High Life Receives the Award of International Federation of Film Critics

Robert Pattinson giving autographs to fans at San Sebastian International Film Festival; Courtesy: Getty Images

The FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) has handed out its prize in the 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival's competition to High Life Movie by French director Claire Denis.

High Life, screening in competition at the 66th San Sebastián International Film Festival, opens with a brief prologue where we see astronaut (Robert Pattinson) repairing his ship, alone in the emptiness of deep space. Meanwhile, inside the vessel, a baby cries inconsolably in a makeshift crib. The two seem to be the only occupants of this place, but, as we soon discover, they were not always so alone in this inhospitable environment. When the film gets properly under way, we travel back in time to learn that at one time the spacecraft was home to a sizeable community of men and women, led by one Dr Dibs (Juliette Binoche): a kind of femme fatale, mad scientist and fugitive in search of redemption (yes, all at once), obsessed with creating the perfect human embryo.

High Life is a co-production between Alcatraz Films (France), Pandora Filmproduktion (Germany), The Apocalypse Films (Germany), Madants (Poland) and Andrew Lauren Productions (USA).

source:www.cineuropa.org

Elizabeth Reaser Is Open For ‘Twilight’ Reboot

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In a recent interview, Elizabeth Reaser, a.k.a. Esme Cullen, admitted that she’d like to see Twilight come back in some way shape or form in the future.

“I’m always open to things coming back,” Elizabeth said. “I’m not precious about things that I’ve done, or things that were great. You know, I don’t feel that way. I think, like, why not, if people love the story. Especially something that is based on a book. I mean, I’m working on The Haunting of Hill House right now. There was a film, there was another film, and now we did a series that’s going to be airing on October 12 on Netflix. Again, it’s a re-imagining. So I think when something is great source material, like, why not revisit it?”

Elizabeth’s co-star, Robert Pattinson, who played Edward Cullen, recently talked about getting the cast together for a reunion. “I was literally just talking to my agent about it,”said. “The amount of time I spend moisturizing…I am ready to play 17 at a moment’s notice. I’m ready!”

In “Twilight” also starred Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed, Peter Facinelli, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, and Jackson Rathbone. The movie and its sequels, based on Stephenie Meyer’s best-selling books, became a worldwide phenomenon. This is the era of reboots and revival, so let’s follow Elizabeth’s lead and get the Twilight back together!

source: www.variety.com

Robert Pattinson Poses with Mia Goth

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Just two days after his ex-fiancée FKA twigs was spotted taking a stroll with Shia LaBeouf, Robert Pattinson poses with LaBeouf’s ex-wife Mia Goth. FKA twigs was previously engaged to Pattinson in 2015 before they split in 2017.

Pattinson and Goth, who are starring in new film High Life, were seen posing together on Thursday (7 September) at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival during a photocall.

Pattinson, 32, kept things casual in a striped shirt, which he paired with a black jacket, matching pants and some sturdy boots. Meanwhile Goth, 24, went for a more monochromatic look, opting for a black blazer, which she wore alongside a black shirt, black pants, and a pair of black high heels.

The two actors also posed alongside costars Juliette Binoche and baby Scarlett Lindsey, who also appears in the film.

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Robert Pattinson...Ready For a "Twilight" Reunion?

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In a recent interview with Variety Robert Pattinson said that it feels like “not a day has passed” since he filmed the “Twilight” franchise.

Pattinson, who talked about his new sci-fi film “High Life,” joked that he “stopped mentally progressing around the time when I started doing those movies.”

“Whenever anyone says [‘Twilight’]’s their guilty pleasure, it’s like, you say guilty, what you really mean is just pleasure,” he said.

Pattinson continued that he doesn’t feel that he made a conscious choice to switch from a massive franchise to more arthouse films: “It’s just the stuff that appeals to me.”

He added that he doesn’t make choices flippantly. For “High Life,” Pattinson said it took him three years to get a meeting with director Claire Denis and then another four years passed with him attached to the film before shooting began.

