, Collider now includes all clips together in a single player which you can check out after the jump.  Leap Year hits theaters on January 8, 2010.

Pregnant Amy Adams Won’t Enter John Hillcoat’s THE PROMISED LAND; Plus Comments on ENCHANTED Sequel and THE FIGHTER

by Sara Wayland    Posted: December 7th, 2009 at 10:39 am

During our AFM coverage, we premiered the promo poster for The Promised Land (formerly The Wettest Country in the World), the next film from director John Hillcoat and writer Nick Cave (who previously teamed up to make The Proposition) with Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling, and Amy Adams set to star.  However, in tiny print at the bottom was the note “credits not contractual”.  With that in mind, it looks like Amy Adams won’t be heading to The Promised Land now that she is with child.

During the press junket for her upcoming film Leap Year, Adams said that she just finished David O. Russell’s The Fighter and that she’ll be taking a break from filmmaking until next summer.  While it sucks that the highly talented Adams won’t be part of Hillcoat’s killer collaboration, hopefully they’ll find a replacement of equal or greater talent.  Unfortunately for The Promised Land, there aren’t many who measure up to Adams.

Hit the jump for the full transcript plus what she says on The Fighter and a possible sequel to Enchanted (she gives the standard actor response to an unannounced sequel: would need a good script but hasn’t seen anything yet).  Look for a lot more on Leap Year closer to that film’s release date of January 8, 2010.

First Trailer and Poster for LEAP YEAR Starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 12th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Watching the trailer for Leap Year, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Who put Amy Adams in this Kate Hudson movie?”  Adams is far too talented for a role which requires her to be a neurotic straight woman desperate for marriage and then do adorable pratfalls along the way.  I don’t need to see this kind of movie again and I certainly don’t want to see Adams do a role she could do in her sleep.

Check out the trailer after the jump and try to imagine Kate Hudson doing this role.  It’s depressing.  You can also see the poster and read the brief synopsis.  They are slightly less depressing the trailer.

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