April 25, 2004

Orlando Bloom evacuated from movie set for bomb scare: Wizard News report: British Hollywood star Orlando Bloom was rushed off set amid suspected terror attacks whilst filming Ridley Scott's new film Kingdom of Heaven. The 27-year-old actor who was shooting in Morocco when he had to be ushered to safety after blasts were heard. An insider says, "We all thought it was a bomb at first, we were terrified. "Orlando, director Ridley Scott and the rest of the crew were evacuated immediately." The Lord of the Rings star was quickly back on-set after a fire was discovered containing three bottles of liquid. The insider continued, "A smoldering fire was discovered among storage equipment, we're still waiting to hear the results of the investigation."

Helen and Hell: Preview of Troy from The Sun.

Scan from Night & Day Sunday supplement: Orlando and Peter O'Toole on the set of Troy and a close-up of the official Calcium Kid poster.

Troy on ET: Entertainment Tonight will have a sneak peak at Troy next week on Thursday April 29th

Hi-res Troy lobby posters and new Paris pics: Warner Bros. has updated the Troy fash site and captured new pictures of Paris, free versions of the Troy lobby posters posted at Outnow.ch.

Troy - blood, sweat and spears: Troy is a $200 million epic in the tradition of Ben-Hur. Will Hollywood reclaim its sword and sandals, asks David Eimer. Hollywood history is littered with foolish statements proclaiming the end of certain genres. The western is supposed to be dead, but there have been three this year - The Missing, Open Range and The Alamo - while the success of Moulin Rouge and Chicago shows that there is still life in the musical. In fact, it's the epic, one of Hollywood's earliest staples, that has been dormant for the longest period and has proved the most difficult to revive. It's more than 40 years since films like Ben-Hur, Spartacus and Lawrence of Arabia thrilled audiences with their scale and ambition while horrifying producers and studios with the size of their budgets. Now, though, the German director Wolfgang Petersen and Brad Pitt have combined to bring us Troy, a three-hour version of Homer's epic poem The Iliad that aspires to join an exclusive club that dates back to 1915 and DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation. With Pitt playing Achilles, the half-god warrior hero, Eric Bana, the Australian star of The Hulk, appearing as his archenemy Hector, prince of Troy, a German newcomer, Diane Kruger, as Helen, Orlando Bloom as Paris and the likes of Peter O'Toole, Julie Christie and Brian Cox in supporting roles, Troy has the sort of heavyweight cast that is rarely assembled these days. But the stars have been overshadowed by the sheer size of the production.

Troy will have a special screening on the second day of Cannes Film Festival on May 13. Troy will premiere in Japan on May 17 in Nihon, Budokon. According to reports Wolfgang Petersen, Brad Pitt and Eric Bana have been scheduled to arrive in Japan on May 15th for Troy's press junket. They will attend the press conference in Tokyo on May16th. Orlando's name is not listed.

Haven is in post production and rumour has it that it may debut at Cannes Festival. Read the script review from Latino Review.

Filming of Kingdom of Heaven continues in Morocco. After receiving death threats from Islamic extremists, King Mohammed of Morocco has ordered increased security for the director and the cast. See pics of Orlando in Morocco.

Shooting of Elizabethtown starts in summer. You can read a screenplay review at Filmjerk

UIP has released the official Calcium Kid trailer which you can download here. Calcium Kid opens in UK theatres on April 30.

In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, producer Jerry Bruckheimer said there would be a POTC 2 and maybe a POTC 3, he said they would like to film both simultaneously. Filming for POTC 2 starts January 2005 in the Caribbean. Screenwriter Terry Rossio has posted on the Wordplayer forum that the subtitle for POTC 2 is not going to be 'The Treasure of the Lost Abyss.'

   

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