Variety Reviews "Muhammed Ali's Greatest Fight" at Cannes

Leslie Felperin's Variety review of HBO's  "Muhammed Ali's Greatest Fight"  directed by Stephen Frears and starring Christopher Plummer, Frank Langella and Benjamin Walker.

More "In the Heart of the Sea" Movie Links

Snarkerati article. 

Digital Spy.  Cillian Murphy joins the cast.

Benjamin Walker Cast as George Pollard In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea is getting a big-screen narration, coming soon.  Directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Tom Holland, In the Heart of the Sea is the saga of the whaling ship Essex and the events that changed forever the way we see seafood and the way we read 19th century American literature. 

Inspired by the Essex's tragic last voyage, the American writer Herman Melville used the events as a basis of the American classic, Moby Dick or, The Whale (1851).  See Linda Ge's post in Up&Comers.com

Ron Howard and Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea

Description of how the director came to the book.

Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea tome was a National Book Award winner for nonfiction.

Eastern Europe New Set for Film, TV

Eastern Europe is the new hot spot for film and television production, from incentives to studios.  See Leo Barraclough's article in Variety.

 

 

 

Benjamin Walker: New Project Proposed

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/benjamin-walker-in-talks-to-join-ron-howards-in-the-heart-of-the-sea/

Variety

Broadway.com

Empireonline

Gayle Rankin, The Missionary HBO

http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/kristin-chenoweth-to-co-star-in-cbs-matthew-broderick-pilot-gayle-rankin-cast-in-hbos-missionary/

Plemons, Walker in HBO's The Missionary

Jessie Plemons joins cast of HBO's The Missionary; see Morgan Jeffery"s article in Digital Spy.

Benjamin Walker in HBO '60s Thriller "The Missionary"

Leslie Goldberg's article in The Hollywood Reporter, Benjamin Walker is Roy in The Missionary.

Benjamin Walker completed an acclaimed and commercially successful Broadway run of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2013) starring Scarlett Johannson and directed by Rob Ashford on March 30th, 2013. 

Kormákur Directs, Describes HBO's The Missionary

Steve "Frosty" Weintraub's interview with The Missionary's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in The Collider.

Benjamin Walker Pilots The Missionary (2013)

IMDB The Missionary (2013) production, cast and crew. 

2013 Cast of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Here.

1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill

From Theater-words.com, scans of the original 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Playbill.

Ciarán Hinds wants comedy, seriously.

Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Rob Ashford and starring Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk at the Richard Rogers Theater until March 30th, 2013.

Actor Benjamin Walker Quips

Are they tattoo worthy or just bumper sticker fodder?  You decide.

Benjamin Walker is Brick in the Tennessee Williams' classic American drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Rob Ashford and starring Scarlett Johannson, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk.  Final days of Scarlett and Benjamin on the boards, this week only (closing on 3-30-13).

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Photos

Joan Marcus' Broadway.com photos.

The revival of Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is scheduled for closure on March 30, 2013.  The play, in its final performances, stars Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk, with Rob Ashford, director.

Julie Weiss, Costume Designer Talks Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Lorna Koski and Julie Weiss talk frocks, tailored slips and towels.  more here.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starring Scarlett Johannson, Benjamin Walker, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk with direction from Rob Ashford finishes its Broadway revival run at the Richard Rogers Theater this week.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Final Performances

Revival of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's final performances this week.

Actor Benjamin Walker, Storyteller

New interview tells Benjamin's storied Georgia upbringing.

Benjamin Walker appears as the character Brick in Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof directed by Rob Ashford and starring Scarlett Johannson, Ciarán Hinds, and Debra Monk at the Richard Rogers Theater, NYC.  The production runs until March 30, 2013. 

Benjamin Walker Fotos (2013)

Peter and the Starcatcher (2012) rolls up 200 performances, Benjamin Walker with Jackson castmate and Starcatcher star Greg Hildreth and Teddy Bergman.  Article about Greg and Benjamin in Broadway.com.

Benjamin Walker and Mamie Gummer on the red carpet at the premiere of Porgy and Bess.

Benjamin Walker, Another "Brick" in the Wall

In the cavalcade of American theater, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is iconic. 

In the current revival of Cat at the Richard Rogers Theater through March 30, 2013, Benjamin Walker is the abused, disabused and self-medicating character, Brick.  He's one of a line of actors to play that role.

Here are some Brick predecessors.
And here.
And here (1985).
Theatrical productions here.