Exclusive: Bernd Schlotterer’s German outfit Palatin Media is launching world sales on Richard Armitage thriller The Man From Rome. Moonstone Entertainment’s Etchie Stroh is serving as a sales consultant.
The thriller features features an ensemble cast led by Armitage (The Hobbit), Amaia Salamanca (Gran Hotel), Fionnula Flanagan (The Others), Franco Nero (Django Unchained) and Paul Guilfoyle (Don’t Look Up).
Based on the novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, whose works include the Queen of the South and the Captain Alatriste series, the film has wrapped principal photography in Rome and Spain.
Directed and co-written by Sergio Dow (The Day You Love Me), the film unspools against the backdrop of a community beset by a pair of mysterious killings at a condemned church in Sevilla, Spain, sparking an investigation. On the case is Father Lorenzo Quart (Armitage), dispatched by the Pope to uncover the truth about the murders. Quart’s considerable...
The thriller features features an ensemble cast led by Armitage (The Hobbit), Amaia Salamanca (Gran Hotel), Fionnula Flanagan (The Others), Franco Nero (Django Unchained) and Paul Guilfoyle (Don’t Look Up).
Based on the novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, whose works include the Queen of the South and the Captain Alatriste series, the film has wrapped principal photography in Rome and Spain.
Directed and co-written by Sergio Dow (The Day You Love Me), the film unspools against the backdrop of a community beset by a pair of mysterious killings at a condemned church in Sevilla, Spain, sparking an investigation. On the case is Father Lorenzo Quart (Armitage), dispatched by the Pope to uncover the truth about the murders. Quart’s considerable...
- 2/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Plus has acquired Latin American broadcast rights to animated musical “Turu and the Wackies,” a 26-episode CGI spin-off series from the hit 2019 toon movie “Turu, the Wacky Hen,” a Spanish Academy best animated feature winner that Filmax has sold to 75 countries.
In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster Rtve has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.
An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on a hen which can’t lay eggs but, when taken in by Isabel, an elderly lady and ex music teacher, discovers that it can speak to humans. Also, it sure can sing.
In the Spanish-Argentine series, which is being sold internationally by Filmax, Turu sets up a band with his farm friends: the elegant little pig Rhythm, who plays guitar, and energetic sheep Beat, on drums. Together they discover the world around them through adventures and...
In further deals, Spanish public broadcaster Rtve has taken broadcast rights in Spain and A’Punt those to Spain’s Valencia region.
An ode to diversity, “Turu, the Wacky Hen” turns on a hen which can’t lay eggs but, when taken in by Isabel, an elderly lady and ex music teacher, discovers that it can speak to humans. Also, it sure can sing.
In the Spanish-Argentine series, which is being sold internationally by Filmax, Turu sets up a band with his farm friends: the elegant little pig Rhythm, who plays guitar, and energetic sheep Beat, on drums. Together they discover the world around them through adventures and...
- 4/12/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
”’I’m a bad poker player; it would show if I didn’t believe in what I do.”
Viggo Mortensen accepted the honorary Donostia award with a speech in perfect Spanish at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this week. The award was presented to him by Agustín Díaz Yanes who directed Mortensen in Alatriste in 2006. The ceremony honoured his acting work in films including the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, A History Of Violence and the Oscar-winning Green Book.
Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling premiered at Sundance in January and was selected for the Cannes 2020 official selection label. It...
Viggo Mortensen accepted the honorary Donostia award with a speech in perfect Spanish at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this week. The award was presented to him by Agustín Díaz Yanes who directed Mortensen in Alatriste in 2006. The ceremony honoured his acting work in films including the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, A History Of Violence and the Oscar-winning Green Book.
Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling premiered at Sundance in January and was selected for the Cannes 2020 official selection label. It...
- 9/26/2020
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
Spanish production house Dlo/Magnolia, owned by the giant Banijay Group, has revealed an ambitious TV drama slate, led by psychological thriller series “La Caza. Monteperdido,” a TV adaptation of Agustín Martínez’s best-selling novel “Monteperdido.”
Filming in the Aragonese Pyrenees, the eight-episode, 70-minute high-concept TV drama is scheduled to premiere on Rtve’s flagship channel La 1 in first quarter of 2019.
