Deadline has just published the news that Italian director/actor Roberto Benigni, famous throughout the world for La vita è bella, a film which landed him an Oscar in 1997, will join the cast of Woody Allen’s new film The Wrong Picture which is being filmed here in Italy. If the news is confirmed (according to the above website the announcement will be made at the upcoming Cannes film festival where Woody Allen will present Midnight in Paris) Roberto Benigni will have the opportunity to work alongside several well-established actors such as Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Penelope Cruz and Alec Baldwin.

Source | Deadline

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Sergio Corbucci’s classic Django will get a remake in a new Quentin Tarantino spaghetti western to be called Django Unchained. The Italian actor Franco Nero, who appeared in the original, will be enlisted for the Tarantino remake, which could be as violent as the first film. Other actors said to appear in the new film are Christoph Waltz and Keith Carradine.

The Tarantino-Nero collaboration is only rumoured at this stage, but is also said to be reciprocated with Tarantino agreeing to appear in turn in a new Nero spaghetti western production. Tarantino will apparently play a cameo role as a bandit in Enzo Castellari’s The Angel, The Ugly and The Wise, itself a tribute to Sergio Leone. Tarantino has previously made Inglorious Bastards, which was made in 2009 and was inspired by Castellari’s 1977 film of the same name.

Source | Cineblog.it

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As Italian director and filmmaking icon Bernardo Bertolucci will be honoured at the Cannes Film Festival with an Honorary Palme d’Or, Woody Allen’s Rome movie title has been revealed as The Wrong Picture. The world renowned American director has stated his intention to hire some Italian actors alongside the all-star cast of Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg.

Filming should take place soon at the Cinecittà studios and on the streets of Rome, although details are scarce on the plot and theme of the movie. Meanwhile, Penelope Cruz is in talks with Sergio Castellitto to appear in his next film Venuto al Mondo. The Spanish actress has apparently joked that she will spend her time in Rome working on her Italian language skills, as well. Perhaps Cinecittà will be saved after all?

Source | Italymag

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Despite her international success, Monica Bellucci seems to have no good luck with Italian critics who tend to pan all her movies; now the actress could turn the tables on them by playing the iconic Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci in a movie. Here’s what Monica Bellucci told Ansa:

It has not yet been confirmed but I’ll most likely be in the movie; I have a great admiration for Polish director Andrzej Wajda.

We wish her good luck but to play Oriana Fallaci, one of Italy’s most talented journalists and writers (her articles and books critical of Islam and Arabs never failed to arouse wide interest -and some controversy) won’t be an easy task! In the meanwhile, the actress and her young son Louis will star in a French movie called Un eté brulant by Philippe Garrel.

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Monica Bellucci will guest star in ten episodes of Ris Roma2 – Delitti imperfetti, a popular tv series featuring forensic science. The Italian actress famous for such international blockbusters as The Matrix Reloaded and The Passion Of The Christ is now in Turkey shooting a new film called the Rhynos Season, but his fans here in Italy can’t wait to see her play in this highly successful Italian tv series aired on Canale 5; according to sources, the beautiful actress will be the love interest of Daniele Ghirelli played by Italian actor Fabio Troiani. The role of Monica Bellucci was created when the series was in post-production, so cast and crew had to go back to Cinecittà and start shooting again.

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Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens once wrote that the more curvaceous a woman the more it was a sign of well-being, plenty and the ability to survive hard times, so now whenever I look at these photos of Monica Bellucci in a skimpy red bikini on the set of Rhynos Season, the movie she’s filming in Turkey, my mind goes back to Rubens‘ love for voluptuous women.

The Italian actress might have put some weight on recently but, as you can see from the pics, her sex appeal remains undiminished.

Monica bellucci in red bikini on set of Rhynos Season

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After the success of her latest movie Maschi contro femmine or “Men against women”, Giorgia Wurth goes sexy for Playboy Italia. The Italian actress strikes a few sexy poses for the famous magazine, but there is nothing sleazy or vulgar about it. Take a look at our gallery.

Italian actress Giorgia Wurth for Playboy Italia

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Gabriele Muccino has just started shooting his new Movie Playing the Field in Louisiana. Well known in America for such movies as The Pursuit of Happyness and Seven Pounds, this time the Italian director focusses his attention on the relationship between a divorced father and his son.

More specifically, the movie tells the story of a Scottish football player at the end of his career who returns to his hometown with the hope of getting a new job and winning back his son’s affection. The cast includes such big names as Dennis Quaid (the rich man), Uma Thurman (the rich man’s profligate wife) and Catherine Zeta Jones in the role of a local journalist who tries to help the unhappy footballer played by Gerard Butler.

Source | LaRepubblica

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With this new interview, Caterina Murino tries to set the record straight. The Italian actress who became a household name in France thanks to such movies as L’enquête Corse and L’amour aux trousses laments the fact that Italian directors have not really made use of her talent. In Italy - she said- they always engage the same actors (i.e. Accorsi, Puccini and Favino), but I have a great admiration for Gabriele Muccino, Michele Placido and Marco Tullio Giordana. As to Paolo Sorrentino, well, I’m not particularly fond of his movies. There’s no magic in them.

Caterina Murino who became famous starring alongside Daniel Craig in Casino Royale always speaks straight from the shoulder. She has no regrets about her fourth place in the Miss Italy contest and her failed Hollywood career. The movies they offered me in Hollywood -she concluded- were just rubbish.

This in an actress who has no fear to speak the truth.

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The next Woody Allen movie will be filmed in Rome, after the famous American director did Match Point in London, Midnight in Paris in the French capital and Vicky Cristina Barcelona in the Spanish city. The confirmation of the new Woody Allen film from Rome comes as the director is in Italy with his New Orleans Jazz Band.

Italian cinema will be hoping for a small slice of glory and the world famous director could bring more notoriety to filmmaking in Rome after local production movie Manuale d’Amore 3 featured Robert de Niro and Monica Bellucci. Currently the cast and plot of the new Allen film is top secret, but filming should start in August. Will we see Carla Bruni appear in a Woody Allen film in Italy? It would be something to gossip about if it happens.

The studios of Cinecittà will host what is likely to be a big American film after Rome has featured in other big ticket films like Gangs of New York, Angels and Demons, and Barney’s Version, not to mention past greats like Roman Holiday, Ben Hur and Cleopatra. On Rome, Woody Allen has said:

“Every time [filming] it has been like declaring love to certain places and projecting my feelings about the places that have meant the most to me in life. I hope I can do the same with Rome. Both my family and I can’t wait to spend a long time in that amazing city.”

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