Entries Tagged as 'HighBridge at the Movies'

First Pi scene online!

June 15th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

The first clip from the upcoming Life of Pi movie has appeared online, and it’s pretty awesome. All 10 seconds of it! If we weren’t excited for November 21 before, we sure are now. See the clip, plus a few new images from the movie, at the official Life of Pi movie site.

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The Search for Hector is successful

May 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

News out of the Cannes film festival: The movie version of Hector and the Search for Happiness, by François Lelord, has found its leading man. British actor Simon Pegg, known for roles in Shaun of the Dead and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, will play the title role of a psychiatrist who travels the globe trying to […]

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Early Oscar buzz for Life of Pi

April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

This week, the first images from the upcoming film Life of Pi, based on the book by Yann Martel and directed by Ang Lee, were released, and they’re impressive. Then, 20th Century Fox showed some preliminary footage of the film at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas. According to firstshowing.net, the footage was “…magical, visually […]

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From Minneapolis to the Galaxy

April 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

One of our favorite readers is racking up some frequent-flyer miles. Simon Jones, reader of HighBridge titles including the Lionboy series and The Labrador Pact, is appearing in the Guthrie Theater’s acclaimed production of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever now through April 22. Simon plays David Bliss, the head of an eccentric family in this delightful […]

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Big Laughs & Cultural Reflection from Sam Hoffman (Old Jews Telling Jokes) at St. Paul JCC

March 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, HighBridge at the Movies

Sam Hoffman, author of the Audie® Award-winning Old Jews Telling Jokes and producer/host of The Joke-Off, wowed the crowd at St. Paul’s JCC on Saturday night. The evening was a perfect combination of big laughs and cultural reflection, throughout which Sam presented highlights from his web sensation featuring older Jews (60+) telling jokes in a […]

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The Hobbit on location

February 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

The latest video diary from the set of The Hobbit actually came out in December, but better late than never! This installment shows the crew preparing for and shooting on location. It’s astounding the number of people and trucks it takes! As with all the videos so far, it just makes us anticipate the movie(s) even […]

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“On the Road” to a theater near you?

January 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Director Walter Salles reports that his long-awaited film of On the Road is nearing completion and aiming for a May 23rd release in France.  The movie stars Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Sturridge and Kristen Stewart, with Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi, Kirsten Dunst and Terrence Howard filling out the cast for the adaptation […]

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‘Eating with the Enemy’ scriptwriter named

October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Patrick M. Healy will write the screenplay for HBO’s adaptation of Eating with the Enemy, by Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer. The book tells Egan’s true story of acting as a freelance diplomat with North Korea from his BBQ restaurant in Hackensack, NJ. James Gandolfini is set to star as Egan.

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Another dispatch from Middle-Earth

August 4th, 2011 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

Director Peter Jackson has issued a third video blog about filming the two films of Tolkien’s The Hobbit. This one is primarily about the dwarves. Thirteen of them with different looks and costumes, and only one cast member can remember all their names! Check it out.

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The Hedgehog comes to U.S. theaters

August 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Better late than never: the French film The Hedgehog, “freely adapted from” Muriel Barbery’s bestselling book The Elegance of the Hedgehog will be released in theaters across the country beginning on August 19 in New York and Los Angeles and rolling out through September and October. Find the full list of release dates and theaters […]

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