Under managing director José Manuel Lorenzo, Dlo/Magnolia is upping the ante on TV fiction, underscoring the Banijay Group’s aim of building its scripted offering in Spain, as the superindie continues acquiring production assets to increase its TV drama footprint worldwide.
“After many years focused on TV entertainment, Banijay is betting very seriously on TV fiction. As a traveling companion, I could not find a better one, they help you get the projects moving forward,” Lorenzo said.
“Monteperdido” marks the first step in this new era at Dlo/Magnolia,...
Filming in the Aragonese Pyrenees, the eight-episode, 70-minute high-concept TV drama is scheduled to premiere on Rtve’s flagship channel La 1 in first quarter of 2019.
Under managing director José Manuel Lorenzo, Dlo/Magnolia is upping the ante on TV fiction, underscoring the Banijay Group’s aim of building its scripted offering in Spain, as the superindie continues acquiring production assets to increase its TV drama footprint worldwide.
“After many years focused on TV entertainment, Banijay is betting very seriously on TV fiction. As a traveling companion, I could not find a better one, they help you get the projects moving forward,” Lorenzo said.
“Monteperdido” marks the first step in this new era at Dlo/Magnolia,...
- 10/14/2018
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Oro
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Writer: Arturo Perez-Reverte
One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If you haven’t seen his 2001 sophomore film Don’t Tempt Me starring Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril as representatives of Heaven and Hell duking it out over the soul of Demain Bichir’s broody boxer, you’re missing out. After the large scale international co-production Alatriste (2006) starring Viggo Mortensen (see set pic above), Yanes reunited with Abril for the revenge thriller Walking Vengeance (aka Just Walking) in 2008. He’s been quiet since, but will be adapting another work by celebrated author Arturto Perez-Reverte (who penned the novel upon which Alatriste is based) this year with Oro, a period adventure inspired by 16th century Spanish conquistadors searching for gold in the Amazon jungle. Sony Pictures Spain just recently boarded the project which will star...
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Writer: Arturo Perez-Reverte
One of Spain’s most unappreciated directors (at least as far as international renown) is Agustin Diaz Yanes. If you haven’t seen his 2001 sophomore film Don’t Tempt Me starring Penelope Cruz and Victoria Abril as representatives of Heaven and Hell duking it out over the soul of Demain Bichir’s broody boxer, you’re missing out. After the large scale international co-production Alatriste (2006) starring Viggo Mortensen (see set pic above), Yanes reunited with Abril for the revenge thriller Walking Vengeance (aka Just Walking) in 2008. He’s been quiet since, but will be adapting another work by celebrated author Arturto Perez-Reverte (who penned the novel upon which Alatriste is based) this year with Oro, a period adventure inspired by 16th century Spanish conquistadors searching for gold in the Amazon jungle. Sony Pictures Spain just recently boarded the project which will star...
- 1/7/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
The film follows two Spanish conquistadors searching for the mythical city of gold.
Sony Pictures Spain will join Atresmedia Cine and Apache Films to co-produce Oro (Gold) and the studio will distribute in Spain, Latin America and the Us.
Goya Award-winner Agustín Díaz Yanes will direct from a short story by bestselling novelist Arturo Perez Reverte.
Oro is a period adventure inspired by the expedition of 16th century Spanish conquistadors Lope de Aguirre and Nuñez de Balboa and follows their trek through the Amazonian jungle in search of a mythical city of gold.
Sony Pictures Spain managing director Ivan Losada said: “Given Reverte’s thrilling story, Yanes’ skill and vision as a filmmaker, and the combined experience and passion of Apache Films and Atresmedia, Oro is a great fit for Sony Espana.”
Yanes and Reverte collaborated on the Goya Award-winning box office hit Alatriste starring Viggo Mortensen.
Sony Pictures Spain will join Atresmedia Cine and Apache Films to co-produce Oro (Gold) and the studio will distribute in Spain, Latin America and the Us.
Goya Award-winner Agustín Díaz Yanes will direct from a short story by bestselling novelist Arturo Perez Reverte.