“Pretty much everything I’ve done are these massive processes…I’m just hoping that these things happen and there’s ton of circumstances that come into play.”

He said the only factor that really affects his decision-making is that he likes to take roles that are the opposite of the last one he had.

When it comes to a “Twilight” reunion, Pattinson joked that “the amount of time I’ve spent moisturizing, I am ready to play 17 at a moment’s notice. Ready!”

source:Variety

Claire Denis Admits She Would Like To Work With Robert Pattinson Again

Robert Pattinson at "High Life" event. Courtesy: gettyimages

Claire Denis directs Robert Pattinson in her new space drama “High Life,” but would the celebrated French filmmaker also be interested in working with his former “Twilight” leading lady Kristen Stewart? It sounds likely, as Denis admits to being a huge fan of both actors since their days starring in the blockbuster vampire franchise (via Deadline). Denis calls their work as Edward and Bella “heroic.”

“I think he is a great young man and a wonderful young actor,” Denis said. “He is intelligent, poetic, he is like a knight to me. I saw the four parts of the ‘Twilight’ series when it was released. I was amazed by the two heroic young leads.”

Pattinson stars as a criminal sent on an outer space mission in Denis’ “High Life,” which was world premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. The movie is Denis’ first English-language effort and she told Deadline she originally feared Pattinson was too young for the part. The actor’s intelligence helped changed her mind. Denis said actors like Pattinson and prison films are the big influences behind the space film.

Denis was in U.S. theaters earlier this year with her Juliette Binoche-starring “Let the Sunshine In.”

Claire Denis reveals that she I has a project around the Mediterranean Sea. In a recent interview with Deadline she said that she would like to work with Robert Pattinson again ”It’s like a dark spot in my mind these days. I’d also like to work again with Robert. Once wasn’t enough. I have a couple of movies I’m thinking about …”

source:Deadline

10 Interesting Facts About Robert Pattinson Recent Movie "High Life"

Robert Pattinson at an event for High Life (2018). Image courtesy: gettyimages.com

What you have probably known

The story takes place beyond the solar system in a future that seems like the present. It is about a group of criminals who accept a mission in space to become the subjects of a human reproduction experiment. They find themselves in the most unimaginable situation after a storm of cosmic rays hit the ship. A father (Robert Pattinson as Monte) and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.

Interesting Fact 1

The original idea of High Life comes from the day when the film director Claire Denis joked to Vincent Gallo while filming Trouble Every Day (2001): 'You're such a pain in the a** that I'm going to make a movie where you'll be alone in space.'

Interesting Fact 2

Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche previously appeared together in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis (2012) as a billionaire and his mistress who are having sex in a limousine.

Interesting Fact 3

Robert Pattinson had seen Denis's film White Material (2009) in 2011 and was immediately transfixed. Being a big cinephile, loving her previous films and wanting to work with her, it took him 4 years till Denis agreed to meet with him in 2015 after Pattinson got his hands on the script in the same year. It took another two years till filming began in fall 2017.

Interesting Fact 4

The 14-months old girl who plays Willow is the daughter of one of Robert Pattinson's best friends, musician Sam Bradley. They know each other from their school days back in London where they grew up together. Shooting was about to start and they couldn't find the right baby. Then Pattinson got the idea to cast her.

Interesting Fact 5

Principal photography was during September and October 2017 in a film studio in Cologne, Germany. A few miles next to it was the EAC, the European Astronaut Centre, at which the cast and director trained before filming started.

Interesting Fact 6

The script, which Claire Denis wrote with her longtime collaborator, screenwriter Jean-Pol Fargeau, was first written in French. It was rumored English novelist Zadie Smith and her husband Nick Laird worked on the English translation, but Denis didn't see eye to eye with them and ultimately rejected it, stating that, 'We don't have the same philosophy of life.'

