After not coming out with a film in 2010, apparently Judi Dench is making up for lost time. Set to come out with four movies this year (Jane Eyre, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, My Week With Marilyn and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Dench has been taking a lot of meetings recently and has confirmed involvement in the next James Bond film, in which she will return as M, and the Clint Eastwood J. Edgar Hoover bio-pic. But she’s not done yet.

Variety reports that the Oscar winner, as well as Michelle Monaghan, is joining the cast of Better Living Through Chemistry. The film is set to be written and directed by David Posamentier and Geoff Moore and already has Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Garner attached to star. Renner will play a small town pharmacist who gets caught up in a wild, prescription drug-fueled affair with a trophy wife (Garner). Wanting to be together, the two then hatch a plan to kill her husband. The roles to be played by Dench and Monaghan are unspecified.

I’ve always wanted to see a proper adaptation of James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice, but neither versions – including the 1946 film with John Garfield and Lana Turner and the 1981 film with Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange – have ever been willing to go far enough to capture the story’s more graphic content. While this project is based on an original script, it sounds like it has a lot in common with Cain’s story, so I can only hope that they will be willing to push the envelope.

Source: CinemaBlend.com

Actress Monaghan’s Midwestern roots keep her  grounded
In the new thriller “Source Code,” Michelle Monaghan plays a Chicago woman described by the Jake Gyllenhaal character as “beautiful,” “decent” and “honest.” Beauty comes cheap in the movies. Hollywood boasts an eternally full quota of attractive nuisances, the nuisance part (separate from the beauty part) being the expressive limitations of those who achieve stardom without really having much star quality. 

The ability to convey decency and honesty in a lively way on-screen, however, is rarer, and more interesting. This brings us to Monaghan, who at 35 may be a more familiar face than a name, but whose well-regarded career has avoided the rut of typecasting.

This is just how she wants it. “It’s important to keep Hollywood guessing,” she says over coffee at a downtown restaurant. “I’ve done one or two romantic comedies” — her resume includes “Made of Honor” and “The Heartbreak Kid” remake — “but if that was all I did, it’d be the end of my career. I want to be around a long time. I love my job.”

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-Events from 2011 > “Source Code” Los Angeles Premiere at Boulevard 3 – 28th March

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Michelle Monaghan knows her action movies. Unlike many of her contemporaries, the actress kicked off her Hollywood career rather quickly in high profile movies like “The Bourne Supremacy,” “Mission: Impossible III,” “Eagle Eye” and more.

Now, she co-stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in the mind-bending thriller “Source Code,” and once again she’s front and center in the action. Under the direction of Duncan Jones (“Moon,” son of Bowie), “Code” follows Colter, a solider (Gyllenhaal) sent on board a train that will blow up eight minutes after he arrives, and using some cool gadgetry, is (…)

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- Events from 2011 > “Source Code” Press Conference at The Four Seasons Hotel – 18th March

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Known for her roles in “Mission Impossible III,” “The Heartbreak Kid” and “Eagle Eye,” actress Michelle Monaghan’s latest film, “Source Code,” comes out on April 1st.

“It’s a tricky movie to describe,” she admits, calling it: “‘Groundhog Day’ meets ‘Inception.’” Though it’s based in sci-fi, Monaghan says it’s essentially a love story.

“But it’s really fast-paced!”

Along with dreamy Jake Gyllenhaal, Canadian comedian Russell Peters is also featured in the movie. “He’s fantastic!” Monaghan gushes. “I love him! He’s so, so funny.”

Monaghan has worked with many other leading men in Hollywood including Patrick Dempsey. “He’s really a lovely guy. He’s funny and he’s charming,” Monaghan gushes.

She was incredibly impressed on the set of “Mission Impossible” by Tom Cruise’s strong work ethic. “He’s probably the most generous person I’ve ever met in my life,” she says.

And in the movie “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” that launched Monaghan’s film career, Robert Downey Jr. offered her incredible support.

“He taught me how to improvise,” she says. “He was so encouraging to me.

“He really believed in me and gave me a lot of support and encouragement.”

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-Events from 2011 > 2011 SXSW Music Film Interactive Festival Source Code Premiere – 11th March
-Events from 2011 > Have A Heart For Children – 9th March
-Events from 2011 > Source Code Cocktail Party at The Belmont on 11th March
-Events from 2011 > 2011 SXSW Music Film Interactive Festival – “Source Code” Panel 12th March

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-Events from 2011 > Michelle Visits “Extra at the Groove” in Los Angeles – 16th February
-Events from 2011 > Prvte Dinner By Forevermark To Academy Award Nominee Michelle Williams -24th Feb
-Events from 2011 > Tom Ford Flagship Beverly Hills Store Opening Night – 24th February
-Events from 2011 > 48th Annual ICG Publicists Awards – 25th February
-Candids > Michelle visits “MI4: Ghost Protocol” set