Oro is a period adventure inspired by the expedition of 16th century Spanish conquistadors Lope de Aguirre and Nuñez de Balboa and follows their trek through the Amazonian jungle in search of a mythical city of gold.
Sony Pictures Spain managing director Ivan Losada said: “Given Reverte’s thrilling story, Yanes’ skill and vision as a filmmaker, and the combined experience and passion of Apache Films and Atresmedia, Oro is a great fit for Sony Espana.”
Yanes and Reverte collaborated on the Goya Award-winning box office hit Alatriste starring Viggo Mortensen.
- 12/15/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Viggo Mortensen doesn't just play twins in his new noirish thriller, he also took charge of the subtitles. The actor talks about challenging roles – and why he turned The Hobbit down
Viggo Mortensen is softly spoken, clean-shaven and casually dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. If you saw him in a restaurant, you'd smile at him not because you'd think there's a huge movie star, but because he radiates a gentle integrity and, well, niceness. But he's a disconcerting interviewee. The conversation goes like this. I ask question A, expecting answer B. He listens carefully, considers, and gives me answer E, and then we find ourselves on point K, V, or Z.
Luckily, we do keep returning to Everybody Has a Plan, a film that's close to his heart. Although it's the fourth he's done in Spanish, it's his first Argentinian movie. "It was like going home," says the star,...
Viggo Mortensen is softly spoken, clean-shaven and casually dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. If you saw him in a restaurant, you'd smile at him not because you'd think there's a huge movie star, but because he radiates a gentle integrity and, well, niceness. But he's a disconcerting interviewee. The conversation goes like this. I ask question A, expecting answer B. He listens carefully, considers, and gives me answer E, and then we find ourselves on point K, V, or Z.
Luckily, we do keep returning to Everybody Has a Plan, a film that's close to his heart. Although it's the fourth he's done in Spanish, it's his first Argentinian movie. "It was like going home," says the star,...
- 5/28/2013
- by Imogen Tilden
- The Guardian - Film News
Cine Latino covers, well, all things relating to Latino culture and the movies, every Friday. It’s been a while since Viggo Mortensen showed off his sultry Spanish speaking skills. His last Spanish-speaking role was in Alatriste, six years ago, this year the Danish-American actor stars in Ana Piterbarg’s Todos Tenemos un Plan. The trailer quietly surfaced on the web a few days ago. Mortensen co-stars with Soledad Villamil, Daniel Fanego, Sofia Gala Castiglione and Javier Godino. The bonus: Mortensen plays twins, so there’s plenty of Mortensen to go around. The synopsis goes like this: Mortensen plays Augustin, a disillusioned man living in Buenos Aires. Upon the death of his identical twin brother Pedro, Augustin sees the perfect chance to...
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- 6/9/2012
- by Elisa Osegueda
- Movies.com
While Viggo Mortensen hasn't been seen as often as fans would like in North America, the actor has a fascination with Spanish language cinema that continues to yield interesting results. He played the lead in swashbuckler Alatriste a few years back and now Mortensen is playing a double role in Argentinian thriller Everybody Has a Plan, from director Ana Piterbarg.A depressed man performs a mercy killing on his terminally ill twin brother - at the twin's request - then heads out to a rural river area to assume the twin's identity. The man then becomes embroiled in the criminal activities of the twin, which involve kidnappings and a murderous childhood friend.The keen eyed folk at The Playlist spotted the trailer for this one earlier...
- 6/7/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Cine Latino covers, well, all things relating to Latino culture and the movies, every Friday. Set to hit theaters next week, Blackthorn (Oct. 7) stars Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard and Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega. In case Noriega’s name doesn’t ring a bell he played the Spanish police officer assigned to protect the local mayor in Vantage Point. He’s best known for his work in Europe, especially for his starring role in Novo, a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin, where he takes it all off. He also co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in Alatriste, the most expensive film in the history of Spain. This will be Noriega’s fourth film with director Mateo Gil (Vanilla Sky). Blackthorn premise: Shepard plays Butch Cassidy, a man with a few...