Interesting Fact 7

The director Claire Denis had in mind this project since 2002. She has been carrying it around for many years and thought she would have to abandon it given the financial issues. When she got the idea of the story, she thought about Vincent Gallo to play the lead. However, Denis later wrote the film keeping Philip Seymour Hoffman in mind and was deeply saddened by his untimely demise in 2014. Having no other actor in mind for the role, she felt lost about the project. In 2015, Robert Pattinson got his hands on the script. Being a big cinephile, loving her previous films and wanting to work with Denis, he had been trying to meet her for 4 years since seeing White Material (2009) for the first time in 2011. Denis was intrigued and liked him as an actor, but initially thought he was not right for the part because Pattinson was too young given the fact that in the script, the protagonist was supposed to be in his late 40s. She also thought he was too famous for her kind of cinema and found it strange that he had such a strong desire to work with her, she was even afraid to meet him, since she thought it could not be him. But Pattinson would have taken even a supporting role to be in her film and after she met with some other actors, she agreed to see him in L.A. There, she realized that he was the right one for the role of Monte, with Pattinson being the only actor who really touched her, stating that, "When I met him, everything changed - he was already in the film. When he asked me, 'Are you sure?' I said, 'It's already too late, it's you or nobody else.' It's so easy to love him - I liked him immediately - what a nice and open man. He has something very special, such an intriguing and mysterious guy... he was caring so much, you know? He has like an inner, naked youth. I thought he was going to give me a lot." It took another two years till filming began in fall 2017.

Interesting Fact 8

Danish-Icelandic conceptual artist Ólafur Eliasson, who is known for sculptures and large scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water and air temperature, designed and created the spaceship.

Interesting Fact 9

It's the eighth time that English musician and lead singer of the Indie band Tindersticks, Stuart Staples, worked with Claire Denis and composed the music for her films.

Interesting fact 10

In the script-writing process, Claire Denis collaborated with French astrophysicist and philosopher Aurélien Barrau, who is specialized in particle astrophysics, black holes and cosmology.

The film was first shown on 9^th of September 2018 at Toronto International Film Festival.  The Release dates for other countries are:

Release Dates 

Canada	9 September 2018	(Toronto International Film Festival)
Spain	26 September 2018	(San Sebastian Film Festival)
Switzerland	28 September 2018	(Zurich Film Festival)
Greece	30 September 2018	(Athens International Film and Video Festival)
Poland	October 2018	(Warsaw Film Festival)
USA	2 October 2018	(New York Film Festival)
South Korea	6 October 2018	(Busan International Film Festival)
Germany	7 October 2018	(Cologne Film Festival)
Spain	13 October 2018	(Sitges Film Festival)
France	17 October 2018	(Lumière Film Festival Lyon)
Portugal	November 2018	(Lisbon & Sintra Film Festival)
France	7 November 2018
Russia	7 February 2019

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Which is Robert Pattinson Upcoming Movie in 2019?

An upcoming Robert Pattinson movie we are excited about is The Lighthouse (2019).

According to Deadline director Robert Eggers will be working on The Lighthouse, the filmmaker’s follow-up to his sleeper hit The Witch. The new project is described as a fantasy horror story set in the world of old sea-faring myths, the film will go into production in spring. The script was written by Robert Eggers and Max Eggers. A24 has acquired the worldwide rights and will distribute the film in the U.S. New Regency (The Revenant) has also joined the project as a co-financier. 
We are all eager to watch the new movie in 2019.
source:Deadline

Twilight Reboot?

Twilight Reboot?

Recently, Twilight stars and ex-couple Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were asked if they would be willing to star in the popular franchise's reboot. The stars went on to give very ambiguous and sarcastic answers.

It has been 10 years since Twilight, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer, released. Twilight made household stars out of Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen) and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) whose fan following grew three-fold. Rivalries were formed between Team Edward and Team Jacob and over the course of many years, we had the other four instalments - New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) and 2 (2012).

Where are Robert Pattinson and Kristen Steward now, 10 years later? Recently, Kristen was asked whether she would be interested in starring in a reboot, and the actress, who is known for her sarcasm quipped to Entertainment Tonight, "Yes, absolutely," and added, "Honestly, start sending scripts my way. Let's start building this. Let's really explore it." Kristen went on to state that she can't believe Twilight was 10 years. However, the memories for her are so fresh.