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- 9/30/2011
- by Elisa Osegueda
- Movies.com
Cine Latino covers, well, all things relating to Latino culture and the movies, every Friday. Set to hit theaters next week, Blackthorn (Oct. 7) stars Academy Award nominee Sam Shepard and Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega. In case Noriega’s name doesn’t ring a bell he played the Spanish police officer assigned to protect the local mayor in Vantage Point. He’s best known for his work in Europe, especially for his starring role in Novo, a French film directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin, where he takes it all off. He also co-starred with Viggo Mortensen in Alatriste, the most expensive film in the history of Spain. This will be Noriega’s fourth film with director Mateo Gil (Vanilla Sky). Blackthorn premise: Shepard plays Butch Cassidy, a man with a few...
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- 9/30/2011
- by Elisa Osegueda
- Movies.com
Fox International Productions has purchased the rights to Everybody Has A Plan starring Viggo Mortensen. The film is the directorial debut of Ana Piterbarg, who also penned the screenplay. Distribution rights are being sold at Cannes. Piterbarg is slated to begin filming this summer on location in Buenos Aires and El Tigre in Argentina, and Ciudad de la Luz in Alicante-Spain.
The film tells the story of "Agustín (Mortensen), a man desperate to abandon his unfulfilling existence after years of living in Buenos Aires. Following the death of his identical twin brother Pedro, Agustín sets out to begin his life anew by assuming Pedro’s identity and returning to the mysterious Tigre Delta region where the brothers had spent their childhood. Soon after his homecoming, however, Agustín finds himself unwittingly embroiled in the deadly criminal underworld that his brother had been part of."
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The film tells the story of "Agustín (Mortensen), a man desperate to abandon his unfulfilling existence after years of living in Buenos Aires. Following the death of his identical twin brother Pedro, Agustín sets out to begin his life anew by assuming Pedro’s identity and returning to the mysterious Tigre Delta region where the brothers had spent their childhood. Soon after his homecoming, however, Agustín finds himself unwittingly embroiled in the deadly criminal underworld that his brother had been part of."
I am a huge fan of Mortensen...
- 5/5/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Empire has premiered the first teaser trailer for the upcoming horror thriller Intruders today. A closer look to the credits reveals that Spanish composer Roque Banos is listed as the film’s composer. The movie is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later, Intact) and stars Clive Owen, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten, Ella Purnell and Kerry Fox. The film’s story centers on an 11-year-old girl who is forced to confront childhood demons. The English-language project is a American, British and Spanish co-production and was shot in London and Madrid last summer. Among the film’s producers is Belen Atienza (Pan’s Labyrinth, The Orphonage, Che) who previously produced the Viggo Mortensen-starring adventure biopic Alatriste, which Banos scored back in 2006. Intruders is set for a release on October 7, 2011 in the UK and Spain and a domestic release is expected around the same time.
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- 5/2/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
The 61st edition of Berlinale kicked off late last week, and with the inclusion of four spanish films, four less than the last year. The already well known “También La Lluvia” (“Even The Rain”) by Icíar Bollaín, “Amador” by Fernando León de Aranoa and “Medianeras” by Gustavo Taretto, all presented out of competition at the panorama section. The fourth film, “Escuchando Al Juez Garzón”, by cult filmmaker Isabel Coixet (“My Life Without Me”) is a documentary shot on black and white based on a popular figure in a Spanish judge -- this will be showcased at Specials section of the Berlinale. Although we have covered before films like “También La Lluvia” and “Amador”, the film “Medianeras” comes from out of nowhere. Directed by Argentinian Gustavo Taretto, this is an adaptation of its 2005 short film of the same title that won over forty international awards. This coproduction between Spain and Argentina...
- 2/14/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Principal photography began on 23-f - the latest feature by Sud Express director Chema de la Peña. Produced by the production company Lazona (Concursante), the film will be the first cinematographic reinterpretation of the coup d´état that took place in Madrid February 23rd 1981. Paco Tous (Alatriste) will play famous Lieutenant Coronel Antonio Tejero, the mastermind behind the event, Juan Diego (Lope) will play General Armada and the quite busy Fernando Cayo (The Orphanage and Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In) will play Spain's King Juan Carlos I. The film will be the chronological re-telling of the seventeen hours of the vent that marked history. The film will premiere in Spain February 23rd 2011, coinciding with the 30º anniversary of such historical moment. From Wiki: 23-f is the name given to an attempted coup d'état in Spain that began on 23 February 1981 and ended on the following day. It is also...
- 8/27/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
With the Cormac McCarthy adaptation The Road coming out on DVD on Tuesday (I'm eager to give it another look) I thought we should focus on one of the best actors working: Viggo Mortensen also known as "Aragorn"
Viggo at twenty-two
Aragon's filmography is super odd. Or maybe not. In many professions if you do good work, your career very gradually swells but there's plenty of detours and error along the way as you feel your way up the ladder. I guess it just feels odd in the context of the movies. When we think of leading players in Hollywood don't we tend to think of them in terms of overnight sensations, has beens, or stars that have always been and will always be with us and seem to have arrived fully formed (Streep, Pacino. That type)?
Viggo fits none of those categories but he's very much a leading actor.
Viggo at twenty-two
Aragon's filmography is super odd. Or maybe not. In many professions if you do good work, your career very gradually swells but there's plenty of detours and error along the way as you feel your way up the ladder. I guess it just feels odd in the context of the movies. When we think of leading players in Hollywood don't we tend to think of them in terms of overnight sensations, has beens, or stars that have always been and will always be with us and seem to have arrived fully formed (Streep, Pacino. That type)?
Viggo fits none of those categories but he's very much a leading actor.
- 5/21/2010
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
How do you follow up the biggest, most expensive film ever made in your country’s history? If you’re Spanish director Agustín Díaz Yanes, fresh off Viggo Mortensen star vehicle Alatriste, you cast one of the biggest stars of the Spanish speaking world and enter the world of crime.
The star is Diego Luna, the film Solo Quiero Caminar - a slick, violent heist number that plays out like equal parts Pekinpah and Melville with a healthy dose of noir thrown in. This one opens in Spanish theaters at the end of the week and the theatrical trailer is a stunner. Yes, please. You’ll find the trailer below the break in the Twitch Player.
The star is Diego Luna, the film Solo Quiero Caminar - a slick, violent heist number that plays out like equal parts Pekinpah and Melville with a healthy dose of noir thrown in. This one opens in Spanish theaters at the end of the week and the theatrical trailer is a stunner. Yes, please. You’ll find the trailer below the break in the Twitch Player.
- 10/29/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
'Orphanage' racing up Spain's b.o. chart
MADRID -- Juan Antonio Bayona's chilling tale The Orphanage, set for a U.S. release in December via Picturehouse, is the highest-grossing Spanish production at the local boxoffice since 2003, production house Telecinco Cinema said Wednesday.
With 20.4 million euros ($29.9 million) earned since its premiere five weeks ago, The Orphanage has moved ahead of last year's top-grossing film, the Viggo Mortensen starrer Alatriste, and only 3 million euros behind this year's top earner, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with 23.2 million euros ($34 million).
Alejandro Amenabar's 2001 The Others (27.1 million euros), Javier Fesser's 2003 "The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Filemon" (22.3 million euros) and Santiago Segura's 2001 Torrente 2 still maintain an edge over The Orphanage.
The Orphanage, produced by Telecinco and Rodar y Rodar with the participation of Warner Bros. Pictures Spain, centers on a woman's plight when she returns with her family to the orphanage she grew up in. The film represents Spain's bid for a foreign-language Oscar.
New Line holds the remake rights (HR 9/10).
With 20.4 million euros ($29.9 million) earned since its premiere five weeks ago, The Orphanage has moved ahead of last year's top-grossing film, the Viggo Mortensen starrer Alatriste, and only 3 million euros behind this year's top earner, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, with 23.2 million euros ($34 million).
Alejandro Amenabar's 2001 The Others (27.1 million euros), Javier Fesser's 2003 "The Great Adventure of Mortadelo and Filemon" (22.3 million euros) and Santiago Segura's 2001 Torrente 2 still maintain an edge over The Orphanage.
The Orphanage, produced by Telecinco and Rodar y Rodar with the participation of Warner Bros. Pictures Spain, centers on a woman's plight when she returns with her family to the orphanage she grew up in. The film represents Spain's bid for a foreign-language Oscar.