When Robert was earlier asked the same question, the actor revealed, "Really, they’re expanding it? So I’ll get my own spin-off? I'm always kind of curious. Anything where there's a mass audience—or seemingly an audience for it—I always like the idea of subverting people's expectations. There could be some radical way of doing it, which could be quite fun. It's always difficult when there's no source material."

However, the biggest drama to come out of Twilight post all the movies' releases and which is still etched in our minds is Robert and Kristen's real-life breakup. To refresh your memory, Robert and Kristen were madly in love until the latter cheated on him with her Snowhite and The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. 

Kristen had then gone on to release a statement, given the outrage by the public. The actress wrote, "I'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob.I love him. I love him. I'm so sorry."

Robert and Kristen parted way post the cheating scandal and years later, the two are now very friendly to each other and were even spotted catching up at a common friends party.

source: Entertainment Tonight

KRISTEN STEWART HAD TO WEAR CONTACT LENSES

               Kristen Steward as Bella in Twilight: Photo Summit Entertainment

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In order to portray Bella more accurately, Kristen Stewart had to wear contact lenses to change her natural green eyes to brown. She didn't really complain about it, though, as there was no issue for her.

However, co-star Robert Pattinson, who had to endure some annoying contact lenses to portray Edward in his vampire state, did reveal how he relished in her discomfort when she had to wear the "vampire" lenses later on in the movie series and disliked it.

"She's like, 'I wear contact lenses. Why do you always complain about yours?'" Pattinson said to MTV. "When she finally wore them and then was complaining about them every second of the day, it was kind of satisfying."

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Steward were actually a couple during their first Twilight audition

Over the weekend, about 500 Twilight fans gathered in Forks, Washington — the IRL setting of the Twilight Saga — to celebrate their fandom during the annual Forever Twilight in Forks Festival. There were a ton of fun activities: hiking at the La Push beaches, a cooking class where you could learn how to make Bella’s infamous cup of blood, a T-shirt quilting class, and even a full-scale wedding reception starring actors dressed exactly like Bella, Edward, and the rest of the Olympic Coven.

But the highlight of the weekend was undoubtedly Saturday’s Forever Twilight in Forks Festival Panel. The two-and-a-half hour panel featured a presentation from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke as well as a paired interview with Nancy Kirkpatrick (President of Worldwide Marketing, Summit Entertainment) and Eric Kops (Director of Publicity at Summit Entertainment).

They shared a ton of never-before-seen photos from the cast’s auditions, candid behind-the-scenes glimpses, and off-screen stories from their years working on the global phenomenon. And, of course, they addressed all the drama that took place — including the romantic relationship between stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.  

Pattinson and Stewart Were Actually a Couple

“First of all, Rob and Kristen were in love,” Kirkpatrick confirmed. “They were a real couple, it wasn’t manufactured in Hollywood. I wish I was that good.”

The two first met at Rob’s Twilight audition for Catherine Hardwicke — Kristen had already been cast in the role of Bella and was reading with potential Edward actors. Kirkpatrick said, “Rob and I were flying on a private plane — to a Walmart, of all places — and we’re chatting. He goes, ‘Oh, yeah. I was in love with Kristen from the very first time I saw her in the audition.’” Catherine Hardwicke shared photos of the two actors from that day — Stewart wore jeans and a gray sweatshirt, and Pattinson had black hair from a previous role and wore a red and blue plaid shirt.

Kirkpatrick continued, “Catherine told Rob, ‘She’s only 17! You’re 21! You can’t, hands off.’ Rob was like, ‘So I had to wait.’ That was a very real relationship.”

 “It was a blessing and a curse in some ways, it made things really complicated,” Kops said. “You were worried about them as individuals. You knew that they were young stars and this was such a giant thing that exploded. We were very protective of them, always. [We] tried to let them have a personal life and be young people, and yet you knew it was a billion-dollar thing to our company. So it was a really delicate balance of trying to honor what they had as individuals and honor the franchise.”

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