New Line holds the remake rights (HR 9/10).
- 11/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Volver,' Cruz light up Spain's Goyas
MADRID -- Pedro Almodovar's Volver walked away with five top honors at the 21st Goya Awards ceremony Sunday, leaving rivals Alatriste, Pan's Labyrinth and Salvador to divvy up the remainder of the prizes.
Despite the fact that Volver snagged several key awards, including film, director, actress, original score and supporting actress, Spain's most international director was not on hand to receive his award, instead opting to stay home. Almodovar had a falling out with the Spanish film academy in 2005 over the treatment of his film Bad Education and hasn't attended a gala ceremony since.
Even so, Volver star Penelope Cruz was the undisputed queen of the night.
Enveloped in the good vibes of being on home turf, Cruz -- is nominated for an Oscar for the same role -- won her second Goya award. The Spanish actress held court from a center seat in the auditorium and was greeted by winners on their way to pick up their own awards as well by the master of ceremonies, Jose Corbacho.
Upon receiving her Goya award for best actress for the role of a single mother in Volver, an emotional Cruz thanked Almodovar.
"With him and with (the role of) Raimunda, I've lived the best moments of my life," said a teary-eyed Cruz, who admitted she would go straight to see the director upon leaving the ceremony.
With a lipstick kiss mark on her cheek, Cruz was the impromptu presenter of the following award, best feature animation, and congratulated Filmax's Julio Fernandez for taking home the prize for the boxoffice success "Perez, el ratoncito de tus suenos."
Later in the evening, she reappeared to accept Almodovar's directorial award for Volver, his 16th feature.
Despite the fact that Volver snagged several key awards, including film, director, actress, original score and supporting actress, Spain's most international director was not on hand to receive his award, instead opting to stay home. Almodovar had a falling out with the Spanish film academy in 2005 over the treatment of his film Bad Education and hasn't attended a gala ceremony since.
Even so, Volver star Penelope Cruz was the undisputed queen of the night.
Enveloped in the good vibes of being on home turf, Cruz -- is nominated for an Oscar for the same role -- won her second Goya award. The Spanish actress held court from a center seat in the auditorium and was greeted by winners on their way to pick up their own awards as well by the master of ceremonies, Jose Corbacho.
Upon receiving her Goya award for best actress for the role of a single mother in Volver, an emotional Cruz thanked Almodovar.
"With him and with (the role of) Raimunda, I've lived the best moments of my life," said a teary-eyed Cruz, who admitted she would go straight to see the director upon leaving the ceremony.
With a lipstick kiss mark on her cheek, Cruz was the impromptu presenter of the following award, best feature animation, and congratulated Filmax's Julio Fernandez for taking home the prize for the boxoffice success "Perez, el ratoncito de tus suenos."
Later in the evening, she reappeared to accept Almodovar's directorial award for Volver, his 16th feature.
- 1/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Volver' and 'Alatriste' Lead Goya Nominations
Pedro Almodovar's Volver and Agustin Diaz Yanes' Alatriste are the leading contenders for Spain's Goya Awards, taking 14 and 15 nominations respectively. The two movies will go head-to-head at the end of January in the Best Film and Best Director categories. Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth - which picked up 13 nominations - and Manuel Huerga's Salvador - with 11 nominations - are also up for Best Film and Best Director. Volver and Pan's Labyrinth - Spain and Mexico's respective entries for next year's foreign-language Oscar - are both up for Best Script, alongside Daniel Sanchez Arvalo for Darkbluealmostblack and Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo for The Night Of The Sunflowers. Penelope Cruz is nominated for Best Actress (Volver) alongside Maribel Verdu (Pan's Labyrinth), Marta Etura (Darkbluealmostblack) and Silvia Abascal (La Dama Boba). American-born actor Viggo Mortensen and German Daniel Bruhl are named in the Best Actor category for Alatriste and Salvador respectively, alongside Sergi Lopez (Pan's Labyrinth) and Juan Diego (Leave Me).
- 12/21/2006
- WENN
- Volver dominated the noms for Spain's Goya Awards taking in 14 nominations, but it is Alatriste the Viggo Mortensen starrer that picked up an impressive 15 noms. The Goyas will be presented the last weekend of January. Here are the noms: Major Category 2007 Goya Nominations Film"Volver," Pedro Almodovar"Alatriste," Agustin Diaz-Yanes"Salvador," Manuel Huerga"Pan's Labyrinth," Guillermo del ToroDIRECTORAgustin Diaz-Yanes, "Alatriste"Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"Manuel Huerga, "Salvador"Pedro Almodovar, "Volver"ACTORDaniel Bruehl, "Salvador"Juan Diego, "Vete de mi"Sergi Lopez, "Pan's Labyrinth", "Alatriste"ACTRESSMaribel Verdu, "Pan's Labyrinth"Marta Etura, "Darkbluealmostblack"Penelope Cruz, "Volver"Silvia Abascal, "The Silly Lady"New DIRECTORCarlos Iglesias, "Crossing Borders"Daniel Sanchez Arevalo, "Darkbluealmostblack"Javier Rebollo, "What I Know About Lola"Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo, "The Night of the Sunflowers"Original SCREENPLAYDaniel Sanchez Arevalo, "Darkbluealmostblack"Guillermo del Toro, "Pan's Labyrinth"Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo, "The Night of the Sunflowers"Pedro Almodovar, "Volver"Adapted SCREENPLAYAgustin Diaz-Yanes, "Alatriste"Antonio Banderas,
- 12/18/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
'Alatriste,' 'Volver' top noms for Goya award
MADRID -- Agustin Diaz Yanes' historical adventure Alatriste and Pedro Almodovar's Volver are leading the pack for Spain's top film prize, the Goya awards, with 15 and 14 nominations respectively, organizers announced Monday.
The two films will go head-to-head in the best film and director categories along with Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy tale Pan's Labyrinth, which earned 13 nominations, and Manuel Huerga's Salvador. The homage to Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich earned 11 noms.
Volver, Spain's entry for the foreign-language Oscar, and Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico's offering, are considered serious contenders for the Oscar short list.
Almodovar and Del Toro also will compete for best original script, along with Daniel Sanchez Arvalo for DarkBlueAlmostBlack and Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo for The Night of the Sunflowers.
Antonio Banderas received a nomination for his adapted screenplay of Summer Rain and will compete with The Education of Fairies writer-director Jose Luis Cuerda, Salvador writer Lluis Arcarazo and Alatriste's Diaz Yanes.
Penelope Cruz, who reaped accolades in Cannes for her performance in Volver, will compete against Pan's Maribel Verdu, DarkBlueAlmostBlack's Marta Etura and La Dama Boba's Silvia Abascal for the best actress nod.
The two films will go head-to-head in the best film and director categories along with Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy tale Pan's Labyrinth, which earned 13 nominations, and Manuel Huerga's Salvador. The homage to Catalan anarchist Salvador Puig Antich earned 11 noms.
Volver, Spain's entry for the foreign-language Oscar, and Pan's Labyrinth, Mexico's offering, are considered serious contenders for the Oscar short list.
Almodovar and Del Toro also will compete for best original script, along with Daniel Sanchez Arvalo for DarkBlueAlmostBlack and Jorge Sanchez Cabezudo for The Night of the Sunflowers.
Antonio Banderas received a nomination for his adapted screenplay of Summer Rain and will compete with The Education of Fairies writer-director Jose Luis Cuerda, Salvador writer Lluis Arcarazo and Alatriste's Diaz Yanes.
Penelope Cruz, who reaped accolades in Cannes for her performance in Volver, will compete against Pan's Maribel Verdu, DarkBlueAlmostBlack's Marta Etura and La Dama Boba's Silvia Abascal for the best actress nod.
- 12/18/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mortensen Taken to Court Over Child Support
Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King star Viggo Mortensen's movie successes are causing him problems in his personal life - his ex-wife wants more money from him. Punk rock star-turned-librarian Exene Cervenka claims the couple's son Henry needs a reported $18,000 every month. And in court papers leaked to American scandal show Celebrity Justice, Cervenka, who once fronted punk group X, claims her ex-husband earned $276,000 per month last year. The hunky LOTR star is currently in pre-production for drama Alatriste.
- 6/17/2004
- WENN
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